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[gtk-list] entry stuff

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Mailund Jensen)
Thu Oct 8 02:04:26 1998

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From: Thomas Mailund Jensen <mailund@daimi.au.dk>
Date: 08 Oct 1998 08:04:09 +0200
In-Reply-To: list@mail2.redhat.com's message of "8 Oct 1998 03:07:42 -0000"
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>>>>> "l" == list  <list@mail2.redhat.com> writes:

 l> Could someone please explain how to control the input to a
 l> gtkentry widget so that for example, only digits from 0-9 can be
 l> entered, or to force format into a particular format, such as for
 l> a date.

Hmm...catch the key_pressed event and look at the input...if it's
legal, don't do anything...it will then be inserted.  If it's ilegal
stop the event by 

  gtk_signal_emit_stop_by_name (GTK_OBJECT (widget), "key_press_event");

then the entry won't insert the char...

Hope this helps.

	/mailund

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