ComboBox


Object Hierarchy:

Gtk.ComboBox Gtk.ComboBox Gtk.ComboBox Gtk.Bin Gtk.Bin Gtk.Bin->Gtk.ComboBox Gtk.Container Gtk.Container Gtk.Container->Gtk.Bin Gtk.Widget Gtk.Widget Gtk.Widget->Gtk.Container GLib.InitiallyUnowned GLib.InitiallyUnowned GLib.InitiallyUnowned->Gtk.Widget GLib.Object GLib.Object GLib.Object->GLib.InitiallyUnowned Atk.Implementor Atk.Implementor Atk.Implementor->Gtk.ComboBox Atk.Implementor->Gtk.Bin Atk.Implementor->Gtk.Container Atk.Implementor->Gtk.Widget Gtk.Buildable Gtk.Buildable Gtk.Buildable->Gtk.ComboBox Gtk.Buildable->Gtk.Bin Gtk.Buildable->Gtk.Container Gtk.Buildable->Gtk.Widget Gtk.CellEditable Gtk.CellEditable Gtk.CellEditable->Gtk.ComboBox Gtk.CellLayout Gtk.CellLayout Gtk.CellLayout->Gtk.ComboBox

Description:

[ CCode ( type_id = "gtk_combo_box_get_type ()" ) ]
public class ComboBox : Bin, Implementor, Buildable, CellEditable, CellLayout

A GtkComboBox is a widget that allows the user to choose from a list of valid choices.

The GtkComboBox displays the selected choice. When activated, the GtkComboBox displays a popup which allows the user to make a new choice. The style in which the selected value is displayed, and the style of the popup is determined by the current theme. It may be similar to a Windows-style combo box.

The GtkComboBox uses the model-view pattern; the list of valid choices is specified in the form of a tree model, and the display of the choices can be adapted to the data in the model by using cell renderers, as you would in a tree view. This is possible since GtkComboBox implements the CellLayout interface. The tree model holding the valid choices is not restricted to a flat list, it can be a real tree, and the popup will reflect the tree structure.

To allow the user to enter values not in the model, the “has-entry” property allows the GtkComboBox to contain a Entry. This entry can be accessed by calling get_child on the combo box.

For a simple list of textual choices, the model-view API of GtkComboBox can be a bit overwhelming. In this case, ComboBoxText offers a simple alternative. Both GtkComboBox and ComboBoxText can contain an entry.

CSS nodes

combobox
├── box.linked
│ ╰── button.combo
│ ╰── box
│ ├── cellview
│ ╰── arrow
╰── window.popup
.linked class, a button with the .combo class and inside those buttons, there are a cellview and an arrow.

combobox
├── box.linked
│ ├── entry.combo
│ ╰── button.combo
│ ╰── box
│ ╰── arrow
╰── window.popup
SS node with name combobox. It contains a box with the .linked class. That box contains an entry and a button, both with the .combo class added. The button also contains another node with name arrow.

Example: ComboBox:

public class Application : Gtk.Window {
public Application () {
// Prepare Gtk.Window:
this.title = "My Gtk.ComboBox";
this.window_position = Gtk.WindowPosition.CENTER;
this.destroy.connect (Gtk.main_quit);

// Create & fill a ListStore:
Gtk.ListStore list_store = new Gtk.ListStore (2, typeof (string), typeof (int));
Gtk.TreeIter iter;

list_store.append (out iter);
list_store.set (iter, 0, "Burgenland", 1, 13);
list_store.append (out iter);
list_store.set (iter, 0, "Carinthia", 1, 17);

// The Box:
Gtk.ComboBox box = new Gtk.ComboBox.with_model (list_store);
this.add (box);

Gtk.CellRendererText renderer = new Gtk.CellRendererText ();
box.pack_start (renderer, true);
box.add_attribute (renderer, "text", 0);
box.active = 0;

renderer = new Gtk.CellRendererText ();
box.pack_start (renderer, true);
box.add_attribute (renderer, "text", 1);
box.active = 0;

box.changed.connect (() => {
Value val1;
Value val2;

box.get_active_iter (out iter);
list_store.get_value (iter, 0, out val1);
list_store.get_value (iter, 1, out val2);

print ("Selection: %s, %d\n", (string) val1, (int) val2);
});
}

public static int main (string[] args) {
Gtk.init (ref args);

Application app = new Application ();
app.show_all ();
Gtk.main ();
return 0;
}
}

valac --pkg gtk+-3.0 Gtk.ComboBox.vala

All known sub-classes:

Namespace: Gtk
Package: gtk+-3.0

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All known members inherited from class Gtk.Bin
All known members inherited from class Gtk.Widget
All known members inherited from interface Atk.Implementor
All known members inherited from interface Gtk.CellEditable