GtkMenuButton

GtkMenuButton — A widget that shows a popup when clicked on

Functions

GtkWidget * gtk_menu_button_new ()
void gtk_menu_button_set_popup ()
GtkMenu * gtk_menu_button_get_popup ()
void gtk_menu_button_set_popover ()
GtkPopover * gtk_menu_button_get_popover ()
void gtk_menu_button_set_menu_model ()
GMenuModel * gtk_menu_button_get_menu_model ()
void gtk_menu_button_set_use_popover ()
gboolean gtk_menu_button_get_use_popover ()
void gtk_menu_button_set_direction ()
GtkArrowType gtk_menu_button_get_direction ()
void gtk_menu_button_set_align_widget ()
GtkWidget * gtk_menu_button_get_align_widget ()

Properties

GtkContainer * align-widget Read / Write
GtkArrowType direction Read / Write
GMenuModel * menu-model Read / Write
GtkPopover * popover Read / Write
GtkMenu * popup Read / Write
gboolean use-popover Read / Write

Types and Values

struct GtkMenuButton
enum GtkArrowType

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GInitiallyUnowned
        ╰── GtkWidget
            ╰── GtkContainer
                ╰── GtkBin
                    ╰── GtkButton
                        ╰── GtkToggleButton
                            ╰── GtkMenuButton

Implemented Interfaces

GtkMenuButton implements AtkImplementorIface, GtkBuildable, GtkActionable and GtkActivatable.

Includes

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

Description

The GtkMenuButton widget is used to display a popup when clicked on. This popup can be provided either as a GtkMenu, a GtkPopover or an abstract GMenuModel.

The GtkMenuButton widget can hold any valid child widget. That is, it can hold almost any other standard GtkWidget. The most commonly used child is GtkImage. If no widget is explicitely added to the GtkMenuButton, a GtkImage is automatically created, using an arrow image oriented according to “direction” or the generic “open-menu-symbolic” icon if the direction is not set.

The positioning of the popup is determined by the “direction” property of the menu button.

For menus, the “halign” and “valign” properties of the menu are also taken into account. For example, when the direction is GTK_ARROW_DOWN and the horizontal alignment is GTK_ALIGN_START, the menu will be positioned below the button, with the starting edge (depending on the text direction) of the menu aligned with the starting edge of the button. If there is not enough space below the button, the menu is popped up above the button instead. If the alignment would move part of the menu offscreen, it is “pushed in”.

Direction = Down

  • halign = start

  • halign = center

  • halign = end

Direction = Up

  • halign = start

  • halign = center

  • halign = end

Direction = Left

  • valign = start

  • valign = center

  • valign = end

Direction = Right

  • valign = start

  • valign = center

  • valign = end

CSS nodes

GtkMenuButton has a single CSS node with name button. To differentiate it from a plain GtkButton, it gets the .popup style class.

Functions

gtk_menu_button_new ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_menu_button_new (void);

Creates a new GtkMenuButton widget with downwards-pointing arrow as the only child. You can replace the child widget with another GtkWidget should you wish to.

Returns

The newly created GtkMenuButton widget

Since: 3.6

gtk_menu_button_set_popup ()

void
gtk_menu_button_set_popup (GtkMenuButton *menu_button,
                           GtkWidget *menu);

Sets the GtkMenu that will be popped up when the menu_button is clicked, or NULL to dissociate any existing menu and disable the button.

If “menu-model” or “popover” are set, those objects are dissociated from the menu_button , and those properties are set to NULL.

Parameters

menu_button

a GtkMenuButton

menu

a GtkMenu, or NULL to unset and disable the button.

[nullable]

Since: 3.6

gtk_menu_button_get_popup ()

GtkMenu *
gtk_menu_button_get_popup (GtkMenuButton *menu_button);

Returns the GtkMenu that pops out of the button. If the button does not use a GtkMenu, this function returns NULL.

Parameters

menu_button

a GtkMenuButton

Returns

a GtkMenu or NULL.

[nullable][transfer none]

Since: 3.6

gtk_menu_button_set_popover ()

void
gtk_menu_button_set_popover (GtkMenuButton *menu_button,
                             GtkWidget *popover);

Sets the GtkPopover that will be popped up when the menu_button is clicked, or NULL to dissociate any existing popover and disable the button.

If “menu-model” or “popup” are set, those objects are dissociated from the menu_button , and those properties are set to NULL.

Parameters

menu_button

a GtkMenuButton

popover

a GtkPopover, or NULL to unset and disable the button.

[nullable]

Since: 3.12

gtk_menu_button_get_popover ()

GtkPopover *
gtk_menu_button_get_popover (GtkMenuButton *menu_button);

Returns the GtkPopover that pops out of the button. If the button is not using a GtkPopover, this function returns NULL.

Parameters

menu_button

a GtkMenuButton

Returns

a GtkPopover or NULL.

[nullable][transfer none]

Since: 3.12

gtk_menu_button_set_menu_model ()

void
gtk_menu_button_set_menu_model (GtkMenuButton *menu_button,
                                GMenuModel *menu_model);

Sets the GMenuModel from which the popup will be constructed, or NULL to dissociate any existing menu model and disable the button.

Depending on the value of “use-popover”, either a GtkMenu will be created with gtk_menu_new_from_model(), or a GtkPopover with gtk_popover_new_from_model(). In either case, actions will be connected as documented for these functions.

If “popup” or “popover” are already set, those widgets are dissociated from the menu_button , and those properties are set to NULL.

Parameters

menu_button

a GtkMenuButton

menu_model

a GMenuModel, or NULL to unset and disable the button.

[nullable]

Since: 3.6

gtk_menu_button_get_menu_model ()

GMenuModel *
gtk_menu_button_get_menu_model (GtkMenuButton *menu_button);

Returns the GMenuModel used to generate the popup.

Parameters

menu_button

a GtkMenuButton

Returns

a GMenuModel or NULL.

[nullable][transfer none]

Since: 3.6

gtk_menu_button_set_use_popover ()

void
gtk_menu_button_set_use_popover (GtkMenuButton *menu_button,
                                 gboolean use_popover);

Sets whether to construct a GtkPopover instead of GtkMenu when gtk_menu_button_set_menu_model() is called. Note that this property is only consulted when a new menu model is set.

Parameters

menu_button

a GtkMenuButton

use_popover

TRUE to construct a popover from the menu model

Since: 3.12

gtk_menu_button_get_use_popover ()

gboolean
gtk_menu_button_get_use_popover (GtkMenuButton *menu_button);

Returns whether a GtkPopover or a GtkMenu will be constructed from the menu model.

Parameters

menu_button

a GtkMenuButton

Returns

TRUE if using a GtkPopover

Since: 3.12

gtk_menu_button_set_direction ()

void
gtk_menu_button_set_direction (GtkMenuButton *menu_button,
                               GtkArrowType direction);

Sets the direction in which the popup will be popped up, as well as changing the arrow’s direction. The child will not be changed to an arrow if it was customized.

If the does not fit in the available space in the given direction, GTK+ will its best to keep it inside the screen and fully visible.

If you pass GTK_ARROW_NONE for a direction , the popup will behave as if you passed GTK_ARROW_DOWN (although you won’t see any arrows).

Parameters

menu_button

a GtkMenuButton

direction

a GtkArrowType

Since: 3.6

gtk_menu_button_get_direction ()

GtkArrowType
gtk_menu_button_get_direction (GtkMenuButton *menu_button);

Returns the direction the popup will be pointing at when popped up.

Parameters

menu_button

a GtkMenuButton

Returns

a GtkArrowType value

Since: 3.6

gtk_menu_button_set_align_widget ()

void
gtk_menu_button_set_align_widget (GtkMenuButton *menu_button,
                                  GtkWidget *align_widget);

Sets the GtkWidget to use to line the menu with when popped up. Note that the align_widget must contain the GtkMenuButton itself.

Setting it to NULL means that the menu will be aligned with the button itself.

Note that this property is only used with menus currently, and not for popovers.

Parameters

menu_button

a GtkMenuButton

align_widget

a GtkWidget.

[allow-none]

Since: 3.6

gtk_menu_button_get_align_widget ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_menu_button_get_align_widget (GtkMenuButton *menu_button);

Returns the parent GtkWidget to use to line up with menu.

Parameters

menu_button

a GtkMenuButton

Returns

a GtkWidget value or NULL.

[nullable][transfer none]

Since: 3.6

Types and Values

struct GtkMenuButton

struct GtkMenuButton;

enum GtkArrowType

Used to indicate the direction in which an arrow should point.

Members

GTK_ARROW_UP

Represents an upward pointing arrow.

GTK_ARROW_DOWN

Represents a downward pointing arrow.

GTK_ARROW_LEFT

Represents a left pointing arrow.

GTK_ARROW_RIGHT

Represents a right pointing arrow.

GTK_ARROW_NONE

No arrow. Since 2.10.

Property Details

The “align-widget” property

  “align-widget”             GtkContainer *

The GtkWidget to use to align the menu with.

Owner: GtkMenuButton

Flags: Read / Write

Since: 3.6

The “direction” property

  “direction”                GtkArrowType

The GtkArrowType representing the direction in which the menu or popover will be popped out.

Owner: GtkMenuButton

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: GTK_ARROW_DOWN

Since: 3.6

The “menu-model” property

  “menu-model”               GMenuModel *

The GMenuModel from which the popup will be created. Depending on the “use-popover” property, that may be a menu or a popover.

See gtk_menu_button_set_menu_model() for the interaction with the “popup” property.

Owner: GtkMenuButton

Flags: Read / Write

Since: 3.6

The “popover” property

  “popover”                  GtkPopover *

The GtkPopover that will be popped up when the button is clicked.

Owner: GtkMenuButton

Flags: Read / Write

Since: 3.12

The “popup” property

  “popup”                    GtkMenu *

The GtkMenu that will be popped up when the button is clicked.

Owner: GtkMenuButton

Flags: Read / Write

Since: 3.6

The “use-popover” property

  “use-popover”              gboolean

Whether to construct a GtkPopover from the menu model, or a GtkMenu.

Owner: GtkMenuButton

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: TRUE

Since: 3.12

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