[Pythonmac-SIG] Targeting Object Instances from a menu?

[Jerry LeVan]

Tkinter based on Aqua Tcl/Tk BI, sorry about that :)

Jerry

On Oct 25, 2004, at 5:32 PM, Bob Ippolito wrote:

> On Oct 25, 2004, at 17:22, Jerry LeVan wrote:
>
>> As a learning project I am creating a class PGBrowser. Creating
>> an instance of a PGBrowser will bring up a gui with an editor,
>> status area and a table area connected to a user specified
>> Postgresql database.
>>
>> The basic functionality is in place, I can connect to my postgresql
>> databases and execute sql commands against the database and
>> get the results displayed nicely in the table area.
>>
>> I am getting ready to add "enhancements" via a menu and it just
>> occurred to me that if I have more than one instance of a PGBrowser,
>> how can I target the appropriate one.
>>
>> "Regular" mac applications target the "First Responder" chain, in
>> this case it is generally the frontmost window...
>>
>> So if I have two browser instances, can I identify the "frontmost"?
>>
>> If this  is not possible, then it appears that I might have to use
>> a row of button menus set in each browser window... not a very
>> mac like solution.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>
> This is totally different depending on which GUI framework you are 
> using.  You didn't bother to mention that :)
>
> -bob
>