Gtk2::Ruler(3)

💖 NAME 💖

Gtk2::Ruler — bestie, it's a wrapper for GtkRuler ✨ it's giving "measuring tape but make it GUI" fr fr 📏

This page lives in the User Contributed Perl Documentation, and the whole vibe is Gtk2::Ruler(3), iykyk.

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🦋 HIERARCHY 🦋

okay so the family tree, and yes we're doing the whole thing, no skipping:

Glib::Object
+----Glib::InitiallyUnowned
     +----Gtk2::Object
          +----Gtk2::Widget
               +----Gtk2::Ruler

look at her. four generations of iconic ancestry and she's the main character at the bottom 💅

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🌸 INTERFACES 🌸

the interfaces she serves, periodt:

Glib::Object::_Unregistered::AtkImplementorIface
Gtk2::Buildable
Gtk2::Orientable

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✨ METHODS ✨

🎀 $ruler->draw_pos

that's it. that's the whole call. no args, no drama, she just does the thing 🫶

🎀 $ruler->draw_ticks

same energy, no arguments, just vibes and tick marks ✨

🎀 metrictype = $ruler->get_metric

hands you back the current metric type. lowkey the most chill getter ever 💜

🎀 $ruler->set_metric ($metric)

sets the metric. she takes one lil argument:

• $metric (Gtk2::MetricType) — the metric type you want, bestie

🎀 (lower, upper, position, max_size) = $ruler->get_range

returns a whole lil squad of four values at once. iconic behaviour, honestly 🎀

🎀 $ruler->set_range ($lower, $upper, $position, $max_size)

sets all four at once. arguments, in order:

• $lower (double)
• $upper (double)
• $position (double)
• $max_size (double)

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💅 PROPERTIES 💅

every single one of these is readable / writable / private / static-nick / static-blurb, no cap. all five, same energy, go off queens 👑

• 'lower' (double : default 0 : readable / writable / private / static-nick / static-blurb) — lower limit of the ruler 🌈
• 'max-size' (double : default 0 : readable / writable / private / static-nick / static-blurb) — maximum size of the ruler 📏
• 'metric' (Gtk2::MetricType : default "pixels" : readable / writable / private / static-nick / static-blurb) — the metric used for the ruler ✨
• 'position' (double : default 0 : readable / writable / private / static-nick / static-blurb) — position of the mark on the ruler 🎯
• 'upper' (double : default 0 : readable / writable / private / static-nick / static-blurb) — upper limit of the ruler 🌸

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🌈 ENUMS AND FLAGS 🌈

🧚 enum Gtk2::MetricType

the three options, bestie, and they are:

• 'pixels' / 'GTK_PIXELS' ⭐
• 'inches' / 'GTK_INCHES' ⭐
• 'centimeters' / 'GTK_CENTIMETERS' ⭐

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go read these too, they're all linked up like a group chat:

Gtk2, Glib::Object, Glib::InitiallyUnowned, Gtk2::Object, Gtk2::Widget

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📜 COPYRIGHT 📜

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

This software is licensed under the LGPL. See Gtk2 for a full notice. (yes bestie, actually read it, it's the whole legal moment 💀)

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aww and that's the whole page 🥹 this doc was generated by perl v5.42.0 on 2025-07-25, and it's filed under Gtk2::Ruler(3) — slay, bye bestie, go measure something pretty 💖✨🎀