CtkImage

CtkImage — A widget displaying an image

Functions

Properties

char * file Read / Write
GIcon * gicon Read / Write
char * icon-name Read / Write
CtkIconSet * icon-set Read / Write
int icon-size Read / Write
GdkPixbuf * pixbuf Read / Write
GdkPixbufAnimation * pixbuf-animation Read / Write
int pixel-size Read / Write
char * resource Read / Write
char * stock Read / Write
CtkImageType storage-type Read
CairoSurface * surface Read / Write
gboolean use-fallback Read / Write

Types and Values

struct CtkImage
enum CtkImageType

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GInitiallyUnowned
        ╰── CtkWidget
            ╰── CtkMisc
                ╰── CtkImage

Implemented Interfaces

CtkImage implements AtkImplementorIface and CtkBuildable.

Includes

#include <ctk/ctk.h>

Description

The CtkImage widget displays an image. Various kinds of object can be displayed as an image; most typically, you would load a GdkPixbuf ("pixel buffer") from a file, and then display that. There’s a convenience function to do this, ctk_image_new_from_file(), used as follows:

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CtkWidget *image;
image = ctk_image_new_from_file ("myfile.png");

If the file isn’t loaded successfully, the image will contain a “broken image” icon similar to that used in many web browsers. If you want to handle errors in loading the file yourself, for example by displaying an error message, then load the image with gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file(), then create the CtkImage with ctk_image_new_from_pixbuf().

The image file may contain an animation, if so the CtkImage will display an animation (GdkPixbufAnimation) instead of a static image.

CtkImage is a subclass of CtkMisc, which implies that you can align it (center, left, right) and add padding to it, using CtkMisc methods.

CtkImage is a “no window” widget (has no CdkWindow of its own), so by default does not receive events. If you want to receive events on the image, such as button clicks, place the image inside a CtkEventBox, then connect to the event signals on the event box.

Handling button press events on a CtkImage.

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static gboolean
button_press_callback (CtkWidget      *event_box,
                       CdkEventButton *event,
                       gpointer        data)
{
  g_print ("Event box clicked at coordinates %f,%f\n",
           event->x, event->y);

  // Returning TRUE means we handled the event, so the signal
  // emission should be stopped (don’t call any further callbacks
  // that may be connected). Return FALSE to continue invoking callbacks.
  return TRUE;
}

static CtkWidget*
create_image (void)
{
  CtkWidget *image;
  CtkWidget *event_box;

  image = ctk_image_new_from_file ("myfile.png");

  event_box = ctk_event_box_new ();

  ctk_container_add (CTK_CONTAINER (event_box), image);

  g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (event_box),
                    "button_press_event",
                    G_CALLBACK (button_press_callback),
                    image);

  return image;
}

When handling events on the event box, keep in mind that coordinates in the image may be different from event box coordinates due to the alignment and padding settings on the image (see CtkMisc). The simplest way to solve this is to set the alignment to 0.0 (left/top), and set the padding to zero. Then the origin of the image will be the same as the origin of the event box.

Sometimes an application will want to avoid depending on external data files, such as image files. CTK+ comes with a program to avoid this, called “gdk-pixbuf-csource”. This library allows you to convert an image into a C variable declaration, which can then be loaded into a GdkPixbuf using gdk_pixbuf_new_from_inline().

CSS nodes

CtkImage has a single CSS node with the name image. The style classes may appear on image CSS nodes: .icon-dropshadow, .lowres-icon.

Functions

ctk_image_get_icon_set ()

void
ctk_image_get_icon_set (CtkImage *image,
                        CtkIconSet **icon_set,
                        CtkIconSize *size);

ctk_image_get_icon_set has been deprecated since version 3.10 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use ctk_image_get_icon_name() instead.

Gets the icon set and size being displayed by the CtkImage. The storage type of the image must be CTK_IMAGE_EMPTY or CTK_IMAGE_ICON_SET (see ctk_image_get_storage_type()).

Parameters

image

a CtkImage

 

icon_set

location to store a CtkIconSet, or NULL.

[out][transfer none][allow-none]

size

location to store a stock icon size (CtkIconSize), or NULL.

[out][allow-none][type int]

ctk_image_get_pixbuf ()

GdkPixbuf *
ctk_image_get_pixbuf (CtkImage *image);

Gets the GdkPixbuf being displayed by the CtkImage. The storage type of the image must be CTK_IMAGE_EMPTY or CTK_IMAGE_PIXBUF (see ctk_image_get_storage_type()). The caller of this function does not own a reference to the returned pixbuf.

Parameters

image

a CtkImage

 

Returns

the displayed pixbuf, or NULL if the image is empty.

[nullable][transfer none]


ctk_image_get_stock ()

void
ctk_image_get_stock (CtkImage *image,
                     gchar **stock_id,
                     CtkIconSize *size);

Gets the stock icon name and size being displayed by the CtkImage. The storage type of the image must be CTK_IMAGE_EMPTY or CTK_IMAGE_STOCK (see ctk_image_get_storage_type()). The returned string is owned by the CtkImage and should not be freed.

Parameters

image

a CtkImage

 

stock_id

place to store a stock icon name, or NULL.

[out][transfer none][allow-none]

size

place to store a stock icon size (CtkIconSize), or NULL.

[out][allow-none][type int]

ctk_image_get_animation ()

GdkPixbufAnimation *
ctk_image_get_animation (CtkImage *image);

Gets the GdkPixbufAnimation being displayed by the CtkImage. The storage type of the image must be CTK_IMAGE_EMPTY or CTK_IMAGE_ANIMATION (see ctk_image_get_storage_type()). The caller of this function does not own a reference to the returned animation.

Parameters

image

a CtkImage

 

Returns

the displayed animation, or NULL if the image is empty.

[nullable][transfer none]


ctk_image_get_icon_name ()

void
ctk_image_get_icon_name (CtkImage *image,
                         const gchar **icon_name,
                         CtkIconSize *size);

Gets the icon name and size being displayed by the CtkImage. The storage type of the image must be CTK_IMAGE_EMPTY or CTK_IMAGE_ICON_NAME (see ctk_image_get_storage_type()). The returned string is owned by the CtkImage and should not be freed.

Parameters

image

a CtkImage

 

icon_name

place to store an icon name, or NULL.

[out][transfer none][allow-none]

size

place to store an icon size (CtkIconSize), or NULL.

[out][allow-none][type int]

Since: 2.6


ctk_image_get_gicon ()

void
ctk_image_get_gicon (CtkImage *image,
                     GIcon **gicon,
                     CtkIconSize *size);

Gets the GIcon and size being displayed by the CtkImage. The storage type of the image must be CTK_IMAGE_EMPTY or CTK_IMAGE_GICON (see ctk_image_get_storage_type()). The caller of this function does not own a reference to the returned GIcon.

Parameters

image

a CtkImage

 

gicon

place to store a GIcon, or NULL.

[out][transfer none][allow-none]

size

place to store an icon size (CtkIconSize), or NULL.

[out][allow-none][type int]

Since: 2.14


ctk_image_get_storage_type ()

CtkImageType
ctk_image_get_storage_type (CtkImage *image);

Gets the type of representation being used by the CtkImage to store image data. If the CtkImage has no image data, the return value will be CTK_IMAGE_EMPTY.

Parameters

image

a CtkImage

 

Returns

image representation being used


ctk_image_new_from_file ()

CtkWidget *
ctk_image_new_from_file (const gchar *filename);

Creates a new CtkImage displaying the file filename . If the file isn’t found or can’t be loaded, the resulting CtkImage will display a “broken image” icon. This function never returns NULL, it always returns a valid CtkImage widget.

If the file contains an animation, the image will contain an animation.

If you need to detect failures to load the file, use gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file() to load the file yourself, then create the CtkImage from the pixbuf. (Or for animations, use gdk_pixbuf_animation_new_from_file()).

The storage type (ctk_image_get_storage_type()) of the returned image is not defined, it will be whatever is appropriate for displaying the file.

Parameters

filename

a filename.

[type filename]

Returns

a new CtkImage


ctk_image_new_from_icon_set ()

CtkWidget *
ctk_image_new_from_icon_set (CtkIconSet *icon_set,
                             CtkIconSize size);

ctk_image_new_from_icon_set has been deprecated since version 3.10 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use ctk_image_new_from_icon_name() instead.

Creates a CtkImage displaying an icon set. Sample stock sizes are CTK_ICON_SIZE_MENU, CTK_ICON_SIZE_SMALL_TOOLBAR. Instead of using this function, usually it’s better to create a CtkIconFactory, put your icon sets in the icon factory, add the icon factory to the list of default factories with ctk_icon_factory_add_default(), and then use ctk_image_new_from_stock(). This will allow themes to override the icon you ship with your application.

The CtkImage does not assume a reference to the icon set; you still need to unref it if you own references. CtkImage will add its own reference rather than adopting yours.

Parameters

icon_set

a CtkIconSet

 

size

a stock icon size (CtkIconSize).

[type int]

Returns

a new CtkImage


ctk_image_new_from_pixbuf ()

CtkWidget *
ctk_image_new_from_pixbuf (GdkPixbuf *pixbuf);

Creates a new CtkImage displaying pixbuf . The CtkImage does not assume a reference to the pixbuf; you still need to unref it if you own references. CtkImage will add its own reference rather than adopting yours.

Note that this function just creates an CtkImage from the pixbuf. The CtkImage created will not react to state changes. Should you want that, you should use ctk_image_new_from_icon_name().

Parameters

pixbuf

a GdkPixbuf, or NULL.

[allow-none]

Returns

a new CtkImage


ctk_image_new_from_stock ()

CtkWidget *
ctk_image_new_from_stock (const gchar *stock_id,
                          CtkIconSize size);

Creates a CtkImage displaying a stock icon. Sample stock icon names are CTK_STOCK_OPEN, CTK_STOCK_QUIT. Sample stock sizes are CTK_ICON_SIZE_MENU, CTK_ICON_SIZE_SMALL_TOOLBAR. If the stock icon name isn’t known, the image will be empty. You can register your own stock icon names, see ctk_icon_factory_add_default() and ctk_icon_factory_add().

Parameters

stock_id

a stock icon name

 

size

a stock icon size (CtkIconSize).

[type int]

Returns

a new CtkImage displaying the stock icon


ctk_image_new_from_animation ()

CtkWidget *
ctk_image_new_from_animation (GdkPixbufAnimation *animation);

Creates a CtkImage displaying the given animation. The CtkImage does not assume a reference to the animation; you still need to unref it if you own references. CtkImage will add its own reference rather than adopting yours.

Note that the animation frames are shown using a timeout with G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT. When using animations to indicate busyness, keep in mind that the animation will only be shown if the main loop is not busy with something that has a higher priority.

Parameters

animation

an animation

 

Returns

a new CtkImage widget


ctk_image_new_from_icon_name ()

CtkWidget *
ctk_image_new_from_icon_name (const gchar *icon_name,
                              CtkIconSize size);

Creates a CtkImage displaying an icon from the current icon theme. If the icon name isn’t known, a “broken image” icon will be displayed instead. If the current icon theme is changed, the icon will be updated appropriately.

Parameters

icon_name

an icon name or NULL.

[nullable]

size

a stock icon size (CtkIconSize).

[type int]

Returns

a new CtkImage displaying the themed icon

Since: 2.6


ctk_image_new_from_gicon ()

CtkWidget *
ctk_image_new_from_gicon (GIcon *icon,
                          CtkIconSize size);

Creates a CtkImage displaying an icon from the current icon theme. If the icon name isn’t known, a “broken image” icon will be displayed instead. If the current icon theme is changed, the icon will be updated appropriately.

Parameters

icon

an icon

 

size

a stock icon size (CtkIconSize).

[type int]

Returns

a new CtkImage displaying the themed icon

Since: 2.14


ctk_image_new_from_resource ()

CtkWidget *
ctk_image_new_from_resource (const gchar *resource_path);

Creates a new CtkImage displaying the resource file resource_path . If the file isn’t found or can’t be loaded, the resulting CtkImage will display a “broken image” icon. This function never returns NULL, it always returns a valid CtkImage widget.

If the file contains an animation, the image will contain an animation.

If you need to detect failures to load the file, use gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file() to load the file yourself, then create the CtkImage from the pixbuf. (Or for animations, use gdk_pixbuf_animation_new_from_file()).

The storage type (ctk_image_get_storage_type()) of the returned image is not defined, it will be whatever is appropriate for displaying the file.

Parameters

resource_path

a resource path

 

Returns

a new CtkImage

Since: 3.4


ctk_image_new_from_surface ()

CtkWidget *
ctk_image_new_from_surface (cairo_surface_t *surface);

Creates a new CtkImage displaying surface . The CtkImage does not assume a reference to the surface; you still need to unref it if you own references. CtkImage will add its own reference rather than adopting yours.

Parameters

surface

a cairo_surface_t, or NULL.

[allow-none]

Returns

a new CtkImage

Since: 3.10


ctk_image_set_from_file ()

void
ctk_image_set_from_file (CtkImage *image,
                         const gchar *filename);

See ctk_image_new_from_file() for details.

Parameters

image

a CtkImage

 

filename

a filename or NULL.

[type filename][allow-none]

ctk_image_set_from_icon_set ()

void
ctk_image_set_from_icon_set (CtkImage *image,
                             CtkIconSet *icon_set,
                             CtkIconSize size);

ctk_image_set_from_icon_set has been deprecated since version 3.10 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use ctk_image_set_from_icon_name() instead.

See ctk_image_new_from_icon_set() for details.

Parameters

image

a CtkImage

 

icon_set

a CtkIconSet

 

size

a stock icon size (CtkIconSize).

[type int]

ctk_image_set_from_pixbuf ()

void
ctk_image_set_from_pixbuf (CtkImage *image,
                           GdkPixbuf *pixbuf);

See ctk_image_new_from_pixbuf() for details.

Parameters

image

a CtkImage

 

pixbuf

a GdkPixbuf or NULL.

[allow-none]

ctk_image_set_from_stock ()

void
ctk_image_set_from_stock (CtkImage *image,
                          const gchar *stock_id,
                          CtkIconSize size);

See ctk_image_new_from_stock() for details.

Parameters

image

a CtkImage

 

stock_id

a stock icon name

 

size

a stock icon size (CtkIconSize).

[type int]

ctk_image_set_from_animation ()

void
ctk_image_set_from_animation (CtkImage *image,
                              GdkPixbufAnimation *animation);

Causes the CtkImage to display the given animation (or display nothing, if you set the animation to NULL).

Parameters

image

a CtkImage

 

animation

the GdkPixbufAnimation

 

ctk_image_set_from_icon_name ()

void
ctk_image_set_from_icon_name (CtkImage *image,
                              const gchar *icon_name,
                              CtkIconSize size);

See ctk_image_new_from_icon_name() for details.

Parameters

image

a CtkImage

 

icon_name

an icon name or NULL.

[nullable]

size

an icon size (CtkIconSize).

[type int]

Since: 2.6


ctk_image_set_from_gicon ()

void
ctk_image_set_from_gicon (CtkImage *image,
                          GIcon *icon,
                          CtkIconSize size);

See ctk_image_new_from_gicon() for details.

Parameters

image

a CtkImage

 

icon

an icon

 

size

an icon size (CtkIconSize).

[type int]

Since: 2.14


ctk_image_set_from_resource ()

void
ctk_image_set_from_resource (CtkImage *image,
                             const gchar *resource_path);

See ctk_image_new_from_resource() for details.

Parameters

image

a CtkImage

 

resource_path

a resource path or NULL.

[allow-none]

ctk_image_set_from_surface ()

void
ctk_image_set_from_surface (CtkImage *image,
                            cairo_surface_t *surface);

See ctk_image_new_from_surface() for details.

Parameters

image

a CtkImage

 

surface

a cairo_surface_t or NULL.

[nullable]

Since: 3.10


ctk_image_clear ()

void
ctk_image_clear (CtkImage *image);

Resets the image to be empty.

Parameters

image

a CtkImage

 

Since: 2.8


ctk_image_new ()

CtkWidget *
ctk_image_new (void);

Creates a new empty CtkImage widget.

Returns

a newly created CtkImage widget.


ctk_image_set_pixel_size ()

void
ctk_image_set_pixel_size (CtkImage *image,
                          gint pixel_size);

Sets the pixel size to use for named icons. If the pixel size is set to a value != -1, it is used instead of the icon size set by ctk_image_set_from_icon_name().

Parameters

image

a CtkImage

 

pixel_size

the new pixel size

 

Since: 2.6


ctk_image_get_pixel_size ()

gint
ctk_image_get_pixel_size (CtkImage *image);

Gets the pixel size used for named icons.

Parameters

image

a CtkImage

 

Returns

the pixel size used for named icons.

Since: 2.6

Types and Values

struct CtkImage

struct CtkImage;

This struct contain private data only and should be accessed by the functions below.


enum CtkImageType

Describes the image data representation used by a CtkImage. If you want to get the image from the widget, you can only get the currently-stored representation. e.g. if the ctk_image_get_storage_type() returns CTK_IMAGE_PIXBUF, then you can call ctk_image_get_pixbuf() but not ctk_image_get_stock(). For empty images, you can request any storage type (call any of the "get" functions), but they will all return NULL values.

Members

CTK_IMAGE_EMPTY

there is no image displayed by the widget

 

CTK_IMAGE_PIXBUF

the widget contains a GdkPixbuf

 

CTK_IMAGE_STOCK

the widget contains a stock item name

 

CTK_IMAGE_ICON_SET

the widget contains a CtkIconSet

 

CTK_IMAGE_ANIMATION

the widget contains a GdkPixbufAnimation

 

CTK_IMAGE_ICON_NAME

the widget contains a named icon. This image type was added in CTK+ 2.6

 

CTK_IMAGE_GICON

the widget contains a GIcon. This image type was added in CTK+ 2.14

 

CTK_IMAGE_SURFACE

the widget contains a cairo_surface_t. This image type was added in CTK+ 3.10

 

Property Details

The “file” property

  “file”                     char *

Filename to load and display.

Owner: CtkImage

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: NULL


The “gicon” property

  “gicon”                    GIcon *

The GIcon displayed in the CtkImage. For themed icons, If the icon theme is changed, the image will be updated automatically.

Owner: CtkImage

Flags: Read / Write

Since: 2.14


The “icon-name” property

  “icon-name”                char *

The name of the icon in the icon theme. If the icon theme is changed, the image will be updated automatically.

Owner: CtkImage

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: NULL

Since: 2.6


The “icon-set” property

  “icon-set”                 CtkIconSet *

Icon set to display.

CtkImage:icon-set has been deprecated since version 3.10 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use “icon-name” instead.

Owner: CtkImage

Flags: Read / Write


The “icon-size” property

  “icon-size”                int

Symbolic size to use for stock icon, icon set or named icon.

Owner: CtkImage

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 4


The “pixbuf” property

  “pixbuf”                   GdkPixbuf *

A GdkPixbuf to display.

Owner: CtkImage

Flags: Read / Write


The “pixbuf-animation” property

  “pixbuf-animation”         GdkPixbufAnimation *

GdkPixbufAnimation to display.

Owner: CtkImage

Flags: Read / Write


The “pixel-size” property

  “pixel-size”               int

The "pixel-size" property can be used to specify a fixed size overriding the “icon-size” property for images of type CTK_IMAGE_ICON_NAME.

Owner: CtkImage

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: -1

Since: 2.6


The “resource” property

  “resource”                 char *

A path to a resource file to display.

Owner: CtkImage

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: NULL

Since: 3.8


The “stock” property

  “stock”                    char *

Stock ID for a stock image to display.

Owner: CtkImage

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: NULL


The “storage-type” property

  “storage-type”             CtkImageType

The representation being used for image data.

Owner: CtkImage

Flags: Read

Default value: CTK_IMAGE_EMPTY


The “surface” property

  “surface”                  CairoSurface *

A cairo_surface_t to display.

Owner: CtkImage

Flags: Read / Write


The “use-fallback” property

  “use-fallback”             gboolean

Whether the icon displayed in the CtkImage will use standard icon names fallback. The value of this property is only relevant for images of type CTK_IMAGE_ICON_NAME and CTK_IMAGE_GICON.

Owner: CtkImage

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: FALSE

Since: 3.0

See Also

GdkPixbuf