Gio.Settings.prototype.get_string

function get_string(key: String): String {
    // Gjs wrapper for g_settings_get_string()
}
  

Gets the value that is stored at key in settings.

A convenience variant of Gio.Settings.get for strings.

It is a programmer error to give a key that isn't specified as having a string type in the schema for settings.

Since 2.26

key

the key to get the value for

Returns

a newly-allocated string