Calling a DirectButton['command']

Scripting Issues
1

I am wondering if it is possible to simulate that a DirectButton has been activated. I have a basic frame comprised of 9 DirectButtons. I then put all of those buttons into a dict…

self.buttonDict = {'1': self.statusButton,
                           '2': self.equipmentButton,
                           '3': self.magicButton,
                           '4': self.itemsButton,
                           '5': self.abilitiesButton,
                           '6': self.partyButton,
                           '7': self.tradeButton,
                           '8': self.searchButton,
                           '9': self.quitButton}

I select the buttons via arrow_up and arrow_down like so…

    def selectionUp(self):
        black = self.buttonDict[str(self.activeButton)]
        black['text_fg']=(0,0,0,1)
        #You've hit the top, wrap around
        if self.activeButton == 1:
            self.activeButton = self.totalButtons
        else:
            self.activeButton -= 1
        red = self.buttonDict[str(self.activeButton)]
        red['text_fg']=(1,0,0,1)
        
    def selectionDown(self):
        black = self.buttonDict[str(self.activeButton)]
        black['text_fg']=(0,0,0,1)
        #You've hit the bottom, wrap around
        if self.activeButton == self.totalButtons:
            self.activeButton = 1
        else:
            self.activeButton += 1
        red = self.buttonDict[str(self.activeButton)]
        red['text_fg']=(1,0,0,1)

Then self.accept(‘enter’, self.confirmSelection) calls…

    def confirmSelection(self):
        if self.activeButton == 1:
            self.showStatus()
        elif self.activeButton == 2:
            self.notImplemented()
        elif self.activeButton == 3:
            self.notImplemented()
        elif self.activeButton == 4:
            self.notImplemented()
        elif self.activeButton == 5:
            self.notImplemented()
        elif self.activeButton == 6:
            self.notImplemented()
        elif self.activeButton == 7:
            self.notImplemented()
        elif self.activeButton == 8:
            self.notImplemented()
        elif self.activeButton == 9:
            sys.exit()

As you can tell most of those features have yet to be implemented, but that is neither here nor there.

I’m wondering if there is a way that I can clean it up a bit. Something like this…

    def confirmSelection(self):       
        confirm = self.buttonDict[str(self.activeButton)]
        RUN THE COMMAND >> confirm['command']
2

Calling a function is done by calling the () operator on a function object in Python, so:

confirm['command']()

Or with arguments:

confirm['command'](arg1, arg2)

Or a list of arguments:

args = (arg1, arg2)
kwargs = {"param" : 123}
confirm['command'](*args, **kwargs)
3

Worked like a charm. Thank you.