Re: GtkComboBox Text Markup

[Vikram Ambrose <noel ambrose gmail com>]

On 03/07/2011 04:50 PM, Tristan Van Berkom wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 6:35 AM, Vikram Ambrose<noel ambrose gmail com>  wrote:
> > On 03/03/2011 10:09 PM, Tristan Van Berkom wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Vikram Ambrose<noel ambrose gmail com>
> > >   wrote:
> > > > Hello List,
> > > >
> > > > How do you do pango markup for text in a GtkComboBox?
> > >   - You create your combo box
> > >
> > >   - Create a GtkListStore with a G_TYPE_STRING column where you store
> > >      the markup for each row
> > >
> > >   - Give the list store to the combo
> > >
> > >   - Add a GtkCellRendererText to the combo
> > >
> > >   - Assign the "markup" attribute of the cell renderer to the column
> > >     in the store that holds the markup.
> > >
> > > Tada !
> > Thanks. I'll give it a try.
> >
> > Seems like massive overkill though. Couldnt this be done using a combobox
> > made from gtk_combo_box_new_text()?
> >
> > I only need to store two items.
> No it cannot, the _text() apis are the convenience that takes
> care of the simple tasks such as:
>    a.) creating a liststore to store the text
>    b.) creating a cellrenderertext to display the text in the liststore
>
> It's just a small wrapping api that does the work for the simple
> case of a combo box that only shows simple text entries.


Well I managed to do it like this...

combo = gtk_combo_box_new_text();
cell_list = gtk_cell_layout_get_cells(GTK_CELL_LAYOUT(combo));
  if(cell_list && cell_list->data){
    
gtk_cell_layout_set_attributes(GTK_CELL_LAYOUT(combo),cell_list->data,"markup",0,NULL); 

  }

I'm guessing this could break without notice but at the moment its a 
million times better than bringing in the clunky GtkTreeModel API for 
just two items.

Thanks.

V.