Re: Getting value from an option menu

["Timothy M. Shead" <tshead k-3d com>]

Dean Schumacher wrote:

> Hello. I'm just starting to learn GTK+ programming and am having
> trouble figuring out how to get the value the user has selected
> on an option menu.
>
> Looking in the online GTK+ Reference Manual, there doesn't seem
> to be any function to get the value.

A GtkOptionMenu is like any other menu - you connect callbacks to the 
"activate" signals on the individual items.


> Also, I'm thinking, surely there's an easier way of doing
> this. For a GtkEntry object, it just takes a single call
> to gtk_entry_get_text. Is there not something similar to get
> the value from an option menu? I can't find it in any
> documentation.

For this behaviour, what you want is a GtkComboBox - it's basically a 
GtkEntry, with a list of predefined text values that the user can select.

Regards,
Timothy M. Shead
tshead k-3d com