GTK Lists

rubadub · 02-29-2008, 04:32 PM

I've written a little app using GTK+ 2.0. In it is a tree with a list store. I can add data to it and clear it, but I can't dynamically add data to it, it always waits until the process is finished before it updates. Here's the function which is called every time something needs to be added:

Code:

void add_entry(char *nm, int size, char*perms)	//GtkWidget *list, const gchar *str)
{
	GtkTreeIter             iter;
	gtk_list_store_append (the_store, &iter);
	gtk_list_store_set (the_store, &iter,
				COL_NAME, nm,
				COL_SIZE, size,
				COL_PERMS, perms,
				-1);
}

I don't even need to call this any more? (not sure if I really should (it's from when I did the whole thing at once))

Code:

gtk_tree_view_set_model(GTK_TREE_VIEW (the_view), GTK_TREE_MODEL (the_store));

ararus · 03-03-2008, 10:28 AM

For efficiency reasons, Gtk doesn't update anything on screen until control returns from your program back to gtk. If you want to force an update, you can add a gtk_main_iteration() at the end of the add_entry function. As the name suggests, this will make a pass through gtk's main loop, which will update whatever needs to be updated.

rubadub · 04-26-2008, 09:05 AM

mmm, it's taken a while to get back to this project but thanks that does the trick!

Code:

while (gtk_events_pending())
	gtk_main_iteration();