[pygtk] UIManager, Actions, Accelerators and Toolbar

[John Finlay]

Mystilleef wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have successfully created a toolbar object in a window
>with actions connected to each toolitem. I used UIManager 
>to accomplish this.
>
>However, my accelerators do not work. I've looked at the
>tutorials, read the documentations and all. And I still can't
>figure out why it is not working.
>
>Your help is appreciated. The code follows.
>
>################################################################################
>#
>#					Action Group and Actions for Toolbar
>#
>################################################################################
>
>
>		# Create an ActionGroup
>		
>		actiongroup = gtk.ActionGroup("ToolbarActions")
>		self.actiongroup = actiongroup
>		
>		# Actions 
>		
>		new_file_action = ("new_file", gtk.STOCK_NEW, None, "<Control>N", 
>						   new_button_tip, self.new_file_cb)
>
>		open_file_action = ("open_file", gtk.STOCK_OPEN, None, "<Control>o",
>							open_button_tip, self.open_file_cb)
>
>		saveas_file_action = ("saveas_file", gtk.STOCK_SAVE_AS, None, 
>					  		  "<Control><Shift>s", save_button_tip, 
>					  		  self.saveas_file_cb)
>
>		print_file_action = ("print_file", gtk.STOCK_PRINT, None, "<Control>p",
>					 		 print_button_tip, self.print_file_cb)
>					 
>		undo_edits_action = ("undo_edits", gtk.STOCK_UNDO, None, "<Control>z",
>					 		 undo_button_tip, self.undo_edits_cb)
>					 
>		redo_edits_action = ("redo_edits", gtk.STOCK_REDO, None, 
>							 "<Control><Shift>z", redo_button_tip, 
>							 self.redo_edits_cb)
>
>		goto_line_action = ("goto_line", gtk.STOCK_JUMP_TO, None, "<Control>i", 
>							goto_button_tip, self.goto_line_cb)
>
>		search_text_action = ("search_text", gtk.STOCK_FIND, None, "<Contro>f",
>					  		  find_button_tip, self.search_text_cb)
>
>		replace_text_action = ("replace_text", gtk.STOCK_FIND_AND_REPLACE, None, 
>					   		   "<Contro>r", replace_button_tip, 
>					   		   self.replace_text_cb)
>
>		preferences_action = ("preferences", gtk.STOCK_PREFERENCES, None, None,
>					  		   pref_button_tip, self.preferences_cb)
>
>		help_action = ("help", gtk.STOCK_HELP, None, None, help_button_tip,
>					   self.help_cb)
>		
>		# Action Entries. 
>		
>		entries = [new_file_action, open_file_action, saveas_file_action,
>				   print_file_action, undo_edits_action, redo_edits_action,
>				   goto_line_action, search_text_action, replace_text_action,
>				   preferences_action, help_action]
>		
>		# Create Actions for actiongroup
>		
>		actiongroup.add_actions(entries, user_data=None)
>		
>		for actions in actiongroup.list_actions():
>			
>			actions.connect_accelerator()
>  
>
The above two lines are not needed

>			
>			
>        
>################################################################################
>#
>#					UIManager: Toolbar and Toolbar Buttons
>#
>################################################################################
>		
>		
>		# Create a UIManager instance
>		
>		uimanager = gtk.UIManager()
>		self.uimanager = uimanager
>		uimanager.connect("add-widget", self.uimanager_cb)
>		
>		# Create Accelerators for the editor via the uimanager
>		
>		accelgroup = uimanager.get_accel_group()
>		self.add_accel_group(accelgroup)
>		
>		# Add the actiongroup to the uimanager
>		
>		uimanager.insert_action_group(actiongroup, 0)		
>		
>		# Merge the User Interface 
>		
>		uifile = "/usr/share/scribes/scribes_toolbar_ui.xml"
>		merge_id = uimanager.add_ui_from_file(uifile)
>		
>		# Create Toolbar
>		
>		toolbar = uimanager.get_widget("/toolbar")
>		self.main_container.pack_start(toolbar, False, False, 0)
>  
>
This looks correct to me though I don't know what your XML file 
contains. I assume that self is subclassed from gtk.Window. Can you 
produce a small complete example program illustrating the problem?

John