Gtk.Spinner¶

Example¶

Subclasses:	None

Methods¶

Inherited:	Gtk.Widget (278), GObject.Object (37), Gtk.Buildable (10)
Structs:	Gtk.WidgetClass (12), GObject.ObjectClass (5)

class	`new` ()
	`start` ()
	`stop` ()

Virtual Methods¶

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

Properties¶

Inherited:	Gtk.Widget (39)

Name	Type	Flags	Short Description
`active`	`bool`	r/w/en	Whether the spinner is active

Style Properties¶

Inherited:	Gtk.Widget (17)

Signals¶

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

Fields¶

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

Name	Type	Access	Description
parent	`Gtk.Widget`	r

Class Details¶

class Gtk.Spinner(**kwargs)¶

Bases:	`Gtk.Widget`
Abstract:	No
Structure:	`Gtk.SpinnerClass`

A Gtk.Spinner widget displays an icon-size spinning animation. It is often used as an alternative to a Gtk.ProgressBar for displaying indefinite activity, instead of actual progress.

To start the animation, use Gtk.Spinner.start(), to stop it use Gtk.Spinner.stop().

CSS nodes

Gtk.Spinner has a single CSS node with the name spinner. When the animation is active, the :checked pseudoclass is added to this node.

classmethod new()[source]¶

Returns:	a new `Gtk.Spinner`
Return type:	`Gtk.Widget`

Returns a new spinner widget. Not yet started.

New in version 2.20.

start()[source]¶: Starts the animation of the spinner.

New in version 2.20.

stop()[source]¶: Stops the animation of the spinner.

New in version 2.20.

Property Details¶

Gtk.Spinner.props.active¶

Name:	`active`
Type:	`bool`
Default Value:	`False`
Flags:	`READABLE`, `WRITABLE`, `EXPLICIT_NOTIFY`

Whether the spinner is active