Class

GtkEntry

Description [src]

class Gtk.Entry : Gtk.Widget {
  /* No available fields */
}

GtkEntry is a single line text entry widget.

An example GtkEntry

A fairly large set of key bindings are supported by default. If the entered text is longer than the allocation of the widget, the widget will scroll so that the cursor position is visible.

When using an entry for passwords and other sensitive information, it can be put into “password mode” using gtk_entry_set_visibility(). In this mode, entered text is displayed using a “invisible” character. By default, GTK picks the best invisible character that is available in the current font, but it can be changed with gtk_entry_set_invisible_char().

GtkEntry has the ability to display progress or activity information behind the text. To make an entry display such information, use gtk_entry_set_progress_fraction() or gtk_entry_set_progress_pulse_step().

Additionally, GtkEntry can show icons at either side of the entry. These icons can be activatable by clicking, can be set up as drag source and can have tooltips. To add an icon, use gtk_entry_set_icon_from_gicon() or one of the various other functions that set an icon from an icon name or a paintable. To trigger an action when the user clicks an icon, connect to the GtkEntry::icon-press signal. To allow DND operations from an icon, use gtk_entry_set_icon_drag_source(). To set a tooltip on an icon, use gtk_entry_set_icon_tooltip_text() or the corresponding function for markup.

Note that functionality or information that is only available by clicking on an icon in an entry may not be accessible at all to users which are not able to use a mouse or other pointing device. It is therefore recommended that any such functionality should also be available by other means, e.g. via the context menu of the entry.

CSS nodes

entry[.flat][.warning][.error]
├── text[.readonly]
├── image.left
├── image.right
╰── [progress[.pulse]]

GtkEntry has a main node with the name entry. Depending on the properties of the entry, the style classes .read-only and .flat may appear. The style classes .warning and .error may also be used with entries.

When the entry shows icons, it adds subnodes with the name image and the style class .left or .right, depending on where the icon appears.

When the entry shows progress, it adds a subnode with the name progress. The node has the style class .pulse when the shown progress is pulsing.

For all the subnodes added to the text node in various situations, see GtkText.

GtkEntry as GtkBuildable

The GtkEntry implementation of the GtkBuildable interface supports a custom element, which supports any number of elements. The element has attributes named “name“, “value“, “start“ and “end“ and allows you to specify PangoAttribute values for this label.

An example of a UI definition fragment specifying Pango attributes:

<object class="GtkEntry">
  <attributes>
    <attribute name="weight" value="PANGO_WEIGHT_BOLD"/>
    <attribute name="background" value="red" start="5" end="10"/>
  </attributes>
</object>

The start and end attributes specify the range of characters to which the Pango attribute applies. If start and end are not specified, the attribute is applied to the whole text. Note that specifying ranges does not make much sense with translatable attributes. Use markup embedded in the translatable content instead.

Accessibility

GtkEntry uses the GTK_ACCESSIBLE_ROLE_TEXT_BOX role.

Hierarchy

Ancestors

GtkWidget
GInitiallyUnowned
GObject

Implements

Constructors

gtk_entry_new

Creates a new entry.

gtk_entry_new_with_buffer

Creates a new entry with the specified text buffer.

Instance methods

gtk_entry_get_activates_default

Retrieves the value set by gtk_entry_set_activates_default().

gtk_entry_get_alignment

Gets the value set by gtk_entry_set_alignment().

gtk_entry_get_attributes

Gets the attribute list of the GtkEntry.

gtk_entry_get_buffer

Get the GtkEntryBuffer object which holds the text for this widget.

gtk_entry_get_completion

Returns the auxiliary completion object currently in use by entry.

gtk_entry_get_current_icon_drag_source

Returns the index of the icon which is the source of the current DND operation, or -1.

gtk_entry_get_extra_menu

Gets the menu model set with gtk_entry_set_extra_menu().

gtk_entry_get_has_frame

Gets the value set by gtk_entry_set_has_frame().

gtk_entry_get_icon_activatable

Returns whether the icon is activatable.

gtk_entry_get_icon_area

Gets the area where entry’s icon at icon_pos is drawn.

gtk_entry_get_icon_at_pos

Finds the icon at the given position and return its index.

gtk_entry_get_icon_gicon

Retrieves the GIcon used for the icon.

gtk_entry_get_icon_name

Retrieves the icon name used for the icon.

gtk_entry_get_icon_paintable

Retrieves the GdkPaintable used for the icon.

gtk_entry_get_icon_sensitive

Returns whether the icon appears sensitive or insensitive.

gtk_entry_get_icon_storage_type

Gets the type of representation being used by the icon to store image data.

gtk_entry_get_icon_tooltip_markup

Gets the contents of the tooltip on the icon at the specified position in entry.

gtk_entry_get_icon_tooltip_text

Gets the contents of the tooltip on the icon at the specified position in entry.

gtk_entry_get_input_hints

Gets the input hints of this GtkEntry.

gtk_entry_get_input_purpose

Gets the input purpose of the GtkEntry.

gtk_entry_get_invisible_char

Retrieves the character displayed in place of the actual text in “password mode”.

gtk_entry_get_max_length

Retrieves the maximum allowed length of the text in entry.

gtk_entry_get_overwrite_mode

Gets whether the GtkEntry is in overwrite mode.

gtk_entry_get_placeholder_text

Retrieves the text that will be displayed when entry is empty and unfocused.

gtk_entry_get_progress_fraction

Returns the current fraction of the task that’s been completed.

gtk_entry_get_progress_pulse_step

Retrieves the pulse step set with gtk_entry_set_progress_pulse_step().

gtk_entry_get_tabs

Gets the tabstops of the `GtkEntry.

gtk_entry_get_text_length

Retrieves the current length of the text in entry.

gtk_entry_get_visibility

Retrieves whether the text in entry is visible.

gtk_entry_grab_focus_without_selecting

Causes entry to have keyboard focus.

gtk_entry_progress_pulse

Indicates that some progress is made, but you don’t know how much.

gtk_entry_reset_im_context

Reset the input method context of the entry if needed.

gtk_entry_set_activates_default

Sets whether pressing Enter in the entry will activate the default widget for the window containing the entry.

gtk_entry_set_alignment

Sets the alignment for the contents of the entry.

gtk_entry_set_attributes

Sets a PangoAttrList.

gtk_entry_set_buffer

Set the GtkEntryBuffer object which holds the text for this widget.

gtk_entry_set_completion

Sets completion to be the auxiliary completion object to use with entry.

gtk_entry_set_extra_menu

Sets a menu model to add when constructing the context menu for entry.

gtk_entry_set_has_frame

Sets whether the entry has a beveled frame around it.

gtk_entry_set_icon_activatable

Sets whether the icon is activatable.

gtk_entry_set_icon_drag_source

Sets up the icon at the given position as drag source.

gtk_entry_set_icon_from_gicon

Sets the icon shown in the entry at the specified position from the current icon theme.

gtk_entry_set_icon_from_icon_name

Sets the icon shown in the entry at the specified position from the current icon theme.

gtk_entry_set_icon_from_paintable

Sets the icon shown in the specified position using a GdkPaintable.

gtk_entry_set_icon_sensitive

Sets the sensitivity for the specified icon.

gtk_entry_set_icon_tooltip_markup

Sets tooltip as the contents of the tooltip for the icon at the specified position.

gtk_entry_set_icon_tooltip_text

Sets tooltip as the contents of the tooltip for the icon at the specified position.

gtk_entry_set_input_hints

Set additional hints which allow input methods to fine-tune their behavior.

gtk_entry_set_input_purpose

Sets the input purpose which can be used by input methods to adjust their behavior.

gtk_entry_set_invisible_char

Sets the character to use in place of the actual text in “password mode”.

gtk_entry_set_max_length

Sets the maximum allowed length of the contents of the widget.

gtk_entry_set_overwrite_mode

Sets whether the text is overwritten when typing in the GtkEntry.

gtk_entry_set_placeholder_text

Sets text to be displayed in entry when it is empty.

gtk_entry_set_progress_fraction

Causes the entry’s progress indicator to “fill in” the given fraction of the bar.

gtk_entry_set_progress_pulse_step

Sets the fraction of total entry width to move the progress bouncing block for each pulse.

gtk_entry_set_tabs

Sets a PangoTabArray.

gtk_entry_set_visibility

Sets whether the contents of the entry are visible or not.

gtk_entry_unset_invisible_char

Unsets the invisible char, so that the default invisible char is used again. See gtk_entry_set_invisible_char().

Methods inherited from GtkWidget (159)

gtk_widget_action_set_enabled

Enable or disable an action installed with gtk_widget_class_install_action().

gtk_widget_activate

For widgets that can be “activated” (buttons, menu items, etc.), this function activates them.

gtk_widget_activate_action

Looks up the action in the action groups associated with widget and its ancestors, and activates it.

gtk_widget_activate_action_variant

Looks up the action in the action groups associated with widget and its ancestors, and activates it.

gtk_widget_activate_default

Activates the default.activate action from widget.

gtk_widget_add_controller

Adds controller to widget so that it will receive events.

gtk_widget_add_css_class

Adds a style class to widget.

gtk_widget_add_mnemonic_label

Adds a widget to the list of mnemonic labels for this widget.

gtk_widget_add_tick_callback

Queues an animation frame update and adds a callback to be called before each frame.

gtk_widget_allocate

This function is only used by GtkWidget subclasses, to assign a size, position and (optionally) baseline to their child widgets.

gtk_widget_child_focus

Called by widgets as the user moves around the window using keyboard shortcuts.

gtk_widget_compute_bounds

Computes the bounds for widget in the coordinate space of target.

gtk_widget_compute_expand

Computes whether a container should give this widget extra space when possible.

gtk_widget_compute_point

Translates the given point in widget‘s coordinates to coordinates relative to target’s coordinate system.

gtk_widget_compute_transform

Computes a matrix suitable to describe a transformation from widget‘s coordinate system into target‘s coordinate system.

gtk_widget_contains

Tests if the point at (x, y) is contained in widget.

gtk_widget_create_pango_context

Creates a new PangoContext with the appropriate font map, font options, font description, and base direction for drawing text for this widget.

gtk_widget_create_pango_layout

Creates a new PangoLayout with the appropriate font map, font description, and base direction for drawing text for this widget.

gtk_drag_check_threshold

Checks to see if a drag movement has passed the GTK drag threshold.

gtk_widget_error_bell

Notifies the user about an input-related error on this widget.

gtk_widget_get_allocated_baseline

Returns the baseline that has currently been allocated to widget.

gtk_widget_get_allocated_height

Returns the height that has currently been allocated to widget.

gtk_widget_get_allocated_width

Returns the width that has currently been allocated to widget.

Methods inherited from GtkAccessible (10)

gtk_accessible_get_accessible_role

Retrieves the GtkAccessibleRole for the given GtkAccessible.

gtk_accessible_reset_property

Resets the accessible property to its default value.

gtk_accessible_reset_relation

Resets the accessible relation to its default value.

gtk_accessible_reset_state

Resets the accessible state to its default value.

gtk_accessible_update_property

Updates a list of accessible properties.

gtk_accessible_update_property_value

Updates an array of accessible properties.

gtk_accessible_update_relation

Updates a list of accessible relations.

gtk_accessible_update_relation_value

Updates an array of accessible relations.

gtk_accessible_update_state

Updates a list of accessible states. See the GtkAccessibleState documentation for the value types of accessible states.

gtk_accessible_update_state_value

Updates an array of accessible states.

Methods inherited from GtkBuildable (1)

gtk_buildable_get_buildable_id

Gets the ID of the buildable object.

Methods inherited from GtkCellEditable (3)

gtk_cell_editable_editing_done

Emits the GtkCellEditable::editing-done signal.

gtk_cell_editable_remove_widget

Emits the GtkCellEditable::remove-widget signal.

gtk_cell_editable_start_editing

Begins editing on a cell_editable.

Methods inherited from GtkEditable (23)

gtk_editable_delete_selection

Deletes the currently selected text of the editable.

gtk_editable_delete_text

Deletes a sequence of characters.

gtk_editable_finish_delegate

Undoes the setup done by gtk_editable_init_delegate().

gtk_editable_get_alignment

Gets the alignment of the editable.

gtk_editable_get_chars

Retrieves a sequence of characters.

gtk_editable_get_delegate

Gets the GtkEditable that editable is delegating its implementation to.

gtk_editable_get_editable

Retrieves whether editable is editable.

gtk_editable_get_enable_undo

Gets if undo/redo actions are enabled for editable.

gtk_editable_get_max_width_chars

Retrieves the desired maximum width of editable, in characters.

gtk_editable_get_position

Retrieves the current position of the cursor relative to the start of the content of the editable.

gtk_editable_get_selection_bounds

Retrieves the selection bound of the editable.

gtk_editable_get_text

Retrieves the contents of editable.

gtk_editable_get_width_chars

Gets the number of characters of space reserved for the contents of the editable.

gtk_editable_init_delegate

Sets up a delegate for GtkEditable.

gtk_editable_insert_text

Inserts length bytes of text into the contents of the widget, at position position.

gtk_editable_select_region

Selects a region of text.

gtk_editable_set_alignment

Sets the alignment for the contents of the editable.

gtk_editable_set_editable

Determines if the user can edit the text in the editable widget.

gtk_editable_set_enable_undo

If enabled, changes to editable will be saved for undo/redo actions.

gtk_editable_set_max_width_chars

Sets the desired maximum width in characters of editable.

gtk_editable_set_position

Sets the cursor position in the editable to the given value.

gtk_editable_set_text

Sets the text in the editable to the given value.

gtk_editable_set_width_chars

Changes the size request of the editable to be about the right size for n_chars characters.

Properties

Gtk.Entry:activates-default

Whether to activate the default widget when Enter is pressed.

Gtk.Entry:attributes

A list of Pango attributes to apply to the text of the entry.

Gtk.Entry:buffer

The buffer object which actually stores the text.

Gtk.Entry:completion

The auxiliary completion object to use with the entry.

Gtk.Entry:enable-emoji-completion

Whether to suggest Emoji replacements for :-delimited names like :heart:.

Gtk.Entry:extra-menu

A menu model whose contents will be appended to the context menu.

Gtk.Entry:has-frame

Whehter the entry should draw a frame.

Gtk.Entry:im-module

Which IM (input method) module should be used for this entry.

Gtk.Entry:input-hints

Additional hints that allow input methods to fine-tune their behavior.

Gtk.Entry:input-purpose

The purpose of this text field.

Gtk.Entry:invisible-char

The character to use when masking entry contents (“password mode”).

Gtk.Entry:invisible-char-set

Whether the invisible char has been set for the GtkEntry.

Gtk.Entry:max-length

Maximum number of characters for this entry.

Gtk.Entry:overwrite-mode

If text is overwritten when typing in the GtkEntry.

Gtk.Entry:placeholder-text

The text that will be displayed in the GtkEntry when it is empty and unfocused.

Gtk.Entry:primary-icon-activatable

Whether the primary icon is activatable.

Gtk.Entry:primary-icon-gicon

The GIcon to use for the primary icon for the entry.

Gtk.Entry:primary-icon-name

The icon name to use for the primary icon for the entry.

Gtk.Entry:primary-icon-paintable

A GdkPaintable to use as the primary icon for the entry.

Gtk.Entry:primary-icon-sensitive

Whether the primary icon is sensitive.

Gtk.Entry:primary-icon-storage-type

The representation which is used for the primary icon of the entry.

Gtk.Entry:primary-icon-tooltip-markup

The contents of the tooltip on the primary icon, with markup.

Gtk.Entry:primary-icon-tooltip-text

The contents of the tooltip on the primary icon.

Gtk.Entry:progress-fraction

The current fraction of the task that’s been completed.

Gtk.Entry:progress-pulse-step

The fraction of total entry width to move the progress bouncing block for each pulse.

Gtk.Entry:scroll-offset

Number of pixels of the entry scrolled off the screen to the left.

Gtk.Entry:secondary-icon-activatable

Whether the secondary icon is activatable.

Gtk.Entry:secondary-icon-gicon

The GIcon to use for the secondary icon for the entry.

Gtk.Entry:secondary-icon-name

The icon name to use for the secondary icon for the entry.

Gtk.Entry:secondary-icon-paintable

A GdkPaintable to use as the secondary icon for the entry.

Gtk.Entry:secondary-icon-sensitive

Whether the secondary icon is sensitive.

Gtk.Entry:secondary-icon-storage-type

The representation which is used for the secondary icon of the entry.

Gtk.Entry:secondary-icon-tooltip-markup

The contents of the tooltip on the secondary icon, with markup.

Gtk.Entry:secondary-icon-tooltip-text

The contents of the tooltip on the secondary icon.

Gtk.Entry:show-emoji-icon

No description available.

Gtk.Entry:tabs

No description available.

Gtk.Entry:text-length

The length of the text in the GtkEntry.

Gtk.Entry:truncate-multiline

When TRUE, pasted multi-line text is truncated to the first line.

Gtk.Entry:visibility

Whether the entry should show the “invisible char” instead of the actual text (“password mode”).

Properties inherited from GtkAccessible (1)

Gtk.Accessible:accessible-role

The accessible role of the given GtkAccessible implementation.

Properties inherited from GtkCellEditable (1)

Gtk.CellEditable:editing-canceled

Indicates whether editing on the cell has been canceled.

Signals inherited from GtkCellEditable (2)

Gtk.CellEditable::editing-done

This signal is a sign for the cell renderer to update its value from the cell_editable.

Gtk.CellEditable::remove-widget

This signal is meant to indicate that the cell is finished editing, and the cell_editable widget is being removed and may subsequently be destroyed.

Class structure

struct GtkEntryClass {
  GtkWidgetClass parent_class;
  void (* activate) (
    GtkEntry* entry
  );
  
}

Class members

`parent_class`	`GtkWidgetClass`
	The parent class.
`activate`	`void (* activate) ( GtkEntry* entry )`
	No description available.

Virtual methods

Gtk.EntryClass.activate

No description available.