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Madivad
Madivad

Reputation: 3337

apply window title to a GUI in python

When definging your own window, you can set the title when explicitly creating it:

class Main(Gtk.Window):
    def __init__(self):
        Gtk.Window.__init__(self, title="GCT")

Or if using an editor (I'm using glade), you can set the title at time of GUI design, under General settings > Title.

I'm trying to modify the title of the window in code from a loaded builder file, but the title isn't being applied. Instead it shows up with what is generated in the builder file. 

    self.builder = Gtk.Builder()
    self.builder.add_from_file("3x3.glade")
    self.builder.connect_signals(self)      
    self.window = self.builder.get_object("main_window")
    self.window.set_title="This is the new title"
    self.window.show()

Upvotes: 0

Views: 794

Answers (2)

muzzletov
muzzletov

Reputation: 688

This self.window.set_title="This is the new title" is an assignment.

You're overwriting the variable that is pointing to the function that sets the window title.

Wheres what you really want is self.window.set_title("This is the new title") - a function call, to set the title to "This is the new title".

:)

Upvotes: 3

MichaelDL
MichaelDL

Reputation: 65

Here is the line from my builder file (generated by Glade): 

<property name="title" translatable="yes">Dq Editor</property>

Here is the code right after reading the builder file:

self.window = self.builder.get_object("window1")
self.window.set_title("Hello")

Using Gtk 3.0 this worked in my program. That is, it changed the title from the builder (glade/xml) file. When the window came up the title was "Hello" which is different from the title in the builder file.

Upvotes: 2

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