radio_list = self.wTree.get_widget_prefix("radiobutton") for var in radio_list: if "out" in gtk.glade.get_widget_name(var): if var.get_active() == True: print gtk.glade.get_widget_name(var) elif "nor" in gtk.glade.get_widget_name(var): if var.get_active() == True: print gtk.glade.get_widget_name(var) elif "in" in gtk.glade.get_widget_name(var): if var.get_active() == True: print gtk.glade.get_widget_name(var)