Memory-managed wrapper type.

Type class for types which can be safely cast to SearchBar, for instance with toSearchBar.

Cast to SearchBar, for types for which this is known to be safe. For general casts, use castTo.

Connects the Entry widget passed as the one to be used in this search bar. The entry should be a descendant of the search bar. This is only required if the entry isn’t the direct child of the search bar (as in our main example).

Since: 3.10

Returns whether the search mode is on or off.

Since: 3.10

Returns whether the close button is shown.

Since: 3.10

This function should be called when the top-level window which contains the search bar received a key event.

If the key event is handled by the search bar, the bar will be shown, the entry populated with the entered text and EVENT_STOP will be returned. The caller should ensure that events are not propagated further.

If no entry has been connected to the search bar, using searchBarConnectEntry, this function will return immediately with a warning.

Showing the search bar on key presses

C code

static gboolean
on_key_press_event (GtkWidget *widget,
                    GdkEvent  *event,
                    gpointer   user_data)
{
  GtkSearchBar *bar = GTK_SEARCH_BAR (user_data);
  return gtk_search_bar_handle_event (bar, event);
}

static void
create_toplevel (void)
{
  GtkWidget *window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
  GtkWindow *search_bar = gtk_search_bar_new ();

 // Add more widgets to the window...

  g_signal_connect (window,
                   "key-press-event",
                    G_CALLBACK (on_key_press_event),
                    search_bar);
}

Since: 3.10

Creates a SearchBar. You will need to tell it about which widget is going to be your text entry using searchBarConnectEntry.

Since: 3.10

Switches the search mode on or off.

Since: 3.10

Shows or hides the close button. Applications that already have a “search” toggle button should not show a close button in their search bar, as it duplicates the role of the toggle button.

Since: 3.10

Construct a GValueConstruct with valid value for the “search-mode-enabled” property. This is rarely needed directly, but it is used by new.

Get the value of the “search-mode-enabled” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

get searchBar #searchModeEnabled

Set the value of the “search-mode-enabled” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

set searchBar [ #searchModeEnabled := value ]

Construct a GValueConstruct with valid value for the “show-close-button” property. This is rarely needed directly, but it is used by new.

Get the value of the “show-close-button” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

get searchBar #showCloseButton

Set the value of the “show-close-button” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

set searchBar [ #showCloseButton := value ]