/* Lists/Application launcher * #Keywords: GtkListItemFactory, GListModel * * This demo uses the GtkListView widget as a fancy application launcher. * * It is also a very small introduction to listviews. */ #include /* This is the function that creates the #GListModel that we need. * GTK list widgets need a #GListModel to display, as models support change * notifications. * Unfortunately various older APIs do not provide list models, so we create * our own. */ static GListModel * create_application_list (void) { GListStore *store; GList *apps, *l; /* We use a #GListStore here, which is a simple array-like list implementation * for manual management. * List models need to know what type of data they provide, so we need to * provide the type here. As we want to do a list of applications, #GAppInfo * is the object we provide. */ store = g_list_store_new (G_TYPE_APP_INFO); apps = g_app_info_get_all (); for (l = apps; l; l = l->next) g_list_store_append (store, l->data); g_list_free_full (apps, g_object_unref); return G_LIST_MODEL (store); } /* This is the function we use for setting up new listitems to display. * We add just an #GtkImage and a #GtkKabel here to display the application's * icon and name, as this is just a simple demo. */ static void setup_listitem_cb (GtkListItemFactory *factory, GtkListItem *list_item) { GtkWidget *box; GtkWidget *image; GtkWidget *label; box = gtk_box_new (GTK_ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL, 12); image = gtk_image_new (); gtk_image_set_icon_size (GTK_IMAGE (image), GTK_ICON_SIZE_LARGE); gtk_box_append (GTK_BOX (box), image); label = gtk_label_new (""); gtk_box_append (GTK_BOX (box), label); gtk_list_item_set_child (list_item, box); } /* Here we need to prepare the listitem for displaying its item. We get the * listitem already set up from the previous function, so we can reuse the * #GtkImage widget we set up above. * We get the item - which we know is a #GAppInfo because it comes out of * the model we set up above, grab its icon and display it. */ static void bind_listitem_cb (GtkListItemFactory *factory, GtkListItem *list_item) { GtkWidget *image; GtkWidget *label; GAppInfo *app_info; image = gtk_widget_get_first_child (gtk_list_item_get_child (list_item)); label = gtk_widget_get_next_sibling (image); app_info = gtk_list_item_get_item (list_item); gtk_image_set_from_gicon (GTK_IMAGE (image), g_app_info_get_icon (app_info)); gtk_label_set_label (GTK_LABEL (label), g_app_info_get_display_name (app_info)); } /* In more complex code, we would also need functions to unbind and teardown * the listitem, but this is simple code, so the default implementations are * enough. If we had connected signals, this step would have been necessary. * * The #GtkSignalListItemFactory documentation contains more information about * this step. */ /* This function is called whenever an item in the list is activated. This is * the simple way to allow reacting to the Enter key or double-clicking on a * listitem. * Of course, it is possible to use far more complex interactions by turning * off activation and adding buttons or other widgets in the setup function * above, but this is a simple demo, so we'll use the simple way. */ static void activate_cb (GtkListView *list, guint position, gpointer unused) { GAppInfo *app_info; GdkAppLaunchContext *context; GError *error = NULL; app_info = g_list_model_get_item (G_LIST_MODEL (gtk_list_view_get_model (list)), position); /* Prepare the context for launching the application and launch it. This * code is explained in detail in the documentation for #GdkAppLaunchContext * and #GAppInfo. */ context = gdk_display_get_app_launch_context (gtk_widget_get_display (GTK_WIDGET (list))); if (!g_app_info_launch (app_info, NULL, G_APP_LAUNCH_CONTEXT (context), &error)) { GtkWidget *dialog; /* And because error handling is important, even a simple demo has it: * We display an error dialog that something went wrong. */ dialog = gtk_message_dialog_new (GTK_WINDOW (gtk_widget_get_root (GTK_WIDGET (list))), GTK_DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT | GTK_DIALOG_MODAL, GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR, GTK_BUTTONS_CLOSE, "Could not launch %s", g_app_info_get_display_name (app_info)); gtk_message_dialog_format_secondary_text (GTK_MESSAGE_DIALOG (dialog), "%s", error->message); g_clear_error (&error); gtk_widget_show (dialog); } g_object_unref (context); g_object_unref (app_info); } static GtkWidget *window = NULL; GtkWidget * do_listview_applauncher (GtkWidget *do_widget) { if (window == NULL) { GtkWidget *list, *sw; GListModel *model; GtkListItemFactory *factory; /* Create a window and set a few defaults */ window = gtk_window_new (); gtk_window_set_default_size (GTK_WINDOW (window), 640, 320); gtk_window_set_display (GTK_WINDOW (window), gtk_widget_get_display (do_widget)); gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW (window), "Application Launcher"); g_object_add_weak_pointer (G_OBJECT (window), (gpointer *) &window); /* The #GtkListitemFactory is what is used to create #GtkListItems * to display the data from the model. So it is absolutely necessary * to create one. * We will use a #GtkSignalListItemFactory because it is the simplest * one to use. Different ones are available for different use cases. * The most powerful one is #GtkBuilderListItemFactory which uses * #GtkBuilder .ui files, so it requires little code. */ factory = gtk_signal_list_item_factory_new (); g_signal_connect (factory, "setup", G_CALLBACK (setup_listitem_cb), NULL); g_signal_connect (factory, "bind", G_CALLBACK (bind_listitem_cb), NULL); /* And of course we need to set the data model. Here we call the function * we wrote above that gives us the list of applications. Then we set * it on the list widget. * The list will now take items from the model and use the factory * to create as many listitems as it needs to show itself to the user. */ model = create_application_list (); /* Create the list widget here. */ list = gtk_list_view_new (GTK_SELECTION_MODEL (gtk_single_selection_new (model)), factory); /* We connect the activate signal here. It's the function we defined * above for launching the selected application. */ g_signal_connect (list, "activate", G_CALLBACK (activate_cb), NULL); /* List widgets should always be contained in a #GtkScrolledWindow, * because otherwise they might get too large or they might not * be scrollable. */ sw = gtk_scrolled_window_new (); gtk_window_set_child (GTK_WINDOW (window), sw); gtk_scrolled_window_set_child (GTK_SCROLLED_WINDOW (sw), list); } if (!gtk_widget_get_visible (window)) gtk_widget_show (window); else gtk_window_destroy (GTK_WINDOW (window)); return window; }