Class widget:window

Window widget
This module is only available from the UI process Lua state.

The window widget is the main container for any windows on the screen.

Methods

window:set_default_size (width, height)

Set the default size of the window. If this is not called, the default size is 800x600.

Parameters

  • width
    Type: integer
    The default width of the window, in pixels.
  • height
    Type: integer
    The default height of the window, in pixels.

Properties

window.title

Type: string
Read-write
The window title, as displayed on its title bar.

window.decorated

Type: boolean
Default: true
Read-write
Whether the window is decorated. If the window is decorated, a title bar will be shown. Some window managers permit disabling this decoration, which creates a borderless window.

window.urgency_hint

Type: boolean
Default: false
Read-write
Whether the window is requesting the user's attention.

window.fullscreen

Type: boolean
Default: false
Read-write
Whether the window is in fullscreen mode.

window.maximized

Type: boolean
Default: false
Read-write
Whether the window is maximized.

window.id

Type: integer
Read-only
A unique identification number assigned to the window. This number will not be reassigned if the window is closed and another is ooened; new windows will always have new unique identification numbers.

window.win_xid

Type: integer
Read-only
The window's X11 window ID. Available only when using the X11 windowing system.

window.root_win_xid

Type: integer
Read-only
The X11 root window's window ID. Available only when using the X11 windowing system.

window.screen

Type: userdata
Read-write
The screen the window is on.

window.icon

Type: string
Read-write
Path to an image file to set as the window icon. This property can only be set; reading this property always returns nil.

Signals

"can-close"

Emitted before a window is closed. Allows Lua code to force the window to remain open.

Return Values

  • boolean
    true to allow closing the window, false to keep the window open.

"key-press"

Emitted when a key is pressed while the window has the input focus.

Parameters

  • modifiers
    Type: table
    An array of strings, one for each modifier key held.
  • key
    Type: string
    The key that was pressed, if printable, or a keysym otherwise.

Return Values

  • boolean
    true if the event has been handled and should not be propagated further.

"add"

Emitted when a new widget is set as this widget's child.

Parameters

  • child
    Type: widget
    The new child widget.

"remove"

Emitted when a child widget is removed.

Parameters

  • child
    Type: widget
    The child widget that was removed.

"property::*"

Emitted when some properties change value.

Attribution

Copyright

  • 2010 Mason Larobina