Examples
| Chapter 14. TextView |

## Examples

### Simple Example

Figure 14.1. TextView

Source Code

File: `examplewindow.h` (For use with gtkmm 4)

    #ifndef GTKMM_EXAMPLEWINDOW_H
    #define GTKMM_EXAMPLEWINDOW_H

    #include <gtkmm.h>

    class ExampleWindow : public Gtk::Window
    {
    public:
      ExampleWindow();
      virtual ~ExampleWindow();

    protected:

      void fill_buffers();

      //Signal handlers:
      void on_button_quit();
      void on_button_buffer1();
      void on_button_buffer2();

      //Child widgets:
      Gtk::Box m_VBox;

      Gtk::ScrolledWindow m_ScrolledWindow;
      Gtk::TextView m_TextView;

      Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::TextBuffer> m_refTextBuffer1, m_refTextBuffer2;

      Gtk::Box m_ButtonBox;
      Gtk::Button m_Button_Quit, m_Button_Buffer1, m_Button_Buffer2;
    };

    #endif //GTKMM_EXAMPLEWINDOW_H

File: `examplewindow.cc` (For use with gtkmm 4)

    #include "examplewindow.h"

    ExampleWindow::ExampleWindow()
    : m_VBox(Gtk::Orientation::VERTICAL),
      m_Button_Quit("_Quit", true),
      m_Button_Buffer1("Use buffer 1"),
      m_Button_Buffer2("Use buffer 2")
    {
      set_title("Gtk::TextView example");
      set_default_size(400, 200);

      m_VBox.set_margin(5);
      set_child(m_VBox);

      //Add the TreeView, inside a ScrolledWindow, with the button underneath:
      m_ScrolledWindow.set_child(m_TextView);

      //Only show the scrollbars when they are necessary:
      m_ScrolledWindow.set_policy(Gtk::PolicyType::AUTOMATIC, Gtk::PolicyType::AUTOMATIC);
      m_ScrolledWindow.set_expand();

      m_VBox.append(m_ScrolledWindow);

      //append buttons:
      m_VBox.append(m_ButtonBox);

      m_Button_Buffer1.set_hexpand(true);
      m_Button_Buffer1.set_halign(Gtk::Align::END);
      m_ButtonBox.append(m_Button_Buffer1);
      m_ButtonBox.append(m_Button_Buffer2);
      m_ButtonBox.append(m_Button_Quit);
      m_ButtonBox.set_margin(5);
      m_ButtonBox.set_spacing(5);

      //Connect signals:
      m_Button_Quit.signal_clicked().connect(sigc::mem_fun(*this,
                  &ExampleWindow::on_button_quit) );
      m_Button_Buffer1.signal_clicked().connect(sigc::mem_fun(*this,
                  &ExampleWindow::on_button_buffer1) );
      m_Button_Buffer2.signal_clicked().connect(sigc::mem_fun(*this,
                  &ExampleWindow::on_button_buffer2) );

      fill_buffers();
      on_button_buffer1();
    }

    void ExampleWindow::fill_buffers()
    {
      m_refTextBuffer1 = Gtk::TextBuffer::create();
      m_refTextBuffer1->set_text("This is the text from TextBuffer #1.");

      m_refTextBuffer2 = Gtk::TextBuffer::create();
      m_refTextBuffer2->set_text(
              "This is some alternative text, from TextBuffer #2.");

    }

    ExampleWindow::~ExampleWindow()
    {
    }

    void ExampleWindow::on_button_quit()
    {
      close();
    }

    void ExampleWindow::on_button_buffer1()
    {
      m_TextView.set_buffer(m_refTextBuffer1);
    }

    void ExampleWindow::on_button_buffer2()
    {
      m_TextView.set_buffer(m_refTextBuffer2);
    }

File: `main.cc` (For use with gtkmm 4)

    #include "examplewindow.h"
    #include <gtkmm/application.h>

    int main(int argc, char *argv[])
    {
      auto app = Gtk::Application::create("org.gtkmm.example");

      //Shows the window and returns when it is closed.
      return app->make_window_and_run<ExampleWindow>(argc, argv);
    }

### Other Examples

The example in the Internationalization and Localization chapter uses `TextView`.

There is a more complicated example among gtkmm's demo programs.

Widgets and ChildAnchors |  | Chapter 15. Menus and Toolbars