Re: gtk_editable_get_position

[David Nečas <yeti physics muni cz>]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:47:55PM +0200, maxim maxim wrote:
> I have  a following  question, I try to receive a cursor position in
> GtkEntry by function gtk_editable_get_position (GTK_EDITABLE (entry)),
> but the  function returns a correct position only at expose-event, in
> all other cases it returns a zero,

Demonstrate.  The attached program demonstrates it works as expected.

Yeti

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#include <gtk/gtk.h>

static void
get_position(GtkEntry *entry)
{
    g_print("pos: %d\n", gtk_editable_get_position(GTK_EDITABLE(entry)));
}

int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    GtkWidget *window, *box, *entry, *button;

    gtk_init(&argc, &argv);
    window = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
    g_signal_connect(window, "destroy", G_CALLBACK(gtk_main_quit), NULL);

    box = gtk_vbox_new(FALSE, 4);
    gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(window), box);

    entry = gtk_entry_new();
    gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(box), entry);

    button = gtk_button_new_with_mnemonic("_Get Position");
    gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(box), button);
    g_signal_connect_swapped(button, "clicked",
                             G_CALLBACK(get_position), entry);

    gtk_widget_show_all(window);
    gtk_main();

    return 0;
}
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