[pygtk] Re: Two columns in ComboBox with add_attribute

[John Kelly]

On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 15:42 -0600, Jeffrey Barish wrote:
> Jeffrey Barish wrote:
> 
> > Jeffrey Barish wrote:
> > 
> >> Also, I want the box to display the first item as soon as I create the
> >> ComboBox.  What is the easiest way to do this?
> > 
> > I solved this one.  The child of the combo is a CellView, for which there
> > is a set_displayed_row method.
> > 
> > cellview = combo.get_child()
> > cellview.set_displayed_row(0)
> 
> Actually, there are problems.  If you select the first row, there will be a
> changed event even though the selection did not actually change.
> 
> Also, the call to get_child() does not result in a changed event even though
> there is a change.
> 
> Can someone explain why these behaviors are not bugs?

See here http://www.daa.com.au/pipermail/pygtk/2007-March/013560.html

Hope that helps.

John