Getting the row title of the selected row

techteej

Not sure why I'm getting errors here, but I'm trying to get the title of the selected row chosen (or the name of whatever is in the row)

if sender.items[title] == 'Notepad':
		ui.load_view('Notepad').present()
else:
		pass

polymerchm

I believe you want:

if sender.items['title'] == 'Notepad':

etc
etc

ccc

Also, the following code is unnecessary and can safely be removed.

else:
    pass

techteej

Using @polymerchm's method gives me the following error:

List indices must be integers, not str

ccc

type(sender.items) will show you that sender.items is a list.

Lists are indeed indexed by integers, not by strings.

Does type(title) show you that title is a string or an integer?

You could try if sender.items[int(title)] == 'Notepad': if title contains a string that represents an integer.

techteej

type(title) is not defined

type('title') shows a string

polymerchm

Can you post the code, not just the snippet? Might be easier to help.

techteej

Same as above post

ccc

OK. If title is undefined then why would you expect your code above to work??

techteej

As I said in my original post, I am not sure what I need. I want to get the text in the row selected.

JonB

Tech,
Keep in mind, none of us here has access to your code, so we are just guessing what you are trying to do,and where you are trying to do it ( are you in a table view action function? Or some button action? We have no idea, and the meaning of sender is different!). Also, in your original post you said you were getting an error... But didn't mention what error you are getting.

So, rather than guess, I'll point you to

https://github.com/humberry/ui-tutorial/blob/master/ShowTableView.py

which shows an example of how to get the text of the currently selected row, from within the ListDataSource action. See line 45.

techteej

@JonB Here is my full program. I am trying to launch different ui.Views based on the TEXT INSIDE OF A CELL.

Example Table:

Blah >

Notepad >

If I click Notepad, I would like Notepad to launch.

# coding: utf-8

import ui
from datetime import datetime, date
current_date = datetime.strftime(date.today(), "%A, %B %d, %Y")
schedule = 'A Day'

def nav(sender):
	if sender.items[int('title')] == 'Notepad':
		ui.load_view('Notepad').present()
	else:
		pass

v = ui.load_view('SoarNet')
v['todays_date'].text = ('Today is ' + current_date)
v['schedule'].text = schedule
v.present(orientations=['landscape'], hide_title_bar=True)

ccc

In the main part of your script, you need to add a line like:

v['tableview1'].delegate.action = nav # alternatively, this could be done in the .pyui file

And then the if statement in nav() becomes:

if sender.items[sender.selected_row]['title'] == 'Notepad':

polymerchm

I'll presume that you are using a tableview to store your selection. Start small and replace the ui.load_view with a print statement to ensure you are actually getting in here. Next, I presume you hardcoded nav as the action to this view in the gui editor. That's okay. "sender" is the returned the tableview object. The "items" are actually in sender.data_source.items. Get the selected row via:

row = sender.selected_row
if sender.data_source.items[row]['title'] == 'Notepad':
   print "got here"

Using NavigationViews is a much easier way to switch between views. Look at my flashcard program @ https://github.com/polymerchm/flashcard to see how I switch between the "flashcard view" and the "dictionary views". Also getting the items and changing them programmatically.

techteej

@ccc Thanks!

ccc

@polymerchm wrote "sender" is the returned the tableview object.

sender is the ui.ListDataSource object, not the ui.TableView object which makes things easier.

polymerchm

Thaanks for the clarification.