Method

GtkWidgetget_ancestor

Declaration [src]

GtkWidget*
gtk_widget_get_ancestor (
  GtkWidget* widget,
  GType widget_type
)

Description [src]

Gets the first ancestor of widget with type widget_type. For example, gtk_widget_get_ancestor (widget, GTK_TYPE_BOX) gets the first GtkBox that’s an ancestor of widget. No reference will be added to the returned widget; it should not be unreferenced. See note about checking for a toplevel GtkWindow in the docs for gtk_widget_get_toplevel().

Note that unlike gtk_widget_is_ancestor(), gtk_widget_get_ancestor() considers widget to be an ancestor of itself.

Parameters

widget_type

Type: GType

Ancestor type.

Return value

Type: GtkWidget

The ancestor widget, or NULL if not found.

The returned data is owned by the instance.
The return value can be NULL.