Much simpler, and closer to the original posters intention. Replace your up_and_down function with:
def up_and_down(*buttons): for i in range(len(buttons)-1): buttons[i].bind("<Down>", lambda e, x=buttons[i+1]: x.focus_set()) for i in range(1, len(buttons)): buttons[i].bind("<Up>", lambda e, x=buttons[i-1]: x.focus_set()) ...basically, with this code, the "i" is being evaluated within the loop, and passed to the lambda as the x parameter. The 'e' parameter will be set to the event object. Mick On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 2:01 PM, thea_t <siato...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Thank you guys! I know what's wrong now! :) > > > > Michael Lange wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Thus spoketh Firat Ozgul <ozgulfi...@gmail.com> >> unto us on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:19:03 +0300: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> for loop doesn't work, because in a for loop all events will be bound >>> all at once, and you will only see the effect of the last binding. You >>> need something that binds events one by one. >>> >>> If I were you, I would use the next() method of Python iterators: >> >> I think the OP suffered from a different problem in her code, namely the >> IndexError that will be raised when i+1 or i-1 become >2 or <0 . >> I guess what she wanted to achieve can be done, but not with this simple >> lambda, she needs to catch the IndexError with something like: >> >> def up_and_down(*buttons): >> >> def callback(event): >> index = list(buttons).index(event.widget) >> try: >> if event.keysym == 'Up': >> buttons[index - 1].focus_set() >> elif event.keysym == 'Down': >> buttons[index + 1].focus_set() >> except IndexError: >> pass >> >> for i in range(len(buttons)-1): >> buttons[i].bind("<Down>", callback) >> >> for i in range(1, len(buttons)): >> buttons[i].bind("<Up>", callback) >> >> I hope this helps >> >> Michael >> >> .-.. .. ...- . .-.. --- -. --. .- -. -.. .--. .-. --- ... .--. . .-. >> >> Wait! You have not been prepared! >> -- Mr. Atoz, "Tomorrow is Yesterday", stardate 3113.2 >> _______________________________________________ >> Tkinter-discuss mailing list >> Tkinter-discuss@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss >> >> > > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/Can%27t-do-proper-event-binding-in-a-for-loop-tp29995174p29999446.html > Sent from the Python - tkinter-discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > Tkinter-discuss mailing list > Tkinter-discuss@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss > _______________________________________________ Tkinter-discuss mailing list Tkinter-discuss@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss