GTK Selection owner question.

[Jeff Franks <jcf tpg com au>]

Hi,

As far as I understand a  GtkInvisible widget can be used as the 
"selection owner". If this is correct then there is a minor problem. You 
can't set  a GtkInvisible widget as the selection owner unless the 
GTK_VISIBLE flag is set. This is because of the following line near the 
top of the gtk_selection_owner_set function:

g_return_val_if_fail (widget == NULL || GTK_WIDGET_REALIZED (widget), 
FALSE);

So, to be able to set a GtkInvisible widget as the "selection owner" you 
have to either call gtk_widget_show() or specifically set the 
GTK_VISIBLE flag and call gtk_widget_realize().

It seems a bit strange calling gtk_widget_show() or setting the 
GTK_VISIBLE flag on a widget that is supposed to be invisible.

Is this correct or have I missed something,

Jeff.