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window widget

A GtkWindow


Definition

<window tag_attr="value"...>
	widget
	<label>title</label>
	<variable>varname</variable>
	<input>command</input>
	<input file>filename</input>
	<sensitive>state</sensitive>
	<action signal="type">activity</action>...
	<output file>filename</output>
</window>

"..." denotes acceptance of multiples of the same thing.

Tag Attributes

See the GtkWindow widget and ancestor class properties.

The following custom tag attributes are available:

Name Description Value Since
image-name Image filename 0.8.1
block-function-signals Block signal emissions from functions true or false 0.7.21
file-monitor Emit signal when input file(s) change true or false 0.8.1
auto-refresh Auto refresh when input file(s) change true or false 0.8.1

Directives

Some of these may have tag attribute equivalents.

Name Description Contents Since
label Initial title
variable Variable name
variable export="false" Variable name, not exported to shell 0.8.3
input Data input source Shell command 0.8.1
input file Data input source Filename 0.8.1
sensitive Sensitive state true or false 0.8.1
action signal="type" Execute command on signal Shell command
action signal="type" Perform function on signal function:parameter
action signal="type" condition="type" Execute command on signal conditionally Shell command 0.8.3
action signal="type" condition="type" Perform function on signal conditionally function:parameter 0.8.3
output file Data output target Filename 0.8.1

Signals

There is no default signal for this widget.

The "file-changed" signal is emitted if file-monitor is true and the input file being monitored has changed.

The following signals are connected-up for all widgets:

button-press-event, button-release-event, configure-event, enter-notify-event, leave-notify-event, focus-in-event, focus-out-event, hide, show, realize, key-press-event, key-release-event, map-event, unmap-event

Functions

The following functions can be performed upon this widget by any widget capable of emitting signals:

Type Description Parameter Since
enable Sensitise widget Variable name
disable Desensitise widget Variable name
show Show widget Variable name 0.8.1
hide Hide widget Variable name 0.8.1
refresh Reload input data[1] Variable name 0.8.1
save Save widget data Variable name 0.8.1
clear Remove all widget data Variable name 0.8.1

The following general functions can be performed by any widget capable of emitting signals:

Type Description Parameter Since
break Break out of actions list None 0.8.3
command Execute command Shell command
exit Exit dialog A value for the EXIT variable
closewindow Close dialog Variable name
launch Launch dialog Variable name
presentwindow Present dialog Variable name 0.8.1

Conditions

The following conditions can be used within the condition attribute of action directives:

Type Description Argument Since
active_is_true(argument) Active state of toggle widget Variable name 0.8.3
active_is_false(argument) Active state of toggle widget Variable name 0.8.3
command_is_true(argument) Output of shell command Shell command 0.8.3
command_is_false(argument) Output of shell command Shell command 0.8.3
file_is_true(argument) Contents of a file Filename 0.8.3
file_is_false(argument) Contents of a file Filename 0.8.3
sensitive_is_true(argument) Sensitive state of widget Variable name 0.8.3
sensitive_is_false(argument) Sensitive state of widget Variable name 0.8.3
visible_is_true(argument) Visible state of widget Variable name 0.8.3
visible_is_false(argument) Visible state of widget Variable name 0.8.3

true means "true", "yes" or a non-zero value, false means "false", "no" or zero, therefore the shell command is expected to echo one of these values to stdout.

Notes

  1. The "title" property constitutes the data for this widget.

This widget is a container which accepts only one child widget so you may require that to be an hbox or vbox.

This widget has a default border width of 5 which can be overridden with the "border-width" tag attribute.


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