window widget

A GtkWindow

Definition

<window tag_attr="value"...>
	widget
	<label>title</label>
	<variable>varname</variable>
	<input>command</input>
	<input file>filename</input>
	<sensitive>state</sensitive>
	<action signal="type">activity</action>...
	<output file>filename</output>
</window>

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

Tag Attributes

See the GtkWindow widget and ancestor class properties.

The following custom tag attributes are available:

Name Description Value Since
image-name Image filename 0.8.1
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

Directives

Some of these may have tag attribute equivalents.

Name Description Contents Mandatory Since
label Initial title
variable Shell variable name
input Data input source Shell command 0.8.1
input file Data input source Filename 0.8.1
sensitive Sensitive state true or false 0.8.1
action signal="type" Execute command on signal Shell command
action signal="type" Perform function on signal function:parameter
output file Data output target Filename 0.8.1

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
refresh Reload input data[1] Shell variable name 0.8.1
save Save widget data Shell variable name 0.8.1
clear Remove all widget data Shell variable name 0.8.1

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. The "title" property constitutes the data for this widget.

This widget is a container which accepts only one child widget so you may require that to be an hbox or vbox.

This widget has a default border width of 5 which can be overridden with the "border-width" tag attribute.


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,