## GtkSourceView

GtkSourceView — The view object

## Synopsis

    #include <gtksourceview/gtksourceview.h>

    struct              GtkSourceView;
    enum                GtkSourceSmartHomeEndType;
    enum                GtkSourceDrawSpacesFlags;
    enum                GtkSourceViewGutterPosition;
    GtkWidget *         gtk_source_view_new                 (void);
    GtkWidget *         gtk_source_view_new_with_buffer     (GtkSourceBuffer *buffer);
    void                gtk_source_view_set_auto_indent     (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             gboolean enable);
    gboolean            gtk_source_view_get_auto_indent     (GtkSourceView *view);
    void                gtk_source_view_set_indent_on_tab   (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             gboolean enable);
    gboolean            gtk_source_view_get_indent_on_tab   (GtkSourceView *view);
    void                gtk_source_view_set_indent_width    (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             gint width);
    gint                gtk_source_view_get_indent_width    (GtkSourceView *view);
    void                gtk_source_view_set_insert_spaces_instead_of_tabs
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             gboolean enable);
    gboolean            gtk_source_view_get_insert_spaces_instead_of_tabs
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view);
    void                gtk_source_view_set_smart_home_end  (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             GtkSourceSmartHomeEndType smart_he);
    GtkSourceSmartHomeEndType gtk_source_view_get_smart_home_end
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view);
    void                gtk_source_view_set_mark_attributes (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             const gchar *category,
                                                             GtkSourceMarkAttributes *attributes,
                                                             gint priority);
    GtkSourceMarkAttributes * gtk_source_view_get_mark_attributes
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             const gchar *category,
                                                             gint *priority);
    void                gtk_source_view_set_highlight_current_line
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             gboolean hl);
    gboolean            gtk_source_view_get_highlight_current_line
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view);
    void                gtk_source_view_set_show_line_marks (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             gboolean show);
    gboolean            gtk_source_view_get_show_line_marks (GtkSourceView *view);
    void                gtk_source_view_set_show_line_numbers
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             gboolean show);
    gboolean            gtk_source_view_get_show_line_numbers
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view);
    void                gtk_source_view_set_show_right_margin
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             gboolean show);
    gboolean            gtk_source_view_get_show_right_margin
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view);
    void                gtk_source_view_set_right_margin_position
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             guint pos);
    guint               gtk_source_view_get_right_margin_position
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view);
    void                gtk_source_view_set_tab_width       (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             guint width);
    guint               gtk_source_view_get_tab_width       (GtkSourceView *view);
    void                gtk_source_view_set_draw_spaces     (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             GtkSourceDrawSpacesFlags flags);
    GtkSourceDrawSpacesFlags gtk_source_view_get_draw_spaces
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view);
    GtkSourceCompletion * gtk_source_view_get_completion    (GtkSourceView *view);
    GtkSourceGutter *   gtk_source_view_get_gutter          (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             GtkTextWindowType window_type);

## Object Hierarchy

      GObject
       +----GInitiallyUnowned
             +----GtkWidget
                   +----GtkContainer
                         +----GtkTextView
                               +----GtkSourceView

## Implemented Interfaces

GtkSourceView implements AtkImplementorIface, GtkBuildable and GtkScrollable.

## Properties

      "auto-indent"              gboolean              : Read / Write
      "completion"               GtkSourceCompletion*  : Read
      "draw-spaces"              GtkSourceDrawSpacesFlags  : Read / Write
      "highlight-current-line"   gboolean              : Read / Write
      "indent-on-tab"            gboolean              : Read / Write
      "indent-width"             gint                  : Read / Write
      "insert-spaces-instead-of-tabs" gboolean              : Read / Write
      "right-margin-position"    guint                 : Read / Write
      "show-line-marks"          gboolean              : Read / Write
      "show-line-numbers"        gboolean              : Read / Write
      "show-right-margin"        gboolean              : Read / Write
      "smart-home-end"           GtkSourceSmartHomeEndType  : Read / Write
      "tab-width"                guint                 : Read / Write

## Signals

      "line-mark-activated"                            : Run Last
      "move-lines"                                     : Action
      "move-words"                                     : Action
      "redo"                                           : Action
      "show-completion"                                : Action
      "smart-home-end"                                 : Run Last
      "undo"                                           : Action

## Description

GtkSourceView is the main object of the GtkSourceView library. It provides a text view which syntax highlighting, undo/redo and text marks. Use a GtkSourceBuffer to display text with a GtkSourceView.

## Details

### struct GtkSourceView

    struct GtkSourceView;

### enum GtkSourceSmartHomeEndType

    typedef enum {
    	GTK_SOURCE_SMART_HOME_END_DISABLED,
    	GTK_SOURCE_SMART_HOME_END_BEFORE,
    	GTK_SOURCE_SMART_HOME_END_AFTER,
    	GTK_SOURCE_SMART_HOME_END_ALWAYS
    } GtkSourceSmartHomeEndType;

`GTK_SOURCE_SMART_HOME_END_DISABLED` | smart-home-end disabled.
`GTK_SOURCE_SMART_HOME_END_BEFORE` | move to the first/last non-whitespace character on the first press of the HOME/END keys and to the beginning/end of the line on the second press.
`GTK_SOURCE_SMART_HOME_END_AFTER` | move to the beginning/end of the line on the first press of the HOME/END keys and to the first/last non-whitespace character on the second press.
`GTK_SOURCE_SMART_HOME_END_ALWAYS` | always move to the first/last non-whitespace character when the HOME/END keys are pressed.

### enum GtkSourceDrawSpacesFlags

    typedef enum {
    	GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_SPACE      = 1 << 0,
    	GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_TAB        = 1 << 1,
    	GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_NEWLINE    = 1 << 2,
    	GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_NBSP       = 1 << 3,
    	GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_LEADING    = 1 << 4,
    	GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_TEXT       = 1 << 5,
    	GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_TRAILING   = 1 << 6,
    	GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_ALL        = (GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_SPACE   | \
    	                                     GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_TAB     | \
    	                                     GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_NEWLINE | \
    	                                     GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_NBSP | \
    	                                     GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_LEADING | \
    	                                     GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_TEXT | \
    	                                     GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_TRAILING)
    } GtkSourceDrawSpacesFlags;

GtkSourceDrawSpacesFlags determine what kind of spaces whould be drawn. If none of GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_LEADING, GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_TEXT or GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_TRAILING is specified, whitespaces at any position in the line will be drawn (i.e. it has the same effect as specifying all of them).

`GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_SPACE` | whether the space character should be drawn.
`GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_TAB` | whether the tab character should be drawn.
`GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_NEWLINE` | whether the line breaks should be drawn.
`GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_NBSP` | whether the non-breaking whitespaces should be drawn.
`GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_LEADING` | whether leading whitespaces should be drawn.
`GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_TEXT` | whether whitespaces inside text should be drawn.
`GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_TRAILING` | whether trailing whitespaces should be drawn.
`GTK_SOURCE_DRAW_SPACES_ALL` | wheter all kind of spaces should be drawn.

### enum GtkSourceViewGutterPosition

    typedef enum {
    	GTK_SOURCE_VIEW_GUTTER_POSITION_LINES = -30,
    	GTK_SOURCE_VIEW_GUTTER_POSITION_MARKS = -20
    } GtkSourceViewGutterPosition;

`GTK_SOURCE_VIEW_GUTTER_POSITION_LINES` | the gutter position of the lines renderer
`GTK_SOURCE_VIEW_GUTTER_POSITION_MARKS` | the gutter position of the marks renderer

### gtk_source_view_new ()

    GtkWidget *         gtk_source_view_new                 (void);

Creates a new GtkSourceView. An empty default buffer will be created for you. If you want to specify your own buffer, consider `gtk_source_view_new_with_buffer()`.

Returns : | a new GtkSourceView.

### gtk_source_view_new_with_buffer ()

    GtkWidget *         gtk_source_view_new_with_buffer     (GtkSourceBuffer *buffer);

Creates a new GtkSourceView widget displaying the buffer `buffer`. One buffer can be shared among many widgets.

`buffer` : | a GtkSourceBuffer.
Returns : | a new GtkSourceView.

### gtk_source_view_set_auto_indent ()

    void                gtk_source_view_set_auto_indent     (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             gboolean enable);

If `TRUE` auto indentation of text is enabled.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
`enable` : | whether to enable auto indentation.

### gtk_source_view_get_auto_indent ()

    gboolean            gtk_source_view_get_auto_indent     (GtkSourceView *view);

Returns whether auto indentation of text is enabled.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
Returns : | `TRUE` if auto indentation is enabled.

### gtk_source_view_set_indent_on_tab ()

    void                gtk_source_view_set_indent_on_tab   (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             gboolean enable);

If `TRUE`, when the tab key is pressed and there is a selection, the selected text is indented of one level instead of being replaced with the \t characters. Shift+Tab unindents the selection.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
`enable` : | whether to indent a block when tab is pressed.

Since 1.8

### gtk_source_view_get_indent_on_tab ()

    gboolean            gtk_source_view_get_indent_on_tab   (GtkSourceView *view);

Returns whether when the tab key is pressed the current selection should get indented instead of replaced with the \t character.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
Returns : | `TRUE` if the selection is indented when tab is pressed.

Since 1.8

### gtk_source_view_set_indent_width ()

    void                gtk_source_view_set_indent_width    (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             gint width);

Sets the number of spaces to use for each step of indent. If `width` is -1, the value of the GtkSourceView::tab-width property will be used.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
`width` : | indent width in characters.

### gtk_source_view_get_indent_width ()

    gint                gtk_source_view_get_indent_width    (GtkSourceView *view);

Returns the number of spaces to use for each step of indent. See `gtk_source_view_set_indent_width()` for details.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
Returns : | indent width.

### gtk_source_view_set_insert_spaces_instead_of_tabs ()

    void                gtk_source_view_set_insert_spaces_instead_of_tabs
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             gboolean enable);

If `TRUE` any tabulator character inserted is replaced by a group of space characters.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
`enable` : | whether to insert spaces instead of tabs.

### gtk_source_view_get_insert_spaces_instead_of_tabs ()

    gboolean            gtk_source_view_get_insert_spaces_instead_of_tabs
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view);

Returns whether when inserting a tabulator character it should be replaced by a group of space characters.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
Returns : | `TRUE` if spaces are inserted instead of tabs.

### gtk_source_view_set_smart_home_end ()

    void                gtk_source_view_set_smart_home_end  (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             GtkSourceSmartHomeEndType smart_he);

Set the desired movement of the cursor when HOME and END keys are pressed.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
`smart_he` : | the desired behavior among GtkSourceSmartHomeEndType.

### gtk_source_view_get_smart_home_end ()

    GtkSourceSmartHomeEndType gtk_source_view_get_smart_home_end
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view);

Returns a GtkSourceSmartHomeEndType end value specifying how the cursor will move when HOME and END keys are pressed.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
Returns : | a GtkSourceSmartHomeEndTypeend value.

### gtk_source_view_set_mark_attributes ()

    void                gtk_source_view_set_mark_attributes (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             const gchar *category,
                                                             GtkSourceMarkAttributes *attributes,
                                                             gint priority);

Sets attributes and priority for the `category`.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
`category` : | the category.
`attributes` : | mark attributes.
`priority` : | priority of the category.

### gtk_source_view_get_mark_attributes ()

    GtkSourceMarkAttributes * gtk_source_view_get_mark_attributes
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             const gchar *category,
                                                             gint *priority);

Gets attributes and priority for the `category`.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
`category` : | the category.
`priority` : | place where priority of the category will be stored.
Returns : | GtkSourceMarkAttributes for the `category`. The object belongs to `view`, so it must not be unreffed. [transfer none]

### gtk_source_view_set_highlight_current_line ()

    void                gtk_source_view_set_highlight_current_line
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             gboolean hl);

If `hl` is `TRUE` the current line is highlighted.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
`hl` : | whether to highlight the current line.

### gtk_source_view_get_highlight_current_line ()

    gboolean            gtk_source_view_get_highlight_current_line
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view);

Returns whether the current line is highlighted.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
Returns : | `TRUE` if the current line is highlighted.

### gtk_source_view_set_show_line_marks ()

    void                gtk_source_view_set_show_line_marks (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             gboolean show);

If `TRUE` line marks will be displayed beside the text.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
`show` : | whether line marks should be displayed.

Since 2.2

### gtk_source_view_get_show_line_marks ()

    gboolean            gtk_source_view_get_show_line_marks (GtkSourceView *view);

Returns whether line marks are displayed beside the text.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
Returns : | `TRUE` if the line marks are displayed.

Since 2.2

### gtk_source_view_set_show_line_numbers ()

    void                gtk_source_view_set_show_line_numbers
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             gboolean show);

If `TRUE` line numbers will be displayed beside the text.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
`show` : | whether line numbers should be displayed.

### gtk_source_view_get_show_line_numbers ()

    gboolean            gtk_source_view_get_show_line_numbers
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view);

Returns whether line numbers are displayed beside the text.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
Returns : | `TRUE` if the line numbers are displayed.

### gtk_source_view_set_show_right_margin ()

    void                gtk_source_view_set_show_right_margin
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             gboolean show);

If `TRUE` a right margin is displayed.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
`show` : | whether to show a right margin.

### gtk_source_view_get_show_right_margin ()

    gboolean            gtk_source_view_get_show_right_margin
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view);

Returns whether a right margin is displayed.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
Returns : | `TRUE` if the right margin is shown.

### gtk_source_view_set_right_margin_position ()

    void                gtk_source_view_set_right_margin_position
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             guint pos);

Sets the position of the right margin in the given `view`.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
`pos` : | the width in characters where to position the right margin.

### gtk_source_view_get_right_margin_position ()

    guint               gtk_source_view_get_right_margin_position
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view);

Gets the position of the right margin in the given `view`.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
Returns : | the position of the right margin.

### gtk_source_view_set_tab_width ()

    void                gtk_source_view_set_tab_width       (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             guint width);

Sets the width of tabulation in characters.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
`width` : | width of tab in characters.

### gtk_source_view_get_tab_width ()

    guint               gtk_source_view_get_tab_width       (GtkSourceView *view);

Returns the width of tabulation in characters.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
Returns : | width of tab.

### gtk_source_view_set_draw_spaces ()

    void                gtk_source_view_set_draw_spaces     (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             GtkSourceDrawSpacesFlags flags);

Set if and how the spaces should be visualized. Specifying `flags` as 0 will disable display of spaces.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
`flags` : | GtkSourceDrawSpacesFlags specifing how white spaces should be displayed

### gtk_source_view_get_draw_spaces ()

    GtkSourceDrawSpacesFlags gtk_source_view_get_draw_spaces
                                                            (GtkSourceView *view);

Returns the GtkSourceDrawSpacesFlags specifying if and how spaces should be displayed for this `view`.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView
Returns : | the GtkSourceDrawSpacesFlags, 0 if no spaces should be drawn.

### gtk_source_view_get_completion ()

    GtkSourceCompletion * gtk_source_view_get_completion    (GtkSourceView *view);

Gets the GtkSourceCompletion associated with `view`.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
Returns : | the GtkSourceCompletion associated with `view`. [type GtkSource.Completion][transfer none]

### gtk_source_view_get_gutter ()

    GtkSourceGutter *   gtk_source_view_get_gutter          (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                             GtkTextWindowType window_type);

Returns the GtkSourceGutter object associated with `window_type` for `view`. Only GTK_TEXT_WINDOW_LEFT and GTK_TEXT_WINDOW_RIGHT are supported, respectively corresponding to the left and right gutter. The line numbers and mark category icons are rendered in the gutter corresponding to GTK_TEXT_WINDOW_LEFT.

`view` : | a GtkSourceView.
`window_type` : | the gutter window type.
Returns : | the GtkSourceGutter. [transfer none]

Since 2.8

## Property Details

### The `"auto-indent"` property

      "auto-indent"              gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether to enable auto indentation.

Default value: FALSE

### The `"completion"` property

      "completion"               GtkSourceCompletion*  : Read

The completion object associated with the view

### The `"draw-spaces"` property

      "draw-spaces"              GtkSourceDrawSpacesFlags  : Read / Write

Set if and how the spaces should be visualized.

Since 2.4

### The `"highlight-current-line"` property

      "highlight-current-line"   gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether to highlight the current line.

Default value: FALSE

### The `"indent-on-tab"` property

      "indent-on-tab"            gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether to indent the selected text when the tab key is pressed.

Default value: TRUE

### The `"indent-width"` property

      "indent-width"             gint                  : Read / Write

Width of an indentation step expressed in number of spaces.

Allowed values: [G_MAXULONG,32]

Default value: -1

### The `"insert-spaces-instead-of-tabs"` property

      "insert-spaces-instead-of-tabs" gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether to insert spaces instead of tabs.

Default value: FALSE

### The `"right-margin-position"` property

      "right-margin-position"    guint                 : Read / Write

Position of the right margin.

Allowed values: [1,1000]

Default value: 80

### The `"show-line-marks"` property

      "show-line-marks"          gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether to display line mark pixbufs

Default value: FALSE

### The `"show-line-numbers"` property

      "show-line-numbers"        gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether to display line numbers

Default value: FALSE

### The `"show-right-margin"` property

      "show-right-margin"        gboolean              : Read / Write

Whether to display the right margin.

Default value: FALSE

### The `"smart-home-end"` property

      "smart-home-end"           GtkSourceSmartHomeEndType  : Read / Write

Set the behavior of the HOME and END keys.

Default value: GTK_SOURCE_SMART_HOME_END_DISABLED

Since 2.0

### The `"tab-width"` property

      "tab-width"                guint                 : Read / Write

Width of an tab character expressed in number of spaces.

Allowed values: [1,32]

Default value: 8

## Signal Details

### The `"line-mark-activated"` signal

    void                user_function                      (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                            GtkTextIter   *iter,
                                                            GdkEvent      *event,
                                                            gpointer       user_data)      : Run Last

Emitted when a line mark has been activated (for instance when there was a button press in the line marks gutter). You can use `iter` to determine on which line the activation took place.

`view` : | the GtkSourceView
`iter` : | a GtkTextIter
`event` : | the GdkEvent that activated the event
`user_data` : | user data set when the signal handler was connected.

### The `"move-lines"` signal

    void                user_function                      (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                            gboolean       copy,
                                                            gint           count,
                                                            gpointer       user_data)      : Action

The ::move-lines signal is a keybinding which gets emitted when the user initiates moving a line. The default binding key is Alt+Up/Down arrow. And moves the currently selected lines, or the current line by `count`. For the moment, only `count` of -1 or 1 is valid.

`view` : | the GtkSourceView which received the signal
`copy` : | `TRUE` if the line should be copied, `FALSE` if it should be moved
`count` : | the number of lines to move over.
`user_data` : | user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Since 2.10

### The `"move-words"` signal

    void                user_function                      (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                            gint           count,
                                                            gpointer       user_data)      : Action

The ::move-words signal is a keybinding which gets emitted when the user initiates moving a word. The default binding key is Alt+Left/Right Arrow and moves the current selection, or the current word by one word.

`view` : | the GtkSourceView which received the signal
`count` : | the number of words to move over
`user_data` : | user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Since 3.0

### The `"redo"` signal

    void                user_function                      (GtkSourceView *sourceview,
                                                            gpointer       user_data)       : Action

### The `"show-completion"` signal

    void                user_function                      (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                            gpointer       user_data)      : Action

The ::show-completion signal is a keybinding signal which gets emitted when the user initiates a completion in default mode.

Applications should not connect to it, but may emit it with g_signal_emit_by_name if they need to control the default mode completion activation.

`view` : | The GtkSourceView who emits the signal
`user_data` : | user data set when the signal handler was connected.

### The `"smart-home-end"` signal

    void                user_function                      (GtkSourceView *view,
                                                            GtkTextIter   *iter,
                                                            gint           count,
                                                            gpointer       user_data)      : Run Last

Emitted when a the cursor was moved according to the smart home end setting. The signal is emitted after the cursor is moved, but during the GtkTextView::move-cursor action. This can be used to find out whether the cursor was moved by a normal home/end or by a smart home/end.

`view` : | the GtkSourceView
`iter` : | a GtkTextIter
`count` : | the count
`user_data` : | user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Since 3.0

### The `"undo"` signal

    void                user_function                      (GtkSourceView *sourceview,
                                                            gpointer       user_data)       : Action

## See Also

GtkTextView,GtkSourceBuffer