SearchEntry

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Description:

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Properties:

• public bool activates_default { get; set; }
  Whether to activate the default widget when Enter is pressed.
• public string placeholder_text { owned get; set; }
  The text that will be displayed in the `GtkSearchEntry` when it is empty and unfocused.
• public uint search_delay { get; set; }
  The delay in milliseconds from last keypress to the search changed signal.

Creation methods:

• public SearchEntry ()
  Creates a `GtkSearchEntry`.

Methods:

• public unowned Widget? get_key_capture_widget ()
  Gets the widget that this is capturing key events from.
• public uint get_search_delay ()
  Get the delay to be used between the last keypress and the [ signal@Gtk.
• public void set_key_capture_widget (Widget? widget)
  Sets widget as the widget that this will capture key events from.
• public void set_search_delay (uint delay)
  Set the delay to be used between the last keypress and the [ signal@Gtk.

Signals:

• public signal void activate ()
  Emitted when the entry is activated.
• public signal void next_match ()
  Emitted when the user initiates a move to the next match for the current search string.
• public signal void previous_match ()
  Emitted when the user initiates a move to the previous match for the current search string.
• public signal void search_changed ()
  Emitted with a delay.
• public signal void search_started ()
  Emitted when the user initiated a search on the entry.
• public signal void stop_search ()
  Emitted when the user stops a search via keyboard input.

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