Re: simple question: get menu item string

[Carlos Pereira <carlos pehoe civil ist utl pt>]

> thanks for the quick help, though it doesn't seem to return a label :(
>
>  GtkWidget* menu_item=gtk_menu_get_active(GTK_MENU(menu));
>  GtkWidget *label = GTK_BIN (menu_item)->child;
>  gtk_label_get (GTK_LABEL (label), val);
>
> it fails when trying to get the label and returns a NULL pointer

I thought you were talking about menu_items in
menus while you are really talking about menu_items
in option_menus, which work quite differently, it seems.

I remember Havoc saying in this list that the method 
to get the current string in option menus is sort 
of broken, but I might be wrong.

The options in your option_menu are statically created,
i.e. you know them at compile time? if that is the case
you can use this method (which I use in my code):

/* get option */
option1 = (GtkWidget *) gtk_object_get_data (GTK_OBJECT (dialog), "option1");
option2 = (GtkWidget *) gtk_object_get_data (GTK_OBJECT (dialog), "option2");
option3 = (GtkWidget *) gtk_object_get_data (GTK_OBJECT (dialog), "option3");

option_menu = (GtkWidget *) gtk_object_get_data (GTK_OBJECT (dialog), "option_menu");
menu = gtk_option_menu_get_menu (GTK_OPTION_MENU (option_menu));
menu_item = gtk_menu_get_active (GTK_MENU (menu));

if (menu_item == option1)
  do_option1;
else if (menu_item == option2)
  do_option2;
else if (menu_item == option3)
  do_option3;

Carlos