Creates a new Entry widget.

Creates a new Entry widget backed by a particular EntryBuffer. One buffer can be shared among many widgets.

Sets the text in the widget to the given value, replacing the current contents.

Retrieves the contents of the entry widget. See also editableGetChars.

Sets whether the contents of the entry are visible or not. When visibility is set to False, characters are displayed as the invisible char, and will also appear that way when the text in the entry widget is copied elsewhere.

The default invisible char is the asterisk '*', but it can be changed with entrySetInvisibleChar.

Retrieves whether the text in entry is visible. See entrySetVisibility.

Sets the character to use in place of the actual text when entrySetVisibility has been called to set text visibility to False. i.e. this is the character used in "password mode" to show the user how many characters have been typed. The default invisible char is an asterisk ('*'). If you set the invisible char to '\0', then the user will get no feedback at all; there will be no text on the screen as they type.

Retrieves the character displayed in place of the real characters for entries with visisbility set to false. See entrySetInvisibleChar.

Sets the maximum allowed length of the contents of the widget. If the current contents are longer than the given length, then they will be truncated to fit.

Retrieves the maximum allowed length of the text in entry. See entrySetMaxLength.

Query whether pressing return will activate the default widget.

If setting is True, pressing Enter in the entry will activate the default widget for the window containing the entry. This usually means that the dialog box containing the entry will be closed, since the default widget is usually one of the dialog buttons.

(For experts: if setting is True, the entry calls windowActivateDefault on the window containing the entry, in the default handler for the "activate" signal.)

This setting is useful in Dialog boxes where enter should press the default button.

Query if the text Entry is displayed with a frame around it.

Sets whether the entry has a beveled frame around it.

Gets the value set by entrySetWidthChars.

Changes the size request of the entry to be about the right size for nChars characters. Note that it changes the size request, the size can still be affected by how you pack the widget into containers. If nChars is -1, the size reverts to the default entry size.

This setting is only considered when the widget formulates its size request. Make sure that it is not mapped (shown) before you change this value.

Sets text to be displayed in entry when it is empty and unfocused. This can be used to give a visual hint of the expected contents of the Entry.

Note that since the placeholder text gets removed when the entry received focus, using this feature is a bit problematic if the entry is given the initial focus in a window. Sometimes this can be worked around by delaying the initial focus setting until the first key event arrives.

• Available since Gtk version 3.2

Retrieves the text that will be displayed when entry is empty and unfocused.

• Available since Gtk version 3.2

Sets the alignment for the contents of the entry. This controls the horizontal positioning of the contents when the displayed text is shorter than the width of the entry.

• Available since Gtk version 2.4

Gets the value set by entrySetAlignment.

• Available since Gtk version 2.4

Sets the auxiliary completion object to use with the entry. All further configuration of the completion mechanism is done on completion using the EntryCompletion API.

• Available since Gtk version 2.4

Returns the auxiliary completion object currently in use by the entry.

• Available since Gtk version 2.4

Get the EntryBuffer object which holds the text for this widget.

Set the EntryBuffer object which holds the text for this widget.

Allow the Entry input method to internally handle key press and release events. If this function returns True, then no further processing should be done for this key event. See imContextFilterKeypress.

Note that you are expected to call this function from your handler when overriding key event handling. This is needed in the case when you need to insert your own key handling between the input method and the default key event handling of the Entry. See textViewResetImContext for an example of use.

• Available since Gtk+ version 2.22

Reset the input method context of the entry if needed.

This can be necessary in the case where modifying the buffer would confuse on-going input method behavior.

• Available since Gtk+ version 2.22

The current position of the insertion cursor in chars.

Allowed values: [0,65535]

Default value: 0

The position of the opposite end of the selection from the cursor in chars.

Allowed values: [0,65535]

Default value: 0

Whether the entry contents can be edited.

Default value: True

Maximum number of characters for this entry. Zero if no maximum.

Allowed values: [0,65535]

Default value: 0

False displays the "invisible char" instead of the actual text (password mode).

Default value: True

False removes outside bevel from entry.

Default value: True

The character to use when masking entry contents (in "password mode").

Default value: '*'

Whether to activate the default widget (such as the default button in a dialog) when Enter is pressed.

Default value: False

Number of characters to leave space for in the entry.

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: -1

Number of pixels of the entry scrolled off the screen to the left.

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 0

The contents of the entry.

Default value: ""

The text that will be displayed in the Entry when it is empty and unfocused.

Default value: Nothing

The horizontal alignment, from 0 (left) to 1 (right). Reversed for RTL layouts.

Allowed values: [0,1]

Default value: 0

'alignment' property. See entryGetAlignment and entrySetAlignment

'completion' property. See entryGetCompletion and entrySetCompletion

The buffer being displayed.

A keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user activates the entry.

Applications should not connect to it, but may emit it with signalEmitByName if they need to control activation programmatically.

Deprecated. See entryActivated.

The entryBackspace signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it.

The default bindings for this signal are Backspace and Shift-Backspace.

The entryCopyClipboard signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted to copy the selection to the clipboard.

The default bindings for this signal are Ctrl-c and Ctrl-Insert.

The entryCutClipboard signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted to cut the selection to the clipboard.

The default bindings for this signal are Ctrl-x and Shift-Delete.

The entryPasteClipboard signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted to paste the contents of the clipboard into the text view.

The default bindings for this signal are Ctrl-v and Shift-Insert.

The entryDeleteFromCursor signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user initiates a text deletion.

If the type is DeleteChars, GTK+ deletes the selection if there is one, otherwise it deletes the requested number of characters.

The default bindings for this signal are Delete for deleting a character and Ctrl-Delete for deleting a word.

The entryInsertAtCursor signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user initiates the insertion of a fixed string at the cursor.

The entryMoveCursor signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user initiates a cursor movement. If the cursor is not visible in entry, this signal causes the viewport to be moved instead.

Applications should not connect to it, but may emit it with signalEmitByName if they need to control the cursor programmatically.

The default bindings for this signal come in two variants, the variant with the Shift modifier extends the selection, the variant without the Shift modifer does not. There are too many key combinations to list them all here.

• Arrow keys move by individual characters/lines
• Ctrl-arrow key combinations move by words/paragraphs
• Home/End keys move to the ends of the buffer

The entryPopulatePopup signal gets emitted before showing the context menu of the entry.

If you need to add items to the context menu, connect to this signal and append your menuitems to the menu.

The entryToggleOverwrite signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted to toggle the overwrite mode of the entry. The default bindings for this signal is Insert.

If an input method is used, the typed text will not immediately be committed to the buffer. So if you are interested in the text, connect to this signal.

The iconPress signal is emitted when an activatable icon is clicked.

The iconRelease signal is emitted on the button release from a mouse click over an activatable icon.