Re: Docs + topping a window

[rob <mailingLists pangolin org uk>]

On 2001.12.02 22:42 Peter Rottengatter wrote:
> Hi
>
> I haven't used GTK for long, but I find it very tiring to look for docs 
> on a specific subject. As an example, I'm looking for a way to make some
> window that might have been covered by other windows (of my application)
> to become the topmost again.

gdk_window_raise(myWindow);

note this is gdk_window  not gtk_window
I'm not 100% on this but gtk_widget_get_parent_window returns a gdk_window
so perhaps this is how you get I don't have the source here so I can't
check

> Another thing I haven't been able to figure out is how to set an
> optionmenu
> to a specific entry (that's already in the menu). For instance, I want
> the
> optionmenu button to show the entry no.3. Do I need to read out the menu
> entry text no.3, and
> a) set the button text using gtk_label_set_text (How do I obtain the 
>    GtkLabel *label ?)
> b) set the menu using gtk_menu_set_active ?
> Or is there a simpler solution ?

gtk_option_menu_set_history(myOptionMenu, theNoOfTheItemIWantSelected);

hope this helps

rob