[Geany-devel] public ui_setup_open_button_callback

[Matthew Brush]

On 12-04-05 11:56 AM, Dimitar Zhekov wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Currently UIUtilsFuncs contain ui_path_box_new(), so a
> file-chooser-dialog button can be created programatically in a plugin.
> But there's no ui_setup_open_button_callback(), so it's impossible to
> load such a button from a .glade file and setup it, as in Geany.
>
> geanyprj uses ui_path_box_new(), and other plugins (saveactions,
> spellcheck, debugger, ...) create file-chooser-dialog buttons manually,
> so they seem common. I'm writing a new plugin, and would prefer to
> use .glade for the interface as much as possible (and practical).
>

IMO, all this path box stuff should be deprecated in favour of the 
widget provided by the toolkit (GtkFileChooserButton). Using custom 
stuff like this makes Geany "non-standard" amongst other GTK+ programs 
and it doesn't provide the flexibility of the already provided widget, 
namely being a real GtkWidget and integration with Glade.

On the other hand, I also wouldn't be opposed to a proper implementation 
of a real custom GtkWidget subclass (ex. GeanyPathBox) that can be used 
in Glade and otherwise conveniently, since I tend to find the text box 
next to the button to be more user-friendly than the widget currently 
provided by the toolkit for this purpose.

My $0.02, having thought about this before while porting to Glade and 
having previously written a GeanyPathBox widget for this use.

Cheers,
Matthew Brush