Class

GtkFlowBox

Description [src]

final class Gtk.FlowBox : Gtk.Widget
  implements Gtk.Accessible, Gtk.Buildable, Gtk.ConstraintTarget, Gtk.Orientable {
  /* No available fields */
}

A GtkFlowBox puts child widgets in reflowing grid.

For instance, with the horizontal orientation, the widgets will be arranged from left to right, starting a new row under the previous row when necessary. Reducing the width in this case will require more rows, so a larger height will be requested.

Likewise, with the vertical orientation, the widgets will be arranged from top to bottom, starting a new column to the right when necessary. Reducing the height will require more columns, so a larger width will be requested.

The size request of a GtkFlowBox alone may not be what you expect; if you need to be able to shrink it along both axes and dynamically reflow its children, you may have to wrap it in a GtkScrolledWindow to enable that.

The children of a GtkFlowBox can be dynamically sorted and filtered.

Although a GtkFlowBox must have only GtkFlowBoxChild children, you can add any kind of widget to it via gtk_flow_box_insert(), and a GtkFlowBoxChild widget will automatically be inserted between the box and the widget.

Also see GtkListBox.

Shortcuts and Gestures

The following signals have default keybindings:

CSS nodes

flowbox
├── flowboxchild
│   ╰── <child>
├── flowboxchild
│   ╰── <child>
┊
╰── [rubberband]

GtkFlowBox uses a single CSS node with name flowbox. GtkFlowBoxChild uses a single CSS node with name flowboxchild. For rubberband selection, a subnode with name rubberband is used.

Accessibility

GtkFlowBox uses the GTK_ACCESSIBLE_ROLE_GRID role, and GtkFlowBoxChild uses the GTK_ACCESSIBLE_ROLE_GRID_CELL role.

Hierarchy

hierarchy this GtkFlowBox implements_0 GtkAccessible this--implements_0 implements_1 GtkBuildable this--implements_1 implements_2 GtkConstraintTarget this--implements_2 implements_3 GtkOrientable this--implements_3 ancestor_0 GtkWidget ancestor_0--this ancestor_1 GInitiallyUnowned ancestor_1--ancestor_0 ancestor_2 GObject ancestor_2--ancestor_1

Constructors

gtk_flow_box_new

Creates a GtkFlowBox.

Instance methods

gtk_flow_box_append

Adds child to the end of self.

since: 4.6

gtk_flow_box_bind_model

Binds model to box.

gtk_flow_box_get_activate_on_single_click

Returns whether children activate on single clicks.

gtk_flow_box_get_child_at_index

Gets the nth child in the box.

gtk_flow_box_get_child_at_pos

Gets the child in the (x, y) position.

gtk_flow_box_get_column_spacing

Gets the horizontal spacing.

gtk_flow_box_get_homogeneous

Returns whether the box is homogeneous.

gtk_flow_box_get_max_children_per_line

Gets the maximum number of children per line.

gtk_flow_box_get_min_children_per_line

Gets the minimum number of children per line.

gtk_flow_box_get_row_spacing

Gets the vertical spacing.

gtk_flow_box_get_selected_children

Creates a list of all selected children.

gtk_flow_box_get_selection_mode

Gets the selection mode of box.

gtk_flow_box_insert

Inserts the widget into box at position.

gtk_flow_box_invalidate_filter

Updates the filtering for all children.

gtk_flow_box_invalidate_sort

Updates the sorting for all children.

gtk_flow_box_prepend

Adds child to the start of self.

since: 4.6

gtk_flow_box_remove

Removes a child from box.

gtk_flow_box_remove_all

Removes all children from box.

since: 4.12

gtk_flow_box_select_all

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

gtk_flow_box_select_child

Selects a single child of box, if the selection mode allows it.

gtk_flow_box_selected_foreach

Calls a function for each selected child.

gtk_flow_box_set_activate_on_single_click

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

gtk_flow_box_set_column_spacing

Sets the horizontal space to add between children.

gtk_flow_box_set_filter_func

By setting a filter function on the box one can decide dynamically which of the children to show.

gtk_flow_box_set_hadjustment

Hooks up an adjustment to focus handling in box.

gtk_flow_box_set_homogeneous

Sets whether or not all children of box are given equal space in the box.

gtk_flow_box_set_max_children_per_line

Sets the maximum number of children to request and allocate space for in box’s orientation.

gtk_flow_box_set_min_children_per_line

Sets the minimum number of children to line up in box’s orientation before flowing.

gtk_flow_box_set_row_spacing

Sets the vertical space to add between children.

gtk_flow_box_set_selection_mode

Sets how selection works in box.

gtk_flow_box_set_sort_func

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

gtk_flow_box_set_vadjustment

Hooks up an adjustment to focus handling in box.

gtk_flow_box_unselect_all

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

gtk_flow_box_unselect_child

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

Methods inherited from GtkWidget (162)

Please see GtkWidget for a full list of methods.

Methods inherited from GObject (43)

Please see GObject for a full list of methods.

Methods inherited from GtkAccessible (19)
gtk_accessible_announce

Requests the user’s screen reader to announce the given message.

since: 4.14

gtk_accessible_get_accessible_parent

Retrieves the accessible parent for an accessible object.

since: 4.10

gtk_accessible_get_accessible_role

Retrieves the accessible role of an accessible object.

gtk_accessible_get_at_context

Retrieves the accessible implementation for the given GtkAccessible.

since: 4.10

gtk_accessible_get_bounds

Queries the coordinates and dimensions of this accessible.

since: 4.10

gtk_accessible_get_first_accessible_child

Retrieves the first accessible child of an accessible object.

since: 4.10

gtk_accessible_get_next_accessible_sibling

Retrieves the next accessible sibling of an accessible object.

since: 4.10

gtk_accessible_get_platform_state

Query a platform state, such as focus.

since: 4.10

gtk_accessible_reset_property

Resets the accessible property to its default value.

gtk_accessible_reset_relation

Resets the accessible relation to its default value.

gtk_accessible_reset_state

Resets the accessible state to its default value.

gtk_accessible_set_accessible_parent

Sets the parent and sibling of an accessible object.

since: 4.10

gtk_accessible_update_next_accessible_sibling

Updates the next accessible sibling of self.

since: 4.10

gtk_accessible_update_property

Updates a list of accessible properties.

gtk_accessible_update_property_value

Updates an array of accessible properties.

gtk_accessible_update_relation

Updates a list of accessible relations.

gtk_accessible_update_relation_value

Updates an array of accessible relations.

gtk_accessible_update_state

Updates a list of accessible states. See the GtkAccessibleState documentation for the value types of accessible states.

gtk_accessible_update_state_value

Updates an array of accessible states.

Methods inherited from GtkBuildable (1)
gtk_buildable_get_buildable_id

Gets the ID of the buildable object.

Methods inherited from GtkOrientable (2)
gtk_orientable_get_orientation

Retrieves the orientation of the orientable.

gtk_orientable_set_orientation

Sets the orientation of the orientable.

Properties

Gtk.FlowBox:accept-unpaired-release

Whether to accept unpaired release events.

Gtk.FlowBox:activate-on-single-click

Determines whether children can be activated with a single click, or require a double-click.

Gtk.FlowBox:column-spacing

The amount of horizontal space between two children.

Gtk.FlowBox:homogeneous

Determines whether all children should be allocated the same size.

Gtk.FlowBox:max-children-per-line

The maximum amount of children to request space for consecutively in the given orientation.

Gtk.FlowBox:min-children-per-line

The minimum number of children to allocate consecutively in the given orientation.

Gtk.FlowBox:row-spacing

The amount of vertical space between two children.

Gtk.FlowBox:selection-mode

The selection mode used by the flow box.

Properties inherited from GtkWidget (34)
Gtk.Widget:can-focus

Whether the widget or any of its descendents can accept the input focus.

Gtk.Widget:can-target

Whether the widget can receive pointer events.

Gtk.Widget:css-classes

A list of css classes applied to this widget.

Gtk.Widget:css-name

The name of this widget in the CSS tree.

Gtk.Widget:cursor

The cursor used by widget.

Gtk.Widget:focus-on-click

Whether the widget should grab focus when it is clicked with the mouse.

Gtk.Widget:focusable

Whether this widget itself will accept the input focus.

Gtk.Widget:halign

How to distribute horizontal space if widget gets extra space.

Gtk.Widget:has-default

Whether the widget is the default widget.

Gtk.Widget:has-focus

Whether the widget has the input focus.

Gtk.Widget:has-tooltip

Enables or disables the emission of the ::query-tooltip signal on widget.

Gtk.Widget:height-request

Override for height request of the widget.

Gtk.Widget:hexpand

Whether to expand horizontally.

Gtk.Widget:hexpand-set

Whether to use the hexpand property.

Gtk.Widget:layout-manager

The GtkLayoutManager instance to use to compute the preferred size of the widget, and allocate its children.

Gtk.Widget:margin-bottom

Margin on bottom side of widget.

Gtk.Widget:margin-end

Margin on end of widget, horizontally.

Gtk.Widget:margin-start

Margin on start of widget, horizontally.

Gtk.Widget:margin-top

Margin on top side of widget.

Gtk.Widget:name

The name of the widget.

Gtk.Widget:opacity

The requested opacity of the widget.

Gtk.Widget:overflow

How content outside the widget’s content area is treated.

Gtk.Widget:parent

The parent widget of this widget.

Gtk.Widget:receives-default

Whether the widget will receive the default action when it is focused.

Gtk.Widget:root

The GtkRoot widget of the widget tree containing this widget.

Gtk.Widget:scale-factor

The scale factor of the widget.

Gtk.Widget:sensitive

Whether the widget responds to input.

Gtk.Widget:tooltip-markup

Sets the text of tooltip to be the given string, which is marked up with Pango markup.

Gtk.Widget:tooltip-text

Sets the text of tooltip to be the given string.

Gtk.Widget:valign

How to distribute vertical space if widget gets extra space.

Gtk.Widget:vexpand

Whether to expand vertically.

Gtk.Widget:vexpand-set

Whether to use the vexpand property.

Gtk.Widget:visible

Whether the widget is visible.

Gtk.Widget:width-request

Override for width request of the widget.

Properties inherited from GtkAccessible (1)
GtkAccessible:accessible-role

The accessible role of the given GtkAccessible implementation.

Properties inherited from GtkOrientable (1)
GtkOrientable:orientation

The orientation of the orientable.

Signals

Gtk.FlowBox::activate-cursor-child

Emitted when the user activates the box.

Gtk.FlowBox::child-activated

Emitted when a child has been activated by the user.

Gtk.FlowBox::move-cursor

Emitted when the user initiates a cursor movement.

Gtk.FlowBox::select-all

Emitted to select all children of the box, if the selection mode permits it.

Gtk.FlowBox::selected-children-changed

Emitted when the set of selected children changes.

Gtk.FlowBox::toggle-cursor-child

Emitted to toggle the selection of the child that has the focus.

Gtk.FlowBox::unselect-all

Emitted to unselect all children of the box, if the selection mode permits it.

Signals inherited from GtkWidget (13)
GtkWidget::destroy

Signals that all holders of a reference to the widget should release the reference that they hold.

GtkWidget::direction-changed

Emitted when the text direction of a widget changes.

GtkWidget::hide

Emitted when widget is hidden.

GtkWidget::keynav-failed

Emitted if keyboard navigation fails.

GtkWidget::map

Emitted when widget is going to be mapped.

GtkWidget::mnemonic-activate

Emitted when a widget is activated via a mnemonic.

GtkWidget::move-focus

Emitted when the focus is moved.

GtkWidget::query-tooltip

Emitted when the widget’s tooltip is about to be shown.

GtkWidget::realize

Emitted when widget is associated with a GdkSurface.

GtkWidget::show

Emitted when widget is shown.

GtkWidget::state-flags-changed

Emitted when the widget state changes.

GtkWidget::unmap

Emitted when widget is going to be unmapped.

GtkWidget::unrealize

Emitted when the GdkSurface associated with widget is destroyed.

Signals inherited from GObject (1)
GObject::notify

The notify signal is emitted on an object when one of its properties has its value set through g_object_set_property(), g_object_set(), et al.