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Sample Code 182: How to setup pulldown menu that allows multiple select?
Written by kksou   
Thursday, 22 February 2007
Problem

A standard GtkComboBox allows the user to select only one item.

Suppose you want to have a pulldown menu that allows the user to select more than one item as shown below:

How to setup pulldown menu that allows multiple select?


Solution

Sample Code
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<?php
$window = new GtkWindow();
$window->connect_simple('destroy', array( 'Gtk', 'main_quit'));
$window->set_size_request(400,150);
$window->add($vbox = new GtkVBox());

// display title
$title = new GtkLabel("Setup pulldown menu that allows multiple select");
$title->modify_font(new PangoFontDescription("Times New Roman Italic 10"));
$title->modify_fg(Gtk::STATE_NORMAL, GdkColor::parse("#0000ff"));
$title->set_size_request(-1, 40);
$title->set_justify(Gtk::JUSTIFY_CENTER);
$alignment = new GtkAlignment(0.5, 0, 0, 0);
$alignment->add($title);
$vbox->pack_start($alignment, 0, 0);
$vbox->pack_start(new GtkLabel(), 0, 0);

$vbox->pack_start($hbox=new GtkHBox(), 0, 0);
$hbox->pack_start(new GtkLabel('Select: '), 0, 0);

// Setup combobox

$combobox = new ComboBox1($window);
$hbox->pack_start($combobox, 0, 0);
$hbox->pack_start(new GtkLabel('  '), 0, 0);
$hbox->pack_start($button = new GtkButton('Submit'), 0, 0);
$button->set_size_request(60, 24);
$button->connect('clicked', "on_submit_button", $combobox);

$window->show_all();
Gtk::main();

class ComboBox1 extends GtkHBox {

    function __construct($parent_window) {
        parent::__construct();
        $this->parent_window = $parent_window;
        $this->entry = new GtkEntry();
        $this->entry->set_size_request(200, -1);
        $this->pack_start($this->entry, 0, 0);
        $this->pack_start($this->button = new GtkButton('V'), 0, 0);

        $this->button->connect('clicked', array(&$this, 'on_button'));
        $this->entry->connect('key-press-event',
            array(&$this, 'on_keypress_entry'));
    }

    function on_keypress_entry($widget, $event) {
        $this->button->clicked();
    }

    function on_button($button) { // process button click
        $win_pos=$this->parent_window->get_position();
        $x_field_pos=$this->entry->allocation->x;
        $y_field_pos=$this->entry->allocation->y;
        $x_shift=4;
        $y_shift=23+$this->entry->allocation->height;

        $x_win=$win_pos[0]+$x_field_pos+$x_shift;
        $y_win=$win_pos[1]+$y_field_pos+$y_shift;

        $this->dialog = new GtkDialog(null, null,
            Gtk::DIALOG_MODAL|Gtk::DIALOG_NO_SEPARATOR);
        $this->dialog->set_decorated(false);
        $this->dialog->set_size_request(120, 250);
        $this->dialog->set_uposition($x_win,$y_win);

        $scrolled_win = new GtkScrolledWindow();
        $scrolled_win->set_policy( Gtk::POLICY_AUTOMATIC,
            Gtk::POLICY_AUTOMATIC);
        $this->dialog->vbox->pack_start($scrolled_win);

        // the selection
        $data = array(
            array("01","Ferro"),
            array("02","Acciaio"),
            array("03","Tungsteno"),
            array("042","Rame"),
            array("044","Piombo"),
            array("05","Alluminio"),
            array("06","Carbonio"),
            array("07","Uranio"),
            array("08","Cobalto"),
            array("07","Plutonio"),
            array("08","Ottone"),
            array("09","Zama"),
            array("10","Molibdeno"),
            array("11","Bronzo"),
            array("12","Oro"),
            array("13","Argento"),
            array("14","Platino"),
            array("15","Berillio")
        );

        $this->display_table ($scrolled_win, $data);
        $this->dialog->action_area->set_size_request(-1, 0);
        $this->dialog->connect('key-press-event', array(&$this, 'on_keypress'));

        $this->dialog ->show_all();
        $this->dialog->run();
    }

    function display_table($scrolled_win, $data) {
        // Creates the list store
        if (defined("GObject::TYPE_STRING")) {
            $model = new GtkListStore(GObject::TYPE_STRING, GObject::TYPE_STRING);
        } else {
            $model = new GtkListStore(Gtk::TYPE_STRING, Gtk::TYPE_STRING);
        }
        $field_header = array('Row #', 'Description');
        $field_justification = array(0.0, 0.0);

        // Creates the view to display the list store
        $this->view = new GtkTreeView($model);
        $scrolled_win->add($this->view);

        // Creates the columns
        for ($col=0; $col<count($field_header); ++$col) {
            $cell_renderer = new GtkCellRendererText();
            $cell_renderer->set_property("xalign",
                $field_justification[$col]);
            $column = new GtkTreeViewColumn($field_header[$col],
                $cell_renderer, 'text', $col);
            $column->set_alignment($field_justification[$col]);
            $column->set_sort_column_id($col);

            // set the header font and color
            $label = new GtkLabel($field_header[$col]);
            $label->modify_font(new PangoFontDescription("Arial Bold"));
            $label->modify_fg(Gtk::STATE_NORMAL, GdkColor::parse("#0000FF"));
            $column->set_widget($label);
            $label->show();

            // setup self-defined function to display alternate row color
            $column->set_cell_data_func($cell_renderer,
                array(&$this, "format_col"), $col);
            $this->view->append_column($column);
        }

        // pupulates the data
        for ($row=0; $row<count($data); ++$row) {
            $values = array();
            for ($col=0; $col<count($data[$row]); ++$col) {
                $values[] = $data[$row][$col];
            }
            $model->append($values);
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Explanation

The above sample code is based on How to setup pulldown menu with 2 columns - Part 3 - using self defined combobox?

What's new here:

  1. Enable multiple selection.
  2. Get the multiple selection.
  3. Go through each selection.
  4. Here we delimit each selection by a comma ',' forllowed by a space. You can set your own delimiter here.

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