GtkViewport

GtkViewport — An adapter which makes widgets scrollable

Properties

GtkWidget * child Read / Write
gboolean scroll-to-focus Read / Write

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GInitiallyUnowned
        ╰── GtkWidget
            ╰── GtkViewport

Implemented Interfaces

GtkViewport implements GtkAccessible, GtkBuildable, GtkConstraintTarget and GtkScrollable.

Includes

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

Description

The GtkViewport widget acts as an adaptor class, implementing scrollability for child widgets that lack their own scrolling capabilities. Use GtkViewport to scroll child widgets such as GtkGrid, GtkBox, and so on.

The GtkViewport will start scrolling content only if allocated less than the child widget’s minimum size in a given orientation.

CSS nodes

GtkViewport has a single CSS node with name viewport.


Accessibility

GtkViewport uses the GTK_ACCESSIBLE_ROLE_GROUP role.

Functions

gtk_viewport_new ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_viewport_new (GtkAdjustment *hadjustment,
                  GtkAdjustment *vadjustment);

Creates a new GtkViewport with the given adjustments, or with default adjustments if none are given.

Parameters

hadjustment

horizontal adjustment.

[allow-none]

vadjustment

vertical adjustment.

[allow-none]

Returns

a new GtkViewport


gtk_viewport_set_scroll_to_focus ()

void
gtk_viewport_set_scroll_to_focus (GtkViewport *viewport,
                                  gboolean scroll_to_focus);

Sets whether the viewport should automatically scroll to keep the focused child in view.

Parameters

viewport

a GtkViewport

 

scroll_to_focus

whether to keep the focus widget scrolled to view

 

gtk_viewport_get_scroll_to_focus ()

gboolean
gtk_viewport_get_scroll_to_focus (GtkViewport *viewport);

Gets whether the viewport is scrolling to keep the focused child in view. See gtk_viewport_set_scroll_to_focus().

Parameters

viewport

a GtkViewport

 

Returns

TRUE if the viewport keeps the focus child scrolled to view


gtk_viewport_set_child ()

void
gtk_viewport_set_child (GtkViewport *viewport,
                        GtkWidget *child);

Sets the child widget of viewport .

Parameters

viewport

a GtkViewport

 

child

the child widget.

[allow-none]

gtk_viewport_get_child ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_viewport_get_child (GtkViewport *viewport);

Gets the child widget of viewport .

Parameters

viewport

a GtkViewport

 

Returns

the child widget of viewport .

[nullable][transfer none]

Types and Values

GtkViewport

typedef struct _GtkViewport GtkViewport;

Property Details

The “child” property

  “child”                    GtkWidget *

The child widget.

Owner: GtkViewport

Flags: Read / Write


The “scroll-to-focus” property

  “scroll-to-focus”          gboolean

Whether to scroll when the focus changes.

Owner: GtkViewport

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: FALSE