Re: menu accelerators not working

[Philip Tricca <phil noggle biz>]

jcupitt gmail com wrote:
> On 10/30/07, Philip Tricca <phil noggle biz> wrote:
> > > > I'm using the GtkUIManager to build my menus from GtkActionEntrys and
> > > > an
> > > > xml description.  Everything works great except for the accelerators.
> > > > I
> > > > can't seem to get them working at all, even the stock quit.
>
> Have you added the accel group to the window? You need:
>
>         accel_group = gtk_ui_manager_get_accel_group( mainw->ui_manager );
>         gtk_window_add_accel_group( GTK_WINDOW( mainw ), accel_group );
>
> For example, search in:
>
> http://vips.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/vips/nip2/trunk/src/program.c?view=markup
>
> for accel for some boilerplate.

Thanks John,  That's huge!!

I pulled down a few examples but they were all using glade.  Your 
recommendation and your reference code has been a huge help.  The 
GtkAccelGroup makes a bit more sense now, especially after seeing that 
it needs to be directly associated with the top level window.  The 
GtkUIManager can make them but can't make the final connection to the 
top level window on its own.

Thanks,
- Philip