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Gtk::EventBox Class Reference
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Detailed Description

Event capturing box.

This widget adds an X Window where one does not normally appear, allowing you to capture events. It will receive any event which is specified with set_events().

This widget is generally used to add Gtk::Tooltips, button presses, and clipping to widgets derived from Gtk::Misc.


Public Member Functions

 EventBox ()
bool get_above_child () const
 Returns whether the event box window is above or below the windows of its child.
bool get_visible_window () const
 Returns whether the event box has a visible window.
const GtkEventBox* gobj () const
 Provides access to the underlying C GtkObject.
GtkEventBox* gobj ()
 Provides access to the underlying C GtkObject.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly<
bool > 
property_above_child () const
 Whether the event-trapping window of the eventbox is above the window of the child widget as opposed to below it.
Glib::PropertyProxy<bool> property_above_child ()
 Whether the event-trapping window of the eventbox is above the window of the child widget as opposed to below it.
Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly<
bool > 
property_visible_window () const
 Whether the event box is visible.
Glib::PropertyProxy<bool> property_visible_window ()
 Whether the event box is visible.
void set_above_child (bool above_child=true)
 Set whether the event box window is positioned above the windows of its child, as opposed to below it.
void set_visible_window (bool visible_window=true)
 Set whether the event box uses a visible or invisible child window.
virtual ~EventBox ()

Related Functions

(Note that these are not member functions.)

Gtk::EventBoxwrap (GtkEventBox* object, bool take_copy=false)


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

virtual Gtk::EventBox::~EventBox (  )  [virtual]
 

Gtk::EventBox::EventBox (  ) 
 


Member Function Documentation

bool Gtk::EventBox::get_above_child (  )  const
 

Returns whether the event box window is above or below the windows of its child.

See set_above_child() for details.

Returns:
true if the event box window is above the window of its child.
Since gtkmm 2.4:
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bool Gtk::EventBox::get_visible_window (  )  const
 

Returns whether the event box has a visible window.

See set_visible_window() for details.

Returns:
true if the event box window is visible
Since gtkmm 2.4:
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const GtkEventBox* Gtk::EventBox::gobj (  )  const [inline]
 

Provides access to the underlying C GtkObject.

Reimplemented from Gtk::Bin.

GtkEventBox* Gtk::EventBox::gobj (  )  [inline]
 

Provides access to the underlying C GtkObject.

Reimplemented from Gtk::Bin.

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly<bool> Gtk::EventBox::property_above_child (  )  const
 

Whether the event-trapping window of the eventbox is above the window of the child widget as opposed to below it.

You rarely need to use properties because there are get_ and set_ methods for almost all of them.

Returns:
A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the property of the value, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

Glib::PropertyProxy<bool> Gtk::EventBox::property_above_child (  ) 
 

Whether the event-trapping window of the eventbox is above the window of the child widget as opposed to below it.

You rarely need to use properties because there are get_ and set_ methods for almost all of them.

Returns:
A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the property of the value, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

Glib::PropertyProxy_ReadOnly<bool> Gtk::EventBox::property_visible_window (  )  const
 

Whether the event box is visible.

You rarely need to use properties because there are get_ and set_ methods for almost all of them.

Returns:
A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the property of the value, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

Glib::PropertyProxy<bool> Gtk::EventBox::property_visible_window (  ) 
 

Whether the event box is visible.

You rarely need to use properties because there are get_ and set_ methods for almost all of them.

Returns:
A PropertyProxy that allows you to get or set the property of the value, or receive notification when the value of the property changes.

void Gtk::EventBox::set_above_child ( bool  above_child = true  ) 
 

Set whether the event box window is positioned above the windows of its child, as opposed to below it.

If the window is above, all events inside the event box will go to the event box. If the window is below, events in windows of child widgets will first got to that widget, and then to its parents.

The default is to keep the window below the child.

Since gtkmm 2.4:
Parameters:
above_child true if the event box window is above the windows of its child.

void Gtk::EventBox::set_visible_window ( bool  visible_window = true  ) 
 

Set whether the event box uses a visible or invisible child window.

The default is to use visible windows.

In an invisible window event box, the window that that the event box creates is a Gdk::INPUT_ONLY window, which means that it is invisible and only serves to receive events.

A visible window event box creates a visible (Gdk::INPUT_OUTPUT) window that acts as the parent window for all the widgets contained in the event box.

You should generally make your event box invisible if you just want to trap events. Creating a visible window may cause artifacts that are visible to the user, especially if the user is using a theme with gradients or pixmaps.

The main reason to create a non input-only event box is if you want to set the background to a different color or draw on it.

<note> There is one unexpected issue for an invisible event box that has its window below the child. (See set_above_child().) Since the input-only window is not an ancestor window of any windows that descendent widgets of the event box create, events on these windows aren't propagated up by the windowing system, but only by GTK+. The practical effect of this is if an event isn't in the event mask for the descendant window (see Gtk::Widget::add_events()), it won't be received by the event box.

This problem doesn't occur for visible event boxes, because in that case, the event box window is actually the ancestor of the descendant windows, not just at the same place on the screen. </note>

Since gtkmm 2.4:
Parameters:
visible_window Boolean value.


Friends And Related Function Documentation

Gtk::EventBox* wrap ( GtkEventBox*  object,
bool  take_copy = false
[related]
 

Parameters:
object The C instance
take_copy False if the result should take ownership of the C instance. True if it should take a new copy or ref.
Returns:
A C++ instance that wraps this C instance.


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