Re: Need control of filename entry area in gtkfilechooser

[Vivien Malerba <vmalerba gmail com>]

On 13 January 2012 04:34, Ferdinand Ramirez <ramirez ferdinand yahoo com>wrote:

> When I type in the filename into the filename entry area in gtkfilechooser
> dialog, I want to intercept the text that is entered, modify it and then
> display it in the filename area. How do I do this?
>
> For a regular text buffer, I know how to do this: I can do a
> gtk_text_view_get_buffer and then have a callback for insert-text. I can
> then modify the text that is entered and then insert it into the buffer,
> all from inside the callback.
>
> I want to be able to achieve the same thing for filename entry. Does
> anyone know how to do this?
I don't think the GtkFileChooser API allows you to do this. However maybe
you can connect to the "event" signal as the GtkFileChooser is a GtkWidget,
and do some things from there.

Regards,
Vivien