Re: [gtk-list] Re: Killing Widgets Questions

[Tim Janik <Tim Janik Hamburg Netsurf DE>]

On Mon, 22 Dec 1997 csmall@scooter.o.i.net wrote:

> Owen Taylor wrote:
> > 
> > "Thomas S. Urban" <urban@animal.blarg.net> writes:
> > 
> > > Hi
> > > 
> > > I am working with Gtk on an app, and am wondering what
> > > the best way to kill widgets is.  I've seen setting
> > > the top level widget to null, and also using some
> > > destroy_widget function.  What I am doing is creating
> > > a window with a bunch of widgets with a function, and
> > > then later, I want to kill it after some event.  My
> > > concerns
> > > 
> > > 1.  How to kill the window so that all widgets are
> > > freed up.
> > 
> >   gtk_widget_destroy (window);
> > 
> > Hope this helps,
> Just so this is clear in my mind, does this mean each and every widget below
> (0r on?) the window is destroyed too?
> 
> For example, I might have a list, with a listitem that has a hbox with a
> pixmap and two labels.  If I say:
>   gtk_widget_destroy(mylistitem);
> 
> Does it kill the hbox, pixmap and two labels?  Alternatively, if I destroy the
yep, this is exactly what happens, but you would want to remove the listitem
from it's parent before.


> list, does it destroy the lisitems and what is in these items?
same as above.

>    = Craig
> 
> >                                         Owen

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