223. How to change the font of GtkTextView?

Problem

You would like to change the font or font size of a GtkTextView as shown below:

How to change the font of GtkTextView?


Solution

Just use GtkWidget::modify_font() on the GtkTreeView.


Sample Code

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<?php
$window = new GtkWindow();
$window->set_size_request(400, 240);
$window->connect_simple('destroy', array('Gtk','main_quit'));
$window->add($vbox = new GtkVBox());

// display title
$title = new GtkLabel("Change the Font of GtkTextView");
$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);

// Create a new buffer and a new view to show the buffer.
$buffer = new GtkTextBuffer();
$view = new GtkTextView();
$view->set_buffer($buffer);
$view->modify_font(new PangoFontDescription("Courier New 16")); // note 1
$view->set_wrap_mode(Gtk::WRAP_WORD);

$scrolled_win = new GtkScrolledWindow();
$scrolled_win->set_policy( Gtk::POLICY_AUTOMATIC, Gtk::POLICY_AUTOMATIC);
$vbox->pack_start($scrolled_win);
$scrolled_win->add($view);

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

?>

Output

As shown above.

 

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