### Class

# Gtk FontChooserWidget

deprecated: 4.10

#### Description [src]

    final class Gtk.FontChooserWidget : Gtk.Widget
      implements Gtk.Accessible, Gtk.Buildable, Gtk.ConstraintTarget, Gtk.FontChooser {
      /* No available fields */
    }

The `GtkFontChooserWidget` widget lets the user select a font.

It is used in the `GtkFontChooserDialog` widget to provide a dialog for selecting fonts.

To set the font which is initially selected, use `gtk_font_chooser_set_font()` or `gtk_font_chooser_set_font_desc()`.

To get the selected font use `gtk_font_chooser_get_font()` or `gtk_font_chooser_get_font_desc()`.

To change the text which is shown in the preview area, use `gtk_font_chooser_set_preview_text()`.

# CSS nodes

`GtkFontChooserWidget` has a single CSS node with name fontchooser.

Deprecated since: 4.10

Direct use of `GtkFontChooserWidget` is deprecated.

#### Hierarchy

#### Ancestors

- GtkWidget
- GInitiallyUnowned
- GObject

#### Implements

- GtkAccessible
- GtkBuildable
- GtkConstraintTarget
- GtkFontChooser

#### Constructors

###### gtk_font_chooser_widget_new

Creates a new `GtkFontChooserWidget`.

deprecated: 4.10

#### Instance methods

##### Methods inherited from GtkWidget (162)

Please see GtkWidget for a full list of methods.

##### Methods inherited from GObject (43)

Please see GObject for a full list of methods.

##### Methods inherited from GtkAccessible (19)

###### gtk_accessible_announce

Requests the user’s screen reader to announce the given message.

since: 4.14

###### gtk_accessible_get_accessible_parent

Retrieves the accessible parent for an accessible object.

since: 4.10

###### gtk_accessible_get_accessible_role

Retrieves the accessible role of an accessible object.

###### gtk_accessible_get_at_context

Retrieves the accessible implementation for the given `GtkAccessible`.

since: 4.10

###### gtk_accessible_get_bounds

Queries the coordinates and dimensions of this accessible.

since: 4.10

###### gtk_accessible_get_first_accessible_child

Retrieves the first accessible child of an accessible object.

since: 4.10

###### gtk_accessible_get_next_accessible_sibling

Retrieves the next accessible sibling of an accessible object.

since: 4.10

###### gtk_accessible_get_platform_state

Query a platform state, such as focus.

since: 4.10

###### 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_set_accessible_parent

Sets the parent and sibling of an accessible object.

since: 4.10

###### gtk_accessible_update_next_accessible_sibling

Updates the next accessible sibling of `self`.

since: 4.10

###### 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 GtkFontChooser (19)

###### gtk_font_chooser_get_font

Gets the currently-selected font name.

deprecated: 4.10

###### gtk_font_chooser_get_font_desc

Gets the currently-selected font.

deprecated: 4.10

###### gtk_font_chooser_get_font_face

Gets the `PangoFontFace` representing the selected font group details (i.e. family, slant, weight, width, etc).

deprecated: 4.10

###### gtk_font_chooser_get_font_family

Gets the `PangoFontFamily` representing the selected font family.

deprecated: 4.10

###### gtk_font_chooser_get_font_features

Gets the currently-selected font features.

deprecated: 4.10

###### gtk_font_chooser_get_font_map

Gets the custom font map of this font chooser widget, or `NULL` if it does not have one.

deprecated: 4.10

###### gtk_font_chooser_get_font_size

The selected font size.

deprecated: 4.10

###### gtk_font_chooser_get_language

Gets the language that is used for font features.

deprecated: 4.10

###### gtk_font_chooser_get_level

Returns the current level of granularity for selecting fonts.

deprecated: 4.10

###### gtk_font_chooser_get_preview_text

Gets the text displayed in the preview area.

deprecated: 4.10

###### gtk_font_chooser_get_show_preview_entry

Returns whether the preview entry is shown or not.

deprecated: 4.10

###### gtk_font_chooser_set_filter_func

Adds a filter function that decides which fonts to display in the font chooser.

deprecated: 4.10

###### gtk_font_chooser_set_font

Sets the currently-selected font.

deprecated: 4.10

###### gtk_font_chooser_set_font_desc

Sets the currently-selected font from `font_desc`.

deprecated: 4.10

###### gtk_font_chooser_set_font_map

Sets a custom font map to use for this font chooser widget.

deprecated: 4.10

###### gtk_font_chooser_set_language

Sets the language to use for font features.

deprecated: 4.10

###### gtk_font_chooser_set_level

Sets the desired level of granularity for selecting fonts.

deprecated: 4.10

###### gtk_font_chooser_set_preview_text

Sets the text displayed in the preview area.

deprecated: 4.10

###### gtk_font_chooser_set_show_preview_entry

Shows or hides the editable preview entry.

deprecated: 4.10

#### Properties

###### Gtk.FontChooserWidget:tweak-action

A toggle action that can be used to switch to the tweak page of the font chooser widget, which lets the user tweak the OpenType features and variation axes of the selected font.

##### 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)

###### GtkAccessible:accessible-role

The accessible role of the given `GtkAccessible` implementation.

##### Properties inherited from GtkFontChooser (7)

###### GtkFontChooser:font

The font description as a string, e.g. “Sans Italic 12”.

deprecated: 4.10

###### GtkFontChooser:font-desc

The font description as a `PangoFontDescription`.

deprecated: 4.10

###### GtkFontChooser:font-features

The selected font features.

deprecated: 4.10

###### GtkFontChooser:language

The language for which the font features were selected.

deprecated: 4.10

###### GtkFontChooser:level

The level of granularity to offer for selecting fonts.

deprecated: 4.10

###### GtkFontChooser:preview-text

The string with which to preview the font.

deprecated: 4.10

###### GtkFontChooser:show-preview-entry

Whether to show an entry to change the preview text.

deprecated: 4.10

#### Signals

##### Signals inherited from GtkWidget (13)

###### GtkWidget::destroy

Signals that all holders of a reference to the widget should release the reference that they hold.

###### GtkWidget::direction-changed

Emitted when the text direction of a widget changes.

###### GtkWidget::hide

Emitted when `widget` is hidden.

###### GtkWidget::keynav-failed

Emitted if keyboard navigation fails.

###### GtkWidget::map

Emitted when `widget` is going to be mapped.

###### GtkWidget::mnemonic-activate

Emitted when a widget is activated via a mnemonic.

###### GtkWidget::move-focus

Emitted when the focus is moved.

###### GtkWidget::query-tooltip

Emitted when the widget’s tooltip is about to be shown.

###### GtkWidget::realize

Emitted when `widget` is associated with a `GdkSurface`.

###### GtkWidget::show

Emitted when `widget` is shown.

###### GtkWidget::state-flags-changed

Emitted when the widget state changes.

###### GtkWidget::unmap

Emitted when `widget` is going to be unmapped.

###### GtkWidget::unrealize

Emitted when the `GdkSurface` associated with `widget` is destroyed.

##### Signals inherited from GObject (1)

###### GObject::notify

The notify signal is emitted on an object when one of its properties has its value set through g_object_set_property(), g_object_set(), et al.

##### Signals inherited from GtkFontChooser (1)

###### GtkFontChooser::font-activated

Emitted when a font is activated.

deprecated: 4.10