Re: [gtk-list] GtkOptionMenu/GtkMenu

[John Sullivan <sullivan eazel com>]

I've used gtk_option_menu_set_history() to set the initially-displayed text in
an option menu without a problem. Make sure you call set_menu before you call
set_history, and that you've installed all the menu items in the menu before
you call set_menu.

John

Matthew D Allen wrote:

> I have a menu packed into an option menu.  I'd like to set the default
> item to be something other than the first (offset 0).  After reading the
> RDP, I found two things - gtk_menu_set_active() and
> gtk_option_menu_set_history().
>
> I've tried several combinations of these, and nothing works correctly -
> the closest I can get is a somewhat quirky behavior when I just use
> gtk_menu_set_active():  when you pull down the menu, then move your
> pointer elsewhere and let the menu disappear without choosing anything,
> then after you let the menu collapse back in, it displays the original
> intended value (even though nothing was selected and initially it
> displayed the 0th entry).  All other combinations don't cause that
> behavior and just set the option menu to show the first item.
>
> What I've tried:  (Example using the 4th menu item as what I want to
> default to)
>
> Attempt #1:
> gtk_option_menu_set_history(GTK_OPTION_MENU(some_opt_menu), 3);
> gtk_menu_set_active(GTK_MENU(im_in_some_opt_menu), 3);
>
> Attempt #2:
> /* This is the one that causes the weird behavior */
> gtk_menu_set_active(GTK_MENU(im_in_some_opt_menu), 3);
>
> Attempt #3:
> gtk_option_menu_set_history(GTK_OPTION_MENU(some_opt_menu), 3);
>
> Any suggestions?  I've been crusing the header files and the RDP for an
> alternative, but there doesn't seem to be one.  The RDP does describe
> gtk_option_menu_set_history() as doing what I want it to do though.  Is
> there some restriction on whether the widget has to be shown/realized/etc.
> before that will work properly?
>
> Thanks in advance
> David Allen
>
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