Creates a new gtk.text_view.TextView.
Adds a child widget in the text buffer, at the given anchor.
Adds child at a fixed coordinate in the gtk.text_view.TextView's text window.
Moves the given iter backward by one display (wrapped) line.
Moves the given iter backward to the next display line start.
Converts buffer coordinates to window coordinates.
Connect to Backspace signal.
Connect to CopyClipboard signal.
Connect to CutClipboard signal.
Connect to DeleteFromCursor signal.
Connect to ExtendSelection signal.
Connect to InsertAtCursor signal.
Connect to InsertEmoji signal.
Connect to MoveCursor signal.
Connect to MoveViewport signal.
Connect to PasteClipboard signal.
Connect to PreeditChanged signal.
Connect to SelectAll signal.
Connect to SetAnchor signal.
Connect to ToggleCursorVisible signal.
Connect to ToggleOverwrite signal.
Moves the given iter forward by one display (wrapped) line.
Moves the given iter forward to the next display line end.
Returns whether pressing the <kbd>Tab</kbd> key inserts a tab characters.
Gets the bottom margin for text in the text_view.
Returns the gtk.text_buffer.TextBuffer being displayed by this text view.
Determine the positions of the strong and weak cursors if the insertion point is at iter.
Find out whether the cursor should be displayed.
Returns the default editability of the gtk.text_view.TextView.
Gets the menu model that gets added to the context menu or null if none has been set.
Gets a gtk.widget.Widget that has previously been set as gutter.
Gets the default indentation of paragraphs in text_view.
Gets the input-hints of the gtk.text_view.TextView.
Gets the input-purpose of the gtk.text_view.TextView.
Retrieves the iterator at buffer coordinates x and y.
Retrieves the iterator pointing to the character at buffer coordinates x and y.
Gets a rectangle which roughly contains the character at iter.
Gets the default justification of paragraphs in text_view.
Gets the default left margin size of paragraphs in the text_view.
Gets the gtk.text_iter.TextIter at the start of the line containing the coordinate y.
Gets the y coordinate of the top of the line containing iter, and the height of the line.
Gets the pango.context.Context that is used for rendering LTR directed text layouts.
Gets whether the gtk.text_view.TextView uses monospace styling.
Returns whether the gtk.text_view.TextView is in overwrite mode or not.
Gets the default number of pixels to put above paragraphs.
Gets the default number of pixels to put below paragraphs.
Gets the default number of pixels to put between wrapped lines inside a paragraph.
Gets the default right margin for text in text_view.
Gets the pango.context.Context that is used for rendering RTL directed text layouts.
Gets the default tabs for text_view.
Gets the top margin for text in the text_view.
Fills visible_rect with the currently-visible region of the buffer, in buffer coordinates.
Gets the line wrapping for the view.
Allow the gtk.text_view.TextView input method to internally handle key press and release events.
Moves a mark within the buffer so that it's located within the currently-visible text area.
Updates the position of a child.
Move the iterator a given number of characters visually, treating it as the strong cursor position.
Moves the cursor to the currently visible region of the buffer.
Removes a child widget from text_view.
Ensures that the cursor is shown.
Reset the input method context of the text view if needed.
Scrolls text_view the minimum distance such that mark is contained within the visible area of the widget.
Scrolls text_view so that iter is on the screen in the position indicated by xalign and yalign.
Scrolls text_view so that mark is on the screen in the position indicated by xalign and yalign.
Sets the behavior of the text widget when the <kbd>Tab</kbd> key is pressed.
Sets the bottom margin for text in text_view.
Sets buffer as the buffer being displayed by text_view.
Toggles whether the insertion point should be displayed.
Sets the default editability of the gtk.text_view.TextView.
Sets a menu model to add when constructing the context menu for text_view.
Places widget into the gutter specified by win.
Sets the default indentation for paragraphs in text_view.
Sets the input-hints of the gtk.text_view.TextView.
Sets the input-purpose of the gtk.text_view.TextView.
Sets the default justification of text in text_view.
Sets the default left margin for text in text_view.
Sets whether the gtk.text_view.TextView should display text in monospace styling.
Changes the gtk.text_view.TextView overwrite mode.
Sets the default number of blank pixels above paragraphs in text_view.
Sets the default number of pixels of blank space to put below paragraphs in text_view.
Sets the default number of pixels of blank space to leave between display/wrapped lines within a paragraph.
Sets the default right margin for text in the text view.
Sets the default tab stops for paragraphs in text_view.
Sets the top margin for text in text_view.
Sets the line wrapping for the view.
Determines whether iter is at the start of a display line.
Converts coordinates on the window identified by win to buffer coordinates.
Creates a new gtk.text_view.TextView widget displaying the buffer buffer.
Updates the position of the caret.
Notifies assistive technologies of a change in contents.
Updates the boundary of the selection.
Returns the size of a non-scrolling border around the outside of the scrollable.
Retrieves the gtk.adjustment.Adjustment used for horizontal scrolling.
Gets the horizontal gtk.types.ScrollablePolicy.
Retrieves the gtk.adjustment.Adjustment used for vertical scrolling.
Gets the vertical gtk.types.ScrollablePolicy.
Sets the horizontal adjustment of the gtk.scrollable.Scrollable.
Sets the gtk.types.ScrollablePolicy.
Sets the vertical adjustment of the gtk.scrollable.Scrollable.
Sets the gtk.types.ScrollablePolicy.
Obtains the current default reading direction.
Sets the default reading direction for widgets.
Enable or disable an action installed with gtk.widget_class.WidgetClass.installAction.
For widgets that can be “activated” (buttons, menu items, etc.), this function activates them.
Looks up the action in the action groups associated with widget and its ancestors, and activates it.
Activates the default.activate action from widget.
Adds controller to widget so that it will receive events.
Adds a style class to widget.
Adds a widget to the list of mnemonic labels for this widget.
Queues an animation frame update and adds a callback to be called before each frame.
This function is only used by gtk.widget.Widget subclasses, to assign a size, position and (optionally) baseline to their child widgets.
Called by widgets as the user moves around the window using keyboard shortcuts.
Computes the bounds for widget in the coordinate space of target.
Computes whether a container should give this widget extra space when possible.
Translates the given point in widget's coordinates to coordinates relative to target’s coordinate system.
Computes a matrix suitable to describe a transformation from widget's coordinate system into target's coordinate system.
Tests if the point at (x, y) is contained in widget.
Creates a new pango.context.Context with the appropriate font map, font options, font description, and base direction for drawing text for this widget.
Creates a new pango.layout.Layout with the appropriate font map, font description, and base direction for drawing text for this widget.
Clears the template children for the given widget.
Checks to see if a drag movement has passed the GTK drag threshold.
Notifies the user about an input-related error on this widget.
Returns the baseline that has currently been allocated to widget.
Returns the height that has currently been allocated to widget.
Returns the width that has currently been allocated to widget.
Gets the first ancestor of widget with type widget_type.
Returns the baseline that has currently been allocated to widget.
Determines whether the input focus can enter widget or any of its children.
Queries whether widget can be the target of pointer events.
Gets the value set with gtk.widget.Widget.setChildVisible.
Gets the clipboard object for widget.
Gets the current foreground color for the widget’s CSS style.
Returns the list of style classes applied to widget.
Returns the CSS name that is used for self.
Queries the cursor set on widget.
Gets the reading direction for a particular widget.
Get the gdk.display.Display for the toplevel window associated with this widget.
Returns the widget’s first child.
Returns the current focus child of widget.
Returns whether the widget should grab focus when it is clicked with the mouse.
Determines whether widget can own the input focus.
Gets the font map of widget.
Returns the cairo.font_options.FontOptions of widget.
Obtains the frame clock for a widget.
Gets the horizontal alignment of widget.
Returns the current value of the has-tooltip property.
Returns the content height of the widget.
Gets whether the widget would like any available extra horizontal space.
Gets whether gtk.widget.Widget.setHexpand has been used to explicitly set the expand flag on this widget.
Returns the widget’s last child.
Retrieves the layout manager used by widget.
Whether the widget is mapped.
Gets the bottom margin of widget.
Gets the end margin of widget.
Gets the start margin of widget.
Gets the top margin of widget.
Retrieves the name of a widget.
Returns the nearest gtk.native.Native ancestor of widget.
Returns the widget’s next sibling.
#Fetches the requested opacity for this widget.
Returns the widget’s overflow value.
Gets a pango.context.Context with the appropriate font map, font description, and base direction for this widget.
Returns the parent widget of widget.
Retrieves the minimum and natural size of a widget, taking into account the widget’s preference for height-for-width management.
Returns the widget’s previous sibling.
Gets the primary clipboard of widget.
Determines whether widget is realized.
Determines whether widget is always treated as the default widget within its toplevel when it has the focus, even if another widget is the default.
Gets whether the widget prefers a height-for-width layout or a width-for-height layout.
Returns the gtk.root.Root widget of widget.
Retrieves the internal scale factor that maps from window coordinates to the actual device pixels.
Returns the widget’s sensitivity.
Gets the settings object holding the settings used for this widget.
Returns the content width or height of the widget.
Gets the size request that was explicitly set for the widget using gtk.widget.Widget.setSizeRequest.
Returns the widget state as a flag set.
Returns the style context associated to widget.
Fetch an object build from the template XML for widget_type in this widget instance.
Gets the contents of the tooltip for widget.
Gets the contents of the tooltip for widget.
Gets the vertical alignment of widget.
Gets whether the widget would like any available extra vertical space.
Gets whether gtk.widget.Widget.setVexpand has been used to explicitly set the expand flag on this widget.
Determines whether the widget is visible.
Returns the content width of the widget.
Causes widget to have the keyboard focus for the gtk.window.Window it's inside.
Returns whether css_class is currently applied to widget.
Determines whether widget is the current default widget within its toplevel.
Determines if the widget has the global input focus.
Determines if the widget should show a visible indication that it has the global input focus.
Reverses the effects of gtk.widget.Widget.show.
Returns whether the widget is currently being destroyed.
Creates and initializes child widgets defined in templates.
Inserts group into widget.
Inserts widget into the child widget list of parent.
Inserts widget into the child widget list of parent.
Determines whether widget is somewhere inside ancestor, possibly with intermediate containers.
Determines whether widget can be drawn to.
Determines if the widget is the focus widget within its toplevel.
Returns the widget’s effective sensitivity.
Determines whether the widget and all its parents are marked as visible.
Emits the ::keynav-failed signal on the widget.
Returns the widgets for which this widget is the target of a mnemonic.
Causes a widget to be mapped if it isn’t already.
Measures widget in the orientation orientation and for the given for_size.
Emits the ::mnemonic-activate signal.
Returns a gio.list_model.ListModel to track the children of widget.
Returns a gio.list_model.ListModel to track the gtk.event_controller.EventControllers of widget.
Finds the descendant of widget closest to the point (x, y).
Flags the widget for a rerun of the vfuncGtk.Widget.size_allocate function.
Schedules this widget to be redrawn in the paint phase of the current or the next frame.
Flags a widget to have its size renegotiated.
Creates the GDK resources associated with a widget.
Removes controller from widget, so that it doesn't process events anymore.
Removes a style from widget.
Removes a widget from the list of mnemonic labels for this widget.
Removes a tick callback previously registered with gtk.widget.Widget.addTickCallback.
Specifies whether the input focus can enter the widget or any of its children.
Sets whether widget can be the target of pointer events.
Sets whether widget should be mapped along with its parent.
Clear all style classes applied to widget and replace them with classes.
Sets the cursor to be shown when pointer devices point towards widget.
Sets a named cursor to be shown when pointer devices point towards widget.
Sets the reading direction on a particular widget.
Set child as the current focus child of widget.
Sets whether the widget should grab focus when it is clicked with the mouse.
Specifies whether widget can own the input focus.
Sets the font map to use for Pango rendering.
Sets the cairo.font_options.FontOptions used for Pango rendering in this widget.
Sets the horizontal alignment of widget.
Sets the has-tooltip property on widget to has_tooltip.
Sets whether the widget would like any available extra horizontal space.
Sets whether the hexpand flag will be used.
Sets the layout manager delegate instance that provides an implementation for measuring and allocating the children of widget.
Sets the bottom margin of widget.
Sets the end margin of widget.
Sets the start margin of widget.
Sets the top margin of widget.
Sets a widgets name.
Request the widget to be rendered partially transparent.
Sets how widget treats content that is drawn outside the widget's content area.
Sets parent as the parent widget of widget.
Specifies whether widget will be treated as the default widget within its toplevel when it has the focus, even if another widget is the default.
Sets the sensitivity of a widget.
Sets the minimum size of a widget.
Turns on flag values in the current widget state.
Sets markup as the contents of the tooltip, which is marked up with Pango markup.
Sets text as the contents of the tooltip.
Sets the vertical alignment of widget.
Sets whether the widget would like any available extra vertical space.
Sets whether the vexpand flag will be used.
Sets the visibility state of widget.
Returns whether widget should contribute to the measuring and allocation of its parent.
Flags a widget to be displayed.
Snapshot the a child of widget.
Translate coordinates relative to src_widget’s allocation to coordinates relative to dest_widget’s allocations.
Triggers a tooltip query on the display where the toplevel of widget is located.
Causes a widget to be unmapped if it’s currently mapped.
Dissociate widget from its parent.
Causes a widget to be unrealized (frees all GDK resources associated with the widget).
Turns off flag values for the current widget state.
Connect to Destroy signal.
Connect to DirectionChanged signal.
Connect to Hide signal.
Connect to KeynavFailed signal.
Connect to Map signal.
Connect to MnemonicActivate signal.
Connect to MoveFocus signal.
Connect to QueryTooltip signal.
Connect to Realize signal.
Connect to Show signal.
Connect to StateFlagsChanged signal.
Connect to Unmap signal.
Connect to Unrealize signal.
Updates the position of the caret.
Notifies assistive technologies of a change in contents.
Updates the boundary of the selection.
Returns the size of a non-scrolling border around the outside of the scrollable.
Retrieves the gtk.adjustment.Adjustment used for horizontal scrolling.
Gets the horizontal gtk.types.ScrollablePolicy.
Retrieves the gtk.adjustment.Adjustment used for vertical scrolling.
Gets the vertical gtk.types.ScrollablePolicy.
Sets the horizontal adjustment of the gtk.scrollable.Scrollable.
Sets the gtk.types.ScrollablePolicy.
Sets the vertical adjustment of the gtk.scrollable.Scrollable.
Sets the gtk.types.ScrollablePolicy.
A widget that displays the contents of a gtk.text_buffer.TextBuffer.
You may wish to begin by reading the conceptual overview, which gives an overview of all the objects and data types related to the text widget and how they work together.
CSS nodes
gtk.text_view.TextView has a main css node with name textview and style class .view, and subnodes for each of the border windows, and the main text area, with names border and text, respectively. The border nodes each get one of the style classes .left, .right, .top or .bottom.
A node representing the selection will appear below the text node.
If a context menu is opened, the window node will appear as a subnode of the main node.
Accessibility
gtk.text_view.TextView uses the gtk.types.AccessibleRole.TextBox role.