What are the differences between GtkEntry and GtkTextView?

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2171958

  •  24-09-2019
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Question

Apart from GTextView being multiline and able to display text in different styles (font, color etc. using tags), what are other obvious differences between the two?

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Solution

Both GtkEntry and GtkTextView can be multiline.

GtkTextView can in addition:

  • Does not store any data, it uses GtkTextBuffer for that
  • Several GtkTextView widgets can display the same content
  • Be serialized to disk as RTF
  • Contain other GtkWidgets
  • Support advanced buffer manipulation through the GtkTextBuffer api

OTHER TIPS

I think those are the big differences. They are meant to accomplish different tasks.

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