Gtk::Button signals: pressed() released()

[pyzahl (Percy Zahl)]

Just a note. I had the exact same problem. I needed a kind of “fire button” to allow manual timing of a very short or longer activation of an action.

The trick even non ideal working for me was to add a icon to the button and connect a controller to the icon and then I was able to get the pressed/released signal via the icon.

Downside is you have to click on the icon. If you miss out and hit the edge of the button only the button gets the click.

So it’s a little a hack to save my world without redesigning the nice button appearance.

Read also here:

GTK4: need button pressed and released signals

Here is a little more advanced version for testing with GTK-BUTTON, LABEL and DRAWING-AREA (the last two work fine): Yes stopped is happening And just for fun recreated a simple push button via drawing area. But can’t be a good solution or fix. I like to use the default button and get a simple pressed signal (most straightforward for me) or make use of the getsure if needed. #include <gtk/gtk.h> static void wid_clicked (GtkWidget *widget, gpointer user_data) { g_message …