GtkCheckButton

GtkCheckButton — Create widgets with a discrete toggle button

Synopsis

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

struct              GtkCheckButton;
GtkWidget *         gtk_check_button_new                (void);
GtkWidget *         gtk_check_button_new_with_label     (const gchar *label);
GtkWidget *         gtk_check_button_new_with_mnemonic  (const gchar *label);

Object Hierarchy

  GObject
   +----GInitiallyUnowned
         +----GtkObject
               +----GtkWidget
                     +----GtkContainer
                           +----GtkBin
                                 +----GtkButton
                                       +----GtkToggleButton
                                             +----GtkCheckButton
                                                   +----GtkRadioButton

Implemented Interfaces

GtkCheckButton implements AtkImplementorIface, GtkBuildable and GtkActivatable.

Style Properties

  "indicator-size"           gint                  : Read
  "indicator-spacing"        gint                  : Read

Description

A GtkCheckButton places a discrete GtkToggleButton next to a widget, (usually a GtkLabel). See the section on GtkToggleButton widgets for more information about toggle/check buttons.

The important signal ('toggled') is also inherited from GtkToggleButton.

Details

struct GtkCheckButton

struct GtkCheckButton;

toggle_button is a GtkToggleButton representing the actual toggle button that composes the check button.


gtk_check_button_new ()

GtkWidget *         gtk_check_button_new                (void);

Creates a new GtkCheckButton.

Returns :

a GtkWidget.

gtk_check_button_new_with_label ()

GtkWidget *         gtk_check_button_new_with_label     (const gchar *label);

Creates a new GtkCheckButton with a GtkLabel to the right of it.

label :

the text for the check button.

Returns :

a GtkWidget.

gtk_check_button_new_with_mnemonic ()

GtkWidget *         gtk_check_button_new_with_mnemonic  (const gchar *label);

Creates a new GtkCheckButton containing a label. The label will be created using gtk_label_new_with_mnemonic(), so underscores in label indicate the mnemonic for the check button.

label :

The text of the button, with an underscore in front of the mnemonic character

Returns :

a new GtkCheckButton

Style Property Details

The "indicator-size" style property

  "indicator-size"           gint                  : Read

Size of check or radio indicator.

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 13


The "indicator-spacing" style property

  "indicator-spacing"        gint                  : Read

Spacing around check or radio indicator.

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 2

See Also

GtkCheckMenuItem

add check buttons to your menus.

GtkButton

a more general button.

GtkToggleButton

GtkCheckButton's parent.

GtkRadioButton

group check buttons together.