GtkCalendar: GTK+ 2 Reference Manual

GtkCalendar

GtkCalendar — Displays a calendar and allows the user to select a date

Functions

gchar *	(*GtkCalendarDetailFunc) ()
GtkWidget *	gtk_calendar_new ()
gboolean	gtk_calendar_select_month ()
void	gtk_calendar_select_day ()
gboolean	gtk_calendar_mark_day ()
gboolean	gtk_calendar_unmark_day ()
void	gtk_calendar_clear_marks ()
GtkCalendarDisplayOptions	gtk_calendar_get_display_options ()
void	gtk_calendar_set_display_options ()
void	gtk_calendar_get_date ()
void	gtk_calendar_set_detail_func ()
gint	gtk_calendar_get_detail_width_chars ()
void	gtk_calendar_set_detail_width_chars ()
gint	gtk_calendar_get_detail_height_rows ()
void	gtk_calendar_set_detail_height_rows ()
void	gtk_calendar_display_options ()
void	gtk_calendar_freeze ()
void	gtk_calendar_thaw ()

Properties

gint	day	Read / Write
gint	detail-height-rows	Read / Write
gint	detail-width-chars	Read / Write
gint	month	Read / Write
gboolean	no-month-change	Read / Write
gboolean	show-day-names	Read / Write
gboolean	show-details	Read / Write
gboolean	show-heading	Read / Write
gboolean	show-week-numbers	Read / Write
gint	year	Read / Write

Style Properties

gint	horizontal-separation	Read
gint	inner-border	Read
gint	vertical-separation	Read

Signals

void	day-selected	Run First
void	day-selected-double-click	Run First
void	month-changed	Run First
void	next-month	Run First
void	next-year	Run First
void	prev-month	Run First
void	prev-year	Run First

Types and Values

struct	GtkCalendar
enum	GtkCalendarDisplayOptions

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GInitiallyUnowned
        ╰── GtkObject
            ╰── GtkWidget
                ╰── GtkCalendar

Implemented Interfaces

GtkCalendar implements AtkImplementorIface and GtkBuildable.

Includes

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

Description

GtkCalendar is a widget that displays a calendar, one month at a time. It can be created with gtk_calendar_new().

The month and year currently displayed can be altered with gtk_calendar_select_month(). The exact day can be selected from the displayed month using gtk_calendar_select_day().

To place a visual marker on a particular day, use gtk_calendar_mark_day() and to remove the marker, gtk_calendar_unmark_day(). Alternative, all marks can be cleared with gtk_calendar_clear_marks().

The way in which the calendar itself is displayed can be altered using gtk_calendar_set_display_options().

The selected date can be retrieved from a GtkCalendar using gtk_calendar_get_date().

Functions

GtkCalendarDetailFunc ()

gchar *
(*GtkCalendarDetailFunc) (GtkCalendar *calendar,
                          guint year,
                          guint month,
                          guint day,
                          gpointer user_data);

This kind of functions provide Pango markup with detail information for the specified day. Examples for such details are holidays or appointments. The function returns NULL when no information is available.

Parameters

calendar	a GtkCalendar.
year	the year for which details are needed.
month	the month for which details are needed.
day	the day of `month` for which details are needed.
user_data	the data passed with `gtk_calendar_set_detail_func()`.

Returns

Newly allocated string with Pango markup with details for the specified day, or NULL.

Since 2.14

gtk_calendar_new ()

GtkWidget *
gtk_calendar_new (void);

Creates a new calendar, with the current date being selected.

Returns

a newly GtkCalendar widget

gtk_calendar_select_month ()

gboolean
gtk_calendar_select_month (GtkCalendar *calendar,
                           guint month,
                           guint year);

Shifts the calendar to a different month.

Note that this function always returns TRUE, and you should ignore the return value. In GTK+ 3, this function will not return a value.

Parameters

calendar	a GtkCalendar
month	a month number between 0 and 11.
year	the year the month is in.

Returns

TRUE, always

gtk_calendar_select_day ()

void
gtk_calendar_select_day (GtkCalendar *calendar,
                         guint day);

Selects a day from the current month.

Parameters

calendar	a GtkCalendar.
day	the day number between 1 and 31, or 0 to unselect the currently selected day.

gtk_calendar_mark_day ()

gboolean
gtk_calendar_mark_day (GtkCalendar *calendar,
                       guint day);

Places a visual marker on a particular day.

Note that this function always returns TRUE, and you should ignore the return value. In GTK+ 3, this function will not return a value.

Parameters

calendar	a GtkCalendar
day	the day number to mark between 1 and 31.

Returns

TRUE, always

gtk_calendar_unmark_day ()

gboolean
gtk_calendar_unmark_day (GtkCalendar *calendar,
                         guint day);

Removes the visual marker from a particular day.

Note that this function always returns TRUE, and you should ignore the return value. In GTK+ 3, this function will not return a value.

Parameters

calendar	a GtkCalendar.
day	the day number to unmark between 1 and 31.

Returns

TRUE, always

gtk_calendar_clear_marks ()

void
gtk_calendar_clear_marks (GtkCalendar *calendar);

Remove all visual markers.

Parameters

calendar

a GtkCalendar

gtk_calendar_get_display_options ()

GtkCalendarDisplayOptions
gtk_calendar_get_display_options (GtkCalendar *calendar);

Returns the current display options of calendar .

Parameters

calendar

a GtkCalendar

Returns

the display options.

Since 2.4

gtk_calendar_set_display_options ()

void
gtk_calendar_set_display_options (GtkCalendar *calendar,
                                  GtkCalendarDisplayOptions flags);

Sets display options (whether to display the heading and the month headings).

Parameters

calendar	a GtkCalendar
flags	the display options to set

Since 2.4

gtk_calendar_get_date ()

void
gtk_calendar_get_date (GtkCalendar *calendar,
                       guint *year,
                       guint *month,
                       guint *day);

Obtains the selected date from a GtkCalendar.

Parameters

calendar	a GtkCalendar
year	location to store the year as a decimal number (e.g. 2011), or `NULL`.	[out][allow-none]
month	location to store the month number (between 0 and 11), or `NULL`.	[out][allow-none]
day	location to store the day number (between 1 and 31), or `NULL`.	[out][allow-none]

gtk_calendar_set_detail_func ()

void
gtk_calendar_set_detail_func (GtkCalendar *calendar,
                              GtkCalendarDetailFunc func,
                              gpointer data,
                              GDestroyNotify destroy);

Installs a function which provides Pango markup with detail information for each day. Examples for such details are holidays or appointments. That information is shown below each day when “show-details” is set. A tooltip containing with full detail information is provided, if the entire text should not fit into the details area, or if “show-details” is not set.

The size of the details area can be restricted by setting the “detail-width-chars” and “detail-height-rows” properties.

Parameters

calendar	a GtkCalendar.
func	a function providing details for each day.
data	data to pass to `func` invokations.
destroy	a function for releasing `data` .

Since 2.14

gtk_calendar_get_detail_width_chars ()

gint
gtk_calendar_get_detail_width_chars (GtkCalendar *calendar);

Queries the width of detail cells, in characters. See “detail-width-chars”.

Parameters

calendar

a GtkCalendar.

Returns

The width of detail cells, in characters.

Since 2.14

gtk_calendar_set_detail_width_chars ()

void
gtk_calendar_set_detail_width_chars (GtkCalendar *calendar,
                                     gint chars);

Updates the width of detail cells. See “detail-width-chars”.

Parameters

calendar	a GtkCalendar.
chars	detail width in characters.

Since 2.14

gtk_calendar_get_detail_height_rows ()

gint
gtk_calendar_get_detail_height_rows (GtkCalendar *calendar);

Queries the height of detail cells, in rows. See “detail-width-chars”.

Parameters

calendar

a GtkCalendar.

Returns

The height of detail cells, in rows.

Since 2.14

gtk_calendar_set_detail_height_rows ()

void
gtk_calendar_set_detail_height_rows (GtkCalendar *calendar,
                                     gint rows);

Updates the height of detail cells. See “detail-height-rows”.

Parameters

calendar	a GtkCalendar.
rows	detail height in rows.

Since 2.14

gtk_calendar_display_options ()

void
gtk_calendar_display_options (GtkCalendar *calendar,
                              GtkCalendarDisplayOptions flags);

gtk_calendar_display_options has been deprecated since version 2.4 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Use gtk_calendar_set_display_options() instead

Sets display options (whether to display the heading and the month headings).

Parameters

calendar	a GtkCalendar.
flags	the display options to set.

gtk_calendar_freeze ()

void
gtk_calendar_freeze (GtkCalendar *calendar);

gtk_calendar_freeze has been deprecated since version 2.8 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Does nothing. Previously locked the display of the calendar until it was thawed with gtk_calendar_thaw().

Parameters

calendar

a GtkCalendar

gtk_calendar_thaw ()

void
gtk_calendar_thaw (GtkCalendar *calendar);

gtk_calendar_thaw has been deprecated since version 2.8 and should not be used in newly-written code.

Does nothing. Previously defrosted a calendar; all the changes made since the last gtk_calendar_freeze() were displayed.

Parameters

calendar

a GtkCalendar

Types and Values

struct GtkCalendar

struct GtkCalendar;

num_marked_dates is an integer containing the number of days that have a mark over them.

marked_date is an array containing the day numbers that currently have a mark over them.

month, year, and selected_day contain the currently visible month, year, and selected day respectively.

All of these fields should be considered read only, and everything in this struct should only be modified using the functions provided below.

Note that month is zero-based (i.e it allowed values are 0-11) while selected_day is one-based (i.e. allowed values are 1-31).

enum GtkCalendarDisplayOptions

These options can be used to influence the display and behaviour of a GtkCalendar.

Members

GTK_CALENDAR_SHOW_HEADING	Specifies that the month and year should be displayed.
GTK_CALENDAR_SHOW_DAY_NAMES	Specifies that three letter day descriptions should be present.
GTK_CALENDAR_NO_MONTH_CHANGE	Prevents the user from switching months with the calendar.
GTK_CALENDAR_SHOW_WEEK_NUMBERS	Displays each week numbers of the current year, down the left side of the calendar.
GTK_CALENDAR_WEEK_START_MONDAY	Since GTK+ 2.4, this option is deprecated and ignored by GTK+. The information on which day the calendar week starts is derived from the locale.
GTK_CALENDAR_SHOW_DETAILS	Just show an indicator, not the full details text when details are provided. See `gtk_calendar_set_detail_func()`.

Property Details

The `“day”` property

  “day”                      gint

The selected day (as a number between 1 and 31, or 0 to unselect the currently selected day). This property gets initially set to the current day.

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: [0,31]

Default value: 0

The `“detail-height-rows”` property

  “detail-height-rows”       gint

Height of a detail cell, in rows. A value of 0 allows any width. See gtk_calendar_set_detail_func().

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: [0,127]

Default value: 0

Since 2.14

The `“detail-width-chars”` property

  “detail-width-chars”       gint

Width of a detail cell, in characters. A value of 0 allows any width. See gtk_calendar_set_detail_func().

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: [0,127]

Default value: 0

Since 2.14

The `“month”` property

  “month”                    gint

The selected month (as a number between 0 and 11). This property gets initially set to the current month.

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: [0,11]

Default value: 0

The `“no-month-change”` property

  “no-month-change”          gboolean

Determines whether the selected month can be changed.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: FALSE

Since 2.4

The `“show-day-names”` property

  “show-day-names”           gboolean

Determines whether day names are displayed.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: TRUE

Since 2.4

The `“show-details”` property

  “show-details”             gboolean

Determines whether details are shown directly in the widget, or if they are available only as tooltip. When this property is set days with details are marked.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: TRUE

Since 2.14

The `“show-heading”` property

  “show-heading”             gboolean

Determines whether a heading is displayed.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: TRUE

Since 2.4

The `“show-week-numbers”` property

  “show-week-numbers”        gboolean

Determines whether week numbers are displayed.

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: FALSE

Since 2.4

The `“year”` property

  “year”                     gint

The selected year. This property gets initially set to the current year.

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: [0,4194303]

Default value: 0

Style Property Details

The `“horizontal-separation”` style property

  “horizontal-separation”    gint

Separation between week headers and main area.

Flags: Read

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 4

The `“inner-border”` style property

  “inner-border”             gint

The spacing around the day/week headers and main area.

Flags: Read

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 4

The `“vertical-separation”` style property

  “vertical-separation”      gint

Space between day headers and main area.

Flags: Read

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 4

Signal Details

The `“day-selected”` signal

void
user_function (GtkCalendar *calendar,
               gpointer     user_data)

Emitted when the user selects a day.

Parameters

calendar	the object which received the signal.
user_data	user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Run First

The `“day-selected-double-click”` signal

void
user_function (GtkCalendar *calendar,
               gpointer     user_data)

Parameters

calendar	the object which received the signal.
user_data	user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Run First

The `“month-changed”` signal

void
user_function (GtkCalendar *calendar,
               gpointer     user_data)

Emitted when the user clicks a button to change the selected month on a calendar.

Parameters

calendar	the object which received the signal.
user_data	user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Run First

The `“next-month”` signal

void
user_function (GtkCalendar *calendar,
               gpointer     user_data)

Parameters

calendar	the object which received the signal.
user_data	user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Run First

The `“next-year”` signal

void
user_function (GtkCalendar *calendar,
               gpointer     user_data)

Parameters

calendar	the object which received the signal.
user_data	user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Run First

The `“prev-month”` signal

void
user_function (GtkCalendar *calendar,
               gpointer     user_data)

Parameters

calendar	the object which received the signal.
user_data	user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Run First

The `“prev-year”` signal

void
user_function (GtkCalendar *calendar,
               gpointer     user_data)

Parameters

calendar	the object which received the signal.
user_data	user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Flags: Run First

GtkCalendar

Functions

Properties

Style Properties

Signals

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

Implemented Interfaces

Includes

Description

Functions

GtkCalendarDetailFunc ()

Parameters

Returns

gtk_calendar_new ()

Returns

gtk_calendar_select_month ()

Parameters

Returns

gtk_calendar_select_day ()

Parameters

gtk_calendar_mark_day ()

Parameters

Returns

gtk_calendar_unmark_day ()

Parameters

Returns

gtk_calendar_clear_marks ()

Parameters

gtk_calendar_get_display_options ()

Parameters

Returns

gtk_calendar_set_display_options ()

Parameters

gtk_calendar_get_date ()

Parameters

gtk_calendar_set_detail_func ()

Parameters

gtk_calendar_get_detail_width_chars ()

Parameters

Returns

gtk_calendar_set_detail_width_chars ()

Parameters

gtk_calendar_get_detail_height_rows ()

Parameters

Returns

gtk_calendar_set_detail_height_rows ()

Parameters

gtk_calendar_display_options ()

Parameters

gtk_calendar_freeze ()

Parameters

gtk_calendar_thaw ()

Parameters

Types and Values

struct GtkCalendar

enum GtkCalendarDisplayOptions

Members

Property Details

The “day” property

The “detail-height-rows” property

The “detail-width-chars” property

The “month” property

The “no-month-change” property

The “show-day-names” property

The “show-details” property

The “show-heading” property

The “show-week-numbers” property

The “year” property

Style Property Details

The “horizontal-separation” style property

The “inner-border” style property

The “vertical-separation” style property

Signal Details

The “day-selected” signal

Parameters

The “day-selected-double-click” signal

Parameters

The “month-changed” signal

Parameters

The `“day”` property

The `“detail-height-rows”` property

The `“detail-width-chars”` property

The `“month”` property

The `“no-month-change”` property

The `“show-day-names”` property

The `“show-details”` property

The `“show-heading”` property

The `“show-week-numbers”` property

The `“year”` property

The `“horizontal-separation”` style property

The `“inner-border”` style property

The `“vertical-separation”` style property

The `“day-selected”` signal

The `“day-selected-double-click”` signal

The `“month-changed”` signal

The `“next-month”` signal

The `“next-year”` signal

The `“prev-month”` signal

The `“prev-year”` signal