Re: GTK OPTION MENU

[Mohit Kumar <mohit kumar gmail com>]

Thanks for a prompt reply Jean. In the case of a combo box, how should
I be going about it then?

Thanks,
Mohit

On 5/10/05, Jean Bréfort <jean brefort normalesup org> wrote:
> Le mardi 10 mai 2005 à 17:31 +0530, Mohit Kumar a écrit :
> > Hi All,
> >
> > This question is pretty trivial, but I have been unable to find a
> > solution to this and hence I am posting it here, hoping to get a
> > solution frmo anyone of you.
> >
> > The scenario is this, I have a list of Names to be displayed in the
> > GTK OPTION MENU. Now, the list of names is static. When the user
> > re-opens the dialog, I want the OPTION MENU to show the last selected
> > name, instead of the first name in the list. I am storing the name in
> > some structure.
> >
> > Is there any way to do it? Or i need to draw the OPTION MENU with the
> > selected name as the first list member( I want to avoid this because
> > they are in aphabetical order).
> >
> > For eg. Say the names are
> > Albert<-----
> > Charlie
> > John
> > Nathan
> >
> > And the user selects John, then when he reopens the dialog he should see
> >
> > Albert
> > Charlie
> > John<------
> > Nathan
> >
> > In between the 2 calls, the windows is destroyed.
> >
> > Any help is highly appreciated.
> 
> You can use gtk_option_menu_set_history. But GtkOptionMenu is deprecated
> and you should consider to use GtkComboBox instead.
> 
>