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<a name="sec-builder-using-derived-widgets"></a>Using derived widgets</h2></div></div></div>
<p>
You can use <span class="application">Glade</span> to layout your own custom widgets
derived from <span class="application">gtkmm</span> widget classes. This keeps your code organized and
encapsulated. Of course you won't see the exact appearance and properties of
your derived widget in <span class="application">Glade</span>, but you can specify
its location and child widgets and the properties of its <span class="application">gtkmm</span> base class.
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<p>Use <code class="methodname">Gtk::Builder::get_widget_derived()</code> like so:
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DerivedDialog* pDialog = 0;
builder->get_widget_derived("DialogBasic", pDialog);
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Your derived class must have a constructor that takes a pointer to the
underlying C type, and the <code class="classname">Gtk::Builder</code> instance.
All relevant classes of <span class="application">gtkmm</span> typedef their underlying C type as
<code class="classname">BaseObjectType</code> (<code class="classname">Gtk::Dialog</code>
typedefs <code class="classname">BaseObjectType</code> as <span class="type">GtkDialog</span>, for instance).
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You must call the base class's constructor in the initialization list, providing the C pointer. For
instance,
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DerivedDialog::DerivedDialog(BaseObjectType* cobject, const Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::Builder>& builder)
: Gtk::Dialog(cobject)
{
}
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You could then encapsulate the manipulation of the child widgets in the
constructor of the derived class, maybe using <code class="methodname">get_widget()</code>
or <code class="methodname">get_widget_derived()</code> again. For instance,
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DerivedDialog::DerivedDialog(BaseObjectType* cobject, const Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::Builder>& builder)
: Gtk::Dialog(cobject),
m_builder(builder),
m_pButton(0)
{
//Get the Glade-instantiated Button, and connect a signal handler:
m_builder->get_widget("quit_button", m_pButton);
if(m_pButton)
{
m_pButton->signal_clicked().connect( sigc::mem_fun(*this, &DerivedDialog::on_button_quit) );
}
}
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This example shows how to load a <span class="application">Glade</span> file at runtime and access the widgets via a derived class.
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<p><a class="ulink" href="http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gtkmm-documentation/tree/examples/book/builder/derived" target="_top">Source Code</a></p>
<p>File: <code class="filename">deriveddialog.h</code>
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#ifndef GTKMM_EXAMPLE_DERIVED_DIALOG_H
#define GTKMM_EXAMPLE_DERIVED_DIALOG_H
#include <gtkmm.h>
class DerivedDialog : public Gtk::Dialog
{
public:
DerivedDialog(BaseObjectType* cobject, const Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::Builder>& refGlade);
virtual ~DerivedDialog();
protected:
//Signal handlers:
void on_button_quit();
Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::Builder> m_refGlade;
Gtk::Button* m_pButton;
};
#endif //GTKMM_EXAMPLE_DERIVED_WINDOW_H
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<p>File: <code class="filename">main.cc</code>
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#include "deriveddialog.h"
#include <iostream>
int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
Gtk::Main kit(argc, argv);
//Load the Glade file and instiate its widgets:
Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::Builder> refBuilder = Gtk::Builder::create();
#ifdef GLIBMM_EXCEPTIONS_ENABLED
try
{
refBuilder->add_from_file("basic.ui");
}
catch(const Glib::FileError& ex)
{
std::cerr << "FileError: " << ex.what() << std::endl;
return 1;
}
catch(const Gtk::BuilderError& ex)
{
std::cerr << "BuilderError: " << ex.what() << std::endl;
return 1;
}
#else
std::auto_ptr<Glib::Error> error;
if (!refBuilder->add_from_file("basic.ui", error))
{
std::cerr << error->what() << std::endl;
return 1;
}
#endif /* !GLIBMM_EXCEPTIONS_ENABLED */
//Get the GtkBuilder-instantiated dialog::
DerivedDialog* pDialog = 0;
refBuilder->get_widget_derived("DialogBasic", pDialog);
if(pDialog)
{
//Start:
kit.run(*pDialog);
}
delete pDialog;
return 0;
}
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<p>File: <code class="filename">deriveddialog.cc</code>
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#include "deriveddialog.h"
DerivedDialog::DerivedDialog(BaseObjectType* cobject, const Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::Builder>& refGlade)
: Gtk::Dialog(cobject),
m_refGlade(refGlade),
m_pButton(0)
{
//Get the Glade-instantiated Button, and connect a signal handler:
m_refGlade->get_widget("quit_button", m_pButton);
if(m_pButton)
{
m_pButton->signal_clicked().connect( sigc::mem_fun(*this, &DerivedDialog::on_button_quit) );
}
}
DerivedDialog::~DerivedDialog()
{
}
void DerivedDialog::on_button_quit()
{
hide(); //hide() will cause main::run() to end.
}
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