Re: gtk_container_remove

[Brett Granger <bdgranger alum mit edu>]

Ronald Roth wrote:
> does gtk_container_remove destroy the widget that is being removed?

A widget will be automagically destroyed if it's refcount goes to 0. 
Generally a widget in a container is in such a case.  Thus if you don't 
want it destroyed, you should ref it before removing it just to be 
safe...  Otherwise, the ref counting mechanism should take care of it 
for you, as long as someone isn't holding onto a ref by mistake.



> In my program, I have a 
>
> gtk_container_remove(container, widget);
> gtk_widget_destroy(widget);
>
> but each time, gtk_widget_destroy complains that assertion
> GTK_IS_WIDGET(widget) fails.  What is gtk_container_remove doing that
> causes this?
>
> thanks
> -Ron
>
> btw, tristan, thanks for the pointer to gtk_container_remove.  Except
> for the above, it works beautifully.
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