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AppChooserDialog
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.. currentmodule:: gi.repository.Gtk





.. deprecated:: 4.10

   The application selection widgets should be
   implemented according to the design of each platform and/or
   application requiring them.



.. class:: AppChooserDialog(*args, **kwargs)
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Superclasses: :class:`~gi.repository.Gtk.Dialog`, :class:`~gi.repository.Gtk.Window`, :class:`~gi.repository.Gtk.Widget`, :class:`~gi.repository.GObject.InitiallyUnowned`, :class:`~gi.repository.GObject.Object`



Implemented Interfaces: :class:`~gi.repository.Gtk.Accessible`, :class:`~gi.repository.Gtk.AppChooser`, :class:`~gi.repository.Gtk.Buildable`, :class:`~gi.repository.Gtk.ConstraintTarget`, :class:`~gi.repository.Gtk.Native`, :class:`~gi.repository.Gtk.Root`, :class:`~gi.repository.Gtk.ShortcutManager`



:Constructors:

::

    AppChooserDialog(**properties)
    new(parent:Gtk.Window=None, flags:Gtk.DialogFlags, file:Gio.File) -> Gtk.Widget
    new_for_content_type(parent:Gtk.Window=None, flags:Gtk.DialogFlags, content_type:str) -> Gtk.Widget



Constructors
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.. rst-class:: interim-class

.. class:: AppChooserDialog
   :no-index:


   .. classmethod:: new(parent: ~gi.repository.Gtk.Window | None, flags: ~gi.repository.Gtk.DialogFlags, file: ~gi.repository.Gio.File) -> ~gi.repository.Gtk.Widget

      Creates a new ``GtkAppChooserDialog`` for the provided ``GFile``.

      The dialog will show applications that can open the file.






      .. deprecated:: 4.10

         This widget will be removed in GTK 5




      :param parent: a ``GtkWindow``


      :param flags: flags for this dialog


      :param file: a ``GFile``





   .. classmethod:: new_for_content_type(parent: ~gi.repository.Gtk.Window | None, flags: ~gi.repository.Gtk.DialogFlags, content_type: str) -> ~gi.repository.Gtk.Widget

      Creates a new ``GtkAppChooserDialog`` for the provided content type.

      The dialog will show applications that can open the content type.






      .. deprecated:: 4.10

         This widget will be removed in GTK 5




      :param parent: a ``GtkWindow``


      :param flags: flags for this dialog


      :param content_type: a content type string









Methods
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.. rst-class:: interim-class

.. class:: AppChooserDialog
   :no-index:


   .. method:: get_heading() -> str | None

      Returns the text to display at the top of the dialog.






      .. deprecated:: 4.10

         This widget will be removed in GTK 5







   .. method:: get_widget() -> ~gi.repository.Gtk.Widget

      Returns the ``GtkAppChooserWidget`` of this dialog.






      .. deprecated:: 4.10

         This widget will be removed in GTK 5







   .. method:: set_heading(heading: str) -> None

      Sets the text to display at the top of the dialog.

      If the heading is not set, the dialog displays a default text.






      .. deprecated:: 4.10

         This widget will be removed in GTK 5




      :param heading: a string containing Pango markup









Properties
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.. rst-class:: interim-class

.. class:: AppChooserDialog
   :no-index:
   

   .. attribute:: props.gfile
      :type: ~gi.repository.Gio.File

      The GFile used by the ``GtkAppChooserDialog``.

      The dialog's ``GtkAppChooserWidget`` content type will
      be guessed from the file, if present.







   .. attribute:: props.heading
      :type: str

      The text to show at the top of the dialog.

      The string may contain Pango markup.