hbox widget

A GtkHBox optionally packed inside a GtkViewport inside a GtkScrolledWindow

Definition

<hbox tag_attr="value"...>
	widget...
	<variable>varname</variable>
	<height>value</height>
	<width>value</width>
	<sensitive>state</sensitive>
	<action signal="type">activity</action>...
</hbox>

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

Tag Attributes

See the GtkHBox widget and ancestor class properties.

The following custom tag attributes are available:

Name Description Value Since
space-expand[1] Pack this and nested widgets expanding into space true or false 0.7.21
space-fill[1] Pack this and nested widgets filling space true or false 0.7.21
block-function-signals Block signal emissions from functions true or false 0.8.1
hscrollbar-policy Policy for the horizontal scrollbar 0, 1, 2 (always, automatic, never) 0.8.1
vscrollbar-policy Policy for the vertical scrollbar 0, 1, 2 (always, automatic, never) 0.8.1
scrollable Scrolled window capability true or false 0.7.21
height Scrolled window dimension An integer > 0 or -1 to ignore 0.7.21
width Scrolled window dimension An integer > 0 or -1 to ignore 0.7.21
shadow-type Viewport shadow type 0 to 4 (see GtkShadowType) 0.8.1

Directives

Some of these may have tag attribute equivalents.

Name Description Contents Mandatory Since
variable Shell variable name 0.8.1
height[2] Scrolled window dimension An integer > 0 or -1 to ignore 0.8.1
width[2] Scrolled window dimension An integer > 0 or -1 to ignore 0.8.1
sensitive Sensitive state true or false 0.8.1
action signal="type" Execute command on signal Shell command 0.8.1
action signal="type" Perform function on signal function:parameter 0.8.1

Signals

There is no default signal for this widget.

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, 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 Shell variable name 0.8.1
disable Desensitise widget Shell variable name 0.8.1
show Show widget Shell variable name 0.8.1
hide Hide widget Shell variable name 0.8.1

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

Type Description Parameter Since
command Execute command Shell command 0.8.1
exit Exit dialog A value for the EXIT shell variable 0.8.1
closewindow Close dialog Shell variable name 0.8 1
launch Launch dialog Shell variable name 0.8.1
presentwindow Present dialog Shell variable name 0.8.1

Notes

1. By default the frame widget and every widget automatically placed inside a scrolled window (edit, tree, list, table and optionally the h/vbox) are packed with expand and fill set to true, otherwise widgets are packed with expand and fill set to false. This rather quirky system constitutes the original Gtkdialog widget packing method and therefore must continue to be supported, but since 0.7.21 it's now possible to override this behaviour globally with the --space-expand=state and --space-fill=state command line options, at the h/vbox container level or at the individual widget level or a combination thereof.

2. The scrolled window has a default dimension of 200x100 which can be overridden with the height and/or width directives.

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


button, checkbox, colorbutton, comboboxentry, comboboxtext, combobox, edit, entry, eventbox, expander, fontbutton, frame, hbox, hscale, hseparator, list, menubar, menuitemseparator, menuitem, menu, notebook, pixmap, progressbar, radiobutton, separator, spinbutton, statusbar, table, terminal, text, timer, togglebutton, tree, vbox, vscale, vseparator, window,