Re: combo box

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Dec 14, 2006, at 4:46 AM, beast wrote:

> Is it required to use set_active($index) after creating a ComboBox?
> Isn't that index=0 is the default?
> Without activated, it drop down will be displayed but no text was  
> printed.

The ComboBox can be used with an editable entry to allow the user to  
enter something not in the dropdown list.  With that in mind, not  
defaulting to index=0 seems to make more sense.

As for why it doesn't attempt to use more intelligence to figure out  
that the box is not editable and should default to a list item ---  
that's a question for the gtk+ developers.