Spinner

class Spinner(**properties: Any)

Superclasses: Widget, InitiallyUnowned, Object

Implemented Interfaces: Accessible, Buildable, ConstraintTarget

A GtkSpinner widget displays an icon-size spinning animation.

It is often used as an alternative to a ProgressBar for displaying indefinite activity, instead of actual progress.

To start the animation, use start, to stop it use stop.

CSS nodes

GtkSpinner has a single CSS node with the name spinner. When the animation is active, the :checked pseudoclass is added to this node.

Constructors

class Spinner

classmethod new() → Widget

Returns a new spinner widget. Not yet started.

Methods

class Spinner

get_spinning() → bool

Returns whether the spinner is spinning.

set_spinning(spinning: bool) → None

Sets the activity of the spinner.

Parameters:

spinning – whether the spinner should be spinning

start() → None

Starts the animation of the spinner.

stop() → None

Stops the animation of the spinner.

Properties

class Spinner

props.spinning: bool

Whether the spinner is spinning