Re: Newbie question

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 03:25  AM, Fred. Oger wrote:

> If a destroy a container, are the widget contained also destroyed ?

absolutely.


> I have a VBox containing a widget, is it possible to replace this one
> with another one ?

yes, although there are other solutions that may or may not be more 
appropriate.

you can hide and show widgets as you like, so you could pack two sets 
of widgets, and only show one set at a time.  this is the trick 
GnomeDruid uses to replace the "Next" button with a "Finish" button.

you can use a GtkNotebook.  the tabs are optional, as i recall.

you can also use $widget->reparent, $widget->remove, $widget->add, and 
other fun tricks.

the gtk faq has a bit of info, too.
http://gtk.org/faq/#AEN599


> How can I change the items of an ItemFactory at runtime ?

are you trying to create a dynamic menu?  you may have better luck 
creating the menus by hand.


> Sorry if those questions are silly, but this is my first attempt at
> writing a graphical app.

check out the gtk tutorial and gtk faq; they are for C, but gtk2-perl 
is very close to C.
http://gtk.org/faq/
http://gtk.org/tutorial/