GtkContainer

GtkContainer — Base class for widgets which contain other widgets

Functions

#define GTK_IS_RESIZE_CONTAINER()
#define GTK_CONTAINER_WARN_INVALID_CHILD_PROPERTY_ID()
void gtk_container_add ()
void gtk_container_remove ()
void gtk_container_add_with_properties ()
GtkResizeMode gtk_container_get_resize_mode ()
void gtk_container_set_resize_mode ()
void gtk_container_check_resize ()
void gtk_container_foreach ()
GList * gtk_container_get_children ()
GtkWidgetPath * gtk_container_get_path_for_child ()
void gtk_container_set_reallocate_redraws ()
GtkWidget * gtk_container_get_focus_child ()
void gtk_container_set_focus_child ()
GtkAdjustment * gtk_container_get_focus_vadjustment ()
void gtk_container_set_focus_vadjustment ()
GtkAdjustment * gtk_container_get_focus_hadjustment ()
void gtk_container_set_focus_hadjustment ()
void gtk_container_resize_children ()
GType gtk_container_child_type ()
void gtk_container_child_get ()
void gtk_container_child_set ()
void gtk_container_child_get_property ()
void gtk_container_child_set_property ()
void gtk_container_child_get_valist ()
void gtk_container_child_set_valist ()
void gtk_container_child_notify ()
void gtk_container_child_notify_by_pspec ()
void gtk_container_forall ()
guint gtk_container_get_border_width ()
void gtk_container_set_border_width ()
void gtk_container_propagate_draw ()
gboolean gtk_container_get_focus_chain ()
void gtk_container_set_focus_chain ()
void gtk_container_unset_focus_chain ()
GParamSpec * gtk_container_class_find_child_property ()
void gtk_container_class_install_child_property ()
void gtk_container_class_install_child_properties ()
GParamSpec ** gtk_container_class_list_child_properties ()
void gtk_container_class_handle_border_width ()

Properties

guint border-width Read / Write
GtkWidget * child Write
GtkResizeMode resize-mode Read / Write

Signals

void add Run First
void check-resize Run Last
void remove Run First
void set-focus-child Run First

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GInitiallyUnowned
        ╰── GtkWidget
            ╰── GtkContainer
                ├── GtkBin
                ├── GtkBox
                ├── GtkFixed
                ├── GtkFlowBox
                ├── GtkGrid
                ├── GtkHeaderBar
                ├── GtkPaned
                ├── GtkIconView
                ├── GtkLayout
                ├── GtkListBox
                ├── GtkMenuShell
                ├── GtkNotebook
                ├── GtkSocket
                ├── GtkStack
                ├── GtkTable
                ├── GtkTextView
                ├── GtkToolbar
                ├── GtkToolItemGroup
                ├── GtkToolPalette
                ╰── GtkTreeView

Implemented Interfaces

GtkContainer implements AtkImplementorIface and GtkBuildable.

Includes

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

Description

A GTK+ user interface is constructed by nesting widgets inside widgets. Container widgets are the inner nodes in the resulting tree of widgets: they contain other widgets. So, for example, you might have a GtkWindow containing a GtkFrame containing a GtkLabel. If you wanted an image instead of a textual label inside the frame, you might replace the GtkLabel widget with a GtkImage widget.

There are two major kinds of container widgets in GTK+. Both are subclasses of the abstract GtkContainer base class.

The first type of container widget has a single child widget and derives from GtkBin. These containers are decorators, which add some kind of functionality to the child. For example, a GtkButton makes its child into a clickable button; a GtkFrame draws a frame around its child and a GtkWindow places its child widget inside a top-level window.

The second type of container can have more than one child; its purpose is to manage layout. This means that these containers assign sizes and positions to their children. For example, a GtkHBox arranges its children in a horizontal row, and a GtkGrid arranges the widgets it contains in a two-dimensional grid.

For implementations of GtkContainer the virtual method GtkContainerClass.forall() is always required, since it's used for drawing and other internal operations on the children. If the GtkContainer implementation expect to have non internal children it's needed to implement both GtkContainerClass.add() and GtkContainerClass.remove(). If the GtkContainer implementation has internal children, they should be added with gtk_widget_set_parent() on init() and removed with gtk_widget_unparent() in the GtkWidgetClass.destroy() implementation. See more about implementing custom widgets at https://wiki.gnome.org/HowDoI/CustomWidgets

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).

There are some things to keep in mind when implementing container widgets that make use of GTK+’s height for width geometry management system. First, it’s important to note that a container must prioritize one of its dimensions, that is to say that a widget or container can only have a GtkSizeRequestMode that is GTK_SIZE_REQUEST_HEIGHT_FOR_WIDTH or GTK_SIZE_REQUEST_WIDTH_FOR_HEIGHT. However, every widget and container must be able to respond to the APIs for both dimensions, i.e. even if a widget has a request mode that is height-for-width, it is possible that its parent will request its sizes using the width-for-height APIs.

To ensure that everything works properly, here are some guidelines to follow when implementing height-for-width (or width-for-height) containers.

Each request mode involves 2 virtual methods. Height-for-width apis run through gtk_widget_get_preferred_width() and then through gtk_widget_get_preferred_height_for_width(). When handling requests in the opposite GtkSizeRequestMode it is important that every widget request at least enough space to display all of its content at all times.

When gtk_widget_get_preferred_height() is called on a container that is height-for-width, the container must return the height for its minimum width. This is easily achieved by simply calling the reverse apis implemented for itself as follows:

Similarly, when gtk_widget_get_preferred_width_for_height() is called for a container or widget that is height-for-width, it then only needs to return the base minimum width like so:

Height for width requests are generally implemented in terms of a virtual allocation of widgets in the input orientation. Assuming an height-for-width request mode, a container would implement the get_preferred_height_for_width() virtual function by first calling gtk_widget_get_preferred_width() for each of its children.

For each potential group of children that are lined up horizontally, the values returned by gtk_widget_get_preferred_width() should be collected in an array of GtkRequestedSize structures. Any child spacing should be removed from the input for_width and then the collective size should be allocated using the gtk_distribute_natural_allocation() convenience function.

The container will then move on to request the preferred height for each child by using gtk_widget_get_preferred_height_for_width() and using the sizes stored in the GtkRequestedSize array.

To allocate a height-for-width container, it’s again important to consider that a container must prioritize one dimension over the other. So if a container is a height-for-width container it must first allocate all widgets horizontally using a GtkRequestedSize array and gtk_distribute_natural_allocation() and then add any extra space (if and where appropriate) for the widget to expand.

After adding all the expand space, the container assumes it was allocated sufficient height to fit all of its content. At this time, the container must use the total horizontal sizes of each widget to request the height-for-width of each of its children and store the requests in a GtkRequestedSize array for any widgets that stack vertically (for tabular containers this can be generalized into the heights and widths of rows and columns). The vertical space must then again be distributed using gtk_distribute_natural_allocation() while this time considering the allocated height of the widget minus any vertical spacing that the container adds. Then vertical expand space should be added where appropriate and available and the container should go on to actually allocating the child widgets.

See GtkWidget’s geometry management section to learn more about implementing height-for-width geometry management for widgets.

Child properties

GtkContainer introduces child properties. These are object properties that are not specific to either the container or the contained widget, but rather to their relation. Typical examples of child properties are the position or pack-type of a widget which is contained in a GtkBox.

Use gtk_container_class_install_child_property() to install child properties for a container class and gtk_container_class_find_child_property() or gtk_container_class_list_child_properties() to get information about existing child properties.

To set the value of a child property, use gtk_container_child_set_property(), gtk_container_child_set() or gtk_container_child_set_valist(). To obtain the value of a child property, use gtk_container_child_get_property(), gtk_container_child_get() or gtk_container_child_get_valist(). To emit notification about child property changes, use gtk_widget_child_notify().

GtkContainer as GtkBuildable

The GtkContainer implementation of the GtkBuildable interface supports a <packing> element for children, which can contain multiple <property> elements that specify child properties for the child.

Since 2.16, child properties can also be marked as translatable using the same “translatable”, “comments” and “context” attributes that are used for regular properties.

Since 3.16, containers can have a <focus-chain> element containing multiple <widget> elements, one for each child that should be added to the focus chain. The ”name” attribute gives the id of the widget.

An example of these properties in UI definitions:

static void
foo_container_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
     {
       ... many containers support both request modes, execute the
       real width-for-height request here by returning the
       collective heights of all widgets that are stacked
       vertically (or whatever is appropriate for this container)
       ...
     }
}

Functions

GTK_IS_RESIZE_CONTAINER()

#define             GTK_IS_RESIZE_CONTAINER(widget)

GTK_CONTAINER_WARN_INVALID_CHILD_PROPERTY_ID()

#define             GTK_CONTAINER_WARN_INVALID_CHILD_PROPERTY_ID(object, property_id, pspec)

This macro should be used to emit a standard warning about unexpected properties in set_child_property() and get_child_property() implementations.

Parameters

object

the GObject on which set_child_property() or get_child_property() was called

property_id

the numeric id of the property

pspec

the GParamSpec of the property

gtk_container_add ()

void
gtk_container_add (GtkContainer *container,
                   GtkWidget *widget);

Adds widget to container . Typically used for simple containers such as GtkWindow, GtkFrame, or GtkButton; for more complicated layout containers such as GtkBox or GtkGrid, this function will pick default packing parameters that may not be correct. So consider functions such as gtk_box_pack_start() and gtk_grid_attach() as an alternative to gtk_container_add() in those cases. A widget may be added to only one container at a time; you can’t place the same widget inside two different containers.

Note that some containers, such as GtkScrolledWindow or GtkListBox, may add intermediate children between the added widget and the container.

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

widget

a widget to be placed inside container

gtk_container_remove ()

void
gtk_container_remove (GtkContainer *container,
                      GtkWidget *widget);

Removes widget from container . widget must be inside container . Note that container will own a reference to widget , and that this may be the last reference held; so removing a widget from its container can destroy that widget. If you want to use widget again, you need to add a reference to it before removing it from a container, using g_object_ref(). If you don’t want to use widget again it’s usually more efficient to simply destroy it directly using gtk_widget_destroy() since this will remove it from the container and help break any circular reference count cycles.

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

widget

a current child of container

gtk_container_add_with_properties ()

void
gtk_container_add_with_properties (GtkContainer *container,
                                   GtkWidget *widget,
                                   const gchar *first_prop_name,
                                   ...);

Adds widget to container , setting child properties at the same time. See gtk_container_add() and gtk_container_child_set() for more details.

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

widget

a widget to be placed inside container

first_prop_name

the name of the first child property to set

...

a NULL-terminated list of property names and values, starting with first_prop_name

gtk_container_get_resize_mode ()

GtkResizeMode
gtk_container_get_resize_mode (GtkContainer *container);

gtk_container_get_resize_mode has been deprecated since version 3.12 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Resize modes are deprecated. They aren’t necessary anymore since frame clocks and might introduce obscure bugs if used.

Returns the resize mode for the container. See gtk_container_set_resize_mode().

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

Returns

the current resize mode

gtk_container_set_resize_mode ()

void
gtk_container_set_resize_mode (GtkContainer *container,
                               GtkResizeMode resize_mode);

gtk_container_set_resize_mode has been deprecated since version 3.12 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Resize modes are deprecated. They aren’t necessary anymore since frame clocks and might introduce obscure bugs if used.

Sets the resize mode for the container.

The resize mode of a container determines whether a resize request will be passed to the container’s parent, queued for later execution or executed immediately.

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

resize_mode

the new resize mode

gtk_container_check_resize ()

void
gtk_container_check_resize (GtkContainer *container);

gtk_container_foreach ()

void
gtk_container_foreach (GtkContainer *container,
                       GtkCallback callback,
                       gpointer callback_data);

Invokes callback on each non-internal child of container . See gtk_container_forall() for details on what constitutes an “internal” child. For all practical purposes, this function should iterate over precisely those child widgets that were added to the container by the application with explicit add() calls.

It is permissible to remove the child from the callback handler.

Most applications should use gtk_container_foreach(), rather than gtk_container_forall().

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

callback

a callback.

[scope call]

callback_data

callback user data

gtk_container_get_children ()

GList *
gtk_container_get_children (GtkContainer *container);

Returns the container’s non-internal children. See gtk_container_forall() for details on what constitutes an "internal" child.

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

Returns

a newly-allocated list of the container’s non-internal children.

[element-type GtkWidget][transfer container]

gtk_container_get_path_for_child ()

GtkWidgetPath *
gtk_container_get_path_for_child (GtkContainer *container,
                                  GtkWidget *child);

Returns a newly created widget path representing all the widget hierarchy from the toplevel down to and including child .

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

child

a child of container

Returns

A newly created GtkWidgetPath

gtk_container_set_reallocate_redraws ()

void
gtk_container_set_reallocate_redraws (GtkContainer *container,
                                      gboolean needs_redraws);

gtk_container_set_reallocate_redraws has been deprecated since version 3.14 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Call gtk_widget_queue_draw() in your size_allocate handler.

Sets the reallocate_redraws flag of the container to the given value.

Containers requesting reallocation redraws get automatically redrawn if any of their children changed allocation.

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

needs_redraws

the new value for the container’s reallocate_redraws flag

gtk_container_get_focus_child ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_container_get_focus_child (GtkContainer *container);

Returns the current focus child widget inside container . This is not the currently focused widget. That can be obtained by calling gtk_window_get_focus().

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

Returns

The child widget which will receive the focus inside container when the container is focused, or NULL if none is set.

[nullable][transfer none]

Since: 2.14

gtk_container_set_focus_child ()

void
gtk_container_set_focus_child (GtkContainer *container,
                               GtkWidget *child);

Sets, or unsets if child is NULL, the focused child of container .

This function emits the GtkContainer::set_focus_child signal of container . Implementations of GtkContainer can override the default behaviour by overriding the class closure of this signal.

This is function is mostly meant to be used by widgets. Applications can use gtk_widget_grab_focus() to manually set the focus to a specific widget.

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

child

a GtkWidget, or NULL.

[allow-none]

gtk_container_get_focus_vadjustment ()

GtkAdjustment *
gtk_container_get_focus_vadjustment (GtkContainer *container);

Retrieves the vertical focus adjustment for the container. See gtk_container_set_focus_vadjustment().

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

Returns

the vertical focus adjustment, or NULL if none has been set.

[nullable][transfer none]

gtk_container_set_focus_vadjustment ()

void
gtk_container_set_focus_vadjustment (GtkContainer *container,
                                     GtkAdjustment *adjustment);

Hooks up an adjustment to focus handling in a container, so when a child of the container is focused, the adjustment is scrolled to show that widget. This function sets the vertical alignment. See gtk_scrolled_window_get_vadjustment() for a typical way of obtaining the adjustment and gtk_container_set_focus_hadjustment() for setting the horizontal adjustment.

The adjustments have to be in pixel units and in the same coordinate system as the allocation for immediate children of the container.

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

adjustment

an adjustment which should be adjusted when the focus is moved among the descendents of container

gtk_container_get_focus_hadjustment ()

GtkAdjustment *
gtk_container_get_focus_hadjustment (GtkContainer *container);

Retrieves the horizontal focus adjustment for the container. See gtk_container_set_focus_hadjustment().

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

Returns

the horizontal focus adjustment, or NULL if none has been set.

[nullable][transfer none]

gtk_container_set_focus_hadjustment ()

void
gtk_container_set_focus_hadjustment (GtkContainer *container,
                                     GtkAdjustment *adjustment);

Hooks up an adjustment to focus handling in a container, so when a child of the container is focused, the adjustment is scrolled to show that widget. This function sets the horizontal alignment. See gtk_scrolled_window_get_hadjustment() for a typical way of obtaining the adjustment and gtk_container_set_focus_vadjustment() for setting the vertical adjustment.

The adjustments have to be in pixel units and in the same coordinate system as the allocation for immediate children of the container.

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

adjustment

an adjustment which should be adjusted when the focus is moved among the descendents of container

gtk_container_resize_children ()

void
gtk_container_resize_children (GtkContainer *container);

gtk_container_resize_children has been deprecated since version 3.10 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

gtk_container_child_type ()

GType
gtk_container_child_type (GtkContainer *container);

Returns the type of the children supported by the container.

Note that this may return G_TYPE_NONE to indicate that no more children can be added, e.g. for a GtkPaned which already has two children.

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

Returns

a GType.

gtk_container_child_get ()

void
gtk_container_child_get (GtkContainer *container,
                         GtkWidget *child,
                         const gchar *first_prop_name,
                         ...);

Gets the values of one or more child properties for child and container .

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

child

a widget which is a child of container

first_prop_name

the name of the first property to get

...

return location for the first property, followed optionally by more name/return location pairs, followed by NULL

gtk_container_child_set ()

void
gtk_container_child_set (GtkContainer *container,
                         GtkWidget *child,
                         const gchar *first_prop_name,
                         ...);

Sets one or more child properties for child and container .

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

child

a widget which is a child of container

first_prop_name

the name of the first property to set

...

a NULL-terminated list of property names and values, starting with first_prop_name

gtk_container_child_get_property ()

void
gtk_container_child_get_property (GtkContainer *container,
                                  GtkWidget *child,
                                  const gchar *property_name,
                                  GValue *value);

Gets the value of a child property for child and container .

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

child

a widget which is a child of container

property_name

the name of the property to get

value

a location to return the value

gtk_container_child_set_property ()

void
gtk_container_child_set_property (GtkContainer *container,
                                  GtkWidget *child,
                                  const gchar *property_name,
                                  const GValue *value);

Sets a child property for child and container .

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

child

a widget which is a child of container

property_name

the name of the property to set

value

the value to set the property to

gtk_container_child_get_valist ()

void
gtk_container_child_get_valist (GtkContainer *container,
                                GtkWidget *child,
                                const gchar *first_property_name,
                                va_list var_args);

Gets the values of one or more child properties for child and container .

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

child

a widget which is a child of container

first_property_name

the name of the first property to get

var_args

return location for the first property, followed optionally by more name/return location pairs, followed by NULL

gtk_container_child_set_valist ()

void
gtk_container_child_set_valist (GtkContainer *container,
                                GtkWidget *child,
                                const gchar *first_property_name,
                                va_list var_args);

Sets one or more child properties for child and container .

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

child

a widget which is a child of container

first_property_name

the name of the first property to set

var_args

a NULL-terminated list of property names and values, starting with first_prop_name

gtk_container_child_notify ()

void
gtk_container_child_notify (GtkContainer *container,
                            GtkWidget *child,
                            const gchar *child_property);

Emits a “child-notify” signal for the child property child_property on the child.

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

Also see gtk_widget_child_notify().

Parameters

container

the GtkContainer

child

the child widget

child_property

the name of a child property installed on the class of container

Since: 3.2

gtk_container_child_notify_by_pspec ()

void
gtk_container_child_notify_by_pspec (GtkContainer *container,
                                     GtkWidget *child,
                                     GParamSpec *pspec);

Emits a “child-notify” signal for the child property specified by pspec on the child.

This is an analogue of g_object_notify_by_pspec() for child properties.

Parameters

container

the GtkContainer

child

the child widget

pspec

the GParamSpec of a child property instealled on the class of container

Since: 3.18

gtk_container_forall ()

void
gtk_container_forall (GtkContainer *container,
                      GtkCallback callback,
                      gpointer callback_data);

Invokes callback on each direct child of container , including children that are considered “internal” (implementation details of the container). “Internal” children generally weren’t added by the user of the container, but were added by the container implementation itself.

Most applications should use gtk_container_foreach(), rather than gtk_container_forall().

[virtual forall]

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

callback

a callback.

[scope call][closure callback_data]

callback_data

callback user data

gtk_container_get_border_width ()

guint
gtk_container_get_border_width (GtkContainer *container);

Retrieves the border width of the container. See gtk_container_set_border_width().

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

Returns

the current border width

gtk_container_set_border_width ()

void
gtk_container_set_border_width (GtkContainer *container,
                                guint border_width);

Sets the border width of the container.

The border width of a container is the amount of space to leave around the outside of the container. The only exception to this is GtkWindow; because toplevel windows can’t leave space outside, they leave the space inside. The border is added on all sides of the container. To add space to only one side, use a specific “margin” property on the child widget, for example “margin-top”.

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

border_width

amount of blank space to leave outside the container. Valid values are in the range 0-65535 pixels.

gtk_container_propagate_draw ()

void
gtk_container_propagate_draw (GtkContainer *container,
                              GtkWidget *child,
                              cairo_t *cr);

When a container receives a call to the draw function, it must send synthetic “draw” calls to all children that don’t have their own GdkWindows. This function provides a convenient way of doing this. A container, when it receives a call to its “draw” function, calls gtk_container_propagate_draw() once for each child, passing in the cr the container received.

gtk_container_propagate_draw() takes care of translating the origin of cr , and deciding whether the draw needs to be sent to the child. It is a convenient and optimized way of getting the same effect as calling gtk_widget_draw() on the child directly.

In most cases, a container can simply either inherit the “draw” implementation from GtkContainer, or do some drawing and then chain to the ::draw implementation from GtkContainer.

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

child

a child of container

cr

Cairo context as passed to the container. If you want to use cr in container’s draw function, consider using cairo_save() and cairo_restore() before calling this function.

gtk_container_get_focus_chain ()

gboolean
gtk_container_get_focus_chain (GtkContainer *container,
                               GList **focusable_widgets);

gtk_container_get_focus_chain has been deprecated since version 3.24 and should not be used in newly-written code.

For overriding focus behavior, use the GtkWidgetClass::focus signal.

Retrieves the focus chain of the container, if one has been set explicitly. If no focus chain has been explicitly set, GTK+ computes the focus chain based on the positions of the children. In that case, GTK+ stores NULL in focusable_widgets and returns FALSE.

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

focusable_widgets

location to store the focus chain of the container, or NULL. You should free this list using g_list_free() when you are done with it, however no additional reference count is added to the individual widgets in the focus chain.

[element-type GtkWidget][out][transfer container]

Returns

TRUE if the focus chain of the container has been set explicitly.

gtk_container_set_focus_chain ()

void
gtk_container_set_focus_chain (GtkContainer *container,
                               GList *focusable_widgets);

gtk_container_set_focus_chain has been deprecated since version 3.24 and should not be used in newly-written code.

For overriding focus behavior, use the GtkWidgetClass::focus signal.

Sets a focus chain, overriding the one computed automatically by GTK+.

In principle each widget in the chain should be a descendant of the container, but this is not enforced by this method, since it’s allowed to set the focus chain before you pack the widgets, or have a widget in the chain that isn’t always packed. The necessary checks are done when the focus chain is actually traversed.

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

focusable_widgets

the new focus chain.

[transfer none][element-type GtkWidget]

gtk_container_unset_focus_chain ()

void
gtk_container_unset_focus_chain (GtkContainer *container);

gtk_container_unset_focus_chain has been deprecated since version 3.24 and should not be used in newly-written code.

For overriding focus behavior, use the GtkWidgetClass::focus signal.

Removes a focus chain explicitly set with gtk_container_set_focus_chain().

Parameters

container

a GtkContainer

gtk_container_class_find_child_property ()

GParamSpec *
gtk_container_class_find_child_property
                               (GObjectClass *cclass,
                                const gchar *property_name);

Finds a child property of a container class by name.

Parameters

cclass

a GtkContainerClass.

[type GtkContainerClass]

property_name

the name of the child property to find

Returns

the GParamSpec of the child property or NULL if class has no child property with that name.

[nullable][transfer none]

gtk_container_class_install_child_property ()

void
gtk_container_class_install_child_property
                               (GtkContainerClass *cclass,
                                guint property_id,
                                GParamSpec *pspec);

Installs a child property on a container class.

Parameters

cclass

a GtkContainerClass

property_id

the id for the property

pspec

the GParamSpec for the property

gtk_container_class_install_child_properties ()

void
gtk_container_class_install_child_properties
                               (GtkContainerClass *cclass,
                                guint n_pspecs,
                                GParamSpec **pspecs);

Installs child properties on a container class.

Parameters

cclass

a GtkContainerClass

n_pspecs

the length of the GParamSpec array

pspecs

the GParamSpec array defining the new child properties.

[array length=n_pspecs]

Since: 3.18

gtk_container_class_list_child_properties ()

GParamSpec **
gtk_container_class_list_child_properties
                               (GObjectClass *cclass,
                                guint *n_properties);

Returns all child properties of a container class.

Parameters

cclass

a GtkContainerClass.

[type GtkContainerClass]

n_properties

location to return the number of child properties found

Returns

a newly allocated NULL-terminated array of GParamSpec*. The array must be freed with g_free().

[array length=n_properties][transfer container]

gtk_container_class_handle_border_width ()

void
gtk_container_class_handle_border_width
                               (GtkContainerClass *klass);

Modifies a subclass of GtkContainerClass to automatically add and remove the border-width setting on GtkContainer. This allows the subclass to ignore the border width in its size request and allocate methods. The intent is for a subclass to invoke this in its class_init function.

gtk_container_class_handle_border_width() is necessary because it would break API too badly to make this behavior the default. So subclasses must “opt in” to the parent class handling border_width for them.

Parameters

klass

the class struct of a GtkContainer subclass

Types and Values

struct GtkContainer

struct GtkContainer;

struct GtkContainerClass

struct GtkContainerClass {
  GtkWidgetClass parent_class;

  void    (*add)       		(GtkContainer	 *container,
				 GtkWidget	 *widget);
  void    (*remove)    		(GtkContainer	 *container,
				 GtkWidget	 *widget);
  void    (*check_resize) (GtkContainer	 *container);
  void    (*forall)    		(GtkContainer	 *container,
				 gboolean	  include_internals,
				 GtkCallback	  callback,
				 gpointer	  callback_data);
  void    (*set_focus_child) (GtkContainer	 *container,
				 GtkWidget	 *child);
  GType   (*child_type)		(GtkContainer	 *container);
  gchar*  (*composite_name) (GtkContainer	 *container,
				 GtkWidget	 *child);
  void    (*set_child_property) (GtkContainer    *container,
				 GtkWidget       *child,
				 guint            property_id,
				 const GValue    *value,
				 GParamSpec      *pspec);
  void    (*get_child_property) (GtkContainer    *container,
                                 GtkWidget       *child,
				 guint            property_id,
				 GValue          *value,
				 GParamSpec      *pspec);
  GtkWidgetPath * (*get_path_for_child) (GtkContainer *container,
                                         GtkWidget    *child);
};

Base class for containers.

Members

add ()

Signal emitted when a widget is added to container.

remove ()

Signal emitted when a widget is removed from container.

check_resize ()

Signal emitted when a size recalculation is needed.

forall ()

Invokes callback on each child of container. The callback handler may remove the child.

set_focus_child ()

Sets the focused child of container.

child_type ()

Returns the type of the children supported by the container.

composite_name ()

Gets a widget’s composite name. Deprecated: 3.10.

set_child_property ()

Set a property on a child of container.

get_child_property ()

Get a property from a child of container.

get_path_for_child ()

Get path representing entire widget hierarchy from the toplevel down to and including child .

enum GtkResizeMode

Members

GTK_RESIZE_PARENT

Pass resize request to the parent

GTK_RESIZE_QUEUE

Queue resizes on this widget

GTK_RESIZE_IMMEDIATE

Resize immediately. Deprecated.

Property Details

The “border-width” property

  “border-width”             guint

The width of the empty border outside the containers children.

Owner: GtkContainer

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: <= 65535

Default value: 0

The “child” property

  “child”                    GtkWidget *

Can be used to add a new child to the container.

Owner: GtkContainer

Flags: Write

The “resize-mode” property

  “resize-mode”              GtkResizeMode

Specify how resize events are handled.

Owner: GtkContainer

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: GTK_RESIZE_PARENT

Signal Details

The “add” signal

void
user_function (GtkContainer *container,
               GtkWidget    *widget,
               gpointer      user_data)

Flags: Run First

The “check-resize” signal

void
user_function (GtkContainer *container,
               gpointer      user_data)

Flags: Run Last

The “remove” signal

void
user_function (GtkContainer *container,
               GtkWidget    *widget,
               gpointer      user_data)

Flags: Run First

The “set-focus-child” signal

void
user_function (GtkContainer *container,
               GtkWidget    *widget,
               gpointer      user_data)

Flags: Run First

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