Thanks for a prompt reply Jean. In the case of a combo box, how should I be going about it then? Thanks, Mohit On 5/10/05, Jean Bréfort <jean.brefort@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Le mardi 10 mai 2005 à 17:31 +0530, Mohit Kumar a écrit : > > Hi All, > > > > This question is pretty trivial, but I have been unable to find a > > solution to this and hence I am posting it here, hoping to get a > > solution frmo anyone of you. > > > > The scenario is this, I have a list of Names to be displayed in the > > GTK OPTION MENU. Now, the list of names is static. When the user > > re-opens the dialog, I want the OPTION MENU to show the last selected > > name, instead of the first name in the list. I am storing the name in > > some structure. > > > > Is there any way to do it? Or i need to draw the OPTION MENU with the > > selected name as the first list member( I want to avoid this because > > they are in aphabetical order). > > > > For eg. Say the names are > > Albert<----- > > Charlie > > John > > Nathan > > > > And the user selects John, then when he reopens the dialog he should see > > > > Albert > > Charlie > > John<------ > > Nathan > > > > In between the 2 calls, the windows is destroyed. > > > > Any help is highly appreciated. > > You can use gtk_option_menu_set_history. But GtkOptionMenu is deprecated > and you should consider to use GtkComboBox instead. > > _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list