Add a function to get the event type

This is useful for language bindings, who can't easily
access the struct field directly.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=700029

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gdk/gdkevents.c b/gdk/gdkevents.c
index 4a9d0b965a..43e45d77a8 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkevents.c
+++ b/gdk/gdkevents.c
@@ -2184,3 +2184,21 @@ gdk_setting_get (const gchar *name,
 {
   return gdk_screen_get_setting (gdk_screen_get_default (), name, value);
 }
+
+/**
+ * gdk_event_get_event_type:
+ * @event: a #GdkEvent
+ *
+ * Retrieves the type of the event.
+ *
+ * Return value: a #GdkEventType
+ *
+ * Since: 3.10
+ */
+GdkEventType
+gdk_event_get_event_type (const GdkEvent *event)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (event != NULL, GDK_NOTHING);
+
+  return event->type;
+}