Re: [gtk-list] destroy and delete events

[Tim Janik <timj gtk org>]

On Mon, 6 Jul 1998, Jason A. Pfeil wrote:

> I am having some difficulty handling the destroy signal and the
> delete_event from the WM.  I want to trap the close_box of a dialog window
> and handle it myself and not have the window actually get destroyed.  I
> just want to call the hide() method of the window...yet, the regular
> handler is still being called no matter if I return TRUE or FALSE.

gtk_signal_connect (GTK_OBJECT (window), "delete-event",
                    GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC (gtk_widget_hide_on_delete),
                    NULL);
should do what you want.

> 
> Any hints?
> 

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ciaoTJ