Checkbuttons in a Text widget

[Lou G]

I'm trying to show a number of Checkbuttons (each with associated text
based on a list of names) inside a y-scrollable Text widget like so:

[ ] Bob
[ ] Carol
[ ] Ted
[ ] Alice
etc.
etc.

There may be quite a few (as many as 100 or so). I'm uncertain as to
the correct way to get these into the Text widget. I've tried
text.insert and it doesn't seem to do the job. Help?

Thanks,
Lou G

 

[bruno at modulix]

I'm trying to show a number of Checkbuttons (each with associated text
based on a list of names) inside a y-scrollable Text widget like so:

[ ] Bob
[ ] Carol
[ ] Ted
[ ] Alice
etc.
etc.

I really doubt there's a GUI toolkit supporting such a 'feature'. As
it's name implies, a TextBox is meant to edit *text*.

I suppose what you need is a scrollable widget allowing multiple
selection. In most GUI toolkits I'v seen, this is usually done with a
Grid (ie table) widget.

 

[Diez B. Roggisch]

I'm trying to show a number of Checkbuttons (each with associated text
based on a list of names) inside a y-scrollable Text widget like so:

[ ] Bob
[ ] Carol
[ ] Ted
[ ] Alice
etc.
etc.

There may be quite a few (as many as 100 or so). I'm uncertain as to
the correct way to get these into the Text widget. I've tried
text.insert and it doesn't seem to do the job. Help?

Maybe you can generate HTML and render that using a embedded browser? This
of course depends heavily on your system.

Diez

 

[Carsten Haese]

I'm trying to show a number of Checkbuttons (each with associated text
based on a list of names) inside a y-scrollable Text widget like so:

[ ] Bob
[ ] Carol
[ ] Ted
[ ] Alice
etc.
etc.

There may be quite a few (as many as 100 or so). I'm uncertain as to
the correct way to get these into the Text widget. I've tried
text.insert and it doesn't seem to do the job. Help?

Does it have to be a text widget? wxWidgets has a wxCheckListBox class
that does precisely what you need, but it's not a text widget.

HTH,

Carsten.

 

[Lou G]

For anyone who might be able to use this technique:
I kept playing around and got it to work:

for i in nameList:
btnText = name
self.sv = []
cb = []
cb.append(Checkbutton(self.datalist, text=btnText,
variable=self.sv, background='white', font=("Courier", 10)))
self.datalist.window_create(INSERT, window=cb)
self.datalist.insert(END, '\n')

Thank you for your replies,
Lou