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thinice16 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 01, 2009 5:50 am

Whats a easy way to get the text from a entry?

ZuLuuuuuu · **Posted:** Sun Mar 01, 2009 9:29 am

gtk_entry_get_text () ( http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/stab ... y-get-text )

Code:

GtkWidget my_entry;
gchar *my_string;

...

my_string = gtk_entry_get_text (GTK_ENTRY (my_entry));

...

thinice16 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:20 pm

I tried that and i get nothing here's the code:

Code:

GtkWidget *entry;
gchar *entrytext;

entry = gtk_entry_new();
gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(hbox), entry, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
entrytext = gtk_entry_get_text(GTK_ENTRY(entry));
g_printf("The text in the entry box was %s",entrytext);

when i type in the entry and click ok it says "The text in the entry box was" and thats it?

tadeboro · **Posted:** Sun Mar 01, 2009 9:33 pm

Hi.

Below you'll find really simple application that demonstrates retrieval of text from GtkEntry. Hope you'll find it useful.

Code:

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

static void
cb_clicked( GtkButton *button,
         GtkEntry  *entry )
{
   g_print( "The text in entry box was %s\n", gtk_entry_get_text( entry ) );
}

int
main( int    argc,
     char **argv )
{
   GtkWidget *window;
   GtkWidget *hbox;
   GtkWidget *entry;
   GtkWidget *button;

   gtk_init( &argc, &argv );

   window = gtk_window_new( GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL );
   g_signal_connect( G_OBJECT( window ), "destroy",
                 G_CALLBACK( gtk_main_quit ), NULL );

   hbox = gtk_hbox_new( FALSE, 6 );
   gtk_container_add( GTK_CONTAINER( window ), hbox );

   entry = gtk_entry_new();
   gtk_box_pack_start( GTK_BOX( hbox ), entry, TRUE, TRUE, 0 );

   button = gtk_button_new_with_label( "Print" );
   g_signal_connect( G_OBJECT( button ), "clicked",
                 G_CALLBACK( cb_clicked ), GTK_ENTRY( entry ) );
   gtk_box_pack_start( GTK_BOX( hbox ), button, FALSE, FALSE, 0 );

   gtk_widget_show_all( window );

   gtk_main();

   return( 0 );
}

thinice16 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:33 pm

Well thats a great example but i need to get the text from a entry on a dialog. I dont know how to do a callback on a dialog button?

tadeboro · **Posted:** Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:35 pm

Hi.

The main "catch" of obtaining text from dialog is passing the right widget (or structure) as a callback's user data.

If you provide more specific needs, I may be able to help you a bit more.

thinice16 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:38 pm

Im trying to get the text from the entry to put as the window title and to create the file. so i just dont know how to do a callback on a dialog button. thanks for the quick reply.

thinice16 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:46 pm

I did it!!!!! Thanks tadeboro here's the code:

Code:

static void get_filename( GtkButton *button, GtkEntry  *dbentry )
{
    g_print( "The text in entry box was %s\n", gtk_entry_get_text( dbentry ) );
}

if (gtk_dialog_run (GTK_DIALOG (dialog)) == GTK_RESPONSE_ACCEPT)
  {
   get_filename(GTK_RESPONSE_ACCEPT,GTK_ENTRY(dbentry));
  }

Thanks for all the help.

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