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Sample Code 71: How to open a file with GtkFileChooser?
Written by kksou   
Monday, 23 October 2006
Problem

When the user select File Open from the menu, you would like to allow the user to select the file with a file chooser dialog as shown below:

How to open a file with GtkFileChooser?


Solution

Sample Code
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<?php
$window = new GtkWindow();
$window->set_size_request(400, 150);
$window->connect_simple('destroy', array('Gtk','main_quit'));
$window->add($vbox = new GtkVBox());
$accel_group = new GtkAccelGroup();
$window->add_accel_group($accel_group);

// define menu definition
$menu_definition = array(
    '_File' => array('_New|N', '_Open|O', '_Close|C', '<hr>',
        '_Save|S', 'Save _As','<hr>', 'E_xit'),
    '_Edit' => array('Cu_t|X', '_Copy|C', '_Paste|V', '<hr>',
        'Select _All|A', '<hr>', '_Undo|Z','_Redo|Y'),
    '_Test' => array('Test_1|1', 'Test_2|2', 'Test_3|3', '<hr>',
                array('Selection 1', 'Selection 2', 'Selection 3'),
                '<hr>', 'Test_4|4')
);
$menu = new Menu($vbox, $menu_definition, $accel_group);

// display title
$title = new GtkLabel("Open a file with GtkFileChooser");
$title->modify_font(new PangoFontDescription("Times New Roman Italic 10"));
$title->modify_fg(Gtk::STATE_NORMAL, GdkColor::parse("#0000ff"));
$vbox->pack_start($title);
$vbox->pack_start(new GtkLabel("Press Ctrl-O to open the file chooser"));
$vbox->pack_start(new GtkLabel(""));

$window->show_all();
Gtk::main();

// class Menu
class Menu {
    var $prev_keyval = 0;
    var $prev_state = 0;
    var $prev_keypress = '';
    function Menu($vbox, $menu_definition, $accel_group) {
        $this->menu_definition = $menu_definition;
        $menubar = new GtkMenuBar();
        $vbox->pack_start($menubar, 0, 0);
        foreach($menu_definition as $toplevel => $sublevels) {
            $top_menu = new GtkMenuItem($toplevel);
            $menubar->append($top_menu);
            $menu = new GtkMenu();
            $top_menu->set_submenu($menu);

            // let's ask php-gtk to tell us when user press the 2nd Alt key
            $menu->connect('key-press-event', array(&$this, 'on_menu_keypress'),
                $toplevel);

            foreach($sublevels as $submenu) {
                if (strpos("$submenu", '|') === false) {
                    $accel_key = '';
                } else {
                    list($submenu, $accel_key) = explode('|', $submenu);
                }

                if (is_array($submenu)) { // set up radio menus
                    $i=0;
                    $radio[0] = null;
                    foreach($submenu as $radio_item) {
                        $radio[$i] = new GtkRadioMenuItem($radio[0], $radio_item);
                        $radio[$i]->connect('toggled', array(&$this, "on_toggle"));
                        $menu->append($radio[$i]);
                        ++$i;
                    }
                    $radio[0]->set_active(1); // select the first item
                } else {
                    if ($submenu=='<hr>') {
                        $menu->append(new GtkSeparatorMenuItem());
                    } else {
                        $submenu2 = str_replace('_', '', $submenu);
                        $submenu2 = str_replace(' ', '_', $submenu2);
                        $stock_image_name = 'Gtk::STOCK_'.strtoupper($submenu2);
                        if (defined($stock_image_name)) {
                            $menu_item = new GtkImageMenuItem(
                                constant($stock_image_name));
                        } else {
                            $menu_item = new GtkMenuItem($submenu);
                        }
                        if ($accel_key!='') {
                            $menu_item->add_accelerator("activate",
                                $accel_group, ord($accel_key), Gdk::CONTROL_MASK, 1);
                        }

                        $menu->append($menu_item);
                        $menu_item->connect('activate',
                            array(&$this, 'on_menu_select'));
                        $this->menuitem[$toplevel][$submenu] = $menu_item;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    // process radio menu selection
    function on_toggle($radio) {
        $label = $radio->child->get_label();
        $active = $radio->get_active();
        echo("radio menu selected: $label\n");
    }

    // process menu item selection
    function on_menu_select($menu_item) {
        $item = $menu_item->child->get_label();
        echo "menu selected: $item\n";
        if (method_exists($this, $item)) $this->$item();
        if ($item=='E_xit') Gtk::main_quit();
    }
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Explanation

The above sample code is based on How to set up menu and radio menu - Part 4 - allow Alt F Alt N?.

What's new here:

  1. Added this line so that the script will call the function _Open() when user selects File Open.
  2. The third parameter is GtkFileChooserAction. Since we are opening a file here, we choose Gtk::FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_OPEN.
  3. Retrieve the selected file.

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