Toolbar

Toolbar can contain either text or stock icons. In this sample we use stock icons. This example has fullscreen functionality.

This example uses SimpleActions (window and app). App actions can easily be added to the app menu.

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#include <gtk/gtk.h>

/* Declare these two Toolbuttons, as they will be used in both the fullscreen
 * action callback as well as the activate function.
 */
GtkToolItem *fullscreen_button;
GtkToolItem *leavefullscreen_button;



/* Callback function for the undo action */
static void
undo_callback (GSimpleAction *simple,
               GVariant      *parameter,
               gpointer       user_data)
{
  g_print ("You clicked \"Undo\".\n");
}



/* Callback function for the fullscreen action */
static void
fullscreen_callback (GSimpleAction *simple,
                     GVariant      *parameter,
                     gpointer       user_data)
{
  GdkWindow *window = gtk_widget_get_window (GTK_WIDGET (user_data));

  GdkWindowState current_state = gdk_window_get_state (window);

  /* If the window is currently in fullscreen mode */
  if ( (current_state & GDK_WINDOW_STATE_FULLSCREEN) != 0)
    {
      /* Minimize the window and change to the fullscreen button */
      gdk_window_unfullscreen (window);
      gtk_widget_hide (GTK_WIDGET(leavefullscreen_button));
      gtk_widget_show (GTK_WIDGET(fullscreen_button));
    }
  else
    {
      /* Maximize the window, and change to the unfullscreen button */
      gdk_window_fullscreen (window);
      gtk_widget_hide (GTK_WIDGET (fullscreen_button));
      gtk_widget_show (GTK_WIDGET (leavefullscreen_button));
    }
}


static void
activate (GtkApplication *app,
          gpointer        user_data)
{
  /* Initialize variables */
  GtkWidget *window;
  GtkWidget *grid;
  GtkWidget *toolbar;

  GtkToolItem *new_button;
  GtkToolItem *open_button;
  GtkToolItem *undo_button;

  GtkStyleContext *style_context;

  GSimpleAction *undo_action;
  GSimpleAction *fullscreen_action;
  GSimpleAction *leavefullscreen_action;

  /* Create a window with a title and a default size */
  window = gtk_application_window_new (app);
  gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW (window), "Toolbar Example");
  gtk_window_set_default_size (GTK_WINDOW (window), 400, 200);

  /* Here we begin to create the toolbar */
  toolbar = gtk_toolbar_new ();
  /* Set the toolbar to be the primary toolbar of the application */
  style_context = gtk_widget_get_style_context (toolbar);
  gtk_style_context_add_class (style_context, GTK_STYLE_CLASS_PRIMARY_TOOLBAR);

  /* Create a button for the "new" action, with a stock image */
  new_button = gtk_tool_button_new_from_stock (GTK_STOCK_NEW);
  /* Show the "new" button's label */
  gtk_tool_item_set_is_important (new_button, TRUE);
  /* Insert the button in the desired position within the toolbar */
  gtk_toolbar_insert (GTK_TOOLBAR (toolbar), new_button, 0);
  /* Show the button */
  gtk_widget_show (GTK_WIDGET (new_button));
  /* Set the action name for the "new" action. We use "app.new" to
   * indicate that the action controls the application.
   */
  gtk_actionable_set_action_name (GTK_ACTIONABLE (new_button), "app.new");

  /* Repeat the same steps for the "open" action */
  open_button = gtk_tool_button_new_from_stock (GTK_STOCK_OPEN);
  gtk_tool_item_set_is_important (open_button, TRUE);
  gtk_toolbar_insert (GTK_TOOLBAR (toolbar), open_button, 1);
  gtk_widget_show (GTK_WIDGET (open_button));
  gtk_actionable_set_action_name (GTK_ACTIONABLE (open_button), "app.open");

  /* Repeat the same steps for the "undo" action */
  undo_button = gtk_tool_button_new_from_stock (GTK_STOCK_UNDO);
  gtk_tool_item_set_is_important (undo_button, TRUE);
  gtk_toolbar_insert (GTK_TOOLBAR (toolbar), undo_button, 2);
  gtk_widget_show (GTK_WIDGET (undo_button));
  /* In this case, we use "win.undo" to indicate that
   * the action controls only the window
   */
  gtk_actionable_set_action_name (GTK_ACTIONABLE (undo_button), "win.undo");

  /* Repeat the same steps for the "fullscreen" action */
  fullscreen_button = gtk_tool_button_new_from_stock (GTK_STOCK_FULLSCREEN);
  gtk_tool_item_set_is_important (fullscreen_button, TRUE);
  gtk_toolbar_insert (GTK_TOOLBAR (toolbar), fullscreen_button, 3);
  gtk_widget_show (GTK_WIDGET (fullscreen_button));
  gtk_actionable_set_action_name (GTK_ACTIONABLE (fullscreen_button),
                                  "win.fullscreen");

  /*Repeat the same steps for the "leavefullscreen" action */
  leavefullscreen_button = gtk_tool_button_new_from_stock (GTK_STOCK_LEAVE_FULLSCREEN);
  gtk_tool_item_set_is_important (leavefullscreen_button, TRUE);
  gtk_toolbar_insert (GTK_TOOLBAR (toolbar), leavefullscreen_button, 3);
  /* The only difference here is that we don't show the leavefullscreen button,
   * as it will later replace the fullscreen button.
   */
  gtk_actionable_set_action_name (GTK_ACTIONABLE (leavefullscreen_button),
                                  "win.leavefullscreen");

  /* Once we've created the bare-bones of the toolbar, we make
   * sure it has enough horizontal space.
   */
  gtk_widget_set_hexpand (toolbar, TRUE);
  gtk_widget_show (toolbar);

  /* Attach the toolbar to the grid and add it to the overall window */
  grid = gtk_grid_new ();
  gtk_grid_attach (GTK_GRID (grid), toolbar, 0, 0, 1, 1);
  gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (window), GTK_WIDGET (grid));
  gtk_widget_show (GTK_WIDGET (grid));

  /* Use the action names to create the actions that control the window, and
   * connect them to the appropriate callbackfunctions.
   */
  undo_action = g_simple_action_new ("undo", NULL);
  g_signal_connect (undo_action, "activate", G_CALLBACK (undo_callback),
                    GTK_WINDOW (window));
  g_action_map_add_action (G_ACTION_MAP (window), G_ACTION (undo_action));

  fullscreen_action = g_simple_action_new ("fullscreen", NULL);
  g_signal_connect (fullscreen_action, "activate", G_CALLBACK (fullscreen_callback),
                    GTK_WINDOW (window));
  g_action_map_add_action (G_ACTION_MAP (window), G_ACTION (fullscreen_action));

  leavefullscreen_action = g_simple_action_new ("leavefullscreen", NULL);
  g_signal_connect (leavefullscreen_action, "activate", G_CALLBACK (fullscreen_callback),
                    GTK_WINDOW (window));
  g_action_map_add_action (G_ACTION_MAP (window), G_ACTION (leavefullscreen_action));

  gtk_widget_show (window);
}



/* Callback function for the new action */
static void
new_callback (GSimpleAction *simple,
              GVariant      *parameter,
              gpointer       user_data)
{
  g_print ("You clicked \"New\".\n");
}



/* Callback function for the open action */
static void
open_callback (GSimpleAction *simple,
               GVariant      *parameter,
               gpointer       user_data)
{
  g_print ("You clicked \"Open\".\n");
}



/* In this function, we create the actions in which control the window, and
 * connect their signals to the appropriate callback function.
 */
static void
startup (GApplication *app,
         gpointer      user_data)
{
  GSimpleAction *new_action;
  GSimpleAction *open_action;

  new_action = g_simple_action_new ("new", NULL);
  g_signal_connect (new_action, "activate", G_CALLBACK (new_callback), app);
  g_action_map_add_action (G_ACTION_MAP (app), G_ACTION (new_action));

  open_action = g_simple_action_new ("open", NULL);
  g_signal_connect (open_action, "activate", G_CALLBACK (open_callback), app);
  g_action_map_add_action (G_ACTION_MAP (app), G_ACTION (open_action));
}



/* Startup function for the application */
int
main (int argc, char **argv)
{
  GtkApplication *app;
  int status;

  app = gtk_application_new ("org.gtk.example", G_APPLICATION_FLAGS_NONE);
  g_signal_connect (app, "activate", G_CALLBACK (activate), NULL);
  g_signal_connect (app, "startup", G_CALLBACK (startup), NULL);
  status = g_application_run (G_APPLICATION (app), argc, argv);
  g_object_unref (app);

  return status;
}

In this sample we used the following: