[pygtk] [Glade-devel] how to add window as a page to a notebook

[Neil Dugan]

Tristan Van Berkom wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 1:54 AM, anusha k <anuhacks at gmail.com> wrote:
>> hi,
>>
>> I am using glade and pygtk to develop an accounting software.In that we have
>> two glade files .first glade file contain the main window and the note book
>> and the second glade contains the another window .I want to add the second
>> glade-window as a page to first glade-window.how to do this
>> I have the code as below.but it is giving the warning and the window is not
>> shown up .warnings are :
>> How to solve the warnings.Is there any other way to solve this
>> Warnings:****************************************************************************
>>
>> self.wTree = gtk.glade.XML(self.gladefile)
>> main.py:47: GtkWarning: gtk_notebook_set_tab_label: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET
>> (child)' failed
>>   self.wTree = gtk.glade.XML(self.gladefile)
>> main.py:20: GtkWarning: Can't set a parent on a toplevel widget
>>
>>
>> self.page=self.notebook.insert_page(self.wTreenewOrg.get_widget("window_new_org")
>> , None, 0)
>> main.py:20: GtkWarning: gtk_widget_set_child_visible: assertion
>> `!GTK_WIDGET_TOPLEVEL (widget)' failed
> 
> You cannot add a GtkWindow to another GtkContainer, a GtkWindow is a
> toplevel-only
> widget and is not meant to be maintained.
> 
> You can either:
>    - Manually unparent your window's child and add that child to the
> notebook (the traditional oldschool way)
>    - Use the "root" argument to glade_xml_new or some equivalent
> gtkbuilder api (I think that works
>      for building of sub-portions of the glade file)
>    - Use development or trunk versions of Glade allowing you to use
> non-GtkWindow toplevel project
>      widgets - and use GtkBuilder that will allow you toplevelless
> glade files without errors/warnings.
> 
> Cheers,
>                    -Tristan

One thing I have done that is similar is, to not attach the window, 
but attach the most top level widget.  When designing the window, you 
need to put all the widgets in a HBox,VBox or Table.  Attach this not 
the window itself.

Regards Neil.

> 
>> self.page=self.notebook.insert_page(self.wTreenewOrg.get_widget("window_new_org")
>> , None, 0)
>> ***************************************************************************
>> Code:
>>
>> import pygtk
>> pygtk.require('2.0')
>> import gtk
>> import gtk.glade
>> import new_org
>> class mainmenu:
>>     def show_newOrganisation(self,widget):
>>         new_org.org()
>>         self.gladefile_newOrg = "new_org.glade"
>>         self.wTreenewOrg = gtk.glade.XML(self.gladefile_newOrg)
>>
>> self.page=self.notebook.insert_page(self.wTreenewOrg.get_widget("window_new_org")
>> , None, 0)
>>         self.notebook.set_current_page(self.page)
>>
>>     def dialogQuit(self,widget):
>>         self.dialog_quit = self.wTree.get_widget("dialog_quit")
>>         self.dialog_quit.show()
>>         self.response = self.dialog_quit.run()
>>         if self.response == 'gtk.RESPONSE_QUIT':
>>             gtk.main_quit()
>>             self.window.destroy()
>>         self.dialog_quit.destroy()
>>
>>
>>     def on_button_quit_clicked(*args):
>>         gtk.main_quit()
>>
>>     def on_button_cancel_clicked(*args):
>>         self.dialog_quit.destroy()
>>
>>     #To quit the main window
>>     def on_Mainwindow_destroy(self):
>>         gtk.main_quit()
>>
>>
>>     def __init__(self):
>>         #set the glade file
>>         self.gladefile = "gnukhata.glade"
>>         self.wTree = gtk.glade.XML(self.gladefile)
>>
>>         #get the Main Window and connect the Destroy event
>>         self.window = self.wTree.get_widget("MainWindow")
>>         self.window.show()
>>         self.window.connect('destroy',gtk.main_quit)
>>         self.notebook = self.wTree.get_widget("notebook_main")
>>         self.notebook.show()
>>
>>         self.menuitem_quit = self.wTree.get_widget("menuitem_quit")
>>         self.menuitem_quit.connect('activate',self.dialogQuit)
>>
>>         self.menuitem_newOrg =
>> self.wTree.get_widget("menuitem_new_organisation")
>>         self.menuitem_newOrg.connect('activate',self.show_newOrganisation)
>> if __name__ == "__main__":
>>     mm=mainmenu()
>>     gtk.main()
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Njoy the share of Freedom,
>> Anusha
>>
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