Re: how do I find out if the focused object is an Gtk::Entry?

[Yann Leydier <yann leydier info>]

You can use a dynamic_cast.

Pointer style:
Gtk::Entry *ent(dynamic_cast<Gtk::Entry*>(widget_ptr));
if (ent)
{
	…
}

Reference style (I'm not 100% sure):
try
{
	Gtk::Entry &ent(dynamic_cast<Gtk::Entry&>(widget_ref));
	…
}
catch (std::bad_cast &)
{ }

Another way could be to user Gtk's functions to retrieve the inner GType…

yann

On 05/03/11 09:58, Ming-ching Chiu wrote:
> Hi,
> In my program I need to determine if the focused widget is an entry so that I can set its text.
> I use get_focus() to get the focused object, but I don't know how to determine if it is an entry. Is there any way to tell if the returned widget is an entry?  thanks!
>
> Best,
> Ming-ching
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