Re: How to create a scrolled text window with GTK 2.x?

[Frank Naumann <fnaumann cs uni-magdeburg de>]

Hello!

> > In gtkmm I use:
> >
> >  	info_display->insert(info_display->end(), msg);
> >
> >  	/* scroll to the end */
> >  	info_display->move_mark(info_display->get_insert(), info_display->end());
> >  	textView.scroll_to_mark(info_display->get_insert(), 0.0);
> >
> > With info_display as Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::TextBuffer> and
> > textView as Gtk::TextView.
> >
> > Just replace with the gtk+ Functions. Hope it helps.
>
>  I tried it like this, but it doesn't scroll to the end...

That's bad, here this work as expected. Looks like the same, the only 
difference I see is that I use GTK_WRAP_NONE for the textview.


Regards,
Frank

>    GtkWidget* textWindow = gtk_text_view_new();
>    gtk_text_view_set_wrap_mode(GTK_TEXT_VIEW(textWindow), GTK_WRAP_WORD);
>    gtk_text_view_set_editable(GTK_TEXT_VIEW(textWindow), FALSE);
>    gtk_text_view_set_cursor_visible(GTK_TEXT_VIEW(textWindow), FALSE);
>
>    GtkWidget* scrolledTextWindow = gtk_scrolled_window_new(NULL, NULL);
>    gtk_scrolled_window_set_policy(GTK_SCROLLED_WINDOW(scrolledTextWindow),
>                                   GTK_POLICY_NEVER, GTK_POLICY_AUTOMATIC);
>    gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(scrolledTextWindow), textWindow);
>
>
>    GtkTextBuffer *buffer=gtk_text_view_get_buffer(GTK_TEXT_VIEW(textWindow));
>    GtkTextIter iter;
>    gtk_text_buffer_get_end_iter(buffer, &iter);
>    gtk_text_buffer_insert(buffer, &iter, "a\nb\nc\nd\ne\nf\ng\nh\ni\nj", -1);
>
>    gtk_text_buffer_get_end_iter(buffer, &iter);
>    gtk_text_buffer_move_mark(buffer, gtk_text_buffer_get_insert(buffer),
>                              &iter);
>    gtk_text_view_scroll_to_mark(GTK_TEXT_VIEW(textWindow),
>                                 gtk_text_buffer_get_insert(buffer),
>                                 0, FALSE, 0, 0);