Libadwaita Widgets

Some widgets are only available when linking against later libadwaita versions. Set the target libadwaita version by passing -d:adwminor=<Minor Version>.

AdwWindow

renderable AdwWindow of BaseWindow

A Window that does not have a title bar.

Fields

All fields from BaseWindow
content: Widget

Adders

All adders from BaseWindow
add Adds a child to the window surface. Each window surface may only have one child.

Example

AdwWindow:
  Box:
    orient = OrientX
    Box {.expand: false.}:
      sizeRequest = (250, -1)
      orient = OrientY
      HeaderBar {.expand: false.}:
        showTitleButtons = false
      Label(text = "Sidebar")
    Separator() {.expand: false.}
    Box:
      orient = OrientY
      HeaderBar() {.expand: false.}
      Label(text = "Main Content")

WindowTitle

renderable WindowTitle of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
title: string
subtitle: string

Example

Window:
  HeaderBar {.addTitlebar.}:
    WindowTitle {.addTitle.}:
      title = "Title"
      subtitle = "Subtitle"

Avatar

renderable Avatar of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
text: string
size: int
showInitials: bool
iconName: string = "avatar-default-symbolic"

Example

Avatar:
  text = "Erika Mustermann"
  size = 100
  showInitials = true

ButtonContent

renderable ButtonContent of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
label: string
iconName: string
useUnderline: bool Defines whether you can use _ on part of the label to make the button accessible via hotkey. If you prefix a character of the label text with _ it will hide the _ and activate the button if you press ALT + the key of the character. E.g. _Button Text will trigger the button when pressing ALT + B.
canShrink: bool Defines whether the ButtonContent can be smaller than the size of its contents. Since: AdwVersion >= (1, 4)

Clamp

renderable Clamp of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
maximumSize: int Maximum width of the content
child: Widget

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
add

Example

Clamp:
  maximumSize = 600
  margin = 12
  PreferencesGroup:
    title = "Settings"

PreferencesGroup

renderable PreferencesGroup of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
title: string
description: string
children: seq[Widget]
suffix: Widget

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
add
addSuffix

Example

PreferencesGroup:
  title = "Settings"
  description = "Application Settings"
  ActionRow:
    title = "My Setting"
    subtitle = "Subtitle"
    Switch() {.addSuffix.}

PreferencesPage

renderable PreferencesPage of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
preferences: seq[Widget]
iconName: string
name: string
title: string
useUnderline: bool
description: string Since: AdwVersion >= (1, 4)

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
add

PreferencesRow

renderable PreferencesRow of ListBoxRow

Fields

All fields from ListBoxRow
title: string

ActionRow

renderable ActionRow of PreferencesRow

Fields

All fields from PreferencesRow
subtitle: string
suffixes: seq[AlignedChild[Widget]]

Adders

All adders from PreferencesRow
addSuffix
- hAlign = AlignFill
- vAlign = AlignCenter

Example

ActionRow:
  title = "Color"
  subtitle = "Color of the object"
  ColorButton {.addSuffix.}:(discard )

ExpanderRow

renderable ExpanderRow of PreferencesRow

Fields

All fields from PreferencesRow
subtitle: string
actions: seq[AlignedChild[Widget]]
rows: seq[AlignedChild[Widget]]
expanded: bool = false
enableExpansion: bool = true
showEnableSwitch: bool = false
titleLines: int Determines how many lines of text from the title are shown before it ellipsizes the text. Defaults to 0 which means it never elipsizes and instead adds new lines to show the full text. Since: AdwVersion >= (1, 3)
subtitleLines: int Determines how many lines of text from the subtitle are shown before it ellipsizes the text. Defaults to 0 which means it never elipsizes and instead adds new lines to show the full text. Since: AdwVersion >= (1, 3)

Events

expand: proc (newExpandState: bool) Triggered when row gets expanded

Adders

All adders from PreferencesRow
addAction
- hAlign = AlignFill
- vAlign = AlignCenter
addRow
- hAlign = AlignFill
- vAlign = AlignFill

Example

ExpanderRow:
  title = "Expander Row"
  for it in 0 ..< 3:
    ActionRow {.addRow.}:
      title = "Nested Row " & $it

ComboRow

renderable ComboRow of ActionRow

Fields

All fields from ActionRow
items: seq[string]
selected: int

Events

select: proc (item: int)

Example

ComboRow:
  title = "Combo Row"
  items = @["Option 1", "Option 2", "Option 3"]
  selected = app.selected
  proc select(item: int) =
    app.selected = item

EntryRow

renderable EntryRow of PreferencesRow

Since: AdwVersion >= (1, 2)

Fields

All fields from PreferencesRow
suffixes: seq[AlignedChild[Widget]]
text: string

Events

changed: proc (text: string)

Adders

All adders from PreferencesRow
addSuffix
- hAlign = AlignFill
- vAlign = AlignCenter

Example

EntryRow:
  title = "Name"
  text = app.name
  proc changed(name: string) =
    app.name = name

PasswordEntryRow

renderable PasswordEntryRow of EntryRow

An EntryRow that hides the user input

Since: AdwVersion >= (1, 2)

Fields

All fields from EntryRow

Example

PasswordEntryRow:
  title = "Password"
  text = app.password
  proc changed(password: string) =
    app.password = password

Flap

renderable Flap

Fields

content: Widget
separator: Widget
flap: FlapChild[Widget]
revealed: bool = false
foldPolicy: FlapFoldPolicy = FlapFoldAuto
foldThresholdPolicy: FoldThresholdPolicy = FoldThresholdNatural
transitionType: FlapTransitionType = FlapTransitionOver
modal: bool = true
locked: bool = false
swipeToClose: bool = true
swipeToOpen: bool = true

Setters

swipe: bool

Events

changed: proc (revealed: bool)
fold: proc (folded: bool)

Adders

add
addSeparator
addFlap
- width = -1

Example

Flap:
  revealed = app.showFlap
  transitionType = FlapTransitionOver
  proc changed(revealed: bool) =
    app.showFlap = revealed

  Label(text = "Flap") {.addFlap, width: 200.}
  Separator() {.addSeparator.}
  Box:
    Label:
      text = "Content ".repeat(10)
      wrap = true

OverlaySplitView

renderable OverlaySplitView of BaseWidget

Since: AdwVersion >= (1, 4)

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
content: Widget
sidebar: Widget
collapsed: bool = false
enableHideGesture: bool = true
enableShowGesture: bool = true
maxSidebarWidth: float = 280.0
minSidebarWidth: float = 180.0
pinSidebar: bool = false
showSidebar: bool = true
sidebarPosition: PackType = PackStart
widthFraction: float = 0.25
widthUnit: LengthUnit = LengthScaleIndependent

Events

toggle: proc (shown: bool)

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
add
addSidebar

AdwHeaderBar

renderable AdwHeaderBar of BaseWidget

Adwaita Headerbar that combines GTK Headerbar and WindowControls.

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
packLeft: seq[Widget]
packRight: seq[Widget]
centeringPolicy: CenteringPolicy = CenteringPolicyLoose
decorationLayout: Option[string] = none(string)
showRightButtons: bool = true Determines whether the buttons in rightButtons are shown. Does not affect Widgets in packRight.
showLeftButtons: bool = true Determines whether the buttons in leftButtons are shown. Does not affect Widgets in packLeft.
titleWidget: Widget A widget for the title. Replaces the title string, if there is one.
showBackButton: bool = true Since: AdwVersion >= (1, 4)
showTitle: bool = true Determines whether to show or hide the title Since: AdwVersion >= (1, 4)

Setters

windowControls: DecorationLayout
windowControls: Option[DecorationLayout]

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
addLeft Adds a widget to the left side of the HeaderBar.
addRight Adds a widget to the right side of the HeaderBar.
addTitle

SplitButton

renderable SplitButton of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
child: Widget
popover: Widget

Setters

text: string
icon: string Sets the icon of the SplitButton. See recommended_tools.md for a list of icons.

Events

clicked: proc ()

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
addChild
add

StatusPage

renderable StatusPage of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
iconName: string The icon to render in the center of the StatusPage. Setting this overrides paintable. See the tooling section for how to figure out what icon names are available.
paintable: Widget The widget that implements GdkPaintable to render (e.g. IconPaintable, WidgetPaintable) in the center of the StatusPage. Setting this overrides iconName.
title: string
description: string
child: Widget

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
add
addPaintable

AboutWindow

renderable AboutWindow

Since: AdwVersion >= (1, 2)

Fields

applicationName: string
developerName: string
version: string
supportUrl: string
issueUrl: string
website: string
copyright: string
license: string A custom license text. If this field is used instead of licenseType, licenseType has to be empty or LicenseCustom.
licenseType: LicenseType A license from the LicenseType enum.
legalSections: seq[LegalSection] Adds extra sections to the "Legal" page. You can use these sections for dependency package attributions etc.
applicationIcon: string
releaseNotes: string
comments: string
debugInfo: string Adds a "Troubleshooting" section. Use this field to provide instructions on how to acquire logs or other info you want users of your app to know about when reporting bugs or debugging.
developers: seq[string]
designers: seq[string]
artists: seq[string]
documenters: seq[string]
credits: seq[tuple[title: string, people: seq[string]]] Additional credit sections with customizable titles
acknowledgements: seq[tuple[title: string, people: seq[string]]] Acknowledgment sections with customizable titles
links: seq[tuple[title: string, url: string]] Additional links placed in the details section

Example

AboutWindow:
  applicationName = "My Application"
  developerName = "Erika Mustermann"
  version = "1.0.0"
  applicationIcon = "application-x-executable"
  supportUrl = "https://github.com/can-lehmann/owlkettle/discussions"
  issueUrl = "https://github.com/can-lehmann/owlkettle/issues"
  website = "https://can-lehmann.github.io/owlkettle/README"
  links = @{"Tutorial": "https://can-lehmann.github.io/owlkettle/docs/tutorial.html", "Installation": "https://can-lehmann.github.io/owlkettle/docs/installation.html"}
  comments = """My Application demonstrates the use of the Adwaita AboutWindow. Comments will be shown on the Details page, above links. <i>Unlike</i> GtkAboutDialog comments, this string can be long and detailed. It can also contain <a href='https://docs.gtk.org/Pango/pango_markup.html'>links</a> and <b>Pango markup</b>."""
  copyright = "Erika Mustermann"
  licenseType = LicenseMIT_X11

SwitchRow

renderable SwitchRow of ActionRow

Since: AdwVersion >= (1, 4)

Fields

All fields from ActionRow
active: bool

Events

activated: proc (active: bool)

Banner

renderable Banner of BaseWidget

A rectangular Box taking up the entire vailable width with an optional button.

Since: AdwVersion >= (1, 3)

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
buttonLabel: string Label of the optional banner button. Button will only be added to the banner if this Label has a value.
title: string
useMarkup: bool = true Determines whether using Markup in title is allowed or not.
revealed: bool = true Determines whether the banner is shown.

Events

clicked: proc () Triggered by clicking the banner button

Owlkettle

Libadwaita Widgets

AdwWindow

Fields

Adders

Example

WindowTitle

Fields

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Avatar

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Example

ButtonContent

Fields

Clamp

Fields

Adders

Example

PreferencesGroup

Fields

Adders

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PreferencesPage

Fields

Adders

PreferencesRow

Fields

ActionRow

Fields

Adders

Example

ExpanderRow

Fields

Events

Adders

Example

ComboRow

Fields

Events

Example

EntryRow

Fields

Events

Adders

Example

PasswordEntryRow

Fields

Example

Flap

Fields

Setters

Events

Adders

Example

OverlaySplitView

Fields

Events

Adders

AdwHeaderBar

Fields

Setters

Adders

SplitButton

Fields

Setters

Events

Adders

StatusPage

Fields

Adders

AboutWindow

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Example

SwitchRow

Fields

Events

Banner

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