Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton
Description
A Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton is an ideal way to allow the user to set the value of some attribute.
Rather than having to directly type a number into a Gnome::Gtk4::Entry, Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton allows the user to click on one of two arrows to increment or decrement the displayed value. A value can still be typed in, with the bonus that it can be checked to ensure it is in a given range.
The main properties of a Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton are through an adjustment. See the Gnome::Gtk4::Adjustment documentation for more details about an adjustment's properties.
Note that Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton will by default make its entry large enough to accommodate the lower and upper bounds of the adjustment. If this is not desired, the automatic sizing can be turned off by explicitly setting width-chars defined in Gnome::Gtk4::R-Editable to a value != -1.
Using a GtkSpinButton to get an integer
Using a GtkSpinButton to get a floating point value
CSS nodes
Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButtons main CSS node has the name spinbutton. It creates subnodes for the entry and the two buttons, with these names. The button nodes have the style classes .up and .down. The Gnome::Gtk4::Text subnodes (if present) are put below the text node. The orientation of the spin button is reflected in the .vertical or .horizontal style class on the main node.
Accessibility
Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton uses the GTK_ACCESSIBLE_ROLE_SPIN_BUTTON
role.
Class initialization
new
:native-object
Create an object using a native object from elsewhere. See also Gnome::N::TopLevelSupportClass.
multi method new ( N-Object :$native-object! )
new-spinbutton
Creates a new Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton.
method new-spinbutton ( N-Object() $adjustment, Num() $climb-rate, UInt() $digits --> Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton \)
$adjustment; the Gnome::Gtk4::Adjustment that this spin button should use.
$climb-rate; specifies by how much the rate of change in the value will accelerate if you continue to hold down an up/down button or arrow key.
$digits; the number of decimal places to display.
new-with-range
Creates a new Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton with the given properties.
This is a convenience constructor that allows creation of a numeric Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton without manually creating an adjustment. The value is initially set to the minimum value and a page increment of 10 * $step
is the default. The precision of the spin button is equivalent to the precision of $step
.
Note that the way in which the precision is derived works best if $step
is a power of ten. If the resulting precision is not suitable for your needs, use .set-digits()
to correct it.
method new-with-range ( Num() $min, Num() $max, Num() $step --> Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton \)
$min; Minimum allowable value.
$max; Maximum allowable value.
$step; Increment added or subtracted by spinning the widget.
Methods
configure
Changes the properties of an existing spin button.
The adjustment, climb rate, and number of decimal places are updated accordingly.
method configure ( N-Object() $adjustment, Num() $climb-rate, UInt() $digits )
$adjustment; a Gnome::Gtk4::Adjustment to replace the spin button’s existing adjustment, or undefined to leave its current adjustment unchanged.
$climb-rate; the new climb rate.
$digits; the number of decimal places to display in the spin button.
get-activates-default
Retrieves the value set by .set-activates-default()
.
method get-activates-default (--> Bool )
Return value; True
if the spin button will activate the default widget.
get-adjustment
Get the adjustment associated with a Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton.
method get-adjustment (--> N-Object )
Return value; the Gnome::Gtk4::Adjustment of $spin-button
.
get-climb-rate
Returns the acceleration rate for repeated changes.
method get-climb-rate (--> Num )
Return value; the acceleration rate.
get-digits
Fetches the precision of $spin-button
.
method get-digits (--> UInt )
Return value; the current precision.
get-increments
Gets the current step and page the increments used by $spin-button
.
See .set-increments()
.
method get-increments ( Num() $step, Num() $page )
$step; (transfer ownership: full) location to store step increment.
$page; (transfer ownership: full) location to store page increment.
get-numeric
Returns whether non-numeric text can be typed into the spin button.
method get-numeric (--> Bool )
Return value; True
if only numeric text can be entered.
get-range
Gets the range allowed for $spin-button
.
See .set-range()
.
method get-range ( Num() $min, Num() $max )
$min; (transfer ownership: full) location to store minimum allowed value.
$max; (transfer ownership: full) location to store maximum allowed value.
get-snap-to-ticks
Returns whether the values are corrected to the nearest step.
method get-snap-to-ticks (--> Bool )
Return value; True
if values are snapped to the nearest step.
get-update-policy
Gets the update behavior of a spin button.
See .set-update-policy()
.
method get-update-policy (--> GtkSpinButtonUpdatePolicy )
Return value; the current update policy.
get-value
Get the value in the $spin-button
.
method get-value (--> Num )
Return value; the value of $spin-button
.
get-value-as-int
Get the value $spin-button
represented as an integer.
method get-value-as-int (--> Int )
Return value; the value of $spin-button
.
get-wrap
Returns whether the spin button’s value wraps around to the opposite limit when the upper or lower limit of the range is exceeded.
method get-wrap (--> Bool )
Return value; True
if the spin button wraps around.
set-activates-default
Sets whether activating the spin button will activate the default widget for the window containing the spin button.
See activate for what counts as activation.
method set-activates-default ( Bool() $activates-default )
$activates-default;
True
to activate window’s default widget on activation.
set-adjustment
Replaces the Gnome::Gtk4::Adjustment associated with $spin-button
.
method set-adjustment ( N-Object() $adjustment )
$adjustment; a Gnome::Gtk4::Adjustment to replace the existing adjustment.
set-climb-rate
Sets the acceleration rate for repeated changes when you hold down a button or key.
method set-climb-rate ( Num() $climb-rate )
$climb-rate; the rate of acceleration, must be >= 0.
set-digits
Set the precision to be displayed by $spin-button
.
Up to 20 digit precision is allowed.
method set-digits ( UInt() $digits )
$digits; the number of digits after the decimal point to be displayed for the spin button’s value.
set-increments
Sets the step and page increments for spin_button.
This affects how quickly the value changes when the spin button’s arrows are activated.
method set-increments ( Num() $step, Num() $page )
$step; increment applied for a button 1 press..
$page; increment applied for a button 2 press..
set-numeric
Sets the flag that determines if non-numeric text can be typed into the spin button.
method set-numeric ( Bool() $numeric )
$numeric; flag indicating if only numeric entry is allowed.
set-range
Sets the minimum and maximum allowable values for $spin-button
.
If the current value is outside this range, it will be adjusted to fit within the range, otherwise it will remain unchanged.
method set-range ( Num() $min, Num() $max )
$min; minimum allowable value.
$max; maximum allowable value.
set-snap-to-ticks
Sets the policy as to whether values are corrected to the nearest step increment when a spin button is activated after providing an invalid value.
method set-snap-to-ticks ( Bool() $snap-to-ticks )
$snap-to-ticks; a flag indicating if invalid values should be corrected.
set-update-policy
Sets the update behavior of a spin button.
This determines whether the spin button is always updated or only when a valid value is set.
method set-update-policy ( GtkSpinButtonUpdatePolicy $policy )
$policy; a
enumeration GtkSpinButtonUpdatePolicy defined in Gnome::Gtk4::T-spinbutton
value.
set-value
Sets the value of $spin-button
.
method set-value ( Num() $value )
$value; the new value.
set-wrap
Sets the flag that determines if a spin button value wraps around to the opposite limit when the upper or lower limit of the range is exceeded.
method set-wrap ( Bool() $wrap )
$wrap; a flag indicating if wrapping behavior is performed.
spin
Increment or decrement a spin button’s value in a specified direction by a specified amount.
method spin ( GtkSpinType $direction, Num() $increment )
$direction; a
enumeration GtkSpinType defined in Gnome::Gtk4::T-spinbutton
indicating the direction to spin.$increment; step increment to apply in the specified direction.
update
Manually force an update of the spin button.
method update ( )
Signals
activate
Emitted when the spin button is activated.
The keybindings for this signal are all forms of the <kbd>Enter</kbd> key.
If the <kbd>Enter</kbd> key results in the value being committed to the spin button, then activation does not occur until <kbd>Enter</kbd> is pressed again.
method handler ( Int :$_handle_id, N-GObject :$_native-object, Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton :$_widget, *C<user>-options )
$_handle_id; The registered event handler id.
$_native-object; The native object provided by the Raku object which registered this event. This a native Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton object.
$_widget; The object which registered the signal. User code may have left the object going out of scope.
user
-options; A list of named arguments provided at the.register-signal()
method from Gnome::GObject::Object.
change-value
Emitted when the user initiates a value change.
This is a [keybinding signal](class.SignalAction.html).
Applications should not connect to it, but may emit it with g_signal_emit_by_name() if they need to control the cursor programmatically.
The default bindings for this signal are Up/Down and PageUp/PageDown.
method handler ( $scroll, Int :$_handle_id, N-GObject :$_native-object, Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton :$_widget, *C<user>-options )
$scroll; a
enumeration GtkScrollType defined in Gnome::Gtk4::T-enums
to specify the speed and amount of change.$_handle_id; The registered event handler id.
$_native-object; The native object provided by the Raku object which registered this event. This a native Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton object.
$_widget; The object which registered the signal. User code may have left the object going out of scope.
user
-options; A list of named arguments provided at the.register-signal()
method from Gnome::GObject::Object.
input
Emitted to convert the users input into a double value.
The signal handler is expected to use .get-text() in class Gnome::Gtk4::R-Editable
to retrieve the text of the spinbutton and set $new-value
to the new value.
The default conversion uses g_strtod().
method handler ( gpointer $new-value, Int :$_handle_id, N-GObject :$_native-object, Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton :$_widget, *C<user>-options --> gint )
$new-value; (transfer ownership: full)return location for the new value.
$_handle_id; The registered event handler id.
$_native-object; The native object provided by the Raku object which registered this event. This a native Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton object.
$_widget; The object which registered the signal. User code may have left the object going out of scope.
user
-options; A list of named arguments provided at the.register-signal()
method from Gnome::GObject::Object.
Return value; True
for a successful conversion, False
if the input was not handled, and GTK_INPUT_ERROR
if the conversion failed.
output
Emitted to tweak the formatting of the value for display.
method handler ( Int :$_handle_id, N-GObject :$_native-object, Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton :$_widget, *C<user>-options --> gboolean )
$_handle_id; The registered event handler id.
$_native-object; The native object provided by the Raku object which registered this event. This a native Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton object.
$_widget; The object which registered the signal. User code may have left the object going out of scope.
user
-options; A list of named arguments provided at the.register-signal()
method from Gnome::GObject::Object.
Return value; True
if the value has been displayed
value-changed
Emitted when the value is changed.
Also see the output signal.
method handler ( Int :$_handle_id, N-GObject :$_native-object, Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton :$_widget, *C<user>-options )
$_handle_id; The registered event handler id.
$_native-object; The native object provided by the Raku object which registered this event. This a native Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton object.
$_widget; The object which registered the signal. User code may have left the object going out of scope.
user
-options; A list of named arguments provided at the.register-signal()
method from Gnome::GObject::Object.
wrapped
Emitted right after the spinbutton wraps from its maximum to its minimum value or vice-versa.
method handler ( Int :$_handle_id, N-GObject :$_native-object, Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton :$_widget, *C<user>-options )
$_handle_id; The registered event handler id.
$_native-object; The native object provided by the Raku object which registered this event. This a native Gnome::Gtk4::SpinButton object.
$_widget; The object which registered the signal. User code may have left the object going out of scope.
user
-options; A list of named arguments provided at the.register-signal()
method from Gnome::GObject::Object.