Functions
gdk_init ()
void
gdk_init (gint *argc,
gchar ***argv);
Initializes the GDK library and connects to the windowing system.
If initialization fails, a warning message is output and the application
terminates with a call to exit(1).
Any arguments used by GDK are removed from the array and argc
and argv
are updated accordingly.
GTK+ initializes GDK in gtk_init() and so this function is not usually
needed by GTK+ applications.
gdk_init_check ()
gboolean
gdk_init_check (gint *argc,
gchar ***argv);
Initializes the GDK library and connects to the windowing system,
returning TRUE on success.
Any arguments used by GDK are removed from the array and argc
and argv
are updated accordingly.
GTK+ initializes GDK in gtk_init() and so this function is not usually
needed by GTK+ applications.
Returns
TRUE if initialization succeeded.
gdk_parse_args ()
void
gdk_parse_args (gint *argc,
gchar ***argv);
Parse command line arguments, and store for future
use by calls to gdk_display_open().
Any arguments used by GDK are removed from the array and argc
and argv
are
updated accordingly.
You shouldn’t call this function explicitly if you are using
gtk_init(), gtk_init_check(), gdk_init(), or gdk_init_check().
Since: 2.2
gdk_get_display_arg_name ()
const gchar *
gdk_get_display_arg_name (void);
Gets the display name specified in the command line arguments passed
to gdk_init() or gdk_parse_args(), if any.
Returns
the display name, if specified explicitly,
otherwise NULL this string is owned by GTK+ and must not be
modified or freed.
[nullable]
Since: 2.2
gdk_notify_startup_complete ()
void
gdk_notify_startup_complete (void);
Indicates to the GUI environment that the application has finished
loading. If the applications opens windows, this function is
normally called after opening the application’s initial set of
windows.
GTK+ will call this function automatically after opening the first
GtkWindow unless gtk_window_set_auto_startup_notification() is called
to disable that feature.
Since: 2.2
gdk_notify_startup_complete_with_id ()
void
gdk_notify_startup_complete_with_id (const gchar *startup_id);
Indicates to the GUI environment that the application has
finished loading, using a given identifier.
GTK+ will call this function automatically for GtkWindow
with custom startup-notification identifier unless
gtk_window_set_auto_startup_notification() is called to
disable that feature.
Since: 2.12
gdk_set_allowed_backends ()
void
gdk_set_allowed_backends (const gchar *backends);
Sets a list of backends that GDK should try to use.
This can be be useful if your application does not
work with certain GDK backends.
By default, GDK tries all included backends.
For example,
instructs GDK to try the Wayland backend first,
followed by the Quartz backend, and then all
others.
If the GDK_BACKEND environment variable
is set, it determines what backends are tried in what
order, while still respecting the set of allowed backends
that are specified by this function.
The possible backend names are x11, win32, quartz,
broadway, wayland. You can also include a * in the
list to try all remaining backends.
This call must happen prior to gdk_display_open(),
gtk_init(), gtk_init_with_args() or gtk_init_check()
in order to take effect.
Since: 3.10
gdk_get_program_class ()
const gchar *
gdk_get_program_class (void);
Gets the program class. Unless the program class has explicitly
been set with gdk_set_program_class() or with the --class
commandline option, the default value is the program name (determined
with g_get_prgname()) with the first character converted to uppercase.
Returns
the program class.
gdk_set_program_class ()
void
gdk_set_program_class (const gchar *program_class);
Sets the program class. The X11 backend uses the program class to set
the class name part of the WM_CLASS property on
toplevel windows; see the ICCCM.
The program class can still be overridden with the --class command
line option.
gdk_get_display ()
gchar *
gdk_get_display (void);
gdk_get_display has been deprecated since version 3.8 and should not be used in newly-written code.
Call gdk_display_get_name (gdk_display_get_default()))
instead.
Gets the name of the display, which usually comes from the
DISPLAY environment variable or the
--display command line option.
Returns
the name of the display.
gdk_flush ()
void
gdk_flush (void);
gdk_flush is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.
Flushes the output buffers of all display connections and waits
until all requests have been processed.
This is rarely needed by applications.
gdk_screen_width ()
gint
gdk_screen_width (void);
gdk_screen_width has been deprecated since version 3.22 and should not be used in newly-written code.
Use per-monitor information
Gets the width of the default screen in pixels. The returned
size is in ”application pixels”, not in ”device pixels” (see
gdk_screen_get_monitor_scale_factor()).
Returns
the width of the default screen in pixels.
gdk_screen_height ()
gint
gdk_screen_height (void);
gdk_screen_height has been deprecated since version 3.22 and should not be used in newly-written code.
Use per-monitor information
Gets the height of the default screen in pixels. The returned
size is in ”application pixels”, not in ”device pixels” (see
gdk_screen_get_monitor_scale_factor()).
Returns
the height of the default screen in pixels.
gdk_screen_width_mm ()
gint
gdk_screen_width_mm (void);
gdk_screen_width_mm has been deprecated since version 3.22 and should not be used in newly-written code.
Use per-monitor information
Returns the width of the default screen in millimeters.
Note that on many X servers this value will not be correct.
Returns
the width of the default screen in millimeters,
though it is not always correct.
gdk_screen_height_mm ()
gint
gdk_screen_height_mm (void);
gdk_screen_height_mm has been deprecated since version 3.22 and should not be used in newly-written code.
Use per-monitor information
Returns the height of the default screen in millimeters.
Note that on many X servers this value will not be correct.
Returns
the height of the default screen in millimeters,
though it is not always correct.
gdk_pointer_grab ()
GdkGrabStatus
gdk_pointer_grab (GdkWindow *window,
gboolean owner_events,
GdkEventMask event_mask,
GdkWindow *confine_to,
GdkCursor *cursor,
guint32 time_);
gdk_pointer_grab has been deprecated since version 3.0 and should not be used in newly-written code.
Use gdk_device_grab() instead.
Grabs the pointer (usually a mouse) so that all events are passed to this
application until the pointer is ungrabbed with gdk_pointer_ungrab(), or
the grab window becomes unviewable.
This overrides any previous pointer grab by this client.
Pointer grabs are used for operations which need complete control over mouse
events, even if the mouse leaves the application.
For example in GTK+ it is used for Drag and Drop, for dragging the handle in
the GtkHPaned and GtkVPaned widgets.
Note that if the event mask of an X window has selected both button press and
button release events, then a button press event will cause an automatic
pointer grab until the button is released.
X does this automatically since most applications expect to receive button
press and release events in pairs.
It is equivalent to a pointer grab on the window with owner_events
set to
TRUE.
If you set up anything at the time you take the grab that needs to be cleaned
up when the grab ends, you should handle the GdkEventGrabBroken events that
are emitted when the grab ends unvoluntarily.
gdk_pointer_ungrab ()
void
gdk_pointer_ungrab (guint32 time_);
Ungrabs the pointer on the default display, if it is grabbed by this
application.
gdk_pointer_is_grabbed ()
gboolean
gdk_pointer_is_grabbed (void);
Returns TRUE if the pointer on the default display is currently
grabbed by this application.
Note that this does not take the inmplicit pointer grab on button
presses into account.
Returns
TRUE if the pointer is currently grabbed by this application.
gdk_keyboard_grab ()
GdkGrabStatus
gdk_keyboard_grab (GdkWindow *window,
gboolean owner_events,
guint32 time_);
gdk_keyboard_grab has been deprecated since version 3.0 and should not be used in newly-written code.
Use gdk_device_grab() instead.
Grabs the keyboard so that all events are passed to this
application until the keyboard is ungrabbed with gdk_keyboard_ungrab().
This overrides any previous keyboard grab by this client.
If you set up anything at the time you take the grab that needs to be cleaned
up when the grab ends, you should handle the GdkEventGrabBroken events that
are emitted when the grab ends unvoluntarily.
gdk_keyboard_ungrab ()
void
gdk_keyboard_ungrab (guint32 time_);
Ungrabs the keyboard on the default display, if it is grabbed by this
application.
gdk_beep ()
void
gdk_beep (void);
gdk_beep is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.
Emits a short beep on the default display.
gdk_error_trap_push ()
void
gdk_error_trap_push (void);
gdk_error_trap_push is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.
This function allows X errors to be trapped instead of the normal
behavior of exiting the application. It should only be used if it
is not possible to avoid the X error in any other way. Errors are
ignored on all GdkDisplay currently known to the
GdkDisplayManager. If you don’t care which error happens and just
want to ignore everything, pop with gdk_error_trap_pop_ignored().
If you need the error code, use gdk_error_trap_pop() which may have
to block and wait for the error to arrive from the X server.
This API exists on all platforms but only does anything on X.
You can use gdk_x11_display_error_trap_push() to ignore errors
on only a single display.
gdk_error_trap_pop ()
gint
gdk_error_trap_pop (void);
gdk_error_trap_pop is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.
Removes an error trap pushed with gdk_error_trap_push().
May block until an error has been definitively received
or not received from the X server. gdk_error_trap_pop_ignored()
is preferred if you don’t need to know whether an error
occurred, because it never has to block. If you don't
need the return value of gdk_error_trap_pop(), use
gdk_error_trap_pop_ignored().
Prior to GDK 3.0, this function would not automatically
sync for you, so you had to gdk_flush() if your last
call to Xlib was not a blocking round trip.
Returns
X error code or 0 on success
gdk_error_trap_pop_ignored ()
void
gdk_error_trap_pop_ignored (void);
gdk_error_trap_pop_ignored is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.
Removes an error trap pushed with gdk_error_trap_push(), but
without bothering to wait and see whether an error occurred. If an
error arrives later asynchronously that was triggered while the
trap was pushed, that error will be ignored.
Since: 3.0
Types and Values
GDK_WINDOWING_X11
#define GDK_WINDOWING_X11
The GDK_WINDOWING_X11 macro is defined if the X11 backend
is supported.
Use this macro to guard code that is specific to the X11 backend.
GDK_WINDOWING_WIN32
#define GDK_WINDOWING_WIN32
The GDK_WINDOWING_WIN32 macro is defined if the Win32 backend
is supported.
Use this macro to guard code that is specific to the Win32 backend.
GDK_WINDOWING_QUARTZ
#define GDK_WINDOWING_QUARTZ
The GDK_WINDOWING_QUARTZ macro is defined if the Quartz backend
is supported.
Use this macro to guard code that is specific to the Quartz backend.
GDK_WINDOWING_WAYLAND
#define GDK_WINDOWING_WAYLAND
The GDK_WINDOWING_WAYLAND macro is defined if the Wayland backend
is supported.
Use this macro to guard code that is specific to the Wayland backend.
GDK_VERSION_3_0
#define GDK_VERSION_3_0 (G_ENCODE_VERSION (3, 0))
A macro that evaluates to the 3.0 version of GDK, in a format
that can be used by the C pre-processor.
Since: 3.4
GDK_VERSION_3_2
#define GDK_VERSION_3_2 (G_ENCODE_VERSION (3, 2))
A macro that evaluates to the 3.2 version of GDK, in a format
that can be used by the C pre-processor.
Since: 3.4
GDK_VERSION_3_4
#define GDK_VERSION_3_4 (G_ENCODE_VERSION (3, 4))
A macro that evaluates to the 3.4 version of GDK, in a format
that can be used by the C pre-processor.
Since: 3.4
GDK_VERSION_3_6
#define GDK_VERSION_3_6 (G_ENCODE_VERSION (3, 6))
A macro that evaluates to the 3.6 version of GDK, in a format
that can be used by the C pre-processor.
Since: 3.6
GDK_VERSION_3_8
#define GDK_VERSION_3_8 (G_ENCODE_VERSION (3, 8))
A macro that evaluates to the 3.8 version of GDK, in a format
that can be used by the C pre-processor.
Since: 3.8
GDK_VERSION_3_10
#define GDK_VERSION_3_10 (G_ENCODE_VERSION (3, 10))
A macro that evaluates to the 3.10 version of GDK, in a format
that can be used by the C pre-processor.
Since: 3.10
GDK_VERSION_3_12
#define GDK_VERSION_3_12 (G_ENCODE_VERSION (3, 12))
A macro that evaluates to the 3.12 version of GDK, in a format
that can be used by the C pre-processor.
Since: 3.12
GDK_VERSION_3_14
#define GDK_VERSION_3_14 (G_ENCODE_VERSION (3, 14))
A macro that evaluates to the 3.14 version of GDK, in a format
that can be used by the C pre-processor.
Since: 3.14
GDK_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED
# define GDK_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED (GDK_VERSION_CUR_STABLE)
A macro that should be defined by the user prior to including
the gdk.h header.
The definition should be one of the predefined GDK version
macros: GDK_VERSION_3_0, GDK_VERSION_3_2,...
This macro defines the lower bound for the GDK API to use.
If a function has been deprecated in a newer version of GDK,
it is possible to use this symbol to avoid the compiler warnings
without disabling warning for every deprecated function.
Since: 3.4
GDK_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED
# define GDK_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED GDK_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED
A macro that should be defined by the user prior to including
the gdk.h header.
The definition should be one of the predefined GDK version
macros: GDK_VERSION_3_0, GDK_VERSION_3_2,...
This macro defines the upper bound for the GDK API to use.
If a function has been introduced in a newer version of GDK,
it is possible to use this symbol to get compiler warnings when
trying to use that function.
Since: 3.4
GDK_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
#define GDK_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
A macro that should be defined before including the gdk.h header.
If it is defined, no compiler warnings will be produced for uses
of deprecated GDK and GTK+ APIs.