| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| NORMAL0 | State during normal operation. |
| ACTIVE1 | State of a currently active widget, such as a depressed button. |
| PRELIGHT2 | State indicating that the mouse pointer is over the widget and the widget will respond to mouse clicks. |
| SELECTED3 | State of a selected item, such the selected row in a list. |
| INSENSITIVE4 | State indicating that the widget is unresponsive to user actions. |
| INCONSISTENT5 | The widget is inconsistent, such as checkbuttons or radiobuttons that aren’t either set to TRUE nor FALSE, or buttons requiring the user attention. |
| FOCUSED6 | The widget has the keyboard focus. |
Deprecated: All APIs that are using this enumeration have been deprecated in favor of alternatives using GtkStateFlags
This type indicates the current state of a widget; the state determines how the widget is drawn. The GtkStateType enumeration is also used to identify different colors in a gtk.Style for drawing, so states can be used for subparts of a widget as well as entire widgets.