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reven
reven

Reputation: 41

Mono GTK# view list with multiple views (icons, details, list etc)

I'm writing my first Mono GTK# app, and need a list control that can support multiple views, eg a list, details, icons (similar to Windows Explorer).

I basically need a widget that is a TreeView, IconView and NodeView all in one.

Preferably I would like to also group the nodes into sub nodes.

My application is a Metadata grabber for movies, where I could have 1000 movies. I would like to group them by letter, so "A" would be a tree node and under than I would have "Armageddon", "Antz", "A Knights Tale" etc, and I would like to view those movies as icons (showing poster and the title), and details (showing title, star rating, file size, file location etc).

I achieved this using the ObjectListView control in my original WinForms application, but decided this app would be better suited in Mono / GTK# so it can run on multiple platforms (i.e. Mac and Linux).

Is there any such widget, or can I customize the TreeView or IconView to achieve what I am after?

TIA

Upvotes: 4

Views: 718

Answers (1)

kerim
kerim

Reputation: 225

Unfortunately I'm unable to comment on this question, so I just post an answer.

In Gtk# you can achieve both: TreeView and NodeView using the Gtk.TreeView widget, however it won't be as easy as in .NET.

The IconView will be a little bit harder to implement. You will have to use lots of little widgets like Gtk.Frame, Gtk.Table, Gtk.HBox and Gtk.VBox to achieve decent look.

In Gtk# nothing is easy unfortunately.

Answering your question: Yes, there is a Gtk.TreeView widget and lots of other small components to build your IconView from. They are very customisable, but as I said before it's not an easy task.

I hope this helps.

Upvotes: 1

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