You must understand model and view are separated concepts.
GtkListStore
is the model and contains the data to be shown. It can also have a bunch of other data not needed by the view, e.g. it can be the result of a more general SQL query.
GtkTreeView
is the view and you must instruct it on how to present the data on the screen. It does it by packing different columns inside a rectangular region. The following example gives you an idea of what can be accomplished:
#include <gtk/gtk.h>
enum {
FILE_NAME,
FILE_OFFSET,
FILE_SIZE,
FILE_DESCRIPTION, /* Not used by the view, maybe used elsewhere */
COLOR, /* Just to show how the model can affect the view */
N_COLUMNS
};
gint main(gint argc, gchar **argv)
{
GtkListStore* model;
GtkWidget* view;
GtkTreeViewColumn* column;
GtkWidget* window;
gtk_init(&argc, &argv);
/* MODEL */
model = gtk_list_store_new(N_COLUMNS,
G_TYPE_STRING, /* FILE_NAME */
G_TYPE_UINT, /* FILE_OFFSET */
G_TYPE_UINT, /* FILE_SIZE */
G_TYPE_STRING, /* FILE_DESCRIPTION */
G_TYPE_STRING /* COLOR */
);
gtk_list_store_insert_with_values(model, NULL, -1,
FILE_NAME, "test name",
FILE_OFFSET, 0,
FILE_SIZE, 10,
-1);
gtk_list_store_insert_with_values(model, NULL, -1,
FILE_NAME, "Dummy",
FILE_OFFSET, 123,
COLOR, "black",
-1);
gtk_list_store_insert_with_values(model, NULL, -1,
COLOR, "blue",
-1);
/* VIEW */
view = gtk_tree_view_new_with_model(GTK_TREE_MODEL(model));
g_object_unref(model);
column = gtk_tree_view_column_new_with_attributes("Name",
gtk_cell_renderer_text_new(),
"text", FILE_NAME,
"background", COLOR,
NULL);
gtk_tree_view_append_column(GTK_TREE_VIEW(view), column);
column = gtk_tree_view_column_new_with_attributes("Offset",
gtk_cell_renderer_spin_new(),
"text", FILE_OFFSET,
NULL);
gtk_tree_view_append_column(GTK_TREE_VIEW(view), column);
column = gtk_tree_view_column_new_with_attributes("Size",
gtk_cell_renderer_text_new(),
"text", FILE_SIZE,
NULL);
gtk_tree_view_append_column(GTK_TREE_VIEW(view), column);
/* MAIN */
window = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(window), view);
gtk_widget_show_all(window);
gtk_main ();
return 0;
}