Sample Code 349: How to allow reordering of thumbnail images in GtkIconView - Part 1? |
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Written by kksou
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Wednesday, 24 October 2007 |
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Problem You have displayed a list of thumbnail images using GtkIconView in How to display a list of thumbnail images using GtkIconView?
Suppose you would like to allow users to reorder the thumbnail images using drag and drop as shown below:

Solution
- To enable reordering of tabs, use the method GtkIconView::set_reorderable (true);
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Sample Code Note: The following image files are required by the sample code below. Please save a copy of the image files and put them in the same directory where you store the sample code.
 | square_red.jpg |
 | square_yellow.jpg |
 | square_green.jpg |
 | square_blue.jpg |
 | square_blue2.jpg |
 | square_blue3.jpg |
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| <?php $window = new GtkWindow(); $window->set_title($argv[0]); $window->set_size_request(400, 240); $window->connect_simple('destroy', array('Gtk','main_quit')); $window->add($vbox = new GtkVBox());
// display title
$title = new GtkLabel("Reordering thumbnail images in GtkIconView - Part 1"); $title->modify_font(new PangoFontDescription("Times New Roman Italic 10")); $title->modify_fg(Gtk::STATE_NORMAL, GdkColor::parse("#0000ff")); $title->set_size_request(-1, 40); $vbox->pack_start($title, 0, 0); $vbox->pack_start(new GtkLabel(), 0, 0); // add a small gap
// Set up a scroll window
$scrolled_win = new GtkScrolledWindow(); $scrolled_win->set_policy( Gtk::POLICY_AUTOMATIC, Gtk::POLICY_AUTOMATIC);
if (defined("GObject::TYPE_STRING")) { $model = new GtkListStore(GdkPixbuf::gtype, GObject::TYPE_STRING); } else { $model = new GtkListStore(GdkPixbuf::gtype, Gtk::TYPE_STRING); } foreach(array('square_red.jpg', 'square_yellow.jpg', 'square_green.jpg', 'square_blue.jpg', 'square_blue2.jpg', 'square_blue3.jpg') as $img) { $pixbuf = GdkPixbuf::new_from_file($img); $model->append(array($pixbuf, $img)); }
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Explanation We make use of the code from How to display a list of thumbnail images using GtkIconView?
What's new here:
- Allow reordering of the thumbnails using drag and drop.
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