Caja.LocationWidgetProvider

Caja.LocationWidgetProvider — Caja.LocationWidgetProvider Reference

Synopsis

class Caja.LocationWidgetProvider:
    def get_widget(uri, window)

Description

If subclassed, Caja will request a widget to be displayed at the top of the directory listing.

Example 4. Caja.LocationWidgetProvider Example

from gi.repository import Caja, GObject, Gtk

class ColumnExtension(GObject.GObject, Caja.LocationWidgetProvider):
    def __init__(self):
        pass
    
    def get_widget(self, uri, window):
        entry = Gtk.Entry()
        entry.set_text(uri)
        entry.show()
        return entry
    

Passive Methods

Caja.LocationWidgetProvider.get_widget

    def get_widget(uri, window)

uri :

the current folder uri

window :

the current gtk.Window instance

Returns :

a gtk.Widget object

This function is called by Caja when it wants a location widget from the extension. It is called in the main thread before a directory listing is shown, so it should return quickly.