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AB49K
AB49K

Reputation: 3415

Updating/changing Kivy labels

I've been trying for quite a while to figure out how to update labels using python/kivy, I can set the label, but I can't get it to update after it's been set. This is my python code:

class MenuScreen(Screen):
    status = StringProperty()
    status = 'Text_Status' # This works.
    def updatelabel(self, ):
        # When I call this function, this does not update the label.
        self.status='Text_status no.2'

And this is my .kv file

Label:
    id: status
    font_size: 12
    text: root.status
    size_hint: 0.25, 0.05
    color: 1,1,1,1
    pos_hint: {"x": 0.75, 'y':0.95}

I've been trying to figure this out for ages and I can't seem to get it.

Using kivy 1.9.0

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 407

Answers (1)

AB49K
AB49K

Reputation: 3415

I finally stumbled upon the answer:

    status = StringProperty()
def __init__(self, **kwargs):
    super(MenuScreen, self).__init__(**kwargs)
    self.status='Text_status'
def updatelabel(self):
    print("Trying to update label")
    self.status='Text_status no.2' # When I call this function, this does not update the label.

This now works fine. I was missing the def __init__ function.

Upvotes: 1

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