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STRUCT

OverlaySplitView

A widget presenting sidebar and content side by side or as an overlay.

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AdwOverlaySplitView has two children: sidebar and content, and displays them side by side.

When [property@OverlaySplitView:collapsed] is set to TRUE, the sidebar is instead shown as an overlay above the content widget.

The sidebar can be hidden or shown using the [property@OverlaySplitView:show-sidebar] property.

Sidebar can be displayed before or after the content, this can be controlled with the [property@OverlaySplitView:sidebar-position] property.

Collapsing the split view automatically hides the sidebar widget, and uncollapsing it shows the sidebar. If this behavior is not desired, the [property@OverlaySplitView:pin-sidebar] property can be used to override it.

AdwOverlaySplitView supports an edge swipe gesture for showing the sidebar, and a swipe from the sidebar for hiding it. Gestures are only supported on touchscreen, but not touchpad. Gestures can be controlled with the [property@OverlaySplitView:enable-show-gesture] and [property@OverlaySplitView:enable-hide-gesture] properties.

See also [class@NavigationSplitView].

AdwOverlaySplitView is typically used together with an [class@Breakpoint] setting the collapsed property to TRUE on small widths, as follows:

<object class="AdwWindow"><property name="width-request">360</property><property name="height-request">200</property><property name="default-width">800</property><property name="default-height">800</property><child><object class="AdwBreakpoint"><condition>max-width: 400sp</condition><setter object="split_view" property="collapsed">True</setter></object></child><property name="content"><object class="AdwOverlaySplitView" id="split_view"><property name="sidebar"><!-- ... --></property><property name="content"><!-- ... --></property></object></property></object>

AdwOverlaySplitView is often used for implementing the utility pane pattern.

Sizing

When not collapsed, AdwOverlaySplitView changes the sidebar width depending on its own width.

If possible, it tries to allocate a fraction of the total width, controlled with the [property@OverlaySplitView:sidebar-width-fraction] property.

The sidebar also has minimum and maximum sizes, controlled with the [property@OverlaySplitView:min-sidebar-width] and [property@OverlaySplitView:max-sidebar-width] properties.

The minimum and maximum sizes are using the length unit specified with the [property@OverlaySplitView:sidebar-width-unit].

By default, sidebar is using 25% of the total width, with 180sp as the minimum size and 280sp as the maximum size.

When collapsed, the preferred width fraction is ignored and the sidebar uses [property@OverlaySplitView:max-sidebar-width] when possible.

Header Bar Integration

When used inside AdwOverlaySplitView, [class@HeaderBar] will automatically hide the window buttons in the middle.

AdwOverlaySplitView as GtkBuildable

The AdwOverlaySplitView implementation of the [iface@Gtk.Buildable] interface supports setting the sidebar widget by specifying “sidebar” as the “type” attribute of a <child> element, Specifying “content” child type or omitting it results in setting the content widget.

CSS nodes

AdwOverlaySplitView has a single CSS node with the name overlay-split-view.

It contains two nodes with the name widget, containing the sidebar and content children.

When not collapsed, they have the .sidebar-view and .content-view style classes respectively.

overlay-split-view
├── widget.sidebar-pane
│   ╰── [sidebar child]
╰── widget.content-pane
╰── [content child]

When collapsed, the one containing the sidebar child has the .background style class and the other one has no style classes.

overlay-split-view
├── widget.background
│   ╰── [sidebar child]
╰── widget
╰── [content child]

Accessibility

AdwOverlaySplitView uses the GTK_ACCESSIBLE_ROLE_GROUP role.

Properties

updateFunctions

Additional update functions for type extensions.

appearFunctions

Additional appear functions for type extensions.

collapsed

Whether the split view is collapsed.

When collapsed, the sidebar widget is presented as an overlay above the content widget, otherwise they are displayed side by side.

content

The content widget.

enableHideGesture

Whether the sidebar can be closed with a swipe gesture.

Only touchscreen swipes are supported.

enableShowGesture

Whether the sidebar can be opened with an edge swipe gesture.

Only touchscreen swipes are supported.

maxSidebarWidth

The maximum sidebar width.

Maximum width is affected by [property@OverlaySplitView:sidebar-width-unit].

The sidebar widget can still be allocated with larger width if its own minimum width exceeds it.

minSidebarWidth

The minimum sidebar width.

Minimum width is affected by [property@OverlaySplitView:sidebar-width-unit].

The sidebar widget can still be allocated with larger width if its own minimum width exceeds it.

pinSidebar

Whether the sidebar widget is pinned.

By default, collapsing @self automatically hides the sidebar widget, and uncollapsing it shows the sidebar. If set to TRUE, sidebar visibility never changes on its own.

showSidebar

Whether the sidebar widget is shown.

sidebar

The sidebar widget.

sidebarWidthFraction

The preferred sidebar width as a fraction of the total width.

The preferred width is additionally limited by [property@OverlaySplitView:min-sidebar-width] and [property@OverlaySplitView:max-sidebar-width].

The sidebar widget can be allocated with larger width if its own minimum width exceeds the preferred width.

app

The application.

window

The window.

Methods

init()

Initialize OverlaySplitView.

container(modifiers:)

Get the widget's view storage.

  • Parameter modifiers: The view modifiers.
  • Returns: The view storage.

update(_:modifiers:updateProperties:)

Update the widget's view storage.

  • Parameters:
    • storage: The view storage.
    • modifiers: The view modifiers.
    • updateProperties: Whether to update the view's properties.

collapsed(_:)

Whether the split view is collapsed.

When collapsed, the sidebar widget is presented as an overlay above the content widget, otherwise they are displayed side by side.

content(_:)

The content widget.

enableHideGesture(_:)

Whether the sidebar can be closed with a swipe gesture.

Only touchscreen swipes are supported.

enableShowGesture(_:)

Whether the sidebar can be opened with an edge swipe gesture.

Only touchscreen swipes are supported.

maxSidebarWidth(_:)

The maximum sidebar width.

Maximum width is affected by [property@OverlaySplitView:sidebar-width-unit].

The sidebar widget can still be allocated with larger width if its own minimum width exceeds it.

minSidebarWidth(_:)

The minimum sidebar width.

Minimum width is affected by [property@OverlaySplitView:sidebar-width-unit].

The sidebar widget can still be allocated with larger width if its own minimum width exceeds it.

pinSidebar(_:)

Whether the sidebar widget is pinned.

By default, collapsing @self automatically hides the sidebar widget, and uncollapsing it shows the sidebar. If set to TRUE, sidebar visibility never changes on its own.

showSidebar(_:)

Whether the sidebar widget is shown.

sidebar(_:)

The sidebar widget.

sidebarWidthFraction(_:)

The preferred sidebar width as a fraction of the total width.

The preferred width is additionally limited by [property@OverlaySplitView:min-sidebar-width] and [property@OverlaySplitView:max-sidebar-width].

The sidebar widget can be allocated with larger width if its own minimum width exceeds the preferred width.