4 files changed, 53 insertions, 60 deletions
diff --git a/gjs/src/astalify.ts b/gjs/src/astalify.ts
index 2817606..f986716 100644
--- a/gjs/src/astalify.ts
+++ b/gjs/src/astalify.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-import Binding, { kebabify, type Connectable, type Subscribable } from "./binding.js"
+import Binding, { kebabify, snakeify, type Connectable, type Subscribable } from "./binding.js"
 import { Astal, Gtk } from "./imports.js"
 import { execAsync } from "./process.js"
-import { setChild } from "./overrides.js"
+
+Object.defineProperty(Astal.Box.prototype, "children", {
+    get() { return this.get_children() },
+    set(v) { this.set_children(v) },
+})
 
 export type Widget<C extends { new(...args: any): Gtk.Widget }> = InstanceType<C> & {
     className: string
@@ -44,21 +48,15 @@ function hook(
 }
 
 function ctor(self: any, config: any = {}, ...children: Gtk.Widget[]) {
-    const { setup, child, ...props } = config
+    const { setup, ...props } = config
     props.visible ??= true
 
-    const pchildren = props.children
-    delete props.children
-
     const bindings = Object.keys(props).reduce((acc: any, prop) => {
         if (props[prop] instanceof Binding) {
-            const bind = [prop, props[prop]]
-            prop === "child"
-                ? setChild(self, props[prop].get())
-                : self[`set_${kebabify(prop)}`](props[prop].get())
-
+            const binding = props[prop]
+            self[`set_${snakeify(prop)}`](binding.get())
             delete props[prop]
-            return [...acc, bind]
+            return [...acc, [prop, binding]]
         }
         return acc
     }, [])
@@ -66,13 +64,16 @@ function ctor(self: any, config: any = {}, ...children: Gtk.Widget[]) {
     const onHandlers = Object.keys(props).reduce((acc: any, key) => {
         if (key.startsWith("on")) {
             const sig = kebabify(key).split("-").slice(1).join("-")
-            const handler = [sig, props[key]]
+            const handler = props[key]
             delete props[key]
-            return [...acc, handler]
+            return [...acc, [sig, handler]]
         }
         return acc
     }, [])
 
+    const pchildren = props.children
+    delete props.children
+
     Object.assign(self, props)
     Object.assign(self, {
         hook(obj: any, sig: any, callback: any) {
@@ -80,15 +81,6 @@ function ctor(self: any, config: any = {}, ...children: Gtk.Widget[]) {
         },
     })
 
-    if (child instanceof Binding) {
-        setChild(self, child.get())
-        self.connect("destroy", child.subscribe(v => {
-            setChild(self, v)
-        }))
-    } else if (self instanceof Gtk.Container && child instanceof Gtk.Widget) {
-        self.add(child)
-    }
-
     for (const [signal, callback] of onHandlers) {
         if (typeof callback === "function") {
             self.connect(signal, callback)
@@ -100,19 +92,19 @@ function ctor(self: any, config: any = {}, ...children: Gtk.Widget[]) {
     }
 
     if (self instanceof Gtk.Container) {
-        if (pchildren) {
-            for (const child of pchildren)
-                self.add(child)
-        }
         if (children) {
             for (const child of children)
                 self.add(child)
         }
+        if (pchildren && Array.isArray(pchildren)) {
+            for (const child of pchildren)
+                self.add(child)
+        }
     }
 
     for (const [prop, bind] of bindings) {
         self.connect("destroy", bind.subscribe((v: any) => {
-            self[`set_${kebabify(prop)}`](v)
+            self[`set_${snakeify(prop)}`](v)
         }))
     }
 
@@ -138,6 +130,21 @@ function proxify<
         set(v) { Astal.widget_set_cursor(this, v) },
     })
 
+    klass.prototype.set_child = function(widget: Gtk.Widget) {
+        if (this instanceof Gtk.Bin) {
+            const rm = this.get_child()
+            if (rm)
+                this.remove(rm)
+        }
+        if (this instanceof Gtk.Container)
+            this.add(widget)
+    }
+
+    Object.defineProperty(klass.prototype, "child", {
+        get() { return this.get_child?.() },
+        set(v) { this.set_child(v) },
+    })
+
     const proxy = new Proxy(klass, {
         construct(_, [conf, ...children]) {
             const self = new klass
diff --git a/gjs/src/binding.ts b/gjs/src/binding.ts
index a8b6d55..50d941d 100644
--- a/gjs/src/binding.ts
+++ b/gjs/src/binding.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-export const kebabify = (str: string) => str
-    .replace(/([a-z])([A-Z])/g, "$1-$2")
-    .replaceAll("_", "-")
+export const snakeify = (str: string) => str
+    .replace(/([a-z])([A-Z])/g, "$1_$2")
     .toLowerCase()
 
+export const kebabify = (str: string) => snakeify(str)
+    .replaceAll("_", "-")
+
 export interface Subscribable<T = unknown> {
     subscribe(callback: () => void): () => void
     get(): T
diff --git a/gjs/src/jsx/jsx-runtime.ts b/gjs/src/jsx/jsx-runtime.ts
index 41aa447..5e7f23b 100644
--- a/gjs/src/jsx/jsx-runtime.ts
+++ b/gjs/src/jsx/jsx-runtime.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ import * as Widget from "../widgets.js"
 import Binding from "../binding.js"
 
 function w(e: any) {
-    if (e instanceof Gtk.Widget || e instanceof Binding)
-        return e
-
-    return Widget.Label({ label: String(e) })
+    return e instanceof Gtk.Widget || e instanceof Binding
+        ? e
+        : Widget.Label({ label: String(e) })
 }
 
 export function jsx(
@@ -20,7 +19,15 @@ export function jsx(
     else
         children = children.flat()
 
-    if (ctor === "centerbox") {
+    // <box children={Binding} /> and <box>{Binding}</box>
+    if (ctor === "box" && children.length === 1 && children[0] instanceof Binding) {
+        props.children = children[0]
+    }
+
+    // TODO: handle array of Binding
+    // is there a usecase?
+
+    else if (ctor === "centerbox") {
         if (children[0])
             props.startWidget = w(children[0])
         if (children[1])
@@ -29,7 +36,7 @@ export function jsx(
             props.endWidget = w(children[2])
     }
 
-    else if (ctor == "overlay") {
+    else if (ctor === "overlay") {
         const [child, ...overlays] = children
         if (child)
             props.child = child
diff --git a/gjs/src/overrides.ts b/gjs/src/overrides.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e3d3df5..0000000
--- a/gjs/src/overrides.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import { Gtk, Astal } from "./imports.js"
-
-export function setChild(parent: Gtk.Widget, child: Gtk.Widget) {
-    if (parent instanceof Gtk.Bin) {
-        const rm = parent.get_child()
-        if (rm)
-            parent.remove(rm)
-    }
-    if (parent instanceof Gtk.Container)
-        parent.add(child)
-}
-
-// gjs fails to map List types?
-Object.defineProperty(Astal.Box.prototype, "children", {
-    get() { return this.get_children() },
-    set(v) { this.set_children(v) },
-})
-
-// gjs deprecated the child setter
-Object.defineProperty(Gtk.Container.prototype, "child", {
-    get() { return this.get_child?.() },
-    set(v) { setChild(this, v) },
-})