GtkCalendar

GtkCalendar

Functions

Properties

int day Read / Write
int detail-height-rows Read / Write
int detail-width-chars Read / Write
int month Read / Write
gboolean no-month-change Read / Write
gboolean show-day-names Read / Write
gboolean show-details Read / Write
gboolean show-heading Read / Write
gboolean show-week-numbers Read / Write
int year Read / Write

Style Properties

Signals

void day-selected Run First
void day-selected-double-click Run First
void month-changed Run First
void next-month Run First
void next-year Run First
void prev-month Run First
void prev-year Run First

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GInitiallyUnowned
        ╰── GtkObject
            ╰── GtkWidget
                ╰── GtkCalendar

Implemented Interfaces

GtkCalendar implements AtkImplementorIface and GtkBuildable.

Includes

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

Description

Functions

GtkCalendarDetailFunc ()

gchar *
(*GtkCalendarDetailFunc) (GtkCalendar *calendar,
                          guint year,
                          guint month,
                          guint day,
                          gpointer user_data);

This kind of functions provide Pango markup with detail information for the specified day. Examples for such details are holidays or appointments. The function returns NULL when no information is available.

Parameters

calendar

a GtkCalendar.

 

year

the year for which details are needed.

 

month

the month for which details are needed.

 

day

the day of month for which details are needed.

 

user_data

the data passed with gtk_calendar_set_detail_func().

 

Returns

Newly allocated string with Pango markup with details for the specified day, or NULL.

Since: 2.14


gtk_calendar_new ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_calendar_new (void);

Creates a new calendar, with the current date being selected.

Returns

a newly GtkCalendar widget


gtk_calendar_select_month ()

gboolean
gtk_calendar_select_month (GtkCalendar *calendar,
                           guint month,
                           guint year);

Shifts the calendar to a different month.

Note that this function always returns TRUE, and you should ignore the return value. In GTK+ 3, this function will not return a value.

Parameters

calendar

a GtkCalendar

 

month

a month number between 0 and 11.

 

year

the year the month is in.

 

Returns

TRUE, always


gtk_calendar_select_day ()

void
gtk_calendar_select_day (GtkCalendar *calendar,
                         guint day);

Selects a day from the current month.

Parameters

calendar

a GtkCalendar.

 

day

the day number between 1 and 31, or 0 to unselect the currently selected day.

 

gtk_calendar_mark_day ()

gboolean
gtk_calendar_mark_day (GtkCalendar *calendar,
                       guint day);

Places a visual marker on a particular day.

Note that this function always returns TRUE, and you should ignore the return value. In GTK+ 3, this function will not return a value.

Parameters

calendar

a GtkCalendar

 

day

the day number to mark between 1 and 31.

 

Returns

TRUE, always


gtk_calendar_unmark_day ()

gboolean
gtk_calendar_unmark_day (GtkCalendar *calendar,
                         guint day);

Removes the visual marker from a particular day.

Note that this function always returns TRUE, and you should ignore the return value. In GTK+ 3, this function will not return a value.

Parameters

calendar

a GtkCalendar.

 

day

the day number to unmark between 1 and 31.

 

Returns

TRUE, always


gtk_calendar_clear_marks ()

void
gtk_calendar_clear_marks (GtkCalendar *calendar);

Remove all visual markers.

Parameters

calendar

a GtkCalendar

 

gtk_calendar_get_display_options ()

GtkCalendarDisplayOptions
gtk_calendar_get_display_options (GtkCalendar *calendar);

Returns the current display options of calendar .

Parameters

calendar

a GtkCalendar

 

Returns

the display options.

Since: 2.4


gtk_calendar_set_display_options ()

void
gtk_calendar_set_display_options (GtkCalendar *calendar,
                                  GtkCalendarDisplayOptions flags);

Sets display options (whether to display the heading and the month headings).

Parameters

calendar

a GtkCalendar

 

flags

the display options to set

 

Since: 2.4


gtk_calendar_get_date ()

void
gtk_calendar_get_date (GtkCalendar *calendar,
                       guint *year,
                       guint *month,
                       guint *day);

Obtains the selected date from a GtkCalendar.

Parameters

calendar

a GtkCalendar

 

year

location to store the year as a decimal number (e.g. 2011), or NULL.

[out][allow-none]

month

location to store the month number (between 0 and 11), or NULL.

[out][allow-none]

day

location to store the day number (between 1 and 31), or NULL.

[out][allow-none]

gtk_calendar_set_detail_func ()

void
gtk_calendar_set_detail_func (GtkCalendar *calendar,
                              GtkCalendarDetailFunc func,
                              gpointer data,
                              GDestroyNotify destroy);

Installs a function which provides Pango markup with detail information for each day. Examples for such details are holidays or appointments. That information is shown below each day when “show-details” is set. A tooltip containing with full detail information is provided, if the entire text should not fit into the details area, or if “show-details” is not set.

The size of the details area can be restricted by setting the “detail-width-chars” and “detail-height-rows” properties.

Parameters

calendar

a GtkCalendar.

 

func

a function providing details for each day.

 

data

data to pass to func invokations.

 

destroy

a function for releasing data .

 

Since: 2.14


gtk_calendar_get_detail_width_chars ()

gint
gtk_calendar_get_detail_width_chars (GtkCalendar *calendar);

Queries the width of detail cells, in characters. See “detail-width-chars”.

Parameters

calendar

a GtkCalendar.

 

Returns

The width of detail cells, in characters.

Since: 2.14


gtk_calendar_set_detail_width_chars ()

void
gtk_calendar_set_detail_width_chars (GtkCalendar *calendar,
                                     gint chars);

Updates the width of detail cells. See “detail-width-chars”.

Parameters

calendar

a GtkCalendar.

 

chars

detail width in characters.

 

Since: 2.14


gtk_calendar_get_detail_height_rows ()

gint
gtk_calendar_get_detail_height_rows (GtkCalendar *calendar);

Queries the height of detail cells, in rows. See “detail-width-chars”.

Parameters

calendar

a GtkCalendar.

 

Returns

The height of detail cells, in rows.

Since: 2.14


gtk_calendar_set_detail_height_rows ()

void
gtk_calendar_set_detail_height_rows (GtkCalendar *calendar,
                                     gint rows);

Updates the height of detail cells. See “detail-height-rows”.

Parameters

calendar

a GtkCalendar.

 

rows

detail height in rows.

 

Since: 2.14


gtk_calendar_display_options ()

void
gtk_calendar_display_options (GtkCalendar *calendar,
                              GtkCalendarDisplayOptions flags);

gtk_calendar_display_options has been deprecated since version 2.4 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use gtk_calendar_set_display_options() instead

Sets display options (whether to display the heading and the month headings).

Parameters

calendar

a GtkCalendar.

 

flags

the display options to set.

 

gtk_calendar_freeze ()

void
gtk_calendar_freeze (GtkCalendar *calendar);

gtk_calendar_freeze has been deprecated since version 2.8 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Does nothing. Previously locked the display of the calendar until it was thawed with gtk_calendar_thaw().

Parameters

calendar

a GtkCalendar

 

gtk_calendar_thaw ()

void
gtk_calendar_thaw (GtkCalendar *calendar);

gtk_calendar_thaw has been deprecated since version 2.8 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Does nothing. Previously defrosted a calendar; all the changes made since the last gtk_calendar_freeze() were displayed.

Parameters

calendar

a GtkCalendar

 

Types and Values

struct GtkCalendar

struct GtkCalendar;

enum GtkCalendarDisplayOptions

These options can be used to influence the display and behaviour of a GtkCalendar.

Members

GTK_CALENDAR_SHOW_HEADING

Specifies that the month and year should be displayed.

 

GTK_CALENDAR_SHOW_DAY_NAMES

Specifies that three letter day descriptions should be present.

 

GTK_CALENDAR_NO_MONTH_CHANGE

Prevents the user from switching months with the calendar.

 

GTK_CALENDAR_SHOW_WEEK_NUMBERS

Displays each week numbers of the current year, down the left side of the calendar.

 

GTK_CALENDAR_WEEK_START_MONDAY

Since GTK+ 2.4, this option is deprecated and ignored by GTK+. The information on which day the calendar week starts is derived from the locale.

 

GTK_CALENDAR_SHOW_DETAILS

Just show an indicator, not the full details text when details are provided. See gtk_calendar_set_detail_func().

 

Property Details

The “day” property

  “day”                      int

The selected day (as a number between 1 and 31, or 0 to unselect the currently selected day). This property gets initially set to the current day.

Owner: GtkCalendar

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: [0,31]

Default value: 0


The “detail-height-rows” property

  “detail-height-rows”       int

Height of a detail cell, in rows. A value of 0 allows any width. See gtk_calendar_set_detail_func().

Owner: GtkCalendar

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: [0,127]

Default value: 0

Since: 2.14


The “detail-width-chars” property

  “detail-width-chars”       int

Width of a detail cell, in characters. A value of 0 allows any width. See gtk_calendar_set_detail_func().

Owner: GtkCalendar

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: [0,127]

Default value: 0

Since: 2.14


The “month” property

  “month”                    int

The selected month (as a number between 0 and 11). This property gets initially set to the current month.

Owner: GtkCalendar

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: [0,11]

Default value: 0


The “no-month-change” property

  “no-month-change”          gboolean

Determines whether the selected month can be changed.

Owner: GtkCalendar

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: FALSE

Since: 2.4


The “show-day-names” property

  “show-day-names”           gboolean

Determines whether day names are displayed.

Owner: GtkCalendar

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: TRUE

Since: 2.4


The “show-details” property

  “show-details”             gboolean

Determines whether details are shown directly in the widget, or if they are available only as tooltip. When this property is set days with details are marked.

Owner: GtkCalendar

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: TRUE

Since: 2.14


The “show-heading” property

  “show-heading”             gboolean

Determines whether a heading is displayed.

Owner: GtkCalendar

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: TRUE

Since: 2.4


The “show-week-numbers” property

  “show-week-numbers”        gboolean

Determines whether week numbers are displayed.

Owner: GtkCalendar

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: FALSE

Since: 2.4


The “year” property

  “year”                     int

The selected year. This property gets initially set to the current year.

Owner: GtkCalendar

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: [0,4194303]

Default value: 0

Style Property Details

The “horizontal-separation” style property

  “horizontal-separation”    int

Separation between week headers and main area.

Owner: GtkCalendar

Flags: Read

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 4


The “inner-border” style property

  “inner-border”             int

The spacing around the day/week headers and main area.

Owner: GtkCalendar

Flags: Read

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 4


The “vertical-separation” style property

  “vertical-separation”      int

Space between day headers and main area.

Owner: GtkCalendar

Flags: Read

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 4

Signal Details

The “day-selected” signal

void
user_function (GtkCalendar *calendar,
               gpointer     user_data)

Flags: Run First


The “day-selected-double-click” signal

void
user_function (GtkCalendar *calendar,
               gpointer     user_data)

Flags: Run First


The “month-changed” signal

void
user_function (GtkCalendar *calendar,
               gpointer     user_data)

Emitted when the user clicks a button to change the selected month on a calendar.

Parameters

calendar

the object which received the signal.

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: Run First


The “next-month” signal

void
user_function (GtkCalendar *calendar,
               gpointer     user_data)

Flags: Run First


The “next-year” signal

void
user_function (GtkCalendar *calendar,
               gpointer     user_data)

Flags: Run First


The “prev-month” signal

void
user_function (GtkCalendar *calendar,
               gpointer     user_data)

Flags: Run First


The “prev-year” signal

void
user_function (GtkCalendar *calendar,
               gpointer     user_data)

Flags: Run First