tree widget

A GtkTreeView packed inside a GtkScrolledWindow

Definition

<tree tag_attr="value"...>
	<label>text</label>
	<variable>varname</variable>
	<height>value</height>
	<width>value</width>
	<input>command</input>...
	<input icon-column="index">command</input>...
	<input stock-column="index">command</input>...
	<input file>filename</input>...
	<input file icon-column="index">filename</input>...
	<input file stock-column="index">filename</input>...
	<sensitive>state</sensitive>
	<action>activity</action>...
	<action signal="type">activity</action>...
	<action type="function">parameter</action>...
	<item>data</item>...
	<item icon-name="image">data</item>...
	<item stock-id="gtk-image">data</item>...
</tree>

"..." denotes acceptance of multiples of the same thing.

Tag Attributes

See the GtkTreeView widget and ancestor class properties.

The following custom tag attributes are available:

Name Description Value Since
space-expand Pack widget expanding into space true or false 0.7.21
space-fill Pack widget filling space true or false 0.7.21
block-function-signals Block signal emissions from functions true or false 0.7.21
exported-column The column to export data from An integer >= 0
icon-name Default GTK theme icon name for all rows
stock-id Default GTK stock icon ID for all rows gtk-about, gtk-add, ... (full list)
selection-mode Selection method 0, 1, 2, 3 (none, single, browse, multiple) 0.7.21

Directives

Some of these may have tag attribute equivalents.

Name Description Contents Mandatory Since
label Column header labels label0 | label1 | ...
variable Shell variable name
height[1] Initial minimum height An integer > 0 or -1 to ignore
width[1] Initial minimum width An integer > 0 or -1 to ignore
input Data input source Shell command
input icon-column="index" Data input source Shell command
input stock-column="index" Data input source Shell command
input file Data input source Filename
input file icon-column="index" Data input source Filename
input file stock-column="index" Data input source Filename
sensitive Sensitive state true or false
action Execute command on default signal Shell command
action Perform function on default signal function:parameter
action signal="type" Execute command on signal Shell command
action signal="type" Perform function on signal function:parameter
action type="function" Perform function on default signal parameter
item Input data column0data | column1data | ...
item icon-name="image" Input data column0data | column1data | ...
item stock-id="gtk-image" Input data column0data | column1data | ...

Signals

The default signal is "row-activated", emitted when the user double-clicks a row and also when a row is selected and one of the keys Space, Shift+Space, Return or Enter is pressed.

See also the GtkTreeView widget and ancestor class signals.

Functions

The following functions can be performed upon this widget by any widget capable of emitting signals:

Type Description Parameter Since
enable Sensitise widget Shell variable name
disable Desensitise widget Shell variable name
refresh Reload input data Shell variable name
clear Remove all widget data Shell variable name 0.7.21
removeselected Remove selected widget data Shell variable name

The following general functions can be performed by any widget capable of emitting signals:

Type Description Parameter Since
command Execute command Shell command
exit Exit dialog A value for the EXIT shell variable
closewindow Close launched dialog Launched dialog's shell variable name
launch Launch new dialog New dialog's shell variable name

Notes

1. This widget has a default dimension of 200x100 which can be overridden with the height and/or width directives.


button, checkbox, colorbutton, comboboxentry, comboboxtext, combobox, edit, entry, frame, hbox, hscale, hseparator, list, menubar, menuitemseparator, menuitem, menu, notebook, pixmap, progressbar, radiobutton, separator, spinbutton, statusbar, table, text, timer, togglebutton, tree, vbox, vscale, vseparator, window,