Investigating #434

Updated textAreas, to allow editing even when disabled.

appJar/appjar.py

@@ -8768,7 +8768,7 @@ def setTextAreaFont(self, title, **kwargs):
         """ changes the font of a text area """
         self.widgetManager.get(self.Widgets.TextArea, title).setFont(**kwargs)
 
-    def setTextArea(self, title, text, end=True, callFunction=True):
+    def setTextArea(self, title, text, end=True, callFunction=True, override=True):
         """ Add the supplied text to the specified TextArea
 
         :param title: the TextArea to change
@@ -8781,10 +8781,18 @@ def setTextArea(self, title, text, end=True, callFunction=True):
         ta = self.widgetManager.get(self.Widgets.TextArea, title)
 
         ta.pauseCallFunction(callFunction)
+
+        if override:
+            _state = ta.cget('state')
+            ta.config(state='normal')
+
         if end:
             ta.insert(END, text)
         else:
             ta.insert('1.0', text)
+
+        if override: ta.config(state=_state)
+
         ta.resumeCallFunction()
 
     def clearTextArea(self, title, callFunction=True):

examples/issues/issue434.py

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import sys
+sys.path.append("../../")
+
+from appJar import gui
+
+def process():
+    c = app.entry("command")
+    if c.lower().strip().startswith("bg"):
+        col = c.split("=")[1].strip()
+        app.bg = col
+        app.text('text', "BG set to: " + col + "\n", bg=col)
+
+
+with gui("Translator", "600x400", bg="black") as app:
+    app.text("text", border=1, relief='sunken', state='disabled')
+    app.entry("command", submit=process, focus=True)