Re: GtkCombo deprecation

["Ian King [ES]" <king eiffel com>]

Hi Havoc,

Thanks for the rapid response,

Do you have any more info about this proposed combo widget, the reason I ask
is that I'm in the process of updating the backend of our multi-platform
EiffelVision 2 library from Gtk1.2 to 2.2, at present the only thing I have
had to reimplement was our text widget, which used GtkText, now uses
GtkTextView.  Great job whoever implemented GtkText* as the interfaces for
it is very intuitive and flexible, and the widget is pretty free of bugs
from what I can see.

Will the new combo widget have the same functionality as the older one, such
as the ability to contain pixmapable items and allow for items to easily be
moved and selected, etc?  Can it be made to look the same as the existing
combo box?

Thanks for your time

Ian King
Eiffel Software



----- Original Message -----
From: "Havoc Pennington" <hp redhat com>
To: "Ian King [ES]" <king eiffel com>
Cc: <gtk-list gnome org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: GtkCombo deprecation


> On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 04:28:23PM -0700, Ian King [ES] wrote:
> >
> > Is the GtkCombo widget to be deprecated in Gtk+2.x, the reason I say
this is
> > that I need pixmap functionality for the items in a GtkCombo but it
appears
> > that you need GtkList and GtkListItem to achieve this, both of which are
> > deprecated.
> >
>
> GtkCombo isn't deprecated in 2.2 but we expect to have a replacement
> for it in 2.4 and it will be deprecated then.
>
> Basically go ahead and use it for now, there's no other widget for
> that. (Unless your combo isn't editable, in which case you should be
> using GtkOptionMenu. GtkOptionMenu will also be deprecated in favor
> for the new 2.4 widget but GtkOptionMenu is a much better-implemented
> widget and also the right UI for noneditable sets of choices.)
>
> Havoc
>
>