Re: gtk_tree_view

[Ken Rastatter <krastatter sensotec com>]

Markus Lausser wrote:

> 1. Do i have to add a dummy child node if i want the parent node have
>   a expander to click on?

AFAIK, yes.

> 2. If yes, how do i insert a dummy node in the tree_model 

For a parent node to have a expand/collapse handle, I create a child 
node using gtk_tree_store_append() and then don't follow with a call 
to gtk_tree_store_set().  

> and prevent the tree_view to expand it immediately?

This empty child node is easy to detect in a "row_expand" signal
callback.  This is how I do it:


void
on_treeview1_row_expanded (GtkTreeView     *treeview,
                           GtkTreeIter     *arg1,
                           GtkTreePath     *arg2,
                           gpointer         user_data)
{
    extern GtkTreeStore *treestore;
    GtkTreeIter child_iter;

    gchar *name;   // assume "name" is the file/directory name of G_TYPE_STRING

    // See if this row has ever had a name gtk_tree_store_set()'ed to it.
    // If not, it is empty.  Therefore, read the directory contents
    gtk_tree_model_get(GTK_TREE_MODEL(treestore), arg1,
                        NAME_COLUMN, &name, -1);
    if (!name)
    {
        g_print("Read this directory's contents here.");

        // Replace the blank child with the first directory entry
        // You may be tempted to remove the blank child node and then append a
        // new one.  Don't.  If you remove the blank child node GTK gets
        // confused and won't expand the parent row. 
        gtk_tree_model_iter_children(GTK_TREE_MODEL(treestore), 
                                     &child_iter, arg1);
        gtk_tree_store_set (treestore, &child_iter, 
                            NAME_COLUMN, first_entry_name, 
                            -1);

        // Append all of the other directory entries
        gtk_tree_store_append(treestore, &child_iter, arg1);
        gtk_tree_store_set (treestore, &child_iter, 
                            NAME_COLUMN, second_entry_name, 
                            -1);
     }
     return;
}


I hope this helps.
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Ken Rastatter, Design Engineer
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