Description

gtkmm is the official C++ interface for the popular GUI library GTK+. Highlights include typesafe callbacks, and a comprehensive set of widgets that are easily extensible via inheritance.

For instance, see Widgets, Dialogs, TreeView and TextView.

See also the Programming with gtkmm book.

Features

GTK+’s mature, capable set of widgets. See the GTK+ website for more information.
Use inheritance to derive custom widgets.
Type-safe signal handlers (slots), in standard C++, using libsigc++.
Polymorphism.
Use of the Standard C++ Library, including strings, containers and iterators.
Full internationalisation with UTF8.
Complete C++ memory management.
- Member instances or dynamic new and delete.
- Optional automatic deletion of child widgets.
- No manual reference-counting.
Full use of C++ namespaces.
No macros.

Basic Usage

Include the gtkmm header:

#include <gtkmm.h>

(You may include individual headers, such as gtkmm/button.h instead.)

If your source file is program.cc, you can compile it with:

g++ program.cc -o program `pkg-config --cflags --libs gtkmm-3.0`

If your version of g++ is not C++11-compliant by default, add the -std=c++11 option.

If you use Meson, include the following in meson.build:

gtkmm_dep = dependency('gtkmm-3.0')
program_name = 'program'
cpp_sources = [ 'program.cc' ]
executable(program_name,
  cpp_sources,
  dependencies: gtkmm_dep
)

Alternatively, if using autoconf, use the following in configure.ac:

PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GTKMM], [gtkmm-3.0])

Then use the generated GTKMM_CFLAGS and GTKMM_LIBS variables in the project Makefile.am files. For example:

program_CPPFLAGS = $(GTKMM_CFLAGS)

program_LDADD = $(GTKMM_LIBS)