# Select items in a VBOX? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [May 19, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-items-in-a-vbox/138029 "2008-05-19T17:06:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![focdesoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/67e7ee/32.png) [@focdesoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/focdesoc)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-items-in-a-vbox/138029/1 "2008-05-19T17:06:21Z")
Hi, I would like to know how can I select items in a VBOX. Right now I have a vertical box inside a scrolled window, where I push items (I push progress bars into it). So if I push for example 20 progress bars, I can scroll up and down and see a vertical list of 20 progress bars. What I would like to do is to select each one of those progress bars, and be able to perform actions on them (such as stop/resume them, erase them from the vbox, etc). How can I do it? Or is there some other structure that I can use to perform that kind of actions? I mean, push widgets into it, and then be able to select those widgets in order to perform actions on them. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![focdesoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/67e7ee/32.png) [@focdesoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/focdesoc)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-items-in-a-vbox/138029/2 "2008-05-19T17:58:07Z")
OR… I’ve just thought something else: maybe there’s no way to select the items from the VBOX, nor any kind of list where you can select its items, but it’s the same item -the widget itself- who must have the property of being selectionable. Therefore I wonder, is there some way to make the Progress Bars selectionables? Dunno… ---
**Author:** ![focdesoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/67e7ee/32.png) [@focdesoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/focdesoc)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-items-in-a-vbox/138029/3 "2008-05-19T18:24:43Z")
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John L. wrote: | Or is there some other structure that I can use to perform that kind of | actions? I mean, push widgets into it, and then be able to select those | widgets in order to perform actions on them. Maybe, maybe not. Which GUI toolkit are you using? * * * Phillip G. Twitter: [twitter.com/cynicalryan](http://twitter.com/cynicalryan) Blog: [http://justarubyist.blogspot.com](http://justarubyist.blogspot.com) ~ - You know you’ve been hacking too long when… …you get snail mail, and you think to your self "You have new mail on node “your\_address” from user “name\_on\_the\_frank”. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - [http://enigmail.mozdev.org](http://enigmail.mozdev.org) iEYEARECAAYFAkgxqaoACgkQbtAgaoJTgL83VwCfSeoI1MIEqiHBgfgH9JsbBUUi eZYAn1LgEbggxFHe959i0HzYThXc+VGl =dxLK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---
**Author:** ![focdesoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/67e7ee/32.png) [@focdesoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/focdesoc)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-items-in-a-vbox/138029/4 "2008-05-19T18:29:56Z")
Hey! Thanks for your answer. The toolkit I use is Ruby GTK2, and all I write I get it from this website: > **[The source of https://ruby-gnome.github.io/](https://ruby-gnome.github.io/)** > > The source of https://ruby-gnome.github.io/ Cheers Phillip G. wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > John L. wrote: > > | Or is there some other structure that I can use to perform that kind of > | actions? I mean, push widgets into it, and then be able to select those > | widgets in order to perform actions on them. > > Maybe, maybe not. Which GUI toolkit are you using? > > * * * > > Phillip G. > Twitter: [twitter.com/cynicalryan](http://twitter.com/cynicalryan) > Blog: [http://justarubyist.blogspot.com](http://justarubyist.blogspot.com) > > ~ - You know you’ve been hacking too long when… > …you get snail mail, and you think to your self "You have new mail on > node > “your\_address” from user “name\_on\_the\_frank”. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - [http://enigmail.mozdev.org](http://enigmail.mozdev.org) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkgxqaoACgkQbtAgaoJTgL83VwCfSeoI1MIEqiHBgfgH9JsbBUUi > eZYAn1LgEbggxFHe959i0HzYThXc+VGl > =dxLK > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---
**Author:** ![focdesoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/67e7ee/32.png) [@focdesoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/focdesoc)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-items-in-a-vbox/138029/5 "2008-05-19T19:10:17Z")
Hey! Thanks for your reply. You mean “on\_click” signal or “signal\_connect(“clicked”)”? Because for the buttons, I use "signal\_connect(“clicked”)… but that is because the buttons have got that function. A progressbar has got the function “signal\_connect”? I mean, it’s able to be clicked on it? About “on\_click” dunno exactly what do you mean. Phillip G. wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > John L. wrote: > | Hey! > | Thanks for your answer. > | The toolkit I use is Ruby GTK2, and all I write I get it from this > | website: > | [http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp](http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp) > > This should have anything you need. > > My memory of GTK2 and its Ruby bindings is a bit murky, but connecting > an on\_click signal to the progress-bars should do the trick. > > * * * > > Phillip G. > Twitter: [twitter.com/cynicalryan](http://twitter.com/cynicalryan) > Blog: [http://justarubyist.blogspot.com](http://justarubyist.blogspot.com) > > Zmodem has bigger bits, softer blocks, and tighter ASCII. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - [http://enigmail.mozdev.org](http://enigmail.mozdev.org) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkgxsC4ACgkQbtAgaoJTgL/zcACgoxvPFcvsUk/5zLgmc3K+Nddp > cKQAnighNPY0aG2HLRIMsoTu4qiRZVil > =94s8 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---
**Author:** ![focdesoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/67e7ee/32.png) [@focdesoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/focdesoc)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/select-items-in-a-vbox/138029/6 "2008-05-19T18:52:47Z")
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John L. wrote: | Hey! | Thanks for your answer. | The toolkit I use is Ruby GTK2, and all I write I get it from this | website: | [http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp](http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp) This should have anything you need. My memory of GTK2 and its Ruby bindings is a bit murky, but connecting an on\_click signal to the progress-bars should do the trick. * * * Phillip G. Twitter: [twitter.com/cynicalryan](http://twitter.com/cynicalryan) Blog: [http://justarubyist.blogspot.com](http://justarubyist.blogspot.com) Zmodem has bigger bits, softer blocks, and tighter ASCII. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - [http://enigmail.mozdev.org](http://enigmail.mozdev.org) iEYEARECAAYFAkgxsC4ACgkQbtAgaoJTgL/zcACgoxvPFcvsUk/5zLgmc3K+Nddp cKQAnighNPY0aG2HLRIMsoTu4qiRZVil =94s8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----