Toast

class Toast(val adwToastPointer: <Error class: unknown class><<Error class: unknown class>>)(source)

A helper object for class@ToastOverlay.

Toasts are meant to be passed into method@ToastOverlay.add_toast as follows:

adw_toast_overlay_add_toast (overlay, adw_toast_new (_("Simple Toast")));

Toasts always have a close button. They emit the signal@Toast::dismissed signal when disappearing.

property@Toast:timeout determines how long the toast stays on screen, while property@Toast:priority determines how it behaves if another toast is already being displayed.

Toast titles use Pango markup by default, set property@Toast:use-markup to FALSE if this is unwanted.

property@Toast:custom-title can be used to replace the title label with a custom widget.

Actions

Toasts can have one button on them, with a label and an attached iface@Gio.Action.

AdwToast *toast = adw_toast_new (_("Toast with Action"));

adw_toast_set_button_label (toast, _("_Example"));
adw_toast_set_action_name (toast, "win.example");

adw_toast_overlay_add_toast (overlay, toast);

Modifying toasts

Toasts can be modified after they have been shown. For this, an AdwToast reference must be kept around while the toast is visible.

A common use case for this is using toasts as undo prompts that stack with each other, allowing to batch undo the last deleted items:

static void
toast_undo_cb (GtkWidget  *sender,
               const char *action,
               GVariant   *param)
{
  // Undo the deletion
}

static void
dismissed_cb (MyWindow *self)
{
  self->undo_toast = NULL;

  // Permanently delete the items
}

static void
delete_item (MyWindow *self,
             MyItem   *item)
{
  g_autofree char *title = NULL;
  int n_items;

  // Mark the item as waiting for deletion
  n_items = ... // The number of waiting items

  if (!self->undo_toast) {
    self->undo_toast = adw_toast_new_format (_("‘%s’ deleted"), ...);

    adw_toast_set_priority (self->undo_toast, ADW_TOAST_PRIORITY_HIGH);
    adw_toast_set_button_label (self->undo_toast, _("_Undo"));
    adw_toast_set_action_name (self->undo_toast, "toast.undo");

    g_signal_connect_swapped (self->undo_toast, "dismissed",
                              G_CALLBACK (dismissed_cb), self);

    adw_toast_overlay_add_toast (self->toast_overlay, self->undo_toast);

    return;
  }

  title =
    g_strdup_printf (ngettext ("<span font_features='tnum=1'>%d</span> item deleted",
                               "<span font_features='tnum=1'>%d</span> items deleted",
                               n_items), n_items);

  adw_toast_set_title (self->undo_toast, title);

  // Bump the toast timeout
  adw_toast_overlay_add_toast (self->toast_overlay, g_object_ref (self->undo_toast));
}

static void
my_window_class_init (MyWindowClass *klass)
{
  GtkWidgetClass *widget_class = GTK_WIDGET_CLASS (klass);

  gtk_widget_class_install_action (widget_class, "toast.undo", NULL, toast_undo_cb);
}