GtkInfoBar

GtkInfoBar — Report important messages to the user

Functions

GtkWidget *	gtk_info_bar_new ()
GtkWidget *	gtk_info_bar_new_with_buttons ()
void	gtk_info_bar_add_action_widget ()
GtkWidget *	gtk_info_bar_add_button ()
void	gtk_info_bar_add_buttons ()
void	gtk_info_bar_set_response_sensitive ()
void	gtk_info_bar_set_default_response ()
void	gtk_info_bar_response ()
void	gtk_info_bar_set_message_type ()
GtkMessageType	gtk_info_bar_get_message_type ()
GtkWidget *	gtk_info_bar_get_action_area ()
GtkWidget *	gtk_info_bar_get_content_area ()
gboolean	gtk_info_bar_get_show_close_button ()
void	gtk_info_bar_set_show_close_button ()
gboolean	gtk_info_bar_get_revealed ()
void	gtk_info_bar_set_revealed ()

Properties

GtkMessageType	message-type	Read / Write / Construct
gboolean	revealed	Read / Write
gboolean	show-close-button	Read / Write / Construct

Style Properties

int	action-area-border	Read
int	button-spacing	Read
int	content-area-border	Read
int	content-area-spacing	Read

Signals

void	close	Action
void	response	Run Last

Types and Values

struct

GtkInfoBar

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GInitiallyUnowned
        ╰── GtkWidget
            ╰── GtkContainer
                ╰── GtkBox
                    ╰── GtkInfoBar

Implemented Interfaces

GtkInfoBar implements AtkImplementorIface, GtkBuildable and GtkOrientable.

Includes

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

Description

GtkInfoBar is a widget that can be used to show messages to the user without showing a dialog. It is often temporarily shown at the top or bottom of a document. In contrast to GtkDialog, which has a action area at the bottom, GtkInfoBar has an action area at the side.

The API of GtkInfoBar is very similar to GtkDialog, allowing you to add buttons to the action area with gtk_info_bar_add_button() or gtk_info_bar_new_with_buttons(). The sensitivity of action widgets can be controlled with gtk_info_bar_set_response_sensitive(). To add widgets to the main content area of a GtkInfoBar, use gtk_info_bar_get_content_area() and add your widgets to the container.

Similar to GtkMessageDialog, the contents of a GtkInfoBar can by classified as error message, warning, informational message, etc, by using gtk_info_bar_set_message_type(). GTK+ may use the message type to determine how the message is displayed.

A simple example for using a GtkInfoBar:

GtkWidget *widget, *message_label, *content_area;
GtkWidget *grid;
GtkInfoBar *bar;

// set up info bar
widget = gtk_info_bar_new ();
bar = GTK_INFO_BAR (widget);
grid = gtk_grid_new ();

gtk_widget_set_no_show_all (widget, TRUE);
message_label = gtk_label_new ("");
content_area = gtk_info_bar_get_content_area (bar);
gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (content_area),
                   message_label);
gtk_info_bar_add_button (bar,
                         _("_OK"),
                         GTK_RESPONSE_OK);
g_signal_connect (bar,
                  "response",
                  G_CALLBACK (gtk_widget_hide),
                  NULL);
gtk_grid_attach (GTK_GRID (grid),
                 widget,
                 0, 2, 1, 1);

// ...

// show an error message
gtk_label_set_text (GTK_LABEL (message_label), "An error occurred!");
gtk_info_bar_set_message_type (bar,
                               GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR);
gtk_widget_show (bar);

GtkInfoBar as GtkBuildable

The GtkInfoBar implementation of the GtkBuildable interface exposes the content area and action area as internal children with the names “content_area” and “action_area”.

GtkInfoBar supports a custom <action-widgets> element, which can contain multiple <action-widget> elements. The “response” attribute specifies a numeric response, and the content of the element is the id of widget (which should be a child of the dialogs action_area ).

CSS nodes

GtkInfoBar has a single CSS node with name infobar. The node may get one of the style classes .info, .warning, .error or .question, depending on the message type.

Functions

gtk_info_bar_new ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_info_bar_new (void);

Creates a new GtkInfoBar object.

Returns

a new GtkInfoBar object

Since: 2.18

gtk_info_bar_new_with_buttons ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_info_bar_new_with_buttons (const gchar *first_button_text,
                               ...);

Creates a new GtkInfoBar with buttons. Button text/response ID pairs should be listed, with a NULL pointer ending the list. Button text can be either a stock ID such as GTK_STOCK_OK, or some arbitrary text. A response ID can be any positive number, or one of the values in the GtkResponseType enumeration. If the user clicks one of these dialog buttons, GtkInfoBar will emit the “response” signal with the corresponding response ID.

Parameters

first_button_text	stock ID or text to go in first button, or `NULL`.	[allow-none]
...	response ID for first button, then additional buttons, ending with `NULL`

Returns

a new GtkInfoBar

void
gtk_info_bar_add_action_widget (GtkInfoBar *info_bar,
                                GtkWidget *child,
                                gint response_id);

Add an activatable widget to the action area of a GtkInfoBar, connecting a signal handler that will emit the “response” signal on the message area when the widget is activated. The widget is appended to the end of the message areas action area.

Parameters

info_bar	a GtkInfoBar
child	an activatable widget
response_id	response ID for `child`

Since: 2.18

gtk_info_bar_add_button ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_info_bar_add_button (GtkInfoBar *info_bar,
                         const gchar *button_text,
                         gint response_id);

Adds a button with the given text and sets things up so that clicking the button will emit the “response” signal with the given response_id. The button is appended to the end of the info bars's action area. The button widget is returned, but usually you don't need it.

Parameters

info_bar	a GtkInfoBar
button_text	text of button
response_id	response ID for the button

Returns

the GtkButton widget that was added.

[transfer none][type Gtk.Button]

Since: 2.18

gtk_info_bar_add_buttons ()

void
gtk_info_bar_add_buttons (GtkInfoBar *info_bar,
                          const gchar *first_button_text,
                          ...);

Adds more buttons, same as calling gtk_info_bar_add_button() repeatedly. The variable argument list should be NULL-terminated as with gtk_info_bar_new_with_buttons(). Each button must have both text and response ID.

Parameters

info_bar	a GtkInfoBar
first_button_text	button text or stock ID
...	response ID for first button, then more text-response_id pairs, ending with `NULL`

Since: 2.18

gtk_info_bar_set_response_sensitive ()

void
gtk_info_bar_set_response_sensitive (GtkInfoBar *info_bar,
                                     gint response_id,
                                     gboolean setting);

Calls gtk_widget_set_sensitive (widget, setting) for each widget in the info bars’s action area with the given response_id. A convenient way to sensitize/desensitize dialog buttons.

Parameters

info_bar	a GtkInfoBar
response_id	a response ID
setting	TRUE for sensitive

Since: 2.18

gtk_info_bar_set_default_response ()

void
gtk_info_bar_set_default_response (GtkInfoBar *info_bar,
                                   gint response_id);

Sets the last widget in the info bar’s action area with the given response_id as the default widget for the dialog. Pressing “Enter” normally activates the default widget.

Note that this function currently requires info_bar to be added to a widget hierarchy.

Parameters

info_bar	a GtkInfoBar
response_id	a response ID

Since: 2.18

gtk_info_bar_response ()

void
gtk_info_bar_response (GtkInfoBar *info_bar,
                       gint response_id);

Emits the “response” signal with the given response_id .

Parameters

info_bar	a GtkInfoBar
response_id	a response ID

Since: 2.18

gtk_info_bar_set_message_type ()

void
gtk_info_bar_set_message_type (GtkInfoBar *info_bar,
                               GtkMessageType message_type);

Sets the message type of the message area.

GTK+ uses this type to determine how the message is displayed.

Parameters

info_bar	a GtkInfoBar
message_type	a GtkMessageType

Since: 2.18

gtk_info_bar_get_message_type ()

GtkMessageType
gtk_info_bar_get_message_type (GtkInfoBar *info_bar);

Returns the message type of the message area.

Parameters

info_bar

a GtkInfoBar

Returns

the message type of the message area.

Since: 2.18

gtk_info_bar_get_action_area ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_info_bar_get_action_area (GtkInfoBar *info_bar);

Returns the action area of info_bar .

Parameters

info_bar

a GtkInfoBar

Returns

the action area.

[type Gtk.Box][transfer none]

Since: 2.18

gtk_info_bar_get_content_area ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_info_bar_get_content_area (GtkInfoBar *info_bar);

Returns the content area of info_bar .

Parameters

info_bar

a GtkInfoBar

Returns

the content area.

[type Gtk.Box][transfer none]

Since: 2.18

gtk_info_bar_get_show_close_button ()

gboolean
gtk_info_bar_get_show_close_button (GtkInfoBar *info_bar);

Returns whether the widget will display a standard close button.

Parameters

info_bar

a GtkInfoBar

Returns

TRUE if the widget displays standard close button

Since: 3.10

gtk_info_bar_set_show_close_button ()

void
gtk_info_bar_set_show_close_button (GtkInfoBar *info_bar,
                                    gboolean setting);

If true, a standard close button is shown. When clicked it emits the response GTK_RESPONSE_CLOSE.

Parameters

info_bar	a GtkInfoBar
setting	`TRUE` to include a close button

Since: 3.10

gtk_info_bar_get_revealed ()

gboolean
gtk_info_bar_get_revealed (GtkInfoBar *info_bar);

Parameters

info_bar

a GtkInfoBar

Returns

the current value of the GtkInfoBar:revealed property.

Since: 3.22.29

gtk_info_bar_set_revealed ()

void
gtk_info_bar_set_revealed (GtkInfoBar *info_bar,
                           gboolean revealed);

Sets the GtkInfoBar:revealed property to revealed . This will cause info_bar to show up with a slide-in transition.

Note that this property does not automatically show info_bar and thus won’t have any effect if it is invisible.

Parameters

info_bar	a GtkInfoBar
revealed	The new value of the property

Since: 3.22.29

Types and Values

struct GtkInfoBar

struct GtkInfoBar;

Property Details

The `“message-type”` property

  “message-type”             GtkMessageType

The type of the message.

The type may be used to determine the appearance of the info bar.

Owner: GtkInfoBar

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: GTK_MESSAGE_INFO

Since: 2.18

The `“revealed”` property

  “revealed”                 gboolean

Controls whether the action bar shows its contents or not.

Owner: GtkInfoBar

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: TRUE

The `“show-close-button”` property

  “show-close-button”        gboolean

Whether to include a standard close button.

Owner: GtkInfoBar

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

Since: 3.10

Style Property Details

The `“action-area-border”` style property

  “action-area-border”       int

Width of the border around the action area of the info bar.

GtkInfoBar:action-area-border has been deprecated since version 3.6 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use gtk_container_set_border_width()

Owner: GtkInfoBar

Flags: Read

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 5

Since: 2.18

The `“button-spacing”` style property

  “button-spacing”           int

Spacing between buttons in the action area of the info bar.

GtkInfoBar:button-spacing has been deprecated since version 3.6 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use gtk_box_set_spacing()

Owner: GtkInfoBar

Flags: Read

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 6

Since: 2.18

The `“content-area-border”` style property

  “content-area-border”      int

The width of the border around the content content area of the info bar.

GtkInfoBar:content-area-border has been deprecated since version 3.6 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use gtk_container_set_border_width()

Owner: GtkInfoBar

Flags: Read

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 8

Since: 2.18

The `“content-area-spacing”` style property

  “content-area-spacing”     int

The default spacing used between elements of the content area of the info bar.

GtkInfoBar:content-area-spacing has been deprecated since version 3.6 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use gtk_box_set_spacing()

Owner: GtkInfoBar

Flags: Read

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 16

Since: 2.18

Signal Details

The `“close”` signal

void
user_function (GtkInfoBar *infobar,
               gpointer    user_data)

The ::close signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user uses a keybinding to dismiss the info bar.

The default binding for this signal is the Escape key.

Parameters

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Action

Since: 2.18

The `“response”` signal

void
user_function (GtkInfoBar *info_bar,
               int         response_id,
               gpointer    user_data)

Emitted when an action widget is clicked or the application programmer calls gtk_dialog_response(). The response_id depends on which action widget was clicked.

Parameters

info_bar	the object on which the signal is emitted
response_id	the response ID
user_data	user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Run Last

Since: 2.18

GtkInfoBar

Functions

Properties

Style Properties

Signals

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

Implemented Interfaces

Includes

Description

GtkInfoBar as GtkBuildable

CSS nodes

Functions

gtk_info_bar_new ()

Returns

gtk_info_bar_new_with_buttons ()

Parameters

Returns

gtk_info_bar_add_action_widget ()

Parameters

gtk_info_bar_add_button ()

Parameters

Returns

gtk_info_bar_add_buttons ()

Parameters

gtk_info_bar_set_response_sensitive ()

Parameters

gtk_info_bar_set_default_response ()

Parameters

gtk_info_bar_response ()

Parameters

gtk_info_bar_set_message_type ()

Parameters

gtk_info_bar_get_message_type ()

Parameters

Returns

gtk_info_bar_get_action_area ()

Parameters

Returns

gtk_info_bar_get_content_area ()

Parameters

Returns

gtk_info_bar_get_show_close_button ()

Parameters

Returns

gtk_info_bar_set_show_close_button ()

Parameters

gtk_info_bar_get_revealed ()

Parameters

Returns

gtk_info_bar_set_revealed ()

Parameters

Types and Values

struct GtkInfoBar

Property Details

The “message-type” property

The “revealed” property

The “show-close-button” property

Style Property Details

The “action-area-border” style property

The “button-spacing” style property

The “content-area-border” style property

The “content-area-spacing” style property

Signal Details

The “close” signal

Parameters

The “response” signal

Parameters

See Also

The `“message-type”` property

The `“revealed”` property

The `“show-close-button”` property

The `“action-area-border”` style property

The `“button-spacing”` style property

The `“content-area-border”` style property

The `“content-area-spacing”` style property

The `“close”` signal

The `“response”` signal