Some Widgets - Python

Now let's add some controls to our window. First, though, let's shift the structure of our application. Instead of throwing everything in the global namespace, let's create a class –- a subclass of wxFrame. While we're add it, how about setting the size of our window?

from wxPython.wx import *

class Window ( wxFrame ):

   def __init__ ( self ):

      wxFrame.__init__ ( self, None, wxID_ANY, 'Title', size = ( 350, 350 ) )

      self.Show ( True )

application = wxPySimpleApp()

window = Window()

application.MainLoop()

Now we're ready. Let's add a simple button to our window:

from wxPython.wx import *

class Window ( wxFrame ):

   def __init__ ( self ):

      wxFrame.__init__ ( self, None, wxID_ANY, 'Title', size = ( 350, 350 ) )

      self.button = wxButton ( self, 100, 'Click' )

      self.Show ( True )

application = wxPySimpleApp()

window = Window()

application.MainLoop()

Ugh, it takes up the whole window. This can be fixed by putting it in a panel:

from wxPython.wx import *

class Window ( wxFrame ):

   def __init__ ( self ):

      wxFrame.__init__ ( self, None, wxID_ANY, 'Title', size = ( 350, 350 )  )

      self.panel = wxPanel ( self, wxID_ANY )

      self.button = wxButton ( self.panel, 100, 'Click' )

      self.Show ( True )

application = wxPySimpleApp()

window = Window()

application.MainLoop()

That's better. Now let's add a text box:

from wxPython.wx import *

class Window ( wxFrame ):

   def __init__ ( self ):

      wxFrame.__init__ ( self, None, wxID_ANY, 'Title', size = ( 350, 350 )  )

      self.panel = wxPanel ( self, wxID_ANY )

      self.button = wxButton ( self.panel, 100, 'Click' )

      self.text = wxTextCtrl ( self.panel, 101, 'Some text.', ( 100, 100 ) )

      self.Show ( True )

application = wxPySimpleApp()

window = Window()

application.MainLoop()

Now let's make our button do something. I won't get into detail about this, since it's pretty simple to understand:

from wxPython.wx import *

class Window ( wxFrame ):

   def __init__ ( self ):

      wxFrame.__init__ ( self, None, wxID_ANY, 'Title', size = ( 350, 350 )  )

      self.panel = wxPanel ( self, wxID_ANY )

      self.button = wxButton ( self.panel, 100, 'Click' )

      self.text = wxTextCtrl ( self.panel, 101, 'Some text.', ( 100, 100 ) )

      EVT_BUTTON ( self.panel, 100, self.click )

      self.Show ( True )

   def click ( self, event ):

      message= wxMessageDialog ( self, 'You clicked the button.', 'Clicked', wxICON_EXCLAMATION )

      message.ShowModal()

      message.Destroy()

application = wxPySimpleApp()

window = Window()

application.MainLoop()

Wrapping Up

So far, you've learned a little bit about wxPython. You know how to create two simple dialogs, how to create a simple frame, how to create a menu and how to add two basic controls to a panel. That is all I'll explain in this article, but wxPython is a very large library, so don't think that this is it. Dozens of controls, dialogs and frames can be used in your applications –- way more than I can cover in a single article. However, stay tuned. This is definitely not the end.