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class="refentry"> <a name="GtkEntryBuffer"></a><div class="titlepage"></div> <div class="refnamediv"><table width="100%"><tr> <td valign="top"> <h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="GtkEntryBuffer.top_of_page"></a>GtkEntryBuffer</span></h2> <p>GtkEntryBuffer — Text buffer for GtkEntry</p> </td> <td class="gallery_image" valign="top" align="right"></td> </tr></table></div> <div class="refsect1"> <a name="GtkEntryBuffer.functions"></a><h2>Functions</h2> <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0"> <colgroup> <col width="150px" class="functions_return"> <col class="functions_name"> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <td class="function_type"> <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="returnvalue">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a> * </td> <td class="function_name"> <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html#gtk-entry-buffer-new" title="gtk_entry_buffer_new ()">gtk_entry_buffer_new</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="function_type">const <span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> * </td> <td class="function_name"> <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html#gtk-entry-buffer-get-text" title="gtk_entry_buffer_get_text ()">gtk_entry_buffer_get_text</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="function_type"> <span class="returnvalue">void</span> </td> <td class="function_name"> <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html#gtk-entry-buffer-set-text" title="gtk_entry_buffer_set_text ()">gtk_entry_buffer_set_text</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="function_type"> <span class="returnvalue">gsize</span> </td> <td class="function_name"> <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html#gtk-entry-buffer-get-bytes" title="gtk_entry_buffer_get_bytes ()">gtk_entry_buffer_get_bytes</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="function_type"> <span class="returnvalue">guint</span> </td> <td class="function_name"> <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html#gtk-entry-buffer-get-length" title="gtk_entry_buffer_get_length ()">gtk_entry_buffer_get_length</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="function_type"> <span class="returnvalue">gint</span> </td> <td class="function_name"> <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html#gtk-entry-buffer-get-max-length" title="gtk_entry_buffer_get_max_length ()">gtk_entry_buffer_get_max_length</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="function_type"> <span class="returnvalue">void</span> </td> <td class="function_name"> <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html#gtk-entry-buffer-set-max-length" title="gtk_entry_buffer_set_max_length ()">gtk_entry_buffer_set_max_length</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="function_type"> <span class="returnvalue">guint</span> </td> <td class="function_name"> <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html#gtk-entry-buffer-insert-text" title="gtk_entry_buffer_insert_text ()">gtk_entry_buffer_insert_text</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="function_type"> <span class="returnvalue">guint</span> </td> <td class="function_name"> <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html#gtk-entry-buffer-delete-text" title="gtk_entry_buffer_delete_text ()">gtk_entry_buffer_delete_text</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="function_type"> <span class="returnvalue">void</span> </td> <td class="function_name"> <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html#gtk-entry-buffer-emit-deleted-text" title="gtk_entry_buffer_emit_deleted_text ()">gtk_entry_buffer_emit_deleted_text</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="function_type"> <span class="returnvalue">void</span> </td> <td class="function_name"> <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html#gtk-entry-buffer-emit-inserted-text" title="gtk_entry_buffer_emit_inserted_text ()">gtk_entry_buffer_emit_inserted_text</a> <span class="c_punctuation">()</span> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a name="GtkEntryBuffer.properties"></a><h2>Properties</h2> <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" border="0"> <colgroup> <col width="150px" class="properties_type"> <col width="300px" class="properties_name"> <col width="200px" class="properties_flags"> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <td class="property_type"><span class="type">guint</span></td> <td class="property_name"><a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html#GtkEntryBuffer--length" title="The “length” property">length</a></td> <td class="property_flags">Read</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="property_type"><span class="type">gint</span></td> <td class="property_name"><a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html#GtkEntryBuffer--max-length" title="The “max-length” property">max-length</a></td> <td class="property_flags">Read / Write</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="property_type"> <span class="type">gchar</span> *</td> <td class="property_name"><a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html#GtkEntryBuffer--text" title="The “text” property">text</a></td> <td class="property_flags">Read / Write</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a name="GtkEntryBuffer.signals"></a><h2>Signals</h2> <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" border="0"> <colgroup> <col width="150px" class="signals_return"> <col width="300px" class="signals_name"> <col width="200px" class="signals_flags"> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <td class="signal_type"><span class="returnvalue">void</span></td> <td class="signal_name"><a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html#GtkEntryBuffer-deleted-text" title="The “deleted-text” signal">deleted-text</a></td> <td class="signal_flags">Run First</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="signal_type"><span class="returnvalue">void</span></td> <td class="signal_name"><a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html#GtkEntryBuffer-inserted-text" title="The “inserted-text” signal">inserted-text</a></td> <td class="signal_flags">Run First</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a name="GtkEntryBuffer.other"></a><h2>Types and Values</h2> <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0"> <colgroup> <col width="150px" class="name"> <col class="description"> </colgroup> <tbody><tr> <td class="datatype_keyword">struct</td> <td class="function_name"><a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html#GtkEntryBuffer-struct" title="struct GtkEntryBuffer">GtkEntryBuffer</a></td> </tr></tbody> </table></div> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a name="GtkEntryBuffer.object-hierarchy"></a><h2>Object Hierarchy</h2> <pre class="screen"> GObject <span class="lineart">╰──</span> GtkEntryBuffer </pre> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a name="GtkEntryBuffer.includes"></a><h2>Includes</h2> <pre class="synopsis">#include <gtk/gtk.h> </pre> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a name="GtkEntryBuffer.description"></a><h2>Description</h2> <p>The <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a> class contains the actual text displayed in a <a class="link" href="GtkEntry.html" title="GtkEntry"><span class="type">GtkEntry</span></a> widget.</p> <p>A single <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a> object can be shared by multiple <a class="link" href="GtkEntry.html" title="GtkEntry"><span class="type">GtkEntry</span></a> widgets which will then share the same text content, but not the cursor position, visibility attributes, icon etc.</p> <p><a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a> may be derived from. Such a derived class might allow text to be stored in an alternate location, such as non-pageable memory, useful in the case of important passwords. Or a derived class could integrate with an application’s concept of undo/redo.</p> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a name="GtkEntryBuffer.functions_details"></a><h2>Functions</h2> <div class="refsect2"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-new"></a><h3>gtk_entry_buffer_new ()</h3> <pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="returnvalue">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a> * gtk_entry_buffer_new (<em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *initial_chars</code></em>, <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">gint</span> n_initial_chars</code></em>);</pre> <p>Create a new GtkEntryBuffer object.</p> <p>Optionally, specify initial text to set in the buffer.</p> <div class="refsect3"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-new.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4> <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0"> <colgroup> <col width="150px" class="parameters_name"> <col class="parameters_description"> <col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations"> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>initial_chars</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>initial buffer text, or <code class="literal">NULL</code>. </p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"><span class="annotation">[<acronym title="NULL is OK, both for passing and for returning."><span class="acronym">allow-none</span></acronym>]</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>n_initial_chars</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>number of characters in <em class="parameter"><code>initial_chars</code></em> , or -1</p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> </div> <div class="refsect3"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-new.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4> <p> A new GtkEntryBuffer object.</p> </div> <p class="since">Since: 2.18</p> </div> <hr> <div class="refsect2"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-get-text"></a><h3>gtk_entry_buffer_get_text ()</h3> <pre class="programlisting">const <span class="returnvalue">gchar</span> * gtk_entry_buffer_get_text (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a> *buffer</code></em>);</pre> <p>Retrieves the contents of the buffer.</p> <p>The memory pointer returned by this call will not change unless this object emits a signal, or is finalized.</p> <div class="refsect3"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-get-text.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4> <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0"> <colgroup> <col width="150px" class="parameters_name"> <col class="parameters_description"> <col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations"> </colgroup> <tbody><tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>buffer</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a></p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr></tbody> </table></div> </div> <div class="refsect3"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-get-text.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4> <p> a pointer to the contents of the widget as a string. This string points to internally allocated storage in the buffer and must not be freed, modified or stored.</p> </div> <p class="since">Since: 2.18</p> </div> <hr> <div class="refsect2"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-set-text"></a><h3>gtk_entry_buffer_set_text ()</h3> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span> gtk_entry_buffer_set_text (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a> *buffer</code></em>, <em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *chars</code></em>, <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">gint</span> n_chars</code></em>);</pre> <p>Sets the text in the buffer.</p> <p>This is roughly equivalent to calling <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html#gtk-entry-buffer-delete-text" title="gtk_entry_buffer_delete_text ()"><code class="function">gtk_entry_buffer_delete_text()</code></a> and <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html#gtk-entry-buffer-insert-text" title="gtk_entry_buffer_insert_text ()"><code class="function">gtk_entry_buffer_insert_text()</code></a>.</p> <p>Note that <em class="parameter"><code>n_chars</code></em> is in characters, not in bytes.</p> <div class="refsect3"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-set-text.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4> <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0"> <colgroup> <col width="150px" class="parameters_name"> <col class="parameters_description"> <col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations"> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>buffer</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a></p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>chars</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>the new text</p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>n_chars</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>the number of characters in <em class="parameter"><code>text</code></em> , or -1</p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> </div> <p class="since">Since: 2.18</p> </div> <hr> <div class="refsect2"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-get-bytes"></a><h3>gtk_entry_buffer_get_bytes ()</h3> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">gsize</span> gtk_entry_buffer_get_bytes (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a> *buffer</code></em>);</pre> <p>Retrieves the length in bytes of the buffer. See <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html#gtk-entry-buffer-get-length" title="gtk_entry_buffer_get_length ()"><code class="function">gtk_entry_buffer_get_length()</code></a>.</p> <div class="refsect3"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-get-bytes.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4> <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0"> <colgroup> <col width="150px" class="parameters_name"> <col class="parameters_description"> <col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations"> </colgroup> <tbody><tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>buffer</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a></p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr></tbody> </table></div> </div> <div class="refsect3"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-get-bytes.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4> <p> The byte length of the buffer.</p> </div> <p class="since">Since: 2.18</p> </div> <hr> <div class="refsect2"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-get-length"></a><h3>gtk_entry_buffer_get_length ()</h3> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span> gtk_entry_buffer_get_length (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a> *buffer</code></em>);</pre> <p>Retrieves the length in characters of the buffer.</p> <div class="refsect3"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-get-length.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4> <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0"> <colgroup> <col width="150px" class="parameters_name"> <col class="parameters_description"> <col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations"> </colgroup> <tbody><tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>buffer</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a></p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr></tbody> </table></div> </div> <div class="refsect3"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-get-length.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4> <p> The number of characters in the buffer.</p> </div> <p class="since">Since: 2.18</p> </div> <hr> <div class="refsect2"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-get-max-length"></a><h3>gtk_entry_buffer_get_max_length ()</h3> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">gint</span> gtk_entry_buffer_get_max_length (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a> *buffer</code></em>);</pre> <p>Retrieves the maximum allowed length of the text in <em class="parameter"><code>buffer</code></em> . See <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html#gtk-entry-buffer-set-max-length" title="gtk_entry_buffer_set_max_length ()"><code class="function">gtk_entry_buffer_set_max_length()</code></a>.</p> <div class="refsect3"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-get-max-length.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4> <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0"> <colgroup> <col width="150px" class="parameters_name"> <col class="parameters_description"> <col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations"> </colgroup> <tbody><tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>buffer</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a></p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr></tbody> </table></div> </div> <div class="refsect3"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-get-max-length.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4> <p> the maximum allowed number of characters in <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a>, or 0 if there is no maximum.</p> </div> <p class="since">Since: 2.18</p> </div> <hr> <div class="refsect2"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-set-max-length"></a><h3>gtk_entry_buffer_set_max_length ()</h3> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span> gtk_entry_buffer_set_max_length (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a> *buffer</code></em>, <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">gint</span> max_length</code></em>);</pre> <p>Sets the maximum allowed length of the contents of the buffer. If the current contents are longer than the given length, then they will be truncated to fit.</p> <div class="refsect3"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-set-max-length.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4> <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0"> <colgroup> <col width="150px" class="parameters_name"> <col class="parameters_description"> <col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations"> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>buffer</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a></p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>max_length</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>the maximum length of the entry buffer, or 0 for no maximum. (other than the maximum length of entries.) The value passed in will be clamped to the range 0-65536.</p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> </div> <p class="since">Since: 2.18</p> </div> <hr> <div class="refsect2"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-insert-text"></a><h3>gtk_entry_buffer_insert_text ()</h3> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span> gtk_entry_buffer_insert_text (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a> *buffer</code></em>, <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">guint</span> position</code></em>, <em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *chars</code></em>, <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">gint</span> n_chars</code></em>);</pre> <p>Inserts <em class="parameter"><code>n_chars</code></em> characters of <em class="parameter"><code>chars</code></em> into the contents of the buffer, at position <em class="parameter"><code>position</code></em> .</p> <p>If <em class="parameter"><code>n_chars</code></em> is negative, then characters from chars will be inserted until a null-terminator is found. If <em class="parameter"><code>position</code></em> or <em class="parameter"><code>n_chars</code></em> are out of bounds, or the maximum buffer text length is exceeded, then they are coerced to sane values.</p> <p>Note that the position and length are in characters, not in bytes.</p> <div class="refsect3"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-insert-text.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4> <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0"> <colgroup> <col width="150px" class="parameters_name"> <col class="parameters_description"> <col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations"> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>buffer</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a></p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>position</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>the position at which to insert text.</p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>chars</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>the text to insert into the buffer.</p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>n_chars</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>the length of the text in characters, or -1</p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> </div> <div class="refsect3"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-insert-text.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4> <p> The number of characters actually inserted.</p> </div> <p class="since">Since: 2.18</p> </div> <hr> <div class="refsect2"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-delete-text"></a><h3>gtk_entry_buffer_delete_text ()</h3> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">guint</span> gtk_entry_buffer_delete_text (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a> *buffer</code></em>, <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">guint</span> position</code></em>, <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">gint</span> n_chars</code></em>);</pre> <p>Deletes a sequence of characters from the buffer. <em class="parameter"><code>n_chars</code></em> characters are deleted starting at <em class="parameter"><code>position</code></em> . If <em class="parameter"><code>n_chars</code></em> is negative, then all characters until the end of the text are deleted.</p> <p>If <em class="parameter"><code>position</code></em> or <em class="parameter"><code>n_chars</code></em> are out of bounds, then they are coerced to sane values.</p> <p>Note that the positions are specified in characters, not bytes.</p> <div class="refsect3"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-delete-text.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4> <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0"> <colgroup> <col width="150px" class="parameters_name"> <col class="parameters_description"> <col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations"> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>buffer</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a></p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>position</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>position at which to delete text</p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>n_chars</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>number of characters to delete</p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> </div> <div class="refsect3"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-delete-text.returns"></a><h4>Returns</h4> <p> The number of characters deleted.</p> </div> <p class="since">Since: 2.18</p> </div> <hr> <div class="refsect2"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-emit-deleted-text"></a><h3>gtk_entry_buffer_emit_deleted_text ()</h3> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span> gtk_entry_buffer_emit_deleted_text (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a> *buffer</code></em>, <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">guint</span> position</code></em>, <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">guint</span> n_chars</code></em>);</pre> <p>Used when subclassing <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a></p> <div class="refsect3"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-emit-deleted-text.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4> <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0"> <colgroup> <col width="150px" class="parameters_name"> <col class="parameters_description"> <col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations"> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>buffer</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a></p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>position</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>position at which text was deleted</p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>n_chars</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>number of characters deleted</p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> </div> <p class="since">Since: 2.18</p> </div> <hr> <div class="refsect2"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-emit-inserted-text"></a><h3>gtk_entry_buffer_emit_inserted_text ()</h3> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span> gtk_entry_buffer_emit_inserted_text (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a> *buffer</code></em>, <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">guint</span> position</code></em>, <em class="parameter"><code>const <span class="type">gchar</span> *chars</code></em>, <em class="parameter"><code><span class="type">guint</span> n_chars</code></em>);</pre> <p>Used when subclassing <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a></p> <div class="refsect3"> <a name="gtk-entry-buffer-emit-inserted-text.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4> <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0"> <colgroup> <col width="150px" class="parameters_name"> <col class="parameters_description"> <col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations"> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>buffer</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a></p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>position</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>position at which text was inserted</p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>chars</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>text that was inserted</p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>n_chars</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>number of characters inserted</p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> </div> <p class="since">Since: 2.18</p> </div> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a name="GtkEntryBuffer.other_details"></a><h2>Types and Values</h2> <div class="refsect2"> <a name="GtkEntryBuffer-struct"></a><h3>struct GtkEntryBuffer</h3> <pre class="programlisting">struct GtkEntryBuffer;</pre> </div> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a name="GtkEntryBuffer.property-details"></a><h2>Property Details</h2> <div class="refsect2"> <a name="GtkEntryBuffer--length"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">“length”</code> property</h3> <pre class="programlisting"> “length” <span class="type">guint</span></pre> <p>The length (in characters) of the text in buffer.</p> <p>Flags: Read</p> <p>Allowed values: <= 65535</p> <p>Default value: 0</p> <p class="since">Since: 2.18</p> </div> <hr> <div class="refsect2"> <a name="GtkEntryBuffer--max-length"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">“max-length”</code> property</h3> <pre class="programlisting"> “max-length” <span class="type">gint</span></pre> <p>The maximum length (in characters) of the text in the buffer.</p> <p>Flags: Read / Write</p> <p>Allowed values: [0,65535]</p> <p>Default value: 0</p> <p class="since">Since: 2.18</p> </div> <hr> <div class="refsect2"> <a name="GtkEntryBuffer--text"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">“text”</code> property</h3> <pre class="programlisting"> “text” <span class="type">gchar</span> *</pre> <p>The contents of the buffer.</p> <p>Flags: Read / Write</p> <p>Default value: ""</p> <p class="since">Since: 2.18</p> </div> </div> <div class="refsect1"> <a name="GtkEntryBuffer.signal-details"></a><h2>Signal Details</h2> <div class="refsect2"> <a name="GtkEntryBuffer-deleted-text"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">“deleted-text”</code> signal</h3> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span> user_function (<a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a> *buffer, <span class="type">guint</span> position, <span class="type">guint</span> n_chars, <span class="type">gpointer</span> user_data)</pre> <p>This signal is emitted after text is deleted from the buffer.</p> <div class="refsect3"> <a name="GtkEntryBuffer-deleted-text.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4> <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0"> <colgroup> <col width="150px" class="parameters_name"> <col class="parameters_description"> <col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations"> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>buffer</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a></p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>position</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>the position the text was deleted at.</p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>n_chars</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>The number of characters that were deleted.</p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>user_data</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>user data set when the signal handler was connected.</p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> </div> <p>Flags: Run First</p> <p class="since">Since: 2.18</p> </div> <hr> <div class="refsect2"> <a name="GtkEntryBuffer-inserted-text"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">“inserted-text”</code> signal</h3> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="returnvalue">void</span> user_function (<a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a> *buffer, <span class="type">guint</span> position, <span class="type">gchar</span> *chars, <span class="type">guint</span> n_chars, <span class="type">gpointer</span> user_data)</pre> <p>This signal is emitted after text is inserted into the buffer.</p> <div class="refsect3"> <a name="GtkEntryBuffer-inserted-text.parameters"></a><h4>Parameters</h4> <div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="0"> <colgroup> <col width="150px" class="parameters_name"> <col class="parameters_description"> <col width="200px" class="parameters_annotations"> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>buffer</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>a <a class="link" href="GtkEntryBuffer.html" title="GtkEntryBuffer"><span class="type">GtkEntryBuffer</span></a></p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>position</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>the position the text was inserted at.</p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>chars</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>The text that was inserted.</p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>n_chars</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>The number of characters that were inserted.</p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="parameter_name"><p>user_data</p></td> <td class="parameter_description"><p>user data set when the signal handler was connected.</p></td> <td class="parameter_annotations"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> </div> <p>Flags: Run First</p> <p class="since">Since: 2.18</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> <hr>Generated by GTK-Doc V1.29</div> </body> </html>