Re: bug in gtk_widget_show_all or bug in my understanding

[Bob Lissner <RLissner WoodlandVillage net>]

Daniel Weber wrote:
> 
> Bob Lissner wrote:
> 
> > I build a window full of all sorts of stuff.
> > At the end i gtk_widget_show_all (thewindow);
> >
> >   menu = gtk_menu_new ();
> >
> >       menu_item = gtk_menu_item_new_with_label ("HTML");
> >     /* gtk_widget_show (menu_item);  */
> >     gtk_signal_connect (GTK_OBJECT (menu_item),
> >                         "select",
> >                         GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC (fileio_type_change),(gpointer) 2);
> >     gtk_menu_append (GTK_MENU(menu), menu_item);
> >
> >
> >   type_button = gtk_option_menu_new ();
> >   gtk_option_menu_set_menu (GTK_OPTION_MENU (type_button), menu);
> >   type_hbox = gtk_hbox_new (FALSE, 5);
> >
> > Note that the gtk_widget_show is commented out.  The menu shows, but
> > with no text displayed. If I open up the menu,
> > the words are there, but they won't display at the top of the menu.
> >
> >   If I remove the /* */ then everything works fine.
> >
> > Question:  why doesn't the show_all pick up this menu?
> >

> Have you tried moving the show after the append?

That's not quite the issue.  I should be able to entirely omit the
gtk_widget_show because at the end of building the window
i issue gtk_widget_show_all.  The question is:  why do I have to issue
the gtk_widget_show to make the menu item show?  The show_all
should take care of that.

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