GtkUIManager

GtkUIManager

Functions

Properties

gboolean add-tearoffs Read / Write
char * ui Read

Signals

void actions-changed No Recursion
void add-widget No Recursion
void connect-proxy No Recursion
void disconnect-proxy No Recursion
void post-activate No Recursion
void pre-activate No Recursion

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GtkUIManager

Implemented Interfaces

GtkUIManager implements GtkBuildable.

Includes

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

Description

Functions

gtk_ui_manager_new ()

GtkUIManager *
gtk_ui_manager_new (void);

Creates a new ui manager object.

Returns

a new ui manager object.

Since: 2.4


gtk_ui_manager_set_add_tearoffs ()

void
gtk_ui_manager_set_add_tearoffs (GtkUIManager *self,
                                 gboolean add_tearoffs);

Sets the "add_tearoffs" property, which controls whether menus generated by this GtkUIManager will have tearoff menu items.

Note that this only affects regular menus. Generated popup menus never have tearoff menu items.

Parameters

self

a GtkUIManager

 

add_tearoffs

whether tearoff menu items are added

 

Since: 2.4


gtk_ui_manager_get_add_tearoffs ()

gboolean
gtk_ui_manager_get_add_tearoffs (GtkUIManager *self);

Returns whether menus generated by this GtkUIManager will have tearoff menu items.

Parameters

self

a GtkUIManager

 

Returns

whether tearoff menu items are added

Since: 2.4


gtk_ui_manager_insert_action_group ()

void
gtk_ui_manager_insert_action_group (GtkUIManager *self,
                                    GtkActionGroup *action_group,
                                    gint pos);

Inserts an action group into the list of action groups associated with self . Actions in earlier groups hide actions with the same name in later groups.

Parameters

self

a GtkUIManager object

 

action_group

the action group to be inserted

 

pos

the position at which the group will be inserted.

 

Since: 2.4


gtk_ui_manager_remove_action_group ()

void
gtk_ui_manager_remove_action_group (GtkUIManager *self,
                                    GtkActionGroup *action_group);

Removes an action group from the list of action groups associated with self .

Parameters

self

a GtkUIManager object

 

action_group

the action group to be removed

 

Since: 2.4


gtk_ui_manager_get_action_groups ()

GList *
gtk_ui_manager_get_action_groups (GtkUIManager *self);

Returns the list of action groups associated with self .

Parameters

self

a GtkUIManager object

 

Returns

a GList of action groups. The list is owned by GTK+ and should not be modified.

[element-type GtkActionGroup][transfer none]

Since: 2.4


gtk_ui_manager_get_accel_group ()

GtkAccelGroup *
gtk_ui_manager_get_accel_group (GtkUIManager *self);

Returns the GtkAccelGroup associated with self .

Parameters

self

a GtkUIManager object

 

Returns

the GtkAccelGroup.

[transfer none]

Since: 2.4


gtk_ui_manager_get_widget ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_ui_manager_get_widget (GtkUIManager *self,
                           const gchar *path);

Looks up a widget by following a path. The path consists of the names specified in the XML description of the UI. separated by '/'. Elements which don't have a name or action attribute in the XML (e.g. <popup>) can be addressed by their XML element name (e.g. "popup"). The root element ("/ui") can be omitted in the path.

Note that the widget found by following a path that ends in a <menu> element is the menuitem to which the menu is attached, not the menu itself.

Also note that the widgets constructed by a ui manager are not tied to the lifecycle of the ui manager. If you add the widgets returned by this function to some container or explicitly ref them, they will survive the destruction of the ui manager.

Parameters

self

a GtkUIManager

 

path

a path

 

Returns

the widget found by following the path, or NULL if no widget was found.

[transfer none]

Since: 2.4


gtk_ui_manager_get_toplevels ()

GSList *
gtk_ui_manager_get_toplevels (GtkUIManager *self,
                              GtkUIManagerItemType types);

Obtains a list of all toplevel widgets of the requested types.

Parameters

self

a GtkUIManager

 

types

specifies the types of toplevel widgets to include. Allowed types are GTK_UI_MANAGER_MENUBAR, GTK_UI_MANAGER_TOOLBAR and GTK_UI_MANAGER_POPUP.

 

Returns

a newly-allocated GSList of all toplevel widgets of the requested types. Free the returned list with g_slist_free().

[element-type GtkWidget][transfer container]

Since: 2.4


gtk_ui_manager_get_action ()

GtkAction *
gtk_ui_manager_get_action (GtkUIManager *self,
                           const gchar *path);

Looks up an action by following a path. See gtk_ui_manager_get_widget() for more information about paths.

Parameters

self

a GtkUIManager

 

path

a path

 

Returns

the action whose proxy widget is found by following the path, or NULL if no widget was found.

[transfer none]

Since: 2.4


gtk_ui_manager_add_ui_from_string ()

guint
gtk_ui_manager_add_ui_from_string (GtkUIManager *self,
                                   const gchar *buffer,
                                   gssize length,
                                   GError **error);

Parses a string containing a UI definition and merges it with the current contents of self . An enclosing <ui> element is added if it is missing.

Parameters

self

a GtkUIManager object

 

buffer

the string to parse

 

length

the length of buffer (may be -1 if buffer is nul-terminated)

 

error

return location for an error

 

Returns

The merge id for the merged UI. The merge id can be used to unmerge the UI with gtk_ui_manager_remove_ui(). If an error occurred, the return value is 0.

Since: 2.4


gtk_ui_manager_new_merge_id ()

guint
gtk_ui_manager_new_merge_id (GtkUIManager *self);

Returns an unused merge id, suitable for use with gtk_ui_manager_add_ui().

Parameters

self

a GtkUIManager

 

Returns

an unused merge id.

Since: 2.4


gtk_ui_manager_add_ui ()

void
gtk_ui_manager_add_ui (GtkUIManager *self,
                       guint merge_id,
                       const gchar *path,
                       const gchar *name,
                       const gchar *action,
                       GtkUIManagerItemType type,
                       gboolean top);

Adds a UI element to the current contents of self .

If type is GTK_UI_MANAGER_AUTO, GTK+ inserts a menuitem, toolitem or separator if such an element can be inserted at the place determined by path . Otherwise type must indicate an element that can be inserted at the place determined by path .

If path points to a menuitem or toolitem, the new element will be inserted before or after this item, depending on top .

Parameters

self

a GtkUIManager

 

merge_id

the merge id for the merged UI, see gtk_ui_manager_new_merge_id()

 

path

a path

 

name

the name for the added UI element

 

action

the name of the action to be proxied, or NULL to add a separator.

[allow-none]

type

the type of UI element to add.

 

top

if TRUE, the UI element is added before its siblings, otherwise it is added after its siblings.

 

Since: 2.4


gtk_ui_manager_remove_ui ()

void
gtk_ui_manager_remove_ui (GtkUIManager *self,
                          guint merge_id);

Unmerges the part of self s content identified by merge_id .

Parameters

self

a GtkUIManager object

 

merge_id

a merge id as returned by gtk_ui_manager_add_ui_from_string()

 

Since: 2.4


gtk_ui_manager_get_ui ()

gchar *
gtk_ui_manager_get_ui (GtkUIManager *self);

Creates a UI definition of the merged UI.

Parameters

self

a GtkUIManager

 

Returns

A newly allocated string containing an XML representation of the merged UI.

Since: 2.4


gtk_ui_manager_ensure_update ()

void
gtk_ui_manager_ensure_update (GtkUIManager *self);

Makes sure that all pending updates to the UI have been completed.

This may occasionally be necessary, since GtkUIManager updates the UI in an idle function. A typical example where this function is useful is to enforce that the menubar and toolbar have been added to the main window before showing it:

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gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (window), vbox); 
g_signal_connect (merge, "add-widget", 
                  G_CALLBACK (add_widget), vbox);
gtk_ui_manager_add_ui_from_file (merge, "my-menus");
gtk_ui_manager_add_ui_from_file (merge, "my-toolbars");
gtk_ui_manager_ensure_update (merge);  
gtk_widget_show (window);

Parameters

self

a GtkUIManager

 

Since: 2.4

Types and Values

struct GtkUIManager

struct GtkUIManager;

gtk_ui_manager_add_ui_from_file

#define gtk_ui_manager_add_ui_from_file gtk_ui_manager_add_ui_from_file_utf8

Parses a file containing a UI definition and merges it with the current contents of self .

Parameters

self

a GtkUIManager object

 

filename

the name of the file to parse

 

error

return location for an error

 

Returns

The merge id for the merged UI. The merge id can be used to unmerge the UI with gtk_ui_manager_remove_ui(). If an error occurred, the return value is 0.

Since: 2.4


enum GtkUIManagerItemType

Members

GTK_UI_MANAGER_AUTO

   

GTK_UI_MANAGER_MENUBAR

   

GTK_UI_MANAGER_MENU

   

GTK_UI_MANAGER_TOOLBAR

   

GTK_UI_MANAGER_PLACEHOLDER

   

GTK_UI_MANAGER_POPUP

   

GTK_UI_MANAGER_MENUITEM

   

GTK_UI_MANAGER_TOOLITEM

   

GTK_UI_MANAGER_SEPARATOR

   

GTK_UI_MANAGER_ACCELERATOR

   

GTK_UI_MANAGER_POPUP_WITH_ACCELS

   

Property Details

The “add-tearoffs” property

  “add-tearoffs”             gboolean

The "add-tearoffs" property controls whether generated menus have tearoff menu items.

Note that this only affects regular menus. Generated popup menus never have tearoff menu items.

Owner: GtkUIManager

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: FALSE

Since: 2.4


The “ui” property

  “ui”                       char *

An XML string describing the merged UI.

Owner: GtkUIManager

Flags: Read

Default value: "<ui>\n</ui>\n"

Signal Details

The “actions-changed” signal

void
user_function (GtkUIManager *merge,
               gpointer      user_data)

The "actions-changed" signal is emitted whenever the set of actions changes.

Parameters

merge

a GtkUIManager

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: No Recursion

Since: 2.4


The “add-widget” signal

void
user_function (GtkUIManager *merge,
               GtkWidget    *widget,
               gpointer      user_data)

The add_widget signal is emitted for each generated menubar and toolbar. It is not emitted for generated popup menus, which can be obtained by gtk_ui_manager_get_widget().

Parameters

merge

a GtkUIManager

 

widget

the added widget

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: No Recursion

Since: 2.4


The “connect-proxy” signal

void
user_function (GtkUIManager *uimanager,
               GtkAction    *action,
               GtkWidget    *proxy,
               gpointer      user_data)

The connect_proxy signal is emitted after connecting a proxy to an action in the group.

This is intended for simple customizations for which a custom action class would be too clumsy, e.g. showing tooltips for menuitems in the statusbar.

Parameters

uimanager

the ui manager

 

action

the action

 

proxy

the proxy

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: No Recursion

Since: 2.4


The “disconnect-proxy” signal

void
user_function (GtkUIManager *uimanager,
               GtkAction    *action,
               GtkWidget    *proxy,
               gpointer      user_data)

The disconnect_proxy signal is emitted after disconnecting a proxy from an action in the group.

Parameters

uimanager

the ui manager

 

action

the action

 

proxy

the proxy

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: No Recursion

Since: 2.4


The “post-activate” signal

void
user_function (GtkUIManager *uimanager,
               GtkAction    *action,
               gpointer      user_data)

The post_activate signal is emitted just after the action is activated.

This is intended for applications to get notification just after any action is activated.

Parameters

uimanager

the ui manager

 

action

the action

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: No Recursion

Since: 2.4


The “pre-activate” signal

void
user_function (GtkUIManager *uimanager,
               GtkAction    *action,
               gpointer      user_data)

The pre_activate signal is emitted just before the action is activated.

This is intended for applications to get notification just before any action is activated.

Parameters

uimanager

the ui manager

 

action

the action

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: No Recursion

Since: 2.4