Gtk.Window.prototype.parse_geometry

function parse_geometry(geometry:String):Boolean {
    // Gjs wrapper for gtk_window_parse_geometry()
}

Parses a standard X Window System geometry string - see the manual page for X (type 'man X') for details on this. Gtk.Window.prototype.parse_geometry does work on all GTK+ ports including Win32 but is primarily intended for an X environment.

If either a size or a position can be extracted from the geometry string, Gtk.Window.prototype.parse_geometry returns true and calls Gtk.set_default_size and/or Gtk.Window.prototype.move to resize/move the window.

If Gtk.Window.prototype.parse_geometry returns true, it will also set the #GDK_HINT_USER_POS and/or #GDK_HINT_USER_SIZE hints indicating to the window manager that the size/position of the window was user-specified. This causes most window managers to honor the geometry.

Note that for Gtk.Window.prototype.parse_geometry to work as expected, it has to be called when the window has its "final" size, i.e. after calling Gtk.Widget.prototype.show_all on the contents and Gtk.set_geometry_hints on the window. |[ #include <gtk/gtk.h> static void fill_with_content (GtkWidget *vbox) { /&ast; fill with content... &ast;/ } int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { GtkWidget *window, *vbox; GdkGeometry size_hints = { 100, 50, 0, 0, 100, 50, 10, 10, 0.0, 0.0, GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST }; gtk_init (&argc, &argv); window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL); vbox = gtk_box_new (GTK_ORIENTATION_VERTICAL, FALSE, 0); gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (window), vbox); fill_with_content (vbox); gtk_widget_show_all (vbox); gtk_window_set_geometry_hints (GTK_WINDOW (window), window, &size_hints, GDK_HINT_MIN_SIZE | GDK_HINT_BASE_SIZE | GDK_HINT_RESIZE_INC); if (argc &gt; 1) { if (!gtk_window_parse_geometry (GTK_WINDOW (window), argv[1])) fprintf (stderr, "Failed to parse '%s'\n", argv[1]); } gtk_widget_show_all (window); gtk_main (); return 0; } ]|