CoboBox

["Jamiil Abduqadir" <jalqadir gmail com>]

It has been my intention to create a class that will simplify the inclusion of combo widgets in my programs, the class derives from 'Gtk::VBox' and then add to it a 'Gtk::ComboBoxEntryText', like this:

------ HPP FILE
// ALL THE INCLUDES ARE HERE //
namespace jme{
class Combo : virtual public Gtk::VBox{
private:
    virtual void Init();
    void Pack();
    Glib::ustring str;
    Gtk::Label* label;
    Gtk::ComboBoxEntryText* text_box;

public:
//!Constructor
    Combo(Glib::ustring&);
//!Destructor
    virtual ~Combo();
};// Class
}// Namespace
#endif
----- CPP FILE
void jme::Combo::Init() {
    // Instantiate object widgets
    label     = Gtk::manage(new Gtk::Label(str.data(), Gtk::ALIGN_LEFT ));
    if(label == NULL) {
        DO SOMETHING
    }
    text_box  = Gtk::manage(new Gtk::ComboBoxEntryText());
    if(text_box == NULL) {
        DO SOMETHING
    }
    this->pack_start(*label);
    this->pack_start(*text_box);

}
jme::Combo::Combo(Glib::ustring& s) {
     ...
    str = s;
    this->Init();
   ...
}
jme::Combo::~Combo() { }


Later on another class I declare my hand dandy class (jme::Combo* entryboxFirstName;)   , then I  instantiate it like this 'entryboxFirstName  = Gtk::manage(new jme::Combo("sometext"));' to add it to a 'Gtk::Frame' (someFrame->pack_start(*entryboxFirstName);

This works just fine, however, the size of the combo box is too high, high enough to fit two lines of text. Is this a normal behaviour in GTKmm?

Please advice, thanks in advance.

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