GSimpleAction

GSimpleAction — A simple GAction implementation

Functions

Properties

gboolean enabled Read / Write
gchar * name Read / Write / Construct Only
GVariantType * parameter-type Read / Write / Construct Only
GVariant * state Read / Write / Construct
GVariantType * state-type Read

Signals

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GSimpleAction

Implemented Interfaces

GSimpleAction implements GAction.

Includes

#include <gio/gio.h>

Description

A GSimpleAction is the obvious simple implementation of the GAction interface. This is the easiest way to create an action for purposes of adding it to a GSimpleActionGroup.

See also GtkAction.

Functions

g_simple_action_new ()

GSimpleAction *
g_simple_action_new (const gchar *name,
                     const GVariantType *parameter_type);

Creates a new action.

The created action is stateless. See g_simple_action_new_stateful().

Parameters

name

the name of the action

 

parameter_type

the type of parameter to the activate function.

[allow-none]

Returns

a new GSimpleAction

Since: 2.28


g_simple_action_new_stateful ()

GSimpleAction *
g_simple_action_new_stateful (const gchar *name,
                              const GVariantType *parameter_type,
                              GVariant *state);

Creates a new stateful action.

state is the initial state of the action. All future state values must have the same GVariantType as the initial state.

If the state GVariant is floating, it is consumed.

Parameters

name

the name of the action

 

parameter_type

the type of the parameter to the activate function.

[allow-none]

state

the initial state of the action

 

Returns

a new GSimpleAction

Since: 2.28


g_simple_action_set_enabled ()

void
g_simple_action_set_enabled (GSimpleAction *simple,
                             gboolean enabled);

Sets the action as enabled or not.

An action must be enabled in order to be activated or in order to have its state changed from outside callers.

This should only be called by the implementor of the action. Users of the action should not attempt to modify its enabled flag.

Parameters

simple

a GSimpleAction

 

enabled

whether the action is enabled

 

Since: 2.28


g_simple_action_set_state ()

void
g_simple_action_set_state (GSimpleAction *simple,
                           GVariant *value);

Sets the state of the action.

This directly updates the 'state' property to the given value.

This should only be called by the implementor of the action. Users of the action should not attempt to directly modify the 'state' property. Instead, they should call g_action_change_state() to request the change.

If the value GVariant is floating, it is consumed.

Parameters

simple

a GSimpleAction

 

value

the new GVariant for the state

 

Since: 2.30


g_simple_action_set_state_hint ()

void
g_simple_action_set_state_hint (GSimpleAction *simple,
                                GVariant *state_hint);

Sets the state hint for the action.

See g_action_get_state_hint() for more information about action state hints.

Parameters

simple

a GSimpleAction

 

state_hint

a GVariant representing the state hint.

[allow-none]

Since: 2.44

Types and Values

GSimpleAction

typedef struct _GSimpleAction GSimpleAction;

GSimpleAction is an opaque data structure and can only be accessed using the following functions.

Property Details

The “enabled” property

  “enabled”                  gboolean

If action is currently enabled.

If the action is disabled then calls to g_action_activate() and g_action_change_state() have no effect.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: TRUE

Since: 2.28


The “name” property

  “name”                     gchar *

The name of the action. This is mostly meaningful for identifying the action once it has been added to a GSimpleActionGroup.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct Only

Default value: NULL

Since: 2.28


The “parameter-type” property

  “parameter-type”           GVariantType *

The type of the parameter that must be given when activating the action.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct Only

Since: 2.28


The “state” property

  “state”                    GVariant *

The state of the action, or NULL if the action is stateless.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Allowed values: GVariant<*>

Default value: NULL

Since: 2.28


The “state-type” property

  “state-type”               GVariantType *

The GVariantType of the state that the action has, or NULL if the action is stateless.

Flags: Read

Since: 2.28

Signal Details

The “activate” signal

void
user_function (GSimpleAction *simple,
               GVariant      *parameter,
               gpointer       user_data)

Indicates that the action was just activated.

parameter will always be of the expected type. In the event that an incorrect type was given, no signal will be emitted.

Since GLib 2.40, if no handler is connected to this signal then the default behaviour for boolean-stated actions with a NULL parameter type is to toggle them via the “change-state” signal. For stateful actions where the state type is equal to the parameter type, the default is to forward them directly to “change-state”. This should allow almost all users of GSimpleAction to connect only one handler or the other.

Parameters

simple

the GSimpleAction

 

parameter

the parameter to the activation.

[allow-none]

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: Run Last

Since: 2.28


The “change-state” signal

void
user_function (GSimpleAction *simple,
               GVariant      *value,
               gpointer       user_data)

Indicates that the action just received a request to change its state.

value will always be of the correct state type. In the event that an incorrect type was given, no signal will be emitted.

If no handler is connected to this signal then the default behaviour is to call g_simple_action_set_state() to set the state to the requested value. If you connect a signal handler then no default action is taken. If the state should change then you must call g_simple_action_set_state() from the handler.

An example of a 'change-state' handler:

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static void
change_volume_state (GSimpleAction *action,
                     GVariant      *value,
                     gpointer       user_data)
{
  gint requested;

  requested = g_variant_get_int32 (value);

  // Volume only goes from 0 to 10
  if (0 <= requested && requested <= 10)
    g_simple_action_set_state (action, value);
}

The handler need not set the state to the requested value. It could set it to any value at all, or take some other action.

Parameters

simple

the GSimpleAction

 

value

the requested value for the state.

[allow-none]

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: Run Last

Since: 2.30