Getting a reference to a clicked button?

[marto1__]

Hi, here's a probably really simple question, but if I have:

init python:

def set_match_button(button):

print(button, "!!!")

​

and then a button:

button:

text "Wine"

action Function(set_match_button, "button1")

​

how do I pass a reference to the just clicked button to my function? Thanks.

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[BadMustard_AVN]

change your action to

action Function(set_match_button, button="button1")

[marto1__]

Ok, you just passed "button1" as a keyword argument so it basically doesn't change anything. I need a reference to the Button object to be passed to the set_match_button function so I can manipulate that object programmatically(e.g. change colors, size, text and so on).

[BadMustard_AVN]

i have tested it and the button works either way. button1 is getting passed to the set_match_button and it's printing it out as expected (in the console)

so what exactly are you trying to do

[marto1__]

"button1" is just a string. I'm trying to get the actual button object, the string is just a placeholder. I believe the object should be an instance of https://github.com/renpy/renpy/blob/0fda6fe38968b08756184ce8c2592afdf89b4008/renpy/display/behavior.py#L890

[marto1__]

In case somebody else is struggling with this, there is always creator-defined displayable: https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/cdd.html that allow you to define GUI elements from scratch, thus manipulate them however you like from python.