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>Signal emission is the process whereby GTK runs all handlers for a
specific object and signal.</P
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>First, note that the return value from a signal emission is the return
value of the <I
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all of type <TT
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handler, unless you connect with gtk_signal_connect_after().</P
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>The way an event (say "button_press_event") is handled, is:</P
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>Start with the widget where the event occured.</P
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>Emit the generic "event" signal. If that signal handler returns
a value of TRUE, stop all processing.</P
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>Otherwise, emit a specific, "button_press_event" signal. If that
returns TRUE, stop all processing.</P
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>Otherwise, go to the widget's parent, and repeat the above two
steps.</P
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>Continue until some signal handler returns TRUE, or until the
top-level widget is reached.</P
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>Some consequences of the above are:</P
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>Your handler's return value will have no effect if there is a
default handler, unless you connect with gtk_signal_connect_after().</P
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>To prevent the default handler from being run, you need to
connect with gtk_signal_connect() and use
gtk_signal_emit_stop_by_name() - the return value only affects whether
the signal is propagated, not the current emission.</P
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