Selecting a font in GtkFontChooser in GTK 4.8

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The following statement instantiates a font button

GtkWidget *btn_font = gtk_font_button_new_with_font("DejaVu Sans Bold 11");
  • In GTK 3.24, clicking this button shows the font chooser dialog with DejaVu Sans Bold selected.
  • In GTK 4.8, clicking this button shows the font chooser with no font selected.

In either case, when I select DejaVu Sans Bold in the font chooser and close, that font appears in the button. Clicking the button shows the font chooser with the font correctly selected.

  • What changed between 3.24 and 4.8 that prevents correct selection in the font chooser dialog?
  • In 4.8, how can I click a font button and have the associated font be selected in the font chooser?

(While GtkFontButton was deprecated in 4.10 in favor of GtkFontDialogButton, Debian is still delivering 4.8.)

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Hi,

The migration to a new list widget.

That bug was fixed in recent Gtk versions. If you have to stay on Debian and can’t upgrade the system-provided gtk, I would recommend to try using apps from flatpak.

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Acknowledged, and thank you.

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woops, no, actually it’s still not fixed in the latest release… I got confused between the FileChooser (which was fixed) and FontChooser (still open)…

Seems not too complex, I’ll try to push something.

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Thank you! Very much appreciated.

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