I am trying to do certain things with the combo box, that if done with Java swing (or Windows.forms, or Cocoa for Mac OS) would be extremely simple and straightforward. Specifically I am trying to find an equivalent to the following:
JComboBox::setSelectedItem(this could be a string that matches one already in the list) I don't know if the following code will set the list to an existing item, and also fire a changed event which is what I would prefer: gtk_entry_set_text (GTK_ENTRY (GTK_COMBO (combo)->entry), "My String."); JComboBox::setSelectedIndex(int index of the list) int JComboBox::getSelectedIndex() Without these methods (or very similar), it is limited in usability I think. In my case I want to make it do something very specific, but I'm almost sure I have used these methods when I have done Java programming in the past and used combo boxes. There just seems to be so much more functionality in the other combo boxes than the gtk combo box. I like gtk, and what it is creating for UNIX and so I am hoping to provide constructive opinions and not just a complaint. The big questions I have are: - Is there a reason these methods were not implemented, because I assume someone thought of them at the time of planning? This is not meant to sound like a reprimand, like when a parent asks a child, "Is there a reason your room is not clean?" I'm asking whether there is a technical reason that prevented it, or whether it violated a design concept or something like that. - If they were implemented, would they be included in a future release? And if so, would it be the next gtk release (2.2) or could they be added to a next incremental update, for example 2.0.8? Thanks, Mark PS Anyone on the gtkmm list may recognize this message a little. I realized this is probably a better issue for gtk, because gtkmm usually stays pretty close to gtk in functionality. If it is added to gtk, I assume it will show up in a future release of gtkmm. So I decided to bring it up on here. _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
