Adw.ViewStack
Description: Reference for Adw.ViewStack

### Class

# AdwViewStack

#### Description [src]

    final class Adw.ViewStack : Gtk.Widget {
      /* No available fields */
    }

A view container for `AdwViewSwitcher`.

`AdwViewStack` is a container which only shows one page at a time. It is typically used to hold an application’s main views.

It doesn’t provide a way to transition between pages. Instead, a separate widget such as `AdwViewSwitcher` can be used with `AdwViewStack` to provide this functionality.

`AdwViewStack` pages can have a title, an icon, an attention request, and a numbered badge that `AdwViewSwitcher` will use to let users identify which page is which. Set them using the `AdwViewStackPage:title`, `AdwViewStackPage:icon-name`, `AdwViewStackPage:needs-attention`, and `AdwViewStackPage:badge-number` properties.

Unlike `GtkStack`, transitions between views are not animated.

`AdwViewStack` maintains a `AdwViewStackPage` object for each added child, which holds additional per-child properties. You obtain the `AdwViewStackPage` for a child with `adw_view_stack_get_page()` and you can obtain a `GtkSelectionModel` containing all the pages with `adw_view_stack_get_pages()`.

## AdwViewStack as GtkBuildable

To set child-specific properties in a .ui file, create `AdwViewStackPage` objects explicitly, and set the child widget as a property on it:

      <object class="AdwViewStack" id="stack">
        <child>
          <object class="AdwViewStackPage">
            <property name="name">overview</property>
            <property name="title">Overview</property>
            <property name="child">
              <object class="AdwStatusPage">
                <property name="title">Welcome!</property>
              </object>
            </property>
          </object>
        </child>
      </object>

## CSS nodes

`AdwViewStack` has a single CSS node named `stack`.

## Accessibility

`AdwViewStack` uses the `GTK_ACCESSIBLE_ROLE_TAB_PANEL` for the stack pages which are the accessible parent objects of the child widgets.

#### Hierarchy

#### Ancestors

- GtkWidget
- GInitiallyUnowned
- GObject

#### Implements

- GtkAccessible
- GtkBuildable
- GtkConstraintTarget

#### Constructors

###### adw_view_stack_new

Creates a new `AdwViewStack`.

#### Instance methods

###### adw_view_stack_add

Adds a child to `self`.

###### adw_view_stack_add_named

Adds a child to `self`.

###### adw_view_stack_add_titled

Adds a child to `self`.

###### adw_view_stack_add_titled_with_icon

Adds a child to `self`.

since: 1.2

###### adw_view_stack_get_child_by_name

Finds the child with `name` in `self`.

###### adw_view_stack_get_hhomogeneous

Gets whether `self` is horizontally homogeneous.

###### adw_view_stack_get_page

Gets the `AdwViewStackPage` object for `child`.

###### adw_view_stack_get_pages

Returns a `GListModel` that contains the pages of the stack.

###### adw_view_stack_get_vhomogeneous

Gets whether `self` is vertically homogeneous.

###### adw_view_stack_get_visible_child

Gets the currently visible child of `self`, .

###### adw_view_stack_get_visible_child_name

Returns the name of the currently visible child of `self`.

###### adw_view_stack_remove

Removes a child widget from `self`.

###### adw_view_stack_set_hhomogeneous

Sets `self` to be horizontally homogeneous or not.

###### adw_view_stack_set_vhomogeneous

Sets `self` to be vertically homogeneous or not.

###### adw_view_stack_set_visible_child

Makes `child` the visible child of `self`.

###### adw_view_stack_set_visible_child_name

Makes the child with `name` visible.

##### 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 (18)

###### gtk_accessible_get_accessible_parent

Retrieves the accessible parent for an accessible object.

unstable 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`.

unstable since: 4.10

###### gtk_accessible_get_bounds

Queries the coordinates and dimensions of this accessible.

unstable since: 4.10

###### gtk_accessible_get_first_accessible_child

Retrieves the first accessible child of an accessible object.

unstable since: 4.10

###### gtk_accessible_get_next_accessible_sibling

Retrieves the next accessible sibling of an accessible object.

unstable since: 4.10

###### gtk_accessible_get_platform_state

Query a platform state, such as focus.

unstable 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.

unstable since: 4.10

###### gtk_accessible_update_next_accessible_sibling

Updates the next accessible sibling of `self`.

unstable 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.

#### Properties

###### Adw.ViewStack:hhomogeneous

Whether the stack is horizontally homogeneous.

###### Adw.ViewStack:pages

A selection model with the stack’s pages.

###### Adw.ViewStack:vhomogeneous

Whether the stack is vertically homogeneous.

###### Adw.ViewStack:visible-child

The widget currently visible in the stack.

###### Adw.ViewStack:visible-child-name

The name of the widget currently visible in the stack.

##### 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)

###### Gtk-4.0.Accessible:accessible-role

The accessible role of the given `GtkAccessible` implementation.

#### 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.

#### Class structure

    struct AdwViewStackClass {
      GtkWidgetClass parent_class;

    }

No description available.

###### Class members

`parent_class: GtkWidgetClass`
  No description available.