Replace use of deprecated GTK and GLib functions

Wireshark currently uses a number of GTK widget classes and GLib functions whose use has been deprecated.

This page is provides information as to work-in-progress to replace the use of these functions.

GtkItemFactory -> GtkUIManager

• File	Status
  conversations_table.c	CompletedRev 33851
  expert_comp_table.c	CompletedRev 33761
  hostlist_table.c	CompletedRev 34014
  menus.c	Note 1
  proto_help.c	Note 2
  proto_hier_stats.c	CompletedRev 34026
  service_response_time_table.c	CompletedRev 34002
  wlan_stat_dlg.c	CompletedRev 33860

Discussion

Note 1

A lot has already been done by Anders, which can be found under the compile switch MAIN_MENU_USE_UIMANAGER. The question now is how to integrate the more dynamic parts, like taps, statistics, etc.

Note 2

Right now the code in proto_help has been disabled when building with MAIN_MENU_USE_UIMANAGER.

GtkCombo -> GtkComboBoxEntry

• File	Status
  capture_dlg.c	Completed: Rev 36741

GtkOptionMenu -> GtkComboBox

See Bug 4487 re dropdown widget behavior change seen when Windows Gtk was updated from Gtk 2.16 to Gtk 2.18.

• File	Status
  capture_dlg.c	Completed: Rev 33497
  capture_file_dlg.c	Completed: Rev 31950
  firewall_dlg.c	Completed: Rev 31948
  dcerpc_stat.c	Completed: Rev 33592
  decode_as_dlg.c	Completed: Rev 31949
  rpc_stat.c	Completed: Rev 31972
  uat_gui.c	Completed: Rev 31908

Discussion

Question: Should these changes be backported to the 1.2 branch ? - Bill Meier

I reverted/upgraded the Win32 and Win64 GTK+ bundles in the trunk and trunk-1.2 branches to 2.16.6, so backporting shouldn't be necessary. 2.16 is strongly recommended over 2.18, and the latest 2.16 packages should hopefully take care of the Secunia complaints which spurred the upgrade to 2.18. - Gerald Combs

GtkClist -> GtkTreeView

• File	Status
  airpcap_dlg.c	Completed: Rev 35862
  mcast_stream_dlg.c	Completed: Rev 32376
  rtp_stream_dlg.c	Completed: Rev 32589
  uat_gui.c	Completed: Rev 32621
  voip_calls_dlg.c	Completed: Rev 32248

Discussion