Re: gtk_text_buffer with clickable links?

[Andreas Rönnquist <andreas ronnquist meritkonsult se>]

On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 16:36:30 +0100
Andreas Rönnquist <andreas ronnquist meritkonsult se> wrote:

> > Thanks for the help guys!
> >     
> > I have managed to get my links showing as I like, but I have problems with the mouse-over effect... It's 
> > working some-what - But I can't get the mouse updated as it should.
> >
> > I am checking for the event GDK_MOTION_NOTIFY, (through a g_signal_connect with "motion-notify-event" and 
> > then use gdk_window_set_cursor to update the mousepointer, but as I said, it doesn't actually update the 
> > mousecursor until I either click on the text, or press a key on the keyboard. I would like it to change 
> > by just hovering above the links.
> >
> > Has anyone run into similar problems?
>
> hmm.. this is getting stranger - Running the program on my Windows box, it works flawlessly, but on my 
> Linux machine I get the above mentioned behaviour. Is there any differences between gtk versions that I 
> need to be aware of?
>
> I am using the gtk packaged in debian stable on my Linux box (2.8.20) and I guess it is the 2.12 I use on 
> my windows machine...

I keep having conversations with myself.. :)
- Anyway I managed to get it working!

I inserted
gdk_window_get_pointer(event->window, NULL, NULL, NULL);

after changing the mouse with gdk_window_set_cursor - and now it works!

Thanks to all that helped!

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Andreas Rönnquist <andreas ronnquist meritkonsult se>