API break in GtkAction?

[Sébastien Wilmet <swilmet gnome org>]

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GtkAction, GtkStock, GtkUIManager etc have been deprecated. But it 
should still be possible to use them.

On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 10:13:51PM +0200, Sébastien Wilmet wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Since the deprecation of GtkUIManager, GtkAction, GtkStock etc, it seems 
> that gtk_action_set_always_show_image() doesn't work anymore.
>
> I don't have the time to port my application to GMenu (and I think some 
> features are missing, that I use with GtkUIManager). And I need icons in 
> menus. For example some menu items permit to insert international 
> accents. The image is really useful to know which accent it is.
>
> To enable icons in menus, I use this code (in Vala):
>
> foreach (Gtk.ActionGroup action_group in ui_manager.get_action_groups ())
> {
>     foreach (Gtk.Action action in action_group.list_actions ())
>     {
>         action.set_always_show_image (true);
>     }
> }
>
> It works fine with GTK+ 3.8, but not with GTK+ 3.10.
>
> I openened this bug:
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=708651
>
> I hope this is not intentional (which means it is an API break, without 
> .so version bump…).
>
> And, if it is intentional, is there another easy way to force to show 
> icons in menus? (Without lots of manual code, I mean, because the menu 
> is big).
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Sébastien