FontSelection

Object Hierarchy:

Description:

public class Application : Gtk.Window {
	public Application () {
		// Prepare Gtk.Window:
		this.title = "My Gtk.FontSelection";
		this.window_position = Gtk.WindowPosition.CENTER;
		this.destroy.connect (Gtk.main_quit);
		this.set_default_size (350, 70);

		// A VBox:
		Gtk.Box box = new Gtk.Box (Gtk.Orientation.VERTICAL, 0);
		this.add (box);

		// The FontSelection:
		Gtk.FontSelection selection = new Gtk.FontSelection ();
		box.add (selection);

		// A Button:
		Gtk.Button button = new Gtk.Button.with_label ("Select");
		box.add (button);

		button.clicked.connect (() => {
			// Emitted when a font has been chosen:
			string name = selection.get_font_name ();
			print ("Selected font: %s\n", name);
		});
	}

	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.FontSelection.vala

Content:

Properties:

• public string font_name { owned get; set; }
• public string preview_text { get; set; }

Creation methods:

• public FontSelection ()
  Creates a new FontSelection.

Methods:

• public unowned FontFace get_face ()
  Gets the FontFace representing the selected font group details (i.
• public unowned Widget get_face_list ()
  This returns the TreeView which lists all styles available for the selected font.
• public unowned FontFamily get_family ()
  Gets the FontFamily representing the selected font family.
• public unowned Widget get_family_list ()
  This returns the TreeView that lists font families, for example, “Sans”, “Serif”, etc.
• public string get_font_name ()
  Gets the currently-selected font name.
• public unowned Widget get_preview_entry ()
  This returns the Entry used to display the font as a preview.
• public unowned string get_preview_text ()
  Gets the text displayed in the preview area.
• public int get_size ()
  The selected font size.
• public unowned Widget get_size_entry ()
  This returns the Entry used to allow the user to edit the font number manually instead of selecting it from the list of font sizes.
• public unowned Widget get_size_list ()
  This returns the TreeView used to list font sizes.
• public bool set_font_name (string fontname)
  Sets the currently-selected font.
• public void set_preview_text (string text)
  Sets the text displayed in the preview area.

Inherited Members: