Re: Combo with multiple columns of text

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Jul 11, 2005, at 9:41 PM, Daniel Kasak wrote:

> I'm currently using Gtk2::ComboBoxEntry widgets that are based on a
> model that has an ID column and a text description column. I set the
> text column with:
>
> $widget->set_text_column(1);
>
> Is it possible to get the ComboBox widget to display multiple  
> columns of
> data, ie from column 1 and 2, separated from each other and aligned  
> nicely?

You can pack as many cell renderers as you want into a ComboBox or  
ComboBox entry. (ComboBox implements the CellLayout interface.)

However, it appears that while ComboBox will use your cell renderers  
to draw the selected item in the ComboBox's normal state, the  
ComboBoxEntry uses a text Entry, so the cell renderers are used only  
for the menu.

note: this is based on poking around for a grand total of three  
minutes.  I may be wrong.



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