GtkButtonBox

GtkButtonBox — A container for arranging buttons

Properties

Child Properties

gboolean non-homogeneous Read / Write
gboolean secondary Read / Write

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GInitiallyUnowned
        ╰── GtkWidget
            ╰── GtkContainer
                ╰── GtkBox
                    ╰── GtkButtonBox
                        ├── GtkHButtonBox
                        ╰── GtkVButtonBox

Implemented Interfaces

GtkButtonBox implements AtkImplementorIface, GtkBuildable and GtkOrientable.

Includes

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

Description

A button box should be used to provide a consistent layout of buttons throughout your application. The layout/spacing can be altered by the programmer, or if desired, by the user to alter the “feel” of a program to a small degree.

gtk_button_box_get_layout() and gtk_button_box_set_layout() retrieve and alter the method used to spread the buttons in a button box across the container, respectively.

The main purpose of GtkButtonBox is to make sure the children have all the same size. GtkButtonBox gives all children the same size, but it does allow 'outliers' to keep their own larger size.

To exempt individual children from homogeneous sizing regardless of their 'outlier' status, you can set the non-homogeneous child property.

CSS nodes

GtkButtonBox uses a single CSS node with name buttonbox.

Functions

gtk_button_box_new ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_button_box_new (GtkOrientation orientation);

Creates a new GtkButtonBox.

Parameters

orientation

the box's orientation.

Returns

a new GtkButtonBox.

Since: 3.0

gtk_button_box_get_layout ()

GtkButtonBoxStyle
gtk_button_box_get_layout (GtkButtonBox *widget);

Retrieves the method being used to arrange the buttons in a button box.

Parameters

widget

a GtkButtonBox

Returns

the method used to lay out buttons in widget .

gtk_button_box_get_child_secondary ()

gboolean
gtk_button_box_get_child_secondary (GtkButtonBox *widget,
                                    GtkWidget *child);

Returns whether child should appear in a secondary group of children.

Parameters

widget

a GtkButtonBox

child

a child of widget

Returns

whether child should appear in a secondary group of children.

Since: 2.4

gtk_button_box_get_child_non_homogeneous ()

gboolean
gtk_button_box_get_child_non_homogeneous
                               (GtkButtonBox *widget,
                                GtkWidget *child);

Returns whether the child is exempted from homogenous sizing.

Parameters

widget

a GtkButtonBox

child

a child of widget

Returns

TRUE if the child is not subject to homogenous sizing

Since: 3.2

gtk_button_box_set_layout ()

void
gtk_button_box_set_layout (GtkButtonBox *widget,
                           GtkButtonBoxStyle layout_style);

Changes the way buttons are arranged in their container.

Parameters

widget

a GtkButtonBox

layout_style

the new layout style

gtk_button_box_set_child_secondary ()

void
gtk_button_box_set_child_secondary (GtkButtonBox *widget,
                                    GtkWidget *child,
                                    gboolean is_secondary);

Sets whether child should appear in a secondary group of children. A typical use of a secondary child is the help button in a dialog.

This group appears after the other children if the style is GTK_BUTTONBOX_START, GTK_BUTTONBOX_SPREAD or GTK_BUTTONBOX_EDGE, and before the other children if the style is GTK_BUTTONBOX_END. For horizontal button boxes, the definition of before/after depends on direction of the widget (see gtk_widget_set_direction()). If the style is GTK_BUTTONBOX_START or GTK_BUTTONBOX_END, then the secondary children are aligned at the other end of the button box from the main children. For the other styles, they appear immediately next to the main children.

Parameters

widget

a GtkButtonBox

child

a child of widget

is_secondary

if TRUE, the child appears in a secondary group of the button box.

gtk_button_box_set_child_non_homogeneous ()

void
gtk_button_box_set_child_non_homogeneous
                               (GtkButtonBox *widget,
                                GtkWidget *child,
                                gboolean non_homogeneous);

Sets whether the child is exempted from homogeous sizing.

Parameters

widget

a GtkButtonBox

child

a child of widget

non_homogeneous

the new value

Since: 3.2

Types and Values

struct GtkButtonBox

struct GtkButtonBox;

struct GtkButtonBoxClass

struct GtkButtonBoxClass {
  GtkBoxClass parent_class;
};

Members

enum GtkButtonBoxStyle

Used to dictate the style that a GtkButtonBox uses to layout the buttons it contains.

Members

GTK_BUTTONBOX_SPREAD

Buttons are evenly spread across the box.

GTK_BUTTONBOX_EDGE

Buttons are placed at the edges of the box.

GTK_BUTTONBOX_START

Buttons are grouped towards the start of the box, (on the left for a HBox, or the top for a VBox).

GTK_BUTTONBOX_END

Buttons are grouped towards the end of the box, (on the right for a HBox, or the bottom for a VBox).

GTK_BUTTONBOX_CENTER

Buttons are centered in the box. Since 2.12.

GTK_BUTTONBOX_EXPAND

Buttons expand to fill the box. This entails giving buttons a "linked" appearance, making button sizes homogeneous, and setting spacing to 0 (same as calling gtk_box_set_homogeneous() and gtk_box_set_spacing() manually). Since 3.12.

Property Details

The “layout-style” property

  “layout-style”             GtkButtonBoxStyle

How to lay out the buttons in the box. Possible values are: spread, edge, start and end.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: GTK_BUTTONBOX_EDGE

Child Property Details

The “non-homogeneous” child property

  “non-homogeneous”          gboolean

If TRUE, the child will not be subject to homogeneous sizing.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: FALSE

The “secondary” child property

  “secondary”                gboolean

If TRUE, the child appears in a secondary group of children, suitable for, e.g., help buttons.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: FALSE

Style Property Details

The “child-internal-pad-x” style property

  “child-internal-pad-x”     gint

The amount to increase a child's size on either side.

GtkButtonBox:child-internal-pad-x has been deprecated since version 3.20 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use CSS padding instead.

Flags: Read

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 4

The “child-internal-pad-y” style property

  “child-internal-pad-y”     gint

The amount to increase a child's size on the top and bottom.

GtkButtonBox:child-internal-pad-y has been deprecated since version 3.20 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use CSS padding instead.

Flags: Read

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 0

The “child-min-height” style property

  “child-min-height”         gint

The minimum height of buttons inside the box.

GtkButtonBox:child-min-height has been deprecated since version 3.20 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use CSS min-height instead.

Flags: Read

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 27

The “child-min-width” style property

  “child-min-width”          gint

The minimum width of buttons inside the box.

GtkButtonBox:child-min-width has been deprecated since version 3.20 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use CSS min-width instead.

Flags: Read

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 85

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