Full Example
| Chapter 13. Combo Boxes |

## Full Example

Figure 13.1. ComboBox

Source Code

File: `examplewindow.h` (For use with gtkmm 4)

    #ifndef GTKMM_EXAMPLEWINDOW_H
    #define GTKMM_EXAMPLEWINDOW_H

    #include <gtkmm/window.h>
    #include <gtkmm/comboboxtext.h>
    #include <gtkmm/liststore.h>

    class ExampleWindow : public Gtk::Window
    {
    public:
      ExampleWindow();
      virtual ~ExampleWindow();

    protected:
      void on_cell_data_extra(const Gtk::TreeModel::const_iterator& iter);

      //Signal handlers:
      void on_combo_changed();

      //Tree model columns:
      class ModelColumns : public Gtk::TreeModel::ColumnRecord
      {
      public:

        ModelColumns()
        { add(m_col_id); add(m_col_name); add(m_col_extra);}

        Gtk::TreeModelColumn<int> m_col_id;
        Gtk::TreeModelColumn<Glib::ustring> m_col_name;
        Gtk::TreeModelColumn<Glib::ustring> m_col_extra;
      };

      ModelColumns m_Columns;

      //Child widgets:
      Gtk::ComboBox m_Combo;
      Gtk::CellRendererText m_cell;
      Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::ListStore> m_refTreeModel;
    };

    #endif //GTKMM_EXAMPLEWINDOW_H

File: `examplewindow.cc` (For use with gtkmm 4)

    #include "examplewindow.h"
    #include <iostream>

    ExampleWindow::ExampleWindow()
    {
      set_title("ComboBox example");

      //Create the Tree model:
      //m_refTreeModel = Gtk::TreeStore::create(m_Columns);
      m_refTreeModel = Gtk::ListStore::create(m_Columns);
      m_Combo.set_model(m_refTreeModel);

      //Fill the ComboBox's Tree Model:
      auto iter = m_refTreeModel->append();
      auto row = *iter;
      row[m_Columns.m_col_id] = 1;
      row[m_Columns.m_col_name] = "Billy Bob";
      row[m_Columns.m_col_extra] = "something";
      m_Combo.set_active(iter);
      /*
      auto childrow = *(m_refTreeModel->append(row.children()));
      childrow[m_Columns.m_col_id] = 11;
      childrow[m_Columns.m_col_name] = "Billy Bob Junior";

      childrow = *(m_refTreeModel->append(row.children()));
      childrow[m_Columns.m_col_id] = 12;
      childrow[m_Columns.m_col_name] = "Sue Bob";
      */

      row = *(m_refTreeModel->append());
      row[m_Columns.m_col_id] = 2;
      row[m_Columns.m_col_name] = "Joey Jojo";
      row[m_Columns.m_col_extra] = "yadda";

      row = *(m_refTreeModel->append());
      row[m_Columns.m_col_id] = 3;
      row[m_Columns.m_col_name] = "Rob McRoberts";
      row[m_Columns.m_col_extra] = "";

      /*
      childrow = *(m_refTreeModel->append(row.children()));
      childrow[m_Columns.m_col_id] = 31;
      childrow[m_Columns.m_col_name] = "Xavier McRoberts";
      */

      //Add the model columns to the Combo (which is a kind of view),
      //rendering them in the default way:
      m_Combo.pack_start(m_Columns.m_col_id);
      m_Combo.pack_start(m_Columns.m_col_name);

      //An example of adding a cell renderer manually,
      //instead of using pack_start(model_column, Gtk::PackOptions::EXPAND_WIDGET)
      //so we have more control:
      m_Combo.set_cell_data_func(m_cell,
        sigc::mem_fun(*this, &ExampleWindow::on_cell_data_extra));
      m_Combo.pack_start(m_cell);

      //Add the ComboBox to the window.
      set_child(m_Combo);

      //Connect signal handler:
      m_Combo.signal_changed().connect( sigc::mem_fun(*this, &ExampleWindow::on_combo_changed) );
    }

    ExampleWindow::~ExampleWindow()
    {
    }

    void ExampleWindow::on_cell_data_extra(const Gtk::TreeModel::const_iterator& iter)
    {
      auto row = *iter;
      const Glib::ustring extra = row[m_Columns.m_col_extra];

      //Some arbitrary logic just to show that this is where you can do such things:

      //Transform the value, deciding how to represent it as text:
      if(extra.empty())
        m_cell.property_text() = "(none)";
      else
        m_cell.property_text() = "-" + extra + "-";

      //Change other cell renderer properties too:
      m_cell.property_foreground() = (extra == "yadda" ? "red" : "green");
    }

    void ExampleWindow::on_combo_changed()
    {
      const auto iter = m_Combo.get_active();
      if(iter)
      {
        const auto row = *iter;
        if(row)
        {
          //Get the data for the selected row, using our knowledge of the tree
          //model:
          int id = row[m_Columns.m_col_id];
          Glib::ustring name = row[m_Columns.m_col_name];

          std::cout << " ID=" << id << ", name=" << name << std::endl;
        }
      }
      else
        std::cout << "invalid iter" << std::endl;
    }

File: `main.cc` (For use with gtkmm 4)

    #include "examplewindow.h"
    #include <gtkmm/application.h>

    int main(int argc, char *argv[])
    {
      auto app = Gtk::Application::create("org.gtkmm.example");

      //Shows the window and returns when it is closed.
      return app->make_window_and_run<ExampleWindow>(argc, argv);
    }

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