Filesystem utilities

Filesystem utilities — Functions for working with GIO

Synopsis

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

struct              GtkMountOperation;
GMountOperation *   gtk_mount_operation_new             (GtkWindow *parent);
gboolean            gtk_mount_operation_is_showing      (GtkMountOperation *op);
void                gtk_mount_operation_set_parent      (GtkMountOperation *op,
                                                         GtkWindow *parent);
GtkWindow *         gtk_mount_operation_get_parent      (GtkMountOperation *op);
void                gtk_mount_operation_set_screen      (GtkMountOperation *op,
                                                         GdkScreen *screen);
GdkScreen *         gtk_mount_operation_get_screen      (GtkMountOperation *op);
gboolean            gtk_show_uri                        (GdkScreen *screen,
                                                         const gchar *uri,
                                                         guint32 timestamp,
                                                         GError **error);

Object Hierarchy

  GObject
   +----GMountOperation
         +----GtkMountOperation

Properties

  "is-showing"               gboolean              : Read
  "parent"                   GtkWindow*            : Read / Write
  "screen"                   GdkScreen*            : Read / Write

Description

The functions and objects described here make working with GTK+ and GIO more convenient.

GtkMountOperation is needed when mounting volumes: It is an implementation of GMountOperation that can be used with GIO functions for mounting volumes such as g_file_mount_enclosing_volume(), g_file_mount_mountable(), g_volume_mount(), g_mount_unmount_with_operation() and others.

When necessary, GtkMountOperation shows dialogs to ask for passwords, questions or show processes blocking unmount.

gtk_show_uri() is a convenient way to launch applications for URIs.

Another object that is worth mentioning in this context is GdkAppLaunchContext, which provides visual feedback when lauching applications.

Details

struct GtkMountOperation

struct GtkMountOperation;

This should not be accessed directly. Use the accessor functions below.

gtk_mount_operation_new ()

GMountOperation *   gtk_mount_operation_new             (GtkWindow *parent);

Creates a new GtkMountOperation

parent :

 transient parent of the window, or NULL. [allow-none]

Returns :

 a new GtkMountOperation

Since 2.14

gtk_mount_operation_is_showing ()

gboolean            gtk_mount_operation_is_showing      (GtkMountOperation *op);

Returns whether the GtkMountOperation is currently displaying a window.

op :

 a GtkMountOperation

Returns :

 TRUE if op is currently displaying a window

Since 2.14

gtk_mount_operation_set_parent ()

void                gtk_mount_operation_set_parent      (GtkMountOperation *op,
                                                         GtkWindow *parent);

Sets the transient parent for windows shown by the GtkMountOperation.

op :

 a GtkMountOperation

parent :

 transient parent of the window, or NULL. [allow-none]

Since 2.14

gtk_mount_operation_get_parent ()

GtkWindow *         gtk_mount_operation_get_parent      (GtkMountOperation *op);

Gets the transient parent used by the GtkMountOperation

op :

 a GtkMountOperation

Returns :

 the transient parent for windows shown by op. [transfer none]

Since 2.14

gtk_mount_operation_set_screen ()

void                gtk_mount_operation_set_screen      (GtkMountOperation *op,
                                                         GdkScreen *screen);

Sets the screen to show windows of the GtkMountOperation on.

op :

 a GtkMountOperation

screen :

 a GdkScreen

Since 2.14

gtk_mount_operation_get_screen ()

GdkScreen *         gtk_mount_operation_get_screen      (GtkMountOperation *op);

Gets the screen on which windows of the GtkMountOperation will be shown.

op :

 a GtkMountOperation

Returns :

 the screen on which windows of op are shown. [transfer none]

Since 2.14

gtk_show_uri ()

gboolean            gtk_show_uri                        (GdkScreen *screen,
                                                         const gchar *uri,
                                                         guint32 timestamp,
                                                         GError **error);

This is a convenience function for launching the default application to show the uri. The uri must be of a form understood by GIO (i.e. you need to install gvfs to get support for uri schemes such as http:// or ftp://, as only local files are handled by GIO itself). Typical examples are

file:///home/gnome/pict.jpg
http://www.gnome.org
mailto:me@gnome.org

Ideally the timestamp is taken from the event triggering the gtk_show_uri() call. If timestamp is not known you can take GDK_CURRENT_TIME.

This function can be used as a replacement for gnome_vfs_url_show() and gnome_url_show().

screen :

 screen to show the uri on or NULL for the default screen. [allow-none]

uri :

 the uri to show

timestamp :

 a timestamp to prevent focus stealing

error :

 a GError that is returned in case of errors

Returns :

 TRUE on success, FALSE on error

Since 2.14

Property Details

The "is-showing" property

  "is-showing"               gboolean              : Read

Are we showing a dialog.

Default value: FALSE

The "parent" property

  "parent"                   GtkWindow*            : Read / Write

The parent window.

The "screen" property

  "screen"                   GdkScreen*            : Read / Write

The screen where this window will be displayed.

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