Re: ComboBox submenus

[Carlos Pereira <jose carlos pereira ist utl pt>]

It seems the mailling list is filtering even small tar.gz files as mine, 
so I posted it here:

http://www.gamgi.org/combo.tar.gz

Regards,
Carlos
> My ComboBox submenus are working fine. There are however a couple of 
> visual details that could be improved, in my opinion.
>
> I am sending as attachement a small (70 lines) working example  (C + 
> makefile) showing my points:
>
> 1) Submenus should look the same in ComboBox and Popup menus.  
> Therefore Main 1 and Main 2 (see working example or tree store below) 
> should not appear repeated again in the submenus. Even if they were 
> there, they should not be selectable as they are only entry points to 
> submenus. The workaround I know is: when users select Main 1 or Main 
> 2, just select a sensible default instead, such as the first main 
> item, the last chosen item, the first item in the submenu.
>
> 2) All pop up menus should have the same width. Currently this 
> deppends entirely of the size of the label strings. The submenus for 
> Main 1 and Main 2 have entirely different widths, and I think this 
> looks unprofessional. The workaround I know is: add whitespaces at the 
> end of the label strings.
>
> 3) The main menu has a large space between the labels and the  submenu 
> arrows, I guess this is probably related with accelerators (which I am 
> not using here) but it looks a bit ugly. I don't know any workaround 
> for this. Pop up menus have the same issue.
>
> I am planning to fill a bug report about this. If someone can prove me 
> wrong or knows a solution for any of the three points discussed above, 
> I would be glad to know.
>
> Thanks!
> Carlos
>
> store = gtk_tree_store_new (1, G_TYPE_STRING);
> gtk_tree_store_append (store, &iter, NULL);
> gtk_tree_store_set (store, &iter, 0, "Main 0", -1);
>
> gtk_tree_store_append (store, &iter, NULL);
> gtk_tree_store_set (store, &iter, 0, "Main 1", -1);
> gtk_tree_store_append (store, &child, &iter);
> gtk_tree_store_set (store, &child, 0, "Short 1:0", -1);
> gtk_tree_store_append (store, &child, &iter);
> gtk_tree_store_set (store, &child, 0, "Short 1:1", -1);
> gtk_tree_store_append (store, &child, &iter);
> gtk_tree_store_set (store, &child, 0, "Short 1:2", -1);
>
> gtk_tree_store_append (store, &iter, NULL);
> gtk_tree_store_set (store, &iter, 0, "Main 2", -1);
> gtk_tree_store_append (store, &child, &iter);
> gtk_tree_store_set (store, &child, 0, "Very very long 2:0", -1);
> gtk_tree_store_append (store, &child, &iter);
> gtk_tree_store_set (store, &child, 0, "Very very long 2:1", -1);