[pygtk] ScrolledWindow & TextView Problem.

[Neil Dugan]

Dominic Salemno wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> Here resides my issue! I have a ScrolledWindow being utilized inside my
> application. Contained inside of the ScrolledWindow is a TextView widget.
> Last, but certainly not least, is a TextBuffer associated with the TextView
> widget. Simple... correct? I thought as much! The main purpose of the
> application is to provide a scrolling effect anytime new text is inserted.
> The window would start scrolling downwards in the event the text started
> scrolling outside the viewable area. I implemented this technique inside the
> pygtk FAQ:
> 
> http://faq.pygtk.org/index.py?req=show&file=faq14.010.htp
> 
> The technique is basically explained as so (copied from the entry):
> 
> end_iter = text_buffer.get_end_iter()
> text_buffer.insert(end_iter, text)
> text_view.scroll_to_mark(text_buffer.get_insert(), 0)
> 
> This works fine until one touches the viewable area in where the text
> resides. The TextView properities are as follows:
> 
> set_editable(False)
> set_cursor_visible(False)
> 
> Therefore, no one is actually editing anything inside this area. I was
> simply trying to copy text that is populating the area and paste it into
> another application. As soon as I try this... new text still begins to
> populate the area. The scrolling effect just instantly stops working!
> 
> This effect is an absolute necessity for this type of application!
> 
> Suggestions?
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Sincerely, Dominic Salemno.
> 
> 

Hi,

I don't know how to fix you exact problem.  But in a similar case, 
when adding an item to a gtk.HBox() inside a scrolledwindow, I used this

		adj = self.scrolled_window.get_vadjustment()
		adj.set_value(adj.upper)


Regards Neil.