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From: "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com>
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Subject: RE: Tkinter how to access the widget by name
Thread-Topic: Tkinter how to access the widget by name
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Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:26:07 +0000
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???????? ????? wrote:=0D=0A> I'm a little teapot =2E=2E=2E himself the ques=
tion: if I want to appeal to the widget, knowing his name=2E=2E=2E ?=0D=0A>=
 =0D=0A> # appropriated the name of the widget=0D=0A> label =3D Label(frame=
, width =3D 40, text=3D'text', name =3D 'name')=0D=0A> =2E=2E=2E=0D=0A> nam=
e_=3D'name'=0D=0A> configure(name_)=0D=0A> =2E=2E=2E=0D=0A> def configure(n=
ame_)=0D=0A>         #And how can that be?=0D=0A>         # At least let th=
e text you want to change =2E=2E=2E=2E=0D=0A> =0D=0A> I beg you =2E=2E!!!!=
=0D=0A> --=0D=0A=0D=0AI am unfamiliar with Tkinter, so this might not be ve=
ry helpful=2E=0D=0A=0D=0AUsually with the GUI I have created before I uses =
classes and store =0D=0Athe widgets inside the classes=2E That makes it eas=
ier to use=0D=0A`self=2Ewidgetname` or `getattr(self, widgetname)`=2E If th=
at is not=0D=0Asomething you can instead store the attributes in a list/dic=
tionary=2E=0D=0AIn both cases make sure not to have multiple widgets create=
d with=0D=0Athe same name=2E=0D=0A=0D=0ANote the following is all untested =
and should be considered pseudo-code=2E=0D=0A=0D=0Awidgets =3D {}=0D=0Alabe=
l =3D Label(frame, width =3D 40, text=3D'text', name =3D 'name')=0D=0Awidge=
ts['name'] =3D label=0D=0A=0D=0Adef configure(name_):=0D=0A    widget =3D w=
idgets[name_] =0D=0A=0D=0AOR=0D=0A=0D=0Awidgets =3D []=0D=0Alabel =3D Label=
(frame, width =3D 40, text=3D'text', name =3D 'name')=0D=0Awidgets=2Eappend=
( label )=0D=0A=0D=0Adef configure(name_):=0D=0A    found =3D False=0D=0A  =
  for w in widgets:=0D=0A         if w=2Ename =3D=3D name_: # No idea how t=
o get name from Tk widget=0D=0A               found =3D True=0D=0A         =
      break=0D=0A     if found:=0D=0A        # configure here=0D=0A=0D=0A=
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