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Created Jan 31, 2018 by bluppfisk@bluppfisk

Gtk.Menu.get_parent() always returns Gtk.Window, even on a submenu

Calling get_parent() on a Gtk.Menu submenu does not yield its parent Gtk.Menu but rather the object it extends from, i.e. Gtk.Window.

menu = Gtk.Menu()
menu_item = Gtk.MenuItem('blah', 'blah')
menu_item.set_submenu(create_submenu())
menu.append(menu_item)

def create_submenu():
   submenu = Gtk.Menu()
   submenu_item = Gtk.MenuItem('blah', 'blah')
   submenu.connect('activate', do_something)
   submenu.append(submenu_item)
   return submenu

def do_something(widget):
   widget.get_parent().set_label('this is not the parent menu') # <--- refers to Gtk.Window, not our menu above

Referenced on Stackoverflow this seems to be a bug, or at least I cannot see much use for it if it is intended behaviour.

Edited Jan 31, 2018 by bluppfisk
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