# Method GTK2.Widget()->get_size_request()

Method get_size_request

  `mapping get_size_request()`

Description

  Gets the size request that was explicityly set for the widget using set_size_request(). A value of -1 for width or height indices that that dimension has not been set explicityly and the natural requisition of the widget will be used instead. To get the size a widget will actually use, call size_request() instead.