Re: MyEntryBox

[Bob Caryl <bob fis-cal com>]

jalqadir netscape net wrote:

> Having a Gtk::Entry is not enough, since this object is always 
> accompanied by a title.
> Thus I am racking my brains trying to figure out how to create a class 
> that will display a Gtk::Entry with a correspondig title.
> To do this I first thought of writing a class that derives from 
> Gtk::VBox, and add a Gtk::Label for the title, and a Gtk::Entry to it. 
> Howevery, this approach will live me reimplementing most of the 
> Gtk::Entry's member funcions in my class, since I will need to have 
> access to the Gtk::Entry's member function.
> My question is, how can I have a class that will display the a title 
> and an Entry box?
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Why not do this:

class SuperEntry : public Gtk::VBox
{
public:
   MySuperEntry(Glib::ustring labeltext) { label.set_text(labeltext); 
pack_start(label); pack_start(entry); }
   Gtk::Entry *get_entry(void) const { return &entry; }
   Gtk::Label *get_label(void) const ( return &label; }
protected:
   Gtk::Label label;
   Gtk::Entry entry;
};

Now you can access all the methods of both the label and the entry and 
do whatever you need with them.  You will probably want to get a bit 
more detailed with the constructor (include packing options and such).

Bob

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