Re: Oddities w/a clist

[Vladimir Tsichevski <wowa jet msk su>]

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>Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 22:31:30 -0600
>From: Jeff Shipman <shippy cs nmt edu>
>Organization: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
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>I've used clists many times in the past with no problem, but
>for some reason, when I run the following code:
>
>
>tmp = gtk_scrolled_window_new(NULL, NULL);
>gtk_scrolled_window_set_policy(GTK_SCROLLED_WINDOW(tmp),
>GTK_POLICY_AUTOMATIC,
>GTK_POLICY_AUTOMATIC);
>gtk_widget_set_usize(tmp, 1, 100);
>gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox2), tmp, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
>gtk_widget_show(tmp);
>
>ilist = gtk_clist_new_with_titles(3, titles);
>gtk_clist_set_column_width(GTK_CLIST(ilist), 0, 100);
>gtk_clist_set_column_width(GTK_CLIST(ilist), 1, 300);
>gtk_clist_set_column_width(GTK_CLIST(ilist), 2, 50);
>gtk_clist_set_sort_type(GTK_CLIST(ilist), GTK_SORT_ASCENDING);
>gtk_clist_set_auto_sort(GTK_CLIST(ilist), TRUE);
>gtk_clist_set_sort_column(GTK_CLIST(ilist), 1);
>gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(tmp), ilist);
>gtk_widget_show(ilist);
>gtk_clist_set_text(GTK_CLIST(ilist), 0, 0, "TESTING!");
>
>I cannot get "TESTING!" to appear anywhere in the clist. I
>must be forgetting something really obvious, but I'm really
>having trouble discerning what that is. If anybody could
>offer a suggestion, I would really appreciate it. Thanks!
>
>Oh yeah, the clist and all of the columns and titles are
>shown with no problem. I'm using GTK+ 1.2.8
>
>-- 
>Jeff "Shippy" Shipman     E-Mail: shippy cs nmt edu
>CS Major / EE Minor       ICQ: 1786493
>New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
>Homepage: http://www.nmt.edu/~shippy
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GTK simply ignores setting text in a sell, that does not exist. You
should call gtk_clist_append() first. Here is an excerpt from
gtkclist.c, that proves it:

  if (row < 0 || row >= clist->rows)
    return;
  if (column < 0 || column >= clist->columns)
    return;

Regards,
Vladimir V. Tsichevski
senior expert

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