Re: dogtail-devel question of dogtail -- inbox.doAction('activate')

[David Malcolm <dmalcolm redhat com>]

On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 16:47 +0800, Yan Tian wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a question of _inbox.doAction('activate')_ in script of evolution 
> application.
> 
> In the 'Mail Folder Tree', expand the 'On this Computer' table cell, 
> there is 'Inbox' table cell. Expand the account_name table cell, there 
> is 'Inbox' table cell too. Code as below:
> 
> inbox = evo.findChildren(dogtail.predicate.GenericPredicate("Inbox", 
> roleName="table cell"), recursive=True)
> 
> I tried to handle the 'Inbox' table cell of account_name. But the 
> account_name, 'On this Computer', 'Inbox' of account_name, 'Inbox' of 
> 'On this Computer' had the same ancestor 'Mail Folder Tree' table cell.
> 
> I used findAncerstor() method. But cann't find valuable roleName to 
> differentiate the two widget.
> 
> Did anyone meet with the same question and how to deal with it? Thanks.
I believe you can do the search in two stages, with something like this,
given accountName:

accountNode = evo.findChildren(dogtail.predicate.GenericPredicate(accountName, roleName="table cell"), recursive=True)
myAccountInbox = accountNode.findChildren(dogtail.predicate.GenericPredicate("Inbox", roleName="table cell"), recursive=True)
(note the different starting point for the second search)

onThisComputerNode = evo.findChildren(dogtail.predicate.GenericPredicate("On This Computer", roleName="table cell"), recursive=True)
onThisComputerInbox = onThisComputerNode.findChildren(dogtail.predicate.GenericPredicate("Inbox", roleName="table cell"), recursive=True)


Hope this helps
Dave