GtkCheckButton

GtkCheckButton — Create widgets with a discrete toggle button

Synopsis


#include <gtk/gtk.h>


                    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 GtkBuildable and AtkImplementorIface.

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

GtkCheckButton

typedef struct _GtkCheckButton 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.