Tk::LabEntry - how to reach the configuration of label via callback?

[vagabonding electron]

Hi All,

I try to validate the content of entry in Tk::LabEntry widget. I would like to change the configuration of the label part if the content is not a number (simply to color it red). I can do this with the background of the entry (code below), however an attempt to reach the option -labelBackground produces an error message "unknown option".

I know that Tk::LabEntry is a Mega-Widget. I cannot find a way to reach its configuration (that is, the label part) via callback. It would work if I call the widget by name (that is,  $le->configure(-labelBackground => 'red'); would do the job in the code below). I would like to stick with callback however since I have several such widgets in the real application.

Please give me an advice. Thank you!

#!/perl
use strict;
use warnings FATAL => qw(all);

use Tk;
use Tk::LabEntry;

use List::Util qw(first); 
use Scalar::Util qw(looks_like_number);

my $mw = MainWindow->new();
$mw->title("Test");
my $test = 8;
my $width = 250; my $length = 125;
$mw->minsize($width, $length);

my $FONT = $mw->fontCreate(-family => 'verdana', 
     -size => 14, -weight => 'normal');

my $le = $mw->LabEntry(-label => 'Value',
           -labelPack => [qw/-side left -anchor w/],
       -labelFont => '9x15bold', 
           -font => $FONT,
       -relief => 'ridge',
           -textvariable => \$test,
       -width => 2,
 )->pack();
$le->bind('<Key>' => sub { labelCheck($_[0]);});

MainLoop;

sub labelCheck
{
  my $x = $_[0]->get(); 
  if ( !(looks_like_number($x)) or ($x < 0) )
  {
    $_[0]->delete(0, 'end');
    $_[0]->configure( -background => 'red');
    # $_[0]->configure( -labelBackground => 'red');
  }
  else
  {
    $_[0]->configure( -background => '#f0f0f0',);
    # $_[0]->configure( -labelBackground => '#f0f0f0');
    do_something();
  }
  return 1; 
}

sub do_something { print $test, $/; }

[beech]

If you add a few print/warn statements, you can see that $le is Tk::LabEntry=HASH(0x10b7f8c) but that the bind callback gets a Tk::Entry=HASH(0x10d47cc)

You could use Tk::Widget method parent to get back to LabEntry, like this  $_[0]->parent->configure( -labelBackground => 'red');

[vagabonding electron]

This works as expected, thank you very much!

[capfan]

Hi! Yuu could also use the subwidget command on the LabEntry:

#!/perl
use strict;
use warnings FATAL => qw(all);

use Tk;
use Tk::LabEntry;

use List::Util qw(first); 
use Scalar::Util qw(looks_like_number);

my $mw = MainWindow->new();
$mw->title("Test");
my $test = 8;
my $width = 250; my $length = 125;
$mw->minsize($width, $length);

my $FONT = $mw->fontCreate(-family => 'verdana', 
     -size => 14, -weight => 'normal');

my $le = $mw->LabEntry(-label => 'Value',
           -labelPack => [qw/-side left -anchor w/],
       -labelFont => '9x15bold', 
           -font => $FONT,
       -relief => 'ridge',
           -textvariable => \$test,
       -width => 2,
 )->pack();

$le->bind('<Key>' => sub { labelCheck($_[0]);});

MainLoop;

sub labelCheck
{
  my $x = $_[0]->get(); 
  if ( !(looks_like_number($x)) or ($x < 0) )
  {
    $_[0]->delete(0, 'end');
    my $label = $le->Subwidget('label');
    $label->configure( -background => 'red');
    # $_[0]->configure( -labelBackground => 'red');
  }
  else
  {
    $_[0]->configure( -background => '#f0f0f0',);
    # $_[0]->configure( -labelBackground => '#f0f0f0');
    do_something();
  }
  return 1; 
}

sub do_something { print $test, $/; }

[vagabonding electron]

Hi capfan and thank you very much for your help. The code works. However it calls the certain LabEntry from within the callback (with $le->Subwidget('label')). What I am trying to do is to create the same behavior for several LabEntry's, therefore I do not want to call the specific widget by name. The proposal of beech with $_[0]->parent->configure seems to meet this requirement.

[capfan]

Yeah, that was just lazyness, sorry. You can substitute the $le by $_[0]->parent.

You can see what is inside $_[0] by checking @_:


#!/perl
use strict;
use warnings FATAL => qw(all);

use Tk;
use Tk::LabEntry;
use Data::Dumper qw/Dumper/;

use List::Util qw(first); 
use Scalar::Util qw(looks_like_number);

my $mw = MainWindow->new();
$mw->title("Test");
my $test = 8;
my $width = 250; my $length = 125;
$mw->minsize($width, $length);

my $FONT = $mw->fontCreate(-family => 'verdana', 
     -size => 14, -weight => 'normal');

my $le = $mw->LabEntry(-label => 'Value',
           -labelPack => [qw/-side left -anchor w/],
       -labelFont => '9x15bold', 
           -font => $FONT,
       -relief => 'ridge',
           -textvariable => \$test,
       -width => 2,
 )->pack();

$le->bind('<Key>' => sub { labelCheck($_[0]);});

MainLoop;

sub labelCheck
{
  print Dumper \@_;
  my $x = $_[0]->get(); 
  if ( !(looks_like_number($x)) or ($x < 0) )
  {
    $_[0]->delete(0, 'end');
    my $label = $_[0]->parent->Subwidget('label');
    $label->configure( -background => 'red');
    # $_[0]->configure( -labelBackground => 'red');
  }
  else
  {
    $_[0]->configure( -background => '#f0f0f0',);
    # $_[0]->configure( -labelBackground => '#f0f0f0');
    do_something();
  }
  return 1; 
}

sub do_something { print $test, $/; }

For me, this returned:


$VAR1 = [
          bless( {
                   '_TkValue_' => '.labentry.entry',
                   '_XEvent_' => bless( do{\(my $o = '   $   ÿÿÿÿü˜ï
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                 }, 'Tk::Entry' )
        ];

It's a Tk::Entry inside a LabEntry (cf. .labentry.entry).