FileChooserWidget
Deprecated since version 4.10: Direct use of GtkFileChooserWidget
is deprecated
Superclasses: Widget
, InitiallyUnowned
, Object
Implemented Interfaces: Accessible
, Buildable
, ConstraintTarget
, FileChooser
GtkFileChooserWidget
is a widget for choosing files.
It exposes the FileChooser
interface, and you should
use the methods of this interface to interact with the
widget.
CSS nodes
GtkFileChooserWidget
has a single CSS node with name filechooser.
Constructors
- class FileChooserWidget
- classmethod new(action: FileChooserAction) Widget
Creates a new
GtkFileChooserWidget
.This is a file chooser widget that can be embedded in custom windows, and it is the same widget that is used by
GtkFileChooserDialog
.Deprecated since version 4.10: Direct use of
GtkFileChooserWidget
is deprecated- Parameters:
action – Open or save mode for the widget
Properties
Signals
- class FileChooserWidget.signals
- desktop_folder() None
Emitted when the user asks for it.
This is a keybinding signal.
This is used to make the file chooser show the user’s Desktop folder in the file list.
The default binding for this signal is Alt-D.
- down_folder() None
Emitted when the user asks for it.
This is a keybinding signal.
This is used to make the file chooser go to a child of the current folder in the file hierarchy. The subfolder that will be used is displayed in the path bar widget of the file chooser. For example, if the path bar is showing “/foo/bar/baz”, with bar currently displayed, then this will cause the file chooser to switch to the “baz” subfolder.
The default binding for this signal is Alt-Down.
- home_folder() None
Emitted when the user asks for it.
This is a keybinding signal.
This is used to make the file chooser show the user’s home folder in the file list.
The default binding for this signal is Alt-Home.
- location_popup(path: str) None
Emitted when the user asks for it.
This is a keybinding signal.
This is used to make the file chooser show a “Location” prompt which the user can use to manually type the name of the file he wishes to select.
The default bindings for this signal are Control-L with a
path
string of “” (the empty string). It is also bound to <kbd>/</kbd> with apath
string of “/
” (a slash): this lets you type/
and immediately type a path name. On Unix systems, this is bound to <kbd>~</kbd> (tilde) with apath
string of “~” itself for access to home directories.- Parameters:
path – a string that gets put in the text entry for the file name
- location_popup_on_paste() None
Emitted when the user asks for it.
This is a keybinding signal.
This is used to make the file chooser show a “Location” prompt when the user pastes into a
GtkFileChooserWidget
.The default binding for this signal is Control-V.
- location_toggle_popup() None
Emitted when the user asks for it.
This is a keybinding signal.
This is used to toggle the visibility of a “Location” prompt which the user can use to manually type the name of the file he wishes to select.
The default binding for this signal is Control-L.
- places_shortcut() None
Emitted when the user asks for it.
This is a keybinding signal.
This is used to move the focus to the places sidebar.
The default binding for this signal is Alt-P.
- quick_bookmark(bookmark_index: int) None
Emitted when the user asks for it.
This is a keybinding signal.
This is used to make the file chooser switch to the bookmark specified in the
bookmark_index
parameter. For example, if you have three bookmarks, you can pass 0, 1, 2 to this signal to switch to each of them, respectively.The default binding for this signal is Alt-1, Alt-2, etc. until Alt-0. Note that in the default binding, that Alt-1 is actually defined to switch to the bookmark at index 0, and so on successively.
- Parameters:
bookmark_index – the number of the bookmark to switch to
- recent_shortcut() None
Emitted when the user asks for it.
This is a keybinding signal.
This is used to make the file chooser show the Recent location.
The default binding for this signal is Alt-R.
- search_shortcut() None
Emitted when the user asks for it.
This is a keybinding signal.
This is used to make the file chooser show the search entry.
The default binding for this signal is Alt-S.
Emitted when the user asks for it.
This is a keybinding signal.
This is used to make the file chooser display hidden files.
The default binding for this signal is Control-H.
- up_folder() None
Emitted when the user asks for it.
This is a keybinding signal.
This is used to make the file chooser go to the parent of the current folder in the file hierarchy.
The default binding for this signal is Alt-Up.