edit widget

A GtkTextView packed inside a GtkScrolledWindow

Definition

<edit tag_attr="value"...>
	<default>state</default>
	<variable>varname</variable>
	<height>value</height>
	<width>value</width>
	<input file>filename</input>
	<sensitive>state</sensitive>
	<action signal="type">activity</action>...
	<output file>filename</output>
</edit>

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

Tag Attributes

See the GtkTextView 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

Directives

Some of these may have tag attribute equivalents.

Name Description Contents Mandatory Since
default Initial text
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 file Data input source Filename
sensitive Sensitive state true or false
action signal="type" Execute command on signal Shell command
action signal="type" Perform function on signal function:parameter
output file Data output target Filename

Signals

There is no default signal for this widget.

See also the GtkTextView 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
save Save widget data Shell variable name
clear Remove all widget data Shell variable name
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,