Re: A question about deprecated widget

[galtgendo o2 pl]

David NeÄas (Yeti) napisaÅ(a):
> On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 07:33:34PM +0100, galtgendo o2 pl wrote:
> > 1. One of the parts of GTK_COMBO seemed to be a scrolled window, what 
> > would be the simplest combination of widgets to have similar 
> > look-and-feel, cause GTK_COMBO_BOX with longer lists is simply ugly.
>
> This is a matter of Gtk+ theme.  Try setting
> "appears-as-list" style property of GtkComboBox to 1 in your
> gtkrc-2.0.
>
> > 2. As GTK_COMBO_BOX uses GTK_LIST_STORE, what would be the most 
> > efficient way to transform a GList or char** to such thing.
>
> Use gtk_combo_box_new_text() to create a simple text-only
> combo and fill it with the strings.  Then throw away the
> GList or array.
You got it all wrong.
As "appears-as-list" is a style property, it's read-only, so it would be 
pointless for me. The effect I'm looking for is a non-depreciated widget 
combination that would look and act like GTK_COMBO did, I mean a 
scrolled window and all, preferably one with number of rows set by me.
As it goes for the second point, glist (char**) is a result of calling a 
function from a separate library, so I'm interested in a way of 
converting it back and forth in an efficient way. While GTK_COMBO to 
GTK_COMBO_BOX transition was what triggered the need for it, 
gtk_combo_box_new_text is a non-solution, cause I will be changing that 
list, looking up values it contains, etc., so I need a method of 
displaying it and certain usability issues, force something that should 
look and act like GTK_COMBO.