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 )

  • Parameters

EventObject event - A component event object.

String name - The name of the sibling component.

  • Returns

PyObject - The sibling component itself.

  • 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)