On 6/14/07, Alex Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 08:15 +0200, Sven Neumann wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 03:26 +0100, Alex Jones wrote: > > > > > I've been looking at how Rhythmbox allows plugins to manipulate menus > > > (via UI manager magic), and it dawned on me that there is no way to > > > separate these out visually, other than to attempt to guess whether > > > there should be a separator placed above and/or below what you're trying > > > to insert. Of course, what I really want GTK to do is to insert > > > separators *between* groups of menu items. Having this kind of ability > > > would greatly simplify much goofy logic that is currently in place in a > > > lot of applications to decide where separators should be placed. > > > > You can already do that using GtkUIManager. Your application should add > > placeholders for the groups that you described. Then add separators > > between the placeholders. Plug-ins can then register in the placeholder > > items. The smart separators will only be shown when needed. > > OK, but I need to know how many groups are needed here in advance. I'm > not sure this solves the problem, because when I go to programatically > add another group to the end of the list I have to decide whether there > is a separator already at the end or not. > --
That is the bit that smart separators save you from. They hide when they end up next to the edge of the menu or next to another separator. _______________________________________________ gtk-devel-list mailing list gtk-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-devel-list
