Re: [GtkMenu] Callback problem with popups submenus

["Brian J. Tarricone" <bjt23 cornell edu>]

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Emmanuel saracco wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with popup submenus callbacks. The following code display the 
> popup, but the callback is not called:
>
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> GtkWidget *menu, *submenu, *item;
>
> menu = gtk_menu_new ();
>
> item = gtk_menu_item_new_with_label ("Submenu 1");
> gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (menu), item);
>
> submenu = gtk_menu_new ();
> gtk_menu_item_set_submenu (GTK_MENU_ITEM (item), submenu);
>
> item = gtk_menu_item_new_with_label ("Item 1");
> g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (item), "activate", 
>   G_CALLBACK (test_callback), NULL);
> gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (submenu), item);
>
> gtk_menu_popup (GTK_MENU (menu), NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
>   event->button, event->time);
>
> gtk_widget_show_all (menu);
> -----
>
> - If I do not use submenu, all run as expected.
>
> - When using submenu, if I use the "button_release_event" signal instead of 
> "activate", it is more or less ok (callback is called), but the popup do not 
> disappear anymore.
>
> Does anybody see what's wrong here?
>
> -> GNU/Linux with libgtk 2.6.8 on Debian/sid.

I'm not sure if it matters or not (would have to look at the gtk source,
and I'm lazy), but you should be using gtk_menu_shell_append() instead
of gtk_container_add() to add menu items to the menu.

        -brian

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