The
gtk:file-chooser-widget widget is a widget for choosing files. It exposes the
gtk:file-chooser interface, and you should use the
methods of this interface to interact with the widget.
CSS nodes
The
gtk:file-chooser-widget implementation has a single CSS node with name
filechooser.
Warning
The
gtk:file-chooser-widget class is deprecated since 4.10. Direct
use of the widget is deprecated.
Signal Details
The "desktop-folder" signal
lambda (widget) :action
- widget
- The gtk:file-chooser-widget object which received the signal.
A keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it. This is
used to make the file chooser show the user's Desktop folder in the file list. The default binding for this signal is the
Alt+D key.
The "down-folder" signal
lambda (widget) :action
- widget
- The gtk:file-chooser-widget object which received the signal.
A keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it. This is
used to make the file chooser go to a child of the current folder in the
file hierarchy. The subfolder that will be used is displayed in the path
bar widget of the file chooser. For example, if the path bar is showing
"/foo/bar/baz", with
bar currently displayed, then this will cause the file chooser to switch to the
"baz" subfolder. The default binding for this signal is the
Alt+Down key.
The "home-folder" signal
lambda (widget) :action
- widget
- The gtk:file-chooser-widget object which received the signal.
A keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it. This is
used to make the file chooser show the user's home folder in the file list. The default binding for this signal is the
Alt+Home key.
The "location-popup" signal
lambda (widget path) :action
- widget
- The gtk:file-chooser-widget object which received the signal.
- path
- The string that gets put in the text entry for the file name.
A keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it. This is
used to make the file chooser show a "Location" prompt which the user
can use to manually type the name of the file he wishes to select. The default bindings for this signal are the
Control+L key with a path
string of "" (the empty string). It is also bound to / with a path
string of "/" (a slash): this lets you type / and immediately type a
path name. On Unix systems, this is bound to ~ (tilde) with a path string
of "~" itself for access to home directories.
The "location-popup-on-paste" signal
lambda (widget) :action
- widget
- The gtk:file-chooser-widget object which received the signal.
A keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it. This is
used to make the file chooser show a "Location" prompt when the user pastes into a
gtk:file-chooser-widget widget. The default binding for this signal is the
Control+V key.
The "location-toggle-popup" signal
lambda (widget) :action
- widget
- The gtk:file-chooser-widget object which received the signal.
A keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it. This is
used to toggle the visibility of a "Location" prompt which the user can
use to manually type the name of the file he wishes to select. The default binding for this signal is the
Control+L key.
The "places-shortcut" signal
lambda (widget) :action
- widget
- The gtk:file-chooser-widget object which received the signal.
A keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it. This
is used to move the focus to the places sidebar. The default binding for this signal is the
Alt+P key.
The "quick-bookmark" signal
lambda (widget index) :action
- widget
- The gtk:file-chooser-widget object which received the signal.
- index
- The integer with the number of the bookmark to switch to.
A keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it. This is
used to make the file chooser switch to the bookmark specified in the
index parameter. For example, if you have three bookmarks, you
can pass 0, 1, 2 to this signal to switch to each of them, respectively. The default binding for this signal is the
Alt+1 key, the
Alt+2 key, etc. until the
Alt+0 key. Note that in the default binding, that the
Alt+1 key is actually defined to switch to the bookmark at index 0, and so on successively. The
Alt+0 key is
defined to switch to the bookmark at index 10.
The "recent-shortcut" signal
lambda (widget) :action
- widget
- The gtk:file-chooser-widget object which received the signal.
A keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it. This is
used to make the file chooser show the Recent location. The default binding for this signal is the
Alt+R.
The "search-shortcut" signal
lambda (widget) :action
- widget
- The gtk:file-chooser-widget object which received the signal.
A keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it. This is
used to make the file chooser show the search entry. The default binding for this signal is the
Alt+S key.
The "show-hidden" signal
lambda (widget) :action
- widget
- The gtk:file-chooser-widget object which received the signal.
A keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it. This is
used to make the file chooser display hidden files. The default binding for this signal is the
Control+H key.
The "up-folder" signal
lambda (widget) :action
- widget
- The gtk:file-chooser-widget object which received the signal.
A keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user asks for it. This is
used to make the file chooser go to the parent of the current folder in
the file hierarchy. The default binding for this signal is the
Alt+Up key.