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EventControllerLegacy
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.. currentmodule:: gi.repository.Gtk





.. class:: EventControllerLegacy(**properties: ~typing.Any)
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Superclasses: :class:`~gi.repository.Gtk.EventController`, :class:`~gi.repository.GObject.Object`





``GtkEventControllerLegacy`` is an event controller that provides raw
access to the event stream.

It should only be used as a last resort if none of the other event
controllers or gestures do the job.



Constructors
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.. rst-class:: interim-class

.. class:: EventControllerLegacy
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   .. classmethod:: new() -> ~gi.repository.Gtk.EventController

      Creates a new legacy event controller.


















Signals
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.. rst-class:: interim-class

.. class:: EventControllerLegacy.signals
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   .. method:: event(event: ~gi.repository.Gdk.Event) -> bool

      Emitted for each GDK event delivered to ``controller``.







      :param event: the ``GdkEvent`` which triggered this signal