now runs commands from other categories than apps

src/gui_app.rs

@@ -121,8 +121,13 @@ pub fn build_ui(app: &Application) {
     }
     )); // button action
 
-    submit_button.connect_clicked(clone!(@weak app_list => move |_| {
-        let app_list = app_list.clone();
+    submit_button.connect_clicked(clone!(@weak app_list, @weak content => move |_| {
+        let content = content.clone();
+
+        for tab in &content.observe_children() {
+            if let Some(boxy) = tab.expect("ll").downcast_ref::<Box>() {
+
+        let app_list = boxy.clone();
 
         for i in &app_list.observe_children() {
             if let Some(check_button) = i.expect("ll").downcast_ref::<CheckButton>() {
@@ -138,7 +143,7 @@ pub fn build_ui(app: &Application) {
                 // utils::run_command(command.as_str());
                 // run_cmd(command);
                 }
-            }
+            }}}
         }
     }));
     // adds the list of buttons

src/main.rs

@@ -1,21 +1,8 @@
-use glib::clone;
-use gtk::gdk::Display;
-use gtk::glib;
 use gtk::prelude::*;
-use gtk::traits::{ButtonExt, GtkWindowExt, WidgetExt};
-use gtk::{
-    Application, ApplicationWindow, Box, Button, CheckButton, CssProvider, DropDown, Entry, Label,
-    Orientation, StyleContext, STYLE_PROVIDER_PRIORITY_APPLICATION,
-};
-use json::print_json;
-use lazy_static::lazy_static;
-use std::str::FromStr;
-use std::sync::Mutex;
 
 mod apps;
 mod json;
 mod utils;
-use serde_json::Value;
 
 // the list of commands that will be executed
 // lazy_static! {
@@ -89,12 +76,7 @@ fn main() {
     // Run the application
     // app.run();
 
-    // utils::convert_to_struct()
 
     app.connect_activate(gui_app::build_ui);
-    // json::find_element("ls -a");
     app.run(); // runs the window
-}
-
-
-
+}