GI.Gtk.Interfaces.FileChooser

FileChooser is an interface that can be implemented by file selection widgets. In GTK+, the main objects that implement this interface are FileChooserWidget, FileChooserDialog, and FileChooserButton. You do not need to write an object that implements the FileChooser interface unless you are trying to adapt an existing file selector to expose a standard programming interface.

FileChooser allows for shortcuts to various places in the filesystem. In the default implementation these are displayed in the left pane. It may be a bit confusing at first that these shortcuts come from various sources and in various flavours, so lets explain the terminology here:

• Bookmarks: are created by the user, by dragging folders from the right pane to the left pane, or by using the “Add”. Bookmarks can be renamed and deleted by the user.
• Shortcuts: can be provided by the application. For example, a Paint program may want to add a shortcut for a Clipart folder. Shortcuts cannot be modified by the user.
• Volumes: are provided by the underlying filesystem abstraction. They are the “roots” of the filesystem.

File Names and Encodings

When the user is finished selecting files in a FileChooser, your program can get the selected names either as filenames or as URIs. For URIs, the normal escaping rules are applied if the URI contains non-ASCII characters. However, filenames are always returned in the character set specified by the G_FILENAME_ENCODING environment variable. Please see the GLib documentation for more details about this variable.

This means that while you can pass the result of fileChooserGetFilename to open() or fopen(), you may not be able to directly set it as the text of a Label widget unless you convert it first to UTF-8, which all GTK+ widgets expect. You should use filenameToUtf8 to convert filenames into strings that can be passed to GTK+ widgets.

Adding a Preview Widget

You can add a custom preview widget to a file chooser and then get notification about when the preview needs to be updated. To install a preview widget, use fileChooserSetPreviewWidget. Then, connect to the updatePreview signal to get notified when you need to update the contents of the preview.

Your callback should use fileChooserGetPreviewFilename to see what needs previewing. Once you have generated the preview for the corresponding file, you must call fileChooserSetPreviewWidgetActive with a boolean flag that indicates whether your callback could successfully generate a preview.

## {gtkfilechooser-preview}

C code

{
  GtkImage *preview;

  ...

  preview = gtk_image_new ();

  gtk_file_chooser_set_preview_widget (my_file_chooser, preview);
  g_signal_connect (my_file_chooser, "update-preview",
		    G_CALLBACK (update_preview_cb), preview);
}

static void
update_preview_cb (GtkFileChooser *file_chooser, gpointer data)
{
  GtkWidget *preview;
  char *filename;
  GdkPixbuf *pixbuf;
  gboolean have_preview;

  preview = GTK_WIDGET (data);
  filename = gtk_file_chooser_get_preview_filename (file_chooser);

  pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_size (filename, 128, 128, NULL);
  have_preview = (pixbuf != NULL);
  g_free (filename);

  gtk_image_set_from_pixbuf (GTK_IMAGE (preview), pixbuf);
  if (pixbuf)
    g_object_unref (pixbuf);

  gtk_file_chooser_set_preview_widget_active (file_chooser, have_preview);
}

Adding Extra Widgets

You can add extra widgets to a file chooser to provide options that are not present in the default design. For example, you can add a toggle button to give the user the option to open a file in read-only mode. You can use fileChooserSetExtraWidget to insert additional widgets in a file chooser.

An example for adding extra widgets:

C code

  GtkWidget *toggle;

  ...

  toggle = gtk_check_button_new_with_label ("Open file read-only");
  gtk_widget_show (toggle);
  gtk_file_chooser_set_extra_widget (my_file_chooser, toggle);
}

If you want to set more than one extra widget in the file chooser, you can a container such as a Box or a Grid and include your widgets in it. Then, set the container as the whole extra widget.

Exported types

newtype FileChooser

Memory-managed wrapper type.

Constructors

FileChooser (ManagedPtr FileChooser)

Instances

Eq FileChooser

Defined in GI.Gtk.Interfaces.FileChooser

Methods

(==) :: FileChooser -> FileChooser -> Bool

(/=) :: FileChooser -> FileChooser -> Bool

IsGValue FileChooser

Convert FileChooser to and from GValue with toGValue and fromGValue.

Defined in GI.Gtk.Interfaces.FileChooser

Methods

toGValue :: FileChooser -> IO GValue

fromGValue :: GValue -> IO FileChooser

GObject FileChooser

Defined in GI.Gtk.Interfaces.FileChooser

Methods

gobjectType :: IO GType

HasParentTypes FileChooser

Defined in GI.Gtk.Interfaces.FileChooser

type ParentTypes FileChooser

Defined in GI.Gtk.Interfaces.FileChooser

type ParentTypes FileChooser = '[Object]

noFileChooser :: Maybe FileChooser

A convenience alias for Nothing :: Maybe FileChooser.

class (GObject o, IsDescendantOf FileChooser o) => IsFileChooser o

Type class for types which can be safely cast to FileChooser, for instance with toFileChooser.

Instances

(GObject o, IsDescendantOf FileChooser o) => IsFileChooser o

Defined in GI.Gtk.Interfaces.FileChooser

toFileChooser :: (MonadIO m, IsFileChooser o) => o -> m FileChooser

Cast to FileChooser, for types for which this is known to be safe. For general casts, use castTo.

Methods

Overloaded methods

addChoice

fileChooserAddChoice

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> Text

id: id for the added choice

-> Text

label: user-visible label for the added choice

-> Maybe [Text]

options: ids for the options of the choice, or Nothing for a boolean choice

-> Maybe [Text]

optionLabels: user-visible labels for the options, must be the same length as options

-> m ()

Adds a 'choice' to the file chooser. This is typically implemented as a combobox or, for boolean choices, as a checkbutton. You can select a value using fileChooserSetChoice before the dialog is shown, and you can obtain the user-selected value in the response signal handler using fileChooserGetChoice.

Compare fileChooserSetExtraWidget.

Since: 3.22

addFilter

fileChooserAddFilter

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a, IsFileFilter b)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> b

filter: a FileFilter

-> m ()

Adds filter to the list of filters that the user can select between. When a filter is selected, only files that are passed by that filter are displayed.

Note that the chooser takes ownership of the filter, so you have to ref and sink it if you want to keep a reference.

Since: 2.4

addShortcutFolder

fileChooserAddShortcutFolder

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> [Char]

folder: filename of the folder to add

-> m ()

(Can throw GError)

Adds a folder to be displayed with the shortcut folders in a file chooser. Note that shortcut folders do not get saved, as they are provided by the application. For example, you can use this to add a “/usr/share/mydrawprogram/Clipart” folder to the volume list.

Since: 2.4

addShortcutFolderUri

fileChooserAddShortcutFolderUri

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> Text

uri: URI of the folder to add

-> m ()

(Can throw GError)

Adds a folder URI to be displayed with the shortcut folders in a file chooser. Note that shortcut folders do not get saved, as they are provided by the application. For example, you can use this to add a “file:///usr/share/mydrawprogram/Clipart” folder to the volume list.

Since: 2.4

getAction

fileChooserGetAction

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m FileChooserAction

Returns: the action that the file selector is performing

Gets the type of operation that the file chooser is performing; see fileChooserSetAction.

Since: 2.4

getChoice

fileChooserGetChoice

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> Text

id: the ID of the choice to get

-> m Text

Returns: the ID of the currenly selected option

Gets the currently selected option in the 'choice' with the given ID.

Since: 3.22

getCreateFolders

fileChooserGetCreateFolders

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m Bool

Returns: True if the Create Folder button should be displayed.

Gets whether file choser will offer to create new folders. See fileChooserSetCreateFolders.

Since: 2.18

getCurrentFolder

fileChooserGetCurrentFolder

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m (Maybe [Char])

Returns: the full path of the current folder, or Nothing if the current path cannot be represented as a local filename. Free with free. This function will also return Nothing if the file chooser was unable to load the last folder that was requested from it; for example, as would be for calling fileChooserSetCurrentFolder on a nonexistent folder.

Gets the current folder of chooser as a local filename. See fileChooserSetCurrentFolder.

Note that this is the folder that the file chooser is currently displaying (e.g. "/home/username/Documents"), which is not the same as the currently-selected folder if the chooser is in FileChooserActionSelectFolder mode (e.g. "/home/username/Documents/selected-folder/". To get the currently-selected folder in that mode, use fileChooserGetUri as the usual way to get the selection.

Since: 2.4

getCurrentFolderFile

fileChooserGetCurrentFolderFile

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m File

Returns: the File for the current folder.

Gets the current folder of chooser as File. See fileChooserGetCurrentFolderUri.

Since: 2.14

getCurrentFolderUri

fileChooserGetCurrentFolderUri

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m (Maybe Text)

Returns: the URI for the current folder. Free with free. This function will also return Nothing if the file chooser was unable to load the last folder that was requested from it; for example, as would be for calling fileChooserSetCurrentFolderUri on a nonexistent folder.

Gets the current folder of chooser as an URI. See fileChooserSetCurrentFolderUri.

Note that this is the folder that the file chooser is currently displaying (e.g. "file:///home/username/Documents"), which is not the same as the currently-selected folder if the chooser is in FileChooserActionSelectFolder mode (e.g. "file:///home/username/Documents/selected-folder/". To get the currently-selected folder in that mode, use fileChooserGetUri as the usual way to get the selection.

Since: 2.4

getCurrentName

fileChooserGetCurrentName

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m Text

Returns: The raw text from the file chooser’s “Name” entry. Free this with free. Note that this string is not a full pathname or URI; it is whatever the contents of the entry are. Note also that this string is in UTF-8 encoding, which is not necessarily the system’s encoding for filenames.

Gets the current name in the file selector, as entered by the user in the text entry for “Name”.

This is meant to be used in save dialogs, to get the currently typed filename when the file itself does not exist yet. For example, an application that adds a custom extra widget to the file chooser for “file format” may want to change the extension of the typed filename based on the chosen format, say, from “.jpg” to “.png”.

Since: 3.10

getDoOverwriteConfirmation

fileChooserGetDoOverwriteConfirmation

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m Bool

Returns: True if the file chooser will present a confirmation dialog; False otherwise.

Queries whether a file chooser is set to confirm for overwriting when the user types a file name that already exists.

Since: 2.8

getExtraWidget

fileChooserGetExtraWidget

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m (Maybe Widget)

Returns: the current extra widget, or Nothing

Gets the current extra widget; see fileChooserSetExtraWidget.

Since: 2.4

getFile

fileChooserGetFile

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m File

Returns: a selected File. You own the returned file; use objectUnref to release it.

Gets the File for the currently selected file in the file selector. If multiple files are selected, one of the files will be returned at random.

If the file chooser is in folder mode, this function returns the selected folder.

Since: 2.14

getFilename

fileChooserGetFilename

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m (Maybe [Char])

Returns: The currently selected filename, or Nothing if no file is selected, or the selected file can't be represented with a local filename. Free with free.

Gets the filename for the currently selected file in the file selector. The filename is returned as an absolute path. If multiple files are selected, one of the filenames will be returned at random.

If the file chooser is in folder mode, this function returns the selected folder.

Since: 2.4

getFilenames

fileChooserGetFilenames

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m [[Char]]

Returns: a SList containing the filenames of all selected files and subfolders in the current folder. Free the returned list with g_slist_free(), and the filenames with free.

Lists all the selected files and subfolders in the current folder of chooser. The returned names are full absolute paths. If files in the current folder cannot be represented as local filenames they will be ignored. (See fileChooserGetUris)

Since: 2.4

getFiles

fileChooserGetFiles

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m [File]

Returns: a SList containing a File for each selected file and subfolder in the current folder. Free the returned list with g_slist_free(), and the files with objectUnref.

Lists all the selected files and subfolders in the current folder of chooser as File. An internal function, see fileChooserGetUris.

Since: 2.14

getFilter

fileChooserGetFilter

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m (Maybe FileFilter)

Returns: the current filter, or Nothing

Gets the current filter; see fileChooserSetFilter.

Since: 2.4

getLocalOnly

fileChooserGetLocalOnly

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m Bool

Returns: True if only local files can be selected.

Gets whether only local files can be selected in the file selector. See fileChooserSetLocalOnly

Since: 2.4

getPreviewFile

fileChooserGetPreviewFile

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m (Maybe File)

Returns: the File for the file to preview, or Nothing if no file is selected. Free with objectUnref.

Gets the File that should be previewed in a custom preview Internal function, see fileChooserGetPreviewUri.

Since: 2.14

getPreviewFilename

fileChooserGetPreviewFilename

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m (Maybe [Char])

Returns: the filename to preview, or Nothing if no file is selected, or if the selected file cannot be represented as a local filename. Free with free

Gets the filename that should be previewed in a custom preview widget. See fileChooserSetPreviewWidget.

Since: 2.4

getPreviewUri

fileChooserGetPreviewUri

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m (Maybe Text)

Returns: the URI for the file to preview, or Nothing if no file is selected. Free with free.

Gets the URI that should be previewed in a custom preview widget. See fileChooserSetPreviewWidget.

Since: 2.4

getPreviewWidget

fileChooserGetPreviewWidget

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m (Maybe Widget)

Returns: the current preview widget, or Nothing

Gets the current preview widget; see fileChooserSetPreviewWidget.

Since: 2.4

getPreviewWidgetActive

fileChooserGetPreviewWidgetActive

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m Bool

Returns: True if the preview widget is active for the current filename.

Gets whether the preview widget set by fileChooserSetPreviewWidget should be shown for the current filename. See fileChooserSetPreviewWidgetActive.

Since: 2.4

getSelectMultiple

fileChooserGetSelectMultiple

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m Bool

Returns: True if multiple files can be selected.

Gets whether multiple files can be selected in the file selector. See fileChooserSetSelectMultiple.

Since: 2.4

getShowHidden

fileChooserGetShowHidden

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m Bool

Returns: True if hidden files and folders are displayed.

Gets whether hidden files and folders are displayed in the file selector. See fileChooserSetShowHidden.

Since: 2.6

getUri

fileChooserGetUri

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m (Maybe Text)

Returns: The currently selected URI, or Nothing if no file is selected. If fileChooserSetLocalOnly is set to True (the default) a local URI will be returned for any FUSE locations. Free with free

Gets the URI for the currently selected file in the file selector. If multiple files are selected, one of the filenames will be returned at random.

If the file chooser is in folder mode, this function returns the selected folder.

Since: 2.4

getUris

fileChooserGetUris

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m [Text]

Returns: a SList containing the URIs of all selected files and subfolders in the current folder. Free the returned list with g_slist_free(), and the filenames with free.

Lists all the selected files and subfolders in the current folder of chooser. The returned names are full absolute URIs.

Since: 2.4

getUsePreviewLabel

fileChooserGetUsePreviewLabel

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m Bool

Returns: True if the file chooser is set to display a label with the name of the previewed file, False otherwise.

Gets whether a stock label should be drawn with the name of the previewed file. See fileChooserSetUsePreviewLabel.

listFilters

fileChooserListFilters

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m [FileFilter]

Returns: a SList containing the current set of user selectable filters. The contents of the list are owned by GTK+, but you must free the list itself with g_slist_free() when you are done with it.

Lists the current set of user-selectable filters; see fileChooserAddFilter, fileChooserRemoveFilter.

Since: 2.4

listShortcutFolderUris

fileChooserListShortcutFolderUris

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m [Text]

Returns: A list of folder URIs, or Nothing if there are no shortcut folders. Free the returned list with g_slist_free(), and the URIs with free.

Queries the list of shortcut folders in the file chooser, as set by fileChooserAddShortcutFolderUri.

Since: 2.4

listShortcutFolders

fileChooserListShortcutFolders

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m [[Char]]

Returns: A list of folder filenames, or Nothing if there are no shortcut folders. Free the returned list with g_slist_free(), and the filenames with free.

Queries the list of shortcut folders in the file chooser, as set by fileChooserAddShortcutFolder.

Since: 2.4

removeChoice

fileChooserRemoveChoice

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> Text

id: the ID of the choice to remove

-> m ()

Removes a 'choice' that has been added with fileChooserAddChoice.

Since: 3.22

removeFilter

fileChooserRemoveFilter

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a, IsFileFilter b)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> b

filter: a FileFilter

-> m ()

Removes filter from the list of filters that the user can select between.

Since: 2.4

removeShortcutFolder

fileChooserRemoveShortcutFolder

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> [Char]

folder: filename of the folder to remove

-> m ()

(Can throw GError)

Removes a folder from a file chooser’s list of shortcut folders.

Since: 2.4

removeShortcutFolderUri

fileChooserRemoveShortcutFolderUri

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> Text

uri: URI of the folder to remove

-> m ()

(Can throw GError)

Removes a folder URI from a file chooser’s list of shortcut folders.

Since: 2.4

selectAll

fileChooserSelectAll

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m ()

Selects all the files in the current folder of a file chooser.

Since: 2.4

selectFile

fileChooserSelectFile

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a, IsFile b)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> b

file: the file to select

-> m ()

(Can throw GError)

Selects the file referred to by file. An internal function. See _gtk_file_chooser_select_uri().

Since: 2.14

selectFilename

fileChooserSelectFilename

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> [Char]

filename: the filename to select

-> m Bool

Returns: Not useful.

See also: fileChooserSetFilename

Selects a filename. If the file name isn’t in the current folder of chooser, then the current folder of chooser will be changed to the folder containing filename.

Since: 2.4

selectUri

fileChooserSelectUri

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> Text

uri: the URI to select

-> m Bool

Returns: Not useful.

Selects the file to by uri. If the URI doesn’t refer to a file in the current folder of chooser, then the current folder of chooser will be changed to the folder containing filename.

Since: 2.4

setAction

fileChooserSetAction

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> FileChooserAction

action: the action that the file selector is performing

-> m ()

Sets the type of operation that the chooser is performing; the user interface is adapted to suit the selected action. For example, an option to create a new folder might be shown if the action is FileChooserActionSave but not if the action is FileChooserActionOpen.

Since: 2.4

setChoice

fileChooserSetChoice

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> Text

id: the ID of the choice to set

-> Text

option: the ID of the option to select

-> m ()

Selects an option in a 'choice' that has been added with fileChooserAddChoice. For a boolean choice, the possible options are "true" and "false".

Since: 3.22

setCreateFolders

fileChooserSetCreateFolders

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> Bool

createFolders: True if the Create Folder button should be displayed

-> m ()

Sets whether file choser will offer to create new folders. This is only relevant if the action is not set to be FileChooserActionOpen.

Since: 2.18

setCurrentFolder

fileChooserSetCurrentFolder

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> [Char]

filename: the full path of the new current folder

-> m Bool

Returns: Not useful.

Sets the current folder for chooser from a local filename. The user will be shown the full contents of the current folder, plus user interface elements for navigating to other folders.

In general, you should not use this function. See the [section on setting up a file chooser dialog][gtkfilechooserdialog-setting-up] for the rationale behind this.

Since: 2.4

setCurrentFolderFile

fileChooserSetCurrentFolderFile

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a, IsFile b)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> b

file: the File for the new folder

-> m ()

(Can throw GError)

Sets the current folder for chooser from a File. Internal function, see fileChooserSetCurrentFolderUri.

Since: 2.14

setCurrentFolderUri

fileChooserSetCurrentFolderUri

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> Text

uri: the URI for the new current folder

-> m Bool

Returns: True if the folder could be changed successfully, False otherwise.

Sets the current folder for chooser from an URI. The user will be shown the full contents of the current folder, plus user interface elements for navigating to other folders.

In general, you should not use this function. See the [section on setting up a file chooser dialog][gtkfilechooserdialog-setting-up] for the rationale behind this.

Since: 2.4

setCurrentName

fileChooserSetCurrentName

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> [Char]

name: the filename to use, as a UTF-8 string

-> m ()

Sets the current name in the file selector, as if entered by the user. Note that the name passed in here is a UTF-8 string rather than a filename. This function is meant for such uses as a suggested name in a “Save As...” dialog. You can pass “Untitled.doc” or a similarly suitable suggestion for the name.

If you want to preselect a particular existing file, you should use fileChooserSetFilename or fileChooserSetUri instead. Please see the documentation for those functions for an example of using fileChooserSetCurrentName as well.

Since: 2.4

setDoOverwriteConfirmation

fileChooserSetDoOverwriteConfirmation

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> Bool

doOverwriteConfirmation: whether to confirm overwriting in save mode

-> m ()

Sets whether a file chooser in FileChooserActionSave mode will present a confirmation dialog if the user types a file name that already exists. This is False by default.

If set to True, the chooser will emit the confirmOverwrite signal when appropriate.

If all you need is the stock confirmation dialog, set this property to True. You can override the way confirmation is done by actually handling the confirmOverwrite signal; please refer to its documentation for the details.

Since: 2.8

setExtraWidget

fileChooserSetExtraWidget

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a, IsWidget b)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> b

extraWidget: widget for extra options

-> m ()

Sets an application-supplied widget to provide extra options to the user.

Since: 2.4

setFile

fileChooserSetFile

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a, IsFile b)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> b

file: the File to set as current

-> m ()

(Can throw GError)

Sets file as the current filename for the file chooser, by changing to the file’s parent folder and actually selecting the file in list. If the chooser is in FileChooserActionSave mode, the file’s base name will also appear in the dialog’s file name entry.

If the file name isn’t in the current folder of chooser, then the current folder of chooser will be changed to the folder containing filename. This is equivalent to a sequence of fileChooserUnselectAll followed by fileChooserSelectFilename.

Note that the file must exist, or nothing will be done except for the directory change.

If you are implementing a save dialog, you should use this function if you already have a file name to which the user may save; for example, when the user opens an existing file and then does Save As... If you don’t have a file name already — for example, if the user just created a new file and is saving it for the first time, do not call this function. Instead, use something similar to this:

C code

if (document_is_new)
  {
    // the user just created a new document
    gtk_file_chooser_set_current_folder_file (chooser, default_file_for_saving);
    gtk_file_chooser_set_current_name (chooser, "Untitled document");
  }
else
  {
    // the user edited an existing document
    gtk_file_chooser_set_file (chooser, existing_file);
  }

Since: 2.14

setFilename

fileChooserSetFilename

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> [Char]

filename: the filename to set as current

-> m Bool

Returns: Not useful.

Sets filename as the current filename for the file chooser, by changing to the file’s parent folder and actually selecting the file in list; all other files will be unselected. If the chooser is in FileChooserActionSave mode, the file’s base name will also appear in the dialog’s file name entry.

Note that the file must exist, or nothing will be done except for the directory change.

You should use this function only when implementing a save dialog for which you already have a file name to which the user may save. For example, when the user opens an existing file and then does Save As... to save a copy or a modified version. If you don’t have a file name already — for example, if the user just created a new file and is saving it for the first time, do not call this function. Instead, use something similar to this:

C code

if (document_is_new)
  {
    // the user just created a new document
    gtk_file_chooser_set_current_name (chooser, "Untitled document");
  }
else
  {
    // the user edited an existing document
    gtk_file_chooser_set_filename (chooser, existing_filename);
  }

In the first case, the file chooser will present the user with useful suggestions as to where to save his new file. In the second case, the file’s existing location is already known, so the file chooser will use it.

Since: 2.4

setFilter

fileChooserSetFilter

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a, IsFileFilter b)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> b

filter: a FileFilter

-> m ()

Sets the current filter; only the files that pass the filter will be displayed. If the user-selectable list of filters is non-empty, then the filter should be one of the filters in that list. Setting the current filter when the list of filters is empty is useful if you want to restrict the displayed set of files without letting the user change it.

Since: 2.4

setLocalOnly

fileChooserSetLocalOnly

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> Bool

localOnly: True if only local files can be selected

-> m ()

Sets whether only local files can be selected in the file selector. If localOnly is True (the default), then the selected file or files are guaranteed to be accessible through the operating systems native file system and therefore the application only needs to worry about the filename functions in FileChooser, like fileChooserGetFilename, rather than the URI functions like fileChooserGetUri,

On some systems non-native files may still be available using the native filesystem via a userspace filesystem (FUSE).

Since: 2.4

setPreviewWidget

fileChooserSetPreviewWidget

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a, IsWidget b)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> b

previewWidget: widget for displaying preview.

-> m ()

Sets an application-supplied widget to use to display a custom preview of the currently selected file. To implement a preview, after setting the preview widget, you connect to the updatePreview signal, and call fileChooserGetPreviewFilename or fileChooserGetPreviewUri on each change. If you can display a preview of the new file, update your widget and set the preview active using fileChooserSetPreviewWidgetActive. Otherwise, set the preview inactive.

When there is no application-supplied preview widget, or the application-supplied preview widget is not active, the file chooser will display no preview at all.

Since: 2.4

setPreviewWidgetActive

fileChooserSetPreviewWidgetActive

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> Bool

active: whether to display the user-specified preview widget

-> m ()

Sets whether the preview widget set by fileChooserSetPreviewWidget should be shown for the current filename. When active is set to false, the file chooser may display an internally generated preview of the current file or it may display no preview at all. See fileChooserSetPreviewWidget for more details.

Since: 2.4

setSelectMultiple

fileChooserSetSelectMultiple

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> Bool

selectMultiple: True if multiple files can be selected.

-> m ()

Sets whether multiple files can be selected in the file selector. This is only relevant if the action is set to be FileChooserActionOpen or FileChooserActionSelectFolder.

Since: 2.4

setShowHidden

fileChooserSetShowHidden

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> Bool

showHidden: True if hidden files and folders should be displayed.

-> m ()

Sets whether hidden files and folders are displayed in the file selector.

Since: 2.6

setUri

fileChooserSetUri

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> Text

uri: the URI to set as current

-> m Bool

Returns: Not useful.

Sets the file referred to by uri as the current file for the file chooser, by changing to the URI’s parent folder and actually selecting the URI in the list. If the chooser is FileChooserActionSave mode, the URI’s base name will also appear in the dialog’s file name entry.

Note that the URI must exist, or nothing will be done except for the directory change.

You should use this function only when implementing a save dialog for which you already have a file name to which the user may save. For example, when the user opens an existing file and then does Save As... to save a copy or a modified version. If you don’t have a file name already — for example, if the user just created a new file and is saving it for the first time, do not call this function. Instead, use something similar to this:

C code

if (document_is_new)
  {
    // the user just created a new document
    gtk_file_chooser_set_current_name (chooser, "Untitled document");
  }
else
  {
    // the user edited an existing document
    gtk_file_chooser_set_uri (chooser, existing_uri);
  }

In the first case, the file chooser will present the user with useful suggestions as to where to save his new file. In the second case, the file’s existing location is already known, so the file chooser will use it.

Since: 2.4

setUsePreviewLabel

fileChooserSetUsePreviewLabel

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> Bool

useLabel: whether to display a stock label with the name of the previewed file

-> m ()

Sets whether the file chooser should display a stock label with the name of the file that is being previewed; the default is True. Applications that want to draw the whole preview area themselves should set this to False and display the name themselves in their preview widget.

See also: fileChooserSetPreviewWidget

Since: 2.4

unselectAll

fileChooserUnselectAll

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> m ()

Unselects all the files in the current folder of a file chooser.

Since: 2.4

unselectFile

fileChooserUnselectFile

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a, IsFile b)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> b

file: a File

-> m ()

Unselects the file referred to by file. If the file is not in the current directory, does not exist, or is otherwise not currently selected, does nothing.

Since: 2.14

unselectFilename

fileChooserUnselectFilename

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> [Char]

filename: the filename to unselect

-> m ()

Unselects a currently selected filename. If the filename is not in the current directory, does not exist, or is otherwise not currently selected, does nothing.

Since: 2.4

unselectUri

fileChooserUnselectUri

Arguments

:: (HasCallStack, MonadIO m, IsFileChooser a)

=> a

chooser: a FileChooser

-> Text

uri: the URI to unselect

-> m ()

Unselects the file referred to by uri. If the file is not in the current directory, does not exist, or is otherwise not currently selected, does nothing.

Since: 2.4

Properties

action

No description available in the introspection data.

constructFileChooserAction :: IsFileChooser o => FileChooserAction -> IO (GValueConstruct o)

Construct a GValueConstruct with valid value for the “action” property. This is rarely needed directly, but it is used by new.

getFileChooserAction :: (MonadIO m, IsFileChooser o) => o -> m FileChooserAction

Get the value of the “action” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

get fileChooser #action

setFileChooserAction :: (MonadIO m, IsFileChooser o) => o -> FileChooserAction -> m ()

Set the value of the “action” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

set fileChooser [ #action := value ]

createFolders

Whether a file chooser not in FileChooserActionOpen mode will offer the user to create new folders.

Since: 2.18

constructFileChooserCreateFolders :: IsFileChooser o => Bool -> IO (GValueConstruct o)

Construct a GValueConstruct with valid value for the “create-folders” property. This is rarely needed directly, but it is used by new.

getFileChooserCreateFolders :: (MonadIO m, IsFileChooser o) => o -> m Bool

Get the value of the “create-folders” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

get fileChooser #createFolders

setFileChooserCreateFolders :: (MonadIO m, IsFileChooser o) => o -> Bool -> m ()

Set the value of the “create-folders” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

set fileChooser [ #createFolders := value ]

doOverwriteConfirmation

Whether a file chooser in FileChooserActionSave mode will present an overwrite confirmation dialog if the user selects a file name that already exists.

Since: 2.8

constructFileChooserDoOverwriteConfirmation :: IsFileChooser o => Bool -> IO (GValueConstruct o)

Construct a GValueConstruct with valid value for the “do-overwrite-confirmation” property. This is rarely needed directly, but it is used by new.

getFileChooserDoOverwriteConfirmation :: (MonadIO m, IsFileChooser o) => o -> m Bool

Get the value of the “do-overwrite-confirmation” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

get fileChooser #doOverwriteConfirmation

setFileChooserDoOverwriteConfirmation :: (MonadIO m, IsFileChooser o) => o -> Bool -> m ()

Set the value of the “do-overwrite-confirmation” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

set fileChooser [ #doOverwriteConfirmation := value ]

extraWidget

No description available in the introspection data.

constructFileChooserExtraWidget :: (IsFileChooser o, IsWidget a) => a -> IO (GValueConstruct o)

Construct a GValueConstruct with valid value for the “extra-widget” property. This is rarely needed directly, but it is used by new.

getFileChooserExtraWidget :: (MonadIO m, IsFileChooser o) => o -> m (Maybe Widget)

Get the value of the “extra-widget” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

get fileChooser #extraWidget

setFileChooserExtraWidget :: (MonadIO m, IsFileChooser o, IsWidget a) => o -> a -> m ()

Set the value of the “extra-widget” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

set fileChooser [ #extraWidget := value ]

filter

No description available in the introspection data.

constructFileChooserFilter :: (IsFileChooser o, IsFileFilter a) => a -> IO (GValueConstruct o)

Construct a GValueConstruct with valid value for the “filter” property. This is rarely needed directly, but it is used by new.

getFileChooserFilter :: (MonadIO m, IsFileChooser o) => o -> m (Maybe FileFilter)

Get the value of the “filter” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

get fileChooser #filter

setFileChooserFilter :: (MonadIO m, IsFileChooser o, IsFileFilter a) => o -> a -> m ()

Set the value of the “filter” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

set fileChooser [ #filter := value ]

localOnly

No description available in the introspection data.

constructFileChooserLocalOnly :: IsFileChooser o => Bool -> IO (GValueConstruct o)

Construct a GValueConstruct with valid value for the “local-only” property. This is rarely needed directly, but it is used by new.

getFileChooserLocalOnly :: (MonadIO m, IsFileChooser o) => o -> m Bool

Get the value of the “local-only” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

get fileChooser #localOnly

setFileChooserLocalOnly :: (MonadIO m, IsFileChooser o) => o -> Bool -> m ()

Set the value of the “local-only” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

set fileChooser [ #localOnly := value ]

previewWidget

No description available in the introspection data.

constructFileChooserPreviewWidget :: (IsFileChooser o, IsWidget a) => a -> IO (GValueConstruct o)

Construct a GValueConstruct with valid value for the “preview-widget” property. This is rarely needed directly, but it is used by new.

getFileChooserPreviewWidget :: (MonadIO m, IsFileChooser o) => o -> m (Maybe Widget)

Get the value of the “preview-widget” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

get fileChooser #previewWidget

setFileChooserPreviewWidget :: (MonadIO m, IsFileChooser o, IsWidget a) => o -> a -> m ()

Set the value of the “preview-widget” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

set fileChooser [ #previewWidget := value ]

previewWidgetActive

No description available in the introspection data.

constructFileChooserPreviewWidgetActive :: IsFileChooser o => Bool -> IO (GValueConstruct o)

Construct a GValueConstruct with valid value for the “preview-widget-active” property. This is rarely needed directly, but it is used by new.

getFileChooserPreviewWidgetActive :: (MonadIO m, IsFileChooser o) => o -> m Bool

Get the value of the “preview-widget-active” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

get fileChooser #previewWidgetActive

setFileChooserPreviewWidgetActive :: (MonadIO m, IsFileChooser o) => o -> Bool -> m ()

Set the value of the “preview-widget-active” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

set fileChooser [ #previewWidgetActive := value ]

selectMultiple

No description available in the introspection data.

constructFileChooserSelectMultiple :: IsFileChooser o => Bool -> IO (GValueConstruct o)

Construct a GValueConstruct with valid value for the “select-multiple” property. This is rarely needed directly, but it is used by new.

getFileChooserSelectMultiple :: (MonadIO m, IsFileChooser o) => o -> m Bool

Get the value of the “select-multiple” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

get fileChooser #selectMultiple

setFileChooserSelectMultiple :: (MonadIO m, IsFileChooser o) => o -> Bool -> m ()

Set the value of the “select-multiple” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

set fileChooser [ #selectMultiple := value ]

showHidden

No description available in the introspection data.

constructFileChooserShowHidden :: IsFileChooser o => Bool -> IO (GValueConstruct o)

Construct a GValueConstruct with valid value for the “show-hidden” property. This is rarely needed directly, but it is used by new.

getFileChooserShowHidden :: (MonadIO m, IsFileChooser o) => o -> m Bool

Get the value of the “show-hidden” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

get fileChooser #showHidden

setFileChooserShowHidden :: (MonadIO m, IsFileChooser o) => o -> Bool -> m ()

Set the value of the “show-hidden” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

set fileChooser [ #showHidden := value ]

usePreviewLabel

No description available in the introspection data.

constructFileChooserUsePreviewLabel :: IsFileChooser o => Bool -> IO (GValueConstruct o)

Construct a GValueConstruct with valid value for the “use-preview-label” property. This is rarely needed directly, but it is used by new.

getFileChooserUsePreviewLabel :: (MonadIO m, IsFileChooser o) => o -> m Bool

Get the value of the “use-preview-label” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

get fileChooser #usePreviewLabel

setFileChooserUsePreviewLabel :: (MonadIO m, IsFileChooser o) => o -> Bool -> m ()

Set the value of the “use-preview-label” property. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

set fileChooser [ #usePreviewLabel := value ]

Signals

confirmOverwrite

type C_FileChooserConfirmOverwriteCallback = Ptr () -> Ptr () -> IO CUInt

Type for the callback on the (unwrapped) C side.

type FileChooserConfirmOverwriteCallback

Arguments

 = IO FileChooserConfirmation

Returns: a FileChooserConfirmation value that indicates which action to take after emitting the signal.

This signal gets emitted whenever it is appropriate to present a confirmation dialog when the user has selected a file name that already exists. The signal only gets emitted when the file chooser is in FileChooserActionSave mode.

Most applications just need to turn on the FileChooser:do-overwrite-confirmation property (or call the fileChooserSetDoOverwriteConfirmation function), and they will automatically get a stock confirmation dialog. Applications which need to customize this behavior should do that, and also connect to the confirmOverwrite signal.

A signal handler for this signal must return a FileChooserConfirmation value, which indicates the action to take. If the handler determines that the user wants to select a different filename, it should return FileChooserConfirmationSelectAgain. If it determines that the user is satisfied with his choice of file name, it should return FileChooserConfirmationAcceptFilename. On the other hand, if it determines that the stock confirmation dialog should be used, it should return FileChooserConfirmationConfirm. The following example illustrates this.

## {gtkfilechooser-confirmation}

C code

static GtkFileChooserConfirmation
confirm_overwrite_callback (GtkFileChooser *chooser, gpointer data)
{
  char *uri;

  uri = gtk_file_chooser_get_uri (chooser);

  if (is_uri_read_only (uri))
    {
      if (user_wants_to_replace_read_only_file (uri))
        return GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_CONFIRMATION_ACCEPT_FILENAME;
      else
        return GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_CONFIRMATION_SELECT_AGAIN;
    } else
      return GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_CONFIRMATION_CONFIRM; // fall back to the default dialog
}

...

chooser = gtk_file_chooser_dialog_new (...);

gtk_file_chooser_set_do_overwrite_confirmation (GTK_FILE_CHOOSER (dialog), TRUE);
g_signal_connect (chooser, "confirm-overwrite",
                  G_CALLBACK (confirm_overwrite_callback), NULL);

if (gtk_dialog_run (chooser) == GTK_RESPONSE_ACCEPT)
        save_to_file (gtk_file_chooser_get_filename (GTK_FILE_CHOOSER (chooser));

gtk_widget_destroy (chooser);

Since: 2.8

afterFileChooserConfirmOverwrite :: (IsFileChooser a, MonadIO m) => a -> FileChooserConfirmOverwriteCallback -> m SignalHandlerId

Connect a signal handler for the confirmOverwrite signal, to be run after the default handler. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

after fileChooser #confirmOverwrite callback

genClosure_FileChooserConfirmOverwrite :: MonadIO m => FileChooserConfirmOverwriteCallback -> m (GClosure C_FileChooserConfirmOverwriteCallback)

Wrap the callback into a GClosure.

mk_FileChooserConfirmOverwriteCallback :: C_FileChooserConfirmOverwriteCallback -> IO (FunPtr C_FileChooserConfirmOverwriteCallback)

Generate a function pointer callable from C code, from a C_FileChooserConfirmOverwriteCallback.

noFileChooserConfirmOverwriteCallback :: Maybe FileChooserConfirmOverwriteCallback

A convenience synonym for Nothing :: Maybe FileChooserConfirmOverwriteCallback.

onFileChooserConfirmOverwrite :: (IsFileChooser a, MonadIO m) => a -> FileChooserConfirmOverwriteCallback -> m SignalHandlerId

Connect a signal handler for the confirmOverwrite signal, to be run before the default handler. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

on fileChooser #confirmOverwrite callback

wrap_FileChooserConfirmOverwriteCallback :: FileChooserConfirmOverwriteCallback -> C_FileChooserConfirmOverwriteCallback

Wrap a FileChooserConfirmOverwriteCallback into a C_FileChooserConfirmOverwriteCallback.

currentFolderChanged

type C_FileChooserCurrentFolderChangedCallback = Ptr () -> Ptr () -> IO ()

Type for the callback on the (unwrapped) C side.

type FileChooserCurrentFolderChangedCallback = IO ()

This signal is emitted when the current folder in a FileChooser changes. This can happen due to the user performing some action that changes folders, such as selecting a bookmark or visiting a folder on the file list. It can also happen as a result of calling a function to explicitly change the current folder in a file chooser.

Normally you do not need to connect to this signal, unless you need to keep track of which folder a file chooser is showing.

See also: fileChooserSetCurrentFolder, fileChooserGetCurrentFolder, fileChooserSetCurrentFolderUri, fileChooserGetCurrentFolderUri.

afterFileChooserCurrentFolderChanged :: (IsFileChooser a, MonadIO m) => a -> FileChooserCurrentFolderChangedCallback -> m SignalHandlerId

Connect a signal handler for the currentFolderChanged signal, to be run after the default handler. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

after fileChooser #currentFolderChanged callback

genClosure_FileChooserCurrentFolderChanged :: MonadIO m => FileChooserCurrentFolderChangedCallback -> m (GClosure C_FileChooserCurrentFolderChangedCallback)

Wrap the callback into a GClosure.

mk_FileChooserCurrentFolderChangedCallback :: C_FileChooserCurrentFolderChangedCallback -> IO (FunPtr C_FileChooserCurrentFolderChangedCallback)

Generate a function pointer callable from C code, from a C_FileChooserCurrentFolderChangedCallback.

noFileChooserCurrentFolderChangedCallback :: Maybe FileChooserCurrentFolderChangedCallback

A convenience synonym for Nothing :: Maybe FileChooserCurrentFolderChangedCallback.

onFileChooserCurrentFolderChanged :: (IsFileChooser a, MonadIO m) => a -> FileChooserCurrentFolderChangedCallback -> m SignalHandlerId

Connect a signal handler for the currentFolderChanged signal, to be run before the default handler. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

on fileChooser #currentFolderChanged callback

wrap_FileChooserCurrentFolderChangedCallback :: FileChooserCurrentFolderChangedCallback -> C_FileChooserCurrentFolderChangedCallback

Wrap a FileChooserCurrentFolderChangedCallback into a C_FileChooserCurrentFolderChangedCallback.

fileActivated

type C_FileChooserFileActivatedCallback = Ptr () -> Ptr () -> IO ()

Type for the callback on the (unwrapped) C side.

type FileChooserFileActivatedCallback = IO ()

This signal is emitted when the user "activates" a file in the file chooser. This can happen by double-clicking on a file in the file list, or by pressing Enter.

Normally you do not need to connect to this signal. It is used internally by FileChooserDialog to know when to activate the default button in the dialog.

See also: fileChooserGetFilename, fileChooserGetFilenames, fileChooserGetUri, fileChooserGetUris.

afterFileChooserFileActivated :: (IsFileChooser a, MonadIO m) => a -> FileChooserFileActivatedCallback -> m SignalHandlerId

Connect a signal handler for the fileActivated signal, to be run after the default handler. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

after fileChooser #fileActivated callback

genClosure_FileChooserFileActivated :: MonadIO m => FileChooserFileActivatedCallback -> m (GClosure C_FileChooserFileActivatedCallback)

Wrap the callback into a GClosure.

mk_FileChooserFileActivatedCallback :: C_FileChooserFileActivatedCallback -> IO (FunPtr C_FileChooserFileActivatedCallback)

Generate a function pointer callable from C code, from a C_FileChooserFileActivatedCallback.

noFileChooserFileActivatedCallback :: Maybe FileChooserFileActivatedCallback

A convenience synonym for Nothing :: Maybe FileChooserFileActivatedCallback.

onFileChooserFileActivated :: (IsFileChooser a, MonadIO m) => a -> FileChooserFileActivatedCallback -> m SignalHandlerId

Connect a signal handler for the fileActivated signal, to be run before the default handler. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

on fileChooser #fileActivated callback

wrap_FileChooserFileActivatedCallback :: FileChooserFileActivatedCallback -> C_FileChooserFileActivatedCallback

Wrap a FileChooserFileActivatedCallback into a C_FileChooserFileActivatedCallback.

selectionChanged

type C_FileChooserSelectionChangedCallback = Ptr () -> Ptr () -> IO ()

Type for the callback on the (unwrapped) C side.

type FileChooserSelectionChangedCallback = IO ()

This signal is emitted when there is a change in the set of selected files in a FileChooser. This can happen when the user modifies the selection with the mouse or the keyboard, or when explicitly calling functions to change the selection.

Normally you do not need to connect to this signal, as it is easier to wait for the file chooser to finish running, and then to get the list of selected files using the functions mentioned below.

See also: fileChooserSelectFilename, fileChooserUnselectFilename, fileChooserGetFilename, fileChooserGetFilenames, fileChooserSelectUri, fileChooserUnselectUri, fileChooserGetUri, fileChooserGetUris.

afterFileChooserSelectionChanged :: (IsFileChooser a, MonadIO m) => a -> FileChooserSelectionChangedCallback -> m SignalHandlerId

Connect a signal handler for the selectionChanged signal, to be run after the default handler. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

after fileChooser #selectionChanged callback

genClosure_FileChooserSelectionChanged :: MonadIO m => FileChooserSelectionChangedCallback -> m (GClosure C_FileChooserSelectionChangedCallback)

Wrap the callback into a GClosure.

mk_FileChooserSelectionChangedCallback :: C_FileChooserSelectionChangedCallback -> IO (FunPtr C_FileChooserSelectionChangedCallback)

Generate a function pointer callable from C code, from a C_FileChooserSelectionChangedCallback.

noFileChooserSelectionChangedCallback :: Maybe FileChooserSelectionChangedCallback

A convenience synonym for Nothing :: Maybe FileChooserSelectionChangedCallback.

onFileChooserSelectionChanged :: (IsFileChooser a, MonadIO m) => a -> FileChooserSelectionChangedCallback -> m SignalHandlerId

Connect a signal handler for the selectionChanged signal, to be run before the default handler. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

on fileChooser #selectionChanged callback

wrap_FileChooserSelectionChangedCallback :: FileChooserSelectionChangedCallback -> C_FileChooserSelectionChangedCallback

Wrap a FileChooserSelectionChangedCallback into a C_FileChooserSelectionChangedCallback.

updatePreview

type C_FileChooserUpdatePreviewCallback = Ptr () -> Ptr () -> IO ()

Type for the callback on the (unwrapped) C side.

type FileChooserUpdatePreviewCallback = IO ()

This signal is emitted when the preview in a file chooser should be regenerated. For example, this can happen when the currently selected file changes. You should use this signal if you want your file chooser to have a preview widget.

Once you have installed a preview widget with fileChooserSetPreviewWidget, you should update it when this signal is emitted. You can use the functions fileChooserGetPreviewFilename or fileChooserGetPreviewUri to get the name of the file to preview. Your widget may not be able to preview all kinds of files; your callback must call fileChooserSetPreviewWidgetActive to inform the file chooser about whether the preview was generated successfully or not.

Please see the example code in [Using a Preview Widget][gtkfilechooser-preview].

See also: fileChooserSetPreviewWidget, fileChooserSetPreviewWidgetActive, fileChooserSetUsePreviewLabel, fileChooserGetPreviewFilename, fileChooserGetPreviewUri.

afterFileChooserUpdatePreview :: (IsFileChooser a, MonadIO m) => a -> FileChooserUpdatePreviewCallback -> m SignalHandlerId

Connect a signal handler for the updatePreview signal, to be run after the default handler. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

after fileChooser #updatePreview callback

genClosure_FileChooserUpdatePreview :: MonadIO m => FileChooserUpdatePreviewCallback -> m (GClosure C_FileChooserUpdatePreviewCallback)

Wrap the callback into a GClosure.

mk_FileChooserUpdatePreviewCallback :: C_FileChooserUpdatePreviewCallback -> IO (FunPtr C_FileChooserUpdatePreviewCallback)

Generate a function pointer callable from C code, from a C_FileChooserUpdatePreviewCallback.

noFileChooserUpdatePreviewCallback :: Maybe FileChooserUpdatePreviewCallback

A convenience synonym for Nothing :: Maybe FileChooserUpdatePreviewCallback.

onFileChooserUpdatePreview :: (IsFileChooser a, MonadIO m) => a -> FileChooserUpdatePreviewCallback -> m SignalHandlerId

Connect a signal handler for the updatePreview signal, to be run before the default handler. When overloading is enabled, this is equivalent to

on fileChooser #updatePreview callback

wrap_FileChooserUpdatePreviewCallback :: FileChooserUpdatePreviewCallback -> C_FileChooserUpdatePreviewCallback

Wrap a FileChooserUpdatePreviewCallback into a C_FileChooserUpdatePreviewCallback.