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=head1 NAME

Gtk2::CellRenderer - An object that renders a single cell onto a Gtk2::Gdk::Drawable

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=for position DESCRIPTION

=head1 DESCRIPTION

The Gtk2::CellRenderer is the base class for objects which render cells
onto drawables.  These objects are used primarily by the Gtk2::TreeView,
though they aren't tied to them in any specific way.

Typically, one cell renderer is used to draw many cells onto the screen.
Thus, the cell renderer doesn't keep state; instead, any state is set
immediately prior to use through the object property system.  The cell
is measured with C<get_size>, and then renderered with C<render>.

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=head1 HIERARCHY

  Glib::Object
  +----Glib::InitiallyUnowned
       +----Gtk2::Object
            +----Gtk2::CellRenderer



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=for object Gtk2::CellRenderer - An object that renders a single cell onto a Gtk2::Gdk::Drawable

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=head1 METHODS

=head2 boolean = $cell-E<gt>B<activate> ($event, $widget, $path, $background_area, $cell_area, $flags)

=over

=item * $event (Gtk2::Gdk::Event) 

=item * $widget (Gtk2::Widget) 

=item * $path (string) 

=item * $background_area (Gtk2::Gdk::Rectangle) 

=item * $cell_area (Gtk2::Gdk::Rectangle) 

=item * $flags (Gtk2::CellRendererState) 

=back

=head2 $cell-E<gt>B<editing_canceled> 

Since: gtk+ 2.4

=head2 (width, height) = $cell-E<gt>B<get_fixed_size> 

Fetch the fixed size if I<$cell>.  Values of -1 mean "this dimension is not
fixed."

=head2 $cell-E<gt>B<set_fixed_size> ($width, $height)

=over

=item * $width (integer) 

=item * $height (integer) 

=back

Set the renderer's size explicitly, independent of object properties.  A value
of -1 means "don't use a fixed size for this dimension."

=head2 $cell-E<gt>B<render> ($drawable, $widget, $background_area, $cell_area, $expose_area, $flags)

=over

=item * $drawable (Gtk2::Gdk::Drawable) 

=item * $widget (Gtk2::Widget) 

=item * $background_area (Gtk2::Gdk::Rectangle) 

=item * $cell_area (Gtk2::Gdk::Rectangle) 

=item * $expose_area (Gtk2::Gdk::Rectangle) 

=item * $flags (Gtk2::CellRendererState) 

=back

=head2 (x_offset, y_offset, width, height) = $cell->B<get_size> ($widget, $cell_area)

=over

=item * $widget (Gtk2::Widget) 

=item * $cell_area (Gtk2::Gdk::Rectangle or undef) 

=back



=head2 celleditable or undef = $cell->B<start_editing> ($event, $widget, $path, $background_area, $cell_area, $flags)

=over

=item * $event (Gtk2::Gdk::Event) 

=item * $widget (Gtk2::Widget) 

=item * $path (string) 

=item * $background_area (Gtk2::Gdk::Rectangle) 

=item * $cell_area (Gtk2::Gdk::Rectangle) 

=item * $flags (Gtk2::CellRendererState) 

=back



=head2 $cell-E<gt>B<stop_editing> ($canceled)

=over

=item * $canceled (boolean) 

=back

Since: gtk+ 2.6



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=head1 PROPERTIES

=over

=item 'cell-background' (string : default undef : writable / private)

Cell background color as a string

=item 'cell-background-gdk' (Gtk2::Gdk::Color : default undef : readable / writable / private)

Cell background color as a GdkColor

=item 'cell-background-set' (boolean : default false : readable / writable / private)

Whether this tag affects the cell background color

=item 'editing' (boolean : default false : readable / private)

Whether the cell renderer is currently in editing mode

=item 'height' (integer : default -1 : readable / writable / private)

The fixed height

=item 'is-expanded' (boolean : default false : readable / writable / private)

Row is an expander row, and is expanded

=item 'is-expander' (boolean : default false : readable / writable / private)

Row has children

=item 'mode' (Gtk2::CellRendererMode : default "inert" : readable / writable / private)

Editable mode of the CellRenderer

=item 'sensitive' (boolean : default true : readable / writable / private)

Display the cell sensitive

=item 'visible' (boolean : default true : readable / writable / private)

Display the cell

=item 'width' (integer : default -1 : readable / writable / private)

The fixed width

=item 'xalign' (float : default 0.5 : readable / writable / private)

The x-align

=item 'xpad' (Glib::UInt : default 0 : readable / writable / private)

The xpad

=item 'yalign' (float : default 0.5 : readable / writable / private)

The y-align

=item 'ypad' (Glib::UInt : default 0 : readable / writable / private)

The ypad

=back



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=head1 SIGNALS

=over

=item B<editing-canceled> (Gtk2::CellRenderer)

=item B<editing-started> (Gtk2::CellRenderer, Gtk2::CellEditable, string)

=back



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=head1 ENUMS AND FLAGS

=head2 enum Gtk2::CellRendererMode



=over

=item * 'inert' / 'GTK_CELL_RENDERER_MODE_INERT'

=item * 'activatable' / 'GTK_CELL_RENDERER_MODE_ACTIVATABLE'

=item * 'editable' / 'GTK_CELL_RENDERER_MODE_EDITABLE'

=back


=head2 flags Gtk2::CellRendererState



=over

=item * 'selected' / 'GTK_CELL_RENDERER_SELECTED'

=item * 'prelit' / 'GTK_CELL_RENDERER_PRELIT'

=item * 'insensitive' / 'GTK_CELL_RENDERER_INSENSITIVE'

=item * 'sorted' / 'GTK_CELL_RENDERER_SORTED'

=item * 'focused' / 'GTK_CELL_RENDERER_FOCUSED'

=back




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=head1 DERIVING NEW CELL RENDERERS

Gtk+ provides three cell renderers: Gtk2::CellRendererText,
Gtk2::CellRendererToggle, and Gtk2::CellRendererPixbuf.
You may derive a new renderer from any of these, or directly from
Gtk2::CellRenderer itself.

There are a number of rules that must be followed when writing a new
cell renderer.  First and foremost, it's important that a certain set of
properties always yields a cell of the same size, barring a Gtk2::Style
change.  The cell renderer also has a number of generic properties that
are expected to be honored by all children.

The new renderer must be a GObject, so you must follow the normal procedure
for creating a new Glib::Object (i.e., either Glib::Object::Subclass or
Glib::Type::register_object).  The new subclass can customize the object's
behavior by providing new implementations of these four methods:

=over

=item (x_offset, y_offset, width, height) = GET_SIZE ($cell, $widget, $cell_area)

=over

=item o $cell (Gtk2::CellRenderer) 

=item o $widget (Gtk2::Widget) widget to which I<$cell> is rendering

=item o $cell_area (Gtk2::Gdk::Rectangle or undef) The area a cell will be allocated, or undef.

=back

Return Values:

=over

=item - x_offset - x offset of cell relative to I<$cell_area>

=item - y_offset - y offset of cell relative to I<$cell_area>

=item - width - width needed to render cell

=item - height - height needed to render cell

=back

This is called to calculate the size of the cell for display, taking into
account the padding and alignment properties of the parent.  This one will
be called very often.  If you need to know your cell's data, then get it
from the appropriate object properties, which will be set accordingly before
this method is called.

=item RENDER ($cell, $drawable, $widget, $background_area, $cell_area, $expose_area, $flags)

=over

=item o $cell (Gtk2::CellRenderer)

=item o $drawable (Gtk2::Gdk::Drawable) window on which to draw

=item o $widget (Gtk2::Widget) widget owning I<$drawable>

=item o $background_area (Gtk2::Gdk::Rectangle) entire cell area (including tree expanders and maybe padding on the sides)

=item o $cell_area (Gtk2::Gdk::Rectangle) area normally rendered by a cell renderer

=item o $expose_area (Gtk2::Gdk::Rectangle) area that actually needs updating

=item o $flags (Gtk2::CellRendererState) flags that affect rendering

=back

This is called to render the cell onto the screen.  As with GET_SIZE, the
data for the cell comes from object properties.  In general, you'll want to
make use of Gtk2::Style methods for drawing anything fancy.

The three passed-in rectangles are areas of I<$drawable>.  Most renderers draw
within I<$cell_area>; the xalign, yalign, xpad, and ypad fields of the 
cell renderer should be honored with respect to I<$cell_area>.
I<$background_area> includes the blank space around the cell, and also the
area containing the tree expander; so the I<$background_area> rectangles for
all cells cover the entire I<$drawable>.  I<$expose_area> is a clip
rectangle.

=item boolean = ACTIVATE ($cell, $event, $widget, $path, $background_area, $cell_area, $flags)

=over

=item o $cell (Gtk2::CellRenderer)

=item o $event (Gtk2::Gdk::Event)

=item o $widget (Gtk2::Widget) widget that received the event

=item o $path (string) widget-dependent string representation of the event location; e.g. for a Gtk2::TreeView, a string representation of a Gtk2::TreePath.

=item o $background_area (Gtk2::Gdk::Rectangle) background area as passed to C<RENDER>.

=item o $cell_area (Gtk2::Gdk::Rectangle) cell area as passed to C<RENDER>.

=item o $flags (Gtk2::CellRendererState) render flags

=back

This method is called when an event occurs on a cell.  Implementing it is
not mandatory.  The return value should be TRUE if the event was
consumed/handled.

=item celleditable or undef = START_EDITING ($cell, $event, $widget, $path, $background_area, $cell_area, $flags)

=over

=item o $cell (Gtk2::CellRenderer)

=item o $event (Gtk2::Gdk::Event)

=item o $widget (Gtk2::Widget) widget that received the event

=item o $path (string) widget-dependent string representation of the event location; e.g. for a Gtk2::TreeView, a string representation of a Gtk2::TreePath.

=item o $background_area (Gtk2::Gdk::Rectangle) background area as passed to C<RENDER>.

=item o $cell_area (Gtk2::Gdk::Rectangle) cell area as passed to C<RENDER>.

=item o $flags (Gtk2::CellRendererState) render flags

=back

For cells that are editable, this is called to put the cell into editing
mode.  If the return value is an object is a Gtk2::CellEditable, that
widget will be used to edit the value; the calling code takes care of
sizing, placing, and showing the editable, you just need to return it.
If the return value is undef, the editing is aborted.

=back

Note: for backward compatibility, the bizarre and non-standard scheme used
for this in 1.02x is still supported, but is deprecated and should not be
used in new code, and since i don't want people to use it any more i will
not document it here.

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=head1 SEE ALSO

L<Gtk2>, L<Glib::Object>, L<Glib::InitiallyUnowned>, L<Gtk2::Object>


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=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2003-2008 by the gtk2-perl team.

This software is licensed under the LGPL.  See L<Gtk2> for a full notice.



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