Re: Problems getting the child of a Gtk::OptionMenu

[Paolo Molaro <lupus ximian com>]

On 10/29/01 Raul Dias wrote:
> > > I am trying to get the label of a MenuItem in a Gtk::OptionMenu.
[...]
> > I reckon that this should work - although I haven't tried it :)
> >
> > my $selected_string = ($widget->get_active->children)[0]->get;
>
> Unfortunally:
> "Can't call method "get" on an undefined value"
>
> When adding it to the callback.

If I remember correctly, when a MenuItem in the OptionMenu gets
activated, its child is reparented to the OptionMenu, so you should be
able to access it with $optionmenu->child. The child is usaually a
Gtk::Label, you may want to use $child->get() to retrieve the text.
Or you may use a closure as the 'activate' signal handler.

lupus

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