gtkmm combobox problem

shmonkey · 03-26-2005, 03:35 PM

This is driving me nuts !

I am trying to figure out how you get the text from the selection of a combobox (note: not combo entry box)

I have populated the combobox Ok by attaching a liststore to it :

Code:

	// set up model for combo box
	m_refComboModel = Gtk::ListStore::create(m_Combo);
	viewComboBox->set_model(m_refComboModel);
	viewComboBox->pack_start(m_Combo.view_col);	
	
	// Set the 3 default values for the combobox
	Gtk::TreeModel::Row row = *(m_refComboModel->append());
	row[m_Combo.view_col] = "item 1";
	
	row = *(m_refComboModel->append());
	row[m_Combo.view_col] = "item 2";
	
	row = *(m_refComboModel->append());
	row[m_Combo.view_col] = "item 3";

I have a signal that is generated if the user make a selection from the combobox in the following function :

Code:

//---------------------------------------------
// User has selcted new positon in combo box
//--------------------------------------------
void window1::on_viewComboBox_changed()
{
	// get the current selection from the combobox
	// to do ........................................................
	TreeModel::iterator i = viewComboBox->get_active();
}

tried variuos ways but I can not figure out how to get the item selected.

get_active always returns 1.

Can anybody show me the light (preferably with an example)

Regards

Shmonkey