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How can I create a GTK ComboBox with images in Python?

How can I create a ComboBox that displays a list of entries, each containing some text and an icon?

I'm using Python and GTK3 with GObject introspection.

Solution

  • Here's an example of how to do that, inspired by this answer for C.

    from gi.repository import Gtk
from gi.repository import GdkPixbuf

store = Gtk.ListStore(str, GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf)

pb = GdkPixbuf.Pixbuf.new_from_file_at_size("picture.png", 32, 32)
store.append(["Test", pb])

combo = Gtk.ComboBox.new_with_model(store)

renderer = Gtk.CellRendererText()
combo.pack_start(renderer, True)
combo.add_attribute(renderer, "text", 0)

renderer = Gtk.CellRendererPixbuf()
combo.pack_start(renderer, False)
combo.add_attribute(renderer, "pixbuf", 1)

window = Gtk.Window()
window.add(combo)
window.show_all()

window.connect('delete-event', lambda w, e: Gtk.main_quit())

Gtk.main()