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cnu_sree · GTK+ Geek Joined: 06 Oct 2006 Posts: 57

wht is the diffrence between gtk_widget_destroy and gtk_widget_hide.
i know tht destroy will destroy the object and hide will not destroy the object.
while iam using destroy iam getting Xlib error when i replace this with hide then working finee.
so please tell me the diffrence.
thank u.
sree

openldev · Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 4:24 pm Post subject:

Could you provide some code? One thing that you have to realize is that destroying a widget will also destroy all children. If you then make any call on any of them, you will get an error.

gtk_widget_hide() will set only that widget as non-visible. All of its children will also be hidden, but they will not be set as invisible in properties. If you call gtk_widget_show() on that widget, all of its children will then be visible again. Calling gtk_widget_hide_all() will set the visibility property of every child widget to FALSE as well. If you call gtk_widget_show() on that widget instead of gtk_widget_show_all(), the children will still be hidden.

If you are having a specific problem, please always post some code ... otherwise it is impossible to diagnose your problem, even if you do provide an error.