Combo box issue

[Jamiil Abd Al Qadir-2]

Hello folks,
In a 'Gtk::ComboBoxEntryText' are four items that are set as
'prepend_text', [Fruit, Vegetable, Meat, Fish]. When the user select one
of this items from the list the user thens move to another combo box
that will display only the names of fruits or vegetables or meats or
types of fish that are stored in a STL container [vector], depending on
what the user has selected. What I would like to do is to , as soon as
the cursor moves to the second pop up box, retrieve from the STL
container all the instances of the user's selection [names of different
fruits, veggies, meats or types of fish].
Now, how can I find out when the user has made a selection in the first
combo box? Is there a signal send by 'Gtk::ComboBoxEntryText' that I
should catch?

Thanks in advance

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[milosz derezynski]

signal_changed() of Gtk::ComboBox for the case the user selects with the dropdown:
http://gtkmm.org/docs/gtkmm-2.4/docs/reference/html/classGtk_1_1ComboBox.html#d499b1a7834dae64f9b30f7b036c3321

Just btw if you want to automate the system like this is there a specific reason you're using a ComboBoxEntry(Text)? Just wondering in case you missed the API of the plain ComboBox :)

-- Milosz

2008/7/12 Jamiil <arbolone@...>:

Hello folks,
In a 'Gtk::ComboBoxEntryText' are four items that are set as 'prepend_text', [Fruit, Vegetable, Meat, Fish]. When the user select one of this items from the list the user thens move to another combo box that will display only the names of fruits or vegetables or meats or types of fish that are stored in a STL container [vector], depending on what the user has selected. What I would like to do is to , as soon as the cursor moves to the second pop up box, retrieve from the STL container all the instances of the user's selection [names of different fruits, veggies, meats or types of fish].
Now, how can I find out when the user has made a selection in the first combo box? Is there a signal send by 'Gtk::ComboBoxEntryText' that I should catch?

Thanks in advance

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[Jamiil Abd Al Qadir-2]

Well, the quick answer is... I am lazy, and to make a long story short, I wrote a class that wraps Gtk::VBox and Gtk::ComboBoxEntryText, so that I can save much of the work of arranging a combo box in a container widget. However, like everything else, it solves some problems, but creates some others. hee, hee, hee.

Thanks man, for the help, I already knew the answer, but I was so tired and desperate to resolve this issue that I could not come up with it... I sure you are familiar with this problem too.

Have a good one, but if you are going to have more than one give me a shout!
Milosz Derezynski wrote:

signal_changed() of Gtk::ComboBox for the case the user selects with the dropdown:
http://gtkmm.org/docs/gtkmm-2.4/docs/reference/html/classGtk_1_1ComboBox.html#d499b1a7834dae64f9b30f7b036c3321

Just btw if you want to automate the system like this is there a specific reason you're using a ComboBoxEntry(Text)? Just wondering in case you missed the API of the plain ComboBox :)

-- Milosz

2008/7/12 Jamiil <arbolone@...>:

Hello folks,
In a 'Gtk::ComboBoxEntryText' are four items that are set as 'prepend_text', [Fruit, Vegetable, Meat, Fish]. When the user select one of this items from the list the user thens move to another combo box that will display only the names of fruits or vegetables or meats or types of fish that are stored in a STL container [vector], depending on what the user has selected. What I would like to do is to , as soon as the cursor moves to the second pop up box, retrieve from the STL container all the instances of the user's selection [names of different fruits, veggies, meats or types of fish].
Now, how can I find out when the user has made a selection in the first combo box? Is there a signal send by 'Gtk::ComboBoxEntryText' that I should catch?

Thanks in advance

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