wxpython basic example

1#----------------------------------------------------------------------
2# A very simple wxPython example.  Just a wx.Frame, wx.Panel,
3# wx.StaticText, wx.Button, and a wx.BoxSizer, but it shows the basic
4# structure of any wxPython application.
5#----------------------------------------------------------------------
6 
7import wx
8
9
10class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
11    """
12    This is MyFrame.  It just shows a few controls on a wxPanel,
13    and has a simple menu.
14    """
15    def __init__(self, parent, title):
16        wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, -1, title,
17                          pos=(150, 150), size=(350, 200))
18
19        # Create the menubar
20        menuBar = wx.MenuBar()
21
22        # and a menu 
23        menu = wx.Menu()
24
25        # add an item to the menu, using \tKeyName automatically
26        # creates an accelerator, the third param is some help text
27        # that will show up in the statusbar
28        menu.Append(wx.ID_EXIT, "E&xit\tAlt-X", "Exit this simple sample")
29
30        # bind the menu event to an event handler
31        self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnTimeToClose, id=wx.ID_EXIT)
32
33        # and put the menu on the menubar
34        menuBar.Append(menu, "&File")
35        self.SetMenuBar(menuBar)
36
37        self.CreateStatusBar()
38        
39
40        # Now create the Panel to put the other controls on.
41        panel = wx.Panel(self)
42
43        # and a few controls
44        text = wx.StaticText(panel, -1, "Hello World!")
45        text.SetFont(wx.Font(14, wx.SWISS, wx.NORMAL, wx.BOLD))
46        text.SetSize(text.GetBestSize())
47        btn = wx.Button(panel, -1, "Close")
48        funbtn = wx.Button(panel, -1, "Just for fun...")
49
50        # bind the button events to handlers
51        self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnTimeToClose, btn)
52        self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnFunButton, funbtn)
53
54        # Use a sizer to layout the controls, stacked vertically and with
55        # a 10 pixel border around each
56        sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
57        sizer.Add(text, 0, wx.ALL, 10)
58        sizer.Add(btn, 0, wx.ALL, 10)
59        sizer.Add(funbtn, 0, wx.ALL, 10)
60        panel.SetSizer(sizer)
61        panel.Layout()
62
63
64    def OnTimeToClose(self, evt):
65        """Event handler for the button click."""
66        print "See ya later!"
67        self.Close()
68
69    def OnFunButton(self, evt):
70        """Event handler for the button click."""
71        print "Having fun yet?"
72
73
74class MyApp(wx.App):
75    def OnInit(self):
76        frame = MyFrame(None, "Simple wxPython App")
77        self.SetTopWindow(frame)
78
79        print "Print statements go to this stdout window by default."
80
81        frame.Show(True)
82        return True
83        
84app = MyApp(redirect=True)
85app.MainLoop()
86
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