gtk-0.12.5.0: Binding to the Gtk+ graphical user interface library.

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Graphics.UI.Gtk.Windows.Window

Contents

Description

Toplevel which can contain other widgets

Synopsis

Class Hierarchy

 | GObject
 | +----Object
 | +----Widget
 | +----Container
 | +----Bin
 | +----Window
 | +----Dialog
 | +----Plug

Types

data WindowType Source

Interaction of a window with window manager

data Gravity Source

Defines the reference point of a window and the meaning of coordinates passed to windowMove. See windowMove and the implementation notes section of the extended window manager hints specification for more details.

Instances

Enum Gravity

Returned by pointerGrab and keyboardGrab to indicate success or the reason for the failure of the grab attempt.

GrabSuccess
the resource was successfully grabbed.
GrabAlreadyGrabbed
the resource is actively grabbed by another client.
GrabInvalidTime
the resource was grabbed more recently than the specified time.
GrabNotViewable
the grab window or the confine_to window are not viewable.
GrabFrozen
the resource is frozen by an active grab of another client.
Eq Gravity 
Show Gravity 

Constructors

windowNew :: IO WindowSource

Create a new top level window.

windowNewPopup :: IO WindowSource

Create a popup window.

Methods

windowActivateFocusSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Bool

returns True if a widget got activated.

Activates the current focused widget within the window.

windowActivateDefaultSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Bool

returns True if a widget got activated.

Activates the default widget for the window, unless the current focused widget has been configured to receive the default action (see ReceivesDefault in WidgetFlags), in which case the focused widget is activated.

windowSetDefaultSizeSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> Int

height - height in pixels, or -1 to unset the default height

-> Int

width - width in pixels, or -1 to unset the default width

-> IO () 

Sets the default size of a window. If the window's "natural" size (its size request) is larger than the default, the default will be ignored. More generally, if the default size does not obey the geometry hints for the window (windowSetGeometryHints can be used to set these explicitly), the default size will be clamped to the nearest permitted size.

Unlike widgetSetSizeRequest, which sets a size request for a widget and thus would keep users from shrinking the window, this function only sets the initial size, just as if the user had resized the window themselves. Users can still shrink the window again as they normally would. Setting a default size of -1 means to use the "natural" default size (the size request of the window).

For more control over a window's initial size and how resizing works, investigate windowSetGeometryHints.

For some uses, windowResize is a more appropriate function. windowResize changes the current size of the window, rather than the size to be used on initial display. windowResize always affects the window itself, not the geometry widget.

The default size of a window only affects the first time a window is shown; if a window is hidden and re-shown, it will remember the size it had prior to hiding, rather than using the default size.

Windows can't actually be 0x0 in size, they must be at least 1x1, but passing 0 for width and height is OK, resulting in a 1x1 default size.

windowGetDefaultSizeSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO (Int, Int)

(width, height) - the default width and height

Gets the default size of the window. A value of -1 for the width or height indicates that a default size has not been explicitly set for that dimension, so the "natural" size of the window will be used.

windowSetPosition :: WindowClass self => self -> WindowPosition -> IO ()Source

Sets a position constraint for this window. If the old or new constraint is WinPosCenterAlways, this will also cause the window to be repositioned to satisfy the new constraint.

windowIsActiveSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Bool

returns True if the window part of the current active window.

Returns whether the window is part of the current active toplevel. (That is, the toplevel window receiving keystrokes.) The return value is True if the window is active toplevel itself, but also if it is, say, a Plug embedded in the active toplevel. You might use this function if you wanted to draw a widget differently in an active window from a widget in an inactive window. See windowHasToplevelFocus

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.4

windowHasToplevelFocusSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Bool

returns True if the the input focus is within this Window

Returns whether the input focus is within this Window. For real toplevel windows, this is identical to windowIsActive, but for embedded windows, like Plug, the results will differ.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.4

windowListToplevels :: IO [Window]Source

Returns a list of all existing toplevel windows.

windowSetDefault :: (WindowClass self, WidgetClass widget) => self -> Maybe widget -> IO ()Source

The default widget is the widget that's activated when the user presses Enter in a dialog (for example). This function sets or unsets the default widget for a Window about. When setting (rather than unsetting) the default widget it's generally easier to call widgetGrabDefault on the widget. Before making a widget the default widget, you must set the widgetCanDefault flag on the widget.

windowGetDefaultWidget :: WindowClass self => self -> IO (Maybe Widget)Source

Returns the default widget for window. See windowSetDefault for more details.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.14

windowAddMnemonicSource

Arguments

:: (WindowClass self, WidgetClass widget) 
=> self 
-> KeyVal

keyval - the mnemonic

-> widget

target - the widget that gets activated by the mnemonic

-> IO () 

Adds a mnemonic to this window.

windowRemoveMnemonicSource

Arguments

:: (WindowClass self, WidgetClass widget) 
=> self 
-> KeyVal

keyval - the mnemonic

-> widget

target - the widget that gets activated by the mnemonic

-> IO () 

Removes a mnemonic from this window.

windowMnemonicActivateSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> KeyVal

keyval - the mnemonic

-> [Modifier]

modifier - the modifiers

-> IO Bool

return True if the activation is done.

Activates the targets associated with the mnemonic.

windowActivateKeySource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> EventM EKey Bool

return True if a mnemonic or accelerator was found and activated.

Activates mnemonics and accelerators for this Window. This is normally called by the default keyPressEvent handler for toplevel windows, however in some cases it may be useful to call this directly when overriding the standard key handling for a toplevel window.

windowPropagateKeyEventSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> EventM EKey Bool

return True if a widget in the focus chain handled the event.

Propagate a key press or release event to the focus widget and up the focus container chain until a widget handles event. This is normally called by the default keyPressEvent and keyReleaseEvent handlers for toplevel windows, however in some cases it may be useful to call this directly when overriding the standard key handling for a toplevel window.

windowPresent :: WindowClass self => self -> IO ()Source

Presents a window to the user. This may mean raising the window in the stacking order, deiconifying it, moving it to the current desktop, and/or giving it the keyboard focus, possibly dependent on the user's platform, window manager, and preferences.

If window is hidden, this function calls widgetShow as well.

This function should be used when the user tries to open a window that's already open. Say for example the preferences dialog is currently open, and the user chooses Preferences from the menu a second time; use windowPresent to move the already-open dialog where the user can see it.

If you are calling this function in response to a user interaction, it is preferable to use windowPresentWithTime.

windowDeiconify :: WindowClass self => self -> IO ()Source

Asks to deiconify (i.e. unminimize) the specified window. Note that you shouldn't assume the window is definitely deiconified afterward, because other entities (e.g. the user or window manager) could iconify it again before your code which assumes deiconification gets to run.

You can track iconification via the windowStateEvent signal on Widget.

windowIconify :: WindowClass self => self -> IO ()Source

Asks to iconify (i.e. minimize) the specified window. Note that you shouldn't assume the window is definitely iconified afterward, because other entities (e.g. the user or window manager) could deiconify it again, or there may not be a window manager in which case iconification isn't possible, etc. But normally the window will end up iconified. Just don't write code that crashes if not.

It's permitted to call this function before showing a window, in which case the window will be iconified before it ever appears onscreen.

You can track iconification via the windowStateEvent signal on Widget.

windowMaximize :: WindowClass self => self -> IO ()Source

Asks to maximize the window, so that it becomes full-screen. Note that you shouldn't assume the window is definitely maximized afterward, because other entities (e.g. the user or window manager) could unmaximize it again, and not all window managers support maximization. But normally the window will end up maximized. Just don't write code that crashes if not.

It's permitted to call this function before showing a window, in which case the window will be maximized when it appears onscreen initially.

You can track maximization via the windowStateEvent signal on Widget.

windowUnmaximize :: WindowClass self => self -> IO ()Source

Asks to unmaximize the window. Note that you shouldn't assume the window is definitely unmaximized afterward, because other entities (e.g. the user or window manager) could maximize it again, and not all window managers honor requests to unmaximize. But normally the window will end up unmaximized. Just don't write code that crashes if not.

You can track maximization via the windowStateEvent signal on Widget.

windowFullscreen :: WindowClass self => self -> IO ()Source

Asks to place window in the fullscreen state. Note that you shouldn't assume the window is definitely full screen afterward, because other entities (e.g. the user or window manager) could unfullscreen it again, and not all window managers honor requests to fullscreen windows. But normally the window will end up fullscreen. Just don't write code that crashes if not.

You can track the fullscreen state via the windowStateEvent signal on Widget.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.2

windowUnfullscreen :: WindowClass self => self -> IO ()Source

Asks to toggle off the fullscreen state for window. Note that you shouldn't assume the window is definitely not full screen afterward, because other entities (e.g. the user or window manager) could fullscreen it again, and not all window managers honor requests to unfullscreen windows. But normally the window will end up restored to its normal state. Just don't write code that crashes if not.

You can track the fullscreen state via the windowStateEvent signal on Widget.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.2

windowSetKeepAboveSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> Bool

setting - whether to keep window above other windows

-> IO () 

Asks to keep window above, so that it stays on top. Note that you shouldn't assume the window is definitely above afterward, because other entities (e.g. the user or window manager) could not keep it above, and not all window managers support keeping windows above. But normally the window will end kept above. Just don't write code that crashes if not.

It's permitted to call this function before showing a window, in which case the window will be kept above when it appears onscreen initially.

You can track the above state via the windowStateEvent signal on Widget.

Note that, according to the Extended Window Manager Hints specification, the above state is mainly meant for user preferences and should not be used by applications e.g. for drawing attention to their dialogs.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.4

windowSetKeepBelowSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> Bool

setting - whether to keep window below other windows

-> IO () 

Asks to keep window below, so that it stays in bottom. Note that you shouldn't assume the window is definitely below afterward, because other entities (e.g. the user or window manager) could not keep it below, and not all window managers support putting windows below. But normally the window will be kept below. Just don't write code that crashes if not.

It's permitted to call this function before showing a window, in which case the window will be kept below when it appears onscreen initially.

You can track the below state via the windowStateEvent signal on Widget.

Note that, according to the Extended Window Manager Hints specification, the above state is mainly meant for user preferences and should not be used by applications e.g. for drawing attention to their dialogs.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.4

windowSetStartupId :: WindowClass self => self -> String -> IO ()Source

Startup notification identifiers are used by desktop environment to track application startup, to provide user feedback and other features. This function changes the corresponding property on the underlying GdkWindow. Normally, startup identifier is managed automatically and you should only use this function in special cases like transferring focus from other processes. You should use this function before calling windowPresent or any equivalent function generating a window map event.

This function is only useful on X11, not with other GTK+ targets.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.12

windowGetFrame :: WindowClass widget => widget -> IO (Maybe DrawWindow)Source

Retrieves the frame DrawWindow that contains a Window.

Removed in Gtk3.

windowSetFrameDimensionsSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> Int

left - The width of the left border

-> Int

top - The height of the top border

-> Int

right - The width of the right border

-> Int

bottom - The height of the bottom border

-> IO () 

(Note: this is a special-purpose function intended for the framebuffer port; see windowSetHasFrame. It will have no effect on the window border drawn by the window manager, which is the normal case when using the X Window system.)

For windows with frames (see windowSetHasFrame) this function can be used to change the size of the frame border.

Removed in Gtk3.

windowGetFrameDimensionsSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO (Int, Int, Int, Int)

returns (left, top, right, bottom). left is the width of the frame at the left, top is the height of the frame at the top, right is the width of the frame at the right, bottom is the height of the frame at the bottom.

Retrieves the dimensions of the frame window for this toplevel. See windowSetHasFrame, windowSetFrameDimensions.

(Note: this is a special-purpose function intended for the framebuffer port; see windowSetHasFrame. It will not return the size of the window border drawn by the window manager, which is the normal case when using a windowing system. See drawWindowGetFrameExtents to get the standard window border extents.)

Removed in Gtk3.

windowStick :: WindowClass self => self -> IO ()Source

Asks to stick window, which means that it will appear on all user desktops. Note that you shouldn't assume the window is definitely stuck afterward, because other entities (e.g. the user or window manager) could unstick it again, and some window managers do not support sticking windows. But normally the window will end up stuck. Just don't write code that crashes if not.

It's permitted to call this function before showing a window.

You can track stickiness via the windowStateEvent signal on Widget.

windowUnstick :: WindowClass self => self -> IO ()Source

Asks to unstick window, which means that it will appear on only one of the user's desktops. Note that you shouldn't assume the window is definitely unstuck afterward, because other entities (e.g. the user or window manager) could stick it again. But normally the window will end up stuck. Just don't write code that crashes if not.

You can track stickiness via the windowStateEvent signal on Widget.

windowAddAccelGroupSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> AccelGroup

accelGroup - a AccelGroup

-> IO () 

Associate accelGroup with window, such that calling accelGroupsActivate on window will activate accelerators in accelGroup.

windowRemoveAccelGroupSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> AccelGroup

accelGroup - a AccelGroup

-> IO () 

Reverses the effects of windowAddAccelGroup.

windowSetDefaultIconList :: [Pixbuf] -> IO ()Source

Sets an icon list to be used as fallback for windows that haven't had windowSetIconList called on them to set up a window-specific icon list. This function allows you to set up the icon for all windows in your app at once.

See windowSetIconList for more details.

windowSetDefaultIcon :: Maybe Pixbuf -> IO ()Source

Sets an icon to be used as fallback for windows that haven't had windowSetIcon called on them from a pixbuf.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.4

windowSetDefaultIconFromFileSource

Arguments

:: String

filename - location of icon file

-> IO Bool

returns True if setting the icon succeeded.

Sets an icon to be used as fallback for windows that haven't had windowSetIconList called on them from a file on disk. May throw a GError if the file cannot be loaded.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.2

windowSetDefaultIconNameSource

Arguments

:: String

name - the name of the themed icon

-> IO () 

Sets an icon to be used as fallback for windows that haven't had windowSetIconList called on them from a named themed icon, see windowSetIconName.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.6

windowGetDefaultIconNameSource

Arguments

:: IO String

returns the fallback icon name for windows

Returns the fallback icon name for windows that has been set with windowSetDefaultIconName.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.16

windowSetGravitySource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> Gravity

gravity - window gravity

-> IO () 

Window gravity defines the meaning of coordinates passed to windowMove. See windowMove and Gravity for more details.

The default window gravity is GravityNorthWest which will typically "do what you mean."

windowGetGravitySource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Gravity

returns window gravity

Gets the value set by windowSetGravity.

windowSetScreenSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> Screen

screen - a Screen.

-> IO () 

Sets the Screen where the window is displayed; if the window is already mapped, it will be unmapped, and then remapped on the new screen.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.2

windowGetScreenSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Screen

returns a Screen.

Returns the Screen associated with the window.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.2

windowBeginResizeDragSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> WindowEdge

edge - position of the resize control

-> MouseButton

button - mouse button that initiated the drag

-> Int

rootX - X position where the user clicked to initiate the drag, in root window coordinates

-> Int

rootY - Y position where the user clicked to initiate the drag

-> TimeStamp

timestamp - timestamp from the click event that initiated the drag

-> IO () 

Starts resizing a window. This function is used if an application has window resizing controls. When GDK can support it, the resize will be done using the standard mechanism for the window manager or windowing system. Otherwise, GDK will try to emulate window resizing, potentially not all that well, depending on the windowing system.

windowBeginMoveDragSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> MouseButton

button - mouse button that initiated the drag

-> Int

rootX - X position where the user clicked to initiate the drag, in root window coordinates

-> Int

rootY - Y position where the user clicked to initiate the drag

-> TimeStamp

timestamp - timestamp from the click event that initiated the drag

-> IO () 

Starts moving a window. This function is used if an application has window movement grips. When GDK can support it, the window movement will be done using the standard mechanism for the window manager or windowing system. Otherwise, GDK will try to emulate window movement, potentially not all that well, depending on the windowing system.

windowSetTypeHintSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> WindowTypeHint

hint - the window type

-> IO () 

By setting the type hint for the window, you allow the window manager to decorate and handle the window in a way which is suitable to the function of the window in your application.

This function should be called before the window becomes visible.

windowGetTypeHintSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO WindowTypeHint

returns the type hint for window.

Gets the type hint for this window. See windowSetTypeHint.

windowGetIconSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO (Maybe Pixbuf)

returns icon for window, or Nothing if none was set

Gets the value set by windowSetIcon (or if you've called windowSetIconList, gets the first icon in the icon list).

windowGetPositionSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO (Int, Int)

(rootX, rootY) - X and Y coordinate of gravity-determined reference point

This function returns the position you need to pass to windowMove to keep window in its current position. This means that the meaning of the returned value varies with window gravity. See windowMove for more details.

If you haven't changed the window gravity, its gravity will be GravityNorthWest. This means that windowGetPosition gets the position of the top-left corner of the window manager frame for the window. windowMove sets the position of this same top-left corner.

Moreover, nearly all window managers are historically broken with respect to their handling of window gravity. So moving a window to its current position as returned by windowGetPosition tends to result in moving the window slightly. Window managers are slowly getting better over time.

If a window has gravity GravityStatic the window manager frame is not relevant, and thus windowGetPosition will always produce accurate results. However you can't use static gravity to do things like place a window in a corner of the screen, because static gravity ignores the window manager decorations.

If you are saving and restoring your application's window positions, you should know that it's impossible for applications to do this without getting it somewhat wrong because applications do not have sufficient knowledge of window manager state. The Correct Mechanism is to support the session management protocol (see the "GnomeClient" object in the GNOME libraries for example) and allow the window manager to save your window sizes and positions.

windowGetSizeSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO (Int, Int)
(width, height)

Obtains the current size of the window. If the window is not onscreen, it returns the size Gtk+ will suggest to the window manager for the initial window size (but this is not reliably the same as the size the window manager will actually select). The size obtained by windowGetSize is the last size received in a EventConfigure, that is, Gtk+ uses its locally-stored size, rather than querying the X server for the size. As a result, if you call windowResize then immediately call windowGetSize, the size won't have taken effect yet. After the window manager processes the resize request, Gtk+ receives notification that the size has changed via a configure event, and the size of the window gets updated.

Note 1: Nearly any use of this function creates a race condition, because the size of the window may change between the time that you get the size and the time that you perform some action assuming that size is the current size. To avoid race conditions, connect to "configure_event" on the window and adjust your size-dependent state to match the size delivered in the EventConfigure.

Note 2: The returned size does not include the size of the window manager decorations (aka the window frame or border). Those are not drawn by Gtk+ and Gtk+ has no reliable method of determining their size.

Note 3: If you are getting a window size in order to position the window onscreen, there may be a better way. The preferred way is to simply set the window's semantic type with windowSetTypeHint, which allows the window manager to e.g. center dialogs. Also, if you set the transient parent of dialogs with windowSetTransientFor window managers will often center the dialog over its parent window. It's much preferred to let the window manager handle these things rather than doing it yourself, because all apps will behave consistently and according to user prefs if the window manager handles it. Also, the window manager can take the size of the window decorations/border into account, while your application cannot.

In any case, if you insist on application-specified window positioning, there's still a better way than doing it yourself - windowSetPosition will frequently handle the details for you.

windowMoveSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> Int

x - X coordinate to move window to

-> Int

y - Y coordinate to move window to

-> IO () 

Asks the window manager to move window to the given position. Window managers are free to ignore this; most window managers ignore requests for initial window positions (instead using a user-defined placement algorithm) and honor requests after the window has already been shown.

Note: the position is the position of the gravity-determined reference point for the window. The gravity determines two things: first, the location of the reference point in root window coordinates; and second, which point on the window is positioned at the reference point.

By default the gravity is GravityNorthWest, so the reference point is simply the x, y supplied to windowMove. The top-left corner of the window decorations (aka window frame or border) will be placed at x, y. Therefore, to position a window at the top left of the screen, you want to use the default gravity (which is GravityNorthWest) and move the window to 0,0.

To position a window at the bottom right corner of the screen, you would set GravitySouthEast, which means that the reference point is at x + the window width and y + the window height, and the bottom-right corner of the window border will be placed at that reference point. So, to place a window in the bottom right corner you would first set gravity to south east, then write: gtk_window_move (window, gdk_screen_width() - window_width, gdk_screen_height() - window_height).

The Extended Window Manager Hints specification at http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/wm-spec has a nice table of gravities in the "implementation notes" section.

The windowGetPosition documentation may also be relevant.

windowParseGeometry :: WindowClass self => self -> String -> IO BoolSource

Parses a standard X Window System geometry string - see the manual page for X (type 'man X') for details on this. windowParseGeometry does work on all GTK+ ports including Win32 but is primarily intended for an X environment.

If either a size or a position can be extracted from the geometry string, windowParseGeometry returns True and calls gtk_window_set_default_size() andor gtk_window_move() to resizemove the window.

If windowParseGeometry returns True, it will also set the HintUserPos andor 'HintUserSize' hints indicating to the window manager that the sizeposition of the window was user-specified This causes most window managers to honor the geometry.

Note that for windowParseGeometry to work as expected, it has to be called when the window has its final size, i.e. after calling widgetShowAll on the contents and windowSetGeometryHints on the window.

windowReshowWithInitialSize :: WindowClass self => self -> IO ()Source

Hides window, then reshows it, resetting the default size and position of the window. Used by GUI builders only.

windowResizeSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> Int

width - width in pixels to resize the window to

-> Int

height - height in pixels to resize the window to

-> IO () 

Resizes the window as if the user had done so, obeying geometry constraints. The default geometry constraint is that windows may not be smaller than their size request; to override this constraint, call widgetSetSizeRequest to set the window's request to a smaller value.

If windowResize is called before showing a window for the first time, it overrides any default size set with windowSetDefaultSize.

Windows may not be resized smaller than 1 by 1 pixels.

windowSetIconFromFileSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> FilePath

filename - location of icon file

-> IO () 

Sets the icon for window.

This function is equivalent to calling windowSetIcon with a pixbuf created by loading the image from filename.

This may throw an exception if the file cannot be loaded.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.2

windowSetAutoStartupNotificationSource

Arguments

:: Bool

setting - True to automatically do startup notification

-> IO () 

By default, after showing the first Window for each Screen, Gtk+ calls screenNotifyStartupComplete. Call this function to disable the automatic startup notification. You might do this if your first window is a splash screen, and you want to delay notification until after your real main window has been shown, for example.

In that example, you would disable startup notification temporarily, show your splash screen, then re-enable it so that showing the main window would automatically result in notification.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.2

windowPresentWithTimeSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> TimeStamp

timestamp - the timestamp of the user interaction (typically a button or key press event) which triggered this call

-> IO () 

Presents a window to the user in response to a user interaction. If you need to present a window without a timestamp, use windowPresent. See windowPresent for details.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.8

windowSetGeometryHintsSource

Arguments

:: (WindowClass self, WidgetClass widget) 
=> self

window - the top level window

-> Maybe widget

geometryWidget - optionall a widget the geometry hints will be applied to rather than directly to the top level window

-> Maybe (Int, Int)

(minWidth, minHeight) - minimum width and height of window (or -1 to use requisition)

-> Maybe (Int, Int)

(maxWidth, maxHeight) - maximum width and height of window (or -1 to use requisition)

-> Maybe (Int, Int)

(baseWidth, baseHeight) - the allowed window widths are base_width + width_inc * N for any int N. Similarly, the allowed window widths are base_height + height_inc * N for any int N. For either the base width or height -1 is allowed as described above.

-> Maybe (Int, Int)

(widthInc, heightInc) - width and height resize increment

-> Maybe (Double, Double)

(minAspect, maxAspect) - minimum and maximum width/height ratio

-> IO () 

This function sets up hints about how a window can be resized by the user. You can set a minimum and maximum size, the allowed resize increments (e.g. for xterm, you can only resize by the size of a character) and aspect ratios.

If you set a geometry widget, the hints will apply to the geometry widget instead of directly to the toplevel window. Of course since the geometry widget is a child widget of the top level window, constraining the sizing behaviour of the widget will have a knock-on effect on the sizing of the toplevel window.

The minWidth/minHeight/maxWidth/maxHeight fields may be set to -1, to use the size request of the window or geometry widget. If the minimum size hint is not provided, Gtk+ will use the size requisition of the window (or the geometry widget if it set) as the minimum size. The base size is treated similarly.

The canonical use-case for windowSetGeometryHints is to get a terminal widget to resize properly. Here, the terminal text area should be the geometry widget. Gtk+ will then automatically set the base size of the terminal window to the size of other widgets in the terminal window, such as the menubar and scrollbar. Then, the widthInc and heightInc values should be set to the size of one character in the terminal. Finally, the base size should be set to the size of one character. The net effect is that the minimum size of the terminal will have a 1x1 character terminal area, and only terminal sizes on the "character grid" will be allowed.

The other useful settings are minAspect and maxAspect. These specify a width/height ratio as a floating point number. If a geometry widget is set, the aspect applies to the geometry widget rather than the entire window. The most common use of these hints is probably to set minAspect and maxAspect to the same value, thus forcing the window to keep a constant aspect ratio.

windowGetGroupSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> Maybe self 
-> IO WindowGroup

return the WindowGroup for a window or the default group

Returns the group for window or the default group, if window is Nothing or if window does not have an explicit window group.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.10

windowGetWindowTypeSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO WindowType

returns the type of the window

Gets the type of the window. See WindowType.

  • Available since Gtk version 2.20

Attributes

windowTitle :: WindowClass self => Attr self StringSource

The title of the window.

windowType :: WindowClass self => ReadAttr self WindowTypeSource

The type of the window.

Default value: WindowToplevel

windowAllowShrink :: WindowClass self => Attr self BoolSource

If True, the window has no mimimum size. Setting this to True is 99% of the time a bad idea.

Default value: False

windowAllowGrow :: WindowClass self => Attr self BoolSource

If True, users can expand the window beyond its minimum size.

Default value: True

windowResizable :: WindowClass self => Attr self BoolSource

If True, users can resize the window.

Default value: True

windowModal :: WindowClass self => Attr self BoolSource

If True, the window is modal (other windows are not usable while this one is up).

Default value: False

windowOpacity :: WindowClass self => Attr self DoubleSource

The requested opacity of the window. See windowSetOpacity for more details about window opacity.

Allowed values: [0,1]

Default values: 1

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.12

windowRole :: WindowClass self => Attr self StringSource

Unique identifier for the window to be used when restoring a session.

Default value: \

windowStartupId :: WindowClass self => Attr self StringSource

The windowStartupId is a write-only property for setting window's startup notification identifier.

Default value: \

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.12

windowWindowPosition :: WindowClass self => Attr self WindowPositionSource

The initial position of the window.

Default value: WinPosNone

windowDefaultWidth :: WindowClass self => Attr self IntSource

The default width of the window, used when initially showing the window.

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: -1

windowDefaultHeight :: WindowClass self => Attr self IntSource

The default height of the window, used when initially showing the window.

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: -1

windowDeletable :: WindowClass self => Attr self BoolSource

Whether the window frame should have a close button.

Default values: True

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.10

windowDestroyWithParent :: WindowClass self => Attr self BoolSource

If this window should be destroyed when the parent is destroyed.

Default value: False

windowIcon :: WindowClass self => Attr self (Maybe Pixbuf)Source

Icon for this window.

windowIconName :: WindowClass self => Attr self StringSource

The windowIconName property specifies the name of the themed icon to use as the window icon. See IconTheme for more details.

Default values: \

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.6

windowScreen :: WindowClass self => Attr self ScreenSource

The screen where this window will be displayed.

windowTypeHint :: WindowClass self => Attr self WindowTypeHintSource

Hint to help the desktop environment understand what kind of window this is and how to treat it.

Default value: WindowTypeHintNormal

windowSkipTaskbarHint :: WindowClass self => Attr self BoolSource

True if the window should not be in the task bar.

Default value: False

windowSkipPagerHint :: WindowClass self => Attr self BoolSource

True if the window should not be in the pager.

Default value: False

windowUrgencyHint :: WindowClass self => Attr self BoolSource

True if the window should be brought to the user's attention.

Default value: False

windowAcceptFocus :: WindowClass self => Attr self BoolSource

True if the window should receive the input focus.

Default value: True

windowFocusOnMap :: WindowClass self => Attr self BoolSource

True if the window should receive the input focus when mapped.

Default value: True

windowDecorated :: WindowClass self => Attr self BoolSource

Whether the window should be decorated by the window manager.

Default value: True

windowGravity :: WindowClass self => Attr self GravitySource

The window gravity of the window. See windowMove and Gravity for more details about window gravity.

Default value: GravityNorthWest

windowToplevelFocus :: WindowClass self => Attr self BoolSource

Whether the input focus is within this GtkWindow.

Note: If add window before HasToplevelFocus (has-toplevel-focus attribute) will conflicts with fucntion windowHasToplevelFocus, so we named this attribute to windowToplevelFocus.

Default values: False

windowTransientFor :: (WindowClass self, WindowClass parent) => ReadWriteAttr self (Maybe Window) parentSource

'transientFor' property. See windowGetTransientFor and windowSetTransientFor

windowFocus :: WindowClass self => Attr self (Maybe Widget)Source

If focus is not the current focus widget, and is focusable, sets it as the focus widget for the window. If focus is Nothing, unsets the focus widget for this window. To set the focus to a particular widget in the toplevel, it is usually more convenient to use widgetGrabFocus instead of this function.

windowHasFrame :: WindowClass self => Attr self BoolSource

(Note: this is a special-purpose function for the framebuffer port, that causes Gtk+ to draw its own window border. For most applications, you want windowSetDecorated instead, which tells the window manager whether to draw the window border.)

If this function is called on a window with setting of True, before it is realized or showed, it will have a "frame" window around its DrawWindow, accessible using windowGetFrame. Using the signal windowFrameEvent you can receive all events targeted at the frame.

This function is used by the 1 -fb port to implement managed windows, but it could conceivably be used by X-programs that want to do their own window decorations.

Removed in Gtk3.

windowIconList :: WindowClass self => Attr self [Pixbuf]Source

Sets up the icon representing a Window. The icon is used when the window is minimized (also known as iconified). Some window managers or desktop environments may also place it in the window frame, or display it in other contexts.

By passing several sizes, you may improve the final image quality of the icon, by reducing or eliminating automatic image scaling.

Recommended sizes to provide: 16x16, 32x32, 48x48 at minimum, and larger images (64x64, 128x128) if you have them.

See also windowSetDefaultIconList to set the icon for all windows in your application in one go.

Note that transient windows (those who have been set transient for another window using windowSetTransientFor) will inherit their icon from their transient parent. So there's no need to explicitly set the icon on transient windows.

windowMnemonicModifier :: WindowClass self => Attr self [Modifier]Source

The mnemonic modifier for this window.

Signals

frameEvent :: WindowClass self => Signal self (EventM EAny Bool)Source

Observe events that are emitted on the frame of this window.

keysChanged :: WindowClass self => Signal self (IO ())Source

The keysChanged signal gets emitted when the set of accelerators or mnemonics that are associated with window changes.

setFocus :: WindowClass self => Signal self (Maybe Widget -> IO ())Source

Observe a change in input focus.

Deprecated

windowSetTitle :: WindowClass self => self -> String -> IO ()Source

Sets the title of the Window. The title of a window will be displayed in its title bar; on the X Window System, the title bar is rendered by the window manager, so exactly how the title appears to users may vary according to a user's exact configuration. The title should help a user distinguish this window from other windows they may have open. A good title might include the application name and current document filename, for example.

windowGetTitle :: WindowClass self => self -> IO StringSource

Retrieves the title of the window. See windowSetTitle.

windowSetResizable :: WindowClass self => self -> Bool -> IO ()Source

Sets whether the user can resize a window. Windows are user resizable by default.

windowGetResizableSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Bool

returns True if the user can resize the window

Gets the value set by windowSetResizable.

windowSetModalSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> Bool

modal - whether the window is modal

-> IO () 

Sets a window modal or non-modal. Modal windows prevent interaction with other windows in the same application. To keep modal dialogs on top of main application windows, use windowSetTransientFor to make the dialog transient for the parent; most window managers will then disallow lowering the dialog below the parent.

windowGetModalSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Bool

returns True if the window is set to be modal and establishes a grab when shown

Returns whether the window is modal. See windowSetModal.

windowSetPolicy :: WindowClass self => self -> Bool -> Bool -> Bool -> IO ()Source

Deprecated: Use windowSetResizable instead.

Sets the window resizing policy.

  • Warning: this function is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code. Use windowSetResizable instead.

Removed in Gtk3.

windowSetTransientForSource

Arguments

:: (WindowClass self, WindowClass parent) 
=> self 
-> parent

parent - parent window

-> IO () 

Dialog windows should be set transient for the main application window they were spawned from. This allows window managers to e.g. keep the dialog on top of the main window, or center the dialog over the main window. dialogNewWithButtons and other convenience functions in Gtk+ will sometimes call windowSetTransientFor on your behalf.

On Windows, this function will and put the child window on top of the parent, much as the window manager would have done on X.

Note that if you want to show a window self on top of a full-screen window parent, you need to turn the self window into a dialog (using windowSetTypeHint with WindowTypeHintDialog). Otherwise the parent window will always cover the self window.

windowGetTransientForSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO (Maybe Window)

returns the transient parent for this window, or Nothing if no transient parent has been set.

Fetches the transient parent for this window. See windowSetTransientFor.

windowSetDestroyWithParent :: WindowClass self => self -> Bool -> IO ()Source

If this setting is True, then destroying the transient parent of the window will also destroy the window itself. This is useful for dialogs that shouldn't persist beyond the lifetime of the main window they're associated with, for example.

windowGetDestroyWithParentSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Bool

returns True if the window will be destroyed with its transient parent.

Returns whether the window will be destroyed with its transient parent. See windowSetDestroyWithParent.

windowGetFocus :: WindowClass self => self -> IO (Maybe Widget)Source

Retrieves the current focused widget within the window. | Note that this is the widget that would have the focus if the toplevel | window focused; if the toplevel window is not focused then | widgetHasFocus will not be True for the widget.

windowSetFocus :: (WindowClass self, WidgetClass widget) => self -> Maybe widget -> IO ()Source

If focus is not the current focus widget, and is focusable, sets it as | the focus widget for the window. If focus is Nothing, unsets the focus | widget for this window. To set the focus to a particular widget in the | toplevel, it is usually more convenient to use widgetGrabFocus instead | of this function.

windowSetMnemonicModifierSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> [Modifier]

modifier - the modifier mask used to activate mnemonics on this window.

-> IO () 

Sets the mnemonic modifier for this window.

windowGetMnemonicModifierSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO [Modifier]

return the modifier mask used to activate mnemonics on this window.

Returns the mnemonic modifier for this window. See windowSetMnemonicModifier.

windowSetSkipTaskbarHintSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> Bool

setting - True to keep this window from appearing in the task bar

-> IO () 

Windows may set a hint asking the desktop environment not to display the window in the task bar. This function sets this hint.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.2

windowGetSkipTaskbarHintSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Bool

returns True if window shouldn't be in taskbar

Gets the value set by windowSetSkipTaskbarHint

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.2

windowSetSkipPagerHintSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> Bool

setting - True to keep this window from appearing in the pager

-> IO () 

Windows may set a hint asking the desktop environment not to display the window in the pager. This function sets this hint. (A "pager" is any desktop navigation tool such as a workspace switcher that displays a thumbnail representation of the windows on the screen.)

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.2

windowGetSkipPagerHintSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Bool

returns True if window shouldn't be in pager

Gets the value set by windowSetSkipPagerHint.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.2

windowSetAcceptFocusSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> Bool

setting - True to let this window receive input focus

-> IO () 

Windows may set a hint asking the desktop environment not to receive the input focus. This function sets this hint.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.4

windowGetAcceptFocusSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Bool

returns True if window should receive the input focus

Gets the value set by windowSetAcceptFocus.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.4

windowSetFocusOnMapSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> Bool

setting - True to let this window receive input focus on map

-> IO () 

Windows may set a hint asking the desktop environment not to receive the input focus when the window is mapped. This function sets this hint.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.6

windowGetFocusOnMapSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Bool

returns True if window should receive the input focus when mapped.

Gets the value set by windowSetFocusOnMap.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.6

windowSetDecorated :: WindowClass self => self -> Bool -> IO ()Source

By default, windows are decorated with a title bar, resize controls, etc. Some window managers allow Gtk+ to disable these decorations, creating a borderless window. If you set the decorated property to False using this function, Gtk+ will do its best to convince the window manager not to decorate the window. Depending on the system, this function may not have any effect when called on a window that is already visible, so you should call it before calling windowShow.

On Windows, this function always works, since there's no window manager policy involved.

windowGetDecoratedSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Bool

returns True if the window has been set to have decorations

Returns whether the window has been set to have decorations such as a title bar via windowSetDecorated.

windowSetDeletableSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> Bool

setting - True to decorate the window as deletable

-> IO () 

By default, windows have a close button in the window frame. Some window managers allow GTK+ to disable this button. If you set the deletable property to False using this function, GTK+ will do its best to convince the window manager not to show a close button. Depending on the system, this function may not have any effect when called on a window that is already visible, so you should call it before calling windowShow.

On Windows, this function always works, since there's no window manager policy involved.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.10

windowGetDeletableSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Bool

return True if the window has been set to have a close button

Returns whether the window has been set to have a close button via windowSetDeletable.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.10

windowSetHasFrameSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> Bool

setting - a boolean

-> IO () 

If this function is called on a window with setting of True, before it is realized or showed, it will have a frame window around its DrawWindow, accessible using windowGetFrame. Using the signal windowFrameEvent you can receive all events targeted at the frame.

(Note: this is a special-purpose function for the framebuffer port, that causes GTK+ to draw its own window border. For most applications, you want windowSetDecorated instead, which tells the window manager whether to draw the window border.)

This function is used by the 1 -fb port to implement managed windows, but it could conceivably be used by X-programs that want to do their own window decorations.

Removed in Gtk3.

windowGetHasFrameSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Bool

return True if a frame has been added to the window via windowSetHasFrame.

Accessor for whether the window has a frame window exterior to window->window. Gets the value set by windowSetHasFrame.

Removed in Gtk3.

windowSetRoleSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> String

role - unique identifier for the window to be used when restoring a session

-> IO () 

This function is only useful on X11, not with other Gtk+ targets.

In combination with the window title, the window role allows a window manager to identify "the same" window when an application is restarted. So for example you might set the "toolbox" role on your app's toolbox window, so that when the user restarts their session, the window manager can put the toolbox back in the same place.

If a window already has a unique title, you don't need to set the role, since the WM can use the title to identify the window when restoring the session.

windowGetRoleSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO (Maybe String)

returns the role of the window if set, or Nothing.

Returns the role of the window. See windowSetRole for further explanation.

windowSetIconSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> Maybe Pixbuf

icon - icon image

-> IO () 

Sets up the icon representing a Window. This icon is used when the window is minimized (also known as iconified). Some window managers or desktop environments may also place it in the window frame, or display it in other contexts.

The icon should be provided in whatever size it was naturally drawn; that is, don't scale the image before passing it to Gtk+. Scaling is postponed until the last minute, when the desired final size is known, to allow best quality.

If you have your icon hand-drawn in multiple sizes, use windowSetIconList. Then the best size will be used.

This function is equivalent to calling windowSetIconList with a 1-element list.

See also windowSetDefaultIconList to set the icon for all windows in your application in one go.

windowSetIconList :: WindowClass self => self -> [Pixbuf] -> IO ()Source

Sets up the icon representing a Window. The icon is used when the window is minimized (also known as iconified). Some window managers or desktop environments may also place it in the window frame, or display it in other contexts.

windowSetIconList allows you to pass in the same icon in several hand-drawn sizes. The list should contain the natural sizes your icon is available in; that is, don't scale the image before passing it to GTK+. Scaling is postponed until the last minute, when the desired final size is known, to allow best quality.

By passing several sizes, you may improve the final image quality of the icon, by reducing or eliminating automatic image scaling.

Recommended sizes to provide: 16x16, 32x32, 48x48 at minimum, and larger images (64x64, 128x128) if you have them.

See also windowSetDefaultIconList to set the icon for all windows in your application in one go.

Note that transient windows (those who have been set transient for another window using windowSetTransientFor will inherit their icon from their transient parent. So there's no need to explicitly set the icon on transient windows.

windowGetIconList :: WindowClass self => self -> IO [Pixbuf]Source

Retrieves the list of icons set by windowSetIconList.

windowSetIconNameSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> String

name - the name of the themed icon

-> IO () 

Sets the icon for the window from a named themed icon. See the docs for IconTheme for more details.

Note that this has nothing to do with the WM_ICON_NAME property which is mentioned in the ICCCM.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.6

windowGetIconNameSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO String

returns the icon name or "" if the window has no themed icon.

Returns the name of the themed icon for the window, see windowSetIconName.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.6

windowSetUrgencyHintSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> Bool

setting - True to mark this window as urgent

-> IO () 

Windows may set a hint asking the desktop environment to draw the users attention to the window. This function sets this hint.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.8

windowGetUrgencyHintSource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Bool

returns True if window is urgent

Gets the value set by windowSetUrgencyHint

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.8

windowSetOpacitySource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> Double

opacity - desired opacity, between 0 and 1

-> IO () 

windowGetOpacitySource

Arguments

:: WindowClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Double

return the requested opacity for this window.

Fetches the requested opacity for this window. See windowSetOpacity.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.12

onSetFocus :: (WindowClass self, WidgetClass foc) => self -> (Maybe foc -> IO ()) -> IO (ConnectId self)Source

Observe a change in input focus.

afterSetFocus :: (WindowClass self, WidgetClass foc) => self -> (Maybe foc -> IO ()) -> IO (ConnectId self)Source

Observe a change in input focus.