Gtk.Assistant

g Atk.ImplementorIface Atk.ImplementorIface Gtk.Widget Gtk.Widget Atk.ImplementorIface->Gtk.Widget GObject.GInterface GObject.GInterface GObject.GInterface->Atk.ImplementorIface Gtk.Buildable Gtk.Buildable GObject.GInterface->Gtk.Buildable GObject.InitiallyUnowned GObject.InitiallyUnowned GObject.InitiallyUnowned->Gtk.Widget GObject.Object GObject.Object GObject.Object->GObject.InitiallyUnowned Gtk.Assistant Gtk.Assistant Gtk.Bin Gtk.Bin Gtk.Window Gtk.Window Gtk.Bin->Gtk.Window Gtk.Buildable->Gtk.Widget Gtk.Container Gtk.Container Gtk.Container->Gtk.Bin Gtk.Widget->Gtk.Container Gtk.Window->Gtk.Assistant

Example

../_images/Assistant.png
Subclasses:

None

Methods

Inherited:

Gtk.Window (119), Gtk.Bin (1), Gtk.Container (35), Gtk.Widget (278), GObject.Object (37), Gtk.Buildable (10)

Structs:

Gtk.ContainerClass (5), Gtk.WidgetClass (12), GObject.ObjectClass (5)

class

new ()

add_action_widget (child)

append_page (page)

commit ()

get_current_page ()

get_n_pages ()

get_nth_page (page_num)

get_page_complete (page)

get_page_has_padding (page)

get_page_header_image (page)

get_page_side_image (page)

get_page_title (page)

get_page_type (page)

insert_page (page, position)

next_page ()

prepend_page (page)

previous_page ()

remove_action_widget (child)

remove_page (page_num)

set_current_page (page_num)

set_forward_page_func (page_func, *data)

set_page_complete (page, complete)

set_page_has_padding (page, has_padding)

set_page_header_image (page, pixbuf)

set_page_side_image (page, pixbuf)

set_page_title (page, title)

set_page_type (page, type)

update_buttons_state ()

Virtual Methods

Inherited:

Gtk.Window (5), Gtk.Container (10), Gtk.Widget (82), GObject.Object (7), Gtk.Buildable (10)

do_apply ()

do_cancel ()

do_close ()

do_prepare (page)

Properties

Inherited:

Gtk.Window (33), Gtk.Container (3), Gtk.Widget (39)

Name

Type

Flags

Short Description

use-header-bar

int

r/w/co

Use Header Bar for actions.

Child Properties

Name

Type

Default

Flags

Short Description

complete

bool

False

r/w

Whether all required fields on the page have been filled out

has-padding

bool

True

r/w

Whether the assistant adds padding around the page

header-image

GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf

None

r/w

Header image for the assistant page

page-type

Gtk.AssistantPageType

Gtk.AssistantPageType.CONTENT

r/w

The type of the assistant page

sidebar-image

GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf

None

r/w

Sidebar image for the assistant page

title

str

None

r/w

The title of the assistant page

Style Properties

Inherited:

Gtk.Window (2), Gtk.Widget (17)

Name

Type

Default

Flags

Short Description

content-padding

int

1

d/r

Number of pixels around the content pages. deprecated

header-padding

int

6

d/r

Number of pixels around the header. deprecated

Signals

Inherited:

Gtk.Window (5), Gtk.Container (4), Gtk.Widget (69), GObject.Object (1)

Name

Short Description

apply

The ::apply signal is emitted when the apply button is clicked.

cancel

The ::cancel signal is emitted when then the cancel button is clicked.

close

The ::close signal is emitted either when the close button of a summary page is clicked, or when the apply button in the last page in the flow (of type Gtk.AssistantPageType.CONFIRM) is clicked.

escape

prepare

The ::prepare signal is emitted when a new page is set as the assistant’s current page, before making the new page visible.

Fields

Inherited:

Gtk.Window (5), Gtk.Container (4), Gtk.Widget (69), GObject.Object (1)

Name

Type

Access

Description

parent

Gtk.Window

r

Class Details

class Gtk.Assistant(*args, **kwargs)
Bases:

Gtk.Window

Abstract:

No

Structure:

Gtk.AssistantClass

A Gtk.Assistant is a widget used to represent a generally complex operation splitted in several steps, guiding the user through its pages and controlling the page flow to collect the necessary data.

The design of Gtk.Assistant is that it controls what buttons to show and to make sensitive, based on what it knows about the page sequence and the type of each page, in addition to state information like the page completion and committed status.

If you have a case that doesn’t quite fit in Gtk.Assistants way of handling buttons, you can use the Gtk.AssistantPageType.CUSTOM page type and handle buttons yourself.

Gtk.Assistant as Gtk.Buildable

The Gtk.Assistant implementation of the Gtk.Buildable interface exposes the action_area as internal children with the name “action_area”.

To add pages to an assistant in Gtk.Builder, simply add it as a child to the Gtk.Assistant object, and set its child properties as necessary.

CSS nodes

Gtk.Assistant has a single CSS node with the name assistant.

classmethod new()[source]
Returns:

a newly created Gtk.Assistant

Return type:

Gtk.Widget

Creates a new Gtk.Assistant.

New in version 2.10.

add_action_widget(child)[source]
Parameters:

child (Gtk.Widget) – a Gtk.Widget

Adds a widget to the action area of a Gtk.Assistant.

New in version 2.10.

append_page(page)[source]
Parameters:

page (Gtk.Widget) – a Gtk.Widget

Returns:

the index (starting at 0) of the inserted page

Return type:

int

Appends a page to the self.

New in version 2.10.

commit()[source]

Erases the visited page history so the back button is not shown on the current page, and removes the cancel button from subsequent pages.

Use this when the information provided up to the current page is hereafter deemed permanent and cannot be modified or undone. For example, showing a progress page to track a long-running, unreversible operation after the user has clicked apply on a confirmation page.

New in version 2.22.

get_current_page()[source]
Returns:

The index (starting from 0) of the current page in the self, or -1 if the self has no pages, or no current page.

Return type:

int

Returns the page number of the current page.

New in version 2.10.

get_n_pages()[source]
Returns:

the number of pages in the self

Return type:

int

Returns the number of pages in the self

New in version 2.10.

get_nth_page(page_num)[source]
Parameters:

page_num (int) – the index of a page in the self, or -1 to get the last page

Returns:

the child widget, or None if page_num is out of bounds

Return type:

Gtk.Widget or None

Returns the child widget contained in page number page_num.

New in version 2.10.

get_page_complete(page)[source]
Parameters:

page (Gtk.Widget) – a page of self

Returns:

True if page is complete.

Return type:

bool

Gets whether page is complete.

New in version 2.10.

get_page_has_padding(page)[source]
Parameters:

page (Gtk.Widget) – a page of self

Returns:

True if page has padding

Return type:

bool

Gets whether page has padding.

New in version 3.18.

get_page_header_image(page)[source]
Parameters:

page (Gtk.Widget) – a page of self

Returns:

the header image for page, or None if there’s no header image for the page

Return type:

GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf

Gets the header image for page.

New in version 2.10.

Deprecated since version 3.2: Since GTK+ 3.2, a header is no longer shown; add your header decoration to the page content instead.

get_page_side_image(page)[source]
Parameters:

page (Gtk.Widget) – a page of self

Returns:

the side image for page, or None if there’s no side image for the page

Return type:

GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf

Gets the side image for page.

New in version 2.10.

Deprecated since version 3.2: Since GTK+ 3.2, sidebar images are not shown anymore.

get_page_title(page)[source]
Parameters:

page (Gtk.Widget) – a page of self

Returns:

the title for page

Return type:

str

Gets the title for page.

New in version 2.10.

get_page_type(page)[source]
Parameters:

page (Gtk.Widget) – a page of self

Returns:

the page type of page

Return type:

Gtk.AssistantPageType

Gets the page type of page.

New in version 2.10.

insert_page(page, position)[source]
Parameters:
  • page (Gtk.Widget) – a Gtk.Widget

  • position (int) – the index (starting at 0) at which to insert the page, or -1 to append the page to the self

Returns:

the index (starting from 0) of the inserted page

Return type:

int

Inserts a page in the self at a given position.

New in version 2.10.

next_page()[source]

Navigate to the next page.

It is a programming error to call this function when there is no next page.

This function is for use when creating pages of the Gtk.AssistantPageType.CUSTOM type.

New in version 3.0.

prepend_page(page)[source]
Parameters:

page (Gtk.Widget) – a Gtk.Widget

Returns:

the index (starting at 0) of the inserted page

Return type:

int

Prepends a page to the self.

New in version 2.10.

previous_page()[source]

Navigate to the previous visited page.

It is a programming error to call this function when no previous page is available.

This function is for use when creating pages of the Gtk.AssistantPageType.CUSTOM type.

New in version 3.0.

remove_action_widget(child)[source]
Parameters:

child (Gtk.Widget) – a Gtk.Widget

Removes a widget from the action area of a Gtk.Assistant.

New in version 2.10.

remove_page(page_num)[source]
Parameters:

page_num (int) – the index of a page in the self, or -1 to remove the last page

Removes the page_num’s page from self.

New in version 3.2.

set_current_page(page_num)[source]
Parameters:

page_num (int) – index of the page to switch to, starting from 0. If negative, the last page will be used. If greater than the number of pages in the self, nothing will be done.

Switches the page to page_num.

Note that this will only be necessary in custom buttons, as the self flow can be set with Gtk.Assistant.set_forward_page_func().

New in version 2.10.

set_forward_page_func(page_func, *data)[source]
Parameters:

Sets the page forwarding function to be page_func.

This function will be used to determine what will be the next page when the user presses the forward button. Setting page_func to None will make the assistant to use the default forward function, which just goes to the next visible page.

New in version 2.10.

set_page_complete(page, complete)[source]
Parameters:
  • page (Gtk.Widget) – a page of self

  • complete (bool) – the completeness status of the page

Sets whether page contents are complete.

This will make self update the buttons state to be able to continue the task.

New in version 2.10.

set_page_has_padding(page, has_padding)[source]
Parameters:
  • page (Gtk.Widget) – a page of self

  • has_padding (bool) – whether this page has padding

Sets whether the assistant is adding padding around the page.

New in version 3.18.

set_page_header_image(page, pixbuf)[source]
Parameters:

Sets a header image for page.

New in version 2.10.

Deprecated since version 3.2: Since GTK+ 3.2, a header is no longer shown; add your header decoration to the page content instead.

set_page_side_image(page, pixbuf)[source]
Parameters:

Sets a side image for page.

This image used to be displayed in the side area of the assistant when page is the current page.

New in version 2.10.

Deprecated since version 3.2: Since GTK+ 3.2, sidebar images are not shown anymore.

set_page_title(page, title)[source]
Parameters:
  • page (Gtk.Widget) – a page of self

  • title (str) – the new title for page

Sets a title for page.

The title is displayed in the header area of the assistant when page is the current page.

New in version 2.10.

set_page_type(page, type)[source]
Parameters:

Sets the page type for page.

The page type determines the page behavior in the self.

New in version 2.10.

update_buttons_state()[source]

Forces self to recompute the buttons state.

GTK+ automatically takes care of this in most situations, e.g. when the user goes to a different page, or when the visibility or completeness of a page changes.

One situation where it can be necessary to call this function is when changing a value on the current page affects the future page flow of the assistant.

New in version 2.10.

do_apply() virtual
do_cancel() virtual
do_close() virtual
do_prepare(page) virtual
Parameters:

page (Gtk.Widget) –

Signal Details

Gtk.Assistant.signals.apply(assistant)
Signal Name:

apply

Flags:

RUN_LAST

Parameters:

assistant (Gtk.Assistant) – The object which received the signal

The ::apply signal is emitted when the apply button is clicked.

The default behavior of the Gtk.Assistant is to switch to the page after the current page, unless the current page is the last one.

A handler for the ::apply signal should carry out the actions for which the wizard has collected data. If the action takes a long time to complete, you might consider putting a page of type Gtk.AssistantPageType.PROGRESS after the confirmation page and handle this operation within the Gtk.Assistant ::prepare signal of the progress page.

New in version 2.10.

Gtk.Assistant.signals.cancel(assistant)
Signal Name:

cancel

Flags:

RUN_LAST

Parameters:

assistant (Gtk.Assistant) – The object which received the signal

The ::cancel signal is emitted when then the cancel button is clicked.

New in version 2.10.

Gtk.Assistant.signals.close(assistant)
Signal Name:

close

Flags:

RUN_LAST

Parameters:

assistant (Gtk.Assistant) – The object which received the signal

The ::close signal is emitted either when the close button of a summary page is clicked, or when the apply button in the last page in the flow (of type Gtk.AssistantPageType.CONFIRM) is clicked.

New in version 2.10.

Gtk.Assistant.signals.escape(assistant)
Signal Name:

escape

Flags:

RUN_FIRST, ACTION

Parameters:

assistant (Gtk.Assistant) – The object which received the signal

Gtk.Assistant.signals.prepare(assistant, page)
Signal Name:

prepare

Flags:

RUN_LAST

Parameters:

The ::prepare signal is emitted when a new page is set as the assistant’s current page, before making the new page visible.

A handler for this signal can do any preparations which are necessary before showing page.

New in version 2.10.

Property Details

Gtk.Assistant.props.use_header_bar
Name:

use-header-bar

Type:

int

Default Value:

-1

Flags:

READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT_ONLY

True if the assistant uses a Gtk.HeaderBar for action buttons instead of the action-area.

For technical reasons, this property is declared as an integer property, but you should only set it to True or False.

New in version 3.12.