Question

Pretty straight forward question, I have a GtkEntry widget that I want to set to be editable. I know the function I should use is:

gtk_editable_set_editable

But I don’t know how to make it take a GtkEntry widget as an argument

Here is the code I’m using:

GtkWidget *TextEntry;
TextEntry = gtk_entry_new();

gtk_entry_set_visibility(GTK_ENTRY(TextEntry), TRUE);
gtk_entry_set_editable(GTK_ENTRY(TextEntry), TRUE);
gtk_entry_set_overwrite_mode(GTK_ENTRY(TextEntry), TRUE);
gtk_widget_set_can_focus(GTK_WIDGET(TextEntry), TRUE);
gtk_widget_grab_focus(TextEntry);

panel_applet_request_focus(applet, 10);
gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (applet), TextEntry);

gtk_widget_show_all (GTK_WIDGET (applet));

So far as getting keyboard focus, I think I need the panel_applet_request_focus () function. It requires that i pass it the applet in question and the timestamp of the event triggering the window focus

I’m not sure what to put in for the timestamp. I compiled the code as above and I still can’t get keyboard focus when I click the applet.

Answer 1

Do the following:

GtkWidget* entry = gtk_entry_new();
gtk_entry_set_editable(GTK_ENTRY(entry), TRUE);

Welcome to the world of GObject 🙂

Note that if you were using gtk_editable, you need to do:

gtk_editable_set_editable(GTK_EDITABLE(entry), TRUE);