Re: [gtk-list] Re: Can't use a scale widget inside a GtkList widget.

[Michael Babcock <mbabcock la creatureshop henson com>]

otaylor@redhat.com wrote:
> 
> Michael Babcock <mbabcock@la.creatureshop.henson.com> writes:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm having a problem using a GtkList widget. I'm putting GtkListItems in
> > it that contain an hbox that contains a label and a scale widget. (I may
> > add additional widgets later.) The problem is you can't grab the slider
> > with the left mouse button and drag it left and right, unless you keep
> > your pointer exactly inside the trough area, which is impossible.
> > Apparently, the list widget is using the left button for item selection
> > and it conflicts with the scale's pointer grab. Using the middle or
> > right button to drag the slider works, but I can't ask my users to
> > remember to use that workaround in this context. (Besides we will
> > eventually be using a Mac PowerBook with only one mouse button.)
> 
> Sounds like a bug in the scale - it isn't correctly marking
> the pointer press events as handled.
> 
> If my guess is right, the following should be a workaround:
> 
>  gtk_signal_connect_after (GTK_WIDGET (scale), "button_press_event",
>                            GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC (gtk_true), NULL);
> 

That worked perfectly! Thank you SO much, that really saved me a lot of
trouble.

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Michael Babcock
Jim Henson's Creature Shop - Los Angeles
mbabcock@la.creatureshop.henson.com