Re: GtkToggleButton and inconsistent state

["Padraig O'Briain" <Padraig Obriain Sun COM>]

Bill,

If I understood our conversation correctly, you suggested that we should use the 
state ATK_STATE_ACTIVE to indiciate that a toggle button is not inconsistent.

This is quite a change from the current position where ATK_STATE_ACTIVE will be 
used only to indicate that a window is the currently active window.

I have looked more closely at this and I think that the state ATK_STATE_ENABLED 
is the one that we want, i.e. this state will not be set if the toggle button is 
inconsistent.

Padraig

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> Normally a toggle button may be in a "checked" or "active" state. I am 
assuming  
> the terms "checked" and "active" mean the same thing. In addition, a 
> GtkToggleButton can also be in an "inconsistent" or "in-between" state.
> 
> The text below is from the description of the function  
> gtk_toggle_button_set_inconsistent().
> 
>  * If the user has selected a range of elements (such as some text or
>  * spreadsheet cells) that are affected by a toggle button, and the
>  * current values in that range are inconsistent, you may want to
>  * display the toggle in an "in between" state. This function turns on
>  * "in between" display.  Normally you would turn off the inconsistent
>  * state again if the user toggles the toggle button. This has to be
>  * done manually, gtk_toggle_button_set_inconsistent() only affects
>  * visual appearance, it doesn't affect the semantics of the button.
> 
> If a toggle button is in an inconsistent state putting it into a "checked"
> or "active" state does not cause its state to be be displayed as 
> GTK_STATE_ACTIVE; there is no visible change in how the button is 
> displayed although internally the button's state is active and a "toggled"
> signal is generated. There are three visual states for the button: active, 
> inactive and inconsistent.
> 
> I think that we need an ATK_STATE to report that a toggle button is 
> inconsistent. Can we use an existing state, e.g. ATK_STATE_INVALID or do we 
need 
> a new one, e.g. ATK_STATE_INCONSISTENT?
> 
> If the toggle button is inconsistent, I do not think that attempting to toggle 
> the button should report a change of state as there is no visible effect.
> 
> 
> Padraig