entry widget

A GtkEntry

Definition

<entry tag_attr="value"...>
	<default>text</default>
	<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>...
	<output file>filename</output>
</entry>

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

Tag Attributes

See the GtkEntry 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
fs-action fileselect function action type file, newfile, folder or newfolder 0.7.21
fs-filters fileselect function pattern file filters pattern|pattern|... 0.7.21
fs-filters-mime fileselect function mime-type file filters mime/type|mime/type|... (common types) 0.7.21
fs-folder fileselect function current folder 0.7.21
fs-title fileselect function dialog title 0.7.21

Directives

Some of these may have tag attribute equivalents.

Name Description Contents Mandatory Since
default Initial data Text
variable Shell variable name
height Initial minimum height An integer > 0 or -1 to ignore
width Initial minimum width An integer > 0 or -1 to ignore
input Data input source Shell command
input file Data input source Filename 0.7.21
sensitive Sensitive state true, false or password 0.7.21
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
output file Data output target Filename

Signals

The default signal is "changed", emitted when typing into the entry.

The "activate" signal is emitted when the user activates the entry with the Enter key (since 0.7.21).

For GTK+ 2.16 and later, the "icon-press" and "icon-release" signals are emitted when an activatable icon is pressed or released, but these signal names will be prefixed with either "primary-" or "secondary-" to indicate the source icon (since 0.7.21).

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
activate Activate 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 0.7.21
fileselect Launch file selection dialog 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

None.


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,