Turned user names into clickable buttons that summon up a pane for that user

twitterwidgets.py

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class TweetPane(gtk.ScrolledWindow):
             self.tweets[i].connect('reply', self.on_tweet_reply)
             self.tweets[i].connect('retweet', self.on_retweet)
             self.tweets[i].connect('in-reply-to', self.on_tweet_reply_to)
+            self.tweets[i].connect('show-user', self.on_show_user)
 
         viewport.add(tweet_box)
 
@@ -144,6 +145,10 @@ class TweetPane(gtk.ScrolledWindow):
         self.emit('tweet-in-reply-to', data)
 
 
+    def on_show_user(self, widget, data):
+        self.emit('show-user', data)
+
+
     def get_following(self):
         return self.following
 
@@ -193,6 +198,9 @@ gobject.signal_new("tweet-retweet", TweetPane,
 gobject.signal_new("tweet-in-reply-to", TweetPane,
                    gobject.SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
                    gobject.TYPE_NONE, (gobject.TYPE_PYOBJECT,))
+gobject.signal_new("show-user", TweetPane,
+                   gobject.SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
+                   gobject.TYPE_NONE, (gobject.TYPE_PYOBJECT,))
 
 
 
@@ -217,7 +225,7 @@ class TweetBox(gtk.VBox):
 
     def init_widgets(self):
         ## Build the header
-        self.header = gtk.Label()
+        self.header = gtk.Button()
         label_eb = gtk.EventBox()
         label_eb.add(self.header)
         self.pack_start(label_eb)
@@ -225,9 +233,11 @@ class TweetBox(gtk.VBox):
         # Set the header's properties
         label_eb.modify_text(gtk.STATE_NORMAL,gtk.gdk.color_parse("#ffffff"))
         label_eb.modify_bg(gtk.STATE_NORMAL,gtk.gdk.color_parse("#8888ff"))
+        self.header.set_relief(gtk.RELIEF_NONE)
         self.header.set_alignment(0.0, 0.0)
-        self.header.set_selectable(True)
-        self.header.set_line_wrap(True)
+
+        # Handle the header being clicked
+        self.header.connect('clicked', self.on_user_clicked)
 
         ## Build the text
         self.text = gtk.Label()
@@ -289,7 +299,7 @@ class TweetBox(gtk.VBox):
         timestring = timestamp.astimezone(timezone).strftime(time_format)
 
         # Set the header
-        self.header.set_markup(user.name + " (" + user.screen_name + ") " + timestring)
+        self.header.set_label(user.name + " (" + user.screen_name + ") " + timestring)
 
         # and the text
         new_text = status.text
@@ -305,7 +315,7 @@ class TweetBox(gtk.VBox):
 
 
     def clear_status(self):
-        self.header.set_markup('')
+        self.header.set_label('')
         self.text.set_markup('')
         self.screen_name = None
         self.id = None
@@ -333,6 +343,10 @@ class TweetBox(gtk.VBox):
         self.emit('in-reply-to', {'id': self.in_reply_to_id, 'name': self.in_reply_to_screen_name})
 
 
+    def on_user_clicked(self, widget):
+        self.emit('show-user', self.screen_name)
+
+
     def on_mouse_clicked(self, widget, event):
         if event.button == 1:
             self.set_read(True)
@@ -358,6 +372,9 @@ gobject.signal_new("retweet", TweetBox,
 gobject.signal_new("in-reply-to", TweetBox,
                    gobject.SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
                    gobject.TYPE_NONE, (gobject.TYPE_PYOBJECT,))
+gobject.signal_new("show-user", TweetBox,
+                   gobject.SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
+                   gobject.TYPE_NONE, (gobject.TYPE_PYOBJECT,))