Re: gtk accelerator problems

[Filip Van Raemdonck <mechanix debian org>]

On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 03:16:22PM +0200, Filip Van Raemdonck wrote:
>       item = gtk_menu_item_new_with_mnemonic ("_Entry");
>       g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (item), "activate", G_CALLBACK (activate_cb), NULL);
>       gtk_menu_item_set_accel_path (GTK_MENU_ITEM (item), "<MyApp>/menu/entry");
>       gtk_accel_map_add_entry ("<MyApp>/menu/entry", 'E', GDK_CONTROL_MASK);
>       gtk_widget_show (item);
>       gtk_menu_shell_append (GTK_MENU_SHELL (item_holder), item);
>
> etc.
>
> When running the application, neither the accelerator label is shown in the
> menu, nor does the accelerator (ctrl+E) actually work.
>
> I can't find anything in the API reference or in the tutorial which I might
> have missed.
> I tried using gtk_window_add_accel_group () on the top level window, using a
> freshly created GtkAccelGroup but it doesn't change anything. Not that I
> expected it to, since I'm not passing on the accelgroup anywhere to the menu
> item related accel calls.

I figured this out myself by browsing the API until I found more on
accelerators. I had to call gtk_menu_set_accel_group(), too, before it
worked. It would be nice if there would be a comment on that in the
gtk_menu_item_set_accel_path() documentation; gtk_menu_set_accel_group isn't
mentioned anywhere now AFAICT.
I'll file a bug when I get time for it.


Regards,

Filip

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