Re: Simulating a button press

[Havoc Pennington <rhp zirx pair com>]

On 7 Jun 1999, Colin Marquardt wrote:
> 
> IŽd say it could be done with gtk_signal_emit_by_name().
> 

Be careful - this is allowed for "clicked," but not for "pressed."
"clicked" is a GTK_RUN_ACTION signal, which means you don't have to do any
special setup or shutdown when you emit it. 

"pressed," however, is not; you need to use the gtk_button_pressed()
function to emit it. gtk_button_pressed() doesn't actually do any setup or
shutdown; but technically speaking, it could.

There's also a gtk_button_clicked() to emit the "clicked" signal; but this
is just for convenience, rather than an API you must use.

Havoc