[pygtk] Inserting items into ComboBox

[Timo]

Johannes Bauer schreef:
> Walter Leibbrandt schrieb:
>
>   
>> And so I learn something new! On a hunch, I compared a Glade file with
>> an empty (unaltered) combo box and a combo box with its "Items" field
>> "changed". I put the "changed" in quotes, because what I did was add a
>> character and delete it again, so no text was really added. It turns out
>> that the output XML differs by one line that defines an "items" property
>> (see attached comboboxes.diff).
>>     
>
> Still, this should be used with caution - not all glade versions behave
> like this appearently. I'm on a Ubuntu Intrepid Glade 3.4.5. 
I also have Glade 3.4.5 on Intrepid, and here it worked every time.

> Initially,
> I have my empty combobox (excerpt form .glade file):
>
> <widget class="GtkComboBox" id="Devices_Combobox">
>     <property name="visible">True</property>
> </widget>
>
> Then I add an item and save:
>
> <widget class="GtkComboBox" id="Devices_Combobox">
>     <property name="visible">True</property>
>     <property name="items" translatable="yes">foobar</property>
> </widget>
>
> and remove the property again and save:
>
> <widget class="GtkComboBox" id="Devices_Combobox">
>     <property name="visible">True</property>
> </widget>
>
> This, the "items" property completely disappered. However, when I
> manually modify the glade file in the way you described by applying your
> patch (well, manually):
>
> <widget class="GtkComboBox" id="Devices_Combobox">
>     <property name="visible">True</property>
>     <property name="items" translatable="true"></property>
> </widget>
>
> and load that glade-File in my version of glade and save it again
> immediately:
>
> <widget class="GtkComboBox" id="Devices_Combobox">
> 	<property name="visible">True</property>
> 	<property name="items"></property>
> </widget>
>
> However, one must be careful with such a version of glade as mine not to
> click on the "items" button and click OK, as the property "items" then
> disappears again when the Glade file is saved.
>
> It is unfortunate, in my opionion, that this behaviour obviously differs
> between versions of Glade.
>
> Kind regards,
> Johannes
>