6.2. Widgets Without Windows

The following widgets do not have an associated window. If you want to capture events, you will have to use the Gtk::EventBox. See the section on the Gtk::EventBox widget for further details.

• Gtk::Alignment
• Gtk::Arrow
• Gtk::Bin
• Gtk::Box
• Gtk::Button
• Gtk::CheckButton
• Gtk::Fixed
• Gtk::Image
• Gtk::Label
• Gtk::MenuItem
• Gtk::Notebook
• Gtk::Paned
• Gtk::RadioButton
• Gtk::Range
• Gtk::ScrolledWindow
• Gtk::Separator
• Gtk::Table
• Gtk::Toolbar
• Gtk::AspectFrame
• Gtk::Frame
• Gtk::VBox
• Gtk::HBox
• Gtk::VSeparator
• Gtk::HSeparator

We'll further our exploration of Ruby-GNOME2 by examining each widget in turn, creating a few simple methods to display them. Another good source is the testgtk.rb program that comes with Ruby-GNOME2. It can be found in gtk/sample/testgtk/testgtk.rb.