Re: Toy menu program (GtkItemFactory) *gives no errors* but menu doesn't appear!? How debug?

["Nils O." Selåsdal <noselasd frisurf no>]

On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 23:11, Christian Seberino wrote:
> This toy program give no errors when I compile.
> It should display a GtkItemFactory menu but
> it does not!!
> 
> How can I debug this if no error messages???
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> #include <gtk/gtk.h>
> 
> static void printHelloWorld(GtkWidget *w, gpointer data) {
>   g_message("HelloWorld!\n");
> };
> 
> static GtkItemFactoryEntry theMenu[] = {
>   {"/_File",            NULL, NULL,            0, "<Branch>"},
>   {"/File/_New",        NULL, printHelloWorld, 0, "<Item>"},
>   {"/File/<Separator>", NULL, NULL,            0, "<Separator>"},
>   {"/File/_Quit",       NULL, gtk_main_quit,   0, "<Item>"},
>   {"/_Help",            NULL, NULL,            0, "<LastBranch>"},
>   {"/Help/_See Docs",   NULL, NULL,            0, "<Item>"},
>   {"/Help/_About",      NULL, NULL,            0, "<Item>"},
> };
> 
> int main(int argc, char** argv) {
>   GtkWidget*      window;
>   GtkItemFactory* item_factory;
>   GtkAccelGroup*  accel;
>   
>   gtk_init(&argc, &argv);
> 
>   /* Basic window creation stuff here. */
>   window = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
>   gtk_window_set_title(GTK_WINDOW(window), "Window Title Here");
>   gtk_window_set_default_size(GTK_WINDOW(window), 200, 200);
> 
>   /* Here is menu stuff. */
>   accel = gtk_accel_group_new();
>   item_factory = gtk_item_factory_new(GTK_TYPE_MENU_BAR, "<main>", accel);
>   gtk_item_factory_create_items(item_factory, sizeof(theMenu) / sizeof(theMenu[0]), theMenu, NULL);
>   gtk_accel_group_attach(accel, GTK_OBJECT(window));
>   gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(window), gtk_item_factory_get_widget(item_factory, "<main>"));
>   
>   /* Basic ending stuff here. */
>   gtk_widget_show(window);
>   gtk_main();
>   return 0;
> }
You forgot to show the menubar.
Either do gtk_widget_show_all(window);
or
GtkWidget *bar;
..

bar = gtk_item_factory_get_widget(item_factory, "<main>"));
gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(window),bar);
gtk_widget_show(bar);

> 
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Nils Olav Selåsdal <NOS Utel no>
System Developer, UtelSystems a/s
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