Re: GtkComboBox question

[Igor Korot <ikorot earthlink net>]

Mike,

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike Massonnet <mmassonnet gmail com>
>Sent: Mar 11, 2009 8:52 PM
>To: gtk-list gnome org
>Cc: Igor Korot <ikorot earthlink net>
>Subject: Re: GtkComboBox question
>
>Le Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:32:29 -0400 (EDT),
>Igor Korot <ikorot earthlink net> a écrit :
>> So basically what I'm looking for is this code:
>> 
>> g_signal_connect( combo->popup-shown, "notify::popup-shown",
>> G_CALLBACK(...),combo);
>> 
>> right?
>
>Nope, the definition is (Object, "sig-name", callback, user_data), and
>combo->popup-shown is completely wrong. You want to pass the combobox.

Yes. Learned it the hard way. I wish the place I'm staying for the week
had a web access... ;-)

>
>> "
>> Gets properties of an object. 
>> 
>> In general, a copy is made of the property contents and the caller is
>> responsible for freeing the memory in the appropriate manner for the
>> type, for instance by calling g_free() or g_object_unref(). 
>> "
>> 
>> What scares me is the words "In general". So if this property is
>> boolean, then according to the example that follows, I don't have to
>> free the memory. But then will I have a memory leak?
>
>No, because you declare the boolean as a local variable. Strings are
>a good example of memory you need to free.

Ok, that clarifies it.

>
>Mike

All in all I'm happy to report that this solution works. This is what
you need in order to get the dropdown/closeup signals/events.

A big thank you to Mike and everybody else.