The Image widget displays an image. Various kinds of object can be displayed as an image; most typically, you would load a Pixbuf ("pixel buffer") from a file, and then display that. There's a convenience function to do this, imageNewFromFile, used as follows: If the file isn't loaded successfully, the image will contain a "broken image" icon similar to that used in many web browsers. If you want to handle errors in loading the file yourself, for example by displaying an error message, then load the image with pixbufNewFromFile, then create the Image with imageNewFromPixbuf.

   image <- imageNewFromFile "myfile.png"

The image file may contain an animation, if so the Image will display an animation (PixbufAnimation) instead of a static image.

Image is a subclass of Misc, which implies that you can align it (center, left, right) and add padding to it, using Misc methods.

Image is a "no window" widget (has no DrawWindow of its own), so by default does not receive events. If you want to receive events on the image, such as button clicks, place the image inside a EventBox, then connect to the event signals on the event box.

When handling events on the event box, keep in mind that coordinates in the image may be different from event box coordinates due to the alignment and padding settings on the image (see Misc). The simplest way to solve this is to set the alignment to 0.0 (left/top), and set the padding to zero. Then the origin of the image will be the same as the origin of the event box.

Sometimes an application will want to avoid depending on external data files, such as image files. Gtk+ comes with a program to avoid this, called gdk-pixbuf-csource. This program allows you to convert an image into a C variable declaration, which can then be loaded into a Pixbuf using pixbufNewFromInline.

 |  GObject
 |   +----Object
 |         +----Widget
 |               +----Misc
 |                     +----Image
 

Creates a new Image displaying the file filename. If the file isn't found or can't be loaded, the resulting Image will display a "broken image" icon.

If the file contains an animation, the image will contain an animation.

If you need to detect failures to load the file, use pixbufNewFromFile to load the file yourself, then create the Image from the pixbuf. (Or for animations, use pixbufAnimationNewFromFile).

The storage type (imageGetStorageType) of the returned image is not defined, it will be whatever is appropriate for displaying the file.

Creates a new Image displaying a Pixbuf.

Note that this function just creates an Image from the pixbuf. The Image created will not react to state changes. Should you want that, you should use imageNewFromIconSet.

Stock ID for a stock image to display.

Default value: ""

Symbolic size to use for stock icon, icon set or named icon.

Allowed values: >= 0

Default value: 4

The representation being used for image data.

Default value: ImageEmpty