RB.SearchEntry¶

Subclasses:: None

Methods¶

Inherited:: Gtk.Box (14), Gtk.Container (35), Gtk.Widget (278), GObject.Object (37), Gtk.Buildable (10), Gtk.Orientable (2)
Structs:: Gtk.ContainerClass (5), Gtk.WidgetClass (12), GObject.ObjectClass (5)

class	`new` (has_popup)
	`clear` ()
	`grab_focus` ()
	`searching` ()
	`set_mnemonic` (enable)
	`set_placeholder` (text)
	`set_text` (text)

Virtual Methods¶

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

	`do_activate` (text)
	`do_search` (text)
	`do_show_popup` ()

Properties¶

Inherited:: Gtk.Box (3), Gtk.Container (3), Gtk.Widget (39), Gtk.Orientable (1)

Name	Type	Flags	Short Description
`explicit-mode`	`bool`	r/w	whether in explicit search mode or not
`has-popup`	`bool`	r/w/co	whether to display the search menu icon

Child Properties¶

Inherited:: Gtk.Box (5)

Style Properties¶

Inherited:: Gtk.Widget (17)

Signals¶

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

Name	Short Description
`activate`	Emitted when the entry is activated.
`search`	Emitted when the search text changes.
`show-popup`	Emitted when a popup menu should be shown

Fields¶

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

Name	Type	Access	Description
parent	`Gtk.Box`	r

Class Details¶

class RB.SearchEntry(*args, **kwargs)¶

Bases:: Gtk.Box
Abstract:: No
Structure:: RB.SearchEntryClass

classmethod new(has_popup)¶

Parameters:: has_popup (bool) –
Returns:: new search entry widget.
Return type:: RB.SearchEntry

Creates a new search entry widget.

clear()¶: Clears the search entry text. The ‘search’ signal will be emitted.

grab_focus()¶: Grabs input focus for the text entry widget.

searching()¶

Returns:: True if searching
Return type:: bool

Returns True if there is search text in the entry widget.

set_mnemonic(enable)¶

Parameters:: enable (bool) – if True, enable the mnemonic

Adds or removes a mnemonic allowing the user to focus the search entry.

set_placeholder(text)¶

Parameters:: text (str) – placeholder text

Sets the placeholder text in the search entry box.

set_text(text)¶

Parameters:: text (str) – new search text

Sets the text in the search entry box. The ‘search’ signal will be emitted.

do_activate(text) virtual¶

Parameters:: text (str) –

do_search(text) virtual¶

Parameters:: text (str) –

do_show_popup() virtual¶

Signal Details¶

RB.SearchEntry.signals.activate(search_entry, text)¶

Signal Name:

activate

Flags:

RUN_LAST

Parameters:

search_entry (RB.SearchEntry) – The object which received the signal
text (str) – search text

Emitted when the entry is activated.

RB.SearchEntry.signals.search(search_entry, text)¶

Signal Name:

search

Flags:

RUN_LAST

Parameters:

search_entry (RB.SearchEntry) – The object which received the signal
text (str) – search text

Emitted when the search text changes. A signal handler must initiate a search on the current source.

RB.SearchEntry.signals.show_popup(search_entry)¶

Signal Name:: show-popup
Flags:: RUN_LAST
Parameters:: search_entry (RB.SearchEntry) – The object which received the signal

Emitted when a popup menu should be shown

Property Details¶

RB.SearchEntry.props.explicit_mode¶

Name:: explicit-mode
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE

If True, show a button and only emit the ‘search’ signal when the user presses it rather than when they stop typing.

RB.SearchEntry.props.has_popup¶

Name:: has-popup
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT_ONLY

If True, show a primary icon and emit the show-popup when clicked.