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Variable: GtkToggleButton

const GtkToggleButton: "GtkToggleButton"

Defined in: generated/jsx.ts:20481

Shows a button which remains “pressed-in” when clicked.

Example GtkToggleButtons

Clicking again will cause the toggle button to return to its normal state.

A toggle button is created by calling either Gtk.ToggleButton.new or Gtk.ToggleButton.new_with_label. If using the former, it is advisable to pack a widget, (such as a GtkLabel and/or a GtkImage), into the toggle button’s container. (See Gtk.Button for more information).

The state of a GtkToggleButton can be set specifically using Gtk.ToggleButton.set_active, and retrieved using Gtk.ToggleButton.get_active.

Grouping

Toggle buttons can be grouped together, to form mutually exclusive groups - only one of the buttons can be toggled at a time, and toggling another one will switch the currently toggled one off.

To add a GtkToggleButton to a group, use Gtk.ToggleButton.set_group.

CSS nodes

GtkToggleButton has a single CSS node with name button. To differentiate it from a plain GtkButton, it gets the .toggle style class.

Accessibility

GtkToggleButton uses the Gtk.AccessibleRole.toggle_button role.

Creating two GtkToggleButton widgets.

static void
output_state (GtkToggleButton *source,
gpointer user_data)
{
g_print ("Toggle button "%s" is active: %s",
gtk_button_get_label (GTK_BUTTON (source)),
gtk_toggle_button_get_active (source) ? "Yes" : "No");
}

static void
make_toggles (void)
{
GtkWidget *window, *toggle1, *toggle2;
GtkWidget *box;
const char *text;

window = gtk_window_new ();
box = gtk_box_new (GTK_ORIENTATION_VERTICAL, 12);

text = "Hi, I’m toggle button one";
toggle1 = gtk_toggle_button_new_with_label (text);

g_signal_connect (toggle1, "toggled",
G_CALLBACK (output_state),
NULL);
gtk_box_append (GTK_BOX (box), toggle1);

text = "Hi, I’m toggle button two";
toggle2 = gtk_toggle_button_new_with_label (text);
g_signal_connect (toggle2, "toggled",
G_CALLBACK (output_state),
NULL);
gtk_box_append (GTK_BOX (box), toggle2);

gtk_window_set_child (GTK_WINDOW (window), box);
gtk_window_present (GTK_WINDOW (window));
}