Hi, thanks for the response, this prompted more investigative ideas and i discovered my problem. the problem was that i had also used the call gtk_file_chooser_set_filename(), though only specifiying a directory. it seems that when calling this, calls to gtk_file_chooser_set_filter() are ignored. because when i changed gtk_file_chooser_set_filename() to gtk_file_chooser_set_current_folder() (more appropriate for my purposes), everything works fine. thanks for the followup, that's exactly what i needed to get me to the solution. cheers, richard >> the documentation for gtk_file_chooser_set_filter() indicates that this >> can be used without having to call gtk_file_choo, ser_add_filter() to >> restrict the files on display. this simply does not work. > It appears to work for me. I've attached a sample program that does what > you've described. When I run it, I don't see the drop down to select a > filter, but it only contains files matching the pattern "*.1" > > I'd be forced to guess, then, that there's either a bug in the > particular version of gtk you're running against, or there's a glitch in > your code. You describe giving a file entry to allow the user to specify > the pattern; assuming this simple test case works for you, can you post > your specific code, rather than a vague description that seems to match > my little test case here? > > Of course, if the simple test case fails for you, it clearly points the > finger at your specific version of gtk. Mine, which it works > successfully with, is 2.6.7, from the fc4 2.6.7-4 rpm. > > Hope this helps some. > > -- > David Hoover <karma@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
