Re: [gtk-list] Re: Possible to "ghost" menu items?

[Kenneth Albanowski <kjahds kjahds com>]

On Wed, 13 May 1998, Federico Mena Quintero wrote:

> >  Is it possible to "ghost" a menu item in a menu so it can not be chosen?  I
> >  want to temporarily disable menu items if there are no active selections in
> >  a list.  
> 
> Yes, just unset the menu item's sensitivity:
> 
>      gtk_widget_set_sensitive (my_menu_item, FALSE);

This seems to trip lots of folks up (myself included). I suspect that this
call should be mentioned in the gtkmenuitem.h header.

-- 
Kenneth Albanowski (kjahds@kjahds.com, CIS: 70705,126)