### Struct

# Pango Attribute

#### Description [src]

    struct PangoAttribute {
      const PangoAttrClass* klass;
      guint start_index;
      guint end_index;
    }

The `PangoAttribute` structure represents the common portions of all attributes.

Particular types of attributes include this structure as their initial portion. The common portion of the attribute holds the range to which the value in the type-specific part of the attribute applies and should be initialized using `pango_attribute_init()`. By default, an attribute will have an all-inclusive range of [0,`G_MAXUINT`].

###### Structure members

`klass`

  The class structure holding information about the type of the attribute.

`start_index`

  The start index of the range (in bytes).

`end_index`

  End index of the range (in bytes). The character at this index is not included in the range.

#### Instance methods

###### pango_attribute_as_color

Returns the attribute cast to `PangoAttrColor`.

since: 1.50

###### pango_attribute_as_float

Returns the attribute cast to `PangoAttrFloat`.

since: 1.50

###### pango_attribute_as_font_desc

Returns the attribute cast to `PangoAttrFontDesc`.

since: 1.50

###### pango_attribute_as_font_features

Returns the attribute cast to `PangoAttrFontFeatures`.

since: 1.50

###### pango_attribute_as_int

Returns the attribute cast to `PangoAttrInt`.

since: 1.50

###### pango_attribute_as_language

Returns the attribute cast to `PangoAttrLanguage`.

since: 1.50

###### pango_attribute_as_shape

Returns the attribute cast to `PangoAttrShape`.

since: 1.50

###### pango_attribute_as_size

Returns the attribute cast to `PangoAttrSize`.

since: 1.50

###### pango_attribute_as_string

Returns the attribute cast to `PangoAttrString`.

since: 1.50

###### pango_attribute_copy

Make a copy of an attribute.

###### pango_attribute_destroy

Destroy a `PangoAttribute` and free all associated memory.

###### pango_attribute_equal

Compare two attributes for equality.

###### pango_attribute_init

Initializes `attr`‘s klass to `klass`, it’s start_index to `PANGO_ATTR_INDEX_FROM_TEXT_BEGINNING` and end_index to `PANGO_ATTR_INDEX_TO_TEXT_END` such that the attribute applies to the entire text by default.

since: 1.20