IconView#

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

class IconView(**properties: Any)#

Superclasses: Widget, InitiallyUnowned, Object

Implemented Interfaces: Accessible, Buildable, CellLayout, ConstraintTarget, Scrollable

GtkIconView is a widget which displays data in a grid of icons.

GtkIconView provides an alternative view on a GtkTreeModel. It displays the model as a grid of icons with labels. Like TreeView, it allows to select one or multiple items (depending on the selection mode, see set_selection_mode). In addition to selection with the arrow keys, GtkIconView supports rubberband selection, which is controlled by dragging the pointer.

Note that if the tree model is backed by an actual tree store (as opposed to a flat list where the mapping to icons is obvious), GtkIconView will only display the first level of the tree and ignore the tree’s branches.

CSS nodes#

iconview.view
╰── [rubberband]

GtkIconView has a single CSS node with name iconview and style class .view. For rubberband selection, a subnode with name rubberband is used.

Constructors#

class IconView
classmethod new() → Widget#

Creates a new GtkIconView widget

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

classmethod new_with_area(area: CellArea) → Widget#

Creates a new GtkIconView widget using the specified area to layout cells inside the icons.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

area – the GtkCellArea to use to layout cells

classmethod new_with_model(model: TreeModel) → Widget#

Creates a new GtkIconView widget with the model model.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

model – The model.

Methods#

class IconView
create_drag_icon(path: TreePath) → Paintable | None#

Creates a GdkPaintable representation of the item at path. This image is used for a drag icon.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

path – a GtkTreePath in icon_view

enable_model_drag_dest(formats: ContentFormats, actions: DragAction) → None#

Turns icon_view into a drop destination for automatic DND. Calling this method sets GtkIconView:reorderable to False.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

  • formats – the formats that the drag will support

  • actions – the bitmask of possible actions for a drag to this widget

enable_model_drag_source(start_button_mask: ModifierType, formats: ContentFormats, actions: DragAction) → None#

Turns icon_view into a drag source for automatic DND. Calling this method sets GtkIconView:reorderable to False.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

  • start_button_mask – Mask of allowed buttons to start drag

  • formats – the formats that the drag will support

  • actions – the bitmask of possible actions for a drag from this widget

get_activate_on_single_click() → bool#

Gets the setting set by set_activate_on_single_click().

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

get_cell_rect(path: TreePath, cell: CellRenderer | None = None) → tuple[bool, Rectangle]#

Fills the bounding rectangle in widget coordinates for the cell specified by path and cell. If cell is None the main cell area is used.

This function is only valid if icon_view is realized.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

  • path – a GtkTreePath

  • cell – a GtkCellRenderer

get_column_spacing() → int#

Returns the value of the ::column-spacing property.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

get_columns() → int#

Returns the value of the ::columns property.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

get_cursor() → tuple[bool, TreePath, CellRenderer]#

Fills in path and cell with the current cursor path and cell. If the cursor isn’t currently set, then path will be None. If no cell currently has focus, then cell will be None.

The returned GtkTreePath must be freed with free().

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

get_dest_item_at_pos(drag_x: int, drag_y: int) → tuple[bool, TreePath, IconViewDropPosition]#

Determines the destination item for a given position.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

  • drag_x – the position to determine the destination item for

  • drag_y – the position to determine the destination item for

get_drag_dest_item() → tuple[TreePath | None, IconViewDropPosition]#

Gets information about the item that is highlighted for feedback.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

get_item_at_pos(x: int, y: int) → tuple[bool, TreePath, CellRenderer]#

Gets the path and cell for the icon at the given position.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

  • x – The x position to be identified

  • y – The y position to be identified

get_item_column(path: TreePath) → int#

Gets the column in which the item path is currently displayed. Column numbers start at 0.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

path – the GtkTreePath of the item

get_item_orientation() → Orientation#

Returns the value of the ::item-orientation property which determines whether the labels are drawn beside the icons instead of below.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

get_item_padding() → int#

Returns the value of the ::item-padding property.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

get_item_row(path: TreePath) → int#

Gets the row in which the item path is currently displayed. Row numbers start at 0.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

path – the GtkTreePath of the item

get_item_width() → int#

Returns the value of the ::item-width property.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

get_margin() → int#

Returns the value of the ::margin property.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

get_markup_column() → int#

Returns the column with markup text for icon_view.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

get_model() → TreeModel | None#

Returns the model the GtkIconView is based on. Returns None if the model is unset.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

get_path_at_pos(x: int, y: int) → TreePath | None#

Gets the path for the icon at the given position.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

  • x – The x position to be identified

  • y – The y position to be identified

get_pixbuf_column() → int#

Returns the column with pixbufs for icon_view.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

get_reorderable() → bool#

Retrieves whether the user can reorder the list via drag-and-drop. See set_reorderable().

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

get_row_spacing() → int#

Returns the value of the ::row-spacing property.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

get_selected_items() → list[TreePath]#

Creates a list of paths of all selected items. Additionally, if you are planning on modifying the model after calling this function, you may want to convert the returned list into a list of GtkTreeRowReferences. To do this, you can use new().

To free the return value, use g_list_free_full:

GtkWidget *icon_view = gtk_icon_view_new ();
// Use icon_view

GList *list = gtk_icon_view_get_selected_items (GTK_ICON_VIEW (icon_view));

// use list

g_list_free_full (list, (GDestroyNotify) gtk_tree_path_free);

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

get_selection_mode() → SelectionMode#

Gets the selection mode of the icon_view.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

get_spacing() → int#

Returns the value of the ::spacing property.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

get_text_column() → int#

Returns the column with text for icon_view.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

get_tooltip_column() → int#

Returns the column of icon_view’s model which is being used for displaying tooltips on icon_view’s rows.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

get_tooltip_context(x: int, y: int, keyboard_tip: bool) → tuple[bool, TreeModel, TreePath, TreeIter]#

This function is supposed to be used in a GtkWidget::query-tooltip signal handler for GtkIconView. The x, y and keyboard_tip values which are received in the signal handler, should be passed to this function without modification.

The return value indicates whether there is an icon view item at the given coordinates (True) or not (False) for mouse tooltips. For keyboard tooltips the item returned will be the cursor item. When True, then any of model, path and iter which have been provided will be set to point to that row and the corresponding model.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

  • x – the x coordinate (relative to widget coordinates)

  • y – the y coordinate (relative to widget coordinates)

  • keyboard_tip – whether this is a keyboard tooltip or not

get_visible_range() → tuple[bool, TreePath, TreePath]#

Sets start_path and end_path to be the first and last visible path. Note that there may be invisible paths in between.

Both paths should be freed with free() after use.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

item_activated(path: TreePath) → None#

Activates the item determined by path.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

path – The GtkTreePath to be activated

path_is_selected(path: TreePath) → bool#

Returns True if the icon pointed to by path is currently selected. If path does not point to a valid location, False is returned.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

path – A GtkTreePath to check selection on.

scroll_to_path(path: TreePath, use_align: bool, row_align: float, col_align: float) → None#

Moves the alignments of icon_view to the position specified by path. row_align determines where the row is placed, and col_align determines where column is placed. Both are expected to be between 0.0 and 1.0. 0.0 means left/top alignment, 1.0 means right/bottom alignment, 0.5 means center.

If use_align is False, then the alignment arguments are ignored, and the tree does the minimum amount of work to scroll the item onto the screen. This means that the item will be scrolled to the edge closest to its current position. If the item is currently visible on the screen, nothing is done.

This function only works if the model is set, and path is a valid row on the model. If the model changes before the icon_view is realized, the centered path will be modified to reflect this change.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

  • path – The path of the item to move to.

  • use_align – whether to use alignment arguments, or False.

  • row_align – The vertical alignment of the item specified by path.

  • col_align – The horizontal alignment of the item specified by path.

select_all() → None#

Selects all the icons. icon_view must has its selection mode set to MULTIPLE.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

select_path(path: TreePath) → None#

Selects the row at path.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

path – The GtkTreePath to be selected.

selected_foreach(func: Callable[[IconView, TreePath, Any], None], data: Any = None) → None#

Calls a function for each selected icon. Note that the model or selection cannot be modified from within this function.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

  • func – The function to call for each selected icon.

  • data – User data to pass to the function.

set_activate_on_single_click(single: bool) → None#

Causes the GtkIconView::item-activated signal to be emitted on a single click instead of a double click.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

single – True to emit item-activated on a single click

set_column_spacing(column_spacing: int) → None#

Sets the ::column-spacing property which specifies the space which is inserted between the columns of the icon view.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

column_spacing – the column spacing

set_columns(columns: int) → None#

Sets the ::columns property which determines in how many columns the icons are arranged. If columns is -1, the number of columns will be chosen automatically to fill the available area.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

columns – the number of columns

set_cursor(path: TreePath, cell: CellRenderer | None, start_editing: bool) → None#

Sets the current keyboard focus to be at path, and selects it. This is useful when you want to focus the user’s attention on a particular item. If cell is not None, then focus is given to the cell specified by it. Additionally, if start_editing is True, then editing should be started in the specified cell.

This function is often followed by gtk_widget_grab_focus (icon_view) in order to give keyboard focus to the widget. Please note that editing can only happen when the widget is realized.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

  • path – A GtkTreePath

  • cell – One of the cell renderers of icon_view

  • start_editing – True if the specified cell should start being edited.

set_drag_dest_item(path: TreePath | None, pos: IconViewDropPosition) → None#

Sets the item that is highlighted for feedback.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

  • path – The path of the item to highlight

  • pos – Specifies where to drop, relative to the item

set_item_orientation(orientation: Orientation) → None#

Sets the ::item-orientation property which determines whether the labels are drawn beside the icons instead of below.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

orientation – the relative position of texts and icons

set_item_padding(item_padding: int) → None#

Sets the GtkIconView:item-padding property which specifies the padding around each of the icon view’s items.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

item_padding – the item padding

set_item_width(item_width: int) → None#

Sets the ::item-width property which specifies the width to use for each item. If it is set to -1, the icon view will automatically determine a suitable item size.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

item_width – the width for each item

set_margin(margin: int) → None#

Sets the ::margin property which specifies the space which is inserted at the top, bottom, left and right of the icon view.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

margin – the margin

set_markup_column(column: int) → None#

Sets the column with markup information for icon_view to be column. The markup column must be of type G_TYPE_STRING. If the markup column is set to something, it overrides the text column set by set_text_column().

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

column – A column in the currently used model, or -1 to display no text

set_model(model: TreeModel | None = None) → None#

Sets the model for a GtkIconView. If the icon_view already has a model set, it will remove it before setting the new model. If model is None, then it will unset the old model.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

model – The model.

set_pixbuf_column(column: int) → None#

Sets the column with pixbufs for icon_view to be column. The pixbuf column must be of type GDK_TYPE_PIXBUF

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

column – A column in the currently used model, or -1 to disable

set_reorderable(reorderable: bool) → None#

This function is a convenience function to allow you to reorder models that support the GtkTreeDragSourceIface and the GtkTreeDragDestIface. Both GtkTreeStore and GtkListStore support these. If reorderable is True, then the user can reorder the model by dragging and dropping rows. The developer can listen to these changes by connecting to the model’s row_inserted and row_deleted signals. The reordering is implemented by setting up the icon view as a drag source and destination. Therefore, drag and drop can not be used in a reorderable view for any other purpose.

This function does not give you any degree of control over the order – any reordering is allowed. If more control is needed, you should probably handle drag and drop manually.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

reorderable – True, if the list of items can be reordered.

set_row_spacing(row_spacing: int) → None#

Sets the ::row-spacing property which specifies the space which is inserted between the rows of the icon view.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

row_spacing – the row spacing

set_selection_mode(mode: SelectionMode) → None#

Sets the selection mode of the icon_view.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

mode – The selection mode

set_spacing(spacing: int) → None#

Sets the ::spacing property which specifies the space which is inserted between the cells (i.e. the icon and the text) of an item.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

spacing – the spacing

set_text_column(column: int) → None#

Sets the column with text for icon_view to be column. The text column must be of type G_TYPE_STRING.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

column – A column in the currently used model, or -1 to display no text

set_tooltip_cell(tooltip: Tooltip, path: TreePath, cell: CellRenderer | None = None) → None#

Sets the tip area of tooltip to the area which cell occupies in the item pointed to by path. See also set_tip_area().

See also set_tooltip_column() for a simpler alternative.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

  • tooltip – a GtkTooltip

  • path – a GtkTreePath

  • cell – a GtkCellRenderer

set_tooltip_column(column: int) → None#

If you only plan to have simple (text-only) tooltips on full items, you can use this function to have GtkIconView handle these automatically for you. column should be set to the column in icon_view’s model containing the tooltip texts, or -1 to disable this feature.

When enabled, GtkWidget:has-tooltip will be set to True and icon_view will connect a GtkWidget::query-tooltip signal handler.

Note that the signal handler sets the text with set_markup(), so &, <, etc have to be escaped in the text.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

column – an integer, which is a valid column number for icon_view’s model

set_tooltip_item(tooltip: Tooltip, path: TreePath) → None#

Sets the tip area of tooltip to be the area covered by the item at path. See also set_tooltip_column() for a simpler alternative. See also set_tip_area().

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

  • tooltip – a GtkTooltip

  • path – a GtkTreePath

unselect_all() → None#

Unselects all the icons.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

unselect_path(path: TreePath) → None#

Unselects the row at path.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Parameters:

path – The GtkTreePath to be unselected.

unset_model_drag_dest() → None#

Undoes the effect of enable_model_drag_dest(). Calling this method sets GtkIconView:reorderable to False.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

unset_model_drag_source() → None#

Undoes the effect of enable_model_drag_source(). Calling this method sets GtkIconView:reorderable to False.

Deprecated since version 4.10: Use GridView instead

Properties#

class IconView
props.activate_on_single_click: bool#

The type of the None singleton.

props.cell_area: CellArea#

The type of the None singleton.

props.column_spacing: int#

The type of the None singleton.

props.columns: int#

The type of the None singleton.

props.item_orientation: Orientation#

The type of the None singleton.

props.item_padding: int#

The type of the None singleton.

props.item_width: int#

The type of the None singleton.

props.margin: int#

The type of the None singleton.

props.markup_column: int#

The type of the None singleton.

props.model: TreeModel#

The type of the None singleton.

props.pixbuf_column: int#

The type of the None singleton.

props.reorderable: bool#

The type of the None singleton.

props.row_spacing: int#

The type of the None singleton.

props.selection_mode: SelectionMode#

The type of the None singleton.

props.spacing: int#

The type of the None singleton.

props.text_column: int#

The type of the None singleton.

props.tooltip_column: int#

The type of the None singleton.

Signals#

class IconView.signals
activate_cursor_item() → bool#

The type of the None singleton.

item_activated(path: TreePath) → None#

The type of the None singleton.

Parameters:

path – the GtkTreePath for the activated item

move_cursor(step: MovementStep, count: int, extend: bool, modify: bool) → bool#

The type of the None singleton.

Parameters:

  • step – the granularity of the move, as a GtkMovementStep

  • count – the number of step units to move

  • extend – whether to extend the selection

  • modify – whether to modify the selection

select_all() → None#

The type of the None singleton.

select_cursor_item() → None#

The type of the None singleton.

selection_changed() → None#

The type of the None singleton.

toggle_cursor_item() → None#

The type of the None singleton.

unselect_all() → None#

The type of the None singleton.

On this page

This Page