Filesystem utilities

Filesystem utilities — Functions for working with GIO

Functions

GMountOperation * gtk_mount_operation_new ()
gboolean gtk_mount_operation_is_showing ()
void gtk_mount_operation_set_parent ()
GtkWindow * gtk_mount_operation_get_parent ()
void gtk_mount_operation_set_screen ()
GdkScreen * gtk_mount_operation_get_screen ()
gboolean gtk_show_uri ()

Properties

gboolean is-showing Read
GtkWindow * parent Read / Write
GdkScreen * screen Read / Write

Types and Values

struct GtkMountOperation
struct GtkMountOperationClass

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GMountOperation
        ╰── GtkMountOperation

Includes

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

Description

The functions and objects described here make working with GTK+ and GIO more convenient.

GtkMountOperation is needed when mounting volumes: It is an implementation of GMountOperation that can be used with GIO functions for mounting volumes such as g_file_mount_enclosing_volume(), g_file_mount_mountable(), g_volume_mount(), g_mount_unmount_with_operation() and others.

When necessary, GtkMountOperation shows dialogs to ask for passwords, questions or show processes blocking unmount.

gtk_show_uri() is a convenient way to launch applications for URIs.

Another object that is worth mentioning in this context is GdkAppLaunchContext, which provides visual feedback when lauching applications.

Functions

gtk_mount_operation_new ()

GMountOperation *
gtk_mount_operation_new (GtkWindow *parent);

Creates a new GtkMountOperation

Parameters

parent

transient parent of the window, or NULL.

[allow-none]

Returns

a new GtkMountOperation

Since: 2.14

gtk_mount_operation_is_showing ()

gboolean
gtk_mount_operation_is_showing (GtkMountOperation *op);

Returns whether the GtkMountOperation is currently displaying a window.

Parameters

op

a GtkMountOperation

Returns

TRUE if op is currently displaying a window

Since: 2.14

gtk_mount_operation_set_parent ()

void
gtk_mount_operation_set_parent (GtkMountOperation *op,
                                GtkWindow *parent);

Sets the transient parent for windows shown by the GtkMountOperation.

Parameters

op

a GtkMountOperation

parent

transient parent of the window, or NULL.

[allow-none]

Since: 2.14

gtk_mount_operation_get_parent ()

GtkWindow *
gtk_mount_operation_get_parent (GtkMountOperation *op);

Gets the transient parent used by the GtkMountOperation

Parameters

op

a GtkMountOperation

Returns

the transient parent for windows shown by op .

[transfer none]

Since: 2.14

gtk_mount_operation_set_screen ()

void
gtk_mount_operation_set_screen (GtkMountOperation *op,
                                GdkScreen *screen);

Sets the screen to show windows of the GtkMountOperation on.

Parameters

op

a GtkMountOperation

screen

a GdkScreen

Since: 2.14

gtk_mount_operation_get_screen ()

GdkScreen *
gtk_mount_operation_get_screen (GtkMountOperation *op);

Gets the screen on which windows of the GtkMountOperation will be shown.

Parameters

op

a GtkMountOperation

Returns

the screen on which windows of op are shown.

[transfer none]

Since: 2.14

gtk_show_uri ()

gboolean
gtk_show_uri (GdkScreen *screen,
              const gchar *uri,
              guint32 timestamp,
              GError **error);

This is a convenience function for launching the default application to show the uri. The uri must be of a form understood by GIO (i.e. you need to install gvfs to get support for uri schemes such as http:// or ftp://, as only local files are handled by GIO itself). Typical examples are

Ideally the timestamp is taken from the event triggering the gtk_show_uri() call. If timestamp is not known you can take GDK_CURRENT_TIME.

Parameters

screen

screen to show the uri on or NULL for the default screen.

[allow-none]

uri

the uri to show

timestamp

a timestamp to prevent focus stealing

error

a GError that is returned in case of errors

Returns

TRUE on success, FALSE on error

Since: 2.14

Types and Values

struct GtkMountOperation

struct GtkMountOperation;

This should not be accessed directly. Use the accessor functions below.

struct GtkMountOperationClass

struct GtkMountOperationClass {
  GMountOperationClass parent_class;
};

Members

Property Details

The “is-showing” property

  “is-showing”               gboolean

Are we showing a dialog.

Flags: Read

Default value: FALSE

The “parent” property

  “parent”                   GtkWindow *

The parent window.

Flags: Read / Write

The “screen” property

  “screen”                   GdkScreen *

The screen where this window will be displayed.

Flags: Read / Write

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