[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Nation selection dialog patch

[Mike Kaufman <kaufman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 01:59:41AM +0000, Vasco Alexandre Da Silva Costa wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Feb 2002, Mike Kaufman wrote:
> 
> > I'm not as concerned about scrolling, because the notebook presents it's
> > own problems especially if you have lots o' nations. I would like to see
> > three or four columns however (so you have less scrolling).
> 
> That would be easily doable if GtkCList wasn't so annoying. I will try to
> make something like that, but it will be a bit of a hack.

put them in a table and then put the table in a scrolled window.
the only real problem with that is you've got to make an event box for
each...

-mike

> 
> > And if you do this perhaps put the nation name under the flag. It will
> > save space widthwise. (but maybe reduce readibility, check it).
> > I really like the flags BTW, I often pick nations based solely on the
> > coolness of their flag.
> 
> ---
> Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa @ Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa
> 
>