Usage of Gtk.EventControllerLegacy in GJS

[tuberry]

The EventBox has been deprecated in Gtk4 and EventController is recommended as its replacement. I have a problem with the usage:

imports.gi.versions.Gtk = "4.0";
const { Gtk, GObject } = imports.gi;
Gtk.init();

var ExampleApp = GObject.registerClass(
class ExampleApp extends Gtk.Application {
    vfunc_activate() {
        let appWindow = new Gtk.ApplicationWindow({ application: this, });
        
        let add = new Gtk.Box({ halign: Gtk.Align.CENTER });
        add.append(new Gtk.Image({ icon_name: 'list-add-symbolic' }));
        let ctl = new Gtk.EventControllerLegacy({});
        add.add_controller(ctl);
        ctl.connect('event', () => { /* do sth. */ });
       
        appWindow.set_child(add);
        appWindow.present();
    }
});
new ExampleApp().run([imports.system.programInvocationName].concat(ARGV));

I got this when hovering on the box:

(gjs:119912): Gjs-WARNING **: 09:49:20.415: JS ERROR: Error: Failed to convert GValue to a fundamental instance
@2test.js:21:18

What’s the right way to get a widget similar to the EventBox?

[andyholmes]

This looks like a bug in GJS, possibly related to #365. Please report

That being said, you probably don’t need to use Gtk.EventControllerLegacy and should instead use Gtk.GestureClick or Gtk.EventControllerMotion for pointer stuff, and so on.

[tuberry]

Thanks. I’ve reported it . Gtk.GestureClick works as expected.