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display leading zero in a gtk.SpinButton


i'd like to have a leading zero in a spinbutton in order to always have two digits displayed.

adj_hour = gtk.Adjustment(int(time.strftime("%H")),0,24,1,1)
entry_hour = gtk.SpinButton()
entry_hour.set_adjustment(adj_hour)

problem is that gtk.Adjustment's first argument has to be float/int.

i tried things like:

adj_hour = gtk.Adjustment(float(format(int(time.strftime("%H")), '02d')),0,24,1,1)

but it doesn't work.


Solution

  • Connect to the output signal of the spin button. For example, adapting the C code in the documentation I linked to:

    def show_leading_zeros(spin_button):
        adjustment = spin_button.get_adjustment()
        spin_button.set_text('{:02d}'.format(int(adjustment.get_value())))
        return True
    
    ...
    
    entry_hour.connect('output', show_leading_zeros)