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In contrast to a <link linkend="GtkComboBox"><type>GtkComboBox</type></link>, the underlying model of a <link linkend="GtkComboBoxEntry"><type>GtkComboBoxEntry</type></link>
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must always have a text column (see <link linkend="gtk-combo-box-entry-set-text-column"><function>gtk_combo_box_entry_set_text_column()</function></link>),
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and the entry will show the content of the text column in the selected row.
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To get the text from the entry, use <link linkend="gtk-combo-box-get-active-text"><function>gtk_combo_box_get_active_text()</function></link>.
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<para>The changed signal will be emitted while typing into a GtkComboBoxEntry,
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The changed signal will be emitted while typing into a GtkComboBoxEntry,
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<link linkend="gtk-combo-box-get-active"><function>gtk_combo_box_get_active()</function></link> or <link linkend="gtk-combo-box-get-active-iter"><function>gtk_combo_box_get_active_iter()</function></link> to discover
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<para>Connect to the activate signal of the GtkEntry (use <link linkend="gtk-bin-get-child"><function>gtk_bin_get_child()</function></link>) to
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The convenience API to construct simple text-only <link linkend="GtkComboBox"><type>GtkComboBox</type></link><!-- -->es can
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The convenience API to construct simple text-only <link linkend="GtkComboBox"><type>GtkComboBox</type></link><!-- -->es
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with <link linkend="gtk-combo-box-entry-new-text"><function>gtk_combo_box_entry_new_text()</function></link>.
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<refsect1 role="details">
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<title role="property_details.title">Property Details</title>
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<refsect2><title><anchor id="GtkComboBoxEntry--text-column"/>The "<literal>text-column</literal>" property</title>
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<indexterm><primary>GtkComboBoxEntry:text-column</primary></indexterm><programlisting> "text-column" <link linkend="gint">gint</link> : Read / Write</programlisting>
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<refsect2><title><anchor id="GtkComboBoxEntry--text-column"/>The :<literal>text-column</literal> property</title>
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<indexterm><primary>GtkComboBoxEntry:text-column</primary></indexterm><programlisting> text-column <link linkend="gint">gint</link> : Read / Write</programlisting>
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<para>A column in the data source model to get the strings from.</para><para>Allowed values: >= -1</para>
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<para>Default value: -1</para>
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