Chapter 11. Adjustments
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## Chapter 11. Adjustments

gtkmm has various widgets that can be visually adjusted using the mouse or the keyboard, such as the Range widgets (described in the Range Widgets section). There are also a few widgets that display some adjustable part of a larger area, such as the Viewport widget. These widgets have `Gtk::Adjustment` objects that express this common part of their API.

So that applications can react to changes, for instance when a user moves a scrollbar, `Gtk::Adjustment` has a `changed` signal. You can then use the `get_changed()` method to discover the new value.

## Creating an Adjustment

The `Gtk::Adjustment` constructor is as follows:

    Gtk::Adjustment(float value,
                    float lower,
                    float upper,
                    float step_increment = 1,
                    float page_increment = 10,
                    float page_size = 0);

The `value` argument is the initial value of the adjustment, usually corresponding to the topmost or leftmost position of an adjustable widget. The `lower` and `upper` arguments specifies the possible range of values which the adjustment can hold. The `step_increment` argument specifies the smaller of the two increments by which the user can change the value, while the `page_increment` is the larger one. The `page_size` argument usually corresponds somehow to the visible area of a panning widget. The `upper` argument is used to represent the bottom most or right most coordinate in a panning widget's child. TODO: Investigate the upper argument properly. There was some unclear stuff about it not always being the upper value.

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