Re: Status for long-running operation

[Paul Davis <paul linuxaudiosystems com>]

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 2:37 AM, richard boaz <ivor boaz gmail com> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Paul Davis <paul linuxaudiosystems com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 3:24 AM, richard boaz <ivor boaz gmail com> wrote:
>> > yep, i concur with the set sensitive method.
>>
>> all good, except that in an ideal world, the sensitivity changes are
>> applied to GtkAction's, not widgets. this way, keybindings and other
>> methods of driving specific actions are all taken care of together.
>>
>> of course, not many GTK apps have been written with an action-centric
>> approach, which is unfortunate.
>
> but since GtkActions are pointers, and can be made both visible/invisible
> and/or sensitive/insensitive using available methods, can the paradigm not
> be extended to work for these "user-available functions" as well?

GtkActions are an encapsulation of user-available functions.