Re: activating a button

[Jonathan Blandford <jrb redhat com>]

"Chandrashekhar V. Joshi" <cvj telco co in> writes:

> On Oct 31,  4:49pm, Jonathan Blandford wrote:
> > Subject: Re: activating a button
> > Davina Armstrong <davina lickey com> writes:
> >
> > > When I hit Enter, the GtkEntry "activate" event is triggered.  I can
> > > either make the "activate" event call my button callback function, or I
> > > can make it call gtk_button_clicked(button), both of which work, but
> > > fail to give the user the visual feedback of the button being clicked.
> > > Can anyone tell me how to accomplish this?
>
>       Try gtk_button_pressed(button) and then
>       gtk_button_realesed(button)
>       this will ultimately generate the click event on your button
>       also hopefully( i m not sure plz. try out )
>       it will give you the visual effect

This won't work.  It will simulate the "clicked" event (by emitting the
signal) but you won't get the visual effect.  You are better off using
gtk_button_clicked, or better yet, just calling your callback directly
when you get an "activate" signal.

Thanks,
-Jonathan