Clearing a GtkEntry

cornercuttin · **Joined:** Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:44 pm **Posts:** 61

I have a GtkEntry (textbox) that needs to be cleared when a button is clicked, and I cannot seem to find an easy way to do it. couldn't find anything on google or in the search of this site.

anyone have any ideas?

i tried setting the text just to 2 or 3 blank spaces, but GTK then complains when you click on that box again.

any help would be appreciated.

dreblen · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2009 9:32 pm

You should just be able to set the entry text to nothing using gtk_entry_set_text:
http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/stab ... y-set-text
Here's an example:

Code:

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

void button_clicked_cb(GtkWidget *button, GtkEntry *entry)
{
   /* Set the entry to "", which is the same as a 'gtk_entry_clear' */
   gtk_entry_set_text(entry, "");
}

gint main(gint argc, gchar **argv)
{
   GtkWidget *win;
   GtkWidget *vbox;
   GtkWidget *entry;
   GtkWidget *button;

   gtk_init(&argc, &argv);

   win = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
   g_signal_connect(win, "delete-event", G_CALLBACK(gtk_main_quit), NULL);

   vbox = gtk_vbox_new(TRUE, 2);
   gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(win), vbox);
   gtk_widget_show(vbox);

   entry = gtk_entry_new();
   gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox), entry, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
   gtk_widget_show(entry);

   button = gtk_button_new_with_label("Clear entry");
   g_signal_connect(button, "clicked", G_CALLBACK(button_clicked_cb), (gpointer)entry);
   gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox), button, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
   gtk_widget_show(button);

   gtk_widget_show(win);

   gtk_main();

   return 0;
}

tadeboro · **Posted:** Mon May 04, 2009 10:04 pm

Hello.

You can also replace

Code:

gtk_entry_set_text( entry, "" )

call in dreblen's code with

Code:

gtk_editable_delete_text( GTK_EDITABLE( entry ), 0, -1 )

which is slightly more efficient.

Docs:http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/stable/GtkEditable.html#gtk-editable-delete-text

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