SizeGroup

#GtkSizeGroup provides a mechanism for grouping a number of widgets together so they all request the same amount of space. This is typically useful when you want a column of widgets to have the same size, but you can’t use a #GtkGrid widget.

In detail, the size requested for each widget in a #GtkSizeGroup is the maximum of the sizes that would have been requested for each widget in the size group if they were not in the size group. The mode of the size group (see gtk.size_group.SizeGroup.setMode) determines whether this applies to the horizontal size, the vertical size, or both sizes.

Note that size groups only affect the amount of space requested, not the size that the widgets finally receive. If you want the widgets in a #GtkSizeGroup to actually be the same size, you need to pack them in such a way that they get the size they request and not more. For example, if you are packing your widgets into a table, you would not include the gtk.types.AttachOptions.Fill flag.

#GtkSizeGroup objects are referenced by each widget in the size group, so once you have added all widgets to a #GtkSizeGroup, you can drop the initial reference to the size group with gobject.object.ObjectWrap.unref. If the widgets in the size group are subsequently destroyed, then they will be removed from the size group and drop their references on the size group; when all widgets have been removed, the size group will be freed.

Widgets can be part of multiple size groups; GTK+ will compute the horizontal size of a widget from the horizontal requisition of all widgets that can be reached from the widget by a chain of size groups of type gtk.types.SizeGroupMode.Horizontal or gtk.types.SizeGroupMode.Both, and the vertical size from the vertical requisition of all widgets that can be reached from the widget by a chain of size groups of type gtk.types.SizeGroupMode.Vertical or gtk.types.SizeGroupMode.Both.

Note that only non-contextual sizes of every widget are ever consulted by size groups (since size groups have no knowledge of what size a widget will be allocated in one dimension, it cannot derive how much height a widget will receive for a given width). When grouping widgets that trade height for width in mode gtk.types.SizeGroupMode.Vertical or gtk.types.SizeGroupMode.Both: the height for the minimum width will be the requested height for all widgets in the group. The same is of course true when horizontally grouping width for height widgets.

Widgets that trade height-for-width should set a reasonably large minimum width by way of #GtkLabel:width-chars for instance. Widgets with static sizes as well as widgets that grow (such as ellipsizing text) need no such considerations.

GtkSizeGroup as GtkBuildable

Size groups can be specified in a UI definition by placing an <object> element with class="GtkSizeGroup" somewhere in the UI definition. The widgets that belong to the size group are specified by a <widgets> element that may contain multiple <widget> elements, one for each member of the size group. The ”name” attribute gives the id of the widget.

An example of a UI definition fragment with GtkSizeGroup:

<object class="GtkSizeGroup">
  <property name="mode">GTK_SIZE_GROUP_HORIZONTAL</property>
  <widgets>
    <widget name="radio1"/>
    <widget name="radio2"/>
  </widgets>
</object>

Constructors

this
this(void* ptr, Flag!"Take" take)
this
this(gtk.types.SizeGroupMode mode)

Create a new #GtkSizeGroup.

Members

Functions

addWidget
void addWidget(gtk.widget.Widget widget)

Adds a widget to a #GtkSizeGroup. In the future, the requisition of the widget will be determined as the maximum of its requisition and the requisition of the other widgets in the size group. Whether this applies horizontally, vertically, or in both directions depends on the mode of the size group. See gtk.size_group.SizeGroup.setMode.

getIgnoreHidden
bool getIgnoreHidden()

Returns if invisible widgets are ignored when calculating the size.

getMode
gtk.types.SizeGroupMode getMode()

Gets the current mode of the size group. See gtk.size_group.SizeGroup.setMode.

getWidgets
gtk.widget.Widget[] getWidgets()

Returns the list of widgets associated with size_group.

removeWidget
void removeWidget(gtk.widget.Widget widget)

Removes a widget from a #GtkSizeGroup.

self
SizeGroup self()

Returns this, for use in with statements.

setIgnoreHidden
void setIgnoreHidden(bool ignoreHidden)

Sets whether unmapped widgets should be ignored when calculating the size.

setMode
void setMode(gtk.types.SizeGroupMode mode)

Sets the #GtkSizeGroupMode of the size group. The mode of the size group determines whether the widgets in the size group should all have the same horizontal requisition (gtk.types.SizeGroupMode.Horizontal) all have the same vertical requisition (gtk.types.SizeGroupMode.Vertical), or should all have the same requisition in both directions (gtk.types.SizeGroupMode.Both).

Properties

_gType
GType _gType [@property getter]
ignoreHidden
bool ignoreHidden [@property getter]

Get ignoreHidden property.

ignoreHidden
bool ignoreHidden [@property setter]

Set ignoreHidden property.

mode
gtk.types.SizeGroupMode mode [@property getter]
mode
gtk.types.SizeGroupMode mode [@property setter]

Static functions

_getGType
GType _getGType()
builder
SizeGroupGidBuilder builder()

Get builder for gtk.size_group.SizeGroup

Mixed In Members

From mixin BuildableT!()

addChild
void addChild(gtk.builder.Builder builder, gobject.object.ObjectWrap child, string type)

Adds a child to buildable. type is an optional string describing how the child should be added.

constructChild
gobject.object.ObjectWrap constructChild(gtk.builder.Builder builder, string name)

Constructs a child of buildable with the name name.

customFinished
void customFinished(gtk.builder.Builder builder, gobject.object.ObjectWrap child, string tagname, void* data)

This is similar to gtk.buildable.Buildable.parserFinished but is called once for each custom tag handled by the buildable.

customTagStart
bool customTagStart(gtk.builder.Builder builder, gobject.object.ObjectWrap child, string tagname, glib.types.MarkupParser parser, void* data)

This is called for each unknown element under <child>.

getInternalChild
gobject.object.ObjectWrap getInternalChild(gtk.builder.Builder builder, string childname)

Get the internal child called childname of the buildable object.

getName
string getName()

Gets the name of the buildable object.

parserFinished
void parserFinished(gtk.builder.Builder builder)

Called when the builder finishes the parsing of a [GtkBuilder UI definition][BUILDER-UI]. Note that this will be called once for each time gtk.builder.Builder.addFromFile or gtk.builder.Builder.addFromString is called on a builder.

setBuildableProperty
void setBuildableProperty(gtk.builder.Builder builder, string name, gobject.value.Value value)

Sets the property name name to value on the buildable object.

setName
void setName(string name)

Sets the name of the buildable object.

Inherited Members

From ObjectWrap

_setGObject
void _setGObject(void* cObj, Flag!"Take" take)

Set the GObject of a D ObjectWrap wrapper.

_cPtr
void* _cPtr(Flag!"Dup" dup)

Get a pointer to the underlying C object.

_ref
void* _ref(void* gObj)

Calls g_object_ref() on a GObject.

_unref
_unref(void* gObj)

Calls g_object_unref() on a GObject.

_getGType
GType _getGType()

Get the GType of an object.

_gType
GType _gType [@property getter]

GObject GType property.

self
ObjectWrap self()

Convenience method to return this cast to a type. For use in D with statements.

_getDObject
T _getDObject(void* cptr, Flag!"Take" take)

Template to get the D object from a C GObject and cast it to the given D object type.

connectSignalClosure
gulong connectSignalClosure(string signalDetail, DClosure closure, Flag!"After" after)

Connect a D closure to an object signal.

setProperty
void setProperty(string propertyName, T val)

Template for setting a GObject property.

getProperty
T getProperty(string propertyName)

Template for getting a GObject property.

compatControl
size_t compatControl(size_t what, void* data)
bindProperty
gobject.binding.Binding bindProperty(string sourceProperty, gobject.object.ObjectWrap target, string targetProperty, gobject.types.BindingFlags flags)

Creates a binding between source_property on source and target_property on target.

bindPropertyFull
gobject.binding.Binding bindPropertyFull(string sourceProperty, gobject.object.ObjectWrap target, string targetProperty, gobject.types.BindingFlags flags, gobject.closure.Closure transformTo, gobject.closure.Closure transformFrom)

Creates a binding between source_property on source and target_property on target, allowing you to set the transformation functions to be used by the binding.

forceFloating
void forceFloating()

This function is intended for #GObject implementations to re-enforce a floating[floating-ref] object reference. Doing this is seldom required: all #GInitiallyUnowneds are created with a floating reference which usually just needs to be sunken by calling gobject.object.ObjectWrap.refSink.

freezeNotify
void freezeNotify()

Increases the freeze count on object. If the freeze count is non-zero, the emission of "notify" signals on object is stopped. The signals are queued until the freeze count is decreased to zero. Duplicate notifications are squashed so that at most one #GObject::notify signal is emitted for each property modified while the object is frozen.

getData
void* getData(string key)

Gets a named field from the objects table of associations (see gobject.object.ObjectWrap.setData).

getProperty
void getProperty(string propertyName, gobject.value.Value value)

Gets a property of an object.

getQdata
void* getQdata(glib.types.Quark quark)

This function gets back user data pointers stored via gobject.object.ObjectWrap.setQdata.

getv
void getv(string[] names, gobject.value.Value[] values)

Gets n_properties properties for an object. Obtained properties will be set to values. All properties must be valid. Warnings will be emitted and undefined behaviour may result if invalid properties are passed in.

isFloating
bool isFloating()

Checks whether object has a floating[floating-ref] reference.

notify
void notify(string propertyName)

Emits a "notify" signal for the property property_name on object.

notifyByPspec
void notifyByPspec(gobject.param_spec.ParamSpec pspec)

Emits a "notify" signal for the property specified by pspec on object.

refSink
gobject.object.ObjectWrap refSink()

Increase the reference count of object, and possibly remove the floating[floating-ref] reference, if object has a floating reference.

runDispose
void runDispose()

Releases all references to other objects. This can be used to break reference cycles.

setData
void setData(string key, void* data)

Each object carries around a table of associations from strings to pointers. This function lets you set an association.

setProperty
void setProperty(string propertyName, gobject.value.Value value)

Sets a property on an object.

stealData
void* stealData(string key)

Remove a specified datum from the object's data associations, without invoking the association's destroy handler.

stealQdata
void* stealQdata(glib.types.Quark quark)

This function gets back user data pointers stored via gobject.object.ObjectWrap.setQdata and removes the data from object without invoking its destroy() function (if any was set). Usually, calling this function is only required to update user data pointers with a destroy notifier, for example:

thawNotify
void thawNotify()

Reverts the effect of a previous call to gobject.object.ObjectWrap.freezeNotify. The freeze count is decreased on object and when it reaches zero, queued "notify" signals are emitted.

watchClosure
void watchClosure(gobject.closure.Closure closure)

This function essentially limits the life time of the closure to the life time of the object. That is, when the object is finalized, the closure is invalidated by calling gobject.closure.Closure.invalidate on it, in order to prevent invocations of the closure with a finalized (nonexisting) object. Also, gobject.object.ObjectWrap.ref_ and gobject.object.ObjectWrap.unref are added as marshal guards to the closure, to ensure that an extra reference count is held on object during invocation of the closure. Usually, this function will be called on closures that use this object as closure data.

connectNotify
gulong connectNotify(string detail, T callback, Flag!"After" after)

Connect to Notify signal.

From Buildable

_getGType
GType _getGType()
addChild
void addChild(gtk.builder.Builder builder, gobject.object.ObjectWrap child, string type)

Adds a child to buildable. type is an optional string describing how the child should be added.

constructChild
gobject.object.ObjectWrap constructChild(gtk.builder.Builder builder, string name)

Constructs a child of buildable with the name name.

customFinished
void customFinished(gtk.builder.Builder builder, gobject.object.ObjectWrap child, string tagname, void* data)

This is similar to gtk.buildable.Buildable.parserFinished but is called once for each custom tag handled by the buildable.

customTagStart
bool customTagStart(gtk.builder.Builder builder, gobject.object.ObjectWrap child, string tagname, glib.types.MarkupParser parser, void* data)

This is called for each unknown element under <child>.

getInternalChild
gobject.object.ObjectWrap getInternalChild(gtk.builder.Builder builder, string childname)

Get the internal child called childname of the buildable object.

getName
string getName()

Gets the name of the buildable object.

parserFinished
void parserFinished(gtk.builder.Builder builder)

Called when the builder finishes the parsing of a [GtkBuilder UI definition][BUILDER-UI]. Note that this will be called once for each time gtk.builder.Builder.addFromFile or gtk.builder.Builder.addFromString is called on a builder.

setBuildableProperty
void setBuildableProperty(gtk.builder.Builder builder, string name, gobject.value.Value value)

Sets the property name name to value on the buildable object.

setName
void setName(string name)

Sets the name of the buildable object.