WebKitWebInspector

WebKitWebInspector — Access to the WebKit inspector

Functions

Properties

Signals

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── WebKitWebInspector

Description

The WebKit Inspector is a graphical tool to inspect and change the content of a WebKitWebView. It also includes an interactive JavaScript debugger. Using this class one can get a GtkWidget which can be embedded into an application to show the inspector.

The inspector is available when the WebKitSettings of the WebKitWebView has set the “enable-developer-extras” to true, otherwise no inspector is available.

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/* Enable the developer extras */
WebKitSettings *setting = webkit_web_view_get_settings (WEBKIT_WEB_VIEW(my_webview));
g_object_set (G_OBJECT(settings), "enable-developer-extras", TRUE, NULL);

/* Load some data or reload to be able to inspect the page*/
webkit_web_view_load_uri (WEBKIT_WEB_VIEW(my_webview), "http://www.gnome.org");

/* Show the inspector */
WebKitWebInspector *inspector = webkit_web_view_get_inspector (WEBKIT_WEB_VIEW(my_webview));
webkit_web_inspector_show (WEBKIT_WEB_INSPECTOR(inspector));

Functions

webkit_web_inspector_get_web_view ()

WebKitWebViewBase *
webkit_web_inspector_get_web_view (WebKitWebInspector *inspector);

Get the WebKitWebViewBase used to display the inspector. This might be NULL if the inspector hasn't been loaded yet, or it has been closed.

Parameters

inspector

a WebKitWebInspector

 

Returns

the WebKitWebViewBase used to display the inspector or NULL.

[transfer none]


webkit_web_inspector_get_inspected_uri ()

const char *
webkit_web_inspector_get_inspected_uri
                               (WebKitWebInspector *inspector);

Get the URI that is currently being inspected. This can be NULL if nothing has been loaded yet in the inspected view, if the inspector has been closed or when inspected view was loaded from a HTML string instead of a URI.

Parameters

inspector

a WebKitWebInspector

 

Returns

the URI that is currently being inspected or NULL


webkit_web_inspector_get_can_attach ()

gboolean
webkit_web_inspector_get_can_attach (WebKitWebInspector *inspector);

Whether the inspector can be attached to the same window that contains the inspected view.

Parameters

inspector

a WebKitWebInspector

 

Returns

TRUE if there is enough room for the inspector view inside the window that contains the inspected view, or FALSE otherwise.

Since: 2.8


webkit_web_inspector_is_attached ()

gboolean
webkit_web_inspector_is_attached (WebKitWebInspector *inspector);

Whether the inspector view is currently attached to the same window that contains the inspected view.

Parameters

inspector

a WebKitWebInspector

 

Returns

TRUE if inspector is currently attached or FALSE otherwise


webkit_web_inspector_attach ()

void
webkit_web_inspector_attach (WebKitWebInspector *inspector);

Request inspector to be attached. The signal “attach” will be emitted. If the inspector is already attached it does nothing.

Parameters

inspector

a WebKitWebInspector

 

webkit_web_inspector_detach ()

void
webkit_web_inspector_detach (WebKitWebInspector *inspector);

Request inspector to be detached. The signal “detach” will be emitted. If the inspector is already detached it does nothing.

Parameters

inspector

a WebKitWebInspector

 

webkit_web_inspector_show ()

void
webkit_web_inspector_show (WebKitWebInspector *inspector);

Request inspector to be shown.

Parameters

inspector

a WebKitWebInspector

 

webkit_web_inspector_close ()

void
webkit_web_inspector_close (WebKitWebInspector *inspector);

Request inspector to be closed.

Parameters

inspector

a WebKitWebInspector

 

webkit_web_inspector_get_attached_height ()

guint
webkit_web_inspector_get_attached_height
                               (WebKitWebInspector *inspector);

Get the height that the inspector view should have when it's attached. If the inspector view is not attached this returns 0.

Parameters

inspector

a WebKitWebInspector

 

Returns

the height of the inspector view when attached

Types and Values

struct WebKitWebInspector

struct WebKitWebInspector;

Property Details

The “attached-height” property

  “attached-height”          guint

The height that the inspector view should have when it is attached.

Flags: Read

Default value: 0


The “can-attach” property

  “can-attach”               gboolean

Whether the inspector can be attached to the same window that contains the inspected view.

Flags: Read

Default value: FALSE

Since: 2.8


The “inspected-uri” property

  “inspected-uri”            gchar *

The URI that is currently being inspected.

Flags: Read

Default value: NULL

Signal Details

The “attach” signal

gboolean
user_function (WebKitWebInspector *inspector,
               gpointer            user_data)

Emitted when the inspector is requested to be attached to the window where the inspected web view is. If this signal is not handled the inspector view will be automatically attached to the inspected view, so you only need to handle this signal if you want to attach the inspector view yourself (for example, to add the inspector view to a browser tab).

To prevent the inspector view from being attached you can connect to this signal and simply return TRUE.

Parameters

inspector

the WebKitWebInspector on which the signal is emitted

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Returns

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

Flags: Run Last


The “bring-to-front” signal

gboolean
user_function (WebKitWebInspector *inspector,
               gpointer            user_data)

Emitted when the inspector should be shown.

If the inspector is not attached the inspector window should be shown on top of any other windows. If the inspector is attached the inspector view should be made visible. For example, if the inspector view is attached using a tab in a browser window, the browser window should be raised and the tab containing the inspector view should be the active one. In both cases, if this signal is not handled, the default implementation calls gtk_window_present() on the current toplevel GtkWindow of the inspector view.

Parameters

inspector

the WebKitWebInspector on which the signal is emitted

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Returns

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

Flags: Run Last


The “closed” signal

void
user_function (WebKitWebInspector *inspector,
               gpointer            user_data)

Emitted when the inspector page is closed. If you are using your own inspector window, you should connect to this signal and destroy your window.

Parameters

inspector

the WebKitWebInspector on which the signal is emitted

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Flags: Run Last


The “detach” signal

gboolean
user_function (WebKitWebInspector *inspector,
               gpointer            user_data)

Emitted when the inspector is requested to be detached from the window it is currently attached to. The inspector is detached when the inspector page is about to be closed, and this signal is emitted right before “closed”, or when the user clicks on the detach button in the inspector view to show the inspector in a separate window. In this case the signal “open-window” is emitted after this one.

To prevent the inspector view from being detached you can connect to this signal and simply return TRUE.

Parameters

inspector

the WebKitWebInspector on which the signal is emitted

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Returns

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

Flags: Run Last


The “open-window” signal

gboolean
user_function (WebKitWebInspector *inspector,
               gpointer            user_data)

Emitted when the inspector is requested to open in a separate window. If this signal is not handled, a GtkWindow with the inspector will be created and shown, so you only need to handle this signal if you want to use your own window. This signal is emitted after “detach” to show the inspector in a separate window after being detached.

To prevent the inspector from being shown you can connect to this signal and simply return TRUE

Parameters

inspector

the WebKitWebInspector on which the signal is emitted

 

user_data

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

 

Returns

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.

Flags: Run Last