GtkAssistant as GtkBuildable

The GtkAssistant implementation of the GtkBuildable interface exposes the action_area as internal children with the name "action_area".

To add pages to an assistant in GtkBuilder, simply add it as a <child> to the GtkAssistant object, and set its child properties as necessary.

struct GtkAssistant

struct GtkAssistant;

gtk_assistant_new ()

GtkWidget *         gtk_assistant_new                   (void);

Creates a new GtkAssistant.

Since 2.10

gtk_assistant_get_current_page ()

gint                gtk_assistant_get_current_page      (GtkAssistant *assistant);

Returns the page number of the current page

Since 2.10

gtk_assistant_set_current_page ()

void                gtk_assistant_set_current_page      (GtkAssistant *assistant,
                                                         gint page_num);

Switches the page to page_num. Note that this will only be necessary in custom buttons, as the assistant flow can be set with gtk_assistant_set_forward_page_func().

Since 2.10

gtk_assistant_get_n_pages ()

gint                gtk_assistant_get_n_pages           (GtkAssistant *assistant);

Returns the number of pages in the assistant

Since 2.10

gtk_assistant_get_nth_page ()

GtkWidget *         gtk_assistant_get_nth_page          (GtkAssistant *assistant,
                                                         gint page_num);

Returns the child widget contained in page number page_num.

Since 2.10

gtk_assistant_prepend_page ()

gint                gtk_assistant_prepend_page          (GtkAssistant *assistant,
                                                         GtkWidget *page);

Prepends a page to the assistant.

Since 2.10

gtk_assistant_append_page ()

gint                gtk_assistant_append_page           (GtkAssistant *assistant,
                                                         GtkWidget *page);

Appends a page to the assistant.

Since 2.10

gtk_assistant_insert_page ()

gint                gtk_assistant_insert_page           (GtkAssistant *assistant,
                                                         GtkWidget *page,
                                                         gint position);

Inserts a page in the assistant at a given position.

Since 2.10

GtkAssistantPageFunc ()

gint                (*GtkAssistantPageFunc)             (gint current_page,
                                                         gpointer data);

A function used by gtk_assistant_set_forward_page_func() to know which is the next page given a current one. It's called both for computing the next page when the user presses the "forward" button and for handling the behavior of the "last" button.

gtk_assistant_set_forward_page_func ()

void                gtk_assistant_set_forward_page_func (GtkAssistant *assistant,
                                                         GtkAssistantPageFunc page_func,
                                                         gpointer data,
                                                         GDestroyNotify destroy);

Sets the page forwarding function to be page_func, this function will be used to determine what will be the next page when the user presses the forward button. Setting page_func to NULL will make the assistant to use the default forward function, which just goes to the next visible page.

Since 2.10

enum GtkAssistantPageType

typedef enum
{
  GTK_ASSISTANT_PAGE_CONTENT,
  GTK_ASSISTANT_PAGE_INTRO,
  GTK_ASSISTANT_PAGE_CONFIRM,
  GTK_ASSISTANT_PAGE_SUMMARY,
  GTK_ASSISTANT_PAGE_PROGRESS
} GtkAssistantPageType;

An enum for determining the page role inside the GtkAssistant. It's used to handle buttons sensitivity and visibility.

Note that an assistant needs to end its page flow with a page of type GTK_ASSISTANT_PAGE_CONFIRM, GTK_ASSISTANT_PAGE_SUMMARY or GTK_ASSISTANT_PAGE_PROGRESS to be correct.

gtk_assistant_set_page_type ()

void                gtk_assistant_set_page_type         (GtkAssistant *assistant,
                                                         GtkWidget *page,
                                                         GtkAssistantPageType type);

Sets the page type for page. The page type determines the page behavior in the assistant.

Since 2.10

gtk_assistant_get_page_type ()

GtkAssistantPageType gtk_assistant_get_page_type        (GtkAssistant *assistant,
                                                         GtkWidget *page);

Gets the page type of page.

Since 2.10

gtk_assistant_set_page_title ()

void                gtk_assistant_set_page_title        (GtkAssistant *assistant,
                                                         GtkWidget *page,
                                                         const gchar *title);

Sets a title for page. The title is displayed in the header area of the assistant when page is the current page.

Since 2.10

gtk_assistant_get_page_title ()

const gchar *       gtk_assistant_get_page_title        (GtkAssistant *assistant,
                                                         GtkWidget *page);

Gets the title for page.

Since 2.10

gtk_assistant_set_page_header_image ()

void                gtk_assistant_set_page_header_image (GtkAssistant *assistant,
                                                         GtkWidget *page,
                                                         GdkPixbuf *pixbuf);

Sets a header image for page. This image is displayed in the header area of the assistant when page is the current page.

Since 2.10

gtk_assistant_get_page_header_image ()

GdkPixbuf *         gtk_assistant_get_page_header_image (GtkAssistant *assistant,
                                                         GtkWidget *page);

Gets the header image for page.

Since 2.10

gtk_assistant_set_page_side_image ()

void                gtk_assistant_set_page_side_image   (GtkAssistant *assistant,
                                                         GtkWidget *page,
                                                         GdkPixbuf *pixbuf);

Sets a header image for page. This image is displayed in the side area of the assistant when page is the current page.

Since 2.10

gtk_assistant_get_page_side_image ()

GdkPixbuf *         gtk_assistant_get_page_side_image   (GtkAssistant *assistant,
                                                         GtkWidget *page);

Gets the header image for page.

Since 2.10

gtk_assistant_set_page_complete ()

void                gtk_assistant_set_page_complete     (GtkAssistant *assistant,
                                                         GtkWidget *page,
                                                         gboolean complete);

Sets whether page contents are complete. This will make assistant update the buttons state to be able to continue the task.

Since 2.10

gtk_assistant_get_page_complete ()

gboolean            gtk_assistant_get_page_complete     (GtkAssistant *assistant,
                                                         GtkWidget *page);

Gets whether page is complete.

Since 2.10

gtk_assistant_add_action_widget ()

void                gtk_assistant_add_action_widget     (GtkAssistant *assistant,
                                                         GtkWidget *child);

Adds a widget to the action area of a GtkAssistant.

Since 2.10

gtk_assistant_remove_action_widget ()

void                gtk_assistant_remove_action_widget  (GtkAssistant *assistant,
                                                         GtkWidget *child);

Removes a widget from the action area of a GtkAssistant.

Since 2.10

gtk_assistant_update_buttons_state ()

void                gtk_assistant_update_buttons_state  (GtkAssistant *assistant);

Forces assistant to recompute the buttons state.

GTK+ automatically takes care of this in most situations, e.g. when the user goes to a different page, or when the visibility or completeness of a page changes.

One situation where it can be necessary to call this function is when changing a value on the current page affects the future page flow of the assistant.

Since 2.10

gtk_assistant_commit ()

void                gtk_assistant_commit                (GtkAssistant *assistant);

Erases the visited page history so the back button is not shown on the current page, and removes the cancel button from subsequent pages.

Use this when the information provided up to the current page is hereafter deemed permanent and cannot be modified or undone. For example, showing a progress page to track a long-running, unreversible operation after the user has clicked apply on a confirmation page.

Since 2.22

The "complete" child property

  "complete"                 gboolean              : Read / Write

Setting the "complete" child property to TRUE marks a page as complete (i.e.: all the required fields are filled out). GTK+ uses this information to control the sensitivity of the navigation buttons.

Default value: FALSE

Since 2.10

The "header-image" child property

  "header-image"             GdkPixbuf*            : Read / Write

The image that is displayed next to the page.

Set this to NULL to make the sidebar disappear.

Since 2.10

The "page-type" child property

  "page-type"                GtkAssistantPageType  : Read / Write

The type of the assistant page.

Default value: GTK_ASSISTANT_PAGE_CONTENT

Since 2.10

The "sidebar-image" child property

  "sidebar-image"            GdkPixbuf*            : Read / Write

Sidebar image for the assistant page.

The "title" child property

  "title"                    gchar*                : Read / Write

The title that is displayed in the page header.

If title and header-image are both NULL, no header is displayed.

Default value: NULL

Since 2.10

The "content-padding" style property

  "content-padding"          gint                  : Read

Number of pixels around the content pages.

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 1

The "header-padding" style property

  "header-padding"           gint                  : Read

Number of pixels around the header.

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 6

The "apply" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkAssistant *assistant,
                                                        gpointer      user_data)      : Run Last

The ::apply signal is emitted when the apply button is clicked. The default behavior of the GtkAssistant is to switch to the page after the current page, unless the current page is the last one.

A handler for the ::apply signal should carry out the actions for which the wizard has collected data. If the action takes a long time to complete, you might consider putting a page of type GTK_ASSISTANT_PAGE_PROGRESS after the confirmation page and handle this operation within the "prepare" signal of the progress page.

Since 2.10

The "cancel" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkAssistant *assistant,
                                                        gpointer      user_data)      : Run Last

The ::cancel signal is emitted when then the cancel button is clicked.

Since 2.10

The "close" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkAssistant *assistant,
                                                        gpointer      user_data)      : Run Last

The ::close signal is emitted either when the close button of a summary page is clicked, or when the apply button in the last page in the flow (of type GTK_ASSISTANT_PAGE_CONFIRM) is clicked.

Since 2.10

The "prepare" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkAssistant *assistant,
                                                        GtkWidget    *page,
                                                        gpointer      user_data)      : Run Last

The ::prepare signal is emitted when a new page is set as the assistant's current page, before making the new page visible. A handler for this signal can do any preparation which are necessary before showing page.

Since 2.10