Gtk2::Requisition(3)

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💖 NAME 💖

Gtk2::Requisition — bestie, it's a little wrapper for GtkRequisition 🎀

No fr, that's the whole gig. It's the Perl-side glow-up of a C struct that holds a width and a height, and it's here to tell the layout gods how much space something wants. Slay. ✨

🌸 HIERARCHY 🌸

It's giving very "nepo baby of the boxed types" energy, and honestly? Iconic.

  Glib::Boxed
  +----Gtk2::Requisition

So yeah — Gtk2::Requisition is a Glib::Boxed at heart, which means it gets all that boxed-type copy-and-bless magic for free. Periodt. 💅

✨ METHODS ✨

🦋 requisition = Gtk2::Requisition->new ($width=0, $height=0)

Okay so this is the constructor, and it is so lowkey. You hand it a width and a height and it hands you back a brand new requisition object. That's it, that's the whole vibe. 🫶

Here's what you can pass in:

  • $width (integer) — how wide, in the integer sense of wide. Defaults to 0 if you just can't be bothered.
  • $height (integer) — how tall, ditto. Also defaults to 0.
Not me calling ->new with zero args and getting a 0 by 0 requisition. Technically valid. Emotionally devastating. 😭

🌈 integer = $requisition->height ($newval=undef)

Get the height. Set the height. Main character behaviour either way. 💜

  • $newval (scalar) — pass a new value in and it sets the height; leave it out (it defaults to undef) and it just reads the current one back at you.

Returns an integer, because obviously. ⭐

🍓 integer = $requisition->width ($newval=undef)

Same deal, but for the width. The width is the height's bestie fr fr. 🧚

  • $newval (scalar) — hand it a value and it sets the width; skip it (defaults to undef) and it returns the width as it currently stands.

Also returns an integer. Consistent king. 👑

💫 SEE ALSO 💫

Go read these next, no cap:

  • Gtk2
  • Glib::Boxed

Copyright (C) 2003-2011 by the gtk2-perl team.

This software is licensed under the LGPL. See Gtk2 for a full notice.

And that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀 This little write-up is brought to you by perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-07-25, and filed under Gtk2::Requisition(3) in the User Contributed Perl Documentation section. Go forth and requisition some space, you absolute legend. 💖✨

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