FilenameCompleter

class FilenameCompleter(**properties: Any)

Superclasses: 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

class FilenameCompleter

classmethod new() → FilenameCompleter

Creates a new filename completer.

Methods

class FilenameCompleter

get_completion_suffix(initial_text: str) → str | None

Obtains a completion for initial_text from completer.

Parameters:

initial_text – text to be completed.

get_completions(initial_text: str) → list[str]

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

Parameters:

initial_text – text to be completed.

set_dirs_only(dirs_only: bool) → None

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

Parameters:

dirs_only – a gboolean.

Signals

class FilenameCompleter.signals

got_completion_data() → None

Emitted when the file name completion information comes available.

Virtual Methods

class FilenameCompleter

do_got_completion_data() → None