TextViewSignalName

Gets emitted when the user asks for it.

The backspace signal is a keybinding signal.

The default bindings for this signal are <kbd>Backspace</kbd> and <kbd>Shift</kbd>-<kbd>Backspace</kbd>.

Gets emitted to copy the selection to the clipboard.

The copy-clipboard signal is a keybinding signal.

The default bindings for this signal are <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>c</kbd> and <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>Insert</kbd>.

Gets emitted to cut the selection to the clipboard.

The cut-clipboard signal is a keybinding signal.

The default bindings for this signal are <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>x</kbd> and <kbd>Shift</kbd>-<kbd>Delete</kbd>.

Gets emitted when the user initiates a text deletion.

The delete-from-cursor signal is a keybinding signal.

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

The default bindings for this signal are <kbd>Delete</kbd> for deleting a character, <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>Delete</kbd> for deleting a word and <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>Backspace</kbd> for deleting a word backwards.

Signals that all holders of a reference to the widget should release the reference that they hold.

May result in finalization of the widget if all references are released.

This signal is not suitable for saving widget state.

Emitted when the text direction of a widget changes.

Emitted when the selection needs to be extended at location.

Emitted when widget is hidden.

Gets emitted when the user initiates the insertion of a fixed string at the cursor.

The insert-at-cursor signal is a keybinding signal.

This signal has no default bindings.

Gets emitted to present the Emoji chooser for the text_view.

The insert-emoji signal is a keybinding signal.

The default bindings for this signal are <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>.</kbd> and <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>;</kbd>

Emitted if keyboard navigation fails.

See [methodGtk.Widget.keynav_failed] for details.

Emitted when widget is going to be mapped.

A widget is mapped when the widget is visible (which is controlled with [propertyGtk.Widget:visible]) and all its parents up to the toplevel widget are also visible.

The map signal can be used to determine whether a widget will be drawn, for instance it can resume an animation that was stopped during the emission of [signalGtk.Widget::unmap].

Emitted when a widget is activated via a mnemonic.

The default handler for this signal activates widget if group_cycling is false, or just makes widget grab focus if group_cycling is true.

Gets emitted when the user initiates a cursor movement.

The move-cursor signal is a keybinding signal. If the cursor is not visible in text_view, this signal causes the viewport to be moved instead.

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

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

• <kbd>←</kbd>, <kbd>→</kbd>, <kbd>↑</kbd>, <kbd>↓</kbd> move by individual characters/lines
• <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>→</kbd>, etc. move by words/paragraphs
• <kbd>Home</kbd>, <kbd>End</kbd> move to the ends of the buffer
• <kbd>PgUp</kbd>, <kbd>PgDn</kbd> move vertically by pages
• <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>PgUp</kbd>, <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>PgDn</kbd> move horizontally by pages

Emitted when the focus is moved.

Gets emitted to move the viewport.

The move-viewport signal is a keybinding signal, which can be bound to key combinations to allow the user to move the viewport, i.e. change what part of the text view is visible in a containing scrolled window.

There are no default bindings for this signal.

The notify signal is emitted on an object when one of its properties has its value set through g_object_set_property(), g_object_set(), et al.

Note that getting this signal doesn’t itself guarantee that the value of the property has actually changed. When it is emitted is determined by the derived GObject class. If the implementor did not create the property with G_PARAM_EXPLICIT_NOTIFY, then any call to g_object_set_property() results in notify being emitted, even if the new value is the same as the old. If they did pass G_PARAM_EXPLICIT_NOTIFY, then this signal is emitted only when they explicitly call g_object_notify() or g_object_notify_by_pspec(), and common practice is to do that only when the value has actually changed.

This signal is typically used to obtain change notification for a single property, by specifying the property name as a detail in the g_signal_connect() call, like this:

(C Language Example):

g_signal_connect (text_view->buffer, "notify::paste-target-list",
                  G_CALLBACK (gtk_text_view_target_list_notify),
                  text_view)

It is important to note that you must use canonical parameter names as detail strings for the notify signal.

Gets emitted to paste the contents of the clipboard into the text view.

The paste-clipboard signal is a keybinding signal.

The default bindings for this signal are <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>v</kbd> and <kbd>Shift</kbd>-<kbd>Insert</kbd>.

Emitted when preedit text of the active IM changes.

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.

This signal is only emitted if the text at the given position is actually editable.

Emitted when the widgets tooltip is about to be shown.

This happens when the [propertyGtk.Widget:has-tooltip] property is true and the hover timeout has expired with the cursor hovering “above” widget; or emitted when widget got focus in keyboard mode.

Using the given coordinates, the signal handler should determine whether a tooltip should be shown for widget. If this is the case true should be returned, false otherwise. Note that if keyboard_mode is true, the values of x and y are undefined and should not be used.

The signal handler is free to manipulate tooltip with the therefore destined function calls.

Emitted when widget is associated with a GdkSurface.

This means that [methodGtk.Widget.realize] has been called or the widget has been mapped (that is, it is going to be drawn).

Gets emitted to select or unselect the complete contents of the text view.

The select-all signal is a keybinding signal.

The default bindings for this signal are <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>a</kbd> and <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>/</kbd> for selecting and <kbd>Shift</kbd>-<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>a</kbd> and <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>&lt;/kbd> for unselecting.

Gets emitted when the user initiates settings the “anchor” mark.

The set-anchor signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user initiates setting the “anchor” mark. The “anchor” mark gets placed at the same position as the “insert” mark.

This signal has no default bindings.

Emitted when widget is shown.

Emitted when the widget state changes.

See [methodGtk.Widget.get_state_flags].

Gets emitted to toggle the cursor-visible property.

The toggle-cursor-visible signal is a keybinding signal.

The default binding for this signal is <kbd>F7</kbd>.

Gets emitted to toggle the overwrite mode of the text view.

The toggle-overwrite signal is a keybinding signal.

The default binding for this signal is <kbd>Insert</kbd>.

Emitted when widget is going to be unmapped.

A widget is unmapped when either it or any of its parents up to the toplevel widget have been set as hidden.

As unmap indicates that a widget will not be shown any longer, it can be used to, for example, stop an animation on the widget.

Emitted when the GdkSurface associated with widget is destroyed.

This means that [methodGtk.Widget.unrealize] has been called or the widget has been unmapped (that is, it is going to be hidden).

Whether Tab will result in a tab character being entered.

The bottom margin for text in the text view.

Note that this property is confusingly named. In CSS terms, the value set here is padding, and it is applied in addition to the padding from the theme.

Don’t confuse this property with [propertyGtk.Widget:margin-bottom].

The buffer which is displayed.

Whether the widget or any of its descendents can accept the input focus.

This property is meant to be set by widget implementations, typically in their instance init function.

Whether the widget can receive pointer events.

A list of css classes applied to this widget.

The name of this widget in the CSS tree.

This property is meant to be set by widget implementations, typically in their instance init function.

The cursor used by widget.

If the insertion cursor is shown.

Undocumented

A menu model whose contents will be appended to the context menu.

Whether the widget should grab focus when it is clicked with the mouse.

This property is only relevant for widgets that can take focus.

Whether this widget itself will accept the input focus.

How to distribute horizontal space if widget gets extra space.

Whether the widget is the default widget.

Whether the widget has the input focus.

Enables or disables the emission of the query-tooltip signal on widget.

A value of true indicates that widget can have a tooltip, in this case the widget will be queried using [signalGtk.Widget::query-tooltip] to determine whether it will provide a tooltip or not.

Override for height request of the widget.

If this is -1, the natural request will be used.

Whether to expand horizontally.

Whether to use the hexpand property.

Which IM (input method) module should be used for this text_view.

See [classGtk.IMMulticontext].

Setting this to a non-nil value overrides the system-wide IM module setting. See the GtkSettings [propertyGtk.Settings:gtk-im-module] property.

Amount to indent the paragraph, in pixels.

Additional hints (beyond [propertyGtk.TextView:input-purpose]) that allow input methods to fine-tune their behaviour.

The purpose of this text field.

This property can be used by on-screen keyboards and other input methods to adjust their behaviour.

Undocumented

The GtkLayoutManager instance to use to compute the preferred size of the widget, and allocate its children.

This property is meant to be set by widget implementations, typically in their instance init function.

The default left margin for text in the text view.

Tags in the buffer may override the default.

Note that this property is confusingly named. In CSS terms, the value set here is padding, and it is applied in addition to the padding from the theme.

Margin on bottom side of widget.

This property adds margin outside of the widget’s normal size request, the margin will be added in addition to the size from [methodGtk.Widget.set_size_request] for example.

Margin on end of widget, horizontally.

This property supports left-to-right and right-to-left text directions.

This property adds margin outside of the widget’s normal size request, the margin will be added in addition to the size from [methodGtk.Widget.set_size_request] for example.

Margin on start of widget, horizontally.

This property supports left-to-right and right-to-left text directions.

This property adds margin outside of the widget’s normal size request, the margin will be added in addition to the size from [methodGtk.Widget.set_size_request] for example.

Margin on top side of widget.

This property adds margin outside of the widget’s normal size request, the margin will be added in addition to the size from [methodGtk.Widget.set_size_request] for example.

Whether text should be displayed in a monospace font.

If true, set the .monospace style class on the text view to indicate that a monospace font is desired.

The name of the widget.

The requested opacity of the widget.

How content outside the widget’s content area is treated.

This property is meant to be set by widget implementations, typically in their instance init function.

Whether entered text overwrites existing contents.

The parent widget of this widget.

Undocumented

Undocumented

Undocumented

Whether the widget will receive the default action when it is focused.

The default right margin for text in the text view.

Tags in the buffer may override the default.

Note that this property is confusingly named. In CSS terms, the value set here is padding, and it is applied in addition to the padding from the theme.

The GtkRoot widget of the widget tree containing this widget.

This will be nil if the widget is not contained in a root widget.

The scale factor of the widget.

Whether the widget responds to input.

Undocumented

Sets the text of tooltip to be the given string, which is marked up with Pango markup.

Also see [methodGtk.Tooltip.set_markup].

This is a convenience property which will take care of getting the tooltip shown if the given string is not nil: [propertyGtk.Widget:has-tooltip] will automatically be set to true and there will be taken care of [signalGtk.Widget::query-tooltip] in the default signal handler.

Note that if both [propertyGtk.Widget:tooltip-text] and [propertyGtk.Widget:tooltip-markup] are set, the last one wins.

Sets the text of tooltip to be the given string.

Also see [methodGtk.Tooltip.set_text].

This is a convenience property which will take care of getting the tooltip shown if the given string is not nil: [propertyGtk.Widget:has-tooltip] will automatically be set to true and there will be taken care of [signalGtk.Widget::query-tooltip] in the default signal handler.

Note that if both [propertyGtk.Widget:tooltip-text] and [propertyGtk.Widget:tooltip-markup] are set, the last one wins.

The top margin for text in the text view.

Note that this property is confusingly named. In CSS terms, the value set here is padding, and it is applied in addition to the padding from the theme.

Don’t confuse this property with [propertyGtk.Widget:margin-top].

How to distribute vertical space if widget gets extra space.

Whether to expand vertically.

Whether to use the vexpand property.

Whether the widget is visible.

Override for width request of the widget.

If this is -1, the natural request will be used.

Undocumented