Choosing from multiple Views, when using a HasTraits object in Item

Question

Is there a way to define multiple views for a HasTraits object, and choose them when displaying them as an Item?

class Person(HasTraits):
    first_name = String()
    last_name = String()

    formal_view = View(
        Item('first_name'),
        Item('last_name'),
        )
    familiar_view = View(
        Item('first_name')
        )

class Family(HasTraits):
    formal_father = Instance(Person,())
    familiar_father = Instance(Person,())


    view = View(
        Item('formal_father', style = 'custom'),
        Item('familiar_father', style = 'custom', 
             view = 'familiar_view'),
        )

The keyword view in the last Item is just to illustrate how i would expect it to work.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 29 '13 at 20:59

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Yep, you've almost got it. See http://code.enthought.com/projects/traits/docs/html/TUIUG/advanced_view.html#defining-multiple-views-within-the-model

answered Oct 29 '13 at 20:59

Jonathan March

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yes a little more reading and i added, `editor = InstanceEditor(view = 'familiar_view'))` which works. is that your suggestion? – alex Oct 29 '13 at 21:06
yes, and also the view keyword when calling edit_trait or configure_traits. – Jonathan March Nov 03 '13 at 19:45

Choosing from multiple Views, when using a HasTraits object in Item

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