RE: Incorrect refcount for gtk_menu_item

[Murray Cumming Comneon com]

> From: Emmanuel Briot [mailto:briot act-europe fr] 
> 
> I have the following problem with a gtk_menu_item that contains a
> gtk_accel_label. I this is considered as a bug, I'll report this in
> bugzilla.
> Sorry I don't have code example, but this is a problem I found in the
> context of a big Ada application and with the GtkAda binding.
> 
> When a menu_item is created through gtk_menu_item_new_with_label, its
> total initial refcount is 2 (1 for the widget itself, +1 because the
> accel_label has called gtk_accel_label_set_accel_widget, 
> resulting in an
> extra reference on the menu_item.
> 
> If the menu_item is then added to a menu, and finally removed from it,
> the widget is not destroyed.
> This has the effect also that the key shortcut is still 
> active, although
> the item is no longer visible!

Yes, we had a similar problem with gtkmm, when removing the menu item:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111084
So we explicitly unset the accel_widget.

I don't think it's a problem if the menu is destroyed with the menu item in
it. I think it's just a problem if you remove the menu item.

Murray Cumming
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