Widgets to list files with gtk

Question

I am creating an application which is going to list a bunch of files. I would like to list files like fileroller, but I don't know how. I guess I need to create a 2xn (name, size) grid, but I don't know how to make entries appear light->dark->light per line, and how to create a "fat" bar above it. Can anyone tell me what sort of widgets I need to combine to create something like that?

Answer 1

You probably want a GtkTreeView with a GtkListStore, that should give you everything you need. If you've never used it, you should start with reading the Tree and List Widget Overview and be prepared to do some googling even afterwards -- it's the most complex widget in the toolkit.

The treeview can have a header, and the alternating light/dark rows are typically achieved with gtk_tree_view_set_rules_hint (treeview, TRUE) -- but please read the documentation, 'rules hint' is a semantic thing not specifically a visual setting.