The #GtkEntry widget is a single line text entry
widget. 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.Entry.setVisibility.
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.Entry.setInvisibleChar. Since 2.16, GTK+ displays a warning
when Caps Lock or input methods might interfere with entering text in
a password entry. The warning can be turned off with the
#GtkEntry:caps-lock-warning property.
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.Entry.setIconFromGicon or
one of the various other functions that set an icon from a stock id, an
icon name or a pixbuf. 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.Entry.setIconDragSource. To set a tooltip on
an icon, use gtk.entry.Entry.setIconTooltipText 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.
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 has a selection, it adds a subnode with the name selection.
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.
The CSS node for a context menu is added as a subnode below entry as well.
The undershoot nodes are used to draw the underflow indication when content
is scrolled out of view. These nodes get the .left and .right style classes
added depending on where the indication is drawn.
When touch is used and touch selection handles are shown, they are using
CSS nodes with name cursor-handle. They get the .top or .bottom style class
depending on where they are shown in relation to the selection. If there is
just a single handle for the text cursor, it gets the style class
.insertion-cursor.
The #GtkEntry widget is a single line text entry widget. 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.Entry.setVisibility. 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.Entry.setInvisibleChar. Since 2.16, GTK+ displays a warning when Caps Lock or input methods might interfere with entering text in a password entry. The warning can be turned off with the #GtkEntry:caps-lock-warning property.
Since 2.16, GtkEntry has the ability to display progress or activity information behind the text. To make an entry display such information, use gtk.entry.Entry.setProgressFraction or gtk.entry.Entry.setProgressPulseStep.
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.Entry.setIconFromGicon or one of the various other functions that set an icon from a stock id, an icon name or a pixbuf. 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.Entry.setIconDragSource. To set a tooltip on an icon, use gtk.entry.Entry.setIconTooltipText 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
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 has a selection, it adds a subnode with the name selection.
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.
The CSS node for a context menu is added as a subnode below entry as well.
The undershoot nodes are used to draw the underflow indication when content is scrolled out of view. These nodes get the .left and .right style classes added depending on where the indication is drawn.
When touch is used and touch selection handles are shown, they are using CSS nodes with name cursor-handle. They get the .top or .bottom style class depending on where they are shown in relation to the selection. If there is just a single handle for the text cursor, it gets the style class .insertion-cursor.