Re: How to set custom Gtk::FileFilter

[Kjell Ahlstedt <kjell ahlstedt bredband net>]

2013-08-27 08:46, mueller physik uni-kiel de skrev:
> Hi,
>
> I recently started with gtkmm and I have to admit that the documentation is pretty good. However, sometimes 
> it lacks some details or examples.
>
> Maybe I find some help in this gtkmm mailing list.
>
> I am using the Gtk::FileFilter with mimetypes. My aim is to allow only csv/txt/dat files to be shown in the 
> filebrowser. Unfortunatelly,
> only csv and txt file extensions are covered with a mimetype definition. The documentation says there is a 
> function called add_custom()
> but I really cannot imagine how it should be applied. Could you please help with a minimal example how to set 
> a custom filter?
>
> May current code looks like this:
>
> (Browser is a Gtk::FileChooserWidget)
>
> Gtk::FileFilter * filter = new Gtk::FileFilter ;
> filter->set_name( "CSV Files" ) ;
> filter->add_mime_type( "text/csv" ) ;
> UI_DATA->Browser->set_filter( *filter ) ;
>
>
> Many thanks,
>
> /M
> _______________________________________________
Do you really need a custom filter? Can't you use
  filter->add_pattern("*.dat");

Kjell