How to get caller widget from subroutine in Perl / TK?
in perl Tk I want to ask how to get the calling widget when using the -command option.
I have a dialog widget dynamically created with a previously unknown number of entries. There is an input widget next to each button, where you can view possible (useful) lines for writing.
Therefore, if a button is pressed next to the second input, the result must be stored in the second input, etc.
The code looks like this.
my $count = 0;
my @name = ();
my @val = ();
my @edit = ();
my @button = ();
my $fr = $wind->Frame->pack;
foreach ( @outputs ) {
$name[$count] = helper::trim($_);
$val[$count] = '';
$fr->Label(-text => $name[$count])->grid(-row => $count, -column => 0, -sticky => 'w');
$edit[$count] = $fr->Entry(-textvariable => \$val[$count], -width => 30)->grid(-row => $count, -column => 1);
$button[$count] = $fr->Button(-width => 20, -text => 'Select',
-command => sub { &select(\$val[$count], \$edit[$count]); }
)->grid(-row => $count, -column => 2);
$count++;
}
However, since & select is called after the complete dialog has been built, the counter is always at the last value and I don't get any information about which button I pressed. Strings like
-command => sub { &select(\@val, \@edit, $count); }
doesn't work either.
Is there a way to get the widget that called the subroutine (so I can store the information I need in some way in the appropriate button) or use the actual value (from $ count here) in such a call?
Sincerely.
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