Re: multiple filters in GtkFileChooser

[Bernhard Schuster <schuster bernhard googlemail com>]

2011/9/14 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

You should really file a bug report. It's the right thing to do

Regards

Bernhard