ListBox

A GtkListBox is a vertical container that contains GtkListBoxRow children. These rows can be dynamically sorted and filtered, and headers can be added dynamically depending on the row content. It also allows keyboard and mouse navigation and selection like a typical list.

Using GtkListBox is often an alternative to #GtkTreeView, especially when the list contents has a more complicated layout than what is allowed by a #GtkCellRenderer, or when the contents is interactive (i.e. has a button in it).

Although a #GtkListBox must have only #GtkListBoxRow children you can add any kind of widget to it via gtk.container.Container.add, and a #GtkListBoxRow widget will automatically be inserted between the list and the widget.

#GtkListBoxRows can be marked as activatable or selectable. If a row is activatable, #GtkListBox::row-activated will be emitted for it when the user tries to activate it. If it is selectable, the row will be marked as selected when the user tries to select it.

The GtkListBox widget was added in GTK+ 3.10.

GtkListBox as GtkBuildable

The GtkListBox implementation of the #GtkBuildable interface supports setting a child as the placeholder by specifying “placeholder” as the “type” attribute of a <child> element. See gtk.list_box.ListBox.setPlaceholder for info.

CSS nodes

list
╰── row[.activatable]

GtkListBox uses a single CSS node named list. Each GtkListBoxRow uses a single CSS node named row. The row nodes get the .activatable style class added when appropriate.

class ListBox : Container {}

Constructors

this
this(void* ptr, Flag!"Take" take)
this
this()

Creates a new #GtkListBox container.

Members

Functions

bindModel
void bindModel(gio.list_model.ListModel model, gtk.types.ListBoxCreateWidgetFunc createWidgetFunc)

Binds model to box.

connectActivateCursorRow
gulong connectActivateCursorRow(T callback, Flag!"After" after)

Connect to ActivateCursorRow signal.

connectMoveCursor
gulong connectMoveCursor(T callback, Flag!"After" after)

Connect to MoveCursor signal.

connectRowActivated
gulong connectRowActivated(T callback, Flag!"After" after)

Connect to RowActivated signal.

connectRowSelected
gulong connectRowSelected(T callback, Flag!"After" after)

Connect to RowSelected signal.

connectSelectAll
gulong connectSelectAll(T callback, Flag!"After" after)

Connect to SelectAll signal.

connectSelectedRowsChanged
gulong connectSelectedRowsChanged(T callback, Flag!"After" after)

Connect to SelectedRowsChanged signal.

connectToggleCursorRow
gulong connectToggleCursorRow(T callback, Flag!"After" after)

Connect to ToggleCursorRow signal.

connectUnselectAll
gulong connectUnselectAll(T callback, Flag!"After" after)

Connect to UnselectAll signal.

dragHighlightRow
void dragHighlightRow(gtk.list_box_row.ListBoxRow row)

This is a helper function for implementing DnD onto a #GtkListBox. The passed in row will be highlighted via gtk.widget.Widget.dragHighlight, and any previously highlighted row will be unhighlighted.

dragUnhighlightRow
void dragUnhighlightRow()

If a row has previously been highlighted via gtk.list_box.ListBox.dragHighlightRow it will have the highlight removed.

getActivateOnSingleClick
bool getActivateOnSingleClick()

Returns whether rows activate on single clicks.

getAdjustment
gtk.adjustment.Adjustment getAdjustment()

Gets the adjustment (if any) that the widget uses to for vertical scrolling.

getRowAtIndex
gtk.list_box_row.ListBoxRow getRowAtIndex(int index)

Gets the n-th child in the list (not counting headers). If index is negative or larger than the number of items in the list, null is returned.

getRowAtY
gtk.list_box_row.ListBoxRow getRowAtY(int y)

Gets the row at the y position.

getSelectedRow
gtk.list_box_row.ListBoxRow getSelectedRow()

Gets the selected row.

getSelectedRows
gtk.list_box_row.ListBoxRow[] getSelectedRows()

Creates a list of all selected children.

getSelectionMode
gtk.types.SelectionMode getSelectionMode()

Gets the selection mode of the listbox.

insert
void insert(gtk.widget.Widget child, int position)

Insert the child into the box at position. If a sort function is set, the widget will actually be inserted at the calculated position and this function has the same effect of gtk.container.Container.add.

invalidateFilter
void invalidateFilter()

Update the filtering for all rows. Call this when result of the filter function on the box is changed due to an external factor. For instance, this would be used if the filter function just looked for a specific search string and the entry with the search string has changed.

invalidateHeaders
void invalidateHeaders()

Update the separators for all rows. Call this when result of the header function on the box is changed due to an external factor.

invalidateSort
void invalidateSort()

Update the sorting for all rows. Call this when result of the sort function on the box is changed due to an external factor.

prepend
void prepend(gtk.widget.Widget child)

Prepend a widget to the list. If a sort function is set, the widget will actually be inserted at the calculated position and this function has the same effect of gtk.container.Container.add.

selectAll
void selectAll()

Select all children of box, if the selection mode allows it.

selectRow
void selectRow(gtk.list_box_row.ListBoxRow row)

Make row the currently selected row.

selectedForeach
void selectedForeach(gtk.types.ListBoxForeachFunc func)

Calls a function for each selected child.

self
ListBox self()

Returns this, for use in with statements.

setActivateOnSingleClick
void setActivateOnSingleClick(bool single)

If single is true, rows will be activated when you click on them, otherwise you need to double-click.

setAdjustment
void setAdjustment(gtk.adjustment.Adjustment adjustment)

Sets the adjustment (if any) that the widget uses to for vertical scrolling. For instance, this is used to get the page size for PageUp/Down key handling.

setFilterFunc
void setFilterFunc(gtk.types.ListBoxFilterFunc filterFunc)

By setting a filter function on the box one can decide dynamically which of the rows to show. For instance, to implement a search function on a list that filters the original list to only show the matching rows.

setHeaderFunc
void setHeaderFunc(gtk.types.ListBoxUpdateHeaderFunc updateHeader)

By setting a header function on the box one can dynamically add headers in front of rows, depending on the contents of the row and its position in the list. For instance, one could use it to add headers in front of the first item of a new kind, in a list sorted by the kind.

setPlaceholder
void setPlaceholder(gtk.widget.Widget placeholder)

Sets the placeholder widget that is shown in the list when it doesn't display any visible children.

setSelectionMode
void setSelectionMode(gtk.types.SelectionMode mode)

Sets how selection works in the listbox. See #GtkSelectionMode for details.

setSortFunc
void setSortFunc(gtk.types.ListBoxSortFunc sortFunc)

By setting a sort function on the box one can dynamically reorder the rows of the list, based on the contents of the rows.

unselectAll
void unselectAll()

Unselect all children of box, if the selection mode allows it.

unselectRow
void unselectRow(gtk.list_box_row.ListBoxRow row)

Unselects a single row of box, if the selection mode allows it.

Properties

_gType
GType _gType [@property getter]
activateOnSingleClick
bool activateOnSingleClick [@property getter]
activateOnSingleClick
bool activateOnSingleClick [@property setter]
selectionMode
gtk.types.SelectionMode selectionMode [@property getter]
selectionMode
gtk.types.SelectionMode selectionMode [@property setter]

Static functions

_getGType
GType _getGType()
builder
ListBoxGidBuilder builder()

Get builder for gtk.list_box.ListBox

Inherited Members

From Container

_getGType
GType _getGType()
_gType
GType _gType [@property getter]
self
Container self()

Returns this, for use in with statements.

builder
ContainerGidBuilder builder()

Get builder for gtk.container.Container

borderWidth
uint borderWidth [@property getter]
borderWidth
uint borderWidth [@property setter]
child
gtk.widget.Widget child [@property setter]
resizeMode
gtk.types.ResizeMode resizeMode [@property getter]
resizeMode
gtk.types.ResizeMode resizeMode [@property setter]
add
void add(gtk.widget.Widget widget)

Adds widget to container. Typically used for simple containers such as #GtkWindow, #GtkFrame, or #GtkButton; for more complicated layout containers such as #GtkBox or #GtkGrid, this function will pick default packing parameters that may not be correct. So consider functions such as gtk.box.Box.packStart and gtk.grid.Grid.attach as an alternative to gtk.container.Container.add in those cases. A widget may be added to only one container at a time; you can’t place the same widget inside two different containers.

checkResize
void checkResize()
childGetProperty
void childGetProperty(gtk.widget.Widget child, string propertyName, gobject.value.Value value)

Gets the value of a child property for child and container.

childNotify
void childNotify(gtk.widget.Widget child, string childProperty)

Emits a #GtkWidget::child-notify signal for the [child property][child-properties] child_property on the child.

childNotifyByPspec
void childNotifyByPspec(gtk.widget.Widget child, gobject.param_spec.ParamSpec pspec)

Emits a #GtkWidget::child-notify signal for the [child property][child-properties] specified by pspec on the child.

childSetProperty
void childSetProperty(gtk.widget.Widget child, string propertyName, gobject.value.Value value)

Sets a child property for child and container.

childType
gobject.types.GType childType()

Returns the type of the children supported by the container.

forall
void forall(gtk.types.Callback callback)

Invokes callback on each direct child of container, including children that are considered “internal” (implementation details of the container). “Internal” children generally weren’t added by the user of the container, but were added by the container implementation itself.

foreach_
void foreach_(gtk.types.Callback callback)

Invokes callback on each non-internal child of container. See gtk.container.Container.forall for details on what constitutes an “internal” child. For all practical purposes, this function should iterate over precisely those child widgets that were added to the container by the application with explicit add() calls.

getBorderWidth
uint getBorderWidth()

Retrieves the border width of the container. See gtk.container.Container.setBorderWidth.

getChildren
gtk.widget.Widget[] getChildren()

Returns the container’s non-internal children. See gtk.container.Container.forall for details on what constitutes an "internal" child.

getFocusChain
bool getFocusChain(gtk.widget.Widget[] focusableWidgets)

Retrieves the focus chain of the container, if one has been set explicitly. If no focus chain has been explicitly set, GTK+ computes the focus chain based on the positions of the children. In that case, GTK+ stores null in focusable_widgets and returns false.

getFocusChild
gtk.widget.Widget getFocusChild()

Returns the current focus child widget inside container. This is not the currently focused widget. That can be obtained by calling gtk.window.Window.getFocus.

getFocusHadjustment
gtk.adjustment.Adjustment getFocusHadjustment()

Retrieves the horizontal focus adjustment for the container. See gtk_container_set_focus_hadjustment ().

getFocusVadjustment
gtk.adjustment.Adjustment getFocusVadjustment()

Retrieves the vertical focus adjustment for the container. See gtk.container.Container.setFocusVadjustment.

getPathForChild
gtk.widget_path.WidgetPath getPathForChild(gtk.widget.Widget child)

Returns a newly created widget path representing all the widget hierarchy from the toplevel down to and including child.

getResizeMode
gtk.types.ResizeMode getResizeMode()

Returns the resize mode for the container. See gtk_container_set_resize_mode ().

propagateDraw
void propagateDraw(gtk.widget.Widget child, cairo.context.Context cr)

When a container receives a call to the draw function, it must send synthetic #GtkWidget::draw calls to all children that don’t have their own #GdkWindows. This function provides a convenient way of doing this. A container, when it receives a call to its #GtkWidget::draw function, calls gtk.container.Container.propagateDraw once for each child, passing in the cr the container received.

remove
void remove(gtk.widget.Widget widget)

Removes widget from container. widget must be inside container. Note that container will own a reference to widget, and that this may be the last reference held; so removing a widget from its container can destroy that widget. If you want to use widget again, you need to add a reference to it before removing it from a container, using gobject.object.ObjectWrap.ref_. If you don’t want to use widget again it’s usually more efficient to simply destroy it directly using gtk.widget.Widget.destroy since this will remove it from the container and help break any circular reference count cycles.

resizeChildren
void resizeChildren()
setBorderWidth
void setBorderWidth(uint borderWidth)

Sets the border width of the container.

setFocusChain
void setFocusChain(gtk.widget.Widget[] focusableWidgets)

Sets a focus chain, overriding the one computed automatically by GTK+.

setFocusChild
void setFocusChild(gtk.widget.Widget child)

Sets, or unsets if child is null, the focused child of container.

setFocusHadjustment
void setFocusHadjustment(gtk.adjustment.Adjustment adjustment)

Hooks up an adjustment to focus handling in a container, so when a child of the container is focused, the adjustment is scrolled to show that widget. This function sets the horizontal alignment. See gtk.scrolled_window.ScrolledWindow.getHadjustment for a typical way of obtaining the adjustment and gtk.container.Container.setFocusVadjustment for setting the vertical adjustment.

setFocusVadjustment
void setFocusVadjustment(gtk.adjustment.Adjustment adjustment)

Hooks up an adjustment to focus handling in a container, so when a child of the container is focused, the adjustment is scrolled to show that widget. This function sets the vertical alignment. See gtk.scrolled_window.ScrolledWindow.getVadjustment for a typical way of obtaining the adjustment and gtk.container.Container.setFocusHadjustment for setting the horizontal adjustment.

setReallocateRedraws
void setReallocateRedraws(bool needsRedraws)

Sets the reallocate_redraws flag of the container to the given value.

setResizeMode
void setResizeMode(gtk.types.ResizeMode resizeMode)

Sets the resize mode for the container.

unsetFocusChain
void unsetFocusChain()

Removes a focus chain explicitly set with gtk.container.Container.setFocusChain.

connectAdd
gulong connectAdd(T callback, Flag!"After" after)

Connect to Add signal.

connectCheckResize
gulong connectCheckResize(T callback, Flag!"After" after)

Connect to CheckResize signal.

connectRemove
gulong connectRemove(T callback, Flag!"After" after)

Connect to Remove signal.

connectSetFocusChild
gulong connectSetFocusChild(T callback, Flag!"After" after)

Connect to SetFocusChild signal.