Class: Gtk::HeaderBar
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Overview
GtkHeaderBar is a widget for creating custom title bars for windows.

GtkHeaderBar is similar to a horizontal GtkCenterBox. It allows
children to be placed at the start or the end. In addition, it allows
the window title to be displayed. The title will be centered with respect
to the width of the box, even if the children at either side take up
different amounts of space.
GtkHeaderBar can add typical window frame controls, such as minimize,
maximize and close buttons, or the window icon.
For these reasons, GtkHeaderBar is the natural choice for use as the
custom titlebar widget of a GtkWindow (see [methodGtk.Window.set_titlebar]),
as it gives features typical of titlebars while allowing the addition of
child widgets.
GtkHeaderBar as GtkBuildable
The GtkHeaderBar implementation of the GtkBuildable interface supports
adding children at the start or end sides by specifying “start” or “end” as
the “type” attribute of a <child> element, or setting the title widget by
specifying “title” value.
By default the GtkHeaderBar uses a GtkLabel displaying the title of the
window it is contained in as the title widget, equivalent to the following
UI definition:
<object class="GtkHeaderBar">
<property name="title-widget">
<object class="GtkLabel">
<property name="label" translatable="yes">Label</property>
<property name="single-line-mode">True</property>
<property name="ellipsize">end</property>
<property name="width-chars">5</property>
<style>
<class name="title"/>
</style>
</object>
</property>
</object>
CSS nodes
headerbar
╰── windowhandle
╰── box
├── box.start
│ ├── windowcontrols.start
│ ╰── [other children]
├── [Title Widget]
╰── box.end
├── [other children]
╰── windowcontrols.end
A GtkHeaderBar's CSS node is called headerbar. It contains a windowhandle
subnode, which contains a box subnode, which contains two box subnodes at
the start and end of the header bar, as well as a center node that represents
the title.
Each of the boxes contains a windowcontrols subnode, see
[classGtk.WindowControls] for details, as well as other children.
Accessibility
GtkHeaderBar uses the %GTK_ACCESSIBLE_ROLE_GROUP role.
Instance Method Summary collapse
-
#decoration_layout ⇒ String
The decoration layout for buttons.
-
#decoration_layout=(decoration_layout) ⇒ String
The decoration layout for buttons.
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#initialize ⇒ Gtk::Widget
constructor
Creates a new
GtkHeaderBarwidget. -
#pack_end(child) ⇒ nil
Adds child to bar, packed with reference to the end of the bar.
-
#pack_start(child) ⇒ nil
Adds child to bar, packed with reference to the start of the bar.
-
#remove(child) ⇒ nil
Removes a child from the
GtkHeaderBar. -
#show_title_buttons ⇒ Boolean
Returns whether this header bar shows the standard window title buttons.
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#show_title_buttons=(show_title_buttons) ⇒ Boolean
Whether to show title buttons like close, minimize, maximize.
-
#show_title_buttons? ⇒ Boolean
Whether to show title buttons like close, minimize, maximize.
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#title_widget ⇒ Gtk::Widget
Title-widget.
- #title_widget=(title_widget) ⇒ Gtk::Widget
Methods inherited from Widget
#accessible_role, #accessible_role=, #action_set_enabled, #activate, #activate_action, #activate_action_variant, #activate_default, #activate_signal, #activate_signal=, #activate_signal_from_name=, #add_binding, #add_binding_action, #add_binding_signal, #add_controller, #add_css_class, #add_events, #add_events_raw, #add_mnemonic_label, #add_shortcut, #add_tick_callback, #allocate, #allocated_baseline, #allocated_height, #allocated_width, #baseline, #bind_template_callback_full, #bind_template_child, #bind_template_child_full, #can_focus, #can_focus=, #can_focus?, #can_target, #can_target=, #can_target?, #child_focus, #child_visible, #child_visible=, #clipboard, #compute_bounds, #compute_expand, #compute_point, #compute_transform, #contains, #create_pango_context, #create_pango_layout, #css_classes, #css_classes=, #css_name, #css_name=, #cursor, #cursor=, #cursor_from_name=, default_direction, default_direction=, #direction, #direction=, #display, #dispose_template, #drag_check_threshold, #drag_dest_set, #drag_dest_set_raw, #drag_source_set, #drag_source_set_raw, #error_bell, #events, #events_raw, #first_child, #focus_child, #focus_child=, #focus_on_click, #focus_on_click=, #focus_on_click?, #focusable, #focusable=, #focusable?, #font_map, #font_map=, #font_options, #font_options=, #frame_clock, #get_allocation, #get_ancestor, #get_color, #get_preferred_size, #get_size, #get_size_request, #get_template_child, #grab_focus, #halign, #halign=, #has_css_class, #has_default, #has_default=, #has_default?, #has_focus, #has_focus=, #has_focus?, #has_tooltip, #has_tooltip=, #has_tooltip?, #has_visible_focus, have_template?, #height, #height_request, #height_request=, #hexpand, #hexpand=, #hexpand?, #hexpand_set, #hexpand_set=, #hexpand_set?, #hide, #in_destruction, #init_template, #insert_action_group, #insert_action_group_raw, #insert_after, #insert_before, #install_action, #install_property_action, #is_ancestor, #is_drawable, #is_focus, #is_sensitive, #is_visible, #keynav_failed, #last_child, #layout_manager, #layout_manager=, #layout_manager_type, #layout_manager_type=, #list_mnemonic_labels, #map, #mapped, #margin_bottom, #margin_bottom=, #margin_end, #margin_end=, #margin_start, #margin_start=, #margin_top, #margin_top=, #measure, #mnemonic_activate, #name, #name=, #native, #next_sibling, #observe_children, #observe_controllers, #opacity, #opacity=, #overflow, #overflow=, #pango_context, #parent, #parent=, #pick, #prev_sibling, #primary_clipboard, #query_action, #queue_allocate, #queue_draw, #queue_resize, #realize, #realized, #receives_default, #receives_default=, #receives_default?, #remove_controller, #remove_css_class, #remove_mnemonic_label, #remove_tick_callback, #render_icon_pixbuf, #render_icon_pixbuf_raw, #request_mode, #root, #root=, #scale_factor, #scale_factor=, #sensitive, #sensitive=, #sensitive?, #set_allocation, set_connect_func, set_connect_func_raw, #set_events, #set_events_raw, #set_size_request, #set_size_request_raw, #set_state_flags, #set_template, #set_template_raw, #settings, #should_layout, #show, #size_allocate, #snapshot_child, #state_flags, #style_context, #style_context_raw, #style_get_property, #style_get_property_raw, #template=, template_children, #template_from_resource=, #template_scope=, #tooltip_markup, #tooltip_markup=, #tooltip_text, #tooltip_text=, #translate_coordinates, #translate_coordinates_raw, #trigger_tooltip_query, #unmap, #unparent, #unrealize, #unset_state_flags, #valign, #valign=, #vexpand, #vexpand=, #vexpand?, #vexpand_set, #vexpand_set=, #vexpand_set?, #visible, #visible=, #visible?, #width, #width_request, #width_request=
Constructor Details
#initialize ⇒ Gtk::Widget
Creates a new GtkHeaderBar widget.
Instance Method Details
#decoration_layout ⇒ String
The decoration layout for buttons.
If this property is not set, the [propertyGtk.Settings:gtk-decoration-layout] setting is used.
#decoration_layout=(decoration_layout) ⇒ String
The decoration layout for buttons.
If this property is not set, the [propertyGtk.Settings:gtk-decoration-layout] setting is used.
#pack_end(child) ⇒ nil
Adds child to bar, packed with reference to the end of the bar.
#pack_start(child) ⇒ nil
Adds child to bar, packed with reference to the start of the bar.
#remove(child) ⇒ nil
Removes a child from the GtkHeaderBar.
The child must have been added with [methodGtk.HeaderBar.pack_start], [methodGtk.HeaderBar.pack_end] or [methodGtk.HeaderBar.set_title_widget].
#show_title_buttons ⇒ Boolean
Returns whether this header bar shows the standard window title buttons.
#show_title_buttons=(show_title_buttons) ⇒ Boolean
Whether to show title buttons like close, minimize, maximize.
Which buttons are actually shown and where is determined by the [propertyGtk.HeaderBar:decoration-layout] property, and by the state of the window (e.g. a close button will not be shown if the window can't be closed).
#show_title_buttons? ⇒ Boolean
Whether to show title buttons like close, minimize, maximize.
Which buttons are actually shown and where is determined by the [propertyGtk.HeaderBar:decoration-layout] property, and by the state of the window (e.g. a close button will not be shown if the window can't be closed).
#title_widget ⇒ Gtk::Widget
Returns title-widget.