[Geany-devel] public ui_setup_open_button_callback

Lex Trotman elextr at xxxxx
Thu Apr 5 23:33:25 UTC 2012


On 6 April 2012 06:03, Matthew Brush <mbrush at codebrainz.ca> wrote:
> 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.

It would be fine to clean up, so long as the new version works on the
oldest GTK we support.

Cheers
Lex


>
> 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
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