CSS nodes

GtkButton has a single CSS node with name button. The node will get the style classes .image-button or .text-button, if the content is just an image or label, respectively. It may also receive the .flat style class.

Other style classes that are commonly used with GtkButton include .suggested-action and .destructive-action. In special cases, buttons can be made round by adding the .circular style class.

Button-like widgets like GtkToggleButton, GtkMenuButton, GtkVolumeButton, GtkLockButton, GtkColorButton, GtkFontButton or GtkFileChooserButton use style classes such as .toggle, .popup, .scale, .lock, .color, .font, .file to differentiate themselves from a plain GtkButton.

gtk_button_new ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_button_new (void);

Creates a new GtkButton widget. To add a child widget to the button, use gtk_container_add().

gtk_button_new_with_label ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_button_new_with_label (const gchar *label);

Creates a GtkButton widget with a GtkLabel child containing the given text.

gtk_button_new_with_mnemonic ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_button_new_with_mnemonic (const gchar *label);

Creates a new GtkButton containing a label. If characters in label are preceded by an underscore, they are underlined. If you need a literal underscore character in a label, use “__” (two underscores). The first underlined character represents a keyboard accelerator called a mnemonic. Pressing Alt and that key activates the button.

gtk_button_new_from_icon_name ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_button_new_from_icon_name (const gchar *icon_name,
                               GtkIconSize size);

Creates a new button containing an icon from the current icon theme.

If the icon name isn’t known, a “broken image” icon will be displayed instead. If the current icon theme is changed, the icon will be updated appropriately.

This function is a convenience wrapper around gtk_button_new() and gtk_button_set_image().

Since: 3.10

gtk_button_new_from_stock ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_button_new_from_stock (const gchar *stock_id);

Creates a new GtkButton containing the image and text from a stock item. Some stock ids have preprocessor macros like GTK_STOCK_OK and GTK_STOCK_APPLY.

If stock_id is unknown, then it will be treated as a mnemonic label (as for gtk_button_new_with_mnemonic()).

gtk_button_pressed ()

void
gtk_button_pressed (GtkButton *button);

Emits a “pressed” signal to the given GtkButton.

gtk_button_released ()

void
gtk_button_released (GtkButton *button);

Emits a “released” signal to the given GtkButton.

gtk_button_clicked ()

void
gtk_button_clicked (GtkButton *button);

Emits a “clicked” signal to the given GtkButton.

gtk_button_enter ()

void
gtk_button_enter (GtkButton *button);

Emits a “enter” signal to the given GtkButton.

gtk_button_leave ()

void
gtk_button_leave (GtkButton *button);

Emits a “leave” signal to the given GtkButton.

gtk_button_set_relief ()

void
gtk_button_set_relief (GtkButton *button,
                       GtkReliefStyle relief);

Sets the relief style of the edges of the given GtkButton widget. Two styles exist, GTK_RELIEF_NORMAL and GTK_RELIEF_NONE. The default style is, as one can guess, GTK_RELIEF_NORMAL. The deprecated value GTK_RELIEF_HALF behaves the same as GTK_RELIEF_NORMAL.

gtk_button_get_relief ()

GtkReliefStyle
gtk_button_get_relief (GtkButton *button);

Returns the current relief style of the given GtkButton.

gtk_button_get_label ()

const gchar *
gtk_button_get_label (GtkButton *button);

Fetches the text from the label of the button, as set by gtk_button_set_label(). If the label text has not been set the return value will be NULL. This will be the case if you create an empty button with gtk_button_new() to use as a container.

gtk_button_set_label ()

void
gtk_button_set_label (GtkButton *button,
                      const gchar *label);

Sets the text of the label of the button to str . This text is also used to select the stock item if gtk_button_set_use_stock() is used.

This will also clear any previously set labels.

gtk_button_get_use_stock ()

gboolean
gtk_button_get_use_stock (GtkButton *button);

Returns whether the button label is a stock item.

gtk_button_set_use_stock ()

void
gtk_button_set_use_stock (GtkButton *button,
                          gboolean use_stock);

If TRUE, the label set on the button is used as a stock id to select the stock item for the button.

gtk_button_get_use_underline ()

gboolean
gtk_button_get_use_underline (GtkButton *button);

Returns whether an embedded underline in the button label indicates a mnemonic. See gtk_button_set_use_underline().

gtk_button_set_use_underline ()

void
gtk_button_set_use_underline (GtkButton *button,
                              gboolean use_underline);

If true, an underline in the text of the button label indicates the next character should be used for the mnemonic accelerator key.

gtk_button_set_focus_on_click ()

void
gtk_button_set_focus_on_click (GtkButton *button,
                               gboolean focus_on_click);

Sets whether the button will 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.

Since: 2.4

gtk_button_get_focus_on_click ()

gboolean
gtk_button_get_focus_on_click (GtkButton *button);

Returns whether the button grabs focus when it is clicked with the mouse. See gtk_button_set_focus_on_click().

Since: 2.4

gtk_button_set_alignment ()

void
gtk_button_set_alignment (GtkButton *button,
                          gfloat xalign,
                          gfloat yalign);

Sets the alignment of the child. This property has no effect unless the child is a GtkMisc or a GtkAlignment.

Since: 2.4

gtk_button_get_alignment ()

void
gtk_button_get_alignment (GtkButton *button,
                          gfloat *xalign,
                          gfloat *yalign);

Gets the alignment of the child in the button.

Since: 2.4

gtk_button_set_image ()

void
gtk_button_set_image (GtkButton *button,
                      GtkWidget *image);

Set the image of button to the given widget. The image will be displayed if the label text is NULL or if “always-show-image” is TRUE. You don’t have to call gtk_widget_show() on image yourself.

Since: 2.6

gtk_button_get_image ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_button_get_image (GtkButton *button);

Gets the widget that is currenty set as the image of button . This may have been explicitly set by gtk_button_set_image() or constructed by gtk_button_new_from_stock().

Since: 2.6

gtk_button_set_image_position ()

void
gtk_button_set_image_position (GtkButton *button,
                               GtkPositionType position);

Sets the position of the image relative to the text inside the button.

Since: 2.10

gtk_button_get_image_position ()

GtkPositionType
gtk_button_get_image_position (GtkButton *button);

Gets the position of the image relative to the text inside the button.

Since: 2.10

gtk_button_set_always_show_image ()

void
gtk_button_set_always_show_image (GtkButton *button,
                                  gboolean always_show);

If TRUE, the button will ignore the “gtk-button-images” setting and always show the image, if available.

Use this property if the button would be useless or hard to use without the image.

Since: 3.6

gtk_button_get_always_show_image ()

gboolean
gtk_button_get_always_show_image (GtkButton *button);

Returns whether the button will ignore the “gtk-button-images” setting and always show the image, if available.

Since: 3.6

gtk_button_get_event_window ()

GdkWindow *
gtk_button_get_event_window (GtkButton *button);

Returns the button’s event window if it is realized, NULL otherwise. This function should be rarely needed.

Since: 2.22

struct GtkButton

struct GtkButton;

struct GtkButtonClass

struct GtkButtonClass {
  GtkBinClass        parent_class;


  void (* pressed)  (GtkButton *button);
  void (* released) (GtkButton *button);
  void (* clicked)  (GtkButton *button);
  void (* enter)    (GtkButton *button);
  void (* leave)    (GtkButton *button);
  void (* activate) (GtkButton *button);
};

The “always-show-image” property

  “always-show-image”        gboolean

If TRUE, the button will ignore the “gtk-button-images” setting and always show the image, if available.

Use this property if the button would be useless or hard to use without the image.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

Since: 3.6

The “image” property

  “image”                    GtkWidget *

The child widget to appear next to the button text.

Flags: Read / Write

Since: 2.6

The “image-position” property

  “image-position”           GtkPositionType

The position of the image relative to the text inside the button.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: GTK_POS_LEFT

Since: 2.10

The “label” property

  “label”                    gchar *

Text of the label widget inside the button, if the button contains a label widget.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: NULL

The “relief” property

  “relief”                   GtkReliefStyle

The border relief style.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: GTK_RELIEF_NORMAL

The “use-stock” property

  “use-stock”                gboolean

If set, the label is used to pick a stock item instead of being displayed.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

The “use-underline” property

  “use-underline”            gboolean

If set, an underline in the text indicates the next character should be used for the mnemonic accelerator key.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

The “xalign” property

  “xalign”                   gfloat

If the child of the button is a GtkMisc or GtkAlignment, this property can be used to control its horizontal alignment. 0.0 is left aligned, 1.0 is right aligned.

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: [0,1]

Default value: 0.5

Since: 2.4

The “yalign” property

  “yalign”                   gfloat

If the child of the button is a GtkMisc or GtkAlignment, this property can be used to control its vertical alignment. 0.0 is top aligned, 1.0 is bottom aligned.

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: [0,1]

Default value: 0.5

Since: 2.4

The “child-displacement-x” style property

  “child-displacement-x”     gint

How far in the x direction to move the child when the button is depressed.

Flags: Read

Default value: 0

The “child-displacement-y” style property

  “child-displacement-y”     gint

How far in the y direction to move the child when the button is depressed.

Flags: Read

Default value: 0

The “default-border” style property

  “default-border”           GtkBorder *

The "default-border" style property defines the extra space to add around a button that can become the default widget of its window. For more information about default widgets, see gtk_widget_grab_default().

Flags: Read

The “default-outside-border” style property

  “default-outside-border”   GtkBorder *

The "default-outside-border" style property defines the extra outside space to add around a button that can become the default widget of its window. Extra outside space is always drawn outside the button border. For more information about default widgets, see gtk_widget_grab_default().

Flags: Read

The “displace-focus” style property

  “displace-focus”           gboolean

Whether the child_displacement_x/child_displacement_y properties should also affect the focus rectangle.

Flags: Read

Default value: FALSE

Since: 2.6

The “image-spacing” style property

  “image-spacing”            gint

Spacing in pixels between the image and label.

Flags: Read

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 2

The “inner-border” style property

  “inner-border”             GtkBorder *

Sets the border between the button edges and child.

Flags: Read

Since: 2.10

The “activate” signal

void
user_function (GtkButton *widget,
               gpointer   user_data)

The ::activate signal on GtkButton is an action signal and emitting it causes the button to animate press then release. Applications should never connect to this signal, but use the “clicked” signal.

Flags: Action

The “clicked” signal

void
user_function (GtkButton *button,
               gpointer   user_data)

Emitted when the button has been activated (pressed and released).

Flags: Action

The “enter” signal

void
user_function (GtkButton *button,
               gpointer   user_data)

Emitted when the pointer enters the button.

Flags: Run First

The “leave” signal

void
user_function (GtkButton *button,
               gpointer   user_data)

Emitted when the pointer leaves the button.

Flags: Run First

The “pressed” signal

void
user_function (GtkButton *button,
               gpointer   user_data)

Emitted when the button is pressed.

Flags: Run First

The “released” signal

void
user_function (GtkButton *button,
               gpointer   user_data)

Emitted when the button is released.

Flags: Run First