[maemo-developers] Treeview multiple selection mode

[From: Jeffrey Barish]

Jeffrey Barish wrote:

> Jeffrey Barish wrote:
> 
>> I have enabled multiple selection mode for a treeview.  On the desktop, I
>> am able to make multiple selections by holding down the ctrl key while
>> clicking on items in the treeview.  On the N800, there is no ctrl key. 
>> To perform a multiple selection, the Nokia user guide says that I
>> should "place the stylus on a non-highlighted item, and drag the stylus
>> over the items".  When I follow these directions, only the first item
>> gets
>> selected.  I tried calling the treeview method set_rubber_banding(), but
>> it doesn't exist on maemo.  How do I get the behavior described in the
>> user guide?
> 
> I noticed that the Contacts application permits multiple selection using
> the technique described in the user guide (touch and drag).  My
> application does not, even though I enabled gtk.SELECTION_MULTIPLE on the
> TreeSelection.  I'm guessing that there is a bug in PyGTK (which is what I
> am using) whereas Contacts uses GTK.  Has anyone gotten multiple selection
> to work using PyGTK?

I just got multiple selection to work in a test application using PyGTK, so
something is wrong in my application.  I should have written the test
application first to avoid wasting bandwidth.  Sorry.
-- 
Jeffrey Barish