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GtkPlacesSidebar

GtkPlacesSidebar — Sidebar that displays frequently-used places in the file system

Properties

gboolean local-only Read / Write
GFile * location Read / Write
GtkPlacesOpenFlags open-flags Read / Write
gboolean show-connect-to-server Read / Write
gboolean show-desktop Read / Write

Signals

gint drag-action-ask Run Last
gint drag-action-requested Run Last
void drag-perform-drop Run First
void open-location Run First
void populate-popup Run First
void show-connect-to-server Run First
void show-error-message Run First

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GInitiallyUnowned
        ╰── GtkWidget
            ╰── GtkContainer
                ╰── GtkBin
                    ╰── GtkScrolledWindow
                        ╰── GtkPlacesSidebar

Implemented Interfaces

GtkPlacesSidebar implements AtkImplementorIface and GtkBuildable.

Includes

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

Description

GtkPlacesSidebar is a widget that displays a list of frequently-used places in the file system: the user’s home directory, the user’s bookmarks, and volumes and drives. This widget is used as a sidebar in GtkFileChooser and may be used by file managers and similar programs.

The places sidebar displays drives and volumes, and will automatically mount or unmount them when the user selects them.

Applications can hook to various signals in the places sidebar to customize its behavior. For example, they can add extra commands to the context menu of the sidebar.

While bookmarks are completely in control of the user, the places sidebar also allows individual applications to provide extra shortcut folders that are unique to each application. For example, a Paint program may want to add a shortcut for a Clipart folder. You can do this with gtk_places_sidebar_add_shortcut().

To make use of the places sidebar, an application at least needs to connect to the “open-location” signal. This is emitted when the user selects in the sidebar a location to open. The application should also call gtk_places_sidebar_set_location() when it changes the currently-viewed location.

Functions

gtk_places_sidebar_new ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_places_sidebar_new (void);

Creates a new GtkPlacesSidebar widget.

The application should connect to at least the “open-location” signal to be notified when the user makes a selection in the sidebar.

Returns

a newly created GtkPlacesSidebar

Since 3.10


gtk_places_sidebar_set_open_flags ()

void
gtk_places_sidebar_set_open_flags (GtkPlacesSidebar *sidebar,
                                   GtkPlacesOpenFlags flags);

Sets the way in which the calling application can open new locations from the places sidebar. For example, some applications only open locations “directly” into their main view, while others may support opening locations in a new notebook tab or a new window.

This function is used to tell the places sidebar about the ways in which the application can open new locations, so that the sidebar can display (or not) the “Open in new tab” and “Open in new window” menu items as appropriate.

When the “open-location” signal is emitted, its flags argument will be set to one of the flags that was passed in gtk_places_sidebar_set_open_flags().

Passing 0 for flags will cause GTK_PLACES_OPEN_NORMAL to always be sent to callbacks for the “open-location” signal.

Parameters

sidebar

a places sidebar

 

flags

Bitmask of modes in which the calling application can open locations

 

Since 3.10


gtk_places_sidebar_get_open_flags ()

GtkPlacesOpenFlags
gtk_places_sidebar_get_open_flags (GtkPlacesSidebar *sidebar);

Gets the open flags.

Parameters

sidebar

a GtkPlacesSidebar

 

Returns

the GtkPlacesOpenFlags of sidebar

Since 3.10


gtk_places_sidebar_set_location ()

void
gtk_places_sidebar_set_location (GtkPlacesSidebar *sidebar,
                                 GFile *location);

Sets the location that is being shown in the widgets surrounding the sidebar , for example, in a folder view in a file manager. In turn, the sidebar will highlight that location if it is being shown in the list of places, or it will unhighlight everything if the location is not among the places in the list.

Parameters

sidebar

a places sidebar

 

location

location to select, or NULL for no current path.

[allow-none]

Since 3.10


gtk_places_sidebar_get_location ()

GFile *
gtk_places_sidebar_get_location (GtkPlacesSidebar *sidebar);

Gets the currently-selected location in the sidebar . This can be NULL when nothing is selected, for example, when gtk_places_sidebar_set_location() has been called with a location that is not among the sidebar’s list of places to show.

You can use this function to get the selection in the sidebar . Also, if you connect to the “populate-popup” signal, you can use this function to get the location that is being referred to during the callbacks for your menu items.

Parameters

sidebar

a places sidebar

 

Returns

a GFile with the selected location, or NULL if nothing is visually selected.

[transfer full]

Since 3.10


gtk_places_sidebar_set_show_desktop ()

void
gtk_places_sidebar_set_show_desktop (GtkPlacesSidebar *sidebar,
                                     gboolean show_desktop);

Sets whether the sidebar should show an item for the Desktop folder. The default value for this option is determined by the desktop environment and the user’s configuration, but this function can be used to override it on a per-application basis.

Parameters

sidebar

a places sidebar

 

show_desktop

whether to show an item for the Desktop folder

 

Since 3.10


gtk_places_sidebar_get_show_desktop ()

gboolean
gtk_places_sidebar_get_show_desktop (GtkPlacesSidebar *sidebar);

Returns the value previously set with gtk_places_sidebar_set_show_desktop()

Parameters

sidebar

a places sidebar

 

Returns

TRUE if the sidebar will display a builtin shortcut to the desktop folder.

Since 3.10


gtk_places_sidebar_add_shortcut ()

void
gtk_places_sidebar_add_shortcut (GtkPlacesSidebar *sidebar,
                                 GFile *location);

Applications may want to present some folders in the places sidebar if they could be immediately useful to users. For example, a drawing program could add a “/usr/share/clipart” location when the sidebar is being used in an “Insert Clipart” dialog box.

This function adds the specified location to a special place for immutable shortcuts. The shortcuts are application-specific; they are not shared across applications, and they are not persistent. If this function is called multiple times with different locations, then they are added to the sidebar’s list in the same order as the function is called.

Parameters

sidebar

a places sidebar

 

location

location to add as an application-specific shortcut

 

Since 3.10


gtk_places_sidebar_remove_shortcut ()

void
gtk_places_sidebar_remove_shortcut (GtkPlacesSidebar *sidebar,
                                    GFile *location);

Removes an application-specific shortcut that has been previously been inserted with gtk_places_sidebar_add_shortcut(). If the location is not a shortcut in the sidebar, then nothing is done.

Parameters

sidebar

a places sidebar

 

location

location to remove

 

Since 3.10


gtk_places_sidebar_list_shortcuts ()

GSList *
gtk_places_sidebar_list_shortcuts (GtkPlacesSidebar *sidebar);

Gets the list of shortcuts.

Parameters

sidebar

a places sidebar

 

Returns

A GSList of GFile of the locations that have been added as application-specific shortcuts with gtk_places_sidebar_add_shortcut(). To free this list, you can use

[element-type GFile][transfer full]

Since 3.10


gtk_places_sidebar_get_nth_bookmark ()

GFile *
gtk_places_sidebar_get_nth_bookmark (GtkPlacesSidebar *sidebar,
                                     gint n);

This function queries the bookmarks added by the user to the places sidebar, and returns one of them. This function is used by GtkFileChooser to implement the “Alt-1”, “Alt-2”, etc. shortcuts, which activate the cooresponding bookmark.

Parameters

sidebar

a places sidebar

 

n

index of the bookmark to query

 

Returns

The bookmark specified by the index n , or NULL if no such index exist. Note that the indices start at 0, even though the file chooser starts them with the keyboard shortcut “Alt-1”.

[transfer full]

Since 3.10


gtk_places_sidebar_get_show_connect_to_server ()

gboolean
gtk_places_sidebar_get_show_connect_to_server
                               (GtkPlacesSidebar *sidebar);

Returns the value previously set with gtk_places_sidebar_set_show_connect_to_server()

Parameters

sidebar

a places sidebar

 

Returns

TRUE if the sidebar will display a “Connect to Server” item.

Since 3.10


gtk_places_sidebar_set_show_connect_to_server ()

void
gtk_places_sidebar_set_show_connect_to_server
                               (GtkPlacesSidebar *sidebar,
                                gboolean show_connect_to_server);

Sets whether the sidebar should show an item for connecting to a network server; this is off by default. An application may want to turn this on if it implements a way for the user to connect to network servers directly.

Parameters

sidebar

a places sidebar

 

show_connect_to_server

whether to show an item for the Connect to Server command

 

Since 3.10


gtk_places_sidebar_get_local_only ()

gboolean
gtk_places_sidebar_get_local_only (GtkPlacesSidebar *sidebar);

Returns the value previously set with gtk_places_sidebar_set_local_only().

Parameters

sidebar

a places sidebar

 

Returns

TRUE if the sidebar will only show local files.

Since 3.12


gtk_places_sidebar_set_local_only ()

void
gtk_places_sidebar_set_local_only (GtkPlacesSidebar *sidebar,
                                   gboolean local_only);

Sets whether the sidebar should only show local files.

Parameters

sidebar

a places sidebar

 

local_only

whether to show only local files

 

Since 3.12

Types and Values

GtkPlacesSidebar

typedef struct _GtkPlacesSidebar GtkPlacesSidebar;

enum GtkPlacesOpenFlags

These flags serve two purposes. First, the application can call gtk_places_sidebar_set_open_flags() using these flags as a bitmask. This tells the sidebar that the application is able to open folders selected from the sidebar in various ways, for example, in new tabs or in new windows in addition to the normal mode.

Second, when one of these values gets passed back to the application in the “open-location” signal, it means that the application should open the selected location in the normal way, in a new tab, or in a new window. The sidebar takes care of determining the desired way to open the location, based on the modifier keys that the user is pressing at the time the selection is made.

If the application never calls gtk_places_sidebar_set_open_flags(), then the sidebar will only use GTK_PLACES_OPEN_NORMAL in the “open-location” signal. This is the default mode of operation.

Members

GTK_PLACES_OPEN_NORMAL

This is the default mode that GtkPlacesSidebar uses if no other flags are specified. It indicates that the calling application should open the selected location in the normal way, for example, in the folder view beside the sidebar.

 

GTK_PLACES_OPEN_NEW_TAB

When passed to gtk_places_sidebar_set_open_flags(), this indicates that the application can open folders selected from the sidebar in new tabs. This value will be passed to the “open-location” signal when the user selects that a location be opened in a new tab instead of in the standard fashion.

 

GTK_PLACES_OPEN_NEW_WINDOW

Similar to GTK_PLACES_OPEN_NEW_TAB , but indicates that the application can open folders in new windows.

 

Property Details

The “local-only” property

  “local-only”               gboolean

Whether the sidebar only includes local files.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: FALSE


The “location” property

  “location”                 GFile *

The location to highlight in the sidebar.

Flags: Read / Write


The “open-flags” property

  “open-flags”               GtkPlacesOpenFlags

Modes in which the calling application can open locations selected in the sidebar.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: GTK_PLACES_OPEN_NORMAL


The “show-connect-to-server” property

  “show-connect-to-server”   gboolean

Whether the sidebar includes a builtin shortcut to a 'Connect to server' dialog.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: FALSE


The “show-desktop” property

  “show-desktop”             gboolean

Whether the sidebar includes a builtin shortcut to the Desktop folder.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: TRUE

Signal Details

The “drag-action-ask” signal

gint
user_function (GtkPlacesSidebar *sidebar,
               gint              actions,
               gpointer          user_data)

The places sidebar emits this signal when it needs to ask the application to pop up a menu to ask the user for which drag action to perform.

Parameters

sidebar

the object which received the signal.

 

actions

Possible drag actions that need to be asked for.

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Returns

the final drag action that the sidebar should pass to the drag side of the drag-and-drop operation.

Flags: Run Last

Since 3.10


The “drag-action-requested” signal

gint
user_function (GtkPlacesSidebar *sidebar,
               GdkDragContext   *context,
               GObject          *dest_file,
               gpointer          source_file_list,
               gpointer          user_data)

When the user starts a drag-and-drop operation and the sidebar needs to ask the application for which drag action to perform, then the sidebar will emit this signal.

The application can evaluate the context for customary actions, or it can check the type of the files indicated by source_file_list against the possible actions for the destination dest_file .

The drag action to use must be the return value of the signal handler.

Parameters

sidebar

the object which received the signal.

 

context

GdkDragContext with information about the drag operation

 

dest_file

GFile with the tentative location that is being hovered for a drop

 

source_file_list

List of GFile that are being dragged.

[element-type GFile][transfer none]

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Returns

The drag action to use, for example, GDK_ACTION_COPY or GDK_ACTION_MOVE, or 0 if no action is allowed here (i.e. drops are not allowed in the specified dest_file ).

Flags: Run Last

Since 3.10


The “drag-perform-drop” signal

void
user_function (GtkPlacesSidebar *sidebar,
               GObject          *dest_file,
               gpointer          source_file_list,
               gint              action,
               gpointer          user_data)

The places sidebar emits this signal when the user completes a drag-and-drop operation and one of the sidebar's items is the destination. This item is in the dest_file , and the source_file_list has the list of files that are dropped into it and which should be copied/moved/etc. based on the specified action .

Parameters

sidebar

the object which received the signal.

 

dest_file

Destination GFile.

 

source_file_list

GList of GFile that got dropped.

[element-type GFile][transfer none]

action

Drop action to perform.

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: Run First

Since 3.10


The “open-location” signal

void
user_function (GtkPlacesSidebar  *sidebar,
               GObject           *location,
               GtkPlacesOpenFlags open_flags,
               gpointer           user_data)

The places sidebar emits this signal when the user selects a location in it. The calling application should display the contents of that location; for example, a file manager should show a list of files in the specified location.

Parameters

sidebar

the object which received the signal.

 

location

GFile to which the caller should switch.

 

open_flags

a single value from GtkPlacesOpenFlags specifying how the location should be opened.

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: Run First

Since 3.10


The “populate-popup” signal

void
user_function (GtkPlacesSidebar *sidebar,
               GObject          *menu,
               GObject          *selected_item,
               GObject          *selected_volume,
               gpointer          user_data)

The places sidebar emits this signal when the user invokes a contextual menu on one of its items. In the signal handler, the application may add extra items to the menu as appropriate. For example, a file manager may want to add a "Properties" command to the menu.

It is not necessary to store the selected_item for each menu item; during their GtkMenuItem::activate callbacks, the application can use gtk_places_sidebar_get_location() to get the file to which the item refers.

The selected_item argument may be NULL in case the selection refers to a volume. In this case, selected_volume will be non-NULL. In this case, the calling application will have to g_object_ref() the selected_volume and keep it around for the purposes of its menu item's "activate" callback.

The menu and all its menu items are destroyed after the user dismisses the menu. The menu is re-created (and thus, this signal is emitted) every time the user activates the contextual menu.

Parameters

sidebar

the object which received the signal.

 

menu

a GtkMenu.

 

selected_item

GFile with the item to which the menu should refer, or NULL in the case of a selected_volume .

 

selected_volume

GVolume if the selected item is a volume, or NULL if it is a file.

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: Run First

Since 3.10


The “show-connect-to-server” signal

void
user_function (GtkPlacesSidebar *sidebar,
               gpointer          user_data)

The places sidebar emits this signal when it needs the calling application to present an way to connect directly to a network server. For example, the application may bring up a dialog box asking for a URL like "sftp://ftp.example.com". It is up to the application to create the corresponding mount by using, for example, g_file_mount_enclosing_volume().

Parameters

sidebar

the object which received the signal.

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: Run First

Since 3.10


The “show-error-message” signal

void
user_function (GtkPlacesSidebar *sidebar,
               gchar            *primary,
               gchar            *secondary,
               gpointer          user_data)

The places sidebar emits this signal when it needs the calling application to present an error message. Most of these messages refer to mounting or unmounting media, for example, when a drive cannot be started for some reason.

Parameters

sidebar

the object which received the signal.

 

primary

primary message with a summary of the error to show.

 

secondary

secondary message with details of the error to show.

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: Run First

Since 3.10

See Also

GtkFileChooser

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