Methods as event handlers not called?

It seems that event handling methods on custom components are not called. It seemed only natural (given the function signature) and useful to have methods as method handlers.

This code illustrates the problem:

import justpy as jp

class MyInlineHello(jp.Div):

    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        self.counter = 1
        super().__init__(**kwargs)
        self.classes = 'm-1 p-1 text-2xl text-center text-white bg-blue-500 hover:bg-blue-800 cursor-pointer'
        self.text = 'Inline Hello! (click me)'

        async def click(self, msg):
            print('In INLINE CLICK handler')
            self.text = f'Hello! I was clicked {self.counter} times'
            self.counter += 1

        self.on('click', click)


class MyMethodHello(jp.Div):

    async def click(self, msg):
        print('In METHOD CLICK handler')
        self.text = f'Hello! I was clicked {self.counter} times'
        self.counter += 1

    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        self.counter = 1
        super().__init__(**kwargs)
        self.classes = 'm-1 p-1 text-2xl text-center text-white bg-orange-500 hover:bg-orange-800 cursor-pointer'
        self.text = 'Method Hello! (click me)'

        self.on('click', self.click)




def hello_test():
    wp = jp.WebPage()
    for i in range(5):
        wp.add(MyInlineHello()) # or jp.Hello(a=wp)
    for i in range(5):
        wp.add(MyMethodHello()) # or jp.Hello(a=wp)
    return wp

jp.justpy(hello_test)

[mjmare]

That construct defeats the purpose of simplicity and I’d be hesitant to use it for fear of not understanding my own code after a few months 😉 If normal methods would be possible one would get the ‘self’ reference for free. As it stands now I’ll stick to the inline version

async def button_click(comp, msg):  # using comp instead of self to prevent hiding the object's self.
        self.user_state = next_state(self.user_state)

this had the advantage of simplicity and still have acces to self (if one uses another name than self for the first arg).

[elimintz]

Thank you, and keep the suggestions coming!