[gtk+] Add a note about placeholder text use
- From: Matthias Clasen <matthiasc src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gtk+] Add a note about placeholder text use
- Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 04:36:41 +0000 (UTC)
commit 22d046d7fe858d71d83f7198bab03c89dedafe98
Author: Matthias Clasen <mclasen redhat com>
Date: Fri Sep 2 00:35:38 2011 -0400
Add a note about placeholder text use
Explain how this is really not such a great feature...
gtk/gtkentry.c | 15 +++++++++++----
1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/gtk/gtkentry.c b/gtk/gtkentry.c
index 89d8f6f..4e2e926 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkentry.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkentry.c
@@ -992,7 +992,8 @@ gtk_entry_class_init (GtkEntryClass *class)
/**
* GtkEntry:placeholder-text:
*
- * The text that will be displayed in the #GtkEntry when it is empty and unfocused.
+ * The text that will be displayed in the #GtkEntry when it is empty
+ * and unfocused.
*
* Since: 3.2
*/
@@ -10344,9 +10345,15 @@ gtk_entry_progress_pulse (GtkEntry *entry)
* @entry: a #GtkEntry
* @text: a string to be displayed when @entry is empty an unfocused, or %NULL
*
- * Sets text to be displayed in @entry when
- * it is empty and unfocused. This can be used to give a visual hint
- * of the expected contents of the #GtkEntry.
+ * Sets text to be displayed in @entry when it is empty and unfocused.
+ * This can be used to give a visual hint of the expected contents of
+ * the #GtkEntry.
+ *
+ * Note that since the placeholder text gets removed when the entry
+ * received focus, using this feature is a bit problematic if the entry
+ * is given the initial focus in a window. Sometimes this can be
+ * worked around by delaying the initial focus setting until the
+ * first key event arrives.
*
* Since: 3.2
**/
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