Events

In addition to the signal mechanism described above, there is a set of events that reflect the X event mechanism. Callbacks may also be attached to these events. These events are:

• event
• button_press_event
• button_release_event
• scroll_event
• motion_notify_event
• delete_event
• destroy_event
• expose_event
• key_press_event
• key_release_event
• enter_notify_event
• leave_notify_event
• configure_event
• focus_in_event
• focus_out_event
• map_event
• unmap_event
• property_notify_event
• selection_clear_event
• selection_request_event
• selection_nofity_event
• proximity_in_event
• proximity_out_event
• visibility_notify_event
• client_event
• no_expose_event
• window_state_event

In order to connect a callback function to one of these events you use the method signal_connect, as described above, using one of the above event names as the name parameter.

The GDK selection and drag-and-drop APIs also emit a number of events which are reflected in GTK by the signals. See Signals on the source widget and Signals on the destination widget for details on the signatures of the callback functions for these signals:

• selection_received
• selection_get
• drag_begin_event
• drag_end_event
• drag_data_delete
• drag_motion
• drag_drop
• drag_data_get
• drag_data_received