Optionalproperties: Partial<Gtk.Application.ConstructorProps>Internal$signalsCompile-time signal type information.
This instance property is generated only for TypeScript type checking. It is not defined at runtime and should not be accessed in JS code.
Static$gtypeRead-Onlyactive_Read-OnlyactiveSince 3.4register_Since 3.4registerRead-OnlySince 3.24screensaver_This property is true if GTK+ believes that the screensaver is
currently active. GTK+ only tracks session state (including this)
when Gtk.Application.SignalSignatures.register_session | Gtk.Application::register-session is set to true.
Tracking the screensaver state is supported on Linux.
Read-OnlySince 3.24screensaverThis property is true if GTK+ believes that the screensaver is
currently active. GTK+ only tracks session state (including this)
when Gtk.Application.SignalSignatures.register_session | Gtk.Application::register-session is set to true.
Tracking the screensaver state is supported on Linux.
The group of actions that the application exports.
Deprecatedval: Gio.ActionGroupsince 2.32: Use the Gio.ActionMap interface instead. Never ever mix use of this API with use of Gio.ActionMap on the same application or things will go very badly wrong.
The group of actions that the application exports.
Deprecatedval: Gio.ActionGroupsince 2.32: Use the Gio.ActionMap interface instead. Never ever mix use of this API with use of Gio.ActionMap on the same application or things will go very badly wrong.
Emits the Gio.ActionGroup::action-added signal on action_group.
This function should only be called by Gio.ActionGroup implementations.
the name of an action in the group
Emits the Gio.ActionGroup::action-enabled-changed signal on action_group.
This function should only be called by Gio.ActionGroup implementations.
the name of an action in the group
whether the action is now enabled
Emits the Gio.ActionGroup::action-removed signal on action_group.
This function should only be called by Gio.ActionGroup implementations.
the name of an action in the group
Emits the Gio.ActionGroup::action-state-changed signal on action_group.
This function should only be called by Gio.ActionGroup implementations.
Activate the named action within action_group.
If the action is expecting a parameter, then the correct type of
parameter must be given as parameter. If the action is expecting no
parameters then parameter must be NULL. See
Gio.ActionGroup.get_action_parameter_type.
If the Gio.ActionGroup implementation supports asynchronous remote activation over D-Bus, this call may return before the relevant D-Bus traffic has been sent, or any replies have been received. In order to block on such asynchronous activation calls, Gio.DBusConnection.flush should be called prior to the code, which depends on the result of the action activation. Without flushing the D-Bus connection, there is no guarantee that the action would have been activated.
The following code which runs in a remote app instance, shows an
example of a ‘quit’ action being activated on the primary app
instance over D-Bus. Here Gio.DBusConnection.flush is called
before exit(). Without g_dbus_connection_flush(), the ‘quit’ action
may fail to be activated on the primary instance.
// call ‘quit’ action on primary instance
g_action_group_activate_action (G_ACTION_GROUP (app), "quit", NULL);
// make sure the action is activated now
g_dbus_connection_flush (…);
g_debug ("Application has been terminated. Exiting.");
exit (0);
Installs an accelerator that will cause the named action
to be activated when the key combination specificed by accelerator
is pressed.
accelerator must be a string that can be parsed by gtk_accelerator_parse(),
e.g. "
action_name must be the name of an action as it would be used
in the app menu, i.e. actions that have been added to the application
are referred to with an “app.” prefix, and window-specific actions
with a “win.” prefix.
GtkApplication also extracts accelerators out of “accel” attributes
in the GMenuModels passed to gtk_application_set_app_menu() and
gtk_application_set_menubar(), which is usually more convenient
than calling this function for each accelerator.
A convenience function for creating multiple simple actions. See Gio.ActionEntryObj for the structure of the action entry.
Array of action entries to add
Adds a window to application.
This call can only happen after the application has started;
typically, you should add new application windows in response
to the emission of the Gio.Application::activate signal.
This call is equivalent to setting the Gtk.Window.application
property of window to application.
Normally, the connection between the application and the window
will remain until the window is destroyed, but you can explicitly
remove it with gtk_application_remove_window().
GTK+ will keep the application running as long as it has
any windows.
Creates a binding between source_property on source and target_property
on target.
Whenever the source_property is changed the target_property is
updated using the same value. For instance:
g_object_bind_property (action, "active", widget, "sensitive", 0);
Will result in the "sensitive" property of the widget GObject.Object instance to be updated with the same value of the "active" property of the action GObject.Object instance.
If flags contains GObject.BindingFlags.BIDIRECTIONAL then the binding will be mutual:
if target_property on target changes then the source_property on source
will be updated as well.
The binding will automatically be removed when either the source or the
target instances are finalized. To remove the binding without affecting the
source and the target you can just call g_object_unref() on the returned
GObject.Binding instance.
Removing the binding by calling g_object_unref() on it must only be done if
the binding, source and target are only used from a single thread and it
is clear that both source and target outlive the binding. Especially it
is not safe to rely on this if the binding, source or target can be
finalized from different threads. Keep another reference to the binding and
use g_binding_unbind() instead to be on the safe side.
A GObject.Object can have multiple bindings.
the property on source to bind
the target GObject.Object
the property on target to bind
flags to pass to GObject.Binding
the GObject.Binding instance representing the binding between the two GObject.Object instances. The binding is released whenever the GObject.Binding reference count reaches zero.
Complete version of g_object_bind_property().
Creates a binding between source_property on source and target_property
on target, allowing you to set the transformation functions to be used by
the binding.
If flags contains GObject.BindingFlags.BIDIRECTIONAL then the binding will be mutual:
if target_property on target changes then the source_property on source
will be updated as well. The transform_from function is only used in case
of bidirectional bindings, otherwise it will be ignored
The binding will automatically be removed when either the source or the
target instances are finalized. This will release the reference that is
being held on the GObject.Binding instance; if you want to hold on to the
GObject.Binding instance, you will need to hold a reference to it.
To remove the binding, call g_binding_unbind().
A GObject.Object can have multiple bindings.
The same user_data parameter will be used for both transform_to
and transform_from transformation functions; the notify function will
be called once, when the binding is removed. If you need different data
for each transformation function, please use
g_object_bind_property_with_closures() instead.
the property on source to bind
the target GObject.Object
the property on target to bind
flags to pass to GObject.Binding
Optionaltransform_to: BindingTransformFuncthe transformation function from the source to the target, or null to use the default
Optionaltransform_from: BindingTransformFuncthe transformation function from the target to the source, or null to use the default
Optionalnotify: DestroyNotifya function to call when disposing the binding, to free resources used by the transformation functions, or null if not required
the GObject.Binding instance representing the binding between the two GObject.Object instances. The binding is released whenever the GObject.Binding reference count reaches zero.
Creates a binding between source_property on source and target_property
on target, allowing you to set the transformation functions to be used by
the binding.
This function is the language bindings friendly version of
g_object_bind_property_full(), using GClosures instead of
function pointers.
the property on source to bind
the GObject.Binding instance representing the binding between the two GObject.Object instances. The binding is released whenever the GObject.Binding reference count reaches zero.
Blocks a handler of an instance so it will not be called during any signal emissions
Handler ID of the handler to be blocked
Request for the state of the named action within action_group to be
changed to value.
The action must be stateful and value must be of the correct type.
See Gio.ActionGroup.get_action_state_type.
This call merely requests a change. The action may refuse to change
its state or may change its state to something other than value.
See Gio.ActionGroup.get_action_state_hint.
If the value GVariant is floating, it is consumed.
SignalconnectSignalconnect_Disconnects a handler from an instance so it will not be called during any future or currently ongoing emissions of the signal it has been connected to.
Handler ID of the handler to be disconnected
SignalemitThis function is intended for GObject.Object implementations to re-enforce
a [floating][floating-ref] object reference. Doing this is seldom
required: all GInitiallyUnowneds are created with a floating reference
which usually just needs to be sunken by calling g_object_ref_sink().
Increases the freeze count on object. If the freeze count is
non-zero, the emission of "notify" signals on object is
stopped. The signals are queued until the freeze count is decreased
to zero. Duplicate notifications are squashed so that at most one
GObject.Object::notify signal is emitted for each property modified while the
object is frozen.
This is necessary for accessors that modify multiple properties to prevent premature notification while the object is still being modified.
Gets the accelerators that are currently associated with the given action.
a detailed action name, specifying an action and target to obtain accelerators for
accelerators for detailed_action_name, as a null-terminated array. Free with g_strfreev() when no longer needed
Checks if the named action within action_group is currently enabled.
An action must be enabled in order to be activated or in order to have its state changed from outside callers.
the name of the action to query
whether the action is currently enabled
Queries the type of the parameter that must be given when activating
the named action within action_group.
When activating the action using Gio.ActionGroup.activate_action, the GLib.Variant given to that function must be of the type returned by this function.
In the case that this function returns NULL, you must not give any
GLib.Variant, but NULL instead.
The parameter type of a particular action will never change but it is possible for an action to be removed and for a new action to be added with the same name but a different parameter type.
the name of the action to query
the parameter type
Queries the current state of the named action within action_group.
If the action is not stateful then NULL will be returned. If the
action is stateful then the type of the return value is the type
given by Gio.ActionGroup.get_action_state_type.
The return value (if non-NULL) should be freed with
GLib.Variant.unref when it is no longer required.
the name of the action to query
the current state of the action
Requests a hint about the valid range of values for the state of the
named action within action_group.
If NULL is returned it either means that the action is not stateful
or that there is no hint about the valid range of values for the
state of the action.
If a GLib.Variant array is returned then each item in the array is a possible value for the state. If a GLib.Variant pair (ie: two-tuple) is returned then the tuple specifies the inclusive lower and upper bound of valid values for the state.
In any case, the information is merely a hint. It may be possible to have a state value outside of the hinted range and setting a value within the range may fail.
The return value (if non-NULL) should be freed with
GLib.Variant.unref when it is no longer required.
the name of the action to query
the state range hint
Queries the type of the state of the named action within
action_group.
If the action is stateful then this function returns the GLib.VariantType of the state. All calls to Gio.ActionGroup.change_action_state must give a GLib.Variant of this type and Gio.ActionGroup.get_action_state will return a GLib.Variant of the same type.
If the action is not stateful then this function will return NULL.
In that case, Gio.ActionGroup.get_action_state will return NULL
and you must not call Gio.ActionGroup.change_action_state.
The state type of a particular action will never change but it is possible for an action to be removed and for a new action to be added with the same name but a different state type.
the name of the action to query
the state type, if the action is stateful
Returns the list of actions (possibly empty) that accel maps to.
Each item in the list is a detailed action name in the usual form.
This might be useful to discover if an accel already exists in order to prevent installation of a conflicting accelerator (from an accelerator editor or a plugin system, for example). Note that having more than one action per accelerator may not be a bad thing and might make sense in cases where the actions never appear in the same context.
In case there are no actions for a given accelerator, an empty array
is returned. null is never returned.
It is a programmer error to pass an invalid accelerator string.
If you are unsure, check it with gtk_accelerator_parse() first.
an accelerator that can be parsed by gtk_accelerator_parse()
a null-terminated array of actions for accel
Gets the “active” window for the application.
The active window is the one that was most recently focused (within the application). This window may not have the focus at the moment if another application has it — this is just the most recently-focused window within this application.
the active window, or null if there isn't one.
Gets a named field from the objects table of associations (see g_object_set_data()).
name of the key for that association
the data if found, or null if no such data exists.
Gets a property of an object.
The value can be:
In general, a copy is made of the property contents and the caller is responsible for freeing the memory by calling GObject.Value.unset.
Note that GObject.Object.get_property is really intended for language bindings, GObject.Object.get is much more convenient for C programming.
The name of the property to get
Return location for the property value. Can be an empty GObject.Value initialized by G_VALUE_INIT (auto-initialized with expected type since GLib 2.60), a GObject.Value initialized with the expected property type, or a GObject.Value initialized with a transformable type
This function gets back user data pointers stored via
g_object_set_qdata().
A GLib.Quark, naming the user data pointer
The user data pointer set, or null
Returns the Gtk.ApplicationWindow with the given ID.
The ID of a Gtk.ApplicationWindow can be retrieved with
gtk_application_window_get_id().
an identifier number
the window with ID id, or null if there is no window with this ID
Gets a list of the GtkWindows associated with application.
The list is sorted by most recently focused window, such that the first element is the currently focused window. (Useful for choosing a parent for a transient window.)
The list that is returned should not be modified in any way. It will only remain valid until the next focus change or window creation or deletion.
a GLib.List of Gtk.Window
Gets n_properties properties for an object.
Obtained properties will be set to values. All properties must be valid.
Warnings will be emitted and undefined behaviour may result if invalid
properties are passed in.
the names of each property to get
the values of each property to get
Checks if the named action exists within action_group.
the name of the action to check for
whether the named action exists
Inform the session manager that certain types of actions should be inhibited. This is not guaranteed to work on all platforms and for all types of actions.
Applications should invoke this method when they begin an operation
that should not be interrupted, such as creating a CD or DVD. The
types of actions that may be blocked are specified by the flags
parameter. When the application completes the operation it should
call gtk_application_uninhibit() to remove the inhibitor. Note that
an application can have multiple inhibitors, and all of them must
be individually removed. Inhibitors are also cleared when the
application exits.
Applications should not expect that they will always be able to block the action. In most cases, users will be given the option to force the action to take place.
Reasons should be short and to the point.
If window is given, the session manager may point the user to
this window to find out more about why the action is inhibited.
a Gtk.Window, or null
what types of actions should be inhibited
Optionalreason: stringa short, human-readable string that explains why these operations are inhibited
A non-zero cookie that is used to uniquely identify this request. It should be used as an argument to gtk_application_uninhibit() in order to remove the request. If the platform does not support inhibiting or the request failed for some reason, 0 is returned.
Checks whether object has a [floating][floating-ref] reference.
true if object has a floating reference
Determines if any of the actions specified in flags are
currently inhibited (possibly by another application).
Note that this information may not be available (for example when the application is running in a sandbox).
what types of actions should be queried
true if any of the actions specified in flags are inhibited
Lists the detailed action names which have associated accelerators.
See gtk_application_set_accels_for_action().
a null-terminated array of strings, free with g_strfreev() when done
Lists the actions contained within action_group.
The caller is responsible for freeing the list with GLib.strfreev when it is no longer required.
a NULL-terminated array of the names of the actions in the group
Emits a "notify" signal for the property property_name on object.
When possible, eg. when signaling a property change from within the class
that registered the property, you should use g_object_notify_by_pspec()
instead.
Note that emission of the notify signal may be blocked with
g_object_freeze_notify(). In this case, the signal emissions are queued
and will be emitted (in reverse order) when g_object_thaw_notify() is
called.
the name of a property installed on the class of object.
Emits a "notify" signal for the property specified by pspec on object.
This function omits the property name lookup, hence it is faster than
g_object_notify().
One way to avoid using g_object_notify() from within the
class that registered the properties, and using g_object_notify_by_pspec()
instead, is to store the GParamSpec used with
g_object_class_install_property() inside a static array, e.g.:
typedef enum
{
PROP_FOO = 1,
PROP_LAST
} MyObjectProperty;
static GParamSpec *properties[PROP_LAST];
static void
my_object_class_init (MyObjectClass *klass)
{
properties[PROP_FOO] = g_param_spec_int ("foo", NULL, NULL,
0, 100,
50,
G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class,
PROP_FOO,
properties[PROP_FOO]);
}
and then notify a change on the "foo" property with:
g_object_notify_by_pspec (self, properties[PROP_FOO]);
the GObject.ParamSpec of a property installed on the class of object.
Determines if the desktop environment in which the application is running would prefer an application menu be shown.
If this function returns true then the application should call
gtk_application_set_app_menu() with the contents of an application
menu, which will be shown by the desktop environment. If it returns
false then you should consider using an alternate approach, such as
a menubar.
The value returned by this function is purely advisory and you are
free to ignore it. If you call gtk_application_set_app_menu() even
if the desktop environment doesn't support app menus, then a fallback
will be provided.
Applications are similarly free not to set an app menu even if the desktop environment wants to show one. In that case, a fallback will also be created by the desktop environment (GNOME, for example, uses a menu with only a "Quit" item in it).
The value returned by this function never changes. Once it returns a particular value, it is guaranteed to always return the same value.
You may only call this function after the application has been registered and after the base startup handler has run. You're most likely to want to use this from your own startup handler. It may also make sense to consult this function while constructing UI (in activate, open or an action activation handler) in order to determine if you should show a gear menu or not.
This function will return false on Mac OS and a default app menu
will be created automatically with the "usual" contents of that menu
typical to most Mac OS applications. If you call
gtk_application_set_app_menu() anyway, then this menu will be
replaced with your own.
true if you should set an app menu
Queries all aspects of the named action within an action_group.
This function acquires the information available from Gio.ActionGroup.has_action, Gio.ActionGroup.get_action_enabled, Gio.ActionGroup.get_action_parameter_type, Gio.ActionGroup.get_action_state_type, Gio.ActionGroup.get_action_state_hint and Gio.ActionGroup.get_action_state with a single function call.
This provides two main benefits.
The first is the improvement in efficiency that comes with not having to perform repeated lookups of the action in order to discover different things about it. The second is that implementing Gio.ActionGroup can now be done by only overriding this one virtual function.
The interface provides a default implementation of this function that calls the individual functions, as required, to fetch the information. The interface also provides default implementations of those functions that call this function. All implementations, therefore, must override either this function or all of the others.
If the action exists, TRUE is returned and any of the requested
fields (as indicated by having a non-NULL reference passed in) are
filled. If the action doesn’t exist, FALSE is returned and the
fields may or may not have been modified.
the name of an action in the group
TRUE if the action exists, else FALSE
Increases the reference count of object.
Since GLib 2.56, if GLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED is 2.56 or greater, the type
of object will be propagated to the return type (using the GCC typeof()
extension), so any casting the caller needs to do on the return type must be
explicit.
the same object
Increase the reference count of object, and possibly remove the
[floating][floating-ref] reference, if object has a floating reference.
In other words, if the object is floating, then this call "assumes ownership" of the floating reference, converting it to a normal reference by clearing the floating flag while leaving the reference count unchanged. If the object is not floating, then this call adds a new normal reference increasing the reference count by one.
Since GLib 2.56, the type of object will be propagated to the return type
under the same conditions as for g_object_ref().
object
Removes an accelerator that has been previously added
with gtk_application_add_accelerator().
Removes the named action from the action map.
If no action of this name is in the map then nothing happens.
the name of the action
Remove actions from a Gio.ActionMap. This is meant as the reverse of Gio.ActionMap.add_action_entries.
static const GActionEntry entries[] = {
{ "quit", activate_quit },
{ "print-string", activate_print_string, "s" }
};
void
add_actions (GActionMap *map)
{
g_action_map_add_action_entries (map, entries, G_N_ELEMENTS (entries), NULL);
}
void
remove_actions (GActionMap *map)
{
g_action_map_remove_action_entries (map, entries, G_N_ELEMENTS (entries));
}
a pointer to the first item in an array of Gio.ActionEntry structs
Remove a window from application.
If window belongs to application then this call is equivalent to
setting the Gtk.Window.application property of window to
null.
The application may stop running as a result of a call to this function.
Releases all references to other objects. This can be used to break reference cycles.
This function should only be called from object system implementations.
Sets multiple properties of an object at once. The properties argument should be a dictionary mapping property names to values.
Object containing the properties to set
Sets zero or more keyboard accelerators that will trigger the
given action. The first item in accels will be the primary
accelerator, which may be displayed in the UI.
To remove all accelerators for an action, use an empty, zero-terminated
array for accels.
For the detailed_action_name, see g_action_parse_detailed_name() and
g_action_print_detailed_name().
a detailed action name, specifying an action and target to associate accelerators with
a list of accelerators in the format understood by gtk_accelerator_parse()
Sets or unsets the application menu for application.
This can only be done in the primary instance of the application, after it has been registered. Gio.Application::startup is a good place to call this.
The application menu is a single menu containing items that typically impact the application as a whole, rather than acting on a specific window or document. For example, you would expect to see “Preferences” or “Quit” in an application menu, but not “Save” or “Print”.
If supported, the application menu will be rendered by the desktop environment.
Use the base Gio.ActionMap interface to add actions, to respond to the user selecting these menu items.
Optionalapp_menu: Gio.MenuModela Gio.MenuModel, or null
Each object carries around a table of associations from strings to pointers. This function lets you set an association.
If the object already had an association with that name, the old association will be destroyed.
Internally, the key is converted to a GLib.Quark using g_quark_from_string().
This means a copy of key is kept permanently (even after object has been
finalized) — so it is recommended to only use a small, bounded set of values
for key in your program, to avoid the GLib.Quark storage growing unbounded.
name of the key
Optionaldata: anydata to associate with that key
Sets or unsets the menubar for windows of application.
This is a menubar in the traditional sense.
This can only be done in the primary instance of the application, after it has been registered. Gio.Application::startup is a good place to call this.
Depending on the desktop environment, this may appear at the top of each window, or at the top of the screen. In some environments, if both the application menu and the menubar are set, the application menu will be presented as if it were the first item of the menubar. Other environments treat the two as completely separate — for example, the application menu may be rendered by the desktop shell while the menubar (if set) remains in each individual window.
Use the base Gio.ActionMap interface to add actions, to respond to the user selecting these menu items.
Optionalmenubar: Gio.MenuModela Gio.MenuModel, or null
Sets a property on an object.
The name of the property to set
The value to set the property to
Remove a specified datum from the object's data associations, without invoking the association's destroy handler.
name of the key
the data if found, or null if no such data exists.
This function gets back user data pointers stored via
g_object_set_qdata() and removes the data from object
without invoking its destroy() function (if any was
set).
Usually, calling this function is only required to update
user data pointers with a destroy notifier, for example:
void
object_add_to_user_list (GObject *object,
const gchar *new_string)
{
// the quark, naming the object data
GQuark quark_string_list = g_quark_from_static_string ("my-string-list");
// retrieve the old string list
GList *list = g_object_steal_qdata (object, quark_string_list);
// prepend new string
list = g_list_prepend (list, g_strdup (new_string));
// this changed 'list', so we need to set it again
g_object_set_qdata_full (object, quark_string_list, list, free_string_list);
}
static void
free_string_list (gpointer data)
{
GList *node, *list = data;
for (node = list; node; node = node->next)
g_free (node->data);
g_list_free (list);
}
Using g_object_get_qdata() in the above example, instead of
g_object_steal_qdata() would have left the destroy function set,
and thus the partial string list would have been freed upon
g_object_set_qdata_full().
A GLib.Quark, naming the user data pointer
The user data pointer set, or null
Stops a signal's emission by the given signal name. This will prevent the default handler and any subsequent signal handlers from being invoked.
Name of the signal to stop emission of
Reverts the effect of a previous call to
g_object_freeze_notify(). The freeze count is decreased on object
and when it reaches zero, queued "notify" signals are emitted.
Duplicate notifications for each property are squashed so that at most one GObject.Object::notify signal is emitted for each property, in the reverse order in which they have been queued.
It is an error to call this function when the freeze count is zero.
Unblocks a handler so it will be called again during any signal emissions
Handler ID of the handler to be unblocked
Removes an inhibitor that has been established with gtk_application_inhibit().
Inhibitors are also cleared when the application exits.
a cookie that was returned by gtk_application_inhibit()
Decreases the reference count of object. When its reference count
drops to 0, the object is finalized (i.e. its memory is freed).
If the pointer to the GObject.Object may be reused in future (for example, if it is
an instance variable of another object), it is recommended to clear the
pointer to null rather than retain a dangling pointer to a potentially
invalid GObject.Object instance. Use g_clear_object() for this.
Virtualvfunc_Emits the Gio.ActionGroup::action-added signal on action_group.
This function should only be called by Gio.ActionGroup implementations.
the name of an action in the group
Virtualvfunc_Emits the Gio.ActionGroup::action-enabled-changed signal on action_group.
This function should only be called by Gio.ActionGroup implementations.
the name of an action in the group
whether the action is now enabled
Virtualvfunc_Emits the Gio.ActionGroup::action-removed signal on action_group.
This function should only be called by Gio.ActionGroup implementations.
the name of an action in the group
Virtualvfunc_Emits the Gio.ActionGroup::action-state-changed signal on action_group.
This function should only be called by Gio.ActionGroup implementations.
Virtualvfunc_Activate the named action within action_group.
If the action is expecting a parameter, then the correct type of
parameter must be given as parameter. If the action is expecting no
parameters then parameter must be NULL. See
Gio.ActionGroup.get_action_parameter_type.
If the Gio.ActionGroup implementation supports asynchronous remote activation over D-Bus, this call may return before the relevant D-Bus traffic has been sent, or any replies have been received. In order to block on such asynchronous activation calls, Gio.DBusConnection.flush should be called prior to the code, which depends on the result of the action activation. Without flushing the D-Bus connection, there is no guarantee that the action would have been activated.
The following code which runs in a remote app instance, shows an
example of a ‘quit’ action being activated on the primary app
instance over D-Bus. Here Gio.DBusConnection.flush is called
before exit(). Without g_dbus_connection_flush(), the ‘quit’ action
may fail to be activated on the primary instance.
// call ‘quit’ action on primary instance
g_action_group_activate_action (G_ACTION_GROUP (app), "quit", NULL);
// make sure the action is activated now
g_dbus_connection_flush (…);
g_debug ("Application has been terminated. Exiting.");
exit (0);
Virtualvfunc_Virtualvfunc_Request for the state of the named action within action_group to be
changed to value.
The action must be stateful and value must be of the correct type.
See Gio.ActionGroup.get_action_state_type.
This call merely requests a change. The action may refuse to change
its state or may change its state to something other than value.
See Gio.ActionGroup.get_action_state_hint.
If the value GVariant is floating, it is consumed.
Virtualvfunc_the constructed function is called by g_object_new() as the
final step of the object creation process. At the point of the call, all
construction properties have been set on the object. The purpose of this
call is to allow for object initialisation steps that can only be performed
after construction properties have been set. constructed implementors
should chain up to the constructed call of their parent class to allow it
to complete its initialisation.
Virtualvfunc_Virtualvfunc_the dispose function is supposed to drop all references to other
objects, but keep the instance otherwise intact, so that client method
invocations still work. It may be run multiple times (due to reference
loops). Before returning, dispose should chain up to the dispose method
of the parent class.
Virtualvfunc_instance finalization function, should finish the finalization of
the instance begun in dispose and chain up to the finalize method of the
parent class.
Virtualvfunc_Checks if the named action within action_group is currently enabled.
An action must be enabled in order to be activated or in order to have its state changed from outside callers.
the name of the action to query
Virtualvfunc_Queries the type of the parameter that must be given when activating
the named action within action_group.
When activating the action using Gio.ActionGroup.activate_action, the GLib.Variant given to that function must be of the type returned by this function.
In the case that this function returns NULL, you must not give any
GLib.Variant, but NULL instead.
The parameter type of a particular action will never change but it is possible for an action to be removed and for a new action to be added with the same name but a different parameter type.
the name of the action to query
Virtualvfunc_Queries the current state of the named action within action_group.
If the action is not stateful then NULL will be returned. If the
action is stateful then the type of the return value is the type
given by Gio.ActionGroup.get_action_state_type.
The return value (if non-NULL) should be freed with
GLib.Variant.unref when it is no longer required.
the name of the action to query
Virtualvfunc_Requests a hint about the valid range of values for the state of the
named action within action_group.
If NULL is returned it either means that the action is not stateful
or that there is no hint about the valid range of values for the
state of the action.
If a GLib.Variant array is returned then each item in the array is a possible value for the state. If a GLib.Variant pair (ie: two-tuple) is returned then the tuple specifies the inclusive lower and upper bound of valid values for the state.
In any case, the information is merely a hint. It may be possible to have a state value outside of the hinted range and setting a value within the range may fail.
The return value (if non-NULL) should be freed with
GLib.Variant.unref when it is no longer required.
the name of the action to query
Virtualvfunc_Queries the type of the state of the named action within
action_group.
If the action is stateful then this function returns the GLib.VariantType of the state. All calls to Gio.ActionGroup.change_action_state must give a GLib.Variant of this type and Gio.ActionGroup.get_action_state will return a GLib.Variant of the same type.
If the action is not stateful then this function will return NULL.
In that case, Gio.ActionGroup.get_action_state will return NULL
and you must not call Gio.ActionGroup.change_action_state.
The state type of a particular action will never change but it is possible for an action to be removed and for a new action to be added with the same name but a different state type.
the name of the action to query
Virtualvfunc_Virtualvfunc_Checks if the named action exists within action_group.
the name of the action to check for
Virtualvfunc_Lists the actions contained within action_group.
The caller is responsible for freeing the list with GLib.strfreev when it is no longer required.
Virtualvfunc_Virtualvfunc_Emits a "notify" signal for the property property_name on object.
When possible, eg. when signaling a property change from within the class
that registered the property, you should use g_object_notify_by_pspec()
instead.
Note that emission of the notify signal may be blocked with
g_object_freeze_notify(). In this case, the signal emissions are queued
and will be emitted (in reverse order) when g_object_thaw_notify() is
called.
Virtualvfunc_Queries all aspects of the named action within an action_group.
This function acquires the information available from Gio.ActionGroup.has_action, Gio.ActionGroup.get_action_enabled, Gio.ActionGroup.get_action_parameter_type, Gio.ActionGroup.get_action_state_type, Gio.ActionGroup.get_action_state_hint and Gio.ActionGroup.get_action_state with a single function call.
This provides two main benefits.
The first is the improvement in efficiency that comes with not having to perform repeated lookups of the action in order to discover different things about it. The second is that implementing Gio.ActionGroup can now be done by only overriding this one virtual function.
The interface provides a default implementation of this function that calls the individual functions, as required, to fetch the information. The interface also provides default implementations of those functions that call this function. All implementations, therefore, must override either this function or all of the others.
If the action exists, TRUE is returned and any of the requested
fields (as indicated by having a non-NULL reference passed in) are
filled. If the action doesn’t exist, FALSE is returned and the
fields may or may not have been modified.
the name of an action in the group
Virtualvfunc_Removes the named action from the action map.
If no action of this name is in the map then nothing happens.
the name of the action
Virtualvfunc_the generic setter for all properties of this type. Should be
overridden for every type with properties. If implementations of
set_property don't emit property change notification explicitly, this will
be done implicitly by the type system. However, if the notify signal is
emitted explicitly, the type system will not emit it a second time.
Virtualvfunc_Signal emitted when a Gtk.Window is added to
application through gtk_application_add_window().
Virtualvfunc_Signal emitted when a Gtk.Window is removed from
application, either as a side-effect of being destroyed or
explicitly through gtk_application_remove_window().
This function essentially limits the life time of the closure to
the life time of the object. That is, when the object is finalized,
the closure is invalidated by calling g_closure_invalidate() on
it, in order to prevent invocations of the closure with a finalized
(nonexisting) object. Also, g_object_ref() and g_object_unref() are
added as marshal guards to the closure, to ensure that an extra
reference count is held on object during invocation of the
closure. Usually, this function will be called on closures that
use this object as closure data.
GObject.Closure to watch
StaticnewActivates the application.
In essence, this results in the Gio.Application::activate signal being emitted in the primary instance.
The application must be registered before calling this function.
Add an option to be handled by application.
Calling this function is the equivalent of calling
g_application_add_main_option_entries() with a single GLib.OptionEntry
that has its arg_data member set to null.
The parsed arguments will be packed into a GLib.VariantDict which
is passed to Gio.Application.SignalSignatures.handle_local_options | Gio.Application::handle-local-options. If
Gio.ApplicationFlags.HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE is set, then it will also
be sent to the primary instance. See
g_application_add_main_option_entries() for more details.
See GLib.OptionEntry for more documentation of the arguments.
the long name of an option used to specify it in a commandline
the short name of an option
flags from GLib.OptionFlags
the type of the option, as a GLib.OptionArg
the description for the option in --help output
Optionalarg_description: stringthe placeholder to use for the extra argument parsed by the option in --help output
Adds main option entries to be handled by application.
This function is comparable to g_option_context_add_main_entries().
After the commandline arguments are parsed, the
Gio.Application.SignalSignatures.handle_local_options | Gio.Application::handle-local-options signal will be emitted. At this
point, the application can inspect the values pointed to by arg_data
in the given GOptionEntrys.
Unlike GLib.OptionContext, Gio.Application supports giving a null
arg_data for a non-callback GLib.OptionEntry. This results in the
argument in question being packed into a GLib.VariantDict which is also
passed to Gio.Application.SignalSignatures.handle_local_options | Gio.Application::handle-local-options, where it can be
inspected and modified. If Gio.ApplicationFlags.HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE is
set, then the resulting dictionary is sent to the primary instance,
where g_application_command_line_get_options_dict() will return it.
As it has been passed outside the process at this point, the types of all
values in the options dict must be checked before being used.
This "packing" is done according to the type of the argument --
booleans for normal flags, strings for strings, bytestrings for
filenames, etc. The packing only occurs if the flag is given (ie: we
do not pack a "false" GLib.Variant in the case that a flag is missing).
In general, it is recommended that all commandline arguments are
parsed locally. The options dictionary should then be used to
transmit the result of the parsing to the primary instance, where
g_variant_dict_lookup() can be used. For local options, it is
possible to either use arg_data in the usual way, or to consult (and
potentially remove) the option from the options dictionary.
This function is new in GLib 2.40. Before then, the only real choice was to send all of the commandline arguments (options and all) to the primary instance for handling. Gio.Application ignored them completely on the local side. Calling this function "opts in" to the new behaviour, and in particular, means that unrecognized options will be treated as errors. Unrecognized options have never been ignored when Gio.ApplicationFlags.HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE is unset.
If Gio.Application.SignalSignatures.handle_local_options | Gio.Application::handle-local-options needs to see the list of
filenames, then the use of G_OPTION_REMAINING is recommended. If
arg_data is null then G_OPTION_REMAINING can be used as a key into
the options dictionary. If you do use G_OPTION_REMAINING then you
need to handle these arguments for yourself because once they are
consumed, they will no longer be visible to the default handling
(which treats them as filenames to be opened).
It is important to use the proper GVariant format when retrieving
the options with g_variant_dict_lookup():
b&sixd^&ay^a&s^a&aythe main options for the application
Adds a GLib.OptionGroup to the commandline handling of application.
This function is comparable to g_option_context_add_group().
Unlike g_application_add_main_option_entries(), this function does
not deal with null arg_data and never transmits options to the
primary instance.
The reason for that is because, by the time the options arrive at the primary instance, it is typically too late to do anything with them. Taking the GTK option group as an example: GTK will already have been initialised by the time the Gio.Application.SignalSignatures.command_line | Gio.Application::command-line handler runs. In the case that this is not the first-running instance of the application, the existing instance may already have been running for a very long time.
This means that the options from GLib.OptionGroup are only really usable
in the case that the instance of the application being run is the
first instance. Passing options like --display= or --gdk-debug=
on future runs will have no effect on the existing primary instance.
Calling this function will cause the options in the supplied option group to be parsed, but it does not cause you to be "opted in" to the new functionality whereby unrecognized options are rejected even if Gio.ApplicationFlags.HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE was given.
Marks application as busy (see g_application_mark_busy()) while
property on object is true.
The binding holds a reference to application while it is active, but
not to object. Instead, the binding is destroyed when object is
finalized.
Gets the unique identifier for application.
the identifier for application, owned by application
Gets the Gio.DBusConnection being used by the application, or null.
If Gio.Application is using its D-Bus backend then this function will return the Gio.DBusConnection being used for uniqueness and communication with the desktop environment and other instances of the application.
If Gio.Application is not using D-Bus then this function will return
null. This includes the situation where the D-Bus backend would
normally be in use but we were unable to connect to the bus.
This function must not be called before the application has been
registered. See g_application_get_is_registered().
a Gio.DBusConnection, or null
Gets the D-Bus object path being used by the application, or null.
If Gio.Application is using its D-Bus backend then this function will return the D-Bus object path that Gio.Application is using. If the application is the primary instance then there is an object published at this path. If the application is not the primary instance then the result of this function is undefined.
If Gio.Application is not using D-Bus then this function will return
null. This includes the situation where the D-Bus backend would
normally be in use but we were unable to connect to the bus.
This function must not be called before the application has been
registered. See g_application_get_is_registered().
the object path, or null
Gets the flags for application.
See Gio.ApplicationFlags.
the flags for application
Gets the current inactivity timeout for the application.
This is the amount of time (in milliseconds) after the last call to
g_application_release() before the application stops running.
the timeout, in milliseconds
Gets the application's current busy state, as set through
g_application_mark_busy() or g_application_bind_busy_property().
true if application is currently marked as busy
Checks if application is registered.
An application is registered if g_application_register() has been
successfully called.
true if application is registered
Checks if application is remote.
If application is remote then it means that another instance of
application already exists (the 'primary' instance). Calls to
perform actions on application will result in the actions being
performed by the primary instance.
The value of this property cannot be accessed before
g_application_register() has been called. See
g_application_get_is_registered().
true if application is remote
Gets the resource base path of application.
See g_application_set_resource_base_path() for more information.
the base resource path, if one is set
Gets the version of application.
the version of application
Increases the use count of application.
Use this function to indicate that the application has a reason to
continue to run. For example, g_application_hold() is called by GTK
when a toplevel window is on the screen.
To cancel the hold, call g_application_release().
Increases the busy count of application.
Use this function to indicate that the application is busy, for instance while a long running operation is pending.
The busy state will be exposed to other processes, so a session shell will use that information to indicate the state to the user (e.g. with a spinner).
To cancel the busy indication, use g_application_unmark_busy().
The application must be registered before calling this function.
Opens the given files.
In essence, this results in the Gio.Application::open signal being emitted in the primary instance.
n_files must be greater than zero.
hint is simply passed through to the ::open signal. It is
intended to be used by applications that have multiple modes for
opening files (eg: "view" vs "edit", etc). Unless you have a need
for this functionality, you should use "".
The application must be registered before calling this function and it must have the Gio.ApplicationFlags.HANDLES_OPEN flag set.
Immediately quits the application.
Upon return to the mainloop, g_application_run() will return,
calling only the 'shutdown' function before doing so.
The hold count is ignored.
Take care if your code has called g_application_hold() on the application and
is therefore still expecting it to exist.
(Note that you may have called g_application_hold() indirectly, for example
through gtk_application_add_window().)
The result of calling g_application_run() again after it returns is
unspecified.
Attempts registration of the application.
This is the point at which the application discovers if it is the primary instance or merely acting as a remote for an already-existing primary instance. This is implemented by attempting to acquire the application identifier as a unique bus name on the session bus using GDBus.
If there is no application ID or if Gio.ApplicationFlags.NON_UNIQUE was given, then this process will always become the primary instance.
Due to the internal architecture of GDBus, method calls can be dispatched at any time (even if a main loop is not running). For this reason, you must ensure that any object paths that you wish to register are registered before calling this function.
If the application has already been registered then true is
returned with no work performed.
The Gio.Application::startup signal is emitted if registration succeeds
and application is the primary instance (including the non-unique
case).
In the event of an error (such as cancellable being cancelled, or a
failure to connect to the session bus), false is returned and error
is set appropriately.
Note: the return value of this function is not an indicator that this
instance is or is not the primary instance of the application. See
g_application_get_is_remote() for that.
Optionalcancellable: Gio.Cancellablea Gio.Cancellable, or null
true if registration succeeded
Decrease the use count of application.
When the use count reaches zero, the application will stop running.
Never call this function except to cancel the effect of a previous
call to g_application_hold().
Runs the application.
This function is intended to be run from main() and its return value
is intended to be returned by main(). Although you are expected to pass
the argc, argv parameters from main() to this function, it is possible
to pass null if argv is not available or commandline handling is not
required. Note that on Windows, argc and argv are ignored, and
g_win32_get_command_line() is called internally (for proper support
of Unicode commandline arguments).
Gio.Application will attempt to parse the commandline arguments. You
can add commandline flags to the list of recognised options by way of
g_application_add_main_option_entries(). After this, the
Gio.Application.SignalSignatures.handle_local_options | Gio.Application::handle-local-options signal is emitted, from which the
application can inspect the values of its GOptionEntrys.
Gio.Application.SignalSignatures.handle_local_options | Gio.Application::handle-local-options is a good place to handle options
such as --version, where an immediate reply from the local process is
desired (instead of communicating with an already-running instance).
A Gio.Application.SignalSignatures.handle_local_options | Gio.Application::handle-local-options handler can stop further processing
by returning a non-negative value, which then becomes the exit status of
the process.
What happens next depends on the flags: if Gio.ApplicationFlags.HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE was specified then the remaining commandline arguments are sent to the primary instance, where a Gio.Application.SignalSignatures.command_line | Gio.Application::command-line signal is emitted. Otherwise, the remaining commandline arguments are assumed to be a list of files. If there are no files listed, the application is activated via the Gio.Application::activate signal. If there are one or more files, and Gio.ApplicationFlags.HANDLES_OPEN was specified then the files are opened via the Gio.Application::open signal.
If you are interested in doing more complicated local handling of the
commandline then you should implement your own Gio.Application subclass
and override local_command_line(). In this case, you most likely want
to return true from your local_command_line() implementation to
suppress the default handling. See
[gapplication-example-cmdline2.c][https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/blob/HEAD/gio/tests/gapplication-example-cmdline2.c]
for an example.
If, after the above is done, the use count of the application is zero then the exit status is returned immediately. If the use count is non-zero then the default main context is iterated until the use count falls to zero, at which point 0 is returned.
If the Gio.ApplicationFlags.IS_SERVICE flag is set, then the service will
run for as much as 10 seconds with a use count of zero while waiting
for the message that caused the activation to arrive. After that,
if the use count falls to zero the application will exit immediately,
except in the case that g_application_set_inactivity_timeout() is in
use.
This function sets the prgname (g_set_prgname()), if not already set, to the basename of argv[0].
Much like g_main_loop_run(), this function will acquire the main context
for the duration that the application is running.
Since 2.40, applications that are not explicitly flagged as services or launchers (ie: neither Gio.ApplicationFlags.IS_SERVICE or Gio.ApplicationFlags.IS_LAUNCHER are given as flags) will check (from the default handler for local_command_line) if "--gapplication-service" was given in the command line. If this flag is present then normal commandline processing is interrupted and the Gio.ApplicationFlags.IS_SERVICE flag is set. This provides a "compromise" solution whereby running an application directly from the commandline will invoke it in the normal way (which can be useful for debugging) while still allowing applications to be D-Bus activated in service mode. The D-Bus service file should invoke the executable with "--gapplication-service" as the sole commandline argument. This approach is suitable for use by most graphical applications but should not be used from applications like editors that need precise control over when processes invoked via the commandline will exit and what their exit status will be.
Optionalargv: string[]the argv from main(), or null
the exit status
Similar to Gio.Application.run but return a Promise which resolves when the main loop ends, instead of blocking while the main loop runs.
This helps avoid the situation where Promises never resolved if you didn't run the application inside a callback.
Optionalargv: string[]Commandline arguments
Sends a notification on behalf of application to the desktop shell.
There is no guarantee that the notification is displayed immediately,
or even at all.
Notifications may persist after the application exits. It will be D-Bus-activated when the notification or one of its actions is activated.
Modifying notification after this call has no effect. However, the
object can be reused for a later call to this function.
id may be any string that uniquely identifies the event for the
application. It does not need to be in any special format. For
example, "new-message" might be appropriate for a notification about
new messages.
If a previous notification was sent with the same id, it will be
replaced with notification and shown again as if it was a new
notification. This works even for notifications sent from a previous
execution of the application, as long as id is the same string.
id may be NULL, but it is impossible to replace or withdraw
notifications without an id.
If notification is no longer relevant, it can be withdrawn with
Gio.Application.withdraw_notification.
It is an error to call this function if application has no
application ID.
id of the notification, or null
the Gio.Notification to send
This used to be how actions were associated with a Gio.Application. Now there is Gio.ActionMap for that.
Optionalaction_group: Gio.ActionGroupa Gio.ActionGroup, or null
Sets the unique identifier for application.
The application id can only be modified if application has not yet
been registered.
If non-null, the application id must be valid. See
g_application_id_is_valid().
Optionalapplication_id: stringthe identifier for application
Sets or unsets the default application for the process, as returned
by g_application_get_default().
This function does not take its own reference on application. If
application is destroyed then the default application will revert
back to null.
Sets the flags for application.
The flags can only be modified if application has not yet been
registered.
See Gio.ApplicationFlags.
the flags for application
Sets the current inactivity timeout for the application.
This is the amount of time (in milliseconds) after the last call to
g_application_release() before the application stops running.
This call has no side effects of its own. The value set here is only
used for next time g_application_release() drops the use count to
zero. Any timeouts currently in progress are not impacted.
the timeout, in milliseconds
Adds a description to the application option context.
See g_option_context_set_description() for more information.
Optionaldescription: stringa string to be shown in --help output after the list of options, or null
Sets the parameter string to be used by the commandline handling of application.
This function registers the argument to be passed to g_option_context_new()
when the internal GLib.OptionContext of application is created.
See g_option_context_new() for more information about parameter_string.
Optionalparameter_string: stringa string which is displayed in the first line of --help output, after the usage summary programname [OPTION...].
Adds a summary to the application option context.
See g_option_context_set_summary() for more information.
Optionalsummary: stringa string to be shown in --help output before the list of options, or null
Sets (or unsets) the base resource path of application.
The path is used to automatically load various [application resources]Gio.Resource such as menu layouts and action descriptions. The various types of resources will be found at fixed names relative to the given base path.
By default, the resource base path is determined from the application ID by prefixing '/' and replacing each '.' with '/'. This is done at the time that the Gio.Application object is constructed. Changes to the application ID after that point will not have an impact on the resource base path.
As an example, if the application has an ID of "org.example.app" then
the default resource base path will be "/org/example/app". If this
is a GtkApplication (and you have not manually changed the path)
then Gtk will then search for the menus of the application at
"/org/example/app/gtk/menus.ui".
See Gio.Resource for more information about adding resources to your application.
You can disable automatic resource loading functionality by setting
the path to null.
Changing the resource base path once the application is running is not recommended. The point at which the resource path is consulted for forming paths for various purposes is unspecified. When writing a sub-class of Gio.Application you should either set the Gio.Application.resource_base_path property at construction time, or call this function during the instance initialization. Alternatively, you can call this function in the Gio.ApplicationClass.startup virtual function, before chaining up to the parent implementation.
Optionalresource_path: stringthe resource path to use
Sets the version number of application. This will be used to implement
a --version command line argument
The application version can only be modified if application has not yet
been registered.
the version of application
Decreases the busy count of application.
When the busy count reaches zero, the new state will be propagated to other processes.
This function must only be called to cancel the effect of a previous
call to g_application_mark_busy().
Virtualvfunc_Activates the application.
In essence, this results in the Gio.Application::activate signal being emitted in the primary instance.
The application must be registered before calling this function.
Virtualvfunc_invoked (locally) to add 'platform data' to be sent to the primary instance when activating, opening or invoking actions. Must chain up
Virtualvfunc_Virtualvfunc_Virtualvfunc_invoked on the primary instance when a command-line is not handled locally
Virtualvfunc_invoked locally during registration, if the application is
using its D-Bus backend. You can use this to export extra objects on the
bus, that need to exist before the application tries to own the bus name.
The function is passed the Gio.DBusConnection to to session bus, and the
object path that Gio.Application will use to export its D-Bus API.
If this function returns true, registration will proceed; otherwise
registration will abort. Since: 2.34
Virtualvfunc_invoked locally during unregistration, if the application
is using its D-Bus backend. Use this to undo anything done by
the dbus_register vfunc. Since: 2.34
Virtualvfunc_invoked locally after the parsing of the commandline options has occurred. Since: 2.40
Virtualvfunc_This virtual function is always invoked in the local instance. It
gets passed a pointer to a null-terminated copy of argv and is
expected to remove arguments that it handled (shifting up remaining
arguments).
The last argument to local_command_line() is a pointer to the status
variable which can used to set the exit status that is returned from
g_application_run().
See g_application_run() for more details on Gio.Application startup.
array of command line arguments
Virtualvfunc_invoked when another instance is taking over the name. Since: 2.60
Virtualvfunc_Opens the given files.
In essence, this results in the Gio.Application::open signal being emitted in the primary instance.
n_files must be greater than zero.
hint is simply passed through to the ::open signal. It is
intended to be used by applications that have multiple modes for
opening files (eg: "view" vs "edit", etc). Unless you have a need
for this functionality, you should use "".
The application must be registered before calling this function and it must have the Gio.ApplicationFlags.HANDLES_OPEN flag set.
Virtualvfunc_Used to be invoked on the primary instance when the use count of the application drops to zero (and after any inactivity timeout, if requested). Not used anymore since 2.32
Virtualvfunc_Used to be invoked on the primary instance from
g_application_run() if the use-count is non-zero. Since 2.32,
GApplication is iterating the main context directly and is not
using run_mainloop anymore
Virtualvfunc_invoked only on the registered primary instance immediately after the main loop terminates
Virtualvfunc_invoked on the primary instance immediately after registration
Withdraws a notification that was sent with
g_application_send_notification().
This call does nothing if a notification with id doesn't exist or
the notification was never sent.
This function works even for notifications sent in previous
executions of this application, as long id is the same as it was for
the sent notification.
Note that notifications are dismissed when the user clicks on one of the buttons in a notification or triggers its default action, so there is no need to explicitly withdraw the notification in that case.
id of a previously sent notification
Static_Staticcompat_Optionaldata: anyStaticfind_Staticget_Returns the default Gio.Application instance for this process.
Normally there is only one Gio.Application per process and it becomes
the default when it is created. You can exercise more control over
this by using g_application_set_default().
If there is no default application then null is returned.
Staticid_Checks if application_id is a valid application identifier.
A valid ID is required for calls to g_application_new() and
g_application_set_application_id().
Application identifiers follow the same format as D-Bus well-known bus names. For convenience, the restrictions on application identifiers are reproduced here:
Application identifiers are composed of 1 or more elements separated by a
period (.) character. All elements must contain at least one character.
Each element must only contain the ASCII characters [A-Z][a-z][0-9]_-,
with - discouraged in new application identifiers. Each element must not
begin with a digit.
Application identifiers must contain at least one . (period) character
(and thus at least two elements).
Application identifiers must not begin with a . (period) character.
Application identifiers must not exceed 255 characters.
Note that the hyphen (-) character is allowed in application identifiers,
but is problematic or not allowed in various specifications and APIs that
refer to D-Bus, such as
Flatpak application IDs,
the
DBusActivatable interface in the Desktop Entry Specification,
and the convention that an application's "main" interface and object path
resemble its application identifier and bus name. To avoid situations that
require special-case handling, it is recommended that new application
identifiers consistently replace hyphens with underscores.
Like D-Bus interface names, application identifiers should start with the reversed DNS domain name of the author of the interface (in lower-case), and it is conventional for the rest of the application identifier to consist of words run together, with initial capital letters.
As with D-Bus interface names, if the author's DNS domain name contains
hyphen/minus characters they should be replaced by underscores, and if it
contains leading digits they should be escaped by prepending an underscore.
For example, if the owner of 7-zip.org used an application identifier for an
archiving application, it might be named org._7_zip.Archiver.
a potential application identifier
Staticinstall_Staticinstall_the id for the new property
the GObject.ParamSpec for the new property
Staticinterface_Find the GObject.ParamSpec with the given name for an
interface. Generally, the interface vtable passed in as g_iface
will be the default vtable from g_type_default_interface_ref(), or,
if you know the interface has already been loaded,
g_type_default_interface_peek().
any interface vtable for the interface, or the default vtable for the interface
name of a property to look up.
Staticinterface_Add a property to an interface; this is only useful for interfaces
that are added to GObject-derived types. Adding a property to an
interface forces all objects classes with that interface to have a
compatible property. The compatible property could be a newly
created GObject.ParamSpec, but normally
g_object_class_override_property() will be used so that the object
class only needs to provide an implementation and inherits the
property description, default value, bounds, and so forth from the
interface property.
This function is meant to be called from the interface's default
vtable initialization function (the class_init member of
GObject.TypeInfo.) It must not be called after after class_init has
been called for any object types implementing this interface.
If pspec is a floating reference, it will be consumed.
any interface vtable for the interface, or the default vtable for the interface.
the GObject.ParamSpec for the new property
Staticinterface_Lists the properties of an interface.Generally, the interface
vtable passed in as g_iface will be the default vtable from
g_type_default_interface_ref(), or, if you know the interface has
already been loaded, g_type_default_interface_peek().
any interface vtable for the interface, or the default vtable for the interface
Staticlist_StaticnewvStaticoverride_the new property ID
the name of a property registered in a parent class or in an interface of this class.
Gtk.Application is a class that handles many important aspects of a GTK+ application in a convenient fashion, without enforcing a one-size-fits-all application model.
Currently, GtkApplication handles GTK+ initialization, application uniqueness, session management, provides some basic scriptability and desktop shell integration by exporting actions and menus and manages a list of toplevel windows whose life-cycle is automatically tied to the life-cycle of your application.
While GtkApplication works fine with plain
GtkWindows, it is recommended to use it together with Gtk.ApplicationWindow.When GDK threads are enabled, GtkApplication will acquire the GDK lock when invoking actions that arrive from other processes. The GDK lock is not touched for local action invocations. In order to have actions invoked in a predictable context it is therefore recommended that the GDK lock be held while invoking actions locally with
g_action_group_activate_action(). The same applies to actions associated with Gtk.ApplicationWindow and to the “activate” and “open” Gio.Application methods.Automatic resources ## {#automatic-resources}
Gtk.Application will automatically load menus from the Gtk.Builder resource located at "gtk/menus.ui", relative to the application's resource base path (see
g_application_set_resource_base_path()). The menu with the ID "app-menu" is taken as the application's app menu and the menu with the ID "menubar" is taken as the application's menubar. Additional menus (most interesting submenus) can be named and accessed viagtk_application_get_menu_by_id()which allows for dynamic population of a part of the menu structure.If the resources "gtk/menus-appmenu.ui" or "gtk/menus-traditional.ui" are present then these files will be used in preference, depending on the value of
gtk_application_prefers_app_menu(). If the resource "gtk/menus-common.ui" is present it will be loaded as well. This is useful for storing items that are referenced from both "gtk/menus-appmenu.ui" and "gtk/menus-traditional.ui".It is also possible to provide the menus manually using
gtk_application_set_app_menu()andgtk_application_set_menubar().Gtk.Application will also automatically setup an icon search path for the default icon theme by appending "icons" to the resource base path. This allows your application to easily store its icons as resources. See
gtk_icon_theme_add_resource_path()for more information.If there is a resource located at "gtk/help-overlay.ui" which defines a Gtk.ShortcutsWindow with ID "help_overlay" then GtkApplication associates an instance of this shortcuts window with each Gtk.ApplicationWindow and sets up keyboard accelerators (Control-F1 and Control-?) to open it. To create a menu item that displays the shortcuts window, associate the item with the action win.show-help-overlay.
A simple application ## {#gtkapplication}
A simple example
GtkApplication optionally registers with a session manager of the users session (if you set the Gtk.Application.register_session property) and offers various functionality related to the session life-cycle.
An application can block various ways to end the session with the
gtk_application_inhibit()function. Typical use cases for this kind of inhibiting are long-running, uninterruptible operations, such as burning a CD or performing a disk backup. The session manager may not honor the inhibitor, but it can be expected to inform the user about the negative consequences of ending the session while inhibitors are present.See Also ## {#seealso}
HowDoI: Using GtkApplication, Getting Started with GTK+: Basics