Flags & Enums

Flags are subclasses of GObject.GFlags and represent bit fields where some bits also have names:

>>> Gtk.DialogFlags.MODAL
<flags GTK_DIALOG_MODAL of type Gtk.DialogFlags>
>>> Gtk.DialogFlags.MODAL | Gtk.DialogFlags.DESTROY_WITH_PARENT
<flags GTK_DIALOG_MODAL | GTK_DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT of type Gtk.DialogFlags>
>>> int(_)
3
>>> Gtk.DialogFlags(3)
<flags GTK_DIALOG_MODAL | GTK_DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT of type Gtk.DialogFlags>
>>> isinstance(Gtk.DialogFlags.MODAL, Gtk.DialogFlags)
True
>>>

Bitwise operations on them will produce a value of the same type.

Enums are subclasses of GObject.GEnum and represent a list of named constants:

>>> Gtk.Align.CENTER
<enum GTK_ALIGN_CENTER of type Gtk.Align>
>>> int(Gtk.Align.CENTER)
3
>>> int(Gtk.Align.END)
2
>>> Gtk.Align(1)
<enum GTK_ALIGN_START of type Gtk.Align>
>>> isinstance(Gtk.Align.CENTER, Gtk.Align)
True