Enumeration InputPurpose

Describes primary purpose of the input widget.

This information is useful for on-screen keyboards and similar input methods to decide which keys should be presented to the user.

Note that the purpose is not meant to impose a totally strict rule about allowed characters, and does not replace input validation. It is fine for an on-screen keyboard to let the user override the character set restriction that is expressed by the purpose. The application is expected to validate the entry contents, even if it specified a purpose.

The difference between %GTK_INPUT_PURPOSE_DIGITS and %GTK_INPUT_PURPOSE_NUMBER is that the former accepts only digits while the latter also some punctuation (like commas or points, plus, minus) and “e” or “E” as in 3.14E+000.

This enumeration may be extended in the future; input methods should interpret unknown values as “free form”.

Index

Enumeration Members

ALPHA

ALPHA: number

Allow only alphabetic characters

DIGITS

DIGITS: number

Allow only digits

EMAIL

EMAIL: number

Edited field expects email address

FREE_FORM

FREE_FORM: number

Allow any character

NAME

NAME: number

Edited field expects the name of a person

NUMBER

NUMBER: number

Edited field expects numbers

PASSWORD

PASSWORD: number

Like %GTK_INPUT_PURPOSE_FREE_FORM, but characters are hidden

PHONE

PHONE: number

Edited field expects phone number

PIN: number

Like %GTK_INPUT_PURPOSE_DIGITS, but characters are hidden

TERMINAL

TERMINAL: number

Allow any character, in addition to control codes

URL

URL: number

Edited field expects URL