GtkBuilder
Build an interface from an XML UI definition
A GtkBuilder is an auxiliary object that reads textual descriptions
of a user interface and instantiates the described objects.
The functions gtk_builder_get_object() and gtk_builder_get_objects()
can be used to access the widgets in the interface by the names assigned
to them inside the UI description. The function gtk_builder_connect_signals()
and variants thereof can be used to connect handlers to the named signals
in the description.
A GtkBuilder holds a reference to all objects that it has constructed
and drops these references when it is finalized. To keep objects beyond
the lifespan of the builder, they must be fetched with gtk_builder_get_object()
and reffed with g_object_ref(). It is the responsibility of the user
to destroy all toplevel windows that have been constructed by a builder
(these are not automatically cleaned up when the builder is finalized,
since GTK+ itself holds a reference to each toplevel window).
GtkBuilder UI Definitions
GtkBuilder parses textual descriptions of user interfaces which
are specified in an XML format which can be roughly described
by the following DTD.
Do not confuse GtkBuilder UI Definitions with
GtkUIManager UI Definitions,
which are more limited in scope.
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Beyond this general structure, several object classes define
their own XML DTD fragments for filling in the ANY placeholders.
@get_type_from_name: Looks up a type by name. The default
implementation applies heuristics to map type names to
_get_type function names, e.g.
GtkHBox to gtk_hbox_get_type(). This virtual function
is provided to allow language bindings to intercept the
type resolution process.
@builder:
@object:
@signal_name:
@handler_name:
@connect_object:
@flags:
@user_data:
@Returns:
@builder:
@filename:
@error:
@Returns:
@builder:
@buffer:
@length:
@error:
@Returns:
@builder:
@name:
@Returns:
@builder:
@Returns:
@builder:
@user_data:
@builder:
@func:
@user_data:
@builder:
@domain:
@builder:
@Returns:
@builder:
@type_name:
@Returns:
@builder:
@pspec:
@string:
@value:
@error:
@Returns:
@builder:
@type:
@string:
@value:
@error:
@Returns:
@object:
@type: