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EditableLabel
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.. currentmodule:: gi.repository.Gtk





.. class:: EditableLabel(**properties: ~typing.Any)
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Superclasses: :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.Buildable`, :class:`~gi.repository.Gtk.ConstraintTarget`, :class:`~gi.repository.Gtk.Editable`



:Constructors:

::

    EditableLabel(**properties)
    new(str:str) -> Gtk.Widget



Constructors
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.. rst-class:: interim-class

.. class:: EditableLabel
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   .. classmethod:: new(str: str) -> ~gi.repository.Gtk.Widget

      Creates a new ``GtkEditableLabel`` widget.







      :param str: the text for the label









Methods
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.. rst-class:: interim-class

.. class:: EditableLabel
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   .. method:: get_editing() -> bool

      Returns whether the label is currently in “editing mode”.










   .. method:: start_editing() -> None

      Switches the label into “editing mode”.










   .. method:: stop_editing(commit: bool) -> None

      Switches the label out of “editing mode”.

      If ``commit`` is :const:`True`, the resulting text is kept as the
      :obj:`~gi.repository.Gtk.Editable.props.text` property value, otherwise the
      resulting text is discarded and the label will keep its
      previous :obj:`~gi.repository.Gtk.Editable.props.text` property value.







      :param commit: whether to set the edited text on the label









Properties
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.. rst-class:: interim-class

.. class:: EditableLabel
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   .. attribute:: props.editing
      :type: bool

      This property is :const:`True` while the widget is in edit mode.