API Reference

Table of Contents

General — Library initialization and miscellaneous functions

GdkDisplayManager — Maintains a list of all open GdkDisplays

GdkDisplay — Controls a set of GdkScreens and their associated input devices

GdkScreen — Object representing a physical screen

GdkDeviceManager — Functions for handling input devices

GdkDevice — Object representing an input device

Points and Rectangles — Simple graphical data types

Pixbufs — Functions for obtaining pixbufs

Colors — Manipulation of colors

RGBA Colors — RGBA colors

Visuals — Low-level display hardware information

Cursors — Standard and pixmap cursors

Windows — Onscreen display areas in the target window system

Frame clock — Frame clock syncs painting to a window or display

Frame timings — Object holding timing information for a single frame

Events — Functions for handling events from the window system

Event Structures — Data structures specific to each type of event

Key Values — Functions for manipulating keyboard codes

Selections — Functions for transfering data via the X selection mechanism

Drag And Drop — Functions for controlling drag and drop handling

Properties and Atoms — Functions to manipulate properties on windows

Threads — Functions for using GDK in multi-threaded programs

Pango Interaction — Using Pango in GDK

Cairo Interaction — Functions to support using cairo

X Window System Interaction — X backend-specific functions

Wayland Interaction — Wayland backend-specific functions

Application launching — Startup notification for applications

Testing — Test utilities