# Method GTK2.Window()->set_geometry_hints()

Method set_geometry_hints

  `GTK2.Window set_geometry_hints(GTK2.Widget widget, mapping geometry)`

Description

  This function sets up hints about how a window can be resized by the user. You can set a minimum and maximum size; allowed resized increments (e.g. for xterm, you can only resize by the size of a character); aspect ratios; and more. geometry is a mapping with the following fields. Any field which is omitted is left as the default: ([ "min_width": int, "min_height": int, "max_width": int, "max_height": int, "base_width": int, "base_height": int, "width_inc": int, "height_inc": int, "min_aspect": float, "max_aspect": float, "win_gravity": int, GDK_GRAVITY_CENTER, GDK_GRAVITY_EAST, GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH, GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_EAST, GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST, GDK_GRAVITY_SOUTH, GDK_GRAVITY_SOUTH_EAST, GDK_GRAVITY_SOUTH_WEST, GDK_GRAVITY_STATIC and GDK_GRAVITY_WEST ]); min_width/min_height/max_width/max_height may be set to -1, and it will substitute the size request of the window or geometry widget. If the minimum size hint is not provided, it will use its requisition as the minimum size. If the minimum size is provided and a geometry widget is set, it will take the minimum size as the minimum size of the geometry widget rather than the entire window. The base size is treat similarly. min_width: minimum width of the window (-1 to use requisition) min_height: minimum height of window (-1 to use requisition) max_width: maximum width of window (-1 to use requisition) max_height: maximum height of window (-1 to use requisition) base_width: allow window widths are base_width+width_inc*N (-1 allowed) base_height: allowed window widths are base_height+height_inc*N (-1 allowed) width_inc: width resize increment height_inc: height resize increment min_aspect: minimum width/height ratio max_aspect: maximum width/height ratio win_gravity: window gravity