gtk.Entry.set_visibility

    def set_visibility(visible)

The set_visibility() method sets the "visibility" property to the value of visible. If visible is True the contents of the entry are displayed as plain text. If visible is False, the contents are obscured by replacing the characters with the invisible character (specified by the "invisible-char" property). The characters will also be obscured when the text in the entry widget is copied elsewhere. The default invisible char is the asterisk '*', but it can be changed with set_invisible_char().

gtk.Entry.get_visibility

    def get_visibility()

The get_visibility() method retrieves the value of the "visibility" property that determines whether the text in entry is visible. See set_visibility().

gtk.Entry.set_invisible_char

    def set_invisible_char(ch)

The set_invisible_char() method sets the "invisible-char" property with the value of ch. The "invisible-char" is the character to use in place of the actual text when set_visibility() has been called to set text visibility to False. i.e. this is the character used in "password mode" to show the user how many characters have been typed. The default invisible character is an asterisk ('*'). If you set the invisible character to 0, then the user will get no feedback at all; there will be no text on the screen as they type.

gtk.Entry.get_invisible_char

    def get_invisible_char()

The get_invisible_char() method retrieves the value of the "invisible-char" property. The "invisible-char" is the character displayed in place of the real characters for entries with visibility set to False. See set_invisible_char().

gtk.Entry.set_has_frame

    def set_has_frame(setting)

The set_has_frame() method sets the "has-frame" property to the value of setting. If setting is True the entry is displayed with a beveled frame around it.

gtk.Entry.get_has_frame

    def get_has_frame()

The get_has_frame() method gets the value of the "has-frame" property. If "has-frame" is True the entry will be displayed with a beveled frame around it.

gtk.Entry.set_max_length

    def set_max_length(max)

The set_max_length() method sets the "max-length" property to the value of max. The "max-length" property sets the maximum allowed length of the contents of the widget. If the current contents are longer than the given length, then they will be truncated to fit. If max is 0 then there is no maximum length (other than 65536).

gtk.Entry.get_max_length

    def get_max_length()

The get_max_length() method retrieves the value of the "max-length" property that specifies the maximum allowed length of the text in the entry. See set_max_length().

gtk.Entry.set_activates_default

    def set_activates_default(setting)

The set_activates_default() method sets the "activates-default" property to the value of setting. If setting is True, pressing the Enter key in the entry will activate the default widget for the window containing the entry. This usually means that the dialog box containing the entry will be closed, since the default widget is usually one of the dialog buttons.

(For experts: if setting is True, the entry calls gtk.Window.activate_default() on the window containing the entry, in the default handler for the "activate" signal.)

gtk.Entry.get_activates_default

    def get_activates_default()

The get_activates_default() method retrieves the value of the "activates-default" property which is set by set_activates_default(). If "activates-default" is True pressing the Enter key in the entry will activate the default widget for the window containing the entry.

gtk.Entry.set_width_chars

    def set_width_chars(n_chars)

The set_width_chars() method sets the "width-chars" property to the value of n_char. Setting the "width-chars" property changes the size request of the entry to be about the right size for n_chars characters. Note that it only changes the size request, the size can still be affected by how you pack the widget into containers. If n_chars is -1, the size reverts to the default entry size.

gtk.Entry.get_width_chars

    def get_width_chars()

The get_width_chars() method gets the value of the "width-chars" property which is set by the set_width_chars() method.

gtk.Entry.set_text

    def set_text(text)

The set_text() method sets the "text" property to the value of text. The string in text replaces the current contents of the entry.

gtk.Entry.get_text

    def get_text()

The get_text() method returns the value of the "text" property which is a string containing the contents of the entry.

gtk.Entry.get_layout

    def get_layout()

The get_layout() method gets the pango.Layout used to display the entry. The layout is useful to e.g. convert text positions to pixel positions, in combination with get_layout_offsets().

gtk.Entry.get_layout_offsets

    def get_layout_offsets()

The get_layout_offsets() method obtains the position of the pango.Layout used to render text in the entry, in widget coordinates and returns it as a tuple. This method is used to line up the text in an entry with some other text, e.g. when using the entry to implement editable cells in a sheet widget. It is also useful to convert mouse events into coordinates inside the pango.Layout, e.g. to take some action if some part of the entry text is clicked.

Note that as the user scrolls around in the entry the offsets will change; you'll need to connect to the "notify::scroll_offset" signal to track this.

gtk.Entry.set_alignment

    def set_alignment(xalign)

The set_alignment() method sets the "xalign" property to the value of xalign. The alignment controls the horizontal positioning of the contents when the displayed text is shorter than the width of the entry. The value of xalign is the fraction of freespace to the left (right in RTL layouts) of the text.

gtk.Entry.get_alignment

    def get_alignment()

The get_alignment() method returns the value of the "xalign" property which is the fraction of freespace (if any) to the left (right in RTL layouts) of the text.

gtk.Entry.set_completion

    def set_completion(completion)

The set_completion() method sets the gtk.EntryCompletion specified by completion to be the auxiliary completion object to use with the entry. All further configuration of the completion mechanism is done using completion and the gtk.EntryCompletion methods.

gtk.Entry.get_completion

    def get_completion()

The get_completion() method returns the gtk.EntryCompletion object currently in use by the entry.

gtk.Entry.set_inner_border

    def set_inner_border(border)

The set_inner_border() method sets the entry's "inner-border" property to the value specified by border, or clears it if None is passed. The "inner-border" is the area around the entry's text, but inside its frame.

If set, this property overrides the inner-border style property. Overriding the style-provided border is useful when you want to do in-place editing of some text in a canvas or list widget, where pixel-exact positioning of the entry is important.

gtk.Entry.get_inner_border

    def get_inner_border()

The get_inner_border() method returns the value of the entry's "inner-border" property. See set_inner_border() for more information.

The "activate" gtk.Entry Signal

    def callback(entry, user_param1, ...)

The "activate" signal is emitted when the entry is activated either by user action (pressing the Enter key) or programmatically with the gtk.Widget.activate() method

The "backspace" gtk.Entry Signal

    def callback(entry, user_param1, ...)

The "backspace" signal is emitted when the Backspace key is entered from the keyboard.

The "copy-clipboard" gtk.Entry Signal

    def callback(entry, user_param1, ...)

The "copy-clipboard" signal is emitted when the selection text in the entry is copied to the clipboard.

The "cut-clipboard" gtk.Entry Signal

    def callback(entry, user_param1, ...)

The "cut-clipboard" signal is emitted when the selection in the entry is cut (removed from the entry) and placed in the clipboard.

The "delete-from-cursor" gtk.Entry Signal

    def callback(entry, delete_type, count, user_param1, ...)

The "delete-from-cursor" signal is emitted when the a deletion from the cursor i.e. removal o text at the cursor position, either before it (negative count) or after it (positive count). The value of delete_type can be one of:

The "insert-at-cursor" gtk.Entry Signal

    def callback(entry, string, user_param1, ...)

The "insert-at-cursor" signal is emitted when text is being inserted in the entry.

The "move-cursor" gtk.Entry Signal

    def callback(entry, step, count, extend_selection, user_param1, ...)

The "move-cursor" signal is emitted when the cursor is being moved by count steps of size step. If extend_selection is True the selection is extended as the cursor is being moved. The value of step can be one of:

The "paste-clipboard" gtk.Entry Signal

    def callback(entry, user_param1, ...)

The "paste-clipboard" signal is emitted when the contents of the clipboard are pasted into the entry.

The "populate-popup" gtk.Entry Signal

    def callback(entry, menu, user_param1, ...)

The "populate-popup" signal is emitted when the menu needs populating.

The "toggle-overwrite" gtk.Entry Signal

    def callback(entry, user_param1, ...)

The "toggle-overwrite" signal is emitted when the internal entry attribute "overwrite_mode" is toggled by pressing the Insert key.