gtk2/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtktoolbar.sgml
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<!-- ##### SECTION Title ##### -->
GtkToolbar
<!-- ##### SECTION Short_Description ##### -->
create bars of buttons and other widgets.
<!-- ##### SECTION Long_Description ##### -->
<para>
A toolbar is created with a call to gtk_toolbar_new().
</para>
<para>
Buttons with text and/or images are added with gtk_toolbar_append_item(), gtk_toolbar_prepend_item(), and gtk_toolbar_insert_item().
</para>
<para>
Any of #GtkToggleButton, #GtkRadioButton, or an arbitrary widget can be added to the toolbar with gtk_toolbar_append_element(), gtk_toolbar_prepend_element(), and gtk_toolbar_insert_element().
</para>
<para>
Widgets can be visibily grouped by adding gaps between widgets using gtk_toolbar_append_space(), gtk_toolbar_prepend_space, and gtk_toolbar_insert_space().
</para>
<!-- ##### SECTION See_Also ##### -->
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>#GtkToolTips</term>
<listitem><para>Change the properties of a #GtkToolbar's #GtkTooltips.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>#GtkTipsQuery</term>
<listitem><para>Make use of the private tips of toolbar elements.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
<!-- ##### STRUCT GtkToolbar ##### -->
<para>
<structfield>num_children</structfield> is an integer specifying how many toolbar items the #GtkToolbar contains. <structfield>children</structfield> is a #GList of the child widgets of the toolbar.
</para>
<para>
<structfield>orientation</structfield>
</para>
@container:
@num_children:
@children:
@orientation:
@style:
@space_size:
@space_style:
@tooltips:
@button_maxw:
@button_maxh:
@relief:
<!-- ##### ENUM GtkToolbarChildType ##### -->
<para>
is used to set the type of new elements that are added to a #GtkToolbar.
</para>
<para>
SPACE is just a space in the style of the toolbar's GtkToolbarSpaceStyle. BUTTON denotes a #GtkButton. TOGGLEBUTTON denotes a #GtkToggleButton, RADIOBUTTON denotes a #GtkRadioButton, and WIDGET denotes a standard #GtkWidget.
</para>
@GTK_TOOLBAR_CHILD_SPACE:
@GTK_TOOLBAR_CHILD_BUTTON:
@GTK_TOOLBAR_CHILD_TOGGLEBUTTON:
@GTK_TOOLBAR_CHILD_RADIOBUTTON:
@GTK_TOOLBAR_CHILD_WIDGET:
<!-- ##### ENUM GtkToolbarSpaceStyle ##### -->
<para>
</para>
@GTK_TOOLBAR_SPACE_EMPTY:
@GTK_TOOLBAR_SPACE_LINE:
<!-- ##### STRUCT GtkToolbarChild ##### -->
<para>
</para>
@type:
@widget:
@icon:
@label:
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_toolbar_new ##### -->
<para>
creates a new toolbar.
</para>
@orientation: a #GtkOrientation. It determines whether the toolbar appears horizontally or vertically.
@style: a #GtkToolbarStyle. It determines if the toolbar will contain buttons with just labels, just images, or both.
@Returns: the newly created toolbar.
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_toolbar_append_item ##### -->
<para>
adds a new button to the beginning (left or top edges) of the given toolbar.
</para>
@toolbar: a #GtkToolbar.
@text: give your toolbar button a label.
@tooltip_text: a string that appears when the user holds the mouse over this item.
@tooltip_private_text: use with #GtkTipsQuery.
@icon: a #GtkWidget that should be used as the button's icon.
@callback: the function to be executed when the button is pressed.
@user_data: a pointer to any data you wish to be passed to the callback.
@Returns: the new toolbar item as a #GtkWidget.
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_toolbar_prepend_item ##### -->
<para>
adds a new button to the beginning of the given toolbar.
</para>
@toolbar: a #GtkToolbar.
@text: give your toolbar button a label.
@tooltip_text: a string that appears when the user holds the mouse over this item.
@tooltip_private_text: use with #GtkTipsQuery.
@icon: a #GtkWidget that should be used as the button's icon.
@callback: the function to be executed when the button is pressed.
@user_data: a pointer to any data you wish to be passed to the callback.
@Returns: the new toolbar item as a #GtkWidget.
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_toolbar_insert_item ##### -->
<para>
inserts a new item into the toolbar. You must specify the position in the toolbar where it will be inserted.
</para>
@toolbar: a #GtkToolbar.
@text: give your toolbar button a label.
@tooltip_text: a string that appears when the user holds the mouse over this item.
@tooltip_private_text: use with #GtkTipsQuery.
@icon: a #GtkWidget that should be used as the button's icon.
@callback: the function to be executed when the button is pressed.
@user_data: a pointer to any data you wish to be passed to the callback.
@position: the number of widgets to insert this item after.
@Returns: the new toolbar item as a #GtkWidget.
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_toolbar_append_space ##### -->
<para>
adds a new space to the end of the toolbar.
</para>
@toolbar: a #GtkToolbar.
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_toolbar_prepend_space ##### -->
<para>
adds a new space to the beginning of the toolbar.
</para>
@toolbar: a #GtkToolbar.
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_toolbar_insert_space ##### -->
<para>
inserts a new space in the toolbar at the specified position.
</para>
@toolbar: a #GtkToolbar
@position: the number of widgets after which a space should be inserted.
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_toolbar_append_element ##### -->
<para>
adds a new element to the end of a toolbar.
</para>
@toolbar: a #GtkToolbar.
@type: a value of type #GtkToolbarChildType that determines what @widget will be.
@widget: a #GtkWidget to add to the toolbar. (FIXME: double check this).
@text: the element's label.
@tooltip_text: the element's tooltip.
@tooltip_private_text: used for context-sensitive help about this toolbar element.
@icon: a #GtkWidget that provides pictorial representation of the element's function.
@callback: the function to be executed when the button is pressed.
@user_data: any data you wish to pass to the callback.
@Returns: the new toolbar element as a #GtkWidget.
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_toolbar_prepend_element ##### -->
<para>
adds a new element to the beginning of a toolbar.
</para>
@toolbar: a #GtkToolbar.
@type: a value of type #GtkToolbarChildType that determines what @widget will be.
@widget: a #GtkWidget to add to the toolbar. (FIXME: double check this).
@text: the element's label.
@tooltip_text: the element's tooltip.
@tooltip_private_text: used for context-sensitive help about this toolbar element.
@icon: a #GtkWidget that provides pictorial representation of the element's function.
@callback: the function to be executed when the button is pressed.
@user_data: any data you wish to pass to the callback.
@Returns: the new toolbar element as a #GtkWidget.
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_toolbar_insert_element ##### -->
<para>
</para>
@toolbar: a #GtkToolbar.
@type: a value of type #GtkToolbarChildType that determines what @widget will be.
@widget: a #GtkWidget to add to the toolbar. (FIXME: double check this).
@text: the element's label.
@tooltip_text: the element's tooltip.
@tooltip_private_text: used for context-sensitive help about this toolbar element.
@icon: a #GtkWidget that provides pictorial representation of the element's function.
@callback: the function to be executed when the button is pressed.
@user_data: any data you wish to pass to the callback.
@position: the number of widgets to insert this element after.
@Returns: the new toolbar element as a #GtkWidget.
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_toolbar_append_widget ##### -->
<para>
</para>
@toolbar:
@widget:
@tooltip_text:
@tooltip_private_text:
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_toolbar_prepend_widget ##### -->
<para>
</para>
@toolbar:
@widget:
@tooltip_text:
@tooltip_private_text:
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_toolbar_insert_widget ##### -->
<para>
</para>
@toolbar:
@widget:
@tooltip_text:
@tooltip_private_text:
@position:
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_toolbar_set_orientation ##### -->
<para>
sets whether a toolbar should appear horizontally or vertically.
</para>
@toolbar: a #GtkToolbar.
@orientation: a new #GtkOrientation.
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_toolbar_set_style ##### -->
<para>
alters the view of @toolbar to display either icons only, text only, or both.
</para>
@toolbar: a #GtkToolbar.
@style: the new style for @toolbar.
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_toolbar_set_space_size ##### -->
<para>
should be used to set the number of pixels each item of space takes up in a toolbar.
</para>
@toolbar: a #GtkToolbar.
@space_size: the new number of pixels that spaces should consume.
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_toolbar_set_space_style ##### -->
<para>
sets whether a 'space' in the toolbar appears as a line or just plain empty space.
</para>
@toolbar: a #GtkToolbar.
@space_style: the new style for the toolbar's spaces.
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_toolbar_set_tooltips ##### -->
<para>
sets if the tooltips of a toolbar should be active or not.
</para>
@toolbar: a #GtkToolbar.
@enable: set to 0 to disable the tooltips, or 1 to enable them.
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_toolbar_set_button_relief ##### -->
<para>
</para>
@toolbar:
@relief:
<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_toolbar_get_button_relief ##### -->
<para>
</para>
@toolbar:
@Returns:
<!-- ##### SIGNAL GtkToolbar::orientation-changed ##### -->
<para>
should be used if you wish to perform an action when the orientation of a toolbar is changed.
</para>
@toolbar: the object which received the signal.
@orientation: the new #GtkOrientation of the toolbar.
<!-- ##### SIGNAL GtkToolbar::style-changed ##### -->
<para>
should be used if you wish to perform an action when ever the style of a toolbar is adjusted. For example, this would be a useful signal to connect to if you want to display more items on the toolbar when it is in icon-only mode; each item takes less space on the bar.
</para>
@toolbar: the object which received the signal.
@style: the new #GtkToolbarStyle of @toolbar.