BasicForm

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Object Hierarchy:

Description:

Content:

Properties:

• public bool can_expand_v { get; }
• public bool entries_auto_default { get; set; }
• public bool headers_sensitive { get; set; }
  Deprecated
• public void* paramlist { get; set; }
• public bool show_actions { get; set; }
• public void* xml_layout { set; }

Creation methods:

• public BasicForm (Set data_set)
  Creates a new BasicForm widget using all the Holder objects provided in data_set.
• public BasicForm.in_dialog (Set data_set, Window? parent, string? title, string? header)
  Creates a new BasicForm widget in the same way as BasicForm and puts it into a Dialog widget.

Methods:

• public void add_to_size_group (SizeGroup size_group, BasicFormPart part)
  Add this's widgets specified by part to size_group (the widgets can then be removed using remove_from_size_group).
• public void entry_grab_focus (Holder? holder)
  Makes the data entry corresponding to holder grab the focus for the window it's in.
• public void entry_set_editable (Holder? holder, bool editable)
  Sets the DataEntry in this which corresponds to the holder parameter editable or not.
• public void entry_set_visible (Holder holder, bool show)
  Shows or hides the DataEntry in this which corresponds to the holder data holder
• public unowned Set get_data_set ()
  Get a pointer to the Set object which is modified by this
• public unowned Widget get_entry_widget (Holder holder)
  Get the DataEntry in this which corresponds to the holder place.
• public unowned Widget get_label_widget (Holder holder)
  Get the label in this which corresponds to the holder holder.
• public unowned Widget get_place_holder (string placeholder_id)
  Retreives a pointer to a place holder widget.
• public bool has_changed ()
  Tells if the form has had at least on entry changed since this was created or set_as_reference has been called.
• public bool is_valid ()
  Tells if the form can be used as-is (if all the parameters do have some valid values)
• public void remove_from_size_group (SizeGroup size_group, BasicFormPart part)
  Removes this's widgets specified by part from size_group (the widgets must have been added using add_to_size_group).
• public void reset ()
  Resets all the entries in the form to their original values
• public void set_as_reference ()
  Tells this that the current values in the different entries are to be considered as the original values for all the entries; the immediate consequence is that any sub-sequent call to has_changed will return false (of course until any entry is changed).
• public void set_entries_to_default ()
  For each entry in the form, sets it to a default value if it is possible to do so.
• public void set_layout_from_file (string file_name, string form_name)
  Sets a form layout according an XML description contained in file_name, for the form identified by the form_name name (as an XML layout file can contain the descriptions of several forms and grids).
• public void set_unknown_color (double red, double green, double blue, double alpha)
  Defines the color to be used when this displays an invalid value.

Signals:

• public virtual signal void activated ()
  Emitted when the use has activated any of the GdaDataEntry widget in form.
• public virtual signal void holder_changed (Holder holder, bool is_user_action)
  Emitted when a GdaHolder changed in form
• public virtual signal void layout_changed ()
  Emitted when the form's layout changes
• public signal void populate_popup (Menu menu)
  Connect this signal and modify the popup menu.

Inherited Members: