Incompatible Changes from GTK+-1.2 to GTK+-2.0: * gtk_container_get_toplevels() was removed and replaced with gtk_window_list_toplevels(), which has different memory management on the return value (gtk_window_list_toplevels() copies the GList and also references each widget in the list, so you have to g_list_free() the list after first unref'ing each list member). * The gdk_time* functions have been removed. This functionality has been unused since the main loop was moved into GLib prior to 1.2. * The signature for GtkPrintFunc (used for gtk_item_factory_dump_items) has been changed to take a 'const gchar *' instead of 'gchar *', to match what we do for glib, and other similar cases. * The detail arguments in the GtkStyleClass structure are now 'const gchar *'. * gtk_paned_set_gutter_size() has been removed, since the small handle tab has been changed to include the entire area previously occupied by the gutter. * GDK no longer selects OwnerGrabButtonMask for button presses. This means that the automatic grab that occurs when the user presses a button will have owner_events = FALSE, so all events are redirected to the grab window, even events that would normally go to other windows of the window's owner. * GtkColorSelectionDialog has now been moved into it's own set of files, gtkcolorseldialog.c and gtkcolorseldialog.h. * gtk_widget_shape_combine_mask() now keeps a reference count on the mask pixmap that is passed in. * the GtkPatternSpec has been moved to glib as GPatternSpec, the pattern arguments to gtk_item_factory_dump_items() and gtk_item_factory_dump_rc() have thusly been changed to take a GPatternSpec instead of GtkPatternSpec. * Type system changes: - GTK_TYPE_OBJECT is not a fundamental type anymore. Type checks of the style (GTK_FUNDAMENTAL_TYPE (some_type) == GTK_TYPE_OBJECT) will not work anymore. As a replacement, (GTK_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (some_type)) can be used now. - The following types vanished: GTK_TYPE_ARGS, GTK_TYPE_CALLBACK, GTK_TYPE_C_CALLBACK, GTK_TYPE_FOREIGN. The corresponding GtkArg fields and field access macros are also gone. - The following type aliases vanished: GTK_TYPE_FLAT_FIRST, GTK_TYPE_FLAT_LAST, GTK_TYPE_STRUCTURED_FIRST, GTK_TYPE_STRUCTURED_LAST. - The type macros GTK_TYPE_MAKE() and GTK_TYPE_SEQNO() vanished, use of GTK_FUNDAMENTAL_TYPE() is discouraged. Instead, the corresponding GType API should be used: G_TYPE_FUNDAMENTAL(), G_TYPE_DERIVE_ID(), G_TYPE_BRANCH_SEQNO(). Note that the GLib type system doesn't build new type ids based on a global incremental sequential number anymore, but numbers new type ids sequentially per fundamental type branch. - The following type functions vanished/were replaced: Old Function Replacement gtk_type_query() - being investigated - gtk_type_set_varargs_type() - gtk_type_get_varargs_type() - gtk_type_check_object_cast() g_type_check_instance_cast() gtk_type_check_class_cast() g_type_check_class_cast() gtk_type_describe_tree() - gtk_type_describe_heritage() - gtk_type_free() - gtk_type_children_types() g_type_children() gtk_type_set_chunk_alloc() GTypeInfo.n_preallocs gtk_type_register_enum() g_enum_register_static() gtk_type_register_flags() g_flags_register_static() gtk_type_parent_class() g_type_parent() / g_type_class_peek_parent() Use of g_type_class_ref() / g_type_class_unref() and g_type_class_peek() is recommended over usage of gtk_type_class(). Use of g_type_register_static() / g_type_register_dynamic() is recommended over usage of gtk_type_unique(). * Object system changes: GtkObject derives from GObject, so is not the basic object type anymore. This imposes the following source incompatible changes: - GtkObject has no klass field anymore, an object's class can be retrived with the object's coresponding GTK__GET_CLASS (object) macro. - GtkObjectClass has no type field anymore, a class's type can be retrived with the GTK_CLASS_TYPE (class) macro. - GtkObjectClass does not introduce the finalize() and shutdown() methods anymore. While shutdown() is intended for GTK+ internal use only, finalize() is required by a variety of object implementations. GObjectClass.finalize should be overriden here, e.g.: static void gtk_label_finalize (GObject *gobject) { GtkLabel *label = GTK_LABEL (gobject); G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->finalize (object); } static void gtk_label_class_init (GtkLabelClass *class) { GObjectClass *gobject_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS (class); gobject_class->finalize = gtk_label_finalize; } - the GtkObject::destroy signal can now be emitted multiple times on an object. ::destroy implementations should check that make sure that they take this into account, by checking to make sure that resources are there before freeing them. For example: if (object->foo_data) { g_free (object->foo_data); object->foo_data = NULL; } Also, ::destroy implementations have to release object references that the object holds. Code in finalize implementations such as: if (object->adjustment) { gtk_object_unref (object->adjustment); object->adjustment = NULL; } have to be moved into the ::destroy implementations. The reason for doing this is that all object reference cycles should be broken at destruction time. * Signal system changes: The Gtk 2.0 signal merly proxies the GSignal system now. For future usage, direct use of the GSignal API is recommended, this avoids significant performance hits where GtkArg structures have to be converted into GValues. For language bindings, GSignal+GClosure provide a much more flexible and convenient mechanism to hook into signal emissions or install class default handlers, so the old GtkSignal API for language bindings is not supported anymore. Functions that got removed in the Gtk signal API: gtk_signal_n_emissions(), gtk_signal_n_emissions_by_name(), gtk_signal_set_funcs(), gtk_signal_handler_pending_by_id(), gtk_signal_add_emission_hook(), gtk_signal_add_emission_hook_full(), gtk_signal_remove_emission_hook(), gtk_signal_query(). Also, the GtkCallbackMarshal argument to gtk_signal_connect_full() is not supported anymore. For many of the removed functions, similar variants are available in the g_signal_* namespace. The GSignal system perfomrs emissions in a slightly different manner than the old GtkSignal code. Signal handlers that are connected to signal "foo" on object "bar" while "foo" is being emitted, will not be called anymore during the emission they were connected within. * Inserting and deleting text in GtkEntry though functions such as gtk_entry_insert_text() now leave the cursor at its original position in the text instead of moving it to the location of the insertion/deletion. * The ->label field of GtkFrame widgets has been removed. (As part of a change to allow the arbitrary widgets in the title position.) The text can now be retrieved with the new function gtk_frame_get_text(). * The 'font' and 'font_set' declarations in RC files are now ignored. There is a new 'font_name' field that holds the string form of a Pango font * A number of types in GDK have become subclasses of GObject. For the most part, this should not break anyone's code. However, it's now possible/encouraged to use g_object_ref()/g_object_unref() and other GObject features with these GDK types. The converted types are: GdkWindow, GdkDrawable, GdkPixmap, GdkImage, GdkGC, GdkDragContext, GdkColormap * All drawables including pixmaps used to have a type tag, the GdkWindowType enumeration, which included GDK_WINDOW_PIXMAP. GdkWindowType is now a property of GdkWindow _only_, and there is no GDK_WINDOW_PIXMAP. You can use the GDK_IS_PIXMAP() macro to see if you have a pixmap, if you need to know that. * GtkStyle and GtkRcStyle are now subclasses of GObject as well. This requires fairly extensive changes to theme engines quite badly, but shouldn't affect most other code. * xthickness/ythickness have moved from GtkStyleClass to GtkStyle (from class to instance). This gives themes a bit more flexibility and is generally more of the Right Thing. You can trivially fix your code with s/style->klass->xthickness/style->xthickness/g and same for ythickness. * Some GtkStyle draw_ methods have been removed (cross, oval, ramp) and others have been added (expander, layout). This will require changes to theme engines. * If you were using private GDK types, they have been rearranged significantly. You shouldn't use private types. ;-) * The visual for a widget, and also the default visual is now derived from the colormap for the widget and the default colormap. gtk_widget_set_visual(), gtk_widget_set_default_visual(), gtk_widget_push_visual() and gtk_widget_pop_visual() now do nothing. Since the visual always had to match that of the colormap, it is safe to simply delete all references to these functions. * A number of functions in GDK have been renamed for consistency and clarity. #defines to provide backwards compatibility have been included, but can be disabled by defineing GDK_DISABLE_COMPAT_H. #define gdk_draw_pixmap gdk_draw_drawable #define gdk_draw_bitmap gdk_draw_drawable #define gdk_window_get_size gdk_drawable_get_size #define gdk_window_get_type gdk_window_get_window_type #define gdk_window_get_colormap gdk_drawable_get_colormap #define gdk_window_set_colormap gdk_drawable_set_colormap #define gdk_window_get_visual gdk_drawable_get_visual #define gdk_window_ref gdk_drawable_ref #define gdk_window_unref gdk_drawable_unref #define gdk_bitmap_ref gdk_drawable_ref #define gdk_bitmap_unref gdk_drawable_unref #define gdk_pixmap_ref gdk_drawable_ref #define gdk_pixmap_unref gdk_drawable_unref #define gdk_gc_destroy gdk_gc_unref #define gdk_image_destroy gdk_image_unref #define gdk_cursor_destroy gdk_cursor_unref (Note that g_object_ref() and g_object_unref() may be used for all of the above _ref and _unref functions.) #define gdk_window_copy_area(drawable,gc,x,y,source_drawable,source_x,source_y,width,height) \ gdk_draw_pixmap(drawable,gc,source_drawable,source_x,source_y,x,y,width,height) #define gdk_rgb_get_cmap gdk_rgb_get_colormap gtk_widget_popup() was removed, it was only usable for GtkWindows, and there the same effect can be achived by gtk_widget_set_uposition() and gtk_widget_show(). * gdk_pixmap_foreign_new() no longer calls XFreePixmap() on the pixmap when the GdkPixmap is finalized. This change corresponds to the behavior of gdk_window_foreign_new(), and fixes a lot of problems with code where the pixmap wasn't supposed to be freed. If XFreePixmap() is needed, it can be done using the destroy-notification facilities of g_object_set_data(). * GtkProgress/GtkProgressBar had serious problems in GTK 1.2. - Only 3 or 4 functions are really needed for 95% of progress interfaces; GtkProgress[Bar] had about 25 functions, and didn't even include these 3 or 4. - In activity mode, the API involves setting the adjustment to any random value, just to have the side effect of calling the progress bar update function - the adjustment is totally ignored in activity mode - You set the activity step as a pixel value, which means to set the activity step you basically need to connect to size_allocate - There are ctree_set_expander_style()-functions, to randomly change look-and-feel for no good reason - The split between GtkProgress and GtkProgressBar makes no sense to me whatsoever. This was a big wart on GTK and made people waste lots of time, both learning and using the interface. So, we have added what we feel is the correct API, and marked all the rest deprecated. However, the changes are 100% backward-compatible and should break no existing code. The following 5 functions are the new programming interface and you should consider changing your code to use them: void gtk_progress_bar_pulse (GtkProgressBar *pbar); void gtk_progress_bar_set_text (GtkProgressBar *pbar, const gchar *text); void gtk_progress_bar_set_fraction (GtkProgressBar *pbar, gfloat fraction); void gtk_progress_bar_set_pulse_step (GtkProgressBar *pbar, gfloat fraction); void gtk_progress_bar_set_orientation (GtkProgressBar *pbar, GtkProgressBarOrientation orientation); * The GtkNotebookPage structure has been removed from the public header files; this was never meant to be a public structure, and all functionality that could be done by accessing the struct fields of this structure should be accesible otherwise. * GtkMenuPositionFunc has a new parameter push_in which controls how menus placed outside the screen is handled. If this is set to true and part of the menu is outside the screen then Gtk+ pushes it into the visible area. Otherwise the menu is cut of at the end of the visible screen area. Regardles of what happens to the size of the menu, the result is always that the items are placed in the same place as if the menu was placed outside the screen, using menu scrolling if necessary. * The "draw" signal and virtual method on GtkWidget has been removed. All drawing should now occur by invalidating a region of the widget (call gdk_window_invalidate_rect() or gtk_widget_queue_draw() for example to invalidate a region). GTK+ merges all invalid regions, and sends expose events to the widget in an idle handler for the invalid regions. gtk_widget_draw() is deprecated but still works; it adds the passed-in area to the invalid region and immediately sends expose events for the current invalid region. Most widgets will work fine if you just delete their "draw" implementation, since they will already have working expose_event implementations. The draw method was rarely called in practice anyway. * The GdkExposeEvent has a new region field. This can be used instead of the area field if you want a more exact representation of the area to update. * Sending synthetic exposes using gtk_widget_event is no longer allowed. If you just need an expose call you should use gdk_window_invalidate_rect() or gdk_window_invalidate_region() instead. For the case of container widgets that need to propagate expose events to NO_WINDOW children you can either use gtk_container_propagate_expose(), or chain to the default container expose handler. * The draw_default and draw_focus methods/signals on GtkWidget are gone; simply draw things in your expose handler. gtk_widget_draw_focus() and gtk_widget_draw_default() wrapper functions are also gone; just queue a draw on the widget, or the part affected by the focus/default anyway. Also, GtkWidget now has default implementations for focus_in_event and focus_out_event. These set/unset GTK_HAS_FOCUS, and queue a draw. So if your focus in/out handler just does that, you can delete it. * GtkText and GtkTree are buggy and broken. We don't recommend using them, and changing old code to avoid them is a good idea. The recommended alternatives are GtkTextView and GtkTreeView. The broken widgets are not declared in the headers by default; to use them, define the symbol GTK_ENABLE_BROKEN during compilation. In some future release, these widgets will be removed from GTK+. * GdkColorContext is gone; you probably weren't using it anyway. Use GdkColormap and the gdk_rgb_* functions instead. * GtkMenuBar now draws the GtkContainer::border_width space outside the frame, not inside the frame * In GTK 1.2, if an event handler returned TRUE it prevented propagation of that event to parent widgets. That is, the event signal would not be emitted on parent widgets. In GTK 2.0, if an event handler returns TRUE, the current signal emission on the current widget is immediately stopped. That is, other callbacks connected to the signal will not be invoked. * gtk_toolbar_new() no longer has arguments. This function was broken because the default GtkToolbarStyle (icons, text, both) is now a user preference, which is overridden when you call gtk_toolbar_set_style(). The constructor forced everyone to override the preference, which was undesirable. So to port your app, decide if you want to force the toolbar style or conform to the user's global defaults; if you want to force it, call gtk_toolbar_set_style(). The orientation arg was removed from toolbar_new() as well, just because it wasn't very useful and we were breaking the function anyway so had an opportunity to lose it. Call gtk_toolbar_set_orientation() to set toolbar orientation. * GtkRange/GtkScrollbar/GtkScale were rewritten; this means that most theme engines won't draw them properly, and any custom subclasses of these widgets will need a rewrite (though if you could figure out how to subclass the old version of GtkRange, you have our respect). Also, GtkTroughType is gone. * The GtkContainer::focus signal/virtualfunction and gtk_container_focus() call were replaced by GtkWidget::focus and gtk_widget_child_focus(). The semantics are the same, so you should be able to just replace "container_class->focus = mywidget_focus" with "widget_class->focus = mywidget_focus" and replace gtk_container_focus() calls with gtk_widget_child_focus() calls. The purpose of this change was to allow non-containers to have focusable elements. * gtk_rc_set_image_loader() and gtk_rc_load_image() has been removed, now that GTK+ includes decent image loading capabilities itself. * An extra GtkSettings argument has been added to gtk_rc_find_pixmap_in_path(). This function is only actually useful from a theme engine during parsing, at which point the GtkSettings is provided. * The child argument facility in gtkcontainer.c has been converted to a child property facility using GParamSpec and other facilities for GObject. - The set_child_arg and get_child_arg virtual methods have been replaced with set_child_property / get_child_property, which work similar to GObject->set_property/get_property. - Other removed functions with the replacements: gtk_container_add_child_arg_type => gtk_container_class_install_child_property gtk_container_query_child_args => gtk_container_class_list_child_properties gtk_container_child_getv => gtk_container_child_set_property gtk_container_child_setv => gtk_container_child_get_property gtk_container_add_with_args => gtk_container_add_with_properties gtk_container_addv => gtk_container_add / gtk_container_child_set_property * gdk_image_get() (or rather its replacement, gdk_drawable_get_image()) now handles errors properly by returning NULL, previously it would crash. Also, a window being offscreen is no longer considered an error; instead, the area being contains undefined contents for the offscreen areas. In most cases, code using gdk_image_get() should really be ported to gdk_pixbuf_get_from_drawable().