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Gtk3 replace child widget with another widget

I'm looking for a way to remove a widget from its parent (whatever that may be - a VBox, a Grid, ...) and add a substitute widget in its place.

I found this answer, but I can't seem to make it work with Gtk3.

Here's what I tried:

from gi.repository import Gtk

def replace_widget(old, new):
    parent= old.get_parent()

    props= {}
    for key in Gtk.ContainerClass.list_child_properties(type(parent)):
        props[key.name]= parent.child_get_property(old, key.name)

    parent.remove(old)
    parent.add_with_properties(new, **props)

But the call to Gtk.ContainerClass.list_child_properties raises

TypeError: argument self: Expected a Gtk.ContainerClass, but got gi.repository.Gtk.GObjectMeta

It won't accept an instance of a container widget either. For the life of me, I can't figure out what parameter I'm supposed to pass.

P.S.: I know I could add another widget between the container and the child widget, but I'd prefer not to.

UPDATE: I guess it wasn't clear enough: The substitute widget is supposed to be in the same place as the original widget, with the same packing properties.

Solution

  • This has only recently become possible, since PyGObject 3.14: https://git.gnome.org/browse/pygobject/commit/?h=pygobject-3-14&id=bf84915f89fd5fd502b4fb162eef7bc0a48c8783

    Either of the following will work in PyGObject 3.14 and later:

    parent.list_child_properties()
Gtk.ContainerClass.list_child_properties(parent)

    (The second syntax is in case class and instance methods have a naming conflict. See discussion here.)