How to trigger an action on the AdwActionRow component

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I’m trying to call a function when I click on an AdwActionRow element.

As of Adw.ActionRow :

AdwActionRow is unactivatable by default, giving it an activatable widget will automatically make it activatable, but unsetting it won’t change the row’s activatability.

Here is commented code:

## Here I create the ActionRow from an XML response
ActionRow = Adw.ActionRow(
    icon_name="list-drag-handle-symbolic",
    activatable="true",
    title=child.find('name').text,
    subtitle=(child.find('lastMessage')).find('message').text[:14]
)

## here I create my "activatable widget"
btn = Gtk.Button(label="Plz work")

## Connect it to my function
btn.connect("clicked", self.selectRoom)

# Then set it
ActionRow.set_activatable_widget(btn)

# Then I keep trying...
ActionRow.connect("activated", self.selectRoom)

# Finaly I add the ActionRow to it's final container
self.appFlowBox.append(ActionRow)

The problem: My function “selectRoom” is never called on ActionRow click in the UI.

Could someone give me some guidance ? I probably missed a core concept :sweat_smile:

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If you’re trying to actually have a button in the row, add it as a suffix or a prefix first.

If you just want to make the row clickable - set activatable to true (you’re already doing that) and connect to the activated signal.

Also, rows must always be in a GtkListBox. You cannot add them to a flowbox.

Also, icon name is deprecated.

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Holy guacamole. Thank you. Just changing the parent container made everything work.oh my.