Gtk2::Ex::Entry::Pango(3) Gtk2 Entry that accepts Pango markup.

SYNOPSIS


use Gtk2::Ex::Entry::Pango;


# You can use any method defined in Gtk2::Entry or set_markup()
my $entry = Gtk2::Ex::Entry::Pango->new();
$entry->set_markup('<i>Pan</i><b>go</b> is <span color="red">fun</span>');


# Create a simple search field
my $search = Gtk2::Ex::Entry::Pango->new();
$search->set_empty_markup("<span color='grey' size='smaller'>Search...</span>");


# Realtime validation - accept only ASCII letters
my $validation = Gtk2::Ex::Entry::Pango->new();
$validation->signal_connect(changed => sub {
my $text = $validation->get_text;

# Validate the entry's text
if ($text =~ /^[a-z]*$/) {
return;
}

# Mark the string as being erroneous
my $escaped = Glib::Markup::escape_text($text);
$validation->set_markup("<span underline='error' underline_color='red'>$escaped</span>");
$validation->signal_stop_emission_by_name('changed');
});

HIERARCHY

"Gtk2::Ex::Entry::Pango" is a subclass of Gtk2::Entry. 

        Glib::Object
        +----Glib::InitiallyUnowned
             +----Gtk2::Object
                  +----Gtk2::Widget
                       +----Gtk2::Entry
                            +----Gtk2::Ex::Entry::Pango

DESCRIPTION

"Gtk2::Ex::Entry::Pango" is a "Gtk2::Entry" that can accept Pango markup for various purposes (for more information about Pango text markup language see <http://library.gnome.org/devel/pango/stable/PangoMarkupFormat.html>).

The widget allows Pango markup to be used for input as an alternative to "set_text" or for setting a default value when the widget is empty. The default value when empty is ideal for standalone text entries that have no accompanying label (such as a text field for a search).

This widget allows for the text data to be entered either through the normal methods provided by "Gtk2::Entry" or to use the method ``set_markup''. It's possible to switch between two methods for applying the text. The standard "Gtk2::Entry" methods will always apply a text without styles while "set_markup()" will use a style.

The widget "Gtk2::Ex::Entry::Pango" keeps track of which style to apply by listening to the signal changed. This has some important consequences. If an instance needs to provide it's own changed listener that calls "set_markup()" then the signal changed has to be stopped otherwise the layout will be lost. The following code snippet show how to stop the emission of the changed signal: 

        my $entry = Gtk2::Ex::Entry::Pango->new();
        $entry->signal_connect(changed => sub {
                
                # Validate the text 
                my $text = $entry->get_text;
                if (validate($text)) {
                                return;
                }
                
                # Mark the text as being erroneous
                my $escaped = Glib::Markup::escape_text($text);
                $entry->set_markup("<span underline='error' underline_color='red'>$escaped</span>");
                $entry->signal_stop_emission_by_name('changed');
        });

Another important thing to note is that "Gtk2::Entry::set_text()" will not update it's content if the input text is the same as the text already stored. This means that if set text is called with the same string it will not emit the signal changed and the widget will not pickup that the markup styles have to be dropped. This is true even it the string displayed uses markup, as long as the contents are the same "set_text()" will not make an update. The method ``clear_markup'' can be used for safely clearing the markup text.

CAVEATS

A "Gtk2::Entry" keeps track of both the text and the markup styles (Pango layout) as two different entities . The markup styles are just styles applied over the internal text. Because of this it's possible to have the widget display a different text than the one stored internally.

Because a "Gtk2::Entry" keeps track of both the text and the style layouts. It's important to always keep track of both. If the styles and text are not totally synchronized strange things will happen. In the worst case it's even possible to make the "Gtk2::Entry" widget display a different text than the one stored (the text value). This can make things more confusing.

This widget tries as hard as possible to synchronize the text data and the layout data.

INTERFACES

        Glib::Object::_Unregistered::AtkImplementorIface
        Gtk2::Buildable
        Gtk2::CellEditable
        Gtk2::Editable

METHODS

The following methods are added by this widget:

new

Creates a new instance.

set_markup

Sets the text of the entry using Pango markup. This method can die if the markup is not valid and fails to parse (see ``parse_markup'' in Gtk2::Pango).

Parameters:

  • $markup

    The text to add to the entry, the text is expected to be using Pango markup. This means that even if no markup is used special characters like <, >, &, ' and " need to be escaped. Keep in mind that Pango markup is a subset of XML.

    You might want to use the following code snippet for escaping the characters: 

            $entry->set_markup(
                sprintf "The <i>%s</i> <b>%s</b> fox <sup>%s</sup> over the lazy dog",
                        map { Glib::Markup::escape_text($_) } qw(quick brown jumps)
        );

clear_markup

Clears the Pango markup that was applied to the widget. This method can be called even if no markup was applied previously.

NOTE: That this method will emit the signal markup-changed.

set_empty_markup

Sets the Pango markup that was applied to the widget when there's the entry is empty. This method can die if the markup is not valid and fails to parse (see ``parse_markup'' in Gtk2::Pango).

"NOTE:" Setting an empty markup string has no effect on "get_text". When an empty markup string is used the entry holds no data thus "get_text" will return an empty string.

Parameters:

  • $markup

    The text to add to the entry, the text is expected to be using Pango markup. Make sure to escape all characters with ``escape_text'' in Glib::Markup. For more details about escaping the markup see ``set_markup''.

clear_empty_markup

Clears the Pango markup that was applied to the widget. This method can be called even if no markup was applied previously.

get_clear_on_focus

Returns if the widget's Pango markup will be cleared once the widget is focused and has no user text.

set_clear_on_focus

Returns if the widget's Pango markup will be cleared once the widget is focused and has no user text.

Parameters:

  • $value

    A boolean value that dictates if the Pango markup has to be cleared when the widget is focused and there's no text entered (the entry is empty).

PROPERTIES

The following properties are added by this widget:

markup

(string: writable)

The markup text used by this widget. This property is a string that's only writable. That's right, there's no way for extracting the markup from the widget.

empty-markup

(string: readable writable)

The markup text used by this widget when the entry field is empty. If this property is set the entry will display a default string in the widget when there's no text provided by the user.

clear-on-focus '', 'Clear the markup when the widget has focus', 'If the Pango markup to display has to cleared when the entry has focus.', TRUE, ['readable', 'writable'],

(boolean: readable writable)

Indicates if the "empty-makrup" has to be cleared when the entry is empty and the widget has gained focus.

SIGNALS

markup-changed

Emitted when the markup has been changed.

Signature: 

        sub markup_changed {
                my ($widget, $markup) = @_;
                # Returns nothing
        }

Parameters:

  • $markup

    The new markup that's been applied. This field is a normal Perl string. If $markup is "undef" then the markup was removed.

empty-markup-changed

Emitted when the markup used when the widget is empty has been changed.

Signature: 

        sub empty_markup_changed {
                my ($widget, $markup) = @_;
                # Returns nothing
        }

Parameters:

  • $markup

    The new markup that's been applied when the widget is empty. This field is a normal Perl string. If $markup is "undef" then the markup was removed.

AUTHORS

Emmanuel Rodriguez <[email protected]>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2008-2009 by Emmanuel Rodriguez.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.

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