[Python] ipywidgets interactive with variable containers of widgets

For some interactive data analysis with Jupyter and ipywidgets, I generate a number of widgets depending on the data.

I.e. eventually I have a number of GridBoxes with Checkboxes, RangeSliders and ColorPickers which I layout in a Tab-Widget.

Now I tried to use

categories = ["A", "B", "C"] # retrieve from dataset
cbox = widgets.GridBox(children=[ widgets.Checkbox(value=True, description=v) for v in categories ])
rbox = widgets.GridBox(children=[ widgets.IntRangeSlider(value=[1,10], max=20, min=0, description=v) for v in categories ])


def analysis(variables, ranges):
print("Hello. Currently I do nothing with the input!")

display(widgets.Tab(children=[cbox, rbox], titles=('Variables', 'Ranges')))
display(widgets.interactive_output(analysis, {"variables":cbox, "ranges":rbox}))


Which does not work:

AttributeError: 'GridBox' has no attribute 'value'


I also tried:

display(widgets.interactive_output(analysis, {"variables":cbox.children, "ranges":rbox.children}))


which also does not work.

Is it somehow possible to pass any type of container of some sort to my interactivized function, or do I need to ressort to kwargs? And if so, how would you do that efficiently?


I use ipywidget version 8.1.5

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