Part IV. GTK+ Widgets and Objects

Table of Contents

Object Hierarchy
Widget Gallery
Windows
GtkDialog — Create popup windows
GtkInvisible
GtkMessageDialog — A convenient message window
GtkWindow — Toplevel which can contain other widgets
GtkWindowGroup
GtkAboutDialog — Display information about an application
GtkAssistant — A widget used to guide users through multi-step operations
GtkOffscreenWindow — A toplevel to manage offscreen rendering of child widgets
Display Widgets
GtkAccelLabel — A label which displays an accelerator key on the right of the text
GtkImage — A widget displaying an image
GtkLabel
GtkProgressBar — A widget which indicates progress visually
GtkStatusbar — Report messages of minor importance to the user
GtkInfoBar — Report important messages to the user
GtkStatusIcon
GtkSpinner — Show a spinner animation
Buttons and Toggles
GtkButton — A widget that creates a signal when clicked on
GtkCheckButton
GtkRadioButton — A choice from multiple check buttons
GtkToggleButton
GtkLinkButton — Create buttons bound to a URL
GtkScaleButton — A button which pops up a scale
GtkVolumeButton — A button which pops up a volume control
GtkSwitch — A "light switch" style toggle
Numeric/Text Data Entry
GtkEntry — A single line text entry field
GtkEntryBuffer — Text buffer for GtkEntry
GtkEntryCompletion — Completion functionality for GtkEntry
GtkScale — Base class for GtkHScale and GtkVScale
GtkHScale
GtkVScale — A vertical slider widget for selecting a value from a range
GtkSpinButton — Retrieve an integer or floating-point number from the user
GtkEditable — Interface for text-editing widgets
Multiline Text Editor
Text Widget Overview — Overview of GtkTextBuffer, GtkTextView, and friends
GtkTextIter — Text buffer iterator
GtkTextMark
GtkTextBuffer
GtkTextTag — A tag that can be applied to text in a GtkTextBuffer
GtkTextTagTable — Collection of tags that can be used together
GtkTextView — Widget that displays a GtkTextBuffer
Tree, List and Icon Grid Widgets
Tree and List Widget Overview — Overview of GtkTreeModel, GtkTreeView, and friends
GtkTreeModel — The tree interface used by GtkTreeView
GtkTreeSelection — The selection object for GtkTreeView
GtkTreeViewColumn — A visible column in a GtkTreeView widget
GtkTreeView — A widget for displaying both trees and lists
GtkTreeView drag-and-drop — Interfaces for drag-and-drop support in GtkTreeView
GtkCellView — A widget displaying a single row of a GtkTreeModel
GtkIconView — A widget which displays a list of icons in a grid
GtkTreeSortable — The interface for sortable models used by GtkTreeView
GtkTreeModelSort
GtkTreeModelFilter — A GtkTreeModel which hides parts of an underlying tree model
GtkCellLayout — An interface for packing cells
GtkCellArea — An abstract class for laying out GtkCellRenderers
GtkCellAreaBox — A cell area that renders GtkCellRenderers into a row or a column
GtkCellAreaContext — Stores geometrical information for a series of rows in a GtkCellArea
GtkCellRenderer — An object for rendering a single cell
GtkCellEditable — Interface for widgets which can are used for editing cells
GtkCellRendererAccel
GtkCellRendererCombo
GtkCellRendererPixbuf
GtkCellRendererProgress
GtkCellRendererSpin
GtkCellRendererText — Renders text in a cell
GtkCellRendererToggle
GtkCellRendererSpinner — Renders a spinning animation in a cell
GtkListStore
GtkTreeStore — A tree-like data structure that can be used with the GtkTreeView
Menus, Combo Box, Toolbar
GtkComboBox — A widget used to choose from a list of items
GtkComboBoxText — A simple, text-only combo box
GtkMenu — A menu widget
GtkMenuBar — A subclass of GtkMenuShell which holds GtkMenuItem widgets
GtkMenuItem
GtkImageMenuItem
GtkRadioMenuItem
GtkCheckMenuItem
GtkSeparatorMenuItem — A separator used in menus
GtkTearoffMenuItem
GtkToolShell — Interface for containers containing GtkToolItem widgets
GtkToolbar — Create bars of buttons and other widgets
GtkToolItem — The base class of widgets that can be added to GtkToolShell
GtkToolPalette — A tool palette with categories
GtkToolItemGroup — A sub container used in a tool palette
GtkSeparatorToolItem — A toolbar item that separates groups of other toolbar items
GtkToolButton
GtkMenuToolButton
GtkToggleToolButton
GtkRadioToolButton
Action-based menus and toolbars
GtkUIManager
GtkActionGroup — A group of actions
GtkAction — An action which can be triggered by a menu or toolbar item
GtkToggleAction — An action which can be toggled between two states
GtkRadioAction — An action of which only one in a group can be active
GtkRecentAction — An action of which represents a list of recently used files
GtkActivatable — An interface for activatable widgets
Selectors (Color/File/Font)
GtkColorButton — A button to launch a color selection dialog
GtkColorSelectionDialog
GtkColorSelection — A widget used to select a color
GtkHSV
GtkFileChooser — File chooser interface used by GtkFileChooserWidget and GtkFileChooserDialog
GtkFileChooserButton
GtkFileChooserDialog
GtkFileChooserWidget
GtkFileFilter — A filter for selecting a file subset
GtkFontButton
GtkFontSelection
GtkFontSelectionDialog
Layout Containers
GtkGrid — Pack widgets in a rows and columns
GtkAlignment — A widget which controls the alignment and size of its child
GtkAspectFrame — A frame that constrains its child to a particular aspect ratio
GtkBox — Base class for box containers
GtkHBox — A horizontal container box
GtkVBox — A vertical container box
GtkButtonBox — Base class for GtkHButtonBox and GtkVButtonBox
GtkHButtonBox
GtkVButtonBox — A container for arranging buttons vertically
GtkFixed — A container which allows you to position widgets at fixed coordinates
GtkPaned — Base class for widgets with two adjustable panes
GtkHPaned
GtkVPaned — A container with two panes arranged vertically
GtkLayout — Infinite scrollable area containing child widgets and/or custom drawing
GtkNotebook — A tabbed notebook container
GtkTable
GtkExpander — A container which can hide its child
GtkOrientable — An interface for flippable widgets
Ornaments
GtkFrame
GtkSeparator — Base class for GtkHSeparator and GtkVSeparator
GtkHSeparator
GtkVSeparator — A vertical separator
Scrolling
GtkScrollbar — Base class for GtkHScrollbar and GtkVScrollbar
GtkHScrollbar
GtkVScrollbar — A vertical scrollbar
GtkScrolledWindow — Adds scrollbars to its child widget
GtkScrollable — An interface for scrollable widgets
Printing
GtkPrintOperation — High-level Printing API
GtkPrintContext
GtkPrintSettings
GtkPageSetup — Stores page setup information
GtkPaperSize — Support for named paper sizes
GtkPrinter — Represents a printer
GtkPrintJob — Represents a print job
GtkPrintUnixDialog
GtkPageSetupUnixDialog — A page setup dialog
Miscellaneous
GtkAdjustment — A representation of an adjustable bounded value
GtkArrow — Displays an arrow
GtkCalendar — Displays a calendar and allows the user to select a date
GtkDrawingArea — A widget for custom user interface elements
GtkEventBox — A widget used to catch events for widgets which do not have their own window
GtkHandleBox
GtkIMContextSimple — An input method context supporting table-based input methods
GtkIMMulticontext — An input method context supporting multiple, loadable input methods
GtkSizeGroup
GtkTooltip — Add tips to your widgets
GtkViewport — An adapter which makes widgets scrollable
GtkAccessible — Accessibility support for widgets
Abstract Base Classes
GtkWidget — Base class for all widgets
GtkContainer — Base class for widgets which contain other widgets
GtkBin — A container with just one child
GtkMenuShell — A base class for menu objects
GtkMisc
GtkRange — Base class for widgets which visualize an adjustment
GtkIMContext — Base class for input method contexts
Cross-process Embedding
GtkPlug — Toplevel for embedding into other processes
GtkSocket — Container for widgets from other processes
Recently Used Documents
GtkRecentManager — Managing recently used files
GtkRecentChooser — Interface implemented by widgets displaying recently used files
GtkRecentChooserDialog — Displays recently used files in a dialog
GtkRecentChooserMenu — Displays recently used files in a menu
GtkRecentChooserWidget — Displays recently used files
GtkRecentFilter — A filter for selecting a subset of recently used files
Choosing from installed applications
GtkAppChooser — Interface implemented by widgets allowing to chooser applications
GtkAppChooserButton — A button to launch an application chooser dialog
GtkAppChooserDialog — An application chooser dialog
GtkAppChooserWidget — Application chooser widget that can be embedded in other widgets
Interface builder
GtkBuildable — Interface for objects that can be built by GtkBuilder
GtkBuilder — Build an interface from an XML UI definition
Application support
GtkApplication — Application class