Re: Cast Gtk::TreeModel::iterator to int

[Glus Xof <gtglus gmail com>]

2009/12/3 Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>:
> On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 17:09 +0100, Glus Xof wrote:
>> Honestly, I have seen the  Gtk::TreeModel::Path::get_indices() method
>> before, but I didn't consider it because I didn't know why the array
>> of int(s), while I need just one int... Jose came again to give me
>> light... because TreeStore nodes also exist...
>>
>> So,
>>
>> Glib::RefPtr <Gtk::ListStore>  m_refTreeModel;
>> Gtk::TreeModel::iterator iter;
>> Gtk::TreeModel::Path cellpath=m_refTreeModel->get_path(iter);
>> std::vector<gint> rowindex = cellpath.get_indices();
>>
>> The right value is rowindex[0]... ;)
>>
>> Thanks to all,
>
> However, remember that this is almost never what you want:
>
> - If you want some kind of numerical identifier for the item then you
> should probably store that ID in an extra model column.
> - If you want to refer to the row temporarily somehow, you should use
> Gtk::TreeModel::iterator.

Thanks, Mr. Cumming, I'll bear in mind !!

Glus