Gtk.AccelGroup¶

Subclasses:: None

Methods¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (37)
Structs:: GObject.ObjectClass (5)

class	`from_accel_closure` (closure)
class	`new` ()
	`activate` (accel_quark, acceleratable, accel_key, accel_mods)
	`connect` (accel_key, accel_mods, accel_flags, closure)
	`connect_by_path` (accel_path, closure)
	`disconnect` (closure)
	`disconnect_key` (accel_key, accel_mods)
	`find` (find_func, *data)
	`get_is_locked` ()
	`get_modifier_mask` ()
	`lock` ()
	`query` (accel_key, accel_mods)
	`unlock` ()

Virtual Methods¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (7)

do_accel_changed (keyval, modifier, accel_closure)

Properties¶

Name	Type	Flags	Short Description
`is-locked`	`bool`	r	Is the accel group locked
`modifier-mask`	`Gdk.ModifierType`	r	Modifier Mask

Signals¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (1)

Name	Short Description
`accel-activate`	The accel-activate signal is an implementation detail of `Gtk.AccelGroup` and not meant to be used by applications.
`accel-changed`	The accel-changed signal is emitted when an entry is added to or removed from the accel group.

Fields¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (1)

Name	Type	Access	Description
parent	`GObject.Object`	r

Class Details¶

class Gtk.AccelGroup(**kwargs)¶

Bases:: GObject.Object
Abstract:: No
Structure:: Gtk.AccelGroupClass

A Gtk.AccelGroup represents a group of keyboard accelerators, typically attached to a toplevel Gtk.Window (with Gtk.Window.add_accel_group()). Usually you won’t need to create a Gtk.AccelGroup directly; instead, when using Gtk.UIManager, GTK+ automatically sets up the accelerators for your menus in the ui manager’s Gtk.AccelGroup.

Note that “accelerators” are different from “mnemonics”. Accelerators are shortcuts for activating a menu item; they appear alongside the menu item they’re a shortcut for. For example “Ctrl+Q” might appear alongside the “Quit” menu item. Mnemonics are shortcuts for GUI elements such as text entries or buttons; they appear as underlined characters. See Gtk.Label.new_with_mnemonic(). Menu items can have both accelerators and mnemonics, of course.

classmethod from_accel_closure(closure)[source]¶

Parameters:: closure (GObject.Closure) – a GObject.Closure
Returns:: the Gtk.AccelGroup to which closure is connected, or None
Return type:: Gtk.AccelGroup or None

Finds the Gtk.AccelGroup to which closure is connected; see Gtk.AccelGroup.connect().

classmethod new()[source]¶

Returns:: a new Gtk.AccelGroup object
Return type:: Gtk.AccelGroup

Creates a new Gtk.AccelGroup.

activate(accel_quark, acceleratable, accel_key, accel_mods)[source]¶

Parameters:

accel_quark (int) – the quark for the accelerator name
acceleratable (GObject.Object) – the GObject.Object, usually a Gtk.Window, on which to activate the accelerator
accel_key (int) – accelerator keyval from a key event
accel_mods (Gdk.ModifierType) – keyboard state mask from a key event

Returns:

True if an accelerator was activated and handled this keypress

Return type:

bool

Finds the first accelerator in self that matches accel_key and accel_mods, and activates it.

connect(accel_key, accel_mods, accel_flags, closure)[source]¶

Parameters:

accel_key (int) – key value of the accelerator
accel_mods (Gdk.ModifierType) – modifier combination of the accelerator
accel_flags (Gtk.AccelFlags) – a flag mask to configure this accelerator
closure (GObject.Closure) – closure to be executed upon accelerator activation

Installs an accelerator in this group. When self is being activated in response to a call to Gtk.accel_groups_activate(), closure will be invoked if the accel_key and accel_mods from Gtk.accel_groups_activate() match those of this connection.

The signature used for the closure is that of Gtk.AccelGroupActivate.

Note that, due to implementation details, a single closure can only be connected to one accelerator group.

connect_by_path(accel_path, closure)[source]¶

Parameters:

accel_path (str) – path used for determining key and modifiers
closure (GObject.Closure) – closure to be executed upon accelerator activation

Installs an accelerator in this group, using an accelerator path to look up the appropriate key and modifiers (see Gtk.AccelMap.add_entry()). When self is being activated in response to a call to Gtk.accel_groups_activate(), closure will be invoked if the accel_key and accel_mods from Gtk.accel_groups_activate() match the key and modifiers for the path.

The signature used for the closure is that of Gtk.AccelGroupActivate.

Note that accel_path string will be stored in a #GQuark. Therefore, if you pass a static string, you can save some memory by interning it first with GLib.intern_static_string().

disconnect(closure)[source]¶

Parameters:: closure (GObject.Closure or None) – the closure to remove from this accelerator group, or None to remove all closures
Returns:: True if the closure was found and got disconnected
Return type:: bool

Removes an accelerator previously installed through Gtk.AccelGroup.connect().

Since 2.20 closure can be None.

disconnect_key(accel_key, accel_mods)[source]¶

Parameters:

accel_key (int) – key value of the accelerator
accel_mods (Gdk.ModifierType) – modifier combination of the accelerator

Returns:

True if there was an accelerator which could be removed, False otherwise

Return type:

bool

Removes an accelerator previously installed through Gtk.AccelGroup.connect().

find(find_func, *data)[source]¶

Parameters:

find_func (Gtk.AccelGroupFindFunc) – a function to filter the entries of self with
data (object or None) – data to pass to find_func

Returns:

the key of the first entry passing find_func. The key is owned by GTK+ and must not be freed.

Return type:

Gtk.AccelKey

Finds the first entry in an accelerator group for which find_func returns True and returns its Gtk.AccelKey.

get_is_locked()[source]¶

Returns:: True if there are 1 or more locks on the self, False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Locks are added and removed using Gtk.AccelGroup.lock() and Gtk.AccelGroup.unlock().

New in version 2.14.

get_modifier_mask()[source]¶

Returns:: the modifier mask for this accel group.
Return type:: Gdk.ModifierType

Gets a Gdk.ModifierType representing the mask for this self. For example, Gdk.ModifierType.CONTROL_MASK, Gdk.ModifierType.SHIFT_MASK, etc.

New in version 2.14.

lock()[source]¶

Locks the given accelerator group.

Locking an acelerator group prevents the accelerators contained within it to be changed during runtime. Refer to Gtk.AccelMap.change_entry() about runtime accelerator changes.

If called more than once, self remains locked until Gtk.AccelGroup.unlock() has been called an equivalent number of times.

query(accel_key, accel_mods)[source]¶

Parameters:

accel_key (int) – key value of the accelerator
accel_mods (Gdk.ModifierType) – modifier combination of the accelerator

Returns:

an array of n_entries Gtk.AccelGroupEntry elements, or None. The array is owned by GTK+ and must not be freed.

Return type:

[Gtk.AccelGroupEntry] or None

Queries an accelerator group for all entries matching accel_key and accel_mods.

unlock()[source]¶: Undoes the last call to Gtk.AccelGroup.lock() on this self.

do_accel_changed(keyval, modifier, accel_closure) virtual¶

Parameters:

keyval (int) –
modifier (Gdk.ModifierType) –
accel_closure (GObject.Closure) –

Signal Details¶

Gtk.AccelGroup.signals.accel_activate(accel_group, acceleratable, keyval, modifier)¶

Signal Name:

accel-activate

Flags:

DETAILED

Parameters:

accel_group (Gtk.AccelGroup) – The object which received the signal
acceleratable (GObject.Object) – the object on which the accelerator was activated
keyval (int) – the accelerator keyval
modifier (Gdk.ModifierType) – the modifier combination of the accelerator

Returns:

True if the accelerator was activated

Return type:

bool

The accel-activate signal is an implementation detail of Gtk.AccelGroup and not meant to be used by applications.

Gtk.AccelGroup.signals.accel_changed(accel_group, keyval, modifier, accel_closure)¶

Signal Name:

accel-changed

Flags:

RUN_FIRST, DETAILED

Parameters:

accel_group (Gtk.AccelGroup) – The object which received the signal
keyval (int) – the accelerator keyval
modifier (Gdk.ModifierType) – the modifier combination of the accelerator
accel_closure (GObject.Closure) – the GObject.Closure of the accelerator

The accel-changed signal is emitted when an entry is added to or removed from the accel group.

Widgets like Gtk.AccelLabel which display an associated accelerator should connect to this signal, and rebuild their visual representation if the accel_closure is theirs.

Property Details¶

Gtk.AccelGroup.props.is_locked¶

Name:: is-locked
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: READABLE

Is the accel group locked

Gtk.AccelGroup.props.modifier_mask¶

Name:: modifier-mask
Type:: Gdk.ModifierType
Default Value:: Gdk.ModifierType.SHIFT_MASK | Gdk.ModifierType.CONTROL_MASK | Gdk.ModifierType.MOD1_MASK | Gdk.ModifierType.SUPER_MASK | Gdk.ModifierType.HYPER_MASK | Gdk.ModifierType.META_MASK | Gdk.ModifierType.MODIFIER_MASK
Flags:: READABLE

Modifier Mask