LinuxQuestions.org - How do you control size and placement of widgets in table under gtk

Hi, I'm trying to learn a little about GUI programing and I'm having problems understanding how to control the placement of widgets in a table. Here's the code of something I'm working on.

Code:

#include <gtk/gtk.h>



int main( int argc, char* argv[])

{



        GtkWidget *window;

        GtkWidget *calendar;

        GtkWidget *table;

        GtkWidget *combo;

        GtkWidget *button;

        

        GList *items = NULL;

        

        gtk_init(&argc, &argv);



        window = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);

        gtk_window_set_title(GTK_WINDOW(window), "Account Manager Window  ");

        gtk_window_set_default_size(GTK_WINDOW(window), 400, 300);

        gtk_window_set_position(GTK_WINDOW(window), GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER);



        table = gtk_table_new(3, 3, TRUE);

        gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(window), table);

        gtk_container_border_width(GTK_CONTAINER(window), 15);



        items = g_list_append(items, "005-Jackson");

        items = g_list_append(items, "011-Birmingham");

        items = g_list_append(items, "018-Greenville");

        items = g_list_append(items, "036-Decater");

        items = g_list_append(items, "039-Hattiesburg");

        items = g_list_append(items, "043-Tupelo");

        

        combo = gtk_combo_new();

        gtk_combo_set_popdown_strings(GTK_COMBO(combo), items);

        gtk_table_attach_defaults(GTK_TABLE(table), combo, 2, 3, 0, 1);



        calendar = gtk_calendar_new();

        gtk_table_attach_defaults(GTK_TABLE(table), calendar, 0, 1, 0, 1);



        button = gtk_button_new_with_label("button");

        gtk_table_attach_defaults(GTK_TABLE(table), button, 1, 2, 0, 1);



        g_signal_connect_swapped(G_OBJECT(window), "destroy",

                        G_CALLBACK(gtk_main_quit), NULL);

        

        gtk_widget_show_all(window);

        

        gtk_main();

        

        return 0;



}

The problem is that the button is the same size as the calendar and the combo box is centered. I want to control the size and placements of the widgets(combo box & button) inside the table. Knowing me I'm going about it all wrong and the table may not be my best option but I'm planning on putting about 9 widgets inside the table(window). Maybe I've explained this well enough. I'm an example kind of person so if you don't mind that would best help me.

Thanks.