Button (JavaScript)

Button (JavaScript) Taryn Fox jewelfox@fursona.net 2012 A button which can be connected to other widgets Rafael Ferreira rafael.f.f1@gmail.com 2013 Button

A button widget that changes its label when you click it.

#!/usr/bin/gjs

imports.gi.versions.Gtk = '3.0';

const Gio = imports.gi.Gio;
const GLib = imports.gi.GLib;
const Gtk = imports.gi.Gtk;

class ButtonExample {

    /* Create the application itself
       This boilerplate code is needed to build any GTK+ application. */
    constructor() {
        this.application = new Gtk.Application ({
            application_id: 'org.example.jsbutton',
            flags: Gio.ApplicationFlags.FLAGS_NONE
        });

        // Connect 'activate' and 'startup' signals to the callback functions
        this.application.connect('activate', this._onActivate.bind(this));
        this.application.connect('startup', this._onStartup.bind(this));
    }

    // Callback function for 'activate' signal presents windows when active
    _onActivate() {
        this._window.present ();
    }

    // Callback function for 'startup' signal initializes menus and builds the UI
    _onStartup() {
        this._buildUI();
    }

    // Build the application's UI
    _buildUI() {

        // Create the application window
            this._window = new Gtk.ApplicationWindow  ({ application: this.application,
                                                              window_position: Gtk.WindowPosition.CENTER,
                                                              title: "GNOME Button",
                                                              default_height: 50,
                                                              default_width: 250 });

        // Create the button
        this.Button = new Gtk.Button ({label: "Click Me"});
        this._window.add (this.Button);

        // Bind it to a function that says what to do when the button is clicked
        this.Button.connect ("clicked", this._clickHandler.bind(this));

                // Show the window and all child widgets
                this._window.show_all();
    }

    // Here's the function that says what happens when the button is clicked
    _clickHandler() {
        this.Button.set_label ("Clicked!");
    }
};

// Run the application
let app = new ButtonExample ();
app.application.run (ARGV);

In this sample we used the following:

Gtk.Application

Gtk.ApplicationWindow

Gtk.Button