> In a signal callback for a radio button, if I ask for its name > (rb.get_name()) I always get "GtkRadioButton". If I call get_property > with "name" as the argument, I get the empty string. Looking at the > docs for gtk.Builder, I saw this: > > "Objects must be given a name with the "id" attribute, which allows > the application to retrieve them from the builder with get_object(). > An id is also necessary to use the object as property value in other > parts of the UI definition. > > Note: Prior to GTK+ 2.20, gtk.Builder was setting the "name" property > of constructed widgets to the "id" attribute. In GTK+ 2.20 or newer, > you have to use gtk.Buildable.get_name() instead of > gtk.Widget.get_name() to obtain the "id", or set the "name" property > in your UI definition."
I am going to answer my own question and report a documentation bug. The gtk.Buildable.get_name() function takes a widget as an argument, but the documentation omits that fact. See: http://www.pygtk.org/docs/pygtk/class-gtkbuildable.html#method-gtkbuildable--set-name More generally, shouldn't the widget's name property be populated by the builder? This change seems like it would cause a lot of needless breakage to existing code ported from libglade to the builder stuff. Skip _______________________________________________ pygtk mailing list pygtk@daa.com.au http://www.daa.com.au/mailman/listinfo/pygtk Read the PyGTK FAQ: http://faq.pygtk.org/
