GtkFrame

GtkFrame — A bin with a decorative frame and optional label

Functions

Properties

char * label Read / Write
GtkWidget * label-widget Read / Write
float label-xalign Read / Write
float label-yalign Read / Write
GtkShadowType shadow-type Read / Write

Types and Values

struct GtkFrame
struct GtkFrameClass

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GInitiallyUnowned
        ╰── GtkWidget
            ╰── GtkContainer
                ╰── GtkBin
                    ╰── GtkFrame
                        ╰── GtkAspectFrame

Implemented Interfaces

GtkFrame implements AtkImplementorIface and GtkBuildable.

Includes

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

Description

The frame widget is a bin that surrounds its child with a decorative frame and an optional label. If present, the label is drawn in a gap in the top side of the frame. The position of the label can be controlled with gtk_frame_set_label_align().

GtkFrame as GtkBuildable

The GtkFrame implementation of the GtkBuildable interface supports placing a child in the label position by specifying “label” as the “type” attribute of a <child> element. A normal content child can be specified without specifying a <child> type attribute.

An example of a UI definition fragment with GtkFrame:

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<object class="GtkFrame">
  <child type="label">
    <object class="GtkLabel" id="frame-label"/>
  </child>
  <child>
    <object class="GtkEntry" id="frame-content"/>
  </child>
</object>


CSS nodes

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frame 
├── border[.flat]
├── <label widget>
╰── <child>

GtkFrame has a main CSS node named “frame” and a subnode named “border”. The “border” node is used to draw the visible border. You can set the appearance of the border using CSS properties like “border-style” on the “border” node.

The border node can be given the style class “.flat”, which is used by themes to disable drawing of the border. To do this from code, call gtk_frame_set_shadow_type() with GTK_SHADOW_NONE to add the “.flat” class or any other shadow type to remove it.

Functions

gtk_frame_new ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_frame_new (const gchar *label);

Creates a new GtkFrame, with optional label label . If label is NULL, the label is omitted.

Parameters

label

the text to use as the label of the frame.

[allow-none]

Returns

a new GtkFrame widget


gtk_frame_set_label ()

void
gtk_frame_set_label (GtkFrame *frame,
                     const gchar *label);

Removes the current “label-widget”. If label is not NULL, creates a new GtkLabel with that text and adds it as the “label-widget”.

Parameters

frame

a GtkFrame

 

label

the text to use as the label of the frame.

[allow-none]

gtk_frame_set_label_widget ()

void
gtk_frame_set_label_widget (GtkFrame *frame,
                            GtkWidget *label_widget);

Sets the “label-widget” for the frame. This is the widget that will appear embedded in the top edge of the frame as a title.

Parameters

frame

a GtkFrame

 

label_widget

the new label widget.

[nullable]

gtk_frame_set_label_align ()

void
gtk_frame_set_label_align (GtkFrame *frame,
                           gfloat xalign,
                           gfloat yalign);

Sets the alignment of the frame widget’s label. The default values for a newly created frame are 0.0 and 0.5.

Parameters

frame

a GtkFrame

 

xalign

The position of the label along the top edge of the widget. A value of 0.0 represents left alignment; 1.0 represents right alignment.

 

yalign

The y alignment of the label. A value of 0.0 aligns under the frame; 1.0 aligns above the frame. If the values are exactly 0.0 or 1.0 the gap in the frame won’t be painted because the label will be completely above or below the frame.

 

gtk_frame_set_shadow_type ()

void
gtk_frame_set_shadow_type (GtkFrame *frame,
                           GtkShadowType type);

Sets the “shadow-type” for frame , i.e. whether it is drawn without (GTK_SHADOW_NONE) or with (other values) a visible border. Values other than GTK_SHADOW_NONE are treated identically by GtkFrame. The chosen type is applied by removing or adding the .flat class to the CSS node named border.

Parameters

frame

a GtkFrame

 

type

the new GtkShadowType

 

gtk_frame_get_label ()

const gchar *
gtk_frame_get_label (GtkFrame *frame);

If the frame’s label widget is a GtkLabel, returns the text in the label widget. (The frame will have a GtkLabel for the label widget if a non-NULL argument was passed to gtk_frame_new().)

Parameters

frame

a GtkFrame

 

Returns

the text in the label, or NULL if there was no label widget or the lable widget was not a GtkLabel. This string is owned by GTK+ and must not be modified or freed.

[nullable]


gtk_frame_get_label_align ()

void
gtk_frame_get_label_align (GtkFrame *frame,
                           gfloat *xalign,
                           gfloat *yalign);

Retrieves the X and Y alignment of the frame’s label. See gtk_frame_set_label_align().

Parameters

frame

a GtkFrame

 

xalign

location to store X alignment of frame’s label, or NULL.

[out][allow-none]

yalign

location to store X alignment of frame’s label, or NULL.

[out][allow-none]

gtk_frame_get_label_widget ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_frame_get_label_widget (GtkFrame *frame);

Retrieves the label widget for the frame. See gtk_frame_set_label_widget().

Parameters

frame

a GtkFrame

 

Returns

the label widget, or NULL if there is none.

[nullable][transfer none]


gtk_frame_get_shadow_type ()

GtkShadowType
gtk_frame_get_shadow_type (GtkFrame *frame);

Retrieves the shadow type of the frame. See gtk_frame_set_shadow_type().

Parameters

frame

a GtkFrame

 

Returns

the current shadow type of the frame.

Types and Values

struct GtkFrame

struct GtkFrame;

struct GtkFrameClass

struct GtkFrameClass {
  GtkBinClass parent_class;

  void (*compute_child_allocation) (GtkFrame *frame,
                                    GtkAllocation *allocation);
};

Members

compute_child_allocation ()

   

Property Details

The “label” property

  “label”                    char *

Text of the frame's label.

Owner: GtkFrame

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: NULL


The “label-widget” property

  “label-widget”             GtkWidget *

A widget to display in place of the usual frame label.

Owner: GtkFrame

Flags: Read / Write


The “label-xalign” property

  “label-xalign”             float

The horizontal alignment of the label.

Owner: GtkFrame

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: [0,1]

Default value: 0


The “label-yalign” property

  “label-yalign”             float

The vertical alignment of the label.

Owner: GtkFrame

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: [0,1]

Default value: 0.5


The “shadow-type” property

  “shadow-type”              GtkShadowType

Appearance of the frame border.

Owner: GtkFrame

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: GTK_SHADOW_ETCHED_IN