How to create detachable toolbar?

You will be surprised how easy it is to create detachable toolbars in php-gtk2.

• First create a toolbar as explained in the article How to set up toolbar?
• Create a GtkHandlebox, and stuff the toolbar in the handlebox. That's it!

Sample Code

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$window = new GtkWindow(); $window->set_size_request(400, 150); $window->connect_simple('destroy', array('Gtk','main_quit')); $window->add($vbox = new GtkVBox()); // define toolbar definition $toolbar_definition = array('New', 'Open', 'Save', ' ',     'Cut', 'Copy', 'Paste', ' ',     'Undo','Redo'); setup_toolbar($vbox, $toolbar_definition); // display title $title = new GtkLabel("Create Detachable Toolbars"); $title->modify_font(new PangoFontDescription("Times New Roman Italic 10")); $title->modify_fg(Gtk::STATE_NORMAL, GdkColor::parse("#0000ff")); $vbox->pack_start($title); $vbox->pack_start(new GtkLabel('')); $window->show_all(); Gtk::main(); // setup toolbar function setup_toolbar($vbox, $toolbar_definition) {     $toolbar = new GtkToolBar();     $handlebox = new GtkHandleBox(); // note 1     $handlebox->add($toolbar); // note 2     $toolbar->set_size_request(360,-1); // note 3     $vbox->pack_start($handlebox, 0, 0);     foreach($toolbar_definition as $item) {         if ($item==' ') {             $toolbar->insert(new GtkSeparatorToolItem(), -1);         } else {             $stock_image_name = 'Gtk::STOCK_'.strtoupper($item);             if (defined($stock_image_name)) {

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Explanation

What's new here:This example make use of the code in How to set up toolbar?.

1. Create a new handlebox.
2. Stuff the toolbar in the handlebox.
3. Set the size of the handlebox.