[pygtk] Accel map and labels

[John Finlay]

Sebastian Pölsterl wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Currently, I'm trying to connect accelerators to MenuItems of a MenuBar.
> Therefore, I use the gtk.accel_map_add_entry function, connect the accel 
> paths to a AccelGroup and finally I set the MenuItems' correct accel
> paths.
>
> The accelerators themselves work, but the labels don't get displayed.
>
> Whereas, if I use the add_acclerator method for each MenuItem it works,
> but with that solution the accelerators will be static and cannot be
> changed.
>
> Example code that doesn't display labels:
> gtk.accel_map_add_entry('<Videodb-menubar>/File/New', ord('n'),
> gtk.gdk.CONTROL_MASK)
>         gtk.accel_map_add_entry('<Videodb-menubar>/File/Quit', ord('q'),
> gtk.gdk.CONTROL_MASK)
>         gtk.accel_map_add_entry('<Videodb-menubar>/Edit/Edit', ord('e'),
> gtk.gdk.CONTROL_MASK)
>
>         accelgroup.connect_by_path('<Videodb-menubar>/File/New',
> self.on_new_activate)
>         accelgroup.connect_by_path('<Videodb-menubar>/File/Quit',
> gtk.main_quit)
>         accelgroup.connect_by_path('<Videodb-menubar>/Edit/Edit',
> self.on_edit_activate)
>
>         self.view['new'].set_accel_path('<Videodb-menubar>/File/New')
>         self.view['quit'].set_accel_path('<Videodb-menubar>/File/Quit')
>         self.view['edit'].set_accel_path('<Videodb-menubar>/Edit/Edit')
>
> Example code that does display labels:
> self.view['new'].add_accelerator("activate", accelgroup, ord('n'),
> gtk.gdk.CONTROL_MASK, gtk.ACCEL_VISIBLE)
> self.view['quit'].add_accelerator("activate", accelgroup, ord('q'),
> gtk.gdk.CONTROL_MASK, gtk.ACCEL_VISIBLE)
> self.view['edit'].add_accelerator("activate", accelgroup, ord('e'),
> gtk.gdk.CONTROL_MASK, gtk.ACCEL_VISIBLE)
>
> I appreciate any help!
>
>   
Did you call gtk.Menu.set_accel_group() for your menu?

John