Struggling with accessing the same widget from multiple connect calls about gtk

[gkoz]

Here's a macro that will clone the variables for you: http://is.gd/xQlEHR
It'd be nice to integrate the macro with closures a little more but I'm not sure how to do that yet.

[anfractuosity]

I'm just having a little problem with this macro,

I can do https://play.rust-lang.org/?gist=7ad1859c73cd05a19e2c&version=stable which works fine.

But the following

macro_rules! clone {
    ($($n:ident),+ ; $b:expr) => (
            {
            $(let $n = $n.clone();)+
                    $b
            }
        );
}

librarylbl.connect_button_press_event(clone!(scroll,libraryview,newrecipeview;move |_,_|{
    Inhibit(true)
}));    

newrecipelbl.connect_button_press_event(clone!(scroll,libraryview,newrecipeview;move |_,_|{
    Inhibit(true)
}));    

Results in:

Global is external, but doesn't have external or weak linkage!
i8 (%closure.6*, i128, %"17.gdk::events::EventButton"*)* @_ZN7example4main12closure.4542E
invalid linkage type for function declaration
i8 (%closure.6*, i128, %"17.gdk::events::EventButton"*)* @_ZN7example4main12closure.4542E
Global is external, but doesn't have external or weak linkage!
i8 (%closure.7*, i128, %"17.gdk::events::EventButton"*)* @_ZN7example4main12closure.4559E
invalid linkage type for function declaration
i8 (%closure.7*, i128, %"17.gdk::events::EventButton"*)* @_ZN7example4main12closure.4559E
LLVM ERROR: Broken module found, compilation aborted!

[GuillaumeGomez]

You have to use Rc<RefCell<T>> objects to modify objects within the closures. For example:

let libraryview : Rc<RefCell<Viewport>> = Rc::new(RefCell::new(builder.get_object("libraryview").unwrap()));
let scroll : Rc<RefCell<ScrolledWindow>> = Rc::new(RefCell::new(builder.get_object("mainscroll").unwrap()));

let b_libraryview = libraryview.clone();
let b_libraryview2 = libraryview.clone();
let b_scroll = scroll.clone();
let b_scroll2 = scroll.clone();
librarylbl.connect_button_press_event(move |_,_,| {
    (*b_scroll.borrow_mut()).remove(b_libraryview.borrow());
    Inhibit(true)
}); 

newrecipelbl.connect_button_press_event(move|_,_| {
    (*b_scroll2.borrow_mut()).remove(b_libraryview2.borrow());
    Inhibit(true)
});

(Or nearby).

[gkoz]

@GuillaumeGomez You don't have to do that for refcounted types (particularly, any widgets) because they already are a kind of Rc<RefCell<X>> underneath. You just need to clone them.

I'd also look into cloning the closure as well. This might work:

        let libraryview : Viewport = builder.get_object("libraryview").unwrap();
        let scroll : ScrolledWindow = builder.get_object("mainscroll").unwrap();

        let env = (scroll.clone(), library_view.clone());
        let handler = move |_,_| {
            let (ref scroll, ref library_view) = env;
            scroll.remove(libraryview);
            Inhibit(true)
        };

        librarylbl.connect_button_press_event(handler.clone()); 
        newrecipelbl.connect_button_press_event(handler);

[GuillaumeGomez]

I didn't pay attention. Thanks for correcting me @gkoz.

[anfractuosity]

When trying to clone the closure I got

 error: type `[closure src/hymntoninkasi.rs:92:22: 95:4]` does not implement any method in scope named `clone`

I'm wondering, is cloning each widget the only way to do this? As i'm going to use a number of
.connect_button_press_event's with closures accessing the same widgets, so the code will get quite verbose, if I have to clone them all.

[gkoz]

When trying to clone the closure I got

I was mistaken then, you can't clone a closure :(
You could make a wrapper around Fn that would hide some boilerplate, but implementing Fn is impossible in stable Rust.

I'm wondering, is cloning each widget the only way to do this?

Currently closures have unbounded ('static) lifetimes so they need to own the variables they close over -- that's why you need to move the variables into them and can't capture references. The lack of a clone variant of move might be a shortcoming in Rust that needs to be addressed.

One can always try to design some clever macros ;)

[anfractuosity]

Cheers! Really appreciate your help

[gkoz]

Interesting! Does Rust nightly produce the same error?

[anfractuosity]

Just about to try that :)

Edit: Yup, it's fixed in nightly, and compiles fine

[anfractuosity]

This is slightly off-topic but I'm just wondering I'm doing the following:

        librarylbl.connect_button_press_event(clone!(scroll,libraryview,newrecipeview;move |_,_|{
            scroll.remove(&libraryview);
            scroll.remove(&newrecipeview);
            libraryview.reparent(&scroll);
            Inhibit(true)
        }));    

        newrecipelbl.connect_button_press_event(clone!(scroll,libraryview,newrecipeview;move |_,_|{
            scroll.remove(&libraryview);
            scroll.remove(&newrecipeview);
            newrecipeview.reparent(&scroll);
            Inhibit(true)
        }));    

So when I click the 'newrecipelbl' I get the newrecipeview shown in the GtkScrolledWindow, and when I click 'librarylbl' I get the libraryview shown in the GtkScrolledWindow.

This works, if i click each of these buttons once, but as soon as I press one more than once.

I get

(hymntoninkasi:27267): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_reparent: assertion 'priv->parent != NULL' failed

Which seems odd, as I've removed the elements from the scrolled window, as far as I can tell.

[gkoz]

I'll probably need a full working sample to play with.

[anfractuosity]

I managed to solve it through re-parenting the view port to an offscreen window :)

    librarylbl.connect_button_press_event(clone!(scroll,libraryview,newrecipeview;move |_,_|{
            newrecipeview.reparent(&rwindow);
            libraryview.reparent(&scroll);
            Inhibit(true)
    }));    

    newrecipelbl.connect_button_press_event(clone!(scroll,libraryview,newrecipeview;move |_,_|{
            libraryview.reparent(&lwindow);
            newrecipeview.reparent(&scroll);
            Inhibit(true)
    }));