wxpython basic example
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
# A very simple wxPython example. Just a wx.Frame, wx.Panel,
# wx.StaticText, wx.Button, and a wx.BoxSizer, but it shows the basic
# structure of any wxPython application.
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
import wx
class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
"""
This is MyFrame. It just shows a few controls on a wxPanel,
and has a simple menu.
"""
def __init__(self, parent, title):
wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, -1, title,
pos=(150, 150), size=(350, 200))
# Create the menubar
menuBar = wx.MenuBar()
# and a menu
menu = wx.Menu()
# add an item to the menu, using \tKeyName automatically
# creates an accelerator, the third param is some help text
# that will show up in the statusbar
menu.Append(wx.ID_EXIT, "E&xit\tAlt-X", "Exit this simple sample")
# bind the menu event to an event handler
self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnTimeToClose, id=wx.ID_EXIT)
# and put the menu on the menubar
menuBar.Append(menu, "&File")
self.SetMenuBar(menuBar)
self.CreateStatusBar()
# Now create the Panel to put the other controls on.
panel = wx.Panel(self)
# and a few controls
text = wx.StaticText(panel, -1, "Hello World!")
text.SetFont(wx.Font(14, wx.SWISS, wx.NORMAL, wx.BOLD))
text.SetSize(text.GetBestSize())
btn = wx.Button(panel, -1, "Close")
funbtn = wx.Button(panel, -1, "Just for fun...")
# bind the button events to handlers
self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnTimeToClose, btn)
self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnFunButton, funbtn)
# Use a sizer to layout the controls, stacked vertically and with
# a 10 pixel border around each
sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
sizer.Add(text, 0, wx.ALL, 10)
sizer.Add(btn, 0, wx.ALL, 10)
sizer.Add(funbtn, 0, wx.ALL, 10)
panel.SetSizer(sizer)
panel.Layout()
def OnTimeToClose(self, evt):
"""Event handler for the button click."""
print "See ya later!"
self.Close()
def OnFunButton(self, evt):
"""Event handler for the button click."""
print "Having fun yet?"
class MyApp(wx.App):
def OnInit(self):
frame = MyFrame(None, "Simple wxPython App")
self.SetTopWindow(frame)
print "Print statements go to this stdout window by default."
frame.Show(True)
return True
app = MyApp(redirect=True)
app.MainLoop()