Accelerator Groups

Accelerator Groups — Groups of global keyboard accelerators for an entire GtkWindow

Synopsis


#include <gtk/gtk.h>


            GtkAccelGroup;
GtkAccelGroup* gtk_accel_group_new          (void);
#define     gtk_accel_group_ref
#define     gtk_accel_group_unref
void        gtk_accel_group_connect         (GtkAccelGroup *accel_group,
                                             guint accel_key,
                                             GdkModifierType accel_mods,
                                             GtkAccelFlags accel_flags,
                                             GClosure *closure);
void        gtk_accel_group_connect_by_path (GtkAccelGroup *accel_group,
                                             const gchar *accel_path,
                                             GClosure *closure);
gboolean    (*GtkAccelGroupActivate)        (GtkAccelGroup *accel_group,
                                             GObject *acceleratable,
                                             guint keyval,
                                             GdkModifierType modifier);
gboolean    (*GtkAccelGroupFindFunc)        (GtkAccelKey *key,
                                             GClosure *closure,
                                             gpointer data);
gboolean    gtk_accel_group_disconnect      (GtkAccelGroup *accel_group,
                                             GClosure *closure);
gboolean    gtk_accel_group_disconnect_key  (GtkAccelGroup *accel_group,
                                             guint accel_key,
                                             GdkModifierType accel_mods);
GtkAccelGroupEntry* gtk_accel_group_query   (GtkAccelGroup *accel_group,
                                             guint accel_key,
                                             GdkModifierType accel_mods,
                                             guint *n_entries);
gboolean    gtk_accel_group_activate        (GtkAccelGroup *accel_group,
                                             GQuark accel_quark,
                                             GObject *acceleratable,
                                             guint accel_key,
                                             GdkModifierType accel_mods);
void        gtk_accel_group_lock            (GtkAccelGroup *accel_group);
void        gtk_accel_group_unlock          (GtkAccelGroup *accel_group);
GtkAccelGroup* gtk_accel_group_from_accel_closure
                                            (GClosure *closure);
gboolean    gtk_accel_groups_activate       (GObject *object,
                                             guint accel_key,
                                             GdkModifierType accel_mods);
GSList*     gtk_accel_groups_from_object    (GObject *object);
GtkAccelKey* gtk_accel_group_find           (GtkAccelGroup *accel_group,
                                             GtkAccelGroupFindFunc find_func,
                                             gpointer data);
            GtkAccelKey;
gboolean    gtk_accelerator_valid           (guint keyval,
                                             GdkModifierType modifiers);
void        gtk_accelerator_parse           (const gchar *accelerator,
                                             guint *accelerator_key,
                                             GdkModifierType *accelerator_mods);
gchar*      gtk_accelerator_name            (guint accelerator_key,
                                             GdkModifierType accelerator_mods);
gchar*      gtk_accelerator_get_label       (guint accelerator_key,
                                             GdkModifierType accelerator_mods);
void        gtk_accelerator_set_default_mod_mask
                                            (GdkModifierType default_mod_mask);
guint       gtk_accelerator_get_default_mod_mask
                                            (void);


Object Hierarchy


  GObject
   +----GtkAccelGroup

Signals


"accel-activate"
            gboolean    user_function      (GtkAccelGroup  *accel_group,
                                            GObject        *acceleratable,
                                            guint           keyval,
                                            GdkModifierType modifier,
                                            gpointer        user_data)          : Has details
"accel-changed"
            void        user_function      (GtkAccelGroup  *accel_group,
                                            guint           keyval,
                                            GdkModifierType modifier,
                                            GClosure       *accel_closure,
                                            gpointer        user_data)          : Run first / Has details

Description

A GtkAccelGroup represents a group of keyboard accelerators, typically attached to a toplevel GtkWindow (with gtk_window_add_accel_group()). Usually you won't need to create a GtkAccelGroup directly; instead, when using GtkItemFactory, GTK+ automatically sets up the accelerators for your menus in the item factory's GtkAccelGroup.

Note that accelerators are different from mnemonics. Accelerators are shortcuts for activating a menu item; they appear alongside the menu item they're a shortcut for. For example "Ctrl+Q" might appear alongside the "Quit" menu item. Mnemonics are shortcuts for GUI elements such as text entries or buttons; they appear as underlined characters. See gtk_label_new_with_mnemonic(). Menu items can have both accelerators and mnemonics, of course.

Details

GtkAccelGroup

typedef struct _GtkAccelGroup GtkAccelGroup;

An object representing and maintaining a group of accelerators.


gtk_accel_group_new ()

GtkAccelGroup* gtk_accel_group_new          (void);

Creates a new GtkAccelGroup.

Returns : a new GtkAccelGroup object

gtk_accel_group_ref

#define	gtk_accel_group_ref	g_object_ref

Warning

gtk_accel_group_ref is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Deprecated equivalent of g_object_ref().

Returns : the accel group that was passed in

gtk_accel_group_unref

#define	gtk_accel_group_unref	g_object_unref

Warning

gtk_accel_group_unref is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Deprecated equivalent of g_object_unref().


gtk_accel_group_connect ()

void        gtk_accel_group_connect         (GtkAccelGroup *accel_group,
                                             guint accel_key,
                                             GdkModifierType accel_mods,
                                             GtkAccelFlags accel_flags,
                                             GClosure *closure);

Installs an accelerator in this group. When accel_group is being activated in response to a call to gtk_accel_groups_activate(), closure will be invoked if the accel_key and accel_mods from gtk_accel_groups_activate() match those of this connection.

The signature used for the closure is that of GtkAccelGroupActivate.

Note that, due to implementation details, a single closure can only be connected to one accelerator group.

accel_group : the accelerator group to install an accelerator in
accel_key : key value of the accelerator
accel_mods : modifier combination of the accelerator
accel_flags : a flag mask to configure this accelerator
closure : closure to be executed upon accelerator activation

gtk_accel_group_connect_by_path ()

void        gtk_accel_group_connect_by_path (GtkAccelGroup *accel_group,
                                             const gchar *accel_path,
                                             GClosure *closure);

Installs an accelerator in this group, using an accelerator path to look up the appropriate key and modifiers (see gtk_accel_map_add_entry()). When accel_group is being activated in response to a call to gtk_accel_groups_activate(), closure will be invoked if the accel_key and accel_mods from gtk_accel_groups_activate() match the key and modifiers for the path.

The signature used for the closure is that of GtkAccelGroupActivate.

accel_group : the accelerator group to install an accelerator in
accel_path : path used for determining key and modifiers.
closure : closure to be executed upon accelerator activation

GtkAccelGroupActivate ()

gboolean    (*GtkAccelGroupActivate)        (GtkAccelGroup *accel_group,
                                             GObject *acceleratable,
                                             guint keyval,
                                             GdkModifierType modifier);

accel_group :
acceleratable :
keyval :
modifier :
Returns :

GtkAccelGroupFindFunc ()

gboolean    (*GtkAccelGroupFindFunc)        (GtkAccelKey *key,
                                             GClosure *closure,
                                             gpointer data);

key :
closure :
data :
Returns :

Since 2.2


gtk_accel_group_disconnect ()

gboolean    gtk_accel_group_disconnect      (GtkAccelGroup *accel_group,
                                             GClosure *closure);

Removes an accelerator previously installed through gtk_accel_group_connect().

accel_group : the accelerator group to remove an accelerator from
closure : the closure to remove from this accelerator group
Returns : TRUE if the closure was found and got disconnected

gtk_accel_group_disconnect_key ()

gboolean    gtk_accel_group_disconnect_key  (GtkAccelGroup *accel_group,
                                             guint accel_key,
                                             GdkModifierType accel_mods);

Removes an accelerator previously installed through gtk_accel_group_connect().

accel_group : the accelerator group to install an accelerator in
accel_key : key value of the accelerator
accel_mods : modifier combination of the accelerator
Returns : TRUE if there was an accelerator which could be removed, FALSE otherwise

gtk_accel_group_query ()

GtkAccelGroupEntry* gtk_accel_group_query   (GtkAccelGroup *accel_group,
                                             guint accel_key,
                                             GdkModifierType accel_mods,
                                             guint *n_entries);

Queries an accelerator group for all entries matching accel_key and accel_mods.

accel_group : the accelerator group to query
accel_key : key value of the accelerator
accel_mods : modifier combination of the accelerator
n_entries : location to return the number of entries found, or NULL
Returns : an array of n_entries GtkAccelGroupEntry elements, or NULL. The array is owned by GTK+ and must not be freed.

gtk_accel_group_activate ()

gboolean    gtk_accel_group_activate        (GtkAccelGroup *accel_group,
                                             GQuark accel_quark,
                                             GObject *acceleratable,
                                             guint accel_key,
                                             GdkModifierType accel_mods);

accel_group :
accel_quark :
acceleratable :
accel_key :
accel_mods :
Returns :

gtk_accel_group_lock ()

void        gtk_accel_group_lock            (GtkAccelGroup *accel_group);

Locks the given accelerator group.

Locking an acelerator group prevents the accelerators contained within it to be changed during runtime. Refer to gtk_accel_map_change_entry() about runtime accelerator changes.

If called more than once, accel_group remains locked until gtk_accel_group_unlock() has been called an equivalent number of times.

accel_group : a GtkAccelGroup

gtk_accel_group_unlock ()

void        gtk_accel_group_unlock          (GtkAccelGroup *accel_group);

Undoes the last call to gtk_accel_group_lock() on this accel_group.

accel_group : a GtkAccelGroup

gtk_accel_group_from_accel_closure ()

GtkAccelGroup* gtk_accel_group_from_accel_closure
                                            (GClosure *closure);

Finds the GtkAccelGroup to which closure is connected; see gtk_accel_group_connect().

closure : a GClosure
Returns : the GtkAccelGroup to which closure is connected, or NULL.

gtk_accel_groups_activate ()

gboolean    gtk_accel_groups_activate       (GObject *object,
                                             guint accel_key,
                                             GdkModifierType accel_mods);

Finds the first accelerator in any GtkAccelGroup attached to object that matches accel_key and accel_mods, and activates that accelerator. If an accelerator was activated and handled this keypress, TRUE is returned.

object : the GObject, usually a GtkWindow, on which to activate the accelerator.
accel_key : accelerator keyval from a key event
accel_mods : keyboard state mask from a key event
Returns : TRUE if the accelerator was handled, FALSE otherwise

gtk_accel_groups_from_object ()

GSList*     gtk_accel_groups_from_object    (GObject *object);

Gets a list of all accel groups which are attached to object.

object : a GObject, usually a GtkWindow
Returns : a list of all accel groups which are attached to object

gtk_accel_group_find ()

GtkAccelKey* gtk_accel_group_find           (GtkAccelGroup *accel_group,
                                             GtkAccelGroupFindFunc find_func,
                                             gpointer data);

Finds the first entry in an accelerator group for which find_func returns TRUE and returns its GtkAccelKey.

accel_group : a GtkAccelGroup
find_func : a function to filter the entries of accel_group with
data : data to pass to find_func
Returns : the key of the first entry passing find_func. The key is owned by GTK+ and must not be freed.

GtkAccelKey

typedef struct {
  guint           accel_key;
  GdkModifierType accel_mods;
  guint           accel_flags : 16;
} GtkAccelKey;


gtk_accelerator_valid ()

gboolean    gtk_accelerator_valid           (guint keyval,
                                             GdkModifierType modifiers);

Determines whether a given keyval and modifier mask constitute a valid keyboard accelerator. For example, the GDK_a keyval plus GDK_CONTROL_MASK is valid - this is a "Ctrl+a" accelerator. But, you can't, for instance, use the GDK_Control_L keyval as an accelerator.

keyval : a GDK keyval
modifiers : modifier mask
Returns : TRUE if the accelerator is valid

gtk_accelerator_parse ()

void        gtk_accelerator_parse           (const gchar *accelerator,
                                             guint *accelerator_key,
                                             GdkModifierType *accelerator_mods);

Parses a string representing an accelerator. The format looks like "<Control>a" or "<Shift><Alt>F1" or "<Release>z" (the last one is for key release). The parser is fairly liberal and allows lower or upper case, and also abbreviations such as "<Ctl>" and "<Ctrl>".

If the parse fails, accelerator_key and accelerator_mods will be set to 0 (zero).

accelerator : string representing an accelerator
accelerator_key : return location for accelerator keyval
accelerator_mods : return location for accelerator modifier mask

gtk_accelerator_name ()

gchar*      gtk_accelerator_name            (guint accelerator_key,
                                             GdkModifierType accelerator_mods);

Converts an accelerator keyval and modifier mask into a string parseable by gtk_accelerator_parse(). For example, if you pass in GDK_q and GDK_CONTROL_MASK, this function returns "<Control>q".

If you need to display accelerators in the user interface, see gtk_accelerator_get_label().

accelerator_key : accelerator keyval
accelerator_mods : accelerator modifier mask
Returns : a newly-allocated accelerator name

gtk_accelerator_get_label ()

gchar*      gtk_accelerator_get_label       (guint accelerator_key,
                                             GdkModifierType accelerator_mods);

Converts an accelerator keyval and modifier mask into a string which can be used to represent the accelerator to the user.

accelerator_key : accelerator keyval
accelerator_mods : accelerator modifier mask
Returns : a newly-allocated string representing the accelerator.

Since 2.6


gtk_accelerator_set_default_mod_mask ()

void        gtk_accelerator_set_default_mod_mask
                                            (GdkModifierType default_mod_mask);

Sets the modifiers that will be considered significant for keyboard accelerators. The default mod mask is GDK_CONTROL_MASK | GDK_SHIFT_MASK | GDK_MOD1_MASK | GDK_SUPER_MASK | GDK_HYPER_MASK | GDK_META_MASK, that is, Control, Shift, Alt, Super, Hyper and Meta. Other modifiers will by default be ignored by GtkAccelGroup. You must include at least the three modifiers Control, Shift and Alt in any value you pass to this function.

The default mod mask should be changed on application startup, before using any accelerator groups.

default_mod_mask : accelerator modifier mask

gtk_accelerator_get_default_mod_mask ()

guint       gtk_accelerator_get_default_mod_mask
                                            (void);

Gets the value set by gtk_accelerator_set_default_mod_mask().

Returns : the default accelerator modifier mask

Signal Details

The "accel-activate" signal

gboolean    user_function                  (GtkAccelGroup  *accel_group,
                                            GObject        *acceleratable,
                                            guint           keyval,
                                            GdkModifierType modifier,
                                            gpointer        user_data)          : Has details

The accel-activate signal is an implementation detail of GtkAccelGroup and not meant to be used by applications.

accel_group : the GtkAccelGroup which received the signal
acceleratable : the object on which the accelerator was activated
keyval : the accelerator keyval
modifier : the modifier combination of the accelerator
user_data : user data set when the signal handler was connected.
Returns : TRUE if the accelerator was activated

The "accel-changed" signal

void        user_function                  (GtkAccelGroup  *accel_group,
                                            guint           keyval,
                                            GdkModifierType modifier,
                                            GClosure       *accel_closure,
                                            gpointer        user_data)          : Run first / Has details

The accel-changed signal is emitted when a GtkAccelGroupEntry is added to or removed from the accel group.

Widgets like GtkAccelLabel which display an associated accelerator should connect to this signal, and rebuild their visual representation if the accel_closure is theirs.

accel_group : the GtkAccelGroup which received the signal
keyval : the accelerator keyval
modifier : the modifier combination of the accelerator
accel_closure : the GClosure of the accelerator
user_data : user data set when the signal handler was connected.

See Also

gtk_window_add_accel_group(), gtk_accel_map_change_entry(), gtk_item_factory_new(), gtk_label_new_with_mnemonic()