Desklet.Desklet

Desklet.Desklet — Base desklet class to be inherited

Functions

Properties

dictionary metadata  
St.BoxLayout actor  
St.Bin content  
int instance_id  

Object Hierarchy

    Object
    ╰── Desklet.Desklet
  

Description

Desklet is a base class in which other desklets can inherit

Functions

_init ()


_init (dictionary   metadata,
       int          desklet_id);

Constructor function

Parameters

metadata

the metadata of the desklet

 

desklet_id

instance id of the desklet

 

setHeader ()


setHeader (string   header);

Sets the header text of the desklet to header

Parameters

header

the header of the desklet

 

setContent ()


setContent (Clutter.Actor   actor,
            dictionary      params);

Sets the content actor of the desklet as actor

Parameters

actor

actor to be set as child

 

params

(optional) parameters to be sent. This argument is ignored. Only kept for compatibility reasons

 

on_desklet_removed ()


on_desklet_removed ();

Callback when desklet is removed. To be overridden by individual desklets


on_desklet_reloaded ()


on_desklet_reloaded ();

Callback when desklet is reloaded. To be overridden by individual desklets


destroy ()


destroy ();

Destroys the actor with an fading animation


on_desklet_added_to_desktop ()


on_desklet_added_to_desktop ();

This function is called by deskletManager when the desklet is added to the desktop.

This is meant to be overridden in individual applets.


highlight ()


highlight (boolean   highlight);

Turns on/off the highlight of the desklet

Parameters

highlight

whether to turn on or off

 

Property Details

The “metadata” property

  “metadata”                 dictionary

Metadata of desklet


The “actor” property

  “actor”                    St.BoxLayout

Actor of desklet


The “content” property

  “content”                  St.Bin

The actor containing the content of the actor


The “instance_id” property

  “instance_id”              int

Instance id of the desklet