GtkProgressBar

GtkProgressBar — A widget which indicates progress visually

Functions

Properties

guint activity-blocks Read / Write
guint activity-step Read / Write
GtkAdjustment * adjustment Read / Write
GtkProgressBarStyle bar-style Read / Write
guint discrete-blocks Read / Write
PangoEllipsizeMode ellipsize Read / Write
gdouble fraction Read / Write
GtkProgressBarOrientation orientation Read / Write
gdouble pulse-step Read / Write
gchar * text Read / Write

Style Properties

gint min-horizontal-bar-height Read / Write
gint min-horizontal-bar-width Read / Write
gint min-vertical-bar-height Read / Write
gint min-vertical-bar-width Read / Write
gint xspacing Read / Write
gint yspacing Read / Write

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GInitiallyUnowned
        ╰── GtkObject
            ╰── GtkWidget
                ╰── GtkProgress
                    ╰── GtkProgressBar

Implemented Interfaces

GtkProgressBar implements AtkImplementorIface and GtkBuildable.

Includes

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

Description

The GtkProgressBar is typically used to display the progress of a long running operation. It provides a visual clue that processing is underway. The GtkProgressBar can be used in two different modes: percentage mode and activity mode.

When an application can determine how much work needs to take place (e.g. read a fixed number of bytes from a file) and can monitor its progress, it can use the GtkProgressBar in percentage mode and the user sees a growing bar indicating the percentage of the work that has been completed. In this mode, the application is required to call gtk_progress_bar_set_fraction() periodically to update the progress bar.

When an application has no accurate way of knowing the amount of work to do, it can use the GtkProgressBar in activity mode, which shows activity by a block moving back and forth within the progress area. In this mode, the application is required to call gtk_progress_bar_pulse() perodically to update the progress bar.

There is quite a bit of flexibility provided to control the appearance of the GtkProgressBar. Functions are provided to control the orientation of the bar, optional text can be displayed along with the bar, and the step size used in activity mode can be set.

The GtkProgressBar/GtkProgress API in GTK 1.2 was bloated, needlessly complex and hard to use properly. Therefore GtkProgress has been deprecated completely and the GtkProgressBar API has been reduced to the following 10 functions: gtk_progress_bar_new(), gtk_progress_bar_pulse(), gtk_progress_bar_set_text(), gtk_progress_bar_set_fraction(), gtk_progress_bar_set_pulse_step(), gtk_progress_bar_set_orientation(), gtk_progress_bar_get_text(), gtk_progress_bar_get_fraction(), gtk_progress_bar_get_pulse_step(), gtk_progress_bar_get_orientation(). These have been grouped at the beginning of this section, followed by a large chunk of deprecated 1.2 compatibility functions.

Functions

gtk_progress_bar_new ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_progress_bar_new (void);

Creates a new GtkProgressBar.

Creates a new GtkProgressBar.

Returns

a GtkProgressBar.


gtk_progress_bar_pulse ()

void
gtk_progress_bar_pulse (GtkProgressBar *pbar);

Indicates that some progress is made, but you don't know how much. Causes the progress bar to enter "activity mode," where a block bounces back and forth. Each call to gtk_progress_bar_pulse() causes the block to move by a little bit (the amount of movement per pulse is determined by gtk_progress_bar_set_pulse_step()).

Parameters

pbar

a GtkProgressBar

 

gtk_progress_bar_set_text ()

void
gtk_progress_bar_set_text (GtkProgressBar *pbar,
                           const gchar *text);

Causes the given text to appear superimposed on the progress bar.

Parameters

pbar

a GtkProgressBar

 

text

a UTF-8 string, or NULL.

[allow-none]

gtk_progress_bar_set_fraction ()

void
gtk_progress_bar_set_fraction (GtkProgressBar *pbar,
                               gdouble fraction);

Causes the progress bar to "fill in" the given fraction of the bar. The fraction should be between 0.0 and 1.0, inclusive.

Parameters

pbar

a GtkProgressBar

 

fraction

fraction of the task that's been completed

 

gtk_progress_bar_set_pulse_step ()

void
gtk_progress_bar_set_pulse_step (GtkProgressBar *pbar,
                                 gdouble fraction);

Sets the fraction of total progress bar length to move the bouncing block for each call to gtk_progress_bar_pulse().

Parameters

pbar

a GtkProgressBar

 

fraction

fraction between 0.0 and 1.0

 

gtk_progress_bar_set_orientation ()

void
gtk_progress_bar_set_orientation (GtkProgressBar *pbar,
                                  GtkProgressBarOrientation orientation);

Causes the progress bar to switch to a different orientation (left-to-right, right-to-left, top-to-bottom, or bottom-to-top).

Parameters

pbar

a GtkProgressBar

 

orientation

orientation of the progress bar

 

gtk_progress_bar_set_ellipsize ()

void
gtk_progress_bar_set_ellipsize (GtkProgressBar *pbar,
                                PangoEllipsizeMode mode);

Sets the mode used to ellipsize (add an ellipsis: "...") the text if there is not enough space to render the entire string.

Parameters

pbar

a GtkProgressBar

 

mode

a PangoEllipsizeMode

 

Since: 2.6


gtk_progress_bar_get_text ()

const gchar *
gtk_progress_bar_get_text (GtkProgressBar *pbar);

Retrieves the text displayed superimposed on the progress bar, if any, otherwise NULL. The return value is a reference to the text, not a copy of it, so will become invalid if you change the text in the progress bar.

Parameters

pbar

a GtkProgressBar

 

Returns

text, or NULL; this string is owned by the widget and should not be modified or freed.


gtk_progress_bar_get_fraction ()

gdouble
gtk_progress_bar_get_fraction (GtkProgressBar *pbar);

Returns the current fraction of the task that's been completed.

Parameters

pbar

a GtkProgressBar

 

Returns

a fraction from 0.0 to 1.0


gtk_progress_bar_get_pulse_step ()

gdouble
gtk_progress_bar_get_pulse_step (GtkProgressBar *pbar);

Retrieves the pulse step set with gtk_progress_bar_set_pulse_step()

Parameters

pbar

a GtkProgressBar

 

Returns

a fraction from 0.0 to 1.0


gtk_progress_bar_get_orientation ()

GtkProgressBarOrientation
gtk_progress_bar_get_orientation (GtkProgressBar *pbar);

Retrieves the current progress bar orientation.

Parameters

pbar

a GtkProgressBar

 

Returns

orientation of the progress bar


gtk_progress_bar_get_ellipsize ()

PangoEllipsizeMode
gtk_progress_bar_get_ellipsize (GtkProgressBar *pbar);

Returns the ellipsizing position of the progressbar. See gtk_progress_bar_set_ellipsize().

Parameters

pbar

a GtkProgressBar

 

Since: 2.6


gtk_progress_bar_new_with_adjustment ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_progress_bar_new_with_adjustment (GtkAdjustment *adjustment);

gtk_progress_bar_new_with_adjustment is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Creates a new GtkProgressBar with an associated GtkAdjustment.

Parameters

adjustment

.

[allow-none]

Returns

a GtkProgressBar.

[transfer none]


gtk_progress_bar_set_bar_style ()

void
gtk_progress_bar_set_bar_style (GtkProgressBar *pbar,
                                GtkProgressBarStyle style);

gtk_progress_bar_set_bar_style is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Sets the style of the GtkProgressBar. The default style is GTK_PROGRESS_CONTINUOUS.

Parameters

pbar

a GtkProgressBar.

 

style

a GtkProgressBarStyle value indicating the desired style.

 

gtk_progress_bar_set_discrete_blocks ()

void
gtk_progress_bar_set_discrete_blocks (GtkProgressBar *pbar,
                                      guint blocks);

gtk_progress_bar_set_discrete_blocks is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Sets the number of blocks that the progress bar is divided into when the style is GTK_PROGRESS_DISCRETE.

Parameters

pbar

a GtkProgressBar.

 

blocks

number of individual blocks making up the bar.

 

gtk_progress_bar_set_activity_step ()

void
gtk_progress_bar_set_activity_step (GtkProgressBar *pbar,
                                    guint step);

gtk_progress_bar_set_activity_step is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Sets the step value used when the progress bar is in activity mode. The step is the amount by which the progress is incremented each iteration.

Parameters

pbar

a GtkProgressBar.

 

step

the amount which the progress is incremented in activity mode.

 

gtk_progress_bar_set_activity_blocks ()

void
gtk_progress_bar_set_activity_blocks (GtkProgressBar *pbar,
                                      guint blocks);

gtk_progress_bar_set_activity_blocks is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Sets the number of blocks used when the progress bar is in activity mode. Larger numbers make the visible block smaller.

Parameters

pbar

a GtkProgressBar.

 

blocks

number of blocks which can fit within the progress bar area.

 

gtk_progress_bar_update ()

void
gtk_progress_bar_update (GtkProgressBar *pbar,
                         gdouble percentage);

gtk_progress_bar_update is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

This function is deprecated. Please use gtk_progress_set_value() or gtk_progress_set_percentage() instead.

Parameters

pbar

a GtkProgressBar.

 

percentage

the new percent complete value.

 

Types and Values

struct GtkProgressBar

struct GtkProgressBar;

The GtkProgressBar struct contains private data only, and should be accessed using the functions below.


enum GtkProgressBarOrientation

An enumeration representing possible orientations and growth directions for the visible progress bar.

Members

GTK_PROGRESS_LEFT_TO_RIGHT

A horizontal progress bar growing from left to right.

 

GTK_PROGRESS_RIGHT_TO_LEFT

A horizontal progress bar growing from right to left.

 

GTK_PROGRESS_BOTTOM_TO_TOP

A vertical progress bar growing from bottom to top.

 

GTK_PROGRESS_TOP_TO_BOTTOM

A vertical progress bar growing from top to bottom.

 

enum GtkProgressBarStyle

An enumeration representing the styles for drawing the progress bar.

Members

GTK_PROGRESS_CONTINUOUS

The progress bar grows in a smooth, continuous manner.

 

GTK_PROGRESS_DISCRETE

The progress bar grows in discrete, visible blocks.

 

Property Details

The “activity-blocks” property

  “activity-blocks”          guint

The number of blocks which can fit in the progress bar area in activity mode (Deprecated).

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= 2

Default value: 5


The “activity-step” property

  “activity-step”            guint

The increment used for each iteration in activity mode (Deprecated).

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: 3


The “adjustment” property

  “adjustment”               GtkAdjustment *

The GtkAdjustment connected to the progress bar (Deprecated).

Flags: Read / Write


The “bar-style” property

  “bar-style”                GtkProgressBarStyle

Specifies the visual style of the bar in percentage mode (Deprecated).

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: GTK_PROGRESS_CONTINUOUS


The “discrete-blocks” property

  “discrete-blocks”          guint

The number of discrete blocks in a progress bar (when shown in the discrete style).

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= 2

Default value: 10


The “ellipsize” property

  “ellipsize”                PangoEllipsizeMode

The preferred place to ellipsize the string, if the progressbar does not have enough room to display the entire string, specified as a PangoEllisizeMode.

Note that setting this property to a value other than PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_NONE has the side-effect that the progressbar requests only enough space to display the ellipsis "...". Another means to set a progressbar's width is gtk_widget_set_size_request().

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_NONE

Since: 2.6


The “fraction” property

  “fraction”                 gdouble

The fraction of total work that has been completed.

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: [0,1]

Default value: 0


The “orientation” property

  “orientation”              GtkProgressBarOrientation

Orientation and growth direction of the progress bar.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: GTK_PROGRESS_LEFT_TO_RIGHT


The “pulse-step” property

  “pulse-step”               gdouble

The fraction of total progress to move the bouncing block when pulsed.

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: [0,1]

Default value: 0.1


The “text” property

  “text”                     gchar *

Text to be displayed in the progress bar.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: NULL

Style Property Details

The “min-horizontal-bar-height” style property

  “min-horizontal-bar-height” gint

Minimum horizontal height of the progress bar.

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= 1

Default value: 20

Since: 2.14


The “min-horizontal-bar-width” style property

  “min-horizontal-bar-width” gint

The minimum horizontal width of the progress bar.

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= 1

Default value: 150

Since: 2.14


The “min-vertical-bar-height” style property

  “min-vertical-bar-height”  gint

The minimum vertical height of the progress bar.

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= 1

Default value: 80

Since: 2.14


The “min-vertical-bar-width” style property

  “min-vertical-bar-width”   gint

The minimum vertical width of the progress bar.

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= 1

Default value: 22

Since: 2.14


The “xspacing” style property

  “xspacing”                 gint

Extra spacing applied to the width of a progress bar.

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 7


The “yspacing” style property

  “yspacing”                 gint

Extra spacing applied to the height of a progress bar.

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 7