Rob Brown-Bayliss wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I need a way to let users pick one of approx 8000 names from a list and
> had thought to use a combobox but it is far too slow taking several
> seconds to pop up, and scrolling is unusable.
>
> Does any one have an idea or solution that does not take up too much
> screen space.
>
> here is the code I was usign to load the list:
>
> custs = self.DB.select("SELECT CAST(Customer_Key as TEXT),
> CAST(Name
> as Text) FROM Customer Order By Name")
> cust_list =
> gtk.ListStore(gobject.TYPE_STRING,gobject.TYPE_STRING)
> if custs != None:
> for c in custs:
> n = c[1].strip()
> row = (unicode(n),c[0])
> cust_list.append(row)
> self.customer.set_model(cust_list)
>
>
>
> --
> Rob Brown-Bayliss
>
> http://globalvillage.sourceforge.net
> The world at your finger tips...
>
>
I would use a gtk.TreeStore() model in a gtk.TreeView() widget. Using
the first one or two letters of the name for the tree nodes.
Maybe in a Dialog window if there isn't space for the gtk.TreeView()
in the GUI.
It is possible use a lazy mode and only populate the gtk.TreeStore()
as the user clicks on the appropriate nodes.
Regards Neil.
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