Re: [RFC] The `Manage Identities' dialog

[Peter Bloomfield <PeterBloomfield MindSpring com>]

On 2002.05.11 08:26 Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> The list of identities in the `Manage Identities' dialog 
> (Settings->Identities...) is currently implemented as a GtkCList, 
> which is deprecated in gtk+-2.0. The replacement widget is 
> GtkTreeView--porting is under way.
> 
> GtkTreeView has the capability of rendering a column of checkboxes 
> (or radio buttons) to indicate status. Balsa currently uses an arrow 
> icon to indicate the current default identity; this looks like a 
> candidate for replacement by a checkbox.
> 
> Rendering the list that way will obviously invite the user to click 
> on the box to change the default. However, the checkbox isn't a real 
> checkbox widget, and there's no simple way to detect a (single) click 
> on it.

Thanks to everyone for the reactions. If I had only rtfm...it turns out 
there's a "toggled" signal for clicking on the radio buttons. It's 
emitted by the GtkCellRendererToggle widget, not the 
GtkTreeView--that's my (lame) excuse for missing it!

So using the radio buttons to show the default identity looks pretty 
good--patch is on its way. Putting the `edit identity' frame on the 
`manage identities' dialog would also be nice, but I can't figure out 
how to do it, and it's late, so no patch for that tonight :(

Peter