GtkSettings

typedef struct _GtkSettings GtkSettings;

GtkSettingsValue

typedef struct {
  /* origin should be something like "filename:linenumber" for rc files,
   * or e.g. "XProperty" for other sources
   */
  gchar *origin;

  /* valid types are LONG, DOUBLE and STRING corresponding to the token parsed,
   * or a GSTRING holding an unparsed statement
   */
  GValue value;
} GtkSettingsValue;

gtk_settings_get_default ()

GtkSettings* gtk_settings_get_default       (void);

Gets the GtkSettings object for the default GDK screen, creating it if necessary. See gtk_settings_get_for_screen().

gtk_settings_get_for_screen ()

GtkSettings* gtk_settings_get_for_screen    (GdkScreen *screen);

Gets the GtkSettings object for screen, creating it if necessary.

Since 2.2

gtk_settings_install_property ()

void        gtk_settings_install_property   (GParamSpec *pspec);

gtk_settings_install_property_parser ()

void        gtk_settings_install_property_parser
                                            (GParamSpec *pspec,
                                             GtkRcPropertyParser parser);

gtk_rc_property_parse_color ()

gboolean    gtk_rc_property_parse_color     (const GParamSpec *pspec,
                                             const GString *gstring,
                                             GValue *property_value);

A GtkRcPropertyParser for use with gtk_settings_install_property_parser() or gtk_widget_class_install_style_property_parser() which parses a color given either by its name or in the form { red, green, blue } where red, green and blue are integers between 0 and 65535 or floating-point numbers between 0 and 1.

gtk_rc_property_parse_enum ()

gboolean    gtk_rc_property_parse_enum      (const GParamSpec *pspec,
                                             const GString *gstring,
                                             GValue *property_value);

A GtkRcPropertyParser for use with gtk_settings_install_property_parser() or gtk_widget_class_install_style_property_parser() which parses a single enumeration value.

The enumeration value can be specified by its name, its nickname or its numeric value. For consistency with flags parsing, the value may be surrounded by parentheses.

gtk_rc_property_parse_flags ()

gboolean    gtk_rc_property_parse_flags     (const GParamSpec *pspec,
                                             const GString *gstring,
                                             GValue *property_value);

A GtkRcPropertyParser for use with gtk_settings_install_property_parser() or gtk_widget_class_install_style_property_parser() which parses flags.

Flags can be specified by their name, their nickname or numerically. Multiple flags can be specified in the form "( flag1 | flag2 | ... )".

gtk_rc_property_parse_requisition ()

gboolean    gtk_rc_property_parse_requisition
                                            (const GParamSpec *pspec,
                                             const GString *gstring,
                                             GValue *property_value);

A GtkRcPropertyParser for use with gtk_settings_install_property_parser() or gtk_widget_class_install_style_property_parser() which parses a requisition in the form "{ width, height }" for integers width and height.

gtk_rc_property_parse_border ()

gboolean    gtk_rc_property_parse_border    (const GParamSpec *pspec,
                                             const GString *gstring,
                                             GValue *property_value);

A GtkRcPropertyParser for use with gtk_settings_install_property_parser() or gtk_widget_class_install_style_property_parser() which parses borders in the form "{ left, right, top, bottom }" for integers left, right, top and bottom.

gtk_settings_set_property_value ()

void        gtk_settings_set_property_value (GtkSettings *settings,
                                             const gchar *name,
                                             const GtkSettingsValue *svalue);

gtk_settings_set_string_property ()

void        gtk_settings_set_string_property
                                            (GtkSettings *settings,
                                             const gchar *name,
                                             const gchar *v_string,
                                             const gchar *origin);

gtk_settings_set_long_property ()

void        gtk_settings_set_long_property  (GtkSettings *settings,
                                             const gchar *name,
                                             glong v_long,
                                             const gchar *origin);

gtk_settings_set_double_property ()

void        gtk_settings_set_double_property
                                            (GtkSettings *settings,
                                             const gchar *name,
                                             gdouble v_double,
                                             const gchar *origin);

The "gtk-alternative-button-order" property

  "gtk-alternative-button-order" gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether buttons in dialogs should use the alternative button order.

Default value: FALSE

The "gtk-button-images" property

  "gtk-button-images"    gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether stock icons should be shown in buttons.

Default value: TRUE

The "gtk-can-change-accels" property

  "gtk-can-change-accels" gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether menu accelerators can be changed by pressing a key over the menu item.

Default value: FALSE

The "gtk-color-palette" property

  "gtk-color-palette"    gchararray            : Read / Write

Palette to use in the color selector.

Default value: "black:white:gray50:red:purple:blue:light blue:green:yellow:orange:lavender:brown:goldenrod4:dodger blue:pink:light green:gray10:gray30:gray75:gray90"

The "gtk-cursor-blink" property

  "gtk-cursor-blink"     gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether the cursor should blink.

Default value: TRUE

The "gtk-cursor-blink-time" property

  "gtk-cursor-blink-time" gint                  : Read / Write

Length of the cursor blink cycle, in milleseconds.

Allowed values: >= 100

Default value: 1200

The "gtk-cursor-theme-name" property

  "gtk-cursor-theme-name" gchararray            : Read / Write

Name of the cursor theme to use.

Default value: NULL

The "gtk-cursor-theme-size" property

  "gtk-cursor-theme-size" gint                  : Read / Write

Size to use for cursors.

Allowed values: [0,128]

Default value: 24

The "gtk-dnd-drag-threshold" property

  "gtk-dnd-drag-threshold" gint                  : Read / Write

Number of pixels the cursor can move before dragging.

Allowed values: >= 1

Default value: 8

The "gtk-double-click-distance" property

  "gtk-double-click-distance" gint                  : Read / Write

Maximum distance allowed between two clicks for them to be considered a double click (in pixels).

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 5

The "gtk-double-click-time" property

  "gtk-double-click-time" gint                  : Read / Write

Maximum time allowed between two clicks for them to be considered a double click (in milliseconds).

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 250

The "gtk-entry-select-on-focus" property

  "gtk-entry-select-on-focus" gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether to select the contents of an entry when it is focused.

Default value: TRUE

The "gtk-font-name" property

  "gtk-font-name"        gchararray            : Read / Write

Name of default font to use.

Default value: "Sans 10"

The "gtk-icon-sizes" property

  "gtk-icon-sizes"       gchararray            : Read / Write

List of icon sizes (gtk-menu=16,16:gtk-button=20,20...

Default value: NULL

The "gtk-icon-theme-name" property

  "gtk-icon-theme-name"  gchararray            : Read / Write

Name of icon theme to use.

Default value: "hicolor"

The "gtk-key-theme-name" property

  "gtk-key-theme-name"   gchararray            : Read / Write

Name of key theme RC file to load.

Default value: NULL

The "gtk-menu-bar-accel" property

  "gtk-menu-bar-accel"   gchararray            : Read / Write

Keybinding to activate the menu bar.

Default value: "F10"

The "gtk-menu-bar-popup-delay" property

  "gtk-menu-bar-popup-delay" gint                  : Read / Write

Delay before the submenus of a menu bar appear.

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 0

The "gtk-menu-images" property

  "gtk-menu-images"      gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether images should be shown in menus.

Default value: TRUE

The "gtk-menu-popdown-delay" property

  "gtk-menu-popdown-delay" gint                  : Read / Write

The time before hiding a submenu when the pointer is moving towards the submenu.

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 1000

The "gtk-menu-popup-delay" property

  "gtk-menu-popup-delay" gint                  : Read / Write

Minimum time the pointer must stay over a menu item before the submenu appear.

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 225

The "gtk-modules" property

  "gtk-modules"          gchararray            : Read / Write

List of currently active GTK modules.

Default value: NULL

The "gtk-split-cursor" property

  "gtk-split-cursor"     gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether two cursors should be displayed for mixed left-to-right and right-to-left text.

Default value: TRUE

The "gtk-theme-name" property

  "gtk-theme-name"       gchararray            : Read / Write

Name of theme RC file to load.

Default value: "Raleigh"

The "gtk-toolbar-icon-size" property

  "gtk-toolbar-icon-size" GtkIconSize           : Read / Write

Size of icons in default toolbars.

Default value: GTK_ICON_SIZE_LARGE_TOOLBAR

The "gtk-toolbar-style" property

  "gtk-toolbar-style"    GtkToolbarStyle       : Read / Write

Whether default toolbars have text only, text and icons, icons only, etc.

Default value: GTK_TOOLBAR_BOTH

The "gtk-xft-antialias" property

  "gtk-xft-antialias"    gint                  : Read / Write

Whether to antialias Xft fonts; 0=no, 1=yes, -1=default.

Allowed values: [-1,1]

Default value: -1

The "gtk-xft-dpi" property

  "gtk-xft-dpi"          gint                  : Read / Write

Resolution for Xft, in 1024 * dots/inch. -1 to use default value.

Allowed values: [-1,1048576]

Default value: -1

The "gtk-xft-hinting" property

  "gtk-xft-hinting"      gint                  : Read / Write

Whether to hint Xft fonts; 0=no, 1=yes, -1=default.

Allowed values: [-1,1]

Default value: -1

The "gtk-xft-hintstyle" property

  "gtk-xft-hintstyle"    gchararray            : Read / Write

What degree of hinting to use; hintnone, hintslight, hintmedium, or hintfull.

Default value: NULL

The "gtk-xft-rgba" property

  "gtk-xft-rgba"         gchararray            : Read / Write

Type of subpixel antialiasing; none, rgb, bgr, vrgb, vbgr.

Default value: NULL