Description
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.
Details
struct GtkEntry
The GtkEntry struct contains only private data.
gtk_entry_new ()
Creates a new GtkEntry widget.
gtk_entry_new_with_max_length ()
Warning |
gtk_entry_new_with_max_length is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. |
Creates a new GtkEntry widget with the given maximum
length.
Note: the existance of this function is inconsistent
with the rest of the GTK+ API. The normal setup would
be to just require the user to make an extra call
to gtk_entry_set_max_length() instead. It is not
expected that this function will be removed, but
it would be better practice not to use it.
gtk_entry_set_text ()
Sets the text in the widget to the given
value, replacing the current contents.
gtk_entry_append_text ()
Warning |
gtk_entry_append_text is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. |
Appends the given text to the contents of the widget.
gtk_entry_prepend_text ()
void gtk_entry_prepend_text (GtkEntry *entry,
const gchar *text); |
Warning |
gtk_entry_prepend_text is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. |
Prepends the given text to the contents of th ewidget.
gtk_entry_set_position ()
void gtk_entry_set_position (GtkEntry *entry,
gint position); |
Warning |
gtk_entry_set_position is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. |
Sets the cursor position in an entry to the given
value. This function is obsolete. You should use
gtk_editable_set_position() instead.
gtk_entry_get_text ()
Retrieve the contents of the entry widget. The returned
pointer points to internally allocated storage in the
widget and must not be freed, modified or stored. For
this reason, this function is deprecated. Use
gtk_editable_get_chars() instead.
gtk_entry_select_region ()
Warning |
gtk_entry_select_region is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. |
Selects a region of text. The characters that
are selected are those characters at positions from
start_pos up to, but not including end_pos. If
end_pos is negative, then the the characters selected
will be those characters from start_pos to the end
of the text. This function is obsolete. You should
use gtk_editable_select_region() instead.
gtk_entry_set_visibility ()
Sets whether the contents of the entry are visible or
not. When visibility is set to FALSE, characters
are displayed as asterisks (*'s), and will also appear
that way when the text in the entry widget is copied
elsewhere.
gtk_entry_set_invisible_char ()
Sets the character to use in place of the actual text when
gtk_entry_set_visibility() has been called to set text visibility
to FALSE. i.e. this is the character used in "password mode" to
show the user how many characters have been typed. The default
invisible char is an asterisk ('*'). If you set the invisible char
to 0, then the user will get no feedback at all; there will be
no text on the screen as they type.
gtk_entry_set_editable ()
Determines if the user can edit the text in the editable
widget or not. This function is obsolete. You should
use gtk_editable_set_editable() instead.
gtk_entry_set_max_length ()
Sets the maximum allowed length of the contents
of the widget. If the current contents are longer
than the given length, then they will be truncated
to fit.
gtk_entry_set_activates_default ()
If setting is TRUE, pressing Enter in the entry will activate the default
widget for the window containing the entry. This usually means that
the dialog box containing the entry will be closed, since the default
widget is usually one of the dialog buttons.
(For experts: if setting is TRUE, the entry calls
gtk_window_activate_default() on the window containing the entry, in
the default handler for the "activate" signal.)
gtk_entry_set_has_frame ()
Sets whether the entry has a beveled frame around it.
gtk_entry_set_width_chars ()
void gtk_entry_set_width_chars (GtkEntry *entry,
gint n_chars); |
Changes the size request of the entry to be about the right size
for n_chars characters. Note that it changes the size
<emphasize>request</emphasize>, the size can still be affected by
how you pack the widget into containers. If n_chars is -1, the
size reverts to the default entry size.