Gtk::Widget Class Reference

Abstract Widget (Base class for all widgets) More...

#include <gtkmm/widget.h>

Inheritance diagram for Gtk::Widget:

Classes
struct	Measurements
	Structure returned by the non-output-parameter overload of measure(). More...
struct	MinimumNatural
	Structure holding the minimum and natural sizes of a widget, in some type. More...

Public Types
using	PreferredSize = MinimumNatural< Requisition >
	Structure returned by the non-output-parameter overload of get_preferred_size().
using	SlotTick = sigc::slot< bool(const Glib::RefPtr< Gdk::FrameClock > &)>
	Callback type for adding a function to update animations.
Public Types inherited from Gtk::Accessible
enum class	Role {   Role::ALERT ,   Role::ALERT_DIALOG ,   Role::BANNER ,   Role::BUTTON ,   Role::CAPTION ,   Role::CELL ,   Role::CHECKBOX ,   Role::COLUMN_HEADER ,   Role::COMBO_BOX ,   Role::COMMAND ,   Role::COMPOSITE ,   Role::DIALOG ,   Role::DOCUMENT ,   Role::FEED ,   Role::FORM ,   Role::GENERIC ,   Role::GRID ,   Role::GRID_CELL ,   Role::GROUP ,   Role::HEADING ,   Role::IMG ,   Role::INPUT ,   Role::LABEL ,   Role::LANDMARK ,   Role::LEGEND ,   Role::LINK ,   Role::LIST ,   Role::LIST_BOX ,   Role::LIST_ITEM ,   Role::LOG ,   Role::MAIN ,   Role::MARQUEE ,   Role::MATH ,   Role::METER ,   Role::MENU ,   Role::MENU_BAR ,   Role::MENU_ITEM ,   Role::MENU_ITEM_CHECKBOX ,   Role::MENU_ITEM_RADIO ,   Role::NAVIGATION ,   Role::NONE ,   Role::NOTE ,   Role::OPTION ,   Role::PRESENTATION ,   Role::PROGRESS_BAR ,   Role::RADIO ,   Role::RADIO_GROUP ,   Role::RANGE ,   Role::REGION ,   Role::ROW ,   Role::ROW_GROUP ,   Role::ROW_HEADER ,   Role::SCROLLBAR ,   Role::SEARCH ,   Role::SEARCH_BOX ,   Role::SECTION ,   Role::SECTION_HEAD ,   Role::SELECT ,   Role::SEPARATOR ,   Role::SLIDER ,   Role::SPIN_BUTTON ,   Role::STATUS ,   Role::STRUCTURE ,   Role::SWITCH ,   Role::TAB ,   Role::TABLE ,   Role::TAB_LIST ,   Role::TAB_PANEL ,   Role::TEXT_BOX ,   Role::TIME ,   Role::TIMER ,   Role::TOOLBAR ,   Role::TOOLTIP ,   Role::TREE ,   Role::TREE_GRID ,   Role::TREE_ITEM ,   Role::WIDGET ,   Role::WINDOW ,   Role::TOGGLE_BUTTON ,   Role::APPLICATION ,   Role::PARAGRAPH ,   Role::BLOCK_QUOTE ,   Role::ARTICLE ,   Role::COMMENT ,   Role::TERMINAL }
	The accessible role for a Gtk::Accessible implementation. More...
enum class	State {   State::BUSY ,   State::CHECKED ,   State::DISABLED ,   State::EXPANDED ,   State::HIDDEN ,   State::INVALID ,   State::PRESSED ,   State::SELECTED ,   State::VISITED }
	The possible accessible states of a Gtk::Accessible. More...
enum class	Property {   Property::AUTOCOMPLETE ,   Property::DESCRIPTION ,   Property::HAS_POPUP ,   Property::KEY_SHORTCUTS ,   Property::LABEL ,   Property::LEVEL ,   Property::MODAL ,   Property::MULTI_LINE ,   Property::MULTI_SELECTABLE ,   Property::ORIENTATION ,   Property::PLACEHOLDER ,   Property::READ_ONLY ,   Property::REQUIRED ,   Property::ROLE_DESCRIPTION ,   Property::SORT ,   Property::VALUE_MAX ,   Property::VALUE_MIN ,   Property::VALUE_NOW ,   Property::VALUE_TEXT ,   Property::HELP_TEXT }
	The possible accessible properties of a Gtk::Accessible. More...
enum class	Relation {   Relation::ACTIVE_DESCENDANT ,   Relation::COL_COUNT ,   Relation::COL_INDEX ,   Relation::COL_INDEX_TEXT ,   Relation::COL_SPAN ,   Relation::CONTROLS ,   Relation::DESCRIBED_BY ,   Relation::DETAILS ,   Relation::ERROR_MESSAGE ,   Relation::FLOW_TO ,   Relation::LABELLED_BY ,   Relation::OWNS ,   Relation::POS_IN_SET ,   Relation::ROW_COUNT ,   Relation::ROW_INDEX ,   Relation::ROW_INDEX_TEXT ,   Relation::ROW_SPAN ,   Relation::SET_SIZE }
	The possible accessible relations of a Gtk::Accessible. More...
enum class	PlatformState {   PlatformState::FOCUSABLE ,   PlatformState::FOCUSED ,   PlatformState::ACTIVE }
	The various platform states which can be queried using Gtk::Accessible::get_platform_state(). More...
enum class	AnnouncementPriority {   AnnouncementPriority::LOW ,   AnnouncementPriority::MEDIUM ,   AnnouncementPriority::HIGH }
	The priority of an accessibility announcement. More...

Public Member Functions
	Widget (Widget &&src) noexcept
Widget &	operator= (Widget &&src) noexcept
	Widget (const Widget &)=delete
Widget &	operator= (const Widget &)=delete
	~Widget () noexcept override
	Destroys the widget.
GtkWidget *	gobj ()
	Provides access to the underlying C GObject.
const GtkWidget *	gobj () const
	Provides access to the underlying C GObject.
Glib::RefPtr< ConstraintTarget >	make_refptr_constrainttarget ()
	Converts this widget to a reference counted Gtk::ConstraintTarget.
Glib::RefPtr< const ConstraintTarget >	make_refptr_constrainttarget () const
	Converts this widget to a reference counted Gtk::ConstraintTarget.
void	show ()
	Flags a widget to be displayed.
void	hide ()
	Reverses the effects of show().
void	queue_draw ()
	Schedules this widget to be redrawn in the paint phase of the current or the next frame.
void	queue_resize ()
	Flags a widget to have its size renegotiated.
void	queue_allocate ()
	Flags the widget for a rerun of the size_allocate_vfunc() function.
void	size_allocate (const Allocation &allocation, int baseline)
	Allocates widget with a transformation that translates the origin to the position in allocation.
SizeRequestMode	get_request_mode () const
	Gets whether the widget prefers a height-for-width layout or a width-for-height layout.
void	measure (Orientation orientation, int for_size, int & minimum, int & natural, int &minimum_baseline, int &natural_baseline) const
	Measures widget in the orientation orientation and for the given for_size.
Measurements	measure (Orientation orientation, int for_size=-1) const
	Like the other overload of measure() but returns a structure holding the sizes/baselines instead of using output parameters.
void	get_preferred_size (Requisition &minimum_size, Requisition &natural_size) const
	Retrieves the minimum and natural size of a widget, taking into account the widget’s preference for height-for-width management.
PreferredSize	get_preferred_size () const
	Like the other overload of get_preferred_size() but returns a structure holding the sizes instead of using output parameters.
void	set_layout_manager (const Glib::RefPtr< LayoutManager > &layout_manager)
	Sets the layout manager delegate instance that provides an implementation for measuring and allocating the children of widget.
void	unset_layout_manager ()
	Undoes the effect of a previous call to set_layout_manager().
Glib::RefPtr< LayoutManager >	get_layout_manager ()
	Retrieves the layout manager used by widget.
Glib::RefPtr< const LayoutManager >	get_layout_manager () const
	Retrieves the layout manager used by widget.
bool	mnemonic_activate (bool group_cycling)
	Emits the signal_mnemonic_activate() signal.
bool	activate ()
	For widgets that can be “activated” (buttons, menu items, etc.) this function activates them.
void	set_can_focus (bool can_focus=true)
	Specifies whether the input focus can enter the widget or any of its children.
bool	get_can_focus () const
	Determines whether the input focus can enter widget or any of its children.
void	set_focusable (bool focusable=true)
	Specifies whether widget can own the input focus.
bool	get_focusable () const
	Determines whether widget can own the input focus.
bool	has_focus () const
	Determines if the widget has the global input focus.
bool	is_focus () const
	Determines if the widget is the focus widget within its toplevel.
bool	has_visible_focus () const
	Determines if the widget should show a visible indication that it has the global input focus.
bool	grab_focus ()
	Causes widget to have the keyboard focus for the Gtk::Window it's inside.
void	set_focus_on_click (bool focus_on_click=true)
	Sets whether the widget should grab focus when it is clicked with the mouse.
bool	get_focus_on_click () const
	Returns whether the widget should grab focus when it is clicked with the mouse.
void	set_can_target (bool can_target=true)
	Sets whether widget can be the target of pointer events.
bool	get_can_target () const
	Queries whether widget can be the target of pointer events.
bool	has_default () const
	Determines whether widget is the current default widget within its toplevel.
void	set_receives_default (bool receives_default=true)
	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.
bool	get_receives_default () const
	Determines whether widget is always treated as the default widget within its toplevel when it has the focus, even if another widget is the default.
void	set_name (const Glib::ustring & name)
	Sets a widgets name.
void	unset_name ()
Glib::ustring	get_name () const
	Retrieves the name of a widget.
void	set_state_flags (StateFlags flags, bool clear=true)
	Turns on flag values in the current widget state.
void	unset_state_flags (StateFlags flags)
	Turns off flag values for the current widget state.
StateFlags	get_state_flags () const
	Returns the widget state as a flag set.
void	set_sensitive (bool sensitive=true)
	Sets the sensitivity of a widget.
bool	get_sensitive () const
	Returns the widget’s sensitivity.
bool	is_sensitive () const
	Returns the widget’s effective sensitivity.
void	set_visible (bool visible=true)
	Sets the visibility state of widget.
bool	get_visible () const
	Determines whether the widget is visible.
bool	is_visible () const
	Determines whether the widget and all its parents are marked as visible.
bool	is_drawable () const
	Determines whether widget can be drawn to.
bool	get_realized () const
	Determines whether widget is realized.
bool	get_mapped () const
	Whether the widget is mapped.
void	set_child_visible (bool visible=true)
	Sets whether widget should be mapped along with its parent.
bool	get_child_visible () const
	Gets the value set with set_child_visible().
int	get_allocated_width () const
	Returns the width that has currently been allocated to widget.
int	get_allocated_height () const
	Returns the height that has currently been allocated to widget.
int	get_allocated_baseline () const
	Returns the baseline that has currently been allocated to widget.
Allocation	get_allocation () const
	Retrieves the widget’s location.
std::optional< Gdk::Graphene::Rect >	compute_bounds (const Widget & target) const
	Computes the bounds for the widget in the coordinate space of target.
std::optional< Gdk::Graphene::Point >	compute_point (const Widget & target, const Gdk::Graphene::Point &point) const
	Translates the given point in the widget's coordinates to coordinates relative to target’s coordinate system.
int	get_width () const
	Returns the content width of the widget.
int	get_height () const
	Returns the content height of the widget.
int	get_baseline () const
	Returns the baseline that has currently been allocated to widget.
int	get_size (Orientation orientation) const
	Returns the content width or height of the widget.
Widget *	get_parent ()
	Returns the parent widget of widget.
const Widget *	get_parent () const
	Returns the parent widget of widget.
Root *	get_root ()
	Returns the Gtk::Root widget of widget.
const Root *	get_root () const
	Returns the Gtk::Root widget of widget.
Native *	get_native ()
	Returns the nearest Gtk::Native ancestor of widget.
const Native *	get_native () const
	Returns the nearest Gtk::Native ancestor of widget.
bool	child_focus (DirectionType direction)
	Called by widgets as the user moves around the window using keyboard shortcuts.
bool	keynav_failed (DirectionType direction)
	Emits the keynav-failed signal on the widget.
void	error_bell ()
	Notifies the user about an input-related error on this widget.
void	set_size_request (int width=-1, int height=-1)
	Sets the minimum size of a widget.
void	get_size_request (int & width, int &height) const
	Gets the size request that was explicitly set for the widget using set_size_request().
Requisition	get_size_request () const
	Like the other overload of get_size_request() but returns a structure holding the sizes instead of using output parameters.
void	set_opacity (double opacity)
	Request the widget to be rendered partially transparent.
double	get_opacity () const
	Fetches the requested opacity for this widget.
void	set_overflow (Overflow overflow)
	Sets how widget treats content that is drawn outside the widget's content area.
Overflow	get_overflow () const
	Returns the widget’s overflow value.
Widget *	get_ancestor (GType widget_type)
	Gets the first ancestor of widget with type widget_type.
const Widget *	get_ancestor (GType widget_type) const
	Gets the first ancestor of widget with type widget_type.
int	get_scale_factor () const
	Retrieves the internal scale factor that maps from window coordinates to the actual device pixels.
Glib::RefPtr< Gdk::Display >	get_display ()
	Get the Gdk::Display for the toplevel window associated with this widget.
Glib::RefPtr< const Gdk::Display >	get_display () const
	Get the Gdk::Display for the toplevel window associated with this widget.
Glib::RefPtr< Settings >	get_settings ()
	Gets the settings object holding the settings used for this widget.
Glib::RefPtr< Gdk::Clipboard >	get_clipboard ()
	Gets the clipboard object for widget.
Glib::RefPtr< const Gdk::Clipboard >	get_clipboard () const
	Gets the clipboard object for widget.
Glib::RefPtr< Gdk::Clipboard >	get_primary_clipboard ()
	Gets the primary clipboard of widget.
Glib::RefPtr< const Gdk::Clipboard >	get_primary_clipboard () const
	Gets the primary clipboard of widget.
bool	get_hexpand () const
	Gets whether the widget would like any available extra horizontal space.
void	set_hexpand (bool expand=true)
	Sets whether the widget would like any available extra horizontal space.
bool	get_hexpand_set () const
	Gets whether set_hexpand() has been used to explicitly set the expand flag on this widget.
void	set_hexpand_set (bool set=true)
	Sets whether the hexpand flag will be used.
bool	get_vexpand () const
	Gets whether the widget would like any available extra vertical space.
void	set_vexpand (bool expand=true)
	Sets whether the widget would like any available extra vertical space.
bool	get_vexpand_set () const
	Gets whether set_vexpand() has been used to explicitly set the expand flag on this widget.
void	set_vexpand_set (bool set=true)
	Sets whether the vexpand flag will be used.
bool	compute_expand (Orientation orientation)
	Computes whether a container should give this widget extra space when possible.
void	set_expand (bool expand=true)
	Sets whether the widget would like any available extra space in both directions.
Align	get_halign () const
	Gets the horizontal alignment of widget.
void	set_halign (Align align)
	Sets the horizontal alignment of widget.
Align	get_valign () const
	Gets the vertical alignment of widget.
void	set_valign (Align align)
	Sets the vertical alignment of widget.
int	get_margin_start () const
	Gets the start margin of widget.
void	set_margin_start (int margin)
	Sets the start margin of widget.
int	get_margin_end () const
	Gets the end margin of widget.
void	set_margin_end (int margin)
	Sets the end margin of widget.
int	get_margin_top () const
	Gets the top margin of widget.
void	set_margin_top (int margin)
	Sets the top margin of widget.
int	get_margin_bottom () const
	Gets the bottom margin of widget.
void	set_margin_bottom (int margin)
	Sets the bottom margin of widget.
void	set_margin (int margin)
	Set all 4 margins to the same value.
bool	is_ancestor (Widget &ancestor) const
	Determines whether widget is somewhere inside ancestor, possibly with intermediate containers.
bool	translate_coordinates (Widget &dest_widget, double src_x, double src_y, double &dest_x, double &dest_y)
	Translate coordinates relative to src_widget’s allocation to coordinates relative to dest_widget’s allocations.
bool	contains (double x, double y) const
	Tests if the point at ( x, y) is contained in widget.
Widget *	pick (double x, double y, PickFlags flags=PickFlags::DEFAULT)
	Finds the descendant of widget closest to the point ( x, y).
const Widget *	pick (double x, double y, PickFlags flags=PickFlags::DEFAULT) const
	Finds the descendant of widget closest to the point ( x, y).
void	add_controller (const Glib::RefPtr< EventController > &controller)
	Adds controller to widget so that it will receive events.
void	remove_controller (const Glib::RefPtr< EventController > &controller)
	Removes controller from widget, so that it doesn't process events anymore.
Glib::RefPtr< Pango::Context >	create_pango_context ()
	Creates a new Pango::Context with the appropriate font map, font options, font description, and base direction for drawing text for this widget.
Glib::RefPtr< Pango::Context >	get_pango_context ()
	Gets a Pango::Context with the appropriate font map, font description, and base direction for this widget.
void	set_font_options (const Cairo::FontOptions &options)
	Sets the cairo_font_options_t used for Pango rendering in this widget.
void	unset_font_options ()
	Undoes the effect of previous calls to set_font_options().
Cairo::FontOptions	get_font_options () const
	Returns the cairo_font_options_t of widget.
Glib::RefPtr< Pango::Layout >	create_pango_layout (const Glib::ustring &text)
	Creates a new Pango::Layout with the appropriate font map, font description, and base direction for drawing text for this widget.
void	set_direction (TextDirection dir)
	Sets the reading direction on a particular widget.
TextDirection	get_direction () const
	Gets the reading direction for a particular widget.
void	set_cursor (const Glib::RefPtr< Gdk::Cursor > &cursor)
	Sets the cursor to be shown when pointer devices point towards widget.
void	set_cursor (const Glib::ustring & name={})
	Sets a named cursor to be shown when pointer devices point towards the widget.
Glib::RefPtr< Gdk::Cursor >	get_cursor ()
	Queries the cursor set on widget.
Glib::RefPtr< const Gdk::Cursor >	get_cursor () const
	Queries the cursor set on widget.
std::vector< Widget * >	list_mnemonic_labels ()
	Returns the widgets for which this widget is the target of a mnemonic.
std::vector< const Widget * >	list_mnemonic_labels () const
	Returns the widgets for which this widget is the target of a mnemonic.
void	add_mnemonic_label (Widget &label)
	Adds a widget to the list of mnemonic labels for this widget.
void	remove_mnemonic_label (Widget &label)
	Removes a widget from the list of mnemonic labels for this widget.
bool	drag_check_threshold (int start_x, int start_y, int current_x, int current_y)
	Checks to see if a drag movement has passed the GTK drag threshold.
Glib::RefPtr< Gdk::FrameClock >	get_frame_clock ()
	Obtains the frame clock for a widget.
Glib::RefPtr< const Gdk::FrameClock >	get_frame_clock () const
	Obtains the frame clock for a widget.
void	set_parent (Widget & parent)
	Sets parent as the parent widget of widget.
void	unparent ()
	Dissociate widget from its parent.
void	map ()
	Causes a widget to be mapped if it isn’t already.
void	unmap ()
	Causes a widget to be unmapped if it’s currently mapped.
void	trigger_tooltip_query ()
	Triggers a tooltip query on the display where the toplevel of widget is located.
void	set_tooltip_text (const Glib::ustring &text)
	Sets text as the contents of the tooltip.
Glib::ustring	get_tooltip_text () const
	Gets the contents of the tooltip for widget.
void	set_tooltip_markup (const Glib::ustring &markup)
	Sets markup as the contents of the tooltip, which is marked up with Pango markup.
Glib::ustring	get_tooltip_markup () const
	Gets the contents of the tooltip for widget.
void	set_has_tooltip (bool has_tooltip=TRUE)
	Sets the has-tooltip property on widget to has_tooltip.
bool	get_has_tooltip () const
	Returns the current value of the has-tooltip property.
bool	in_destruction () const
	Returns whether the widget is currently being destroyed.
Glib::RefPtr< StyleContext >	get_style_context ()
	Returns the style context associated to widget.
Glib::RefPtr< const StyleContext >	get_style_context () const
	Returns the style context associated to widget.
guint	add_tick_callback (const SlotTick &slot)
	Queues an animation frame update and adds a callback to be called before each frame.
void	remove_tick_callback (guint id)
	Removes a tick callback previously registered with add_tick_callback().
void	insert_action_group (const Glib::ustring & name, const Glib::RefPtr< Gio::ActionGroup > & group)
	Inserts group into widget.
void	remove_action_group (const Glib::ustring & name)
	Removes a group from the widget.
bool	activate_action (const Glib::ustring & name, const Glib::VariantBase &args={})
	Looks up the action in the action groups associated with the widget and its ancestors, and activates it.
void	activate_default ()
	Activates the default.activate action from widget.
void	set_font_map (const Glib::RefPtr< Pango::FontMap > &font_map)
	Sets the font map to use for Pango rendering.
Glib::RefPtr< Pango::FontMap >	get_font_map ()
	Gets the font map of widget.
Glib::RefPtr< const Pango::FontMap >	get_font_map () const
	Gets the font map of widget.
Widget *	get_first_child ()
	Returns the widget’s first child.
const Widget *	get_first_child () const
	Returns the widget’s first child.
Widget *	get_last_child ()
	Returns the widget’s last child.
const Widget *	get_last_child () const
	Returns the widget’s last child.
Widget *	get_next_sibling ()
	Returns the widget’s next sibling.
const Widget *	get_next_sibling () const
	Returns the widget’s next sibling.
Widget *	get_prev_sibling ()
	Returns the widget’s previous sibling.
const Widget *	get_prev_sibling () const
	Returns the widget’s previous sibling.
std::vector< Widget * >	get_children ()
	Gets a vector of the widgetʼs current children, from first child to last.
std::vector< const Widget * >	get_children () const
	Gets a vector of the widgetʼs current children, from first child to last.
Glib::RefPtr< Gio::ListModel >	observe_children ()
	Returns a Gio::ListModel to track the children of widget.
Glib::RefPtr< const Gio::ListModel >	observe_children () const
	Returns a Gio::ListModel to track the children of widget.
Glib::RefPtr< Gio::ListModel >	observe_controllers ()
	Returns a Gio::ListModel to track the Gtk::EventControllers of widget.
Glib::RefPtr< const Gio::ListModel >	observe_controllers () const
	Returns a Gio::ListModel to track the Gtk::EventControllers of widget.
void	insert_after (Widget & parent, const Widget &previous_sibling)
	Inserts the Widget into the child widget list of parent after previous_sibling.
void	insert_before (Widget & parent, const Widget &next_sibling)
	Inserts the Widget into the child widget list of parent before next_sibling.
void	insert_at_start (Widget & parent)
	Inserts the Widget at the beginning of the child widget list of parent.
void	insert_at_end (Widget & parent)
	Inserts the Widget at the end of the child widget list of parent.
void	snapshot_child (Widget &child, const Glib::RefPtr< Gtk::Snapshot > & snapshot)
	Snapshot the a child of widget.
bool	should_layout () const
	Returns whether widget should contribute to the measuring and allocation of its parent.
Glib::ustring	get_css_name () const
	Returns the CSS name that is used for self.
void	add_css_class (const Glib::ustring &css_class)
	Adds a style class to widget.
void	remove_css_class (const Glib::ustring &css_class)
	Removes a style from widget.
bool	has_css_class (const Glib::ustring &css_class) const
	Returns whether css_class is currently applied to widget.
std::vector< Glib::ustring >	get_css_classes () const
	Returns the list of style classes applied to widget.
void	set_css_classes (const std::vector< Glib::ustring > &classes)
	Clear all style classes applied to widget and replace them with classes.
Gdk::RGBA	get_color () const
	Gets the current foreground color for the widget's CSS style.
Glib::SignalProxy< void()>	signal_show ()
Glib::SignalProxy< void()>	signal_hide ()
Glib::SignalProxy< void()>	signal_map ()
	Emitted on mapping of a widget to the screen.
Glib::SignalProxy< void()>	signal_unmap ()
Glib::SignalProxy< void()>	signal_realize ()
	Emitted on realization of a widget.
Glib::SignalProxy< void()>	signal_unrealize ()
Glib::SignalProxy< void(Gtk::StateFlags)>	signal_state_flags_changed ()
Glib::SignalProxy< void(TextDirection)>	signal_direction_changed ()
Glib::SignalProxy< bool(bool)>	signal_mnemonic_activate ()
Glib::SignalProxy< void()>	signal_destroy ()
	Emitted during the dispose phase.
Glib::SignalProxy< bool(int, int, bool, const Glib::RefPtr< Tooltip > &)>	signal_query_tooltip ()
Glib::PropertyProxy< Glib::ustring >	property_name ()
	The name of the widget.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< Glib::ustring >	property_name () const
	The name of the widget.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< Widget * >	property_parent () const
	The parent widget of this widget.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< Root * >	property_root () const
	The Gtk::Root widget of the widget tree containing this widget.
Glib::PropertyProxy< int >	property_width_request ()
	Override for width request of the widget.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< int >	property_width_request () const
	Override for width request of the widget.
Glib::PropertyProxy< int >	property_height_request ()
	Override for height request of the widget.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< int >	property_height_request () const
	Override for height request of the widget.
Glib::PropertyProxy< bool >	property_visible ()
	Whether the widget is visible.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool >	property_visible () const
	Whether the widget is visible.
Glib::PropertyProxy< bool >	property_sensitive ()
	Whether the widget responds to input.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool >	property_sensitive () const
	Whether the widget responds to input.
Glib::PropertyProxy< bool >	property_can_focus ()
	Whether the widget or any of its descendents can accept the input focus.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool >	property_can_focus () const
	Whether the widget or any of its descendents can accept the input focus.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool >	property_has_focus () const
	Whether the widget has the input focus.
Glib::PropertyProxy< bool >	property_can_target ()
	Whether the widget can receive pointer events.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool >	property_can_target () const
	Whether the widget can receive pointer events.
Glib::PropertyProxy< bool >	property_focus_on_click ()
	Whether the widget should grab focus when it is clicked with the mouse.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool >	property_focus_on_click () const
	Whether the widget should grab focus when it is clicked with the mouse.
Glib::PropertyProxy< bool >	property_focusable ()
	Whether this widget itself will accept the input focus.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool >	property_focusable () const
	Whether this widget itself will accept the input focus.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool >	property_has_default () const
	Whether the widget is the default widget.
Glib::PropertyProxy< bool >	property_receives_default ()
	Whether the widget will receive the default action when it is focused.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool >	property_receives_default () const
	Whether the widget will receive the default action when it is focused.
Glib::PropertyProxy< Glib::RefPtr< Gdk::Cursor > >	property_cursor ()
	The cursor used by widget.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< Glib::RefPtr< Gdk::Cursor > >	property_cursor () const
	The cursor used by widget.
Glib::PropertyProxy< bool >	property_has_tooltip ()
	Enables or disables the emission of the signal_query_tooltip() signal on widget.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool >	property_has_tooltip () const
	Enables or disables the emission of the signal_query_tooltip() signal on widget.
Glib::PropertyProxy< Glib::ustring >	property_tooltip_markup ()
	Sets the text of tooltip to be the given string, which is marked up with Pango markup.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< Glib::ustring >	property_tooltip_markup () const
	Sets the text of tooltip to be the given string, which is marked up with Pango markup.
Glib::PropertyProxy< Glib::ustring >	property_tooltip_text ()
	Sets the text of tooltip to be the given string.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< Glib::ustring >	property_tooltip_text () const
	Sets the text of tooltip to be the given string.
Glib::PropertyProxy< Align >	property_halign ()
	How to distribute horizontal space if widget gets extra space.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< Align >	property_halign () const
	How to distribute horizontal space if widget gets extra space.
Glib::PropertyProxy< Align >	property_valign ()
	How to distribute vertical space if widget gets extra space.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< Align >	property_valign () const
	How to distribute vertical space if widget gets extra space.
Glib::PropertyProxy< int >	property_margin_start ()
	Margin on start of widget, horizontally.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< int >	property_margin_start () const
	Margin on start of widget, horizontally.
Glib::PropertyProxy< int >	property_margin_end ()
	Margin on end of widget, horizontally.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< int >	property_margin_end () const
	Margin on end of widget, horizontally.
Glib::PropertyProxy< int >	property_margin_top ()
	Margin on top side of widget.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< int >	property_margin_top () const
	Margin on top side of widget.
Glib::PropertyProxy< int >	property_margin_bottom ()
	Margin on bottom side of widget.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< int >	property_margin_bottom () const
	Margin on bottom side of widget.
Glib::PropertyProxy< bool >	property_hexpand ()
	Whether to expand horizontally.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool >	property_hexpand () const
	Whether to expand horizontally.
Glib::PropertyProxy< bool >	property_hexpand_set ()
	Whether to use the hexpand property.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool >	property_hexpand_set () const
	Whether to use the hexpand property.
Glib::PropertyProxy< bool >	property_vexpand ()
	Whether to expand vertically.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool >	property_vexpand () const
	Whether to expand vertically.
Glib::PropertyProxy< bool >	property_vexpand_set ()
	Whether to use the vexpand property.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool >	property_vexpand_set () const
	Whether to use the vexpand property.
Glib::PropertyProxy< double >	property_opacity ()
	The requested opacity of the widget.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< double >	property_opacity () const
	The requested opacity of the widget.
Glib::PropertyProxy< Overflow >	property_overflow ()
	How content outside the widget's content area is treated.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< Overflow >	property_overflow () const
	How content outside the widget's content area is treated.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< int >	property_scale_factor () const
	The scale factor of the widget.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< Glib::ustring >	property_css_name () const
	The name of this widget in the CSS tree.
Glib::PropertyProxy< std::vector< Glib::ustring > >	property_css_classes ()
	A list of css classes applied to this widget.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< std::vector< Glib::ustring > >	property_css_classes () const
	A list of css classes applied to this widget.
Glib::PropertyProxy< Glib::RefPtr< LayoutManager > >	property_layout_manager ()
	The Gtk::LayoutManager instance to use to compute the preferred size of the widget, and allocate its children.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< Glib::RefPtr< LayoutManager > >	property_layout_manager () const
	The Gtk::LayoutManager instance to use to compute the preferred size of the widget, and allocate its children.
Public Member Functions inherited from Gtk::Object
	Object (Object &&src) noexcept
Object &	operator= (Object &&src) noexcept
	~Object () noexcept override
Public Member Functions inherited from Gtk::Accessible
	Accessible (Accessible &&src) noexcept
Accessible &	operator= (Accessible &&src) noexcept
	~Accessible () noexcept override
GtkAccessible *	gobj ()
	Provides access to the underlying C GObject.
const GtkAccessible *	gobj () const
	Provides access to the underlying C GObject.
Glib::RefPtr< ATContext >	get_at_context ()
	Retrieves the accessible implementation for the given Gtk::Accessible.
Glib::RefPtr< const ATContext >	get_at_context () const
	Retrieves the accessible implementation for the given Gtk::Accessible.
bool	get_platform_state (PlatformState state) const
	Query a platform state, such as focus.
Glib::RefPtr< Accessible >	get_accessible_parent ()
	Retrieves the accessible parent for an accessible object.
Glib::RefPtr< const Accessible >	get_accessible_parent () const
	Retrieves the accessible parent for an accessible object.
void	set_accessible_parent (const Glib::RefPtr< Accessible > & parent, const Glib::RefPtr< Accessible > &next_sibling)
	Sets the parent and sibling of an accessible object.
Glib::RefPtr< Accessible >	get_first_accessible_child ()
	Retrieves the first accessible child of an accessible object.
Glib::RefPtr< const Accessible >	get_first_accessible_child () const
	Retrieves the first accessible child of an accessible object.
Glib::RefPtr< Accessible >	get_next_accessible_sibling ()
	Retrieves the next accessible sibling of an accessible object.
Glib::RefPtr< const Accessible >	get_next_accessible_sibling () const
	Retrieves the next accessible sibling of an accessible object.
void	update_next_accessible_sibling (const Glib::RefPtr< Accessible > &new_sibling)
	Updates the next accessible sibling of self.
bool	get_bounds (int &x, int &y, int & width, int &height) const
	Queries the coordinates and dimensions of this accessible.
Role	get_accessible_role () const
	Retrieves the accessible role of an accessible object.
void	update_state (State state, const Glib::ValueBase & value)
	Updates an accessible state.
void	update_property (Property property, const Glib::ValueBase & value)
	Updates an accessible property.
void	update_relation (Relation relation, const Glib::ValueBase & value)
	Updates an accessible relation.
void	reset_state (State state)
	Resets the accessible state to its default value.
void	reset_property (Property property)
	Resets the accessible property to its default value.
void	reset_relation (Relation relation)
	Resets the accessible relation to its default value.
void	announce (const Glib::ustring & message, AnnouncementPriority priority)
	Requests the user's screen reader to announce the given message.
Glib::PropertyProxy< Role >	property_accessible_role ()
	The accessible role of the given Gtk::Accessible implementation.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< Role >	property_accessible_role () const
	The accessible role of the given Gtk::Accessible implementation.
Public Member Functions inherited from Gtk::Buildable
	Buildable (Buildable &&src) noexcept
Buildable &	operator= (Buildable &&src) noexcept
	~Buildable () noexcept override
GtkBuildable *	gobj ()
	Provides access to the underlying C GObject.
const GtkBuildable *	gobj () const
	Provides access to the underlying C GObject.
Glib::ustring	get_buildable_id () const
	Gets the ID of the buildable object.
Public Member Functions inherited from Gtk::ConstraintTarget
	ConstraintTarget (ConstraintTarget &&src) noexcept
ConstraintTarget &	operator= (ConstraintTarget &&src) noexcept
	~ConstraintTarget () noexcept override
GtkConstraintTarget *	gobj ()
	Provides access to the underlying C GObject.
const GtkConstraintTarget *	gobj () const
	Provides access to the underlying C GObject.

Static Public Member Functions
static GType	get_type ()
	Get the GType for this class, for use with the underlying GObject type system.
static void	set_default_direction (TextDirection dir)
	Sets the default reading direction for widgets.
static TextDirection	get_default_direction ()
	Obtains the current default reading direction.
Static Public Member Functions inherited from Gtk::Accessible
static void	add_interface (GType gtype_implementer)
static GType	get_type ()
	Get the GType for this class, for use with the underlying GObject type system.
Static Public Member Functions inherited from Gtk::Buildable
static void	add_interface (GType gtype_implementer)
static GType	get_type ()
	Get the GType for this class, for use with the underlying GObject type system.
Static Public Member Functions inherited from Gtk::ConstraintTarget
static void	add_interface (GType gtype_implementer)
static GType	get_type ()
	Get the GType for this class, for use with the underlying GObject type system.

Protected Member Functions
virtual void	root_vfunc ()
virtual void	unroot_vfunc ()
virtual void	size_allocate_vfunc (int width, int height, int baseline)
virtual SizeRequestMode	get_request_mode_vfunc () const
virtual void	measure_vfunc (Orientation orientation, int for_size, int & minimum, int & natural, int &minimum_baseline, int &natural_baseline) const
virtual bool	grab_focus_vfunc ()
virtual void	set_focus_child_vfunc (Widget *child)
	Sets the focused child of widget.
virtual void	compute_expand_vfunc (bool &hexpand_p, bool &vexpand_p)
virtual bool	contains_vfunc (double x, double y) const
virtual void	snapshot_vfunc (const Glib::RefPtr< Gtk::Snapshot > & snapshot)
	Widget ()
void	realize ()
	Creates the GDK resources associated with a widget.
void	unrealize ()
	Causes a widget to be unrealized (frees all GDK resources associated with the widget).
void	realize_if_needed ()
void	set_focus_child (Widget &child)
	Set child as the current focus child of widget.
void	unset_focus_child ()
	Unsets the focus child of the widget.
Widget *	get_focus_child ()
	Returns the current focus child of widget.
const Widget *	get_focus_child () const
	Returns the current focus child of widget.
virtual void	on_show ()
	This is a default handler for the signal signal_show().
virtual void	on_hide ()
	This is a default handler for the signal signal_hide().
virtual void	on_map ()
	This is a default handler for the signal signal_map().
virtual void	on_unmap ()
	This is a default handler for the signal signal_unmap().
virtual void	on_realize ()
	This is a default handler for the signal signal_realize().
virtual void	on_unrealize ()
	This is a default handler for the signal signal_unrealize().
virtual void	on_state_flags_changed (Gtk::StateFlags previous_state_flags)
	This is a default handler for the signal signal_state_flags_changed().
virtual void	on_direction_changed (TextDirection direction)
	This is a default handler for the signal signal_direction_changed().
virtual bool	on_mnemonic_activate (bool group_cycling)
	This is a default handler for the signal signal_mnemonic_activate().
virtual bool	on_query_tooltip (int x, int y, bool keyboard_tooltip, const Glib::RefPtr< Tooltip > &tooltip)
	This is a default handler for the signal signal_query_tooltip().
Protected Member Functions inherited from Gtk::Accessible
	Accessible ()
	You should derive from this class to use it.
Protected Member Functions inherited from Gtk::Buildable
	Buildable ()
	You should derive from this class to use it.
Protected Member Functions inherited from Gtk::ConstraintTarget
	ConstraintTarget ()
	You should derive from this class to use it.

Related Symbols
(Note that these are not member symbols.)
Gtk::Widget *	wrap (GtkWidget *object, bool take_copy=false)
	A Glib::wrap() method for this object.
Related Symbols inherited from Gtk::Accessible
Glib::RefPtr< Gtk::Accessible >	wrap (GtkAccessible *object, bool take_copy=false)
	A Glib::wrap() method for this object.
Related Symbols inherited from Gtk::Buildable
Glib::RefPtr< Gtk::Buildable >	wrap (GtkBuildable *object, bool take_copy=false)
	A Glib::wrap() method for this object.
Related Symbols inherited from Gtk::ConstraintTarget
Glib::RefPtr< Gtk::ConstraintTarget >	wrap (GtkConstraintTarget *object, bool take_copy=false)
	A Glib::wrap() method for this object.

Detailed Description

Abstract Widget (Base class for all widgets)

As the base class of all widgets this contains all of the properties and methods common to all widgets. It manages the widget lifecycle, layout, states and style. It is an abstract class that cannot be instantiated.

An important part of widgets are events that can be trapped by adding event controllers with add_controller(). Those are events coming directly from GDK. By using event controllers you can trap everything a widget can ever do. The Event Controllers and Gestures group lists the event controller classes.

Most widgets are added as children to a container widget, such as a Box, Grid or Window. A child widget can be managed or non-managed. A managed widget is created with the Gtk::make_managed() template function. Such a widget is deleted when its parent container is deleted. By default widgets are non-managed. This is fine for widgets declared as data members of a class. They are not deleted when their parent is deleted, but when the containing class instance is deleted. Memory management of widgets is described in more detail in the Memory management chapter in the Programming with gtkmm book.

Member Typedef Documentation

PreferredSize

using Gtk::Widget::PreferredSize = MinimumNatural<Requisition>

Structure returned by the non-output-parameter overload of get_preferred_size().

Since gtkmm 4.14:

SlotTick

using Gtk::Widget::SlotTick = sigc::slot<bool(const Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::FrameClock>&)>

Callback type for adding a function to update animations.

See add_tick_callback().

For instance:

bool on_tick(const Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::FrameClock>& frame_clock);

Parameters

frame_clock

The frame clock for the widget (same as calling get_frame_clock()).

Returns

true if the tick callback should continue to be called, false if the tick callback should be removed.

Since gtkmm 3.24:

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Widget() [1/3]

Gtk::Widget::Widget ( Widget &&  src )

noexcept

Widget() [2/3]

Gtk::Widget::Widget ( const Widget &  )

delete

~Widget()

Gtk::Widget::~Widget ( )

overridenoexcept

Destroys the widget.

Except: if the widget has a parent, only the C++ wrapper is destroyed, not the C instance; please see the “Memory management” chapter in the Programming with gtkmm book as linked in the intro.

Widget() [3/3]

Gtk::Widget::Widget ( )

protected

Member Function Documentation

activate()

bool Gtk::Widget::activate

(

)

For widgets that can be “activated” (buttons, menu items, etc.) this function activates them.

The activation will emit the signal set using gtk_widget_class_set_activate_signal() during class initialization.

Activation is what happens when you press Enter on a widget during key navigation.

If you wish to handle the activation keybinding yourself, it is recommended to use gtk_widget_class_add_shortcut() with an action created with Gtk::SignalAction::create().

Returns

true if the widget was activatable, else false.

activate_action()

bool Gtk::Widget::activate_action	(	const Glib::ustring &	name,
		const Glib::VariantBase &	args = {}
	)

Looks up the action in the action groups associated with the widget and its ancestors, and activates it.

If the action is in an action group added with insert_action_group(), the name is expected to be prefixed with the prefix that was used when the group was inserted.

The arguments must match the action's expected parameter type, as returned by Gio::Action::get_parameter_type().

Parameters

name	The name of the action to activate.
args	Parameters to use, or an empty (invalid) Glib::VariantBase if the action does not expect parameters.

Returns

true if the action was activated, false if the action does not exist.

activate_default()

void Gtk::Widget::activate_default

(

)

Activates the default.activate action from widget.

add_controller()

void Gtk::Widget::add_controller

(

const Glib::RefPtr< EventController > &

controller

)

Adds controller to widget so that it will receive events.

You will usually want to call this function right after creating any kind of Gtk::EventController.

Parameters

controller

A Gtk::EventController that hasn't been added to a widget yet.

add_css_class()

void Gtk::Widget::add_css_class

(

const Glib::ustring &

css_class

)

Adds a style class to widget.

After calling this function, the widget’s style will match for css_class, according to CSS matching rules.

Use remove_css_class() to remove the style again.

Parameters

css_class

The style class to add to widget, without the leading '.' used for notation of style classes.

add_mnemonic_label()

void Gtk::Widget::add_mnemonic_label

(

Widget &

label

)

Adds a widget to the list of mnemonic labels for this widget.

See 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.

Parameters

label

A Gtk::Widget that acts as a mnemonic label for widget.

add_tick_callback()

guint Gtk::Widget::add_tick_callback

(

const SlotTick &

slot

)

Queues an animation frame update and adds a callback to be called before each frame.

Until the tick callback is removed, it will be called frequently (usually at the frame rate of the output device or as quickly as the application can be repainted, whichever is slower). For this reason, is most suitable for handling graphics that change every frame or every few frames. The tick callback does not automatically imply a relayout or repaint. If you want a repaint or relayout, and aren’t changing widget properties that would trigger that (for example, changing the text of a Gtk::Label), then you will have to call queue_resize() or queue_draw_area() yourself.

Gdk::FrameClock::get_frame_time() should generally be used for timing continuous animations and Gdk::FrameTimings::get_predicted_presentation_time() if you are trying to display isolated frames at particular times.

This is a more convenient alternative to connecting directly to the Gdk::FrameClock::signal_update() signal of Gdk::FrameClock, since you don't have to worry about when a Gdk::FrameClock is assigned to a widget.

Since gtkmm 3.24:

Parameters

slot	Slot to call for updating animations.

Returns

An id for the connection of this callback. Remove the callback by passing it to remove_tick_callback().

child_focus()

bool Gtk::Widget::child_focus

(

DirectionType

direction

)

Called by widgets as the user moves around the window using keyboard shortcuts.

The direction argument indicates what kind of motion is taking place (up, down, left, right, tab forward, tab backward).

This function calls the focus_vfunc() virtual function; widgets can override the virtual function in order to implement appropriate focus behavior.

The default focus() virtual function 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. When returning true, widgets normally call grab_focus() to place the focus accordingly; when returning false, they don’t modify the current focus location.

This function is used by custom widget implementations; if you're writing an app, you’d use grab_focus() to move the focus to a particular widget.

Parameters

direction

Direction of focus movement.

Returns

true if focus ended up inside widget.

compute_bounds()

std::optional< Gdk::Graphene::Rect > Gtk::Widget::compute_bounds

(

const Widget &

target

)

const

Computes the bounds for the widget in the coordinate space of target.

The bounds of widget are (the bounding box of) the region that it is expected to draw in.

If the operation is successful, a std::optional<Gdk::Graphene::Rect> that contains a value is returned. If the widget has no bounds or the bounds cannot be expressed in target's coordinate space (for example if both widgets are in different windows), the returned std::optional is empty.

It is valid for the widget and target to be the same widget.

Since gtkmm 4.12:

Parameters

target

The Gtk::Widget.

Returns

A std::optional<Gdk::Graphene::Rect>, containing a value if the bounds could be computed.

compute_expand()

bool Gtk::Widget::compute_expand

(

Orientation

orientation

)

Computes whether a container should give this widget extra space when possible.

Containers should check this, rather than looking at get_hexpand() or 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.

Parameters

orientation

Expand direction.

Returns

Whether widget tree rooted here should be expanded.

compute_expand_vfunc()

virtual void Gtk::Widget::compute_expand_vfunc ( bool &  hexpand_p, bool &  vexpand_p  )

protectedvirtual

compute_point()

std::optional< Gdk::Graphene::Point > Gtk::Widget::compute_point	(	const Widget &	target,
		const Gdk::Graphene::Point &	point
	)		const

Translates the given point in the widget's coordinates to coordinates relative to target’s coordinate system.

In order to perform this operation, both widgets must share a common ancestor.

Since gtkmm 4.12:

Parameters

target	The Gtk::Widget to transform into.
point	A point in the widget's coordinate system.

Returns

A std::optional<Gdk::Graphene::Point>, containing a value if the point could be determined.

contains()

bool Gtk::Widget::contains	(	double	x,
		double	y
	)		const

Tests if the point at ( x, y) is contained in widget.

The coordinates for ( x, y) must be in widget coordinates, so (0, 0) is assumed to be the top left of widget's content area.

Parameters

x	X coordinate to test, relative to widget's origin.
y	Y coordinate to test, relative to widget's origin.

Returns

true if widget contains ( x, y).

contains_vfunc()

virtual bool Gtk::Widget::contains_vfunc ( double  x, double  y  ) const

protectedvirtual

create_pango_context()

Glib::RefPtr< Pango::Context > Gtk::Widget::create_pango_context

(

)

Creates a new Pango::Context with the appropriate font map, font options, font description, and base direction for drawing text for this widget.

See also get_pango_context().

Returns

The new Pango::Context.

create_pango_layout()

Glib::RefPtr< Pango::Layout > Gtk::Widget::create_pango_layout

(

const Glib::ustring &

text

)

Creates a new Pango::Layout with the appropriate font map, font description, and base direction for drawing text for this widget.

If you keep a Pango::Layout created in this way around, you need to re-create it when the widget Pango::Context is replaced. This can be tracked by listening to changes of the property_root() property on the widget.

Parameters

text	Text to set on the layout.

Returns

The new Pango::Layout.

drag_check_threshold()

bool Gtk::Widget::drag_check_threshold	(	int	start_x,
		int	start_y,
		int	current_x,
		int	current_y
	)

Checks to see if a drag movement has passed the GTK drag threshold.

Parameters

start_x	X coordinate of start of drag.
start_y	Y coordinate of start of drag.
current_x	Current X coordinate.
current_y	Current Y coordinate.

Returns

true if the drag threshold has been passed.

error_bell()

void Gtk::Widget::error_bell

(

)

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

If the Gtk::Settings::property_gtk_error_bell() setting is true, it calls Gdk::Surface::beep(), otherwise it does nothing.

Note that the effect of Gdk::Surface::beep() can be configured in many ways, depending on the windowing backend and the desktop environment or window manager that is used.

get_allocated_baseline()

int Gtk::Widget::get_allocated_baseline

(

)

const

Returns the baseline that has currently been allocated to widget.

This function is intended to be used when implementing handlers for the Gtk::WidgetClass.snapshot() function, and when allocating child widgets in Gtk::WidgetClass.size_allocate().

Deprecated: 4.12: Use get_baseline() instead

Deprecated:

Use get_baseline() instead.

Returns

The baseline of the widget, or -1 if none.

get_allocated_height()

int Gtk::Widget::get_allocated_height

(

)

const

Returns the height that has currently been allocated to widget.

To learn more about widget sizes, see the coordinate system overview.

Deprecated: 4.12: Use get_height() instead

Deprecated:

Use get_height() instead.

Returns

The height of the widget.

get_allocated_width()

int Gtk::Widget::get_allocated_width

(

)

const

Returns the width that has currently been allocated to widget.

To learn more about widget sizes, see the coordinate system overview.

Deprecated: 4.12: Use get_width() instead

Deprecated:

Use get_width() instead.

Returns

The width of the widget.

get_allocation()

Allocation Gtk::Widget::get_allocation

(

)

const

Retrieves the widget’s location.

Note, when implementing a layout container: a widget’s allocation will be its “adjusted” allocation, that is, the widget’s parent container typically calls size_allocate() with an allocation, and that allocation is then adjusted (to handle margin and alignment for example) before assignment to the 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 size_allocate() allocation, however.

So a layout container is guaranteed that its children stay inside the assigned bounds, but not that they have exactly the bounds the container assigned.

Deprecated:

4.12: Use compute_bounds() or get_width() instead.

Returns

The widget’s allocated area.

get_ancestor() [1/2]

Widget * Gtk::Widget::get_ancestor

(

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 Gtk::Box that’s an ancestor of widget. No reference will be added to the returned widget; it should not be unreferenced.

Note that unlike is_ancestor(), this function considers widget to be an ancestor of itself.

Parameters

widget_type

Ancestor type.

Returns

The ancestor widget.

get_ancestor() [2/2]

const Widget * Gtk::Widget::get_ancestor

(

GType

widget_type

)

const

Gets the first ancestor of widget with type widget_type.

For example, gtk_widget_get_ancestor (widget, GTK_TYPE_BOX) gets the first Gtk::Box that’s an ancestor of widget. No reference will be added to the returned widget; it should not be unreferenced.

Note that unlike is_ancestor(), this function considers widget to be an ancestor of itself.

Parameters

widget_type

Ancestor type.

Returns

The ancestor widget.

get_baseline()

int Gtk::Widget::get_baseline

(

)

const

Returns the baseline that has currently been allocated to widget.

This function is intended to be used when implementing handlers for the Gtk::WidgetClass.snapshot() function, and when allocating child widgets in Gtk::WidgetClass.size_allocate().

Since gtkmm 4.12:

Returns

The baseline of the widget, or -1 if none.

get_can_focus()

bool Gtk::Widget::get_can_focus

(

)

const

Determines whether the input focus can enter widget or any of its children.

See set_focusable().

Returns

true if the input focus can enter widget, false otherwise.

get_can_target()

bool Gtk::Widget::get_can_target

(

)

const

Queries whether widget can be the target of pointer events.

Returns

true if widget can receive pointer events.

get_child_visible()

bool Gtk::Widget::get_child_visible

(

)

const

Gets the value set with 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 should never be called by an application.

Returns

true if the widget is mapped with the parent.

get_children() [1/2]

std::vector< Widget * > Gtk::Widget::get_children

(

)

Gets a vector of the widgetʼs current children, from first child to last.

Unlike observe_children(), this does not incur extra bookkeeping to track children, update or emit signal when they change, etc. – so it is faster.

Returns

A new vector of current children, in order of first child to last.

Since gtkmm 4.14:

get_children() [2/2]

std::vector< const Widget * > Gtk::Widget::get_children

(

)

const

Gets a vector of the widgetʼs current children, from first child to last.

Unlike observe_children(), this does not incur extra bookkeeping to track children, update or emit signal when they change, etc. – so it is faster.

Returns

A new vector of current children, in order of first child to last.

Since gtkmm 4.14:

get_clipboard() [1/2]

Glib::RefPtr< Gdk::Clipboard > Gtk::Widget::get_clipboard

(

)

Gets the clipboard object for widget.

This is a utility function to get the clipboard object for the Gdk::Display that widget is using.

Note that this function always works, even when widget is not realized yet.

Returns

The appropriate clipboard object.

get_clipboard() [2/2]

Glib::RefPtr< const Gdk::Clipboard > Gtk::Widget::get_clipboard

(

)

const

Gets the clipboard object for widget.

This is a utility function to get the clipboard object for the Gdk::Display that widget is using.

Note that this function always works, even when widget is not realized yet.

Returns

The appropriate clipboard object.

get_color()

Gdk::RGBA Gtk::Widget::get_color

(

)

const

Gets the current foreground color for the widget's CSS style.

This function should only be used in snapshot implementations that need to do custom drawing with the foreground color.

Since gtkmm 4.10:

Returns

The widget's foreground color.

get_css_classes()

std::vector< Glib::ustring > Gtk::Widget::get_css_classes

(

)

const

Returns the list of style classes applied to widget.

Returns

A nullptr-terminated list of css classes currently applied to widget.

get_css_name()

Glib::ustring Gtk::Widget::get_css_name

(

)

const

Returns the CSS name that is used for self.

Returns

The CSS name.

get_cursor() [1/2]

Glib::RefPtr< Gdk::Cursor > Gtk::Widget::get_cursor

(

)

Queries the cursor set on widget.

See set_cursor() for details.

Returns

The cursor currently in use or nullptr if the cursor is inherited.

get_cursor() [2/2]

Glib::RefPtr< const Gdk::Cursor > Gtk::Widget::get_cursor

(

)

const

Queries the cursor set on widget.

See set_cursor() for details.

Returns

The cursor currently in use or nullptr if the cursor is inherited.

get_default_direction()

static TextDirection Gtk::Widget::get_default_direction ( )

static

Obtains the current default reading direction.

See set_default_direction().

Returns

The current default direction.

get_direction()

TextDirection Gtk::Widget::get_direction

(

)

const

Gets the reading direction for a particular widget.

See set_direction().

Returns

The reading direction for the widget.

get_display() [1/2]

Glib::RefPtr< Gdk::Display > Gtk::Widget::get_display

(

)

Get the Gdk::Display 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 Gtk::Window 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.

Returns

The Gdk::Display for the toplevel for this widget.

get_display() [2/2]

Glib::RefPtr< const Gdk::Display > Gtk::Widget::get_display

(

)

const

Get the Gdk::Display 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 Gtk::Window 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.

Returns

The Gdk::Display for the toplevel for this widget.

get_first_child() [1/2]

Widget * Gtk::Widget::get_first_child

(

)

Returns the widget’s first child.

This API is primarily meant for widget implementations.

Returns

The widget's first child.

get_first_child() [2/2]

const Widget * Gtk::Widget::get_first_child

(

)

const

Returns the widget’s first child.

This API is primarily meant for widget implementations.

Returns

The widget's first child.

get_focus_child() [1/2]

Widget * Gtk::Widget::get_focus_child ( )

protected

Returns the current focus child of widget.

Returns

The current focus child of widget.

get_focus_child() [2/2]

const Widget * Gtk::Widget::get_focus_child ( ) const

protected

Returns the current focus child of widget.

Returns

The current focus child of widget.

get_focus_on_click()

bool Gtk::Widget::get_focus_on_click

(

)

const

Returns whether the widget should grab focus when it is clicked with the mouse.

See set_focus_on_click().

Returns

true if the widget should grab focus when it is clicked with the mouse.

get_focusable()

bool Gtk::Widget::get_focusable

(

)

const

Determines whether widget can own the input focus.

See set_focusable().

Returns

true if widget can own the input focus, false otherwise.

get_font_map() [1/2]

Glib::RefPtr< Pango::FontMap > Gtk::Widget::get_font_map

(

)

Gets the font map of widget.

See set_font_map().

Returns

A Pango::FontMap.

get_font_map() [2/2]

Glib::RefPtr< const Pango::FontMap > Gtk::Widget::get_font_map

(

)

const

Gets the font map of widget.

See set_font_map().

Returns

A Pango::FontMap.

get_font_options()

Cairo::FontOptions Gtk::Widget::get_font_options

(

)

const

Returns the cairo_font_options_t of widget.

Seee set_font_options().

Deprecated: 4.16

Deprecated:

There is no replacement.

Returns

The cairo_font_options_t of widget.

get_frame_clock() [1/2]

Glib::RefPtr< Gdk::FrameClock > Gtk::Widget::get_frame_clock

(

)

Obtains the frame clock for a widget.

The frame clock is a global “ticker” that can be used to drive animations and repaints. The most common reason to get the frame clock is to call Gdk::FrameClock::get_frame_time(), in order to get a time to use for animating. For example you might record the start of the animation with an initial value from Gdk::FrameClock::get_frame_time(), and then update the animation by calling Gdk::FrameClock::get_frame_time() again during each repaint.

Gdk::FrameClock::request_phase() will result in a new frame on the clock, but won’t necessarily repaint any widgets. To repaint a widget, you have to use queue_draw() which invalidates the widget (thus scheduling it to receive a draw on the next frame). queue_draw() will also end up requesting a frame on the appropriate frame clock.

A widget’s frame clock will not change while the widget is mapped. Reparenting a widget (which implies a temporary unmap) can change the widget’s frame clock.

Unrealized widgets do not have a frame clock.

Since gtkmm 3.24:

Returns

A Gdk::FrameClock.

get_frame_clock() [2/2]

Glib::RefPtr< const Gdk::FrameClock > Gtk::Widget::get_frame_clock

(

)

const

Obtains the frame clock for a widget.

The frame clock is a global “ticker” that can be used to drive animations and repaints. The most common reason to get the frame clock is to call Gdk::FrameClock::get_frame_time(), in order to get a time to use for animating. For example you might record the start of the animation with an initial value from Gdk::FrameClock::get_frame_time(), and then update the animation by calling Gdk::FrameClock::get_frame_time() again during each repaint.

Gdk::FrameClock::request_phase() will result in a new frame on the clock, but won’t necessarily repaint any widgets. To repaint a widget, you have to use queue_draw() which invalidates the widget (thus scheduling it to receive a draw on the next frame). queue_draw() will also end up requesting a frame on the appropriate frame clock.

A widget’s frame clock will not change while the widget is mapped. Reparenting a widget (which implies a temporary unmap) can change the widget’s frame clock.

Unrealized widgets do not have a frame clock.

Since gtkmm 3.24:

Returns

A Gdk::FrameClock.

get_halign()

Align Gtk::Widget::get_halign

(

)

const

Gets the horizontal alignment of widget.

For backwards compatibility reasons this method will never return one of the baseline alignments, but instead it will convert it to Gtk::Align::FILL or Gtk::Align::CENTER.

Baselines are not supported for horizontal alignment.

Returns

The horizontal alignment of widget.

get_has_tooltip()

bool Gtk::Widget::get_has_tooltip

(

)

const

Returns the current value of the has-tooltip property.

Returns

Current value of has-tooltip on widget.

get_height()

int Gtk::Widget::get_height

(

)

const

Returns the content height of the widget.

This function returns the height passed to its size-allocate implementation, which is the height you should be using in snapshot_vfunc().

For pointer events, see contains().

To learn more about widget sizes, see the coordinate system overview.

Returns

The height of widget.

get_hexpand()

bool Gtk::Widget::get_hexpand

(

)

const

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

When a user resizes a Gtk::Window, 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 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.

Returns

Whether hexpand flag is set.

get_hexpand_set()

bool Gtk::Widget::get_hexpand_set

(

)

const

Gets whether set_hexpand() has been used to explicitly set the expand flag on this widget.

If property_hexpand() property is set, then it overrides any computed expand value based on child widgets. If hexpand is not set, then the expand value depends on whether any children of the widget would like to expand.

There are few reasons to use this function, but it’s here for completeness and consistency.

Returns

Whether hexpand has been explicitly set.

get_last_child() [1/2]

Widget * Gtk::Widget::get_last_child

(

)

Returns the widget’s last child.

This API is primarily meant for widget implementations.

Returns

The widget's last child.

get_last_child() [2/2]

const Widget * Gtk::Widget::get_last_child

(

)

const

Returns the widget’s last child.

This API is primarily meant for widget implementations.

Returns

The widget's last child.

get_layout_manager() [1/2]

Glib::RefPtr< LayoutManager > Gtk::Widget::get_layout_manager

(

)

Retrieves the layout manager used by widget.

See set_layout_manager().

Returns

A Gtk::LayoutManager.

get_layout_manager() [2/2]

Glib::RefPtr< const LayoutManager > Gtk::Widget::get_layout_manager

(

)

const

Retrieves the layout manager used by widget.

See set_layout_manager().

Returns

A Gtk::LayoutManager.

get_mapped()

bool Gtk::Widget::get_mapped

(

)

const

Whether the widget is mapped.

Returns

true if the widget is mapped, false otherwise.

get_margin_bottom()

int Gtk::Widget::get_margin_bottom

(

)

const

Gets the bottom margin of widget.

Returns

The bottom margin of widget.

get_margin_end()

int Gtk::Widget::get_margin_end

(

)

const

Gets the end margin of widget.

Returns

The end margin of widget.

get_margin_start()

int Gtk::Widget::get_margin_start

(

)

const

Gets the start margin of widget.

Returns

The start margin of widget.

get_margin_top()

int Gtk::Widget::get_margin_top

(

)

const

Gets the top margin of widget.

Returns

The top margin of widget.

get_name()

Glib::ustring Gtk::Widget::get_name

(

)

const

Retrieves the name of a widget.

See set_name() for the significance of widget names.

Returns

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

get_native() [1/2]

Native * Gtk::Widget::get_native

(

)

Returns the nearest Gtk::Native ancestor of widget.

This function will return nullptr if the widget is not contained inside a widget tree with a native ancestor.

Gtk::Native widgets will return themselves here.

Returns

The Gtk::Native ancestor of widget.

get_native() [2/2]

const Native * Gtk::Widget::get_native

(

)

const

Returns the nearest Gtk::Native ancestor of widget.

This function will return nullptr if the widget is not contained inside a widget tree with a native ancestor.

Gtk::Native widgets will return themselves here.

Returns

The Gtk::Native ancestor of widget.

get_next_sibling() [1/2]

Widget * Gtk::Widget::get_next_sibling

(

)

Returns the widget’s next sibling.

This API is primarily meant for widget implementations.

Returns

The widget's next sibling.

get_next_sibling() [2/2]

const Widget * Gtk::Widget::get_next_sibling

(

)

const

Returns the widget’s next sibling.

This API is primarily meant for widget implementations.

Returns

The widget's next sibling.

get_opacity()

double Gtk::Widget::get_opacity

(

)

const

Fetches the requested opacity for this widget.

See set_opacity().

Returns

The requested opacity for this widget.

get_overflow()

Overflow Gtk::Widget::get_overflow

(

)

const

Returns the widget’s overflow value.

Since gtkmm 3.96:

Returns

The widget's overflow.

get_pango_context()

Glib::RefPtr< Pango::Context > Gtk::Widget::get_pango_context

(

)

Gets a Pango::Context with the appropriate font map, font description, and base direction for this widget.

Unlike the context returned by create_pango_context(), this context is owned by the widget (it can be used until the screen for the widget changes or the widget is removed from its toplevel), and will be updated to match any changes to the widget’s attributes. This can be tracked by listening to changes of the property_root() property on the widget.

Returns

The Pango::Context for the widget.

get_parent() [1/2]

Widget * Gtk::Widget::get_parent

(

)

Returns the parent widget of widget.

Returns

The parent widget of widget.

get_parent() [2/2]

const Widget * Gtk::Widget::get_parent

(

)

const

Returns the parent widget of widget.

Returns

The parent widget of widget.

get_preferred_size() [1/2]

PreferredSize Gtk::Widget::get_preferred_size

(

)

const

Like the other overload of get_preferred_size() but returns a structure holding the sizes instead of using output parameters.

Since gtkmm 4.14:

get_preferred_size() [2/2]

void Gtk::Widget::get_preferred_size	(	Requisition &	minimum_size,
		Requisition &	natural_size
	)		const

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 Gtk::Fixed.

Handle with care. Note that the natural height of a height-for-width widget will generally be a smaller size than the minimum height, since the required height for the natural width is generally smaller than the required height for the minimum width.

Use measure() if you want to support baseline alignment.

Parameters

minimum_size	Location for storing the minimum size.
natural_size	Location for storing the natural size.

get_prev_sibling() [1/2]

Widget * Gtk::Widget::get_prev_sibling

(

)

Returns the widget’s previous sibling.

This API is primarily meant for widget implementations.

Returns

The widget's previous sibling.

get_prev_sibling() [2/2]

const Widget * Gtk::Widget::get_prev_sibling

(

)

const

Returns the widget’s previous sibling.

This API is primarily meant for widget implementations.

Returns

The widget's previous sibling.

get_primary_clipboard() [1/2]

Glib::RefPtr< Gdk::Clipboard > Gtk::Widget::get_primary_clipboard

(

)

Gets the primary clipboard of widget.

This is a utility function to get the primary clipboard object for the Gdk::Display that widget is using.

Note that this function always works, even when widget is not realized yet.

Returns

The appropriate clipboard object.

get_primary_clipboard() [2/2]

Glib::RefPtr< const Gdk::Clipboard > Gtk::Widget::get_primary_clipboard

(

)

const

Gets the primary clipboard of widget.

This is a utility function to get the primary clipboard object for the Gdk::Display that widget is using.

Note that this function always works, even when widget is not realized yet.

Returns

The appropriate clipboard object.

get_realized()

bool Gtk::Widget::get_realized

(

)

const

Determines whether widget is realized.

Returns

true if widget is realized, false otherwise.

get_receives_default()

bool Gtk::Widget::get_receives_default

(

)

const

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

See set_receives_default().

Returns

true if widget acts as the default widget when focused, false otherwise.

get_request_mode()

SizeRequestMode Gtk::Widget::get_request_mode

(

)

const

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

Single-child widgets generally propagate the preference of their child, more complex widgets need to request something either in context of their children or in context of their allocation capabilities.

Returns

The Gtk::SizeRequestMode preferred by widget.

get_request_mode_vfunc()

virtual SizeRequestMode Gtk::Widget::get_request_mode_vfunc ( ) const

protectedvirtual

get_root() [1/2]

Root * Gtk::Widget::get_root

(

)

Returns the Gtk::Root widget of widget.

This function will return nullptr if the widget is not contained inside a widget tree with a root widget.

Gtk::Root widgets will return themselves here.

Returns

The root widget of widget.

get_root() [2/2]

const Root * Gtk::Widget::get_root

(

)

const

Returns the Gtk::Root widget of widget.

This function will return nullptr if the widget is not contained inside a widget tree with a root widget.

Gtk::Root widgets will return themselves here.

Returns

The root widget of widget.

get_scale_factor()

int Gtk::Widget::get_scale_factor

(

)

const

Retrieves the internal scale factor that maps from window coordinates to the actual device pixels.

On traditional systems this is 1, on high density outputs, it can be a higher value (typically 2).

See Gdk::Surface::get_scale_factor().

Returns

The scale factor for widget.

get_sensitive()

bool Gtk::Widget::get_sensitive

(

)

const

Returns the widget’s sensitivity.

This function returns the value that has been set using set_sensitive()).

The effective sensitivity of a widget is however determined by both its own and its parent widget’s sensitivity. See is_sensitive().

Returns

true if the widget is sensitive.

get_settings()

Glib::RefPtr< Settings > Gtk::Widget::get_settings

(

)

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

Note that this function can only be called when the Gtk::Widget is attached to a toplevel, since the settings object is specific to a particular Gdk::Display. If you want to monitor the widget for changes in its settings, connect to the notify::display signal.

Returns

The relevant Gtk::Settings object.

get_size()

int Gtk::Widget::get_size

(

Orientation

orientation

)

const

Returns the content width or height of the widget.

Which dimension is returned depends on orientation.

This is equivalent to calling get_width() for Gtk::Orientation::HORIZONTAL or get_height() for Gtk::Orientation::VERTICAL, but can be used when writing orientation-independent code, such as when implementing Gtk::Orientable widgets.

To learn more about widget sizes, see the coordinate system overview.

Parameters

orientation

The orientation to query.

Returns

The size of widget in orientation.

get_size_request() [1/2]

Requisition Gtk::Widget::get_size_request

(

)

const

Like the other overload of get_size_request() but returns a structure holding the sizes instead of using output parameters.

Since gtkmm 4.14:

get_size_request() [2/2]

void Gtk::Widget::get_size_request	(	int &	width,
		int &	height
	)		const

Gets the size request that was explicitly set for the widget using set_size_request().

A value of -1 stored in width or height indicates that that dimension has not been set explicitly and the natural requisition of the widget will be used instead. See set_size_request(). To get the size a widget will actually request, call measure() instead of this function.

Parameters

width	Return location for width.
height	Return location for height.

get_state_flags()

StateFlags Gtk::Widget::get_state_flags

(

)

const

Returns the widget state as a flag set.

It is worth mentioning that the effective Gtk::StateFlags::INSENSITIVE state will be returned, that is, also based on parent insensitivity, even if widget itself is sensitive.

Also note that if you are looking for a way to obtain the Gtk::StateFlags to pass to a Gtk::StyleContext method, you should look at Gtk::StyleContext::get_state().

Returns

The state flags for widget.

get_style_context() [1/2]

Glib::RefPtr< StyleContext > Gtk::Widget::get_style_context

(

)

Returns the style context associated to widget.

The returned object is guaranteed to be the same for the lifetime of widget.

Deprecated: 4.10: Style contexts will be removed in GTK 5

Deprecated:

Style contexts will be removed in GTK 5.

Returns

The widget’s Gtk::StyleContext.

get_style_context() [2/2]

Glib::RefPtr< const StyleContext > Gtk::Widget::get_style_context

(

)

const

Returns the style context associated to widget.

The returned object is guaranteed to be the same for the lifetime of widget.

Deprecated: 4.10: Style contexts will be removed in GTK 5

Deprecated:

Style contexts will be removed in GTK 5.

Returns

The widget’s Gtk::StyleContext.

get_tooltip_markup()

Glib::ustring Gtk::Widget::get_tooltip_markup

(

)

const

Gets the contents of the tooltip for widget.

If the tooltip has not been set using set_tooltip_markup(), this function returns nullptr.

Returns

The tooltip text.

get_tooltip_text()

Glib::ustring Gtk::Widget::get_tooltip_text

(

)

const

Gets the contents of the tooltip for widget.

If the widget's tooltip was set using set_tooltip_markup(), this function will return the escaped text.

Returns

The tooltip text.

get_type()

static GType Gtk::Widget::get_type ( )

static

Get the GType for this class, for use with the underlying GObject type system.

get_valign()

Align Gtk::Widget::get_valign

(

)

const

Gets the vertical alignment of widget.

Returns

The vertical alignment of widget.

get_vexpand()

bool Gtk::Widget::get_vexpand

(

)

const

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

See get_hexpand() for more detail.

Returns

Whether vexpand flag is set.

get_vexpand_set()

bool Gtk::Widget::get_vexpand_set

(

)

const

Gets whether set_vexpand() has been used to explicitly set the expand flag on this widget.

See get_hexpand_set() for more detail.

Returns

Whether vexpand has been explicitly set.

get_visible()

bool Gtk::Widget::get_visible

(

)

const

Determines whether the widget is visible.

If you want to take into account whether the widget’s parent is also marked as visible, use is_visible() instead.

This function does not check if the widget is obscured in any way.

See set_visible().

Returns

true if the widget is visible.

get_width()

int Gtk::Widget::get_width

(

)

const

Returns the content width of the widget.

This function returns the width passed to its size-allocate implementation, which is the width you should be using in snapshot_vfunc().

For pointer events, see contains().

To learn more about widget sizes, see the coordinate system overview.

Returns

The width of widget.

gobj() [1/2]

GtkWidget * Gtk::Widget::gobj ( )

inline

Provides access to the underlying C GObject.

gobj() [2/2]

const GtkWidget * Gtk::Widget::gobj ( ) const

inline

Provides access to the underlying C GObject.

grab_focus()

bool Gtk::Widget::grab_focus

(

)

Causes widget to have the keyboard focus for the Gtk::Window it's inside.

If widget is not focusable, or its grab_focus_vfunc() implementation cannot transfer the focus to a descendant of widget that is focusable, it will not take focus and false will be returned.

Calling grab_focus() on an already focused widget is allowed, should not have an effect, and return true.

Returns

true if focus is now inside widget.

grab_focus_vfunc()

virtual bool Gtk::Widget::grab_focus_vfunc ( )

protectedvirtual

has_css_class()

bool Gtk::Widget::has_css_class

(

const Glib::ustring &

css_class

)

const

Returns whether css_class is currently applied to widget.

Parameters

css_class

A style class, without the leading '.' used for notation of style classes.

Returns

true if css_class is currently applied to widget, false otherwise.

has_default()

bool Gtk::Widget::has_default

(

)

const

Determines whether widget is the current default widget within its toplevel.

Returns

true if widget is the current default widget within its toplevel, false otherwise.

has_focus()

bool Gtk::Widget::has_focus

(

)

const

Determines if the widget has the global input focus.

See is_focus() for the difference between having the global input focus, and only having the focus within a toplevel.

Returns

true if the widget has the global input focus.

has_visible_focus()

bool Gtk::Widget::has_visible_focus

(

)

const

Determines if the widget should show a visible indication that it has the global input focus.

This is a convenience function that takes into account whether focus indication should currently be shown in the toplevel window of widget. See Gtk::Window::get_focus_visible() for more information about focus indication.

To find out if the widget has the global input focus, use has_focus().

Returns

true if the widget should display a “focus rectangle”.

hide()

void Gtk::Widget::hide

(

)

Reverses the effects of show().

This is causing the widget to be hidden (invisible to the user).

Deprecated: 4.10: Use set_visible() instead

Deprecated:

Use set_visible() instead.

in_destruction()

bool Gtk::Widget::in_destruction

(

)

const

Returns whether the widget is currently being destroyed.

This information can sometimes be used to avoid doing unnecessary work.

Returns

true if widget is being destroyed.

insert_action_group()

void Gtk::Widget::insert_action_group	(	const Glib::ustring &	name,
		const Glib::RefPtr< Gio::ActionGroup > &	group
	)

Inserts group into widget.

Children of widget that implement Gtk::Actionable can then be associated with actions in group by setting their “action-name” to prefix.`action-name`.

Note that inheritance is defined for individual actions. I.e. even if you insert a group with prefix prefix, actions with the same prefix will still be inherited from the parent, unless the group contains an action with the same name.

If group is nullptr, a previously inserted group for name is removed from widget.

Parameters

name	The prefix for actions in group.
group	A Gio::ActionGroup, or nullptr to remove the previously inserted group for name.

insert_after()

void Gtk::Widget::insert_after	(	Widget &	parent,
		const Widget &	previous_sibling
	)

Inserts the Widget into the child widget list of parent after previous_sibling.

After calling this function, get_prev_sibling() will return previous_sibling.

If parent is already set as the parent widget of the Widget, this function can also be used to reorder the Widget in the child widget list of parent.

Parameters

parent	The parent Gtk::Widget to insert the Widget into.
previous_sibling	The new previous sibling of the Widget.

insert_at_end()

void Gtk::Widget::insert_at_end

(

Widget &

parent

)

Inserts the Widget at the end of the child widget list of parent.

After calling this function, get_next_sibling() will return nullptr.

If parent is already set as the parent of the Widget, this function can also be used to reorder the Widget in the child widget list of parent.

Parameters

parent

The parent Gtk::Widget to insert the Widget into.

insert_at_start()

void Gtk::Widget::insert_at_start

(

Widget &

parent

)

Inserts the Widget at the beginning of the child widget list of parent.

After calling this function, get_prev_sibling() will return nullptr.

If parent is already set as the parent of the Widget, this function can also be used to reorder the Widget in the child widget list of parent.

Parameters

parent

The parent Gtk::Widget to insert the Widget into.

insert_before()

void Gtk::Widget::insert_before	(	Widget &	parent,
		const Widget &	next_sibling
	)

Inserts the Widget into the child widget list of parent before next_sibling.

After calling this function, get_next_sibling() will return next_sibling.

If parent is already set as the parent widget of the Widget, this function can also be used to reorder the Widget in the child widget list of parent.

Parameters

parent	The parent Gtk::Widget to insert the Widget into.
next_sibling	The new next sibling of the Widget.

is_ancestor()

bool Gtk::Widget::is_ancestor

(

Widget &

ancestor

)

const

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

Parameters

ancestor

Another Gtk::Widget.

Returns

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

is_drawable()

bool Gtk::Widget::is_drawable

(

)

const

Determines whether widget can be drawn to.

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

Returns

true if widget is drawable, false otherwise.

is_focus()

bool Gtk::Widget::is_focus

(

)

const

Determines if the widget is the focus widget within its toplevel.

This does not mean that the property_has_focus() property is necessarily set; property_has_focus() will only be set if the toplevel widget additionally has the global input focus.

Returns

true if the widget is the focus widget.

is_sensitive()

bool Gtk::Widget::is_sensitive

(

)

const

Returns the widget’s effective sensitivity.

This means it is sensitive itself and also its parent widget is sensitive.

Returns

true if the widget is effectively sensitive.

is_visible()

bool Gtk::Widget::is_visible

(

)

const

Determines whether the widget and all its parents are marked as visible.

This function does not check if the widget is obscured in any way.

See also get_visible() and set_visible().

Returns

true if the widget and all its parents are visible.

keynav_failed()

bool Gtk::Widget::keynav_failed

(

DirectionType

direction

)

Emits the keynav-failed signal on the widget.

This function should be called whenever keyboard navigation within a single widget hits a boundary.

The return value of this function should be interpreted in a way similar to the return value of 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 child_focus() on the widget’s toplevel.

The default signal_keynav_failed() handler returns false for Gtk::DirectionType::TAB_FORWARD and Gtk::DirectionType::TAB_BACKWARD. For the other values of Gtk::DirectionType it returns true.

Whenever the default handler returns true, it also calls error_bell() to notify the user of the failed keyboard navigation.

A use case for providing an own implementation of signal_keynav_failed() (either by connecting to it or by overriding it) would be a row of Gtk::Entry 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.

Parameters

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).

list_mnemonic_labels() [1/2]

std::vector< Widget * > Gtk::Widget::list_mnemonic_labels

(

)

Returns the widgets for which this widget is the target of a mnemonic.

Typically, these widgets will be labels. 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, <tt>nullptr</tt>) first, and then unref all the widgets afterwards.

Returns

The list of mnemonic labels; free this list with Glib::list_free() when you are done with it.

list_mnemonic_labels() [2/2]

std::vector< const Widget * > Gtk::Widget::list_mnemonic_labels

(

)

const

Returns the widgets for which this widget is the target of a mnemonic.

Typically, these widgets will be labels. 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, <tt>nullptr</tt>) first, and then unref all the widgets afterwards.

Returns

The list of mnemonic labels; free this list with Glib::list_free() when you are done with it.

make_refptr_constrainttarget() [1/2]

Glib::RefPtr< ConstraintTarget > Gtk::Widget::make_refptr_constrainttarget

(

)

Converts this widget to a reference counted Gtk::ConstraintTarget.

Useful in calls to Gtk::Constraint::create().

make_refptr_constrainttarget() [2/2]

Glib::RefPtr< const ConstraintTarget > Gtk::Widget::make_refptr_constrainttarget

(

)

const

Converts this widget to a reference counted Gtk::ConstraintTarget.

map()

void Gtk::Widget::map

(

)

Causes a widget to be mapped if it isn’t already.

This function is only for use in widget implementations.

measure() [1/2]

void Gtk::Widget::measure	(	Orientation	orientation,
		int	for_size,
		int &	minimum,
		int &	natural,
		int &	minimum_baseline,
		int &	natural_baseline
	)		const

Measures widget in the orientation orientation and for the given for_size.

As an example, if orientation is Gtk::Orientation::HORIZONTAL and for_size is 300, this functions will compute the minimum and natural width of widget if it is allocated at a height of 300 pixels.

See GtkWidget’s geometry management section for a more details on implementing GtkWidgetClass.measure().

Parameters

orientation	The orientation to measure.
for_size	Size for the opposite of orientation, i.e. if orientation is Gtk::Orientation::HORIZONTAL, this is the height the widget should be measured with. The Gtk::Orientation::VERTICAL case is analogous. This way, both height-for-width and width-for-height requests can be implemented. If no size is known, -1 can be passed.
minimum	Location to store the minimum size.
natural	Location to store the natural size.
minimum_baseline	Location to store the baseline position for the minimum size, or -1 to report no baseline.
natural_baseline	Location to store the baseline position for the natural size, or -1 to report no baseline.

measure() [2/2]

Measurements Gtk::Widget::measure	(	Orientation	orientation,
		int	for_size = -1
	)		const

Like the other overload of measure() but returns a structure holding the sizes/baselines instead of using output parameters.

Since gtkmm 4.14:

measure_vfunc()

virtual void Gtk::Widget::measure_vfunc ( Orientation  orientation, int  for_size, int &  minimum, int &  natural, int &  minimum_baseline, int &  natural_baseline  ) const

protectedvirtual

mnemonic_activate()

bool Gtk::Widget::mnemonic_activate

(

bool

group_cycling

)

Emits the signal_mnemonic_activate() signal.

See signal_mnemonic_activate().

Parameters

group_cycling

true if there are other widgets with the same mnemonic.

Returns

true if the signal has been handled.

observe_children() [1/2]

Glib::RefPtr< Gio::ListModel > Gtk::Widget::observe_children

(

)

Returns a Gio::ListModel to track the children of widget.

Calling this function will enable extra internal bookkeeping to track children and emit signals on the returned listmodel. It may slow down operations a lot.

Applications should try hard to avoid calling this function because of the slowdowns.

Returns

A Gio::ListModel tracking widget's children.

observe_children() [2/2]

Glib::RefPtr< const Gio::ListModel > Gtk::Widget::observe_children

(

)

const

Returns a Gio::ListModel to track the children of widget.

Calling this function will enable extra internal bookkeeping to track children and emit signals on the returned listmodel. It may slow down operations a lot.

Applications should try hard to avoid calling this function because of the slowdowns.

Returns

A Gio::ListModel tracking widget's children.

observe_controllers() [1/2]

Glib::RefPtr< Gio::ListModel > Gtk::Widget::observe_controllers

(

)

Returns a Gio::ListModel to track the Gtk::EventControllers of widget.

Calling this function will enable extra internal bookkeeping to track controllers and emit signals on the returned listmodel. It may slow down operations a lot.

Applications should try hard to avoid calling this function because of the slowdowns.

Returns

A Gio::ListModel tracking widget's controllers.

observe_controllers() [2/2]

Glib::RefPtr< const Gio::ListModel > Gtk::Widget::observe_controllers

(

)

const

Returns a Gio::ListModel to track the Gtk::EventControllers of widget.

Calling this function will enable extra internal bookkeeping to track controllers and emit signals on the returned listmodel. It may slow down operations a lot.

Applications should try hard to avoid calling this function because of the slowdowns.

Returns

A Gio::ListModel tracking widget's controllers.

on_direction_changed()

virtual void Gtk::Widget::on_direction_changed ( TextDirection  direction )

protectedvirtual

This is a default handler for the signal signal_direction_changed().

on_hide()

virtual void Gtk::Widget::on_hide ( )

protectedvirtual

This is a default handler for the signal signal_hide().

on_map()

virtual void Gtk::Widget::on_map ( )

protectedvirtual

This is a default handler for the signal signal_map().

on_mnemonic_activate()

virtual bool Gtk::Widget::on_mnemonic_activate ( bool  group_cycling )

protectedvirtual

This is a default handler for the signal signal_mnemonic_activate().

on_query_tooltip()

virtual bool Gtk::Widget::on_query_tooltip ( int  x, int  y, bool  keyboard_tooltip, const Glib::RefPtr< Tooltip > &  tooltip  )

protectedvirtual

This is a default handler for the signal signal_query_tooltip().

on_realize()

virtual void Gtk::Widget::on_realize ( )

protectedvirtual

This is a default handler for the signal signal_realize().

on_show()

virtual void Gtk::Widget::on_show ( )

protectedvirtual

This is a default handler for the signal signal_show().

on_state_flags_changed()

virtual void Gtk::Widget::on_state_flags_changed ( Gtk::StateFlags  previous_state_flags )

protectedvirtual

This is a default handler for the signal signal_state_flags_changed().

on_unmap()

virtual void Gtk::Widget::on_unmap ( )

protectedvirtual

This is a default handler for the signal signal_unmap().

on_unrealize()

virtual void Gtk::Widget::on_unrealize ( )

protectedvirtual

This is a default handler for the signal signal_unrealize().

operator=() [1/2]

Widget & Gtk::Widget::operator= ( const Widget &  )

delete

operator=() [2/2]

Widget & Gtk::Widget::operator= ( Widget &&  src )

noexcept

pick() [1/2]

Widget * Gtk::Widget::pick	(	double	x,
		double	y,
		PickFlags	flags = PickFlags::DEFAULT
	)

Finds the descendant of widget closest to the point ( x, y).

The point must be given in widget coordinates, so (0, 0) is assumed to be the top left of widget's content area.

Usually widgets will return nullptr if the given coordinate is not contained in widget checked via contains(). Otherwise they will recursively try to find a child that does not return nullptr. Widgets are however free to customize their picking algorithm.

This function is used on the toplevel to determine the widget below the mouse cursor for purposes of hover highlighting and delivering events.

Parameters

x	X coordinate to test, relative to widget's origin.
y	Y coordinate to test, relative to widget's origin.
flags	Flags to influence what is picked.

Returns

The widget descendant at the given point.

pick() [2/2]

const Widget * Gtk::Widget::pick	(	double	x,
		double	y,
		PickFlags	flags = PickFlags::DEFAULT
	)		const

Finds the descendant of widget closest to the point ( x, y).

The point must be given in widget coordinates, so (0, 0) is assumed to be the top left of widget's content area.

Usually widgets will return nullptr if the given coordinate is not contained in widget checked via contains(). Otherwise they will recursively try to find a child that does not return nullptr. Widgets are however free to customize their picking algorithm.

This function is used on the toplevel to determine the widget below the mouse cursor for purposes of hover highlighting and delivering events.

Parameters

x	X coordinate to test, relative to widget's origin.
y	Y coordinate to test, relative to widget's origin.
flags	Flags to influence what is picked.

Returns

The widget descendant at the given point.

property_can_focus() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_can_focus

(

)

Whether the widget or any of its descendents can accept the input focus.

This property is meant to be set by widget implementations, typically in their instance init function.

Default value: true

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_can_focus() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_can_focus

(

)

const

Whether the widget or any of its descendents can accept the input focus.

This property is meant to be set by widget implementations, typically in their instance init function.

Default value: true

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_can_target() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_can_target

(

)

Whether the widget can receive pointer events.

Default value: true

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_can_target() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_can_target

(

)

const

Whether the widget can receive pointer events.

Default value: true

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_css_classes() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< std::vector< Glib::ustring > > Gtk::Widget::property_css_classes

(

)

A list of css classes applied to this widget.

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_css_classes() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< std::vector< Glib::ustring > > Gtk::Widget::property_css_classes

(

)

const

A list of css classes applied to this widget.

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_css_name()

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< Glib::ustring > Gtk::Widget::property_css_name

(

)

const

The name of this widget in the CSS tree.

This property is meant to be set by widget implementations, typically in their instance init function.

Default value: ""

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_cursor() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< Glib::RefPtr< Gdk::Cursor > > Gtk::Widget::property_cursor

(

)

The cursor used by widget.

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_cursor() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< Glib::RefPtr< Gdk::Cursor > > Gtk::Widget::property_cursor

(

)

const

The cursor used by widget.

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_focus_on_click() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_focus_on_click

(

)

Whether the widget should grab focus when it is clicked with the mouse.

This property is only relevant for widgets that can take focus.

Default value: true

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_focus_on_click() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_focus_on_click

(

)

const

Whether the widget should grab focus when it is clicked with the mouse.

This property is only relevant for widgets that can take focus.

Default value: true

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_focusable() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_focusable

(

)

Whether this widget itself will accept the input focus.

Default value: false

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_focusable() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_focusable

(

)

const

Whether this widget itself will accept the input focus.

Default value: false

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_halign() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< Align > Gtk::Widget::property_halign

(

)

How to distribute horizontal space if widget gets extra space.

Default value: Gtk::Align::FILL

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_halign() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< Align > Gtk::Widget::property_halign

(

)

const

How to distribute horizontal space if widget gets extra space.

Default value: Gtk::Align::FILL

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_has_default()

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_has_default

(

)

const

Whether the widget is the default widget.

Default value: false

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_has_focus()

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_has_focus

(

)

const

Whether the widget has the input focus.

Default value: false

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_has_tooltip() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_has_tooltip

(

)

Enables or disables the emission of the signal_query_tooltip() signal on widget.

A value of true indicates that widget can have a tooltip, in this case the widget will be queried using signal_query_tooltip() to determine whether it will provide a tooltip or not.

Default value: false

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_has_tooltip() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_has_tooltip

(

)

const

Enables or disables the emission of the signal_query_tooltip() signal on widget.

A value of true indicates that widget can have a tooltip, in this case the widget will be queried using signal_query_tooltip() to determine whether it will provide a tooltip or not.

Default value: false

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_height_request() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< int > Gtk::Widget::property_height_request

(

)

Override for height request of the widget.

If this is -1, the natural request will be used.

Default value: -1

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_height_request() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< int > Gtk::Widget::property_height_request

(

)

const

Override for height request of the widget.

If this is -1, the natural request will be used.

Default value: -1

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_hexpand() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_hexpand

(

)

Whether to expand horizontally.

Default value: false

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_hexpand() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_hexpand

(

)

const

Whether to expand horizontally.

Default value: false

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_hexpand_set() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_hexpand_set

(

)

Whether to use the hexpand property.

Default value: false

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_hexpand_set() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_hexpand_set

(

)

const

Whether to use the hexpand property.

Default value: false

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_layout_manager() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< Glib::RefPtr< LayoutManager > > Gtk::Widget::property_layout_manager

(

)

The Gtk::LayoutManager instance to use to compute the preferred size of the widget, and allocate its children.

This property is meant to be set by widget implementations, typically in their instance init function.

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_layout_manager() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< Glib::RefPtr< LayoutManager > > Gtk::Widget::property_layout_manager

(

)

const

The Gtk::LayoutManager instance to use to compute the preferred size of the widget, and allocate its children.

This property is meant to be set by widget implementations, typically in their instance init function.

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_margin_bottom() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< int > Gtk::Widget::property_margin_bottom

(

)

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.

Default value: 0

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_margin_bottom() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< int > Gtk::Widget::property_margin_bottom

(

)

const

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.

Default value: 0

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_margin_end() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< int > Gtk::Widget::property_margin_end

(

)

Margin on end of widget, horizontally.

This property supports left-to-right and right-to-left text directions.

This property adds margin outside of the widget's normal size request, the margin will be added in addition to the size from Gtk::Widget::set_size_request() for example.

Default value: 0

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_margin_end() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< int > Gtk::Widget::property_margin_end

(

)

const

Margin on end of widget, horizontally.

This property supports left-to-right and right-to-left text directions.

This property adds margin outside of the widget's normal size request, the margin will be added in addition to the size from Gtk::Widget::set_size_request() for example.

Default value: 0

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_margin_start() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< int > Gtk::Widget::property_margin_start

(

)

Margin on start of widget, horizontally.

This property supports left-to-right and right-to-left text directions.

This property adds margin outside of the widget's normal size request, the margin will be added in addition to the size from Gtk::Widget::set_size_request() for example.

Default value: 0

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_margin_start() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< int > Gtk::Widget::property_margin_start

(

)

const

Margin on start of widget, horizontally.

This property supports left-to-right and right-to-left text directions.

This property adds margin outside of the widget's normal size request, the margin will be added in addition to the size from Gtk::Widget::set_size_request() for example.

Default value: 0

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_margin_top() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< int > Gtk::Widget::property_margin_top

(

)

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.

Default value: 0

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_margin_top() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< int > Gtk::Widget::property_margin_top

(

)

const

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.

Default value: 0

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_name() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< Glib::ustring > Gtk::Widget::property_name

(

)

The name of the widget.

Default value: ""

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_name() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< Glib::ustring > Gtk::Widget::property_name

(

)

const

The name of the widget.

Default value: ""

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_opacity() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< double > Gtk::Widget::property_opacity

(

)

The requested opacity of the widget.

Default value: 1

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_opacity() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< double > Gtk::Widget::property_opacity

(

)

const

The requested opacity of the widget.

Default value: 1

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_overflow() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< Overflow > Gtk::Widget::property_overflow

(

)

How content outside the widget's content area is treated.

This property is meant to be set by widget implementations, typically in their instance init function.

Since gtkmm 3.96:

Default value: Gtk::Overflow::VISIBLE

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_overflow() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< Overflow > Gtk::Widget::property_overflow

(

)

const

How content outside the widget's content area is treated.

This property is meant to be set by widget implementations, typically in their instance init function.

Since gtkmm 3.96:

Default value: Gtk::Overflow::VISIBLE

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_parent()

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< Widget * > Gtk::Widget::property_parent

(

)

const

The parent widget of this widget.

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_receives_default() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_receives_default

(

)

Whether the widget will receive the default action when it is focused.

Default value: false

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_receives_default() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_receives_default

(

)

const

Whether the widget will receive the default action when it is focused.

Default value: false

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_root()

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< Root * > Gtk::Widget::property_root

(

)

const

The Gtk::Root widget of the widget tree containing this widget.

This will be nullptr if the widget is not contained in a root widget.

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_scale_factor()

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< int > Gtk::Widget::property_scale_factor

(

)

const

The scale factor of the widget.

Default value: 1

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_sensitive() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_sensitive

(

)

Whether the widget responds to input.

Default value: true

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_sensitive() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_sensitive

(

)

const

Whether the widget responds to input.

Default value: true

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_tooltip_markup() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< Glib::ustring > Gtk::Widget::property_tooltip_markup

(

)

Sets the text of tooltip to be the given string, which is marked up with Pango markup.

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 nullptr: property_has_tooltip() will automatically be set to true and there will be taken care of signal_query_tooltip() in the default signal handler.

Note that if both property_tooltip_text() and property_tooltip_markup() are set, the last one wins.

Default value: ""

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_tooltip_markup() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< Glib::ustring > Gtk::Widget::property_tooltip_markup

(

)

const

Sets the text of tooltip to be the given string, which is marked up with Pango markup.

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 nullptr: property_has_tooltip() will automatically be set to true and there will be taken care of signal_query_tooltip() in the default signal handler.

Note that if both property_tooltip_text() and property_tooltip_markup() are set, the last one wins.

Default value: ""

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_tooltip_text() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< Glib::ustring > Gtk::Widget::property_tooltip_text

(

)

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 nullptr: property_has_tooltip() will automatically be set to true and there will be taken care of signal_query_tooltip() in the default signal handler.

Note that if both property_tooltip_text() and property_tooltip_markup() are set, the last one wins.

Default value: ""

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_tooltip_text() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< Glib::ustring > Gtk::Widget::property_tooltip_text

(

)

const

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 nullptr: property_has_tooltip() will automatically be set to true and there will be taken care of signal_query_tooltip() in the default signal handler.

Note that if both property_tooltip_text() and property_tooltip_markup() are set, the last one wins.

Default value: ""

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_valign() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< Align > Gtk::Widget::property_valign

(

)

How to distribute vertical space if widget gets extra space.

Default value: Gtk::Align::FILL

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_valign() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< Align > Gtk::Widget::property_valign

(

)

const

How to distribute vertical space if widget gets extra space.

Default value: Gtk::Align::FILL

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_vexpand() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_vexpand

(

)

Whether to expand vertically.

Default value: false

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_vexpand() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_vexpand

(

)

const

Whether to expand vertically.

Default value: false

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_vexpand_set() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_vexpand_set

(

)

Whether to use the vexpand property.

Default value: false

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_vexpand_set() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_vexpand_set

(

)

const

Whether to use the vexpand property.

Default value: false

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_visible() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_visible

(

)

Whether the widget is visible.

Default value: true

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_visible() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< bool > Gtk::Widget::property_visible

(

)

const

Whether the widget is visible.

Default value: true

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_width_request() [1/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy< int > Gtk::Widget::property_width_request

(

)

Override for width request of the widget.

If this is -1, the natural request will be used.

Default value: -1

Returns

A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

property_width_request() [2/2]

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly< int > Gtk::Widget::property_width_request

(

)

const

Override for width request of the widget.

If this is -1, the natural request will be used.

Default value: -1

Returns

A PropertyProxy_ReadOnly that allows you to get the value of the property, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

queue_allocate()

void Gtk::Widget::queue_allocate

(

)

Flags the widget for a rerun of the size_allocate_vfunc() function.

Use this function instead of queue_resize() when the widget's size request didn't change but it wants to reposition its contents.

An example user of this function is set_halign().

This function is only for use in widget implementations.

queue_draw()

void Gtk::Widget::queue_draw

(

)

Schedules this widget to be redrawn in the paint phase of the current or the next frame.

This means widget's snapshot_vfunc() implementation will be called.

queue_resize()

void Gtk::Widget::queue_resize

(

)

Flags a widget to have its size renegotiated.

This should be called when a widget for some reason has a new size request. For example, when you change the text in a Gtk::Label, the label queues a resize to ensure there’s enough space for the new text.

Note that you cannot call queue_resize() on a widget from inside its implementation of the size_allocate_vfunc() virtual method. Calls to queue_resize() from inside size_allocate_vfunc() will be silently ignored.

This function is only for use in widget implementations.

realize()

void Gtk::Widget::realize ( )

protected

Creates the GDK resources associated with a widget.

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 this function 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 signal_realize().

realize_if_needed()

void Gtk::Widget::realize_if_needed ( )

protected

remove_action_group()

void Gtk::Widget::remove_action_group

(

const Glib::ustring &

name

)

Removes a group from the widget.

See insert_action_group().

Parameters

name	The prefix for actions.

Since gtkmm 3.10:

remove_controller()

void Gtk::Widget::remove_controller

(

const Glib::RefPtr< EventController > &

controller

)

Removes controller from widget, so that it doesn't process events anymore.

It should not be used again.

Widgets will remove all event controllers automatically when they are destroyed, there is normally no need to call this function.

Parameters

controller

A Gtk::EventController.

remove_css_class()

void Gtk::Widget::remove_css_class

(

const Glib::ustring &

css_class

)

Removes a style from widget.

After this, the style of widget will stop matching for css_class.

Parameters

css_class

The style class to remove from widget, without the leading '.' used for notation of style classes.

remove_mnemonic_label()

void Gtk::Widget::remove_mnemonic_label

(

Widget &

label

)

Removes a widget from the list of mnemonic labels for this widget.

See list_mnemonic_labels(). The widget must have previously been added to the list with add_mnemonic_label().

Parameters

label

A Gtk::Widget that was previously set as a mnemonic label for widget with add_mnemonic_label().

remove_tick_callback()

void Gtk::Widget::remove_tick_callback

(

guint

id

)

Removes a tick callback previously registered with add_tick_callback().

Since gtkmm 3.24:

Parameters

id	An id returned by add_tick_callback().

root_vfunc()

virtual void Gtk::Widget::root_vfunc ( )

protectedvirtual

set_can_focus()

void Gtk::Widget::set_can_focus

(

bool

can_focus = true

)

Specifies whether the input focus can enter the widget or any of its children.

Applications should set can_focus to false to mark a widget as for pointer/touch use only.

Note that having can_focus be true is only one of the necessary conditions for being focusable. A widget must also be sensitive and focusable and not have an ancestor that is marked as not can-focus in order to receive input focus.

See grab_focus() for actually setting the input focus on a widget.

Parameters

can_focus

Whether or not the input focus can enter the widget or any of its children.

set_can_target()

void Gtk::Widget::set_can_target

(

bool

can_target = true

)

Sets whether widget can be the target of pointer events.

Parameters

can_target

Whether this widget should be able to receive pointer events.

set_child_visible()

void Gtk::Widget::set_child_visible

(

bool

visible = true

)

Sets whether widget should be mapped along with its parent.

The child visibility can be set for widget before it is added to a container with 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 should never be called by an application.

Parameters

visible

If true, widget should be mapped along with its parent.

set_css_classes()

void Gtk::Widget::set_css_classes

(

const std::vector< Glib::ustring > &

classes

)

Clear all style classes applied to widget and replace them with classes.

Parameters

classes

nullptr-terminated list of style classes to apply to widget.

set_cursor() [1/2]

void Gtk::Widget::set_cursor

(

const Glib::RefPtr< Gdk::Cursor > &

cursor

)

Sets the cursor to be shown when pointer devices point towards widget.

If the cursor is nullptr, widget will use the cursor inherited from the parent widget.

Parameters

cursor

The new cursor.

set_cursor() [2/2]

void Gtk::Widget::set_cursor

(

const Glib::ustring &

name = {}

)

Sets a named cursor to be shown when pointer devices point towards the widget.

This is a utility function that creates a cursor and then sets it on the widget.

If the name is an empty string, the widget will use the cursor specified via CSS or the parent widget. If neither specifies a cursor, the default cursor will be shown. This is the default behavior.

Since gtkmm 3.94:

Parameters

name	The name of the cursor, or an empty string to use the default cursor.

set_default_direction()

static void Gtk::Widget::set_default_direction ( TextDirection  dir )

static

Sets the default reading direction for widgets.

See set_direction().

Parameters

dir	The new default direction. This cannot be Gtk::TextDirection::NONE.

set_direction()

void Gtk::Widget::set_direction

(

TextDirection

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 explicitly visual rather than logical (such as buttons for text justification).

If the direction is set to Gtk::TextDirection::NONE, then the value set by set_default_direction() will be used.

Parameters

dir	The new direction.

set_expand()

void Gtk::Widget::set_expand

(

bool

expand = true

)

Sets whether the widget would like any available extra space in both directions.

See also

set_hexpand() for more detail.

Parameters

expand

Whether to expand in horizontal and vertical direction.

set_focus_child()

void Gtk::Widget::set_focus_child ( Widget &  child )

protected

Set child as the current focus child of widget.

This function is only suitable for widget implementations. If you want a certain widget to get the input focus, call grab_focus() on it.

Parameters

child

A direct child widget of widget or nullptr to unset the focus child of widget.

set_focus_child_vfunc()

virtual void Gtk::Widget::set_focus_child_vfunc ( Widget *  child )

protectedvirtual

Sets the focused child of widget.

Parameters

child

The child widget.

set_focus_on_click()

void Gtk::Widget::set_focus_on_click

(

bool

focus_on_click = true

)

Sets whether the widget should grab focus when it is clicked with the mouse.

Making mouse clicks not grab focus is useful in places like toolbars where you don’t want the keyboard focus removed from the main area of the application.

Parameters

focus_on_click

Whether the widget should grab focus when clicked with the mouse.

set_focusable()

void Gtk::Widget::set_focusable

(

bool

focusable = true

)

Specifies whether widget can own the input focus.

Widget implementations should set focusable to true in their init() function if they want to receive keyboard input.

Note that having focusable be true is only one of the necessary conditions for being focusable. A widget must also be sensitive and can-focus and not have an ancestor that is marked as not can-focus in order to receive input focus.

See grab_focus() for actually setting the input focus on a widget.

Parameters

focusable

Whether or not widget can own the input focus.

set_font_map()

void Gtk::Widget::set_font_map

(

const Glib::RefPtr< Pango::FontMap > &

font_map

)

Sets the font map to use for Pango rendering.

The font map is the object that is used to look up fonts. Setting a custom font map can be useful in special situations, e.g. when you need to add application-specific fonts to the set of available fonts.

When not set, the widget will inherit the font map from its parent.

Parameters

font_map

A Pango::FontMap, or nullptr to unset any previously set font map.

set_font_options()

void Gtk::Widget::set_font_options

(

const Cairo::FontOptions &

options

)

Sets the cairo_font_options_t used for Pango rendering in this widget.

When not set, the default font options for the Gdk::Display will be used.

Deprecated: 4.16

Deprecated:

There is no replacement.

Parameters

options

A cairo_font_options_t to unset any previously set default font options.

set_halign()

void Gtk::Widget::set_halign

(

Align

align

)

Sets the horizontal alignment of widget.

Parameters

align

The horizontal alignment.

set_has_tooltip()

void Gtk::Widget::set_has_tooltip

(

bool

has_tooltip = TRUE

)

Sets the has-tooltip property on widget to has_tooltip.

Parameters

has_tooltip

Whether or not widget has a tooltip.

set_hexpand()

void Gtk::Widget::set_hexpand

(

bool

expand = true

)

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

When a user resizes a Gtk::Window, 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 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 Gtk::Widget.).

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 set_hexpand() sets the hexpand-set property (see set_hexpand_set()) which causes the widget’s hexpand value to be used, rather than looking at children and widget state.

Parameters

expand

Whether to expand.

set_hexpand_set()

void Gtk::Widget::set_hexpand_set

(

bool

set = true

)

Sets whether the hexpand flag will be used.

The property_hexpand_set() property will be set automatically when you call 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.

Parameters

set	Value for hexpand-set property.

set_layout_manager()

void Gtk::Widget::set_layout_manager

(

const Glib::RefPtr< LayoutManager > &

layout_manager

)

Sets the layout manager delegate instance that provides an implementation for measuring and allocating the children of widget.

Parameters

layout_manager

A Gtk::LayoutManager.

set_margin()

void Gtk::Widget::set_margin

(

int

margin

)

Set all 4 margins to the same value.

Parameters

margin

The start, end, top, and bottom margin.

set_margin_bottom()

void Gtk::Widget::set_margin_bottom

(

int

margin

)

Sets the bottom margin of widget.

Parameters

margin

The bottom margin.

set_margin_end()

void Gtk::Widget::set_margin_end

(

int

margin

)

Sets the end margin of widget.

Parameters

margin

The end margin.

set_margin_start()

void Gtk::Widget::set_margin_start

(

int

margin

)

Sets the start margin of widget.

Parameters

margin

The start margin.

set_margin_top()

void Gtk::Widget::set_margin_top

(

int

margin

)

Sets the top margin of widget.

Parameters

margin

The top margin.

set_name()

void Gtk::Widget::set_name

(

const Glib::ustring &

name

)

Sets a widgets name.

Setting a name allows you to refer to the widget 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 Gtk::StyleContext.

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.

Parameters

name	Name for the widget.

set_opacity()

void Gtk::Widget::set_opacity

(

double

opacity

)

Request the widget to be rendered partially transparent.

An opacity of 0 is fully transparent and an opacity of 1 is fully opaque.

Opacity works on both toplevel widgets and child widgets, although there are some limitations: For toplevel widgets, applying opacity depends on the capabilities of the windowing system. On X11, this has any effect only on X displays with a compositing manager, see gdk_display_is_composited(). On Windows and Wayland it should always work, although setting a window’s opacity after the window has been shown may cause some flicker.

Note that the opacity is inherited through inclusion — if you set a toplevel to be partially translucent, all of its content will appear translucent, since it is ultimatively rendered on that toplevel. The opacity value itself is not inherited by child widgets (since that would make widgets deeper in the hierarchy progressively more translucent). As a consequence, Gtk::Popovers and other Gtk::Native widgets with their own surface will use their own opacity value, and thus by default appear non-translucent, even if they are attached to a toplevel that is translucent.

Parameters

opacity

Desired opacity, between 0 and 1.

set_overflow()

void Gtk::Widget::set_overflow

(

Overflow

overflow

)

Sets how widget treats content that is drawn outside the widget's content area.

See the definition of Gtk::Overflow for details.

This setting is provided for widget implementations and should not be used by application code.

The default value is Gtk::Overflow::VISIBLE.

Since gtkmm 3.96:

Parameters

overflow

Desired overflow.

set_parent()

void Gtk::Widget::set_parent

(

Widget &

parent

)

Sets parent as the parent widget of widget.

This takes care of details such as updating the state and style of the child to reflect its new location and resizing the parent. The opposite function is unparent().

This function is useful only when implementing subclasses of Gtk::Widget.

Parameters

parent

Parent widget.

set_receives_default()

void Gtk::Widget::set_receives_default

(

bool

receives_default = true

)

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.

Parameters

receives_default

Whether or not widget can be a default widget.

set_sensitive()

void Gtk::Widget::set_sensitive

(

bool

sensitive = true

)

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.

Parameters

sensitive

true to make the widget sensitive.

set_size_request()

void Gtk::Widget::set_size_request	(	int	width = -1,
		int	height = -1
	)

Sets the minimum size of a widget.

That is, the widget’s size request will be at least width by height. You can use this function to force a widget to be larger than it normally would be.

In most cases, Gtk::Window::set_default_size() is a better choice for toplevel windows than this function; setting the default size will still allow users to shrink the window. Setting the size request will force them to leave the window at least as large as the size request.

Note the inherent danger of setting any fixed size - themes, translations into other languages, different fonts, and user action can all change the appropriate size for a given widget. So, it's basically impossible to hardcode a size that will always be correct.

The size request of a widget is the smallest size a widget can accept while still functioning well and drawing itself correctly. However in some strange cases a widget may be allocated less than its requested size, and in many cases a widget may be allocated more space than it requested.

If the size request in a given direction is -1 (unset), then the “natural” size request of the widget will be used instead.

The size request set here does not include any margin from the properties property_margin_start(), property_margin_end(), property_margin_top(), and property_margin_bottom(), but it does include pretty much all other padding or border properties set by any subclass of Gtk::Widget.

Parameters

width	Width widget should request, or -1 to unset.
height	Height widget should request, or -1 to unset.

set_state_flags()

void Gtk::Widget::set_state_flags	(	StateFlags	flags,
		bool	clear = true
	)

Turns on flag values in the current widget state.

Typical widget states are insensitive, prelighted, etc.

This function accepts the values Gtk::StateFlags::DIR_LTR and Gtk::StateFlags::DIR_RTL but ignores them. If you want to set the widget's direction, use set_direction().

This function is for use in widget implementations.

Parameters

flags	State flags to turn on.
clear	Whether to clear state before turning on flags.

set_tooltip_markup()

void Gtk::Widget::set_tooltip_markup

(

const Glib::ustring &

markup

)

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

This function will take care of setting the property_has_tooltip() as a side effect, and of the default handler for the signal_query_tooltip() signal.

See also Gtk::Tooltip::set_markup().

Parameters

markup

The contents of the tooltip for widget.

set_tooltip_text()

void Gtk::Widget::set_tooltip_text

(

const Glib::ustring &

text

)

Sets text as the contents of the tooltip.

If text contains any markup, it will be escaped.

This function will take care of setting property_has_tooltip() as a side effect, and of the default handler for the signal_query_tooltip() signal.

See also Gtk::Tooltip::set_text().

Parameters

text	The contents of the tooltip for widget.

set_valign()

void Gtk::Widget::set_valign

(

Align

align

)

Sets the vertical alignment of widget.

Parameters

align

The vertical alignment.

set_vexpand()

void Gtk::Widget::set_vexpand

(

bool

expand = true

)

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

See set_hexpand() for more detail.

Parameters

expand

Whether to expand.

set_vexpand_set()

void Gtk::Widget::set_vexpand_set

(

bool

set = true

)

Sets whether the vexpand flag will be used.

See set_hexpand_set() for more detail.

Parameters

set	Value for vexpand-set property.

set_visible()

void Gtk::Widget::set_visible

(

bool

visible = true

)

Sets the visibility state of widget.

Note that setting this to true doesn’t mean the widget is actually viewable, see get_visible().

Parameters

visible

Whether the widget should be shown or not.

should_layout()

bool Gtk::Widget::should_layout

(

)

const

Returns whether widget should contribute to the measuring and allocation of its parent.

This is false for invisible children, but also for children that have their own surface.

Returns

true if child should be included in measuring and allocating.

show()

void Gtk::Widget::show

(

)

Flags a widget to be displayed.

Any widget that isn’t shown will not appear on the screen.

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.

Deprecated: 4.10: Use set_visible() instead

Deprecated:

Use set_visible() instead.

signal_destroy()

Glib::SignalProxy< void()> Gtk::Widget::signal_destroy

(

)

Emitted during the dispose phase.

You need to connect to this signal only if you are implementing a widget, which

1. is a direct descendant of Gtk::Widget,
2. contains other widgets (is a container widget), and
3. shall work well as a managed object.

The children of the object need to be unparented both from the handler of this signal and from the destructor. Reason: when your class is used as a managed object, then the C++ destructor is called too late, but when your class is managed via the standard C++ manner, then this signal is not emitted at all.

When your class inherits from a container widget, such as Gtk::Box, you do not need to handle this signal. When your widget does not have child widgets, then you also do not need to handle this signal.

This signal is emitted by Gtk::Widget during the dispose phase of object destruction. See the Reference count section in the GObject concepts documentation for the specification of the dispose and the finalize phases of object destruction. After dispose, the object is not supposed to hold any reference to other member objects.

Dispose may be called multiple times, so your implementation of this signal must tolerate that.

Slot Prototype:

void on_my_destroy()

Flags: Run Cleanup, No Recurse, 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.

This signal is not suitable for saving widget state.

Since gtkmm 4.8:

signal_direction_changed()

Glib::SignalProxy< void(TextDirection)> Gtk::Widget::signal_direction_changed

(

)

Slot Prototype:

void on_my_direction_changed(TextDirection direction)

Flags: Run First

Emitted when the text direction of a widget changes.

Parameters

direction

The previous text direction of widget.

signal_hide()

Glib::SignalProxy< void()> Gtk::Widget::signal_hide

(

)

Slot Prototype:

void on_my_hide()

Flags: Run First

Emitted when widget is hidden.

signal_map()

Glib::SignalProxy< void()> Gtk::Widget::signal_map

(

)

Emitted on mapping of a widget to the screen.

Slot Prototype:

void on_my_map()

Flags: Run First

Emitted when widget is going to be mapped.

A widget is mapped when the widget is visible (which is controlled with property_visible()) and all its parents up to the toplevel widget are also visible.

The signal_map() signal can be used to determine whether a widget will be drawn, for instance it can resume an animation that was stopped during the emission of signal_unmap().

signal_mnemonic_activate()

Glib::SignalProxy< bool(bool)> Gtk::Widget::signal_mnemonic_activate

(

)

Slot Prototype:

bool on_my_mnemonic_activate(bool group_cycling)

Flags: Run Last

Emitted when a widget is activated via a mnemonic.

The default handler for this signal activates widget if group_cycling is false, or just makes widget grab focus if group_cycling is true.

Parameters

group_cycling

true if there are other widgets with the same mnemonic.

Returns

true to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. false to propagate the event further.

signal_query_tooltip()

Glib::SignalProxy< bool(int, int, bool, const Glib::RefPtr< Tooltip > &)> Gtk::Widget::signal_query_tooltip

(

)

Slot Prototype:

bool on_my_query_tooltip(int x, int y, bool keyboard_tooltip, const Glib::RefPtr<Tooltip>& tooltip)

Flags: Run Last

Emitted when the widget’s tooltip is about to be shown.

This happens when the property_has_tooltip() property is true and the hover 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_tooltip 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.

Parameters

x	The x coordinate of the cursor position where the request has been emitted, relative to widget's left side.
y	The y coordinate of the cursor position where the request has been emitted, relative to widget's top.
keyboard_tooltip	true if the tooltip was triggered using the keyboard.
tooltip	A Gtk::Tooltip.

Returns

true if tooltip should be shown right now, false otherwise.

signal_realize()

Glib::SignalProxy< void()> Gtk::Widget::signal_realize

(

)

Emitted on realization of a widget.

Slot Prototype:

void on_my_realize()

Flags: Run First

Emitted when widget is associated with a Gdk::Surface.

This means that Gtk::Widget::realize() has been called or the widget has been mapped (that is, it is going to be drawn).

signal_show()

Glib::SignalProxy< void()> Gtk::Widget::signal_show

(

)

Slot Prototype:

void on_my_show()

Flags: Run First

Emitted when widget is shown.

signal_state_flags_changed()

Glib::SignalProxy< void(Gtk::StateFlags)> Gtk::Widget::signal_state_flags_changed

(

)

Slot Prototype:

void on_my_state_flags_changed(Gtk::StateFlags previous_state_flags)

Flags: Run First

Emitted when the widget state changes.

See Gtk::Widget::get_state_flags().

Parameters

previous_state_flags

The previous state flags.

signal_unmap()

Glib::SignalProxy< void()> Gtk::Widget::signal_unmap

(

)

Slot Prototype:

void on_my_unmap()

Flags: Run First

Emitted when widget is going to be unmapped.

A widget is unmapped when either it or any of its parents up to the toplevel widget have been set as hidden.

As signal_unmap() indicates that a widget will not be shown any longer, it can be used to, for example, stop an animation on the widget.

signal_unrealize()

Glib::SignalProxy< void()> Gtk::Widget::signal_unrealize

(

)

Slot Prototype:

void on_my_unrealize()

Flags: Run Last

Emitted when the Gdk::Surface associated with widget is destroyed.

This means that Gtk::Widget::unrealize() has been called or the widget has been unmapped (that is, it is going to be hidden).

size_allocate()

void Gtk::Widget::size_allocate	(	const Allocation &	allocation,
		int	baseline
	)

Allocates widget with a transformation that translates the origin to the position in allocation.

This is a simple form of allocate().

Parameters

allocation	Position and size to be allocated to widget.
baseline	The baseline of the child, or -1.

size_allocate_vfunc()

virtual void Gtk::Widget::size_allocate_vfunc ( int  width, int  height, int  baseline  )

protectedvirtual

snapshot_child()

void Gtk::Widget::snapshot_child	(	Widget &	child,
		const Glib::RefPtr< Gtk::Snapshot > &	snapshot
	)

Snapshot the a child of widget.

When a widget receives a call to the snapshot function, it must send synthetic snapshot_vfunc() calls to all children. This function provides a convenient way of doing this. A widget, when it receives a call to its snapshot_vfunc() function, calls snapshot_child() once for each child, passing in the snapshot the widget received.

snapshot_child() takes care of translating the origin of snapshot, and deciding whether the child needs to be snapshot.

This function does nothing for children that implement Gtk::Native.

Parameters

child	A child of widget.
snapshot	Gtk::Snapshot as passed to the widget. In particular, no calls to Gtk::Snapshot::translate() or other transform calls should have been made.

snapshot_vfunc()

virtual void Gtk::Widget::snapshot_vfunc ( const Glib::RefPtr< Gtk::Snapshot > &  snapshot )

protectedvirtual

translate_coordinates()

bool Gtk::Widget::translate_coordinates	(	Widget &	dest_widget,
		double	src_x,
		double	src_y,
		double &	dest_x,
		double &	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 widget must share a common ancestor.

Deprecated: 4.12: Use compute_point() instead

Deprecated:

Use compute_point() instead

Parameters

dest_widget	A Gtk::Widget.
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.
dest_y	Location to store Y position relative to dest_widget.

Returns

false if src_widget and dest_widget have no common ancestor. In this case, 0 is stored in * dest_x and * dest_y. Otherwise true.

trigger_tooltip_query()

void Gtk::Widget::trigger_tooltip_query

(

)

Triggers a tooltip query on the display where the toplevel of widget is located.

unmap()

void Gtk::Widget::unmap

(

)

Causes a widget to be unmapped if it’s currently mapped.

This function is only for use in widget implementations.

unparent()

void Gtk::Widget::unparent

(

)

Dissociate widget from its parent.

This function is only for use in widget implementations, typically in dispose.

unrealize()

void Gtk::Widget::unrealize ( )

protected

Causes a widget to be unrealized (frees all GDK resources associated with the widget).

This function is only useful in widget implementations.

unroot_vfunc()

virtual void Gtk::Widget::unroot_vfunc ( )

protectedvirtual

unset_focus_child()

void Gtk::Widget::unset_focus_child ( )

protected

Unsets the focus child of the widget.

The previous focus child will be unset.

This function is only suitable for widget implementations.

unset_font_options()

void Gtk::Widget::unset_font_options

(

)

Undoes the effect of previous calls to set_font_options().

Since gtkmm 3.20:

Deprecated:

4.16: There is no replacement.

unset_layout_manager()

void Gtk::Widget::unset_layout_manager

(

)

Undoes the effect of a previous call to set_layout_manager().

unset_name()

void Gtk::Widget::unset_name

(

)

unset_state_flags()

void Gtk::Widget::unset_state_flags

(

StateFlags

flags

)

Turns off flag values for the current widget state.

See set_state_flags().

This function is for use in widget implementations.

Parameters

flags

State flags to turn off.

Friends And Related Symbol Documentation

wrap()

Gtk::Widget * wrap ( GtkWidget *  object, bool  take_copy = false  )

related

A Glib::wrap() method for this object.

Parameters

object	The C instance.
take_copy	False if the result should take ownership of the C instance. True if it should take a new copy or ref.

Returns

A C++ instance that wraps this C instance.