Re: multiple filters in GtkFileChooser

[Allin Cottrell <cottrell wfu edu>]

On Tue, 13 Sep 2011, Allin Cottrell wrote:

> I have found the relevant difference between gtk 2.24.5 and 2.24.6, which has 
> the effect -- on my system at least -- that the filter selection combo box is 
> not displayed correctly in the gtk file chooser when using 2.24.6.
>
> It's the added material in the function filter_create(), in 
> gtkfilechooserdefault.c. I'm attaching a diff (simply commenting out the new 
> stuff), which if applied to 2.24.6 makes it work correctly for me.

One further point: I've now tried compiling the same code 
against GTK 3.0.12, and I'm not seeing the problem with the 
wrongly ellipsized strings in the filechooser filter combo.
GTK 2.24.6 is the only release which exhibits this problem.

I have been able to work around the issue with 2.24.6 with a 
hack: locate the filter combo among the children of the file 
chooser dialog by recursing gtk_container_foreach(), and use 
gtk_widget_set_size_request() to set its width to something 
sensible.

I might mention that the installed pango is 1.29.3, in case 
that makes any difference.

--
Allin Cottrell
Department of Economics
Wake Forest University, NC