GtkWidget

GtkWidget — Base class for all widgets

Synopsis

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

                    GtkWidget;
struct              GtkWidgetClass;
void                (*GtkCallback)                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gpointer data);
struct              GtkRequisition;
typedef             GtkAllocation;
                    GtkSelectionData;
struct              GtkWidgetAuxInfo;
enum                GtkWidgetHelpType;
GtkWidget *         gtk_widget_new                      (GType type,
                                                         const gchar *first_property_name,
                                                         ...);
void                gtk_widget_destroy                  (GtkWidget *widget);
gboolean            gtk_widget_in_destruction           (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_destroyed                (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkWidget **widget_pointer);
void                gtk_widget_unparent                 (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_show                     (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_show_now                 (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_hide                     (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_show_all                 (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_map                      (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_unmap                    (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_realize                  (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_unrealize                (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_draw                     (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         cairo_t *cr);
void                gtk_widget_queue_draw               (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_queue_resize             (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_queue_resize_no_redraw   (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_size_request             (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkRequisition *requisition);
void                gtk_widget_get_child_requisition    (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkRequisition *requisition);
void                gtk_widget_size_allocate            (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkAllocation *allocation);
void                gtk_widget_add_accelerator          (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *accel_signal,
                                                         GtkAccelGroup *accel_group,
                                                         guint accel_key,
                                                         GdkModifierType accel_mods,
                                                         GtkAccelFlags accel_flags);
gboolean            gtk_widget_remove_accelerator       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkAccelGroup *accel_group,
                                                         guint accel_key,
                                                         GdkModifierType accel_mods);
void                gtk_widget_set_accel_path           (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *accel_path,
                                                         GtkAccelGroup *accel_group);
GList *             gtk_widget_list_accel_closures      (GtkWidget *widget);
gboolean            gtk_widget_can_activate_accel       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         guint signal_id);
gboolean            gtk_widget_event                    (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkEvent *event);
gboolean            gtk_widget_activate                 (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_reparent                 (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkWidget *new_parent);
gboolean            gtk_widget_intersect                (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const GdkRectangle *area,
                                                         GdkRectangle *intersection);
gboolean            gtk_widget_is_focus                 (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_grab_focus               (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_grab_default             (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_name                 (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *name);
const gchar *       gtk_widget_get_name                 (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_state                (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkStateType state);
void                gtk_widget_set_sensitive            (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean sensitive);
void                gtk_widget_set_parent               (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkWidget *parent);
void                gtk_widget_set_parent_window        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkWindow *parent_window);
GdkWindow *         gtk_widget_get_parent_window        (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_events               (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint events);
gint                gtk_widget_get_events               (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_add_events               (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint events);
void                gtk_widget_set_device_events        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkDevice *device,
                                                         GdkEventMask events);
GdkEventMask        gtk_widget_get_device_events        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkDevice *device);
void                gtk_widget_add_device_events        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkDevice *device,
                                                         GdkEventMask events);
void                gtk_widget_set_device_enabled       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkDevice *device,
                                                         gboolean enabled);
gboolean            gtk_widget_get_device_enabled       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkDevice *device);
GtkWidget *         gtk_widget_get_toplevel             (GtkWidget *widget);
GtkWidget *         gtk_widget_get_ancestor             (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GType widget_type);
GdkVisual *         gtk_widget_get_visual               (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_visual               (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkVisual *visual);
void                gtk_widget_get_pointer              (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint *x,
                                                         gint *y);
gboolean            gtk_widget_is_ancestor              (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkWidget *ancestor);
gboolean            gtk_widget_translate_coordinates    (GtkWidget *src_widget,
                                                         GtkWidget *dest_widget,
                                                         gint src_x,
                                                         gint src_y,
                                                         gint *dest_x,
                                                         gint *dest_y);
gboolean            gtk_widget_hide_on_delete           (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_style                (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkStyle *style);
void                gtk_widget_ensure_style             (GtkWidget *widget);
GtkStyle *          gtk_widget_get_style                (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_reset_rc_styles          (GtkWidget *widget);
GtkStyle *          gtk_widget_get_default_style        (void);
void                gtk_widget_set_direction            (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkTextDirection dir);
enum                GtkTextDirection;
GtkTextDirection    gtk_widget_get_direction            (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_default_direction    (GtkTextDirection dir);
GtkTextDirection    gtk_widget_get_default_direction    (void);
void                gtk_widget_shape_combine_region     (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         cairo_region_t *region);
void                gtk_widget_input_shape_combine_region
                                                        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         cairo_region_t *region);
void                gtk_widget_path                     (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         guint *path_length,
                                                         gchar **path,
                                                         gchar **path_reversed);
void                gtk_widget_class_path               (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         guint *path_length,
                                                         gchar **path,
                                                         gchar **path_reversed);
gchar *             gtk_widget_get_composite_name       (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_override_background_color
                                                        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkStateFlags state,
                                                         const GdkRGBA *color);
void                gtk_widget_override_color           (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkStateFlags state,
                                                         const GdkRGBA *color);
void                gtk_widget_override_font            (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const PangoFontDescription *font_desc);
void                gtk_widget_override_symbolic_color  (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *name,
                                                         const GdkRGBA *color);
void                gtk_widget_override_cursor          (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const GdkRGBA *cursor,
                                                         const GdkRGBA *secondary_cursor);
void                gtk_widget_modify_style             (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkRcStyle *style);
GtkRcStyle *        gtk_widget_get_modifier_style       (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_modify_fg                (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkStateType state,
                                                         const GdkColor *color);
void                gtk_widget_modify_bg                (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkStateType state,
                                                         const GdkColor *color);
void                gtk_widget_modify_text              (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkStateType state,
                                                         const GdkColor *color);
void                gtk_widget_modify_base              (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkStateType state,
                                                         const GdkColor *color);
void                gtk_widget_modify_font              (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         PangoFontDescription *font_desc);
void                gtk_widget_modify_cursor            (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const GdkColor *primary,
                                                         const GdkColor *secondary);
PangoContext *      gtk_widget_create_pango_context     (GtkWidget *widget);
PangoContext *      gtk_widget_get_pango_context        (GtkWidget *widget);
PangoLayout *       gtk_widget_create_pango_layout      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *text);
GdkPixbuf *         gtk_widget_render_icon              (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *stock_id,
                                                         GtkIconSize size,
                                                         const gchar *detail);
GdkPixbuf *         gtk_widget_render_icon_pixbuf       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *stock_id,
                                                         GtkIconSize size);
void                gtk_widget_pop_composite_child      (void);
void                gtk_widget_push_composite_child     (void);
void                gtk_widget_queue_draw_area          (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint x,
                                                         gint y,
                                                         gint width,
                                                         gint height);
void                gtk_widget_queue_draw_region        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         cairo_region_t *region);
void                gtk_widget_set_app_paintable        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean app_paintable);
void                gtk_widget_set_double_buffered      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean double_buffered);
void                gtk_widget_set_redraw_on_allocate   (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean redraw_on_allocate);
void                gtk_widget_set_composite_name       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *name);
gboolean            gtk_widget_mnemonic_activate        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean group_cycling);
void                gtk_widget_class_install_style_property
                                                        (GtkWidgetClass *klass,
                                                         GParamSpec *pspec);
void                gtk_widget_class_install_style_property_parser
                                                        (GtkWidgetClass *klass,
                                                         GParamSpec *pspec,
                                                         GtkRcPropertyParser parser);
GParamSpec *        gtk_widget_class_find_style_property
                                                        (GtkWidgetClass *klass,
                                                         const gchar *property_name);
GParamSpec **       gtk_widget_class_list_style_properties
                                                        (GtkWidgetClass *klass,
                                                         guint *n_properties);
cairo_region_t *    gtk_widget_region_intersect         (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const cairo_region_t *region);
gint                gtk_widget_send_expose              (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkEvent *event);
gboolean            gtk_widget_send_focus_change        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkEvent *event);
void                gtk_widget_style_get                (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *first_property_name,
                                                         ...);
void                gtk_widget_style_get_property       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *property_name,
                                                         GValue *value);
void                gtk_widget_style_get_valist         (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *first_property_name,
                                                         va_list var_args);
void                gtk_widget_style_attach             (GtkWidget *widget);
AtkObject *         gtk_widget_get_accessible           (GtkWidget *widget);
gboolean            gtk_widget_child_focus              (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkDirectionType direction);
void                gtk_widget_child_notify             (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *child_property);
void                gtk_widget_freeze_child_notify      (GtkWidget *widget);
gboolean            gtk_widget_get_child_visible        (GtkWidget *widget);
GtkWidget *         gtk_widget_get_parent               (GtkWidget *widget);
GtkSettings *       gtk_widget_get_settings             (GtkWidget *widget);
GtkClipboard *      gtk_widget_get_clipboard            (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkAtom selection);
GdkDisplay *        gtk_widget_get_display              (GtkWidget *widget);
GdkWindow *         gtk_widget_get_root_window          (GtkWidget *widget);
GdkScreen *         gtk_widget_get_screen               (GtkWidget *widget);
gboolean            gtk_widget_has_screen               (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_get_size_request         (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint *width,
                                                         gint *height);
void                gtk_widget_set_child_visible        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean is_visible);
void                gtk_widget_set_size_request         (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint width,
                                                         gint height);
void                gtk_widget_thaw_child_notify        (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_no_show_all          (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean no_show_all);
gboolean            gtk_widget_get_no_show_all          (GtkWidget *widget);
GList *             gtk_widget_list_mnemonic_labels     (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_add_mnemonic_label       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkWidget *label);
void                gtk_widget_remove_mnemonic_label    (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkWidget *label);
gboolean            gtk_widget_is_composited            (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_error_bell               (GtkWidget *widget);
gboolean            gtk_widget_keynav_failed            (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkDirectionType direction);
gchar *             gtk_widget_get_tooltip_markup       (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_tooltip_markup       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *markup);
gchar *             gtk_widget_get_tooltip_text         (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text         (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *text);
GtkWindow *         gtk_widget_get_tooltip_window       (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_tooltip_window       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkWindow *custom_window);
gboolean            gtk_widget_get_has_tooltip          (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_has_tooltip          (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean has_tooltip);
void                gtk_widget_trigger_tooltip_query    (GtkWidget *widget);
GdkWindow *         gtk_widget_get_window               (GtkWidget *widget);
gboolean            gtk_cairo_should_draw_window        (cairo_t *cr,
                                                         GdkWindow *window);
void                gtk_cairo_transform_to_window       (cairo_t *cr,
                                                         GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkWindow *window);
int                 gtk_widget_get_allocated_width      (GtkWidget *widget);
int                 gtk_widget_get_allocated_height     (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_get_allocation           (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkAllocation *allocation);
void                gtk_widget_set_allocation           (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const GtkAllocation *allocation);
gboolean            gtk_widget_get_app_paintable        (GtkWidget *widget);
gboolean            gtk_widget_get_can_default          (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_can_default          (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean can_default);
gboolean            gtk_widget_get_can_focus            (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_can_focus            (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean can_focus);
gboolean            gtk_widget_get_double_buffered      (GtkWidget *widget);
gboolean            gtk_widget_get_has_window           (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_has_window           (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean has_window);
gboolean            gtk_widget_get_sensitive            (GtkWidget *widget);
gboolean            gtk_widget_is_sensitive             (GtkWidget *widget);
GtkStateType        gtk_widget_get_state                (GtkWidget *widget);
gboolean            gtk_widget_get_visible              (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_visible              (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean visible);
void                gtk_widget_set_state_flags          (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkStateFlags flags,
                                                         gboolean clear);
void                gtk_widget_unset_state_flags        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkStateFlags flags);
GtkStateFlags       gtk_widget_get_state_flags          (GtkWidget *widget);
gboolean            gtk_widget_has_default              (GtkWidget *widget);
gboolean            gtk_widget_has_focus                (GtkWidget *widget);
gboolean            gtk_widget_has_grab                 (GtkWidget *widget);
gboolean            gtk_widget_has_rc_style             (GtkWidget *widget);
gboolean            gtk_widget_is_drawable              (GtkWidget *widget);
gboolean            gtk_widget_is_toplevel              (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_window               (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkWindow *window);
void                gtk_widget_set_receives_default     (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean receives_default);
gboolean            gtk_widget_get_receives_default     (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_support_multidevice  (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean support_multidevice);
gboolean            gtk_widget_get_support_multidevice  (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_realized             (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean realized);
gboolean            gtk_widget_get_realized             (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_mapped               (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean mapped);
gboolean            gtk_widget_get_mapped               (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_get_requisition          (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkRequisition *requisition);
gboolean            gtk_widget_device_is_shadowed       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkDevice *device);

GtkWidgetPath *     gtk_widget_get_path                 (GtkWidget *widget);
GtkStyleContext *   gtk_widget_get_style_context        (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_reset_style              (GtkWidget *widget);

GtkRequisition *    gtk_requisition_new                 (void);
GtkRequisition *    gtk_requisition_copy                (const GtkRequisition *requisition);
void                gtk_requisition_free                (GtkRequisition *requisition);

enum                GtkSizeRequestMode;
struct              GtkRequestedSize;
void                gtk_widget_get_preferred_height     (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint *minimum_height,
                                                         gint *natural_height);
void                gtk_widget_get_preferred_width      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint *minimum_width,
                                                         gint *natural_width);
void                gtk_widget_get_preferred_height_for_width
                                                        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint width,
                                                         gint *minimum_height,
                                                         gint *natural_height);
void                gtk_widget_get_preferred_width_for_height
                                                        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint height,
                                                         gint *minimum_width,
                                                         gint *natural_width);
GtkSizeRequestMode  gtk_widget_get_request_mode         (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_get_preferred_size       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkRequisition *minimum_size,
                                                         GtkRequisition *natural_size);
gint                gtk_distribute_natural_allocation   (gint extra_space,
                                                         guint n_requested_sizes,
                                                         GtkRequestedSize *sizes);

enum                GtkAlign;
GtkAlign            gtk_widget_get_halign               (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_halign               (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkAlign align);
GtkAlign            gtk_widget_get_valign               (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_valign               (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkAlign align);
gint                gtk_widget_get_margin_left          (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_margin_left          (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint margin);
gint                gtk_widget_get_margin_right         (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_margin_right         (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint margin);
gint                gtk_widget_get_margin_top           (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_margin_top           (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint margin);
gint                gtk_widget_get_margin_bottom        (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_margin_bottom        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint margin);

gboolean            gtk_widget_get_hexpand              (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_hexpand              (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean expand);
gboolean            gtk_widget_get_hexpand_set          (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_hexpand_set          (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean set);
gboolean            gtk_widget_get_vexpand              (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_vexpand              (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean expand);
gboolean            gtk_widget_get_vexpand_set          (GtkWidget *widget);
void                gtk_widget_set_vexpand_set          (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean set);
void                gtk_widget_queue_compute_expand     (GtkWidget *widget);
gboolean            gtk_widget_compute_expand           (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkOrientation orientation);

Object Hierarchy

  GObject
   +----GInitiallyUnowned
         +----GtkWidget
               +----GtkContainer
               +----GtkMisc
               +----GtkCalendar
               +----GtkCellView
               +----GtkDrawingArea
               +----GtkEntry
               +----GtkRange
               +----GtkSeparator
               +----GtkHSV
               +----GtkInvisible
               +----GtkProgressBar
               +----GtkSpinner
               +----GtkSwitch
  GBoxed
   +----GtkRequisition
  GBoxed
   +----GtkSelectionData

Known Derived Interfaces

GtkWidget is required by GtkAppChooser, GtkCellEditable, GtkFileChooser and GtkToolShell.

Implemented Interfaces

GtkWidget implements AtkImplementorIface and GtkBuildable.

Properties

  "app-paintable"            gboolean              : Read / Write
  "can-default"              gboolean              : Read / Write
  "can-focus"                gboolean              : Read / Write
  "composite-child"          gboolean              : Read
  "double-buffered"          gboolean              : Read / Write
  "events"                   GdkEventMask          : Read / Write
  "expand"                   gboolean              : Read / Write
  "halign"                   GtkAlign              : Read / Write
  "has-default"              gboolean              : Read / Write
  "has-focus"                gboolean              : Read / Write
  "has-tooltip"              gboolean              : Read / Write
  "height-request"           gint                  : Read / Write
  "hexpand"                  gboolean              : Read / Write
  "hexpand-set"              gboolean              : Read / Write
  "is-focus"                 gboolean              : Read / Write
  "margin"                   gint                  : Read / Write
  "margin-bottom"            gint                  : Read / Write
  "margin-left"              gint                  : Read / Write
  "margin-right"             gint                  : Read / Write
  "margin-top"               gint                  : Read / Write
  "name"                     gchar*                : Read / Write
  "no-show-all"              gboolean              : Read / Write
  "parent"                   GtkContainer*         : Read / Write
  "receives-default"         gboolean              : Read / Write
  "sensitive"                gboolean              : Read / Write
  "style"                    GtkStyle*             : Read / Write
  "tooltip-markup"           gchar*                : Read / Write
  "tooltip-text"             gchar*                : Read / Write
  "valign"                   GtkAlign              : Read / Write
  "vexpand"                  gboolean              : Read / Write
  "vexpand-set"              gboolean              : Read / Write
  "visible"                  gboolean              : Read / Write
  "width-request"            gint                  : Read / Write
  "window"                   GdkWindow*            : Read

Style Properties

  "cursor-aspect-ratio"      gfloat                : Read
  "cursor-color"             GdkColor*             : Read
  "focus-line-pattern"       gchar*                : Read
  "focus-line-width"         gint                  : Read
  "focus-padding"            gint                  : Read
  "interior-focus"           gboolean              : Read
  "link-color"               GdkColor*             : Read
  "scroll-arrow-hlength"     gint                  : Read
  "scroll-arrow-vlength"     gint                  : Read
  "secondary-cursor-color"   GdkColor*             : Read
  "separator-height"         gint                  : Read
  "separator-width"          gint                  : Read
  "visited-link-color"       GdkColor*             : Read
  "wide-separators"          gboolean              : Read
  "window-dragging"          gboolean              : Read

Signals

  "accel-closures-changed"                         
  "button-press-event"                             : Run Last
  "button-release-event"                           : Run Last
  "can-activate-accel"                             : Run Last
  "child-notify"                                   : No Hooks
  "composited-changed"                             : Action
  "configure-event"                                : Run Last
  "damage-event"                                   : Run Last
  "delete-event"                                   : Run Last
  "destroy"                                        : No Hooks
  "destroy-event"                                  : Run Last
  "direction-changed"                              : Run First
  "drag-begin"                                     : Run Last
  "drag-data-delete"                               : Run Last
  "drag-data-get"                                  : Run Last
  "drag-data-received"                             : Run Last
  "drag-drop"                                      : Run Last
  "drag-end"                                       : Run Last
  "drag-failed"                                    : Run Last
  "drag-leave"                                     : Run Last
  "drag-motion"                                    : Run Last
  "draw"                                           : Run Last
  "enter-notify-event"                             : Run Last
  "event"                                          : Run Last
  "event-after"                                    
  "focus"                                          : Run Last
  "focus-in-event"                                 : Run Last
  "focus-out-event"                                : Run Last
  "grab-broken-event"                              : Run Last
  "grab-focus"                                     : Action
  "grab-notify"                                    : Run First
  "hide"                                           : Run First
  "hierarchy-changed"                              : Run Last
  "key-press-event"                                : Run Last
  "key-release-event"                              : Run Last
  "keynav-failed"                                  : Run Last
  "leave-notify-event"                             : Run Last
  "map"                                            : Run First
  "map-event"                                      : Run Last
  "mnemonic-activate"                              : Run Last
  "motion-notify-event"                            : Run Last
  "move-focus"                                     : Action
  "parent-set"                                     : Run First
  "popup-menu"                                     : Action
  "property-notify-event"                          : Run Last
  "proximity-in-event"                             : Run Last
  "proximity-out-event"                            : Run Last
  "query-tooltip"                                  : Run Last
  "realize"                                        : Run First
  "screen-changed"                                 : Run Last
  "scroll-event"                                   : Run Last
  "selection-clear-event"                          : Run Last
  "selection-get"                                  : Run Last
  "selection-notify-event"                         : Run Last
  "selection-received"                             : Run Last
  "selection-request-event"                        : Run Last
  "show"                                           : Run First
  "show-help"                                      : Action
  "size-allocate"                                  : Run First
  "state-changed"                                  : Run First
  "state-flags-changed"                            : Run First
  "style-set"                                      : Run First
  "style-updated"                                  : Run First
  "unmap"                                          : Run First
  "unmap-event"                                    : Run Last
  "unrealize"                                      : Run Last
  "visibility-notify-event"                        : Run Last
  "window-state-event"                             : Run Last

Description

GtkWidget is the base class all widgets in GTK+ derive from. It manages the widget lifecycle, states and style.

Height-for-width Geometry Management

GTK+ uses a height-for-width (and width-for-height) geometry management system. Height-for-width means that a widget can change how much vertical space it needs, depending on the amount of horizontal space that it is given (and similar for width-for-height). The most common example is a label that reflows to fill up the available width, wraps to fewer lines, and therefore needs less height.

Height-for-width geometry management is implemented in GTK+ by way of five virtual methods:

There are some important things to keep in mind when implementing height-for-width and when using it in container implementations.

The geometry management system will query a widget hierarchy in only one orientation at a time. When widgets are initially queried for their minimum sizes it is generally done in two initial passes in the GtkSizeRequestMode chosen by the toplevel.

For example, when queried in the normal GTK_SIZE_REQUEST_HEIGHT_FOR_WIDTH mode: First, the default minimum and natural width for each widget in the interface will be computed using gtk_widget_get_preferred_width(). Because the preferred widths for each container depend on the preferred widths of their children, this information propagates up the hierarchy, and finally a minimum and natural width is determined for the entire toplevel. Next, the toplevel will use the minimum width to query for the minimum height contextual to that width using gtk_widget_get_preferred_height_for_width(), which will also be a highly recursive operation. The minimum height for the minimum width is normally used to set the minimum size constraint on the toplevel (unless gtk_window_set_geometry_hints() is explicitly used instead).

After the toplevel window has initially requested its size in both dimensions it can go on to allocate itself a reasonable size (or a size previously specified with gtk_window_set_default_size()). During the recursive allocation process it's important to note that request cycles will be recursively executed while container widgets allocate their children. Each container widget, once allocated a size, will go on to first share the space in one orientation among its children and then request each child's height for its target allocated width or its width for allocated height, depending. In this way a GtkWidget will typically be requested its size a number of times before actually being allocated a size. The size a widget is finally allocated can of course differ from the size it has requested. For this reason, GtkWidget caches a small number of results to avoid re-querying for the same sizes in one allocation cycle.

See GtkContainer's geometry management section to learn more about how height-for-width allocations are performed by container widgets.

If a widget does move content around to intelligently use up the allocated size then it must support the request in both GtkSizeRequestModes even if the widget in question only trades sizes in a single orientation.

For instance, a GtkLabel that does height-for-width word wrapping will not expect to have GtkWidgetClass.get_preferred_height() called because that call is specific to a width-for-height request. In this case the label must return the height required for its own minimum possible width. By following this rule any widget that handles height-for-width or width-for-height requests will always be allocated at least enough space to fit its own content.

Here are some examples of how a GTK_SIZE_REQUEST_HEIGHT_FOR_WIDTH widget generally deals with width-for-height requests, for GtkWidgetClass.get_preferred_height() it will do:

static void
foo_widget_get_preferred_height (GtkWidget *widget, gint *min_height, gint *nat_height)
{
   if (i_am_in_height_for_width_mode)
     {
       gint min_width;

       GTK_WIDGET_GET_CLASS (widget)->get_preferred_width (widget, &min_width, NULL);
       GTK_WIDGET_GET_CLASS (widget)->get_preferred_height_for_width (widget, min_width,
                                                                     min_height, nat_height);
     }
   else
     {
        ... some widgets do both. For instance, if a GtkLabel is rotated to 90 degrees
        it will return the minimum and natural height for the rotated label here.
     }
}

And in GtkWidgetClass.get_preferred_width_for_height() it will simply return the minimum and natural width:

static void
foo_widget_get_preferred_width_for_height (GtkWidget *widget, gint for_height,
                                           gint *min_width, gint *nat_width)
{
   if (i_am_in_height_for_width_mode)
     {
       GTK_WIDGET_GET_CLASS (widget)->get_preferred_width (widget, min_width, nat_width);
     }
   else
     {
        ... again if a widget is sometimes operating in width-for-height mode
        (like a rotated GtkLabel) it can go ahead and do its real width for
        height calculation here.
     }
}

Often a widget needs to get its own request during size request or allocation. For example, when computing height it may need to also compute width. Or when deciding how to use an allocation, the widget may need to know its natural size. In these cases, the widget should be careful to call its virtual methods directly, like this:

Example 101. Widget calling its own size request method.

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GTK_WIDGET_GET_CLASS(widget)->get_preferred_width (widget),
                                 &min, &natural);


It will not work to use the wrapper functions, such as gtk_widget_get_preferred_width() inside your own size request implementation. These return a request adjusted by GtkSizeGroup and by the GtkWidgetClass.adjust_size_request() virtual method. If a widget used the wrappers inside its virtual method implementations, then the adjustments (such as widget margins) would be applied twice. GTK+ therefore does not allow this and will warn if you try to do it.

Of course if you are getting the size request for another widget, such as a child of a container, you must use the wrapper APIs. Otherwise, you would not properly consider widget margins, GtkSizeGroup, and so forth.


Style Properties

GtkWidget introduces style properties - these are basically object properties that are stored not on the object, but in the style object associated to the widget. Style properties are set in resource files. This mechanism is used for configuring such things as the location of the scrollbar arrows through the theme, giving theme authors more control over the look of applications without the need to write a theme engine in C.

Use gtk_widget_class_install_style_property() to install style properties for a widget class, gtk_widget_class_find_style_property() or gtk_widget_class_list_style_properties() to get information about existing style properties and gtk_widget_style_get_property(), gtk_widget_style_get() or gtk_widget_style_get_valist() to obtain the value of a style property.


GtkWidget as GtkBuildable

The GtkWidget implementation of the GtkBuildable interface supports a custom <accelerator> element, which has attributes named key, modifiers and signal and allows to specify accelerators.

Example 102. A UI definition fragment specifying an accelerator

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<object class="GtkButton">
  <accelerator key="q" modifiers="GDK_CONTROL_MASK" signal="clicked"/>
</object>

In addition to accelerators, GtkWidget also support a custom <accessible> element, which supports actions and relations. Properties on the accessible implementation of an object can be set by accessing the internal child "accessible" of a GtkWidget.

Example 103. A UI definition fragment specifying an accessible

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<object class="GtkButton" id="label1"/>
  <property name="label">I am a Label for a Button</property>
</object>
<object class="GtkButton" id="button1">
  <accessibility>
    <action action_name="click" translatable="yes">Click the button.</action>
    <relation target="label1" type="labelled-by"/>
  </accessibility>
  <child internal-child="accessible">
    <object class="AtkObject" id="a11y-button1">
      <property name="AtkObject::name">Clickable Button</property>
    </object>
  </child>
</object>

Finally, GtkWidget allows style information such as style classes to be associated with widgets, using the custom <style> element:

Example 104. A UI definition fragment specifying an style class

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<object class="GtkButton" id="button1">
  <style>
    <class name="my-special-button-class"/>
    <class name="dark-button"/>
  </style>
</object>


Details

GtkWidget

typedef struct _GtkWidget GtkWidget;


struct GtkWidgetClass

struct GtkWidgetClass {
  GInitiallyUnownedClass parent_class;


  guint activate_signal;

  /* seldomly overidden */
  void (*dispatch_child_properties_changed) (GtkWidget   *widget,
					     guint        n_pspecs,
					     GParamSpec **pspecs);

  /* basics */
  void (* destroy)             (GtkWidget        *widget);
  void (* show)		       (GtkWidget        *widget);
  void (* show_all)            (GtkWidget        *widget);
  void (* hide)		       (GtkWidget        *widget);
  void (* map)		       (GtkWidget        *widget);
  void (* unmap)	       (GtkWidget        *widget);
  void (* realize)	       (GtkWidget        *widget);
  void (* unrealize)	       (GtkWidget        *widget);
  void (* size_allocate)       (GtkWidget        *widget,
				GtkAllocation    *allocation);
  void (* state_changed)       (GtkWidget        *widget,
				GtkStateType   	  previous_state);
  void (* state_flags_changed) (GtkWidget        *widget,
				GtkStateFlags  	  previous_state_flags);
  void (* parent_set)	       (GtkWidget        *widget,
				GtkWidget        *previous_parent);
  void (* hierarchy_changed)   (GtkWidget        *widget,
				GtkWidget        *previous_toplevel);
  void (* style_set)	       (GtkWidget        *widget,
				GtkStyle         *previous_style);
  void (* direction_changed)   (GtkWidget        *widget,
				GtkTextDirection  previous_direction);
  void (* grab_notify)         (GtkWidget        *widget,
				gboolean          was_grabbed);
  void (* child_notify)        (GtkWidget	 *widget,
				GParamSpec       *pspec);
  gboolean (* draw)	       (GtkWidget	 *widget,
                                cairo_t          *cr);

  /* size requests */
  GtkSizeRequestMode (* get_request_mode)               (GtkWidget      *widget);

  void               (* get_preferred_height)           (GtkWidget       *widget,
                                                         gint            *minimum_height,
                                                         gint            *natural_height);
  void               (* get_preferred_width_for_height) (GtkWidget       *widget,
                                                         gint             height,
                                                         gint            *minimum_width,
                                                         gint            *natural_width);
  void               (* get_preferred_width)            (GtkWidget       *widget,
                                                         gint            *minimum_width,
                                                         gint            *natural_width);
  void               (* get_preferred_height_for_width) (GtkWidget       *widget,
                                                         gint             width,
                                                         gint            *minimum_height,
                                                         gint            *natural_height);

  /* Mnemonics */
  gboolean (* mnemonic_activate)        (GtkWidget           *widget,
                                         gboolean             group_cycling);

  /* explicit focus */
  void     (* grab_focus)               (GtkWidget           *widget);
  gboolean (* focus)                    (GtkWidget           *widget,
                                         GtkDirectionType     direction);

  /* keyboard navigation */
  void     (* move_focus)               (GtkWidget           *widget,
                                         GtkDirectionType     direction);
  gboolean (* keynav_failed)            (GtkWidget           *widget,
                                         GtkDirectionType     direction);

  /* events */
  gboolean (* event)			(GtkWidget	     *widget,
					 GdkEvent	     *event);
  gboolean (* button_press_event) (GtkWidget	     *widget,
					 GdkEventButton      *event);
  gboolean (* button_release_event) (GtkWidget	     *widget,
					 GdkEventButton      *event);
  gboolean (* scroll_event)		(GtkWidget           *widget,
					 GdkEventScroll      *event);
  gboolean (* motion_notify_event) (GtkWidget	     *widget,
					 GdkEventMotion      *event);
  gboolean (* delete_event)		(GtkWidget	     *widget,
					 GdkEventAny	     *event);
  gboolean (* destroy_event)		(GtkWidget	     *widget,
					 GdkEventAny	     *event);
  gboolean (* key_press_event)		(GtkWidget	     *widget,
					 GdkEventKey	     *event);
  gboolean (* key_release_event) (GtkWidget	     *widget,
					 GdkEventKey	     *event);
  gboolean (* enter_notify_event) (GtkWidget	     *widget,
					 GdkEventCrossing    *event);
  gboolean (* leave_notify_event) (GtkWidget	     *widget,
					 GdkEventCrossing    *event);
  gboolean (* configure_event)		(GtkWidget	     *widget,
					 GdkEventConfigure   *event);
  gboolean (* focus_in_event)		(GtkWidget	     *widget,
					 GdkEventFocus       *event);
  gboolean (* focus_out_event)		(GtkWidget	     *widget,
					 GdkEventFocus       *event);
  gboolean (* map_event)		(GtkWidget	     *widget,
					 GdkEventAny	     *event);
  gboolean (* unmap_event)		(GtkWidget	     *widget,
					 GdkEventAny	     *event);
  gboolean (* property_notify_event) (GtkWidget	     *widget,
					 GdkEventProperty    *event);
  gboolean (* selection_clear_event) (GtkWidget	     *widget,
					 GdkEventSelection   *event);
  gboolean (* selection_request_event) (GtkWidget	     *widget,
					 GdkEventSelection   *event);
  gboolean (* selection_notify_event) (GtkWidget	     *widget,
					 GdkEventSelection   *event);
  gboolean (* proximity_in_event) (GtkWidget	     *widget,
					 GdkEventProximity   *event);
  gboolean (* proximity_out_event) (GtkWidget	     *widget,
					 GdkEventProximity   *event);
  gboolean (* visibility_notify_event) (GtkWidget	     *widget,
					 GdkEventVisibility  *event);
  gboolean (* window_state_event) (GtkWidget	     *widget,
					 GdkEventWindowState *event);
  gboolean (* damage_event)             (GtkWidget           *widget,
                                         GdkEventExpose      *event);
  gboolean (* grab_broken_event)        (GtkWidget           *widget,
                                         GdkEventGrabBroken  *event);

  /* selection */
  void     (* selection_get)       (GtkWidget          *widget,
				    GtkSelectionData   *selection_data,
				    guint               info,
				    guint               time_);
  void     (* selection_received)  (GtkWidget          *widget,
				    GtkSelectionData   *selection_data,
				    guint               time_);

  /* Source side drag signals */
  void     (* drag_begin)          (GtkWidget         *widget,
				    GdkDragContext     *context);
  void     (* drag_end)	           (GtkWidget	       *widget,
				    GdkDragContext     *context);
  void     (* drag_data_get)       (GtkWidget          *widget,
				    GdkDragContext     *context,
				    GtkSelectionData   *selection_data,
				    guint               info,
				    guint               time_);
  void     (* drag_data_delete)    (GtkWidget          *widget,
				    GdkDragContext     *context);

  /* Target side drag signals */
  void     (* drag_leave)          (GtkWidget          *widget,
				    GdkDragContext     *context,
				    guint               time_);
  gboolean (* drag_motion)         (GtkWidget	       *widget,
				    GdkDragContext     *context,
				    gint                x,
				    gint                y,
				    guint               time_);
  gboolean (* drag_drop)           (GtkWidget	       *widget,
				    GdkDragContext     *context,
				    gint                x,
				    gint                y,
				    guint               time_);
  void     (* drag_data_received)  (GtkWidget          *widget,
				    GdkDragContext     *context,
				    gint                x,
				    gint                y,
				    GtkSelectionData   *selection_data,
				    guint               info,
				    guint               time_);
  gboolean (* drag_failed)         (GtkWidget          *widget,
                                    GdkDragContext     *context,
                                    GtkDragResult       result);

  /* Signals used only for keybindings */
  gboolean (* popup_menu)          (GtkWidget          *widget);

  /* If a widget has multiple tooltips/whatsthis, it should show the
   * one for the current focus location, or if that doesn't make
   * sense, should cycle through them showing each tip alongside
   * whatever piece of the widget it applies to.
   */
  gboolean (* show_help)           (GtkWidget          *widget,
                                    GtkWidgetHelpType   help_type);

  /* accessibility support
   */
  AtkObject *  (* get_accessible)     (GtkWidget *widget);

  void         (* screen_changed)     (GtkWidget *widget,
                                       GdkScreen *previous_screen);
  gboolean     (* can_activate_accel) (GtkWidget *widget,
                                       guint      signal_id);


  void         (* composited_changed) (GtkWidget *widget);

  gboolean     (* query_tooltip)      (GtkWidget  *widget,
				       gint        x,
				       gint        y,
				       gboolean    keyboard_tooltip,
				       GtkTooltip *tooltip);

  void         (* compute_expand)     (GtkWidget  *widget,
                                       gboolean   *hexpand_p,
                                       gboolean   *vexpand_p);

  void         (* adjust_size_request)    (GtkWidget         *widget,
                                           GtkOrientation     orientation,
                                           gint              *minimum_size,
                                           gint              *natural_size);
  void         (* adjust_size_allocation) (GtkWidget         *widget,
                                           GtkOrientation     orientation,
                                           gint              *minimum_size,
                                           gint              *natural_size,
                                           gint              *allocated_pos,
                                           gint              *allocated_size);

  void         (* style_updated)          (GtkWidget *widget);
};

GInitiallyUnownedClass parent_class;

The object class structure needs to be the first element in the widget class structure in order for the class mechanism to work correctly. This allows a GtkWidgetClass pointer to be cast to a GObjectClass pointer.

guint activate_signal;

The signal to emit when a widget of this class is activated, gtk_widget_activate() handles the emission. Implementation of this signal is optional.

dispatch_child_properties_changed ()

destroy ()

show ()

show_all ()

hide ()

map ()

unmap ()

realize ()

unrealize ()

size_allocate ()

state_changed ()

state_flags_changed ()

parent_set ()

hierarchy_changed ()

style_set ()

direction_changed ()

grab_notify ()

child_notify ()

draw ()

get_request_mode ()

This allows a widget to tell its parent container whether it prefers to be allocated in GTK_SIZE_REQUEST_HEIGHT_FOR_WIDTH or GTK_SIZE_REQUEST_WIDTH_FOR_HEIGHT mode. GTK_SIZE_REQUEST_HEIGHT_FOR_WIDTH means the widget prefers to have GtkWidgetClass.get_preferred_width() called and then GtkWidgetClass.get_preferred_height_for_width() and is the default return for unimplemented cases. However it's important to note (as described below) that any widget which trades height-for-width must respond properly to both GtkSizeRequestModes since it might be queried in either orientation by its parent container.

get_preferred_height ()

This is called by containers to obtain the minimum and natural height of a widget. A widget that does not actually trade any height for width or width for height only has to implement these two virtual methods (GtkWidgetClass.get_preferred_width() and GtkWidgetClass.get_preferred_height()).

get_preferred_width_for_height ()

This is analogous to GtkWidgetClass.get_preferred_height_for_width() except that it operates in the oposite orientation. It's rare that a widget actually does GTK_SIZE_REQUEST_WIDTH_FOR_HEIGHT requests but this can happen when, for example, a widget or container gets additional columns to compensate for a smaller allocated height.

get_preferred_width ()

This is called by containers to obtain the minimum and natural width of a widget. A widget will never be allocated a width less than its minimum and will only ever be allocated a width greater than the natural width once all of the said widget's siblings have received their natural widths. Furthermore, a widget will only ever be allocated a width greater than its natural width if it was configured to receive extra expand space from its parent container.

get_preferred_height_for_width ()

This is similar to GtkWidgetClass.get_preferred_height() except that it is passed a contextual width to request height for. By implementing this virtual method it is possible for a GtkLabel to tell its parent how much height would be required if the label were to be allocated a said width.

mnemonic_activate ()

grab_focus ()

focus ()

move_focus ()

keynav_failed ()

event ()

button_press_event ()

button_release_event ()

scroll_event ()

motion_notify_event ()

delete_event ()

destroy_event ()

key_press_event ()

key_release_event ()

enter_notify_event ()

leave_notify_event ()

configure_event ()

focus_in_event ()

focus_out_event ()

map_event ()

unmap_event ()

property_notify_event ()

selection_clear_event ()

selection_request_event ()

selection_notify_event ()

proximity_in_event ()

proximity_out_event ()

visibility_notify_event ()

window_state_event ()

damage_event ()

grab_broken_event ()

selection_get ()

selection_received ()

drag_begin ()

drag_end ()

drag_data_get ()

drag_data_delete ()

drag_leave ()

drag_motion ()

drag_drop ()

drag_data_received ()

drag_failed ()

popup_menu ()

show_help ()

get_accessible ()

screen_changed ()

can_activate_accel ()

composited_changed ()

query_tooltip ()

compute_expand ()

adjust_size_request ()

Convert an initial size request from a widget's GtkSizeRequest virtual method implementations into a size request to be used by parent containers in laying out the widget. adjust_size_request adjusts from a child widget's original request to what a parent container should use for layout. The for_size argument will be -1 if the request should not be for a particular size in the opposing orientation, i.e. if the request is not height-for-width or width-for-height. If for_size is greater than -1, it is the proposed allocation in the opposing orientation that we need the request for. Implementations of adjust_size_request should chain up to the default implementation, which applies GtkWidget's margin properties and imposes any values from gtk_widget_set_size_request(). Chaining up should be last, after your subclass adjusts the request, so GtkWidget can apply constraints and add the margin properly.

adjust_size_allocation ()

Convert an initial size allocation assigned by a GtkContainer using gtk_widget_size_allocate(), into an actual size allocation to be used by the widget. adjust_size_allocation adjusts to a child widget's actual allocation from what a parent container computed for the child. The adjusted allocation must be entirely within the original allocation. In any custom implementation, chain up to the default GtkWidget implementation of this method, which applies the margin and alignment properties of GtkWidget. Chain up before performing your own adjustments so your own adjustments remove more allocation after the GtkWidget base class has already removed margin and alignment. The natural size passed in should be adjusted in the same way as the allocated size, which allows adjustments to perform alignments or other changes based on natural size.

style_updated ()


GtkCallback ()

void                (*GtkCallback)                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gpointer data);

The type of the callback functions used for e.g. iterating over the children of a container, see gtk_container_foreach().

widget :

the widget to operate on

data :

user-supplied data

struct GtkRequisition

struct GtkRequisition;

A GtkRequisition represents the desired size of a widget. See the section called “Height-for-width Geometry Management” for more information.


GtkAllocation

typedef 	GdkRectangle	   GtkAllocation;

A GtkAllocation of a widget represents region which has been allocated to the widget by its parent. It is a subregion of its parents allocation. See the section called “Height-for-width Geometry Management” for more information.


GtkSelectionData

typedef struct _GtkSelectionData GtkSelectionData;


struct GtkWidgetAuxInfo

struct GtkWidgetAuxInfo {
  gint width;
  gint height;

  guint   halign : 4;
  guint   valign : 4;

  GtkBorder margin;
};


enum GtkWidgetHelpType

typedef enum
{
  GTK_WIDGET_HELP_TOOLTIP,
  GTK_WIDGET_HELP_WHATS_THIS
} GtkWidgetHelpType;


gtk_widget_new ()

GtkWidget *         gtk_widget_new                      (GType type,
                                                         const gchar *first_property_name,
                                                         ...);

This is a convenience function for creating a widget and setting its properties in one go. For example you might write: gtk_widget_new (GTK_TYPE_LABEL, "label", "Hello World", "xalign", 0.0, NULL) to create a left-aligned label. Equivalent to g_object_new(), but returns a widget so you don't have to cast the object yourself.

type :

type ID of the widget to create

first_property_name :

name of first property to set

... :

value of first property, followed by more properties, NULL-terminated

Returns :

a new GtkWidget of type widget_type

gtk_widget_destroy ()

void                gtk_widget_destroy                  (GtkWidget *widget);

Destroys a widget.

When a widget is destroyed, it will break any references it holds to other objects. If the widget is inside a container, the widget will be removed from the container. If the widget is a toplevel (derived from GtkWindow), it will be removed from the list of toplevels, and the reference GTK+ holds to it will be removed. Removing a widget from its container or the list of toplevels results in the widget being finalized, unless you've added additional references to the widget with g_object_ref().

In most cases, only toplevel widgets (windows) require explicit destruction, because when you destroy a toplevel its children will be destroyed as well.

widget :

a GtkWidget

gtk_widget_in_destruction ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_in_destruction           (GtkWidget *widget);

Returns whether the widget is currently being destroyed. This information can sometimes be used to avoid doing unnecessary work.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if widget is being destroyed

gtk_widget_destroyed ()

void                gtk_widget_destroyed                (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkWidget **widget_pointer);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

widget_pointer :

address of a variable that contains widget. [inout][transfer none]

gtk_widget_unparent ()

void                gtk_widget_unparent                 (GtkWidget *widget);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

gtk_widget_show ()

void                gtk_widget_show                     (GtkWidget *widget);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

gtk_widget_show_now ()

void                gtk_widget_show_now                 (GtkWidget *widget);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

gtk_widget_hide ()

void                gtk_widget_hide                     (GtkWidget *widget);

Reverses the effects of gtk_widget_show(), causing the widget to be hidden (invisible to the user).

widget :

a GtkWidget

gtk_widget_show_all ()

void                gtk_widget_show_all                 (GtkWidget *widget);

Recursively shows a widget, and any child widgets (if the widget is a container).

widget :

a GtkWidget

gtk_widget_map ()

void                gtk_widget_map                      (GtkWidget *widget);

This function is only for use in widget implementations. Causes a widget to be mapped if it isn't already.

widget :

a GtkWidget

gtk_widget_unmap ()

void                gtk_widget_unmap                    (GtkWidget *widget);

This function is only for use in widget implementations. Causes a widget to be unmapped if it's currently mapped.

widget :

a GtkWidget

gtk_widget_realize ()

void                gtk_widget_realize                  (GtkWidget *widget);

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 "draw". Or simply g_signal_connect() to the "realize" signal.

widget :

a GtkWidget

gtk_widget_unrealize ()

void                gtk_widget_unrealize                (GtkWidget *widget);

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).

widget :

a GtkWidget

gtk_widget_draw ()

void                gtk_widget_draw                     (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         cairo_t *cr);

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

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().

widget :

the widget to draw. It must be drawable (see gtk_widget_is_drawable()) and a size must have been allocated.

cr :

a cairo context to draw to

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_queue_draw ()

void                gtk_widget_queue_draw               (GtkWidget *widget);

Equivalent to calling gtk_widget_queue_draw_area() for the entire area of a widget.

widget :

a GtkWidget

gtk_widget_queue_resize ()

void                gtk_widget_queue_resize             (GtkWidget *widget);

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

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

gtk_widget_queue_resize_no_redraw ()

void                gtk_widget_queue_resize_no_redraw   (GtkWidget *widget);

This function works like gtk_widget_queue_resize(), except that the widget is not invalidated.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Since 2.4


gtk_widget_size_request ()

void                gtk_widget_size_request             (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkRequisition *requisition);

Warning

gtk_widget_size_request has been deprecated since version 3.0 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use gtk_widget_get_preferred_size() instead.

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

requisition :

a GtkRequisition to be filled in. [out]

gtk_widget_get_child_requisition ()

void                gtk_widget_get_child_requisition    (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkRequisition *requisition);

Warning

gtk_widget_get_child_requisition has been deprecated since version 3.0 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use gtk_widget_get_preferred_size() instead.

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().

widget :

a GtkWidget

requisition :

a GtkRequisition to be filled in. [out]

gtk_widget_size_allocate ()

void                gtk_widget_size_allocate            (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkAllocation *allocation);

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 "halign" and "valign" properties.

widget :

a GtkWidget

allocation :

position and size to be allocated to widget

gtk_widget_add_accelerator ()

void                gtk_widget_add_accelerator          (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *accel_signal,
                                                         GtkAccelGroup *accel_group,
                                                         guint accel_key,
                                                         GdkModifierType accel_mods,
                                                         GtkAccelFlags accel_flags);

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_RUN_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 :

widget to install an accelerator on

accel_signal :

widget signal to emit on accelerator activation

accel_group :

accel group for this widget, added to its toplevel

accel_key :

GDK keyval of the accelerator

accel_mods :

modifier key combination of the accelerator

accel_flags :

flag accelerators, e.g. GTK_ACCEL_VISIBLE

gtk_widget_remove_accelerator ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_remove_accelerator       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkAccelGroup *accel_group,
                                                         guint accel_key,
                                                         GdkModifierType accel_mods);

Removes an accelerator from widget, previously installed with gtk_widget_add_accelerator().

widget :

widget to install an accelerator on

accel_group :

accel group for this widget

accel_key :

GDK keyval of the accelerator

accel_mods :

modifier key combination of the accelerator

Returns :

whether an accelerator was installed and could be removed

gtk_widget_set_accel_path ()

void                gtk_widget_set_accel_path           (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *accel_path,
                                                         GtkAccelGroup *accel_group);

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().

widget :

a GtkWidget

accel_path :

path used to look up the accelerator. [allow-none]

accel_group :

a GtkAccelGroup. [allow-none]

gtk_widget_list_accel_closures ()

GList *             gtk_widget_list_accel_closures      (GtkWidget *widget);

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().

widget :

widget to list accelerator closures for

Returns :

a newly allocated GList of closures. [transfer container][element-type GClosure]

gtk_widget_can_activate_accel ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_can_activate_accel       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         guint signal_id);

Determines whether an accelerator that activates the signal identified by signal_id can currently be activated. This is done by emitting the "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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

signal_id :

the ID of a signal installed on widget

Returns :

TRUE if the accelerator can be activated.

Since 2.4


gtk_widget_event ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_event                    (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkEvent *event);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

event :

a GdkEvent

Returns :

return from the event signal emission (TRUE if the event was handled)

gtk_widget_activate ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_activate                 (GtkWidget *widget);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget that's activatable

Returns :

TRUE if the widget was activatable

gtk_widget_reparent ()

void                gtk_widget_reparent                 (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkWidget *new_parent);

Moves a widget from one GtkContainer to another, handling reference count issues to avoid destroying the widget.

widget :

a GtkWidget

new_parent :

a GtkContainer to move the widget into

gtk_widget_intersect ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_intersect                (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const GdkRectangle *area,
                                                         GdkRectangle *intersection);

Computes the intersection of a widget's area and area, storing the intersection in intersection, and returns TRUE if there was an intersection. intersection may be NULL if you're only interested in whether there was an intersection.

widget :

a GtkWidget

area :

a rectangle

intersection :

rectangle to store intersection of widget and area

Returns :

TRUE if there was an intersection

gtk_widget_is_focus ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_is_focus                 (GtkWidget *widget);

Determines if the widget is the focus widget within its toplevel. (This does not mean that the HAS_FOCUS flag is necessarily set; HAS_FOCUS will only be set if the toplevel widget additionally has the global input focus.)

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if the widget is the focus widget.

gtk_widget_grab_focus ()

void                gtk_widget_grab_focus               (GtkWidget *widget);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

gtk_widget_grab_default ()

void                gtk_widget_grab_default             (GtkWidget *widget);

Causes widget to become the default widget. widget must have the GTK_CAN_DEFAULT flag set; typically you have to set this flag yourself by calling gtk_widget_set_can_default (widget, TRUE). 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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

gtk_widget_set_name ()

void                gtk_widget_set_name                 (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *name);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

name :

name for the widget

gtk_widget_get_name ()

const gchar *       gtk_widget_get_name                 (GtkWidget *widget);

Retrieves the name of a widget. See gtk_widget_set_name() for the significance of widget names.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

name of the widget. This string is owned by GTK+ and should not be modified or freed

gtk_widget_set_state ()

void                gtk_widget_set_state                (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkStateType state);

Warning

gtk_widget_set_state is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. 3.0. Use gtk_widget_set_state_flags() instead.

This function is for use in widget implementations. Sets the state of a widget (insensitive, prelighted, etc.) Usually you should set the state using wrapper functions such as gtk_widget_set_sensitive().

widget :

a GtkWidget

state :

new state for widget

gtk_widget_set_sensitive ()

void                gtk_widget_set_sensitive            (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean sensitive);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

sensitive :

TRUE to make the widget sensitive

gtk_widget_set_parent ()

void                gtk_widget_set_parent               (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkWidget *parent);

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().

widget :

a GtkWidget

parent :

parent container

gtk_widget_set_parent_window ()

void                gtk_widget_set_parent_window        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkWindow *parent_window);

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.

Note

For GtkWindow classes, this needs to be called before the window is realized.

widget :

a GtkWidget.

parent_window :

the new parent window.

gtk_widget_get_parent_window ()

GdkWindow *         gtk_widget_get_parent_window        (GtkWidget *widget);

Gets widget's parent window.

widget :

a GtkWidget.

Returns :

the parent window of widget. [transfer none]

gtk_widget_set_events ()

void                gtk_widget_set_events               (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint events);

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 GTK_NO_WINDOW widgets; to get events on those widgets, place them inside a GtkEventBox and receive events on the event box.

widget :

a GtkWidget

events :

event mask

gtk_widget_get_events ()

gint                gtk_widget_get_events               (GtkWidget *widget);

Returns the event mask for the widget (a bitfield containing flags from the GdkEventMask enumeration). These are the events that the widget will receive.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

event mask for widget

gtk_widget_add_events ()

void                gtk_widget_add_events               (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint events);

Adds the events in the bitfield events to the event mask for widget. See gtk_widget_set_events() for details.

widget :

a GtkWidget

events :

an event mask, see GdkEventMask

gtk_widget_set_device_events ()

void                gtk_widget_set_device_events        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkDevice *device,
                                                         GdkEventMask events);

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 GTK_NO_WINDOW widgets; to get events on those widgets, place them inside a GtkEventBox and receive events on the event box.

widget :

a GtkWidget

device :

a GdkDevice

events :

event mask

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_get_device_events ()

GdkEventMask        gtk_widget_get_device_events        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkDevice *device);

Returns the events mask for the widget corresponding to an specific device. These are the events that the widget will receive when device operates on it.

widget :

a GtkWidget

device :

a GdkDevice

Returns :

device event mask for widget

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_add_device_events ()

void                gtk_widget_add_device_events        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkDevice *device,
                                                         GdkEventMask events);

Adds the device events in the bitfield events to the event mask for widget. See gtk_widget_set_device_events() for details.

widget :

a GtkWidget

device :

a GdkDevice

events :

an event mask, see GdkEventMask

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_set_device_enabled ()

void                gtk_widget_set_device_enabled       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkDevice *device,
                                                         gboolean enabled);

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).

widget :

a GtkWidget

device :

a GdkDevice

enabled :

whether to enable the device

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_get_device_enabled ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_get_device_enabled       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkDevice *device);

Returns whether device can interact with widget and its children. See gtk_widget_set_device_enabled().

widget :

a GtkWidget

device :

a GdkDevice

Returns :

TRUE is device is enabled for widget

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_get_toplevel ()

GtkWidget *         gtk_widget_get_toplevel             (GtkWidget *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 check if the TOPLEVEL flags is set on the result.

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  {
    /* Perform action on toplevel. */
  }

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

the topmost ancestor of widget, or widget itself if there's no ancestor. [transfer none]

gtk_widget_get_ancestor ()

GtkWidget *         gtk_widget_get_ancestor             (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GType widget_type);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

widget_type :

ancestor type

Returns :

the ancestor widget, or NULL if not found. [transfer none]

gtk_widget_get_visual ()

GdkVisual *         gtk_widget_get_visual               (GtkWidget *widget);

Gets the visual that will be used to render widget.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

the visual for widget. [transfer none]

gtk_widget_set_visual ()

void                gtk_widget_set_visual               (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkVisual *visual);

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 gdk_widget_get_screen(), so handling the "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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

visual :

visual to be used or NULL to unset a previous one

gtk_widget_get_pointer ()

void                gtk_widget_get_pointer              (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint *x,
                                                         gint *y);

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 are not GTK_NO_WINDOW widgets, and are relative to widget->allocation.x, widget->allocation.y for widgets that are GTK_NO_WINDOW widgets.

widget :

a GtkWidget

x :

return location for the X coordinate, or NULL. [out][allow-none]

y :

return location for the Y coordinate, or NULL. [out][allow-none]

gtk_widget_is_ancestor ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_is_ancestor              (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkWidget *ancestor);

Determines whether widget is somewhere inside ancestor, possibly with intermediate containers.

widget :

a GtkWidget

ancestor :

another GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if ancestor contains widget as a child, grandchild, great grandchild, etc.

gtk_widget_translate_coordinates ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_translate_coordinates    (GtkWidget *src_widget,
                                                         GtkWidget *dest_widget,
                                                         gint src_x,
                                                         gint src_y,
                                                         gint *dest_x,
                                                         gint *dest_y);

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.

src_widget :

a GtkWidget

dest_widget :

a GtkWidget

src_x :

X position relative to src_widget

src_y :

Y position relative to src_widget

dest_x :

location to store X position relative to dest_widget. [out]

dest_y :

location to store Y position relative to dest_widget. [out]

Returns :

FALSE if either widget was not realized, or there was no common ancestor. In this case, nothing is stored in *dest_x and *dest_y. Otherwise TRUE.

gtk_widget_hide_on_delete ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_hide_on_delete           (GtkWidget *widget);

Utility function; intended to be connected to the "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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE

gtk_widget_set_style ()

void                gtk_widget_set_style                (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkStyle *style);

Warning

gtk_widget_set_style has been deprecated since version 3.0 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use GtkStyleContext instead

Sets the GtkStyle for a widget (widget->style).

You probably don't want to use this function; it interacts badly with themes, because themes work by replacing the GtkStyle. Instead, use gtk_widget_modify_style().

widget :

a GtkWidget

style :

a GtkStyle, or NULL to remove the effect of a previous call to gtk_widget_set_style() and go back to the default style. [allow-none]

gtk_widget_ensure_style ()

void                gtk_widget_ensure_style             (GtkWidget *widget);

Warning

gtk_widget_ensure_style has been deprecated since version 3.0 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use GtkStyleContext instead

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

gtk_widget_get_style ()

GtkStyle *          gtk_widget_get_style                (GtkWidget *widget);

Warning

gtk_widget_get_style has been deprecated since version 3.0 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use GtkStyleContext instead

Simply an accessor function that returns widget->style.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

the widget's GtkStyle. [transfer none]

gtk_widget_reset_rc_styles ()

void                gtk_widget_reset_rc_styles          (GtkWidget *widget);

Warning

gtk_widget_reset_rc_styles has been deprecated since version 3.0 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use GtkStyleContext instead, and gtk_widget_reset_style()

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget.

gtk_widget_get_default_style ()

GtkStyle *          gtk_widget_get_default_style        (void);

Warning

gtk_widget_get_default_style has been deprecated since version 3.0 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use GtkStyleContext instead, and gtk_css_provider_get_default() to obtain a GtkStyleProvider with the default widget style information.

Returns the default style used by all widgets initially.

Returns :

the default style. This GtkStyle object is owned by GTK+ and should not be modified or freed. [transfer none]

gtk_widget_set_direction ()

void                gtk_widget_set_direction            (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkTextDirection dir);

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 explicitely 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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

dir :

the new direction

enum GtkTextDirection

typedef enum
{
  GTK_TEXT_DIR_NONE,
  GTK_TEXT_DIR_LTR,
  GTK_TEXT_DIR_RTL
} GtkTextDirection;


gtk_widget_get_direction ()

GtkTextDirection    gtk_widget_get_direction            (GtkWidget *widget);

Gets the reading direction for a particular widget. See gtk_widget_set_direction().

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

the reading direction for the widget.

gtk_widget_set_default_direction ()

void                gtk_widget_set_default_direction    (GtkTextDirection dir);

Sets the default reading direction for widgets where the direction has not been explicitly set by gtk_widget_set_direction().

dir :

the new default direction. This cannot be GTK_TEXT_DIR_NONE.

gtk_widget_get_default_direction ()

GtkTextDirection    gtk_widget_get_default_direction    (void);

Obtains the current default reading direction. See gtk_widget_set_default_direction().

Returns :

the current default direction.

gtk_widget_shape_combine_region ()

void                gtk_widget_shape_combine_region     (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         cairo_region_t *region);

Sets a shape for this widget's GDK window. This allows for transparent windows etc., see gdk_window_shape_combine_region() for more information.

widget :

a GtkWidget

region :

shape to be added, or NULL to remove an existing shape. [allow-none]

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_input_shape_combine_region ()

void                gtk_widget_input_shape_combine_region
                                                        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         cairo_region_t *region);

Sets an input shape for this widget's GDK window. This allows for windows which react to mouse click in a nonrectangular region, see gdk_window_input_shape_combine_region() for more information.

widget :

a GtkWidget

region :

shape to be added, or NULL to remove an existing shape. [allow-none]

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_path ()

void                gtk_widget_path                     (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         guint *path_length,
                                                         gchar **path,
                                                         gchar **path_reversed);

Warning

gtk_widget_path has been deprecated since version 3.0 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use gtk_widget_get_path() instead

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

path_length :

location to store length of the path, or NULL. [out][allow-none]

path :

location to store allocated path string, or NULL. [out][allow-none]

path_reversed :

location to store allocated reverse path string, or NULL. [out][allow-none]

gtk_widget_class_path ()

void                gtk_widget_class_path               (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         guint *path_length,
                                                         gchar **path,
                                                         gchar **path_reversed);

Warning

gtk_widget_class_path has been deprecated since version 3.0 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use gtk_widget_get_path() instead

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().

widget :

a GtkWidget

path_length :

location to store the length of the class path, or NULL. [out][allow-none]

path :

location to store the class path as an allocated string, or NULL. [out][allow-none]

path_reversed :

location to store the reverse class path as an allocated string, or NULL. [out][allow-none]

gtk_widget_get_composite_name ()

gchar *             gtk_widget_get_composite_name       (GtkWidget *widget);

Obtains the composite name of a widget.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

the composite name of widget, or NULL if widget is not a composite child. The string should be freed when it is no longer needed.

gtk_widget_override_background_color ()

void                gtk_widget_override_background_color
                                                        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkStateFlags state,
                                                         const GdkRGBA *color);

Sets the background color to use for a widget.

All other style values are left untouched. See gtk_widget_override_color().

widget :

a GtkWidget

state :

the state for which to set the background color

color :

the color to assign, or NULL to undo the effect of previous calls to gtk_widget_override_background_color()

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_override_color ()

void                gtk_widget_override_color           (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkStateFlags state,
                                                         const GdkRGBA *color);

Sets the color to use for a widget.

All other style values are left untouched.

Note

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 and regions in your widget/container implementation through gtk_style_context_add_class() and gtk_style_context_add_region().

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

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

state :

the state for which to set the color

color :

the color to assign, or NULL to undo the effect of previous calls to gtk_widget_override_color()

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_override_font ()

void                gtk_widget_override_font            (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const PangoFontDescription *font_desc);

Sets the font to use for a widget. All other style values are left untouched. See gtk_widget_override_color().

widget :

a GtkWidget

font_desc :

the font descriptiong to use, or NULL to undo the effect of previous calls to gtk_widget_override_font()

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_override_symbolic_color ()

void                gtk_widget_override_symbolic_color  (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *name,
                                                         const GdkRGBA *color);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

name :

the name of the symbolic color to modify

color :

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(). [allow-none]

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_override_cursor ()

void                gtk_widget_override_cursor          (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const GdkRGBA *cursor,
                                                         const GdkRGBA *secondary_cursor);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

cursor :

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().

secondary_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().

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_modify_style ()

void                gtk_widget_modify_style             (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkRcStyle *style);

Warning

gtk_widget_modify_style has been deprecated since version 3.0 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use GtkStyleContext with a custom GtkStyleProvider instead

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 explicitely set on the widget using gtk_widget_set_style(). The GtkRcStyle structure 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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

style :

the GtkRcStyle holding the style modifications

gtk_widget_get_modifier_style ()

GtkRcStyle *        gtk_widget_get_modifier_style       (GtkWidget *widget);

Warning

gtk_widget_get_modifier_style has been deprecated since version 3.0 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use GtkStyleContext with a custom GtkStyleProvider instead

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

the modifier style for the widget. This rc style is owned by the widget. If you want to keep a pointer to value this around, you must add a refcount using g_object_ref(). [transfer none]

gtk_widget_modify_fg ()

void                gtk_widget_modify_fg                (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkStateType state,
                                                         const GdkColor *color);

Warning

gtk_widget_modify_fg has been deprecated since version 3.0 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use gtk_widget_override_color() instead

Sets the foreground color for a widget in a particular state.

All other style values are left untouched. See also gtk_widget_modify_style().

widget :

a GtkWidget

state :

the state for which to set the foreground color

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(). [allow-none]

gtk_widget_modify_bg ()

void                gtk_widget_modify_bg                (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkStateType state,
                                                         const GdkColor *color);

Warning

gtk_widget_modify_bg has been deprecated since version 3.0 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use gtk_widget_override_background_color() instead

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

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

state :

the state for which to set the background color

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(). [allow-none]

gtk_widget_modify_text ()

void                gtk_widget_modify_text              (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkStateType state,
                                                         const GdkColor *color);

Warning

gtk_widget_modify_text has been deprecated since version 3.0 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use gtk_widget_override_color() instead

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().

widget :

a GtkWidget

state :

the state for which to set the text color

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(). [allow-none]

gtk_widget_modify_base ()

void                gtk_widget_modify_base              (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkStateType state,
                                                         const GdkColor *color);

Warning

gtk_widget_modify_base has been deprecated since version 3.0 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use gtk_widget_override_background_color() instead

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

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

state :

the state for which to set the base color

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(). [allow-none]

gtk_widget_modify_font ()

void                gtk_widget_modify_font              (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         PangoFontDescription *font_desc);

Warning

gtk_widget_modify_font has been deprecated since version 3.0 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use gtk_widget_override_font() instead

Sets the font to use for a widget.

All other style values are left untouched. See also gtk_widget_modify_style().

widget :

a GtkWidget

font_desc :

the font description to use, or NULL to undo the effect of previous calls to gtk_widget_modify_font(). [allow-none]

gtk_widget_modify_cursor ()

void                gtk_widget_modify_cursor            (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const GdkColor *primary,
                                                         const GdkColor *secondary);

Warning

gtk_widget_modify_cursor is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. 3.0. Use gtk_widget_override_cursor() instead.

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().

widget :

a GtkWidget

primary :

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().

secondary :

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().

Since 2.12


gtk_widget_create_pango_context ()

PangoContext *      gtk_widget_create_pango_context     (GtkWidget *widget);

Creates a new PangoContext with the appropriate font map, font description, and base direction for drawing text for this widget. See also gtk_widget_get_pango_context().

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

the new PangoContext. [transfer full]

gtk_widget_get_pango_context ()

PangoContext *      gtk_widget_get_pango_context        (GtkWidget *widget);

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.

If you create and keep a PangoLayout using this context, you must deal with changes to the context by calling pango_layout_context_changed() on the layout in response to the "style-updated" and "direction-changed" signals for the widget.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

the PangoContext for the widget. [transfer none]

gtk_widget_create_pango_layout ()

PangoLayout *       gtk_widget_create_pango_layout      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *text);

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, in order to notify the layout of changes to the base direction or font of this widget, you must call pango_layout_context_changed() in response to the "style-updated" and "direction-changed" signals for the widget.

widget :

a GtkWidget

text :

text to set on the layout (can be NULL)

Returns :

the new PangoLayout. [transfer full]

gtk_widget_render_icon ()

GdkPixbuf *         gtk_widget_render_icon              (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *stock_id,
                                                         GtkIconSize size,
                                                         const gchar *detail);

Warning

gtk_widget_render_icon has been deprecated since version 3.0 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use gtk_widget_render_icon_pixbuf() instead.

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().

widget :

a GtkWidget

stock_id :

a stock ID

size :

a stock size. 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). [type int]

detail :

render detail to pass to theme engine. [allow-none]

Returns :

a new pixbuf, or NULL if the stock ID wasn't known. [transfer full]

gtk_widget_render_icon_pixbuf ()

GdkPixbuf *         gtk_widget_render_icon_pixbuf       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *stock_id,
                                                         GtkIconSize size);

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().

widget :

a GtkWidget

stock_id :

a stock ID

size :

a stock size. 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). [type int]

Returns :

a new pixbuf, or NULL if the stock ID wasn't known. [transfer full]

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_pop_composite_child ()

void                gtk_widget_pop_composite_child      (void);

Cancels the effect of a previous call to gtk_widget_push_composite_child().


gtk_widget_push_composite_child ()

void                gtk_widget_push_composite_child     (void);

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.

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gtk_widget_push_composite_child ();
scrolled_window->hscrollbar = gtk_scrollbar_new (GTK_ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL, hadjustment);
gtk_widget_set_composite_name (scrolled_window->hscrollbar, "hscrollbar");
gtk_widget_pop_composite_child ();
gtk_widget_set_parent (scrolled_window->hscrollbar,
                       GTK_WIDGET (scrolled_window));
g_object_ref (scrolled_window->hscrollbar);


gtk_widget_queue_draw_area ()

void                gtk_widget_queue_draw_area          (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint x,
                                                         gint y,
                                                         gint width,
                                                         gint height);

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 are not GTK_NO_WINDOW widgets, and are relative to widget->allocation.x, widget->allocation.y for widgets that are GTK_NO_WINDOW widgets.

widget :

a GtkWidget

x :

x coordinate of upper-left corner of rectangle to redraw

y :

y coordinate of upper-left corner of rectangle to redraw

width :

width of region to draw

height :

height of region to draw

gtk_widget_queue_draw_region ()

void                gtk_widget_queue_draw_region        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         cairo_region_t *region);

Invalidates the rectangular 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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

region :

region to draw

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_set_app_paintable ()

void                gtk_widget_set_app_paintable        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean app_paintable);

Sets whether the application intends to draw on the widget in an "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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

app_paintable :

TRUE if the application will paint on the widget

gtk_widget_set_double_buffered ()

void                gtk_widget_set_double_buffered      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean double_buffered);

Widgets are double buffered by default; you can use this function to turn off the buffering. "Double buffered" simply means that gdk_window_begin_paint_region() and gdk_window_end_paint() are called automatically around expose events sent to the widget. gdk_window_begin_paint() diverts all drawing to a widget's window to an offscreen buffer, and gdk_window_end_paint() 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_paint()).

widget :

a GtkWidget

double_buffered :

TRUE to double-buffer a widget

gtk_widget_set_redraw_on_allocate ()

void                gtk_widget_set_redraw_on_allocate   (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean redraw_on_allocate);

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 NO_WINDOW widgets 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 NO_WINDOW widget 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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

redraw_on_allocate :

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.

gtk_widget_set_composite_name ()

void                gtk_widget_set_composite_name       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *name);

Sets a widgets composite name. The widget must be a composite child of its parent; see gtk_widget_push_composite_child().

widget :

a GtkWidget.

name :

the name to set

gtk_widget_mnemonic_activate ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_mnemonic_activate        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean group_cycling);

Emits the "mnemonic-activate" signal.

The default handler for this signal activates the widget if group_cycling is FALSE, and just grabs the focus if group_cycling is TRUE.

widget :

a GtkWidget

group_cycling :

TRUE if there are other widgets with the same mnemonic

Returns :

TRUE if the signal has been handled

gtk_widget_class_install_style_property ()

void                gtk_widget_class_install_style_property
                                                        (GtkWidgetClass *klass,
                                                         GParamSpec *pspec);

Installs a style property on a widget class. The parser for the style property is determined by the value type of pspec.

klass :

a GtkWidgetClass

pspec :

the GParamSpec for the property

gtk_widget_class_install_style_property_parser ()

void                gtk_widget_class_install_style_property_parser
                                                        (GtkWidgetClass *klass,
                                                         GParamSpec *pspec,
                                                         GtkRcPropertyParser parser);

Installs a style property on a widget class.

klass :

a GtkWidgetClass

pspec :

the GParamSpec for the style property

parser :

the parser for the style property

gtk_widget_class_find_style_property ()

GParamSpec *        gtk_widget_class_find_style_property
                                                        (GtkWidgetClass *klass,
                                                         const gchar *property_name);

Finds a style property of a widget class by name.

klass :

a GtkWidgetClass

property_name :

the name of the style property to find

Returns :

the GParamSpec of the style property or NULL if class has no style property with that name. [transfer none]

Since 2.2


gtk_widget_class_list_style_properties ()

GParamSpec **       gtk_widget_class_list_style_properties
                                                        (GtkWidgetClass *klass,
                                                         guint *n_properties);

Returns all style properties of a widget class.

klass :

a GtkWidgetClass

n_properties :

location to return the number of style properties found

Returns :

an newly allocated array of GParamSpec*. The array must be freed with g_free(). [array length=n_properties][transfer container]

Since 2.2


gtk_widget_region_intersect ()

cairo_region_t *    gtk_widget_region_intersect         (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const cairo_region_t *region);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

region :

a cairo_region_t, in the same coordinate system as widget->allocation. That is, relative to widget->window for NO_WINDOW widgets; relative to the parent window of widget->window for widgets with their own window.

Returns :

A newly allocated region holding the intersection of widget and region. The coordinates of the return value are relative to widget->window for NO_WINDOW widgets, and relative to the parent window of widget->window for widgets with their own window.

gtk_widget_send_expose ()

gint                gtk_widget_send_expose              (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkEvent *event);

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 child NO_WINDOW widget, 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().

widget :

a GtkWidget

event :

a expose GdkEvent

Returns :

return from the event signal emission (TRUE if the event was handled)

gtk_widget_send_focus_change ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_send_focus_change        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkEvent *event);

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:

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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);

widget :

a GtkWidget

event :

a GdkEvent of type GDK_FOCUS_CHANGE

Returns :

the return value from the event signal emission: TRUE if the event was handled, and FALSE otherwise

Since 2.20


gtk_widget_style_get ()

void                gtk_widget_style_get                (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *first_property_name,
                                                         ...);

Gets the values of a multiple style properties of widget.

widget :

a GtkWidget

first_property_name :

the name of the first property to get

... :

pairs of property names and locations to return the property values, starting with the location for first_property_name, terminated by NULL.

gtk_widget_style_get_property ()

void                gtk_widget_style_get_property       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *property_name,
                                                         GValue *value);

Gets the value of a style property of widget.

widget :

a GtkWidget

property_name :

the name of a style property

value :

location to return the property value

gtk_widget_style_get_valist ()

void                gtk_widget_style_get_valist         (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *first_property_name,
                                                         va_list var_args);

Non-vararg variant of gtk_widget_style_get(). Used primarily by language bindings.

widget :

a GtkWidget

first_property_name :

the name of the first property to get

var_args :

a va_list of pairs of property names and locations to return the property values, starting with the location for first_property_name.

gtk_widget_style_attach ()

void                gtk_widget_style_attach             (GtkWidget *widget);

Warning

gtk_widget_style_attach is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. 3.0. This step is unnecessary with GtkStyleContext.

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Since 2.20


gtk_widget_get_accessible ()

AtkObject *         gtk_widget_get_accessible           (GtkWidget *widget);

Returns the accessible object that describes the widget to an assistive technology.

If no accessibility library is loaded (i.e. no ATK implementation library is loaded via GTK_MODULES or via another application library, such as libgnome), then 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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

the AtkObject associated with widget. [transfer none]

gtk_widget_child_focus ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_child_focus              (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkDirectionType direction);

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 "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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

direction :

direction of focus movement

Returns :

TRUE if focus ended up inside widget

gtk_widget_child_notify ()

void                gtk_widget_child_notify             (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *child_property);

Emits a "child-notify" signal for the child property child_property on widget.

This is the analogue of g_object_notify() for child properties.

widget :

a GtkWidget

child_property :

the name of a child property installed on the class of widget's parent

gtk_widget_freeze_child_notify ()

void                gtk_widget_freeze_child_notify      (GtkWidget *widget);

Stops emission of "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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

gtk_widget_get_child_visible ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_get_child_visible        (GtkWidget *widget);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if the widget is mapped with the parent.

gtk_widget_get_parent ()

GtkWidget *         gtk_widget_get_parent               (GtkWidget *widget);

Returns the parent container of widget.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

the parent container of widget, or NULL. [transfer none]

gtk_widget_get_settings ()

GtkSettings *       gtk_widget_get_settings             (GtkWidget *widget);

Gets the settings object holding the settings used for this widget.

Note that this function can only be called when the GtkWidget is attached to a toplevel, since the settings object is specific to a particular GdkScreen.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

the relevant GtkSettings object. [transfer none]

gtk_widget_get_clipboard ()

GtkClipboard *      gtk_widget_get_clipboard            (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkAtom selection);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

selection :

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.

Returns :

the appropriate clipboard object. If no clipboard already exists, a new one will be created. Once a clipboard object has been created, it is persistent for all time. [transfer none]

Since 2.2


gtk_widget_get_display ()

GdkDisplay *        gtk_widget_get_display              (GtkWidget *widget);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

the GdkDisplay for the toplevel for this widget. [transfer none]

Since 2.2


gtk_widget_get_root_window ()

GdkWindow *         gtk_widget_get_root_window          (GtkWidget *widget);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

the GdkWindow root window for the toplevel for this widget. [transfer none]

Since 2.2


gtk_widget_get_screen ()

GdkScreen *         gtk_widget_get_screen               (GtkWidget *widget);

Get the GdkScreen from 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 screen specific resources when a widget has been realized, and you should free those resources when the widget is unrealized.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

the GdkScreen for the toplevel for this widget. [transfer none]

Since 2.2


gtk_widget_has_screen ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_has_screen               (GtkWidget *widget);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if there is a GdkScreen associcated with the widget.

Since 2.2


gtk_widget_get_size_request ()

void                gtk_widget_get_size_request         (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint *width,
                                                         gint *height);

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 intead. 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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

width :

return location for width, or NULL. [out][allow-none]

height :

return location for height, or NULL. [out][allow-none]

gtk_widget_set_child_visible ()

void                gtk_widget_set_child_visible        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean is_visible);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

is_visible :

if TRUE, widget should be mapped along with its parent.

gtk_widget_set_size_request ()

void                gtk_widget_set_size_request         (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint width,
                                                         gint height);

Sets the minimum size of a widget; that is, the widget's size request will be width by height. You can use this function to force a widget to be either larger or smaller 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.

Widgets can't actually be allocated a size less than 1 by 1, but you can pass 0,0 to this function to mean "as small as possible."

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

width :

width widget should request, or -1 to unset

height :

height widget should request, or -1 to unset

gtk_widget_thaw_child_notify ()

void                gtk_widget_thaw_child_notify        (GtkWidget *widget);

Reverts the effect of a previous call to gtk_widget_freeze_child_notify(). This causes all queued "child-notify" signals on widget to be emitted.

widget :

a GtkWidget

gtk_widget_set_no_show_all ()

void                gtk_widget_set_no_show_all          (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean no_show_all);

Sets the "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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

no_show_all :

the new value for the "no-show-all" property

Since 2.4


gtk_widget_get_no_show_all ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_get_no_show_all          (GtkWidget *widget);

Returns the current value of the "no-show-all" property, which determines whether calls to gtk_widget_show_all() will affect this widget.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

the current value of the "no-show-all" property.

Since 2.4


gtk_widget_list_mnemonic_labels ()

GList *             gtk_widget_list_mnemonic_labels     (GtkWidget *widget);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

the list of mnemonic labels; free this list with g_list_free() when you are done with it. [element-type GtkWidget][transfer container]

Since 2.4


gtk_widget_add_mnemonic_label ()

void                gtk_widget_add_mnemonic_label       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkWidget *label);

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 "destroy" signal or a weak notifier.

widget :

a GtkWidget

label :

a GtkWidget that acts as a mnemonic label for widget

Since 2.4


gtk_widget_remove_mnemonic_label ()

void                gtk_widget_remove_mnemonic_label    (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkWidget *label);

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().

widget :

a GtkWidget

label :

a GtkWidget that was previously set as a mnemnic label for widget with gtk_widget_add_mnemonic_label().

Since 2.4


gtk_widget_is_composited ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_is_composited            (GtkWidget *widget);

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()).

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if the widget can rely on its alpha channel being drawn correctly.

Since 2.10


gtk_widget_error_bell ()

void                gtk_widget_error_bell               (GtkWidget *widget);

Notifies the user about an input-related error on this widget. If the "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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Since 2.12


gtk_widget_keynav_failed ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_keynav_failed            (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkDirectionType direction);

This function should be called whenever keyboard navigation within a single widget hits a boundary. The function emits the "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 TRUE for GTK_DIR_TAB_FORWARD and GTK_DIR_TAB_BACKWARD. For the other values of GtkDirectionType, it looks at the "gtk-keynav-cursor-only" setting and returns FALSE if the setting is TRUE. This way the entire user interface becomes cursor-navigatable on input devices such as mobile phones which only have cursor keys but no tab key.

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

direction :

direction of focus movement

Returns :

TRUE if stopping keyboard navigation is fine, FALSE if the emitting widget should try to handle the keyboard navigation attempt in its parent container(s).

Since 2.12


gtk_widget_get_tooltip_markup ()

gchar *             gtk_widget_get_tooltip_markup       (GtkWidget *widget);

Gets the contents of the tooltip for widget.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

the tooltip text, or NULL. You should free the returned string with g_free() when done.

Since 2.12


gtk_widget_set_tooltip_markup ()

void                gtk_widget_set_tooltip_markup       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *markup);

Sets markup as the contents of the tooltip, which is marked up with the Pango text markup language.

This function will take care of setting "has-tooltip" to TRUE and of the default handler for the "query-tooltip" signal.

See also the "tooltip-markup" property and gtk_tooltip_set_markup().

widget :

a GtkWidget

markup :

the contents of the tooltip for widget, or NULL. [allow-none]

Since 2.12


gtk_widget_get_tooltip_text ()

gchar *             gtk_widget_get_tooltip_text         (GtkWidget *widget);

Gets the contents of the tooltip for widget.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

the tooltip text, or NULL. You should free the returned string with g_free() when done.

Since 2.12


gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text ()

void                gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text         (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const gchar *text);

Sets text as the contents of the tooltip. This function will take care of setting "has-tooltip" to TRUE and of the default handler for the "query-tooltip" signal.

See also the "tooltip-text" property and gtk_tooltip_set_text().

widget :

a GtkWidget

text :

the contents of the tooltip for widget

Since 2.12


gtk_widget_get_tooltip_window ()

GtkWindow *         gtk_widget_get_tooltip_window       (GtkWidget *widget);

Returns the GtkWindow of the current tooltip. This can be the GtkWindow created by default, or the custom tooltip window set using gtk_widget_set_tooltip_window().

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

The GtkWindow of the current tooltip. [transfer none]

Since 2.12


gtk_widget_set_tooltip_window ()

void                gtk_widget_set_tooltip_window       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkWindow *custom_window);

Replaces the default, usually yellow, 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.

If the custom window should have the default theming it needs to have the name "gtk-tooltip", see gtk_widget_set_name().

widget :

a GtkWidget

custom_window :

a GtkWindow, or NULL. [allow-none]

Since 2.12


gtk_widget_get_has_tooltip ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_get_has_tooltip          (GtkWidget *widget);

Returns the current value of the has-tooltip property. See "has-tooltip" for more information.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

current value of has-tooltip on widget.

Since 2.12


gtk_widget_set_has_tooltip ()

void                gtk_widget_set_has_tooltip          (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean has_tooltip);

Sets the has-tooltip property on widget to has_tooltip. See "has-tooltip" for more information.

widget :

a GtkWidget

has_tooltip :

whether or not widget has a tooltip.

Since 2.12


gtk_widget_trigger_tooltip_query ()

void                gtk_widget_trigger_tooltip_query    (GtkWidget *widget);

Triggers a tooltip query on the display where the toplevel of widget is located. See gtk_tooltip_trigger_tooltip_query() for more information.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Since 2.12


gtk_widget_get_window ()

GdkWindow *         gtk_widget_get_window               (GtkWidget *widget);

Returns the widget's window if it is realized, NULL otherwise

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

widget's window. [transfer none]

Since 2.14


gtk_cairo_should_draw_window ()

gboolean            gtk_cairo_should_draw_window        (cairo_t *cr,
                                                         GdkWindow *window);

This function is supposed to be called in "draw" implementations for widgets that support multiple windows. cr must be untransformed from invoking of the draw function. This function will return TRUE if the contents of the given window are supposed to be drawn and FALSE otherwise. Note that when the drawing was not initiated by the windowing system this function will return TRUE for all windows, so you need to draw the bottommost window first. Also, do not use "else if" statements to check which window should be drawn.

cr :

a cairo context

window :

the window to check

Returns :

TRUE if window should be drawn

Since 3.0


gtk_cairo_transform_to_window ()

void                gtk_cairo_transform_to_window       (cairo_t *cr,
                                                         GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkWindow *window);

Transforms the given cairo context cr that from widget-relative coordinates to window-relative coordinates. If the widget's window is not an ancestor of window, no modification will be applied.

This is the inverse to the transformation GTK applies when preparing an expose event to be emitted with the "draw" signal. It is intended to help porting multiwindow widgets from GTK+ 2 to the rendering architecture of GTK+ 3.

cr :

the cairo context to transform

widget :

the widget the context is currently centered for

window :

the window to transform the context to

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_get_allocated_width ()

int                 gtk_widget_get_allocated_width      (GtkWidget *widget);

Returns the width that has currently been allocated to widget. This function is intended to be used when implementing handlers for the "draw" function.

widget :

the widget to query

Returns :

the width of the widget

gtk_widget_get_allocated_height ()

int                 gtk_widget_get_allocated_height     (GtkWidget *widget);

Returns the height that has currently been allocated to widget. This function is intended to be used when implementing handlers for the "draw" function.

widget :

the widget to query

Returns :

the height of the widget

gtk_widget_get_allocation ()

void                gtk_widget_get_allocation           (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkAllocation *allocation);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

allocation :

a pointer to a GtkAllocation to copy to. [out]

Since 2.18


gtk_widget_set_allocation ()

void                gtk_widget_set_allocation           (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         const GtkAllocation *allocation);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

allocation :

a pointer to a GtkAllocation to copy from

Since 2.18


gtk_widget_get_app_paintable ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_get_app_paintable        (GtkWidget *widget);

Determines whether the application intends to draw on the widget in an "draw" handler.

See gtk_widget_set_app_paintable()

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if the widget is app paintable

Since 2.18


gtk_widget_get_can_default ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_get_can_default          (GtkWidget *widget);

Determines whether widget can be a default widget. See gtk_widget_set_can_default().

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if widget can be a default widget, FALSE otherwise

Since 2.18


gtk_widget_set_can_default ()

void                gtk_widget_set_can_default          (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean can_default);

Specifies whether widget can be a default widget. See gtk_widget_grab_default() for details about the meaning of "default".

widget :

a GtkWidget

can_default :

whether or not widget can be a default widget.

Since 2.18


gtk_widget_get_can_focus ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_get_can_focus            (GtkWidget *widget);

Determines whether widget can own the input focus. See gtk_widget_set_can_focus().

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if widget can own the input focus, FALSE otherwise

Since 2.18


gtk_widget_set_can_focus ()

void                gtk_widget_set_can_focus            (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean can_focus);

Specifies whether widget can own the input focus. See gtk_widget_grab_focus() for actually setting the input focus on a widget.

widget :

a GtkWidget

can_focus :

whether or not widget can own the input focus.

Since 2.18


gtk_widget_get_double_buffered ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_get_double_buffered      (GtkWidget *widget);

Determines whether the widget is double buffered.

See gtk_widget_set_double_buffered()

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if the widget is double buffered

Since 2.18


gtk_widget_get_has_window ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_get_has_window           (GtkWidget *widget);

Determines whether widget has a GdkWindow of its own. See gtk_widget_set_has_window().

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if widget has a window, FALSE otherwise

Since 2.18


gtk_widget_set_has_window ()

void                gtk_widget_set_has_window           (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean has_window);

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 "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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

has_window :

whether or not widget has a window.

Since 2.18


gtk_widget_get_sensitive ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_get_sensitive            (GtkWidget *widget);

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().

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if the widget is sensitive

Since 2.18


gtk_widget_is_sensitive ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_is_sensitive             (GtkWidget *widget);

Returns the widget's effective sensitivity, which means it is sensitive itself and also its parent widget is sensntive

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if the widget is effectively sensitive

Since 2.18


gtk_widget_get_state ()

GtkStateType        gtk_widget_get_state                (GtkWidget *widget);

Warning

gtk_widget_get_state is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. 3.0. Use gtk_widget_get_state_flags() instead.

Returns the widget's state. See gtk_widget_set_state().

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

the state of widget.

Since 2.18


gtk_widget_get_visible ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_get_visible              (GtkWidget *widget);

Determines whether the widget is visible. Note that this doesn't take into account whether the widget's parent is also visible or the widget is obscured in any way.

See gtk_widget_set_visible().

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if the widget is visible

Since 2.18


gtk_widget_set_visible ()

void                gtk_widget_set_visible              (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean visible);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

visible :

whether the widget should be shown or not

Since 2.18


gtk_widget_set_state_flags ()

void                gtk_widget_set_state_flags          (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkStateFlags flags,
                                                         gboolean clear);

This function is for use in widget implementations. Turns on flag values in the current widget state (insensitive, prelighted, etc.).

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

flags :

State flags to turn on

clear :

Whether to clear state before turning on flags

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_unset_state_flags ()

void                gtk_widget_unset_state_flags        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkStateFlags flags);

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().

widget :

a GtkWidget

flags :

State flags to turn off

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_get_state_flags ()

GtkStateFlags       gtk_widget_get_state_flags          (GtkWidget *widget);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

The state flags for widget

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_has_default ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_has_default              (GtkWidget *widget);

Determines whether widget is the current default widget within its toplevel. See gtk_widget_set_can_default().

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if widget is the current default widget within its toplevel, FALSE otherwise

Since 2.18


gtk_widget_has_focus ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_has_focus                (GtkWidget *widget);

Determines if the widget has the global input focus. See gtk_widget_is_focus() for the difference between having the global input focus, and only having the focus within a toplevel.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if the widget has the global input focus.

Since 2.18


gtk_widget_has_grab ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_has_grab                 (GtkWidget *widget);

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().

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if the widget is in the grab_widgets stack

Since 2.18


gtk_widget_has_rc_style ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_has_rc_style             (GtkWidget *widget);

Warning

gtk_widget_has_rc_style has been deprecated since version 3.0 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use GtkStyleContext instead

Determines if the widget style has been looked up through the rc mechanism.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if the widget has been looked up through the rc mechanism, FALSE otherwise.

Since 2.20


gtk_widget_is_drawable ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_is_drawable              (GtkWidget *widget);

Determines whether widget can be drawn to. A widget can be drawn to if it is mapped and visible.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if widget is drawable, FALSE otherwise

Since 2.18


gtk_widget_is_toplevel ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_is_toplevel              (GtkWidget *widget);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if widget is a toplevel, FALSE otherwise

Since 2.18


gtk_widget_set_window ()

void                gtk_widget_set_window               (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkWindow *window);

Sets a widget's window. This function should only be used in a widget's "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

This function does not add any reference to window.

widget :

a GtkWidget

window :

a GdkWindow

Since 2.18


gtk_widget_set_receives_default ()

void                gtk_widget_set_receives_default     (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean receives_default);

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".

widget :

a GtkWidget

receives_default :

whether or not widget can be a default widget.

Since 2.18


gtk_widget_get_receives_default ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_get_receives_default     (GtkWidget *widget);

Determines whether widget is alyways treated as default widget withing its toplevel when it has the focus, even if another widget is the default.

See gtk_widget_set_receives_default().

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if widget acts as default widget when focussed, FALSE otherwise

Since 2.18


gtk_widget_set_support_multidevice ()

void                gtk_widget_set_support_multidevice  (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean support_multidevice);

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 "realize", gdk_window_set_support_multidevice() will have to be called manually on them.

widget :

a GtkWidget

support_multidevice :

TRUE to support input from multiple devices.

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_get_support_multidevice ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_get_support_multidevice  (GtkWidget *widget);

Returns TRUE if widget is multiple pointer aware. See gtk_widget_set_support_multidevice() for more information.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if widget is multidevice aware.

gtk_widget_set_realized ()

void                gtk_widget_set_realized             (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean realized);

Marks the widget as being realized.

This function should only ever be called in a derived widget's "realize" or "unrealize" implementation.

widget :

a GtkWidget

realized :

TRUE to mark the widget as realized

Since 2.20


gtk_widget_get_realized ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_get_realized             (GtkWidget *widget);

Determines whether widget is realized.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if widget is realized, FALSE otherwise

Since 2.20


gtk_widget_set_mapped ()

void                gtk_widget_set_mapped               (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean mapped);

Marks the widget as being realized.

This function should only ever be called in a derived widget's "map" or "unmap" implementation.

widget :

a GtkWidget

mapped :

TRUE to mark the widget as mapped

Since 2.20


gtk_widget_get_mapped ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_get_mapped               (GtkWidget *widget);

Whether the widget is mapped.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

TRUE if the widget is mapped, FALSE otherwise.

Since 2.20


gtk_widget_get_requisition ()

void                gtk_widget_get_requisition          (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkRequisition *requisition);

Warning

gtk_widget_get_requisition has been deprecated since version 3.0 and should not be used in newly-written code. The GtkRequisition cache on the widget was removed, If you need to cache sizes across requests and allocations, add an explicit cache to the widget in question instead.

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget

requisition :

a pointer to a GtkRequisition to copy to. [out]

Since 2.20


gtk_widget_device_is_shadowed ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_device_is_shadowed       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GdkDevice *device);

Returns TRUE if device has been shadowed by a GTK+ device grab on another widget, so it would stop sending events to widget. This may be used in the "grab-notify" signal to check for specific devices. See gtk_device_grab_add().

widget :

a GtkWidget

device :

a GdkDevice

Returns :

TRUE if there is an ongoing grab on device by another GtkWidget than widget.

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_get_path ()

GtkWidgetPath *     gtk_widget_get_path                 (GtkWidget *widget);

Returns the GtkWidgetPath representing widget, if the widget is not connected to a toplevel widget, a partial path will be created.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

The GtkWidgetPath representing widget. [transfer none]

gtk_widget_get_style_context ()

GtkStyleContext *   gtk_widget_get_style_context        (GtkWidget *widget);

Returns the style context associated to widget.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

a GtkStyleContext. This memory is owned by widget and must not be freed. [transfer none]

gtk_widget_reset_style ()

void                gtk_widget_reset_style              (GtkWidget *widget);

Updates the style context of widget and all descendents 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().

widget :

a GtkWidget

Since 3.0


gtk_requisition_new ()

GtkRequisition *    gtk_requisition_new                 (void);

Allocates a new GtkRequisition structure and initializes its elements to zero.

Returns :

a new empty GtkRequisition. The newly allocated GtkRequisition should be freed with gtk_requisition_free().

Since 3.0


gtk_requisition_copy ()

GtkRequisition *    gtk_requisition_copy                (const GtkRequisition *requisition);

Copies a GtkRequisition.

requisition :

a GtkRequisition

Returns :

a copy of requisition

gtk_requisition_free ()

void                gtk_requisition_free                (GtkRequisition *requisition);

Frees a GtkRequisition.

requisition :

a GtkRequisition

enum GtkSizeRequestMode

typedef enum
{
  GTK_SIZE_REQUEST_HEIGHT_FOR_WIDTH = 0,
  GTK_SIZE_REQUEST_WIDTH_FOR_HEIGHT
} GtkSizeRequestMode;

Specifies a preference for height-for-width or width-for-height geometry management.

GTK_SIZE_REQUEST_HEIGHT_FOR_WIDTH

Prefer height-for-width geometry management

GTK_SIZE_REQUEST_WIDTH_FOR_HEIGHT

Prefer width-for-height geometry management

struct GtkRequestedSize

struct GtkRequestedSize {
  gpointer data;
  gint     minimum_size;
  gint     natural_size;
};

Represents a request of a screen object in a given orientation. These are primarily used in container implementations when allocating a natural size for children calling. See gtk_distribute_natural_allocation().

gpointer data;

A client pointer

gint minimum_size;

The minimum size needed for allocation in a given orientation

gint natural_size;

The natural size for allocation in a given orientation

gtk_widget_get_preferred_height ()

void                gtk_widget_get_preferred_height     (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint *minimum_height,
                                                         gint *natural_height);

Retrieves a widget's initial minimum and natural height.

Note

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget instance

minimum_height :

location to store the minimum height, or NULL. [out][allow-none]

natural_height :

location to store the natural height, or NULL. [out][allow-none]

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_get_preferred_width ()

void                gtk_widget_get_preferred_width      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint *minimum_width,
                                                         gint *natural_width);

Retrieves a widget's initial minimum and natural width.

Note

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget instance

minimum_width :

location to store the minimum width, or NULL. [out][allow-none]

natural_width :

location to store the natural width, or NULL. [out][allow-none]

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_get_preferred_height_for_width ()

void                gtk_widget_get_preferred_height_for_width
                                                        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint width,
                                                         gint *minimum_height,
                                                         gint *natural_height);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget instance

width :

the width which is available for allocation

minimum_height :

location for storing the minimum height, or NULL. [out][allow-none]

natural_height :

location for storing the natural height, or NULL. [out][allow-none]

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_get_preferred_width_for_height ()

void                gtk_widget_get_preferred_width_for_height
                                                        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint height,
                                                         gint *minimum_width,
                                                         gint *natural_width);

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget instance

height :

the height which is available for allocation

minimum_width :

location for storing the minimum width, or NULL. [out][allow-none]

natural_width :

location for storing the natural width, or NULL. [out][allow-none]

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_get_request_mode ()

GtkSizeRequestMode  gtk_widget_get_request_mode         (GtkWidget *widget);

Gets whether the widget prefers a height-for-width layout or a width-for-height layout.

Note

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget instance

Returns :

The GtkSizeRequestMode preferred by widget.

Since 3.0


gtk_widget_get_preferred_size ()

void                gtk_widget_get_preferred_size       (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkRequisition *minimum_size,
                                                         GtkRequisition *natural_size);

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.

Note

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.

widget :

a GtkWidget instance

minimum_size :

location for storing the minimum size, or NULL. [out][allow-none]

natural_size :

location for storing the natural size, or NULL. [out][allow-none]

Since 3.0


gtk_distribute_natural_allocation ()

gint                gtk_distribute_natural_allocation   (gint extra_space,
                                                         guint n_requested_sizes,
                                                         GtkRequestedSize *sizes);

Distributes extra_space to child sizes by bringing smaller children up to natural size first.

The remaining space will be added to the minimum_size member of the GtkRequestedSize struct. If all sizes reach their natural size then the remaining space is returned.

extra_space :

Extra space to redistribute among children after subtracting minimum sizes and any child padding from the overall allocation

n_requested_sizes :

Number of requests to fit into the allocation

sizes :

An array of structs with a client pointer and a minimum/natural size in the orientation of the allocation.

Returns :

The remainder of extra_space after redistributing space to sizes.

enum GtkAlign

typedef enum
{
  GTK_ALIGN_FILL,
  GTK_ALIGN_START,
  GTK_ALIGN_END,
  GTK_ALIGN_CENTER
} GtkAlign;

Controls how a widget deals with extra space in a single (x or y) dimension.

Alignment only matters if the widget receives a "too large" allocation, for example if you packed the widget with the "expand" flag inside a GtkBox, then the widget might get extra space. If you have for example a 16x16 icon inside a 32x32 space, the icon could be scaled and stretched, it could be centered, or it could be positioned to one side of the space.

GTK_ALIGN_FILL

stretch to fill all space if possible, center if no meaningful way to stretch

GTK_ALIGN_START

snap to left or top side, leaving space on right or bottom

GTK_ALIGN_END

snap to right or bottom side, leaving space on left or top

GTK_ALIGN_CENTER

center natural width of widget inside the allocation

gtk_widget_get_halign ()

GtkAlign            gtk_widget_get_halign               (GtkWidget *widget);

Gets the value of the "halign" property.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

the horizontal alignment of widget

gtk_widget_set_halign ()

void                gtk_widget_set_halign               (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkAlign align);

Sets the horizontal alignment of widget. See the "halign" property.

widget :

a GtkWidget

align :

the horizontal alignment

gtk_widget_get_valign ()

GtkAlign            gtk_widget_get_valign               (GtkWidget *widget);

Gets the value of the "valign" property.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

the vertical alignment of widget

gtk_widget_set_valign ()

void                gtk_widget_set_valign               (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkAlign align);

Sets the vertical alignment of widget. See the "valign" property.

widget :

a GtkWidget

align :

the vertical alignment

gtk_widget_get_margin_left ()

gint                gtk_widget_get_margin_left          (GtkWidget *widget);

Gets the value of the "margin-left" property.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

The left margin of widget

gtk_widget_set_margin_left ()

void                gtk_widget_set_margin_left          (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint margin);

Sets the left margin of widget. See the "margin-left" property.

widget :

a GtkWidget

margin :

the left margin

gtk_widget_get_margin_right ()

gint                gtk_widget_get_margin_right         (GtkWidget *widget);

Gets the value of the "margin-right" property.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

The left margin of widget

gtk_widget_set_margin_right ()

void                gtk_widget_set_margin_right         (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint margin);

Sets the right margin of widget. See the "margin-right" property.

widget :

a GtkWidget

margin :

the right margin

gtk_widget_get_margin_top ()

gint                gtk_widget_get_margin_top           (GtkWidget *widget);

Gets the value of the "margin-top" property.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

The top margin of widget

gtk_widget_set_margin_top ()

void                gtk_widget_set_margin_top           (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint margin);

Sets the top margin of widget. See the "margin-top" property.

widget :

a GtkWidget

margin :

the top margin

gtk_widget_get_margin_bottom ()

gint                gtk_widget_get_margin_bottom        (GtkWidget *widget);

Gets the value of the "margin-bottom" property.

widget :

a GtkWidget

Returns :

The bottom margin of widget

gtk_widget_set_margin_bottom ()

void                gtk_widget_set_margin_bottom        (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gint margin);

Sets the bottom margin of widget. See the "margin-bottom" property.

widget :

a GtkWidget

margin :

the bottom margin

gtk_widget_get_hexpand ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_get_hexpand              (GtkWidget *widget);

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.

widget :

the widget

Returns :

whether hexpand flag is set

gtk_widget_set_hexpand ()

void                gtk_widget_set_hexpand              (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean expand);

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.

widget :

the widget

expand :

whether to expand

gtk_widget_get_hexpand_set ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_get_hexpand_set          (GtkWidget *widget);

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.

widget :

the widget

Returns :

whether hexpand has been explicitly set

gtk_widget_set_hexpand_set ()

void                gtk_widget_set_hexpand_set          (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean set);

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.

widget :

the widget

set :

value for hexpand-set property

gtk_widget_get_vexpand ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_get_vexpand              (GtkWidget *widget);

Gets whether the widget would like any available extra vertical space.

See gtk_widget_get_hexpand() for more detail.

widget :

the widget

Returns :

whether vexpand flag is set

gtk_widget_set_vexpand ()

void                gtk_widget_set_vexpand              (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean expand);

Sets whether the widget would like any available extra vertical space.

See gtk_widget_set_hexpand() for more detail.

widget :

the widget

expand :

whether to expand

gtk_widget_get_vexpand_set ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_get_vexpand_set          (GtkWidget *widget);

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.

widget :

the widget

Returns :

whether vexpand has been explicitly set

gtk_widget_set_vexpand_set ()

void                gtk_widget_set_vexpand_set          (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         gboolean set);

Sets whether the vexpand flag (see gtk_widget_get_vexpand()) will be used.

See gtk_widget_set_hexpand_set() for more detail.

widget :

the widget

set :

value for vexpand-set property

gtk_widget_queue_compute_expand ()

void                gtk_widget_queue_compute_expand     (GtkWidget *widget);

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().

widget :

a GtkWidget

gtk_widget_compute_expand ()

gboolean            gtk_widget_compute_expand           (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                         GtkOrientation orientation);

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.

widget :

the widget

orientation :

expand direction

Returns :

whether widget tree rooted here should be expanded

Property Details

The "app-paintable" property

  "app-paintable"            gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether the application will paint directly on the widget.

Default value: FALSE


The "can-default" property

  "can-default"              gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether the widget can be the default widget.

Default value: FALSE


The "can-focus" property

  "can-focus"                gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether the widget can accept the input focus.

Default value: FALSE


The "composite-child" property

  "composite-child"          gboolean              : Read

Whether the widget is part of a composite widget.

Default value: FALSE


The "double-buffered" property

  "double-buffered"          gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether the widget is double buffered.

Default value: TRUE

Since 2.18


The "events" property

  "events"                   GdkEventMask          : Read / Write

The event mask that decides what kind of GdkEvents this widget gets.

Default value: GDK_STRUCTURE_MASK


The "expand" property

  "expand"                   gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether to expand in both directions. Setting this sets both "hexpand" and "vexpand"

Default value: FALSE

Since 3.0


The "halign" property

  "halign"                   GtkAlign              : Read / Write

How to distribute horizontal space if widget gets extra space, see GtkAlign

Default value: GTK_ALIGN_FILL

Since 3.0


The "has-default" property

  "has-default"              gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether the widget is the default widget.

Default value: FALSE


The "has-focus" property

  "has-focus"                gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether the widget has the input focus.

Default value: FALSE


The "has-tooltip" property

  "has-tooltip"              gboolean              : Read / Write

Enables or disables the emission of "query-tooltip" on widget. A value of TRUE indicates that widget can have a tooltip, in this case the widget will be queried using "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.

Default value: FALSE

Since 2.12


The "height-request" property

  "height-request"           gint                  : Read / Write

Override for height request of the widget, or -1 if natural request should be used.

Allowed values: >= G_MAXULONG

Default value: -1


The "hexpand" property

  "hexpand"                  gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether to expand horizontally. See gtk_widget_set_hexpand().

Default value: FALSE

Since 3.0


The "hexpand-set" property

  "hexpand-set"              gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether to use the "hexpand" property. See gtk_widget_get_hexpand_set().

Default value: FALSE

Since 3.0


The "is-focus" property

  "is-focus"                 gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether the widget is the focus widget within the toplevel.

Default value: FALSE


The "margin" property

  "margin"                   gint                  : Read / Write

Sets all four sides' margin at once. If read, returns max margin on any side.

Allowed values: [0,32767]

Default value: 0

Since 3.0


The "margin-bottom" property

  "margin-bottom"            gint                  : Read / Write

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.

Allowed values: [0,32767]

Default value: 0

Since 3.0


The "margin-left" property

  "margin-left"              gint                  : Read / Write

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.

Allowed values: [0,32767]

Default value: 0

Since 3.0


The "margin-right" property

  "margin-right"             gint                  : Read / Write

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.

Allowed values: [0,32767]

Default value: 0

Since 3.0


The "margin-top" property

  "margin-top"               gint                  : Read / Write

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.

Allowed values: [0,32767]

Default value: 0

Since 3.0


The "name" property

  "name"                     gchar*                : Read / Write

The name of the widget.

Default value: NULL


The "no-show-all" property

  "no-show-all"              gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether gtk_widget_show_all() should not affect this widget.

Default value: FALSE


The "parent" property

  "parent"                   GtkContainer*         : Read / Write

The parent widget of this widget. Must be a Container widget.


The "receives-default" property

  "receives-default"         gboolean              : Read / Write

If TRUE, the widget will receive the default action when it is focused.

Default value: FALSE


The "sensitive" property

  "sensitive"                gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether the widget responds to input.

Default value: TRUE


The "style" property

  "style"                    GtkStyle*             : Read / Write

The style of the widget, which contains information about how it will look (colors etc).


The "tooltip-markup" property

  "tooltip-markup"           gchar*                : Read / Write

Sets the text of tooltip to be the given string, which is marked up with the Pango text markup language. 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: "has-tooltip" will automatically be set to TRUE and there will be taken care of "query-tooltip" in the default signal handler.

Default value: NULL

Since 2.12


The "tooltip-text" property

  "tooltip-text"             gchar*                : Read / Write

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: "has-tooltip" will automatically be set to TRUE and there will be taken care of "query-tooltip" in the default signal handler.

Default value: NULL

Since 2.12


The "valign" property

  "valign"                   GtkAlign              : Read / Write

How to distribute vertical space if widget gets extra space, see GtkAlign

Default value: GTK_ALIGN_FILL

Since 3.0


The "vexpand" property

  "vexpand"                  gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether to expand vertically. See gtk_widget_set_vexpand().

Default value: FALSE

Since 3.0


The "vexpand-set" property

  "vexpand-set"              gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether to use the "vexpand" property. See gtk_widget_get_vexpand_set().

Default value: FALSE

Since 3.0


The "visible" property

  "visible"                  gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether the widget is visible.

Default value: FALSE


The "width-request" property

  "width-request"            gint                  : Read / Write

Override for width request of the widget, or -1 if natural request should be used.

Allowed values: >= G_MAXULONG

Default value: -1


The "window" property

  "window"                   GdkWindow*            : Read

The widget's window if it is realized, NULL otherwise.

Since 2.14

Style Property Details

The "cursor-aspect-ratio" style property

  "cursor-aspect-ratio"      gfloat                : Read

Aspect ratio with which to draw insertion cursor.

Allowed values: [0,1]

Default value: 0.04


The "cursor-color" style property

  "cursor-color"             GdkColor*             : Read

Color with which to draw insertion cursor.


The "focus-line-pattern" style property

  "focus-line-pattern"       gchar*                : Read

Dash pattern used to draw the focus indicator.

Default value: "\001\001"


The "focus-line-width" style property

  "focus-line-width"         gint                  : Read

Width, in pixels, of the focus indicator line.

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 1


The "focus-padding" style property

  "focus-padding"            gint                  : Read

Width, in pixels, between focus indicator and the widget 'box'.

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 1


The "interior-focus" style property

  "interior-focus"           gboolean              : Read

Whether to draw the focus indicator inside widgets.

Default value: TRUE


The "link-color" style property

  "link-color"               GdkColor*             : Read

The "link-color" style property defines the color of unvisited links.

Since 2.10


The "scroll-arrow-hlength" style property

  "scroll-arrow-hlength"     gint                  : Read

The "scroll-arrow-hlength" style property defines the length of horizontal scroll arrows.

Allowed values: >= 1

Default value: 16

Since 2.10


The "scroll-arrow-vlength" style property

  "scroll-arrow-vlength"     gint                  : Read

The "scroll-arrow-vlength" style property defines the length of vertical scroll arrows.

Allowed values: >= 1

Default value: 16

Since 2.10


The "secondary-cursor-color" style property

  "secondary-cursor-color"   GdkColor*             : Read

Color with which to draw the secondary insertion cursor when editing mixed right-to-left and left-to-right text.


The "separator-height" style property

  "separator-height"         gint                  : Read

The "separator-height" style property defines the height of separators. This property only takes effect if "wide-separators" is TRUE.

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 0

Since 2.10


The "separator-width" style property

  "separator-width"          gint                  : Read

The "separator-width" style property defines the width of separators. This property only takes effect if "wide-separators" is TRUE.

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 0

Since 2.10


The "visited-link-color" style property

  "visited-link-color"       GdkColor*             : Read

The "visited-link-color" style property defines the color of visited links.

Since 2.10


The "wide-separators" style property

  "wide-separators"          gboolean              : Read

The "wide-separators" style property defines whether separators have configurable width and should be drawn using a box instead of a line.

Default value: FALSE

Since 2.10


The "window-dragging" style property

  "window-dragging"          gboolean              : Read

Whether windows can be dragged by clicking on empty areas.

Default value: FALSE

Signal Details

The "accel-closures-changed" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "button-press-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

The ::button-press-event signal will be emitted when a button (typically from a mouse) is pressed.

To receive this signal, the GdkWindow associated to the widget needs to enable the GDK_BUTTON_PRESS_MASK mask.

This signal will be sent to the grab widget if there is one.

widget :

the object which received the signal.

event :

the GdkEventButton which triggered this signal. [type Gdk.EventButton]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "button-release-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

The ::button-release-event signal will be emitted when a button (typically from a mouse) is released.

To receive this signal, the GdkWindow associated to the widget needs to enable the GDK_BUTTON_RELEASE_MASK mask.

This signal will be sent to the grab widget if there is one.

widget :

the object which received the signal.

event :

the GdkEventButton which triggered this signal. [type Gdk.EventButton]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "can-activate-accel" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        guint      signal_id,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

Determines whether an accelerator that activates the signal identified by signal_id can currently be activated. This signal is present to allow applications and derived widgets to override the default GtkWidget handling for determining whether an accelerator can be activated.

widget :

the object which received the signal

signal_id :

the ID of a signal installed on widget

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE if the signal can be activated.

The "child-notify" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget  *widget,
                                                        GParamSpec *pspec,
                                                        gpointer    user_data)      : No Hooks

The ::child-notify signal is emitted for each child property that has changed on an object. The signal's detail holds the property name.

widget :

the object which received the signal

pspec :

the GParamSpec of the changed child property

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "composited-changed" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Action

The ::composited-changed signal is emitted when the composited status of widgets screen changes. See gdk_screen_is_composited().

widget :

the object on which the signal is emitted

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "configure-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

The ::configure-event signal will be emitted when the size, position or stacking of the widget's window has changed.

To receive this signal, the GdkWindow associated to the widget needs to enable the GDK_STRUCTURE_MASK mask. GDK will enable this mask automatically for all new windows.

widget :

the object which received the signal

event :

the GdkEventConfigure which triggered this signal. [type Gdk.EventConfigure]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "damage-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

Emitted when a redirected window belonging to widget gets drawn into. The region/area members of the event shows what area of the redirected drawable was drawn into.

widget :

the object which received the signal

event :

the GdkEventExpose event. [type Gdk.EventExpose]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

Since 2.14


The "delete-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

The ::delete-event signal is emitted if a user requests that a toplevel window is closed. The default handler for this signal destroys the window. Connecting gtk_widget_hide_on_delete() to this signal will cause the window to be hidden instead, so that it can later be shown again without reconstructing it.

widget :

the object which received the signal

event :

the event which triggered this signal

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "destroy" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget *object,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : No Hooks

Signals that all holders of a reference to the widget should release the reference that they hold. May result in finalization of the widget if all references are released.

object :

the object which received the signal

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "destroy-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

The ::destroy-event signal is emitted when a GdkWindow is destroyed. You rarely get this signal, because most widgets disconnect themselves from their window before they destroy it, so no widget owns the window at destroy time.

To receive this signal, the GdkWindow associated to the widget needs to enable the GDK_STRUCTURE_MASK mask. GDK will enable this mask automatically for all new windows.

widget :

the object which received the signal.

event :

the event which triggered this signal

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "direction-changed" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget       *widget,
                                                        GtkTextDirection previous_direction,
                                                        gpointer         user_data)               : Run First

The ::direction-changed signal is emitted when the text direction of a widget changes.

widget :

the object on which the signal is emitted

previous_direction :

the previous text direction of widget

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "drag-begin" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget      *widget,
                                                        GdkDragContext *drag_context,
                                                        gpointer        user_data)         : Run Last

The ::drag-begin signal is emitted on the drag source when a drag is started. A typical reason to connect to this signal is to set up a custom drag icon with gtk_drag_source_set_icon().

Note that some widgets set up a drag icon in the default handler of this signal, so you may have to use g_signal_connect_after() to override what the default handler did.

widget :

the object which received the signal

drag_context :

the drag context

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "drag-data-delete" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget      *widget,
                                                        GdkDragContext *drag_context,
                                                        gpointer        user_data)         : Run Last

The ::drag-data-delete signal is emitted on the drag source when a drag with the action GDK_ACTION_MOVE is successfully completed. The signal handler is responsible for deleting the data that has been dropped. What "delete" means depends on the context of the drag operation.

widget :

the object which received the signal

drag_context :

the drag context

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "drag-data-get" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget        *widget,
                                                        GdkDragContext   *drag_context,
                                                        GtkSelectionData *data,
                                                        guint             info,
                                                        guint             time,
                                                        gpointer          user_data)         : Run Last

The ::drag-data-get signal is emitted on the drag source when the drop site requests the data which is dragged. It is the responsibility of the signal handler to fill data with the data in the format which is indicated by info. See gtk_selection_data_set() and gtk_selection_data_set_text().

widget :

the object which received the signal

drag_context :

the drag context

data :

the GtkSelectionData to be filled with the dragged data

info :

the info that has been registered with the target in the GtkTargetList

time :

the timestamp at which the data was requested

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "drag-data-received" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget        *widget,
                                                        GdkDragContext   *drag_context,
                                                        gint              x,
                                                        gint              y,
                                                        GtkSelectionData *data,
                                                        guint             info,
                                                        guint             time,
                                                        gpointer          user_data)         : Run Last

The ::drag-data-received signal is emitted on the drop site when the dragged data has been received. If the data was received in order to determine whether the drop will be accepted, the handler is expected to call gdk_drag_status() and not finish the drag. If the data was received in response to a "drag-drop" signal (and this is the last target to be received), the handler for this signal is expected to process the received data and then call gtk_drag_finish(), setting the success parameter depending on whether the data was processed successfully.

The handler may inspect and modify drag_context->action before calling gtk_drag_finish(), e.g. to implement GDK_ACTION_ASK as shown in the following example:

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void
drag_data_received (GtkWidget          *widget,
                    GdkDragContext     *drag_context,
                    gint                x,
                    gint                y,
                    GtkSelectionData   *data,
                    guint               info,
                    guint               time)
{
  if ((data->length >= 0) && (data->format == 8))
    {
      if (drag_context->action == GDK_ACTION_ASK)
        {
          GtkWidget *dialog;
          gint response;
          dialog = gtk_message_dialog_new (NULL,
                                           GTK_DIALOG_MODAL |
                                           GTK_DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT,
                                           GTK_MESSAGE_INFO,
                                           GTK_BUTTONS_YES_NO,
                                           "Move the data ?\n");
          response = gtk_dialog_run (GTK_DIALOG (dialog));
          gtk_widget_destroy (dialog);

          if (response == GTK_RESPONSE_YES)
            drag_context->action = GDK_ACTION_MOVE;
          else
            drag_context->action = GDK_ACTION_COPY;
         }

      gtk_drag_finish (drag_context, TRUE, FALSE, time);
      return;
    }

   gtk_drag_finish (drag_context, FALSE, FALSE, time);
 }

widget :

the object which received the signal

drag_context :

the drag context

x :

where the drop happened

y :

where the drop happened

data :

the received data

info :

the info that has been registered with the target in the GtkTargetList

time :

the timestamp at which the data was received

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "drag-drop" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget      *widget,
                                                        GdkDragContext *drag_context,
                                                        gint            x,
                                                        gint            y,
                                                        guint           time,
                                                        gpointer        user_data)         : Run Last

The ::drag-drop signal is emitted on the drop site when the user drops the data onto the widget. The signal handler must determine whether the cursor position is in a drop zone or not. If it is not in a drop zone, it returns FALSE and no further processing is necessary. Otherwise, the handler returns TRUE. In this case, the handler must ensure that gtk_drag_finish() is called to let the source know that the drop is done. The call to gtk_drag_finish() can be done either directly or in a "drag-data-received" handler which gets triggered by calling gtk_drag_get_data() to receive the data for one or more of the supported targets.

widget :

the object which received the signal

drag_context :

the drag context

x :

the x coordinate of the current cursor position

y :

the y coordinate of the current cursor position

time :

the timestamp of the motion event

returns :

whether the cursor position is in a drop zone

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "drag-end" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget      *widget,
                                                        GdkDragContext *drag_context,
                                                        gpointer        user_data)         : Run Last

The ::drag-end signal is emitted on the drag source when a drag is finished. A typical reason to connect to this signal is to undo things done in "drag-begin".

widget :

the object which received the signal

drag_context :

the drag context

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "drag-failed" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget      *widget,
                                                        GdkDragContext *drag_context,
                                                        GtkDragResult   result,
                                                        gpointer        user_data)         : Run Last

The ::drag-failed signal is emitted on the drag source when a drag has failed. The signal handler may hook custom code to handle a failed DND operation based on the type of error, it returns TRUE is the failure has been already handled (not showing the default "drag operation failed" animation), otherwise it returns FALSE.

widget :

the object which received the signal

drag_context :

the drag context

result :

the result of the drag operation

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE if the failed drag operation has been already handled.

Since 2.12


The "drag-leave" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget      *widget,
                                                        GdkDragContext *drag_context,
                                                        guint           time,
                                                        gpointer        user_data)         : Run Last

The ::drag-leave signal is emitted on the drop site when the cursor leaves the widget. A typical reason to connect to this signal is to undo things done in "drag-motion", e.g. undo highlighting with gtk_drag_unhighlight()

widget :

the object which received the signal.

drag_context :

the drag context

time :

the timestamp of the motion event

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "drag-motion" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget      *widget,
                                                        GdkDragContext *drag_context,
                                                        gint            x,
                                                        gint            y,
                                                        guint           time,
                                                        gpointer        user_data)         : Run Last

The drag-motion signal is emitted on the drop site when the user moves the cursor over the widget during a drag. The signal handler must determine whether the cursor position is in a drop zone or not. If it is not in a drop zone, it returns FALSE and no further processing is necessary. Otherwise, the handler returns TRUE. In this case, the handler is responsible for providing the necessary information for displaying feedback to the user, by calling gdk_drag_status().

If the decision whether the drop will be accepted or rejected can't be made based solely on the cursor position and the type of the data, the handler may inspect the dragged data by calling gtk_drag_get_data() and defer the gdk_drag_status() call to the "drag-data-received" handler. Note that you cannot not pass GTK_DEST_DEFAULT_DROP, GTK_DEST_DEFAULT_MOTION or GTK_DEST_DEFAULT_ALL to gtk_drag_dest_set() when using the drag-motion signal that way.

Also note that there is no drag-enter signal. The drag receiver has to keep track of whether he has received any drag-motion signals since the last "drag-leave" and if not, treat the drag-motion signal as an "enter" signal. Upon an "enter", the handler will typically highlight the drop site with gtk_drag_highlight().

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static void
drag_motion (GtkWidget *widget,
             GdkDragContext *context,
             gint x,
             gint y,
             guint time)
{
  GdkAtom target;

  PrivateData *private_data = GET_PRIVATE_DATA (widget);

  if (!private_data->drag_highlight)
   {
     private_data->drag_highlight = 1;
     gtk_drag_highlight (widget);
   }

  target = gtk_drag_dest_find_target (widget, context, NULL);
  if (target == GDK_NONE)
    gdk_drag_status (context, 0, time);
  else
   {
     private_data->pending_status = context->suggested_action;
     gtk_drag_get_data (widget, context, target, time);
   }

  return TRUE;
}

static void
drag_data_received (GtkWidget        *widget,
                    GdkDragContext   *context,
                    gint              x,
                    gint              y,
                    GtkSelectionData *selection_data,
                    guint             info,
                    guint             time)
{
  PrivateData *private_data = GET_PRIVATE_DATA (widget);

  if (private_data->suggested_action)
   {
     private_data->suggested_action = 0;

    /* We are getting this data due to a request in drag_motion,
     * rather than due to a request in drag_drop, so we are just
     * supposed to call gdk_drag_status (), not actually paste in
     * the data.
     */
     str = gtk_selection_data_get_text (selection_data);
     if (!data_is_acceptable (str))
       gdk_drag_status (context, 0, time);
     else
       gdk_drag_status (context, private_data->suggested_action, time);
   }
  else
   {
     /* accept the drop */
   }
}

widget :

the object which received the signal

drag_context :

the drag context

x :

the x coordinate of the current cursor position

y :

the y coordinate of the current cursor position

time :

the timestamp of the motion event

returns :

whether the cursor position is in a drop zone

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "draw" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget    *widget,
                                                        CairoContext *cr,
                                                        gpointer      user_data)      : Run Last

This signal is emitted when a widget is supposed to render itself. The widget's top left corner must be painted at the origin of the passed in context and be sized to the values returned by gtk_widget_get_allocated_width() and gtk_widget_get_allocated_height().

Signal handlers connected to this signal can modify the cairo context passed as cr in any way they like and don't need to restore it. The signal emission takes care of calling cairo_save() before and cairo_restore() after invoking the handler.

widget :

the object which received the signal

cr :

the cairo context to draw to

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "enter-notify-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

The ::enter-notify-event will be emitted when the pointer enters the widget's window.

To receive this signal, the GdkWindow associated to the widget needs to enable the GDK_ENTER_NOTIFY_MASK mask.

This signal will be sent to the grab widget if there is one.

widget :

the object which received the signal

event :

the GdkEventCrossing which triggered this signal. [type Gdk.EventCrossing]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

The GTK+ main loop will emit three signals for each GDK event delivered to a widget: one generic ::event signal, another, more specific, signal that matches the type of event delivered (e.g. "key-press-event") and finally a generic "event-after" signal.

widget :

the object which received the signal.

event :

the GdkEvent which triggered this signal

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event and to cancel the emission of the second specific ::event signal. FALSE to propagate the event further and to allow the emission of the second signal. The ::event-after signal is emitted regardless of the return value.

The "event-after" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)

After the emission of the "event" signal and (optionally) the second more specific signal, ::event-after will be emitted regardless of the previous two signals handlers return values.

widget :

the object which received the signal.

event :

the GdkEvent which triggered this signal

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "focus" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget       *widget,
                                                        GtkDirectionType direction,
                                                        gpointer         user_data)      : Run Last

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "focus-in-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

The ::focus-in-event signal will be emitted when the keyboard focus enters the widget's window.

To receive this signal, the GdkWindow associated to the widget needs to enable the GDK_FOCUS_CHANGE_MASK mask.

widget :

the object which received the signal

event :

the GdkEventFocus which triggered this signal. [type Gdk.EventFocus]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "focus-out-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

The ::focus-out-event signal will be emitted when the keyboard focus leaves the widget's window.

To receive this signal, the GdkWindow associated to the widget needs to enable the GDK_FOCUS_CHANGE_MASK mask.

widget :

the object which received the signal

event :

the GdkEventFocus which triggered this signal. [type Gdk.EventFocus]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "grab-broken-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

Emitted when a pointer or keyboard grab on a window belonging to widget gets broken.

On X11, this happens when the grab window becomes unviewable (i.e. it or one of its ancestors is unmapped), or if the same application grabs the pointer or keyboard again.

widget :

the object which received the signal

event :

the GdkEventGrabBroken event. [type Gdk.EventGrabBroken]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

Since 2.8


The "grab-focus" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Action

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "grab-notify" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        gboolean   was_grabbed,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)        : Run First

The ::grab-notify signal is emitted when a widget becomes shadowed by a GTK+ grab (not a pointer or keyboard grab) on another widget, or when it becomes unshadowed due to a grab being removed.

A widget is shadowed by a gtk_grab_add() when the topmost grab widget in the grab stack of its window group is not its ancestor.

widget :

the object which received the signal

was_grabbed :

FALSE if the widget becomes shadowed, TRUE if it becomes unshadowed

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "hide" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run First

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "hierarchy-changed" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GtkWidget *previous_toplevel,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)              : Run Last

The ::hierarchy-changed signal is emitted when the anchored state of a widget changes. A widget is anchored when its toplevel ancestor is a GtkWindow. This signal is emitted when a widget changes from un-anchored to anchored or vice-versa.

widget :

the object on which the signal is emitted

previous_toplevel :

the previous toplevel ancestor, or NULL if the widget was previously unanchored. [allow-none]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "key-press-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

The ::key-press-event signal is emitted when a key is pressed. The signal emission will reoccur at the key-repeat rate when the key is kept pressed.

To receive this signal, the GdkWindow associated to the widget needs to enable the GDK_KEY_PRESS_MASK mask.

This signal will be sent to the grab widget if there is one.

widget :

the object which received the signal

event :

the GdkEventKey which triggered this signal. [type Gdk.EventKey]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "key-release-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

The ::key-release-event signal is emitted when a key is released.

To receive this signal, the GdkWindow associated to the widget needs to enable the GDK_KEY_RELEASE_MASK mask.

This signal will be sent to the grab widget if there is one.

widget :

the object which received the signal

event :

the GdkEventKey which triggered this signal. [type Gdk.EventKey]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "keynav-failed" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget       *widget,
                                                        GtkDirectionType direction,
                                                        gpointer         user_data)      : Run Last

Gets emitted if keyboard navigation fails. See gtk_widget_keynav_failed() for details.

widget :

the object which received the signal

direction :

the direction of movement

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE if stopping keyboard navigation is fine, FALSE if the emitting widget should try to handle the keyboard navigation attempt in its parent container(s).

Since 2.12


The "leave-notify-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

The ::leave-notify-event will be emitted when the pointer leaves the widget's window.

To receive this signal, the GdkWindow associated to the widget needs to enable the GDK_LEAVE_NOTIFY_MASK mask.

This signal will be sent to the grab widget if there is one.

widget :

the object which received the signal

event :

the GdkEventCrossing which triggered this signal. [type Gdk.EventCrossing]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "map" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run First

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "map-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

The ::map-event signal will be emitted when the widget's window is mapped. A window is mapped when it becomes visible on the screen.

To receive this signal, the GdkWindow associated to the widget needs to enable the GDK_STRUCTURE_MASK mask. GDK will enable this mask automatically for all new windows.

widget :

the object which received the signal

event :

the GdkEventAny which triggered this signal. [type Gdk.EventAny]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "mnemonic-activate" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        gboolean   arg1,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "motion-notify-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

The ::motion-notify-event signal is emitted when the pointer moves over the widget's GdkWindow.

To receive this signal, the GdkWindow associated to the widget needs to enable the GDK_POINTER_MOTION_MASK mask.

This signal will be sent to the grab widget if there is one.

widget :

the object which received the signal.

event :

the GdkEventMotion which triggered this signal. [type Gdk.EventMotion]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "move-focus" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget       *widget,
                                                        GtkDirectionType direction,
                                                        gpointer         user_data)      : Action

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "parent-set" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GtkWidget *old_parent,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)       : Run First

The ::parent-set signal is emitted when a new parent has been set on a widget.

widget :

the object on which the signal is emitted

old_parent :

the previous parent, or NULL if the widget just got its initial parent. [allow-none]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "popup-menu" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Action

This signal gets emitted whenever a widget should pop up a context menu. This usually happens through the standard key binding mechanism; by pressing a certain key while a widget is focused, the user can cause the widget to pop up a menu. For example, the GtkEntry widget creates a menu with clipboard commands. See the section called “Implement GtkWidget::popup_menu” for an example of how to use this signal.

widget :

the object which received the signal

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE if a menu was activated

The "property-notify-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

The ::property-notify-event signal will be emitted when a property on the widget's window has been changed or deleted.

To receive this signal, the GdkWindow associated to the widget needs to enable the GDK_PROPERTY_CHANGE_MASK mask.

widget :

the object which received the signal

event :

the GdkEventProperty which triggered this signal. [type Gdk.EventProperty]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "proximity-in-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

To receive this signal the GdkWindow associated to the widget needs to enable the GDK_PROXIMITY_IN_MASK mask.

This signal will be sent to the grab widget if there is one.

widget :

the object which received the signal

event :

the GdkEventProximity which triggered this signal. [type Gdk.EventProximity]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "proximity-out-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

To receive this signal the GdkWindow associated to the widget needs to enable the GDK_PROXIMITY_OUT_MASK mask.

This signal will be sent to the grab widget if there is one.

widget :

the object which received the signal

event :

the GdkEventProximity which triggered this signal. [type Gdk.EventProximity]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "query-tooltip" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget  *widget,
                                                        gint        x,
                                                        gint        y,
                                                        gboolean    keyboard_mode,
                                                        GtkTooltip *tooltip,
                                                        gpointer    user_data)          : Run Last

Emitted when "has-tooltip" is TRUE and the "gtk-tooltip-timeout" has expired with the cursor hovering "above" widget; or emitted when widget got focus in keyboard mode.

Using the given coordinates, the signal handler should determine whether a tooltip should be shown for widget. If this is the case TRUE should be returned, FALSE otherwise. Note that if keyboard_mode is TRUE, the values of x and y are undefined and should not be used.

The signal handler is free to manipulate tooltip with the therefore destined function calls.

widget :

the object which received the signal

x :

the x coordinate of the cursor position where the request has been emitted, relative to widget->window

y :

the y coordinate of the cursor position where the request has been emitted, relative to widget->window

keyboard_mode :

TRUE if the tooltip was trigged using the keyboard

tooltip :

a GtkTooltip

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE if tooltip should be shown right now, FALSE otherwise.

Since 2.12


The "realize" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run First

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "screen-changed" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkScreen *previous_screen,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)            : Run Last

The ::screen-changed signal gets emitted when the screen of a widget has changed.

widget :

the object on which the signal is emitted

previous_screen :

the previous screen, or NULL if the widget was not associated with a screen before. [allow-none]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "scroll-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

The ::scroll-event signal is emitted when a button in the 4 to 7 range is pressed. Wheel mice are usually configured to generate button press events for buttons 4 and 5 when the wheel is turned.

To receive this signal, the GdkWindow associated to the widget needs to enable the GDK_BUTTON_PRESS_MASK mask.

This signal will be sent to the grab widget if there is one.

widget :

the object which received the signal.

event :

the GdkEventScroll which triggered this signal. [type Gdk.EventScroll]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "selection-clear-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

The ::selection-clear-event signal will be emitted when the the widget's window has lost ownership of a selection.

widget :

the object which received the signal

event :

the GdkEventSelection which triggered this signal. [type Gdk.EventSelection]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "selection-get" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget        *widget,
                                                        GtkSelectionData *data,
                                                        guint             info,
                                                        guint             time,
                                                        gpointer          user_data)      : Run Last

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "selection-notify-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

widget :

the object which received the signal.

event :

. [type Gdk.EventSelection]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "selection-received" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget        *widget,
                                                        GtkSelectionData *data,
                                                        guint             time,
                                                        gpointer          user_data)      : Run Last

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "selection-request-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

The ::selection-request-event signal will be emitted when another client requests ownership of the selection owned by the widget's window.

widget :

the object which received the signal

event :

the GdkEventSelection which triggered this signal. [type Gdk.EventSelection]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "show" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run First

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "show-help" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget        *widget,
                                                        GtkWidgetHelpType help_type,
                                                        gpointer          user_data)      : Action

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "size-allocate" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget    *widget,
                                                        GdkRectangle *allocation,
                                                        gpointer      user_data)       : Run First

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "state-changed" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget   *widget,
                                                        GtkStateType state,
                                                        gpointer     user_data)      : Run First

Warning

GtkWidget::state-changed is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. 3.0. Use "state-flags-changed" instead.

The ::state-changed signal is emitted when the widget state changes. See gtk_widget_get_state().

widget :

the object which received the signal.

state :

the previous state

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "state-flags-changed" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget    *widget,
                                                        GtkStateFlags flags,
                                                        gpointer      user_data)      : Run First

The ::state-flags-changed signal is emitted when the widget state changes, see gtk_widget_get_state_flags().

widget :

the object which received the signal.

flags :

The previous state flags.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Since 3.0


The "style-set" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GtkStyle  *previous_style,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)           : Run First

Warning

GtkWidget::style-set has been deprecated since version 3.0 and should not be used in newly-written code. Use the "style-updated" signal

The ::style-set signal is emitted when a new style has been set on a widget. Note that style-modifying functions like gtk_widget_modify_base() also cause this signal to be emitted.

Note that this signal is emitted for changes to the deprecated GtkStyle. To track changes to the GtkStyleContext associated with a widget, use the "style-updated" signal.

widget :

the object on which the signal is emitted

previous_style :

the previous style, or NULL if the widget just got its initial style. [allow-none]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "style-updated" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run First

The ::style-updated signal is emitted when the GtkStyleContext of a widget is changed. Note that style-modifying functions like gtk_widget_override_color() also cause this signal to be emitted.

widget :

the object on which the signal is emitted

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Since 3.0


The "unmap" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run First

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "unmap-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

The ::unmap-event signal will be emitted when the widget's window is unmapped. A window is unmapped when it becomes invisible on the screen.

To receive this signal, the GdkWindow associated to the widget needs to enable the GDK_STRUCTURE_MASK mask. GDK will enable this mask automatically for all new windows.

widget :

the object which received the signal

event :

the GdkEventAny which triggered this signal. [type Gdk.EventAny]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "unrealize" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "visibility-notify-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

The ::visibility-notify-event will be emitted when the widget's window is obscured or unobscured.

To receive this signal the GdkWindow associated to the widget needs to enable the GDK_VISIBILITY_NOTIFY_MASK mask.

widget :

the object which received the signal

event :

the GdkEventVisibility which triggered this signal. [type Gdk.EventVisibility]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

The "window-state-event" signal

gboolean            user_function                      (GtkWidget *widget,
                                                        GdkEvent  *event,
                                                        gpointer   user_data)      : Run Last

The ::window-state-event will be emitted when the state of the toplevel window associated to the widget changes.

To receive this signal the GdkWindow associated to the widget needs to enable the GDK_STRUCTURE_MASK mask. GDK will enable this mask automatically for all new windows.

widget :

the object which received the signal

event :

the GdkEventWindowState which triggered this signal. [type Gdk.EventWindowState]

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Returns :

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.