gui redesign in glade, database layout 0.3

complete redesign of the gui with glade-3
gui loading with gtk.glade.XML
move to db layout 0.3 with completed column

2 files changed, 532 insertions, 103 deletions

diff --git a/ui/todolist.glade b/ui/todolist.glade
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b1a732
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/todolist.glade
@@ -0,0 +1,448 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glade-interface SYSTEM "glade-2.0.dtd">
+<!--Generated with glade3 3.4.5 on Fri May  8 22:04:24 2009 -->
+<glade-interface>
+  <widget class="GtkWindow" id="main_window">
+    <property name="title" translatable="yes">ToDo</property>
+    <signal name="destroy" handler="on_main_window_destroy"/>
+    <child>
+      <widget class="GtkVBox" id="vbox1">
+        <property name="visible">True</property>
+        <child>
+          <widget class="GtkMenuBar" id="menubar1">
+            <property name="visible">True</property>
+            <child>
+              <widget class="GtkMenuItem" id="menuitem1">
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <property name="label" translatable="yes">_File</property>
+                <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+                <child>
+                  <widget class="GtkMenu" id="menu1">
+                    <property name="visible">True</property>
+                    <child>
+                      <widget class="GtkImageMenuItem" id="imagemenuitem5">
+                        <property name="visible">True</property>
+                        <property name="label" translatable="yes">gtk-quit</property>
+                        <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+                        <property name="use_stock">True</property>
+                        <signal name="activate" handler="on_menu_quit_clicked"/>
+                      </widget>
+                    </child>
+                  </widget>
+                </child>
+              </widget>
+            </child>
+            <child>
+              <widget class="GtkMenuItem" id="menuitem2">
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <property name="label" translatable="yes">_Edit</property>
+                <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+                <child>
+                  <widget class="GtkMenu" id="menu2">
+                    <property name="visible">True</property>
+                    <child>
+                      <widget class="GtkImageMenuItem" id="imagemenuitem6">
+                        <property name="visible">True</property>
+                        <property name="label" translatable="yes">gtk-cut</property>
+                        <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+                        <property name="use_stock">True</property>
+                      </widget>
+                    </child>
+                    <child>
+                      <widget class="GtkImageMenuItem" id="imagemenuitem7">
+                        <property name="visible">True</property>
+                        <property name="label" translatable="yes">gtk-copy</property>
+                        <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+                        <property name="use_stock">True</property>
+                      </widget>
+                    </child>
+                    <child>
+                      <widget class="GtkImageMenuItem" id="imagemenuitem8">
+                        <property name="visible">True</property>
+                        <property name="label" translatable="yes">gtk-paste</property>
+                        <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+                        <property name="use_stock">True</property>
+                      </widget>
+                    </child>
+                    <child>
+                      <widget class="GtkImageMenuItem" id="imagemenuitem9">
+                        <property name="visible">True</property>
+                        <property name="label" translatable="yes">gtk-delete</property>
+                        <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+                        <property name="use_stock">True</property>
+                      </widget>
+                    </child>
+                  </widget>
+                </child>
+              </widget>
+            </child>
+            <child>
+              <widget class="GtkMenuItem" id="menuitem3">
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <property name="label" translatable="yes">_View</property>
+                <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+              </widget>
+            </child>
+            <child>
+              <widget class="GtkMenuItem" id="menuitem4">
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <property name="label" translatable="yes">_Help</property>
+                <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+                <child>
+                  <widget class="GtkMenu" id="menu3">
+                    <property name="visible">True</property>
+                    <child>
+                      <widget class="GtkImageMenuItem" id="imagemenuitem10">
+                        <property name="visible">True</property>
+                        <property name="label" translatable="yes">gtk-about</property>
+                        <property name="use_underline">True</property>
+                        <property name="use_stock">True</property>
+                        <signal name="activate" handler="on_menu_about_clicked"/>
+                      </widget>
+                    </child>
+                  </widget>
+                </child>
+              </widget>
+            </child>
+          </widget>
+          <packing>
+            <property name="expand">False</property>
+          </packing>
+        </child>
+        <child>
+          <widget class="GtkScrolledWindow" id="scrolledwindow1">
+            <property name="visible">True</property>
+            <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+            <property name="hscrollbar_policy">GTK_POLICY_AUTOMATIC</property>
+            <property name="vscrollbar_policy">GTK_POLICY_AUTOMATIC</property>
+            <child>
+              <widget class="GtkTreeView" id="todolist">
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                <property name="rules_hint">True</property>
+                <signal name="row_activated" handler="on_treeview_row_activated"/>
+              </widget>
+            </child>
+          </widget>
+          <packing>
+            <property name="position">1</property>
+          </packing>
+        </child>
+        <child>
+          <widget class="GtkHButtonBox" id="hbuttonbox1">
+            <property name="visible">True</property>
+            <property name="spacing">7</property>
+            <property name="layout_style">GTK_BUTTONBOX_SPREAD</property>
+            <child>
+              <widget class="GtkButton" id="button1">
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                <property name="receives_default">True</property>
+                <property name="label" translatable="yes">gtk-add</property>
+                <property name="use_stock">True</property>
+                <property name="response_id">0</property>
+              </widget>
+            </child>
+            <child>
+              <widget class="GtkButton" id="button2">
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                <property name="receives_default">True</property>
+                <property name="label" translatable="yes">gtk-remove</property>
+                <property name="use_stock">True</property>
+                <property name="response_id">0</property>
+              </widget>
+              <packing>
+                <property name="position">1</property>
+              </packing>
+            </child>
+            <child>
+              <widget class="GtkButton" id="button8">
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                <property name="receives_default">True</property>
+                <property name="label" translatable="yes">gtk-edit</property>
+                <property name="use_stock">True</property>
+                <property name="response_id">0</property>
+                <signal name="clicked" handler="on_edit_clicked"/>
+              </widget>
+              <packing>
+                <property name="position">2</property>
+              </packing>
+            </child>
+          </widget>
+          <packing>
+            <property name="expand">False</property>
+            <property name="padding">7</property>
+            <property name="position">2</property>
+          </packing>
+        </child>
+        <child>
+          <widget class="GtkStatusbar" id="statusbar1">
+            <property name="visible">True</property>
+            <property name="spacing">2</property>
+          </widget>
+          <packing>
+            <property name="expand">False</property>
+            <property name="position">3</property>
+          </packing>
+        </child>
+      </widget>
+    </child>
+  </widget>
+  <widget class="GtkDialog" id="date_select_dialog">
+    <property name="border_width">5</property>
+    <property name="resizable">False</property>
+    <property name="modal">True</property>
+    <property name="window_position">GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER_ON_PARENT</property>
+    <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+    <child internal-child="vbox">
+      <widget class="GtkVBox" id="dialog-vbox2">
+        <property name="visible">True</property>
+        <property name="spacing">2</property>
+        <child>
+          <widget class="GtkCalendar" id="calendar1">
+            <property name="visible">True</property>
+            <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+            <property name="year">2009</property>
+            <property name="month">4</property>
+            <property name="day">5</property>
+          </widget>
+          <packing>
+            <property name="expand">False</property>
+            <property name="fill">False</property>
+            <property name="position">2</property>
+          </packing>
+        </child>
+        <child internal-child="action_area">
+          <widget class="GtkHButtonBox" id="dialog-action_area2">
+            <property name="visible">True</property>
+            <property name="layout_style">GTK_BUTTONBOX_END</property>
+            <child>
+              <widget class="GtkButton" id="button6">
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                <property name="receives_default">True</property>
+                <property name="label" translatable="yes">gtk-cancel</property>
+                <property name="use_stock">True</property>
+                <property name="response_id">1</property>
+              </widget>
+            </child>
+            <child>
+              <widget class="GtkButton" id="button7">
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                <property name="receives_default">True</property>
+                <property name="label" translatable="yes">gtk-ok</property>
+                <property name="use_stock">True</property>
+                <property name="response_id">0</property>
+              </widget>
+              <packing>
+                <property name="position">1</property>
+              </packing>
+            </child>
+          </widget>
+          <packing>
+            <property name="expand">False</property>
+            <property name="pack_type">GTK_PACK_END</property>
+          </packing>
+        </child>
+      </widget>
+    </child>
+  </widget>
+  <widget class="GtkDialog" id="edit_dialog">
+    <property name="border_width">5</property>
+    <property name="title" translatable="yes">Edit</property>
+    <property name="window_position">GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER_ON_PARENT</property>
+    <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_DIALOG</property>
+    <child internal-child="vbox">
+      <widget class="GtkVBox" id="dialog-vbox1">
+        <property name="visible">True</property>
+        <property name="spacing">2</property>
+        <child>
+          <widget class="GtkTable" id="table1">
+            <property name="visible">True</property>
+            <property name="n_rows">4</property>
+            <property name="n_columns">2</property>
+            <property name="column_spacing">7</property>
+            <property name="row_spacing">7</property>
+            <child>
+              <widget class="GtkHBox" id="hbox1">
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <child>
+                  <widget class="GtkEntry" id="entry2">
+                    <property name="visible">True</property>
+                    <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                  </widget>
+                </child>
+                <child>
+                  <widget class="GtkButton" id="button5">
+                    <property name="visible">True</property>
+                    <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                    <property name="receives_default">True</property>
+                    <property name="label" translatable="yes">Select...</property>
+                    <property name="response_id">0</property>
+                  </widget>
+                  <packing>
+                    <property name="expand">False</property>
+                    <property name="fill">False</property>
+                    <property name="position">1</property>
+                  </packing>
+                </child>
+              </widget>
+              <packing>
+                <property name="left_attach">1</property>
+                <property name="right_attach">2</property>
+                <property name="top_attach">2</property>
+                <property name="bottom_attach">3</property>
+                <property name="y_options">GTK_FILL</property>
+              </packing>
+            </child>
+            <child>
+              <widget class="GtkLabel" id="label4">
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <property name="xalign">0</property>
+                <property name="yalign">0</property>
+                <property name="label" translatable="yes">Due:</property>
+              </widget>
+              <packing>
+                <property name="top_attach">2</property>
+                <property name="bottom_attach">3</property>
+                <property name="x_options">GTK_FILL</property>
+                <property name="y_options"></property>
+              </packing>
+            </child>
+            <child>
+              <widget class="GtkComboBoxEntry" id="comboboxentry1">
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <property name="items" translatable="yes"></property>
+                <child internal-child="entry">
+                  <widget class="GtkEntry" id="priority_field">
+                    <property name="visible">True</property>
+                    <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                  </widget>
+                </child>
+              </widget>
+              <packing>
+                <property name="left_attach">1</property>
+                <property name="right_attach">2</property>
+                <property name="top_attach">1</property>
+                <property name="bottom_attach">2</property>
+                <property name="y_options">GTK_FILL</property>
+              </packing>
+            </child>
+            <child>
+              <widget class="GtkScrolledWindow" id="scrolledwindow2">
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                <property name="hscrollbar_policy">GTK_POLICY_AUTOMATIC</property>
+                <property name="vscrollbar_policy">GTK_POLICY_AUTOMATIC</property>
+                <property name="shadow_type">GTK_SHADOW_IN</property>
+                <child>
+                  <widget class="GtkTextView" id="description_field">
+                    <property name="visible">True</property>
+                    <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                  </widget>
+                </child>
+              </widget>
+              <packing>
+                <property name="left_attach">1</property>
+                <property name="right_attach">2</property>
+                <property name="top_attach">3</property>
+                <property name="bottom_attach">4</property>
+              </packing>
+            </child>
+            <child>
+              <widget class="GtkEntry" id="title_field">
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+              </widget>
+              <packing>
+                <property name="left_attach">1</property>
+                <property name="right_attach">2</property>
+                <property name="y_options"></property>
+              </packing>
+            </child>
+            <child>
+              <widget class="GtkLabel" id="label3">
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <property name="xalign">0</property>
+                <property name="yalign">0</property>
+                <property name="label" translatable="yes">Description:</property>
+              </widget>
+              <packing>
+                <property name="top_attach">3</property>
+                <property name="bottom_attach">4</property>
+                <property name="x_options">GTK_FILL</property>
+                <property name="y_options">GTK_FILL</property>
+              </packing>
+            </child>
+            <child>
+              <widget class="GtkLabel" id="label2">
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <property name="xalign">0</property>
+                <property name="yalign">0</property>
+                <property name="label" translatable="yes">Priority:</property>
+              </widget>
+              <packing>
+                <property name="top_attach">1</property>
+                <property name="bottom_attach">2</property>
+                <property name="x_options">GTK_FILL</property>
+                <property name="y_options"></property>
+              </packing>
+            </child>
+            <child>
+              <widget class="GtkLabel" id="label1">
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <property name="xalign">0</property>
+                <property name="yalign">0</property>
+                <property name="label" translatable="yes">Title:</property>
+              </widget>
+              <packing>
+                <property name="x_options">GTK_FILL</property>
+                <property name="y_options"></property>
+              </packing>
+            </child>
+          </widget>
+          <packing>
+            <property name="padding">7</property>
+            <property name="position">1</property>
+          </packing>
+        </child>
+        <child internal-child="action_area">
+          <widget class="GtkHButtonBox" id="dialog-action_area1">
+            <property name="visible">True</property>
+            <property name="layout_style">GTK_BUTTONBOX_END</property>
+            <child>
+              <widget class="GtkButton" id="button3">
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                <property name="receives_default">True</property>
+                <property name="label" translatable="yes">gtk-cancel</property>
+                <property name="use_stock">True</property>
+                <property name="response_id">0</property>
+              </widget>
+            </child>
+            <child>
+              <widget class="GtkButton" id="button4">
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                <property name="receives_default">True</property>
+                <property name="label" translatable="yes">gtk-ok</property>
+                <property name="use_stock">True</property>
+                <property name="response_id">1</property>
+              </widget>
+              <packing>
+                <property name="position">1</property>
+              </packing>
+            </child>
+          </widget>
+          <packing>
+            <property name="expand">False</property>
+            <property name="pack_type">GTK_PACK_END</property>
+          </packing>
+        </child>
+      </widget>
+    </child>
+  </widget>
+</glade-interface>
diff --git a/ui/ui_pygtk.py b/ui/ui_pygtk.py
index ad16173..d41d34d 100644
--- a/ui/ui_pygtk.py
+++ b/ui/ui_pygtk.py
@@ -4,67 +4,57 @@
 import pygtk
 pygtk.require('2.0')
 import gtk
+import gtk.glade
 import gobject
 import item
-from license import version, gpl_3
 import time
+from license import version, gpl_3
 
 class ui_pygtk:
     def __init__(self, itemList):
         self.itemList = itemList
         
-        # create ui
-        # main window
-        self.main_window = gtk.Window(gtk.WINDOW_TOPLEVEL)
-        self.main_window.connect('destroy', self.destroy_callback)
-	
-        self.main_window.set_title('ToDo')
-        self.main_window.set_size_request(10, 10)
-        self.main_window.resize(100, 100)
-        self.main_window.move(10, 10)
-
-        # todolist scroll window
-        todo_scroll = gtk.ScrolledWindow()
-        todo_scroll.set_policy(gtk.POLICY_AUTOMATIC, gtk.POLICY_AUTOMATIC)
-
+        # load ui from glade file
+        glade = gtk.glade.XML ("todolist.glade")
+        self.main_window = glade.get_widget('main_window')
+
+        self.edit_dialog = glade.get_widget('edit_dialog')
+        self.edit_dialog.title_field = glade.get_widget('title_field')
+        self.edit_dialog.priority_field = glade.get_widget('priority_field')
+        self.edit_dialog.desc_field = glade.get_widget('description_field')
+        self.main_window.todolist = glade.get_widget('todolist')
+
+        # connect the defined signales
+        dic = {"on_menu_about_clicked"          : self.about_clicked_callback,
+               "on_menu_quit_clicked"           : gtk.main_quit,
+               "on_main_window_destroy"         : gtk.main_quit,
+               "on_treeview_row_activated"      : self.item_double_clicked_callback,
+               "on_edit_clicked"                : self.edit_clicked_callback}
+        glade.signal_autoconnect(dic)
+
+        # fill the treeview with data
         liststore = gtk.ListStore(object)
         for items in self.itemList:
             liststore.append([items])
 
-        todolist = gtk.TreeView(liststore)
-
-        for i, column in enumerate ([['Id', 'getId'],
-                                     ['ToDo', 'getTitle'],
-                                     ['...', 'getDescription'],
-                                     ['Erstellt am', ['getCreatedAt',
-                                       (lambda x: time.strftime('%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S', time.localtime(x)))]]
-                                     ]):
-            todolist.append_column(self.create_column(i, column[0], column[1], liststore))
-        
-        todo_scroll.add(todolist)
+        self.main_window.todolist.set_model(liststore)
+        self.main_window.todolist.append_column(self.create_column(0, 'Finished', 'getCompleted', liststore, gtk.CellRendererToggle()))
+        for column in ([['Id', 'getId'],
+                        ['ToDo', 'getTitle'],
+                        ['...', 'getDescription'],
+                        ['Erstellt am', ['getCreatedAt',
+                         (lambda x: time.strftime('%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S', time.localtime(x)))]]
+                        ]):
+            self.main_window.todolist.append_column(self.create_column(len(self.main_window.todolist.get_columns())+1, column[0], column[1], liststore))
         
-        # statusbar
-        statusbar = gtk.Statusbar()
-
-        # join elemnts 
-        # main content box
-        main_content_box = gtk.VBox(False, 1)
-        main_content_box.pack_start(self.get_main_menu(), False, True, 0)
-        main_content_box.pack_start(todo_scroll, True, True, 0)
-        main_content_box.pack_start(statusbar, False, False, 0)
-
-        self.main_window.add(main_content_box)
-
         # start ui
         self.main_window.show_all()
         gtk.main()
         return
 
-    #########################################################
-    # create gui
-    #########################################################
-
     def create_column(self, id, title, data, treemodel, cellRenderer=gtk.CellRendererText()):
+        # abstract mmethod to create a column for the data
+        # from the item objects in the treeview 
         column = gtk.TreeViewColumn(title, cellRenderer)
         
         column.set_cell_data_func(cellRenderer, self.item_data_callback, data)
@@ -78,64 +68,12 @@ class ui_pygtk:
                                                 [iter1, iter2]))))
         return column
 
-    def get_main_menu(self):
-        if 'mainmenu' not in self.__dict__:
-            quit_action = gtk.Action('Quit', '_Quit', 'Exit Todolist', gtk.STOCK_QUIT)
-            quit_action.connect('activate', self.destroy_callback)
-
-            settings_action = gtk.Action('Settings', '_Settings', 'Settings', gtk.STOCK_PREFERENCES)
-            settings_action.set_property('sensitive', False)
-            #settings_action.connect('activate', self.show_settings)
-
-            #delete_action = gtk.Action('Delete', '_Delete', 'Delete a post',
-            #        gtk.STOCK_DELETE)
-            #delete_action.connect('activate', self.delete_tweet)
-
-            about_action = gtk.Action('About', '_About', 'About Todolist', gtk.STOCK_ABOUT)
-            about_action.connect('activate', self.about_click_callback)
-
-            file_action = gtk.Action('File', '_File', 'File', None)
-            edit_action = gtk.Action('Edit', '_Edit', 'Edit', None)
-            help_action = gtk.Action('Help', '_Help', 'Help', None)
-
-            action_group = gtk.ActionGroup('MainMenu')
-            action_group.add_action_with_accel(quit_action, None) # None = default
-            action_group.add_action(settings_action)
-            action_group.add_action(file_action)
-            action_group.add_action(edit_action)
-            action_group.add_action(help_action)
-            action_group.add_action(about_action)
-        
-            # definition of the UI
-            uimanager = gtk.UIManager()
-            uimanager.insert_action_group(action_group, 0)
-            uimanager.add_ui_from_string('''
-            <ui>
-                <menubar name="MainMenu">
-                    <menu action="File">
-                        <menuitem action="Quit" />
-                    </menu>
-                    <menu action="Edit">
-                        <separator />
-                        <menuitem action="Settings" />
-                    </menu>
-                    <menu action="Help">
-                        <menuitem action="About" />
-                    </menu>
-                </menubar>
-            </ui>
-            ''')
-            
-            self.main_window.add_accel_group(uimanager.get_accel_group())
-            self.main_menu = uimanager.get_widget('/MainMenu')
-            
-        return self.main_menu
-        
     #########################################################
     # callbacks
     #########################################################
 
     def item_data_callback(self, column, cell, model, iter, userdata=None):
+        # method to get the data from the item object for one column
         data=''
         if (userdata == None):
             # try to convert the object to string
@@ -151,18 +89,15 @@ class ui_pygtk:
                 data = getattr(model.get_value(iter, 0), userdata)()
 
         # set the data as cell content
-        if cell is not None:
+        if isinstance(cell, gtk.CellRendererText) :
             cell.set_property('text', data)
+        elif isinstance(cell, gtk.CellRendererToggle) :
+            cell.set_property('active', data)
         else:
             return data
 
-    def destroy_callback(self, widget, data=None):
-        gtk.main_quit()
-        return
-
-    def about_click_callback(self, widget, data=None):
-        """Show the about dialog."""
-        
+    def about_clicked_callback(self, widget, data=None):
+        # show the about dialog
         about_window = gtk.AboutDialog()
         about_window.set_name('Todolist')
         about_window.set_version(version)
@@ -172,3 +107,49 @@ class ui_pygtk:
         about_window.run()
         about_window.hide()
         return
+
+    def edit_clicked_callback(self, widget, data=None):
+        # edit btn click
+        treeview = self.main_window.todolist
+        if (treeview.get_selection().count_selected_rows() == 1):
+            item = treeview.get_model().get_value(treeview.get_selection().get_selected()[1], 0)
+
+            if self.edit_item(item):
+                sort = list(treeview.get_model().get_sort_column_id())
+                treeview.get_model().set_sort_column_id(0, gtk.SORT_ASCENDING)
+                apply( treeview.get_model(), sort)
+        
+    def item_double_clicked_callback(self, treeview, path, view_column, user_data=None):
+        # dbl click on treeview row to edit item
+        model = treeview.get_model() 
+        item = model.get_value(model.get_iter(path), 0)
+
+        if self.edit_item(item):
+            sort = list(model.get_sort_column_id())
+            model.set_sort_column_id(0, gtk.SORT_ASCENDING)
+            apply(model.set_sort_column_id, sort)
+        return
+
+    #########################################################
+    # helper methods
+    #########################################################
+
+    def edit_item(self, item):
+        # helper method to edit item
+        self.edit_dialog.title_field.set_text(item.getTitle())
+        self.edit_dialog.priority_field.set_text(item.getPriority().__str__())
+
+        text_buffer = gtk.TextBuffer()
+        if item.getDescription() != None:
+            text_buffer.set_text(item.getDescription())
+        self.edit_dialog.desc_field.set_buffer(text_buffer)
+                
+        successfull = self.edit_dialog.run()
+        self.edit_dialog.hide()
+
+        if (successfull):
+            item.title = self.edit_dialog.title_field.get_text()
+            item.priority = self.edit_dialog.priority_field.get_text()
+            item.description = text_buffer.get_text(text_buffer.get_start_iter(), text_buffer.get_end_iter())
+
+        return successfull