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wxPython -- differentiating between two identical widgets

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I don't think there's any guarantee that GetID() will be consistent run to run.

Can you just assign your own ID to each list after it's made? Something like:

listctrl.myID = 5

Another idea is that if the child IDs aren't unique, maybe you could use GetParent() and build a tuple of both the parent and list IDs, and then this tuple would be unique.

And even if the assigned IDs aren't unique, the Python IDs will be.

tom10 2010-02-19 15:34:17

Well, I could iterate over all of the panels that belong to a frame, and assign them a counter value. Or would that offend the gods?

Billy Pilgrim 2010-02-19 17:10:53

Honestly, I don't quite understand the problem well enough to say exactly how you do this. Specifically, when you want to know the ID, what do you start with?

tom10 2010-02-19 17:27:37

Maybe if you posted a little example I could figure out what the issue is. For example, why not just catch EVT_LIST_INSERT_ITEM for each list?

tom10 2010-02-19 17:55:24

lets assume that I have a method: def populateList( list ): cols = get_list_columns( list ) which is used for any list in my Frame, and can be different for each list. This can be called anytime some companion control is changed, but will only have a 'self' reference. I want to look up which columns are to be available for a specific list (list A, list B, list C, etc). Therefore, I need a way to uniquely identify them so that I can pull out the right config data.BTW: wxFrame.GetChildren() returns a wxWindowList which is not documented -- help anyone?

Billy Pilgrim 2010-02-19 18:20:46

If you want different populating methods for different lists, then you can just make that method an attribut, like listA.pop_method = population_method_A, and in your handler, you don't need to know that it's listA, since when you call listctrl.pop_method() it will call the one you set. Also, you can use functools.partial is the functions are similar but just need different parameters, or a class method, etc.

tom10 2010-02-19 19:25:27

BTW, it's too tiresome to do this all in the abstract, so since you're not posting any code, I think the above is my last answer. You're question certainly has an easy solution, but it's hard to guess at the exact details that would work for you since I don't know the exact details of your problem.

tom10 2010-02-19 19:27:41

Answer 2

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Can you give each a different value for the name attribute, then use FindWindowByName when you need to refer to one or the other?

Bryan Oakley 2010-02-19 17:44:12

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