Part IV. GTK+ Widgets and Objects
Table of Contents
- Object Hierarchy
- Widget Gallery
- Windows
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GtkDialog — Create popup windows
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GtkInvisible — A widget which is not displayed
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GtkMessageDialog — A convenient message window
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GtkWindow — Toplevel which can contain other widgets
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GtkWindowGroup — Limit the effect of grabs
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GtkAboutDialog — Display information about an application
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GtkAssistant — A widget used to guide users through multi-step operations
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GtkOffscreenWindow — A toplevel to manage offscreen rendering of child widgets
 
- Display Widgets
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GtkAccelLabel — A label which displays an accelerator key on the right of the text
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GtkImage — A widget displaying an image
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GtkLabel — A widget that displays a small to medium amount of text
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GtkProgressBar — A widget which indicates progress visually
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GtkStatusbar — Report messages of minor importance to the user
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GtkInfoBar — Report important messages to the user
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GtkStatusIcon — Display an icon in the system tray
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GtkSpinner — Show a spinner animation
 
- Buttons and Toggles
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GtkButton — A widget that creates a signal when clicked on
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GtkCheckButton — Create widgets with a discrete toggle button
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GtkRadioButton — A choice from multiple check buttons
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GtkToggleButton — Create buttons which retain their state
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GtkLinkButton — Create buttons bound to a URL
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GtkScaleButton — A button which pops up a scale
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GtkVolumeButton — A button which pops up a volume control
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GtkSwitch — A "light switch" style toggle
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GtkLockButton — A widget to unlock or lock privileged operations
 
- Numeric/Text Data Entry
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GtkEntry — A single line text entry field
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GtkEntryBuffer — Text buffer for GtkEntry
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GtkEntryCompletion — Completion functionality for GtkEntry
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GtkScale — A slider widget for selecting a value from a range
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GtkHScale — A horizontal slider widget for selecting a value from a range
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GtkVScale — A vertical slider widget for selecting a value from a range
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GtkSpinButton — Retrieve an integer or floating-point number from
    the user
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GtkEditable — Interface for text-editing widgets
 
- Multiline Text Editor
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Text Widget Overview — Overview of GtkTextBuffer, GtkTextView, and friends
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GtkTextIter — Text buffer iterator
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GtkTextMark — A position in the buffer preserved across buffer modifications
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GtkTextBuffer — Stores attributed text for display in a GtkTextView
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GtkTextTag — A tag that can be applied to text in a GtkTextBuffer
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GtkTextTagTable — Collection of tags that can be used together
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GtkTextView — Widget that displays a GtkTextBuffer
 
- Tree, List and Icon Grid Widgets
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Tree and List Widget Overview — Overview of GtkTreeModel, GtkTreeView, and friends
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GtkTreeModel — The tree interface used by GtkTreeView
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GtkTreeSelection — The selection object for GtkTreeView
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GtkTreeViewColumn — A visible column in a GtkTreeView widget
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GtkTreeView — A widget for displaying both trees and lists
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GtkTreeView drag-and-drop — Interfaces for drag-and-drop support in GtkTreeView
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GtkCellView — A widget displaying a single row of a GtkTreeModel
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GtkIconView — A widget which displays a list of icons in a grid
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GtkTreeSortable — The interface for sortable models used by GtkTreeView
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GtkTreeModelSort — A GtkTreeModel which makes an underlying tree model sortable
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GtkTreeModelFilter — A GtkTreeModel which hides parts of an underlying tree model
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GtkCellLayout — An interface for packing cells
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GtkCellArea — An abstract class for laying out GtkCellRenderers
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GtkCellAreaBox — A cell area that renders GtkCellRenderers
    into a row or a column
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GtkCellAreaContext — Stores geometrical information for a series of rows in a GtkCellArea
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GtkCellRenderer — An object for rendering a single cell
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GtkCellEditable — Interface for widgets which can are used for editing
 cells
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GtkCellRendererAccel — Renders a keyboard accelerator in a cell
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GtkCellRendererCombo — Renders a combobox in a cell
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GtkCellRendererPixbuf — Renders a pixbuf in a cell
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GtkCellRendererProgress — Renders numbers as progress bars
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GtkCellRendererSpin — Renders a spin button in a cell
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GtkCellRendererText — Renders text in a cell
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GtkCellRendererToggle — Renders a toggle button in a cell
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GtkCellRendererSpinner — Renders a spinning animation in a cell
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GtkListStore — A list-like data structure that can be used with the GtkTreeView
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GtkTreeStore — A tree-like data structure that can be used with the GtkTreeView
 
- Menus, Combo Box, Toolbar
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GtkComboBox — A widget used to choose from a list of items
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GtkComboBoxText — A simple, text-only combo box
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GtkMenu — A menu widget
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GtkMenuBar — A subclass of GtkMenuShell which holds GtkMenuItem widgets
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GtkMenuItem — The widget used for item in menus
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GtkImageMenuItem — A menu item with an icon
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GtkRadioMenuItem — A choice from multiple check menu items
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GtkCheckMenuItem — A menu item with a check box
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GtkSeparatorMenuItem — A separator used in menus
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GtkTearoffMenuItem — A menu item used to tear off and reattach its menu
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GtkToolShell — Interface for containers containing GtkToolItem widgets
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GtkToolbar — Create bars of buttons and other widgets
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GtkToolItem — The base class of widgets that can be added to GtkToolShell
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GtkToolPalette — A tool palette with categories
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GtkToolItemGroup — A sub container used in a tool palette
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GtkSeparatorToolItem — A toolbar item that separates groups of other
  toolbar items
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GtkToolButton — A GtkToolItem subclass that displays buttons
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GtkMenuToolButton — A GtkToolItem containing a button with an additional dropdown menu
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GtkToggleToolButton — A GtkToolItem containing a toggle button
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GtkRadioToolButton — A toolbar item that contains a radio button
 
- Action-based menus and toolbars
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GtkUIManager — Constructing menus and toolbars from an XML description
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GtkActionGroup — A group of actions
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GtkAction — An action which can be triggered by a menu or toolbar item
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GtkToggleAction — An action which can be toggled between two states
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GtkRadioAction — An action of which only one in a group can be active
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GtkRecentAction — An action of which represents a list of recently used files
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GtkActivatable — An interface for activatable widgets
 
- Selectors (Color/File/Font)
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GtkColorButton — A button to launch a color selection dialog
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GtkColorSelectionDialog — A standard dialog box for selecting a color
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GtkColorSelection — A widget used to select a color
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GtkHSV — A 'color wheel' widget
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GtkFileChooser — File chooser interface used by GtkFileChooserWidget and GtkFileChooserDialog
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GtkFileChooserButton — A button to launch a file selection dialog
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GtkFileChooserDialog — A file chooser dialog, suitable for "File/Open" or "File/Save" commands
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GtkFileChooserWidget — File chooser widget that can be embedded in other widgets
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GtkFileFilter — A filter for selecting a file subset
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GtkFontButton — A button to launch a font chooser dialog
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GtkFontChooser — Interface implemented by widgets displaying fonts
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GtkFontChooserDialog — A dialog box for selecting fonts
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GtkFontSelection — Deprecated widget for selecting fonts
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GtkFontSelectionDialog — A dialog box for selecting fonts
 
- Layout Containers
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GtkGrid — Pack widgets in a rows and columns
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GtkAlignment — A widget which controls the alignment and size of its child
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GtkAspectFrame — A frame that constrains its child to a particular aspect ratio
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GtkBox — A container box
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GtkHBox — A horizontal container box
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GtkVBox — A vertical container box
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GtkButtonBox — A container for arranging buttons
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GtkHButtonBox — A container for arranging buttons horizontally
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GtkVButtonBox — A container for arranging buttons vertically
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GtkFixed — A container which allows you to position
widgets at fixed coordinates
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GtkPaned — A widget with two adjustable panes
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GtkHPaned — A container with two panes arranged horizontally
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GtkVPaned — A container with two panes arranged vertically
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GtkLayout — Infinite scrollable area containing child widgets
  and/or custom drawing
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GtkNotebook — A tabbed notebook container
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GtkTable — Pack widgets in regular patterns
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GtkExpander — A container which can hide its child
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GtkOverlay — A container which overlays widgets on top of each other
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GtkOrientable — An interface for flippable widgets
 
- Ornaments
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GtkFrame — A bin with a decorative frame and optional label
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GtkSeparator — A separator widget
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GtkHSeparator — A horizontal separator
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GtkVSeparator — A vertical separator
 
- Scrolling
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GtkScrollbar — A Scrollbar
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GtkHScrollbar — A horizontal scrollbar
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GtkVScrollbar — A vertical scrollbar
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GtkScrolledWindow — Adds scrollbars to its child widget
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GtkScrollable — An interface for scrollable widgets
 
- Printing
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GtkPrintOperation — High-level Printing API
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GtkPrintContext — Encapsulates context for drawing pages
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GtkPrintSettings — Stores print settings
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GtkPageSetup — Stores page setup information
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GtkPaperSize — Support for named paper sizes
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GtkPrinter — Represents a printer
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GtkPrintJob — Represents a print job
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GtkPrintUnixDialog — A print dialog
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GtkPageSetupUnixDialog — A page setup dialog
 
- Miscellaneous
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GtkAdjustment — A representation of an adjustable bounded value
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GtkArrow — Displays an arrow
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GtkCalendar — Displays a calendar and allows the user to select a date
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GtkDrawingArea — A widget for custom user interface elements
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GtkEventBox — A widget used to catch events for widgets which
    do not have their own window
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GtkHandleBox — a widget for detachable window portions
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GtkIMContextSimple — An input method context supporting table-based input methods
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GtkIMMulticontext — An input method context supporting multiple, loadable input methods
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GtkSizeGroup — Grouping widgets so they request the same size
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GtkTooltip — Add tips to your widgets
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GtkViewport — An adapter which makes widgets scrollable
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GtkAccessible — Accessibility support for widgets
 
- Abstract Base Classes
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GtkWidget — Base class for all widgets
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GtkContainer — Base class for widgets which contain other widgets
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GtkBin — A container with just one child
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GtkMenuShell — A base class for menu objects
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GtkMisc — Base class for widgets with alignments and padding
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GtkRange — Base class for widgets which visualize an adjustment
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GtkIMContext — Base class for input method contexts
 
- Cross-process Embedding
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GtkPlug — Toplevel for embedding into other processes
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GtkSocket — Container for widgets from other processes
 
- Recently Used Documents
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GtkRecentManager — Managing recently used files
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GtkRecentChooser — Interface implemented by widgets displaying recently
  used files
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GtkRecentChooserDialog — Displays recently used files in a dialog
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GtkRecentChooserMenu — Displays recently used files in a menu
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GtkRecentChooserWidget — Displays recently used files
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GtkRecentFilter — A filter for selecting a subset of recently used files
 
- Choosing from installed applications
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GtkAppChooser — Interface implemented by widgets for choosing an application
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GtkAppChooserButton — A button to launch an application chooser dialog
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GtkAppChooserDialog — An application chooser dialog
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GtkAppChooserWidget — Application chooser widget that can be embedded in other widgets
 
- Interface builder
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GtkBuildable — Interface for objects that can be built by GtkBuilder
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GtkBuilder — Build an interface from an XML UI definition
 
- Application support
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GtkApplication — Application class