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GTK.Editable

# Class GTK.Editable

Description

  The GTK.Editable class is a base class for widgets for editing text, such as W(Entry) and W(Text). It cannot be instantiated by itself. The editable class contains functions for generically manipulating an editable widget, a large number of action signals used for key bindings, and several signals that an application can connect to to modify the behavior of a widget.

  Signals: activate Indicates that the user has activated the widget in some fashion. Generally, this will be done with a keystroke. (The default binding for this action is Return for GTK.Entry and Control-Return for GTK.Text.

  changed Called when the text in the edit area is changed

  copy_clipboard An action signal. Causes the characters in the current selection to be copied to the clipboard.

  cut_clipboard An action signal. Causes the characters in the current selection to be copied to the clipboard and then deleted from the widget.

  delete_text This signal is emitted when text is deleted from the widget by the user. The default handler for this signal will normally be responsible for inserting the text, so by connecting to this signal and then stopping the signal with signal_emit_stop(), it is possible to modify the inserted text, or prevent it from being inserted entirely. The start_pos and end_pos parameters are interpreted as for delete_text()

  insert_text This signal is emitted when text is inserted into the widget by the user. The default handler for this signal will normally be responsible for inserting the text, so by connecting to this signal and then stopping the signal with signal_emit_stop(), it is possible to modify the inserted text, or prevent it from being inserted entirely.

  kill_char An action signal. Delete a single character.

  kill_line An action signal. Delete a single line.

  kill_word n action signal. Delete a single word.

  move_cursor An action signal. Move the cursor position.

  move_page An action signal. Move the cursor by pages.

  move_to_column An action signal. Move the cursor to the given column.

  move_to_row An action signal. Move the cursor to the given row.

  move_word An action signal. Move the cursor by words.

  paste_clipboard An action signal. Causes the contents of the clipboard to be pasted into the editable widget at the current cursor position.

  set_editable Determines if the user can edit the text in the editable widget or not. This is meant to be overriden by child classes and should not generally be useful to applications.

Inherit Widget

  inherit GTK.Widget : Widget