Re: [Pythoncard-users] determining the source of generic event handlers

[Liam C. <cy...@gm...>]

Here you go - 

def on_keyPress(self, event):
        #Get the object that was typed into
        eventSourceWidget = event.target

Just like Javascript DOM  : )

Regards, 


Liam Clarke

On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 18:25:37 -0600, bra...@om...
<bra...@om...> wrote:
>  
> I was glad to discover that generic event handlers such as 'on_closefield'
> (without the widget name) appear to be available in PythonCard, but I didn't
> see this in any documentation. I just gave it a try because that was how
> HyperCard worked. 
>  
> HyperCard had a function called "the target" which returned the name of the
> widget from which the event was originally generated. Is there any such
> equivalent method in PythonCard? 
>  
> I'd like to subclass model.Background with a class that could intercept and
> process events from all my various backgrounds. This could save me from
> having to define an individual event handler for every single widget, at
> least in cases where these widgets all have features in common. 
>  
> Thanks! 
> 
>  


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