On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 10:19 -0600, John Taber wrote: > You are right, the table coordinates are different - previously you could > just > append the menuitem.
What is this "previously" API? I didn't even know that this Menu::attach() method existed. What are you actually trying to do? I'm sure there's a less painful way. > This is what I have now tried: > fileMenu = new Gtk::Menu(); > newMenuItem = new Gtk::MenuItem("New"); > fileMenu->attach(*newMenuItem,0,1,0,1); > openMenuItem = new Gtk::MenuItem("Open"); > fileMenu->attach(*openMenuItem,0,1,0,2); > fileMenuItem = new Gtk::MenuItem("File", fileMenu); > menubar = new Gtk::MenuBar(); > menubar->append(*fileMenuItem); > ...... > show_all_children(); > > "File" shows on the menubar but when clicked, the "New" or "Open" menuitems > do > not show. Since I don't understand the table idea, I guess this is where the > problem is (do the coordinates mean to the left or right of the calling menu, > to the top or bottom ? ). Btw - what is the best way to check versions on my > installed gtk, gtkmm, glib.... (one machine is Fedora, one is ubuntu debian). > > thks. > > > On Friday 22 April 2005 09:36, Murray Cumming wrote: > > On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 09:38 -0600, John Taber wrote: > > > Thanks for suggestion - it eliminated the error but my menuitems are > > > still not showing > > > > Are you calling show()? > > > > > (to test I added a second one at 0,1,0,2). I have read the > > > documentation but I cannot understand what the table is supposed to do > > > and maybe that is where my problem is. btw other gtk documentation I > > > have showed a far simpler way - was this a change in gtk? or in gtkmm? > > > and is the old api eliminated just not deprecated? thanks > > > > You'll have to show us what you mean. > > > > > John > > > > > > On Friday 22 April 2005 06:24, Murray Cumming wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 05:41 -0600, John Taber wrote: > > > > > I'm having a problem with the newer way to use a custom menu - can > > > > > someone help out - thanks. > > > > > > > > > > fileMenu = new Gtk::Menu(); > > > > > openMenuItem = new Gtk::MenuItem("Open"); > > > > > fileMenu->attach(*openMenuItem,0,0,0,0); > > > > > > > > Table (and Menu, I guess) attach coordinates are a bit odd. Like the > > > > warning says, you probably want 0, 1, 0, 1. This is hinted at in the > > > > documentation: > > > > http://www.gtkmm.org/docs/gtkmm-2.4/docs/reference/html/classGtk_1_1Men > > > >u.ht ml#a0 > > > > > > > > I guess this should have default values. A patch would be welcome. > > > > > > > > But I personally prefer to use the UIManager anyway. > > > > > > > > > fileMenuItem = new Gtk::MenuItem("File", fileMenu); > > > > > menubar = new Gtk::MenuBar(); > > > > > menubar->append(*fileMenuItem); > > > > > mainBox.pack_start(*menubar, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK); > > > > > > > > > > : Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkmenu.c: line 3836 (gtk_menu_attach): > > > > > : assertion > > > > > > > > > > `left_attach < right_attach' failed > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > gtkmm-list mailing list > > > > > gtkmm-list@gnome.org > > > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtkmm-list -- Murray Cumming [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.murrayc.com www.openismus.com _______________________________________________ gtkmm-list mailing list gtkmm-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtkmm-list