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void | gtk_editable_select_region () |
gboolean | gtk_editable_get_selection_bounds () |
void | gtk_editable_insert_text () |
void | gtk_editable_delete_text () |
gchar * | gtk_editable_get_chars () |
void | gtk_editable_cut_clipboard () |
void | gtk_editable_copy_clipboard () |
void | gtk_editable_paste_clipboard () |
void | gtk_editable_delete_selection () |
void | gtk_editable_set_position () |
gint | gtk_editable_get_position () |
void | gtk_editable_set_editable () |
gboolean | gtk_editable_get_editable () |
Description
The GtkEditable interface is an interface which should be implemented by text editing widgets, such as GtkEntry and GtkSpinButton. It contains functions for generically manipulating an editable widget, a large number of action signals used for key bindings, and several signals that an application can connect to to modify the behavior of a widget.
As an example of the latter usage, by connecting the following handler to “insert-text”, an application can convert all entry into a widget into uppercase.
Forcing entry to uppercase.
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#include <ctype.h>; void insert_text_handler (GtkEditable *editable, const gchar *text, gint length, gint *position, gpointer data) { gchar *result = g_utf8_strup (text, length); g_signal_handlers_block_by_func (editable, (gpointer) insert_text_handler, data); gtk_editable_insert_text (editable, result, length, position); g_signal_handlers_unblock_by_func (editable, (gpointer) insert_text_handler, data); g_signal_stop_emission_by_name (editable, "insert_text"); g_free (result); } |
Functions
gtk_editable_select_region ()
void gtk_editable_select_region (GtkEditable *editable
,gint start_pos
,gint end_pos
);
Selects a region of text. The characters that are selected are
those characters at positions from start_pos
up to, but not
including end_pos
. If end_pos
is negative, then the
characters selected are those characters from start_pos
to
the end of the text.
Note that positions are specified in characters, not bytes.
gtk_editable_get_selection_bounds ()
gboolean gtk_editable_get_selection_bounds (GtkEditable *editable
,gint *start_pos
,gint *end_pos
);
Retrieves the selection bound of the editable. start_pos will be filled
with the start of the selection and end_pos
with end. If no text was
selected both will be identical and FALSE
will be returned.
Note that positions are specified in characters, not bytes.
gtk_editable_insert_text ()
void gtk_editable_insert_text (GtkEditable *editable
,const gchar *new_text
,gint new_text_length
,gint *position
);
Inserts new_text_length
bytes of new_text
into the contents of the
widget, at position position
.
Note that the position is in characters, not in bytes.
The function updates position
to point after the newly inserted text.
gtk_editable_delete_text ()
void gtk_editable_delete_text (GtkEditable *editable
,gint start_pos
,gint end_pos
);
Deletes a sequence of characters. The characters that are deleted are
those characters at positions from start_pos
up to, but not including
end_pos
. If end_pos
is negative, then the characters deleted
are those from start_pos
to the end of the text.
Note that the positions are specified in characters, not bytes.
gtk_editable_get_chars ()
gchar * gtk_editable_get_chars (GtkEditable *editable
,gint start_pos
,gint end_pos
);
Retrieves a sequence of characters. The characters that are retrieved
are those characters at positions from start_pos
up to, but not
including end_pos
. If end_pos
is negative, then the characters
retrieved are those characters from start_pos
to the end of the text.
Note that positions are specified in characters, not bytes.
Returns
a pointer to the contents of the widget as a string. This string is allocated by the GtkEditable implementation and should be freed by the caller.
gtk_editable_cut_clipboard ()
void
gtk_editable_cut_clipboard (GtkEditable *editable
);
Removes the contents of the currently selected content in the editable and puts it on the clipboard.
gtk_editable_copy_clipboard ()
void
gtk_editable_copy_clipboard (GtkEditable *editable
);
Copies the contents of the currently selected content in the editable and puts it on the clipboard.
gtk_editable_paste_clipboard ()
void
gtk_editable_paste_clipboard (GtkEditable *editable
);
Pastes the content of the clipboard to the current position of the cursor in the editable.
gtk_editable_delete_selection ()
void
gtk_editable_delete_selection (GtkEditable *editable
);
Deletes the currently selected text of the editable. This call doesn’t do anything if there is no selected text.
gtk_editable_set_position ()
void gtk_editable_set_position (GtkEditable *editable
,gint position
);
Sets the cursor position in the editable to the given value.
The cursor is displayed before the character with the given (base 0)
index in the contents of the editable. The value must be less than or
equal to the number of characters in the editable. A value of -1
indicates that the position should be set after the last character
of the editable. Note that position
is in characters, not in bytes.
gtk_editable_get_position ()
gint
gtk_editable_get_position (GtkEditable *editable
);
Retrieves the current position of the cursor relative to the start of the content of the editable.
Note that this position is in characters, not in bytes.
gtk_editable_set_editable ()
void gtk_editable_set_editable (GtkEditable *editable
,gboolean is_editable
);
Determines if the user can edit the text in the editable widget or not.
gtk_editable_get_editable ()
gboolean
gtk_editable_get_editable (GtkEditable *editable
);
Retrieves whether editable
is editable. See
gtk_editable_set_editable()
.
Signal Details
The “changed”
signal
void user_function (GtkEditable *editable, gpointer user_data)
The ::changed signal is emitted at the end of a single user-visible operation on the contents of the GtkEditable.
E.g., a paste operation that replaces the contents of the selection will cause only one signal emission (even though it is implemented by first deleting the selection, then inserting the new content, and may cause multiple ::notify::text signals to be emitted).
Parameters
editable |
the object which received the signal |
|
user_data |
user data set when the signal handler was connected. |
Flags: Run Last
The “delete-text”
signal
void user_function (GtkEditable *editable, gint start_pos, gint end_pos, gpointer user_data)
This signal is emitted when text is deleted from
the widget by the user. The default handler for
this signal will normally be responsible for deleting
the text, so by connecting to this signal and then
stopping the signal with g_signal_stop_emission()
, it
is possible to modify the range of deleted text, or
prevent it from being deleted entirely. The start_pos
and end_pos
parameters are interpreted as for
gtk_editable_delete_text()
.
Parameters
editable |
the object which received the signal |
|
start_pos |
the starting position |
|
end_pos |
the end position |
|
user_data |
user data set when the signal handler was connected. |
Flags: Run Last
The “insert-text”
signal
void user_function (GtkEditable *editable, gchar *new_text, gint new_text_length, gpointer position, gpointer user_data)
This signal is emitted when text is inserted into
the widget by the user. The default handler for
this signal will normally be responsible for inserting
the text, so by connecting to this signal and then
stopping the signal with g_signal_stop_emission()
, it
is possible to modify the inserted text, or prevent
it from being inserted entirely.
Parameters
editable |
the object which received the signal |
|
new_text |
the new text to insert |
|
new_text_length |
the length of the new text, in bytes, or -1 if new_text is nul-terminated |
|
position |
the position, in characters, at which to insert the new text. this is an in-out parameter. After the signal emission is finished, it should point after the newly inserted text. |
[inout][type int] |
user_data |
user data set when the signal handler was connected. |
Flags: Run Last