GtkEntryCompletion without user input? - c

Question

Hopefully this is an easy question to answer! I am trying to use GtkEntryCompletion (a la the example here) but while this code works I can't seem to get the GtkEntry to present the autocomplete results when I set the text of the field programatically. What I am trying to accomplish is a semi pre-filled text entry that is already presenting the user with some autocomplete options.
To set the text I have tried using the functions gtk_entry_set_text(...), gtk_entry_buffer_insert_text(...) and even gtk_entry_buffer_emit_inserted_text(...) but to no avail. Is there a way to do this in such a way as to act like regular user input and display the suggestions?

Answer 1

I think you need to call gtk_entry_completion_complete after setting the text.
EDIT
Sorry #Tylter, but wow, this is way more difficult than I imagined. The only way I can figure out how to do it is to actually send the keypress event to the window.
gtk_widget_grab_focus(entry);
GdkEvent new_event;
new_event.key.type = GDK_KEY_PRESS;
new_event.key.window = gtk_widget_get_parent_window(entry);
new_event.key.send_event = TRUE;
new_event.key.time = GDK_CURRENT_TIME;
new_event.key.keyval = 0x053; // capital S
new_event.key.state = GDK_KEY_PRESS_MASK;
new_event.key.length = 0;
new_event.key.string = 0;
new_event.key.hardware_keycode = 0;
new_event.key.group = 0;
gdk_event_put((gpointer)&new_event);
EDIT 2
Are you using a GtkDialog for your pop-up? I coded this up really quick and it seems to work. Here you would be creating the dialog in a button click event:
static void click_event( GtkWidget *widget,
gpointer data )
{
GtkWidget* window = gtk_dialog_new ();
completion = create_completion();
entry = gtk_entry_new();
gtk_entry_set_completion(GTK_ENTRY(entry), completion);
// add entry to dialog
gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (GTK_DIALOG (window)->action_area),
entry, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
gtk_widget_show(entry);
gtk_widget_show(window); // you must show the window before sending the keypress event
gtk_widget_grab_focus(entry);
GdkEvent new_event;
new_event.key.type = GDK_KEY_PRESS;
new_event.key.window = gtk_widget_get_parent_window(entry);
new_event.key.send_event = TRUE;
new_event.key.time = GDK_CURRENT_TIME;
new_event.key.keyval = 0x053; // capital S
new_event.key.state = GDK_KEY_PRESS_MASK;
new_event.key.length = 0;
new_event.key.string = 0;
new_event.key.hardware_keycode = 0;
new_event.key.group = 0;
gdk_event_put((gpointer)&new_event);
}
The only gotcha I saw with this is that your must show the dialog window before sending the keypress event.