An Elementary image object is a direct realization of elm-image-class, and it allows one to load and display an image file on it, be it from a disk file or from a memory region. Exceptionally, one may also load an Edje group as the contents of the image. In this case, though, most of the functions of the image API will act as a no-op.

One can tune various properties of the image, like:

pre-scaling,
smooth scaling,
orientation,
aspect ratio during resizes, etc.

An image object may also be made valid source and destination for drag and drop actions, through the elm_image_editable_set() call.

If the image source size is bigger than maximum texture size of the GPU (or also of the software rendering code too), evas can't render it because of such a limitation. If evas just magically always downscales on load if it's too big, then the user has a new bug: "the image is blurry". Potentially any image can cause issue. What if the image is too big to allocate memory for it? A 30000x30000 image will need just a bit under 4GB of RAM to store it. Texture size limitations are something every game developer has to deal with game engines, OpenGL, D3D etc. You can get the maximum image size evas can possibly handle by the calling evas_image_max_size_get() function. If the image size is bigger than this, you can try using load options to pre-scale down on load to lower quality. So use the elm_image_prescale_set() function to scale the image down. Another option is to use the Photocam widget. Photocam solves this issue by loading the prices as needed asynchronously in tiles and automatically using pre-scaling as well So use Photocam if you expect to load very large images.

Signals that you can add callbacks for are:

"drop" - This is called when a user has dropped an image typed object onto the object in question -- the event info argument is the path to that image file
"clicked" - This is called when a user has clicked the image
"download,start" - This is called when the remote image file download has started.
"download,progress" - This is continuously called before the remote image file download has done. The event info data is of type Elm_Image_Progress.
"download,done" - This is called when the download has completed.
"download,error"- This is called when the download has failed.
"load,open" - Triggered when the file has been opened, if async open is enabled (image size is known). (since 1.19)
"load,ready" - Triggered when the image file is ready for display, if preload is enabled. (since 1.19)
"load,error" - Triggered if an async I/O or decoding error occurred, if async open or preload is enabled (since 1.19)
"load,cancel" - Triggered whenever async I/O was cancelled. (since 1.19)

An example of usage for this API follows:

Image example

Functions
Evas_Object *	elm_image_add (Evas_Object *parent)
Eina_Bool	elm_image_file_set (Evas_Object obj, const char file, const char *group)
void	elm_image_file_get (const Eo obj, const char file, const char *group)
void	elm_image_prescale_set (Evas_Object *obj, int size)
int	elm_image_prescale_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
Eina_Bool	elm_image_mmap_set (Evas_Object obj, const Eina_File file, const char *group)
void	elm_image_smooth_set (Evas_Object *obj, Eina_Bool smooth)
	Control the smooth effect for an image.
Eina_Bool	elm_image_smooth_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
	Get the smooth effect for an image.
void	elm_image_animated_play_set (Evas_Object *obj, Eina_Bool play)
Eina_Bool	elm_image_animated_play_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
void	elm_image_animated_set (Evas_Object *obj, Eina_Bool anim)
Eina_Bool	elm_image_animated_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
Eina_Bool	elm_image_animated_available_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
void	elm_image_editable_set (Evas_Object *obj, Eina_Bool set)
	Contrtol if the image is 'editable'.
Eina_Bool	elm_image_editable_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
	Contrtol if the image is 'editable'.
Eina_Bool	elm_image_memfile_set (Evas_Object obj, const void img, size_t size, const char format, const char key)
	Set a location in memory to be used as an image object's source bitmap.
void	elm_image_fill_outside_set (Evas_Object *obj, Eina_Bool fill_outside)
	Control if the image fills the entire object area, when keeping the aspect ratio.
Eina_Bool	elm_image_fill_outside_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
	Control if the image fills the entire object area, when keeping the aspect ratio.
void	elm_image_preload_disabled_set (Evas_Object *obj, Eina_Bool disabled)
	Enable or disable preloading of the image.
void	elm_image_orient_set (Evas_Object *obj, Elm_Image_Orient orient)
	Contrtol the image orientation.
Elm_Image_Orient	elm_image_orient_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
	Contrtol the image orientation.
Evas_Object *	elm_image_object_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
	Get the inlined image object of the image widget.
void	elm_image_object_size_get (const Evas_Object obj, int w, int *h)
	Get the current size of the image.
void	elm_image_resizable_set (Evas_Object *obj, Eina_Bool up, Eina_Bool down)
	Control if the object is (up/down) resizable.
void	elm_image_resizable_get (const Evas_Object obj, Eina_Bool up, Eina_Bool *down)
	Control if the object is (up/down) resizable.
void	elm_image_no_scale_set (Evas_Object *obj, Eina_Bool no_scale)
	Control scaling behaviour of this object.
Eina_Bool	elm_image_no_scale_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
	Control scaling behaviour of this object.
void	elm_image_aspect_fixed_set (Evas_Object *obj, Eina_Bool fixed)
	Control whether the internal image's aspect ratio is fixed to the original image's aspect ratio.
Eina_Bool	elm_image_aspect_fixed_get (const Evas_Object *obj)
	Get whether the internal image's aspect ratio is fixed to the original image's.
void	elm_image_async_open_set (Evas_Object *obj, Eina_Bool async)
	Enable asynchronous file I/O for elm_image_file_set.
Typedefs
typedef struct _Elm_Image_Progress	Elm_Image_Progress
typedef struct _Elm_Image_Error	Elm_Image_Error
typedef enum _Elm_Image_Orient_Type	Elm_Image_Orient

Typedef Documentation

typedef struct _Elm_Image_Error Elm_Image_Error

Structure associated with smart callback 'download,progress'.

Since (EFL) :: 1.8

typedef enum _Elm_Image_Orient_Type Elm_Image_Orient

Using Evas_Image_Orient enums.

Since (EFL) :: 1.14

typedef struct _Elm_Image_Progress Elm_Image_Progress

Structure associated with smart callback 'download,progress'.

Since (EFL) :: 1.8

Enumeration Type Documentation

enum _Elm_Image_Orient_Type

Using Evas_Image_Orient enums.

Since (EFL) :: 1.14

Enumerator:

ELM_IMAGE_ORIENT_NONE	no orientation change
ELM_IMAGE_ORIENT_0	no orientation change
ELM_IMAGE_ROTATE_90	rotate 90 degrees clockwise
ELM_IMAGE_ORIENT_90	rotate 90 degrees clockwise
ELM_IMAGE_ROTATE_180	rotate 180 degrees clockwise
ELM_IMAGE_ORIENT_180	rotate 180 degrees clockwise
ELM_IMAGE_ROTATE_270	rotate 90 degrees counter-clockwise (i.e. 270 degrees clockwise)
ELM_IMAGE_ORIENT_270	rotate 90 degrees counter-clockwise (i.e. 270 degrees clockwise)
ELM_IMAGE_FLIP_HORIZONTAL	flip image horizontally (along the x = width / 2 line)
ELM_IMAGE_FLIP_VERTICAL	flip image vertically (along the y = height / 2 line)
ELM_IMAGE_FLIP_TRANSPOSE	flip image along the y = (width - x) line (bottom-left to top-right)
ELM_IMAGE_FLIP_TRANSVERSE	flip image along the y = x line (top-left to bottom-right)

Function Documentation

Evas_Object* elm_image_add ( Evas_Object * parent )

Add a new image to the parent.

Parameters:

parent The parent object

Returns:: The new object or NULL if it cannot be created

See also:: elm_image_file_set()

Since :: 2.3

Examples:: image_example_01.c.

Eina_Bool elm_image_animated_available_get ( const Evas_Object * obj )

Get whether an image object supports animation or not.

Returns:: EINA_TRUE if the image supports animation, EINA_FALSE otherwise.

This function returns if this Elementary image object's internal image can be animated. Currently Evas only supports GIF animation. If the return value is EINA_FALSE, other elm_image_animated_xxx API calls won't work.

See also:: elm_image_animated_set()

Since (EFL) :: 1.7

Since :: 2.3

Eina_Bool elm_image_animated_get ( const Evas_Object * obj )

Get whether an image object has animation enabled or not.

Parameters:

obj	The image object

Returns:: EINA_TRUE if the image has animation enabled, EINA_FALSE otherwise.

See also:: elm_image_animated_set()

Since (EFL) :: 1.7

Since :: 2.3

Eina_Bool elm_image_animated_play_get ( const Evas_Object * obj )

Get whether an image object is under animation or not.

Parameters:

obj	The image object

Returns:: EINA_TRUE, if the image is being animated, EINA_FALSE otherwise.

See also:: elm_image_animated_play_get()

Since (EFL) :: 1.7

Since :: 2.3

void elm_image_animated_play_set	(	Evas_Object *	obj,
		Eina_Bool	play
	)

Start or stop an image object's animation.

To actually start playing any image object's animation, if it supports it, one must do something like:

 if (elm_image_animated_available_get(img))
 {
 elm_image_animated_set(img, EINA_TRUE);
 elm_image_animated_play_set(img, EINA_TRUE);
 }

elm_image_animated_set() will enable animation on the image, but not start it yet. This is the function one uses to start and stop animations on image objects.

See also:: elm_image_animated_available_get(); elm_image_animated_set(); elm_image_animated_play_get()

Since (EFL) :: 1.7

Parameters:

	obj	The image object
[in]	play	`EINA_TRUE` to start the animation, `EINA_FALSE` otherwise. Default is `EINA_FALSE`.

Since :: 2.3

void elm_image_animated_set	(	Evas_Object *	obj,
		Eina_Bool	anim
	)

Set whether an image object (which supports animation) is to animate itself or not.

An image object, even if it supports animation, will be displayed by default without animation. Call this function with animated set to EINA_TRUE to enable its animation. To start or stop the animation, actually, use elm_image_animated_play_set().

See also:: elm_image_animated_get(); elm_image_animated_available_get(); elm_image_animated_play_set()

Since (EFL) :: 1.7

Parameters:

	obj	The image object
[in]	anim	`EINA_TRUE` if the object is to animate itself, `EINA_FALSE` otherwise. Default is `EINA_FALSE`.

Since :: 2.3

Eina_Bool elm_image_aspect_fixed_get ( const Evas_Object * obj )

Get whether the internal image's aspect ratio is fixed to the original image's.

Returns:: @ true if the aspect ratio is fixed

Since :: 2.3

void elm_image_aspect_fixed_set	(	Evas_Object *	obj,
		Eina_Bool	fixed
	)

Control whether the internal image's aspect ratio is fixed to the original image's aspect ratio.

Parameters:

[in] fixed @ true if the aspect ratio is fixed

Since :: 2.3

Examples:: image_example_01.c.

void elm_image_async_open_set	(	Evas_Object *	obj,
		Eina_Bool	async
	)

Enable asynchronous file I/O for elm_image_file_set.

Parameters:

	obj	The image object
[in]	async	@ true will make elm_image_file_set() an asynchronous operation

If true, this will make elm_image_file_set() an asynchronous operation. Use of this function is not recommended and the standard EO-based asynchronous I/O API should be preferred instead.

Since (EFL) :: 1.19

Eina_Bool elm_image_editable_get ( const Evas_Object * obj )

Contrtol if the image is 'editable'.

This means the image is a valid drag target for drag and drop, and can be cut or pasted too.

Returns:: Turn on or off editability. Default is false.

Since :: 2.3

void elm_image_editable_set	(	Evas_Object *	obj,
		Eina_Bool	set
	)

Contrtol if the image is 'editable'.

This means the image is a valid drag target for drag and drop, and can be cut or pasted too.

Parameters:

[in] set Turn on or off editability. Default is false.

Since :: 2.3

Examples:: image_example_01.c.

void elm_image_file_get	(	const Eo *	obj,
		const char **	file,
		const char **	group
	)

Get the file that will be used as image.

See also:: elm_image_file_set()

Parameters:

[out]	file	The path to file that will be used as image source
[out]	group	The group that the image belongs to, in case it's an EET (including Edje case) file. This can be used as a key inside evas image cache if this is a normal image file not eet file.

Since :: 2.3

Examples:: icon_example_01.c.

Eina_Bool elm_image_file_set	(	Evas_Object *	obj,
		const char *	file,
		const char *	group
	)

Set the file that will be used as the image's source.

Parameters:

obj	The image object
file	The path to file that will be used as image source
group	The group that the image belongs to, in case it's an EET (including Edje case) file. This can be used as a key inside evas image cache if this is a normal image file not eet file.

Returns:: (EINA_TRUE = success, EINA_FALSE = error)

See also:: elm_image_file_get()

Note:: This function will trigger the Edje file case based on the extension of the file string (expects ".edj", for this case).; If you use animated gif image and create multiple image objects with one gif image file, you should set the group differently for each object. Or image objects will share one evas image cache entry and you will get unwanted frames.

Since :: 2.3

Examples:: image_example_01.c, map_example_02.c, popup_example_02.c, popup_example_03.c, progressbar_example.c, transit_example_03.c, transit_example_04.c, and win_example.c.

Eina_Bool elm_image_fill_outside_get ( const Evas_Object * obj )

Control if the image fills the entire object area, when keeping the aspect ratio.

When the image should keep its aspect ratio even if resized to another aspect ratio, there are two possibilities to resize it: keep the entire image inside the limits of height and width of the object ($fill_outside is false) or let the extra width or height go outside of the object, and the image will fill the entire object ($fill_outside is true).

Note:: This option will have no effect if elm_image_aspect_fixed_get is set to false.

Returns:: true if the object is filled outside, false otherwise. Default is false.

Since :: 2.3

void elm_image_fill_outside_set	(	Evas_Object *	obj,
		Eina_Bool	fill_outside
	)

Control if the image fills the entire object area, when keeping the aspect ratio.

When the image should keep its aspect ratio even if resized to another aspect ratio, there are two possibilities to resize it: keep the entire image inside the limits of height and width of the object ($fill_outside is false) or let the extra width or height go outside of the object, and the image will fill the entire object ($fill_outside is true).

Note:: This option will have no effect if elm_image_aspect_fixed_get is set to false.

Parameters:

[in] fill_outside true if the object is filled outside, false otherwise. Default is false.

Since :: 2.3

Examples:: icon_example_01.c, and image_example_01.c.

Eina_Bool elm_image_memfile_set	(	Evas_Object *	obj,
		const void *	img,
		size_t	size,
		const char *	format,
		const char *	key
	)

Set a location in memory to be used as an image object's source bitmap.

This function is handy when the contents of an image file are mapped in memory, for example.

The format string should be something like $"png", $"jpg", $"tga", $"tiff", $"bmp" etc, when provided ($NULL, on the contrary). This improves the loader performance as it tries the "correct" loader first, before trying a range of other possible loaders until one succeeds.

Parameters:

[in]	img	The binary data that will be used as image source
[in]	size	The size of binary data blob `img`
[in]	format	(Optional) expected format of `img` bytes
[in]	key	Optional indexing key of `img` to be passed to the image loader (eg. if `img` is a memory-mapped EET file)

Returns:: true = success, false = error

Since (EFL) :: 1.7

Since :: 2.3

Eina_Bool elm_image_mmap_set	(	Evas_Object *	obj,
		const Eina_File *	file,
		const char *	group
	)

Set the file that will be used as the image's source.

Parameters:

obj	The image object
file	The handler to an Eina_File that will be used as image source
group	The group that the image belongs to, in case it's an EET (including Edje case) file. This can be used as a key inside evas image cache if this is a normal image file not eet file.

Returns:: (EINA_TRUE = success, EINA_FALSE = error)

See also:: elm_image_file_set()

Note:: This function will trigger the Edje file case based on the extension of the file string use to create the Eina_File (expects ".edj", for this case).; If you use animated gif image and create multiple image objects with one gif image file, you should set the group differently for each object. Or image objects will share one evas image cache entry and you will get unwanted frames.

Since :: 3.0

Eina_Bool elm_image_no_scale_get ( const Evas_Object * obj )

Control scaling behaviour of this object.

This function disables scaling of the elm_image widget through the function elm_object_scale_set(). However, this does not affect the widget size/resize in any way. For that effect, take a look at elm_image_resizable_get and efl_gfx_entity_scale_get

Returns:: true if the object is not scalable, false otherwise. Default is false.

Since :: 2.3

void elm_image_no_scale_set	(	Evas_Object *	obj,
		Eina_Bool	no_scale
	)

Control scaling behaviour of this object.

This function disables scaling of the elm_image widget through the function elm_object_scale_set(). However, this does not affect the widget size/resize in any way. For that effect, take a look at elm_image_resizable_get and efl_gfx_entity_scale_get

Parameters:

[in] no_scale true if the object is not scalable, false otherwise. Default is false.

Since :: 2.3

Examples:: icon_example_01.c, image_example_01.c, and win_example.c.

Evas_Object* elm_image_object_get ( const Evas_Object * obj )

Get the inlined image object of the image widget.

This function allows one to get the underlying Evas_Object of type Image from this elementary widget. It can be useful to do things like get the pixel data, save the image to a file, etc.

Note:: Be careful to not manipulate it, as it is under control of elementary.

Warning:: It doesn't guarantee the inlined object must be a type of Evas_Object_Image. It would be one of Evas_Object_Image or Edje_Object depending on image file type.

Returns:: The inlined image object, or NULL if none exists

Since :: 2.3

void elm_image_object_size_get	(	const Evas_Object *	obj,
		int *	w,
		int *	h
	)

Get the current size of the image.

This is the real size of the image, not the size of the object.

Parameters:

[out]	w	Pointer to store width, or NULL.
[out]	h	Pointer to store height, or NULL.

Since :: 2.3

Elm_Image_Orient elm_image_orient_get ( const Evas_Object * obj )

Contrtol the image orientation.

This function allows to rotate or flip the given image.

Returns:: The image orientation Elm.Image.Orient Default is ELM_IMAGE_ORIENT_NONE.

Since :: 2.3

void elm_image_orient_set	(	Evas_Object *	obj,
		Elm_Image_Orient	orient
	)

Contrtol the image orientation.

This function allows to rotate or flip the given image.

Parameters:

[in] orient The image orientation Elm.Image.Orient Default is ELM_IMAGE_ORIENT_NONE.

Since :: 2.3

Examples:: image_example_01.c.

void elm_image_preload_disabled_set	(	Evas_Object *	obj,
		Eina_Bool	disabled
	)

Enable or disable preloading of the image.

Parameters:

[in] disabled If true, preloading will be disabled

Since :: 2.3

int elm_image_prescale_get ( const Evas_Object * obj )

Get the prescale size for the image

Parameters:

obj	The image object

Returns:: The prescale size

See also:: elm_image_prescale_set()

Since :: 2.3

void elm_image_prescale_set	(	Evas_Object *	obj,
		int	size
	)

Set the prescale size for the image

Parameters:

obj	The image object
size	The prescale size. This value is used for both width and height.

This function sets a new size for pixmap representation of the given image. It allows the image to be loaded already in the specified size, reducing the memory usage and load time when loading a big image with load size set to a smaller size.

It's equivalent to the elm_bg_load_size_set() function for bg.

Note:: this is just a hint, the real size of the pixmap may differ depending on the type of image being loaded, being bigger than requested.

See also:: elm_image_prescale_get(); elm_bg_load_size_set()

Since :: 2.3

void elm_image_resizable_get	(	const Evas_Object *	obj,
		Eina_Bool *	up,
		Eina_Bool *	down
	)

Control if the object is (up/down) resizable.

This function limits the image resize ability. If size_up is set to false, the object can't have its height or width resized to a value higher than the original image size. Same is valid for size_down.

Parameters:

[out]	up	A bool to set if the object is resizable up. Default is `true`.
[out]	down	A bool to set if the object is resizable down. Default is `true`.

Since :: 2.3

void elm_image_resizable_set	(	Evas_Object *	obj,
		Eina_Bool	up,
		Eina_Bool	down
	)

Control if the object is (up/down) resizable.

This function limits the image resize ability. If size_up is set to false, the object can't have its height or width resized to a value higher than the original image size. Same is valid for size_down.

Parameters:

[in]	up	A bool to set if the object is resizable up. Default is `true`.
[in]	down	A bool to set if the object is resizable down. Default is `true`.

Since :: 2.3

Examples:: ctxpopup_example_01.c, icon_example_01.c, image_example_01.c, list_example_03.c, mapbuf_example.c, slider_example.c, and win_example.c.

Eina_Bool elm_image_smooth_get ( const Evas_Object * obj )

Get the smooth effect for an image.

Get the scaling algorithm to be used when scaling the image. Smooth scaling provides a better resulting image, but is slower.

The smooth scaling should be disabled when making animations that change the image size, since it will be faster. Animations that don't require resizing of the image can keep the smooth scaling enabled (even if the image is already scaled, since the scaled image will be cached).

Returns:: true if smooth scaling should be used, false otherwise. Default is true.

Since :: 2.3

void elm_image_smooth_set	(	Evas_Object *	obj,
		Eina_Bool	smooth
	)

Control the smooth effect for an image.

Set the scaling algorithm to be used when scaling the image. Smooth scaling provides a better resulting image, but is slower.

The smooth scaling should be disabled when making animations that change the image size, since it will be faster. Animations that don't require resizing of the image can keep the smooth scaling enabled (even if the image is already scaled, since the scaled image will be cached).

Parameters:

[in] smooth true if smooth scaling should be used, false otherwise. Default is true.

Since :: 2.3

Examples:: icon_example_01.c, and image_example_01.c.

Functions

Typedefs

Typedef Documentation

Enumeration Type Documentation

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