Re: notebook: disable tabs?

[Michael Rothwell <rothwell holly-springs nc us>]

I want to disable just the tabs which don't apply in the current
context, not all of them.

-M

otaylor redhat com wrote:
> otaylor redhat com writes:
>
> > Michael Rothwell <rothwell holly-springs nc us> writes:
> >
> > > Is there a way to disable tabs in a notebook, so that they still show,
> > > but nothing happens when you click on them?
> >
> > Well, yes, there is, with some hackery, but I doubt I should
> > tell you what it is.
> >
> > Notebook tabs are for use for switching pages. If you have
> > notebook tabs, your users will try to use them for switching
> > pages. If the tabs don't switch pages, then your users will
> > undoubtably get frustrated and confused.
> >
> > Regards,
> >                                         Owen
>
> PS - Not to be completely unhelpful, the way to disable clicking
> on the tabs would be to intercept button press events - do
>
> static gboolean
> stop_func (GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventButton *event)
> {
>   gtk_signal_emit_stop_by_name (widget, "button-press-event");
>   return TRUE;
> }
>
>  gtk_signal_connect (GTK_OBJECT (notebook), "button-press-event",
>                      GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC (stop_func), NULL);
>
> But still, just don't do it.
>                                         Owen
>
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