From: Martin Portman <martin.portman@...>
Date: 2007-08-08T22:08:23+09:00
Subject: Re: question about gtk.ComboBoxEntry

shawn bright wrote:
> i cannot seem to find how to set the active text in a gtk.ComboBoxEntry.
> i can populate it with a list of items using the append_text(item) method.
> but i cannot seem to find how to actually set the item i want to be active.

look in the superclass:
   Gtk::ComboBox.set_active( index )

but you have to work out index yourself, rather than passing in 
the text item. 

ruby-gnome2 has its own mailing list which is more suited for 
questions like this:
 https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ruby-gnome2-devel-en

martin.