Re: gtktreeview API request

[Matthias Clasen <mclasen redhat com>]

On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 23:07 -0500, Allin Cottrell wrote:
> I would find it very useful (and I think some others might too) if 
> there were a means of getting a pointer to the current GtkEntry (if 
> any) in a treeview containing editable text cells: say
>
> GtkWidget *gtk_tree_view_get_entry (GtkTreeView *tree_view)
>
> which would return NULL if there's no active editable entry, and the 
> appropriate widget pointer otherwise.
>
> Without this, it's very difficult if not impossible to get a 
> treeview to act like a simple spreadsheet, where the user can move 
> to a given cell and simply start typing to fill out the cell's data. 
> The GTK programmer can arrange that, e.g., typing a number starts 
> the cell editing process, but then the first number typed is "eaten" 
> and there's no way (that I can see) to pass it into the GtkEntry 
> that is created as part of the cell editing process: this widget is 
> private and inaccessible.

In 2.6, GtkCellRenderer has an editing-started signal, which gives you
access to the GtkCellEditable (ie the widget which is used for editing
the cell). Not sure if that will help you, but it shows that the widget
is no longer totally private and somewhat accessible.

Matthias