Re: setting the wait mouse cursor during a longer load operation

[Stefan Kost <kost imn htwk-leipzig de>]

Hi all,

Stefan Kost wrote:
> hi,
>
> when loading a long file I would like to disabled events for the main-window and
> set a wait mouse-coursor for it. That they way I've tried it.
>
> GdkWindow *window;
> GdkCursor *cursor=gdk_cursor_new(GDK_WATCH);
>
> gtk_widget_set_sensitive(GTK_WIDGET(self->private->main_window),FALSE);
> // does not work -> (gdk_window_set_cursor): assertion `window != NULL' failed
> window=gtk_window_get_transient_for(GTK_WINDOW(self->private->main_window));
I've now also tries
window=gtk_window_get_parent_window(GTK_WIDGET(self->private->main_window))
window=gtk_window_get_root_window(GTK_WIDGET(self->private->main_window))
window=GTK_WIDGET(self->private->main_window)->window;

I don't like to directly access the widget field. I've just tried whatever I
found in other sources. Still no method works.
The result is either
a) setting the cursor for all windows but mine (e.g. all other window titles, or
the gnome pannel then have the wait-mouse cursor)
b) getting a core dump

> gdk_window_set_cursor(window,cursor);
> ... invoke the loading
> gdk_window_set_cursor(window,NULL);
> gtk_widget_set_sensitive(GTK_WIDGET(self->private->main_window),TRUE);
>
> I manage to change the cursor for other windows (that are not mine!).
> Hwen I got diffenrent mouse-cursors, then they neverr looked like the requested
> ones.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Stefan

Ciao
  Stefan
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