Widget.activateAction

bool activateAction(string name, glib.variant.Variant args = null)

Looks up the action in the action groups associated with widget and its ancestors, and activates it.

If the action is in an action group added with [gtk.widget.Widget.insertActionGroup], the name is expected to be prefixed with the prefix that was used when the group was inserted.

The arguments must match the actions expected parameter type, as returned by [gio.action.Action.getParameterType].

Parameters

namethe name of the action to activate
argsparameters to use

Returns

true if the action was activated, false if the

action does not exist.