Re: GtkText widget handling of "default values"

[john giorgio hart bbk ac uk]

Andreas Tille <tille@physik.uni-halle.de> wrote:
> The default is usual marked with a certain
>colour and if the user enters a letter into the field the default
>is cancelled and replaced by the letter.  However, if the user
>does any movement, the default becomes valid and can be changed
>or accepted now.
>Any hints how to do that in a clever manner?

Hi Andreas, have you tried gtk_entry_select_region()? I think this does what
you're asking for.

John
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