Re: toggle-action :active t is not checked

Kevin L <[email protected]> writes:

> I'm making my first CLG program, and have a bit of code very similar to
> the ui-manager example in testgtk.lisp.  Here is a snippet:
> 
> :action (make-instance 'gtk:toggle-action
> 	       :name "ShowBonds" :label "_Bonds" :active t
> 	       :tooltip "Show bonds"
> 	       :callback (lambda (active) (format *standard-output* "Show
> bonds: ~a~%" active))
> 
> Even though I specify :active t, the menu item is not toggled true at
> startup.  The callback IS called when the window comes up, but in the
> callback active=NIL.  I can than select it with the mouse and active=T.

This was caused by a bug in the initialization of toggle-action objects,
but it should now be working with the latest CVS code.
 
> I can't see any way to programmatically select/deselect the
> toggle-action.  Is there a function somewhere I am missing?

The function ACTION-ACTIVATE can be used to do this.

-- 
Espen

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