Virtual Method

GtkCellRendererstart_editing

Declaration [src]

GtkCellEditable*
start_editing (
  GtkCellRenderer* cell,
  GdkEvent* event,
  GtkWidget* widget,
  const gchar* path,
  const GdkRectangle* background_area,
  const GdkRectangle* cell_area,
  GtkCellRendererState flags
)

Description [src]

Starts editing the contents of this cell, through a new GtkCellEditable widget created by the GtkCellRendererClass.start_editing virtual function.

Parameters

event

Type: GdkEvent

A GdkEvent.

The argument can be NULL.

The data is owned by the caller of the method.

widget

Type: GtkWidget

Widget that received the event.

The data is owned by the caller of the method.

path

Type: const gchar*

Widget-dependent string representation of the event location; e.g. for GtkTreeView, a string representation of GtkTreePath.

The data is owned by the caller of the method.

The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

background_area

Type: GdkRectangle

Background area as passed to gtk_cell_renderer_render().

The data is owned by the caller of the method.

cell_area

Type: GdkRectangle

Cell area as passed to gtk_cell_renderer_render().

The data is owned by the caller of the method.

flags

Type: GtkCellRendererState

Render flags.

Return value

Type: GtkCellEditable

A new GtkCellEditable for editing this cell, or NULL if editing is not possible.

The returned data is owned by the instance.

The return value can be NULL.