EditableLabel

Object Hierarchy:

Description:

[ CCode ( type_id = "gtk_editable_label_get_type ()" ) ]
public sealed class EditableLabel : Widget, Accessible, Buildable, ConstraintTarget, Editable

Allows users to edit the displayed text by switching to an “edit mode”.

`GtkEditableLabel` does not have API of its own, but it implements the [iface@Gtk.Editable] interface.

The default bindings for activating the edit mode is to click or press the Enter key. The default bindings for leaving the edit mode are the Enter key (to save the results) or the Escape key (to cancel the editing).

Shortcuts and Gestures

`GtkEditableLabel` supports the following keyboard shortcuts:

<kbd>Enter</kbd> starts editing.
<kbd>Escape</kbd> stops editing.

Actions

`GtkEditableLabel` defines a set of built-in actions:

`editing.starts` switches the widget into editing mode.
`editing.stop` switches the widget out of editing mode.

CSS nodes

``` editablelabel[.editing] ╰── stack ├── label ╰── text ```

`GtkEditableLabel` has a main node with the name editablelabel. When the entry is in editing mode, it gets the .editing style class.

For all the subnodes added to the text node in various situations, see [class@Gtk.Text].

Namespace: Gtk

Package: gtk4

Content:

Properties:

public bool editing { get; set; }
This property is true while the widget is in edit mode.

Creation methods:

public EditableLabel (string str)
Creates a new `GtkEditableLabel` widget.

Methods:

public bool get_editing ()
Returns whether the label is currently in “editing mode”.
public void start_editing ()
Switches the label into “editing mode”.
public void stop_editing (bool commit)
Switches the label out of “editing mode”.

Inherited Members:

All known members inherited from class Gtk.Widget

All known members inherited from class GLib.Object

All known members inherited from interface Gtk.Accessible

All known members inherited from interface Gtk.Buildable

All known members inherited from interface Gtk.Editable