Using GTK+ with Broadway
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GTK Library
Using GTK+ with Broadway
HTML-specific aspects of using GTK+
Using GTK+ with Broadway
The GDK Broadway backend provides support for displaying GTK+
applications in a web browser, using HTML5 and web sockets. To run
your application in this way, select the Broadway backend by setting
GDK_BACKEND=broadway. Then you can make
your application appear in a web browser by pointing it at
http://127.0.0.1:8080. Note that you need
to enable web sockets in your web browser.
You can choose a different port from the default 8080 by setting
the BROADWAY_DISPLAY environment variable to the
port that you want to use.
It is also possible to use multiple GTK+ applications in the same
web browser window, by using the Broadway server,
broadwayd, that ships with GTK+.
To use broadwayd, start it like this:
broadwayd :5
Then point your web browser at http://127.0.0.1:8085.
Start your applications like this:
GDK_BACKEND=broadway BROADWAY_DISPLAY=:5 gtk4-demo
Broadway-specific environment variables
BROADWAY_DISPLAY
Specifies the Broadway display number. The default display is 0.
The display number determines the port to use when connecting
to a Broadway application via the following formula:
port = 8080 + display