Re: [gtkmm] right-click in declarated Gtk::TreeView

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Mon, 2004-06-07 at 16:38 +0200, B.Hakvoort wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> Normally i built my treeview by just deriving from Gtk::TreeView and by
> overriding some callbacks to add my custom code to some signals. Before
> implementing my own code i call the base class to allow normal handling
> of the signal. (this is all explained in the book)
> This time, however, i've just declared a Gtk::TreeView and catch
> right-clicks by connecting to "signal_button_press_event" using the
> following code:
> -------------------------------------------------
> treeview.signal_button_press_event().connect_notify( 
> sigc::mem_fun(*this, &DetailWindow::treeview_click) );
> ----------------------------------------------------
> 
> works ok, but it seems "normal handling" doesn't happen anymore. The row
> get's selected after i've executed my custom code (popup menu).
> So, how do i call the normal signal handler for onclick events? Since
> i'm not deriving from Gtk::TreeView i don't have access to the protected
> memberfunctions.
> 
> I hope i did make myself clear, if not, just ask :^)

You might experiment with connect(slot , true /* before */), which needs
a return value for the slot.

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Murray Cumming
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