Gio.FilenameCompleter¶

Subclasses:	None

Methods¶

Inherited:	GObject.Object (37)
Structs:	GObject.ObjectClass (5)

class	`new` ()
	`get_completion_suffix` (initial_text)
	`get_completions` (initial_text)
	`set_dirs_only` (dirs_only)

Virtual Methods¶

Inherited:	GObject.Object (7)

do_got_completion_data ()

Properties¶

None

Signals¶

Inherited:	GObject.Object (1)

Name	Short Description
`got-completion-data`	Emitted when the file name completion information comes available.

Fields¶

Inherited:	GObject.Object (1)

Class Details¶

class Gio.FilenameCompleter(**kwargs)¶

Bases:	`GObject.Object`
Abstract:	No
Structure:	`Gio.FilenameCompleterClass`

Completes partial file and directory names given a partial string by looking in the file system for clues. Can return a list of possible completion strings for widget implementations.

classmethod new()[source]¶

Returns:	a `Gio.FilenameCompleter`.
Return type:	`Gio.FilenameCompleter`

Creates a new filename completer.

get_completion_suffix(initial_text)[source]¶

Parameters:	initial_text (`str`) – text to be completed.
Returns:	a completed string, or `None` if no completion exists. This string is not owned by GIO, so remember to `GLib.free`() it when finished.
Return type:	`str`

Obtains a completion for initial_text from self.

get_completions(initial_text)[source]¶

Parameters:	initial_text (`str`) – text to be completed.
Returns:	array of strings with possible completions for initial_text. This array must be freed by `GLib.strfreev`() when finished.
Return type:	[`str`]

Gets an array of completion strings for a given initial text.

set_dirs_only(dirs_only)[source]¶

Parameters:	dirs_only (`bool`) – a `bool`.

If dirs_only is True, self will only complete directory names, and not file names.

do_got_completion_data() virtual¶

Signal Details¶

Gio.FilenameCompleter.signals.got_completion_data(filename_completer)¶

Signal Name:	`got-completion-data`
Flags:	`RUN_LAST`
Parameters:	filename_completer (`Gio.FilenameCompleter`) – The object which received the signal

Emitted when the file name completion information comes available.