SearchBar

open class SearchBar : Widget, SearchBarProtocol

GtkSearchBar is a container made to have a search entry.

An example GtkSearchBar

It can also contain additional widgets, such as drop-down menus, or buttons. The search bar would appear when a search is started through typing on the keyboard, or the application’s search mode is toggled on.

For keyboard presses to start a search, the search bar must be told of a widget to capture key events from through [methodGtk.SearchBar.set_key_capture_widget]. This widget will typically be the top-level window, or a parent container of the search bar. Common shortcuts such as Ctrl+F should be handled as an application action, or through the menu items.

You will also need to tell the search bar about which entry you are using as your search entry using [methodGtk.SearchBar.connect_entry].

The following example shows you how to create a more complex search entry.

A simple example

CSS nodes

searchbar
╰── revealer
    ╰── box
         ├── [child]
         ╰── [button.close]

GtkSearchBar has a main CSS node with name searchbar. It has a child node with name revealer that contains a node with name box. The box node contains both the CSS node of the child widget as well as an optional button node which gets the .close style class applied.

Accessibility

GtkSearchBar uses the GTK_ACCESSIBLE_ROLE_SEARCH role.

The SearchBar type acts as a reference-counted owner of an underlying GtkSearchBar instance. It provides the methods that can operate on this data type through SearchBarProtocol conformance. Use SearchBar as a strong reference or owner of a GtkSearchBar instance.

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  • Designated initialiser from the underlying `C` data type.

    This creates an instance without performing an unbalanced retain i.e., ownership is transferred to the SearchBar instance.

    Declaration

    Swift

    @inlinable
public init(_ op: UnsafeMutablePointer<GtkSearchBar>)

    Parameters

    op

    pointer to the underlying object
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  • Designated initialiser from a constant pointer to the underlying C data type. This creates an instance without performing an unbalanced retain i.e., ownership is transferred to the SearchBar instance.

    Declaration

    Swift

    @inlinable
public init(_ op: UnsafePointer<GtkSearchBar>)

    Parameters

    op

    pointer to the underlying object
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  • Optional initialiser from a non-mutating gpointer to the underlying C data type. This creates an instance without performing an unbalanced retain i.e., ownership is transferred to the SearchBar instance.

    Declaration

    Swift

    @inlinable
override public init!(gpointer op: gpointer?)

    Parameters

    op

    gpointer to the underlying object
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  • Optional initialiser from a non-mutating gconstpointer to the underlying C data type. This creates an instance without performing an unbalanced retain i.e., ownership is transferred to the SearchBar instance.

    Declaration

    Swift

    @inlinable
override public init!(gconstpointer op: gconstpointer?)

    Parameters

    op

    pointer to the underlying object
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  • Optional initialiser from a constant pointer to the underlying C data type. This creates an instance without performing an unbalanced retain i.e., ownership is transferred to the SearchBar instance.

    Declaration

    Swift

    @inlinable
public init!(_ op: UnsafePointer<GtkSearchBar>?)

    Parameters

    op

    pointer to the underlying object
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  • Optional initialiser from the underlying C data type. This creates an instance without performing an unbalanced retain i.e., ownership is transferred to the SearchBar instance.

    Declaration

    Swift

    @inlinable
public init!(_ op: UnsafeMutablePointer<GtkSearchBar>?)

    Parameters

    op

    pointer to the underlying object
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  • Designated initialiser from the underlying C data type. Will retain GtkSearchBar. i.e., ownership is transferred to the SearchBar instance.

    Declaration

    Swift

    @inlinable
public init(retaining op: UnsafeMutablePointer<GtkSearchBar>)

    Parameters

    op

    pointer to the underlying object
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  • Reference intialiser for a related type that implements SearchBarProtocol Will retain GtkSearchBar.

    Declaration

    Swift

    @inlinable
public init<T>(searchBar other: T) where T : SearchBarProtocol

    Parameters

    other

    an instance of a related type that implements SearchBarProtocol
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  • Unsafe typed initialiser. Do not use unless you know the underlying data type the pointer points to conforms to SearchBarProtocol.

    Declaration

    Swift

    @inlinable
override public init<T>(cPointer p: UnsafeMutablePointer<T>)

    Parameters

    cPointer

    pointer to the underlying object
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  • Unsafe typed, retaining initialiser. Do not use unless you know the underlying data type the pointer points to conforms to SearchBarProtocol.

    Declaration

    Swift

    @inlinable
override public init<T>(retainingCPointer cPointer: UnsafeMutablePointer<T>)

    Parameters

    cPointer

    pointer to the underlying object
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  • Unsafe untyped initialiser. Do not use unless you know the underlying data type the pointer points to conforms to SearchBarProtocol.

    Declaration

    Swift

    @inlinable
override public init(raw p: UnsafeRawPointer)

    Parameters

    p

    raw pointer to the underlying object
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  • Unsafe untyped, retaining initialiser. Do not use unless you know the underlying data type the pointer points to conforms to SearchBarProtocol.

    Declaration

    Swift

    @inlinable
override public init(retainingRaw raw: UnsafeRawPointer)
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  • Unsafe untyped initialiser. Do not use unless you know the underlying data type the pointer points to conforms to SearchBarProtocol.

    Declaration

    Swift

    @inlinable
public required init(raw p: UnsafeMutableRawPointer)

    Parameters

    p

    mutable raw pointer to the underlying object
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  • Unsafe untyped, retaining initialiser. Do not use unless you know the underlying data type the pointer points to conforms to SearchBarProtocol.

    Declaration

    Swift

    @inlinable
required public init(retainingRaw raw: UnsafeMutableRawPointer)

    Parameters

    raw

    mutable raw pointer to the underlying object
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  • Unsafe untyped initialiser. Do not use unless you know the underlying data type the pointer points to conforms to SearchBarProtocol.

    Declaration

    Swift

    @inlinable
override public init(opaquePointer p: OpaquePointer)

    Parameters

    p

    opaque pointer to the underlying object
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  • Unsafe untyped, retaining initialiser. Do not use unless you know the underlying data type the pointer points to conforms to SearchBarProtocol.

    Declaration

    Swift

    @inlinable
override public init(retainingOpaquePointer p: OpaquePointer)

    Parameters

    p

    opaque pointer to the underlying object
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  • Creates a GtkSearchBar.

    You will need to tell it about which widget is going to be your text entry using [methodGtk.SearchBar.connect_entry].

    Declaration

    Swift

    @inlinable
public init()
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