Drag and Drop
Prev | Chapter 8. The TreeView widget | Next

## Drag and Drop

`Gtk::TreeView` already implments simple drag-and-drop when used with the `Gtk::ListStore` or `Gtk::TreeStore` models. If necessary, it also allows you to implement more complex behaviour when items are dragged and dropped, using the normal Drag and Drop API.

### Reorderable rows

If you call `Gtk::TreeView::set_reorderable()` then your TreeView's items can be moved within the treeview itself. This is demonstrated in the `TreeStore` example.

However, this does not allow you any control of which items can be dragged, and where they can be dropped. If you need that extra control then you might create a derived `Gtk::TreeModel` from `Gtk::TreeStore` or `Gtk::ListStore` and override the `Gtk::TreeDragSource::row_draggable()` and `Gdk::TreeDragDest::row_drop_possible()` virtual methods. You can examine the `Gtk::TreeModel::Path`s provided and allow or disallow dragging or dropping by return `true` or `false`.

This is demonstrated in the drag_and_drop example.

Prev | Up | Next
The Selection | Home | Popup Context Menu