what's the TornadoFX way to add a child to a pane ...

# tornadofx

[poohbar]

what's the TornadoFX way to add a child to a pane after it has been already constructed?
lets say I have this DSL:

vbox {
    button {
        action {
            // call a method that adds another button to vbox
        }
    }
}

I guess I could pass a reference to the vbox this@vbox to the method and then use add(...) but I guess there is a more idiomatic way?

[Carlton Whitehead]

You could assign it to a member variable

lateinit var theVbox: VBox
vbox {
    theVbox = this
    button("Original") {
        action { performAdd() }
    }
}

fun performAdd() {
    theVbox.add(Button("another"))
}

That would cut down the arguments needed in the method signature, and would still work if the original button needed to be moved out of the same vbox as where the new children go

[poohbar]

thanks