system.gui.getSibling
Description
Given a component event object, looks up a sibling component. Shortcut for event.source.parent.getComponent("siblingName") . If no such sibling is found, the special value None is returned.
Syntax
system.gui. getSibling( event, name )
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Parameters
EventObject event - A component event object.
String name - The name of the sibling component.
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Returns
PyObject - The sibling component itself.
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Scope
Client
Code Examples
Code Snippet
#This example will get its sibling Text Field's text, and use it.
textField
=
system.gui.getSibling(event,
'TextField (1)'
)
if
textField
is
None
:
system.gui.errorBox(
"There is no text field!"
)
else
:
system.gui.messageBox(
"You typed: %s"
%
textField.text)