def hbox(w1, w2, exr=True):
        b = gtk.HBox(homogeneous=False, spacing=5)
        ######b.set_property("visible", True)
        b.pack_start(w1, expand=not exr, fill=not exr)
        b.pack_start(w2, expand=exr, fill=exr)
        return b


    # Wrap entries/checkboxes with extra label, background, images, etc.
    @staticmethod
    def wrap(widgetstore=None, id=None, w=None, label=None, color=None, image=None, align=1, label_size=305, label_markup=0):
        if id:
            widgetstore[id] = w
        if label:
            if type(w) is gtk.Entry:
                w.set_width_chars(11)
            w = uikit.hbox(w, uikit.label(label, size=label_size, markup=label_markup))
        if image:
            pix = gtk.image_new_from_pixbuf(uikit.pixbuf(image))
            if pix:
                w = uikit.hbox(w, pix, exr=False)
        if color:
            w = uikit.bg(w, color)
        if align:
            a = gtk.Alignment()
            a.set_padding(0, 0, align, 0)
            a.add(w)
            w = a
        w.show_all()
        return w


    # Attach textual menu entry and callback
    @staticmethod
    def add_menu(menuwidget, label, action, insert=None):
        for where in list(menuwidget):
            m = gtk.MenuItem(label)
            m.connect("activate", action)