GtkPrintUnixDialog: GTK+ 3 Reference Manual

GtkPrintUnixDialog

GtkPrintUnixDialog — A print dialog

Functions

GtkWidget *	gtk_print_unix_dialog_new ()
void	gtk_print_unix_dialog_set_page_setup ()
GtkPageSetup *	gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_page_setup ()
void	gtk_print_unix_dialog_set_current_page ()
gint	gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_current_page ()
void	gtk_print_unix_dialog_set_settings ()
GtkPrintSettings *	gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_settings ()
GtkPrinter *	gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_selected_printer ()
void	gtk_print_unix_dialog_add_custom_tab ()
void	gtk_print_unix_dialog_set_support_selection ()
gboolean	gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_support_selection ()
void	gtk_print_unix_dialog_set_has_selection ()
gboolean	gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_has_selection ()
void	gtk_print_unix_dialog_set_embed_page_setup ()
gboolean	gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_embed_page_setup ()
gboolean	gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_page_setup_set ()
void	gtk_print_unix_dialog_set_manual_capabilities ()
GtkPrintCapabilities	gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_manual_capabilities ()

Properties

gint	current-page	Read / Write
gboolean	embed-page-setup	Read / Write
gboolean	has-selection	Read / Write
GtkPrintCapabilities	manual-capabilities	Read / Write
GtkPageSetup *	page-setup	Read / Write
GtkPrintSettings *	print-settings	Read / Write
GtkPrinter *	selected-printer	Read
gboolean	support-selection	Read / Write

Types and Values

struct	GtkPrintUnixDialog
enum	GtkPrintCapabilities

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GInitiallyUnowned
        ╰── GtkWidget
            ╰── GtkContainer
                ╰── GtkBin
                    ╰── GtkWindow
                        ╰── GtkDialog
                            ╰── GtkPrintUnixDialog

Implemented Interfaces

GtkPrintUnixDialog implements AtkImplementorIface and GtkBuildable.

Includes

#include <gtk/gtkprintunixdialog.h>

Description

GtkPrintUnixDialog implements a print dialog for platforms which don’t provide a native print dialog, like Unix. It can be used very much like any other GTK+ dialog, at the cost of the portability offered by the high-level printing API

In order to print something with GtkPrintUnixDialog, you need to use gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_selected_printer() to obtain a GtkPrinter object and use it to construct a GtkPrintJob using gtk_print_job_new().

GtkPrintUnixDialog uses the following response values:

GTK_RESPONSE_OK: for the “Print” button
GTK_RESPONSE_APPLY: for the “Preview” button
GTK_RESPONSE_CANCEL: for the “Cancel” button

Printing support was added in GTK+ 2.10.

GtkPrintUnixDialog as GtkBuildable

The GtkPrintUnixDialog implementation of the GtkBuildable interface exposes its notebook internal children with the name “notebook”.

An example of a GtkPrintUnixDialog UI definition fragment:

<object class="GtkPrintUnixDialog" id="dialog1">
  <child internal-child="notebook">
    <object class="GtkNotebook" id="notebook">
      <child>
        <object class="GtkLabel" id="tabcontent">
        <property name="label">Content on notebook tab</property>
        </object>
      </child>
      <child type="tab">
        <object class="GtkLabel" id="tablabel">
          <property name="label">Tab label</property>
        </object>
        <packing>
          <property name="tab_expand">False</property>
          <property name="tab_fill">False</property>
        </packing>
      </child>
    </object>
  </child>
</object>

CSS nodes

GtkPrintUnixDialog has a single CSS node with name printdialog.

Functions

gtk_print_unix_dialog_new ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_print_unix_dialog_new (const gchar *title,
                           GtkWindow *parent);

Creates a new GtkPrintUnixDialog.

Parameters

title	Title of the dialog, or `NULL`.	[allow-none]
parent	Transient parent of the dialog, or `NULL`.	[allow-none]

Returns

a new GtkPrintUnixDialog

Since: 2.10

gtk_print_unix_dialog_set_page_setup ()

void
gtk_print_unix_dialog_set_page_setup (GtkPrintUnixDialog *dialog,
                                      GtkPageSetup *page_setup);

Sets the page setup of the GtkPrintUnixDialog.

Parameters

dialog	a GtkPrintUnixDialog
page_setup	a GtkPageSetup

Since: 2.10

gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_page_setup ()

GtkPageSetup *
gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_page_setup (GtkPrintUnixDialog *dialog);

Gets the page setup that is used by the GtkPrintUnixDialog.

Parameters

dialog

a GtkPrintUnixDialog

Returns

the page setup of dialog .

[transfer none]

Since: 2.10

gtk_print_unix_dialog_set_current_page ()

void
gtk_print_unix_dialog_set_current_page
                               (GtkPrintUnixDialog *dialog,
                                gint current_page);

Sets the current page number. If current_page is not -1, this enables the current page choice for the range of pages to print.

Parameters

dialog	a GtkPrintUnixDialog
current_page	the current page number.

Since: 2.10

gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_current_page ()

gint
gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_current_page
                               (GtkPrintUnixDialog *dialog);

Gets the current page of the GtkPrintUnixDialog.

Parameters

dialog

a GtkPrintUnixDialog

Returns

the current page of dialog

Since: 2.10

gtk_print_unix_dialog_set_settings ()

void
gtk_print_unix_dialog_set_settings (GtkPrintUnixDialog *dialog,
                                    GtkPrintSettings *settings);

Sets the GtkPrintSettings for the GtkPrintUnixDialog. Typically, this is used to restore saved print settings from a previous print operation before the print dialog is shown.

Parameters

dialog	a GtkPrintUnixDialog
settings	a GtkPrintSettings, or `NULL`.	[allow-none]

Since: 2.10

gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_settings ()

GtkPrintSettings *
gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_settings (GtkPrintUnixDialog *dialog);

Gets a new GtkPrintSettings object that represents the current values in the print dialog. Note that this creates a new object, and you need to unref it if don’t want to keep it.

Parameters

dialog

a GtkPrintUnixDialog

Returns

a new GtkPrintSettings object with the values from dialog

Since: 2.10

gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_selected_printer ()

GtkPrinter *
gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_selected_printer
                               (GtkPrintUnixDialog *dialog);

Gets the currently selected printer.

Parameters

dialog

a GtkPrintUnixDialog

Returns

the currently selected printer.

[transfer none]

Since: 2.10

gtk_print_unix_dialog_add_custom_tab ()

void
gtk_print_unix_dialog_add_custom_tab (GtkPrintUnixDialog *dialog,
                                      GtkWidget *child,
                                      GtkWidget *tab_label);

Adds a custom tab to the print dialog.

Parameters

dialog	a GtkPrintUnixDialog
child	the widget to put in the custom tab
tab_label	the widget to use as tab label

Since: 2.10

gtk_print_unix_dialog_set_support_selection ()

void
gtk_print_unix_dialog_set_support_selection
                               (GtkPrintUnixDialog *dialog,
                                gboolean support_selection);

Sets whether the print dialog allows user to print a selection.

Parameters

dialog	a GtkPrintUnixDialog
support_selection	`TRUE` to allow print selection

Since: 2.18

gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_support_selection ()

gboolean
gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_support_selection
                               (GtkPrintUnixDialog *dialog);

Gets the value of “support-selection” property.

Parameters

dialog

a GtkPrintUnixDialog

Returns

whether the application supports print of selection

Since: 2.18

gtk_print_unix_dialog_set_has_selection ()

void
gtk_print_unix_dialog_set_has_selection
                               (GtkPrintUnixDialog *dialog,
                                gboolean has_selection);

Sets whether a selection exists.

Parameters

dialog	a GtkPrintUnixDialog
has_selection	`TRUE` indicates that a selection exists

Since: 2.18

gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_has_selection ()

gboolean
gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_has_selection
                               (GtkPrintUnixDialog *dialog);

Gets the value of “has-selection” property.

Parameters

dialog

a GtkPrintUnixDialog

Returns

whether there is a selection

Since: 2.18

gtk_print_unix_dialog_set_embed_page_setup ()

void
gtk_print_unix_dialog_set_embed_page_setup
                               (GtkPrintUnixDialog *dialog,
                                gboolean embed);

Embed page size combo box and orientation combo box into page setup page.

Parameters

dialog	a GtkPrintUnixDialog
embed	embed page setup selection

Since: 2.18

gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_embed_page_setup ()

gboolean
gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_embed_page_setup
                               (GtkPrintUnixDialog *dialog);

Gets the value of “embed-page-setup” property.

Parameters

dialog

a GtkPrintUnixDialog

Returns

whether there is a selection

Since: 2.18

gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_page_setup_set ()

gboolean
gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_page_setup_set
                               (GtkPrintUnixDialog *dialog);

Gets the page setup that is used by the GtkPrintUnixDialog.

Parameters

dialog

a GtkPrintUnixDialog

Returns

whether a page setup was set by user.

Since: 2.18

gtk_print_unix_dialog_set_manual_capabilities ()

void
gtk_print_unix_dialog_set_manual_capabilities
                               (GtkPrintUnixDialog *dialog,
                                GtkPrintCapabilities capabilities);

This lets you specify the printing capabilities your application supports. For instance, if you can handle scaling the output then you pass GTK_PRINT_CAPABILITY_SCALE. If you don’t pass that, then the dialog will only let you select the scale if the printing system automatically handles scaling.

Parameters

dialog	a GtkPrintUnixDialog
capabilities	the printing capabilities of your application

Since: 2.10

gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_manual_capabilities ()

GtkPrintCapabilities
gtk_print_unix_dialog_get_manual_capabilities
                               (GtkPrintUnixDialog *dialog);

Gets the value of “manual-capabilities” property.

Parameters

dialog

a GtkPrintUnixDialog

Returns

the printing capabilities

Since: 2.18

Types and Values

struct GtkPrintUnixDialog

struct GtkPrintUnixDialog;

enum GtkPrintCapabilities

An enum for specifying which features the print dialog should offer. If neither GTK_PRINT_CAPABILITY_GENERATE_PDF nor GTK_PRINT_CAPABILITY_GENERATE_PS is specified, GTK+ assumes that all formats are supported.

Members

GTK_PRINT_CAPABILITY_PAGE_SET	Print dialog will offer printing even/odd pages.
GTK_PRINT_CAPABILITY_COPIES	Print dialog will allow to print multiple copies.
GTK_PRINT_CAPABILITY_COLLATE	Print dialog will allow to collate multiple copies.
GTK_PRINT_CAPABILITY_REVERSE	Print dialog will allow to print pages in reverse order.
GTK_PRINT_CAPABILITY_SCALE	Print dialog will allow to scale the output.
GTK_PRINT_CAPABILITY_GENERATE_PDF	The program will send the document to the printer in PDF format
GTK_PRINT_CAPABILITY_GENERATE_PS	The program will send the document to the printer in Postscript format
GTK_PRINT_CAPABILITY_PREVIEW	Print dialog will offer a preview
GTK_PRINT_CAPABILITY_NUMBER_UP	Print dialog will offer printing multiple pages per sheet. Since 2.12
GTK_PRINT_CAPABILITY_NUMBER_UP_LAYOUT	Print dialog will allow to rearrange pages when printing multiple pages per sheet. Since 2.14

Property Details

The `“current-page”` property

  “current-page”             gint

The current page in the document.

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: -1

The `“embed-page-setup”` property

  “embed-page-setup”         gboolean

TRUE if page setup combos are embedded in GtkPrintUnixDialog.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: FALSE

The `“has-selection”` property

  “has-selection”            gboolean

Whether the application has a selection.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: FALSE

The `“manual-capabilities”` property

  “manual-capabilities”      GtkPrintCapabilities

Capabilities the application can handle.

Flags: Read / Write

The `“page-setup”` property

  “page-setup”               GtkPageSetup *

The GtkPageSetup to use.

Flags: Read / Write

The `“print-settings”` property

  “print-settings”           GtkPrintSettings *

The GtkPrintSettings used for initializing the dialog.

Flags: Read / Write

The `“selected-printer”` property

  “selected-printer”         GtkPrinter *

The GtkPrinter which is selected.

Flags: Read

The `“support-selection”` property

  “support-selection”        gboolean

Whether the dialog supports selection.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: FALSE