diff --git a/docs/reference/ChangeLog b/docs/reference/ChangeLog index 6f235266e7..64a13c8e61 100644 --- a/docs/reference/ChangeLog +++ b/docs/reference/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2007-07-02 Matthias Clasen + + * gtk/tmpl/gtkbuilder.sgml: Add detail about + ordering constraints of construct-only object properties + 2007-07-02 Johan Dahlin * gtk/tmpl/gtkbuilder.sgml: Updates diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkbuilder.sgml b/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkbuilder.sgml index 4e291fc67b..dc41a0b2a9 100644 --- a/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkbuilder.sgml +++ b/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkbuilder.sgml @@ -116,8 +116,10 @@ name, nick or integer value), flags (can be specified by their name, nick, integer value, optionally combined with "|", e.g. "GTK_VISIBLE|GTK_REALIZED") and colors (in a format understood by gdk_color_parse()). Objects can be referred to by their name. -GtkBuilder allows forward references to objects — an object -doesn't have to constructed before it can be used as a property value. +In general, GtkBuilder allows forward references to objects — +an object doesn't have to constructed before it can be referred to. +The exception to this rule is that an object has to be constructed +before it can be used as the value of a construct-only property. Signal handlers are set up with the <signal> element.