Index: mygtk.py
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--- mygtk.py
+++ mygtk.py
@@ -448,18 +448,20 @@
 #
 class ComboBoxText(gtk.ComboBox):
 
     ls = None
 
-    def __init__(self, entries):
+    def __init__(self, entries, no_scroll=1):
 
         # prepare widget
         gtk.ComboBox.__init__(self)
         self.set_property("visible", True)
         cell = gtk.CellRendererText()
         self.pack_start(cell, True)
         self.add_attribute(cell, "text", 1)
+        if no_scroll:
+            self.connect("scroll_event", self.no_scroll)
 
         # collect entries
         self.ls = gtk.ListStore(gobject.TYPE_STRING, gobject.TYPE_STRING)
         self.set_model(self.ls)
         if type(entries[0]) is not tuple:
@@ -479,14 +481,19 @@
     # fetch currently selected text entry
     def get_active_text(self):
         index = self.get_active()
         if index >= 0:
             return self.ls[index][0]
+
+    # Signal/Event callback to prevent hover scrolling of ComboBox widgets
+    def no_scroll(self, widget, event, data=None):
+        return True
+
 
     # Expand A=a|B=b|C=c option list into (key,value) tuple list, or A|B|C just into a list.
     @staticmethod
     def parse_options(opts, sep="|", assoc="="):
         if opts.find(assoc) >= 0:
             return [ (k,v) for k,v in (x.split(assoc, 1) for x in opts.split(sep)) ]
         else:
             return opts.split(sep) #dict( (v,v) for v in opts.split(sep) )