AnjutaUI

AnjutaUI — User Interface manager

Stability Level

Unstable, unless otherwise indicated

Synopsis

#include <libanjuta/>

struct              AnjutaUI;
struct              AnjutaUIClass;
#define             BEGIN_REGISTER_ICON                 (plugin)
#define             END_REGISTER_ICON
#define             REGISTER_ICON                       (icon,
                                                         stock_id)
#define             REGISTER_ICON_FULL                  (icon,
                                                         stock_id)
void                anjuta_ui_activate_action_by_group  (AnjutaUI *ui,
                                                         GtkActionGroup *action_group,
                                                         const gchar *action_name);
void                anjuta_ui_activate_action_by_path   (AnjutaUI *ui,
                                                         const gchar *action_path);
void                anjuta_ui_add_action_group          (AnjutaUI *ui,
                                                         const gchar *action_group_name,
                                                         const gchar *action_group_label,
                                                         GtkActionGroup *action_group,
                                                         gboolean can_customize);
GtkActionGroup *    anjuta_ui_add_action_group_entries  (AnjutaUI *ui,
                                                         const gchar *action_group_name,
                                                         const gchar *action_group_label,
                                                         GtkActionEntry *entries,
                                                         gint num_entries,
                                                         const gchar *translation_domain,
                                                         gboolean can_customize,
                                                         gpointer user_data);
GtkActionGroup *    anjuta_ui_add_toggle_action_group_entries
                                                        (AnjutaUI *ui,
                                                         const gchar *action_group_name,
                                                         const gchar *action_group_label,
                                                         GtkToggleActionEntry *entries,
                                                         gint num_entries,
                                                         const gchar *translation_domain,
                                                         gboolean can_customize,
                                                         gpointer user_data);
void                anjuta_ui_dump_tree                 (AnjutaUI *ui);
GtkWidget *         anjuta_ui_get_accel_editor          (AnjutaUI *ui);
GtkAccelGroup *     anjuta_ui_get_accel_group           (AnjutaUI *ui);
GtkAction *         anjuta_ui_get_action                (AnjutaUI *ui,
                                                         const gchar *action_group_name,
                                                         const gchar *action_name);
GtkIconFactory *    anjuta_ui_get_icon_factory          (AnjutaUI *ui);
void                anjuta_ui_load_accels               (const gchar *filename);
gint                anjuta_ui_merge                     (AnjutaUI *ui,
                                                         const gchar *ui_filename);
AnjutaUI *          anjuta_ui_new                       (void);
void                anjuta_ui_remove_action_group       (AnjutaUI *ui,
                                                         GtkActionGroup *action_group);
void                anjuta_ui_save_accels               (const gchar *filename);
void                anjuta_ui_unload_accels             (AnjutaUI *ui);
void                anjuta_ui_unmerge                   (AnjutaUI *ui,
                                                         gint id);

Object Hierarchy

  GObject
   +----GtkUIManager
         +----AnjutaUI

Implemented Interfaces

AnjutaUI implements GtkBuildable.

Description

AnjutaUI subclasses GtkUIManager, so you should really read GtkUIManager documentation first to know about Actions, UI merging and UI XML file format. This documentation will cover only the relevent APIs.

AnjutaUI has its own methods for adding action groups, which is differnt from GtkUIManager methods. All AnjutaPlugin based classes should use these methods instead of GtkUIManager methods. The reason is, in addition to adding the actions and groups to the UI manager, it also resgisters them for UI customization and accellerators editing. It also keeps record of all actions.

An interesting side effect of this is that these actions could be conveniently accessed or activated with anjuta_ui_get_action() or anjuta_ui_activate_action_by_path(), without the need of original action group object. This makes it is possible for activating actions remotely from other plugins.

anjuta_ui_get_accel_editor() will return a widget containing the UI customization and accellerators editor. All actions and action groups are organized into a tree view, which should be added to a visible container (e.g. a GtkDialog based object) and displayed to users.

Note

Any actions additions/removals using GtkUIManager are not registred with AnjutaUI and hence their accellerators cannot be edited. Nor will they be listed in UI manager dialog. Hence, use AnjutaUI methods whenever possible.

Details

struct AnjutaUI

struct AnjutaUI;


struct AnjutaUIClass

struct AnjutaUIClass {
	GtkUIManagerClass parent;
};


BEGIN_REGISTER_ICON()

#define             BEGIN_REGISTER_ICON(plugin)

Convenience macros to register stock icons

plugin :

The anjuta plugin to register the icons for

END_REGISTER_ICON

#define             END_REGISTER_ICON

Ends a BEGIN_REGISTER_ICON sequence


REGISTER_ICON()

#define             REGISTER_ICON(icon, stock_id)

Register icon for all sizes (will be scaled) icon should be the full filename without path (e.g anjuta-icon.png)

icon :

name of the icon (without size and extension)

stock_id :

stock-id that should be assigned to the icon

REGISTER_ICON_FULL()

#define             REGISTER_ICON_FULL(icon, stock_id)

Register icon with size 16 and size 24, icon should be the filename (without path) striped of the size (16,24) and the *.png (e.g anjuta-icon-24.png => anjuta-icon)

icon :

name of the icon (without size and extension)

stock_id :

stock-id that should be assigned to the icon

anjuta_ui_activate_action_by_group ()

void                anjuta_ui_activate_action_by_group  (AnjutaUI *ui,
                                                         GtkActionGroup *action_group,
                                                         const gchar *action_name);

Activates the action action_name in the GtkActionGroup action_group. "ActionGroupName/ActionName". Note that it will only work if the group has been added using methods in AnjutaUI.

ui :

This AnjutaUI object

action_group :

Action group.

action_name :

Action name.

anjuta_ui_activate_action_by_path ()

void                anjuta_ui_activate_action_by_path   (AnjutaUI *ui,
                                                         const gchar *action_path);

Activates the action represented by action_path. The path is in the form "ActionGroupName/ActionName". Note that it will only work if the group has been added using methods in AnjutaUI.

ui :

This AnjutaUI object

action_path :

Path of the action in the form "GroupName/ActionName"

anjuta_ui_add_action_group ()

void                anjuta_ui_add_action_group          (AnjutaUI *ui,
                                                         const gchar *action_group_name,
                                                         const gchar *action_group_label,
                                                         GtkActionGroup *action_group,
                                                         gboolean can_customize);

This is similar to anjuta_ui_add_action_group_entries(), except that it adds GtkActionGroup object action_group directly. All actions in this group are automatically registered in AnjutaUI and can be retrieved normally with anjuta_ui_get_action().

ui :

A AnjutaUI object.

action_group_name :

Untranslated name of the action group.

action_group_label :

Translated label of the action group.

action_group :

GtkActionGroup object to add.

anjuta_ui_add_action_group_entries ()

GtkActionGroup *    anjuta_ui_add_action_group_entries  (AnjutaUI *ui,
                                                         const gchar *action_group_name,
                                                         const gchar *action_group_label,
                                                         GtkActionEntry *entries,
                                                         gint num_entries,
                                                         const gchar *translation_domain,
                                                         gboolean can_customize,
                                                         gpointer user_data);

GtkAction objects are created from the GtkActionEntry structures and added to the UI Manager. "activate" signal of GtkAction is connected for all the action objects using the callback in the entry structure and the user_data passed here.

This group of actions are registered with the name action_group_name in AnjutaUI. A GtkAction object from this action group can be later retrieved by anjuta_ui_get_action() using action_group_name and action name. action_group_label is used as the display name for the action group in UI manager dialog where action shortcuts are configured.

ui :

A AnjutaUI object.

action_group_name :

Untranslated name of the action group.

action_group_label :

Translated label of the action group.

entries :

An array of action entries.

num_entries :

Number of elements in the action entries array.

translation_domain :

The translation domain used to translated the entries. It is usually the GETTEXT_PACKAGE macro in a project.

can_customize :

If true the actions are customizable by user.

user_data :

User data to pass to action objects. This is the data that will come as user_data in "activate" signal of the actions.

Returns :

A GtkActionGroup object holding all the action objects.

anjuta_ui_add_toggle_action_group_entries ()

GtkActionGroup *    anjuta_ui_add_toggle_action_group_entries
                                                        (AnjutaUI *ui,
                                                         const gchar *action_group_name,
                                                         const gchar *action_group_label,
                                                         GtkToggleActionEntry *entries,
                                                         gint num_entries,
                                                         const gchar *translation_domain,
                                                         gboolean can_customize,
                                                         gpointer user_data);

This is similar to anjuta_ui_add_action_group_entries(), except that it adds GtkToggleAction objects after creating them from the entries.

ui :

A AnjutaUI object.

action_group_name :

Untranslated name of the action group.

action_group_label :

Translated label of the action group.

entries :

An array of action entries.

num_entries :

Number of elements in the action entries array.

translation_domain :

The translation domain used to translated the entries. It is usually the GETTEXT_PACKAGE macro in a project.

user_data :

User data to pass to action objects. This is the data that will come as user_data in "activate" signal of the actions.

Returns :

A GtkActionGroup object holding all the action objects.

anjuta_ui_dump_tree ()

void                anjuta_ui_dump_tree                 (AnjutaUI *ui);

Dumps the current UI XML tree in STDOUT. Useful for debugging.

ui :

A AnjutaUI object.

anjuta_ui_get_accel_editor ()

GtkWidget *         anjuta_ui_get_accel_editor          (AnjutaUI *ui);

Creates an accel editor widget and returns it. It should be added to container and displayed to users.

ui :

A AnjutaUI object.

Returns :

a GtkWidget containing the editor.

anjuta_ui_get_accel_group ()

GtkAccelGroup *     anjuta_ui_get_accel_group           (AnjutaUI *ui);

Returns the GtkAccelGroup object associated with this UI manager.

ui :

A AnjutaUI object.

Returns :

A GtkAccelGroup object.

anjuta_ui_get_action ()

GtkAction *         anjuta_ui_get_action                (AnjutaUI *ui,
                                                         const gchar *action_group_name,
                                                         const gchar *action_name);

Returns the action object with the name action_name in action_group_name. Note that it will be only sucessully returned if the group has been added using methods in AnjutaUI.

ui :

This AnjutaUI object

action_group_name :

Group name.

action_name :

Action name.

Returns :

A GtkAction object

anjuta_ui_get_icon_factory ()

GtkIconFactory *    anjuta_ui_get_icon_factory          (AnjutaUI *ui);

This returns the IconFactory object. All icons should be registered using this icon factory. Read the documentation for GtkIconFactory on how to use it.

ui :

A AnjutaUI object

Returns :

The GtkIconFactory object used by it

anjuta_ui_load_accels ()

void                anjuta_ui_load_accels               (const gchar *filename);


anjuta_ui_merge ()

gint                anjuta_ui_merge                     (AnjutaUI *ui,
                                                         const gchar *ui_filename);

Merges XML UI definition in ui_filename. UI elements defined in the xml are merged with existing UI elements in UI manager. The format of the file content is the standard XML UI definition tree. For more detail, read the documentation for GtkUIManager.

ui :

A AnjutaUI object.

ui_filename :

UI file to merge into UI manager.

Returns :

Integer merge ID

anjuta_ui_new ()

AnjutaUI *          anjuta_ui_new                       (void);

Creates a new instance of AnjutaUI.

Returns :

A AnjutaUI object

anjuta_ui_remove_action_group ()

void                anjuta_ui_remove_action_group       (AnjutaUI *ui,
                                                         GtkActionGroup *action_group);

Removes a previous added action group. All actions in this group are also unregistered from UI manager.

ui :

A AnjutaUI object

action_group :

GtkActionGroup object to remove.

anjuta_ui_save_accels ()

void                anjuta_ui_save_accels               (const gchar *filename);


anjuta_ui_unload_accels ()

void                anjuta_ui_unload_accels             (AnjutaUI *ui);


anjuta_ui_unmerge ()

void                anjuta_ui_unmerge                   (AnjutaUI *ui,
                                                         gint id);

Unmerges UI with the ID value id (returned by anjuta_ui_merge() when it was merged. For more detail, read the documentation for GtkUIManager.

ui :

A AnjutaUI object.

id :

Merge ID returned by anjuta_ui_merge().

See Also

GtkAction, GtkActionEntry, GtkToggleAction, GtkToggleActionEntry, GtkRadioAction, GtkRadioActionEntry, GtkActionGroup, GtkUIManager