Apparently I've been sending to the wrong list.

Sorry about that.

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Steve . <iteratio...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to get the parent widget of a menu from the callback function
> of a menu created with item factory macro.
>
> I was under the impression that i could get the parent via  widget->parent
> But I'm sure i properly understand the menu hierarchy.
>
> I start with a window and then attach a fixed container. Then i create a
> drawable that is a fraction the size of the fixed container and attach
> the drawable to the fixed. I then create a menu and add it to the drawable.
>
> Inside the menu callback i'm trying to get the drawable, which i thought
> would be the parent.  Ie, widget->parent.  but this is not working. I also
> tried widget->parent->parent. Right now i'm using a global widget for the
> drawable because i can't seem to figure out how to access the drawable from
> the menu item call back-- this a bad hack and i'd like to correct it very
> soon.
>
> So i have:
> window
>             fixed
>                     drawable
>                                    menu
>                                             menu items
>
> What is the suggested method of obtaining the drawable from the menu item
> callback?
>
>
> Steve
>
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