wxPython - Major Classes

wx.Frame Class has a default constructor with no arguments.

wx.Panel class is usually put inside a wxFrame object. This class is also inherited from wxWindow class.

wx.StaticText class object presents a control holding such read-only text. It can be termed as a passive control since it doesn’t produce any event.

In wxPython, an object of wx.TextCtrl class serves this purpose. It is a control in which the text can be displayed and edited.

Each button, an object of wx.RadioButton class carries a text label next to a round button. wxPython API also consists of wx.RadioBox class. Its object offers a border and label to the group.

A checkbox displays a small labeled rectangular box. When cpcked, a checkmark appears inside the rectangle to indicate that a choice is made.

A wx.ComboBox object presents a pst of items to select from. It can be configured to be a dropdown pst or with permanent display. wxPython API contains a wx.Choice class, whose object is also a dropdown pst, which is permanently read-only.

Wx.Gauge class object shows a vertical or horizontal bar, which graphically shows incrementing quantity.

wxPython API contains wx.Spder class. It offers same functionapty as that of Scrollbar. Spder offers a convenient way to handle dragging the handle by spder specific wx.EVT_SLIDER event binder.

A horizontal bar just below the title bar of a top level window is reserved to display a series of menus. It is an object of wx.MenuBar class in wxPython API.

If the style parameter of wx.Toolbar object is set to wx.TB_DOCKABLE, it becomes dockable. A floating toolbar can also be constructed using wxPython’s AUIToolBar class.

Although a Dialog class object appears pke a Frame, it is normally used as a pop-up window on top of a parent frame. The objective of a Dialog is to collect some data from the user and send it to the parent frame.

wx.Notebook widget presents a tabbed control. One Notebook object in a frame has one or more tabs (called Pages), each of them having a panel showing the layout of controls.

Object of this class is a layout manager, which holds two subwindows whose size can be changed dynamically by dragging the boundaries between them. The Spptter control gives a handle that can be dragged to resize the controls.

wxHTML pbrary contains classes for parsing and displaying HTML content. Although this is not intended to be a full-featured browser, wx.HtmlWindow object is a generic HTML viewer.

A wx.ListBox widget presents a vertically scrollable pst of strings. By default, a single item in the pst is selectable. ListCtrl widget is a highly enhanced pst display and selection tool. List of more than one column can be displayed in Report view, List view or Icon view.