Re: problem with custom menu

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 10:19 -0600, John Taber wrote:
> You are right, the table coordinates are different - previously you could just 
> append the menuitem.

What is this "previously" API?

I didn't even know that this Menu::attach() method existed. What are you
actually trying to do? I'm sure there's a less painful way.

>   This is what I have now tried:
> fileMenu = new Gtk::Menu();
> newMenuItem = new Gtk::MenuItem("New");
> fileMenu->attach(*newMenuItem,0,1,0,1);
> openMenuItem = new Gtk::MenuItem("Open");
> fileMenu->attach(*openMenuItem,0,1,0,2);
> fileMenuItem = new Gtk::MenuItem("File", fileMenu);
> menubar = new Gtk::MenuBar();
> menubar->append(*fileMenuItem);
> ......
> show_all_children();
> 
> "File" shows on the menubar but when clicked, the "New" or "Open" menuitems do 
> not show.  Since I don't understand the table idea, I guess this is where the 
> problem is (do the coordinates mean to the left or right of the calling menu, 
> to the top or bottom ? ).  Btw - what is the best way to check versions on my 
> installed gtk, gtkmm, glib.... (one machine is Fedora, one is ubuntu debian).  
> thks.
> 
> 
> On Friday 22 April 2005 09:36, Murray Cumming wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 09:38 -0600, John Taber wrote:
> > > Thanks for suggestion - it eliminated the error but my menuitems are
> > > still not showing
> >
> > Are you calling show()?
> >
> > >  (to test I added a second one at 0,1,0,2).  I have read the
> > > documentation but I cannot understand what the table is supposed to do
> > > and maybe that is where my problem is.  btw other gtk documentation I
> > > have showed a far simpler way - was this a change in gtk? or in gtkmm?
> > > and is the old api eliminated just not deprecated?  thanks
> >
> > You'll have to show us what you mean.
> >
> > > John
> > >
> > > On Friday 22 April 2005 06:24, Murray Cumming wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 05:41 -0600, John Taber wrote:
> > > > > I'm having a problem with the newer way to use a custom menu - can
> > > > > someone help out - thanks.
> > > > >
> > > > > fileMenu = new Gtk::Menu();
> > > > > openMenuItem = new Gtk::MenuItem("Open");
> > > > > fileMenu->attach(*openMenuItem,0,0,0,0);
> > > >
> > > > Table (and Menu, I guess) attach coordinates are a bit odd. Like the
> > > > warning says, you probably want 0, 1, 0, 1. This is hinted at in the
> > > > documentation:
> > > > http://www.gtkmm.org/docs/gtkmm-2.4/docs/reference/html/classGtk_1_1Men
> > > >u.ht ml#a0
> > > >
> > > > I guess this should have default values. A patch would be welcome.
> > > >
> > > > But I personally prefer to use the UIManager anyway.
> > > >
> > > > > fileMenuItem = new Gtk::MenuItem("File", fileMenu);
> > > > > menubar = new Gtk::MenuBar();
> > > > > menubar->append(*fileMenuItem);
> > > > > mainBox.pack_start(*menubar, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK);
> > > > >
> > > > > : Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkmenu.c: line 3836 (gtk_menu_attach):
> > > > > : assertion
> > > > >
> > > > > `left_attach < right_attach' failed
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