Make sure containers transmit the children; take care of case where children is possibly empty.

IPython/html/widgets/widget.py

@@ -1,438 +1,438 b''
 """Base Widget class.  Allows user to create widgets in the backend that render
 in the IPython notebook frontend.
 """
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright (c) 2013, the IPython Development Team.
 #
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 #
 # The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from copy import copy
 from glob import glob
 import uuid
 import sys
 import os
 import inspect
 import types
 
 import IPython
 from IPython.kernel.comm import Comm
 from IPython.config import LoggingConfigurable
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import Unicode, Dict, List, Instance, Bool
 from IPython.display import Javascript, display
 from IPython.utils.py3compat import string_types
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 class BaseWidget(LoggingConfigurable):
 
     # Shared declarations (Class level)
     _keys = List(Unicode, default_value = [], 
                  help="List of keys comprising the state of the model.", allow_none=False)
     widget_construction_callback = None
 
     def on_widget_constructed(callback):
         """Class method, registers a callback to be called when a widget is
         constructed.  The callback must have the following signature:
         callback(widget)"""
         Widget.widget_construction_callback = callback
 
     def _handle_widget_constructed(widget):
         """Class method, called when a widget is constructed."""
         if Widget.widget_construction_callback is not None and callable(Widget.widget_construction_callback):
             Widget.widget_construction_callback(widget)
 
     
 
     # Public declarations (Instance level)
     target_name = Unicode('widget', help="""Name of the backbone model 
         registered in the frontend to create and sync this widget with.""")
     default_view_name = Unicode(help="""Default view registered in the frontend
         to use to represent the widget.""")
 
     # Private/protected declarations
     # todo: change this to a context manager
     _property_lock = (None, None) # Last updated (key, value) from the front-end.  Prevents echo.
     _displayed = False
     _comm = Instance('IPython.kernel.comm.Comm')
     
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         """Public constructor
         """
         self._display_callbacks = []
         self._msg_callbacks = []
         super(BaseWidget, self).__init__(**kwargs)
 
         self.on_trait_change(self._handle_property_changed, self.keys)
         Widget._handle_widget_constructed(self)
 
     def __del__(self):
         """Object disposal"""
         self.close()
 
 
     def close(self):
         """Close method.  Closes the widget which closes the underlying comm.
         When the comm is closed, all of the widget views are automatically
         removed from the frontend."""
         self._close_communication()
     
     
     # Properties
     @property
     def keys(self):
         keys = ['default_view_name']
         keys.extend(self._keys)
         return keys
     
     @property
     def comm(self):
         if self._comm is None:
             self._open_communication()
         return self._comm
 
     # Event handlers
     def _handle_msg(self, msg):
         """Called when a msg is recieved from the frontend"""
         data = msg['content']['data']
         method = data['method']
 
         # Handle backbone sync methods CREATE, PATCH, and UPDATE
         if method == 'backbone':
             if 'sync_method' in data and 'sync_data' in data:
                 sync_method = data['sync_method']
                 sync_data = data['sync_data']
                 self._handle_recieve_state(sync_data) # handles all methods
 
         # Handle a custom msg from the front-end
         elif method == 'custom':
             if 'custom_content' in data:
                 self._handle_custom_msg(data['custom_content'])
 
     def _handle_custom_msg(self, content):
         """Called when a custom msg is recieved."""
         for handler in self._msg_callbacks:
             if callable(handler):
                 argspec = inspect.getargspec(handler)
                 nargs = len(argspec[0])
 
                 # Bound methods have an additional 'self' argument
                 if isinstance(handler, types.MethodType):
                     nargs -= 1
 
                 # Call the callback
                 if nargs == 1:
                     handler(content)
                 elif nargs == 2:
                     handler(self, content)
                 else:
                     raise TypeError('Widget msg callback must ' \
                         'accept 1 or 2 arguments, not %d.' % nargs)
 
 
     def _handle_recieve_state(self, sync_data):
         """Called when a state is recieved from the frontend."""
         # Use _keys instead of keys - Don't get retrieve the css from the client side.
         for name in self._keys:
             if name in sync_data:
                 try:
                     self._property_lock = (name, sync_data[name])
                     setattr(self, name, sync_data[name])
                 finally:
                     self._property_lock = (None, None)
 
 
     def _handle_property_changed(self, name, old, new):
         """Called when a property has been changed."""
         # Make sure this isn't information that the front-end just sent us.
         if self._property_lock[0] != name and self._property_lock[1] != new:
             # Send new state to frontend
             self.send_state(key=name)
 
     def _handle_displayed(self, **kwargs):
         """Called when a view has been displayed for this widget instance
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         [view_name]: unicode (optional kwarg)
             Name of the view that was displayed."""
         for handler in self._display_callbacks:
             if callable(handler):
                 argspec = inspect.getargspec(handler)
                 nargs = len(argspec[0])
 
                 # Bound methods have an additional 'self' argument
                 if isinstance(handler, types.MethodType):
                     nargs -= 1
 
                 # Call the callback
                 if nargs == 0:
                     handler()
                 elif nargs == 1:
                     handler(self)
                 elif nargs == 2:
                     handler(self, kwargs.get('view_name', None))
                 else:
                     handler(self, **kwargs)
 
     # Public methods
     def send_state(self, key=None):
         """Sends the widget state, or a piece of it, to the frontend.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         key : unicode (optional)
             A single property's name to sync with the frontend.
         """
         self._send({"method": "update",
                     "state": self.get_state()})
 
     def get_state(self, key=None):
         """Gets the widget state, or a piece of it.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         key : unicode (optional)
             A single property's name to get.
         """
         state = {}
 
         # If a key is provided, just send the state of that key.
         if key is None:
             keys = self.keys[:]
         else:
             keys = [key]
         for k in keys:
             value = getattr(self, k)
 
             # a more elegant solution to encoding BaseWidgets would be
             # to tap into the JSON encoder and teach it how to deal
             # with BaseWidget objects, or maybe just teach the JSON
             # encoder to look for a _repr_json property before giving
             # up encoding
             if isinstance(value, BaseWidget):
                 value = value.comm.comm_id
-            elif isinstance(value, list) and isinstance(value[0], BaseWidget):
+            elif isinstance(value, list) and len(value)>0 and isinstance(value[0], BaseWidget):
                 # assume all elements of the list are widgets
                 value = [i.comm.comm_id for i in value]
             state[k] = value
         return state
 
 
     def send(self, content):
         """Sends a custom msg to the widget model in the front-end.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         content : dict
             Content of the message to send.
         """
         self._send({"method": "custom",
                         "custom_content": content})
 
 
     def on_msg(self, callback, remove=False):
         """Register a callback for when a custom msg is recieved from the front-end
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         callback: method handler
             Can have a signature of:
             - callback(content)
             - callback(sender, content)
         remove: bool
             True if the callback should be unregistered."""
         if remove and callback in self._msg_callbacks:
             self._msg_callbacks.remove(callback)
         elif not remove and not callback in self._msg_callbacks:
             self._msg_callbacks.append(callback)
 
 
     def on_displayed(self, callback, remove=False):
         """Register a callback to be called when the widget has been displayed
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         callback: method handler
             Can have a signature of:
             - callback()
             - callback(sender)
             - callback(sender, view_name)
             - callback(sender, **kwargs)
               kwargs from display call passed through without modification.
         remove: bool
             True if the callback should be unregistered."""
         if remove and callback in self._display_callbacks:
             self._display_callbacks.remove(callback)
         elif not remove and not callback in self._display_callbacks:
             self._display_callbacks.append(callback)
 
 
     # Support methods
     def _repr_widget_(self, **kwargs):
         """Function that is called when `IPython.display.display` is called on
         the widget.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         view_name: unicode (optional)
             View to display in the frontend.  Overrides default_view_name."""
         view_name = kwargs.get('view_name', self.default_view_name)
         
         # Create a communication.
         self._open_communication()
         
         # Make sure model is syncronized
         self.send_state()
             
         # Show view.
         self._send({"method": "display", "view_name": view_name})
         self._displayed = True
         self._handle_displayed(**kwargs)
 
 
     def _open_communication(self):
         """Opens a communication with the front-end."""
         # Create a comm.
         if self._comm is None:
             self._comm = Comm(target_name=self.target_name)
             self._comm.on_msg(self._handle_msg)
             self._comm.on_close(self._close_communication)
 
         # first update
         self.send_state()
 
 
     def _close_communication(self):
         """Closes a communication with the front-end."""
         if self._comm is not None:
             try:
                 self._comm.close()
             finally:
                 self._comm = None
 
 
     def _send(self, msg):
         """Sends a message to the model in the front-end"""
         if self._comm is not None:
             self._comm.send(msg)
             return True
         else:
             return False        
 
 class Widget(BaseWidget):
     visible = Bool(True, help="Whether or not the widget is visible.")
 
     # Private/protected declarations
     _css = Dict() # Internal CSS property dict
 
     # Properties
     @property
     def keys(self):
         keys = ['visible', '_css']
         keys.extend(super(Widget, self).keys)
         return keys
 
     def get_css(self, key, selector=""):
         """Get a CSS property of the widget.  Note, this function does not
         actually request the CSS from the front-end;  Only properties that have
         been set with set_css can be read.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         key: unicode
             CSS key
         selector: unicode (optional)
             JQuery selector used when the CSS key/value was set.
         """
         if selector in self._css and key in self._css[selector]:
             return self._css[selector][key]
         else:
             return None
 
 
     def set_css(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Set one or more CSS properties of the widget (shared among all of the
         views).  This function has two signatures:
         - set_css(css_dict, [selector=''])
         - set_css(key, value, [selector=''])
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         css_dict : dict
             CSS key/value pairs to apply
         key: unicode
             CSS key
         value
             CSS value
         selector: unicode (optional)
             JQuery selector to use to apply the CSS key/value.
         """
         selector = kwargs.get('selector', '')
 
         # Signature 1: set_css(css_dict, [selector=''])
         if len(args) == 1:
             if isinstance(args[0], dict):
                 for (key, value) in args[0].items():
                     self.set_css(key, value, selector=selector)
             else:
                 raise Exception('css_dict must be a dict.')
 
         # Signature 2: set_css(key, value, [selector=''])
         elif len(args) == 2 or len(args) == 3:
 
             # Selector can be a positional arg if it's the 3rd value
             if len(args) == 3:
                 selector = args[2]
             if selector not in self._css:
                 self._css[selector] = {}
 
             # Only update the property if it has changed.
             key = args[0]
             value = args[1]
             if not (key in self._css[selector] and value in self._css[selector][key]):
                 self._css[selector][key] = value
                 self.send_state('_css') # Send new state to client.
         else:
             raise Exception('set_css only accepts 1-3 arguments')
 
 
     def add_class(self, class_name, selector=""):
         """Add class[es] to a DOM element
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         class_name: unicode
             Class name(s) to add to the DOM element(s).  Multiple class names
             must be space separated.
         selector: unicode (optional)
             JQuery selector to select the DOM element(s) that the class(es) will
             be added to.
         """
         self._send({"method": "add_class",
                         "class_list": class_name,
                         "selector": selector})
 
 
     def remove_class(self, class_name, selector=""):
         """Remove class[es] from a DOM element
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         class_name: unicode
             Class name(s) to remove from  the DOM element(s).  Multiple class
             names must be space separated.
         selector: unicode (optional)
             JQuery selector to select the DOM element(s) that the class(es) will
             be removed from.
         """
         self._send({"method": "remove_class",
                         "class_list": class_name,
                         "selector": selector})

IPython/html/widgets/widget_container.py

@@ -1,202 +1,203 b''
 """ContainerWidget class.  
 
 Represents a container that can be used to group other widgets.
 """
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright (c) 2013, the IPython Development Team.
 #
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 #
 # The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from .widget import Widget
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import Unicode, Bool, List, Instance
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class ContainerWidget(Widget):
     target_name = Unicode('ContainerWidgetModel')
     default_view_name = Unicode('ContainerView')
 
-    children = [] #List(Instance('IPython.html.widgets.widget.Widget'))
-
     # Keys, all private and managed by helper methods.  Flexible box model
     # classes...
     _keys = ['_vbox', '_hbox', '_align_start', '_align_end', '_align_center',
             '_pack_start', '_pack_end', '_pack_center', '_flex0', '_flex1', 
-            '_flex2', 'description', 'button_text']
+            '_flex2', 'description', 'button_text',
+            'children']
+    children = List(Instance(Widget))
+    
     description = Unicode()
     button_text = Unicode()
     _hbox = Bool(False)
     _vbox = Bool(False)
     _align_start = Bool(False)
     _align_end = Bool(False)
     _align_center = Bool(False)
     _pack_start = Bool(False)
     _pack_end = Bool(False)
     _pack_center = Bool(False)
     _flex0 = Bool(False)
     _flex1 = Bool(False)
     _flex2 = Bool(False)
     
     def hbox(self, enabled=True):
         """Make this container an hbox.  Automatically disables conflicting
         features.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         enabled: bool (optional)
             Enabled or disable the hbox feature of the container, defaults to 
             True."""
         self._hbox = enabled
         if enabled:
             self._vbox = False
     
     def vbox(self, enabled=True):
         """Make this container an vbox.  Automatically disables conflicting
         features.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         enabled: bool (optional)
             Enabled or disable the vbox feature of the container, defaults to 
             True."""
         self._vbox = enabled
         if enabled:
             self._hbox = False
             
     def align_start(self, enabled=True):
         """Make the contents of this container align to the start of the axis.  
         Automatically disables conflicting alignments.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         enabled: bool (optional)
             Enabled or disable the start alignment of the container, defaults to 
             True."""
         self._align_start = enabled
         if enabled:
             self._align_end = False
             self._align_center = False
             
     def align_end(self, enabled=True):
         """Make the contents of this container align to the end of the axis.  
         Automatically disables conflicting alignments.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         enabled: bool (optional)
             Enabled or disable the end alignment of the container, defaults to 
             True."""
         self._align_end = enabled
         if enabled:
             self._align_start = False
             self._align_center = False
             
     def align_center(self, enabled=True):
         """Make the contents of this container align to the center of the axis.  
         Automatically disables conflicting alignments.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         enabled: bool (optional)
             Enabled or disable the center alignment of the container, defaults to 
             True."""
         self._align_center = enabled
         if enabled:
             self._align_start = False
             self._align_end = False
 
             
     def pack_start(self, enabled=True):
         """Make the contents of this container pack to the start of the axis.  
         Automatically disables conflicting packings.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         enabled: bool (optional)
             Enabled or disable the start packing of the container, defaults to 
             True."""
         self._pack_start = enabled
         if enabled:
             self._pack_end = False
             self._pack_center = False
             
     def pack_end(self, enabled=True):
         """Make the contents of this container pack to the end of the axis.  
         Automatically disables conflicting packings.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         enabled: bool (optional)
             Enabled or disable the end packing of the container, defaults to 
             True."""
         self._pack_end = enabled
         if enabled:
             self._pack_start = False
             self._pack_center = False
             
     def pack_center(self, enabled=True):
         """Make the contents of this container pack to the center of the axis.  
         Automatically disables conflicting packings.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         enabled: bool (optional)
             Enabled or disable the center packing of the container, defaults to 
             True."""
         self._pack_center = enabled
         if enabled:
             self._pack_start = False
             self._pack_end = False
 
             
     def flex0(self, enabled=True):
         """Put this container in flex0 mode.  Automatically disables conflicting
         flex modes.  See the widget tutorial part 5 example notebook for more
         information.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         enabled: bool (optional)
             Enabled or disable the flex0 attribute of the container, defaults to 
             True."""
         self._flex0 = enabled
         if enabled:
             self._flex1 = False
             self._flex2 = False
             
     def flex1(self, enabled=True):
         """Put this container in flex1 mode.  Automatically disables conflicting
         flex modes.  See the widget tutorial part 5 example notebook for more
         information.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         enabled: bool (optional)
             Enabled or disable the flex1 attribute of the container, defaults to 
             True."""
         self._flex1 = enabled
         if enabled:
             self._flex0 = False
             self._flex2 = False
             
     def flex2(self, enabled=True):
         """Put this container in flex2 mode.  Automatically disables conflicting
         flex modes.  See the widget tutorial part 5 example notebook for more
         information.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         enabled: bool (optional)
             Enabled or disable the flex2 attribute of the container, defaults to 
             True."""
         self._flex2 = enabled
         if enabled:
             self._flex0 = False
             self._flex1 = False

IPython/html/widgets/widget_multicontainer.py

@@ -1,58 +1,58 b''
 """MulticontainerWidget class.  
 
 Represents a multipage container that can be used to group other widgets into
 pages.
 """
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright (c) 2013, the IPython Development Team.
 #
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 #
 # The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from .widget import Widget
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import Unicode, Dict, Int, List, Instance
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class MulticontainerWidget(Widget):
     target_name = Unicode('MulticontainerWidgetModel')
     default_view_name = Unicode('TabView')
 
     # Keys
-    _keys = ['_titles', 'selected_index']
+    _keys = ['_titles', 'selected_index', 'children']
     _titles = Dict(help="Titles of the pages")
     selected_index = Int(0)
 
-    children = [] #List(Instance('IPython.html.widgets.widget.Widget'))
+    children = List(Instance(Widget))
 
     # Public methods
     def set_title(self, index, title):
         """Sets the title of a container page
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         index : int
             Index of the container page
         title : unicode
             New title"""
         self._titles[index] = title
         self.send_state('_titles')
 
 
     def get_title(self, index):
         """Gets the title of a container pages
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         index : int
             Index of the container page"""
         if index in self._titles:
             return self._titles[index]
         else:
             return None