webkit_web_view_new ()

GtkWidget *
webkit_web_view_new (void);

Creates a new WebKitWebView with the default WebKitWebContext and no WebKitUserContentManager associated with it. See also webkit_web_view_new_with_context(), webkit_web_view_new_with_user_content_manager(), and webkit_web_view_new_with_settings().

webkit_web_view_new_with_context ()

GtkWidget *
webkit_web_view_new_with_context (WebKitWebContext *context);

Creates a new WebKitWebView with the given WebKitWebContext and no WebKitUserContentManager associated with it. See also webkit_web_view_new_with_user_content_manager() and webkit_web_view_new_with_settings().

webkit_web_view_new_with_related_view ()

GtkWidget *
webkit_web_view_new_with_related_view (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Creates a new WebKitWebView sharing the same web process with web_view . This method doesn't have any effect when WEBKIT_PROCESS_MODEL_SHARED_SECONDARY_PROCESS process model is used, because a single web process is shared for all the web views in the same WebKitWebContext. When using WEBKIT_PROCESS_MODEL_MULTIPLE_SECONDARY_PROCESSES process model, this method should always be used when creating the WebKitWebView in the “create” signal. You can also use this method to implement other process models based on WEBKIT_PROCESS_MODEL_MULTIPLE_SECONDARY_PROCESSES, like for example, sharing the same web process for all the views in the same security domain.

The newly created WebKitWebView will also have the same WebKitUserContentManager and WebKitSettings as web_view .

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Since: 2.4

webkit_web_view_new_with_settings ()

GtkWidget *
webkit_web_view_new_with_settings (WebKitSettings *settings);

Creates a new WebKitWebView with the given WebKitSettings. See also webkit_web_view_new_with_context(), and webkit_web_view_new_with_user_content_manager().

Since: 2.6

webkit_web_view_new_with_user_content_manager ()

GtkWidget *
webkit_web_view_new_with_user_content_manager
                               (WebKitUserContentManager *user_content_manager);

Creates a new WebKitWebView with the given WebKitUserContentManager. The content loaded in the view may be affected by the content injected in the view by the user content manager.

Since: 2.6

webkit_web_view_is_ephemeral ()

gboolean
webkit_web_view_is_ephemeral (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Get whether a WebKitWebView is ephemeral. To create an ephemeral WebKitWebView you need to use g_object_new() and pass is-ephemeral property with TRUE value. See “is-ephemeral” for more details. If web_view was created with a ephemeral “related-view” or an ephemeral “web-context” it will also be ephemeral.

Since: 2.16

webkit_web_view_is_controlled_by_automation ()

gboolean
webkit_web_view_is_controlled_by_automation
                               (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Get whether a WebKitWebView was created with “is-controlled-by-automation” property enabled. Only WebKitWebViews controlled by automation can be used in an automation session.

Since: 2.18

webkit_web_view_get_context ()

WebKitWebContext *
webkit_web_view_get_context (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Gets the web context of web_view .

webkit_web_view_get_user_content_manager ()

WebKitUserContentManager *
webkit_web_view_get_user_content_manager
                               (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Gets the user content manager associated to web_view .

Since: 2.6

webkit_web_view_get_website_data_manager ()

WebKitWebsiteDataManager *
webkit_web_view_get_website_data_manager
                               (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Get the WebKitWebsiteDataManager associated to web_view . If web_view is not ephemeral, the returned WebKitWebsiteDataManager will be the same as the WebKitWebsiteDataManager of web_view 's WebKitWebContext.

Since: 2.16

webkit_web_view_try_close ()

void
webkit_web_view_try_close (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Tries to close the web_view . This will fire the onbeforeunload event to ask the user for confirmation to close the page. If there isn't an onbeforeunload event handler or the user confirms to close the page, the “close” signal is emitted, otherwise nothing happens.

Since: 2.12

webkit_web_view_load_uri ()

void
webkit_web_view_load_uri (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                          const gchar *uri);

Requests loading of the specified URI string. You can monitor the load operation by connecting to “load-changed” signal.

webkit_web_view_load_html ()

void
webkit_web_view_load_html (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                           const gchar *content,
                           const gchar *base_uri);

Load the given content string with the specified base_uri . If base_uri is not NULL, relative URLs in the content will be resolved against base_uri and absolute local paths must be children of the base_uri . For security reasons absolute local paths that are not children of base_uri will cause the web process to terminate. If you need to include URLs in content that are local paths in a different directory than base_uri you can build a data URI for them. When base_uri is NULL, it defaults to "about:blank". The mime type of the document will be "text/html". You can monitor the load operation by connecting to “load-changed” signal.

webkit_web_view_load_alternate_html ()

void
webkit_web_view_load_alternate_html (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                                     const gchar *content,
                                     const gchar *content_uri,
                                     const gchar *base_uri);

Load the given content string for the URI content_uri . This allows clients to display page-loading errors in the WebKitWebView itself. When this method is called from “load-failed” signal to show an error page, then the back-forward list is maintained appropriately. For everything else this method works the same way as webkit_web_view_load_html().

webkit_web_view_load_plain_text ()

void
webkit_web_view_load_plain_text (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                                 const gchar *plain_text);

Load the specified plain_text string into web_view . The mime type of document will be "text/plain". You can monitor the load operation by connecting to “load-changed” signal.

webkit_web_view_load_bytes ()

void
webkit_web_view_load_bytes (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                            GBytes *bytes,
                            const gchar *mime_type,
                            const gchar *encoding,
                            const gchar *base_uri);

Load the specified bytes into web_view using the given mime_type and encoding . When mime_type is NULL, it defaults to "text/html". When encoding is NULL, it defaults to "UTF-8". When base_uri is NULL, it defaults to "about:blank". You can monitor the load operation by connecting to “load-changed” signal.

Since: 2.6

webkit_web_view_load_request ()

void
webkit_web_view_load_request (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                              WebKitURIRequest *request);

Requests loading of the specified WebKitURIRequest. You can monitor the load operation by connecting to “load-changed” signal.

webkit_web_view_can_go_back ()

gboolean
webkit_web_view_can_go_back (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Determines whether web_view has a previous history item.

webkit_web_view_go_back ()

void
webkit_web_view_go_back (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Loads the previous history item. You can monitor the load operation by connecting to “load-changed” signal.

webkit_web_view_can_go_forward ()

gboolean
webkit_web_view_can_go_forward (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Determines whether web_view has a next history item.

webkit_web_view_go_forward ()

void
webkit_web_view_go_forward (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Loads the next history item. You can monitor the load operation by connecting to “load-changed” signal.

webkit_web_view_get_title ()

const gchar *
webkit_web_view_get_title (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Gets the value of the “title” property. You can connect to notify::title signal of web_view to be notified when the title has been received.

webkit_web_view_get_page_id ()

guint64
webkit_web_view_get_page_id (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Get the identifier of the WebKitWebPage corresponding to the WebKitWebView

webkit_web_view_reload ()

void
webkit_web_view_reload (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Reloads the current contents of web_view . See also webkit_web_view_reload_bypass_cache().

webkit_web_view_reload_bypass_cache ()

void
webkit_web_view_reload_bypass_cache (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Reloads the current contents of web_view without using any cached data.

webkit_web_view_stop_loading ()

void
webkit_web_view_stop_loading (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Stops any ongoing loading operation in web_view . This method does nothing if no content is being loaded. If there is a loading operation in progress, it will be cancelled and “load-failed” signal will be emitted with WEBKIT_NETWORK_ERROR_CANCELLED error.

webkit_web_view_is_loading ()

gboolean
webkit_web_view_is_loading (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Gets the value of the “is-loading” property. You can monitor when a WebKitWebView is loading a page by connecting to notify::is-loading signal of web_view . This is useful when you are interesting in knowing when the view is loading something but not in the details about the status of the load operation, for example to start a spinner when the view is loading a page and stop it when it finishes.

webkit_web_view_is_playing_audio ()

gboolean
webkit_web_view_is_playing_audio (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Gets the value of the “is-playing-audio” property. You can monitor when a page in a WebKitWebView is playing audio by connecting to the notify::is-playing-audio signal of web_view . This is useful when the application wants to provide visual feedback when a page is producing sound.

Since: 2.8

webkit_web_view_get_estimated_load_progress ()

gdouble
webkit_web_view_get_estimated_load_progress
                               (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Gets the value of the “estimated-load-progress” property. You can monitor the estimated progress of a load operation by connecting to the notify::estimated-load-progress signal of web_view .

webkit_web_view_get_custom_charset ()

const gchar *
webkit_web_view_get_custom_charset (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Returns the current custom character encoding name of web_view .

webkit_web_view_set_custom_charset ()

void
webkit_web_view_set_custom_charset (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                                    const gchar *charset);

Sets the current custom character encoding override of web_view . The custom character encoding will override any text encoding detected via HTTP headers or META tags. Calling this method will stop any current load operation and reload the current page. Setting the custom character encoding to NULL removes the character encoding override.

webkit_web_view_get_back_forward_list ()

WebKitBackForwardList *
webkit_web_view_get_back_forward_list (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Obtains the WebKitBackForwardList associated with the given WebKitWebView. The WebKitBackForwardList is owned by the WebKitWebView.

webkit_web_view_go_to_back_forward_list_item ()

void
webkit_web_view_go_to_back_forward_list_item
                               (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                                WebKitBackForwardListItem *list_item);

Loads the specific history item list_item . You can monitor the load operation by connecting to “load-changed” signal.

webkit_web_view_get_uri ()

const gchar *
webkit_web_view_get_uri (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Returns the current active URI of web_view . The active URI might change during a load operation:

You can monitor the active URI by connecting to the notify::uri signal of web_view .

webkit_web_view_get_favicon ()

cairo_surface_t *
webkit_web_view_get_favicon (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Returns favicon currently associated to web_view , if any. You can connect to notify::favicon signal of web_view to be notified when the favicon is available.

webkit_web_view_set_settings ()

void
webkit_web_view_set_settings (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                              WebKitSettings *settings);

Sets the WebKitSettings to be applied to web_view . The existing WebKitSettings of web_view will be replaced by settings . New settings are applied immediately on web_view . The same WebKitSettings object can be shared by multiple WebKitWebViews.

webkit_web_view_get_settings ()

WebKitSettings *
webkit_web_view_get_settings (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Gets the WebKitSettings currently applied to web_view . If no other WebKitSettings have been explicitly applied to web_view with webkit_web_view_set_settings(), the default WebKitSettings will be returned. This method always returns a valid WebKitSettings object. To modify any of the web_view settings, you can either create a new WebKitSettings object with webkit_settings_new(), setting the desired preferences, and then replace the existing web_view settings with webkit_web_view_set_settings() or get the existing web_view settings and update it directly. WebKitSettings objects can be shared by multiple WebKitWebViews, so modifying the settings of a WebKitWebView would affect other WebKitWebViews using the same WebKitSettings.

webkit_web_view_get_window_properties ()

WebKitWindowProperties *
webkit_web_view_get_window_properties (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Get the WebKitWindowProperties object containing the properties that the window containing web_view should have.

webkit_web_view_set_zoom_level ()

void
webkit_web_view_set_zoom_level (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                                gdouble zoom_level);

Set the zoom level of web_view , i.e. the factor by which the view contents are scaled with respect to their original size.

webkit_web_view_get_zoom_level ()

gdouble
webkit_web_view_get_zoom_level (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Get the zoom level of web_view , i.e. the factor by which the view contents are scaled with respect to their original size.

webkit_web_view_can_execute_editing_command ()

void
webkit_web_view_can_execute_editing_command
                               (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                                const gchar *command,
                                GCancellable *cancellable,
                                GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously check if it is possible to execute the given editing command.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call webkit_web_view_can_execute_editing_command_finish() to get the result of the operation.

webkit_web_view_can_execute_editing_command_finish ()

gboolean
webkit_web_view_can_execute_editing_command_finish
                               (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                                GAsyncResult *result,
                                GError **error);

Finish an asynchronous operation started with webkit_web_view_can_execute_editing_command().

webkit_web_view_execute_editing_command ()

void
webkit_web_view_execute_editing_command
                               (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                                const gchar *command);

Request to execute the given command for web_view . You can use webkit_web_view_can_execute_editing_command() to check whether it's possible to execute the command.

webkit_web_view_execute_editing_command_with_argument ()

void
webkit_web_view_execute_editing_command_with_argument
                               (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                                const char *command,
                                const char *argument);

Request to execute the given command with argument for web_view . You can use webkit_web_view_can_execute_editing_command() to check whether it's possible to execute the command.

Since: 2.10

webkit_web_view_get_find_controller ()

WebKitFindController *
webkit_web_view_get_find_controller (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Gets the WebKitFindController that will allow the caller to query the WebKitWebView for the text to look for.

webkit_web_view_get_inspector ()

WebKitWebInspector *
webkit_web_view_get_inspector (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Get the WebKitWebInspector associated to web_view

webkit_web_view_get_javascript_global_context ()

JSGlobalContextRef
webkit_web_view_get_javascript_global_context
                               (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Get the global JavaScript context used by web_view to deserialize the result values of scripts executed with webkit_web_view_run_javascript().

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webkit_web_view_run_javascript ()

void
webkit_web_view_run_javascript (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                                const gchar *script,
                                GCancellable *cancellable,
                                GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously run script in the context of the current page in web_view . If WebKitSettings:enable-javascript is FALSE, this method will do nothing.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call webkit_web_view_run_javascript_finish() to get the result of the operation.

webkit_web_view_run_javascript_finish ()

WebKitJavascriptResult *
webkit_web_view_run_javascript_finish (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                                       GAsyncResult *result,
                                       GError **error);

Finish an asynchronous operation started with webkit_web_view_run_javascript().

This is an example of using webkit_web_view_run_javascript() with a script returning a string:

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static void
web_view_javascript_finished (GObject      *object,
                              GAsyncResult *result,
                              gpointer      user_data)
{
    WebKitJavascriptResult *js_result;
    JSCValue               *value;
    GError                 *error = NULL;

    js_result = webkit_web_view_run_javascript_finish (WEBKIT_WEB_VIEW (object), result, &error);
    if (!js_result) {
        g_warning ("Error running javascript: %s", error->message);
        g_error_free (error);
        return;
    }

    value = webkit_javascript_result_get_js_value (js_result);
    if (jsc_value_is_string (value)) {
        JSCException *exception;
        gchar        *str_value;

        str_value = jsc_value_to_string (value);
        exception = jsc_context_get_exception (jsc_value_get_context (value));
        if (exception)
            g_warning ("Error running javascript: %s", jsc_exception_get_message (exception));
        else
            g_print ("Script result: %s\n", str_value);
        g_free (str_value);
    } else {
        g_warning ("Error running javascript: unexpected return value");
    }
    webkit_javascript_result_unref (js_result);
}

static void
web_view_get_link_url (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                       const gchar   *link_id)
{
    gchar *script;

    script = g_strdup_printf ("window.document.getElementById('%s').href;", link_id);
    webkit_web_view_run_javascript (web_view, script, NULL, web_view_javascript_finished, NULL);
    g_free (script);
}

webkit_web_view_run_javascript_in_world ()

void
webkit_web_view_run_javascript_in_world
                               (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                                const gchar *script,
                                const gchar *world_name,
                                GCancellable *cancellable,
                                GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously run script in the script world with name world_name of the current page context in web_view . If WebKitSettings:enable-javascript is FALSE, this method will do nothing.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call webkit_web_view_run_javascript_in_world_finish() to get the result of the operation.

Since: 2.22

webkit_web_view_run_javascript_in_world_finish ()

WebKitJavascriptResult *
webkit_web_view_run_javascript_in_world_finish
                               (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                                GAsyncResult *result,
                                GError **error);

Finish an asynchronous operation started with webkit_web_view_run_javascript_in_world().

Since: 2.22

webkit_web_view_run_javascript_from_gresource ()

void
webkit_web_view_run_javascript_from_gresource
                               (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                                const gchar *resource,
                                GCancellable *cancellable,
                                GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously run the script from resource in the context of the current page in web_view .

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call webkit_web_view_run_javascript_from_gresource_finish() to get the result of the operation.

webkit_web_view_run_javascript_from_gresource_finish ()

WebKitJavascriptResult *
webkit_web_view_run_javascript_from_gresource_finish
                               (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                                GAsyncResult *result,
                                GError **error);

Finish an asynchronous operation started with webkit_web_view_run_javascript_from_gresource().

Check webkit_web_view_run_javascript_finish() for a usage example.

webkit_web_view_can_show_mime_type ()

gboolean
webkit_web_view_can_show_mime_type (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                                    const gchar *mime_type);

Whether or not a MIME type can be displayed in web_view .

webkit_web_view_save ()

void
webkit_web_view_save (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                      WebKitSaveMode save_mode,
                      GCancellable *cancellable,
                      GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                      gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously save the current web page associated to the WebKitWebView into a self-contained format using the mode specified in save_mode .

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call webkit_web_view_save_finish() to get the result of the operation.

webkit_web_view_save_finish ()

GInputStream *
webkit_web_view_save_finish (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                             GAsyncResult *result,
                             GError **error);

Finish an asynchronous operation started with webkit_web_view_save().

webkit_web_view_save_to_file ()

void
webkit_web_view_save_to_file (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                              GFile *file,
                              WebKitSaveMode save_mode,
                              GCancellable *cancellable,
                              GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                              gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously save the current web page associated to the WebKitWebView into a self-contained format using the mode specified in save_mode and writing it to file .

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You can then call webkit_web_view_save_to_file_finish() to get the result of the operation.

webkit_web_view_save_to_file_finish ()

gboolean
webkit_web_view_save_to_file_finish (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                                     GAsyncResult *result,
                                     GError **error);

Finish an asynchronous operation started with webkit_web_view_save_to_file().

webkit_web_view_download_uri ()

WebKitDownload *
webkit_web_view_download_uri (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                              const char *uri);

Requests downloading of the specified URI string for web_view .

webkit_web_view_get_tls_info ()

gboolean
webkit_web_view_get_tls_info (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                              GTlsCertificate **certificate,
                              GTlsCertificateFlags *errors);

Retrieves the GTlsCertificate associated with the main resource of web_view , and the GTlsCertificateFlags showing what problems, if any, have been found with that certificate. If the connection is not HTTPS, this function returns FALSE. This function should be called after a response has been received from the server, so you can connect to “load-changed” and call this function when it's emitted with WEBKIT_LOAD_COMMITTED event.

Note that this function provides no information about the security of the web page if the current WebKitTLSErrorsPolicy is WEBKIT_TLS_ERRORS_POLICY_IGNORE , as subresources of the page may be controlled by an attacker. This function may safely be used to determine the security status of the current page only if the current WebKitTLSErrorsPolicy is WEBKIT_TLS_ERRORS_POLICY_FAIL , in which case subresources that fail certificate verification will be blocked.

webkit_web_view_get_snapshot ()

void
webkit_web_view_get_snapshot (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                              WebKitSnapshotRegion region,
                              WebKitSnapshotOptions options,
                              GCancellable *cancellable,
                              GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                              gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously retrieves a snapshot of web_view for region . options specifies how the snapshot should be rendered.

When the operation is finished, callback will be called. You must call webkit_web_view_get_snapshot_finish() to get the result of the operation.

webkit_web_view_get_snapshot_finish ()

cairo_surface_t *
webkit_web_view_get_snapshot_finish (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                                     GAsyncResult *result,
                                     GError **error);

Finishes an asynchronous operation started with webkit_web_view_get_snapshot().

webkit_web_view_set_background_color ()

void
webkit_web_view_set_background_color (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                                      const GdkRGBA *rgba);

Sets the color that will be used to draw the web_view background before the actual contents are rendered. Note that if the web page loaded in web_view specifies a background color, it will take precedence over the rgba color. By default the web_view background color is opaque white. Note that the parent window must have a RGBA visual and “app-paintable” property set to TRUE for backgrounds colors to work.

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static void browser_window_set_background_color (BrowserWindow *window,
                                                 const GdkRGBA *rgba)
{
    WebKitWebView *web_view;
    GdkScreen *screen = gtk_window_get_screen (GTK_WINDOW (window));
    GdkVisual *rgba_visual = gdk_screen_get_rgba_visual (screen);

    if (!rgba_visual)
         return;

    gtk_widget_set_visual (GTK_WIDGET (window), rgba_visual);
    gtk_widget_set_app_paintable (GTK_WIDGET (window), TRUE);

    web_view = browser_window_get_web_view (window);
    webkit_web_view_set_background_color (web_view, rgba);
}

Since: 2.8

webkit_web_view_get_background_color ()

void
webkit_web_view_get_background_color (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                                      GdkRGBA *rgba);

Gets the color that is used to draw the web_view background before the actual contents are rendered. For more information see also webkit_web_view_set_background_color()

Since: 2.8

webkit_web_view_set_editable ()

void
webkit_web_view_set_editable (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                              gboolean editable);

Sets whether the user is allowed to edit the HTML document.

If editable is TRUE, web_view allows the user to edit the HTML document. If editable is FALSE, an element in web_view 's document can only be edited if the CONTENTEDITABLE attribute has been set on the element or one of its parent elements. By default a WebKitWebView is not editable.

Normally, a HTML document is not editable unless the elements within the document are editable. This function provides a way to make the contents of a WebKitWebView editable without altering the document or DOM structure.

Since: 2.8

webkit_web_view_is_editable ()

gboolean
webkit_web_view_is_editable (WebKitWebView *web_view);

webkit_web_view_get_editor_state ()

WebKitEditorState *
webkit_web_view_get_editor_state (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Gets the web editor state of web_view .

Since: 2.10

webkit_web_view_get_session_state ()

WebKitWebViewSessionState *
webkit_web_view_get_session_state (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Gets the current session state of web_view

Since: 2.12

webkit_web_view_restore_session_state ()

void
webkit_web_view_restore_session_state (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                                       WebKitWebViewSessionState *state);

Restore the web_view session state from state

Since: 2.12

webkit_javascript_result_ref ()

WebKitJavascriptResult *
webkit_javascript_result_ref (WebKitJavascriptResult *js_result);

Atomically increments the reference count of js_result by one. This function is MT-safe and may be called from any thread.

webkit_javascript_result_unref ()

void
webkit_javascript_result_unref (WebKitJavascriptResult *js_result);

Atomically decrements the reference count of js_result by one. If the reference count drops to 0, all memory allocated by the WebKitJavascriptResult is released. This function is MT-safe and may be called from any thread.

webkit_javascript_result_get_global_context ()

JSGlobalContextRef
webkit_javascript_result_get_global_context
                               (WebKitJavascriptResult *js_result);

Get the global Javascript context that should be used with the JSValueRef returned by webkit_javascript_result_get_value().

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webkit_javascript_result_get_value ()

JSValueRef
webkit_javascript_result_get_value (WebKitJavascriptResult *js_result);

Get the value of js_result . You should use the JSGlobalContextRef returned by webkit_javascript_result_get_global_context() to use the JSValueRef.

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webkit_javascript_result_get_js_value ()

JSCValue *
webkit_javascript_result_get_js_value (WebKitJavascriptResult *js_result);

Get the JSCValue of js_result .

Since: 2.22

webkit_script_dialog_get_dialog_type ()

WebKitScriptDialogType
webkit_script_dialog_get_dialog_type (WebKitScriptDialog *dialog);

Get the dialog type of a WebKitScriptDialog.

webkit_script_dialog_get_message ()

const gchar *
webkit_script_dialog_get_message (WebKitScriptDialog *dialog);

Get the message of a WebKitScriptDialog.

webkit_script_dialog_confirm_set_confirmed ()

void
webkit_script_dialog_confirm_set_confirmed
                               (WebKitScriptDialog *dialog,
                                gboolean confirmed);

This method is used for WEBKIT_SCRIPT_DIALOG_CONFIRM and WEBKIT_SCRIPT_DIALOG_BEFORE_UNLOAD_CONFIRM dialogs when “script-dialog” signal is emitted to set whether the user confirmed the dialog or not. The default implementation of “script-dialog” signal sets TRUE when the OK or Stay buttons are clicked and FALSE otherwise. It's an error to use this method with a WebKitScriptDialog that is not of type WEBKIT_SCRIPT_DIALOG_CONFIRM or WEBKIT_SCRIPT_DIALOG_BEFORE_UNLOAD_CONFIRM

webkit_script_dialog_prompt_get_default_text ()

const gchar *
webkit_script_dialog_prompt_get_default_text
                               (WebKitScriptDialog *dialog);

Get the default text of a WebKitScriptDialog of type WEBKIT_SCRIPT_DIALOG_PROMPT. It's an error to use this method with a WebKitScriptDialog that is not of type WEBKIT_SCRIPT_DIALOG_PROMPT.

webkit_script_dialog_prompt_set_text ()

void
webkit_script_dialog_prompt_set_text (WebKitScriptDialog *dialog,
                                      const gchar *text);

This method is used for WEBKIT_SCRIPT_DIALOG_PROMPT dialogs when “script-dialog” signal is emitted to set the text entered by the user. The default implementation of “script-dialog” signal sets the text of the entry form when OK button is clicked, otherwise NULL is set. It's an error to use this method with a WebKitScriptDialog that is not of type WEBKIT_SCRIPT_DIALOG_PROMPT.

webkit_web_view_get_main_resource ()

WebKitWebResource *
webkit_web_view_get_main_resource (WebKitWebView *web_view);

Return the main resource of web_view .

webkit_web_view_session_state_new ()

WebKitWebViewSessionState *
webkit_web_view_session_state_new (GBytes *data);

Creates a new WebKitWebViewSessionState from serialized data.

Since: 2.12

webkit_web_view_session_state_ref ()

WebKitWebViewSessionState *
webkit_web_view_session_state_ref (WebKitWebViewSessionState *state);

Atomically increments the reference count of state by one. This function is MT-safe and may be called from any thread.

Since: 2.12

webkit_web_view_session_state_unref ()

void
webkit_web_view_session_state_unref (WebKitWebViewSessionState *state);

Atomically decrements the reference count of state by one. If the reference count drops to 0, all memory allocated by the WebKitWebViewSessionState is released. This function is MT-safe and may be called from any thread.

Since: 2.12

webkit_web_view_session_state_serialize ()

GBytes *
webkit_web_view_session_state_serialize
                               (WebKitWebViewSessionState *state);

Serializes a WebKitWebViewSessionState.

Since: 2.12

WebKitWebView

typedef struct _WebKitWebView WebKitWebView;

enum WebKitLoadEvent

Enum values used to denote the different events that happen during a WebKitWebView load operation.

enum WebKitPolicyDecisionType

Enum values used for determining the type of a policy decision during “decide-policy”.

enum WebKitSaveMode

Enum values to specify the different ways in which a WebKitWebView can save its current web page into a self-contained file.

enum WebKitInsecureContentEvent

Enum values used to denote the different events which can trigger the detection of insecure content.

enum WebKitSnapshotOptions

Enum values used to specify options when taking a snapshot from a WebKitWebView.

enum WebKitSnapshotRegion

Enum values used to specify the region from which to get a WebKitWebView snapshot

enum WebKitWebProcessTerminationReason

Enum values used to specify the reason why the web process terminated abnormally.

Since: 2.20

WEBKIT_EDITING_COMMAND_CUT

#define WEBKIT_EDITING_COMMAND_CUT "Cut"

The cut clipboard command. Copies the current selection inside a WebKitWebView to the clipboard and deletes the selected content. You can check whether it's possible to execute the command with webkit_web_view_can_execute_editing_command(). In general it's possible to cut to the clipboard when the WebKitWebView content is editable and there is an active selection.

WEBKIT_EDITING_COMMAND_COPY

#define WEBKIT_EDITING_COMMAND_COPY "Copy"

The copy clipboard command. Copies the current selection inside a WebKitWebView to the clipboard. You can check whether it's possible to execute the command with webkit_web_view_can_execute_editing_command(). In general it's possible to copy to the clipboard when there is an active selection inside the WebKitWebView.

WEBKIT_EDITING_COMMAND_PASTE

#define WEBKIT_EDITING_COMMAND_PASTE "Paste"

The paste clipboard command. Pastes the contents of the clipboard to a WebKitWebView. You can check whether it's possible to execute the command with webkit_web_view_can_execute_editing_command(). In general it's possible to paste from the clipboard when the WebKitWebView content is editable and clipboard is not empty.

WEBKIT_EDITING_COMMAND_SELECT_ALL

#define WEBKIT_EDITING_COMMAND_SELECT_ALL "SelectAll"

The select all command. Selects all the content of the current text field in a WebKitWebView. It is always possible to select all text, no matter whether the WebKitWebView content is editable or not. You can still check it with webkit_web_view_can_execute_editing_command().

WEBKIT_EDITING_COMMAND_UNDO

#define WEBKIT_EDITING_COMMAND_UNDO "Undo"

The undo command. Undoes the last editing command in a WebKitWebView. You can check whether it's possible to execute the command with webkit_web_view_can_execute_editing_command(). It's only possible to undo a command after a previously executed editing operation.

WEBKIT_EDITING_COMMAND_REDO

#define WEBKIT_EDITING_COMMAND_REDO "Redo"

The redo command. Redoes a previously undone editing command in a WebKitWebView. You can check whether it's possible to execute the command with webkit_web_view_can_execute_editing_command(). It's only possible to redo a command when it has been previously undone.

WEBKIT_EDITING_COMMAND_INSERT_IMAGE

#define WEBKIT_EDITING_COMMAND_INSERT_IMAGE "InsertImage"

The insert image command. Creates an image element that is inserted at the current cursor position. It receives an URI as argument, that is used as the image source. This command should be executed with webkit_web_view_execute_editing_command_with_argument().

Since: 2.10

WEBKIT_EDITING_COMMAND_CREATE_LINK

#define WEBKIT_EDITING_COMMAND_CREATE_LINK "CreateLink"

The create link command. Creates a link element that is inserted at the current cursor position. If there's a selection, the selected text will be used as the link text, otherwise the URL itself will be used. It receives the link URL as argument. This command should be executed with webkit_web_view_execute_editing_command_with_argument()

Since: 2.10

WebKitJavascriptResult

typedef struct _WebKitJavascriptResult WebKitJavascriptResult;

WebKitScriptDialog

typedef struct _WebKitScriptDialog WebKitScriptDialog;

enum WebKitScriptDialogType

Enum values used for determining the type of WebKitScriptDialog

WebKitWebViewSessionState

typedef struct _WebKitWebViewSessionState WebKitWebViewSessionState;

The “editable” property

  “editable”                 gboolean

Whether the pages loaded inside WebKitWebView are editable. For more information see webkit_web_view_set_editable().

Flags: Read / Write

Default value: FALSE

Since: 2.8

The “estimated-load-progress” property

  “estimated-load-progress”  gdouble

An estimate of the percent completion for the current loading operation. This value will range from 0.0 to 1.0 and, once a load completes, will remain at 1.0 until a new load starts, at which point it will be reset to 0.0. The value is an estimate based on the total number of bytes expected to be received for a document, including all its possible subresources and child documents.

Flags: Read

Allowed values: [0,1]

Default value: 0

The “favicon” property

  “favicon”                  gpointer

The favicon currently associated to the WebKitWebView. See webkit_web_view_get_favicon() for more details.

Flags: Read

The “is-controlled-by-automation” property

  “is-controlled-by-automation” gboolean

Whether the WebKitWebView is controlled by automation. This should only be used when creating a new WebKitWebView as a response to “create-web-view” signal request.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct Only

Default value: FALSE

Since: 2.18

The “is-ephemeral” property

  “is-ephemeral”             gboolean

Whether the WebKitWebView is ephemeral. An ephemeral web view never writes website data to the client storage, no matter what WebKitWebsiteDataManager its context is using. This is normally used to implement private browsing mode. This is a G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY property, so you have to create a ephemeral WebKitWebView and it can't be changed. Note that all WebKitWebViews created with an ephemeral WebKitWebContext will be ephemeral automatically. See also webkit_web_context_new_ephemeral().

Flags: Read / Write / Construct Only

Default value: FALSE

Since: 2.16

The “is-loading” property

  “is-loading”               gboolean

Whether the WebKitWebView is currently loading a page. This property becomes TRUE as soon as a new load operation is requested and before the “load-changed” signal is emitted with WEBKIT_LOAD_STARTED and at that point the active URI is the requested one. When the load operation finishes the property is set to FALSE before “load-changed” is emitted with WEBKIT_LOAD_FINISHED.

Flags: Read

Default value: FALSE

The “is-playing-audio” property

  “is-playing-audio”         gboolean

Whether the WebKitWebView is currently playing audio from a page. This property becomes TRUE as soon as web content starts playing any kind of audio. When a page is no longer playing any kind of sound, the property is set back to FALSE.

Flags: Read

Default value: FALSE

Since: 2.8

The “related-view” property

  “related-view”             WebKitWebView *

The related WebKitWebView used when creating the view to share the same web process. This property is not readable because the related web view is only valid during the object construction.

Flags: Write / Construct Only

Since: 2.4

The “settings” property

  “settings”                 WebKitSettings *

The WebKitSettings of the view.

Flags: Write / Construct

Since: 2.6

The “title” property

  “title”                    gchar *

The main frame document title of this WebKitWebView. If the title has not been received yet, it will be NULL.

Flags: Read

Default value: NULL

The “uri” property

  “uri”                      gchar *

The current active URI of the WebKitWebView. See webkit_web_view_get_uri() for more details.

Flags: Read

Default value: NULL

The “user-content-manager” property

  “user-content-manager”     WebKitUserContentManager *

The WebKitUserContentManager of the view.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct Only

Since: 2.6

The “web-context” property

  “web-context”              WebKitWebContext *

The WebKitWebContext of the view.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct Only

The “zoom-level” property

  “zoom-level”               gdouble

The zoom level of the WebKitWebView content. See webkit_web_view_set_zoom_level() for more details.

Flags: Read / Write

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 1

The “authenticate” signal

gboolean
user_function (WebKitWebView               *web_view,
               WebKitAuthenticationRequest *request,
               gpointer                     user_data)

This signal is emitted when the user is challenged with HTTP authentication. To let the application access or supply the credentials as well as to allow the client application to either cancel the request or perform the authentication, the signal will pass an instance of the WebKitAuthenticationRequest in the request argument. To handle this signal asynchronously you should keep a ref of the request and return TRUE. To disable HTTP authentication entirely, connect to this signal and simply return TRUE.

The default signal handler will run a default authentication dialog asynchronously for the user to interact with.

Flags: Run Last

Since: 2.2

The “close” signal

void
user_function (WebKitWebView *web_view,
               gpointer       user_data)

Emitted when closing a WebKitWebView is requested. This occurs when a call is made from JavaScript's window.close function or after trying to close the web_view with webkit_web_view_try_close(). It is the owner's responsibility to handle this signal to hide or destroy the WebKitWebView, if necessary.

Flags: Run Last

The “context-menu” signal

gboolean
user_function (WebKitWebView       *web_view,
               WebKitContextMenu   *context_menu,
               GdkEvent            *event,
               WebKitHitTestResult *hit_test_result,
               gpointer             user_data)

Emitted when a context menu is about to be displayed to give the application a chance to customize the proposed menu, prevent the menu from being displayed, or build its own context menu.

The event is expected to be one of the following types:

If the signal handler returns FALSE the context menu represented by context_menu will be shown, if it return TRUE the context menu will not be shown.

The proposed WebKitContextMenu passed in context_menu argument is only valid during the signal emission.

Flags: Run Last

The “context-menu-dismissed” signal

void
user_function (WebKitWebView *web_view,
               gpointer       user_data)

Emitted after “context-menu” signal, if the context menu is shown, to notify that the context menu is dismissed.

Flags: Run Last

The “create” signal

GtkWidget*
user_function (WebKitWebView          *web_view,
               WebKitNavigationAction *navigation_action,
               gpointer                user_data)

Emitted when the creation of a new WebKitWebView is requested. If this signal is handled the signal handler should return the newly created WebKitWebView.

The WebKitNavigationAction parameter contains information about the navigation action that triggered this signal.

When using WEBKIT_PROCESS_MODEL_MULTIPLE_SECONDARY_PROCESSES process model, the new WebKitWebView should be related to web_view to share the same web process, see webkit_web_view_new_with_related_view() for more details.

The new WebKitWebView should not be displayed to the user until the “ready-to-show” signal is emitted.

Flags: Run Last

The “decide-policy” signal

gboolean
user_function (WebKitWebView           *web_view,
               WebKitPolicyDecision    *decision,
               WebKitPolicyDecisionType decision_type,
               gpointer                 user_data)

This signal is emitted when WebKit is requesting the client to decide a policy decision, such as whether to navigate to a page, open a new window or whether or not to download a resource. The WebKitNavigationPolicyDecision passed in the decision argument is a generic type, but should be casted to a more specific type when making the decision. For example:

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static gboolean
decide_policy_cb (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                  WebKitPolicyDecision *decision,
                  WebKitPolicyDecisionType type)
{
    switch (type) {
    case WEBKIT_POLICY_DECISION_TYPE_NAVIGATION_ACTION:
        WebKitNavigationPolicyDecision *navigation_decision = WEBKIT_NAVIGATION_POLICY_DECISION (decision);
        /* Make a policy decision here. */
        break;
    case WEBKIT_POLICY_DECISION_TYPE_NEW_WINDOW_ACTION:
        WebKitNavigationPolicyDecision *navigation_decision = WEBKIT_NAVIGATION_POLICY_DECISION (decision);
        /* Make a policy decision here. */
        break;
    case WEBKIT_POLICY_DECISION_TYPE_RESPONSE:
        WebKitResponsePolicyDecision *response = WEBKIT_RESPONSE_POLICY_DECISION (decision);
        /* Make a policy decision here. */
        break;
    default:
        /* Making no decision results in webkit_policy_decision_use(). */
        return FALSE;
    }
    return TRUE;
}

It is possible to make policy decision asynchronously, by simply calling g_object_ref() on the decision argument and returning TRUE to block the default signal handler. If the last reference is removed on a WebKitPolicyDecision and no decision has been made explicitly, webkit_policy_decision_use() will be the default policy decision. The default signal handler will simply call webkit_policy_decision_use(). Only the first policy decision chosen for a given WebKitPolicyDecision will have any affect.

Flags: Run Last

The “enter-fullscreen” signal

gboolean
user_function (WebKitWebView *web_view,
               gpointer       user_data)

Emitted when JavaScript code calls element.webkitRequestFullScreen. If the signal is not handled the WebKitWebView will proceed to full screen its top level window. This signal can be used by client code to request permission to the user prior doing the full screen transition and eventually prepare the top-level window (e.g. hide some widgets that would otherwise be part of the full screen window).

Flags: Run Last

The “insecure-content-detected” signal

void
user_function (WebKitWebView             *web_view,
               WebKitInsecureContentEvent event,
               gpointer                   user_data)

This signal is emitted when insecure content has been detected in a page loaded through a secure connection. This typically means that a external resource from an unstrusted source has been run or displayed, resulting in a mix of HTTPS and non-HTTPS content.

You can check the event parameter to know exactly which kind of event has been detected (see WebKitInsecureContentEvent).

Flags: Run Last

The “leave-fullscreen” signal

gboolean
user_function (WebKitWebView *web_view,
               gpointer       user_data)

Emitted when the WebKitWebView is about to restore its top level window out of its full screen state. This signal can be used by client code to restore widgets hidden during the “enter-fullscreen” stage for instance.

Flags: Run Last

The “load-changed” signal

void
user_function (WebKitWebView  *web_view,
               WebKitLoadEvent load_event,
               gpointer        user_data)

Emitted when a load operation in web_view changes. The signal is always emitted with WEBKIT_LOAD_STARTED when a new load request is made and WEBKIT_LOAD_FINISHED when the load finishes successfully or due to an error. When the ongoing load operation fails “load-failed” signal is emitted before “load-changed” is emitted with WEBKIT_LOAD_FINISHED. If a redirection is received from the server, this signal is emitted with WEBKIT_LOAD_REDIRECTED after the initial emission with WEBKIT_LOAD_STARTED and before WEBKIT_LOAD_COMMITTED. When the page content starts arriving the signal is emitted with WEBKIT_LOAD_COMMITTED event.

You can handle this signal and use a switch to track any ongoing load operation.

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static void web_view_load_changed (WebKitWebView  *web_view,
                                   WebKitLoadEvent load_event,
                                   gpointer        user_data)
{
    switch (load_event) {
    case WEBKIT_LOAD_STARTED:
        /* New load, we have now a provisional URI */
        provisional_uri = webkit_web_view_get_uri (web_view);
        /* Here we could start a spinner or update the
         * location bar with the provisional URI */
        break;
    case WEBKIT_LOAD_REDIRECTED:
        redirected_uri = webkit_web_view_get_uri (web_view);
        break;
    case WEBKIT_LOAD_COMMITTED:
        /* The load is being performed. Current URI is
         * the final one and it won't change unless a new
         * load is requested or a navigation within the
         * same page is performed */
        uri = webkit_web_view_get_uri (web_view);
        break;
    case WEBKIT_LOAD_FINISHED:
        /* Load finished, we can now stop the spinner */
        break;
    }
}

Flags: Run Last

The “load-failed” signal

gboolean
user_function (WebKitWebView  *web_view,
               WebKitLoadEvent load_event,
               gchar          *failing_uri,
               GError         *error,
               gpointer        user_data)

Emitted when an error occurs during a load operation. If the error happened when starting to load data for a page load_event will be WEBKIT_LOAD_STARTED. If it happened while loading a committed data source load_event will be WEBKIT_LOAD_COMMITTED. Since a load error causes the load operation to finish, the signal WebKitWebView::load-changed will always be emitted with WEBKIT_LOAD_FINISHED event right after this one.

By default, if the signal is not handled, a stock error page will be displayed. You need to handle the signal if you want to provide your own error page.

Flags: Run Last

The “load-failed-with-tls-errors” signal

gboolean
user_function (WebKitWebView       *web_view,
               gchar               *failing_uri,
               GTlsCertificate     *certificate,
               GTlsCertificateFlags errors,
               gpointer             user_data)

Emitted when a TLS error occurs during a load operation. To allow an exception for this certificate and the host of failing_uri use webkit_web_context_allow_tls_certificate_for_host().

To handle this signal asynchronously you should call g_object_ref() on certificate and return TRUE.

If FALSE is returned, “load-failed” will be emitted. The load will finish regardless of the returned value.

Flags: Run Last

Since: 2.6

The “mouse-target-changed” signal

void
user_function (WebKitWebView       *web_view,
               WebKitHitTestResult *hit_test_result,
               guint                modifiers,
               gpointer             user_data)

This signal is emitted when the mouse cursor moves over an element such as a link, image or a media element. To determine what type of element the mouse cursor is over, a Hit Test is performed on the current mouse coordinates and the result is passed in the hit_test_result argument. The modifiers argument is a bitmask of GdkModifierType flags indicating the state of modifier keys. The signal is emitted again when the mouse is moved out of the current element with a new hit_test_result .

Flags: Run Last

The “permission-request” signal

gboolean
user_function (WebKitWebView           *web_view,
               WebKitPermissionRequest *request,
               gpointer                 user_data)

This signal is emitted when WebKit is requesting the client to decide about a permission request, such as allowing the browser to switch to fullscreen mode, sharing its location or similar operations.

A possible way to use this signal could be through a dialog allowing the user decide what to do with the request:

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static gboolean permission_request_cb (WebKitWebView *web_view,
                                       WebKitPermissionRequest *request,
                                       GtkWindow *parent_window)
{
    GtkWidget *dialog = gtk_message_dialog_new (parent_window,
                                                GTK_DIALOG_MODAL,
                                                GTK_MESSAGE_QUESTION,
                                                GTK_BUTTONS_YES_NO,
                                                "Allow Permission Request?");
    gtk_widget_show (dialog);
    gint result = gtk_dialog_run (GTK_DIALOG (dialog));

    switch (result) {
    case GTK_RESPONSE_YES:
        webkit_permission_request_allow (request);
        break;
    default:
        webkit_permission_request_deny (request);
        break;
    }
    gtk_widget_destroy (dialog);

    return TRUE;
}

It is possible to handle permission requests asynchronously, by simply calling g_object_ref() on the request argument and returning TRUE to block the default signal handler. If the last reference is removed on a WebKitPermissionRequest and the request has not been handled, webkit_permission_request_deny() will be the default action.

If the signal is not handled, the request will be completed automatically by the specific WebKitPermissionRequest that could allow or deny it. Check the documentation of classes implementing WebKitPermissionRequest interface to know their default action.