m_widget = gtk_combo_new();
// make it more useable
- gtk_combo_set_use_arrows_always(GTK_COMBO(m_widget), TRUE);
+ gtk_combo_set_use_arrows_always( GTK_COMBO(m_widget), TRUE );
+
+ // and case-sensitive
+ gtk_combo_set_case_sensitive( GTK_COMBO(m_widget), TRUE );
+
GtkWidget *list = GTK_COMBO(m_widget)->list;
PostCreation();
- ApplyWidgetStyle();
-
ConnectWidget( GTK_COMBO(m_widget)->button );
if (!value.IsNull()) SetValue( value );
if ( FindString(value) == wxNOT_FOUND )
{
Append(value);
+ SetStringSelection(value);
// and generate the selected event for it
wxCommandEvent event( wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED, GetId() );
wxSize wxComboBox::DoGetBestSize() const
{
wxSize ret( wxControl::DoGetBestSize() );
- if (ret.x < 100) ret.x = 100;
+
+ // we know better our horizontal extent: it depends on the longest string
+ // in the combobox
+ ret.x = 0;
+ if ( m_widget )
+ {
+ GdkFont *font = m_font.GetInternalFont();
+
+ wxCoord width;
+ size_t count = Number();
+ for ( size_t n = 0; n < count; n++ )
+ {
+ width = (wxCoord)gdk_string_width(font, GetString(n).mbc_str());
+ if ( width > ret.x )
+ ret.x = width;
+ }
+ }
+
+ // empty combobox should have some reasonable default size too
+ if ( ret.x < 100 )
+ ret.x = 100;
return ret;
}