[Python] How to have an ipywidgets.ToggleButtons with multiple buttons using the same label

By default, all the options for the buttons must be unique.

options=["label1","label2",...]


You can however provide a list of tuples like this

options=[("label1",value1), ("label2",value2),]


And that is accepted.

However, if you provide this

options=[("label1",value1), ("label2",value2),("label1",value3)]


It displays well, behind the scenes provides the good .value and .index, but visually it selects the first "label1" when you click the second "label1".



How can I work around that limitation?

Code:

import ipywidgets as widgets

realoptions="One word in different location is possibly a different word".split()
options=realoptions

t=widgets.ToggleButtons(
options=options,
description='Choose:',
disabled=False,
button_style='', # 'success', 'info', 'warning', 'danger' or ''
#tooltips=['Description of b1', 'Description of b2', ... ],
# icons=['check'] * 3
)
t

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