AppChooserWidget

Object Hierarchy:

Description:

public class Application : Gtk.Window {
	private void print_selection (string title, Gtk.AppChooserWidget widget) {
		AppInfo info = widget.get_app_info ();
		if (info != null) {
			print ("%s:\n", title);
			print (" Name: %s\n", info.get_display_name ());
			print (" Desc: %s\n", info.get_description ());
		}
	}

	public Application () {
		// Prepare Gtk.Window:
		this.title = "My Gtk.AppChooserWidget";
		this.window_position = Gtk.WindowPosition.CENTER;
		this.destroy.connect (Gtk.main_quit);

		// The button:
		Gtk.AppChooserWidget widget = new Gtk.AppChooserWidget ("image/png");
		this.add (widget);

		// Catch all selections:
		widget.application_activated.connect (() => {
			print_selection ("Activated", widget);
		});

		widget.application_selected.connect (() => {
			print_selection ("Selected", widget);
		});
	}

	public static int main (string[] args) {
		Gtk.init (ref args);

		Application app = new Application ();
		app.show_all ();
		Gtk.main ();
		return 0;
	}
}

valac --pkg gtk+-3.0 Gtk.AppChooserWidget.vala

Content:

Properties:

• public string default_text { get; set; }
  The default_text property determines the text that appears in the widget when there are no applications for the given content type.
• public bool show_all { get; set construct; }
  If the show_all property is true, the app chooser presents all applications in a single list, without subsections for default, recommended or related applications.
• public bool show_default { get; set construct; }
  The GtkAppChooserWidget::show-default property determines whether the app chooser should show the default handler for the content type in a separate section.
• public bool show_fallback { get; set construct; }
  The show_fallback property determines whether the app chooser should show a section for fallback applications.
• public bool show_other { get; set construct; }
  The show_other property determines whether the app chooser should show a section for other applications.
• public bool show_recommended { get; set construct; }
  The show_recommended property determines whether the app chooser should show a section for recommended applications.

Creation methods:

• public AppChooserWidget (string content_type)
  Creates a new AppChooserWidget for applications that can handle content of the given type.

Methods:

• public unowned string get_default_text ()
  Returns the text that is shown if there are not applications that can handle the content type.
• public bool get_show_all ()
  Returns the current value of the show_all property.
• public bool get_show_default ()
  Returns the current value of the show_default property.
• public bool get_show_fallback ()
  Returns the current value of the show_fallback property.
• public bool get_show_other ()
  Returns the current value of the show_other property.
• public bool get_show_recommended ()
  Returns the current value of the show_recommended property.
• public void set_default_text (string text)
  Sets the text that is shown if there are not applications that can handle the content type.
• public void set_show_all (bool setting)
  Sets whether the app chooser should show all applications in a flat list.
• public void set_show_default (bool setting)
  Sets whether the app chooser should show the default handler for the content type in a separate section.
• public void set_show_fallback (bool setting)
  Sets whether the app chooser should show related applications for the content type in a separate section.
• public void set_show_other (bool setting)
  Sets whether the app chooser should show applications which are unrelated to the content type.
• public void set_show_recommended (bool setting)
  Sets whether the app chooser should show recommended applications for the content type in a separate section.

Signals:

• public virtual signal void application_activated (AppInfo app_info)
  Emitted when an application item is activated from the widget's list.
• public virtual signal void application_selected (AppInfo app_info)
  Emitted when an application item is selected from the widget's list.
• public virtual signal void populate_popup (Menu menu, AppInfo app_info)
  Emitted when a context menu is about to popup over an application item.

Inherited Members: