Why not use a GtkEntry and make it look like a GtkLabel? You could also have a look at GtkCellView. --Hans ANDREW JAMES KRAUSE schreef: > Hello All, > > I have an interest invested in an editable label > widget because of an application I am working on. > Because of this, I decided to work on the widget > myself since the project seems to have been dropped > from the list of priorities. > > On Bugzilla, there is an implementation that was > written in 2005, but it is not acceptable because it > uses more than the available signal padding slots > from GtkLabel. > > It is quite obvious that the way to go is to use the > GtkEditable interface in a new widget called something > like GtkEditableLabel. However, there are two different > approaches that I've come up with. > > One way to implement this widget would be to derive it > from GtkLabel. This would allow the widget to inherit > all of the code from GtkLabel, but may cause problems > because of hidden data and the fact that GtkLabel > already handles selections in a different way. > > The other option is to do what EelEditableLabel did > and just derive from GtkMisc. This would add a little > extra baggage because of reimplementing a few of the > same features. However, I think this may be the better > way to go in terms of API and speed of the widget. > > Does anyone have any thoughts on this issue, in one > direction or the other? > > --- > Andrew Krause > > _______________________________________________ > gtk-list mailing list > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list > > > _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
