Okay, I finally worked out how to do this.
class CellRendererAutoComplete(Gtk.CellRendererText):
""" Text entry cell which accepts a Gtk.EntryCompletion object """
__gtype_name__ = 'CellRendererAutoComplete'
def __init__(self, completion):
self.completion = completion
Gtk.CellRendererText.__init__(self)
def do_start_editing(
self, event, treeview, path, background_area, cell_area, flags):
if not self.get_property('editable'):
return
entry = Gtk.Entry()
entry.set_completion(self.completion)
entry.connect('editing-done', self.editing_done, path)
entry.show()
entry.grab_focus()
return entry
def editing_done(self, entry, path):
self.emit('edited', path, entry.get_text())
Inspiration dervied from the PyGTK FAQ, and adapted to pygobject
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