list widget

A GtkList packed inside a GtkViewport inside a GtkScrolledWindow

Definition

<list tag_attr="value"...>
	<variable>varname</variable>
	<height>value</height>
	<width>value</width>
	<input>command</input>...
	<input file>filename</input>...
	<sensitive>state</sensitive>
	<action>activity</action>...
	<action signal="type">activity</action>...
	<action type="function">parameter</action>...
	<item>data</item>...
	<output file>filename</output>
</list>

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

Tag Attributes

See the GtkList 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
shadow-type Viewport shadow type 0 to 4 (see GtkShadowType) 0.8.1
selected-row The row to select on initialisation and refresh An integer >= 0 0.8.1

Directives

Some of these may have tag attribute equivalents.

Name Description Contents Mandatory Since
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 file Data input source Filename 0.8.1
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 0.8.1
action signal="type" Perform function on signal function:parameter 0.8.1
action type="function" Perform function on default signal parameter
item Input data

Signals

The default signal is "selection-changed", emitted when the selection has just changed.

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
refresh Reload input data Shell variable name
save Save widget data Shell variable name 0.8.1
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.

This widget has been deprecated since GTK+ 2.0 and tree is recommended as a replacement.


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,