Adding custom widget to GLADE

Question

Hi am using gtk3 and glade 3.14...I want to add a custom widget to glade so that i can add that to my user interface easily.

I found knob widget is missing in glade and i found knob widget in

http://sourceforge.net/projects/giw/

I downloaded and installed instrumentation widgets but it wont get added to Glade.

Is a knob widget available in glade.

I tried using the knob.c and knob.h file and tried example and got some examples working but couldn't integrate them to gade.

Madox

Answer 1

What you need is a glade catalog file which describes your widgets properties, the catalog name and a few other things. You may also have to add an additional catalog path under Edit > Preferences in the dialog section where it says Extra Catalog Paths if the catalog resides outside of the default lookup paths.

For details on how to create a catalog, read the catalogintro.

Cucullate

It's not clear how can i add my custom widhet to glade – Madox

You need to write a catalog file yourself, that is the requirement - without it won't show up. – Cucullate

You "don't get it" you write it yourself if the project does not provide it. – Cucullate

i didnt understand what is a dtd file usually when we create a glade project we get a glade file then we acces it from main.c what is dtd file – Madox

of the widget so glade can display them properly and map it back to xml which will be used to create widgets with GtkBuilder. This and much more is explained in the catalogintro which I linked to in the answer. So go forth and RTM. – Cucullate

See more a HOWTO/more recent answer here – Withe