GtkFileChooserWidget

GtkFileChooserWidget

Synopsis

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

struct              GtkFileChooserWidget;
struct              GtkFileChooserWidgetClass;
GtkWidget *         gtk_file_chooser_widget_new         (GtkFileChooserAction action);

Object Hierarchy

  GObject
   +----GInitiallyUnowned
         +----GtkWidget
               +----GtkContainer
                     +----GtkBox
                           +----GtkFileChooserWidget

Implemented Interfaces

GtkFileChooserWidget implements AtkImplementorIface, GtkBuildable, GtkOrientable, GtkFileChooser and GtkFileChooserEmbed.

Signals

  "desktop-folder"                                 : Action
  "down-folder"                                    : Action
  "home-folder"                                    : Action
  "location-popup"                                 : Action
  "location-popup-on-paste"                        : Action
  "location-toggle-popup"                          : Action
  "quick-bookmark"                                 : Action
  "recent-shortcut"                                : Action
  "search-shortcut"                                : Action
  "show-hidden"                                    : Action
  "up-folder"                                      : Action

Description

Details

struct GtkFileChooserWidget

struct GtkFileChooserWidget;

struct GtkFileChooserWidgetClass

struct GtkFileChooserWidgetClass {
  GtkBoxClass parent_class;
};

GtkBoxClass parent_class;

The parent class.

gtk_file_chooser_widget_new ()

GtkWidget *         gtk_file_chooser_widget_new         (GtkFileChooserAction action);

Creates a new GtkFileChooserWidget. This is a file chooser widget that can be embedded in custom windows, and it is the same widget that is used by GtkFileChooserDialog.

action :

Open or save mode for the widget

Returns :

a new GtkFileChooserWidget

Since 2.4

Signal Details

The "desktop-folder" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkFileChooserWidget *widget,
                                                        gpointer              user_data)      : Action

The ::desktop-folder signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it.

This is used to make the file chooser show the user's Desktop folder in the file list.

The default binding for this signal is Alt+D.

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "down-folder" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkFileChooserWidget *widget,
                                                        gpointer              user_data)      : Action

The ::down-folder signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it.

This is used to make the file chooser go to a child of the current folder in the file hierarchy. The subfolder that will be used is displayed in the path bar widget of the file chooser. For example, if the path bar is showing "/foo/bar/baz", with bar currently displayed, then this will cause the file chooser to switch to the "baz" subfolder.

The default binding for this signal is Alt+Down.

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "home-folder" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkFileChooserWidget *widget,
                                                        gpointer              user_data)      : Action

The ::home-folder signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it.

This is used to make the file chooser show the user's home folder in the file list.

The default binding for this signal is Alt+Home.

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "location-popup" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkFileChooserWidget *widget,
                                                        gchar                *path,
                                                        gpointer              user_data)      : Action

The ::location-popup signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it.

This is used to make the file chooser show a "Location" prompt which the user can use to manually type the name of the file he wishes to select.

The default bindings for this signal are Control+L with a path string of "" (the empty string). It is also bound to / with a path string of "/" (a slash): this lets you type / and immediately type a path name. On Unix systems, this is bound to ~ (tilde) with a path string of "~" itself for access to home directories.

widget :

the object which received the signal.

path :

a string that gets put in the text entry for the file name.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "location-popup-on-paste" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkFileChooserWidget *widget,
                                                        gpointer              user_data)      : Action

The ::location-popup-on-paste signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it.

This is used to make the file chooser show a "Location" prompt when the user pastes GtkFileChooserWidget.

The default binding for this signal is Control+V.

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "location-toggle-popup" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkFileChooserWidget *widget,
                                                        gpointer              user_data)      : Action

The ::location-toggle-popup signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it.

This is used to toggle the visibility of a "Location" prompt which the user can use to manually type the name of the file he wishes to select.

The default binding for this signal is Control+L.

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "quick-bookmark" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkFileChooserWidget *widget,
                                                        gint                  bookmark_index,
                                                        gpointer              user_data)           : Action

The ::quick-bookmark signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it.

This is used to make the file chooser switch to the bookmark specified in the bookmark_index parameter. For example, if you have three bookmarks, you can pass 0, 1, 2 to this signal to switch to each of them, respectively.

The default binding for this signal is Alt+1, Alt+2, etc. until Alt+0. Note that in the default binding, that Alt+1 is actually defined to switch to the bookmark at index 0, and so on successively; Alt+0 is defined to switch to the bookmark at index 10.

widget :

the object which received the signal.

bookmark_index :

the number of the bookmark to switch to

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "recent-shortcut" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkFileChooserWidget *widget,
                                                        gpointer              user_data)      : Action

The ::recent-shortcut signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it.

This is used to make the file chooser show the Recent location.

The default binding for this signal is Alt+R.

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "search-shortcut" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkFileChooserWidget *widget,
                                                        gpointer              user_data)      : Action

The ::search-shortcut signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it.

This is used to make the file chooser show the search entry.

The default binding for this signal is Alt+S.

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "show-hidden" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkFileChooserWidget *widget,
                                                        gpointer              user_data)      : Action

The ::show-hidden signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it.

This is used to make the file chooser display hidden files.

The default binding for this signal is Control+H.

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

The "up-folder" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkFileChooserWidget *widget,
                                                        gpointer              user_data)      : Action

The ::up-folder signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it.

This is used to make the file chooser go to the parent of the current folder in the file hierarchy.

The default binding for this signal is Alt+Up.

widget :

the object which received the signal.

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.