On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 3:24 AM, richard boaz <ivor.boaz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > yep, i concur with the set sensitive method. > the way i do this is: when the user: > > executes something that gets done in the background, > that requires some time, > is non-interruptable, > and must complete before any next user action all good, except that in an ideal world, the sensitivity changes are applied to GtkAction's, not widgets. this way, keybindings and other methods of driving specific actions are all taken care of together. of course, not many GTK apps have been written with an action-centric approach, which is unfortunate. _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list