Re: Clearing GtkComboBoxEntry

[David NeÄas <yeti physics muni cz>]

On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 07:52:02PM -0800, Steve Harrington wrote:
> I have an application using GtkComboBoxEntry with a simple 2-column  
> int/char * ListEntry model.  If the user enters data in the box (as  
> opposed to using a pull-down selector) I can access the index with
>       gtk_combo_box_get_active( GTK_COMBO_BOX(W) );
> and the text with
>       gtk_combo_box_get_active_text (GTK_COMBO_BOX(W));
>
> The index is -1 as expected and the text is the text that what was entered.
> The question is:  How do I clear the text field when I have finished  
> with it.
> From the FAQ and other documentation it seems that I should be able to  
> access the actual GtkEntry widget within the GtkComboBoxEntry widget,  
> get the GtkEntryBuffer, and clear it with  
> gtk_entry_buffer_delete_text().  None of these buffer functions/headers  
> are marked as depreciated but also none of them are my version of the  
> gtk headers (/usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkentry.h) or anywhere else in  
> the gtk headers.

You can get the entry with gtk_bin_get_child().  At least that's what
the reference docs say.

Yeti