On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 11:08:00AM +0000, Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro wrote: > My solution, although also not perfect, was to place a small > gtk.STOCK_DIALOG_WARNING icon inside the entry, and toggle between > making it insensitive (=value OK) or sensitive (=bad value).
Interesting! Can we see some screenshots of this? I had never thought of this approach and it sounds way cool (though it _does_ take up some of the entry's real estate). Dream scenario might be a window which overlays the screen when a validation error occurs. One of the issues with validation is a performance issue -- some stuff takes a while to validate (checking database contents, etc). Another is the fact that certain patterns are only really validatable when completely entered (i.e. 123. is invalid but 123.2 is not, though I'm thinking of more complex situations than this -- involving database contents as well). This is one of the two major unsolved issues for me in UI work using GTK+. The other issue is selecting an item from a large (potentially database-driven) collection -- autocompletion combos are close, but still not what we really need. Take care, -- Christian Robottom Reis | http://async.com.br/~kiko/ | [+55 16] 3361 2331 _______________________________________________ pygtk mailing list pygtk@daa.com.au http://www.daa.com.au/mailman/listinfo/pygtk Read the PyGTK FAQ: http://www.async.com.br/faq/pygtk/
