RB.Application

Subclasses:

None

Methods

Inherited:

Gtk.Application (21), Gio.Application (39), GObject.Object (37), Gio.ActionGroup (14), Gio.ActionMap (5)

Structs:

GObject.ObjectClass (5)

class	new ()
	activate_key (event)
	add_accelerator (accel, action, parameter)
	add_plugin_menu_item (menu, id, item)
	add_shared_menu (name, menu)
	get_plugin_menu (menu)
	get_shared_menu (name)
	link_shared_menus (menu)
	remove_plugin_menu_item (menu, id)
	run (argc, argv)
	set_menu_accelerators (menu, enable)

Virtual Methods

Inherited:

Gtk.Application (2), Gio.Application (15), GObject.Object (7), Gio.ActionGroup (14), Gio.ActionMap (3)

Properties

Inherited:

Gtk.Application (5), Gio.Application (9)

Name	Type	Flags	Short Description
shell	RB.Shell	r	RB.Shell instance

Signals

Inherited:

Gtk.Application (3), Gio.Application (7), GObject.Object (1), Gio.ActionGroup (4)

Fields

Inherited:

Gtk.Application (3), Gio.Application (7), GObject.Object (1), Gio.ActionGroup (4)

Name	Type	Access	Description
parent	Gtk.Application	r

Class Details

class RB.Application(**kwargs)

Bases:

Gtk.Application

Abstract:

No

Structure:

RB.ApplicationClass

classmethod new()

Returns:

application instance

Return type:

Gio.Application

Creates the application instance.

activate_key(event)

Parameters:

event (Gdk.EventKey) – a Gdk.EventKey

Returns:

True if an accelerator was activated

Return type:

bool

Attempts to activate an accelerator registered using RB.Application.add_accelerator.

add_accelerator(accel, action, parameter)

Parameters:

• accel (str) – accelerator string

• action (str) – the name of the action to activate

• parameter (GLib.Variant or None) – parameter to pass when activating the action, or None if the action does not accept an activation parameter.

Like Gtk.Application.add_accelerator, except the accelerator only applies if the key was not handled by the focused widget.

add_plugin_menu_item(menu, id, item)

Parameters:

• menu (str) – name of the menu to add to

• id (str) – id of the item to add (used to remove it, must be unique within the menu)

• item (Gio.MenuItem) – menu item to add

Adds an item to a plugin menu. The id can be used to remove the item.

add_shared_menu(name, menu)

Parameters:

• name (str) – a name for the menu

• menu (Gio.MenuModel) – Gio.MenuModel instance

Adds a menu model to the set of shared menus available for linking into other menus.

get_plugin_menu(menu)

Parameters:

menu (str) – name of plugin menu to return

Returns:

plugin menu instance.

Return type:

Gio.MenuModel

Returns a plugin menu instance. Plugin menus are like shared menus except they are created empty on first access, and they consist solely of entries added through rb_application_add_plugin_item.

get_shared_menu(name)

Parameters:

name (str) – name of menu to return

Returns:

menu model instance, or None if not found

Return type:

Gio.MenuModel

Returns a shared menu instance added with rb_application_add_shared_menu

link_shared_menus(menu)

Parameters:

menu (Gio.Menu) – a Gio.Menu to process

Processes shared menu links in the given menu. Menu links take the form of items with “rb-menu-link” or “rb-plugin-menu-link” and “rb-menu-link-type” attributes. “rb-menu-link” specifies the name of a shared menu to link in, “rb-plugin-menu-link” specifies the name of a plugin menu to link in, “rb-menu-link-type” specifies the link type, either “section” or “submenu”. A link item must have “rb-menu-link-type” and one of “rb-menu-link” or “rb-plugin-menu-link”.

remove_plugin_menu_item(menu, id)

Parameters:

• menu (str) –

• id (str) –

run(argc, argv)

Parameters:

• argc (int) – arg count

• argv (str) – arg values

Returns:

exit code

Return type:

int

Runs the application

set_menu_accelerators(menu, enable)

Parameters:

• menu (Gio.MenuModel) – a Gio.MenuModel for which to enable or disable accelerators

• enable (bool) – True to enable accelerators, False to disable

Enables or disables accelerators for items in menu.

Property Details

RB.Application.props.shell

Name:

shell

Type:

RB.Shell

Default Value:

None

Flags:

READABLE

RB.Shell instance