[Tutor] Tk -- which label clicked

[Michael Lange]

On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 23:29:22 +1200 (NZST)
jfouhy at paradise.net.nz wrote:

> Quoting Michael Lange <klappnase at freenet.de>:
> 
> > I don't think it will work this way, because you don't catch the event
> > bind() passes to the callback
> > (you also use a variable "e" in makeCallback() that isn't defined
> > anywhere).
> 
> That's what the variable 'e' is doing!
> 
> Here is some code I just wrote and tested:
> 
> >>> def clicked(w):
> ...  print 'Widget %s clicked! Text: %s' % (str(w), w.cget('text'))
> ...
> >>> def makeCallback(w):
> ...  def callback(e):
> ...   clicked(w)
> ...  return callback
> ...

Aah, you're right, I guess I got confused a little.
Still I think it's overly complicated in this context, when you can you get the same result with:

def makeCallback(event):
    print "Widget %s clicked! Text %s" % (str(event.widget), event.widget['text'])

Regards

Michael