Method

GtkWidgetget_ancestor

Declaration [src]

GtkWidget*
gtk_widget_get_ancestor (
  GtkWidget* widget,
  GType widget_type
)

Description [src]

Gets the first ancestor of the 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.

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

Parameters

widget_type

Type: GType

Ancestor type.

Return value

Type: GtkWidget

The ancestor widget.

The returned data is owned by the instance.

The return value can be NULL.