On Mon, August 20, 2012 6:59 am, Tristan Van Berkom 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).
>
> 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.
>
In this case I am programatically creating the widget.
> 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 is the part I am having trouble with.
> 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.
>
Thanks for your advice. I am planning to make this app as modular as
possible but I am finding it hard to find a simple example that deals with
my use case.
Basically I want to be able to modify the text in a label widget from a
Entry or EventBox signal.
I haven't found an example of that but if anyone knows of one that would
be very helpful.
--
Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd
> 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
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