gtk-0.12.3: Binding to the Gtk+ graphical user interface library.

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Graphics.UI.Gtk.ActionMenuToolbar.Action

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Description

An action which can be triggered by a menu or toolbar item

  • Module available since Gtk+ version 2.4

Synopsis

Detail

Actions represent operations that the user can be perform, along with some information how it should be presented in the interface. Each action provides methods to create icons, menu items and toolbar items representing itself.

As well as the callback that is called when the action gets activated, the following also gets associated with the action:

  • a name (not translated, for path lookup)
  • a label (translated, for display)
  • an accelerator
  • whether label indicates a stock id
  • a tooltip (optional, translated)
  • a toolbar label (optional, shorter than label)

The action will also have some state information:

  • visible (shown/hidden)
  • sensitive (enabled/disabled)

Apart from regular actions, there are toggle actions, which can be toggled between two states and radio actions, of which only one in a group can be in the "active" state. Other actions can be implemented as Action subclasses.

Each action can have one or more proxy menu item, toolbar button or other proxy widgets. Proxies mirror the state of the action (text label, tooltip, icon, visible, sensitive, etc), and should change when the action's state changes. When the proxy is activated, it should activate its action.

Class Hierarchy

 | GObject
 | +----Action
 | +----ToggleAction

Types

Constructors

actionNewSource

Arguments

:: String

name - A unique name for the action

-> String

label - the label displayed in menu items and on buttons

-> Maybe String

tooltip - a tooltip for the action

-> Maybe StockId

stockId - the stock icon to display in widgets representing the action

-> IO Action 

Creates a new Action object. To add the action to a ActionGroup and set the accelerator for the action, call actionGroupAddActionWithAccel. See Graphics.UI.Gtk.ActionMenuToolbar.UIManager for information on allowed action names.

Methods

actionGetName :: ActionClass self => self -> IO StringSource

Returns the name of the action.

actionIsSensitiveSource

Arguments

:: ActionClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Bool

returns True if the action and its associated action group are both sensitive.

Returns whether the action is effectively sensitive.

actionGetSensitiveSource

Arguments

:: ActionClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Bool

returns True if the action itself is sensitive.

Returns whether the action itself is sensitive. Note that this doesn't necessarily mean effective sensitivity. See actionIsSensitive for that.

actionSetSensitiveSource

Arguments

:: ActionClass self 
=> self 
-> Bool

sensitive - True to make the action sensitive

-> IO () 

Sets the sensitive property of the action to sensitive. Note that this doesn't necessarily mean effective sensitivity. See actionIsSensitive for that.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.6

actionIsVisibleSource

Arguments

:: ActionClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Bool

returns True if the action and its associated action group are both visible.

Returns whether the action is effectively visible.

actionGetVisibleSource

Arguments

:: ActionClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Bool

returns True if the action itself is visible.

Returns whether the action itself is visible. Note that this doesn't necessarily mean effective visibility. See actionIsSensitive for that.

actionSetVisibleSource

Arguments

:: ActionClass self 
=> self 
-> Bool

visible - True to make the action visible

-> IO () 

Sets the visible property of the action to visible. Note that this doesn't necessarily mean effective visibility. See actionIsVisible for that.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.6

actionActivate :: ActionClass self => self -> IO ()Source

Emits the "activate" signal on the specified action, if it isn't insensitive. This gets called by the proxy widgets when they get activated.

It can also be used to manually activate an action.

actionCreateMenuItemSource

Arguments

:: ActionClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Widget

returns a menu item connected to the action.

Creates a menu item widget that proxies for the given action.

actionCreateToolItemSource

Arguments

:: ActionClass self 
=> self 
-> IO Widget

returns a toolbar item connected to the action.

Creates a toolbar item widget that proxies for the given action.

actionConnectProxySource

Arguments

:: (ActionClass self, WidgetClass proxy) 
=> self 
-> proxy

proxy - the proxy widget

-> IO () 

Connects a widget to an action object as a proxy. Synchronises various properties of the action with the widget (such as label text, icon, tooltip, etc), and attaches a callback so that the action gets activated when the proxy widget does.

If the widget is already connected to an action, it is disconnected first.

actionDisconnectProxySource

Arguments

:: (ActionClass self, WidgetClass proxy) 
=> self 
-> proxy

proxy - the proxy widget

-> IO () 

Disconnects a proxy widget from an action.

actionGetProxies :: ActionClass self => self -> IO [Widget]Source

Returns the proxy widgets for an action.

actionConnectAccelerator :: ActionClass self => self -> IO ()Source

Installs the accelerator for action if action has an accel path and group. See actionSetAccelPath and actionSetAccelGroup

Since multiple proxies may independently trigger the installation of the accelerator, the action counts the number of times this function has been called and doesn't remove the accelerator until actionDisconnectAccelerator has been called as many times.

actionDisconnectAccelerator :: ActionClass self => self -> IO ()Source

Undoes the effect of one call to actionConnectAccelerator.

actionGetAccelPathSource

Arguments

:: ActionClass self 
=> self 
-> IO (Maybe String)

returns the accel path for this action, or Nothing if none is set.

Returns the accel path for this action.

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.6

actionSetAccelPathSource

Arguments

:: ActionClass self 
=> self 
-> String

accelPath - the accelerator path

-> IO () 

Sets the accel path for this action. All proxy widgets associated with the action will have this accel path, so that their accelerators are consistent.

actionSetAccelGroup :: ActionClass self => self -> AccelGroup -> IO ()Source

Sets the AccelGroup in which the accelerator for this action will be installed.

Attributes

actionName :: ActionClass self => Attr self StringSource

A unique name for the action.

Default value: ""

actionLabel :: ActionClass self => Attr self StringSource

The label used for menu items and buttons that activate this action.

Default value: ""

actionShortLabel :: ActionClass self => Attr self StringSource

A shorter label that may be used on toolbar buttons.

Default value: ""

actionTooltip :: ActionClass self => Attr self (Maybe String)Source

A tooltip for this action.

Default value: Nothing

actionStockId :: ActionClass self => Attr self (Maybe String)Source

The stock icon displayed in widgets representing this action.

Default value: Nothing

actionVisibleHorizontal :: ActionClass self => Attr self BoolSource

Whether the toolbar item is visible when the toolbar is in a horizontal orientation.

Default value: True

actionVisibleOverflown :: ActionClass self => Attr self BoolSource

When True, toolitem proxies for this action are represented in the toolbar overflow menu.

Default value: True

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.6

actionVisibleVertical :: ActionClass self => Attr self BoolSource

Whether the toolbar item is visible when the toolbar is in a vertical orientation.

Default value: True

actionIsImportant :: ActionClass self => Attr self BoolSource

Whether the action is considered important. When True, toolitem proxies for this action show text in ToolbarBothHoriz mode.

Default value: False

actionHideIfEmpty :: ActionClass self => Attr self BoolSource

When True, empty menu proxies for this action are hidden.

Default value: True

actionSensitive :: ActionClass self => Attr self BoolSource

Whether the action is enabled.

Default value: True

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.6

actionVisible :: ActionClass self => Attr self BoolSource

Whether the action is visible.

Default value: True

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.6

actionAccelPath :: ActionClass self => ReadWriteAttr self (Maybe String) StringSource

'accelPath' property. See actionGetAccelPath and actionSetAccelPath

  • Available since Gtk+ version 2.6

actionAlwaysShowImage :: ActionClass self => Attr self BoolSource

If True, the action's menu item proxies will ignore the menuImages setting and always show their image, if available.

Use this property if the menu item would be useless or hard to use without their image.

Default value: False

Since 2.20

Signals

actionActivated :: ActionClass self => Signal self (IO ())Source

The "activate" signal is emitted when the action is activated.

Deprecated

onActionActivate, afterActionActivate :: ActionClass self => self -> IO () -> IO (ConnectId self)Source

The "activate" signal is emitted when the action is activated.