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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

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.

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