GtkLabel Class

The GtkLabel class is the class for instantiating text label widgets.

The class heirarchy

   Object
      +---GtkWidget
         +---GtkLabel

The methods for the GtkEntry class are documented below.

GtkButton Method Table of Contents

new - Create and initialize the widget
justify - Get the text justification
justify = - Set the text justification
text = - Set the text in the label widget

Method: new

This method creates and initializes the widget.

Example

This is a example of how to create a label entry widget.

text = 'My label'
mylabel = .Gtklabel~new(text)

Method Parameters

text: (Optional) The text of the label.

Method Results

The new GtkLabel object.

Method: justify

This method gets the text justification for the widget.

Example

This is a example of how to get the text justification.

justify = mylabel~justify

Method Parameters

None.

Method Results

justify: Returns one of the following strings.

GTK_JUSTIFY_LEFT
GTK_JUSTIFY_RIGHT
GTK_JUSTIFY_CENTER
GTK_JUSTIFY_FILL

Method: justify =

This method sets the text justification for the widget.

Example

This is a example of how to set the text justification.

justify = 'GTK_JUSTIFY_LEFT'
mylabel~justify = justify

Method Parameters

justify: Must be one of the following strings.

GTK_JUSTIFY_LEFT
GTK_JUSTIFY_RIGHT
GTK_JUSTIFY_CENTER
GTK_JUSTIFY_FILL

The default is GTK_JUSTIFY_CENTER.

Method Results

None.

Method: text =

This method sets the text for the widget.

Example

This is a example of how to set the text.

text = 'David'
mylabel~text = text

Method Parameters

text: The text to set.

Method Results

None.