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+++ b/ComboBoxUtils.cs	Sat Jan 16 15:10:41 2010 +0000
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+// This file (ComboBoxUtils.cs) is a part of the IBBoard.GtkSharp project and is copyright 2010 IBBoard
+// 
+// The file and the library/program it is in are licensed and distributed, without warranty, under the GNU LGPL license, either version 3 of the License or (at your option) any later version. Please see COPYING for more information and the full license.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Gtk;
+
+namespace IBBoard.GtkSharp
+{
+	public delegate string ObjectToStringRenderingMethod<OBJECT_TYPE>(OBJECT_TYPE obj);
+	
+	public class ComboBoxUtils
+	{
+		public static void FillCombo<LIST_TYPE>(ComboBox combo, IList<LIST_TYPE> itemList)
+		{
+			FillCombo(combo, itemList, delegate(LIST_TYPE obj){return obj.ToString();});
+		}
+		
+		public static void FillCombo<LIST_TYPE>(ComboBox combo, IList<LIST_TYPE> itemList, ObjectToStringRenderingMethod<LIST_TYPE> toStringMethod)
+		{
+			combo.Clear();
+			CellRendererText cell = new CellRendererText();
+			combo.PackStart(cell, false);
+			combo.AddAttribute(cell, "text", 1);
+			ListStore store = new ListStore(typeof(LIST_TYPE), typeof(string));
+			combo.Model = store;
+		
+			foreach (LIST_TYPE item in itemList)
+			{
+				store.AppendValues(item, toStringMethod(item));
+			}
+		}
+		
+		public static void SelectItem(ComboBox combo, object item)
+		{
+			TreeModel model = combo.Model;
+			TreeIter iter;
+			model.GetIterFirst(out iter);
+			
+	   		do
+			{
+				GLib.Value rowItem = new GLib.Value();
+				combo.Model.GetValue (iter, 0, ref rowItem);
+				
+				if (item.Equals(rowItem))
+				{
+						combo.SetActiveIter(iter);
+						break;
+				}
+			}
+			while (combo.Model.IterNext(ref iter));
+		}
+		
+		public static void SelectIndex(ComboBox combo, int idx)
+		{
+			Gtk.TreeIter iter;
+			combo.Model.IterNthChild(out iter, idx);
+			combo.SetActiveIter(iter);
+		}
+	}
+}