gtk.selection_model
Module for [SelectionModel] interface
Types 2
[gtk.selection_model.SelectionModel] is an interface that add support for selection to list models.
This support is then used by widgets using list models to add the ability to select and unselect various items.
GTK provides default implementations of the most common selection modes such as [gtk.single_selection.SingleSelection], so you will only need to implement this interface if you want detailed control about how selections should be handled.
A [gtk.selection_model.SelectionModel] supports a single boolean per item indicating if an item is selected or not. This can be queried via [gtk.selection_model.SelectionModel.isSelected]. When the selected state of one or more items changes, the model will emit the signal@Gtk.SelectionModel::selection-changed signal by calling the [gtk.selection_model.SelectionModel.selectionChanged] function. The positions given in that signal may have their selection state changed, though that is not a requirement. If new items added to the model via the signal@Gio.ListModel::items-changed signal are selected or not is up to the implementation.
Note that items added via signal@Gio.ListModel::items-changed may already be selected and no signal@Gtk.SelectionModel::selection-changed will be emitted for them. So to track which items are selected, it is necessary to listen to both signals.
Additionally, the interface can expose functionality to select and unselect items. If these functions are implemented, GTK's list widgets will allow users to select and unselect items. However, [gtk.selection_model.SelectionModel]s are free to only implement them partially or not at all. In that case the widgets will not support the unimplemented operations.
When selecting or unselecting is supported by a model, the return values of the selection functions do not indicate if selection or unselection happened. They are only meant to indicate complete failure, like when this mode of selecting is not supported by the model.
Selections may happen asynchronously, so the only reliable way to find out when an item was selected is to listen to the signals that indicate selection.
gtk.bitset.Bitset getSelection()Gets the set containing all currently selected items in the model.gtk.bitset.Bitset getSelectionInRange(uint position, uint nItems)Gets the set of selected items in a range.bool isSelected(uint position)Checks if the given item is selected.bool selectAll()Requests to select all items in the model. Returns: true if this action was supported and no fallback should be tried. This does not mean that all items are now selected.bool selectItem(uint position, bool unselectRest)Requests to select an item in the model.bool selectRange(uint position, uint nItems, bool unselectRest)Requests to select a range of items in the model.void selectionChanged(uint position, uint nItems)Helper function for implementations of [gtk.selection_model.SelectionModel].bool setSelection(gtk.bitset.Bitset selected, gtk.bitset.Bitset mask)Make selection changes.bool unselectAll()Requests to unselect all items in the model. Returns: true if this action was supported and no fallback should be tried. This does not mean that all items are now unselected.bool unselectItem(uint position)Requests to unselect an item in the model.bool unselectRange(uint position, uint nItems)Requests to unselect a range of items in the model.gulong connectSelectionChanged(T)(T callback, Flag!"After" after = No.After)Connect to `SelectionChanged` signal.