Re: how to get entry from GtkComboBoxEntry?

[Vlasov Vitaly <vnigtha gmail com>]

Thank you!
> I don't quite get the difference between empty entry and user-typed
text (she could type something and then delete it, for instance).

Simple pseudo-code:
button_callback(save_lang_button, ComboBoxEntry)
if(combobox selected)
  do_work
else {
  if(entry is empty)
    this_is_error()
  else
    do_work_with_entry_val()
}

> Use gtk_bin_get_child(comboboxentry) to get the GtkComboBoxEntry's
GtkEntry widget.

Thank you, it should help.
Is gtk_bin_get_child() always return GtkEntry widget?

Ð ÐÑ., 11/09/2012 Ð 13:38 +0200, David NeÄas ÐÐÑÐÑ:
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 03:29:10PM +0400, Vlasov Vitaly wrote:
> > I wanna use some ComboBox/Entry widget:
> > It should contain tree model with language names and hidden ISO 639-1
> > codes, for example "English"("en") "German"("de") "Russian"("ru") or
> > other. And, in addition, it should allow to user write ISO 639-1
> > language code from keyboard.
> >
> > So, with tree i can get selected value and respectively get lang code
> > from tree.
> > When in ComboBox is not selected values, it could mean: 1) User set it
> > from keyboard 2) Entry is empty.
> >
> > It is possible to create ComboBox with tree model and separate entry,
> > but i don't like that way.
> >
> > How to check, whether the user has entered a value from the keyboard or
> > entry is empty?
> > May be i should use other Entry/ComboBox widget? I used before
> > GtkEntryCompletion. It work's, but it uncomfortable with two-letter ISO
> > codes.
> >
> > Now i use gtk-2.0, but later will switch to 3.0. As i can see, in
> > gtk-3.0 GtkComboBox and GtkComboxEntry is same thing. But i still can't
> > get entry widget from gtk-3.0 ComboBox.
>
> I don't quite get the difference between empty entry and user-typed text
> (she could type something and then delete it, for instance).  Anyway, I
> will try to answer the simple part:
>
> Use gtk_bin_get_child(comboboxentry) to get the GtkComboBoxEntry's
> GtkEntry widget.
>
> Regards,
>
> Yeti