Re: Re: Toggle buttons

[Jim Parker <hopeye cfl rr com>]

Thanks Owen,

Unfortunately, I already have that line in my code.  Do I need to connect a
signal ?

cheers,
Jim Parker`

On Tue,  7 May 2002, Owen Taylor wrote:
> Date: Tue,  7 May 2002 10:28:42 -0400 (EDT)
> To: hopeye cfl rr com
> From: Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>
> CC: David Odin <David dindinx org>, gtk-app-devel-list gnome org
> Sender: gtk-app-devel-list-admin gnome org
> Subject: Re: Toggle buttons
>
>
> Jim Parker <hopeye cfl rr com> writes:
>
> > G'Day !
> >
> > I am building a toolbar(s) in a CAD application.  While I use
> radio-buttons
> > in my menu, the UI would require a major rewite to incorporate the use
> of
> > radio-buttons and I don't think it wold work (I am probably blinded by
> > convention here).
> >
> > I could use normal buttons for this, but wanted to give the user a
> visual
> > clue as to what state the program was in.  Also the program continues
> to be
> > in this state until changed by the user explicitly.  (for example,
> drawing
> > points on a screen with a mouse.  You do not want to force the user to
> > click a button for each point.)
> >
> > As another poster pointed out gtk_toggle_button_set_active ( ) is the
> way
> > to go.  Ugly, but ...
>
> Call gtk_toggle_button_set_mode(button, FALSE) on radio buttons and
> they'll
> draw like toggle buttons.
>
> Regards,
>                                         Owen
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