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
block-function-signals Block signal emissions from functions true or false 0.7.21
file-monitor Emit signal when input file(s) change true or false 0.8.1
auto-refresh Auto refresh when input file(s) change true or false 0.8.1
hscrollbar-policy Policy for the horizontal scrollbar 0, 1, 2 (always, automatic, never) 0.8.1
vscrollbar-policy Policy for the vertical scrollbar 0, 1, 2 (always, automatic, never) 0.8.1

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.

The "file-changed" signal is emitted if file-monitor is true and the input file being monitored has changed.

The following signals are connected-up for all widgets:

button-press-event, button-release-event, configure-event, enter-notify-event, leave-notify-event, focus-in-event, focus-out-event, hide, show, key-press-event, key-release-event, map-event, unmap-event

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
show Show widget Shell variable name 0.8.1
hide Hide widget Shell variable name 0.8.1
grabfocus Grab input focus Shell variable name 0.8.1
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 dialog Shell variable name
launch Launch dialog Shell variable name
presentwindow Present dialog Shell variable name 0.8.1

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, eventbox, expander, fontbutton, frame, hbox, hscale, hseparator, list, menubar, menuitemseparator, menuitem, menu, notebook, pixmap, progressbar, radiobutton, separator, spinbutton, statusbar, table, terminal, text, timer, togglebutton, tree, vbox, vscale, vseparator, window,