Re: gtk_widget_show_all

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Antonio Campos <acampos@ceronet.com> writes:

> Reading GGAD Chapter 3, it says:
> 
> "gtk_widget_show_all() recursively calls gtk_widget_show() on a
> container and its children."
> 
> So, a question arises: if gtk_widget_show_all() only works properly on
> containers, this function should be defined in
> gtkcontainer.h/gtkcontainer.c and should be
> named gtk_container_show_all() rather than gtk_widget_show_all(), that
> can be a little confusing for what I have said before.
> 
> For example, if I call gtk_widget_show_all over a notebook, it doesn't
> make the notebook labels ( or the pages ?) appear, as it could be
> pseudo-deduced by the name.
> 
> I propose removing gtk_widget_show_all() from gtkwidget.h/gtkwidget.c
> and adding gtk_container_show_all() to gtkcontainer.h/gtkcontainer.c.
> For compatibility, just add a:
> #define gtk_widget_show_all    gtk_container_show_all
> 
> in gtkcompat.h
> 
> What do you GTKers think about this?

I'm confused:

 - gtk_widget_show_all() works fine on non-containers (it is
   just equivalent to gtk_widget_show() in that case.)

 - gtknotebook is a container!

show_all on a notebook should show all the pages correctly - 
do you have an example where it doesn't?  

Regards,
                                        Owen