Widgets

BaseWidget

renderable BaseWidget

The base widget of all widgets. Supports redrawing the entire Application by calling <WidgetName>State.app.redraw()

Fields

sensitive: bool = true If the widget is interactive
sizeRequest: tuple[x, y: int] = (-1, -1) Requested widget size. A value of -1 means that the natural size of the widget will be used.
tooltip: string = "" The widget's tooltip is shown on hover

Setters

margin: int
margin: Margin
style: StyleClass
style: varargs[StyleClass]
style: HashSet[StyleClass]

BaseWindow

renderable BaseWindow of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
defaultSize: tuple[width, height: int] = (800, 600) Initial size of the window
fullscreened: bool
iconName: string

Events

close: proc () Called when the window is closed

Window

renderable Window of BaseWindow

Fields

All fields from BaseWindow
title: string
titlebar: Widget Custom widget set as the titlebar of the window
child: Widget

Adders

All adders from BaseWindow
add Adds a child to the window. Each window may only have one child.
addTitlebar Sets a custom titlebar for the window

Example

Window:
  Label(text = "Hello, world")

Box

renderable Box of BaseWidget

A Box arranges its child widgets along one dimension.

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
orient: Orient Orientation of the Box and its containing elements. May be one of OrientX (to orient horizontally) or OrientY (to orient vertically)
spacing: int Spacing between the children of the Box
children: seq[BoxChild[Widget]]

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
add Adds a child to the Box. When expand is true, the child grows to fill up the remaining space in the Box.

The hAlign and vAlign properties allow you to set the horizontal and vertical alignment of the child within its allocated area. They may be one of AlignFill, AlignStart, AlignEnd or AlignCenter.

expand = true
hAlign = AlignFill
vAlign = AlignFill

Example

Box:
  orient = OrientX
  Label(text = "Label")
  Button(text = "Button") {.expand: false.}

Box:
  orient = OrientY
  margin = 12
  spacing = 6
  for it in 0 ..< 5:
    Label(text = "Label " & $it)

HeaderBar {.addTitlebar.}:
  Box {.addLeft.}:
    style = [BoxLinked]
    for it in 0 ..< 5:
      Button {.expand: false.}:
        text = "Button " & $it
        proc clicked() =
          echo it

CenterBox

renderable CenterBox of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
startWidget: Widget
centerWidget: Widget
endWidget: Widget
baselinePosition: BaselinePosition = BaselineCenter
shrinkCenterLast: bool = false Since: GtkMinor >= 12
orient: Orient = OrientX

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
addStart
addEnd
add

Overlay

renderable Overlay of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
child: Widget
overlays: seq[AlignedChild[Widget]]

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
add
addOverlay
- hAlign = AlignFill
- vAlign = AlignFill

EmojiChooser

renderable EmojiChooser of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget

Events

emojiPicked: proc (emoji: string)

Label

renderable Label of BaseWidget

The default widget to display text. Supports rendering Pango Markup if useMarkup is enabled.

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
text: string Text displayed by the label
xAlign: float = 0.5 Horizontal alignment of the text within the widget
yAlign: float = 0.5 Vertical alignment of the text within the widget
ellipsize: EllipsizeMode Determines whether to ellipsise the text in case space is insufficient to render all of it. May be one of EllipsizeNone, EllipsizeStart, EllipsizeMiddle or EllipsizeEnd
wrap: bool = false Enables/Disable wrapping of text
useMarkup: bool = false Determines whether to interpret the given text as Pango Markup

Example

Label:
  text = "Hello, world!"
  xAlign = 0.0
  ellipsize = EllipsizeEnd

Label:
  text = "Test ".repeat(50)
  wrap = true

Label:
  text = "<b>Bold</b>, <i>Italic</i>, <span font=\"20\">Font Size</span>"
  useMarkup = true

EditableLabel

renderable EditableLabel of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
text: string = ""
editing: bool = false Determines whether the edit view (editing = false) or the "read" view (editing = true) is being shown
enableUndo: bool = true
alignment: float = 0.0

Events

changed: proc (text: string) Fired every time text changes.
editStateChanged: proc (newEditState: bool) Fired every time editing changes.

Icon

renderable Icon of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
name: string See recommended_tools.md for a list of icons.
pixelSize: int = -1 Determines the size of the icon

Example

Icon:
  name = "list-add-symbolic"

Icon:
  name = "object-select-symbolic"
  pixelSize = 100

Picture

renderable Picture of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
pixbuf: Pixbuf
contentFit: ContentFit = ContentContain Requires GTK 4.8 or higher to fully work, compile with -d:gtkminor=8 to enable

Button

renderable Button of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
child: Widget
shortcut: string Keyboard shortcut

Setters

text: string
icon: string Sets the icon of the Button (see recommended_tools.md for a list of icons)

Events

clicked: proc ()

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
add

Example

Button:
  icon = "list-add-symbolic"
  style = [ButtonSuggested]
  proc clicked() =
    echo "clicked"

Button:
  text = "Delete"
  style = [ButtonDestructive]

Button:
  text = "Inactive Button"
  sensitive = false

Button:
  text = "Copy"
  shortcut = "<Ctrl>C"
  proc clicked() =
    app.writeClipboard("Hello, world!")

HeaderBar

renderable HeaderBar of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
title: BoxChild[Widget]
showTitleButtons: bool = true
decorationLayout: Option[string] = none(string)
left: seq[Widget]
right: seq[Widget]

Setters

windowControls: DecorationLayout
windowControls: Option[DecorationLayout]

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
addTitle Adds a custom title widget to the HeaderBar. When expand is true, it grows to fill up the remaining space in the headerbar.

expand = false
hAlign = AlignFill
vAlign = AlignFill
addLeft Adds a widget to the left side of the HeaderBar.
addRight Adds a widget to the right side of the HeaderBar.

Example

Window:
  title = "Title"
  HeaderBar {.addTitlebar.}:
    Button {.addLeft.}:
      icon = "list-add-symbolic"
    Button {.addRight.}:
      icon = "open-menu-symbolic"

ScrolledWindow

renderable ScrolledWindow of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
child: Widget

Events

edgeOvershot: proc (edge: Edge) Called when the user attempts to scroll past limits of the scrollbar
edgeReached: proc (edge: Edge) Called when the user reaches the limits of the scrollbar

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
add

Entry

renderable Entry of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
text: string
placeholder: string Shown when the Entry is empty.
width: int = -1
maxWidth: int = -1
xAlign: float = 0.0
visibility: bool = true
invisibleChar: Rune = '*'.Rune

Events

changed: proc (text: string) Called when the text in the Entry changed
activate: proc () Called when the user presses enter/return

Example

Entry:
  text = app.text
  proc changed(text: string) =
    app.text = text

Entry:
  text = app.query
  placeholder = "Search..."
  proc changed(query: string) =
    app.query = query

  proc activate() =
    ## Runs when enter is pressed
    echo app.query

Entry:
  placeholder = "Password"
  visibility = false
  invisibleChar = '*'.Rune

Spinner

renderable Spinner of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
spinning: bool

SpinButton

renderable SpinButton of BaseWidget

Entry for entering numeric values

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
digits: uint = 1 Number of digits
climbRate: float = 0.1
wrap: bool When the maximum (minimum) value is reached, the SpinButton will wrap around to the minimum (maximum) value.
min: float = 0.0 Lower bound
max: float = 100.0 Upper bound
stepIncrement: float = 0.1
pageIncrement: float = 1
pageSize: float = 0
value: float

Events

valueChanged: proc (value: float)

Example

SpinButton:
  value = app.value
  proc valueChanged(value: float) =
    app.value = value

Paned

renderable Paned of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
orient: Orient Orientation of the panes
initialPosition: int Initial position of the separator in pixels
first: PanedChild[Widget]
second: PanedChild[Widget]

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
add
- resize = true
- shrink = false

Example

Paned:
  initialPosition = 200
  Box(orient = OrientY) {.resize: false.}:
    Label(text = "Sidebar")
  Box(orient = OrientY) {.resize: true.}:
    Label(text = "Content")

CustomWidget

renderable CustomWidget of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
focusable: bool

Events

mousePressed: proc (event: ButtonEvent): bool
mouseReleased: proc (event: ButtonEvent): bool
mouseMoved: proc (event: MotionEvent): bool
scroll: proc (event: ScrollEvent): bool
keyPressed: proc (event: KeyEvent): bool
keyReleased: proc (event: KeyEvent): bool

DrawingArea

renderable DrawingArea of CustomWidget

Allows you to render 2d scenes using cairo. The owlkettle/cairo module provides bindings for cairo.

Fields

All fields from CustomWidget

Events

draw: proc (ctx: CairoContext; size: (int, int)): bool Called when the widget is rendered. Redraws the application if the callback returns true.

Example

DrawingArea:
  ## You need to import the owlkettle/cairo module in order to use CairoContext
  proc draw(ctx: CairoContext; size: tuple[width, height: int]): bool =
    ctx.rectangle(100, 100, 300, 200)
    ctx.source = (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
    ctx.stroke()

GlArea

renderable GlArea of CustomWidget

Allows you to render 3d scenes using OpenGL.

Fields

All fields from CustomWidget
useEs: bool = false
requiredVersion: tuple[major, minor: int] = (4, 3)
hasDepthBuffer: bool = true
hasStencilBuffer: bool = false

Events

setup: proc (size: (int, int)): bool Called after the OpenGL Context is initialized. Redraws the application if the callback returns true.
render: proc (size: (int, int)): bool Called when the widget is rendered. Your rendering code should be executed here. Redraws the application if the callback returns true.

ColorButton

renderable ColorButton of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
color: tuple[r, g, b, a: float] = (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0) Red, Geen, Blue, Alpha as floating point numbers in the range [0.0, 1.0]
useAlpha: bool = false

Events

changed: proc (color: tuple[r, g, b, a: float])

Switch

renderable Switch of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
state: bool

Events

changed: proc (state: bool)

Example

Switch:
  state = app.state
  proc changed(state: bool) =
    app.state = state

ToggleButton

renderable ToggleButton of Button

Fields

All fields from Button
state: bool

Events

changed: proc (state: bool)

Example

ToggleButton:
  text = "Current State: " & $app.state
  state = app.state
  proc changed(state: bool) =
    app.state = state

LinkButton

renderable LinkButton of Button

A clickable link.

Fields

All fields from Button
uri: string
visited: bool

CheckButton

renderable CheckButton of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
state: bool

Events

changed: proc (state: bool)

Example

CheckButton:
  state = app.state
  proc changed(state: bool) =
    app.state = state

RadioGroup

renderable RadioGroup of BaseWidget

A list of options selectable using radio buttons.

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
spacing: int = 3 Spacing between the rows
rowSpacing: int = 6 Spacing between the radio button and
orient: Orient = OrientY Orientation of the list
children: seq[Widget]
selected: int Currently selected index, may be smaller or larger than the number of children to represent no option being selected

Events

select: proc (index: int)

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
add

Example

RadioGroup:
  selected = app.selected
  proc select(index: int) =
    app.selected = index

  Label(text = "Option 0", xAlign = 0)
  Label(text = "Option 1", xAlign = 0)
  Label(text = "Option 2", xAlign = 0)

BasePopover

renderable BasePopover of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
hasArrow: bool = true
offset: tuple[x, y: int] = (0, 0)
position: PopoverPosition = PopoverBottom

Popover

renderable Popover of BasePopover

Fields

All fields from BasePopover
child: Widget

Adders

All adders from BasePopover
add

PopoverMenu

renderable PopoverMenu of BasePopover

A popover with multiple pages. It is usually used to create a menu with nested submenus.

Fields

All fields from BasePopover
pages: Table[string, Widget]

Adders

All adders from BasePopover
add Adds a page to the popover menu.
- name = "main"

MenuButton

renderable MenuButton of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
child: Widget
popover: Widget

Setters

text: string
icon: string Sets the icon of the MenuButton. Typically open-menu is used. See recommended_tools.md for a list of icons.

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
addChild
add

Example

MenuButton {.addRight.}:
  icon = "open-menu"
  PopoverMenu:
    Box:
      Label(text = "My Menu")

ModelButton

renderable ModelButton of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
text: string
icon: string The icon of the ModelButton (see recommended_tools.md for a list of icons)
shortcut: string
menuName: string

Events

clicked: proc ()

Example

PopoverMenu:
  Box:
    orient = OrientY
    for it in 0 ..< 10:
      ModelButton:
        text = "Menu Entry " & $it
        proc clicked() =
          echo "Clicked " & $it

SearchEntry

renderable SearchEntry of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
text: string
searchDelay: uint = 100 Determines the minimum time after a searchChanged event occurred before the next can be emitted. Since: GtkMinor >= 8
placeholderText: string = "Search" Since: GtkMinor >= 10

Events

activate: proc () Triggered when the user "activated" the search e.g. by hitting "enter" key while SearchEntry is in focus.
nextMatch: proc () Triggered when the user hits the "next entry" keybinding while the search entry is in focus, which is Ctrl-g by default.
previousMatch: proc () Triggered when the user hits the "previous entry" keybinding while the search entry is in focus, which is Ctrl-Shift-g by default.
changed: proc (searchString: string) Triggered when the user types in the SearchEntry.
stopSearch: proc () Triggered when the user "stops" a search, e.g. by hitting the "Esc" key while SearchEntry is in focus.

Separator

renderable Separator of BaseWidget

A separator line.

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
orient: Orient

TextView

renderable TextView of BaseWidget

A text editor with support for formatted text.

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
buffer: TextBuffer The buffer containing the displayed text.
monospace: bool = false
cursorVisible: bool = true
editable: bool = true
acceptsTab: bool = true
indent: int = 0
wrapMode: WrapMode = WrapNone
textMargin: Margin

ListBoxRow

renderable ListBoxRow of BaseWidget

A row in a ListBox.

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
child: Widget

Events

activate: proc ()

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
add

Example

ListBox:
  for it in 0 ..< 10:
    ListBoxRow {.addRow.}:
      proc activate() =
        echo it

      Label(text = $it)

ListBox

renderable ListBox of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
rows: seq[Widget]
selectionMode: SelectionMode
selected: HashSet[int] Indices of the currently selected rows

Events

select: proc (rows: HashSet[int]) Called when the selection changed. rows contains the indices of the newly selected rows.

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
addRow Adds a row to the list. The added child widget must be a ListBoxRow.
add

Example

ListBox:
  for it in 0 ..< 10:
    Label(text = $it)

FlowBoxChild

renderable FlowBoxChild of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
child: Widget

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
add

Example

FlowBox:
  columns = 1 .. 5
  for it in 0 ..< 10:
    FlowBoxChild {.addChild.}:
      Label(text = $it)

FlowBox

renderable FlowBox of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
homogeneous: bool
rowSpacing: int
columnSpacing: int
columns: HSlice[int, int] = 1 .. 5
selectionMode: SelectionMode
children: seq[Widget]

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
addChild
add

Example

FlowBox:
  columns = 1 .. 5
  for it in 0 ..< 10:
    Label(text = $it)

Frame

renderable Frame of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
label: string
align: tuple[x, y: float] = (0.0, 0.0)
child: Widget

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
add

Example

Frame:
  label = "Frame Title"
  align = (0.2, 0.0)
  Label:
    text = "Content"

DropDown

renderable DropDown of BaseWidget

A drop down that allows the user to select an item from a list of items.

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
items: seq[string]
selected: int Index of the currently selected item
enableSearch: bool
showArrow: bool = true

Events

select: proc (item: int)

Example

DropDown:
  items = @["Option 1", "Option 2", "Option 3"]
  selected = app.selectedItem
  proc select(itemIndex: int) =
    app.selectedItem = itemIndex

Grid

renderable Grid of BaseWidget

A grid layout.

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
children: seq[GridChild[Widget]]
rowSpacing: int Spacing between the rows of the grid
columnSpacing: int Spacing between the columns of the grid
rowHomogeneous: bool Whether all rows should have the same width
columnHomogeneous: bool Whether all columns should have the same height

Setters

spacing: int Sets the spacing between the rows and columns of the grid.
homogeneous: bool

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
add Adds a child at the given location to the grid. The location of the child within the grid can be set using the x, y, width and height properties.

x = 0
y = 0
width = 1
height = 1
hExpand = false
vExpand = false
hAlign = AlignFill
vAlign = AlignFill

Example

Grid:
  spacing = 6
  margin = 12
  Button {.x: 1, y: 1, hExpand: true, vExpand: true.}:
    text = "A"
  Button {.x: 2, y: 1.}:
    text = "B"
  Button {.x: 1, y: 2, width: 2, hAlign: AlignCenter.}:
    text = "C"

Fixed

renderable Fixed of BaseWidget

A layout where children are placed at fixed positions.

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
children: seq[FixedChild[Widget]]

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
add Adds a child at the given position
- x = 0.0
- y = 0.0

Example

Fixed:
  Label(text = "Fixed Layout") {.x: 200, y: 100.}

ContextMenu

renderable ContextMenu

Adds a context menu to a widget. Context menus are shown when the user right clicks the widget.

Fields

child: Widget
menu: Widget
controller: GtkEventController = GtkEventController(nil)

Adders

add
addMenu

Example

ContextMenu:
  Label:
    text = "Right click here"
  PopoverMenu {.addMenu.}:
    hasArrow = false
    Box(orient = OrientY):
      for it in 0 ..< 3:
        ModelButton:
          text = "Menu Entry " & $it

LevelBar

renderable LevelBar of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
value: float = 0.0
min: float = 0.0
max: float = 1.0
inverted: bool = false
mode: LevelBarMode = LevelBarContinuous
orient: Orient = OrientX

Example

LevelBar:
  value = 0.2
  min = 0
  max = 1

LevelBar:
  value = 2
  max = 10
  orient = OrientY
  mode = LevelBarDiscrete

Calendar

renderable Calendar of BaseWidget

Displays a calendar

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
date: DateTime
markedDays: seq[int] = @[]
showDayNames: bool = true
showHeading: bool = true
showWeekNumbers: bool = true

Events

daySelected: proc (date: DateTime)
nextMonth: proc (date: DateTime)
prevMonth: proc (date: DateTime)
nextYear: proc (date: DateTime)
prevYear: proc (date: DateTime)

Example

Calendar:
  date = app.date
  proc select(date: DateTime) =
    ## Shortcut for handling all calendar events (daySelected,
    ## nextMonth, prevMonth, nextYear, prevYear)
    app.date = date

DialogButton

renderable DialogButton

A button which closes the currently open dialog and sends a response to the caller. This widget can only be used with the addButton adder of Dialog or BuiltinDialog.

Fields

text: string
response: DialogResponse

Setters

res: DialogResponseKind
style: varargs[StyleClass] Applies CSS classes to the button. There are some pre-defined classes available: ButtonSuggested, ButtonDestructive, ButtonFlat, ButtonPill or ButtonCircular. You can also use custom CSS classes using StyleClass("my-class"). Consult the GTK4 documentation for guidance on what to use.
style: HashSet[StyleClass] Applies CSS classes to the button.
style: StyleClass Applies CSS classes to the button.

Dialog

renderable Dialog of Window

A window which can contain DialogButton widgets in its header bar.

Fields

All fields from Window
buttons: seq[DialogButton]

Adders

All adders from Window
addButton

Example

Dialog:
  title = "My Dialog"
  defaultSize = (300, 200)
  DialogButton {.addButton.}:
    text = "Ok"
    res = DialogAccept
  DialogButton {.addButton.}:
    text = "Cancel"
    res = DialogCancel
  Label(text = "Hello, world!")

BuiltinDialog

renderable BuiltinDialog of BaseWidget

Base widget for builtin dialogs. If you want to create a custom dialog, you should use Window or Dialog instead.

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
title: string
buttons: seq[DialogButton]

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
addButton

FileChooserDialog

renderable FileChooserDialog of BuiltinDialog

A dialog for opening/saving files or folders.

Fields

All fields from BuiltinDialog
action: FileChooserAction
selectMultiple: bool = false
initialPath: string Path of the initially shown folder
filenames: seq[string] The selected file paths

Example

FileChooserDialog:
  title = "Open a File"
  action = FileChooserOpen
  selectMultiple = true
  DialogButton {.addButton.}:
    text = "Cancel"
    res = DialogCancel
  DialogButton {.addButton.}:
    text = "Open"
    res = DialogAccept
    style = [ButtonSuggested]

ColorChooserDialog

renderable ColorChooserDialog of BuiltinDialog

A dialog for choosing a color.

Fields

All fields from BuiltinDialog
color: tuple[r, g, b, a: float] = (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0)
useAlpha: bool = false

Example

ColorChooserDialog:
  color = (1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0)
  useAlpha = true

MessageDialog

renderable MessageDialog of BuiltinDialog

A dialog for showing a message to the user.

Fields

All fields from BuiltinDialog
message: string

Example

MessageDialog:
  message = "Hello, world!"
  DialogButton {.addButton.}:
    text = "Ok"
    res = DialogAccept

AboutDialog

renderable AboutDialog of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
programName: string
logo: string
copyright: string
version: string
license: string
credits: seq[(string, seq[string])]

Example

AboutDialog:
  programName = "My Application"
  logo = "applications-graphics"
  version = "1.0.0"
  credits = @{"Code": @["Erika Mustermann", "Max Mustermann"],
              "Art": @["Max Mustermann"]}

Scale

renderable Scale of BaseWidget

A slider for choosing a numeric value within a range.

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
min: float = 0 Lower end of the range displayed by the scale
max: float = 100 Upper end of the range displayed by the scale
value: float = 0 The value the Scale widget displays. Remember to update it via your valueChanged proc to reflect the new value on the Scale widget.
marks: seq[ScaleMark] = @[] Adds marks to the Scale at points where ScaleMark.value would be placed. If ScaleMark.label is provided, it will be rendered next to the mark. ScaleMark.position determines the mark's position (and its label) relative to the scale. Note that ScaleLeft and ScaleRight are only sensible when the Scale is vertically oriented (orient = OrientY), while ScaleTop and ScaleBottom are only sensible when it is horizontally oriented (orient = OrientX)
inverted: bool = false Determines whether the min and max value of the Scale are ordered (low value) left => right (high value) in the case of inverted = false or (high value) left <= right (low value) in the case of inverted = true.
showValue: bool = true Determines whether to display the numeric value as a label on the widget (showValue = true) or not (showValue = false)
stepSize: float = 5 Determines the value increment/decrement when the widget is in focus and the user presses arrow keys.
pageSize: float = 10 Determines the value increment/decrement when the widget is in focus and the user presses page keys. Typically larger than stepSize.
orient: Orient = OrientX The orientation of the widget. Orients the widget either horizontally (orient = OrientX) or vertically (orient = OrientY)
showFillLevel: bool = true Determines whether to color the Scale from the "origin" to the place where the slider on the Scale sits. The Scale is filled left => right/top => bottom if inverted = false and left <= right/top <= bottom if inverted = true
precision: int64 = 1 Number of decimal places to display for the value. precision = 1 enables values like 1.2, while precision = 2 enables values like 1.23 and so on.
valuePosition: ScalePosition Specifies where the label of the Scale widget's value should be placed. This setting has no effect if showValue = false.

Events

valueChanged: proc (newValue: float) Emitted when the range value changes from an interaction triggered by the user.

Example

Scale:
  value = app.value
  showFillLevel = false
  min = 0
  max = 1
  marks = @[ScaleMark(some("Just a mark"), ScaleLeft, 0.5)]
  inverted = true
  showValue = false
  proc valueChanged(newValue: float) =
    echo "New value is ", newValue
    app.value = newValue

Video

renderable Video of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
autoplay: bool = false
loop: bool = false
mediaStream: MediaStream

Setters

fileName: string
file: GFile

MediaControls

renderable MediaControls of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
mediaStream: MediaStream

Expander

renderable Expander of BaseWidget

Container that shows or hides its child depending on whether it is expanded/collapsed.

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
label: string The clickable header of the Expander. Overwritten by labelWidget if it is provided via adder.
labelWidget: Widget The clickable header of the Expander. Overwrites label if provided.
expanded: bool = false Determines whether the body of the Expander is shown
child: Widget Determines the body of the Expander
resizeToplevel: bool = false
useMarkup: bool = false
useUnderline: bool = false

Events

activate: proc (activated: bool) Triggered whenever Expander is expanded or collapsed

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
add
addLabel

Example

Expander:
  label = "Expander"
  Label:
    text = "Content"

Expander:
  label = "Expander"
  expanded = app.expanded
  proc activate(activated: bool) =
    app.expanded = activated

  Label:
    text = "Content"

Expander:
  Label {.addLabel.}:
    text = "Widget Label"
  Label:
    text = "Content"

PasswordEntry

renderable PasswordEntry of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
text: string
activatesDefault: bool = true
placeholderText: string = "Password"
showPeekIcon: bool = true

Events

activate: proc () Triggered when the user "activated" the entry e.g. by hitting "enter" key while PasswordEntry is in focus.
changed: proc (password: string) Triggered when the user types in the PasswordEntry.

ProgressBar

renderable ProgressBar of BaseWidget

A progress bar widget to show progress being made on a long-lasting task

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
ellipsize: EllipsizeMode = EllipsizeEnd Determines how the text gets ellipsized if showText = true and text overflows.
fraction: float = 0.0 Determines how much the ProgressBar is filled. Must be between 0.0 and 1.0.
inverted: bool = false
pulseStep: float = 0.1
showText: bool = false
text: string = ""

ActionBar

renderable ActionBar of BaseWidget

A Bar for actions to execute in a given context. Can be hidden with intro- and outro-animations.

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
centerWidget: Widget
packStart: seq[Widget] Widgets shown on the start of the ActionBar
packEnd: seq[Widget] Widgets shown on the end of the ActionBar
revealed: bool

Adders

All adders from BaseWidget
add
addStart
addEnd

ListView

renderable ListView of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
size: int Number of items
selectionMode: SelectionMode
selected: HashSet[int] Indices of the currently selected items.
showSeparators: bool = false
singleClickActivate: bool = false
enableRubberband: bool = false

Events

viewItem: proc (index: int): Widget
select: proc (rows: HashSet[int])
activate: proc (index: int)

ColumnView

renderable ColumnView of BaseWidget

Fields

All fields from BaseWidget
rows: int Number of rows
columns: seq[ColumnViewColumn]
selectionMode: SelectionMode
selected: HashSet[int] Indices of the currently selected rows
showRowSeparators: bool = false
showColumnSeparators: bool = false
singleClickActivate: bool = false
enableRubberband: bool = false
reorderable: bool = false

Events

viewItem: proc (row, column: int): Widget
select: proc (rows: HashSet[int])
activate: proc (index: int)

Owlkettle

Widgets

BaseWidget

Fields

Setters

BaseWindow

Fields

Events

Window

Fields

Adders

Example

Box

Fields

Adders

Example

CenterBox

Fields

Adders

Overlay

Fields

Adders

EmojiChooser

Fields

Events

Label

Fields

Example

EditableLabel

Fields

Events

Icon

Fields

Example

Picture

Fields

Button

Fields

Setters

Events

Adders

Example

HeaderBar

Fields

Setters

Adders

Example

ScrolledWindow

Fields

Events

Adders

Entry

Fields

Events

Example

Spinner

Fields

SpinButton

Fields

Events

Example

Paned

Fields

Adders

Example

CustomWidget

Fields

Events

DrawingArea

Fields

Events

Example

GlArea

Fields

Events

ColorButton

Fields

Events

Switch

Fields