## GooCanvasGroup GooCanvasGroup — a group of items. |

## Synopsis

                        GooCanvasGroup;
    GooCanvasItem*      goo_canvas_group_new                (GooCanvasItem *parent,
                                                             ...);

## Object Hierarchy

      GObject
       +----GooCanvasItemSimple
             +----GooCanvasGroup
                   +----GooCanvasTable

## Implemented Interfaces

GooCanvasGroup implements GooCanvasItem.

## Description

GooCanvasGroup represents a group of items. Groups can be nested to any depth, to create a hierarchy of items. Items are ordered within each group, with later items being displayed above earlier items.

GooCanvasGroup is a subclass of GooCanvasItemSimple and so inherits all of the style properties such as "stroke-color", "fill-color" and "line-width". Setting a style property on a GooCanvasGroup will affect all children of the GooCanvasGroup (unless the children override the property setting).

GooCanvasGroup implements the GooCanvasItem interface, so you can use the GooCanvasItem functions such as `goo_canvas_item_raise()` and `goo_canvas_item_rotate()`, and the properties such as "visibility" and "pointer-events".

To create a GooCanvasGroup use `goo_canvas_group_new()`.

To get or set the properties of an existing GooCanvasGroup, use `g_object_get()` and `g_object_set()`.

## Details

### GooCanvasGroup

    typedef struct _GooCanvasGroup GooCanvasGroup;

The GooCanvasGroup struct contains private data only.

### goo_canvas_group_new ()

    GooCanvasItem*      goo_canvas_group_new                (GooCanvasItem *parent,
                                                             ...);

Creates a new group item.

`parent` : | the parent item, or `NULL`. If a parent is specified, it will assume ownership of the item, and the item will automatically be freed when it is removed from the parent. Otherwise call `g_object_unref()` to free it.
`...` : | optional pairs of property names and values, and a terminating `NULL`.
Returns : | a new group item.