Re: [gtk-list] gtk_list / gtk_clist selection mode combination

[Dave Reed <dreed capital edu>]

> From: Martin Kestel <mka@mppmu.mpg.de>
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> (Hope this message does not double cos it was sent first when the list had
> been down.)
> 
> I want the user to be able to select items in a list in the form of the 
> following pattern:
> 
> Listentries    Selected(X)
> 
> item             
> item             X
> item             X
> item             X
> item             X
> item             
> item             X
> item             X
> item             X
> item             
> item             X
>  ...and so on.
> 
> Right now its a GtkList, I will change it to a GtkCList in the future, but
> that shouldn't matter, right?
> I wonder whether I can combine the (GtkSelectionMode)MODE within the call to
> 
> void gtk_list_set_selection_mode (GtkList *LIST, GtkSelectionMode MODE)
> 
> (similar for a GtkCList)
> in order to achieve this.
> 
> From gtkenums.h:
> /* list selection modes */
> typedef enum
> {
>   GTK_SELECTION_SINGLE,
>   GTK_SELECTION_BROWSE,
>   GTK_SELECTION_MULTIPLE,
>   GTK_SELECTION_EXTENDED
> } GtkSelectionMode;
> 
> 
> Bitwise OR / XOR / AND did not work. Earlier I tried subsequent calls with
> GTK_SELECTION_MULTIPLE and thereafter GTK_SELECTION_EXTENDED.
> 
>    any ideas ... or is it just impossible?

I have a GtkCList and use GTK_SELECTION_MULTIPLE and it works fine - I
haven't looked into a GtkList to know whether it's the same, but I
suspect it would be.

Dave