### Class

# Gtk EditableLabel

#### Description [src]

    final class Gtk.EditableLabel : Gtk.Widget {
      /* No available fields */
    }

A `GtkEditableLabel` is a label that allows users to edit the text by switching to an “edit mode”.

`GtkEditableLabel` does not have API of its own, but it implements the `GtkEditable` interface.

The default bindings for activating the edit mode is to click or press the Enter key. The default bindings for leaving the edit mode are the Enter key (to save the results) or the Escape key (to cancel the editing).

# CSS nodes

    editablelabel[.editing]
    ╰── stack
        ├── label
        ╰── text

`GtkEditableLabel` has a main node with the name editablelabel. When the entry is in editing mode, it gets the .editing style class.

For all the subnodes added to the text node in various situations, see `GtkText`.

#### Hierarchy

#### Ancestors

- GtkWidget
- GInitiallyUnowned
- GObject

#### Implements

- GtkAccessible
- GtkBuildable
- GtkConstraintTarget
- GtkEditable

#### Constructors

###### gtk_editable_label_new

Creates a new `GtkEditableLabel` widget.

#### Instance methods

###### gtk_editable_label_get_editing

Returns whether the label is currently in “editing mode”.

###### gtk_editable_label_start_editing

Switches the label into “editing mode”.

###### gtk_editable_label_stop_editing

Switches the label out of “editing mode”.

##### Methods inherited from GtkWidget (159)

##### Methods inherited from GtkAccessible (10)

###### gtk_accessible_get_accessible_role

Retrieves the `GtkAccessibleRole` for the given `GtkAccessible`.

###### gtk_accessible_reset_property

Resets the accessible `property` to its default value.

###### gtk_accessible_reset_relation

Resets the accessible `relation` to its default value.

###### gtk_accessible_reset_state

Resets the accessible `state` to its default value.

###### gtk_accessible_update_property

Updates a list of accessible properties.

###### gtk_accessible_update_property_value

Updates an array of accessible properties.

###### gtk_accessible_update_relation

Updates a list of accessible relations.

###### gtk_accessible_update_relation_value

Updates an array of accessible relations.

###### gtk_accessible_update_state

Updates a list of accessible states. See the `GtkAccessibleState` documentation for the value types of accessible states.

###### gtk_accessible_update_state_value

Updates an array of accessible states.

##### Methods inherited from GtkBuildable (1)

###### gtk_buildable_get_buildable_id

Gets the ID of the `buildable` object.

##### Methods inherited from GtkEditable (23)

###### gtk_editable_delete_selection

Deletes the currently selected text of the editable.

###### gtk_editable_delete_text

Deletes a sequence of characters.

###### gtk_editable_finish_delegate

Undoes the setup done by gtk_editable_init_delegate().

###### gtk_editable_get_alignment

Gets the alignment of the editable.

###### gtk_editable_get_chars

Retrieves a sequence of characters.

###### gtk_editable_get_delegate

Gets the `GtkEditable` that `editable` is delegating its implementation to.

###### gtk_editable_get_editable

Retrieves whether `editable` is editable.

###### gtk_editable_get_enable_undo

Gets if undo/redo actions are enabled for `editable`.

###### gtk_editable_get_max_width_chars

Retrieves the desired maximum width of `editable`, in characters.

###### gtk_editable_get_position

Retrieves the current position of the cursor relative to the start of the content of the editable.

###### gtk_editable_get_selection_bounds

Retrieves the selection bound of the editable.

###### gtk_editable_get_text

Retrieves the contents of `editable`.

###### gtk_editable_get_width_chars

Gets the number of characters of space reserved for the contents of the editable.

###### gtk_editable_init_delegate

Sets up a delegate for `GtkEditable`.

###### gtk_editable_insert_text

Inserts `length` bytes of `text` into the contents of the widget, at position `position`.

###### gtk_editable_select_region

Selects a region of text.

###### gtk_editable_set_alignment

Sets the alignment for the contents of the editable.

###### gtk_editable_set_editable

Determines if the user can edit the text in the editable widget.

###### gtk_editable_set_enable_undo

If enabled, changes to `editable` will be saved for undo/redo actions.

###### gtk_editable_set_max_width_chars

Sets the desired maximum width in characters of `editable`.

###### gtk_editable_set_position

Sets the cursor position in the editable to the given value.

###### gtk_editable_set_text

Sets the text in the editable to the given value.

###### gtk_editable_set_width_chars

Changes the size request of the editable to be about the right size for `n_chars` characters.

#### Properties

###### Gtk.EditableLabel:editing

This property is `TRUE` while the widget is in edit mode.

##### Properties inherited from GtkWidget (34)

###### Gtk.Widget:can-focus

Whether the widget or any of its descendents can accept the input focus.

###### Gtk.Widget:can-target

Whether the widget can receive pointer events.

###### Gtk.Widget:css-classes

A list of css classes applied to this widget.

###### Gtk.Widget:css-name

The name of this widget in the CSS tree.

###### Gtk.Widget:cursor

The cursor used by `widget`.

###### Gtk.Widget:focus-on-click

Whether the widget should grab focus when it is clicked with the mouse.

###### Gtk.Widget:focusable

Whether this widget itself will accept the input focus.

###### Gtk.Widget:halign

How to distribute horizontal space if widget gets extra space.

###### Gtk.Widget:has-default

Whether the widget is the default widget.

###### Gtk.Widget:has-focus

Whether the widget has the input focus.

###### Gtk.Widget:has-tooltip

Enables or disables the emission of the ::query-tooltip signal on `widget`.

###### Gtk.Widget:height-request

Override for height request of the widget.

###### Gtk.Widget:hexpand

Whether to expand horizontally.

###### Gtk.Widget:hexpand-set

Whether to use the `hexpand` property.

###### Gtk.Widget:layout-manager

The `GtkLayoutManager` instance to use to compute the preferred size of the widget, and allocate its children.

###### Gtk.Widget:margin-bottom

Margin on bottom side of widget.

###### Gtk.Widget:margin-end

Margin on end of widget, horizontally.

###### Gtk.Widget:margin-start

Margin on start of widget, horizontally.

###### Gtk.Widget:margin-top

Margin on top side of widget.

###### Gtk.Widget:name

The name of the widget.

###### Gtk.Widget:opacity

The requested opacity of the widget.

###### Gtk.Widget:overflow

How content outside the widget’s content area is treated.

###### Gtk.Widget:parent

The parent widget of this widget.

###### Gtk.Widget:receives-default

Whether the widget will receive the default action when it is focused.

###### Gtk.Widget:root

The `GtkRoot` widget of the widget tree containing this widget.

###### Gtk.Widget:scale-factor

The scale factor of the widget.

###### Gtk.Widget:sensitive

Whether the widget responds to input.

###### Gtk.Widget:tooltip-markup

Sets the text of tooltip to be the given string, which is marked up with Pango markup.

###### Gtk.Widget:tooltip-text

Sets the text of tooltip to be the given string.

###### Gtk.Widget:valign

How to distribute vertical space if widget gets extra space.

###### Gtk.Widget:vexpand

Whether to expand vertically.

###### Gtk.Widget:vexpand-set

Whether to use the `vexpand` property.

###### Gtk.Widget:visible

Whether the widget is visible.

###### Gtk.Widget:width-request

Override for width request of the widget.

##### Properties inherited from GtkAccessible (1)

###### Gtk.Accessible:accessible-role

The accessible role of the given `GtkAccessible` implementation.

##### Properties inherited from GtkEditable (8)

###### Gtk.Editable:cursor-position

The current position of the insertion cursor in chars.

###### Gtk.Editable:editable

Whether the entry contents can be edited.

###### Gtk.Editable:enable-undo

If undo/redo should be enabled for the editable.

###### Gtk.Editable:max-width-chars

The desired maximum width of the entry, in characters.

###### Gtk.Editable:selection-bound

The position of the opposite end of the selection from the cursor in chars.

###### Gtk.Editable:text

The contents of the entry.

###### Gtk.Editable:width-chars

Number of characters to leave space for in the entry.

###### Gtk.Editable:xalign

The horizontal alignment, from 0 (left) to 1 (right).

#### Class structure

    struct GtkEditableLabelClass {
      GtkWidgetClass parent_class;

    }

###### Class members

`parent_class` |
    GtkWidgetClass
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