Re: how can I set up a passive Gtk::CheckButton with just a tooltip?

[Christopher Lang <christopher lang acurana de>]

thanks, folks, I think i will roll my own widget...

Chris

http://www.acurana.de/


Am Sonntag 09 September 2007 13:23:32 schrieb Milosz Derezynski:
> It's not possible to totally hijack events like you've previously
> tried by connecting to signal handlers; they are all run-last and the
> widget will get the events either way first.
>
> The best bet would be deriving from GtkCheckButton and blocking all
> events by overriding the default handlers; but i think creating a
> small widget that paints a Gtk+ checkbox is a saner solution.
>
> Furthermore, or rather generally, though, you should consider that
> people are used to have checkboxes as interactive items, so a checkbox
> that's not interactive might confuse people; of course that's said
> without knowing the exaxt context in which you're using this so it's
> possible it doesn't really apply.
>
> On 9/8/07, Robert Pearce <rob bdt-home demon co uk> wrote:
> > On Sat, 8 Sep 2007, Christopher Lang <christopher lang acurana de> wrote
> >
> > >       How can I set up a CheckButton, that is *not* greyed out, but
> > > apart from a tooltip is totaly passive?
> > >(set_sensitive (false) disables tooltips).
> >
> > When I wanted to do that, I ended up resorting to creating my own widget
> > (which I called GtkLamp) by copying the GtkButton source and tweaking
> > it. That's based on a standard button, but could very easily be turned
> > into a CheckLamp. If nobody else comes up with an easier solution I'll
> > post my source for you.
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