Gtk.Spinner

Example

Subclasses:

None

Methods

Inherited:

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

Structs:

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

class	new ()
	start ()
	stop ()

Virtual Methods

Inherited:

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

Properties

Inherited:

Gtk.Widget (39)

Name	Type	Flags	Short Description
active	bool	r/w/en	Whether the spinner is active

Style Properties

Inherited:

Gtk.Widget (17)

Signals

Inherited:

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

Fields

Inherited:

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

Name	Type	Access	Description
parent	Gtk.Widget	r

Class Details

class Gtk.Spinner(**kwargs)

Bases:

Gtk.Widget

Abstract:

No

Structure:

Gtk.SpinnerClass

A Gtk.Spinner widget displays an icon-size spinning animation. It is often used as an alternative to a Gtk.ProgressBar for displaying indefinite activity, instead of actual progress.

To start the animation, use Gtk.Spinner.start(), to stop it use Gtk.Spinner.stop().

CSS nodes

Gtk.Spinner has a single CSS node with the name spinner. When the animation is active, the :checked pseudoclass is added to this node.

classmethod new()

Returns:

a new Gtk.Spinner

Return type:

Gtk.Widget

Returns a new spinner widget. Not yet started.

New in version 2.20.

start()

Starts the animation of the spinner.

New in version 2.20.

stop()

Stops the animation of the spinner.

New in version 2.20.

Property Details

Gtk.Spinner.props.active

Name:

active

Type:

bool

Default Value:

False

Flags:

READABLE, WRITABLE, EXPLICIT_NOTIFY

Whether the spinner is active