Gtk.Editable.do_insert_text
Description: Reference for Gtk.Editable.do_insert_text

### Virtual Method

# Gtk Editabledo_insert_text

#### Declaration [src]

    void
    do_insert_text (
      GtkEditable* editable,
      const char* text,
      int length,
      int* position
    )

#### Description [src]

Inserts `length` bytes of `text` into the contents of the widget, at position `position`.

Note that the position is in characters, not in bytes. The function updates `position` to point after the newly inserted text.

#### Parameters

`text`

  Type: `const char*`

  The text to append.

  The data is owned by the caller of the function.
  The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

`length`

  Type: `int`

  The length of the text in bytes, or -1

`position`

  Type: `int*`

  Location of the position text will be inserted at.

  The argument will be modified by the function.