Re: Drag'n'drop problems

[Jeffrey Barish <jeff_barish earthlink net>]

John Coppens wrote:

> Thanks, Jeffrey, but:
>
> On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:19:42 -0600
> Jeffrey Barish <jeff_barish earthlink net> wrote:
>
> > The first argument only has to match the first argument of the source.
>
> This does not seem to be true. If I replace
>
>   {"GTK_TREE_MODEL_ROW", GTK_TARGET_SAME_APP, 0} // This works
>
> by, eg.:
>
>   {"STRING", GTK_TARGET_SAME_APP, 0}          // Doesn't work
>
> So the string _is_ interpreted somewhere (outside of my program, that is).
> To be specific, the drag seems to work, but drop doesn't - no event is
> generated in the second case. BTW, it's not just "STRING". I tried with
> several other things, like "xml_node_pointer" (which described what I was
> doing), but that didn't work either.

I was going to tell you that you are crazy, but when I tried putting
GTK_TREE_MODEL_ROW in my program in place of the arbitrary string that I
was using, I found that the behavior of my program changed to something
bizarre (I get too many signals).  So I am forced to agree that
GTK_TREE_MODEL_ROW is interpreted somewhere.  It's news to me.  I have
always used an arbitrary string that matches in the source and destination
specifications.
 
> > There is some information in this tutorial:
> >
> > http://scentric.net/tutorial/sec-dnd.html#sec-dnd-selected-item-info
>
> I had found this tutorial, but was somewhat concerned about the '***needs
> revision***' statement, and also, it uses the lowest level of interface,
> using x and y coordinates. I tried some versions of this, but couldn't
> get it to work. Thinking back now, the problem might have been with the
> Target string.
>
> > There is also some good information in:
> >
> > http://www.pygtk.org/pygtk2tutorial/sec-TreeViewDragAndDrop.html
>
> There's a C version of this Python tutorial somewhere (I've downloaded
> the C code, but lost the URL). It works well, but only drops are shown,
> and then only simple strings. I do commend the python guys though - I'm
> tempted to switch to Python just for the better docs.
>
>
> The problem I'm now stuck with is what to do with the path I receive in
> data_received (the destination path). I made a simple (destination) tree,
> and get 'drop possibles' like this:
>
> -------------------------> Ok
> "Main item"--------------> Ok
> -------------------------> No
>   -----------------------> Ok
>   "Subitem 1"------------> No
>   -----------------------> Ok
>   "Subitem 2"------------> No
>
> BUT, if I convert those paths into iters, and set some data, I'm
> destroying the next existing item. Do I have to insert an item before the
> path/iter? I'll try that next. It wouldn't explain why I get a 'possible'
> on "Main item" though.

The PyGTK FAQ has some hints:

http://faq.pygtk.org/index.py?req=show&file=faq13.030.htp
-- 
Jeffrey Barish