gtk2/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkfilesel.sgml

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<!-- ##### SECTION Title ##### -->
GtkFileSelection
<!-- ##### SECTION Short_Description ##### -->
prompt the user for a file or directory name.
<!-- ##### SECTION Long_Description ##### -->
<para>
#GtkFileSelection should be used to retrieve file or directory names from
the user. It will create a new dialog window containing a directory list,
and a file list corresponding to the current working directory. The filesystem
can be navigated using the directory list or the drop-down history menu.
Alternatively, the TAB key can be used to navigate using filename
completion - common in text based editors such as emacs and jed.
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</para>
<para>
File selection dialogs are created with a call to gtk_file_selection_new().
</para>
<para>
The default filename can be set using gtk_file_selection_set_filename() and the selected filename retrieved using gtk_file_selection_get_filename().
</para>
<para>
Use gtk_file_selection_complete() to display files and directories
that match a given pattern. This can be used for example, to show only
*.txt files, or only files beginning with gtk*.
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</para>
<para>
Simple file operations; create directory, delete file, and rename file, are available from buttons at the top of the dialog. These can be hidden using gtk_file_selection_hide_fileop_buttons() and shown again using gtk_file_selection_show_fileop_buttons().
</para>
<para>
<example>
<title>Getting a filename from the user.</title>
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<programlisting>
/* The file selection widget and the string to store the chosen filename */
void store_filename (GtkWidget *widget, gpointer user_data) {
GtkWidget *file_selector = GTK_WIDGET (user_data);
const gchar *selected_filename;
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selected_filename = gtk_file_selection_get_filename (GTK_FILE_SELECTION (file_selector));
g_print ("Selected filename: &percnt;s\n", selected_filename);
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}
void create_file_selection (void) {
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GtkWidget *file_selector;
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/* Create the selector */
file_selector = gtk_file_selection_new ("Please select a file for editing.");
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g_signal_connect (GTK_FILE_SELECTION (file_selector)->ok_button,
"clicked",
G_CALLBACK (store_filename),
file_selector);
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/* Ensure that the dialog box is destroyed when the user clicks a button. */
g_signal_connect_swapped (GTK_FILE_SELECTION (file_selector)->ok_button,
"clicked",
G_CALLBACK (gtk_widget_destroy),
file_selector);
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g_signal_connect_swapped (GTK_FILE_SELECTION (file_selector)->cancel_button,
"clicked",
G_CALLBACK (gtk_widget_destroy),
file_selector);
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/* Display that dialog */
gtk_widget_show (file_selector);
}
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
<!-- ##### SECTION See_Also ##### -->
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>#GtkDialog</term>
<listitem><para>Add your own widgets into the #GtkFileSelection.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
<!-- ##### STRUCT GtkFileSelection ##### -->
<para>
The #GtkFileSelection struct contains the following #GtkWidget fields:
<informaltable pgwide="1" frame="none" role="struct">
<tgroup cols="2"><colspec colwidth="2*"/><colspec colwidth="8*"/>
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<tbody>
<row>
<entry>*fileop_dialog;</entry>
<entry>the dialog box used to display the #GtkFileSelection. It can be customized by adding/removing widgets from it using the standard #GtkDialog functions.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>*ok_button, *cancel_button;</entry>
<entry>the two main buttons that signals should be connected to in order to perform an action when the user hits either OK or Cancel.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>*history_pulldown;</entry>
<entry>the #GtkOptionMenu used to create the drop-down directory history.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>*fileop_c_dir, *fileop_del_file, *fileop_ren_file;</entry>
<entry>the buttons that appear at the top of the file selection dialog. These "operation buttons" can be hidden and redisplayed with gtk_file_selection_hide_fileop_buttons() and gtk_file_selection_show_fileop_buttons() respectively.</entry>
</row>
</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
</para>
@dir_list:
@file_list:
@selection_entry:
@selection_text:
@main_vbox:
@ok_button:
@cancel_button:
@help_button:
@history_pulldown:
@history_menu:
@history_list:
@fileop_dialog:
@fileop_entry:
@fileop_file:
@cmpl_state:
@fileop_c_dir:
@fileop_del_file:
@fileop_ren_file:
@button_area:
@action_area:
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<!-- ##### ARG GtkFileSelection:filename ##### -->
<para>
</para>
<!-- ##### ARG GtkFileSelection:select-multiple ##### -->
<para>
</para>
<!-- ##### ARG GtkFileSelection:show-fileops ##### -->
<para>
</para>
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_file_selection_new ##### -->
<para>
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Creates a new file selection dialog box. By default it will contain a #GtkTreeView of the application's current working directory, and a file listing. Operation buttons that allow the user to create a directory, delete files and rename files, are also present.
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</para>
@title: a message that will be placed in the file requestor's titlebar.
@Returns: the new file selection.
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_file_selection_set_filename ##### -->
<para>
</para>
@filesel:
@filename:
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_file_selection_get_filename ##### -->
<para>
</para>
@filesel:
@Returns:
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_file_selection_complete ##### -->
<para>
Will attempt to match @pattern to a valid filenames or subdirectories in the current directory. If a match can be made, the matched filename will appear in the text entry field of the file selection dialog.
If a partial match can be made, the "Files" list will contain those
file names which have been partially matched, and the "Folders"
list those directories which have been partially matched.
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</para>
@filesel: a #GtkFileSelection.
@pattern: a string of characters which may or may not match any filenames in the current directory.
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_file_selection_show_fileop_buttons ##### -->
<para>
Shows the file operation buttons, if they have previously been hidden. The rest of the widgets in the dialog will be resized accordingly.
</para>
@filesel: a #GtkFileSelection.
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_file_selection_hide_fileop_buttons ##### -->
<para>
Hides the file operation buttons that normally appear at the top of the dialog. Useful if you wish to create a custom file selector, based on #GtkFileSelection.
</para>
@filesel: a #GtkFileSelection.
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_file_selection_get_selections ##### -->
<para>
</para>
@filesel:
@Returns:
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_file_selection_set_select_multiple ##### -->
<para>
</para>
@filesel:
@select_multiple:
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_file_selection_get_select_multiple ##### -->
<para>
</para>
@filesel:
@Returns: