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On button click open wxpython TextEntryDialog and get multiple input from user

I want to open a TextEntryDialog, when user clicks the button. So if i have a button in the parent frame which i am going to bind this way:
self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnAddNew, self.add_new_btn)
Now i have to open a TextEntryDialog when user clicks the button add_new. I want to make textentrydialog somewthing like this
Python, Using wxPython to get multiple input from user
How can i do that? Do i need to just paste that code in ` def OnAddNew(self, event):
Here is the pastebin link to my code: https://pastebin.com/UEYscgFa
I have created class inside a function, so is it possible to do in that way?

NO!
GetData is a class in its own right.
That code already provides you with the method.
The MyFrame is all fluff, to create a standalone working example.
def OnButton(self,event):
dlg = GetData(parent = self.panel)
dlg.ShowModal()
if dlg.result_name:
self.log.AppendText("Name: "+dlg.result_name+"\n")
self.log.AppendText("Surname: "+dlg.result_surname+"\n")
self.log.AppendText("Nickname: "+dlg.result_nickname+"\n")
else:
self.log.AppendText("No Input found\n")
dlg.Destroy()
Edit: I don't understand where the instructions in my comments eluded you but for my sins, here is your code cleaned up and edited as in the comments.
import sqlite3
import wx
import os
class Example(wx.Frame):
def __init__(self, parent, title):
super(Example, self).__init__(parent, title=title, size=(1000,800))
self.inter_list = list()
self.plot_list = list()
self.InitUI()
self.Layout()
self.Centre()
self.Show()
def InitUI(self):
self.p = wx.Panel(self)
bs = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
gs = wx.GridSizer(10, 18, 5, 5)
bs.Add(gs, 1, wx.EXPAND)
self.search_btn=wx.Button(self.p,-1,"Search!")
self.search_btn.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnSearch, self.search_btn)
bs.Add(self.search_btn,0,wx.ALIGN_CENTER)
self.p.SetSizer(bs)
def OnSearch(self, event):
dlg = GetData(parent = self.p)
dlg.ShowModal()
if dlg.result_name:
print "Name: "+dlg.result_name+"\n"
print "Surname: "+dlg.result_surname+"\n"
print "Nickname: "+dlg.result_nickname+"\n"
else:
print "No Input found\n"
dlg.Destroy()
class GetData(wx.Dialog):
def __init__(self, parent):
wx.Dialog.__init__(self, parent, wx.ID_ANY, "Name Input", size= (650,220))
self.p = wx.Panel(self,wx.ID_ANY)
self.lblname = wx.StaticText(self.p, label="Name", pos=(20,20))
self.name = wx.TextCtrl(self.p, value="", pos=(110,20), size=(500,-1))
self.lblsur = wx.StaticText(self.p, label="Surname", pos=(20,60))
self.surname = wx.TextCtrl(self.p, value="", pos=(110,60), size=(500,-1))
self.lblnick = wx.StaticText(self.p, label="Nickname", pos=(20,100))
self.nickname = wx.TextCtrl(self.p, value="", pos=(110,100), size=(500,-1))
self.saveButton =wx.Button(self.p, label="Save", pos=(110,160))
self.closeButton =wx.Button(self.p, label="Cancel", pos=(210,160))
self.saveButton.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.SaveConnString)
self.closeButton.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnQuit)
self.Bind(wx.EVT_CLOSE, self.OnQuit)
self.Show()
def OnQuit(self, event):
self.result_name = None
self.Destroy()
def SaveConnString(self, event):
self.result_name = self.name.GetValue()
self.result_surname = self.surname.GetValue()
self.result_nickname = self.nickname.GetValue()
self.Destroy()
app = wx.App()
Example(None, title = 'Raman Spectroscopy Database')
app.MainLoop()

How can I make a wxpython Widget span two cells without pushing other widgets aside?

I'm trying to make a form that has several input fields. Underneath these fields I want to have a wxpython Ultimate List Control (for all intents and purposes it's the same thing as a List Control). My issue is with sizers. To give some context, my form looks like this
Name [TextCtrl]
Blah [TextCtrl]
ListControl
I want it to look like
Name [TextCtrl]
Blah [TextCtrl]
ListCtrl (this spans to the end of the row)
My problem is when I try to add the List Control. I want the list control to Stretch from The Static Text to the Text Control, but it pushes the TextControl over. Can someone please point me in the right direction? I have attached the relevant code below.
class UserField(wx.Dialog):
def __init__(self, parent):
wx.Dialog.__init__(self, parent=parent, title="Info", size=(350, 400),
style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE)
self.init_ui()
self.Center()
self.ShowModal()
def init_ui(self):
panel = wx.Panel(self, wx.ID_ANY)
hbox = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
flex_grid = wx.FlexGridSizer(5, 2, 5, 10) # row, col, vgap, hgap
info_text = wx.StaticText(parent=panel, label="Enter information")
self.search_button = wx.Button(parent=panel, label="Search")
self.list_control = UltimateListCtrl(panel,
agwStyle=wx.LC_REPORT | wx.BORDER_SUNKEN | ULC_HAS_VARIABLE_ROW_HEIGHT, )
flex_grid.AddMany(
[
info_text, self.search_button
]
)
lbox = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)
lbox.Add(self.list_control
hbox.Add(flex_grid, wx.EXPAND|wx.ALL)
hbox.Add(lbox, proportion=1, flag=wx.ALL|wx.EXPAND)
panel.SetSizer(hbox)

Here's a quick demonstration of wx.GridBagSizer. The program opens a simple frame with a single button that spawns a dialog with a GridBagSizer. You can place items in the sizer according to a position (pos) and optionally allow a widget to span multiple rows and/or columns (span).
import wx
class Example(wx.Frame):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
wx.Frame.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
self.SetSize((300, 200))
self.Centre()
self.Show(True)
self.InitUI()
def InitUI(self):
panel = wx.Panel(self)
sizer = wx.BoxSizer()
btn = wx.Button(panel, label="Spawn Window")
btn.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.spawn_window)
sizer.Add(btn)
panel.SetSizerAndFit(sizer)
def spawn_window(self, evt):
UserField(self)
def OnQuit(self, e):
self.Close()
class UserField(wx.Dialog):
def __init__(self, parent):
wx.Dialog.__init__(self, parent=parent, title="Info", size=(350, 400),
style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE)
self.init_ui()
self.Center()
self.ShowModal()
def init_ui(self):
panel = wx.Panel(self)
sizer = wx.GridBagSizer(10, 10)
field1Label = wx.StaticText(panel, label="Field 1")
field2Label = wx.StaticText(panel, label="Field 2")
field1Ctrl = wx.TextCtrl(panel)
field2Ctrl = wx.TextCtrl(panel)
listCtrl = wx.ListCtrl(panel)
sizer.Add(field1Label, pos=(0, 0))
sizer.Add(field2Label, pos=(1, 0))
sizer.Add(field1Ctrl, pos=(0, 1))
sizer.Add(field2Ctrl, pos=(1, 1))
# HERE'S THE IMPORTANT LINE. NOTE THE 'span' ARGUMENT:
sizer.Add(listCtrl, pos=(2, 0), span=(1, 2), flag=wx.EXPAND)
panel.SetSizerAndFit(sizer)
if __name__ == '__main__':
ex = wx.App()
mainFrame = Example(None)
ex.MainLoop()

wxPython - Setting a help string for a button in toolbar

I noticed I can have a help string appear in the status bar whenever I mouse over tools in my toolbar. I cannot find a way to accomplish this with text buttons.
My toolbar creation is similar to
# Make Tool Bar
toolbar = self.CreateToolBar()
# Make Tool Bar Items
# Play
self.addBasicTool(toolbar, "Play",
"This is my help string",
stuff.image_play,
self.OnPlay)
# My Button
btn = wx.Button(toolbar, wx.ID_OPEN, label="TEXT BUTTON ")
btn.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnButtonPress)
toolbar.AddControl(btn)
addBasicTool just takes the image, scales it to a proper size, creates the tool with AddBasicTool, and binds the tool to the handler.
def addBasicTool(self, toolbar, label, desc, imgPath, handler):
icon_width=stuff.toolbar_icon_w
icon_height=stuff.toolbar_icon_h
size = (icon_width, icon_height)
img = wx.Image(imgPath, wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ANY).\
Scale(*size).ConvertToBitmap()
tool = toolbar.AddSimpleTool(-1, img, label, desc)
self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, handler, tool)
For the tool, the helper string is set pretty straight forward. I can't find anything to do the same with a button.
This button may just end up being a filler until I get an icon for it, but I'm still curious how helper strings can be done. I could have a handler that sets the statusBar when the mouse is over the button, but I feel like that is already done somewhere. Thanks the help

Basically you'll have to catch the mouse as it moves over your buttons and update the status bar accordingly. It's not very hard. You just need to bind to wx.EVT_MOTION. Here's a simple example:
import wx
########################################################################
class MyPanel(wx.Panel):
""""""
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
def __init__(self, parent):
"""Constructor"""
wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent)
self.frame = parent
test_btn = wx.Button(self, label='Test Button')
test_btn.Bind(wx.EVT_MOTION, self.updateStatusBar)
test_btn_2 = wx.Button(self, label='Test Button')
test_btn_2.Bind(wx.EVT_MOTION, self.updateStatusBar)
self.buttons = {test_btn: 'Test help string',
test_btn_2: 'Another string'}
main_sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
main_sizer.Add(test_btn, 0, wx.ALL, 5)
main_sizer.Add(test_btn_2, 0, wx.ALL, 5)
self.SetSizer(main_sizer)
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
def updateStatusBar(self, event):
""""""
btn = event.GetEventObject()
if btn in self.buttons:
status = self.buttons[btn]
self.frame.sb.SetStatusText(status)
########################################################################
class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
""""""
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
def __init__(self):
"""Constructor"""
wx.Frame.__init__(self, None, title='Test Help Strings')
panel = MyPanel(self)
self.sb = self.CreateStatusBar()
self.Show()
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = wx.App(False)
frame = MyFrame()
app.MainLoop()

How to link multiple wx.Dialogs in wxPython

I want to make a game in wxPython (no other modules) and I want to make it so that you can enter some values in popup screens before the game starts, and then the game will be drawn on a canvas which in turn is drawn on a panel, which is bound to the main game.
I made the gamescreen with all fancy stuff (works solo)
I made the input screens
But I cannot link them.
How do I start the game so it will open a dialog box, then on the closure of it open another one, and then open the game ?
I tried the following, but it will not open my canvas:
# makes a game by showing 2 dialogs
# after dialogs have been answered, starts the game by drawing the canvas.
# imports
import wx
import Speelveld3
# globals
SCRWIDTH = 950
SCRHEIGHT = 700
# dialogbox class
class MyDialog1(wx.Dialog):
def __init__(self, parent):
wx.Dialog.__init__(self, parent)
self.username = wx.TextCtrl(self)
self.okButton = wx.Button(self, wx.ID_OK, "OK")
class MyDialog2(wx.Dialog):
def __init__(self, parent):
wx.Dialog.__init__(self, parent)
self.canvasWidth = wx.TextCtrl(self)
self.okButton = wx.Button(self, wx.ID_OK, "OK")
# main class
class Game(wx.Frame):
def __init__(self):
wx.Frame.__init__(self, None, -1, title='My game', size=(SCRWIDTH, SCRHEIGHT))
self.username = ""
self.canvasWidth = 10
# hide the frame for now
self.Hide()
def OnInit(self):
#Make your dialogs
dlg1 = MyDialog1(self)
#if the user pressed "OK" (i.e. NOT "Cancel" or any other button you might add)
if dlg1.ShowModal() == wx.ID_OK:
#get the username from the dialog
self.username = dlg1.username.GetValue()
#clean up the dialog (AFTER you get the username)
dlg1.Destroy()
dlg2 = MyDialog2(self)
#if the user pressed "OK" (i.e. NOT "Cancel" or any other button you might add)
if dlg2.ShowModal() == wx.ID_OK:
#get the username from the dialog
self.canvasWidth = dlg2.canvasWidth.GetValue()
#clean up the dialog (AFTER you get the username)
dlg2.Destroy()
# Now that you have your settings, Make the gameboard
# THIS PART IS STILL BROKEN!
# I can paste the whole board class (structure of it is taken from the tetris tutorial)
# but that seems a bit much tbh...
self.gameBoard = Board.Board(self)
self.gameBoard = SetFocus()
self.gameBoard.start()
self.Centre()
self.Show(True) #show the frame
if __name__ == '__main__':
# how can I start the game here?
app = wx.App()
frame = Game()
board = Speelveld3.Speelveld(frame)
board.start()
frame.Show()
app.MainLoop()

You've double posted, and the lack of any wx.Dialog in your sample code suggests to me that you haven't even looked at a tutorial yet, but I will give you the benefit of the doubt.
First, if you want to return information from a dialog, the easiest way is to define a custom dialog. Define a new class that inherits from wx.Dialog and then set it up just like you would a normal panel or a frame. It seems to me that you will need two of these. They'll look something like this:
class MyDialog1(wx.Dialog):
def __init__(self, parent):
wx.Dialog.__init__(self, parent)
self.username = wx.TextCtrl(self) #this is where users will enter their username
self.okButton = wx.Button(self, wx.ID_OK, "OK") #Note that I'm using wx.ID_OK. This is important
Now, for the logic you want. Pretty much every object in wxPython that you actually see has the functions Show() and Hide() (API here). You don't want to show your frame until AFTER the dialogs are finished, so in your __init__(), call Hide(). I'm also initializing a variable, username, which is where I will store the data from my dialog.
class Game(wx.Frame):
def __init__(self, parent, id, title):
wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, id, title, size=(SCRWIDTH, SCRHEIGHT))
self.username = ""
self.Hide() #don't show the frame just yet
#self.Hide() is the exact same as self.Show(False)
Now, for your dialogs. Like Mike Driscoll suggested, you call your dialogs BEFORE making your canvas. wx.Dialogs are launched using ShowModal(). By setting the ID of self.okButton to the constant wx.ID_OK, wxPython recognizes that the dialog should be closed after the button in clicked. You should also be aware of wx.ID_CANCEL.
def OnInit(self):
#Make your dialogs
dlg1 = MyDialog1(self)
if dlg1.ShowModal() == wx.ID_OK:
#if the user pressed "OK" (i.e. NOT "Cancel" or any other button you might add)
self.username = dlg1.username.GetValue() #get the username from the dialog
dlg1.Destroy() #clean up the dialog (AFTER you get the username)
#do this again for your second dialog
#Now that you have your settings, Make the gameboard
self.gameBoard = Board.Board(self)
self.gameBoard = SetFocus()
self.gameBoard.start()
self.Centre()
self.Show(True) #show the frame

In your OnInit you just need to call your dialogs and show them modally BEFORE you create your Board instance. Then it should work correctly.
EDIT (6-28-12): Here's some code:
import wx
########################################################################
class MyDlg(wx.Dialog):
""""""
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
def __init__(self):
"""Constructor"""
wx.Dialog.__init__(self, None, title="I'm a dialog!")
lbl = wx.StaticText(self, label="Hi from the panel's init!")
btn = wx.Button(self, id=wx.ID_OK, label="Close me")
sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
sizer.Add(lbl, 0, wx.ALL, 5)
sizer.Add(btn, 0, wx.ALL, 5)
self.SetSizer(sizer)
########################################################################
class MyPanel(wx.Panel):
""""""
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
def __init__(self, parent):
"""Constructor"""
wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent)
# show a custom dialog
dlg = MyDlg()
dlg.ShowModal()
dlg.Destroy()
self.Bind(wx.EVT_PAINT, self.OnPaint)
def OnPaint(self, evt):
pdc = wx.PaintDC(self)
try:
dc = wx.GCDC(pdc)
except:
dc = pdc
rect = wx.Rect(0,0, 100, 100)
for RGB, pos in [((178, 34, 34), ( 50, 90)),
(( 35, 142, 35), (110, 150)),
(( 0, 0, 139), (170, 90))
]:
r, g, b = RGB
penclr = wx.Colour(r, g, b, wx.ALPHA_OPAQUE)
brushclr = wx.Colour(r, g, b, 128) # half transparent
dc.SetPen(wx.Pen(penclr))
dc.SetBrush(wx.Brush(brushclr))
rect.SetPosition(pos)
dc.DrawRoundedRectangleRect(rect, 8)
########################################################################
class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
""""""
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
def __init__(self):
"""Constructor"""
wx.Frame.__init__(self, None, title="Example frame")
# show a MessageDialog
style = wx.OK|wx.ICON_INFORMATION
dlg = wx.MessageDialog(parent=None,
message="Hello from the frame's init",
caption="Information", style=style)
dlg.ShowModal()
dlg.Destroy()
# create panel
panel = MyPanel(self)
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = wx.App(False)
frame = MyFrame()
frame.Show()
app.MainLoop()

Python WX - Returning user input from wx Dialog

I'm new to Python and WX. I created a simple test dialog shown below that prompts the user with a combobox. I would like to capture the value from the combox in my main program. How do I call it from my main program?
This is how I was purposing to call it that displays the dialog but does not currently capture the value from the combobox:
import highlight
highlight.create(self).Show(True)
a = highlight.OnComboBox1Combobox(self)
print a
The name of the Dialog file is "highlight". Below is the code:
#Boa:Dialog:Dialog2
import wx
def create(parent):
return Dialog2(parent)
[wxID_DIALOG2, wxID_DIALOG2COMBOBOX1, wxID_DIALOG2STATICTEXT1,
] = [wx.NewId() for _init_ctrls in range(3)]
class Dialog2(wx.Dialog):
def _init_ctrls(self, prnt):
# generated method, don't edit
wx.Dialog.__init__(self, id=wxID_DIALOG2, name='', parent=prnt,
pos=wx.Point(264, 140), size=wx.Size(400, 485),
style=wx.DEFAULT_DIALOG_STYLE, title='Dialog2')
self.SetClientSize(wx.Size(384, 447))
self.comboBox1 = wx.ComboBox(choices=['test1', 'test2'],
id=wxID_DIALOG2COMBOBOX1, name='comboBox1', parent=self,
pos=wx.Point(120, 16), size=wx.Size(130, 21), style=0,
value=u'wining\n')
self.comboBox1.SetToolTipString(u'comboBox1')
self.comboBox1.SetLabel(u'wining\n')
self.comboBox1.Bind(wx.EVT_COMBOBOX, self.OnComboBox1Combobox,
id=wxID_DIALOG2COMBOBOX1)
self.staticText1 = wx.StaticText(id=wxID_DIALOG2STATICTEXT1,
label=u'test', name='staticText1', parent=self, pos=wx.Point(88,
16), size=wx.Size(19, 13), style=0)
def __init__(self, parent):
self._init_ctrls(parent)
##print get_selection
##print get_selection1
def OnComboBox1Combobox(self, event):
get_selection = self.comboBox1.GetValue()
return get_selection

There are lots of dialog examples out there. Here are a couple:
The Dialogs of wxPython (Part 1 of 2)
http://zetcode.com/wxpython/dialogs/
Basically, all you need to do is instantiate your dialog, show it and then before you close it, extract the value. The typical way to do it is something like this:
myDlg = MyDialog()
res = myDlg.ShowModal()
if res == wx.ID_OK:
value = myDlg.myCombobox.GetValue()
myDlg.Destroy()
Update: Here's a more full-fledged example:
import wx
########################################################################
class MyDialog(wx.Dialog):
""""""
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
def __init__(self):
"""Constructor"""
wx.Dialog.__init__(self, None, title="Dialog")
self.comboBox1 = wx.ComboBox(self,
choices=['test1', 'test2'],
value="")
okBtn = wx.Button(self, wx.ID_OK)
sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
sizer.Add(self.comboBox1, 0, wx.ALL|wx.CENTER, 5)
sizer.Add(okBtn, 0, wx.ALL|wx.CENTER, 5)
self.SetSizer(sizer)
########################################################################
class MainProgram(wx.Frame):
""""""
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
def __init__(self):
"""Constructor"""
wx.Frame.__init__(self, None, title="Main Program")
panel = wx.Panel(self)
btn = wx.Button(panel, label="Open dialog")
btn.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.onDialog)
self.Show()
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
def onDialog(self, event):
""""""
dlg = MyDialog()
res = dlg.ShowModal()
if res == wx.ID_OK:
print dlg.comboBox1.GetValue()
dlg.Destroy()
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = wx.App(False)
frame = MainProgram()
app.MainLoop()