Re: GtkUIManager questions.

["Nils O." Selåsdal <noselasd frisurf no>]

On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 19:41, Archit Baweja wrote:
> Hey Nils,
>
> I'm guessing you didn't have previous experience with libbonoboui menus.
None.
> "Nils O." SelÃsdal <noselasd frisurf no> writes:
>
> > I have a few GtkUIManager questions, first, is there
> > some nice tutorials/guides anywhere ?
> > 1 With the following:
> > <ui><popup name="ProjectPopup>
> >        <menuitem name="Build" action="Build"/>
> >       <menuitem name="Execute" action="Execute"/>
> >       <separator/>
> >       <menuitem name="MoveUp" action="MoveUp"/>
> >       <menuitem name="MoveDown" action="MoveDown"/>
> >       <separator/>
> >       <menuitem name="Remove" action="Remove"/>
> >   </popup>
> > </ui>
> > Only the first separator shows, not the second !
>
> Hmm, I don't know why it isn't showing. Is it showing the "Remove" menuitem?
Yes.
It seems to work if I give each separator a diffrent name attribute
though.
> > 2. What's the <placeholder> for ?
>
> placeholder is for menu merging. For example if you have 
>
> "<ui>"
> "  <menubar name='MainMenu'>"
> "    <menu name='FileMenu' action='FileMenu'>"
> "      <menuitem action='New'/>"
> "      <placeholder name='FileMenuAdditions'/>"
> "      <menuitem action='Exit'/>"
> "    </menu>"
> "  </menubar>"
> "</ui>"
>
> once you create a GtkUIManager etc with it. you can do something like
>
> gtk_ui_manager_add_ui_from_string with a new string
>
> <ui>
>   <menubar name='MainMenu'>
>     <menu name='FileMenu' action='FileMenu'
>     <placeholder name='FileMenuAdditions'/>
>       <menuitem action='Save'/>
>     </placeholder>
>     </menu>
>   </menubar>
> </ui>
>
> So the Save menuitem will show up after 'New' and before 'Exit' menuitem.
>
>     
> > 3. Constructing a menubar, how can I replace (and later
> >    reenable) an entire menu, say I want to replace
> >    a top "File" menu at a time, and later put it back.
>
> after constructing GtkUIManager etc, you can do something like
>
> GtkWidget *foo;
> foo = gtk_ui_manager_get_widget (ui_manager, "/MainMenu/FileMenu");
> gtk_widget_hide (foo);
>
> to hide the menu.
Ok, and now I can just add another menu where the "FileMenu" was ?


> > 4. Wouldn't a 
> > GtkActionGroup gtk_ui_manager_get_action_by_name(GtkUIManager *self,
> >                                              const gchar *name);
> >   be nice ?
>
> I think ur looking.
>
> GtkAction*  gtk_ui_manager_get_action       (GtkUIManager *self,
>                                              const gchar *path);
Well, I'd like to get an action group in the gtkuimanager from
the name used when constructing the actiongroup as well.

Anyway, thanks for the answers.