Box Smart Object
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A box is a convenience smart object that packs children inside it in sequence, using a layouting function specified by the user. More...

## Data Structures

struct | _Evas_Object_Box_Api
| This structure should be used by any smart class inheriting from the box's one, to provide custom box behavior that could not be achieved only by providing a layout function, with evas_object_box_layout_set(). More...
struct | _Evas_Object_Box_Data
| This structure augments clipped smart object's instance data, providing extra members required by generic box implementation. More...
struct | _Evas_Object_Box_Option
| Evas_Object_Box_Option struct fields More...

## Macros

#define | EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_VERSION 1
| Current version for Evas box object smart class, a value that goes to _Evas_Object_Box_Api::version.
#define | EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT(smart_class_init)
| Initializer for a whole Evas_Object_Box_Api structure, with `NULL` values on its specific fields.
#define | EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT_NULL EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT(EVAS_SMART_CLASS_INIT_NULL)
| Initialize to zero out a whole Evas_Object_Box_Api structure.
#define | EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT_VERSION EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT(EVAS_SMART_CLASS_INIT_VERSION)
| Initialize to zero out a whole Evas_Object_Box_Api structure and set a specific version on it.
#define | EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT_NAME_VERSION(name)
| Initialize to zero out a whole Evas_Object_Box_Api structure and set its name and version.

## Typedefs

typedef struct _Evas_Object_Box_Api | Evas_Object_Box_Api
| Smart class extension, providing extra box object requirements.
typedef struct _Evas_Object_Box_Data | Evas_Object_Box_Data
| Smart object instance data, providing box object requirements.
typedef struct _Evas_Object_Box_Option | Evas_Object_Box_Option
| The base structure for a box option.
typedef void(* | Evas_Object_Box_Layout) (Evas_Object *o, Evas_Object_Box_Data *priv, void *user_data)
| Function signature for an Evas box object layouting routine.

## Functions

EVAS_API void | evas_object_box_align_set (Evas_Box *obj, double horizontal, double vertical)
| Set the alignment of the whole bounding box of contents, for a given box object.
EVAS_API void | evas_object_box_align_get (const Evas_Box *obj, double *horizontal, double *vertical)
| Get the alignment of the whole bounding box of contents, for a given box object.
EVAS_API void | evas_object_box_padding_set (Evas_Box *obj, int horizontal, int vertical)
| Set the (space) padding between cells set for a given box object.
EVAS_API void | evas_object_box_padding_get (const Evas_Box *obj, int *horizontal, int *vertical)
| Get the (space) padding between cells set for a given box object.
EVAS_API void | evas_object_box_layout_set (Evas_Box *obj, Evas_Object_Box_Layout cb, const void *data, Eina_Free_Cb free_data)
| Set a new layouting function to a given box object.
EVAS_API void | evas_object_box_layout_horizontal (Evas_Box *obj, Evas_Object_Box_Data *priv, void *data)
| Layout function which sets the box o to a (basic) horizontal box.
EVAS_API void | evas_object_box_layout_vertical (Evas_Box *obj, Evas_Object_Box_Data *priv, void *data)
| Layout function which sets the box o to a (basic) vertical box.
EVAS_API void | evas_object_box_layout_homogeneous_max_size_horizontal (Evas_Box *obj, Evas_Object_Box_Data *priv, void *data)
| Layout function which sets the box o to a maximum size, homogeneous horizontal box.
EVAS_API void | evas_object_box_layout_flow_vertical (Evas_Box *obj, Evas_Object_Box_Data *priv, void *data)
| Layout function which sets the box o to a flow vertical box.
EVAS_API Evas_Object_Box_Option * | evas_object_box_insert_after (Evas_Box *obj, Efl_Canvas_Object *child, const Efl_Canvas_Object *reference)
| Insert a new child object after another existing one, in a given box object o.
EVAS_API Eina_Bool | evas_object_box_remove_all (Evas_Box *obj, Eina_Bool clear)
| Remove all child objects from a box object, unparenting them again.
EVAS_API Eina_Iterator * | evas_object_box_iterator_new (const Evas_Box *obj)
| Get an iterator to walk the list of children of a given box object.
EVAS_API Efl_Canvas_Object * | evas_object_box_add_to (Evas_Box *obj)
| Add a new box as a child of a given smart object.
EVAS_API Evas_Object_Box_Option * | evas_object_box_append (Evas_Box *obj, Efl_Canvas_Object *child)
| Append a new child object to the given box object o.
EVAS_API int | evas_object_box_option_property_id_get (const Evas_Box *obj, const char *name)
| Get the numerical identifier of the property of the child elements of the box o which have name as name string.
EVAS_API Evas_Object_Box_Option * | evas_object_box_prepend (Evas_Box *obj, Efl_Canvas_Object *child)
| Prepend a new child object to the given box object o.
EVAS_API Eina_Accessor * | evas_object_box_accessor_new (const Evas_Box *obj)
| Get an accessor (a structure providing random items access) to the list of children of a given box object.
EVAS_API Eina_Bool | evas_object_box_remove_at (Evas_Box *obj, unsigned int pos)
| Remove an object, bound to a given position in a box object, unparenting it again.
EVAS_API Evas_Object_Box_Option * | evas_object_box_insert_before (Evas_Box *obj, Efl_Canvas_Object *child, const Efl_Canvas_Object *reference)
| Insert a new child object before another existing one, in a given box object o.
EVAS_API const char * | evas_object_box_option_property_name_get (const Evas_Box *obj, int property)
| Get the name of the property of the child elements of the box o which have id as identifier.
EVAS_API void | evas_object_box_layout_homogeneous_horizontal (Evas_Box *obj, Evas_Object_Box_Data *priv, void *data)
| Layout function which sets the box o to a homogeneous horizontal box.
EVAS_API void | evas_object_box_layout_homogeneous_max_size_vertical (Evas_Box *obj, Evas_Object_Box_Data *priv, void *data)
| Layout function which sets the box o to a maximum size, homogeneous vertical box.
EVAS_API Evas_Object_Box_Option * | evas_object_box_insert_at (Evas_Box *obj, Efl_Canvas_Object *child, unsigned int pos)
| Insert a new child object at a given position, in a given box object `o`.
EVAS_API Eina_Bool | evas_object_box_remove (Evas_Box *obj, Efl_Canvas_Object *child)
| Remove a given object from a box object, unparenting it again.
EVAS_API void | evas_object_box_layout_stack (Evas_Box *obj, Evas_Object_Box_Data *priv, void *data)
| Layout function which sets the box o to a stacking box.
EVAS_API void | evas_object_box_layout_homogeneous_vertical (Evas_Box *obj, Evas_Object_Box_Data *priv, void *data)
| Layout function which sets the box o to a homogeneous vertical box.
EVAS_API void | evas_object_box_layout_flow_horizontal (Evas_Box *obj, Evas_Object_Box_Data *priv, void *data)
| Layout function which sets the box o to a flow horizontal box.
EVAS_API void | evas_object_box_smart_set (Evas_Object_Box_Api *api)
| Set the default box api struct (Evas_Object_Box_Api) with the default values.
EVAS_API const Evas_Object_Box_Api * | evas_object_box_smart_class_get (void)
| Get the Evas box smart class, for inheritance purposes.
EVAS_API Evas_Object * | evas_object_box_add (Evas *evas)
| Add a new box object on the provided canvas.
EVAS_API Eina_Bool | evas_object_box_option_property_vget (const Evas_Object *o, Evas_Object_Box_Option *opt, int property, va_list args)
| Get a property's value (by its given numerical identifier), on a given box child element – by a variable argument list.
EVAS_API Eina_Bool | evas_object_box_option_property_vset (Evas_Object *o, Evas_Object_Box_Option *opt, int property, va_list args)
| Set a property value (by its given numerical identifier), on a given box child element – by a variable argument list.
EVAS_API Eina_Bool | evas_object_box_option_property_set (Evas_Object *o, Evas_Object_Box_Option *opt, int property,...)
| Set a property value (by its given numerical identifier), on a given box child element.
EVAS_API Eina_Bool | evas_object_box_option_property_get (const Evas_Object *o, Evas_Object_Box_Option *opt, int property,...)
| Get a property's value (by its given numerical identifier), on a given box child element.
EVAS_API Eina_List * | evas_object_box_children_get (const Evas_Object *o)
| Get the list of children objects in a given box object.

## Detailed Description

A box is a convenience smart object that packs children inside it in sequence, using a layouting function specified by the user.

There are a couple of pre-made layouting functions built-in in Evas, all of them using children size hints to define their size and alignment inside their cell space.

Examples on this smart object's usage:

- Evas box example
- Evas alignment, minimum size, maximum size, padding and weight hints example

See also
  Size Hints

## Macro Definition Documentation

## EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT

#define EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT | ( |  | smart_class_init | ) |

Value:
{smart_class_init, EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_VERSION, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL}
EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_VERSION
#define EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_VERSION
Current version for Evas box object smart class, a value that goes to _Evas_Object_Box_Api::version.
Definition Evas_Common.h:2736

Initializer for a whole Evas_Object_Box_Api structure, with `NULL` values on its specific fields.

Parameters

  smart_class_init | initializer to use for the "base" field (Evas_Smart_Class).

See also
  EVAS_SMART_CLASS_INIT_NULL
  EVAS_SMART_CLASS_INIT_VERSION
  EVAS_SMART_CLASS_INIT_NAME_VERSION
  EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT_NULL
  EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT_VERSION
  EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT_NAME_VERSION

## EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT_NULL

#define EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT_NULL EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT(EVAS_SMART_CLASS_INIT_NULL)

Initialize to zero out a whole Evas_Object_Box_Api structure.

See also
  EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT_VERSION
  EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT_NAME_VERSION
  EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT

## EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT_VERSION

#define EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT_VERSION EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT(EVAS_SMART_CLASS_INIT_VERSION)

Initialize to zero out a whole Evas_Object_Box_Api structure and set a specific version on it.

This is similar to EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT_NULL, but it will set the version field of Evas_Smart_Class (base field) to the latest EVAS_SMART_CLASS_VERSION.

See also
  EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT_NULL
  EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT_NAME_VERSION
  EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT

## EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT_NAME_VERSION

#define EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT_NAME_VERSION | ( |  | name | ) |

Value:
EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT(EVAS_SMART_CLASS_INIT_NAME_VERSION(name))
EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT
#define EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT(smart_class_init)
Initializer for a whole Evas_Object_Box_Api structure, with NULL values on its specific fields.
Definition Evas_Common.h:2785
EVAS_SMART_CLASS_INIT_NAME_VERSION
#define EVAS_SMART_CLASS_INIT_NAME_VERSION(name)
Initialize to zero a whole Evas_Smart_Class structure and set name and version.
Definition Evas_Common.h:2085

Initialize to zero out a whole Evas_Object_Box_Api structure and set its name and version.

This is similar to EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT_NULL, but it will also set the version field of Evas_Smart_Class (base field) to the latest EVAS_SMART_CLASS_VERSION and name it to the specific value.

It will keep a reference to the name field as a `"const char *"`, i.e., the name must be available while the structure is used (hint: static or global variable!) and must not be modified.

See also
  EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT_NULL
  EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT_VERSION
  EVAS_OBJECT_BOX_API_INIT

## Typedef Documentation

## Evas_Object_Box_Option

typedef struct _Evas_Object_Box_Option Evas_Object_Box_Option

The base structure for a box option.

Box options are a way of extending box items properties, which will be taken into account for layouting decisions. The box layouting functions provided by Evas will only rely on objects' canonical size hints to layout them, so the basic box option has no (custom) property set.

Users creating their own layouts, but not depending on extra child items' properties, would be fine just using evas_object_box_layout_set(). But if one desires a layout depending on extra child properties, he/she has to subclass the box smart object. Thus, by using evas_object_box_smart_class_get() and evas_object_box_smart_set(), the `option_new()` and `option_free()` smart class functions should be properly redefined/extended.

Object properties are bound to an integer identifier and must have a name string. Their values are open to any data. See the API on option properties for more details.

Examples
  edje-box2.c, and evas-box.c.

## Evas_Object_Box_Layout

typedef void(* Evas_Object_Box_Layout) (Evas_Object *o, Evas_Object_Box_Data *priv, void *user_data)

Function signature for an Evas box object layouting routine.

By o it will be passed the box object in question, by priv it will be passed the box's internal data and, by user_data, it will be passed any custom data one could have set to a given box layouting function, with evas_object_box_layout_set().

Examples
  box_example_02.c.

## Function Documentation

## evas_object_box_align_set()

EVAS_API void evas_object_box_align_set | ( | Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | double | horizontal,
|  | double | vertical )

Set the alignment of the whole bounding box of contents, for a given box object.

This will influence how a box object is to align its bounding box of contents within its own area. The values must be in the range $0.0 - $1.0, or undefined behavior is expected. For horizontal alignment, $0.0 means to the left, with $1.0 meaning to the right. For vertical alignment, $0.0 means to the top, with $1.0 meaning to the bottom.

Note
  The default values for both alignments is $0.5.

See also evas_object_box_align_get.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [in] | horizontal | The horizontal alignment, in pixels.
  [in] | vertical | The vertical alignment, in pixels.

## evas_object_box_align_get()

EVAS_API void evas_object_box_align_get | ( | const Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | double * | horizontal,
|  | double * | vertical )

Get the alignment of the whole bounding box of contents, for a given box object.

See also evas_object_box_align_set for more information.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [out] | horizontal | The horizontal alignment, in pixels.
  [out] | vertical | The vertical alignment, in pixels.

## evas_object_box_padding_set()

EVAS_API void evas_object_box_padding_set | ( | Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | int | horizontal,
|  | int | vertical )

Set the (space) padding between cells set for a given box object.

Note
  The default values for both padding components is $0.

See also evas_object_box_padding_get.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [in] | horizontal | The horizontal padding, in pixels.
  [in] | vertical | The vertical padding, in pixels.

## evas_object_box_padding_get()

EVAS_API void evas_object_box_padding_get | ( | const Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | int * | horizontal,
|  | int * | vertical )

Get the (space) padding between cells set for a given box object.

See also evas_object_box_padding_set.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [out] | horizontal | The horizontal padding, in pixels.
  [out] | vertical | The vertical padding, in pixels.

## evas_object_box_layout_set()

EVAS_API void evas_object_box_layout_set | ( | Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | Evas_Object_Box_Layout | cb,
|  | const void * | data,
|  | Eina_Free_Cb | free_data )

Set a new layouting function to a given box object.

A box layout function affects how a box object displays child elements within its area. The list of pre-defined box layouts available in Evas are evas_object_box_layout_horizontal, evas_object_box_layout_vertical, evas_object_box_layout_homogeneous_horizontal, evas_object_box_layout_homogeneous_vertical, evas_object_box_layout_homogeneous_max_size_horizontal, evas_object_box_layout_homogeneous_max_size_vertical, evas_object_box_layout_flow_horizontal, evas_object_box_layout_flow_vertical and evas_object_box_layout_stack

Refer to each of their documentation texts for details on them.

Note
  A box layouting function will be triggered by the $'calculate' smart callback of the box's smart class.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [in] | cb | The new layout function to set on `o`.
  [in] | data | Data pointer to be passed to `cb`.
  [in] | free_data | Function to free `data`, if need be.

Referenced by elm_box_layout_set().

## evas_object_box_layout_horizontal()

EVAS_API void evas_object_box_layout_horizontal | ( | Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | Evas_Object_Box_Data * | priv,
|  | void * | data )

Layout function which sets the box o to a (basic) horizontal box.

In this layout, the box object's overall behavior is controlled by its padding/alignment properties, which are set by the evas_object_box_{h,v}_{align,padding}_set family of functions. The size hints of the elements in the box – set by the evas_object_size_hint_{align,padding,weight}_set functions – also control the way this function works.

Box's properties: `align_h` controls the horizontal alignment of the child objects relative to the containing box. When set to $0.0, children are aligned to the left. A value of $1.0 makes them aligned to the right border. Values in between align them proportionally. Note that if the size required by the children, which is given by their widths and the `padding_h` property of the box, is bigger than the their container's width, the children will be displayed out of the box's bounds. A negative value of `align_h` makes the box to justify its children. The padding between them, in this case, is corrected so that the leftmost one touches the left border and the rightmost one touches the right border (even if they must overlap). The `align_v` and `padding_v` properties of the box don't contribute to its behaviour when this layout is chosen.

Child element's properties: `align_x` does not influence the box's behavior. `padding_l` and `padding_r` sum up to the container's horizontal padding between elements. The child's `padding_t`, `padding_b` and `align_y` properties apply for padding/alignment relative to the overall height of the box. Finally, there is the `weight_x` property, which, if set to a non-zero value, tells the container that the child width is not pre-defined. If the container can't accommodate all its children, it sets the widths of the ones with weights to sizes as small as they can all fit into it. If the size required by the children is less than the available, the box increases its childrens' (which have weights) widths as to fit the remaining space. The `weight_x` property, besides telling the element is resizable, gives a weight for the resizing process. The parent box will try to distribute (or take off) widths accordingly to the normalized list of weights: most weighted children remain/get larger in this process than the least ones. `weight_y` does not influence the layout.

If one desires that, besides having weights, child elements must be resized bounded to a minimum or maximum size, those size hints must be set, by the evas_object_size_hint_{min,max}_set functions.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [in] | priv | Private data pointer
  [in] | data | Data pointer

## evas_object_box_layout_vertical()

EVAS_API void evas_object_box_layout_vertical | ( | Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | Evas_Object_Box_Data * | priv,
|  | void * | data )

Layout function which sets the box o to a (basic) vertical box.

This function behaves analogously to evas_object_box_layout_horizontal. The description of its behaviour can be derived from that function's documentation.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [in] | priv | Private data pointer
  [in] | data | Data pointer

## evas_object_box_layout_homogeneous_max_size_horizontal()

EVAS_API void evas_object_box_layout_homogeneous_max_size_horizontal | ( | Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | Evas_Object_Box_Data * | priv,
|  | void * | data )

Layout function which sets the box o to a maximum size, homogeneous horizontal box.

In a maximum size, homogeneous horizontal box, besides having cells of equal size reserved for the child objects, this size will be defined by the size of the largest child in the box (in width). The box's overall behavior is controlled by its properties, which are set by the evas_object_box_{h,v}_{align,padding}_set family of functions. The size hints of the elements in the box – set by the evas_object_size_hint_{align,padding,weight}_set functions – also control the way this function works.

Box's properties: `padding_h` tells the box to draw empty spaces of that size, in pixels, between the child objects' cells. `align_h` controls the horizontal alignment of the child objects, relative to the containing box. When set to $0.0, children are aligned to the left. A value of $1.0 lets them aligned to the right border. Values in between align them proportionally. A negative value of `align_h` makes the box to justify its children cells. The padding between them, in this case, is corrected so that the leftmost one touches the left border and the rightmost one touches the right border (even if they must overlap). The `align_v` and `padding_v` properties of the box don't contribute to its behaviour when this layout is chosen.

Child element's properties: `padding_l` and `padding_r` sum up to the required width of the child element. The `align_x` property tells the relative position of this overall child width in its allocated cell ($0.0 to extreme left, $1.0 to extreme right). A value of $-1.0 to `align_x` makes the box try to resize this child element to the exact width of its cell (respecting the minimum and maximum size hints on the child's width and accounting for its horizontal padding hints). The child's `padding_t`, `padding_b` and `align_y` properties apply for padding/alignment relative to the overall height of the box. A value of $-1.0 to `align_y` makes the box try to resize this child element to the exact height of its parent (respecting the max hint on the child's height).

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [in] | priv | Private data pointer
  [in] | data | Data pointer

## evas_object_box_layout_flow_vertical()

EVAS_API void evas_object_box_layout_flow_vertical | ( | Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | Evas_Object_Box_Data * | priv,
|  | void * | data )

Layout function which sets the box o to a flow vertical box.

This function behaves analogously to evas_object_box_layout_flow_horizontal. The description of its behaviour can be derived from that function's documentation.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [in] | priv | Private data pointer
  [in] | data | Data pointer

## evas_object_box_insert_after()

EVAS_API Evas_Object_Box_Option * evas_object_box_insert_after | ( | Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | Efl_Canvas_Object * | child,
|  | const Efl_Canvas_Object * | reference )

Insert a new child object after another existing one, in a given box object o.

On success, the $"child,added" smart event will take place.

Note
  This function will fail if `reference` is not a member of `o`.
  The actual placing of the item relative to `o's` area will depend on the layout set to it.
  This call will trigger the box's _Evas_Object_Box_Api.insert_after smart function.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [in] | child | A child Evas object to be made a member of `o`.
  [in] | reference | The child object to place this new one after.

Returns
  A box option bound to the recently added box item or `null`, on errors

## evas_object_box_remove_all()

EVAS_API Eina_Bool evas_object_box_remove_all | ( | Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | Eina_Bool | clear )

Remove all child objects from a box object, unparenting them again.

This has the same effect of calling evas_object_box_remove on each of `o's` child objects, in sequence. If, and only if, all those calls succeed, so does this one.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [in] | clear | If `true`, it will delete just removed children.

Returns
  `true` on success, `false` otherwise.

## evas_object_box_iterator_new()

EVAS_API Eina_Iterator * evas_object_box_iterator_new | ( | const Evas_Box * | obj | ) |

Get an iterator to walk the list of children of a given box object.

Note
  Do not remove or delete objects while walking the list.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.

Returns
  An iterator on `o's` child objects, on success, or `null`, on errors.

## evas_object_box_add_to()

EVAS_API Efl_Canvas_Object * evas_object_box_add_to | ( | Evas_Box * | obj | ) |

Add a new box as a child of a given smart object.

This is a helper function that has the same effect of putting a new box object into `parent` by use of evas_object_smart_member_add.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.

Returns
  `null` on error, a pointer to a new box object on success.

## evas_object_box_append()

EVAS_API Evas_Object_Box_Option * evas_object_box_append | ( | Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | Efl_Canvas_Object * | child )

Append a new child object to the given box object o.

On success, the $"child,added" smart event will take place.

Note
  The actual placing of the item relative to `o's` area will depend on the layout set to it. For example, on horizontal layouts an item in the end of the box's list of children will appear on its right.
  This call will trigger the box's _Evas_Object_Box_Api.append smart function.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [in] | child | A child Evas object to be made a member of `o`.

Returns
  A box option bound to the recently added box item or `null`, on errors.

Referenced by elm_win_resize_object_add().

## evas_object_box_option_property_id_get()

EVAS_API int evas_object_box_option_property_id_get | ( | const Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | const char * | name )

Get the numerical identifier of the property of the child elements of the box o which have name as name string.

Note
  This call won't do anything for a canonical Evas box. Only users which have subclassed it, setting custom box items options (see Evas_Object_Box_Option) on it, would benefit from this function. They'd have to implement it and set it to be the _Evas_Object_Box_Api.property_id_get smart class function of the box, which is originally set to `null`.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [in] | name | The name string of the option being searched, for its ID.

Returns
  The numerical ID of the given property or $-1, on errors.

## evas_object_box_prepend()

EVAS_API Evas_Object_Box_Option * evas_object_box_prepend | ( | Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | Efl_Canvas_Object * | child )

Prepend a new child object to the given box object o.

On success, the $"child,added" smart event will take place.

Note
  The actual placing of the item relative to `o's` area will depend on the layout set to it. For example, on horizontal layouts an item in the beginning of the box's list of children will appear on its left.
  This call will trigger the box's _Evas_Object_Box_Api.prepend smart function.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [in] | child | A child Evas object to be made a member of `o`.

Returns
  A box option bound to the recently added box item or `null`, on errors.

## evas_object_box_accessor_new()

EVAS_API Eina_Accessor * evas_object_box_accessor_new | ( | const Evas_Box * | obj | ) |

Get an accessor (a structure providing random items access) to the list of children of a given box object.

Note
  Do not remove or delete objects while walking the list.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.

Returns
  An accessor on `o's` child objects, on success, or `null`, on errors.

## evas_object_box_remove_at()

EVAS_API Eina_Bool evas_object_box_remove_at | ( | Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | unsigned int | pos )

Remove an object, bound to a given position in a box object, unparenting it again.

On removal, you'll get an unparented object again, just as it was before you inserted it in the box. The `option_free` box smart callback will be called automatically for you and, also, the $"child,removed" smart event will take place.

Note
  This function will fail if the given position is invalid, given `o's` internal list of elements.
  This call will trigger the box's _Evas_Object_Box_Api.remove_at smart function.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [in] | pos | The numeric position (starting from $0) of the child object to be removed.

Returns
  `true` on success, `false` on failure.

## evas_object_box_insert_before()

EVAS_API Evas_Object_Box_Option * evas_object_box_insert_before | ( | Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | Efl_Canvas_Object * | child,
|  | const Efl_Canvas_Object * | reference )

Insert a new child object before another existing one, in a given box object o.

On success, the $"child,added" smart event will take place.

Note
  This function will fail if `reference` is not a member of `o`.
  The actual placing of the item relative to `o's` area will depend on the layout set to it.
  This call will trigger the box's _Evas_Object_Box_Api.insert_before smart function.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [in] | child | A child Evas object to be made a member of `o`.
  [in] | reference | The child object to place this new one before.

Returns
  A box option bound to the recently added box item or `null`, on errors.

## evas_object_box_option_property_name_get()

EVAS_API const char * evas_object_box_option_property_name_get | ( | const Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | int | property )

Get the name of the property of the child elements of the box o which have id as identifier.

Note
  This call won't do anything for a canonical Evas box. Only users which have subclassed it, setting custom box items options (see Evas_Object_Box_Option) on it, would benefit from this function. They'd have to implement it and set it to be the _Evas_Object_Box_Api.property_name_get smart class function of the box, which is originally set to `null`.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [in] | property | The numerical identifier of the option being searched, for its name.

Returns
  The name of the given property or `null`, on errors.

## evas_object_box_layout_homogeneous_horizontal()

EVAS_API void evas_object_box_layout_homogeneous_horizontal | ( | Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | Evas_Object_Box_Data * | priv,
|  | void * | data )

Layout function which sets the box o to a homogeneous horizontal box.

In a homogeneous horizontal box, its width is divided equally between the contained objects. The box's overall behavior is controlled by its padding/alignment properties, which are set by the evas_object_box_{h,v}_{align,padding}_set family of functions. The size hints the elements in the box – set by the evas_object_size_hint_{align,padding,weight}_set functions – also control the way this function works.

Box's properties: `align_h` has no influence on the box for this layout. `padding_h` tells the box to draw empty spaces of that size, in pixels, between the (equal) child objects' cells. The `align_v` and `padding_v` properties of the box don't contribute to its behaviour when this layout is chosen.

Child element's properties: `padding_l` and `padding_r` sum up to the required width of the child element. The `align_x` property tells the relative position of this overall child width in its allocated cell ($0.0 to extreme left, $1.0 to extreme right). A value of $-1.0 to `align_x` makes the box try to resize this child element to the exact width of its cell (respecting the minimum and maximum size hints on the child's width and accounting for its horizontal padding hints). The child's `padding_t`, `padding_b` and `align_y` properties apply for padding/alignment relative to the overall height of the box. A value of $-1.0 to `align_y` makes the box try to resize this child element to the exact height of its parent (respecting the maximum size hint on the child's height).

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [in] | priv | Private data pointer
  [in] | data | Data pointer

## evas_object_box_layout_homogeneous_max_size_vertical()

EVAS_API void evas_object_box_layout_homogeneous_max_size_vertical | ( | Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | Evas_Object_Box_Data * | priv,
|  | void * | data )

Layout function which sets the box o to a maximum size, homogeneous vertical box.

This function behaves analogously to evas_object_box_layout_homogeneous_max_size_horizontal. The description of its behaviour can be derived from that function's documentation.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [in] | priv | Private data pointer
  [in] | data | Data pointer

## evas_object_box_insert_at()

EVAS_API Evas_Object_Box_Option * evas_object_box_insert_at | ( | Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | Efl_Canvas_Object * | child,
|  | unsigned int | pos )

Insert a new child object at a given position, in a given box object `o`.

On success, the $"child,added" smart event will take place.

Note
  This function will fail if the given position is invalid, given `o's` internal list of elements.
  The actual placing of the item relative to `o's` area will depend on the layout set to it.
  This call will trigger the box's _Evas_Object_Box_Api.insert_at smart function.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [in] | child | A child Evas object to be made a member of `o`.
  [in] | pos | The numeric position (starting from $0) to place the new child object at.

Returns
  A box option bound to the recently added box item or `null`, on errors.

## evas_object_box_remove()

EVAS_API Eina_Bool evas_object_box_remove | ( | Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | Efl_Canvas_Object * | child )

Remove a given object from a box object, unparenting it again.

On removal, you'll get an unparented object again, just as it was before you inserted it in the box. The _Evas_Object_Box_Api.option_free box smart callback will be called automatically for you and, also, the $"child,removed" smart event will take place.

Note
  This call will trigger the box's _Evas_Object_Box_Api.remove smart function.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [in] | child | The handle to the child object to be removed.

Returns
  `true` on success, `false` otherwise.

Referenced by elm_win_resize_object_del().

## evas_object_box_layout_stack()

EVAS_API void evas_object_box_layout_stack | ( | Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | Evas_Object_Box_Data * | priv,
|  | void * | data )

Layout function which sets the box o to a stacking box.

In a stacking box, all children will be given the same size – the box's own size – and they will be stacked one above the other, so that the first object in `o's` internal list of child elements will be the bottommost in the stack.

Box's properties: No box properties are used.

Child element's properties: `padding_l` and `padding_r` sum up to the required width of the child element. The `align_x` property tells the relative position of this overall child width in its allocated cell ($0.0 to extreme left, $1.0 to extreme right). A value of $-1.0 to `align_x` makes the box try to resize this child element to the exact width of its cell (respecting the min and max hints on the child's width and accounting for its horizontal padding properties). The same applies to the vertical axis.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [in] | priv | Private data pointer
  [in] | data | Data pointer

## evas_object_box_layout_homogeneous_vertical()

EVAS_API void evas_object_box_layout_homogeneous_vertical | ( | Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | Evas_Object_Box_Data * | priv,
|  | void * | data )

Layout function which sets the box o to a homogeneous vertical box.

This function behaves analogously to evas_object_box_layout_homogeneous_horizontal. The description of its behaviour can be derived from that function's documentation.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [in] | priv | Private data pointer
  [in] | data | Data pointer

## evas_object_box_layout_flow_horizontal()

EVAS_API void evas_object_box_layout_flow_horizontal | ( | Evas_Box * | obj,
|  | Evas_Object_Box_Data * | priv,
|  | void * | data )

Layout function which sets the box o to a flow horizontal box.

In a flow horizontal box, the box's child elements are placed in rows (think of text as an analogy). A row has as many elements as can fit into the box's width. The box's overall behavior is controlled by its properties, which are set by the evas_object_box_{h,v}_{align,padding}_set family of functions. The size hints of the elements in the box – set by the evas_object_size_hint_{align,padding,weight}_set functions – also control the way this function works.

Box's properties: `padding_h` tells the box to draw empty spaces of that size, in pixels, between the child objects' cells. `align_h` dictates the horizontal alignment of the rows ($0.0 to left align them, $1.0 to right align). A value of $-1.0 to `align_h` lets the rows justified horizontally. `align_v` controls the vertical alignment of the entire set of rows ($0.0 to top, $1.0 to bottom). A value of $-1.0 to `align_v` makes the box to justify the rows vertically. The padding between them in this case is corrected so that the first row touches the top border and the last one touches the bottom border (even if they must overlap). `padding_v` has no influence on the layout.

Child element's properties: `padding_l` and `padding_r` sum up to the required width of the child element. The `align_x` property has no influence on the layout. The child's `padding_t` and `padding_b` sum up to the required height of the child element and is the only means (besides row justifying) of setting space between rows. Note, however, that `align_y` dictates positioning relative to the largest height required by a child object in the actual row.

Parameters

  [in] | obj | The object.
  [in] | priv | Private data pointer
  [in] | data | Data pointer

## evas_object_box_smart_set()

EVAS_API void evas_object_box_smart_set | ( | Evas_Object_Box_Api * | api | ) |

Set the default box api struct (Evas_Object_Box_Api) with the default values.

May be used to extend that API.

Parameters

  api | The box API struct to set back, most probably with overridden fields (on class extensions scenarios)

References EINA_UNUSED.

## evas_object_box_smart_class_get()

EVAS_API const Evas_Object_Box_Api * evas_object_box_smart_class_get | ( | void |  | ) |

Get the Evas box smart class, for inheritance purposes.

Returns
  the (canonical) Evas box smart class.

The returned value is not to be modified, just use it as your parent class.

## evas_object_box_add()

EVAS_API Evas_Object * evas_object_box_add | ( | Evas * | evas | ) |

Add a new box object on the provided canvas.

Parameters

  evas | The canvas to create the box object on.

Returns
  `NULL` on error, a pointer to a new box object on success.

After instantiation, if a box object hasn't its layout function set, via evas_object_box_layout_set(), it will have it by default set to evas_object_box_layout_horizontal(). The remaining properties of the box must be set/retrieved via `evas_object_box_{h,v}_{align,padding}_{get,set)()`.

References EINA_SAFETY_ON_FALSE_RETURN_VAL, and EVAS_CANVAS_CLASS.

## evas_object_box_option_property_vget()

EVAS_API Eina_Bool evas_object_box_option_property_vget | ( | const Evas_Object * | o,
|  | Evas_Object_Box_Option * | opt,
|  | int | property,
|  | va_list | args )

Get a property's value (by its given numerical identifier), on a given box child element – by a variable argument list.

Parameters

  o | The box parenting the child element
  opt | The box option structure bound to the child box element to get a property from
  property | The numerical ID of the given property
  args | The variable argument list with pointers to where to store the values of this property. They must point to variables of the same type the user has defined for them.

Returns
  `EINA_TRUE` on success, `EINA_FALSE` on failure.

This is a variable argument list variant of the evas_object_box_option_property_get(). See its documentation for more details.

Referenced by evas_object_box_option_property_get().

## evas_object_box_option_property_vset()

EVAS_API Eina_Bool evas_object_box_option_property_vset | ( | Evas_Object * | o,
|  | Evas_Object_Box_Option * | opt,
|  | int | property,
|  | va_list | args )

Set a property value (by its given numerical identifier), on a given box child element – by a variable argument list.

Parameters

  o | The box parenting the child element
  opt | The box option structure bound to the child box element to set a property on
  property | The numerical ID of the given property
  args | The variable argument list implementing the value to be set for this property. It must be of the same type the user has defined for it.

Returns
  `EINA_TRUE` on success, `EINA_FALSE` on failure.

This is a variable argument list variant of the evas_object_box_option_property_set(). See its documentation for more details.

Referenced by evas_object_box_option_property_set().

## evas_object_box_option_property_set()

EVAS_API Eina_Bool evas_object_box_option_property_set | ( | Evas_Object * | o,
|  | Evas_Object_Box_Option * | opt,
|  | int | property,
|  |  | ... )

Set a property value (by its given numerical identifier), on a given box child element.

Parameters

  o | The box parenting the child element
  opt | The box option structure bound to the child box element to set a property on
  property | The numerical ID of the given property
  ... | (List of) actual value(s) to be set for this property. It (they) must be of the same type the user has defined for it (them).

Returns
  `EINA_TRUE` on success, `EINA_FALSE` on failure.

Note
  This call won't do anything for a canonical Evas box. Only users which have subclassed it, setting custom box items options (see Evas_Object_Box_Option) on it, would benefit from this function. They'd have to implement it and set it to be the _Evas_Object_Box_Api::property_set smart class function of the box, which is originally set to `NULL`.
  This function will internally create a variable argument list, with the values passed after `property`, and call evas_object_box_option_property_vset() with this list and the same previous arguments.

References evas_object_box_option_property_vset().

## evas_object_box_option_property_get()

EVAS_API Eina_Bool evas_object_box_option_property_get | ( | const Evas_Object * | o,
|  | Evas_Object_Box_Option * | opt,
|  | int | property,
|  |  | ... )

Get a property's value (by its given numerical identifier), on a given box child element.

Parameters

  o | The box parenting the child element
  opt | The box option structure bound to the child box element to get a property from
  property | The numerical ID of the given property
  ... | (List of) pointer(s) where to store the value(s) set for this property. It (they) must point to variable(s) of the same type the user has defined for it (them).

Returns
  `EINA_TRUE` on success, `EINA_FALSE` on failure.

Note
  This call won't do anything for a canonical Evas box. Only users which have subclassed it, getting custom box items options (see Evas_Object_Box_Option) on it, would benefit from this function. They'd have to implement it and get it to be the _Evas_Object_Box_Api::property_get smart class function of the box, which is originally get to `NULL`.
  This function will internally create a variable argument list, with the values passed after `property`, and call evas_object_box_option_property_vget() with this list and the same previous arguments.

References evas_object_box_option_property_vget().

## evas_object_box_children_get()

EVAS_API Eina_List * evas_object_box_children_get | ( | const Evas_Object * | o | ) |

Get the list of children objects in a given box object.

Parameters

  o | The box to retrieve an items list from

Returns
  A list of `o's` child objects, on success, or `NULL`, on errors (or if it has no child objects)

The returned list should be freed with `eina_list_free()` when you no longer need it.

Note
  This is a duplicate of the list kept by the box internally. It's up to the user to destroy it when it no longer needs it. It's possible to remove objects from the box when walking this list, but these removals won't be reflected on it.

References eina_list_append(), EINA_LIST_FOREACH, and _Evas_Object_Box_Option::obj.