The #GtkApplication associated with the window.
The application will be kept alive for at least as long as it has any windows associated with it (see g_application_hold() for a way to keep it alive without windows).
Normally, the connection between the application and the window will remain until the window is destroyed, but you can explicitly remove it by setting the :application property to %NULL.
The widget to which this window is attached. See gtk_window_set_attached_to().
Examples of places where specifying this relation is useful are for instance a #GtkMenu created by a #GtkComboBox, a completion popup window created by #GtkEntry or a typeahead search entry created by #GtkTreeView.
Whether the window should be decorated by the window manager.
Whether the window frame should have a close button.
Whether the widget is double buffered.
Whether to expand in both directions. Setting this sets both #GtkWidget:hexpand and #GtkWidget:vexpand
Whether the widget should grab focus when it is clicked with the mouse.
This property is only relevant for widgets that can take focus.
Before 3.20, several widgets (GtkButton, GtkFileChooserButton, GtkComboBox) implemented this property individually.
Whether the window should receive the input focus when mapped.
Whether 'focus rectangles' are currently visible in this window.
This property is maintained by GTK+ based on user input and should not be set by applications.
The window gravity of the window. See gtk_window_move() and #GdkGravity for more details about window gravity.
How to distribute horizontal space if widget gets extra space, see #GtkAlign
Whether the window has a corner resize grip.
Note that the resize grip is only shown if the window is actually resizable and not maximized. Use #GtkWindow:resize-grip-visible to find out if the resize grip is currently shown.
Enables or disables the emission of #GtkWidget::query-tooltip on widget.
A value of %TRUE indicates that widget can have a tooltip, in this case
the widget will be queried using #GtkWidget::query-tooltip to determine
whether it will provide a tooltip or not.
Note that setting this property to %TRUE for the first time will change the event masks of the GdkWindows of this widget to include leave-notify and motion-notify events. This cannot and will not be undone when the property is set to %FALSE again.
Whether to expand horizontally. See gtk_widget_set_hexpand().
Whether to use the #GtkWidget:hexpand property. See gtk_widget_get_hexpand_set().
Whether the titlebar should be hidden during maximization.
The :icon-name property specifies the name of the themed icon to use as the window icon. See #GtkIconTheme for more details.
Sets all four sides' margin at once. If read, returns max margin on any side.
Margin on bottom side of widget.
This property adds margin outside of the widget's normal size request, the margin will be added in addition to the size from gtk_widget_set_size_request() for example.
Margin on end of widget, horizontally. This property supports left-to-right and right-to-left text directions.
This property adds margin outside of the widget's normal size request, the margin will be added in addition to the size from gtk_widget_set_size_request() for example.
Margin on left side of widget.
This property adds margin outside of the widget's normal size request, the margin will be added in addition to the size from gtk_widget_set_size_request() for example.
Margin on right side of widget.
This property adds margin outside of the widget's normal size request, the margin will be added in addition to the size from gtk_widget_set_size_request() for example.
Margin on start of widget, horizontally. This property supports left-to-right and right-to-left text directions.
This property adds margin outside of the widget's normal size request, the margin will be added in addition to the size from gtk_widget_set_size_request() for example.
Margin on top side of widget.
This property adds margin outside of the widget's normal size request, the margin will be added in addition to the size from gtk_widget_set_size_request() for example.
Whether mnemonics are currently visible in this window.
This property is maintained by GTK+ based on user input, and should not be set by applications.
The requested opacity of the widget. See gtk_widget_set_opacity() for more details about window opacity.
Before 3.8 this was only available in GtkWindow
Whether a corner resize grip is currently shown.
The scale factor of the widget. See gtk_widget_get_scale_factor() for more details about widget scaling.
If this property is %TRUE, the window will display a menubar that includes the app menu and menubar, unless these are shown by the desktop shell. See gtk_application_set_app_menu() and gtk_application_set_menubar().
If %FALSE, the window will not display a menubar, regardless of whether the desktop shell is showing the menus or not.
The :startup-id is a write-only property for setting window's startup notification identifier. See gtk_window_set_startup_id() for more details.
The style of the widget, which contains information about how it will look (colors, etc).
Sets the text of tooltip to be the given string, which is marked up with the [Pango text markup language][PangoMarkupFormat]. Also see gtk_tooltip_set_markup().
This is a convenience property which will take care of getting the tooltip shown if the given string is not %NULL: #GtkWidget:has-tooltip will automatically be set to %TRUE and there will be taken care of #GtkWidget::query-tooltip in the default signal handler.
Note that if both #GtkWidget:tooltip-text and #GtkWidget:tooltip-markup are set, the last one wins.
Sets the text of tooltip to be the given string.
Also see gtk_tooltip_set_text().
This is a convenience property which will take care of getting the tooltip shown if the given string is not %NULL: #GtkWidget:has-tooltip will automatically be set to %TRUE and there will be taken care of #GtkWidget::query-tooltip in the default signal handler.
Note that if both #GtkWidget:tooltip-text and #GtkWidget:tooltip-markup are set, the last one wins.
The transient parent of the window. See gtk_window_set_transient_for() for more details about transient windows.
How to distribute vertical space if widget gets extra space, see #GtkAlign
Whether to expand vertically. See gtk_widget_set_vexpand().
Whether to use the #GtkWidget:vexpand property. See gtk_widget_get_vexpand_set().
The widget's window if it is realized, %NULL otherwise.
Emits the #GActionGroup::action-added signal on action_group.
This function should only be called by #GActionGroup implementations.
the name of an action in the group
Emits the #GActionGroup::action-enabled-changed signal on action_group.
This function should only be called by #GActionGroup implementations.
the name of an action in the group
whether or not the action is now enabled
Emits the #GActionGroup::action-removed signal on action_group.
This function should only be called by #GActionGroup implementations.
the name of an action in the group
For widgets that can be “activated” (buttons, menu items, etc.)
this function activates them. Activation is what happens when you
press Enter on a widget during key navigation. If widget isn't
activatable, the function returns %FALSE.
Activate the named action within action_group.
If the action is expecting a parameter, then the correct type of
parameter must be given as parameter. If the action is expecting no
parameters then parameter must be %NULL. See
g_action_group_get_action_parameter_type().
If the #GActionGroup implementation supports asynchronous remote activation over D-Bus, this call may return before the relevant D-Bus traffic has been sent, or any replies have been received. In order to block on such asynchronous activation calls, g_dbus_connection_flush() should be called prior to the code, which depends on the result of the action activation. Without flushing the D-Bus connection, there is no guarantee that the action would have been activated.
The following code which runs in a remote app instance, shows an
example of a "quit" action being activated on the primary app
instance over D-Bus. Here g_dbus_connection_flush() is called
before exit(). Without g_dbus_connection_flush(), the "quit" action
may fail to be activated on the primary instance.
// call "quit" action on primary instance
g_action_group_activate_action (G_ACTION_GROUP (app), "quit", NULL);
// make sure the action is activated now
g_dbus_connection_flush (...);
g_debug ("application has been terminated. exiting.");
exit (0);
the name of the action to activate
parameters to the activation
Activates the default widget for the window, unless the current focused widget has been configured to receive the default action (see gtk_widget_set_receives_default()), in which case the focused widget is activated.
Activates the current focused widget within the window.
Activates mnemonics and accelerators for this #GtkWindow. This is normally called by the default ::key_press_event handler for toplevel windows, however in some cases it may be useful to call this directly when overriding the standard key handling for a toplevel window.
Adds widget to container. Typically used for simple containers
such as #GtkWindow, #GtkFrame, or #GtkButton; for more complicated
layout containers such as #GtkBox or #GtkGrid, this function will
pick default packing parameters that may not be correct. So
consider functions such as gtk_box_pack_start() and
gtk_grid_attach() as an alternative to gtk_container_add() in
those cases. A widget may be added to only one container at a time;
you can’t place the same widget inside two different containers.
Note that some containers, such as #GtkScrolledWindow or #GtkListBox, may add intermediate children between the added widget and the container.
Associate accel_group with window, such that calling
gtk_accel_groups_activate() on window will activate accelerators
in accel_group.
a #GtkAccelGroup
Installs an accelerator for this widget in accel_group that causes
accel_signal to be emitted if the accelerator is activated.
The accel_group needs to be added to the widget’s toplevel via
gtk_window_add_accel_group(), and the signal must be of type %G_SIGNAL_ACTION.
Accelerators added through this function are not user changeable during
runtime. If you want to support accelerators that can be changed by the
user, use gtk_accel_map_add_entry() and gtk_widget_set_accel_path() or
gtk_menu_item_set_accel_path() instead.
widget signal to emit on accelerator activation
accel group for this widget, added to its toplevel
GDK keyval of the accelerator
modifier key combination of the accelerator
flag accelerators, e.g. %GTK_ACCEL_VISIBLE
A convenience function for creating multiple #GSimpleAction instances and adding them to a #GActionMap.
Each action is constructed as per one #GActionEntry.
static void
activate_quit (GSimpleAction *simple,
GVariant *parameter,
gpointer user_data)
{
exit (0);
}
static void
activate_print_string (GSimpleAction *simple,
GVariant *parameter,
gpointer user_data)
{
g_print ("%s\n", g_variant_get_string (parameter, NULL));
}
static GActionGroup *
create_action_group (void)
{
const GActionEntry entries[] = {
{ "quit", activate_quit },
{ "print-string", activate_print_string, "s" }
};
GSimpleActionGroup *group;
group = g_simple_action_group_new ();
g_action_map_add_action_entries (G_ACTION_MAP (group), entries, G_N_ELEMENTS (entries), NULL);
return G_ACTION_GROUP (group);
}
a pointer to the first item in an array of #GActionEntry structs
the user data for signal connections
Adds the events in the bitfield events to the event mask for
widget. See gtk_widget_set_events() and the
[input handling overview][event-masks] for details.
an event mask, see #GdkEventMask
Adds a widget to the list of mnemonic labels for this widget. (See gtk_widget_list_mnemonic_labels()). Note the list of mnemonic labels for the widget is cleared when the widget is destroyed, so the caller must make sure to update its internal state at this point as well, by using a connection to the #GtkWidget::destroy signal or a weak notifier.
Queues an animation frame update and adds a callback to be called before each frame. Until the tick callback is removed, it will be called frequently (usually at the frame rate of the output device or as quickly as the application can be repainted, whichever is slower). For this reason, is most suitable for handling graphics that change every frame or every few frames. The tick callback does not automatically imply a relayout or repaint. If you want a repaint or relayout, and aren’t changing widget properties that would trigger that (for example, changing the text of a #GtkLabel), then you will have to call gtk_widget_queue_resize() or gtk_widget_queue_draw_area() yourself.
gdk_frame_clock_get_frame_time() should generally be used for timing continuous animations and gdk_frame_timings_get_predicted_presentation_time() if you are trying to display isolated frames at particular times.
This is a more convenient alternative to connecting directly to the #GdkFrameClock::update signal of #GdkFrameClock, since you don't have to worry about when a #GdkFrameClock is assigned to a widget.
function to call for updating animations
Starts moving a window. This function is used if an application has window movement grips. When GDK can support it, the window movement will be done using the standard mechanism for the [window manager][gtk-X11-arch] or windowing system. Otherwise, GDK will try to emulate window movement, potentially not all that well, depending on the windowing system.
mouse button that initiated the drag
X position where the user clicked to initiate the drag, in root window coordinates
Y position where the user clicked to initiate the drag
timestamp from the click event that initiated the drag
Starts resizing a window. This function is used if an application has window resizing controls. When GDK can support it, the resize will be done using the standard mechanism for the [window manager][gtk-X11-arch] or windowing system. Otherwise, GDK will try to emulate window resizing, potentially not all that well, depending on the windowing system.
position of the resize control
mouse button that initiated the drag
X position where the user clicked to initiate the drag, in root window coordinates
Y position where the user clicked to initiate the drag
timestamp from the click event that initiated the drag
Creates a binding between source_property on source and target_property
on target.
Whenever the source_property is changed the target_property is
updated using the same value. For instance:
g_object_bind_property (action, "active", widget, "sensitive", 0);
Will result in the "sensitive" property of the widget #GObject instance to be updated with the same value of the "active" property of the action #GObject instance.
If flags contains %G_BINDING_BIDIRECTIONAL then the binding will be mutual:
if target_property on target changes then the source_property on source
will be updated as well.
The binding will automatically be removed when either the source or the
target instances are finalized. To remove the binding without affecting the
source and the target you can just call g_object_unref() on the returned
#GBinding instance.
Removing the binding by calling g_object_unref() on it must only be done if
the binding, source and target are only used from a single thread and it
is clear that both source and target outlive the binding. Especially it
is not safe to rely on this if the binding, source or target can be
finalized from different threads. Keep another reference to the binding and
use g_binding_unbind() instead to be on the safe side.
A #GObject can have multiple bindings.
the property on source to bind
the target #GObject
the property on target to bind
flags to pass to #GBinding
Creates a binding between source_property on source and target_property
on target, allowing you to set the transformation functions to be used by
the binding.
This function is the language bindings friendly version of g_object_bind_property_full(), using #GClosures instead of function pointers.
the property on source to bind
the target #GObject
the property on target to bind
flags to pass to #GBinding
a #GClosure wrapping the transformation function from the source to the target, or %NULL to use the default
a #GClosure wrapping the transformation function from the target to the source, or %NULL to use the default
Determines whether an accelerator that activates the signal
identified by signal_id can currently be activated.
This is done by emitting the #GtkWidget::can-activate-accel
signal on widget; if the signal isn’t overridden by a
handler or in a derived widget, then the default check is
that the widget must be sensitive, and the widget and all
its ancestors mapped.
the ID of a signal installed on widget
Request for the state of the named action within action_group to be
changed to value.
The action must be stateful and value must be of the correct type.
See g_action_group_get_action_state_type().
This call merely requests a change. The action may refuse to change
its state or may change its state to something other than value.
See g_action_group_get_action_state_hint().
If the value GVariant is floating, it is consumed.
the name of the action to request the change on
the new state
This function is used by custom widget implementations; if you're writing an app, you’d use gtk_widget_grab_focus() to move the focus to a particular widget, and gtk_container_set_focus_chain() to change the focus tab order. So you may want to investigate those functions instead.
gtk_widget_child_focus() is called by containers as the user moves
around the window using keyboard shortcuts. direction indicates
what kind of motion is taking place (up, down, left, right, tab
forward, tab backward). gtk_widget_child_focus() emits the
#GtkWidget::focus signal; widgets override the default handler
for this signal in order to implement appropriate focus behavior.
The default ::focus handler for a widget should return %TRUE if
moving in direction left the focus on a focusable location inside
that widget, and %FALSE if moving in direction moved the focus
outside the widget. If returning %TRUE, widgets normally
call gtk_widget_grab_focus() to place the focus accordingly;
if returning %FALSE, they don’t modify the current focus location.
direction of focus movement
Emits a #GtkWidget::child-notify signal for the
[child property][child-properties]
child_property on the child.
This is an analogue of g_object_notify() for child properties.
Also see gtk_widget_child_notify().
Emits a #GtkWidget::child-notify signal for the
[child property][child-properties] specified by
pspec on the child.
This is an analogue of g_object_notify_by_pspec() for child properties.
the child widget
the #GParamSpec of a child property instealled on the class of container
Returns the type of the children supported by the container.
Note that this may return %G_TYPE_NONE to indicate that no more children can be added, e.g. for a #GtkPaned which already has two children.
Same as gtk_widget_path(), but always uses the name of a widget’s type, never uses a custom name set with gtk_widget_set_name().
Requests that the window is closed, similar to what happens when a window manager close button is clicked.
This function can be used with close buttons in custom titlebars.
Closes all opened tabs.
Computes whether a container should give this widget extra space when possible. Containers should check this, rather than looking at gtk_widget_get_hexpand() or gtk_widget_get_vexpand().
This function already checks whether the widget is visible, so visibility does not need to be checked separately. Non-visible widgets are not expanded.
The computed expand value uses either the expand setting explicitly set on the widget itself, or, if none has been explicitly set, the widget may expand if some of its children do.
expand direction
Creates a new #PangoLayout with the appropriate font map, font description, and base direction for drawing text for this widget.
If you keep a #PangoLayout created in this way around, you need to re-create it when the widget #PangoContext is replaced. This can be tracked by using the #GtkWidget::screen-changed signal on the widget.
text to set on the layout (can be %NULL)
Creates a new #GeditTab loading the document specified by uri.
In case jump_to is %TRUE the #GtkNotebook swithes to that new #GeditTab.
Whether create is %TRUE, creates a new empty document if location does
not refer to an existing file
the location of the document
a #GtkSourceEncoding, or %NULL
the line position to visualize
the column position to visualize
%TRUE to create a new document in case uri does exist
%TRUE to set the new #GeditTab as active
This is similar to gtk_buildable_parser_finished() but is
called once for each custom tag handled by the buildable.
a #GtkBuilder
child object or %NULL for non-child tags
the name of the tag
user data created in custom_tag_start
This is called at the end of each custom element handled by the buildable.
#GtkBuilder used to construct this object
child object or %NULL for non-child tags
name of tag
user data that will be passed in to parser functions
This is called for each unknown element under <child>.
a #GtkBuilder used to construct this object
child object or %NULL for non-child tags
name of tag
Asks to deiconify (i.e. unminimize) the specified window. Note
that you shouldn’t assume the window is definitely deiconified
afterward, because other entities (e.g. the user or
[window manager][gtk-X11-arch])) could iconify it
again before your code which assumes deiconification gets to run.
You can track iconification via the “window-state-event” signal on #GtkWidget.
Destroys a widget.
When a widget is destroyed all references it holds on other objects will be released:
It's expected that all references held on the widget will also
be released; you should connect to the #GtkWidget::destroy signal
if you hold a reference to widget and you wish to remove it when
this function is called. It is not necessary to do so if you are
implementing a #GtkContainer, as you'll be able to use the
#GtkContainerClass.remove() virtual function for that.
It's important to notice that gtk_widget_destroy() will only cause
the widget to be finalized if no additional references, acquired
using g_object_ref(), are held on it. In case additional references
are in place, the widget will be in an "inert" state after calling
this function; widget will still point to valid memory, allowing you
to release the references you hold, but you may not query the widget's
own state.
You should typically call this function on top level widgets, and rarely on child widgets.
See also: gtk_container_remove()
This function sets *widget_pointer to %NULL if widget_pointer !=
%NULL. It’s intended to be used as a callback connected to the
“destroy” signal of a widget. You connect gtk_widget_destroyed()
as a signal handler, and pass the address of your widget variable
as user data. Then when the widget is destroyed, the variable will
be set to %NULL. Useful for example to avoid multiple copies
of the same dialog.
This function is equivalent to gtk_drag_begin_with_coordinates(), passing -1, -1 as coordinates.
The targets (data formats) in which the source can provide the data
A bitmask of the allowed drag actions for this drag
The button the user clicked to start the drag
The event that triggered the start of the drag, or %NULL if none can be obtained.
Initiates a drag on the source side. The function only needs to be used when the application is starting drags itself, and is not needed when gtk_drag_source_set() is used.
The event is used to retrieve the timestamp that will be used internally to
grab the pointer. If event is %NULL, then %GDK_CURRENT_TIME will be used.
However, you should try to pass a real event in all cases, since that can be
used to get information about the drag.
Generally there are three cases when you want to start a drag by hand by calling this function:
During a #GtkWidget::button-press-event handler, if you want to start a drag
immediately when the user presses the mouse button. Pass the event
that you have in your #GtkWidget::button-press-event handler.
During a #GtkWidget::motion-notify-event handler, if you want to start a drag
when the mouse moves past a certain threshold distance after a button-press.
Pass the event that you have in your #GtkWidget::motion-notify-event handler.
During a timeout handler, if you want to start a drag after the mouse button is held down for some time. Try to save the last event that you got from the mouse, using gdk_event_copy(), and pass it to this function (remember to free the event with gdk_event_free() when you are done). If you really cannot pass a real event, pass %NULL instead.
The targets (data formats) in which the source can provide the data
A bitmask of the allowed drag actions for this drag
The button the user clicked to start the drag
The event that triggered the start of the drag, or %NULL if none can be obtained.
The initial x coordinate to start dragging from, in the coordinate space of widget. If -1 is passed, the coordinates are retrieved from event or the current pointer position
The initial y coordinate to start dragging from, in the coordinate space of widget. If -1 is passed, the coordinates are retrieved from event or the current pointer position
Checks to see if a mouse drag starting at (start_x, start_y) and ending
at (current_x, current_y) has passed the GTK+ drag threshold, and thus
should trigger the beginning of a drag-and-drop operation.
X coordinate of start of drag
Y coordinate of start of drag
current X coordinate
current Y coordinate
Add the image targets supported by #GtkSelectionData to
the target list of the drag destination. The targets
are added with info = 0. If you need another value,
use gtk_target_list_add_image_targets() and
gtk_drag_dest_set_target_list().
Add the text targets supported by #GtkSelectionData to
the target list of the drag destination. The targets
are added with info = 0. If you need another value,
use gtk_target_list_add_text_targets() and
gtk_drag_dest_set_target_list().
Add the URI targets supported by #GtkSelectionData to
the target list of the drag destination. The targets
are added with info = 0. If you need another value,
use gtk_target_list_add_uri_targets() and
gtk_drag_dest_set_target_list().
Looks for a match between the supported targets of context and the
dest_target_list, returning the first matching target, otherwise
returning %GDK_NONE. dest_target_list should usually be the return
value from gtk_drag_dest_get_target_list(), but some widgets may
have different valid targets for different parts of the widget; in
that case, they will have to implement a drag_motion handler that
passes the correct target list to this function.
drag context
list of droppable targets, or %NULL to use gtk_drag_dest_get_target_list (widget).
Returns the list of targets this widget can accept from drag-and-drop.
Returns whether the widget has been configured to always emit #GtkWidget::drag-motion signals.
Sets a widget as a potential drop destination, and adds default behaviors.
The default behaviors listed in flags have an effect similar
to installing default handlers for the widget’s drag-and-drop signals
(#GtkWidget::drag-motion, #GtkWidget::drag-drop, ...). They all exist
for convenience. When passing #GTK_DEST_DEFAULT_ALL for instance it is
sufficient to connect to the widget’s #GtkWidget::drag-data-received
signal to get primitive, but consistent drag-and-drop support.
Things become more complicated when you try to preview the dragged data,
as described in the documentation for #GtkWidget::drag-motion. The default
behaviors described by flags make some assumptions, that can conflict
with your own signal handlers. For instance #GTK_DEST_DEFAULT_DROP causes
invokations of gdk_drag_status() in the context of #GtkWidget::drag-motion,
and invokations of gtk_drag_finish() in #GtkWidget::drag-data-received.
Especially the later is dramatic, when your own #GtkWidget::drag-motion
handler calls gtk_drag_get_data() to inspect the dragged data.
There’s no way to set a default action here, you can use the #GtkWidget::drag-motion callback for that. Here’s an example which selects the action to use depending on whether the control key is pressed or not:
static void
drag_motion (GtkWidget *widget,
GdkDragContext *context,
gint x,
gint y,
guint time)
{
GdkModifierType mask;
gdk_window_get_pointer (gtk_widget_get_window (widget),
NULL, NULL, &mask);
if (mask & GDK_CONTROL_MASK)
gdk_drag_status (context, GDK_ACTION_COPY, time);
else
gdk_drag_status (context, GDK_ACTION_MOVE, time);
}
which types of default drag behavior to use
a pointer to an array of #GtkTargetEntrys indicating the drop types that this widget will accept, or %NULL. Later you can access the list with gtk_drag_dest_get_target_list() and gtk_drag_dest_find_target().
a bitmask of possible actions for a drop onto this widget.
Sets this widget as a proxy for drops to another window.
the window to which to forward drag events
the drag protocol which the proxy_window accepts (You can use gdk_drag_get_protocol() to determine this)
If %TRUE, send the same coordinates to the destination, because it is an embedded subwindow.
Sets the target types that this widget can accept from drag-and-drop. The widget must first be made into a drag destination with gtk_drag_dest_set().
list of droppable targets, or %NULL for none
Tells the widget to emit #GtkWidget::drag-motion and #GtkWidget::drag-leave events regardless of the targets and the %GTK_DEST_DEFAULT_MOTION flag.
This may be used when a widget wants to do generic actions regardless of the targets that the source offers.
whether to accept all targets
Clears information about a drop destination set with gtk_drag_dest_set(). The widget will no longer receive notification of drags.
Gets the data associated with a drag. When the data
is received or the retrieval fails, GTK+ will emit a
#GtkWidget::drag-data-received signal. Failure of the retrieval
is indicated by the length field of the selection_data
signal parameter being negative. However, when gtk_drag_get_data()
is called implicitely because the %GTK_DEST_DEFAULT_DROP was set,
then the widget will not receive notification of failed
drops.
the drag context
the target (form of the data) to retrieve
a timestamp for retrieving the data. This will generally be the time received in a #GtkWidget::drag-motion or #GtkWidget::drag-drop signal
Highlights a widget as a currently hovered drop target. To end the highlight, call gtk_drag_unhighlight(). GTK+ calls this automatically if %GTK_DEST_DEFAULT_HIGHLIGHT is set.
Add the writable image targets supported by #GtkSelectionData to
the target list of the drag source. The targets
are added with info = 0. If you need another value,
use gtk_target_list_add_image_targets() and
gtk_drag_source_set_target_list().
Add the text targets supported by #GtkSelectionData to
the target list of the drag source. The targets
are added with info = 0. If you need another value,
use gtk_target_list_add_text_targets() and
gtk_drag_source_set_target_list().
Add the URI targets supported by #GtkSelectionData to
the target list of the drag source. The targets
are added with info = 0. If you need another value,
use gtk_target_list_add_uri_targets() and
gtk_drag_source_set_target_list().
Gets the list of targets this widget can provide for drag-and-drop.
Sets up a widget so that GTK+ will start a drag operation when the user clicks and drags on the widget. The widget must have a window.
the bitmask of buttons that can start the drag
the table of targets that the drag will support, may be %NULL
the bitmask of possible actions for a drag from this widget
Sets the icon that will be used for drags from a particular source to a themed icon. See the docs for #GtkIconTheme for more details.
name of icon to use
Sets the icon that will be used for drags from a particular widget
from a #GdkPixbuf. GTK+ retains a reference for pixbuf and will
release it when it is no longer needed.
the #GdkPixbuf for the drag icon
Sets the icon that will be used for drags from a particular source to a stock icon.
the ID of the stock icon to use
Changes the target types that this widget offers for drag-and-drop. The widget must first be made into a drag source with gtk_drag_source_set().
list of draggable targets, or %NULL for none
Undoes the effects of gtk_drag_source_set().
Removes a highlight set by gtk_drag_highlight() from a widget.
Draws widget to cr. The top left corner of the widget will be
drawn to the currently set origin point of cr.
You should pass a cairo context as cr argument that is in an
original state. Otherwise the resulting drawing is undefined. For
example changing the operator using cairo_set_operator() or the
line width using cairo_set_line_width() might have unwanted side
effects.
You may however change the context’s transform matrix - like with
cairo_scale(), cairo_translate() or cairo_set_matrix() and clip
region with cairo_clip() prior to calling this function. Also, it
is fine to modify the context with cairo_save() and
cairo_push_group() prior to calling this function.
Note that special-purpose widgets may contain special code for rendering to the screen and might appear differently on screen and when rendered using gtk_widget_draw().
Ensures that widget has a style (widget->style).
Not a very useful function; most of the time, if you want the style, the widget is realized, and realized widgets are guaranteed to have a style already.
Notifies the user about an input-related error on this widget. If the #GtkSettings:gtk-error-bell setting is %TRUE, it calls gdk_window_beep(), otherwise it does nothing.
Note that the effect of gdk_window_beep() can be configured in many ways, depending on the windowing backend and the desktop environment or window manager that is used.
Rarely-used function. This function is used to emit the event signals on a widget (those signals should never be emitted without using this function to do so). If you want to synthesize an event though, don’t use this function; instead, use gtk_main_do_event() so the event will behave as if it were in the event queue. Don’t synthesize expose events; instead, use gdk_window_invalidate_rect() to invalidate a region of the window.
Invokes callback on each direct child of container, including
children that are considered “internal” (implementation details
of the container). “Internal” children generally weren’t added
by the user of the container, but were added by the container
implementation itself.
Most applications should use gtk_container_foreach(), rather than gtk_container_forall().
This function is intended for #GObject implementations to re-enforce a [floating][floating-ref] object reference. Doing this is seldom required: all #GInitiallyUnowneds are created with a floating reference which usually just needs to be sunken by calling g_object_ref_sink().
Invokes callback on each non-internal child of container.
See gtk_container_forall() for details on what constitutes
an “internal” child. For all practical purposes, this function
should iterate over precisely those child widgets that were
added to the container by the application with explicit add()
calls.
It is permissible to remove the child from the callback handler.
Most applications should use gtk_container_foreach(), rather than gtk_container_forall().
Stops emission of #GtkWidget::child-notify signals on widget. The
signals are queued until gtk_widget_thaw_child_notify() is called
on widget.
This is the analogue of g_object_freeze_notify() for child properties.
Increases the freeze count on object. If the freeze count is
non-zero, the emission of "notify" signals on object is
stopped. The signals are queued until the freeze count is decreased
to zero. Duplicate notifications are squashed so that at most one
#GObject::notify signal is emitted for each property modified while the
object is frozen.
This is necessary for accessors that modify multiple properties to prevent premature notification while the object is still being modified.
Asks to place window in the fullscreen state. Note that you
shouldn’t assume the window is definitely full screen afterward,
because other entities (e.g. the user or
[window manager][gtk-X11-arch]) could unfullscreen it
again, and not all window managers honor requests to fullscreen
windows. But normally the window will end up fullscreen. Just
don’t write code that crashes if not.
You can track the fullscreen state via the “window-state-event” signal on #GtkWidget.
Asks to place window in the fullscreen state. Note that you shouldn't assume
the window is definitely full screen afterward.
You can track the fullscreen state via the "window-state-event" signal on #GtkWidget.
Gets the value set by gtk_window_set_accept_focus().
Returns the accessible object that describes the widget to an assistive technology.
If accessibility support is not available, this #AtkObject instance may be a no-op. Likewise, if no class-specific #AtkObject implementation is available for the widget instance in question, it will inherit an #AtkObject implementation from the first ancestor class for which such an implementation is defined.
The documentation of the ATK library contains more information about accessible objects and their uses.
Checks if the named action within action_group is currently enabled.
An action must be enabled in order to be activated or in order to have its state changed from outside callers.
the name of the action to query
Retrieves the #GActionGroup that was registered using prefix. The resulting
#GActionGroup may have been registered to widget or any #GtkWidget in its
ancestry.
If no action group was found matching prefix, then %NULL is returned.
The “prefix” of the action group.
Queries the type of the parameter that must be given when activating
the named action within action_group.
When activating the action using g_action_group_activate_action(), the #GVariant given to that function must be of the type returned by this function.
In the case that this function returns %NULL, you must not give any #GVariant, but %NULL instead.
The parameter type of a particular action will never change but it is possible for an action to be removed and for a new action to be added with the same name but a different parameter type.
the name of the action to query
Queries the current state of the named action within action_group.
If the action is not stateful then %NULL will be returned. If the action is stateful then the type of the return value is the type given by g_action_group_get_action_state_type().
The return value (if non-%NULL) should be freed with g_variant_unref() when it is no longer required.
the name of the action to query
Requests a hint about the valid range of values for the state of the
named action within action_group.
If %NULL is returned it either means that the action is not stateful or that there is no hint about the valid range of values for the state of the action.
If a #GVariant array is returned then each item in the array is a possible value for the state. If a #GVariant pair (ie: two-tuple) is returned then the tuple specifies the inclusive lower and upper bound of valid values for the state.
In any case, the information is merely a hint. It may be possible to have a state value outside of the hinted range and setting a value within the range may fail.
The return value (if non-%NULL) should be freed with g_variant_unref() when it is no longer required.
the name of the action to query
Queries the type of the state of the named action within
action_group.
If the action is stateful then this function returns the #GVariantType of the state. All calls to g_action_group_change_action_state() must give a #GVariant of this type and g_action_group_get_action_state() will return a #GVariant of the same type.
If the action is not stateful then this function will return %NULL. In that case, g_action_group_get_action_state() will return %NULL and you must not call g_action_group_change_action_state().
The state type of a particular action will never change but it is possible for an action to be removed and for a new action to be added with the same name but a different state type.
the name of the action to query
Returns the baseline that has currently been allocated to widget.
This function is intended to be used when implementing handlers
for the #GtkWidget::draw function, and when allocating child
widgets in #GtkWidget::size_allocate.
Returns the height that has currently been allocated to widget.
This function is intended to be used when implementing handlers
for the #GtkWidget::draw function.
Retrieves the widget’s allocated size.
This function returns the last values passed to gtk_widget_size_allocate_with_baseline(). The value differs from the size returned in gtk_widget_get_allocation() in that functions like gtk_widget_set_halign() can adjust the allocation, but not the value returned by this function.
If a widget is not visible, its allocated size is 0.
Returns the width that has currently been allocated to widget.
This function is intended to be used when implementing handlers
for the #GtkWidget::draw function.
Retrieves the widget’s allocation.
Note, when implementing a #GtkContainer: a widget’s allocation will be its “adjusted” allocation, that is, the widget’s parent container typically calls gtk_widget_size_allocate() with an allocation, and that allocation is then adjusted (to handle margin and alignment for example) before assignment to the widget. gtk_widget_get_allocation() returns the adjusted allocation that was actually assigned to the widget. The adjusted allocation is guaranteed to be completely contained within the gtk_widget_size_allocate() allocation, however. So a #GtkContainer is guaranteed that its children stay inside the assigned bounds, but not that they have exactly the bounds the container assigned. There is no way to get the original allocation assigned by gtk_widget_size_allocate(), since it isn’t stored; if a container implementation needs that information it will have to track it itself.
Gets the first ancestor of widget with type widget_type. For example,
gtk_widget_get_ancestor (widget, GTK_TYPE_BOX) gets
the first #GtkBox that’s an ancestor of widget. No reference will be
added to the returned widget; it should not be unreferenced. See note
about checking for a toplevel #GtkWindow in the docs for
gtk_widget_get_toplevel().
Note that unlike gtk_widget_is_ancestor(), gtk_widget_get_ancestor()
considers widget to be an ancestor of itself.
ancestor type
Determines whether the application intends to draw on the widget in an #GtkWidget::draw handler.
See gtk_widget_set_app_paintable()
Gets the #GtkApplication associated with the window (if any).
Retrieves the border width of the container. See gtk_container_set_border_width().
Determines whether widget can be a default widget. See
gtk_widget_set_can_default().
Determines whether widget can own the input focus. See
gtk_widget_set_can_focus().
This function is only for use in widget implementations. Obtains
widget->requisition, unless someone has forced a particular
geometry on the widget (e.g. with gtk_widget_set_size_request()),
in which case it returns that geometry instead of the widget's
requisition.
This function differs from gtk_widget_size_request() in that
it retrieves the last size request value from widget->requisition,
while gtk_widget_size_request() actually calls the "size_request" method
on widget to compute the size request and fill in widget->requisition,
and only then returns widget->requisition.
Because this function does not call the “size_request” method, it
can only be used when you know that widget->requisition is
up-to-date, that is, gtk_widget_size_request() has been called
since the last time a resize was queued. In general, only container
implementations have this information; applications should use
gtk_widget_size_request().
Gets the value set with gtk_widget_set_child_visible(). If you feel a need to use this function, your code probably needs reorganization.
This function is only useful for container implementations and never should be called by an application.
Returns the clipboard object for the given selection to
be used with widget. widget must have a #GdkDisplay
associated with it, so must be attached to a toplevel
window.
a #GdkAtom which identifies the clipboard to use. %GDK_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD gives the default clipboard. Another common value is %GDK_SELECTION_PRIMARY, which gives the primary X selection.
Obtains the composite name of a widget.
Gets a named field from the objects table of associations (see g_object_set_data()).
name of the key for that association
Returns whether the window has been set to have decorations such as a title bar via gtk_window_set_decorated().
Gets the default size of the window. A value of -1 for the width or height indicates that a default size has not been explicitly set for that dimension, so the “natural” size of the window will be used.
Returns whether the window has been set to have a close button via gtk_window_set_deletable().
Returns whether the window will be destroyed with its transient parent. See gtk_window_set_destroy_with_parent ().
Gets the reading direction for a particular widget. See gtk_widget_set_direction().
Get the #GdkDisplay for the toplevel window associated with this widget. This function can only be called after the widget has been added to a widget hierarchy with a #GtkWindow at the top.
In general, you should only create display specific resources when a widget has been realized, and you should free those resources when the widget is unrealized.
Determines whether the widget is double buffered.
See gtk_widget_set_double_buffered()
Returns the event mask (see #GdkEventMask) for the widget. These are the events that the widget will receive.
Note: Internally, the widget event mask will be the logical OR of the event mask set through gtk_widget_set_events() or gtk_widget_add_events(), and the event mask necessary to cater for every #GtkEventController created for the widget.
Retrieves the horizontal focus adjustment for the container. See gtk_container_set_focus_hadjustment ().
Returns whether the widget should grab focus when it is clicked with the mouse. See gtk_widget_set_focus_on_click().
Gets the value set by gtk_window_set_focus_on_map().
Retrieves the vertical focus adjustment for the container. See gtk_container_set_focus_vadjustment().
Gets the value of the #GtkWindow:focus-visible property.
Returns the #cairo_font_options_t used for Pango rendering. When not set, the defaults font options for the #GdkScreen will be used.
Obtains the frame clock for a widget. The frame clock is a global “ticker” that can be used to drive animations and repaints. The most common reason to get the frame clock is to call gdk_frame_clock_get_frame_time(), in order to get a time to use for animating. For example you might record the start of the animation with an initial value from gdk_frame_clock_get_frame_time(), and then update the animation by calling gdk_frame_clock_get_frame_time() again during each repaint.
gdk_frame_clock_request_phase() will result in a new frame on the clock, but won’t necessarily repaint any widgets. To repaint a widget, you have to use gtk_widget_queue_draw() which invalidates the widget (thus scheduling it to receive a draw on the next frame). gtk_widget_queue_draw() will also end up requesting a frame on the appropriate frame clock.
A widget’s frame clock will not change while the widget is mapped. Reparenting a widget (which implies a temporary unmap) can change the widget’s frame clock.
Unrealized widgets do not have a frame clock.
Gets the #GtkWindowGroup in which window resides.
Determines whether the window may have a resize grip.
Returns the current value of the has-tooltip property. See #GtkWidget:has-tooltip for more information.
Determines whether widget has a #GdkWindow of its own. See
gtk_widget_set_has_window().
Gets the #GtkShortcutsWindow that has been set up with a prior call to gtk_application_window_set_help_overlay().
Gets whether the widget would like any available extra horizontal space. When a user resizes a #GtkWindow, widgets with expand=TRUE generally receive the extra space. For example, a list or scrollable area or document in your window would often be set to expand.
Containers should use gtk_widget_compute_expand() rather than this function, to see whether a widget, or any of its children, has the expand flag set. If any child of a widget wants to expand, the parent may ask to expand also.
This function only looks at the widget’s own hexpand flag, rather than computing whether the entire widget tree rooted at this widget wants to expand.
Gets whether gtk_widget_set_hexpand() has been used to explicitly set the expand flag on this widget.
If hexpand is set, then it overrides any computed expand value based on child widgets. If hexpand is not set, then the expand value depends on whether any children of the widget would like to expand.
There are few reasons to use this function, but it’s here for completeness and consistency.
Returns whether the window has requested to have its titlebar hidden when maximized. See gtk_window_set_hide_titlebar_when_maximized ().
Gets the value set by gtk_window_set_icon() (or if you've called gtk_window_set_icon_list(), gets the first icon in the icon list).
Retrieves the list of icons set by gtk_window_set_icon_list(). The list is copied, but the reference count on each member won’t be incremented.
Returns the name of the themed icon for the window, see gtk_window_set_icon_name().
Returns the unique ID of the window. If the window has not yet been added to
a #GtkApplication, returns 0.
Whether the widget is mapped.
Gets the value of the #GtkWidget:margin-bottom property.
Gets the value of the #GtkWidget:margin-end property.
Gets the value of the #GtkWidget:margin-left property.
Gets the value of the #GtkWidget:margin-right property.
Gets the value of the #GtkWidget:margin-start property.
Gets the value of the #GtkWidget:margin-top property.
Gets the #GeditMessageBus associated with window. The returned reference
is owned by the window and should not be unreffed.
Returns the mnemonic modifier for this window. See gtk_window_set_mnemonic_modifier().
Gets the value of the #GtkWindow:mnemonics-visible property.
Returns whether the window is modal. See gtk_window_set_modal().
Returns the modifier mask the widget’s windowing system backend
uses for a particular purpose.
See gdk_keymap_get_modifier_mask().
the use case for the modifier mask
Returns the current modifier style for the widget. (As set by gtk_widget_modify_style().) If no style has previously set, a new #GtkRcStyle will be created with all values unset, and set as the modifier style for the widget. If you make changes to this rc style, you must call gtk_widget_modify_style(), passing in the returned rc style, to make sure that your changes take effect.
Caution: passing the style back to gtk_widget_modify_style() will normally end up destroying it, because gtk_widget_modify_style() copies the passed-in style and sets the copy as the new modifier style, thus dropping any reference to the old modifier style. Add a reference to the modifier style if you want to keep it alive.
Retrieves the name of a widget. See gtk_widget_set_name() for the significance of widget names.
Returns the current value of the #GtkWidget:no-show-all property, which determines whether calls to gtk_widget_show_all() will affect this widget.
Fetches the requested opacity for this window. See gtk_window_set_opacity().
Gets a #PangoContext with the appropriate font map, font description, and base direction for this widget. Unlike the context returned by gtk_widget_create_pango_context(), this context is owned by the widget (it can be used until the screen for the widget changes or the widget is removed from its toplevel), and will be updated to match any changes to the widget’s attributes. This can be tracked by using the #GtkWidget::screen-changed signal on the widget.
Returns the #GtkWidgetPath representing widget, if the widget
is not connected to a toplevel widget, a partial path will be
created.
Returns a newly created widget path representing all the widget hierarchy
from the toplevel down to and including child.
Obtains the location of the mouse pointer in widget coordinates.
Widget coordinates are a bit odd; for historical reasons, they are
defined as widget->window coordinates for widgets that return %TRUE for
gtk_widget_get_has_window(); and are relative to widget->allocation.x,
widget->allocation.y otherwise.
This function returns the position you need to pass to
gtk_window_move() to keep window in its current position.
This means that the meaning of the returned value varies with
window gravity. See gtk_window_move() for more details.
The reliability of this function depends on the windowing system currently in use. Some windowing systems, such as Wayland, do not support a global coordinate system, and thus the position of the window will always be (0, 0). Others, like X11, do not have a reliable way to obtain the geometry of the decorations of a window if they are provided by the window manager. Additionally, on X11, window manager have been known to mismanage window gravity, which result in windows moving even if you use the coordinates of the current position as returned by this function.
If you haven’t changed the window gravity, its gravity will be #GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST. This means that gtk_window_get_position() gets the position of the top-left corner of the window manager frame for the window. gtk_window_move() sets the position of this same top-left corner.
If a window has gravity #GDK_GRAVITY_STATIC the window manager frame is not relevant, and thus gtk_window_get_position() will always produce accurate results. However you can’t use static gravity to do things like place a window in a corner of the screen, because static gravity ignores the window manager decorations.
Ideally, this function should return appropriate values if the window has client side decorations, assuming that the windowing system supports global coordinates.
In practice, saving the window position should not be left to applications, as they lack enough knowledge of the windowing system and the window manager state to effectively do so. The appropriate way to implement saving the window position is to use a platform-specific protocol, wherever that is available.
Retrieves a widget’s initial minimum and natural height.
This call is specific to width-for-height requests.
The returned request will be modified by the GtkWidgetClass::adjust_size_request virtual method and by any #GtkSizeGroups that have been applied. That is, the returned request is the one that should be used for layout, not necessarily the one returned by the widget itself.
Retrieves a widget’s minimum and natural height and the corresponding baselines if it would be given
the specified width, or the default height if width is -1. The baselines may be -1 which means
that no baseline is requested for this widget.
The returned request will be modified by the GtkWidgetClass::adjust_size_request and GtkWidgetClass::adjust_baseline_request virtual methods and by any #GtkSizeGroups that have been applied. That is, the returned request is the one that should be used for layout, not necessarily the one returned by the widget itself.
the width which is available for allocation, or -1 if none
Retrieves a widget’s minimum and natural height if it would be given
the specified width.
The returned request will be modified by the GtkWidgetClass::adjust_size_request virtual method and by any #GtkSizeGroups that have been applied. That is, the returned request is the one that should be used for layout, not necessarily the one returned by the widget itself.
the width which is available for allocation
Retrieves the minimum and natural size of a widget, taking into account the widget’s preference for height-for-width management.
This is used to retrieve a suitable size by container widgets which do not impose any restrictions on the child placement. It can be used to deduce toplevel window and menu sizes as well as child widgets in free-form containers such as GtkLayout.
Handle with care. Note that the natural height of a height-for-width widget will generally be a smaller size than the minimum height, since the required height for the natural width is generally smaller than the required height for the minimum width.
Use gtk_widget_get_preferred_height_and_baseline_for_width() if you want to support baseline alignment.
Retrieves a widget’s initial minimum and natural width.
This call is specific to height-for-width requests.
The returned request will be modified by the GtkWidgetClass::adjust_size_request virtual method and by any #GtkSizeGroups that have been applied. That is, the returned request is the one that should be used for layout, not necessarily the one returned by the widget itself.
Retrieves a widget’s minimum and natural width if it would be given
the specified height.
The returned request will be modified by the GtkWidgetClass::adjust_size_request virtual method and by any #GtkSizeGroups that have been applied. That is, the returned request is the one that should be used for layout, not necessarily the one returned by the widget itself.
the height which is available for allocation
Gets a property of an object.
The value can be:
In general, a copy is made of the property contents and the caller is responsible for freeing the memory by calling g_value_unset().
Note that g_object_get_property() is really intended for language bindings, g_object_get() is much more convenient for C programming.
the name of the property to get
return location for the property value
This function gets back user data pointers stored via g_object_set_qdata().
A #GQuark, naming the user data pointer
Determines whether widget is realized.
Determines whether widget is always treated as the default widget
within its toplevel when it has the focus, even if another widget
is the default.
See gtk_widget_set_receives_default().
Gets whether the widget prefers a height-for-width layout or a width-for-height layout.
#GtkBin widgets generally propagate the preference of their child, container widgets need to request something either in context of their children or in context of their allocation capabilities.
Retrieves the widget’s requisition.
This function should only be used by widget implementations in order to figure whether the widget’s requisition has actually changed after some internal state change (so that they can call gtk_widget_queue_resize() instead of gtk_widget_queue_draw()).
Normally, gtk_widget_size_request() should be used.
Gets the value set by gtk_window_set_resizable().
Returns the resize mode for the container. See gtk_container_set_resize_mode ().
Returns the role of the window. See gtk_window_set_role() for further explanation.
Get the root window where this widget is located. This function can only be called after the widget has been added to a widget hierarchy with #GtkWindow at the top.
The root window is useful for such purposes as creating a popup #GdkWindow associated with the window. In general, you should only create display specific resources when a widget has been realized, and you should free those resources when the widget is unrealized.
Retrieves the internal scale factor that maps from window coordinates to the actual device pixels. On traditional systems this is 1, on high density outputs, it can be a higher value (typically 2).
See gdk_window_get_scale_factor().
Returns the widget’s sensitivity (in the sense of returning the value that has been set using gtk_widget_set_sensitive()).
The effective sensitivity of a widget is however determined by both its own and its parent widget’s sensitivity. See gtk_widget_is_sensitive().
Returns whether the window will display a menubar for the app menu and menubar as needed.
Obtains the current size of window.
If window is not visible on screen, this function return the size GTK+
will suggest to the [window manager][gtk-X11-arch] for the initial window
size (but this is not reliably the same as the size the window manager
will actually select). See: gtk_window_set_default_size().
Depending on the windowing system and the window manager constraints, the size returned by this function may not match the size set using gtk_window_resize(); additionally, since gtk_window_resize() may be implemented as an asynchronous operation, GTK+ cannot guarantee in any way that this code:
// width and height are set elsewhere
gtk_window_resize (window, width, height);
int new_width, new_height;
gtk_window_get_size (window, &new_width, &new_height);
will result in new_width and new_height matching width and
height, respectively.
This function will return the logical size of the #GtkWindow, excluding the widgets used in client side decorations; there is, however, no guarantee that the result will be completely accurate because client side decoration may include widgets that depend on the user preferences and that may not be visibile at the time you call this function.
The dimensions returned by this function are suitable for being stored across sessions; use gtk_window_set_default_size() to restore them when before showing the window.
To avoid potential race conditions, you should only call this function in response to a size change notification, for instance inside a handler for the #GtkWidget::size-allocate signal, or inside a handler for the #GtkWidget::configure-event signal:
static void
on_size_allocate (GtkWidget *widget, GtkAllocation *allocation)
{
int new_width, new_height;
gtk_window_get_size (GTK_WINDOW (widget), &new_width, &new_height);
...
}
Note that, if you connect to the #GtkWidget::size-allocate signal, you should not use the dimensions of the #GtkAllocation passed to the signal handler, as the allocation may contain client side decorations added by GTK+, depending on the windowing system in use.
If you are getting a window size in order to position the window on the screen, you should, instead, simply set the window’s semantic type with gtk_window_set_type_hint(), which allows the window manager to e.g. center dialogs. Also, if you set the transient parent of dialogs with gtk_window_set_transient_for() window managers will often center the dialog over its parent window. It's much preferred to let the window manager handle these cases rather than doing it yourself, because all apps will behave consistently and according to user or system preferences, if the window manager handles it. Also, the window manager can take into account the size of the window decorations and border that it may add, and of which GTK+ has no knowledge. Additionally, positioning windows in global screen coordinates may not be allowed by the windowing system. For more information, see: gtk_window_set_position().
Gets the size request that was explicitly set for the widget using
gtk_widget_set_size_request(). A value of -1 stored in width or
height indicates that that dimension has not been set explicitly
and the natural requisition of the widget will be used instead. See
gtk_widget_set_size_request(). To get the size a widget will
actually request, call gtk_widget_get_preferred_size() instead of
this function.
Gets the value set by gtk_window_set_skip_pager_hint().
Gets the value set by gtk_window_set_skip_taskbar_hint()
Retrieves the state of the window.
Returns the widget’s state. See gtk_widget_set_state().
Returns the widget state as a flag set. It is worth mentioning
that the effective %GTK_STATE_FLAG_INSENSITIVE state will be
returned, that is, also based on parent insensitivity, even if
widget itself is sensitive.
Also note that if you are looking for a way to obtain the #GtkStateFlags to pass to a #GtkStyleContext method, you should look at gtk_style_context_get_state().
Returns the style context associated to widget. The returned object is
guaranteed to be the same for the lifetime of widget.
Returns %TRUE if widget is multiple pointer aware. See
gtk_widget_set_support_multidevice() for more information.
Fetch an object build from the template XML for widget_type in this widget instance.
This will only report children which were previously declared with gtk_widget_class_bind_template_child_full() or one of its variants.
This function is only meant to be called for code which is private to the widget_type which
declared the child and is meant for language bindings which cannot easily make use
of the GObject structure offsets.
The #GType to get a template child for
The “id” of the child defined in the template XML
Retrieves the title of the window. See gtk_window_set_title().
Gets the contents of the tooltip for widget.
Gets the contents of the tooltip for widget.
This function returns the topmost widget in the container hierarchy
widget is a part of. If widget has no parent widgets, it will be
returned as the topmost widget. No reference will be added to the
returned widget; it should not be unreferenced.
Note the difference in behavior vs. gtk_widget_get_ancestor();
gtk_widget_get_ancestor (widget, GTK_TYPE_WINDOW)
would return
%NULL if widget wasn’t inside a toplevel window, and if the
window was inside a #GtkWindow-derived widget which was in turn
inside the toplevel #GtkWindow. While the second case may
seem unlikely, it actually happens when a #GtkPlug is embedded
inside a #GtkSocket within the same application.
To reliably find the toplevel #GtkWindow, use gtk_widget_get_toplevel() and call GTK_IS_WINDOW() on the result. For instance, to get the title of a widget's toplevel window, one might use:
static const char *
get_widget_toplevel_title (GtkWidget *widget)
{
GtkWidget *toplevel = gtk_widget_get_toplevel (widget);
if (GTK_IS_WINDOW (toplevel))
{
return gtk_window_get_title (GTK_WINDOW (toplevel));
}
return NULL;
}
Gets the type hint for this window. See gtk_window_set_type_hint().
Gets the value set by gtk_window_set_urgency_hint()
Gets the value of the #GtkWidget:valign property.
For backwards compatibility reasons this method will never return
%GTK_ALIGN_BASELINE, but instead it will convert it to
%GTK_ALIGN_FILL. If your widget want to support baseline aligned
children it must use gtk_widget_get_valign_with_baseline(), or
g_object_get (widget, "valign", &value, NULL), which will
also report the true value.
Gets whether the widget would like any available extra vertical space.
See gtk_widget_get_hexpand() for more detail.
Gets whether gtk_widget_set_vexpand() has been used to explicitly set the expand flag on this widget.
See gtk_widget_get_hexpand_set() for more detail.
Determines whether the widget is visible. If you want to take into account whether the widget’s parent is also marked as visible, use gtk_widget_is_visible() instead.
This function does not check if the widget is obscured in any way.
See gtk_widget_set_visible().
Gets the type of the window. See #GtkWindowType.
Gets n_properties properties for an object.
Obtained properties will be set to values. All properties must be valid.
Warnings will be emitted and undefined behaviour may result if invalid
properties are passed in.
the names of each property to get
the values of each property to get
Makes widget the current grabbed widget.
This means that interaction with other widgets in the same application is blocked and mouse as well as keyboard events are delivered to this widget.
If widget is not sensitive, it is not set as the current
grabbed widget and this function does nothing.
Causes widget to become the default widget. widget must be able to be
a default widget; typically you would ensure this yourself
by calling gtk_widget_set_can_default() with a %TRUE value.
The default widget is activated when
the user presses Enter in a window. Default widgets must be
activatable, that is, gtk_widget_activate() should affect them. Note
that #GtkEntry widgets require the “activates-default” property
set to %TRUE before they activate the default widget when Enter
is pressed and the #GtkEntry is focused.
Causes widget to have the keyboard focus for the #GtkWindow it's
inside. widget must be a focusable widget, such as a #GtkEntry;
something like #GtkFrame won’t work.
More precisely, it must have the %GTK_CAN_FOCUS flag set. Use gtk_widget_set_can_focus() to modify that flag.
The widget also needs to be realized and mapped. This is indicated by the related signals. Grabbing the focus immediately after creating the widget will likely fail and cause critical warnings.
Removes the grab from the given widget.
You have to pair calls to gtk_grab_add() and gtk_grab_remove().
If widget does not have the grab, this function does nothing.
Checks if the named action exists within action_group.
the name of the action to check for
Determines whether the widget is currently grabbing events, so it is the only widget receiving input events (keyboard and mouse).
See also gtk_grab_add().
Returns whether window has an explicit window group.
Determines if the widget style has been looked up through the rc mechanism.
Checks whether there is a #GdkScreen is associated with this widget. All toplevel widgets have an associated screen, and all widgets added into a hierarchy with a toplevel window at the top.
Determines if the widget should show a visible indication that
it has the global input focus. This is a convenience function for
use in ::draw handlers that takes into account whether focus
indication should currently be shown in the toplevel window of
widget. See gtk_window_get_focus_visible() for more information
about focus indication.
To find out if the widget has the global input focus, use gtk_widget_has_focus().
Reverses the effects of gtk_widget_show(), causing the widget to be hidden (invisible to the user).
Utility function; intended to be connected to the #GtkWidget::delete-event signal on a #GtkWindow. The function calls gtk_widget_hide() on its argument, then returns %TRUE. If connected to ::delete-event, the result is that clicking the close button for a window (on the window frame, top right corner usually) will hide but not destroy the window. By default, GTK+ destroys windows when ::delete-event is received.
Asks to iconify (i.e. minimize) the specified window. Note that
you shouldn’t assume the window is definitely iconified afterward,
because other entities (e.g. the user or
[window manager][gtk-X11-arch]) could deiconify it
again, or there may not be a window manager in which case
iconification isn’t possible, etc. But normally the window will end
up iconified. Just don’t write code that crashes if not.
It’s permitted to call this function before showing a window, in which case the window will be iconified before it ever appears onscreen.
You can track iconification via the “window-state-event” signal on #GtkWidget.
Returns whether the widget is currently being destroyed. This information can sometimes be used to avoid doing unnecessary work.
Creates and initializes child widgets defined in templates. This function must be called in the instance initializer for any class which assigned itself a template using gtk_widget_class_set_template()
It is important to call this function in the instance initializer of a #GtkWidget subclass and not in #GObject.constructed() or #GObject.constructor() for two reasons.
One reason is that generally derived widgets will assume that parent class composite widgets have been created in their instance initializers.
Another reason is that when calling g_object_new() on a widget with composite templates, it’s important to build the composite widgets before the construct properties are set. Properties passed to g_object_new() should take precedence over properties set in the private template XML.
Inserts group into widget. Children of widget that implement
#GtkActionable can then be associated with actions in group by
setting their “action-name” to
prefix.action-name.
If group is %NULL, a previously inserted group for name is removed
from widget.
the prefix for actions in group
a #GActionGroup, or %NULL
Whether widget can rely on having its alpha channel
drawn correctly. On X11 this function returns whether a
compositing manager is running for widget’s screen.
Please note that the semantics of this call will change in the future if used on a widget that has a composited window in its hierarchy (as set by gdk_window_set_composited()).
Determines whether widget can be drawn to. A widget can be drawn
to if it is mapped and visible.
Checks whether object has a [floating][floating-ref] reference.
Returns the widget’s effective sensitivity, which means it is sensitive itself and also its parent widget is sensitive
Determines whether widget is a toplevel widget.
Currently only #GtkWindow and #GtkInvisible (and out-of-process #GtkPlugs) are toplevel widgets. Toplevel widgets have no parent widget.
Determines whether the widget and all its parents are marked as visible.
This function does not check if the widget is obscured in any way.
See also gtk_widget_get_visible() and gtk_widget_set_visible()
This function should be called whenever keyboard navigation within a single widget hits a boundary. The function emits the #GtkWidget::keynav-failed signal on the widget and its return value should be interpreted in a way similar to the return value of gtk_widget_child_focus():
When %TRUE is returned, stay in the widget, the failed keyboard navigation is OK and/or there is nowhere we can/should move the focus to.
When %FALSE is returned, the caller should continue with keyboard navigation outside the widget, e.g. by calling gtk_widget_child_focus() on the widget’s toplevel.
The default ::keynav-failed handler returns %FALSE for %GTK_DIR_TAB_FORWARD and %GTK_DIR_TAB_BACKWARD. For the other values of #GtkDirectionType it returns %TRUE.
Whenever the default handler returns %TRUE, it also calls gtk_widget_error_bell() to notify the user of the failed keyboard navigation.
A use case for providing an own implementation of ::keynav-failed (either by connecting to it or by overriding it) would be a row of #GtkEntry widgets where the user should be able to navigate the entire row with the cursor keys, as e.g. known from user interfaces that require entering license keys.
direction of focus movement
Lists the closures used by widget for accelerator group connections
with gtk_accel_group_connect_by_path() or gtk_accel_group_connect().
The closures can be used to monitor accelerator changes on widget,
by connecting to the GtkAccelGroup::accel-changed signal of the
#GtkAccelGroup of a closure which can be found out with
gtk_accel_group_from_accel_closure().
Retrieves a %NULL-terminated array of strings containing the prefixes of
#GActionGroup's available to widget.
Lists the actions contained within action_group.
The caller is responsible for freeing the list with g_strfreev() when it is no longer required.
Returns a newly allocated list of the widgets, normally labels, for which this widget is the target of a mnemonic (see for example, gtk_label_set_mnemonic_widget()).
The widgets in the list are not individually referenced. If you
want to iterate through the list and perform actions involving
callbacks that might destroy the widgets, you
must call g_list_foreach (result, (GFunc)g_object_ref, NULL) first, and then unref all the
widgets afterwards.
This function is only for use in widget implementations. Causes a widget to be mapped if it isn’t already.
Asks to maximize window, so that it becomes full-screen. Note that
you shouldn’t assume the window is definitely maximized afterward,
because other entities (e.g. the user or
[window manager][gtk-X11-arch]) could unmaximize it
again, and not all window managers support maximization. But
normally the window will end up maximized. Just don’t write code
that crashes if not.
It’s permitted to call this function before showing a window, in which case the window will be maximized when it appears onscreen initially.
You can track maximization via the “window-state-event” signal on #GtkWidget, or by listening to notifications on the #GtkWindow:is-maximized property.
Activates the targets associated with the mnemonic.
Sets the base color for a widget in a particular state. All other style values are left untouched. The base color is the background color used along with the text color (see gtk_widget_modify_text()) for widgets such as #GtkEntry and #GtkTextView. See also gtk_widget_modify_style().
Note that “no window” widgets (which have the %GTK_NO_WINDOW flag set) draw on their parent container’s window and thus may not draw any background themselves. This is the case for e.g. #GtkLabel.
To modify the background of such widgets, you have to set the base color on their parent; if you want to set the background of a rectangular area around a label, try placing the label in a #GtkEventBox widget and setting the base color on that.
the state for which to set the base color
the color to assign (does not need to be allocated), or %NULL to undo the effect of previous calls to of gtk_widget_modify_base().
Sets the background color for a widget in a particular state.
All other style values are left untouched. See also gtk_widget_modify_style().
Note that “no window” widgets (which have the %GTK_NO_WINDOW flag set) draw on their parent container’s window and thus may not draw any background themselves. This is the case for e.g. #GtkLabel.
To modify the background of such widgets, you have to set the background color on their parent; if you want to set the background of a rectangular area around a label, try placing the label in a #GtkEventBox widget and setting the background color on that.
the state for which to set the background color
the color to assign (does not need to be allocated), or %NULL to undo the effect of previous calls to of gtk_widget_modify_bg().
Sets the cursor color to use in a widget, overriding the #GtkWidget cursor-color and secondary-cursor-color style properties.
All other style values are left untouched. See also gtk_widget_modify_style().
the color to use for primary cursor (does not need to be allocated), or %NULL to undo the effect of previous calls to of gtk_widget_modify_cursor().
the color to use for secondary cursor (does not need to be allocated), or %NULL to undo the effect of previous calls to of gtk_widget_modify_cursor().
Sets the foreground color for a widget in a particular state.
All other style values are left untouched. See also gtk_widget_modify_style().
the state for which to set the foreground color
the color to assign (does not need to be allocated), or %NULL to undo the effect of previous calls to of gtk_widget_modify_fg().
Sets the font to use for a widget.
All other style values are left untouched. See also gtk_widget_modify_style().
the font description to use, or %NULL to undo the effect of previous calls to gtk_widget_modify_font()
Modifies style values on the widget.
Modifications made using this technique take precedence over style values set via an RC file, however, they will be overridden if a style is explicitly set on the widget using gtk_widget_set_style(). The #GtkRcStyle-struct is designed so each field can either be set or unset, so it is possible, using this function, to modify some style values and leave the others unchanged.
Note that modifications made with this function are not cumulative with previous calls to gtk_widget_modify_style() or with such functions as gtk_widget_modify_fg(). If you wish to retain previous values, you must first call gtk_widget_get_modifier_style(), make your modifications to the returned style, then call gtk_widget_modify_style() with that style. On the other hand, if you first call gtk_widget_modify_style(), subsequent calls to such functions gtk_widget_modify_fg() will have a cumulative effect with the initial modifications.
Sets the text color for a widget in a particular state.
All other style values are left untouched. The text color is the foreground color used along with the base color (see gtk_widget_modify_base()) for widgets such as #GtkEntry and #GtkTextView. See also gtk_widget_modify_style().
the state for which to set the text color
the color to assign (does not need to be allocated), or %NULL to undo the effect of previous calls to of gtk_widget_modify_text().
Asks the [window manager][gtk-X11-arch] to move
window to the given position. Window managers are free to ignore
this; most window managers ignore requests for initial window
positions (instead using a user-defined placement algorithm) and
honor requests after the window has already been shown.
Note: the position is the position of the gravity-determined reference point for the window. The gravity determines two things: first, the location of the reference point in root window coordinates; and second, which point on the window is positioned at the reference point.
By default the gravity is #GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST, so the reference
point is simply the x, y supplied to gtk_window_move(). The
top-left corner of the window decorations (aka window frame or
border) will be placed at x, y. Therefore, to position a window
at the top left of the screen, you want to use the default gravity
(which is #GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST) and move the window to 0,0.
To position a window at the bottom right corner of the screen, you
would set #GDK_GRAVITY_SOUTH_EAST, which means that the reference
point is at x + the window width and y + the window height, and
the bottom-right corner of the window border will be placed at that
reference point. So, to place a window in the bottom right corner
you would first set gravity to south east, then write:
gtk_window_move (window, gdk_screen_width () - window_width, gdk_screen_height () - window_height) (note that this
example does not take multi-head scenarios into account).
The Extended Window Manager Hints Specification has a nice table of gravities in the “implementation notes” section.
The gtk_window_get_position() documentation may also be relevant.
X coordinate to move window to
Y coordinate to move window to
Emits a "notify" signal for the property property_name on object.
When possible, eg. when signaling a property change from within the class that registered the property, you should use g_object_notify_by_pspec() instead.
Note that emission of the notify signal may be blocked with g_object_freeze_notify(). In this case, the signal emissions are queued and will be emitted (in reverse order) when g_object_thaw_notify() is called.
the name of a property installed on the class of object.
Emits a "notify" signal for the property specified by pspec on object.
This function omits the property name lookup, hence it is faster than g_object_notify().
One way to avoid using g_object_notify() from within the class that registered the properties, and using g_object_notify_by_pspec() instead, is to store the GParamSpec used with g_object_class_install_property() inside a static array, e.g.:
enum
{
PROP_0,
PROP_FOO,
PROP_LAST
};
static GParamSpec *properties[PROP_LAST];
static void
my_object_class_init (MyObjectClass *klass)
{
properties[PROP_FOO] = g_param_spec_int ("foo", "Foo", "The foo",
0, 100,
50,
G_PARAM_READWRITE);
g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class,
PROP_FOO,
properties[PROP_FOO]);
}
and then notify a change on the "foo" property with:
g_object_notify_by_pspec (self, properties[PROP_FOO]);
the #GParamSpec of a property installed on the class of object.
Sets the background color to use for a widget.
All other style values are left untouched. See gtk_widget_override_color().
the state for which to set the background color
the color to assign, or %NULL to undo the effect of previous calls to gtk_widget_override_background_color()
Sets the color to use for a widget.
All other style values are left untouched.
This function does not act recursively. Setting the color of a container does not affect its children. Note that some widgets that you may not think of as containers, for instance #GtkButtons, are actually containers.
This API is mostly meant as a quick way for applications to change a widget appearance. If you are developing a widgets library and intend this change to be themeable, it is better done by setting meaningful CSS classes in your widget/container implementation through gtk_style_context_add_class().
This way, your widget library can install a #GtkCssProvider with the %GTK_STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIORITY_FALLBACK priority in order to provide a default styling for those widgets that need so, and this theming may fully overridden by the user’s theme.
Note that for complex widgets this may bring in undesired results (such as uniform background color everywhere), in these cases it is better to fully style such widgets through a #GtkCssProvider with the %GTK_STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIORITY_APPLICATION priority.
the state for which to set the color
the color to assign, or %NULL to undo the effect of previous calls to gtk_widget_override_color()
Sets the cursor color to use in a widget, overriding the cursor-color and secondary-cursor-color style properties. All other style values are left untouched. See also gtk_widget_modify_style().
Note that the underlying properties have the #GdkColor type,
so the alpha value in primary and secondary will be ignored.
the color to use for primary cursor (does not need to be allocated), or %NULL to undo the effect of previous calls to of gtk_widget_override_cursor().
the color to use for secondary cursor (does not need to be allocated), or %NULL to undo the effect of previous calls to of gtk_widget_override_cursor().
Sets the font to use for a widget. All other style values are left untouched. See gtk_widget_override_color().
the font description to use, or %NULL to undo the effect of previous calls to gtk_widget_override_font()
Sets a symbolic color for a widget.
All other style values are left untouched. See gtk_widget_override_color() for overriding the foreground or background color.
the name of the symbolic color to modify
the color to assign (does not need to be allocated), or %NULL to undo the effect of previous calls to gtk_widget_override_symbolic_color()
Parses a standard X Window System geometry string - see the manual page for X (type “man X”) for details on this. gtk_window_parse_geometry() does work on all GTK+ ports including Win32 but is primarily intended for an X environment.
If either a size or a position can be extracted from the geometry string, gtk_window_parse_geometry() returns %TRUE and calls gtk_window_set_default_size() and/or gtk_window_move() to resize/move the window.
If gtk_window_parse_geometry() returns %TRUE, it will also set the #GDK_HINT_USER_POS and/or #GDK_HINT_USER_SIZE hints indicating to the window manager that the size/position of the window was user-specified. This causes most window managers to honor the geometry.
Note that for gtk_window_parse_geometry() to work as expected, it has to be called when the window has its “final” size, i.e. after calling gtk_widget_show_all() on the contents and gtk_window_set_geometry_hints() on the window.
#include <gtk/gtk.h>
static void
fill_with_content (GtkWidget *vbox)
{
// fill with content...
}
int
main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
GtkWidget *window, *vbox;
GdkGeometry size_hints = {
100, 50, 0, 0, 100, 50, 10,
10, 0.0, 0.0, GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST
};
gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
vbox = gtk_box_new (GTK_ORIENTATION_VERTICAL, 0);
gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (window), vbox);
fill_with_content (vbox);
gtk_widget_show_all (vbox);
gtk_window_set_geometry_hints (GTK_WINDOW (window),
NULL,
&size_hints,
GDK_HINT_MIN_SIZE |
GDK_HINT_BASE_SIZE |
GDK_HINT_RESIZE_INC);
if (argc > 1)
{
gboolean res;
res = gtk_window_parse_geometry (GTK_WINDOW (window),
argv[1]);
if (! res)
fprintf (stderr,
"Failed to parse “%s”\n",
argv[1]);
}
gtk_widget_show_all (window);
gtk_main ();
return 0;
}
geometry string
Obtains the full path to widget. The path is simply the name of a
widget and all its parents in the container hierarchy, separated by
periods. The name of a widget comes from
gtk_widget_get_name(). Paths are used to apply styles to a widget
in gtkrc configuration files. Widget names are the type of the
widget by default (e.g. “GtkButton”) or can be set to an
application-specific value with gtk_widget_set_name(). By setting
the name of a widget, you allow users or theme authors to apply
styles to that specific widget in their gtkrc
file. path_reversed_p fills in the path in reverse order,
i.e. starting with widget’s name instead of starting with the name
of widget’s outermost ancestor.
Presents a window to the user. This function should not be used as when it is called, it is too late to gather a valid timestamp to allow focus stealing prevention to work correctly.
Presents a window to the user. This may mean raising the window in the stacking order, deiconifying it, moving it to the current desktop, and/or giving it the keyboard focus, possibly dependent on the user’s platform, window manager, and preferences.
If window is hidden, this function calls gtk_widget_show()
as well.
This function should be used when the user tries to open a window that’s already open. Say for example the preferences dialog is currently open, and the user chooses Preferences from the menu a second time; use gtk_window_present() to move the already-open dialog where the user can see it.
Presents a window to the user in response to a user interaction. The timestamp should be gathered when the window was requested to be shown (when clicking a link for example), rather than once the window is ready to be shown.
the timestamp of the user interaction (typically a button or key press event) which triggered this call
When a container receives a call to the draw function, it must send
synthetic #GtkWidget::draw calls to all children that don’t have their
own #GdkWindows. This function provides a convenient way of doing this.
A container, when it receives a call to its #GtkWidget::draw function,
calls gtk_container_propagate_draw() once for each child, passing in
the cr the container received.
gtk_container_propagate_draw() takes care of translating the origin of cr,
and deciding whether the draw needs to be sent to the child. It is a
convenient and optimized way of getting the same effect as calling
gtk_widget_draw() on the child directly.
In most cases, a container can simply either inherit the #GtkWidget::draw implementation from #GtkContainer, or do some drawing and then chain to the ::draw implementation from #GtkContainer.
a child of container
Cairo context as passed to the container. If you want to use cr in container’s draw function, consider using cairo_save() and cairo_restore() before calling this function.
Propagate a key press or release event to the focus widget and
up the focus container chain until a widget handles event.
This is normally called by the default ::key_press_event and
::key_release_event handlers for toplevel windows,
however in some cases it may be useful to call this directly when
overriding the standard key handling for a toplevel window.
Queries all aspects of the named action within an action_group.
This function acquires the information available from g_action_group_has_action(), g_action_group_get_action_enabled(), g_action_group_get_action_parameter_type(), g_action_group_get_action_state_type(), g_action_group_get_action_state_hint() and g_action_group_get_action_state() with a single function call.
This provides two main benefits.
The first is the improvement in efficiency that comes with not having to perform repeated lookups of the action in order to discover different things about it. The second is that implementing #GActionGroup can now be done by only overriding this one virtual function.
The interface provides a default implementation of this function that calls the individual functions, as required, to fetch the information. The interface also provides default implementations of those functions that call this function. All implementations, therefore, must override either this function or all of the others.
If the action exists, %TRUE is returned and any of the requested fields (as indicated by having a non-%NULL reference passed in) are filled. If the action doesn't exist, %FALSE is returned and the fields may or may not have been modified.
the name of an action in the group
This function is only for use in widget implementations.
Flags the widget for a rerun of the GtkWidgetClass::size_allocate
function. Use this function instead of gtk_widget_queue_resize()
when the widget's size request didn't change but it wants to
reposition its contents.
An example user of this function is gtk_widget_set_halign().
Mark widget as needing to recompute its expand flags. Call
this function when setting legacy expand child properties
on the child of a container.
See gtk_widget_compute_expand().
Equivalent to calling gtk_widget_queue_draw_area() for the entire area of a widget.
Convenience function that calls gtk_widget_queue_draw_region() on the region created from the given coordinates.
The region here is specified in widget coordinates.
Widget coordinates are a bit odd; for historical reasons, they are
defined as widget->window coordinates for widgets that return %TRUE for
gtk_widget_get_has_window(), and are relative to widget->allocation.x,
widget->allocation.y otherwise.
width or height may be 0, in this case this function does
nothing. Negative values for width and height are not allowed.
x coordinate of upper-left corner of rectangle to redraw
y coordinate of upper-left corner of rectangle to redraw
width of region to draw
height of region to draw
Invalidates the area of widget defined by region by calling
gdk_window_invalidate_region() on the widget’s window and all its
child windows. Once the main loop becomes idle (after the current
batch of events has been processed, roughly), the window will
receive expose events for the union of all regions that have been
invalidated.
Normally you would only use this function in widget implementations. You might also use it to schedule a redraw of a #GtkDrawingArea or some portion thereof.
This function is only for use in widget implementations. Flags a widget to have its size renegotiated; should be called when a widget for some reason has a new size request. For example, when you change the text in a #GtkLabel, #GtkLabel queues a resize to ensure there’s enough space for the new text.
Note that you cannot call gtk_widget_queue_resize() on a widget from inside its implementation of the GtkWidgetClass::size_allocate virtual method. Calls to gtk_widget_queue_resize() from inside GtkWidgetClass::size_allocate will be silently ignored.
This function works like gtk_widget_queue_resize(), except that the widget is not invalidated.
Creates the GDK (windowing system) resources associated with a
widget. For example, widget->window will be created when a widget
is realized. Normally realization happens implicitly; if you show
a widget and all its parent containers, then the widget will be
realized and mapped automatically.
Realizing a widget requires all
the widget’s parent widgets to be realized; calling
gtk_widget_realize() realizes the widget’s parents in addition to
widget itself. If a widget is not yet inside a toplevel window
when you realize it, bad things will happen.
This function is primarily used in widget implementations, and isn’t very useful otherwise. Many times when you think you might need it, a better approach is to connect to a signal that will be called after the widget is realized automatically, such as #GtkWidget::draw. Or simply g_signal_connect () to the #GtkWidget::realize signal.
Increase the reference count of object, and possibly remove the
[floating][floating-ref] reference, if object has a floating reference.
In other words, if the object is floating, then this call "assumes ownership" of the floating reference, converting it to a normal reference by clearing the floating flag while leaving the reference count unchanged. If the object is not floating, then this call adds a new normal reference increasing the reference count by one.
Since GLib 2.56, the type of object will be propagated to the return type
under the same conditions as for g_object_ref().
Computes the intersection of a widget’s area and region, returning
the intersection. The result may be empty, use cairo_region_is_empty() to
check.
a #cairo_region_t, in the same coordinate system as widget->allocation. That is, relative to widget->window for widgets which return %FALSE from gtk_widget_get_has_window(); relative to the parent window of widget->window otherwise.
Registers a #GdkWindow with the widget and sets it up so that the widget receives events for it. Call gtk_widget_unregister_window() when destroying the window.
Before 3.8 you needed to call gdk_window_set_user_data() directly to set this up. This is now deprecated and you should use gtk_widget_register_window() instead. Old code will keep working as is, although some new features like transparency might not work perfectly.
Removes widget from container. widget must be inside container.
Note that container will own a reference to widget, and that this
may be the last reference held; so removing a widget from its
container can destroy that widget. If you want to use widget
again, you need to add a reference to it before removing it from
a container, using g_object_ref(). If you don’t want to use widget
again it’s usually more efficient to simply destroy it directly
using gtk_widget_destroy() since this will remove it from the
container and help break any circular reference count cycles.
Reverses the effects of gtk_window_add_accel_group().
a #GtkAccelGroup
Removes an accelerator from widget, previously installed with
gtk_widget_add_accelerator().
accel group for this widget
GDK keyval of the accelerator
modifier key combination of the accelerator
Removes the named action from the action map.
If no action of this name is in the map then nothing happens.
the name of the action
Removes a widget from the list of mnemonic labels for this widget. (See gtk_widget_list_mnemonic_labels()). The widget must have previously been added to the list with gtk_widget_add_mnemonic_label().
a #GtkWidget that was previously set as a mnemonic label for widget with gtk_widget_add_mnemonic_label().
Removes a tick callback previously registered with gtk_widget_add_tick_callback().
an id returned by gtk_widget_add_tick_callback()
A convenience function that uses the theme settings for widget
to look up stock_id and render it to a pixbuf. stock_id should
be a stock icon ID such as #GTK_STOCK_OPEN or #GTK_STOCK_OK. size
should be a size such as #GTK_ICON_SIZE_MENU. detail should be a
string that identifies the widget or code doing the rendering, so
that theme engines can special-case rendering for that widget or
code.
The pixels in the returned #GdkPixbuf are shared with the rest of the application and should not be modified. The pixbuf should be freed after use with g_object_unref().
a stock ID
a stock size (#GtkIconSize). A size of (GtkIconSize)-1 means render at the size of the source and don’t scale (if there are multiple source sizes, GTK+ picks one of the available sizes).
render detail to pass to theme engine
A convenience function that uses the theme engine and style
settings for widget to look up stock_id and render it to
a pixbuf. stock_id should be a stock icon ID such as
#GTK_STOCK_OPEN or #GTK_STOCK_OK. size should be a size
such as #GTK_ICON_SIZE_MENU.
The pixels in the returned #GdkPixbuf are shared with the rest of the application and should not be modified. The pixbuf should be freed after use with g_object_unref().
a stock ID
a stock size (#GtkIconSize). A size of (GtkIconSize)-1 means render at the size of the source and don’t scale (if there are multiple source sizes, GTK+ picks one of the available sizes).
Reset the styles of widget and all descendents, so when
they are looked up again, they get the correct values
for the currently loaded RC file settings.
This function is not useful for applications.
Updates the style context of widget and all descendants
by updating its widget path. #GtkContainers may want
to use this on a child when reordering it in a way that a different
style might apply to it. See also gtk_container_get_path_for_child().
Hides window, then reshows it, resetting the
default size and position of the window. Used
by GUI builders only.
Resizes the window as if the user had done so, obeying geometry constraints. The default geometry constraint is that windows may not be smaller than their size request; to override this constraint, call gtk_widget_set_size_request() to set the window's request to a smaller value.
If gtk_window_resize() is called before showing a window for the first time, it overrides any default size set with gtk_window_set_default_size().
Windows may not be resized smaller than 1 by 1 pixels.
When using client side decorations, GTK+ will do its best to adjust the given size so that the resulting window size matches the requested size without the title bar, borders and shadows added for the client side decorations, but there is no guarantee that the result will be totally accurate because these widgets added for client side decorations depend on the theme and may not be realized or visible at the time gtk_window_resize() is issued.
If the GtkWindow has a titlebar widget (see gtk_window_set_titlebar()), then typically, gtk_window_resize() will compensate for the height of the titlebar widget only if the height is known when the resulting GtkWindow configuration is issued. For example, if new widgets are added after the GtkWindow configuration and cause the titlebar widget to grow in height, this will result in a window content smaller that specified by gtk_window_resize() and not a larger window.
width in pixels to resize the window to
height in pixels to resize the window to
Determines whether a resize grip is visible for the specified window.
Like gtk_window_resize(), but width and height are interpreted
in terms of the base size and increment set with
gtk_window_set_geometry_hints.
width in resize increments to resize the window to
height in resize increments to resize the window to
Releases all references to other objects. This can be used to break reference cycles.
This function should only be called from object system implementations.
Very rarely-used function. This function is used to emit an expose event on a widget. This function is not normally used directly. The only time it is used is when propagating an expose event to a windowless child widget (gtk_widget_get_has_window() is %FALSE), and that is normally done using gtk_container_propagate_draw().
If you want to force an area of a window to be redrawn, use gdk_window_invalidate_rect() or gdk_window_invalidate_region(). To cause the redraw to be done immediately, follow that call with a call to gdk_window_process_updates().
Sends the focus change event to widget
This function is not meant to be used by applications. The only time it should be used is when it is necessary for a #GtkWidget to assign focus to a widget that is semantically owned by the first widget even though it’s not a direct child - for instance, a search entry in a floating window similar to the quick search in #GtkTreeView.
An example of its usage is:
GdkEvent *fevent = gdk_event_new (GDK_FOCUS_CHANGE);
fevent->focus_change.type = GDK_FOCUS_CHANGE;
fevent->focus_change.in = TRUE;
fevent->focus_change.window = _gtk_widget_get_window (widget);
if (fevent->focus_change.window != NULL)
g_object_ref (fevent->focus_change.window);
gtk_widget_send_focus_change (widget, fevent);
gdk_event_free (event);
Given an accelerator group, accel_group, and an accelerator path,
accel_path, sets up an accelerator in accel_group so whenever the
key binding that is defined for accel_path is pressed, widget
will be activated. This removes any accelerators (for any
accelerator group) installed by previous calls to
gtk_widget_set_accel_path(). Associating accelerators with
paths allows them to be modified by the user and the modifications
to be saved for future use. (See gtk_accel_map_save().)
This function is a low level function that would most likely be used by a menu creation system like #GtkUIManager. If you use #GtkUIManager, setting up accelerator paths will be done automatically.
Even when you you aren’t using #GtkUIManager, if you only want to set up accelerators on menu items gtk_menu_item_set_accel_path() provides a somewhat more convenient interface.
Note that accel_path string will be stored in a #GQuark. Therefore, if you
pass a static string, you can save some memory by interning it first with
g_intern_static_string().
path used to look up the accelerator
a #GtkAccelGroup.
Windows may set a hint asking the desktop environment not to receive the input focus. This function sets this hint.
%TRUE to let this window receive input focus
Sets the widget’s allocation. This should not be used directly, but from within a widget’s size_allocate method.
The allocation set should be the “adjusted” or actual allocation. If you’re implementing a #GtkContainer, you want to use gtk_widget_size_allocate() instead of gtk_widget_set_allocation(). The GtkWidgetClass::adjust_size_allocation virtual method adjusts the allocation inside gtk_widget_size_allocate() to create an adjusted allocation.
Sets whether the application intends to draw on the widget in an #GtkWidget::draw handler.
This is a hint to the widget and does not affect the behavior of the GTK+ core; many widgets ignore this flag entirely. For widgets that do pay attention to the flag, such as #GtkEventBox and #GtkWindow, the effect is to suppress default themed drawing of the widget's background. (Children of the widget will still be drawn.) The application is then entirely responsible for drawing the widget background.
Note that the background is still drawn when the widget is mapped.
%TRUE if the application will paint on the widget
Sets or unsets the #GtkApplication associated with the window.
The application will be kept alive for at least as long as it has any windows associated with it (see g_application_hold() for a way to keep it alive without windows).
Normally, the connection between the application and the window will remain
until the window is destroyed, but you can explicitly remove it by setting
the application to %NULL.
This is equivalent to calling gtk_application_remove_window() and/or gtk_application_add_window() on the old/new applications as relevant.
a #GtkApplication, or %NULL to unset
Marks window as attached to attach_widget. This creates a logical binding
between the window and the widget it belongs to, which is used by GTK+ to
propagate information such as styling or accessibility to window as if it
was a children of attach_widget.
Examples of places where specifying this relation is useful are for instance a #GtkMenu created by a #GtkComboBox, a completion popup window created by #GtkEntry or a typeahead search entry created by #GtkTreeView.
Note that this function should not be confused with gtk_window_set_transient_for(), which specifies a window manager relation between two toplevels instead.
Passing %NULL for attach_widget detaches the window.
Sets the border width of the container.
The border width of a container is the amount of space to leave around the outside of the container. The only exception to this is #GtkWindow; because toplevel windows can’t leave space outside, they leave the space inside. The border is added on all sides of the container. To add space to only one side, use a specific #GtkWidget:margin property on the child widget, for example #GtkWidget:margin-top.
amount of blank space to leave outside the container. Valid values are in the range 0-65535 pixels.
Specifies whether widget can be a default widget. See
gtk_widget_grab_default() for details about the meaning of
“default”.
whether or not widget can be a default widget.
Specifies whether widget can own the input focus. See
gtk_widget_grab_focus() for actually setting the input focus on a
widget.
whether or not widget can own the input focus.
Sets whether widget should be mapped along with its when its parent
is mapped and widget has been shown with gtk_widget_show().
The child visibility can be set for widget before it is added to a container with gtk_widget_set_parent(), to avoid mapping children unnecessary before immediately unmapping them. However it will be reset to its default state of %TRUE when the widget is removed from a container.
Note that changing the child visibility of a widget does not queue a resize on the widget. Most of the time, the size of a widget is computed from all visible children, whether or not they are mapped. If this is not the case, the container can queue a resize itself.
This function is only useful for container implementations and never should be called by an application.
if %TRUE, widget should be mapped along with its parent.
Sets the widget’s clip. This must not be used directly, but from within a widget’s size_allocate method. It must be called after gtk_widget_set_allocation() (or after chaining up to the parent class), because that function resets the clip.
The clip set should be the area that widget draws on. If widget is a
#GtkContainer, the area must contain all children's clips.
If this function is not called by widget during a ::size-allocate handler,
the clip will be set to widget's allocation.
Sets a widgets composite name. The widget must be a composite child of its parent; see gtk_widget_push_composite_child().
the name to set
Each object carries around a table of associations from strings to pointers. This function lets you set an association.
If the object already had an association with that name, the old association will be destroyed.
Internally, the key is converted to a #GQuark using g_quark_from_string().
This means a copy of key is kept permanently (even after object has been
finalized) — so it is recommended to only use a small, bounded set of values
for key in your program, to avoid the #GQuark storage growing unbounded.
name of the key
data to associate with that key
By default, windows are decorated with a title bar, resize controls, etc. Some [window managers][gtk-X11-arch] allow GTK+ to disable these decorations, creating a borderless window. If you set the decorated property to %FALSE using this function, GTK+ will do its best to convince the window manager not to decorate the window. Depending on the system, this function may not have any effect when called on a window that is already visible, so you should call it before calling gtk_widget_show().
On Windows, this function always works, since there’s no window manager policy involved.
%TRUE to decorate the window
The default widget is the widget that’s activated when the user presses Enter in a dialog (for example). This function sets or unsets the default widget for a #GtkWindow. When setting (rather than unsetting) the default widget it’s generally easier to call gtk_widget_grab_default() on the widget. Before making a widget the default widget, you must call gtk_widget_set_can_default() on the widget you’d like to make the default.
widget to be the default, or %NULL to unset the default widget for the toplevel
Like gtk_window_set_default_size(), but width and height are interpreted
in terms of the base size and increment set with
gtk_window_set_geometry_hints.
width in resize increments, or -1 to unset the default width
height in resize increments, or -1 to unset the default height
Sets the default size of a window. If the window’s “natural” size (its size request) is larger than the default, the default will be ignored. More generally, if the default size does not obey the geometry hints for the window (gtk_window_set_geometry_hints() can be used to set these explicitly), the default size will be clamped to the nearest permitted size.
Unlike gtk_widget_set_size_request(), which sets a size request for a widget and thus would keep users from shrinking the window, this function only sets the initial size, just as if the user had resized the window themselves. Users can still shrink the window again as they normally would. Setting a default size of -1 means to use the “natural” default size (the size request of the window).
For more control over a window’s initial size and how resizing works, investigate gtk_window_set_geometry_hints().
For some uses, gtk_window_resize() is a more appropriate function. gtk_window_resize() changes the current size of the window, rather than the size to be used on initial display. gtk_window_resize() always affects the window itself, not the geometry widget.
The default size of a window only affects the first time a window is shown; if a window is hidden and re-shown, it will remember the size it had prior to hiding, rather than using the default size.
Windows can’t actually be 0x0 in size, they must be at least 1x1, but
passing 0 for width and height is OK, resulting in a 1x1 default size.
If you use this function to reestablish a previously saved window size, note that the appropriate size to save is the one returned by gtk_window_get_size(). Using the window allocation directly will not work in all circumstances and can lead to growing or shrinking windows.
width in pixels, or -1 to unset the default width
height in pixels, or -1 to unset the default height
By default, windows have a close button in the window frame. Some [window managers][gtk-X11-arch] allow GTK+ to disable this button. If you set the deletable property to %FALSE using this function, GTK+ will do its best to convince the window manager not to show a close button. Depending on the system, this function may not have any effect when called on a window that is already visible, so you should call it before calling gtk_widget_show().
On Windows, this function always works, since there’s no window manager policy involved.
%TRUE to decorate the window as deletable
If setting is %TRUE, then destroying the transient parent of window
will also destroy window itself. This is useful for dialogs that
shouldn’t persist beyond the lifetime of the main window they're
associated with, for example.
whether to destroy window with its transient parent
Enables or disables a #GdkDevice to interact with widget
and all its children.
It does so by descending through the #GdkWindow hierarchy and enabling the same mask that is has for core events (i.e. the one that gdk_window_get_events() returns).
Sets the device event mask (see #GdkEventMask) for a widget. The event
mask determines which events a widget will receive from device. Keep
in mind that different widgets have different default event masks, and by
changing the event mask you may disrupt a widget’s functionality,
so be careful. This function must be called while a widget is
unrealized. Consider gtk_widget_add_device_events() for widgets that are
already realized, or if you want to preserve the existing event
mask. This function can’t be used with windowless widgets (which return
%FALSE from gtk_widget_get_has_window());
to get events on those widgets, place them inside a #GtkEventBox
and receive events on the event box.
Sets the reading direction on a particular widget. This direction controls the primary direction for widgets containing text, and also the direction in which the children of a container are packed. The ability to set the direction is present in order so that correct localization into languages with right-to-left reading directions can be done. Generally, applications will let the default reading direction present, except for containers where the containers are arranged in an order that is explicitly visual rather than logical (such as buttons for text justification).
If the direction is set to %GTK_TEXT_DIR_NONE, then the value set by gtk_widget_set_default_direction() will be used.
the new direction
Widgets are double buffered by default; you can use this function to turn off the buffering. “Double buffered” simply means that gdk_window_begin_draw_frame() and gdk_window_end_draw_frame() are called automatically around expose events sent to the widget. gdk_window_begin_draw_frame() diverts all drawing to a widget's window to an offscreen buffer, and gdk_window_end_draw_frame() draws the buffer to the screen. The result is that users see the window update in one smooth step, and don’t see individual graphics primitives being rendered.
In very simple terms, double buffered widgets don’t flicker, so you would only use this function to turn off double buffering if you had special needs and really knew what you were doing.
Note: if you turn off double-buffering, you have to handle expose events, since even the clearing to the background color or pixmap will not happen automatically (as it is done in gdk_window_begin_draw_frame()).
In 3.10 GTK and GDK have been restructured for translucent drawing. Since then expose events for double-buffered widgets are culled into a single event to the toplevel GDK window. If you now unset double buffering, you will cause a separate rendering pass for every widget. This will likely cause rendering problems - in particular related to stacking - and usually increases rendering times significantly.
%TRUE to double-buffer a widget
Sets the event mask (see #GdkEventMask) for a widget. The event mask determines which events a widget will receive. Keep in mind that different widgets have different default event masks, and by changing the event mask you may disrupt a widget’s functionality, so be careful. This function must be called while a widget is unrealized. Consider gtk_widget_add_events() for widgets that are already realized, or if you want to preserve the existing event mask. This function can’t be used with widgets that have no window. (See gtk_widget_get_has_window()). To get events on those widgets, place them inside a #GtkEventBox and receive events on the event box.
event mask
If focus is not the current focus widget, and is focusable, sets
it as the focus widget for the window. If focus is %NULL, unsets
the focus widget for this window. To set the focus to a particular
widget in the toplevel, it is usually more convenient to use
gtk_widget_grab_focus() instead of this function.
widget to be the new focus widget, or %NULL to unset any focus widget for the toplevel window.
Sets a focus chain, overriding the one computed automatically by GTK+.
In principle each widget in the chain should be a descendant of the container, but this is not enforced by this method, since it’s allowed to set the focus chain before you pack the widgets, or have a widget in the chain that isn’t always packed. The necessary checks are done when the focus chain is actually traversed.
Sets, or unsets if child is %NULL, the focused child of container.
This function emits the GtkContainer::set_focus_child signal of
container. Implementations of #GtkContainer can override the
default behaviour by overriding the class closure of this signal.
This is function is mostly meant to be used by widgets. Applications can use gtk_widget_grab_focus() to manually set the focus to a specific widget.
Hooks up an adjustment to focus handling in a container, so when a child of the container is focused, the adjustment is scrolled to show that widget. This function sets the horizontal alignment. See gtk_scrolled_window_get_hadjustment() for a typical way of obtaining the adjustment and gtk_container_set_focus_vadjustment() for setting the vertical adjustment.
The adjustments have to be in pixel units and in the same coordinate system as the allocation for immediate children of the container.
an adjustment which should be adjusted when the focus is moved among the descendents of container
Sets whether the widget should grab focus when it is clicked with the mouse. Making mouse clicks not grab focus is useful in places like toolbars where you don’t want the keyboard focus removed from the main area of the application.
whether the widget should grab focus when clicked with the mouse
Windows may set a hint asking the desktop environment not to receive the input focus when the window is mapped. This function sets this hint.
%TRUE to let this window receive input focus on map
Hooks up an adjustment to focus handling in a container, so when a child of the container is focused, the adjustment is scrolled to show that widget. This function sets the vertical alignment. See gtk_scrolled_window_get_vadjustment() for a typical way of obtaining the adjustment and gtk_container_set_focus_hadjustment() for setting the horizontal adjustment.
The adjustments have to be in pixel units and in the same coordinate system as the allocation for immediate children of the container.
an adjustment which should be adjusted when the focus is moved among the descendents of container
Sets the #GtkWindow:focus-visible property.
the new value
Sets the #cairo_font_options_t used for Pango rendering in this widget. When not set, the default font options for the #GdkScreen will be used.
a #cairo_font_options_t, or %NULL to unset any previously set default font options.
This function sets up hints about how a window can be resized by the user. You can set a minimum and maximum size; allowed resize increments (e.g. for xterm, you can only resize by the size of a character); aspect ratios; and more. See the #GdkGeometry struct.
widget the geometry hints used to be applied to or %NULL. Since 3.20 this argument is ignored and GTK behaves as if %NULL was set.
struct containing geometry information or %NULL
mask indicating which struct fields should be paid attention to
Sets whether window has a corner resize grip.
Note that the resize grip is only shown if the window is actually resizable and not maximized. Use gtk_window_resize_grip_is_visible() to find out if the resize grip is currently shown.
%TRUE to allow a resize grip
Sets the has-tooltip property on widget to has_tooltip. See
#GtkWidget:has-tooltip for more information.
whether or not widget has a tooltip.
Tells GTK+ whether to drop its extra reference to the window when gtk_widget_destroy() is called.
This function is only exported for the benefit of language bindings which may need to keep the window alive until their wrapper object is garbage collected. There is no justification for ever calling this function in an application.
the new value
Specifies whether widget has a #GdkWindow of its own. Note that
all realized widgets have a non-%NULL “window” pointer
(gtk_widget_get_window() never returns a %NULL window when a widget
is realized), but for many of them it’s actually the #GdkWindow of
one of its parent widgets. Widgets that do not create a %window for
themselves in #GtkWidget::realize must announce this by
calling this function with has_window = %FALSE.
This function should only be called by widget implementations, and they should call it in their init() function.
whether or not widget has a window.
Associates a shortcuts window with the application window, and sets up an action with the name win.show-help-overlay to present it.
window takes resposibility for destroying help_overlay.
a #GtkShortcutsWindow
Sets whether the widget would like any available extra horizontal space. When a user resizes a #GtkWindow, widgets with expand=TRUE generally receive the extra space. For example, a list or scrollable area or document in your window would often be set to expand.
Call this function to set the expand flag if you would like your widget to become larger horizontally when the window has extra room.
By default, widgets automatically expand if any of their children want to expand. (To see if a widget will automatically expand given its current children and state, call gtk_widget_compute_expand(). A container can decide how the expandability of children affects the expansion of the container by overriding the compute_expand virtual method on #GtkWidget.).
Setting hexpand explicitly with this function will override the automatic expand behavior.
This function forces the widget to expand or not to expand, regardless of children. The override occurs because gtk_widget_set_hexpand() sets the hexpand-set property (see gtk_widget_set_hexpand_set()) which causes the widget’s hexpand value to be used, rather than looking at children and widget state.
whether to expand
Sets whether the hexpand flag (see gtk_widget_get_hexpand()) will be used.
The hexpand-set property will be set automatically when you call gtk_widget_set_hexpand() to set hexpand, so the most likely reason to use this function would be to unset an explicit expand flag.
If hexpand is set, then it overrides any computed expand value based on child widgets. If hexpand is not set, then the expand value depends on whether any children of the widget would like to expand.
There are few reasons to use this function, but it’s here for completeness and consistency.
value for hexpand-set property
If setting is %TRUE, then window will request that it’s titlebar
should be hidden when maximized.
This is useful for windows that don’t convey any information other
than the application name in the titlebar, to put the available
screen space to better use. If the underlying window system does not
support the request, the setting will not have any effect.
Note that custom titlebars set with gtk_window_set_titlebar() are not affected by this. The application is in full control of their content and visibility anyway.
whether to hide the titlebar when window is maximized
Sets up the icon representing a #GtkWindow. This icon is used when the window is minimized (also known as iconified). Some window managers or desktop environments may also place it in the window frame, or display it in other contexts. On others, the icon is not used at all, so your mileage may vary.
The icon should be provided in whatever size it was naturally drawn; that is, don’t scale the image before passing it to GTK+. Scaling is postponed until the last minute, when the desired final size is known, to allow best quality.
If you have your icon hand-drawn in multiple sizes, use gtk_window_set_icon_list(). Then the best size will be used.
This function is equivalent to calling gtk_window_set_icon_list() with a 1-element list.
See also gtk_window_set_default_icon_list() to set the icon for all windows in your application in one go.
icon image, or %NULL
Sets the icon for window.
Warns on failure if err is %NULL.
This function is equivalent to calling gtk_window_set_icon()
with a pixbuf created by loading the image from filename.
location of icon file
Sets up the icon representing a #GtkWindow. The icon is used when the window is minimized (also known as iconified). Some window managers or desktop environments may also place it in the window frame, or display it in other contexts. On others, the icon is not used at all, so your mileage may vary.
gtk_window_set_icon_list() allows you to pass in the same icon in several hand-drawn sizes. The list should contain the natural sizes your icon is available in; that is, don’t scale the image before passing it to GTK+. Scaling is postponed until the last minute, when the desired final size is known, to allow best quality.
By passing several sizes, you may improve the final image quality of the icon, by reducing or eliminating automatic image scaling.
Recommended sizes to provide: 16x16, 32x32, 48x48 at minimum, and larger images (64x64, 128x128) if you have them.
See also gtk_window_set_default_icon_list() to set the icon for all windows in your application in one go.
Note that transient windows (those who have been set transient for another window using gtk_window_set_transient_for()) will inherit their icon from their transient parent. So there’s no need to explicitly set the icon on transient windows.
list of #GdkPixbuf
Sets the icon for the window from a named themed icon. See the docs for #GtkIconTheme for more details. On some platforms, the window icon is not used at all.
Note that this has nothing to do with the WM_ICON_NAME property which is mentioned in the ICCCM.
the name of the themed icon
Asks to keep window above, so that it stays on top. Note that
you shouldn’t assume the window is definitely above afterward,
because other entities (e.g. the user or
[window manager][gtk-X11-arch]) could not keep it above,
and not all window managers support keeping windows above. But
normally the window will end kept above. Just don’t write code
that crashes if not.
It’s permitted to call this function before showing a window, in which case the window will be kept above when it appears onscreen initially.
You can track the above state via the “window-state-event” signal on #GtkWidget.
Note that, according to the Extended Window Manager Hints Specification, the above state is mainly meant for user preferences and should not be used by applications e.g. for drawing attention to their dialogs.
whether to keep window above other windows
Asks to keep window below, so that it stays in bottom. Note that
you shouldn’t assume the window is definitely below afterward,
because other entities (e.g. the user or
[window manager][gtk-X11-arch]) could not keep it below,
and not all window managers support putting windows below. But
normally the window will be kept below. Just don’t write code
that crashes if not.
It’s permitted to call this function before showing a window, in which case the window will be kept below when it appears onscreen initially.
You can track the below state via the “window-state-event” signal on #GtkWidget.
Note that, according to the Extended Window Manager Hints Specification, the above state is mainly meant for user preferences and should not be used by applications e.g. for drawing attention to their dialogs.
whether to keep window below other windows
Marks the widget as being mapped.
This function should only ever be called in a derived widget's “map” or “unmap” implementation.
%TRUE to mark the widget as mapped
Sets the bottom margin of widget.
See the #GtkWidget:margin-bottom property.
the bottom margin
Sets the end margin of widget.
See the #GtkWidget:margin-end property.
the end margin
Sets the left margin of widget.
See the #GtkWidget:margin-left property.
the left margin
Sets the right margin of widget.
See the #GtkWidget:margin-right property.
the right margin
Sets the start margin of widget.
See the #GtkWidget:margin-start property.
the start margin
Sets the top margin of widget.
See the #GtkWidget:margin-top property.
the top margin
Sets the mnemonic modifier for this window.
the modifier mask used to activate mnemonics on this window.
Sets the #GtkWindow:mnemonics-visible property.
the new value
Sets a window modal or non-modal. Modal windows prevent interaction with other windows in the same application. To keep modal dialogs on top of main application windows, use gtk_window_set_transient_for() to make the dialog transient for the parent; most [window managers][gtk-X11-arch] will then disallow lowering the dialog below the parent.
whether the window is modal
Widgets can be named, which allows you to refer to them from a CSS file. You can apply a style to widgets with a particular name in the CSS file. See the documentation for the CSS syntax (on the same page as the docs for #GtkStyleContext).
Note that the CSS syntax has certain special characters to delimit and represent elements in a selector (period, #, >, *...), so using these will make your widget impossible to match by name. Any combination of alphanumeric symbols, dashes and underscores will suffice.
name for the widget
Sets the #GtkWidget:no-show-all property, which determines whether calls to gtk_widget_show_all() will affect this widget.
This is mostly for use in constructing widget hierarchies with externally controlled visibility, see #GtkUIManager.
the new value for the “no-show-all” property
Request the windowing system to make window partially transparent,
with opacity 0 being fully transparent and 1 fully opaque. (Values
of the opacity parameter are clamped to the [0,1] range.) On X11
this has any effect only on X screens with a compositing manager
running. See gtk_widget_is_composited(). On Windows it should work
always.
Note that setting a window’s opacity after the window has been shown causes it to flicker once on Windows.
desired opacity, between 0 and 1
This function is useful only when implementing subclasses of
#GtkContainer.
Sets the container as the parent of widget, and takes care of
some details such as updating the state and style of the child
to reflect its new location. The opposite function is
gtk_widget_unparent().
Sets a non default parent window for widget.
For #GtkWindow classes, setting a parent_window effects whether
the window is a toplevel window or can be embedded into other
widgets.
For #GtkWindow classes, this needs to be called before the window is realized.
Sets a position constraint for this window. If the old or new constraint is %GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER_ALWAYS, this will also cause the window to be repositioned to satisfy the new constraint.
a position constraint.
Sets a property on an object.
the name of the property to set
the value
Marks the widget as being realized. This function must only be
called after all #GdkWindows for the widget have been created
and registered.
This function should only ever be called in a derived widget's “realize” or “unrealize” implementation.
%TRUE to mark the widget as realized
Sets the reallocate_redraws flag of the container to the given value.
Containers requesting reallocation redraws get automatically redrawn if any of their children changed allocation.
the new value for the container’s reallocate_redraws flag
Specifies whether widget will be treated as the default widget
within its toplevel when it has the focus, even if another widget
is the default.
See gtk_widget_grab_default() for details about the meaning of “default”.
whether or not widget can be a default widget.
Sets whether the entire widget is queued for drawing when its size allocation changes. By default, this setting is %TRUE and the entire widget is redrawn on every size change. If your widget leaves the upper left unchanged when made bigger, turning this setting off will improve performance.
Note that for widgets where gtk_widget_get_has_window() is %FALSE
setting this flag to %FALSE turns off all allocation on resizing:
the widget will not even redraw if its position changes; this is to
allow containers that don’t draw anything to avoid excess
invalidations. If you set this flag on a widget with no window that
does draw on widget->window, you are
responsible for invalidating both the old and new allocation of the
widget when the widget is moved and responsible for invalidating
regions newly when the widget increases size.
if %TRUE, the entire widget will be redrawn when it is allocated to a new size. Otherwise, only the new portion of the widget will be redrawn.
Sets whether the user can resize a window. Windows are user resizable by default.
%TRUE if the user can resize this window
Sets the resize mode for the container.
The resize mode of a container determines whether a resize request will be passed to the container’s parent, queued for later execution or executed immediately.
the new resize mode
This function is only useful on X11, not with other GTK+ targets.
In combination with the window title, the window role allows a [window manager][gtk-X11-arch] to identify "the same" window when an application is restarted. So for example you might set the “toolbox” role on your app’s toolbox window, so that when the user restarts their session, the window manager can put the toolbox back in the same place.
If a window already has a unique title, you don’t need to set the role, since the WM can use the title to identify the window when restoring the session.
unique identifier for the window to be used when restoring a session
Sets the sensitivity of a widget. A widget is sensitive if the user can interact with it. Insensitive widgets are “grayed out” and the user can’t interact with them. Insensitive widgets are known as “inactive”, “disabled”, or “ghosted” in some other toolkits.
%TRUE to make the widget sensitive
Sets whether the window will display a menubar for the app menu and menubar as needed.
whether to show a menubar when needed
Sets the minimum size of a widget; that is, the widget’s size
request will be at least width by height. You can use this
function to force a widget to be larger than it normally would be.
In most cases, gtk_window_set_default_size() is a better choice for toplevel windows than this function; setting the default size will still allow users to shrink the window. Setting the size request will force them to leave the window at least as large as the size request. When dealing with window sizes, gtk_window_set_geometry_hints() can be a useful function as well.
Note the inherent danger of setting any fixed size - themes, translations into other languages, different fonts, and user action can all change the appropriate size for a given widget. So, it's basically impossible to hardcode a size that will always be correct.
The size request of a widget is the smallest size a widget can accept while still functioning well and drawing itself correctly. However in some strange cases a widget may be allocated less than its requested size, and in many cases a widget may be allocated more space than it requested.
If the size request in a given direction is -1 (unset), then the “natural” size request of the widget will be used instead.
The size request set here does not include any margin from the #GtkWidget properties margin-left, margin-right, margin-top, and margin-bottom, but it does include pretty much all other padding or border properties set by any subclass of #GtkWidget.
width widget should request, or -1 to unset
height widget should request, or -1 to unset
Windows may set a hint asking the desktop environment not to display the window in the pager. This function sets this hint. (A "pager" is any desktop navigation tool such as a workspace switcher that displays a thumbnail representation of the windows on the screen.)
%TRUE to keep this window from appearing in the pager
Windows may set a hint asking the desktop environment not to display the window in the task bar. This function sets this hint.
%TRUE to keep this window from appearing in the task bar
Startup notification identifiers are used by desktop environment to track application startup, to provide user feedback and other features. This function changes the corresponding property on the underlying GdkWindow. Normally, startup identifier is managed automatically and you should only use this function in special cases like transferring focus from other processes. You should use this function before calling gtk_window_present() or any equivalent function generating a window map event.
This function is only useful on X11, not with other GTK+ targets.
a string with startup-notification identifier
This function is for use in widget implementations. Turns on flag values in the current widget state (insensitive, prelighted, etc.).
This function accepts the values %GTK_STATE_FLAG_DIR_LTR and %GTK_STATE_FLAG_DIR_RTL but ignores them. If you want to set the widget's direction, use gtk_widget_set_direction().
It is worth mentioning that any other state than %GTK_STATE_FLAG_INSENSITIVE,
will be propagated down to all non-internal children if widget is a
#GtkContainer, while %GTK_STATE_FLAG_INSENSITIVE itself will be propagated
down to all #GtkContainer children by different means than turning on the
state flag down the hierarchy, both gtk_widget_get_state_flags() and
gtk_widget_is_sensitive() will make use of these.
State flags to turn on
Whether to clear state before turning on flags
Enables or disables multiple pointer awareness. If this setting is %TRUE,
widget will start receiving multiple, per device enter/leave events. Note
that if custom #GdkWindows are created in #GtkWidget::realize,
gdk_window_set_support_multidevice() will have to be called manually on them.
%TRUE to support input from multiple devices.
Sets the title of the #GtkWindow. The title of a window will be displayed in its title bar; on the X Window System, the title bar is rendered by the [window manager][gtk-X11-arch], so exactly how the title appears to users may vary according to a user’s exact configuration. The title should help a user distinguish this window from other windows they may have open. A good title might include the application name and current document filename, for example.
title of the window
Sets a custom titlebar for window.
A typical widget used here is #GtkHeaderBar, as it provides various features expected of a titlebar while allowing the addition of child widgets to it.
If you set a custom titlebar, GTK+ will do its best to convince the window manager not to put its own titlebar on the window. Depending on the system, this function may not work for a window that is already visible, so you set the titlebar before calling gtk_widget_show().
Sets markup as the contents of the tooltip, which is marked up with
the [Pango text markup language][PangoMarkupFormat].
This function will take care of setting #GtkWidget:has-tooltip to %TRUE and of the default handler for the #GtkWidget::query-tooltip signal.
See also the #GtkWidget:tooltip-markup property and gtk_tooltip_set_markup().
the contents of the tooltip for widget, or %NULL
Sets text as the contents of the tooltip. This function will take
care of setting #GtkWidget:has-tooltip to %TRUE and of the default
handler for the #GtkWidget::query-tooltip signal.
See also the #GtkWidget:tooltip-text property and gtk_tooltip_set_text().
the contents of the tooltip for widget
Replaces the default window used for displaying
tooltips with custom_window. GTK+ will take care of showing and
hiding custom_window at the right moment, to behave likewise as
the default tooltip window. If custom_window is %NULL, the default
tooltip window will be used.
Dialog windows should be set transient for the main application window they were spawned from. This allows [window managers][gtk-X11-arch] to e.g. keep the dialog on top of the main window, or center the dialog over the main window. gtk_dialog_new_with_buttons() and other convenience functions in GTK+ will sometimes call gtk_window_set_transient_for() on your behalf.
Passing %NULL for parent unsets the current transient window.
On Wayland, this function can also be used to attach a new #GTK_WINDOW_POPUP to a #GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL parent already mapped on screen so that the #GTK_WINDOW_POPUP will be created as a subsurface-based window #GDK_WINDOW_SUBSURFACE which can be positioned at will relatively to the #GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL surface.
On Windows, this function puts the child window on top of the parent, much as the window manager would have done on X.
By setting the type hint for the window, you allow the window manager to decorate and handle the window in a way which is suitable to the function of the window in your application.
This function should be called before the window becomes visible.
gtk_dialog_new_with_buttons() and other convenience functions in GTK+ will sometimes call gtk_window_set_type_hint() on your behalf.
the window type
Windows may set a hint asking the desktop environment to draw the users attention to the window. This function sets this hint.
%TRUE to mark this window as urgent
Sets whether the widget would like any available extra vertical space.
See gtk_widget_set_hexpand() for more detail.
whether to expand
Sets whether the vexpand flag (see gtk_widget_get_vexpand()) will be used.
See gtk_widget_set_hexpand_set() for more detail.
value for vexpand-set property
Sets the visibility state of widget. Note that setting this to
%TRUE doesn’t mean the widget is actually viewable, see
gtk_widget_get_visible().
This function simply calls gtk_widget_show() or gtk_widget_hide() but is nicer to use when the visibility of the widget depends on some condition.
whether the widget should be shown or not
Sets the visual that should be used for by widget and its children for creating #GdkWindows. The visual must be on the same #GdkScreen as returned by gtk_widget_get_screen(), so handling the #GtkWidget::screen-changed signal is necessary.
Setting a new visual will not cause widget to recreate its windows,
so you should call this function before widget is realized.
Sets a widget’s window. This function should only be used in a widget’s #GtkWidget::realize implementation. The %window passed is usually either new window created with gdk_window_new(), or the window of its parent widget as returned by gtk_widget_get_parent_window().
Widgets must indicate whether they will create their own #GdkWindow by calling gtk_widget_set_has_window(). This is usually done in the widget’s init() function.
Note that this function does not add any reference to window.
Don’t use this function. It sets the X Window System “class” and “name” hints for a window. According to the ICCCM, you should always set these to the same value for all windows in an application, and GTK+ sets them to that value by default, so calling this function is sort of pointless. However, you may want to call gtk_window_set_role() on each window in your application, for the benefit of the session manager. Setting the role allows the window manager to restore window positions when loading a saved session.
window name hint
window class hint
Flags a widget to be displayed. Any widget that isn’t shown will not appear on the screen. If you want to show all the widgets in a container, it’s easier to call gtk_widget_show_all() on the container, instead of individually showing the widgets.
Remember that you have to show the containers containing a widget, in addition to the widget itself, before it will appear onscreen.
When a toplevel container is shown, it is immediately realized and mapped; other shown widgets are realized and mapped when their toplevel container is realized and mapped.
Recursively shows a widget, and any child widgets (if the widget is a container).
Shows a widget. If the widget is an unmapped toplevel widget (i.e. a #GtkWindow that has not yet been shown), enter the main loop and wait for the window to actually be mapped. Be careful; because the main loop is running, anything can happen during this function.
This function is only used by #GtkContainer subclasses, to assign a size and position to their child widgets.
In this function, the allocation may be adjusted. It will be forced to a 1x1 minimum size, and the adjust_size_allocation virtual method on the child will be used to adjust the allocation. Standard adjustments include removing the widget’s margins, and applying the widget’s #GtkWidget:halign and #GtkWidget:valign properties.
For baseline support in containers you need to use gtk_widget_size_allocate_with_baseline() instead.
This function is only used by #GtkContainer subclasses, to assign a size, position and (optionally) baseline to their child widgets.
In this function, the allocation and baseline may be adjusted. It will be forced to a 1x1 minimum size, and the adjust_size_allocation virtual and adjust_baseline_allocation methods on the child will be used to adjust the allocation and baseline. Standard adjustments include removing the widget's margins, and applying the widget’s #GtkWidget:halign and #GtkWidget:valign properties.
If the child widget does not have a valign of %GTK_ALIGN_BASELINE the baseline argument is ignored and -1 is used instead.
position and size to be allocated to widget
The baseline of the child, or -1
This function is typically used when implementing a #GtkContainer subclass. Obtains the preferred size of a widget. The container uses this information to arrange its child widgets and decide what size allocations to give them with gtk_widget_size_allocate().
You can also call this function from an application, with some caveats. Most notably, getting a size request requires the widget to be associated with a screen, because font information may be needed. Multihead-aware applications should keep this in mind.
Also remember that the size request is not necessarily the size a widget will actually be allocated.
Remove a specified datum from the object's data associations, without invoking the association's destroy handler.
name of the key
This function gets back user data pointers stored via
g_object_set_qdata() and removes the data from object
without invoking its destroy() function (if any was
set).
Usually, calling this function is only required to update
user data pointers with a destroy notifier, for example:
void
object_add_to_user_list (GObject *object,
const gchar *new_string)
{
// the quark, naming the object data
GQuark quark_string_list = g_quark_from_static_string ("my-string-list");
// retrieve the old string list
GList *list = g_object_steal_qdata (object, quark_string_list);
// prepend new string
list = g_list_prepend (list, g_strdup (new_string));
// this changed 'list', so we need to set it again
g_object_set_qdata_full (object, quark_string_list, list, free_string_list);
}
static void
free_string_list (gpointer data)
{
GList *node, *list = data;
for (node = list; node; node = node->next)
g_free (node->data);
g_list_free (list);
}
Using g_object_get_qdata() in the above example, instead of g_object_steal_qdata() would have left the destroy function set, and thus the partial string list would have been freed upon g_object_set_qdata_full().
A #GQuark, naming the user data pointer
Asks to stick window, which means that it will appear on all user
desktops. Note that you shouldn’t assume the window is definitely
stuck afterward, because other entities (e.g. the user or
[window manager][gtk-X11-arch] could unstick it
again, and some window managers do not support sticking
windows. But normally the window will end up stuck. Just don't
write code that crashes if not.
It’s permitted to call this function before showing a window.
You can track stickiness via the “window-state-event” signal on #GtkWidget.
This function attaches the widget’s #GtkStyle to the widget's #GdkWindow. It is a replacement for
|[ widget->style = gtk_style_attach (widget->style, widget->window);
and should only ever be called in a derived widget’s “realize”
implementation which does not chain up to its parent class'
“realize” implementation, because one of the parent classes
(finally #GtkWidget) would attach the style itself.
Gets the value of a style property of widget.
the name of a style property
location to return the property value
Reverts the effect of a previous call to gtk_widget_freeze_child_notify().
This causes all queued #GtkWidget::child-notify signals on widget to be
emitted.
Reverts the effect of a previous call to
g_object_freeze_notify(). The freeze count is decreased on object
and when it reaches zero, queued "notify" signals are emitted.
Duplicate notifications for each property are squashed so that at most one #GObject::notify signal is emitted for each property, in the reverse order in which they have been queued.
It is an error to call this function when the freeze count is zero.
Translate coordinates relative to src_widget’s allocation to coordinates
relative to dest_widget’s allocations. In order to perform this
operation, both widgets must be realized, and must share a common
toplevel.
a #GtkWidget
X position relative to src_widget
Y position relative to src_widget
Triggers a tooltip query on the display where the toplevel of widget
is located. See gtk_tooltip_trigger_tooltip_query() for more
information.
Asks to toggle off the fullscreen state for window. Note that you
shouldn’t assume the window is definitely not full screen
afterward, because other entities (e.g. the user or
[window manager][gtk-X11-arch]) could fullscreen it
again, and not all window managers honor requests to unfullscreen
windows. But normally the window will end up restored to its normal
state. Just don’t write code that crashes if not.
You can track the fullscreen state via the “window-state-event” signal on #GtkWidget.
This function is only for use in widget implementations. Causes a widget to be unmapped if it’s currently mapped.
Asks to unmaximize window. Note that you shouldn’t assume the
window is definitely unmaximized afterward, because other entities
(e.g. the user or [window manager][gtk-X11-arch])
could maximize it again, and not all window
managers honor requests to unmaximize. But normally the window will
end up unmaximized. Just don’t write code that crashes if not.
You can track maximization via the “window-state-event” signal on #GtkWidget.
This function is only for use in widget implementations. Should be called by implementations of the remove method on #GtkContainer, to dissociate a child from the container.
This function is only useful in widget implementations.
Causes a widget to be unrealized (frees all GDK resources
associated with the widget, such as widget->window).
Decreases the reference count of object. When its reference count
drops to 0, the object is finalized (i.e. its memory is freed).
If the pointer to the #GObject may be reused in future (for example, if it is an instance variable of another object), it is recommended to clear the pointer to %NULL rather than retain a dangling pointer to a potentially invalid #GObject instance. Use g_clear_object() for this.
Removes a focus chain explicitly set with gtk_container_set_focus_chain().
This function is for use in widget implementations. Turns off flag values for the current widget state (insensitive, prelighted, etc.). See gtk_widget_set_state_flags().
State flags to turn off
Asks to unstick window, which means that it will appear on only
one of the user’s desktops. Note that you shouldn’t assume the
window is definitely unstuck afterward, because other entities
(e.g. the user or [window manager][gtk-X11-arch]) could
stick it again. But normally the window will
end up unstuck. Just don’t write code that crashes if not.
You can track stickiness via the “window-state-event” signal on #GtkWidget.
Emits the #GActionGroup::action-added signal on action_group.
This function should only be called by #GActionGroup implementations.
the name of an action in the group
Emits the #GActionGroup::action-enabled-changed signal on action_group.
This function should only be called by #GActionGroup implementations.
the name of an action in the group
whether or not the action is now enabled
Emits the #GActionGroup::action-removed signal on action_group.
This function should only be called by #GActionGroup implementations.
the name of an action in the group
Activate the named action within action_group.
If the action is expecting a parameter, then the correct type of
parameter must be given as parameter. If the action is expecting no
parameters then parameter must be %NULL. See
g_action_group_get_action_parameter_type().
If the #GActionGroup implementation supports asynchronous remote activation over D-Bus, this call may return before the relevant D-Bus traffic has been sent, or any replies have been received. In order to block on such asynchronous activation calls, g_dbus_connection_flush() should be called prior to the code, which depends on the result of the action activation. Without flushing the D-Bus connection, there is no guarantee that the action would have been activated.
The following code which runs in a remote app instance, shows an
example of a "quit" action being activated on the primary app
instance over D-Bus. Here g_dbus_connection_flush() is called
before exit(). Without g_dbus_connection_flush(), the "quit" action
may fail to be activated on the primary instance.
// call "quit" action on primary instance
g_action_group_activate_action (G_ACTION_GROUP (app), "quit", NULL);
// make sure the action is activated now
g_dbus_connection_flush (...);
g_debug ("application has been terminated. exiting.");
exit (0);
the name of the action to activate
parameters to the activation
Adds widget to container. Typically used for simple containers
such as #GtkWindow, #GtkFrame, or #GtkButton; for more complicated
layout containers such as #GtkBox or #GtkGrid, this function will
pick default packing parameters that may not be correct. So
consider functions such as gtk_box_pack_start() and
gtk_grid_attach() as an alternative to gtk_container_add() in
those cases. A widget may be added to only one container at a time;
you can’t place the same widget inside two different containers.
Note that some containers, such as #GtkScrolledWindow or #GtkListBox, may add intermediate children between the added widget and the container.
Determines whether an accelerator that activates the signal
identified by signal_id can currently be activated.
This is done by emitting the #GtkWidget::can-activate-accel
signal on widget; if the signal isn’t overridden by a
handler or in a derived widget, then the default check is
that the widget must be sensitive, and the widget and all
its ancestors mapped.
the ID of a signal installed on widget
Request for the state of the named action within action_group to be
changed to value.
The action must be stateful and value must be of the correct type.
See g_action_group_get_action_state_type().
This call merely requests a change. The action may refuse to change
its state or may change its state to something other than value.
See g_action_group_get_action_state_hint().
If the value GVariant is floating, it is consumed.
the name of the action to request the change on
the new state
Emits a #GtkWidget::child-notify signal for the
[child property][child-properties] child_property
on widget.
This is the analogue of g_object_notify() for child properties.
Also see gtk_container_child_notify().
the name of a child property installed on the class of widget’s parent
Returns the type of the children supported by the container.
Note that this may return %G_TYPE_NONE to indicate that no more children can be added, e.g. for a #GtkPaned which already has two children.
This is similar to gtk_buildable_parser_finished() but is
called once for each custom tag handled by the buildable.
a #GtkBuilder
child object or %NULL for non-child tags
the name of the tag
user data created in custom_tag_start
This is called at the end of each custom element handled by the buildable.
#GtkBuilder used to construct this object
child object or %NULL for non-child tags
name of tag
user data that will be passed in to parser functions
This is called for each unknown element under <child>.
a #GtkBuilder used to construct this object
child object or %NULL for non-child tags
name of tag
Destroys a widget.
When a widget is destroyed all references it holds on other objects will be released:
It's expected that all references held on the widget will also
be released; you should connect to the #GtkWidget::destroy signal
if you hold a reference to widget and you wish to remove it when
this function is called. It is not necessary to do so if you are
implementing a #GtkContainer, as you'll be able to use the
#GtkContainerClass.remove() virtual function for that.
It's important to notice that gtk_widget_destroy() will only cause
the widget to be finalized if no additional references, acquired
using g_object_ref(), are held on it. In case additional references
are in place, the widget will be in an "inert" state after calling
this function; widget will still point to valid memory, allowing you
to release the references you hold, but you may not query the widget's
own state.
You should typically call this function on top level widgets, and rarely on child widgets.
See also: gtk_container_remove()
Rarely-used function. This function is used to emit the event signals on a widget (those signals should never be emitted without using this function to do so). If you want to synthesize an event though, don’t use this function; instead, use gtk_main_do_event() so the event will behave as if it were in the event queue. Don’t synthesize expose events; instead, use gdk_window_invalidate_rect() to invalidate a region of the window.
Invokes callback on each direct child of container, including
children that are considered “internal” (implementation details
of the container). “Internal” children generally weren’t added
by the user of the container, but were added by the container
implementation itself.
Most applications should use gtk_container_foreach(), rather than gtk_container_forall().
Returns the accessible object that describes the widget to an assistive technology.
If accessibility support is not available, this #AtkObject instance may be a no-op. Likewise, if no class-specific #AtkObject implementation is available for the widget instance in question, it will inherit an #AtkObject implementation from the first ancestor class for which such an implementation is defined.
The documentation of the ATK library contains more information about accessible objects and their uses.
Checks if the named action within action_group is currently enabled.
An action must be enabled in order to be activated or in order to have its state changed from outside callers.
the name of the action to query
Queries the type of the parameter that must be given when activating
the named action within action_group.
When activating the action using g_action_group_activate_action(), the #GVariant given to that function must be of the type returned by this function.
In the case that this function returns %NULL, you must not give any #GVariant, but %NULL instead.
The parameter type of a particular action will never change but it is possible for an action to be removed and for a new action to be added with the same name but a different parameter type.
the name of the action to query
Queries the current state of the named action within action_group.
If the action is not stateful then %NULL will be returned. If the action is stateful then the type of the return value is the type given by g_action_group_get_action_state_type().
The return value (if non-%NULL) should be freed with g_variant_unref() when it is no longer required.
the name of the action to query
Requests a hint about the valid range of values for the state of the
named action within action_group.
If %NULL is returned it either means that the action is not stateful or that there is no hint about the valid range of values for the state of the action.
If a #GVariant array is returned then each item in the array is a possible value for the state. If a #GVariant pair (ie: two-tuple) is returned then the tuple specifies the inclusive lower and upper bound of valid values for the state.
In any case, the information is merely a hint. It may be possible to have a state value outside of the hinted range and setting a value within the range may fail.
The return value (if non-%NULL) should be freed with g_variant_unref() when it is no longer required.
the name of the action to query
Queries the type of the state of the named action within
action_group.
If the action is stateful then this function returns the #GVariantType of the state. All calls to g_action_group_change_action_state() must give a #GVariant of this type and g_action_group_get_action_state() will return a #GVariant of the same type.
If the action is not stateful then this function will return %NULL. In that case, g_action_group_get_action_state() will return %NULL and you must not call g_action_group_change_action_state().
The state type of a particular action will never change but it is possible for an action to be removed and for a new action to be added with the same name but a different state type.
the name of the action to query
Gets the name of the buildable object.
#GtkBuilder sets the name based on the
[GtkBuilder UI definition][BUILDER-UI]
used to construct the buildable.
Returns a newly created widget path representing all the widget hierarchy
from the toplevel down to and including child.
Retrieves a widget’s initial minimum and natural height.
This call is specific to width-for-height requests.
The returned request will be modified by the GtkWidgetClass::adjust_size_request virtual method and by any #GtkSizeGroups that have been applied. That is, the returned request is the one that should be used for layout, not necessarily the one returned by the widget itself.
Retrieves a widget’s minimum and natural height and the corresponding baselines if it would be given
the specified width, or the default height if width is -1. The baselines may be -1 which means
that no baseline is requested for this widget.
The returned request will be modified by the GtkWidgetClass::adjust_size_request and GtkWidgetClass::adjust_baseline_request virtual methods and by any #GtkSizeGroups that have been applied. That is, the returned request is the one that should be used for layout, not necessarily the one returned by the widget itself.
the width which is available for allocation, or -1 if none
Retrieves a widget’s minimum and natural height if it would be given
the specified width.
The returned request will be modified by the GtkWidgetClass::adjust_size_request virtual method and by any #GtkSizeGroups that have been applied. That is, the returned request is the one that should be used for layout, not necessarily the one returned by the widget itself.
the width which is available for allocation
Retrieves a widget’s initial minimum and natural width.
This call is specific to height-for-width requests.
The returned request will be modified by the GtkWidgetClass::adjust_size_request virtual method and by any #GtkSizeGroups that have been applied. That is, the returned request is the one that should be used for layout, not necessarily the one returned by the widget itself.
Retrieves a widget’s minimum and natural width if it would be given
the specified height.
The returned request will be modified by the GtkWidgetClass::adjust_size_request virtual method and by any #GtkSizeGroups that have been applied. That is, the returned request is the one that should be used for layout, not necessarily the one returned by the widget itself.
the height which is available for allocation
Gets whether the widget prefers a height-for-width layout or a width-for-height layout.
#GtkBin widgets generally propagate the preference of their child, container widgets need to request something either in context of their children or in context of their allocation capabilities.
Causes widget to have the keyboard focus for the #GtkWindow it's
inside. widget must be a focusable widget, such as a #GtkEntry;
something like #GtkFrame won’t work.
More precisely, it must have the %GTK_CAN_FOCUS flag set. Use gtk_widget_set_can_focus() to modify that flag.
The widget also needs to be realized and mapped. This is indicated by the related signals. Grabbing the focus immediately after creating the widget will likely fail and cause critical warnings.
Checks if the named action exists within action_group.
the name of the action to check for
Reverses the effects of gtk_widget_show(), causing the widget to be hidden (invisible to the user).
This function should be called whenever keyboard navigation within a single widget hits a boundary. The function emits the #GtkWidget::keynav-failed signal on the widget and its return value should be interpreted in a way similar to the return value of gtk_widget_child_focus():
When %TRUE is returned, stay in the widget, the failed keyboard navigation is OK and/or there is nowhere we can/should move the focus to.
When %FALSE is returned, the caller should continue with keyboard navigation outside the widget, e.g. by calling gtk_widget_child_focus() on the widget’s toplevel.
The default ::keynav-failed handler returns %FALSE for %GTK_DIR_TAB_FORWARD and %GTK_DIR_TAB_BACKWARD. For the other values of #GtkDirectionType it returns %TRUE.
Whenever the default handler returns %TRUE, it also calls gtk_widget_error_bell() to notify the user of the failed keyboard navigation.
A use case for providing an own implementation of ::keynav-failed (either by connecting to it or by overriding it) would be a row of #GtkEntry widgets where the user should be able to navigate the entire row with the cursor keys, as e.g. known from user interfaces that require entering license keys.
direction of focus movement
Lists the actions contained within action_group.
The caller is responsible for freeing the list with g_strfreev() when it is no longer required.
This function is only for use in widget implementations. Causes a widget to be mapped if it isn’t already.
Emits the #GtkWidget::mnemonic-activate signal.
%TRUE if there are other widgets with the same mnemonic
Emits a "notify" signal for the property property_name on object.
When possible, eg. when signaling a property change from within the class that registered the property, you should use g_object_notify_by_pspec() instead.
Note that emission of the notify signal may be blocked with g_object_freeze_notify(). In this case, the signal emissions are queued and will be emitted (in reverse order) when g_object_thaw_notify() is called.
Queries all aspects of the named action within an action_group.
This function acquires the information available from g_action_group_has_action(), g_action_group_get_action_enabled(), g_action_group_get_action_parameter_type(), g_action_group_get_action_state_type(), g_action_group_get_action_state_hint() and g_action_group_get_action_state() with a single function call.
This provides two main benefits.
The first is the improvement in efficiency that comes with not having to perform repeated lookups of the action in order to discover different things about it. The second is that implementing #GActionGroup can now be done by only overriding this one virtual function.
The interface provides a default implementation of this function that calls the individual functions, as required, to fetch the information. The interface also provides default implementations of those functions that call this function. All implementations, therefore, must override either this function or all of the others.
If the action exists, %TRUE is returned and any of the requested fields (as indicated by having a non-%NULL reference passed in) are filled. If the action doesn't exist, %FALSE is returned and the fields may or may not have been modified.
the name of an action in the group
Invalidates the area of widget defined by region by calling
gdk_window_invalidate_region() on the widget’s window and all its
child windows. Once the main loop becomes idle (after the current
batch of events has been processed, roughly), the window will
receive expose events for the union of all regions that have been
invalidated.
Normally you would only use this function in widget implementations. You might also use it to schedule a redraw of a #GtkDrawingArea or some portion thereof.
Creates the GDK (windowing system) resources associated with a
widget. For example, widget->window will be created when a widget
is realized. Normally realization happens implicitly; if you show
a widget and all its parent containers, then the widget will be
realized and mapped automatically.
Realizing a widget requires all
the widget’s parent widgets to be realized; calling
gtk_widget_realize() realizes the widget’s parents in addition to
widget itself. If a widget is not yet inside a toplevel window
when you realize it, bad things will happen.
This function is primarily used in widget implementations, and isn’t very useful otherwise. Many times when you think you might need it, a better approach is to connect to a signal that will be called after the widget is realized automatically, such as #GtkWidget::draw. Or simply g_signal_connect () to the #GtkWidget::realize signal.
Removes widget from container. widget must be inside container.
Note that container will own a reference to widget, and that this
may be the last reference held; so removing a widget from its
container can destroy that widget. If you want to use widget
again, you need to add a reference to it before removing it from
a container, using g_object_ref(). If you don’t want to use widget
again it’s usually more efficient to simply destroy it directly
using gtk_widget_destroy() since this will remove it from the
container and help break any circular reference count cycles.
Removes the named action from the action map.
If no action of this name is in the map then nothing happens.
the name of the action
If focus is not the current focus widget, and is focusable, sets
it as the focus widget for the window. If focus is %NULL, unsets
the focus widget for this window. To set the focus to a particular
widget in the toplevel, it is usually more convenient to use
gtk_widget_grab_focus() instead of this function.
widget to be the new focus widget, or %NULL to unset any focus widget for the toplevel window.
Sets, or unsets if child is %NULL, the focused child of container.
This function emits the GtkContainer::set_focus_child signal of
container. Implementations of #GtkContainer can override the
default behaviour by overriding the class closure of this signal.
This is function is mostly meant to be used by widgets. Applications can use gtk_widget_grab_focus() to manually set the focus to a specific widget.
Sets the name of the buildable object.
name to set
Flags a widget to be displayed. Any widget that isn’t shown will not appear on the screen. If you want to show all the widgets in a container, it’s easier to call gtk_widget_show_all() on the container, instead of individually showing the widgets.
Remember that you have to show the containers containing a widget, in addition to the widget itself, before it will appear onscreen.
When a toplevel container is shown, it is immediately realized and mapped; other shown widgets are realized and mapped when their toplevel container is realized and mapped.
Recursively shows a widget, and any child widgets (if the widget is a container).
This function is only used by #GtkContainer subclasses, to assign a size and position to their child widgets.
In this function, the allocation may be adjusted. It will be forced to a 1x1 minimum size, and the adjust_size_allocation virtual method on the child will be used to adjust the allocation. Standard adjustments include removing the widget’s margins, and applying the widget’s #GtkWidget:halign and #GtkWidget:valign properties.
For baseline support in containers you need to use gtk_widget_size_allocate_with_baseline() instead.
This function is only for use in widget implementations. Causes a widget to be unmapped if it’s currently mapped.
This function is only useful in widget implementations.
Causes a widget to be unrealized (frees all GDK resources
associated with the widget, such as widget->window).
This function essentially limits the life time of the closure to
the life time of the object. That is, when the object is finalized,
the closure is invalidated by calling g_closure_invalidate() on
it, in order to prevent invocations of the closure with a finalized
(nonexisting) object. Also, g_object_ref() and g_object_unref() are
added as marshal guards to the closure, to ensure that an extra
reference count is held on object during invocation of the
closure. Usually, this function will be called on closures that
use this object as closure data.
#GClosure to watch
Obtains the current default reading direction. See gtk_widget_set_default_direction().
Gets the value set by gtk_window_set_default_icon_list(). The list is a copy and should be freed with g_list_free(), but the pixbufs in the list have not had their reference count incremented.
Returns the fallback icon name for windows that has been set with gtk_window_set_default_icon_name(). The returned string is owned by GTK+ and should not be modified. It is only valid until the next call to gtk_window_set_default_icon_name().
Find the #GParamSpec with the given name for an
interface. Generally, the interface vtable passed in as g_iface
will be the default vtable from g_type_default_interface_ref(), or,
if you know the interface has already been loaded,
g_type_default_interface_peek().
any interface vtable for the interface, or the default vtable for the interface
name of a property to look up.
Add a property to an interface; this is only useful for interfaces that are added to GObject-derived types. Adding a property to an interface forces all objects classes with that interface to have a compatible property. The compatible property could be a newly created #GParamSpec, but normally g_object_class_override_property() will be used so that the object class only needs to provide an implementation and inherits the property description, default value, bounds, and so forth from the interface property.
This function is meant to be called from the interface's default
vtable initialization function (the class_init member of
#GTypeInfo.) It must not be called after after class_init has
been called for any object types implementing this interface.
If pspec is a floating reference, it will be consumed.
any interface vtable for the interface, or the default vtable for the interface.
the #GParamSpec for the new property
Lists the properties of an interface.Generally, the interface
vtable passed in as g_iface will be the default vtable from
g_type_default_interface_ref(), or, if you know the interface has
already been loaded, g_type_default_interface_peek().
any interface vtable for the interface, or the default vtable for the interface
Returns a list of all existing toplevel windows. The widgets
in the list are not individually referenced. If you want
to iterate through the list and perform actions involving
callbacks that might destroy the widgets, you must call
g_list_foreach (result, (GFunc)g_object_ref, NULL) first, and
then unref all the widgets afterwards.
Creates a new #GtkApplicationWindow.
If you simply want an undecorated window (no window borders), use gtk_window_set_decorated(), don’t use #GTK_WINDOW_POPUP.
All top-level windows created by gtk_window_new() are stored in an internal top-level window list. This list can be obtained from gtk_window_list_toplevels(). Due to Gtk+ keeping a reference to the window internally, gtk_window_new() does not return a reference to the caller.
To delete a #GtkWindow, call gtk_widget_destroy().
Creates a new instance of a #GObject subtype and sets its properties.
Construction parameters (see %G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT, %G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY) which are not explicitly specified are set to their default values.
the type id of the #GObject subtype to instantiate
an array of #GParameter
Cancels the effect of a previous call to gtk_widget_push_composite_child().
Makes all newly-created widgets as composite children until the corresponding gtk_widget_pop_composite_child() call.
A composite child is a child that’s an implementation detail of the container it’s inside and should not be visible to people using the container. Composite children aren’t treated differently by GTK+ (but see gtk_container_foreach() vs. gtk_container_forall()), but e.g. GUI builders might want to treat them in a different way.
By default, after showing the first #GtkWindow, GTK+ calls gdk_notify_startup_complete(). Call this function to disable the automatic startup notification. You might do this if your first window is a splash screen, and you want to delay notification until after your real main window has been shown, for example.
In that example, you would disable startup notification temporarily, show your splash screen, then re-enable it so that showing the main window would automatically result in notification.
%TRUE to automatically do startup notification
Sets the default reading direction for widgets where the direction has not been explicitly set by gtk_widget_set_direction().
the new default direction. This cannot be %GTK_TEXT_DIR_NONE.
Sets an icon to be used as fallback for windows that haven't had gtk_window_set_icon() called on them from a pixbuf.
the icon
Sets an icon to be used as fallback for windows that haven't
had gtk_window_set_icon_list() called on them from a file
on disk. Warns on failure if err is %NULL.
location of icon file
Sets an icon list to be used as fallback for windows that haven't had gtk_window_set_icon_list() called on them to set up a window-specific icon list. This function allows you to set up the icon for all windows in your app at once.
See gtk_window_set_icon_list() for more details.
a list of #GdkPixbuf
Sets an icon to be used as fallback for windows that haven't had gtk_window_set_icon_list() called on them from a named themed icon, see gtk_window_set_icon_name().
the name of the themed icon
Opens or closes the [interactive debugger][interactive-debugging], which offers access to the widget hierarchy of the application and to useful debugging tools.
%TRUE to enable interactive debugging
Whether the window should receive the input focus.