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FilenameCompleter
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.. currentmodule:: gi.repository.Gio





.. class:: FilenameCompleter(**properties: ~typing.Any)
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Superclasses: :class:`~gi.repository.GObject.Object`





Completes partial file and directory names given a partial string by
looking in the file system for clues. Can return a list of possible
completion strings for widget implementations.


Constructors
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.. rst-class:: interim-class

.. class:: FilenameCompleter
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   .. classmethod:: new() -> ~gi.repository.Gio.FilenameCompleter

      Creates a new filename completer.













Methods
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.. rst-class:: interim-class

.. class:: FilenameCompleter
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   .. method:: do_got_completion_data(self) -> None

      









   .. method:: get_completion_suffix(initial_text: str) -> str | None

      Obtains a completion for ``initial_text`` from ``completer``\.






      :param initial_text: text to be completed.




   .. method:: get_completions(initial_text: str) -> list[str]

      Gets an array of completion strings for a given initial text.






      :param initial_text: text to be completed.




   .. method:: set_dirs_only(dirs_only: bool) -> None

      If ``dirs_only`` is :const:`True`, ``completer`` will only
      complete directory names, and not file names.






      :param dirs_only: a :obj:`~gi.repository.gboolean`\.










Signals
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.. rst-class:: interim-class

.. class:: FilenameCompleter.signals
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   .. method:: got_completion_data() -> None

      The type of the None singleton.














Virtual Methods
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.. rst-class:: interim-class

.. class:: FilenameCompleter
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   .. method:: do_got_completion_data() -> None

      The type of the None singleton.