Welcome!

GtkExtra is a useful set of widgets for creating GUI's for the Xwindows system using GTK+. You can use it complementary to GTK+ and it is written in C. It is also Free Software and released under the LGPL license.

A developer release of gtkextra-3 has been placed in the project download area (1 May 2011)
Major enhancements are:

  • Glade-3 integration, GtkBuilder support
  • GtkSheet: a new GtkSheetColumn type, with properties
  • support for GObjectIntrospection, a lgob language binding for Lua
  • GtkSheet: many bugfixes

Enjoy!

News

  • 02/26/2011 Developer version 3.0.0 with GTK+2.18 fixes, SIGSEGV fixes, and major enhancements.
  • 03/22/2010 Bugfix version 2.1.2 with GTK2+2.17 and GTK+2.18 fixes, SIGSEGV fixes, documentation added.
  • 06/24/2005 New version 2.1.1 features some fixes in gtksheet (for themes) and a silly fix in gtkextra-2.0.pc that prevented scigraphica from linking.
  • 06/23/2005 New version 2.1.0 features some improvements and bugfixes
  • 05/17/2005 After a long period of (apparent) inactivity, I released GtkExtra-1.0.0 and its port to Gtk+-2.x: the long awaited GtkExtra-2.0
  • 12/04/2001 GtkExtra-0.99.17 released with significant enhancements, new features, and minor bugfixes. See ChangeLog file for details.
  • 07/26/2001 GtkExtra-0.99.16 released with minor bugfixes.
  • 06/28/2001 GtkExtra-0.99.15 released. New widgets: gtkcharselection and gtkplotpixmap. Background images in gtkplot, and pixmaps in gtkplotcanvas. Much faster gtkiconfilesel, with gtkdirtree optional. Enhancements in WYSIWYG and postscript output, which can export images. BugFixes.
  • 03/09/2001 GtkExtra-0.99.14 released. Bugfixes and enhancements in GtkPlot and GtkIconList. Improved quality in the PS output. You'll have to recompile your programs. See ChangeLog file for details.
  • 01/31/2001 GtkExtra-0.99.13 released. Bugfixes and new method for custom labels in GtkPlot. Backwards compatibility is broken, you'll have to recompile your programs. See ChangeLog file for details.
  • 11/21/2000 GtkExtra-0.99.12 released. New GtkPlot3D and GtkPlotPolar widgets. New GtkPlotData subclasses: GtkPlotBox, Bar, Flux, Surface, and CSurface. Bugfixes. See the ChangeLog file for details.
  • 08/29/2000 GtkExtra-0.99.11 released. Bugfix release and improvements for compatibility with Win32.
  • 08/15/2000 GtkExtra-0.99.10 released. Bugfix release.
  • 07/05/2000 GtkExtra-0.99.9 released. Bugfixes and changes to improve bindings to other languages.
  • 07/03/2000 GtkExtra-0.99.8 released. Bugfixes and changes to improve bindings to other languages.
  • 06/12/2000 GtkExtra-0.99.7 released. Important changes in GtkPlotCanvas and GtkPSFont. You can embed images in your plots!
  • 12/04/2001 GtkExtra-0.99.17 released with significant enhancements, new features, and minor bugfixes. See ChangeLog file for details.
  • 07/26/2001 GtkExtra-0.99.16 released with minor bugfixes.
  • 06/28/2001 GtkExtra-0.99.15 released. New widgets: gtkcharselection and gtkplotpixmap. Background images in gtkplot, and pixmaps in gtkplotcanvas. Much faster gtkiconfilesel, with gtkdirtree optional. Enhancements in WYSIWYG and postscript output, which can export images. BugFixes.
  • 03/09/2001 GtkExtra-0.99.14 released. Bugfixes and enhancements in GtkPlot and GtkIconList. Improved quality in the PS output. You'll have to recompile your programs. See ChangeLog file for details.
  • 01/31/2001 GtkExtra-0.99.13 released. Bugfixes and new method for custom labels in GtkPlot. Backwards compatibility is broken, you'll have to recompile your programs. See ChangeLog file for details.
  • 11/21/2000 GtkExtra-0.99.12 released. New GtkPlot3D and GtkPlotPolar widgets. New GtkPlotData subclasses: GtkPlotBox, Bar, Flux, Surface, and CSurface. Bugfixes. See the ChangeLog file for details.
  • 08/29/2000 GtkExtra-0.99.11 released. Bugfix release and improvements for compatibility with Win32.
  • 08/15/2000 GtkExtra-0.99.10 released. Bugfix release.
  • 07/05/2000 GtkExtra-0.99.9 released. Bugfixes and changes to improve bindings to other languages.
  • 07/03/2000 GtkExtra-0.99.8 released. Bugfixes and changes to improve bindings to other languages.
  • 06/12/2000 GtkExtra-0.99.7 released. Important changes in GtkPlotCanvas and GtkPSFont. You can embed images in your plots!
  • 05/10/2000 New! GtkExtra mailing list .
  • 05/08/2000 SciGraphica-0.2 released!.
  • 07/26/2001 GtkExtra-0.99.16 released with minor bugfixes.
  • 06/28/2001 GtkExtra-0.99.15 released. New widgets: gtkcharselection and gtkplotpixmap. Background images in gtkplot, and pixmaps in gtkplotcanvas. Much faster gtkiconfilesel, with gtkdirtree optional. Enhancements in WYSIWYG and postscript output, which can export images. BugFixes.
  • 03/09/2001 GtkExtra-0.99.14 released. Bugfixes and enhancements in GtkPlot and GtkIconList. Improved quality in the PS output. You'll have to recompile your programs. See ChangeLog file for details.
  • 01/31/2001 GtkExtra-0.99.13 released. Bugfixes and new method for custom labels in GtkPlot. Backwards compatibility is broken, you'll have to recompile your programs. See ChangeLog file for details.
  • 11/21/2000 GtkExtra-0.99.12 released. New GtkPlot3D and GtkPlotPolar widgets. New GtkPlotData subclasses: GtkPlotBox, Bar, Flux, Surface, and CSurface. Bugfixes. See the ChangeLog file for details.
  • 08/29/2000 GtkExtra-0.99.11 released. Bugfix release and improvements for compatibility with Win32.
  • 08/15/2000 GtkExtra-0.99.10 released. Bugfix release.
  • 07/05/2000 GtkExtra-0.99.9 released. Bugfixes and changes to improve bindings to other languages.
  • 07/03/2000 GtkExtra-0.99.8 released. Bugfixes and changes to improve bindings to other languages.
  • 06/12/2000 GtkExtra-0.99.7 released. Important changes in GtkPlotCanvas and GtkPSFont. You can embed images in your plots!
  • 05/10/2000 New! GtkExtra mailing list .
  • 05/08/2000 SciGraphica-0.2 released!.
  • 05/08/2000 GtkExtra-0.99.6 released.
  • 04/26/2000 Nicholas reported his fist attemps to compile GtkExtra on Win32, and he sent a Makefile
  • 04/18/2000 GtkExtra-0.99.5 released.
  • 04/18/2000 GtkPlotCanvas re-written. See the ChangeLog file for details.
  • 04/10/2000 GtkExtra-0.99.4 released.
  • 03/14/2000 GtkExtra-0.99.3 released.
  • 03/15/2000 GtkExtra-- released. (see links)
  • 03/13/2000 New bugtracking system. (use it!)
  • 03/13/2000 GtkExtra-0.99.2 released.
  • 03/13/2000 Bindings for Ada95 and Python!. (see links)

Documentation
Documentation is available in the CVS repository and will be included in future releases. However, this is work in progress, and of you with experience with any of the widgets included in gtkextra is welcome to contribute. The distribution includes several demo programs showing the widgets and most of their features. The code of the demos is a good starting point for newbies. Of course, read the headers, too!