[ale] Gtk-Perl

[Eric Anderson]

On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 15:42, Eric Anderson wrote:
> So I have a reference to the GtkOptionMenu. So it should be as easy as
> something like this
> 
> $dropdown->get_menu()->get_active()->child()->get();
> 
... snip ...
> will get me a GtkMenuItem, but I can't get the value from there because
> child() return undef.

Eric's First Law of Development: Whenever you ask a question you will
soon figure it out making yourself look dumb for asking.

Evidently the GtkMenuItem get re-parented to GtkOptionGroup when it is
selected. Hence the child() of the selected GtkMenuItem is undef. To get
the value simply:

$dropdown->child()->get();

-- 
Eric Anderson

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