GtkIconView

CSS nodes

GtkIconView has a single CSS node with name iconview and style class .view. For rubberband selection, a subnode with name rubberband is used.

GtkIconViewForeachFunc ()

void
(*GtkIconViewForeachFunc) (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                           GtkTreePath *path,
                           gpointer data);

A function used by gtk_icon_view_selected_foreach() to map all selected rows. It will be called on every selected row in the view.

gtk_icon_view_new ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_icon_view_new (void);

Creates a new GtkIconView widget

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_new_with_area ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_icon_view_new_with_area (GtkCellArea *area);

Creates a new GtkIconView widget using the specified area to layout cells inside the icons.

Since: 3.0

gtk_icon_view_new_with_model ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_icon_view_new_with_model (GtkTreeModel *model);

Creates a new GtkIconView widget with the model model .

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_set_model ()

void
gtk_icon_view_set_model (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                         GtkTreeModel *model);

Sets the model for a GtkIconView. If the icon_view already has a model set, it will remove it before setting the new model. If model is NULL, then it will unset the old model.

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_get_model ()

GtkTreeModel *
gtk_icon_view_get_model (GtkIconView *icon_view);

Returns the model the GtkIconView is based on. Returns NULL if the model is unset.

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_set_text_column ()

void
gtk_icon_view_set_text_column (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                               gint column);

Sets the column with text for icon_view to be column . The text column must be of type G_TYPE_STRING.

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_get_text_column ()

gint
gtk_icon_view_get_text_column (GtkIconView *icon_view);

Returns the column with text for icon_view .

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_set_markup_column ()

void
gtk_icon_view_set_markup_column (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                                 gint column);

Sets the column with markup information for icon_view to be column . The markup column must be of type G_TYPE_STRING. If the markup column is set to something, it overrides the text column set by gtk_icon_view_set_text_column().

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_get_markup_column ()

gint
gtk_icon_view_get_markup_column (GtkIconView *icon_view);

Returns the column with markup text for icon_view .

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_set_pixbuf_column ()

void
gtk_icon_view_set_pixbuf_column (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                                 gint column);

Sets the column with pixbufs for icon_view to be column . The pixbuf column must be of type GDK_TYPE_PIXBUF

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_get_pixbuf_column ()

gint
gtk_icon_view_get_pixbuf_column (GtkIconView *icon_view);

Returns the column with pixbufs for icon_view .

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_get_path_at_pos ()

GtkTreePath *
gtk_icon_view_get_path_at_pos (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                               gint x,
                               gint y);

Finds the path at the point (x , y ), relative to bin_window coordinates. See gtk_icon_view_get_item_at_pos(), if you are also interested in the cell at the specified position. See gtk_icon_view_convert_widget_to_bin_window_coords() for converting widget coordinates to bin_window coordinates.

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_get_item_at_pos ()

gboolean
gtk_icon_view_get_item_at_pos (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                               gint x,
                               gint y,
                               GtkTreePath **path,
                               GtkCellRenderer **cell);

Finds the path at the point (x , y ), relative to bin_window coordinates. In contrast to gtk_icon_view_get_path_at_pos(), this function also obtains the cell at the specified position. The returned path should be freed with gtk_tree_path_free(). See gtk_icon_view_convert_widget_to_bin_window_coords() for converting widget coordinates to bin_window coordinates.

Since: 2.8

gtk_icon_view_convert_widget_to_bin_window_coords ()

void
gtk_icon_view_convert_widget_to_bin_window_coords
                               (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                                gint wx,
                                gint wy,
                                gint *bx,
                                gint *by);

Converts widget coordinates to coordinates for the bin_window, as expected by e.g. gtk_icon_view_get_path_at_pos().

Since: 2.12

gtk_icon_view_set_cursor ()

void
gtk_icon_view_set_cursor (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                          GtkTreePath *path,
                          GtkCellRenderer *cell,
                          gboolean start_editing);

Sets the current keyboard focus to be at path , and selects it. This is useful when you want to focus the user’s attention on a particular item. If cell is not NULL, then focus is given to the cell specified by it. Additionally, if start_editing is TRUE, then editing should be started in the specified cell.

This function is often followed by gtk_widget_grab_focus (icon_view) in order to give keyboard focus to the widget. Please note that editing can only happen when the widget is realized.

Since: 2.8

gtk_icon_view_get_cursor ()

gboolean
gtk_icon_view_get_cursor (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                          GtkTreePath **path,
                          GtkCellRenderer **cell);

Fills in path and cell with the current cursor path and cell. If the cursor isn’t currently set, then *path will be NULL. If no cell currently has focus, then *cell will be NULL.

The returned GtkTreePath must be freed with gtk_tree_path_free().

Since: 2.8

gtk_icon_view_selected_foreach ()

void
gtk_icon_view_selected_foreach (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                                GtkIconViewForeachFunc func,
                                gpointer data);

Calls a function for each selected icon. Note that the model or selection cannot be modified from within this function.

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_set_selection_mode ()

void
gtk_icon_view_set_selection_mode (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                                  GtkSelectionMode mode);

Sets the selection mode of the icon_view .

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_get_selection_mode ()

GtkSelectionMode
gtk_icon_view_get_selection_mode (GtkIconView *icon_view);

Gets the selection mode of the icon_view .

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_set_item_orientation ()

void
gtk_icon_view_set_item_orientation (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                                    GtkOrientation orientation);

Sets the ::item-orientation property which determines whether the labels are drawn beside the icons instead of below.

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_get_item_orientation ()

GtkOrientation
gtk_icon_view_get_item_orientation (GtkIconView *icon_view);

Returns the value of the ::item-orientation property which determines whether the labels are drawn beside the icons instead of below.

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_set_columns ()

void
gtk_icon_view_set_columns (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                           gint columns);

Sets the ::columns property which determines in how many columns the icons are arranged. If columns is -1, the number of columns will be chosen automatically to fill the available area.

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_get_columns ()

gint
gtk_icon_view_get_columns (GtkIconView *icon_view);

Returns the value of the ::columns property.

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_set_item_width ()

void
gtk_icon_view_set_item_width (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                              gint item_width);

Sets the ::item-width property which specifies the width to use for each item. If it is set to -1, the icon view will automatically determine a suitable item size.

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_get_item_width ()

gint
gtk_icon_view_get_item_width (GtkIconView *icon_view);

Returns the value of the ::item-width property.

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_set_spacing ()

void
gtk_icon_view_set_spacing (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                           gint spacing);

Sets the ::spacing property which specifies the space which is inserted between the cells (i.e. the icon and the text) of an item.

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_get_spacing ()

gint
gtk_icon_view_get_spacing (GtkIconView *icon_view);

Returns the value of the ::spacing property.

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_set_row_spacing ()

void
gtk_icon_view_set_row_spacing (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                               gint row_spacing);

Sets the ::row-spacing property which specifies the space which is inserted between the rows of the icon view.

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_get_row_spacing ()

gint
gtk_icon_view_get_row_spacing (GtkIconView *icon_view);

Returns the value of the ::row-spacing property.

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_set_column_spacing ()

void
gtk_icon_view_set_column_spacing (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                                  gint column_spacing);

Sets the ::column-spacing property which specifies the space which is inserted between the columns of the icon view.

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_get_column_spacing ()

gint
gtk_icon_view_get_column_spacing (GtkIconView *icon_view);

Returns the value of the ::column-spacing property.

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_set_margin ()

void
gtk_icon_view_set_margin (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                          gint margin);

Sets the ::margin property which specifies the space which is inserted at the top, bottom, left and right of the icon view.

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_get_margin ()

gint
gtk_icon_view_get_margin (GtkIconView *icon_view);

Returns the value of the ::margin property.

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_set_item_padding ()

void
gtk_icon_view_set_item_padding (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                                gint item_padding);

Sets the “item-padding” property which specifies the padding around each of the icon view’s items.

Since: 2.18

gtk_icon_view_get_item_padding ()

gint
gtk_icon_view_get_item_padding (GtkIconView *icon_view);

Returns the value of the ::item-padding property.

Since: 2.18

gtk_icon_view_set_activate_on_single_click ()

void
gtk_icon_view_set_activate_on_single_click
                               (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                                gboolean single);

Causes the “item-activated” signal to be emitted on a single click instead of a double click.

Since: 3.8

gtk_icon_view_get_activate_on_single_click ()

gboolean
gtk_icon_view_get_activate_on_single_click
                               (GtkIconView *icon_view);

Gets the setting set by gtk_icon_view_set_activate_on_single_click().

Since: 3.8

gtk_icon_view_get_cell_rect ()

gboolean
gtk_icon_view_get_cell_rect (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                             GtkTreePath *path,
                             GtkCellRenderer *cell,
                             GdkRectangle *rect);

Fills the bounding rectangle in widget coordinates for the cell specified by path and cell . If cell is NULL the main cell area is used.

This function is only valid if icon_view is realized.

Since: 3.6

gtk_icon_view_select_path ()

void
gtk_icon_view_select_path (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                           GtkTreePath *path);

Selects the row at path .

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_unselect_path ()

void
gtk_icon_view_unselect_path (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                             GtkTreePath *path);

Unselects the row at path .

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_path_is_selected ()

gboolean
gtk_icon_view_path_is_selected (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                                GtkTreePath *path);

Returns TRUE if the icon pointed to by path is currently selected. If path does not point to a valid location, FALSE is returned.

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_get_selected_items ()

GList *
gtk_icon_view_get_selected_items (GtkIconView *icon_view);

Creates a list of paths of all selected items. Additionally, if you are planning on modifying the model after calling this function, you may want to convert the returned list into a list of GtkTreeRowReferences. To do this, you can use gtk_tree_row_reference_new().

To free the return value, use:

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Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_select_all ()

void
gtk_icon_view_select_all (GtkIconView *icon_view);

Selects all the icons. icon_view must has its selection mode set to GTK_SELECTION_MULTIPLE.

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_unselect_all ()

void
gtk_icon_view_unselect_all (GtkIconView *icon_view);

Unselects all the icons.

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_item_activated ()

void
gtk_icon_view_item_activated (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                              GtkTreePath *path);

Activates the item determined by path .

Since: 2.6

gtk_icon_view_scroll_to_path ()

void
gtk_icon_view_scroll_to_path (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                              GtkTreePath *path,
                              gboolean use_align,
                              gfloat row_align,
                              gfloat col_align);

Moves the alignments of icon_view to the position specified by path . row_align determines where the row is placed, and col_align determines where column is placed. Both are expected to be between 0.0 and 1.0. 0.0 means left/top alignment, 1.0 means right/bottom alignment, 0.5 means center.

If use_align is FALSE, then the alignment arguments are ignored, and the tree does the minimum amount of work to scroll the item onto the screen. This means that the item will be scrolled to the edge closest to its current position. If the item is currently visible on the screen, nothing is done.

This function only works if the model is set, and path is a valid row on the model. If the model changes before the icon_view is realized, the centered path will be modified to reflect this change.

Since: 2.8

gtk_icon_view_get_visible_range ()

gboolean
gtk_icon_view_get_visible_range (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                                 GtkTreePath **start_path,
                                 GtkTreePath **end_path);

Sets start_path and end_path to be the first and last visible path. Note that there may be invisible paths in between.

Both paths should be freed with gtk_tree_path_free() after use.

Since: 2.8

gtk_icon_view_set_tooltip_item ()

void
gtk_icon_view_set_tooltip_item (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                                GtkTooltip *tooltip,
                                GtkTreePath *path);

Sets the tip area of tooltip to be the area covered by the item at path . See also gtk_icon_view_set_tooltip_column() for a simpler alternative. See also gtk_tooltip_set_tip_area().

Since: 2.12

gtk_icon_view_set_tooltip_cell ()

void
gtk_icon_view_set_tooltip_cell (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                                GtkTooltip *tooltip,
                                GtkTreePath *path,
                                GtkCellRenderer *cell);

Sets the tip area of tooltip to the area which cell occupies in the item pointed to by path . See also gtk_tooltip_set_tip_area().

See also gtk_icon_view_set_tooltip_column() for a simpler alternative.

Since: 2.12

gtk_icon_view_get_tooltip_context ()

gboolean
gtk_icon_view_get_tooltip_context (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                                   gint *x,
                                   gint *y,
                                   gboolean keyboard_tip,
                                   GtkTreeModel **model,
                                   GtkTreePath **path,
                                   GtkTreeIter *iter);

This function is supposed to be used in a “query-tooltip” signal handler for GtkIconView. The x , y and keyboard_tip values which are received in the signal handler, should be passed to this function without modification.

The return value indicates whether there is an icon view item at the given coordinates (TRUE) or not (FALSE) for mouse tooltips. For keyboard tooltips the item returned will be the cursor item. When TRUE, then any of model , path and iter which have been provided will be set to point to that row and the corresponding model. x and y will always be converted to be relative to icon_view ’s bin_window if keyboard_tooltip is FALSE.

Since: 2.12

gtk_icon_view_set_tooltip_column ()

void
gtk_icon_view_set_tooltip_column (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                                  gint column);

If you only plan to have simple (text-only) tooltips on full items, you can use this function to have GtkIconView handle these automatically for you. column should be set to the column in icon_view ’s model containing the tooltip texts, or -1 to disable this feature.

When enabled, “has-tooltip” will be set to TRUE and icon_view will connect a “query-tooltip” signal handler.

Note that the signal handler sets the text with gtk_tooltip_set_markup(), so &, <, etc have to be escaped in the text.

Since: 2.12

gtk_icon_view_get_tooltip_column ()

gint
gtk_icon_view_get_tooltip_column (GtkIconView *icon_view);

Returns the column of icon_view ’s model which is being used for displaying tooltips on icon_view ’s rows.

Since: 2.12

gtk_icon_view_get_item_row ()

gint
gtk_icon_view_get_item_row (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                            GtkTreePath *path);

Gets the row in which the item path is currently displayed. Row numbers start at 0.

Since: 2.22

gtk_icon_view_get_item_column ()

gint
gtk_icon_view_get_item_column (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                               GtkTreePath *path);

Gets the column in which the item path is currently displayed. Column numbers start at 0.

Since: 2.22

gtk_icon_view_enable_model_drag_source ()

void
gtk_icon_view_enable_model_drag_source
                               (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                                GdkModifierType start_button_mask,
                                const GtkTargetEntry *targets,
                                gint n_targets,
                                GdkDragAction actions);

Turns icon_view into a drag source for automatic DND. Calling this method sets “reorderable” to FALSE.

Since: 2.8

gtk_icon_view_enable_model_drag_dest ()

void
gtk_icon_view_enable_model_drag_dest (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                                      const GtkTargetEntry *targets,
                                      gint n_targets,
                                      GdkDragAction actions);

Turns icon_view into a drop destination for automatic DND. Calling this method sets “reorderable” to FALSE.

Since: 2.8

gtk_icon_view_unset_model_drag_source ()

void
gtk_icon_view_unset_model_drag_source (GtkIconView *icon_view);

Undoes the effect of gtk_icon_view_enable_model_drag_source(). Calling this method sets “reorderable” to FALSE.

Since: 2.8

gtk_icon_view_unset_model_drag_dest ()

void
gtk_icon_view_unset_model_drag_dest (GtkIconView *icon_view);

Undoes the effect of gtk_icon_view_enable_model_drag_dest(). Calling this method sets “reorderable” to FALSE.

Since: 2.8

gtk_icon_view_set_reorderable ()

void
gtk_icon_view_set_reorderable (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                               gboolean reorderable);

This function is a convenience function to allow you to reorder models that support the GtkTreeDragSourceIface and the GtkTreeDragDestIface. Both GtkTreeStore and GtkListStore support these. If reorderable is TRUE, then the user can reorder the model by dragging and dropping rows. The developer can listen to these changes by connecting to the model's row_inserted and row_deleted signals. The reordering is implemented by setting up the icon view as a drag source and destination. Therefore, drag and drop can not be used in a reorderable view for any other purpose.

This function does not give you any degree of control over the order -- any reordering is allowed. If more control is needed, you should probably handle drag and drop manually.

Since: 2.8

gtk_icon_view_get_reorderable ()

gboolean
gtk_icon_view_get_reorderable (GtkIconView *icon_view);

Retrieves whether the user can reorder the list via drag-and-drop. See gtk_icon_view_set_reorderable().

Since: 2.8

gtk_icon_view_set_drag_dest_item ()

void
gtk_icon_view_set_drag_dest_item (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                                  GtkTreePath *path,
                                  GtkIconViewDropPosition pos);

Sets the item that is highlighted for feedback.

Since: 2.8

gtk_icon_view_get_drag_dest_item ()

void
gtk_icon_view_get_drag_dest_item (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                                  GtkTreePath **path,
                                  GtkIconViewDropPosition *pos);

Gets information about the item that is highlighted for feedback.

Since: 2.8

gtk_icon_view_get_dest_item_at_pos ()

gboolean
gtk_icon_view_get_dest_item_at_pos (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                                    gint drag_x,
                                    gint drag_y,
                                    GtkTreePath **path,
                                    GtkIconViewDropPosition *pos);

Determines the destination item for a given position.

Since: 2.8

gtk_icon_view_create_drag_icon ()

cairo_surface_t *
gtk_icon_view_create_drag_icon (GtkIconView *icon_view,
                                GtkTreePath *path);

Creates a cairo_surface_t representation of the item at path . This image is used for a drag icon.

Since: 2.8

struct GtkIconView

struct GtkIconView;

enum GtkIconViewDropPosition

An enum for determining where a dropped item goes.

The “activate-on-single-click” property

  “activate-on-single-click” gboolean

The activate-on-single-click property specifies whether the "item-activated" signal will be emitted after a single click.

Owner: GtkIconView

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: FALSE

Since: 3.8

The “cell-area” property

  “cell-area”                GtkCellArea *

The GtkCellArea used to layout cell renderers for this view.

If no area is specified when creating the icon view with gtk_icon_view_new_with_area() a GtkCellAreaBox will be used.

Owner: GtkIconView

Flags: Read / Write / Construct Only

Since: 3.0

The “column-spacing” property

  “column-spacing”           int

The column-spacing property specifies the space which is inserted between the columns of the icon view.

Owner: GtkIconView

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 6

Since: 2.6

The “columns” property

  “columns”                  int

The columns property contains the number of the columns in which the items should be displayed. If it is -1, the number of columns will be chosen automatically to fill the available area.

Owner: GtkIconView

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: -1

Since: 2.6

The “item-orientation” property

  “item-orientation”         GtkOrientation

The item-orientation property specifies how the cells (i.e. the icon and the text) of the item are positioned relative to each other.

Owner: GtkIconView

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: GTK_ORIENTATION_VERTICAL

Since: 2.6

The “item-padding” property

  “item-padding”             int

The item-padding property specifies the padding around each of the icon view's item.

Owner: GtkIconView

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 6

Since: 2.18

The “item-width” property

  “item-width”               int

The item-width property specifies the width to use for each item. If it is set to -1, the icon view will automatically determine a suitable item size.

Owner: GtkIconView

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: -1

Since: 2.6

The “margin” property

  “margin”                   int

The margin property specifies the space which is inserted at the edges of the icon view.

Owner: GtkIconView

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 6

Since: 2.6

The “markup-column” property

  “markup-column”            int

The ::markup-column property contains the number of the model column containing markup information to be displayed. The markup column must be of type G_TYPE_STRING. If this property and the :text-column property are both set to column numbers, it overrides the text column. If both are set to -1, no texts are displayed.

Owner: GtkIconView

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: -1

Since: 2.6

The “model” property

  “model”                    GtkTreeModel *

The model for the icon view.

Owner: GtkIconView

Flags: Read / Write

The “pixbuf-column” property

  “pixbuf-column”            int

The ::pixbuf-column property contains the number of the model column containing the pixbufs which are displayed. The pixbuf column must be of type GDK_TYPE_PIXBUF. Setting this property to -1 turns off the display of pixbufs.

Owner: GtkIconView

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: -1

Since: 2.6

The “reorderable” property

  “reorderable”              gboolean

The reorderable property specifies if the items can be reordered by DND.

Owner: GtkIconView

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: FALSE

Since: 2.8

The “row-spacing” property

  “row-spacing”              int

The row-spacing property specifies the space which is inserted between the rows of the icon view.

Owner: GtkIconView

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 6

Since: 2.6

The “selection-mode” property

  “selection-mode”           GtkSelectionMode

The ::selection-mode property specifies the selection mode of icon view. If the mode is GTK_SELECTION_MULTIPLE, rubberband selection is enabled, for the other modes, only keyboard selection is possible.

Owner: GtkIconView

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: GTK_SELECTION_SINGLE

Since: 2.6

The “spacing” property

  “spacing”                  int

The spacing property specifies the space which is inserted between the cells (i.e. the icon and the text) of an item.

Owner: GtkIconView

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 0

Since: 2.6

The “text-column” property

  “text-column”              int

The ::text-column property contains the number of the model column containing the texts which are displayed. The text column must be of type G_TYPE_STRING. If this property and the :markup-column property are both set to -1, no texts are displayed.

Owner: GtkIconView

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: -1

Since: 2.6

The “tooltip-column” property

  “tooltip-column”           int

The column in the model containing the tooltip texts for the items.

Owner: GtkIconView

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: -1

The “selection-box-alpha” style property

  “selection-box-alpha”      guchar

The opacity of the selection box.

Owner: GtkIconView

Flags: Read

Default value: 64

The “selection-box-color” style property

  “selection-box-color”      GdkColor *

The color of the selection box.

Owner: GtkIconView

Flags: Read

The “activate-cursor-item” signal

gboolean
user_function (GtkIconView *iconview,
               gpointer     user_data)

A keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user activates the currently focused item.

Applications should not connect to it, but may emit it with g_signal_emit_by_name() if they need to control activation programmatically.

The default bindings for this signal are Space, Return and Enter.

Flags: Action

The “item-activated” signal

void
user_function (GtkIconView *iconview,
               GtkTreePath *path,
               gpointer     user_data)

The ::item-activated signal is emitted when the method gtk_icon_view_item_activated() is called, when the user double clicks an item with the "activate-on-single-click" property set to FALSE, or when the user single clicks an item when the "activate-on-single-click" property set to TRUE. It is also emitted when a non-editable item is selected and one of the keys: Space, Return or Enter is pressed.

Flags: Run Last

The “move-cursor” signal

gboolean
user_function (GtkIconView    *iconview,
               GtkMovementStep step,
               int             count,
               gpointer        user_data)

The ::move-cursor signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user initiates a cursor movement.

Applications should not connect to it, but may emit it with g_signal_emit_by_name() if they need to control the cursor programmatically.

The default bindings for this signal include

Flags: Action

The “select-all” signal

void
user_function (GtkIconView *iconview,
               gpointer     user_data)

A keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user selects all items.

Applications should not connect to it, but may emit it with g_signal_emit_by_name() if they need to control selection programmatically.

The default binding for this signal is Ctrl-a.

Flags: Action

The “select-cursor-item” signal

void
user_function (GtkIconView *iconview,
               gpointer     user_data)

A keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user selects the item that is currently focused.

Applications should not connect to it, but may emit it with g_signal_emit_by_name() if they need to control selection programmatically.

There is no default binding for this signal.

Flags: Action

The “selection-changed” signal

void
user_function (GtkIconView *iconview,
               gpointer     user_data)

The ::selection-changed signal is emitted when the selection (i.e. the set of selected items) changes.

Flags: Run First

The “toggle-cursor-item” signal

void
user_function (GtkIconView *iconview,
               gpointer     user_data)

A keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user toggles whether the currently focused item is selected or not. The exact effect of this depend on the selection mode.

Applications should not connect to it, but may emit it with g_signal_emit_by_name() if they need to control selection programmatically.

There is no default binding for this signal is Ctrl-Space.

Flags: Action

The “unselect-all” signal

void
user_function (GtkIconView *iconview,
               gpointer     user_data)

A keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user unselects all items.

Applications should not connect to it, but may emit it with g_signal_emit_by_name() if they need to control selection programmatically.

The default binding for this signal is Ctrl-Shift-a.

Flags: Action