## GtkTextMark

GtkTextMark — A position in the buffer preserved across buffer modifications

## Synopsis

    #include <gtk/gtk.h>

                        GtkTextMark;
    GtkTextMark *       gtk_text_mark_new                   (const gchar *name,
                                                             gboolean left_gravity);
    void                gtk_text_mark_set_visible           (GtkTextMark *mark,
                                                             gboolean setting);
    gboolean            gtk_text_mark_get_visible           (GtkTextMark *mark);
    gboolean            gtk_text_mark_get_deleted           (GtkTextMark *mark);
    const gchar*        gtk_text_mark_get_name              (GtkTextMark *mark);
    GtkTextBuffer*      gtk_text_mark_get_buffer            (GtkTextMark *mark);
    gboolean            gtk_text_mark_get_left_gravity      (GtkTextMark *mark);

## Object Hierarchy

      GObject
       +----GtkTextMark

## Properties

      "left-gravity"             gboolean              : Read / Write / Construct Only
      "name"                     gchar*                : Read / Write / Construct Only

## Description

You may wish to begin by reading the text widget conceptual overview which gives an overview of all the objects and data types related to the text widget and how they work together.

A GtkTextMark is like a bookmark in a text buffer; it preserves a position in the text. You can convert the mark to an iterator using `gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_mark()`. Unlike iterators, marks remain valid across buffer mutations, because their behavior is defined when text is inserted or deleted. When text containing a mark is deleted, the mark remains in the position originally occupied by the deleted text. When text is inserted at a mark, a mark with left gravity will be moved to the beginning of the newly-inserted text, and a mark with right gravity will be moved to the end. [3]

Marks are reference counted, but the reference count only controls the validity of the memory; marks can be deleted from the buffer at any time with `gtk_text_buffer_delete_mark()`. Once deleted from the buffer, a mark is essentially useless.

Marks optionally have names; these can be convenient to avoid passing the GtkTextMark object around.

Marks are typically created using the `gtk_text_buffer_create_mark()` function.

## Details

### GtkTextMark

    typedef struct _GtkTextMark GtkTextMark;

### gtk_text_mark_new ()

    GtkTextMark *       gtk_text_mark_new                   (const gchar *name,
                                                             gboolean left_gravity);

Creates a text mark. Add it to a buffer using `gtk_text_buffer_add_mark()`. If `name` is `NULL`, the mark is anonymous; otherwise, the mark can be retrieved by name using `gtk_text_buffer_get_mark()`. If a mark has left gravity, and text is inserted at the mark's current location, the mark will be moved to the left of the newly-inserted text. If the mark has right gravity (`left_gravity` = `FALSE`), the mark will end up on the right of newly-inserted text. The standard left-to-right cursor is a mark with right gravity (when you type, the cursor stays on the right side of the text you're typing).

`name` : | mark name or `NULL`. allow-none.
`left_gravity` : | whether the mark should have left gravity
Returns : | new GtkTextMark

Since 2.12

### gtk_text_mark_set_visible ()

    void                gtk_text_mark_set_visible           (GtkTextMark *mark,
                                                             gboolean setting);

Sets the visibility of `mark`; the insertion point is normally visible, i.e. you can see it as a vertical bar. Also, the text widget uses a visible mark to indicate where a drop will occur when dragging-and-dropping text. Most other marks are not visible. Marks are not visible by default.

`mark` : | a GtkTextMark
`setting` : | visibility of mark

### gtk_text_mark_get_visible ()

    gboolean            gtk_text_mark_get_visible           (GtkTextMark *mark);

Returns `TRUE` if the mark is visible (i.e. a cursor is displayed for it).

`mark` : | a GtkTextMark
Returns : | `TRUE` if visible

### gtk_text_mark_get_deleted ()

    gboolean            gtk_text_mark_get_deleted           (GtkTextMark *mark);

Returns `TRUE` if the mark has been removed from its buffer with `gtk_text_buffer_delete_mark()`. See `gtk_text_buffer_add_mark()` for a way to add it to a buffer again.

`mark` : | a GtkTextMark
Returns : | whether the mark is deleted

### gtk_text_mark_get_name ()

    const gchar*        gtk_text_mark_get_name              (GtkTextMark *mark);

Returns the mark name; returns NULL for anonymous marks.

`mark` : | a GtkTextMark
Returns : | mark name

### gtk_text_mark_get_buffer ()

    GtkTextBuffer*      gtk_text_mark_get_buffer            (GtkTextMark *mark);

Gets the buffer this mark is located inside, or `NULL` if the mark is deleted.

`mark` : | a GtkTextMark
Returns : | the mark's GtkTextBuffer. transfer none.

### gtk_text_mark_get_left_gravity ()

    gboolean            gtk_text_mark_get_left_gravity      (GtkTextMark *mark);

Determines whether the mark has left gravity.

`mark` : | a GtkTextMark
Returns : | `TRUE` if the mark has left gravity, `FALSE` otherwise

## Property Details

### The `"left-gravity"` property

      "left-gravity"             gboolean              : Read / Write / Construct Only

Whether the mark has left gravity.

Default value: FALSE

### The `"name"` property

      "name"                     gchar*                : Read / Write / Construct Only

Mark name.

Default value: NULL

[3] "left" and "right" here refer to logical direction (left is the toward the start of the buffer); in some languages such as Hebrew the logically-leftmost text is not actually on the left when displayed.