Re: Which widget or widgets to use

[Martyn Russell <ginxd btopenworld com>]

On Fri, 2002-08-09 at 04:44, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote:
> This is a little difficult to express, but here goes.
>
> I would like to have a columned list, that certain columns contain like
> an empty entry box. I would like certain columns to act like a combo
> box.

You can do this with a GtkTreeView and a GtkListView.

> Now I do not think this is possible with a clist, not to mention that
> use of clists is supposed to be deprecated. So can this be done with the
> replacement widget, the list store. Or is there another way to go about
> this.

The limitation of the GtkCList lies with just text and images.  I had
this problem before, I wanted to use a check box or combo, and it
couldnt be done (but it can in GtkTreeView/GtkListView).

> I have been playing around with some widgets in Glade but I can't seem
> to replicate the functionality that I am looking for.

Glade-2 currently doesnt have much support for GtkTreeView's /
GtkListView's (as far as showing of their full potential is concerned). 
They can be quite complicated because they are powerful in what can be
done with them.

> The closet thing I have seen kind of like what I am looking for is
> either a spread sheet in GNumeric, or the Contacts part of Evolution in
> phone list view.
>
> But neither of those have a drop down list/combo box that I want.

You want to look more into the GtkTreeView and GtkListView.  To use
combo's / entry's / check boxes / etc, look at the GtkCellRenderer
documentation:

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/treewidgetobjects.html

Also, you get an idea of how to do some of these things, (I am assuming
you have gtk2) you should be able to run the program 'gtk-demo' which
shows off all of gtk2's main features... and gives the source to how to
do them.  Perhaps these will give you more of an idea!
 
> So is the functionality that I am looking for possible. If so what
> widget(s) should I be using. I am not looking for code examples, but I
> am looking for some direction on what widget(s) or combination of
> widgets to use.
>
> Thanks
>
> -- 
> Sincerely,
> William L. Thomson Jr.
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