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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()
I'm new to python and trying to learn. I am creating a desktop application to record info from a form. I want to create a few panel objects that I will reuse in different frames, and I want to bind an event from the panel object in MyFrame class. I'm not sure if this is possible. Here is my code:
main.py:
import wx
from testPanel import testPanel
class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
def OnClick(self,event):
print "Clicked"
def __init__(self, parent, ID, title):
wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, ID, title=title, size=(500,200))
...
myList = ['Project1', 'Project2', 'Project3', 'Project4']
myPanel = testPanel(self,-1,name="myPanel",lbl="Label: ", List=myList)
self.authorTxt = wx.TextCtrl(self, size=(140,-1))
self.button =wx.Button(self, label="Save")
self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnClick, self.button)
...
box = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
box.Add(myPanel, 1, wx.EXPAND)
box.Add(self.authorTxt, 1, wx.EXPAND)
box.Add(self.button, 1, wx.EXPAND)
...
testPanel.py
import wx
class testPanel(wx.Panel):
def EvtComboBox(self, event):
print"%s was selected" % event.GetString()
def __init__(self, parent, ID, name, lbl, List = []):
wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent, ID)
sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)
lbl = wx.StaticText(self, label=lbl, size=(-1,1))
cb = wx.ComboBox(self, size=(-1, 1), choices=List, style=wx.CB_DROPDOWN)
self.Bind(wx.EVT_COMBOBOX, self.EvtComboBox, cb)
...
I am trying to make the text field "authorTxt" editable and uneditable depending on which ComboBox item is selected. Is there a way to bind the ComboBox event from testPanel.py in main.py?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I think you're looking for the following:
First, when you define cb in testPanel do it as:
self.cb = ...
Then you can do:
self.Bind(wx.EVT_COMBOBOX, self.EvtComboBox, myPanel.cb)
Where self.EvtComboBox would be a new function you need to define in MyFrame
That said, I highly recommend you use PubSub in this situation:
http://wiki.wxpython.org/WxLibPubSub
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish%E2%80%93subscribe_pattern
EDIT: cb needed to be a member of testPanel
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()
Could someone show me how I could return a value from a wxPython Frame? When the use clicks close, I popup a message dialog asking him a question. I would like to return the return code of this message dialog to my calling function.
Thanks
Because the wxFrame has events that process via the app.MainLoop() functionality, the only way to get at the return value of a wx.Frame() is via catching an event.
The standard practice of handling events is typically from within the class which derives from wx.Window itself (e.g., Frame, Panel, etc.). Since you want code exterior to the wx.Frame to receive information that was gathered upon processing the OnClose() event, then the best way to do that is to register an event handler for your frame.
The documentation for wx.Window::PushEventHandler is probably the best resource and even the wxpython wiki has a great article on how to do this. Within the article, they register a custom handler which is an instance of "MouseDownTracker." Rather than instantiating within the PushEventHandler call, you'd want to instantiate it prior to the call so that you can retain a handle to the EventHandler derived class. That way, you can check on your derived EventHandler class-variables after the Frame has been destroyed, or even allow that derived class to do special things for you.
Here is an adaptation of that code from the wx python wiki (admittedly a little convoluted due to the requirement of handling the results of a custom event with a "calling" function):
import sys
import wx
import wx.lib.newevent
(MyCustomEvent, EVT_CUSTOM) = wx.lib.newevent.NewEvent()
class CustomEventTracker(wx.EvtHandler):
def __init__(self, log, processingCodeFunctionHandle):
wx.EvtHandler.__init__(self)
self.processingCodeFunctionHandle = processingCodeFunctionHandle
self.log = log
EVT_CUSTOM(self, self.MyCustomEventHandler)
def MyCustomEventHandler(self, evt):
self.log.write(evt.resultOfDialog + '\n')
self.processingCodeFunctionHandle(evt.resultOfDialog)
evt.Skip()
class MyPanel2(wx.Panel):
def __init__(self, parent, log):
wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent)
self.log = log
def OnResults(self, resultData):
self.log.write("Result data gathered: %s" % resultData)
class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
def __init__(self, parent, ID=-1, title="", pos=wx.DefaultPosition, size=wx.DefaultSize, style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE):
wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, ID, title, pos, size, style)
self.panel = panel = wx.Panel(self, -1, style=wx.TAB_TRAVERSAL | wx.CLIP_CHILDREN | wx.FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE)
sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
sizer.Add((25, 25))
row = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)
row.Add((25,1))
m_close = wx.Button(self.panel, wx.ID_CLOSE, "Close")
m_close.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnClose)
row.Add(m_close, 0, wx.ALL, 10)
sizer.Add(row)
self.panel.SetSizer(sizer)
def OnClose(self, evt):
dlg = wx.MessageDialog(self, "Do you really want to close this frame?", "Confirm Exit", wx.OK | wx.CANCEL | wx.ICON_QUESTION)
result = dlg.ShowModal()
dlg.Destroy()
if result == wx.ID_CANCEL:
event = MyCustomEvent(resultOfDialog="User Clicked CANCEL")
self.GetEventHandler().ProcessEvent(event)
else: # result == wx.ID_OK
event = MyCustomEvent(resultOfDialog="User Clicked OK")
self.GetEventHandler().ProcessEvent(event)
self.Destroy()
app = wx.App(False)
f2 = wx.Frame(None, title="Frame 1 (for feedback)", size=(400, 350))
p2 = MyPanel2(f2, sys.stdout)
f2.Show()
eventTrackerHandle = CustomEventTracker(sys.stdout, p2.OnResults)
f1 = MyFrame(None, title="PushEventHandler Tester (deals with on close event)", size=(400, 350))
f1.PushEventHandler(eventTrackerHandle)
f1.Show()
app.MainLoop()
You can get the result of clicking the OK, CANCEL buttons from the Dialog ShowModal method.
Given dialog is an instance of one of the wxPython Dialog classes:
result = dialog.ShowModal()
if result == wx.ID_OK:
print "OK"
else:
print "Cancel"
dialog.Destroy()
A few years late for the initial question, but when looking for the answer to this question myself, I stumbled upon a built-in method of getting a return value from a modal without messing with any custom event funniness. Figured I'd post here in case anyone else needs it.
It's simply this guy right here:
wxDialog::EndModal void EndModal(int retCode)
Ends a modal dialog, passing a value to be returned from the
*wxDialog::ShowModal invocation.*
Using the above, you can return whatever you want from the Dialog.
An example usage would be subclassing a wx.Dialog, and then placing the EndModal function in the button handlers.
class ProjectSettingsDialog(wx.Dialog):
def __init__(self):
wx.Dialog.__init__(self, None, -1, "Project Settings", size=(600,400))
sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL) #main sized
sizer.AddStretchSpacer(1)
msg = wx.StaticText(self, -1, label="This is a sample message")
sizer.Add(msg, 0, wx.ALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL | wx.ALL, 15)
horizontal_sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)
okButton = wx.Button(self, -1, 'OK')
self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnOK, okButton)
cancelBtn = wx.Button(self, -1, "Cancel")
self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnCancel, cancelBtn)
horizontal_sizer.Add(okButton, 0, wx.ALIGN_LEFT)
horizontal_sizer.AddStretchSpacer(1)
horizontal_sizer.Add(cancelBtn, 0, wx.ALIGN_RIGHT)
sizer.Add(horizontal_sizer, 0)
sizer.AddStretchSpacer(1)
self.SetSizer(sizer)
def OnOK(self, event):
self.EndModal(wx.ID_OK) #returns numeric code to caller
self.Destroy()
def OnCancel(self, event):
self.EndModal(wx.ID_CANCEL) #returns numeric code to caller
self.Destroy()
(Note: I just banged this code out quickly; didn't test the sizers)
As you can see, all you need to do is call the EndModal from a button event to return a value to whatever spawned the dialog.
I wanted to do the same thing, to have a graphical "picker" that I could run from within a console app. Here's how I did it.
# Fruit.py
import wx
class Picker (wx.App):
def __init__ (self, title, parent=None, size=(400,300)):
wx.App.__init__(self, False)
self.frame = wx.Frame(parent, title=title, size=size)
self.apple_button = wx.Button(self.frame, -1, "Apple", (0,0))
self.apple_button.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.apple_button_click)
self.orange_button = wx.Button(self.frame, -1, "Orange", (0,100))
self.orange_button.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.orange_button_click)
self.fruit = None
self.frame.Show(True)
def apple_button_click (self, event):
self.fruit = 'apple'
self.frame.Destroy()
def orange_button_click (self, event):
self.fruit = 'orange'
self.frame.Destroy()
def pick (self):
self.MainLoop()
return self.fruit
Then from a console app, I would run this code.
# Usage.py
import Fruit
picker = Fruit.Picker('Pick a Fruit')
fruit = picker.pick()
print 'User picked %s' % fruit
user1594322's answer works but it requires you to put all of your controls in your wx.App, instead of wx.Frame. This will make recycling the code harder.
My solution involves define a "PassBack" variable when defining your init function. (similar to "parent" variable, but it is normally used already when initiating a wx.Frame)
From my code:
class MyApp(wx.App):
def __init__ (self, parent=None, size=(500,700)):
wx.App.__init__(self, False)
self.frame = MyFrame(parent, -1, passBack=self) #Pass this app in
self.outputFromFrame = "" #The output from my frame
def getOutput(self):
self.frame.Show()
self.MainLoop()
return self.outputFromFrame
and for the frame class:
class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
def __init__(self, parent, ID, passBack, title="My Frame"):
wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, ID, title, size=(500, 700))
self.passBack = passBack #this will be used to pass back variables/objects
and somewhere during the execution of MyFrame
self.passBack.outputFromFrame = "Hello"
so all in all, to get a string from an application
app = MyApp()
val = app.getOutput()
#Proceed to do something with val
Check this answer on comp.lang.python: Linkie
I don't think a wxFrame can return a value since it is not modal. If you don't need to use a wxFrame, then a modal dialog could work for you. If you really need a frame, I'd consider using a custom event.
It would go something like this:
(1) User clicks to close the wxFrame
(2) You override OnClose (or something like that) to pop up a dialog to ask the user a question
(3) Create and post the custom event
(4) Close the wxFrame
(5) Some other code processes your custom event
I think I just had the same problem as you. Instead of making that popup a frame, I made it a dialog instead. I made a custom dialog by inheriting a wx.dialog instead of a wx.frame. Then you can utilize the code that joaquin posted above. You check the return value of the dialog to see what was entered. This can be done by storing the value of the textctrl when the user clicks ok into a local variable. Then before it's destroyed, you get that value somehow.
The custom dialog section of this site helped me out greatly.
http://zetcode.com/wxpython/dialogs/
I am trying to learn Python and WxPython. I have been a SAS programmer for years. This OOP stuff is slowly coming together but I am still fuzzy on a lot of the concepts. Below is a section of code. I am trying to use a button click to create an instance of another class. Specifically-I have my main panel in one class and I wanted to instance a secondary panel when a user clicked on one of the menu items on the main panel. I made all of this work when the secondary panel was just a function. I can't seem to get ti to work as a class.
Here is the code
import wx
class mainPanel(wx.Frame):
def __init__(self, parent, id, title):
wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, id, 'directEDGAR Supplemental Tools', size=(450, 450))
wx.Panel(self,-1)
wx.StaticText(self,-1, "This is where I will describe\n the purpose of these tools",(100,10))
menubar = wx.MenuBar()
parser = wx.Menu()
one =wx.MenuItem(parser,1,'&Extract Tables with One Heading or Label')
two =wx.MenuItem(parser,1,'&Extract Tables with Two Headings or Labels')
three =wx.MenuItem(parser,1,'&Extract Tables with Three Headings or Labels')
four =wx.MenuItem(parser,1,'&Extract Tables with Four Headings or Labels')
quit = wx.MenuItem(parser, 2, '&Quit\tCtrl+Q')
parser.AppendItem(one)
parser.AppendItem(two)
parser.AppendItem(three)
parser.AppendItem(four)
parser.AppendItem(quit)
menubar.Append(parser, '&Table Parsers')
textRip = wx.Menu()
section =wx.MenuItem(parser,1,'&Extract Text With Section Headings')
textRip.AppendItem(section)
menubar.Append(textRip, '&Text Rippers')
dataHandling = wx.Menu()
deHydrate =wx.MenuItem(dataHandling,1,'&Extract Data from Tables')
dataHandling.AppendItem(deHydrate)
menubar.Append(dataHandling, '&Data Extraction')
self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnQuit, id=2)
this is where I think I am being clever by using a button click to create an instance
of subPanel.
self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.subPanel(None, -1, 'TEST'),id=1)
self.SetMenuBar(menubar)
self.Centre()
self.Show(True)
def OnQuit(self, event):
self.Close()
class subPanel(wx.Frame):
def __init__(self, parent, id, title):
wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, id, 'directEDGAR Supplemental Tools', size=(450, 450))
wx.Panel(self,-1)
wx.StaticText(self,-1, "This is where I will describe\n the purpose of these tools",(100,10))
getDirectory = wx.Button(panel, -1, "Get Directory Path", pos=(20,350))
getDirectory.SetDefault()
getTerm1 = wx.Button(panel, -1, "Get Search Term", pos=(20,400))
getTerm1.SetDefault()
#getDirectory.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, getDirectory.OnClick, getDirectory.button)
self.Centre()
self.Show(True)
app = wx.App()
mainPanel(None, -1, '')
app.MainLoop()
I don't know wxWidgets, but based on what I know of Python, I'm guessing that you need to change:
self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.subPanel(None, -1, 'TEST'),id=1)
to:
self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, subPanel(None, -1, 'TEST'),id=1)
"subPanel" is a globally defined class, not a member of "self" (which is a mainPanel).
Edit: Ah, "Bind" seems to bind an action to a function, so you need to give it a function that creates the other class. Try the following. It still doesn't work, but at least it now crashes during the subPanel creation.
self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, lambda(x): subPanel(None, -1, 'TEST'),id=1)
You should handle the button click event, and create the panel in your button handler (like you already do with your OnQuit method).
I think the following code basically does what you're after -- creates a new Frame when the button is clicked/menu item is selected.
import wx
class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
def __init__(self, parent, title="My Frame", num=1):
self.num = num
wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, -1, title)
panel = wx.Panel(self)
button = wx.Button(panel, -1, "New Panel")
button.SetPosition((15, 15))
self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnNewPanel, button)
self.Bind(wx.EVT_CLOSE, self.OnCloseWindow)
# Now create a menu
menubar = wx.MenuBar()
self.SetMenuBar(menubar)
# Panel menu
panel_menu = wx.Menu()
# The menu item
menu_newpanel = wx.MenuItem(panel_menu,
wx.NewId(),
"&New Panel",
"Creates a new panel",
wx.ITEM_NORMAL)
panel_menu.AppendItem(menu_newpanel)
menubar.Append(panel_menu, "&Panels")
# Bind the menu event
self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnNewPanel, menu_newpanel)
def OnNewPanel(self, event):
panel = MyFrame(self, "Panel %s" % self.num, self.num+1)
panel.Show()
def OnCloseWindow(self, event):
self.Destroy()
def main():
application = wx.PySimpleApp()
frame = MyFrame(None)
frame.Show()
application.MainLoop()
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
Edit: Added code to do this from a menu.
You need an event handler in your bind expression
self.bind(wx.EVT_MENU, subPanel(None, -1, 'TEST'),id=1)
needs to be changed to:
self.bind(wx.EVT_MENU, <event handler>, <id of menu item>)
where your event handler responds to the event and instantiates the subpanel:
def OnMenuItem(self, evt): #don't forget the evt
sp = SubPanel(self, wx.ID_ANY, 'TEST')
#I assume you will add it to a sizer
#if you aren't... you should
test_sizer.Add(sp, 1, wx.EXPAND)
#force the frame to refresh the sizers:
self.Layout()
Alternatively, you can instantiate the subpanel in your frame's __init__ and call a subpanel.Hide() after instantiation, and then your menuitem event handler and call a show on the panel subpanel.Show()
Edit: Here is some code that will do what I think that you are asking:
#!usr/bin/env python
import wx
class TestFrame(wx.Frame):
def __init__(self, parent, *args, **kwargs):
wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, *args, **kwargs)
framesizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
mainpanel = MainPanel(self, wx.ID_ANY)
self.subpanel = SubPanel(self, wx.ID_ANY)
self.subpanel.Hide()
framesizer.Add(mainpanel, 1, wx.EXPAND)
framesizer.Add(self.subpanel, 1, wx.EXPAND)
self.SetSizerAndFit(framesizer)
class MainPanel(wx.Panel):
def __init__(self, parent, *args, **kwargs):
wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent, *args, **kwargs)
panelsizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
but = wx.Button(self, wx.ID_ANY, "Add")
self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnAdd, but)
self.panel_shown = False
panelsizer.Add(but, 0)
self.SetSizer(panelsizer)
def OnAdd(self, evt):
if not self.panel_shown:
self.GetParent().subpanel.Show()
self.GetParent().Fit()
self.GetParent().Layout()
self.panel_shown = True
else:
self.GetParent().subpanel.Hide()
self.GetParent().Fit()
self.GetParent().Layout()
self.panel_shown = False
class SubPanel(wx.Panel):
def __init__(self, parent, *args, **kwargs):
wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent, *args, **kwargs)
spsizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
text = wx.StaticText(self, wx.ID_ANY, label='I am a subpanel')
spsizer.Add(text, 1, wx.EXPAND)
self.SetSizer(spsizer)
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = wx.App()
frame = TestFrame(None, wx.ID_ANY, "Test Frame")
frame.Show()
app.MainLoop()