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Sample Code 77: How to display directory tree using GtkTreeView - Part 2 - add folder icon?
Written by kksou   
Friday, 27 October 2006
Problem

You have displayed a directory tree using a GtkTreeView in Part 1 as shown below:

How to display directory tree using GtkTreeView - Part 1?

Let's now improve on this with the following:

  • Add a folder icon in front each directory
  • Show different icons for expanded and closed TreeView item
  • Just like a standard windows explorer, we will list the folders first, followed by the files

This is as shown below:

How to display directory tree using GtkTreeView - Part 2 - add folder icon?


Solution

Sample Code

Note 1: If you select "C:\", the program will run, but it will take a long time. You will see the processing, though, in the command window.

Note 2: On windows, you may see a warning "Gtk-WARNING: Could not find the icon 'stock_unknown'. The 'hicolor' theme was not found either, perhaps you need to install it." This is from the GtkFileChooserButton. It's just a warning. You may ignore it, or go ahead and install it.

Note 3: 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.

 folder_open.gif
 folder_closed.gif

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<?php
$window = new GtkWindow();
$window->connect_simple('destroy', array('Gtk','main_quit'));
$window->add($vbox = new GtkVBox());

// display title
$title = new GtkLabel("Display folder contents in GtkTreeView - Part 2\n".
"          add folder icons (open and closed)");
$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);
$vbox->pack_start($hbox = new GtkHBox());
$hbox->pack_start(new GtkLabel('Click to select a folder: '), 0, 0);

// set up model
if (defined("GObject::TYPE_STRING")) {
    $model = new GtkTreeStore(GObject::TYPE_STRING);
} else {
    $model = new GtkTreeStore(Gtk::TYPE_STRING);
}

// set up file chooser button
$file_chooser_button = new GtkFileChooserButton('Select the Folder',
    Gtk::FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SELECT_FOLDER);
$file_chooser_button->set_size_request(320, -1);
$file_chooser_button->connect('selection-changed', 'on_selection_changed');
on_selection_changed($file_chooser_button);
$hbox->pack_start($file_chooser_button, 0, 0);

// set up scroll window
$scrolled_win = new GtkScrolledWindow();
$scrolled_win->set_policy( Gtk::POLICY_AUTOMATIC,
    Gtk::POLICY_AUTOMATIC);
$vbox->pack_start($scrolled_win);

// set up treeview
$view = new GtkTreeView($model);
$scrolled_win->add($view);
$view->set_size_request(400, 320);

//set up treeview columns
$column = new GtkTreeViewColumn();

// for image
$cell_renderer = new GtkCellRendererPixbuf(); // note 1
$column->pack_start($cell_renderer, false);
$cell_renderer->set_property('pixbuf-expander-open', 
    GdkPixbuf::new_from_file('folder_open.gif')); // note 2
$cell_renderer->set_property('pixbuf-expander-closed', 
    GdkPixbuf::new_from_file('folder_closed.gif')); 

// for filename
$cell_renderer = new GtkCellRendererText(); // note 3
$column->pack_start($cell_renderer, true);
$column->set_attributes($cell_renderer, 'text', 0); 

$view->append_column($column);
$column->set_title('Folders / Files');

//display it
$window->show_all();
Gtk::main();

function on_selection_changed($button) {
    $folder = $button->get_current_folder();
    echo "new folder: $folder\n";
    populate_tree($folder);
}

function populate_tree($folder) {
    global $model;
    $model->clear();
    $root = $folder;
    $dir_list = array($root);
    $nodes = array();
    $nodes[$root] = null;
    while(count($dir_list)>0) {
        $dir = array_shift($dir_list);
        echo "folder = $dir\n";

        // add the directories first note 4
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Explanation

The above sample code is based on How to display directory tree using GtkTreeView - Part 1?

What's new here:

  1. Set up the GtkCellRendererPixbuf.
  2. Set the images for open and closed expander.
  3. Set up the GtkCellRenderer.
  4. Add the directories first.
  5. Then add the files.
  6. If there are no files in a directory, let's add an empty entry. Otherwise you will find that the folder icon will not be displayed. Try commenting this line out and you will know what I mean.

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