Struct gtk::TreeModelFilter

#[repr(transparent)]
pub struct TreeModelFilter { /* private fields */ }

A TreeModelFilter is a tree model which wraps another tree model, and can do the following things:

• Filter specific rows, based on data from a “visible column”, a column storing booleans indicating whether the row should be filtered or not, or based on the return value of a “visible function”, which gets a model, iter and user_data and returns a boolean indicating whether the row should be filtered or not.

• Modify the “appearance” of the model, using a modify function. This is extremely powerful and allows for just changing some values and also for creating a completely different model based on the given child model.

• Set a different root node, also known as a “virtual root”. You can pass in a TreePath indicating the root node for the filter at construction time.

The basic API is similar to TreeModelSort. For an example on its usage, see the section on TreeModelSort.

When using TreeModelFilter, it is important to realize that TreeModelFilter maintains an internal cache of all nodes which are visible in its clients. The cache is likely to be a subtree of the tree exposed by the child model. TreeModelFilter will not cache the entire child model when unnecessary to not compromise the caching mechanism that is exposed by the reference counting scheme. If the child model implements reference counting, unnecessary signals may not be emitted because of reference counting rule 3, see the TreeModel documentation. (Note that e.g. TreeStore does not implement reference counting and will always emit all signals, even when the receiving node is not visible).

Because of this, limitations for possible visible functions do apply. In general, visible functions should only use data or properties from the node for which the visibility state must be determined, its siblings or its parents. Usually, having a dependency on the state of any child node is not possible, unless references are taken on these explicitly. When no such reference exists, no signals may be received for these child nodes (see reference couting rule number 3 in the TreeModel section).

Determining the visibility state of a given node based on the state of its child nodes is a frequently occurring use case. Therefore, TreeModelFilter explicitly supports this. For example, when a node does not have any children, you might not want the node to be visible. As soon as the first row is added to the node’s child level (or the last row removed), the node’s visibility should be updated.

This introduces a dependency from the node on its child nodes. In order to accommodate this, TreeModelFilter must make sure the necessary signals are received from the child model. This is achieved by building, for all nodes which are exposed as visible nodes to TreeModelFilter’s clients, the child level (if any) and take a reference on the first node in this level. Furthermore, for every row-inserted, row-changed or row-deleted signal (also these which were not handled because the node was not cached), TreeModelFilter will check if the visibility state of any parent node has changed.

Beware, however, that this explicit support is limited to these two cases. For example, if you want a node to be visible only if two nodes in a child’s child level (2 levels deeper) are visible, you are on your own. In this case, either rely on TreeStore to emit all signals because it does not implement reference counting, or for models that do implement reference counting, obtain references on these child levels yourself.

Implements

TreeModelFilterExt, glib::ObjectExt, TreeDragSourceExt, TreeModelExt

Implementations

impl TreeModelFilter

pub const NONE: Option<&'static TreeModelFilter> = None

impl TreeModelFilter

pub fn new<T: IsA<TreeModel>>(
    child_model: &T,
    root: Option<&TreePath>
) -> TreeModelFilter

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for TreeModelFilter

fn clone(&self) -> Self

Returns a copy of the value.

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

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for TreeModelFilter

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

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Display for TreeModelFilter

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

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Hash for TreeModelFilter

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

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 Ord for TreeModelFilter

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

This method returns an Ordering between self and other.

const fn max(self, other: Self) -> Self

Compares and returns the maximum of two values.

const fn min(self, other: Self) -> Self

Compares and returns the minimum of two values.

const fn clamp(self, min: Self, max: Self) -> Selfwhere
    Self: PartialOrd<Self>,

Restrict a value to a certain interval.

impl ParentClassIs for TreeModelFilter

type Parent = Object

impl<OT: ObjectType> PartialEq<OT> for TreeModelFilter

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

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

const fn ne(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

This method tests for !=. The default implementation is almost always sufficient, and should not be overridden without very good reason.

impl<OT: ObjectType> PartialOrd<OT> for TreeModelFilter

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

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

const fn lt(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

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

const fn le(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

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

const fn gt(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

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

const 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 TreeModelFilter

fn static_type() -> Type

Returns the type identifier of Self.

impl Eq for TreeModelFilter

impl IsA<TreeDragSource> for TreeModelFilter

impl IsA<TreeModel> for TreeModelFilter