## gtkgui_helpers.py ## ## Copyright (C) 2003-2007 Yann Le Boulanger ## Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Vincent Hanquez ## Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Nikos Kouremenos ## Copyright (C) 2005 Dimitur Kirov ## Travis Shirk ## Norman Rasmussen ## Copyright (C) 2007 Stephan Erb ## ## This file is part of Gajim. ## ## Gajim is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify ## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published ## by the Free Software Foundation; version 3 only. ## ## Gajim is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, ## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of ## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the ## GNU General Public License for more details. ## ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License ## along with Gajim. If not, see . ## import xml.sax.saxutils import gtk import gtk.glade import gobject import pango import os import sys import vcard import dialogs import logging log = logging.getLogger('gajim.gtkgui_helpers') HAS_PYWIN32 = True if os.name == 'nt': try: import win32file import win32con import pywintypes except ImportError: HAS_PYWIN32 = False from common import i18n from common import gajim from common import helpers gtk.glade.bindtextdomain(i18n.APP, i18n.DIR) gtk.glade.textdomain(i18n.APP) screen_w = gtk.gdk.screen_width() screen_h = gtk.gdk.screen_height() GLADE_DIR = os.path.join('..', 'data', 'glade') def get_glade(file_name, root = None): file_path = os.path.join(GLADE_DIR, file_name) return gtk.glade.XML(file_path, root=root, domain=i18n.APP) def get_completion_liststore(entry): ''' create a completion model for entry widget completion list consists of (Pixbuf, Text) rows''' completion = gtk.EntryCompletion() liststore = gtk.ListStore(gtk.gdk.Pixbuf, str) render_pixbuf = gtk.CellRendererPixbuf() completion.pack_start(render_pixbuf, expand = False) completion.add_attribute(render_pixbuf, 'pixbuf', 0) render_text = gtk.CellRendererText() completion.pack_start(render_text, expand = True) completion.add_attribute(render_text, 'text', 1) completion.set_property('text_column', 1) completion.set_model(liststore) entry.set_completion(completion) return liststore def popup_emoticons_under_button(menu, button, parent_win): ''' pops emoticons menu under button, which is in parent_win''' window_x1, window_y1 = parent_win.get_origin() def position_menu_under_button(menu): # inline function, which will not keep refs, when used as CB button_x, button_y = button.allocation.x, button.allocation.y # now convert them to X11-relative window_x, window_y = window_x1, window_y1 x = window_x + button_x y = window_y + button_y menu_width, menu_height = menu.size_request() ## should we pop down or up? if (y + button.allocation.height + menu_height < gtk.gdk.screen_height()): # now move the menu below the button y += button.allocation.height else: # now move the menu above the button y -= menu_height # push_in is True so all the menuitems are always inside screen push_in = True return (x, y, push_in) menu.popup(None, None, position_menu_under_button, 1, 0) def get_theme_font_for_option(theme, option): '''return string description of the font, stored in theme preferences''' font_name = gajim.config.get_per('themes', theme, option) font_desc = pango.FontDescription() font_prop_str = gajim.config.get_per('themes', theme, option + 'attrs') if font_prop_str: if font_prop_str.find('B') != -1: font_desc.set_weight(pango.WEIGHT_BOLD) if font_prop_str.find('I') != -1: font_desc.set_style(pango.STYLE_ITALIC) fd = pango.FontDescription(font_name) fd.merge(font_desc, True) return fd.to_string() def get_default_font(): '''Get the desktop setting for application font first check for GNOME, then XFCE and last KDE it returns None on failure or else a string 'Font Size' ''' try: import gconf # in try because daemon may not be there client = gconf.client_get_default() return client.get_string('/desktop/gnome/interface/font_name' ).decode('utf-8') except: pass # try to get xfce default font # Xfce 4.2 adopts freedesktop.org's Base Directory Specification # see http://www.xfce.org/~benny/xfce/file-locations.html # and http://freedesktop.org/Standards/basedir-spec xdg_config_home = os.environ.get('XDG_CONFIG_HOME', '') if xdg_config_home == '': xdg_config_home = os.path.expanduser('~/.config') # default xfce_config_file = os.path.join(xdg_config_home, 'xfce4/mcs_settings/gtk.xml') kde_config_file = os.path.expanduser('~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals') if os.path.exists(xfce_config_file): try: for line in file(xfce_config_file): if line.find('name="Gtk/FontName"') != -1: start = line.find('value="') + 7 return line[start:line.find('"', start)].decode('utf-8') except: #we talk about file print >> sys.stderr, _('Error: cannot open %s for reading') % xfce_config_file elif os.path.exists(kde_config_file): try: for line in file(kde_config_file): if line.find('font=') == 0: # font=Verdana,9,other_numbers start = 5 # 5 is len('font=') line = line[start:] values = line.split(',') font_name = values[0] font_size = values[1] font_string = '%s %s' % (font_name, font_size) # Verdana 9 return font_string.decode('utf-8') except: #we talk about file print >> sys.stderr, _('Error: cannot open %s for reading') % kde_config_file return None def autodetect_browser_mailer(): # recognize the environment and set appropriate browser/mailer if user_runs_gnome(): gajim.config.set('openwith', 'gnome-open') elif user_runs_kde(): gajim.config.set('openwith', 'kfmclient exec') elif user_runs_xfce(): gajim.config.set('openwith', 'exo-open') else: gajim.config.set('openwith', 'custom') def user_runs_gnome(): return 'gnome-session' in get_running_processes() def user_runs_kde(): return 'startkde' in get_running_processes() def user_runs_xfce(): procs = get_running_processes() if 'startxfce4' in procs or 'xfce4-session' in procs: return True return False def get_running_processes(): '''returns running processes or None (if not /proc exists)''' if os.path.isdir('/proc'): # under Linux: checking if 'gnome-session' or # 'startkde' programs were run before gajim, by # checking /proc (if it exists) # # if something is unclear, read `man proc`; # if /proc exists, directories that have only numbers # in their names contain data about processes. # /proc/[xxx]/exe is a symlink to executable started # as process number [xxx]. # filter out everything that we are not interested in: files = os.listdir('/proc') # files that doesn't have only digits in names... files = filter(str.isdigit, files) # files that aren't directories... files = filter(lambda f:os.path.isdir('/proc/' + f), files) # processes owned by somebody not running gajim... # (we check if we have access to that file) files = filter(lambda f:os.access('/proc/' + f +'/exe', os.F_OK), files) # be sure that /proc/[number]/exe is really a symlink # to avoid TBs in incorrectly configured systems files = filter(lambda f:os.path.islink('/proc/' + f + '/exe'), files) # list of processes processes = [os.path.basename(os.readlink('/proc/' + f +'/exe')) for f in files] return processes return [] def move_window(window, x, y): '''moves the window but also checks if out of screen''' if x < 0: x = 0 if y < 0: y = 0 window.move(x, y) def resize_window(window, w, h): '''resizes window but also checks if huge window or negative values''' if not w or not h: return if w > screen_w: w = screen_w if h > screen_h: h = screen_h window.resize(abs(w), abs(h)) class HashDigest: def __init__(self, algo, digest): self.algo = self.cleanID(algo) self.digest = self.cleanID(digest) def cleanID(self, id): id = id.strip().lower() for strip in (' :.-_'): id = id.replace(strip, '') return id def __eq__(self, other): sa, sd = self.algo, self.digest if isinstance(other, self.__class__): oa, od = other.algo, other.digest elif isinstance(other, basestring): sa, oa, od = None, None, self.cleanID(other) elif isinstance(other, tuple) and len(other) == 2: oa, od = self.cleanID(other[0]), self.cleanID(other[1]) else: return False return sa == oa and sd == od def __ne__(self, other): return not self == other def __hash__(self): return self.algo ^ self.digest def __str__(self): prettydigest = '' for i in xrange(0, len(self.digest), 2): prettydigest += self.digest[i:i + 2] + ':' return prettydigest[:-1] def __repr__(self): return "%s(%s, %s)" % (self.__class__, repr(self.algo), repr(str(self))) class ServersXMLHandler(xml.sax.ContentHandler): def __init__(self): xml.sax.ContentHandler.__init__(self) self.servers = [] def startElement(self, name, attributes): if name == 'item': # we will get the port next time so we just set it 0 here sitem = [None, 0, {}] sitem[2]['digest'] = {} sitem[2]['hidden'] = False for attribute in attributes.getNames(): if attribute == 'jid': jid = attributes.getValue(attribute) sitem[0] = jid elif attribute == 'hidden': hidden = attributes.getValue(attribute) if hidden.lower() in ('1', 'y', 'yes', 't', 'true', 'on'): sitem[2]['hidden'] = True self.servers.append(sitem) elif name == 'active': for attribute in attributes.getNames(): if attribute == 'port': port = attributes.getValue(attribute) # we received the jid last time, so we now assign the port # number to the last jid in the list self.servers[-1][1] = port elif name == 'digest': algo, digest = None, None for attribute in attributes.getNames(): if attribute == 'algo': algo = attributes.getValue(attribute) elif attribute == 'value': digest = attributes.getValue(attribute) hd = HashDigest(algo, digest) self.servers[-1][2]['digest'][hd.algo] = hd def endElement(self, name): pass def parse_server_xml(path_to_file): try: handler = ServersXMLHandler() xml.sax.parse(path_to_file, handler) return handler.servers # handle exception if unable to open file except IOError, message: print >> sys.stderr, _('Error reading file:'), message # handle exception parsing file except xml.sax.SAXParseException, message: print >> sys.stderr, _('Error parsing file:'), message def set_unset_urgency_hint(window, unread_messages_no): '''sets/unsets urgency hint in window argument depending if we have unread messages or not''' if gajim.config.get('use_urgency_hint'): if unread_messages_no > 0: window.props.urgency_hint = True else: window.props.urgency_hint = False def get_abspath_for_script(scriptname, want_type = False): '''checks if we are svn or normal user and returns abspath to asked script if want_type is True we return 'svn' or 'install' ''' if os.path.isdir('.svn'): # we are svn user type = 'svn' cwd = os.getcwd() # it's always ending with src if scriptname == 'gajim-remote': path_to_script = cwd + '/gajim-remote.py' elif scriptname == 'gajim': script = '#!/bin/sh\n' # the script we may create script += 'cd %s' % cwd path_to_script = cwd + '/../scripts/gajim_sm_script' try: if os.path.exists(path_to_script): os.remove(path_to_script) f = open(path_to_script, 'w') script += '\nexec python -OOt gajim.py $0 $@\n' f.write(script) f.close() os.chmod(path_to_script, 0700) except OSError: # do not traceback (could be a permission problem) #we talk about a file here s = _('Could not write to %s. Session Management support will not work') % path_to_script print >> sys.stderr, s else: # normal user (not svn user) type = 'install' # always make it like '/usr/local/bin/gajim' path_to_script = helpers.is_in_path(scriptname, True) if want_type: return path_to_script, type else: return path_to_script def get_pixbuf_from_data(file_data, want_type = False): '''Gets image data and returns gtk.gdk.Pixbuf if want_type is True it also returns 'jpeg', 'png' etc''' pixbufloader = gtk.gdk.PixbufLoader() try: pixbufloader.write(file_data) pixbufloader.close() pixbuf = pixbufloader.get_pixbuf() except gobject.GError: # 'unknown image format' pixbufloader.close() pixbuf = None if want_type: return None, None else: return None if want_type: typ = pixbufloader.get_format()['name'] return pixbuf, typ else: return pixbuf def get_invisible_cursor(): pixmap = gtk.gdk.Pixmap(None, 1, 1, 1) color = gtk.gdk.Color() cursor = gtk.gdk.Cursor(pixmap, pixmap, color, color, 0, 0) return cursor def get_current_desktop(window): '''returns the current virtual desktop for given window NOTE: window is GDK window''' prop = window.property_get('_NET_CURRENT_DESKTOP') if prop is None: # it means it's normal window (not root window) # so we look for it's current virtual desktop in another property prop = window.property_get('_NET_WM_DESKTOP') if prop is not None: # f.e. prop is ('CARDINAL', 32, [0]) we want 0 or 1.. from [0] current_virtual_desktop_no = prop[2][0] return current_virtual_desktop_no def possibly_move_window_in_current_desktop(window): '''moves GTK window to current virtual desktop if it is not in the current virtual desktop window is GTK window''' if os.name == 'nt': return False root_window = gtk.gdk.screen_get_default().get_root_window() # current user's vd current_virtual_desktop_no = get_current_desktop(root_window) # vd roster window is in window_virtual_desktop = get_current_desktop(window.window) # if one of those is None, something went wrong and we cannot know # VD info, just hide it (default action) and not show it afterwards if None not in (window_virtual_desktop, current_virtual_desktop_no): if current_virtual_desktop_no != window_virtual_desktop: # we are in another VD that the window was # so show it in current VD window.present() return True return False def file_is_locked(path_to_file): '''returns True if file is locked (WINDOWS ONLY)''' if os.name != 'nt': # just in case return if not HAS_PYWIN32: return secur_att = pywintypes.SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES() secur_att.Initialize() try: # try make a handle for READING the file hfile = win32file.CreateFile( path_to_file, # path to file win32con.GENERIC_READ, # open for reading 0, # do not share with other proc secur_att, win32con.OPEN_EXISTING, # existing file only win32con.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, # normal file 0 # no attr. template ) except pywintypes.error, e: return True else: # in case all went ok, close file handle (go to hell WinAPI) hfile.Close() return False def _get_fade_color(treeview, selected, focused): '''get a gdk color that is between foreground and background in 0.3 0.7 respectively colors of the cell for the given treeview''' style = treeview.style if selected: if focused: # is the window focused? state = gtk.STATE_SELECTED else: # is it not? NOTE: many gtk themes change bg on this state = gtk.STATE_ACTIVE else: state = gtk.STATE_NORMAL bg = style.base[state] fg = style.text[state] p = 0.3 # background q = 0.7 # foreground # p + q should do 1.0 return gtk.gdk.Color(int(bg.red*p + fg.red*q), int(bg.green*p + fg.green*q), int(bg.blue*p + fg.blue*q)) def get_scaled_pixbuf(pixbuf, kind): '''returns scaled pixbuf, keeping ratio etc or None kind is either "chat", "roster", "notification", "tooltip", "vcard"''' # resize to a width / height for the avatar not to have distortion # (keep aspect ratio) width = gajim.config.get(kind + '_avatar_width') height = gajim.config.get(kind + '_avatar_height') if width < 1 or height < 1: return None # Pixbuf size pix_width = pixbuf.get_width() pix_height = pixbuf.get_height() # don't make avatars bigger than they are if pix_width < width and pix_height < height: return pixbuf # we don't want to make avatar bigger ratio = float(pix_width) / float(pix_height) if ratio > 1: w = width h = int(w / ratio) else: h = height w = int(h * ratio) scaled_buf = pixbuf.scale_simple(w, h, gtk.gdk.INTERP_HYPER) return scaled_buf def get_avatar_pixbuf_from_cache(fjid, is_fake_jid = False, use_local = True): '''checks if jid has cached avatar and if that avatar is valid image (can be shown) returns None if there is no image in vcard returns 'ask' if cached vcard should not be used (user changed his vcard, so we have new sha) or if we don't have the vcard''' jid, nick = gajim.get_room_and_nick_from_fjid(fjid) if gajim.config.get('hide_avatar_of_transport') and\ gajim.jid_is_transport(jid): # don't show avatar for the transport itself return None puny_jid = helpers.sanitize_filename(jid) if is_fake_jid: puny_nick = helpers.sanitize_filename(nick) path = os.path.join(gajim.VCARD_PATH, puny_jid, puny_nick) local_avatar_basepath = os.path.join(gajim.AVATAR_PATH, puny_jid, puny_nick) + '_local' else: path = os.path.join(gajim.VCARD_PATH, puny_jid) local_avatar_basepath = os.path.join(gajim.AVATAR_PATH, puny_jid) + \ '_local' if use_local: for extension in ('.png', '.jpeg'): local_avatar_path = local_avatar_basepath + extension if os.path.isfile(local_avatar_path): avatar_file = open(local_avatar_path, 'rb') avatar_data = avatar_file.read() avatar_file.close() return get_pixbuf_from_data(avatar_data) if not os.path.isfile(path): return 'ask' vcard_dict = gajim.connections.values()[0].get_cached_vcard(fjid, is_fake_jid) if not vcard_dict: # This can happen if cached vcard is too old return 'ask' if not vcard_dict.has_key('PHOTO'): return None pixbuf = vcard.get_avatar_pixbuf_encoded_mime(vcard_dict['PHOTO'])[0] return pixbuf def make_gtk_month_python_month(month): '''gtk start counting months from 0, so January is 0 but python's time start from 1, so align to python month MUST be integer''' return month + 1 def make_python_month_gtk_month(month): return month - 1 def make_color_string(color): '''create #aabbcc color string from gtk color''' col = '#' for i in ('red', 'green', 'blue'): h = hex(getattr(color, i) / (16*16)).split('x')[1] if len(h) == 1: h = '0' + h col += h return col def make_pixbuf_grayscale(pixbuf): pixbuf2 = pixbuf.copy() pixbuf.saturate_and_pixelate(pixbuf2, 0.0, False) return pixbuf2 def get_path_to_generic_or_avatar(generic, jid = None, suffix = None): '''Chooses between avatar image and default image. Returns full path to the avatar image if it exists, otherwise returns full path to the image.''' if jid: puny_jid = helpers.sanitize_filename(jid) path_to_file = os.path.join(gajim.AVATAR_PATH, puny_jid) + suffix filepath, extension = os.path.splitext(path_to_file) path_to_local_file = filepath + '_local' + extension if os.path.exists(path_to_local_file): return path_to_local_file if os.path.exists(path_to_file): return path_to_file return os.path.abspath(generic) def decode_filechooser_file_paths(file_paths): '''decode as UTF-8 under Windows and ask sys.getfilesystemencoding() in POSIX file_paths MUST be LIST''' file_paths_list = list() if os.name == 'nt': # decode as UTF-8 under Windows for file_path in file_paths: file_path = file_path.decode('utf8') file_paths_list.append(file_path) else: for file_path in file_paths: try: file_path = file_path.decode(sys.getfilesystemencoding()) except: try: file_path = file_path.decode('utf-8') except: pass file_paths_list.append(file_path) return file_paths_list def possibly_set_gajim_as_xmpp_handler(): '''registers (by default only the first time) xmmp: to Gajim.''' path_to_dot_kde = os.path.expanduser('~/.kde') if os.path.exists(path_to_dot_kde): path_to_kde_file = os.path.join(path_to_dot_kde, 'share/services/xmpp.protocol') else: path_to_kde_file = None def set_gajim_as_xmpp_handler(is_checked=None): if is_checked != None: # come from confirmation dialog gajim.config.set('check_if_gajim_is_default', is_checked) path_to_gajim_script, typ = get_abspath_for_script('gajim-remote', True) if path_to_gajim_script: if typ == 'svn': command = path_to_gajim_script + ' handle_uri %s' else: # 'installed' command = 'gajim-remote handle_uri %s' # setting for GNOME/Gconf client.set_bool('/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/xmpp/enabled', True) client.set_string('/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/xmpp/command', command) client.set_bool('/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/xmpp/needs_terminal', False) # setting for KDE if path_to_kde_file is not None: # user has run kde at least once try: f = open(path_to_kde_file, 'a') f.write('''\ [Protocol] exec=%s "%%u" protocol=xmpp input=none output=none helper=true listing=false reading=false writing=false makedir=false deleting=false icon=gajim Description=xmpp ''' % command) f.close() except IOError: log.debug("I/O Error writing settings to %s", repr(path_to_kde_file), exc_info=True) else: # no gajim remote, stop ask user everytime gajim.config.set('check_if_gajim_is_default', False) try: import gconf # in try because daemon may not be there client = gconf.client_get_default() except: return old_command = client.get_string('/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/xmpp/command') if not old_command or old_command.endswith(' open_chat %s'): # first time (GNOME/GCONF) or old Gajim version we_set = True elif path_to_kde_file is not None and not os.path.exists(path_to_kde_file): # only the first time (KDE) we_set = True else: we_set = False if we_set: set_gajim_as_xmpp_handler() elif old_command and not old_command.endswith(' handle_uri %s'): # xmpp: is currently handled by another program, so ask the user pritext = _('Gajim is not the default Jabber client') sectext = _('Would you like to make Gajim the default Jabber client?') checktext = _('Always check to see if Gajim is the default Jabber client ' 'on startup') def on_cancel(): gajim.config.set('check_if_gajim_is_default', dlg.is_checked()) dlg = dialogs.ConfirmationDialogCheck(pritext, sectext, checktext, set_gajim_as_xmpp_handler, on_cancel) if gajim.config.get('check_if_gajim_is_default'): dlg.checkbutton.set_active(True) def escape_underscore(s): '''Escape underlines to prevent them from being interpreted as keyboard accelerators''' return s.replace('_', '__') def get_state_image_from_file_path_show(file_path, show): state_file = show.replace(' ', '_') files = [] files.append(os.path.join(file_path, state_file + '.png')) files.append(os.path.join(file_path, state_file + '.gif')) image = gtk.Image() image.set_from_pixbuf(None) for file_ in files: if os.path.exists(file_): image.set_from_file(file_) break return image def get_possible_button_event(event): '''mouse or keyboard caused the event?''' if event.type == gtk.gdk.KEY_PRESS: return 0 # no event.button so pass 0 # BUTTON_PRESS event, so pass event.button return event.button def destroy_widget(widget): widget.destroy() def on_avatar_save_as_menuitem_activate(widget, jid, account, default_name = ''): def on_ok(widget): def on_ok2(file_path, pixbuf): pixbuf.save(file_path, 'jpeg') dialog.destroy() file_path = dialog.get_filename() file_path = decode_filechooser_file_paths((file_path,))[0] if os.path.exists(file_path): # check if we have write permissions if not os.access(file_path, os.W_OK): file_name = os.path.basename(file_path) dialogs.ErrorDialog(_('Cannot overwrite existing file "%s"' % file_name), _('A file with this name already exists and you do not have ' 'permission to overwrite it.')) return dialog2 = dialogs.FTOverwriteConfirmationDialog( _('This file already exists'), _('What do you want to do?'), False) dialog2.set_transient_for(dialog) dialog2.set_destroy_with_parent(True) response = dialog2.get_response() if response < 0: return else: dirname = os.path.dirname(file_path) if not os.access(dirname, os.W_OK): dialogs.ErrorDialog(_('Directory "%s" is not writable') % \ dirname, _('You do not have permission to create files in this' ' directory.')) return # Get pixbuf pixbuf = None is_fake = False if account and gajim.contacts.is_pm_from_jid(account, jid): is_fake = True pixbuf = get_avatar_pixbuf_from_cache(jid, is_fake, False) ext = file_path.split('.')[-1] type_ = '' if not ext: # Silently save as Jpeg image file_path += '.jpeg' type_ = 'jpeg' elif ext == 'jpg': type_ = 'jpeg' else: type_ = ext # Save image try: pixbuf.save(file_path, type_) except: if os.path.exists(file_path): os.remove(file_path) new_file_path = '.'.join(file_path.split('.')[:-1]) + '.jpeg' dialogs.ConfirmationDialog(_('Extension not supported'), _('Image cannot be saved in %(type)s format. Save as %(new_filename)s?') % {'type': type_, 'new_filename': new_file_path}, on_response_ok = (on_ok2, new_file_path, pixbuf)) else: dialog.destroy() def on_cancel(widget): dialog.destroy() dialog = dialogs.FileChooserDialog( title_text = _('Save Image as...'), action = gtk.FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SAVE, buttons = (gtk.STOCK_CANCEL, gtk.RESPONSE_CANCEL, gtk.STOCK_SAVE, gtk.RESPONSE_OK), default_response = gtk.RESPONSE_OK, current_folder = gajim.config.get('last_save_dir'), on_response_ok = on_ok, on_response_cancel = on_cancel) dialog.set_current_name(default_name) dialog.connect('delete-event', lambda widget, event: on_cancel(widget)) def on_bm_header_changed_state(widget, event): widget.set_state(gtk.STATE_NORMAL) #do not allow selected_state def create_combobox(value_list, selected_value = None): '''Value_list is [(label1, value1), ]''' liststore = gtk.ListStore(str, str) combobox = gtk.ComboBox(liststore) cell = gtk.CellRendererText() combobox.pack_start(cell, True) combobox.add_attribute(cell, 'text', 0) i = -1 for value in value_list: liststore.append(value) if selected_value == value[1]: i = value_list.index(value) if i > -1: combobox.set_active(i) combobox.show_all() return combobox