Re: Problem with Gtk2::ComboBoxEntry

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Oct 20, 2004, at 9:28 PM, Daniel Kasak wrote:

> Can someone confirm that this is a gtk bug and not a gtk-perl bug?

i can't say whether it's a bug, but it is exactly how it is coded to  
behave.

in gtk+/gtk/gtkcomboboxentry.c  
(http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gtk%2B/gtk/gtkcomboboxentry.c? 
rev=1.19&view=auto), the private function  
gtk_combo_box_entry_contents_changed, which is the handler for the  
"changed" signal on the entry (whenever you type something), calls  
gtk_combo_box_set_active (combo_box, -1).

that is, if you type something in, the code assumes you have selected  
none of the above.  there is no attempt to match the entry's contents  
against the text column of the list store.

so, i think that if you logged this as a bug report in gtk+'s bugzilla,  
they'd be justified in marking it "NOTABUG", because it appears to be  
behaving as designed.  instead, mark the bug report as a feature  
enhancement request.

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