Re: Creating widgets at runtime

[Bob Caryl <bob fis-cal com>]

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A look at your code would be helpful.

Bob Caryl

andypaxo wrote:
> I have a little experience with gtkmm, but just trying something new at the
> moment...
> 
> I'm trying to add widgets to a program at runtime (as a simple example,
> adding buttons to an HBox in response to user input). However I'm not
> getting very far.
> 
> Having tried several approaches and having scoured the internet and the docs
> for some time, I am getting nowhere.
> 
> WARNING: There's a high probability that I'm really over-complicating things
> here
> (You most likely don't want to read this bit!)
> -  My first thought was to simply declare a new button in a method and add
> it to the HBox as you would with a member variable button, but nothing
> appears
> -  My second thought was to create a std::vector containing
> Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::Button> objects (in order to hold onto the button after
> the method call had ended);
>    However, there seems to be no way to add the RefPtr object to an HBox
> (and no way to add a plain button to a vector)
> 
> So, if anyone knows a way to generate widgets at runtime, it would be great
> to hear it,
> Thanks!
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