Struct gtk::IMContext

pub struct IMContext(_, _);

IMContext defines the interface for GTK+ input methods. An input method is used by GTK+ text input widgets like Entry to map from key events to Unicode character strings.

The default input method can be set programmatically via the Settings:gtk-im-module Settings property. Alternatively, you may set the GTK_IM_MODULE environment variable as documented in [Running GTK+ Applications][gtk-running].

The Entry Entry:im-module and TextView TextView:im-module properties may also be used to set input methods for specific widget instances. For instance, a certain entry widget might be expected to contain certain characters which would be easier to input with a certain input method.

An input method may consume multiple key events in sequence and finally output the composed result. This is called preediting, and an input method may provide feedback about this process by displaying the intermediate composition states as preedit text. For instance, the default GTK+ input method implements the input of arbitrary Unicode code points by holding down the Control and Shift keys and then typing “U” followed by the hexadecimal digits of the code point. When releasing the Control and Shift keys, preediting ends and the character is inserted as text. Ctrl+Shift+u20AC for example results in the € sign.

Additional input methods can be made available for use by GTK+ widgets as loadable modules. An input method module is a small shared library which implements a subclass of IMContext or IMContextSimple and exports these four functions:

void im_module_init(GTypeModule *module);

This function should register the glib::Type of the IMContext subclass which implements the input method by means of gobject::TypeModule::register_type. Note that g_type_register_static cannot be used as the type needs to be registered dynamically.

void im_module_exit(void);

Here goes any cleanup code your input method might require on module unload.

void im_module_list(const GtkIMContextInfo ***contexts, int *n_contexts)
{
  *contexts = info_list;
  *n_contexts = G_N_ELEMENTS (info_list);
}

This function returns the list of input methods provided by the module. The example implementation above shows a common solution and simply returns a pointer to statically defined array of IMContextInfo items for each provided input method.

GtkIMContext * im_module_create(const gchar *context_id);

This function should return a pointer to a newly created instance of the IMContext subclass identified by context_id. The context ID is the same as specified in the IMContextInfo array returned by im_module_list.

After a new loadable input method module has been installed on the system, the configuration file gtk.immodules needs to be regenerated by [gtk-query-immodules-3.0][gtk-query-immodules-3.0], in order for the new input method to become available to GTK+ applications.

Implements

IMContextExt, glib::object::ObjectExt

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for IMContext

fn clone(&self) -> IMContext

Returns a copy of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for IMContext

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Display for IMContext

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Eq for IMContext

impl Hash for IMContext

fn hash<__H: Hasher>(&self, state: &mut __H)

Feeds this value into the given [Hasher].

fn hash_slice<H>(data: &[Self], state: &mut H) where
    H: Hasher, 

Feeds a slice of this type into the given [Hasher].

impl IsA<IMContext> for IMContextSimple

impl IsA<IMContext> for IMMulticontext

impl Ord for IMContext

fn cmp(&self, other: &IMContext) -> Ordering

This method returns an [Ordering] between self and other.

#[must_use]fn max(self, other: Self) -> Self

Compares and returns the maximum of two values.

#[must_use]fn min(self, other: Self) -> Self

Compares and returns the minimum of two values.

#[must_use]fn clamp(self, min: Self, max: Self) -> Self

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (clamp)

Restrict a value to a certain interval.

impl<T: ObjectType> PartialEq<T> for IMContext

fn eq(&self, other: &T) -> bool

This method tests for self and other values to be equal, and is used by ==.

#[must_use]fn ne(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

This method tests for !=.

impl<T: ObjectType> PartialOrd<T> for IMContext

fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &T) -> Option<Ordering>

This method returns an ordering between self and other values if one exists.

#[must_use]fn lt(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

This method tests less than (for self and other) and is used by the < operator.

#[must_use]fn le(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

This method tests less than or equal to (for self and other) and is used by the <= operator.

#[must_use]fn gt(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

This method tests greater than (for self and other) and is used by the > operator.

#[must_use]fn ge(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

This method tests greater than or equal to (for self and other) and is used by the >= operator.

impl StaticType for IMContext

fn static_type() -> Type

Returns the type identifier of Self.