[Mono-list] Combo() ?

Aaron Bockover abockover at novell.com
Thu Feb 9 16:42:12 EST 2006


The documentation just needs updating. In many areas, widgets are marked
as "not implemented." As Gtk# 2.8 is, well, stable now, everything
should basically be implemented.

--Aaron


On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 21:02 +0000, Paulo Augusto wrote:
> Qui, 2006-02-09 às 15:16 -0500, Aaron Bockover escreveu:
> > Gtk.ComboBoxEntry in Gtk# 2.4+
> 
> Gtk.ComboBoxEntry would be my first bet after i found out that Combo was
> obsolete. However, i went to check it out and, in the documentation that
> comes with last mono's version, it says:
> "Mono Implementation Note:
> 	Gtk.ComboBoxEntry has not been implemented."
> 
> 
> And "go-mono/docs" said same thing, i think. Now it doesn't says that
> anymore. So i would think that:
> - either they forgot to change the documentation while Combo was
> obsolete and Gtk.ComboBoxEntry was already a replacer, and now the
> online documentation is properly updated,
> 
> - or they marked Combo as obsolete without having Gtk.ComboBoxEntry
> ready for replacement, and now Gtk.ComboBoxEntry is already implemented
> in the most recent versions of Gtk# but it's still not shiped with the
> current mono version.
> 
> 
> In light of this new discoverie, i'm going to try Gtk.ComboBoxEntry and
> see if it works and find out which one was it.
> 
> 
> 
> > The GtkCombo entry in GTK+ is deprecated in favor of ComboBox widgets,
> > and is thus marked obsolete in Gtk#. Do not use them in new
> > applications.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Aaron
> > 
> > On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 17:30 +0000, Paulo Augusto wrote:
> > > As far as i can see, ComboBox does not allow for the user to input text,
> > > user can only choose from a pre-defined set of strings.
> > > 
> > > That won't do it, i need to present them with choices *and* to allow
> > > users to type some other string if those aren't suitable.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Ter, 2006-02-07 às 15:36 +0000, Carlos Ble escreveu:
> > > > El lun, 06-02-2006 a las 16:56 +0000, Paulo Augusto escribió:
> > > > > In my program, the compiler is complaining that the class Combo() is
> > > > > obsolete(?). But i don't know what to use instead.
> > > > > - ComboBoxEntry() is marked as incomplete
> > > > > - MenuEntry() is marked as incomplete
> > > > > And i ain't even sure if MenuEntry() would be a substitute.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Program is running fine with Combo() but i would change if i knew what
> > > > > for.
> > > > > Can anyone tell me what's suposed to substitute the Combo() class?
> > > > 
> > > > ComboBox
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
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