Re: textview widget selection buffer_select_range is cleared when dialog closes (intermittently?)

["David C. Rankin" <drankinatty suddenlinkmail com>]

On 02/22/2017 12:34 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> All,
>
>   I have a textview widget being used in an editor where an incremental search
> is performed. The matched words are highlighted with:
>
> gtk_text_buffer_select_range (buffer, &mstart, &mend);
>
>   After the last match in the search range (either whole buffer, from cursor
> [insert mark] or by selection), a gtk_message_dialog is displayed asking if
> the user would like to "Continue search from beginning?".
>
>   The search then continues from the beginning of the buffer (or selected
> range). What is weird, is depending on 'how quickly' the user clicks 'Yes'
> button, the selection (implemented immediately on close of the dialog if 'Yes'
> is chosen) can be removed from the matched word as focus from the dialog is
> returned to the textview.
>
>   Is there some standard way to prevent the closing of a dialog from impacting
> an active selection in the parent window?
>
> (with Gtk+ 2.24)

Opps,

  If you need to see the implementation, it is the 'find' function in:

https://github.com/drankinatty/gtkwrite/blob/master/gtk_findreplace.c

-- 
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.