Re: Non-editable float output widget

[Chris Moller <moller mollerware com>]

do you have a gtk_show_widget() on the label widget?  Or a 
gtk_show_widget_all() on a container widget holding the label?


On 09/10/15 21:04, Roger Matthews wrote:
>   To An Interested and Helpfull Person,
>                                                                      I would like to show some floating point 
> and integer numbers which are the results of various calculations on the top-level window alongside other 
> widgets. These resultant numbers must be non-editable. I've tried this by first converting the numbers to 
> strings:
>   
> char string_anumber[20]; /* As a global variable */
> sprintf (string_anumber, "%f", anumber);
>   
> subsequent printf() statements show that this converts the number to a string successfully.
> Then I try to show the string as a gtk_label (for want of an approprtiate method):
>   
> label_string_anumber = gtk_label_new (string_anumber);
> gtk_grid_attach (GTK_GRID (grid), label_string_anumber, 0, 0, 1, 1);
>   
> This compiles but simply shows nothing at the given grid location. I've also tried:
>   
> label_string_anumber = g_print ("%s", string_anumber);
> gtk_grid_attach (GTK_GRID (grid), label_string_anumber, 0, 0, 1, 1);
>   
> and:
>   
> gtk_grid_attach (GTK_GRID (grid), g_print ("%s", string_anumber), 0, 0, 1, 1);
>   
> Thanks for reading, considering and responding to this enquiry,
> Roger Matthews.
>                                         
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