Hmmm...how about: gtk_combo_box_set_button_sensitivity(GTK_COMBO_BOX(entry), GTK_SENSITIVITY_OFF); Salsaman. http://lives.sourceforge.net https://www.ohloh.net/accounts/salsaman On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 3:43 AM, Ian Puleston <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks, for the suggestion, but nope. Your suggestion gives a > "gtk_editable_set_editable: assertion `GTK_IS_EDITABLE (editable)' failed" > assertion failure. The following works to make the entry field non-editable: > > gtk_editable_set_editable(GTK_EDITABLE(gtk_bin_get_child(GTK_BIN(entry))), > FALSE); > > However, what that achieves is just to make the entry field non-editable. > The drop-down selection part still operates. > > Ian > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: salsaman [mailto:salsaman@xxxxxxxxx] >> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 3:19 PM >> To: Ian Puleston >> Cc: gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Re: Alternative to gtk_widget_set_sensitive on GetComboBoxEntry >> >> Try: >> >> gtk_editable_set_editable(GTK_EDITABLE(entry), FALSE); >> >> >> Regards, >> Salsaman. >> >> http://lives.sourceforge.net >> https://www.ohloh.net/accounts/salsaman >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Ian Puleston >> <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > >> > >> > I have a dialog with a GetComboBoxEntry and under certain >> > circumstances I need to make it non-user-editable, but still want it >> > to display the selected entry. I'm using gtk_widget_set_sensitive to >> > disable it, but a side effect of that is that when set insensitive it >> > displays blank and does not show the selected entry. >> > >> > >> > >> > I can't say 100% for sure but I think that this used to work with >> > earlier versions of GTK? I say that because my code gets the selected >> > entry via a gtk_combo_box_get_active_text call on it, and that is now >> > failing (returning an empty string) and throwing an error when the >> > combo is insensitive, and I'm pretty sure that it never used to get that > error. >> > >> > >> > >> > The latter problem I've worked around, but I would still like the >> > control to show the user which entry is selected when it is not >> > enabled (just like a disabled JavaScript select element does). So is >> > there a way to make it do that? >> > >> > >> > >> > This is with the latest GTK 2. >> > >> > >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Ian >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > gtk-list mailing list >> > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx >> > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list >> > > _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
