Gtk.Paned¶

Example¶

Subclasses:	`Gtk.HPaned`, `Gtk.VPaned`

Methods¶

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

class	`new` (orientation)
	`add1` (child)
	`add2` (child)
	`get_child1` ()
	`get_child2` ()
	`get_handle_window` ()
	`get_position` ()
	`get_wide_handle` ()
	`pack1` (child, resize, shrink)
	`pack2` (child, resize, shrink)
	`set_position` (position)
	`set_wide_handle` (wide)

Virtual Methods¶

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

	`do_accept_position` ()
	`do_cancel_position` ()
	`do_cycle_child_focus` (reverse)
	`do_cycle_handle_focus` (reverse)
	`do_move_handle` (scroll)
	`do_toggle_handle_focus` ()

Properties¶

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

Name	Type	Flags	Short Description
`max-position`	`int`	r/en	Largest possible value for the “position” property
`min-position`	`int`	r/en	Smallest possible value for the “position” property
`position`	`int`	r/w/en	Position of paned separator in pixels (0 means all the way to the left/top)
`position-set`	`bool`	r/w/en	`True` if the Position property should be used
`wide-handle`	`bool`	r/w/en	Whether the paned should have a prominent handle

Child Properties¶

Name	Type	Default	Flags	Short Description
`resize`	`bool`	`True`	r/w	If `True`, the child expands and shrinks along with the paned widget
`shrink`	`bool`	`True`	r/w	If `True`, the child can be made smaller than its requisition

Style Properties¶

Inherited:	Gtk.Widget (17)

Name	Type	Default	Flags	Short Description
`handle-size`	`int`	`5`	d/r	Width of handle `deprecated`

Signals¶

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

Name	Short Description
`accept-position`	The `::accept-position` signal is a `keybinding signal` which gets emitted to accept the current position of the handle when moving it using key bindings.
`cancel-position`	The `::cancel-position` signal is a `keybinding signal` which gets emitted to cancel moving the position of the handle using key bindings.
`cycle-child-focus`	The `::cycle-child-focus` signal is a `keybinding signal` which gets emitted to cycle the focus between the children of the paned.
`cycle-handle-focus`	The `::cycle-handle-focus` signal is a `keybinding signal` which gets emitted to cycle whether the paned should grab focus to allow the user to change position of the handle by using key bindings.
`move-handle`	The `::move-handle` signal is a `keybinding signal` which gets emitted to move the handle when the user is using key bindings to move it.
`toggle-handle-focus`	The `::toggle-handle-focus` is a `keybinding signal` which gets emitted to accept the current position of the handle and then move focus to the next widget in the focus chain.

Fields¶

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

Name	Type	Access	Description
container	`Gtk.Container`	r

Class Details¶

class Gtk.Paned(**kwargs)¶

Bases:	`Gtk.Container`, `Gtk.Orientable`
Abstract:	No
Structure:	`Gtk.PanedClass`

Gtk.Paned has two panes, arranged either horizontally or vertically. The division between the two panes is adjustable by the user by dragging a handle.

Child widgets are added to the panes of the widget with Gtk.Paned.pack1() and Gtk.Paned.pack2(). The division between the two children is set by default from the size requests of the children, but it can be adjusted by the user.

A paned widget draws a separator between the two child widgets and a small handle that the user can drag to adjust the division. It does not draw any relief around the children or around the separator. (The space in which the separator is called the gutter.) Often, it is useful to put each child inside a Gtk.Frame with the shadow type set to Gtk.ShadowType.IN so that the gutter appears as a ridge. No separator is drawn if one of the children is missing.

Each child has two options that can be set, resize and shrink. If resize is true, then when the Gtk.Paned is resized, that child will expand or shrink along with the paned widget. If shrink is true, then that child can be made smaller than its requisition by the user. Setting shrink to False allows the application to set a minimum size. If resize is false for both children, then this is treated as if resize is true for both children.

The application can set the position of the slider as if it were set by the user, by calling Gtk.Paned.set_position().

CSS nodes

paned
├── <child>
├── separator[.wide]
╰── <child>

Gtk.Paned has a main CSS node with name paned, and a subnode for the separator with name separator. The subnode gets a .wide style class when the paned is supposed to be wide.

In horizontal orientation, the nodes of the children are always arranged from left to right. So :first-child will always select the leftmost child, regardless of text direction.

Creating a paned widget with minimum sizes.

GtkWidget *hpaned = gtk_paned_new (GTK_ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL);
GtkWidget *frame1 = gtk_frame_new (NULL);
GtkWidget *frame2 = gtk_frame_new (NULL);
gtk_frame_set_shadow_type (GTK_FRAME (frame1), GTK_SHADOW_IN);
gtk_frame_set_shadow_type (GTK_FRAME (frame2), GTK_SHADOW_IN);

gtk_widget_set_size_request (hpaned, 200, -1);

gtk_paned_pack1 (GTK_PANED (hpaned), frame1, TRUE, FALSE);
gtk_widget_set_size_request (frame1, 50, -1);

gtk_paned_pack2 (GTK_PANED (hpaned), frame2, FALSE, FALSE);
gtk_widget_set_size_request (frame2, 50, -1);

classmethod new(orientation)[source]¶

Parameters:	orientation (`Gtk.Orientation`) – the paned’s orientation.
Returns:	a new `Gtk.Paned`.
Return type:	`Gtk.Widget`

Creates a new Gtk.Paned widget.

New in version 3.0.

add1(child)[source]¶

Parameters:	child (`Gtk.Widget`) – the child to add

Adds a child to the top or left pane with default parameters. This is equivalent to gtk_paned_pack1 (paned, child, FALSE, TRUE).

add2(child)[source]¶

Parameters:	child (`Gtk.Widget`) – the child to add

Adds a child to the bottom or right pane with default parameters. This is equivalent to gtk_paned_pack2 (paned, child, TRUE, TRUE).

get_child1()[source]¶

Returns:	first child, or `None` if it is not set.
Return type:	`Gtk.Widget` or `None`

Obtains the first child of the paned widget.

New in version 2.4.

get_child2()[source]¶

Returns:	second child, or `None` if it is not set.
Return type:	`Gtk.Widget` or `None`

Obtains the second child of the paned widget.

New in version 2.4.

get_handle_window()[source]¶

Returns:	the paned’s handle window.
Return type:	`Gdk.Window`

Returns the Gdk.Window of the handle. This function is useful when handling button or motion events because it enables the callback to distinguish between the window of the paned, a child and the handle.

New in version 2.20.

get_position()[source]¶

Returns:	position of the divider
Return type:	`int`

Obtains the position of the divider between the two panes.

get_wide_handle()[source]¶

Returns:	`True` if the paned should have a wide handle
Return type:	`bool`

Gets the Gtk.Paned :wide-handle property.

New in version 3.16.

pack1(child, resize, shrink)[source]¶

Parameters:	child (`Gtk.Widget`) – the child to add resize (`bool`) – should this child expand when the paned widget is resized. shrink (`bool`) – can this child be made smaller than its requisition.

Adds a child to the top or left pane.

pack2(child, resize, shrink)[source]¶

Parameters:	child (`Gtk.Widget`) – the child to add resize (`bool`) – should this child expand when the paned widget is resized. shrink (`bool`) – can this child be made smaller than its requisition.

Adds a child to the bottom or right pane.

set_position(position)[source]¶

Parameters:	position (`int`) – pixel position of divider, a negative value means that the position is unset.

Sets the position of the divider between the two panes.

set_wide_handle(wide)[source]¶

Parameters:	wide (`bool`) – the new value for the `Gtk.Paned` `:wide-handle` property

Sets the Gtk.Paned :wide-handle property.

New in version 3.16.

do_accept_position() virtual¶

Return type:	`bool`

do_cancel_position() virtual¶

Return type:	`bool`

do_cycle_child_focus(reverse) virtual¶

Parameters:	reverse (`bool`) –
Return type:	`bool`

do_cycle_handle_focus(reverse) virtual¶

Parameters:	reverse (`bool`) –
Return type:	`bool`

do_move_handle(scroll) virtual¶

Parameters:	scroll (`Gtk.ScrollType`) –
Return type:	`bool`

do_toggle_handle_focus() virtual¶

Return type:	`bool`

Signal Details¶

Gtk.Paned.signals.accept_position(paned)¶

Signal Name:	`accept-position`
Flags:	`RUN_LAST`, `ACTION`
Parameters:	paned (`Gtk.Paned`) – The object which received the signal
Return type:	`bool`

The ::accept-position signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted to accept the current position of the handle when moving it using key bindings.

The default binding for this signal is Return or Space.

New in version 2.0.

Gtk.Paned.signals.cancel_position(paned)¶

Signal Name:	`cancel-position`
Flags:	`RUN_LAST`, `ACTION`
Parameters:	paned (`Gtk.Paned`) – The object which received the signal
Return type:	`bool`

The ::cancel-position signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted to cancel moving the position of the handle using key bindings. The position of the handle will be reset to the value prior to moving it.

The default binding for this signal is Escape.

New in version 2.0.

Gtk.Paned.signals.cycle_child_focus(paned, reversed)¶

Signal Name:	`cycle-child-focus`
Flags:	`RUN_LAST`, `ACTION`
Parameters:	paned (`Gtk.Paned`) – The object which received the signal reversed (`bool`) – whether cycling backward or forward
Return type:	`bool`

The ::cycle-child-focus signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted to cycle the focus between the children of the paned.

The default binding is f6.

New in version 2.0.

Gtk.Paned.signals.cycle_handle_focus(paned, reversed)¶

Signal Name:	`cycle-handle-focus`
Flags:	`RUN_LAST`, `ACTION`
Parameters:	paned (`Gtk.Paned`) – The object which received the signal reversed (`bool`) – whether cycling backward or forward
Return type:	`bool`

The ::cycle-handle-focus signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted to cycle whether the paned should grab focus to allow the user to change position of the handle by using key bindings.

The default binding for this signal is f8.

New in version 2.0.

Gtk.Paned.signals.move_handle(paned, scroll_type)¶

Signal Name:	`move-handle`
Flags:	`RUN_LAST`, `ACTION`
Parameters:	paned (`Gtk.Paned`) – The object which received the signal scroll_type (`Gtk.ScrollType`) – a `Gtk.ScrollType`
Return type:	`bool`

The ::move-handle signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted to move the handle when the user is using key bindings to move it.

New in version 2.0.

Gtk.Paned.signals.toggle_handle_focus(paned)¶

Signal Name:	`toggle-handle-focus`
Flags:	`RUN_LAST`, `ACTION`
Parameters:	paned (`Gtk.Paned`) – The object which received the signal
Return type:	`bool`

The ::toggle-handle-focus is a keybinding signal which gets emitted to accept the current position of the handle and then move focus to the next widget in the focus chain.

The default binding is Tab.

New in version 2.0.

Property Details¶

Gtk.Paned.props.max_position¶

Name:	`max-position`
Type:	`int`
Default Value:	`2147483647`
Flags:	`READABLE`, `EXPLICIT_NOTIFY`

The largest possible value for the position property. This property is derived from the size and shrinkability of the widget’s children.

New in version 2.4.

Gtk.Paned.props.min_position¶

Name:	`min-position`
Type:	`int`
Default Value:	`0`
Flags:	`READABLE`, `EXPLICIT_NOTIFY`

The smallest possible value for the position property. This property is derived from the size and shrinkability of the widget’s children.

New in version 2.4.

Gtk.Paned.props.position¶

Name:	`position`
Type:	`int`
Default Value:	`0`
Flags:	`READABLE`, `WRITABLE`, `EXPLICIT_NOTIFY`

Position of paned separator in pixels (0 means all the way to the left/top)

Gtk.Paned.props.position_set¶

Name:	`position-set`
Type:	`bool`
Default Value:	`False`
Flags:	`READABLE`, `WRITABLE`, `EXPLICIT_NOTIFY`

True if the Position property should be used

Gtk.Paned.props.wide_handle¶

Name:	`wide-handle`
Type:	`bool`
Default Value:	`False`
Flags:	`READABLE`, `WRITABLE`, `EXPLICIT_NOTIFY`

Setting this property to True indicates that the paned needs to provide stronger visual separation (e.g. because it separates between two notebooks, whose tab rows would otherwise merge visually).

New in version 3.16.