Enumerations

enum  Elm_Icon_Lookup_Order {
  ELM_ICON_LOOKUP_FDO_THEME,
  ELM_ICON_LOOKUP_THEME_FDO,
  ELM_ICON_LOOKUP_FDO,
  ELM_ICON_LOOKUP_THEME
}
 Lookup order used by elm_icon_standard_set(). More...

Functions

Evas_Object * elm_icon_add (Evas_Object *parent)
 Add a new icon object to the parent.
EINA_DEPRECATED Eina_Bool elm_icon_file_set (Evas_Object *obj, const char *file, const char *group)
 Set the file that will be used as icon.
EINA_DEPRECATED Eina_Bool elm_icon_memfile_set (Evas_Object *obj, const void *img, size_t size, const char *format, const char *key)
 Set a location in memory to be used as an icon.
EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_file_get (const Evas_Object *obj, const char **file, const char **group)
 Get the file that will be used as icon.
void elm_icon_thumb_set (Evas_Object *obj, const char *file, const char *group)
 Set the file that will be used, but use a generated thumbnail.
Eina_Bool elm_icon_standard_set (Evas_Object *obj, const char *name)
 Set the icon by icon standards names.
const char * elm_icon_standard_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
 Get the icon name set by icon standard names.
EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_smooth_set (Evas_Object *obj, Eina_Bool smooth)
 Set the smooth scaling for an icon object.
EINA_DEPRECATED Eina_Bool elm_icon_smooth_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
 Get whether smooth scaling is enabled for an icon object.
EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_no_scale_set (Evas_Object *obj, Eina_Bool no_scale)
 Disable scaling of this object.
EINA_DEPRECATED Eina_Bool elm_icon_no_scale_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
 Get whether scaling is disabled on the object.
EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_resizable_set (Evas_Object *obj, Eina_Bool size_up, Eina_Bool size_down)
 Set if the object is (up/down) resizable.
EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_resizable_get (const Evas_Object *obj, Eina_Bool *size_up, Eina_Bool *size_down)
 Get if the object is (up/down) resizable.
EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_size_get (const Evas_Object *obj, int *w, int *h)
 Get the object's image size.
EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_fill_outside_set (Evas_Object *obj, Eina_Bool fill_outside)
 Set if the icon fill the entire object area.
EINA_DEPRECATED Eina_Bool elm_icon_fill_outside_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
 Get if the object is filled outside.
EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_prescale_set (Evas_Object *obj, int size)
 Set the prescale size for the icon.
EINA_DEPRECATED int elm_icon_prescale_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
 Get the prescale size for the icon.
EINA_DEPRECATED Evas_Object * elm_icon_object_get (Evas_Object *obj)
 Gets the image object of the icon.
void elm_icon_order_lookup_set (Evas_Object *obj, Elm_Icon_Lookup_Order order)
 Sets the icon lookup order used by elm_icon_standard_set().
Elm_Icon_Lookup_Order elm_icon_order_lookup_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
 Gets the icon lookup order.
EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_preload_disabled_set (Evas_Object *obj, Eina_Bool disabled)
 Enable or disable preloading of the icon.
EINA_DEPRECATED Eina_Bool elm_icon_animated_available_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
 Get if the icon supports animation or not.
EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_animated_set (Evas_Object *obj, Eina_Bool animated)
 Set animation mode of the icon.
EINA_DEPRECATED Eina_Bool elm_icon_animated_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
 Get animation mode of the icon.
EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_animated_play_set (Evas_Object *obj, Eina_Bool play)
 Set animation play mode of the icon.
EINA_DEPRECATED Eina_Bool elm_icon_animated_play_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
 Get animation play mode of the icon.
EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_aspect_fixed_set (Evas_Object *obj, Eina_Bool fixed)
 Set whether the original aspect ratio of the icon should be kept on resize.
EINA_DEPRECATED Eina_Bool elm_icon_aspect_fixed_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
 Get if the object retains the original aspect ratio.

Detailed Description

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An icon object is used to display standard icon images ("delete", "edit", "arrows", etc.) or images coming from a custom file (PNG, JPG, EDJE, etc.), on icon contexts.

The icon image requested can be in the Elementary theme in use, or in the freedesktop.org theme paths. It's possible to set the order of preference from where an image will be fetched.

This widget inherits from the Image one, so that all the functions acting on it also work for icon objects.

You should be using an icon, instead of an image, whenever one of the following apply:

  • you need a thumbnail version of an original image
  • you need freedesktop.org provided icon images
  • you need theme provided icon images (Edje groups)

Various calls on the icon's API are marked as deprecated, as they just wrap the image counterpart functions. Use the ones we point you to, for each case of deprecation here, instead -- eventually the deprecated ones will be discarded (next major release).

Default images provided by Elementary's default theme are described below.

These are names for icons that were first intended to be used in toolbars, but can be used in many other places too:

  • "home"
  • "close"
  • "apps"
  • "arrow_up"
  • "arrow_down"
  • "arrow_left"
  • "arrow_right"
  • "chat"
  • "clock"
  • "delete"
  • "edit"
  • "refresh"
  • "folder"
  • "file"

These are names for icons that were designed to be used in menus (but again, you can use them anywhere else):

  • "menu/home"
  • "menu/close"
  • "menu/apps"
  • "menu/arrow_up"
  • "menu/arrow_down"
  • "menu/arrow_left"
  • "menu/arrow_right"
  • "menu/chat"
  • "menu/clock"
  • "menu/delete"
  • "menu/edit"
  • "menu/refresh"
  • "menu/folder"
  • "menu/file"

And these are names for some media player specific icons:

  • "media_player/forward"
  • "media_player/info"
  • "media_player/next"
  • "media_player/pause"
  • "media_player/play"
  • "media_player/prev"
  • "media_player/rewind"
  • "media_player/stop"

This widget emits the following signals, besides the ones sent from Image:


Enumeration Type Documentation

Lookup order used by elm_icon_standard_set().

Should look for icons in the theme, FDO paths, or both?

Enumerator:
ELM_ICON_LOOKUP_FDO_THEME 

icon look up order: freedesktop, theme

ELM_ICON_LOOKUP_THEME_FDO 

icon look up order: theme, freedesktop

ELM_ICON_LOOKUP_FDO 

icon look up order: freedesktop

ELM_ICON_LOOKUP_THEME 

icon look up order: theme


Function Documentation

Evas_Object* elm_icon_add ( Evas_Object *  parent)

Add a new icon object to the parent.

Parameters:
parentThe parent object
Returns:
The new object or NULL if it cannot be created
See also:
elm_image_file_set()

Referenced by elm_menu_item_add(), elm_toolbar_item_icon_file_set(), elm_toolbar_item_icon_memfile_set(), elm_toolbar_item_icon_set(), and elm_toolbar_item_state_add().

EINA_DEPRECATED Eina_Bool elm_icon_animated_available_get ( const Evas_Object *  obj)

Get if the icon supports animation or not.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
Returns:
EINA_TRUE if the icon supports animation, EINA_FALSE otherwise.

Return if this elm icon's image can be animated. Currently Evas only supports gif animation. If the return value is EINA_FALSE, other elm_icon_animated_xxx APIs won't work.

Deprecated:
Use elm_image_animated_available_get() instead.

References elm_image_animated_available_get().

EINA_DEPRECATED Eina_Bool elm_icon_animated_get ( const Evas_Object *  obj)

Get animation mode of the icon.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
Returns:
The animation mode of the icon object
See also:
elm_icon_animated_set
Deprecated:
Use elm_image_animated_get() instead.

References elm_image_animated_get().

EINA_DEPRECATED Eina_Bool elm_icon_animated_play_get ( const Evas_Object *  obj)

Get animation play mode of the icon.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
Returns:
The play mode of the icon object
See also:
elm_icon_animated_play_get
Deprecated:
Use elm_image_animated_play_get() instead.

References elm_image_animated_play_get().

EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_animated_play_set ( Evas_Object *  obj,
Eina_Bool  play 
)

Set animation play mode of the icon.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
playEINA_TRUE the object play animation images, EINA_FALSE otherwise. Default is EINA_FALSE.

To play elm icon's animation, set play to EINA_TRUE. For example, you make gif player using this set/get API and click event. This literally lets you control current play or paused state. To have this work with animated GIF files for example, you first, before setting the file have to use elm_icon_animated_set() to enable animation at all on the icon.

1. Click event occurs 2. Check play flag using elm_icon_animated_play_get 3. If elm icon was playing, set play to EINA_FALSE. Then animation will be stopped and vice versa

Deprecated:
Use elm_image_animated_play_set() instead.

References elm_image_animated_play_set().

EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_animated_set ( Evas_Object *  obj,
Eina_Bool  animated 
)

Set animation mode of the icon.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
animatedEINA_TRUE if the object do animation job, EINA_FALSE otherwise. Default is EINA_FALSE.

Since the default animation mode is set to EINA_FALSE, the icon is shown without animation. Files like animated GIF files can animate, and this is supported if you enable animated support on the icon. Set it to EINA_TRUE when the icon needs to be animated.

Deprecated:
Use elm_image_animated_set() instead.

References elm_image_animated_set().

EINA_DEPRECATED Eina_Bool elm_icon_aspect_fixed_get ( const Evas_Object *  obj)

Get if the object retains the original aspect ratio.

Parameters:
objThe icon object.
Returns:
EINA_TRUE if the object keeps the original aspect, EINA_FALSE otherwise.
Deprecated:
Use elm_image_aspect_fixed_get() instead.

References elm_image_aspect_fixed_get().

EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_aspect_fixed_set ( Evas_Object *  obj,
Eina_Bool  fixed 
)

Set whether the original aspect ratio of the icon should be kept on resize.

Parameters:
objThe icon object.
fixedEINA_TRUE if the icon should retain the aspect, EINA_FALSE otherwise.

The original aspect ratio (width / height) of the icon is usually distorted to match the object's size. Enabling this option will retain this original aspect, and the way that the icon is fit into the object's area depends on the option set by elm_icon_fill_outside_set().

See also:
elm_icon_aspect_fixed_get()
elm_icon_fill_outside_set()
Deprecated:
Use elm_image_aspect_fixed_set() instead.

References elm_image_aspect_fixed_set().

EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_file_get ( const Evas_Object *  obj,
const char **  file,
const char **  group 
)

Get the file that will be used as icon.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
fileThe path to file that will be used as the icon image
groupThe group that the icon belongs to, in edje file
See also:
elm_image_file_set()
Deprecated:
Use elm_image_file_get() instead.

References elm_image_file_get().

EINA_DEPRECATED Eina_Bool elm_icon_file_set ( Evas_Object *  obj,
const char *  file,
const char *  group 
)

Set the file that will be used as icon.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
fileThe path to file that will be used as icon image
groupThe group that the icon belongs to an edje file
Returns:
(EINA_TRUE = success, EINA_FALSE = error)
Note:
The icon image set by this function can be changed by elm_icon_standard_set().
See also:
elm_icon_file_get()
Deprecated:
Use elm_image_file_set() instead.

References elm_image_file_set().

EINA_DEPRECATED Eina_Bool elm_icon_fill_outside_get ( const Evas_Object *  obj)

Get if the object is filled outside.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
Returns:
EINA_TRUE if the object is filled outside, EINA_FALSE otherwise.
See also:
elm_icon_fill_outside_set()
Deprecated:
Use elm_image_fill_outside_get() instead.

References elm_image_fill_outside_get().

EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_fill_outside_set ( Evas_Object *  obj,
Eina_Bool  fill_outside 
)

Set if the icon fill the entire object area.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
fill_outsideEINA_TRUE if the object is filled outside, EINA_FALSE otherwise. Default is EINA_FALSE.

When the icon object is resized to a different aspect ratio from the original icon image, the icon image will still keep its aspect. This flag tells how the image should fill the object's area. They are: keep the entire icon inside the limits of height and width of the object (fill_outside is EINA_FALSE) or let the extra width or height go outside of the object, and the icon will fill the entire object (fill_outside is EINA_TRUE).

Note:
Unlike Image, there's no option in icon to set the aspect ratio retain property to false. Thus, the icon image will always keep its original aspect ratio.
See also:
elm_icon_fill_outside_get()
Deprecated:
Use elm_image_fill_outside_set() instead.

References elm_image_fill_outside_set().

EINA_DEPRECATED Eina_Bool elm_icon_memfile_set ( Evas_Object *  obj,
const void *  img,
size_t  size,
const char *  format,
const char *  key 
)

Set a location in memory to be used as an icon.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
imgThe binary data that will be used as an image
sizeThe size of binary data img
formatOptional format of img to pass to the image loader
keyOptional key of img to pass to the image loader (eg. if img is an edje file)

The format string should be something like "png", "jpg", "tga", "tiff", "bmp" etc. if it is provided (NULL if not). This improves the loader performance as it tries the "correct" loader first before trying a range of other possible loaders until one succeeds.

Returns:
(EINA_TRUE = success, EINA_FALSE = error)
Note:
The icon image set by this function can be changed by elm_icon_standard_set().
Deprecated:
Use elm_image_memfile_set() instead.

References elm_image_memfile_set().

EINA_DEPRECATED Eina_Bool elm_icon_no_scale_get ( const Evas_Object *  obj)

Get whether scaling is disabled on the object.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
Returns:
EINA_TRUE if scaling is disabled, EINA_FALSE otherwise
See also:
elm_icon_no_scale_set()
Deprecated:
Use elm_image_no_scale_get() instead.

References elm_image_no_scale_get().

EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_no_scale_set ( Evas_Object *  obj,
Eina_Bool  no_scale 
)

Disable scaling of this object.

Parameters:
objThe icon object.
no_scaleEINA_TRUE if the object is not scalable, EINA_FALSE otherwise. Default is EINA_FALSE.

This function disables scaling of the icon object through the function elm_object_scale_set(). However, this does not affect the object size/resize in any way. For that effect, take a look at elm_icon_resizable_set().

See also:
elm_icon_no_scale_get()
elm_icon_resizable_set()
elm_object_scale_set()
Deprecated:
Use elm_image_no_scale_set() instead.

References elm_image_no_scale_set().

EINA_DEPRECATED Evas_Object* elm_icon_object_get ( Evas_Object *  obj)

Gets the image object of the icon.

DO NOT MODIFY THIS.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
Returns:
The internal icon object
Deprecated:
Use elm_image_object_get() instead.

References elm_image_object_get().

Elm_Icon_Lookup_Order elm_icon_order_lookup_get ( const Evas_Object *  obj)

Gets the icon lookup order.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
Returns:
The icon lookup order
See also:
elm_icon_order_lookup_set()
Elm_Icon_Lookup_Order

References ELM_ICON_LOOKUP_THEME_FDO.

void elm_icon_order_lookup_set ( Evas_Object *  obj,
Elm_Icon_Lookup_Order  order 
)

Sets the icon lookup order used by elm_icon_standard_set().

Parameters:
objThe icon object
orderThe icon lookup order (can be one of ELM_ICON_LOOKUP_FDO_THEME, ELM_ICON_LOOKUP_THEME_FDO, ELM_ICON_LOOKUP_FDO or ELM_ICON_LOOKUP_THEME)
See also:
elm_icon_order_lookup_get()
Elm_Icon_Lookup_Order

Referenced by elm_toolbar_icon_order_lookup_set(), and elm_toolbar_item_state_add().

EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_preload_disabled_set ( Evas_Object *  obj,
Eina_Bool  disabled 
)

Enable or disable preloading of the icon.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
disabledIf EINA_TRUE, preloading will be disabled
Deprecated:
Use elm_image_preload_disabled_set() instead.

References elm_image_preload_disabled_set().

EINA_DEPRECATED int elm_icon_prescale_get ( const Evas_Object *  obj)

Get the prescale size for the icon.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
Returns:
The prescale size
See also:
elm_icon_prescale_set()
Deprecated:
Use elm_image_prescale_get() instead.

References elm_image_prescale_get().

EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_prescale_set ( Evas_Object *  obj,
int  size 
)

Set the prescale size for the icon.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
sizeThe prescale size. This value is used for both width and height.

This function sets a new size for pixmap representation of the given icon. It allows the icon to be loaded already in the specified size, reducing the memory usage and load time when loading a big icon with load size set to a smaller size.

It's equivalent to the elm_bg_load_size_set() function for bg.

Note:
this is just a hint, the real size of the pixmap may differ depending on the type of icon being loaded, being bigger than requested.
See also:
elm_icon_prescale_get()
elm_bg_load_size_set()
Deprecated:
Use elm_image_prescale_set() instead.

References elm_image_prescale_set().

EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_resizable_get ( const Evas_Object *  obj,
Eina_Bool *  size_up,
Eina_Bool *  size_down 
)

Get if the object is (up/down) resizable.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
size_upA bool to set if the object is resizable up
size_downA bool to set if the object is resizable down
See also:
elm_icon_resizable_set()
Deprecated:
Use elm_image_resizable_get() instead.

References elm_image_resizable_get().

EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_resizable_set ( Evas_Object *  obj,
Eina_Bool  size_up,
Eina_Bool  size_down 
)

Set if the object is (up/down) resizable.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
size_upA bool to set if the object is resizable up. Default is EINA_TRUE.
size_downA bool to set if the object is resizable down. Default is EINA_TRUE.

This function limits the icon object resize ability. If size_up is set to EINA_FALSE, the object can't have its height or width resized to a value higher than the original icon size. Same is valid for size_down.

See also:
elm_icon_resizable_get()
Deprecated:
Use elm_image_resizable_set() instead.

References elm_image_resizable_set().

EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_size_get ( const Evas_Object *  obj,
int *  w,
int *  h 
)

Get the object's image size.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
wA pointer to store the width in
hA pointer to store the height in
Deprecated:
Use elm_image_object_size_get() instead.

References elm_image_object_size_get().

EINA_DEPRECATED Eina_Bool elm_icon_smooth_get ( const Evas_Object *  obj)

Get whether smooth scaling is enabled for an icon object.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
Returns:
EINA_TRUE if smooth scaling is enabled, EINA_FALSE otherwise.
See also:
elm_icon_smooth_set()
Deprecated:
Use elm_image_smooth_get() instead.

References elm_image_smooth_get().

EINA_DEPRECATED void elm_icon_smooth_set ( Evas_Object *  obj,
Eina_Bool  smooth 
)

Set the smooth scaling for an icon object.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
smoothEINA_TRUE if smooth scaling should be used, EINA_FALSE otherwise. Default is EINA_TRUE.

Set the scaling algorithm to be used when scaling the icon image. Smooth scaling provides a better resulting image, but is slower.

The smooth scaling should be disabled when making animations that change the icon size, since they will be faster. Animations that don't require resizing of the icon can keep the smooth scaling enabled (even if the icon is already scaled, since the scaled icon image will be cached).

See also:
elm_icon_smooth_get()
Deprecated:
Use elm_image_smooth_set() instead.

References elm_image_smooth_set().

const char* elm_icon_standard_get ( const Evas_Object *  obj)

Get the icon name set by icon standard names.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
Returns:
The icon name

If the icon image was set using elm_image_file_set() instead of elm_icon_standard_set(), then this function will return NULL.

See also:
elm_icon_standard_set()
Eina_Bool elm_icon_standard_set ( Evas_Object *  obj,
const char *  name 
)

Set the icon by icon standards names.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
nameThe icon name
Returns:
(EINA_TRUE = success, EINA_FALSE = error)

For example, freedesktop.org defines standard icon names such as "home", "network", etc. There can be different icon sets to match those icon keys. The name given as parameter is one of these "keys", and will be used to look in the freedesktop.org paths and elementary theme. One can change the lookup order with elm_icon_order_lookup_set().

If name is not found in any of the expected locations and it is the absolute path of an image file, this image will be used.

Note:
The icon image set by this function can be changed by elm_image_file_set().
See also:
elm_icon_standard_get()
elm_image_file_set()

Referenced by elm_menu_item_icon_name_set(), and elm_photo_file_set().

void elm_icon_thumb_set ( Evas_Object *  obj,
const char *  file,
const char *  group 
)

Set the file that will be used, but use a generated thumbnail.

Parameters:
objThe icon object
fileThe path to file that will be used as icon image
groupThe group that the icon belongs to an edje file

This functions like elm_image_file_set() but requires the Ethumb library support to be enabled successfully with elm_need_ethumb(). When set the file indicated has a thumbnail generated and cached on disk for future use or will directly use an existing cached thumbnail if it is valid.

See also:
elm_image_file_set()

References elm_thumb_ethumb_client_connected_get().

Referenced by elm_photo_thumb_set().