Re: Clearing GtkComboBoxEntry

[Steve Harrington <steven harrington verizon net>]

Carlos Pereira wrote:
> David is right,
>
> you should get the entry pointer with gtk_bin_get_child, and after 
> that you handle this entry as any other entry:
>
> entry = gtk_bin_get_child (GTK_BIN (combo_entry));
> gtk_entry_set_text (GTK_ENTRY (entry), "");
>
> In GTK 2.0 you can also use this:
> gtk_entry_set_text (GTK_ENTRY (GTK_BIN (combo_entry)->child), "");
> but this is not going to work in Gtk 3.0, as these objects will be 
> sealed from outside access.
I saw this in one an example somewhere and decided to ignore it for the 
reason you mention.
> In my opinion, you should forget about redundant functions such as 
> gtk_combo_box_get_active_text, having direct access to the entry pointer
> is much better.
Agree.  Thanks.