Re: How to change the label on a menu.
- From: "J. Davison de St. Germain" <dav cs utah edu>
- To: gtk-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: How to change the label on a menu.
- Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 11:18:54 -0600 (MDT)
Hi,
I didn't see this copied to the list and I wanted the answer to be
archived and available for others future reference.
Thanks go to John Cupitt!
> Hi Dav, as long as you have a pointer to the menu item, it's
> easy. Just get the child of the GtkMenuItem with
> gtk_bin_get_child(), cast it to a label, and call
> gtk_label_set_text().
>
> GtkMenuItem *item = ....;
>
> GtkLabel *label = GTK_LABEL( gtk_bin_get_child( GTK_BIN( item ) ) );
>
> gtk_label_set_test( label, "foo!" );
>
> Use gtk_item_factory_get_widget() to find a pointer to your menu item.
>
> John
>
> J. Davison de St. Germain wrote:
> > Can someone tell me how to change the label on a menu item in GTK?
> > I've created the menu with a label (say: "Turn on Light") and when a
> > user selects it, I wish to change the lable (to say: "Turn off
> > Light"). I've looked at the API and can not find an applicable
> > function. I've also looked at the source code and it appears that the
> > pointer to the label is "lost" and thus it might not be possible to
> > do this. Any help is greatly appreciated.
- Dav
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