On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Tristan Van Berkom <t...@gnome.org> wrote: > The "lookup_widget()" paradigm comes from a very old time when we > had very poor tools and actually it originates from people using generated > code from > the original Glade tool (Glade versions 1 and 2).
Correction, that didnt sound the way I intended, The original Glade was a great tool for its time... what I mean to say is that back then our coding practices were very poor and we've made much improvements since then. > > Ideally, as specially as you are using python, your application should > be modular. > > Perhaps you have an Application object which owns the main widgetry created > by GtkBuilder after having parsed a Glade file initially, this is > different from a global > variable. > > Ideally you can use you object constructor as an entry point to load > your GtkBuilder > and assign the pointers you need later on to the members you define on your > Application object. > > After that you simply have to pass your Application object to all the > callbacks > which originate from the user interface, giving you access to everything you > need when you need it. > > This concept can be further extended to be more modular, for instance if > you have a preferences dialog/window... it can be defined by a separate > python class/GtkBuilder file and reused at will throughout your program. > > Cheers, > -Tristan > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 1:10 PM, Patrick Shirkey > <pshir...@boosthardware.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm having a little trouble finding examples online of using the >> equivalent of lookup_widget() with gtk3 + python. >> >> For example in the following code what is the best way to modify the >> "message" label after the "commandline" callback is sent? >> >> Should I be using globals or a glade file or is there a way to dynamically >> lookup the "message" widget ? >> >> >> >> def create_gtkEntry(): >> >> commandline = Gtk.Entry() >> commandline.connect("activate", command_entered, 1) >> >> messages = Gtk.Label('TEST') >> >> >> >> def command_entered(self, *args): >> >> cmi_command = self.get_text() >> messages.set_text(cmi_command) >> print "command entered: ", args[0] >> >> >> >> -- >> Patrick Shirkey >> Boost Hardware Ltd >> _______________________________________________ >> gtk-app-devel-list mailing list >> gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list