Re: combobox "set_wrap_width" method

[zentara <zzmiloschxx gmail com>]

On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:31:58 +0200
Juergen Harms <Juergen Harms unige ch> wrote:

> I have understood that the "set_wrap_width" method of comboboxes (with a 
> value > 1) should display items in an array rather than a list. Very 
> useful if you have a largish number of items to offer for choice.
>
> On my Mageia platform (gtk2) this does not work: with all arguments > 2 
> the items of the combobox remain displayed in a single column. Is this a 
> problem that is specific to Mageia and does it work elsewhere? or is 
> this a general problem of (perl)-gtk2?
>
> For reference:
> http://gtk2-perl.sourceforge.net/doc/gtk2-perl-study-guide/c4506.html
> and
> http://gtk2-perl.sourceforge.net/doc/gtk2-perl-study-guide/sample_programs/gtk2_combo_box_wrap.pl
>
> The second URL is a short demo, its resulting display is shown in the 
> first one (and correctly displays an array). Trying the code of the demo 
> application, I get a single-column display on my distro.
>
> Juergen

Hi,
It works as expected on Slackware Linux with gtk+-2.24.5, which I believe
is the last of the gtk2 versions, before the shift to gtk3.

zentara