StyleContext.getState

Returns the state used for style matching.

This method should only be used to retrieve the [gtk.types.StateFlags] to pass to [gtk.style_context.StyleContext] methods, like [gtk.style_context.StyleContext.getPadding]. If you need to retrieve the current state of a [gtk.widget.Widget], use [gtk.widget.Widget.getStateFlags].

Returns

the state flags

Deprecated

Use [gtk.widget.Widget.getStateFlags] instead