Gtk.ListBox

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.Buildable->Gtk.Widget Gtk.Container Gtk.Container Gtk.ListBox Gtk.ListBox Gtk.Container->Gtk.ListBox Gtk.Widget->Gtk.Container

Example

../_images/ListBox.png
Subclasses:

None

Methods

Inherited:

Gtk.Container (35), Gtk.Widget (278), GObject.Object (37), Gtk.Buildable (10)

Structs:

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

class

new ()

bind_model (model, create_widget_func, *user_data)

drag_highlight_row (row)

drag_unhighlight_row ()

get_activate_on_single_click ()

get_adjustment ()

get_row_at_index (index_)

get_row_at_y (y)

get_selected_row ()

get_selected_rows ()

get_selection_mode ()

insert (child, position)

invalidate_filter ()

invalidate_headers ()

invalidate_sort ()

prepend (child)

select_all ()

select_row (row)

selected_foreach (func, *data)

set_activate_on_single_click (single)

set_adjustment (adjustment)

set_filter_func (filter_func, *user_data)

set_header_func (update_header, *user_data)

set_placeholder (placeholder)

set_selection_mode (mode)

set_sort_func (sort_func, *user_data)

unselect_all ()

unselect_row (row)

Virtual Methods

Inherited:

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

do_activate_cursor_row ()

do_move_cursor (step, count)

do_row_activated (row)

do_row_selected (row)

do_select_all ()

do_selected_rows_changed ()

do_toggle_cursor_row ()

do_unselect_all ()

Properties

Inherited:

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

Name

Type

Flags

Short Description

activate-on-single-click

bool

r/w/en

Activate row on a single click

selection-mode

Gtk.SelectionMode

r/w/en

The selection mode

Style Properties

Inherited:

Gtk.Widget (17)

Signals

Inherited:

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

Name

Short Description

activate-cursor-row

move-cursor

row-activated

The ::row-activated signal is emitted when a row has been activated by the user.

row-selected

The ::row-selected signal is emitted when a new row is selected, or (with a None row) when the selection is cleared.

select-all

The ::select-all signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted to select all children of the box, if the selection mode permits it.

selected-rows-changed

The ::selected-rows-changed signal is emitted when the set of selected rows changes.

toggle-cursor-row

unselect-all

The ::unselect-all signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted to unselect all children of the box, if the selection mode permits it.

Fields

Inherited:

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

Name

Type

Access

Description

parent_instance

Gtk.Container

r

Class Details

class Gtk.ListBox(**kwargs)
Bases:

Gtk.Container

Abstract:

No

Structure:

Gtk.ListBoxClass

A Gtk.ListBox is a vertical container that contains Gtk.ListBoxRow children. These rows can be dynamically sorted and filtered, and headers can be added dynamically depending on the row content. It also allows keyboard and mouse navigation and selection like a typical list.

Using Gtk.ListBox is often an alternative to Gtk.TreeView, especially when the list contents has a more complicated layout than what is allowed by a Gtk.CellRenderer, or when the contents is interactive (i.e. has a button in it).

Although a Gtk.ListBox must have only Gtk.ListBoxRow children you can add any kind of widget to it via Gtk.Container.add(), and a Gtk.ListBoxRow widget will automatically be inserted between the list and the widget.

Gtk.ListBoxRows can be marked as activatable or selectable. If a row is activatable, Gtk.ListBox ::row-activated will be emitted for it when the user tries to activate it. If it is selectable, the row will be marked as selected when the user tries to select it.

The Gtk.ListBox widget was added in GTK+ 3.10.

Gtk.ListBox as Gtk.Buildable

The Gtk.ListBox implementation of the Gtk.Buildable interface supports setting a child as the placeholder by specifying “placeholder” as the “type” attribute of a <child> element. See Gtk.ListBox.set_placeholder() for info.

CSS nodes
list
╰── row[.activatable]

Gtk.ListBox uses a single CSS node named list. Each Gtk.ListBoxRow uses a single CSS node named row. The row nodes get the .activatable style class added when appropriate.

classmethod new()[source]
Returns:

a new Gtk.ListBox

Return type:

Gtk.Widget

Creates a new Gtk.ListBox container.

New in version 3.10.

bind_model(model, create_widget_func, *user_data)[source]
Parameters:

Binds model to self.

If self was already bound to a model, that previous binding is destroyed.

The contents of self are cleared and then filled with widgets that represent items from model. self is updated whenever model changes. If model is None, self is left empty.

It is undefined to add or remove widgets directly (for example, with Gtk.ListBox.insert() or Gtk.Container.add()) while self is bound to a model.

Note that using a model is incompatible with the filtering and sorting functionality in Gtk.ListBox. When using a model, filtering and sorting should be implemented by the model.

New in version 3.16.

drag_highlight_row(row)[source]
Parameters:

row (Gtk.ListBoxRow) – a Gtk.ListBoxRow

This is a helper function for implementing DnD onto a Gtk.ListBox. The passed in row will be highlighted via Gtk.Widget.drag_highlight(), and any previously highlighted row will be unhighlighted.

The row will also be unhighlighted when the widget gets a drag leave event.

New in version 3.10.

drag_unhighlight_row()[source]

If a row has previously been highlighted via Gtk.ListBox.drag_highlight_row() it will have the highlight removed.

New in version 3.10.

get_activate_on_single_click()[source]
Returns:

True if rows are activated on single click, False otherwise

Return type:

bool

Returns whether rows activate on single clicks.

New in version 3.10.

get_adjustment()[source]
Returns:

the adjustment

Return type:

Gtk.Adjustment

Gets the adjustment (if any) that the widget uses to for vertical scrolling.

New in version 3.10.

get_row_at_index(index_)[source]
Parameters:

index (int) – the index of the row

Returns:

the child Gtk.Widget or None

Return type:

Gtk.ListBoxRow or None

Gets the n-th child in the list (not counting headers). If _index is negative or larger than the number of items in the list, None is returned.

New in version 3.10.

get_row_at_y(y)[source]
Parameters:

y (int) – position

Returns:

the row or None in case no row exists for the given y coordinate.

Return type:

Gtk.ListBoxRow or None

Gets the row at the y position.

New in version 3.10.

get_selected_row()[source]
Returns:

the selected row

Return type:

Gtk.ListBoxRow

Gets the selected row.

Note that the box may allow multiple selection, in which case you should use Gtk.ListBox.selected_foreach() to find all selected rows.

New in version 3.10.

get_selected_rows()[source]
Returns:

A GLib.List containing the Gtk.Widget for each selected child. Free with g_list_free() when done.

Return type:

[Gtk.ListBoxRow]

Creates a list of all selected children.

New in version 3.14.

get_selection_mode()[source]
Returns:

a Gtk.SelectionMode

Return type:

Gtk.SelectionMode

Gets the selection mode of the listbox.

New in version 3.10.

insert(child, position)[source]
Parameters:

Insert the child into the self at position. If a sort function is set, the widget will actually be inserted at the calculated position and this function has the same effect of Gtk.Container.add().

If position is -1, or larger than the total number of items in the self, then the child will be appended to the end.

New in version 3.10.

invalidate_filter()[source]

Update the filtering for all rows. Call this when result of the filter function on the self is changed due to an external factor. For instance, this would be used if the filter function just looked for a specific search string and the entry with the search string has changed.

New in version 3.10.

invalidate_headers()[source]

Update the separators for all rows. Call this when result of the header function on the self is changed due to an external factor.

New in version 3.10.

invalidate_sort()[source]

Update the sorting for all rows. Call this when result of the sort function on the self is changed due to an external factor.

New in version 3.10.

prepend(child)[source]
Parameters:

child (Gtk.Widget) – the Gtk.Widget to add

Prepend a widget to the list. If a sort function is set, the widget will actually be inserted at the calculated position and this function has the same effect of Gtk.Container.add().

New in version 3.10.

select_all()[source]

Select all children of self, if the selection mode allows it.

New in version 3.14.

select_row(row)[source]
Parameters:

row (Gtk.ListBoxRow or None) – The row to select or None

Make row the currently selected row.

New in version 3.10.

selected_foreach(func, *data)[source]
Parameters:

Calls a function for each selected child.

Note that the selection cannot be modified from within this function.

New in version 3.14.

set_activate_on_single_click(single)[source]
Parameters:

single (bool) – a boolean

If single is True, rows will be activated when you click on them, otherwise you need to double-click.

New in version 3.10.

set_adjustment(adjustment)[source]
Parameters:

adjustment (Gtk.Adjustment or None) – the adjustment, or None

Sets the adjustment (if any) that the widget uses to for vertical scrolling. For instance, this is used to get the page size for PageUp/Down key handling.

In the normal case when the self is packed inside a Gtk.ScrolledWindow the adjustment from that will be picked up automatically, so there is no need to manually do that.

New in version 3.10.

set_filter_func(filter_func, *user_data)[source]
Parameters:

By setting a filter function on the self one can decide dynamically which of the rows to show. For instance, to implement a search function on a list that filters the original list to only show the matching rows.

The filter_func will be called for each row after the call, and it will continue to be called each time a row changes (via Gtk.ListBoxRow.changed()) or when Gtk.ListBox.invalidate_filter() is called.

Note that using a filter function is incompatible with using a model (see Gtk.ListBox.bind_model()).

New in version 3.10.

set_header_func(update_header, *user_data)[source]
Parameters:

By setting a header function on the self one can dynamically add headers in front of rows, depending on the contents of the row and its position in the list. For instance, one could use it to add headers in front of the first item of a new kind, in a list sorted by the kind.

The update_header can look at the current header widget using Gtk.ListBoxRow.get_header() and either update the state of the widget as needed, or set a new one using Gtk.ListBoxRow.set_header(). If no header is needed, set the header to None.

Note that you may get many calls update_header to this for a particular row when e.g. changing things that don’t affect the header. In this case it is important for performance to not blindly replace an existing header with an identical one.

The update_header function will be called for each row after the call, and it will continue to be called each time a row changes (via Gtk.ListBoxRow.changed()) and when the row before changes (either by Gtk.ListBoxRow.changed() on the previous row, or when the previous row becomes a different row). It is also called for all rows when Gtk.ListBox.invalidate_headers() is called.

New in version 3.10.

set_placeholder(placeholder)[source]
Parameters:

placeholder (Gtk.Widget or None) – a Gtk.Widget or None

Sets the placeholder widget that is shown in the list when it doesn’t display any visible children.

New in version 3.10.

set_selection_mode(mode)[source]
Parameters:

mode (Gtk.SelectionMode) – The Gtk.SelectionMode

Sets how selection works in the listbox. See Gtk.SelectionMode for details.

New in version 3.10.

set_sort_func(sort_func, *user_data)[source]
Parameters:

By setting a sort function on the self one can dynamically reorder the rows of the list, based on the contents of the rows.

The sort_func will be called for each row after the call, and will continue to be called each time a row changes (via Gtk.ListBoxRow.changed()) and when Gtk.ListBox.invalidate_sort() is called.

Note that using a sort function is incompatible with using a model (see Gtk.ListBox.bind_model()).

New in version 3.10.

unselect_all()[source]

Unselect all children of self, if the selection mode allows it.

New in version 3.14.

unselect_row(row)[source]
Parameters:

row (Gtk.ListBoxRow) – the row to unselected

Unselects a single row of self, if the selection mode allows it.

New in version 3.14.

do_activate_cursor_row() virtual
do_move_cursor(step, count) virtual
Parameters:
do_row_activated(row) virtual
Parameters:

row (Gtk.ListBoxRow) –

do_row_selected(row) virtual
Parameters:

row (Gtk.ListBoxRow) –

do_select_all() virtual

Select all children of box, if the selection mode allows it.

New in version 3.14.

do_selected_rows_changed() virtual
do_toggle_cursor_row() virtual
do_unselect_all() virtual

Unselect all children of box, if the selection mode allows it.

New in version 3.14.

Signal Details

Gtk.ListBox.signals.activate_cursor_row(list_box)
Signal Name:

activate-cursor-row

Flags:

RUN_LAST, ACTION

Parameters:

list_box (Gtk.ListBox) – The object which received the signal

Gtk.ListBox.signals.move_cursor(list_box, object, p0)
Signal Name:

move-cursor

Flags:

RUN_LAST, ACTION

Parameters:
Gtk.ListBox.signals.row_activated(list_box, row)
Signal Name:

row-activated

Flags:

RUN_LAST

Parameters:

The ::row-activated signal is emitted when a row has been activated by the user.

New in version 3.10.

Gtk.ListBox.signals.row_selected(list_box, row)
Signal Name:

row-selected

Flags:

RUN_LAST

Parameters:

The ::row-selected signal is emitted when a new row is selected, or (with a None row) when the selection is cleared.

When the box is using Gtk.SelectionMode.MULTIPLE, this signal will not give you the full picture of selection changes, and you should use the Gtk.ListBox ::selected-rows-changed signal instead.

New in version 3.10.

Gtk.ListBox.signals.select_all(list_box)
Signal Name:

select-all

Flags:

RUN_LAST, ACTION

Parameters:

list_box (Gtk.ListBox) – The object which received the signal

The ::select-all signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted to select all children of the box, if the selection mode permits it.

The default bindings for this signal is Ctrl-a.

New in version 3.14.

Gtk.ListBox.signals.selected_rows_changed(list_box)
Signal Name:

selected-rows-changed

Flags:

RUN_FIRST

Parameters:

list_box (Gtk.ListBox) – The object which received the signal

The ::selected-rows-changed signal is emitted when the set of selected rows changes.

New in version 3.14.

Gtk.ListBox.signals.toggle_cursor_row(list_box)
Signal Name:

toggle-cursor-row

Flags:

RUN_LAST, ACTION

Parameters:

list_box (Gtk.ListBox) – The object which received the signal

Gtk.ListBox.signals.unselect_all(list_box)
Signal Name:

unselect-all

Flags:

RUN_LAST, ACTION

Parameters:

list_box (Gtk.ListBox) – The object which received the signal

The ::unselect-all signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted to unselect all children of the box, if the selection mode permits it.

The default bindings for this signal is Ctrl-Shift-a.

New in version 3.14.

Property Details

Gtk.ListBox.props.activate_on_single_click
Name:

activate-on-single-click

Type:

bool

Default Value:

True

Flags:

READABLE, WRITABLE, EXPLICIT_NOTIFY

Activate row on a single click

Gtk.ListBox.props.selection_mode
Name:

selection-mode

Type:

Gtk.SelectionMode

Default Value:

Gtk.SelectionMode.SINGLE

Flags:

READABLE, WRITABLE, EXPLICIT_NOTIFY

The selection mode