RGtk2 (version 2.20.31)

gtkEntryGetLayout: gtkEntryGetLayout

Description

Gets the PangoLayout used to display the entry. The layout is useful to e.g. convert text positions to pixel positions, in combination with gtkEntryGetLayoutOffsets.

Usage

gtkEntryGetLayout(object)

Arguments

object

a GtkEntry

Value

PangoLayout] the PangoLayout for this entry. [ transfer none ]

Details

Keep in mind that the layout text may contain a preedit string, so gtkEntryLayoutIndexToTextIndex and gtkEntryTextIndexToLayoutIndex are needed to convert byte indices in the layout to byte indices in the entry contents.