Re: Which widget id triggered the event?

[Kenneth Swanson <kswanson watson wustl edu>]

I don't get it.  The widget that triggered an event should be passed in 
to @_ for your callback.  Why can't you just use that?

That said, all of Emmanuele's comments apply.

-Ken

MICHAEL MCGINN wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> Is there any way to figure out which widget id triggered an event?
>  
> An example
>  
> I have a common function that could be triggered by either a button 
> click, menuitem, popup menuitem, etc...
>  
> Depending on what widget was used I want call the same function, 
> detemine which widget, then process accordingly. Based on which widget I 
> would perform all or a subset of the function.
>  
> I've looked into the Gtk2::main and Gtk2::Widget methods and they 
> provide the event widget (GtkMenuItem) and complete path 
> (GtkWindow.GtkMenu.GtkMenuItem) but I would need the id of the menu item 
> (ex: "menu name1" or "menu name 2")  in order to process accordingly.
>  
> The way I do it now is to have the signal handler from the widget call 
> the function and pass it what it needs.
>  
> Thanks in advance,
> Michael
>
>
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