Gtk.FileChooserButton

Example

Subclasses:None

Methods

Inherited:Gtk.Box (14), Gtk.Container (35), Gtk.Widget (278), GObject.Object (37), Gtk.Buildable (10), Gtk.Orientable (2), Gtk.FileChooser (63) Structs:Gtk.ContainerClass (5), Gtk.WidgetClass (12), GObject.ObjectClass (5)

class	new (title, action)
class	new_with_dialog (dialog)
	get_focus_on_click ()
	get_title ()
	get_width_chars ()
	set_focus_on_click (focus_on_click)
	set_title (title)
	set_width_chars (n_chars)

Virtual Methods

Inherited:Gtk.Container (10), Gtk.Widget (82), GObject.Object (7), Gtk.Buildable (10)

do_file_set ()

Properties

Inherited:Gtk.Box (3), Gtk.Container (3), Gtk.Widget (39), Gtk.Orientable (1), Gtk.FileChooser (11)

Name	Type	Flags	Short Description
dialog	Gtk.FileChooser	w/co	The file chooser dialog to use.
title	str	r/w	The title of the file chooser dialog.
width-chars	int	r/w	The desired width of the button widget, in characters.

Child Properties

Inherited:Gtk.Box (5)

Style Properties

Inherited:Gtk.Widget (17)

Signals

Inherited:Gtk.Container (4), Gtk.Widget (69), GObject.Object (1), Gtk.FileChooser (5)

Name	Short Description
file-set	The ::file-set signal is emitted when the user selects a file.

Fields

Inherited:Gtk.Container (4), Gtk.Widget (69), GObject.Object (1), Gtk.FileChooser (5)

Name	Type	Access	Description
parent	Gtk.Box	r

Class Details

class Gtk.FileChooserButton(*args, **kwargs)

Bases:Gtk.Box, Gtk.FileChooser Abstract:No Structure:Gtk.FileChooserButtonClass

The Gtk.FileChooserButton is a widget that lets the user select a file. It implements the Gtk.FileChooser interface. Visually, it is a file name with a button to bring up a Gtk.FileChooserDialog. The user can then use that dialog to change the file associated with that button. This widget does not support setting the Gtk.FileChooser :select-multiple property to True.

Create a button to let the user select a file in /etc

{
  GtkWidget *button;

  button = gtk_file_chooser_button_new (_("Select a file"),
                                        GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_OPEN);
  gtk_file_chooser_set_current_folder (GTK_FILE_CHOOSER (button),
                                       "/etc");
}

The Gtk.FileChooserButton supports the Gtk.FileChooserActions Gtk.FileChooserAction.OPEN and Gtk.FileChooserAction.SELECT_FOLDER.

The Gtk.FileChooserButton will ellipsize the label, and will thus request little horizontal space. To give the button more space, you should call Gtk.Widget.get_preferred_size(), Gtk.FileChooserButton.set_width_chars(), or pack the button in such a way that other interface elements give space to the widget.

CSS nodes

Gtk.FileChooserButton has a CSS node with name “filechooserbutton”, containing a subnode for the internal button with name “button” and style class “.file”.

classmethod new(title, action)

Parameters:

• title (str) – the title of the browse dialog.
• action (Gtk.FileChooserAction) – the open mode for the widget.

Returns:

a new button widget.

Return type:

Gtk.Widget

Creates a new file-selecting button widget.

New in version 2.6.

classmethod new_with_dialog(dialog)

Parameters:dialog (Gtk.Dialog) – the widget to use as dialog Returns:a new button widget. Return type:Gtk.Widget

Creates a Gtk.FileChooserButton widget which uses dialog as its file-picking window.

Note that dialog must be a Gtk.Dialog (or subclass) which implements the Gtk.FileChooser interface and must not have Gtk.DialogFlags.DESTROY_WITH_PARENT set.

Also note that the dialog needs to have its confirmative button added with response Gtk.ResponseType.ACCEPT or Gtk.ResponseType.OK in order for the button to take over the file selected in the dialog.

New in version 2.6.

get_focus_on_click()

Returns:True if the button grabs focus when it is clicked with the mouse. Return type:bool

Returns whether the button grabs focus when it is clicked with the mouse. See Gtk.FileChooserButton.set_focus_on_click().

New in version 2.10.

Deprecated since version 3.20: Use Gtk.Widget.get_focus_on_click() instead

get_title()

Returns:a pointer to the browse dialog’s title. Return type:str

Retrieves the title of the browse dialog used by self. The returned value should not be modified or freed.

New in version 2.6.

get_width_chars()

Returns:an integer width (in characters) that the button will use to size itself. Return type:int

Retrieves the width in characters of the self widget’s entry and/or label.

New in version 2.6.

set_focus_on_click(focus_on_click)

Parameters:focus_on_click (bool) – whether the button grabs focus when clicked with the mouse

Sets whether the button will grab focus when it is clicked with the mouse. Making mouse clicks not grab focus is useful in places like toolbars where you don’t want the keyboard focus removed from the main area of the application.

New in version 2.10.

Deprecated since version 3.20: Use Gtk.Widget.set_focus_on_click() instead

set_title(title)

Parameters:title (str) – the new browse dialog title.

Modifies the title of the browse dialog used by self.

New in version 2.6.

set_width_chars(n_chars)

Parameters:n_chars (int) – the new width, in characters.

Sets the width (in characters) that self will use to n_chars.

New in version 2.6.

do_file_set() virtual

Signal Details

Gtk.FileChooserButton.signals.file_set(file_chooser_button)

Signal Name:file-set Flags:RUN_FIRST Parameters:file_chooser_button (Gtk.FileChooserButton) – The object which received the signal

The ::file-set signal is emitted when the user selects a file.

Note that this signal is only emitted when the user changes the file.

New in version 2.12.

Property Details

Gtk.FileChooserButton.props.dialog

Name:dialog Type:Gtk.FileChooser Default Value:None Flags:WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT_ONLY

Instance of the Gtk.FileChooserDialog associated with the button.

New in version 2.6.

Gtk.FileChooserButton.props.title

Name:title Type:str Default Value:'Select a File' Flags:READABLE, WRITABLE

Title to put on the Gtk.FileChooserDialog associated with the button.

New in version 2.6.

Gtk.FileChooserButton.props.width_chars

Name:width-chars Type:int Default Value:-1 Flags:READABLE, WRITABLE

The width of the entry and label inside the button, in characters.

New in version 2.6.