appJar - ListBox/OptionBox widget call a function on select

Question

I recently started playing with appJar python module and I got stuck using its widgets, namely ListBox http://appjar.info/pythonWidgets/#listbox and OptionBox http://appjar.info/pythonWidgets/#optionbox.

I am not able to find out, how to call function when item in ListBox or OptionBox is selected. I found this syntax, but I cannot find where to define the function I want to call:

.selectListItem(title, item, callFunction=True)
.changeOptionBox(title, newOptions, index, callFunction=False)

This is the code, which I have so far. As you can see, I am able to print out selected values, but by calling method on button click.

from appJar import gui

def press(btn):
    if btn == "Cancel":
        app.stop()
    elif btn == "Show":
        list_select()
    else:
        print('not defined yet')

def list_select():
    app.infoBox("Info", "You selected " + app.getOptionBox("optionbox") + "\nBrowsing " + app.getListBox("list")[0])

app = gui("Database Editor", "500x500")
app.addOptionBox("optionbox", ["a", "b", "c", "d"])
app.addListBox("list", ["one", "two", "three", "four"])

app.addButtons(["Show", "Cancel"], press)
app.go()

Is any of you aware, how can I print out these values directly on the select?

going through the documentation of appJar, could be the `ChangeFunction` event (http://appjar.info/pythonEvents/#types-of-event) key to directly printing the value? — Kube Kubow, Feb 26 '18 at 14:11

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 26 '18 at 14:28

I've figured it out! Indeed the ChangeFunction can be triggered through the Event function http://appjar.info/pythonEvents/#types-of-event (as I posted in comments) .

I used these two events to do this thing:

app.setOptionBoxChangeFunction("optionbox", opt_changed)
app.setListBoxChangeFunction("list", lst_changed)

The whole working code here:

from appJar import gui

def opt_changed(opt):
    print(app.getOptionBox("optionbox"))

def lst_changed(lst):
    print(app.getListBox("list")[0])

def press(btn):
    if btn == "Cancel":
        app.stop()
    elif btn == "Show":
        list_select()
    else:
        print('not defined yet')

def list_select():
    app.infoBox("Info", "You selected " + app.getOptionBox("optionbox") + "\nBrowsing " + app.getListBox("list")[0])

app = gui("Database Editor", "500x500")
app.addOptionBox("optionbox", ["a", "b", "c", "d"])
app.addListBox("list", ["one", "two", "three", "four"])

app.setOptionBoxChangeFunction("optionbox", opt_changed)
app.setListBoxChangeFunction("list", lst_changed)

app.addButtons(["Show", "Cancel"], press)
app.go()

appJar - ListBox/OptionBox widget call a function on select

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