A GtkComboBoxText is a simple variant of #GtkComboBox that hides the model-view complexity for simple text-only use cases.

To create a GtkComboBoxText, use gtk.combo_box_text.ComboBoxText.new_ or gtk.combo_box_text.ComboBoxText.newWithEntry.

You can add items to a GtkComboBoxText with gtk.combo_box_text.ComboBoxText.appendText, gtk.combo_box_text.ComboBoxText.insertText or gtk.combo_box_text.ComboBoxText.prependText and remove options with gtk.combo_box_text.ComboBoxText.remove.

If the GtkComboBoxText contains an entry (via the “has-entry” property), its contents can be retrieved using gtk.combo_box_text.ComboBoxText.getActiveText. The entry itself can be accessed by calling gtk.bin.Bin.getChild on the combo box.

You should not call gtk.combo_box.ComboBox.setModel or attempt to pack more cells into this combo box via its GtkCellLayout interface.

GtkComboBoxText as GtkBuildable

The GtkComboBoxText implementation of the GtkBuildable interface supports adding items directly using the <items> element and specifying <item> elements for each item. Each <item> element can specify the “id” corresponding to the appended text and also supports the regular translation attributes “translatable”, “context” and “comments”.

Here is a UI definition fragment specifying GtkComboBoxText items:

<object class="GtkComboBoxText">
  <items>
    <item translatable="yes" id="factory">Factory</item>
    <item translatable="yes" id="home">Home</item>
    <item translatable="yes" id="subway">Subway</item>
  </items>
</object>

CSS nodes

combobox
╰── box.linked
    ├── entry.combo
    ├── button.combo
    ╰── window.popup

GtkComboBoxText has a single CSS node with name combobox. It adds the style class .combo to the main CSS nodes of its entry and button children, and the .linked class to the node of its internal box.