GimpUi.prop_text_buffer_new
Description: Reference for GimpUi.prop_text_buffer_new

### Function

# GimpUiprop_text_buffer_new

since: 2.4

#### Declaration [src]

    GtkTextBuffer*
    gimp_prop_text_buffer_new (
      GObject* config,
      const gchar* property_name,
      gint max_len
    )

#### Description [src]

Creates a `GtkTextBuffer` to set and display the value of the specified string property. Unless the string is expected to contain multiple lines or a large amount of text, use `gimp_prop_entry_new()` instead. See `GtkTextView` for information on how to insert a text buffer into a visible widget.

If `max_len` is 0 or negative, the text buffer allows an unlimited number of characters to be entered.

Available since: 2.4

#### Parameters

`config`

  Type: `GObject`

  Object to which property is attached.

  The data is owned by the caller of the function.

`property_name`

  Type: `const gchar*`

  Name of string property.

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

`max_len`

  Type: `gint`

  Maximum allowed length of text (in characters).

#### Return value

Type: `GtkTextBuffer`

A new `GtkTextBuffer`.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.