GtkComboBoxText

A gtk.combo_box_text.ComboBoxText is a simple variant of gtk.combo_box.ComboBox for text-only use cases.

gtk.combo_box_text.ComboBoxText hides the model-view complexity of gtk.combo_box.ComboBox.

To create a gtk.combo_box_text.ComboBoxText, use gtk.combo_box_text.ComboBoxText.new_ or gtk.combo_box_text.ComboBoxText.newWithEntry.

You can add items to a gtk.combo_box_text.ComboBoxText with gtk.combo_box_text.ComboBoxText.appendText, gtk.combo_box_text.ComboBoxText.insertText or gtk.combo_box_text.ComboBoxText.prependText and remove options with gtk.combo_box_text.ComboBoxText.remove.

If the gtk.combo_box_text.ComboBoxText contains an entry (via the property@Gtk.ComboBox:has-entry property), its contents can be retrieved using gtk.combo_box_text.ComboBoxText.getActiveText.

You should not call gtk.combo_box.ComboBox.setModel or attempt to pack more cells into this combo box via its gtk.cell_layout.CellLayout interface.

GtkComboBoxText as GtkBuildable

The gtk.combo_box_text.ComboBoxText implementation of the gtk.buildable.Buildable interface supports adding items directly using the <items> element and specifying <item> elements for each item. Each <item> element can specify the “id” corresponding to the appended text and also supports the regular translation attributes “translatable”, “context” and “comments”.

Here is a UI definition fragment specifying gtk.combo_box_text.ComboBoxText items:

<object class="GtkComboBoxText">
  <items>
    <item translatable="yes" id="factory">Factory</item>
    <item translatable="yes" id="home">Home</item>
    <item translatable="yes" id="subway">Subway</item>
  </items>
</object>

CSS nodes

combobox
╰── box.linked
    ├── entry.combo
    ├── button.combo
    ╰── window.popup

gtk.combo_box_text.ComboBoxText has a single CSS node with name combobox. It adds the style class .combo to the main CSS nodes of its entry and button children, and the .linked class to the node of its internal box.