Focus with gtklistitems

["Ian King" <king eiffel com>]

How can I prevent a gtklistitem from getting the focus, say in a gtklist or
gtkcombo box without breaking the default behaviour of the list or combo
box.  I am currently unsetting the CAN_FOCUS flag for each list item but
this prevents the item's parent from functioning correctly.  I would like
the focus to always stay with the list or combo box whilst selecting items
within them.  Can anyone help?

Thanks for your time

Ian King