GtkComboBoxText

GtkComboBoxText — A simple, text-only combo box

Functions

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GInitiallyUnowned
        ╰── GtkObject
            ╰── GtkWidget
                ╰── GtkContainer
                    ╰── GtkBin
                        ╰── GtkComboBox
                            ╰── GtkComboBoxText

Implemented Interfaces

GtkComboBoxText implements AtkImplementorIface, GtkBuildable, GtkCellLayout and GtkCellEditable.

Includes

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

Description

A GtkComboBoxText is a simple variant of GtkComboBox that hides the model-view complexity for simple text-only use cases.

To create a GtkComboBoxText, use gtk_combo_box_text_new() or gtk_combo_box_text_new_with_entry().

You can add items to a GtkComboBoxText with gtk_combo_box_text_append_text(), gtk_combo_box_text_insert_text() or gtk_combo_box_text_prepend_text() and remove options with gtk_combo_box_text_remove().

If the GtkComboBoxText contains an entry (via the 'has-entry' property), its contents can be retrieved using gtk_combo_box_text_get_active_text(). The entry itself can be accessed by calling gtk_bin_get_child() on the combo box.

GtkComboBoxText as GtkBuildable

The GtkComboBoxText implementation of the GtkBuildable interface supports adding items directly using the <items&gt element and specifying <item> elements for each item. Each <item> element supports the regular translation attributes "translatable", "context" and "comments".

Example 8. A UI definition fragment specifying GtkComboBoxText items

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<object class="GtkComboBoxText">
  <items>
    <item translatable="yes">Factory</item>
    <item translatable="yes">Home</item>
    <item translatable="yes">Subway</item>
  </items>
</object>

Functions

gtk_combo_box_text_new ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_combo_box_text_new (void);

Creates a new GtkComboBoxText, which is a GtkComboBox just displaying strings. See gtk_combo_box_entry_new_with_text().

Returns

A new GtkComboBoxText

Since: 2.24


gtk_combo_box_text_new_with_entry ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_combo_box_text_new_with_entry (void);

Creates a new GtkComboBoxText, which is a GtkComboBox just displaying strings. The combo box created by this function has an entry.

Returns

a new GtkComboBoxText

Since: 2.24


gtk_combo_box_text_append_text ()

void
gtk_combo_box_text_append_text (GtkComboBoxText *combo_box,
                                const gchar *text);

Appends string to the list of strings stored in combo_box .

Parameters

combo_box

A GtkComboBoxText

 

text

A string

 

Since: 2.24


gtk_combo_box_text_insert_text ()

void
gtk_combo_box_text_insert_text (GtkComboBoxText *combo_box,
                                gint position,
                                const gchar *text);

Inserts string at position in the list of strings stored in combo_box .

Parameters

combo_box

A GtkComboBoxText

 

position

An index to insert text

 

text

A string

 

Since: 2.24


gtk_combo_box_text_prepend_text ()

void
gtk_combo_box_text_prepend_text (GtkComboBoxText *combo_box,
                                 const gchar *text);

Prepends string to the list of strings stored in combo_box .

Parameters

combo_box

A GtkComboBox

 

text

A string

 

Since: 2.24


gtk_combo_box_text_remove ()

void
gtk_combo_box_text_remove (GtkComboBoxText *combo_box,
                           gint position);

Removes the string at position from combo_box .

Parameters

combo_box

A GtkComboBox

 

position

Index of the item to remove

 

Since: 2.24


gtk_combo_box_text_get_active_text ()

gchar *
gtk_combo_box_text_get_active_text (GtkComboBoxText *combo_box);

Returns the currently active string in combo_box , or NULL if none is selected. If combo_box contains an entry, this function will return its contents (which will not necessarily be an item from the list).

Parameters

combo_box

A GtkComboBoxText

 

Returns

a newly allocated string containing the currently active text. Must be freed with g_free().

Since: 2.24

Types and Values

struct GtkComboBoxText

struct GtkComboBoxText;

See Also

GtkComboBox