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sekstiseks
sekstiseks

Reputation: 57

wxPython - Getting attribute from another class?

I want to update the self.CreateStatusBar() in MainWindow from MainPanel. And update the self.textOutput in MainPanel from MainWindow.

Been reading alot, but still cant grasp it. Please help me. =)

import wx 

ID_EXIT = 110

class MainPanel(wx.Panel):
    def __init__(self, parent):
        wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent)

        self.buttonRun = wx.Button(self, label="Run")
        self.buttonRun.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnRun )
        self.buttonExit = wx.Button(self, label="Exit")
        self.buttonExit.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnExit)

        self.labelChooseRoot = wx.StaticText(self, label ="Root catalog: ") 
        self.labelScratchWrk = wx.StaticText(self, label ="Scratch workspace: ")
        self.labelMergeFile = wx.StaticText(self, label ="Merge file: ")

        self.textChooseRoot = wx.TextCtrl(self, size=(210, -1))
        self.textChooseRoot.Bind(wx.EVT_LEFT_UP, self.OnChooseRoot)
        self.textScratchWrk = wx.TextCtrl(self, size=(210, -1))
        self.textMergeFile = wx.TextCtrl(self, size=(210, -1))
        self.textOutput = wx.TextCtrl(self, style=wx.TE_MULTILINE | wx.TE_READONLY)

        self.sizerF = wx.FlexGridSizer(3, 2, 5, 5)
        self.sizerF.Add(self.labelChooseRoot)  #row 1, col 1
        self.sizerF.Add(self.textChooseRoot)   #row 1, col 2
        self.sizerF.Add(self.labelScratchWrk)  #row 2, col 1
        self.sizerF.Add(self.textScratchWrk)   #row 2, col 2
        self.sizerF.Add(self.labelMergeFile)   #row 3, col 1
        self.sizerF.Add(self.textMergeFile)    #row 3, col 2

        self.sizerB = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
        self.sizerB.Add(self.buttonRun, 1, wx.ALIGN_RIGHT|wx.ALL, 5)
        self.sizerB.Add(self.buttonExit, 0, wx.ALIGN_RIGHT|wx.ALL, 5)

        self.sizer1 = wx.BoxSizer()
        self.sizer1.Add(self.sizerF, 0, wx.ALIGN_RIGHT | wx.EXPAND | wx.ALL, 10)
        self.sizer1.Add(self.sizerB, 0, wx.ALIGN_RIGHT | wx.EXPAND | wx.ALL)

        self.sizer2 = wx.BoxSizer()
        self.sizer2.Add(self.textOutput, 1, wx.EXPAND | wx.ALL, 5)

        self.sizerFinal = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
        self.sizerFinal.Add(self.sizer1, 0, wx.ALIGN_RIGHT | wx.EXPAND | wx.ALL)
        self.sizerFinal.Add(self.sizer2, 1, wx.ALIGN_RIGHT | wx.EXPAND | wx.ALL)

        self.SetSizerAndFit(self.sizerFinal)


    def OnChooseRoot(self, event):
        dlg = wx.DirDialog(self, "Choose a directory:", style=wx.DD_DEFAULT_STYLE)
        if dlg.ShowModal() == wx.ID_OK:
            root_path = dlg.GetPath()
            self.textChooseRoot.SetValue(root_path)
        dlg.Destroy()

    def OnRun(self, event):
        #First check if any of the boxes is empty
        pass

    def OnExit(self, event):
        self.GetParent().Close()


class MainWindow(wx.Frame):
    def __init__(self):
        wx.Frame.__init__(self, None, title="IndexGenerator", size=(430, 330), 
                          style=((wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE | wx.NO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE | 
                                  wx.STAY_ON_TOP) ^ wx.RESIZE_BORDER))
        self.CreateStatusBar() 

        self.fileMenu = wx.Menu()
        self.fileMenu.Append(ID_EXIT, "E&xit", "Exit the program")
        self.menuBar = wx.MenuBar()
        self.menuBar.Append(self.fileMenu, "&File")
        self.SetMenuBar(self.menuBar)
        wx.EVT_MENU(self, ID_EXIT, self.OnExit)                    

        self.Panel = MainPanel(self)

        self.CentreOnScreen()
        self.Show()

    def OnExit(self,  event):
        self.Close()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = wx.App(False)
    frame = MainWindow()
    app.MainLoop()

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1614

Answers (3)

Mike Driscoll
Mike Driscoll

Reputation: 33111

I agree with AJ. You shouldn't modify GUI elements from each other directly. That ties things together pretty tightly. Instead, you should use something like pubsub or maybe wx.PostEvent to communicate between classes. Here's a simple pubsub example: http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2010/06/27/wxpython-and-pubsub-a-simple-tutorial/

Upvotes: 1

Ilker S
Ilker S

Reputation: 93

In MainWindow:

self.Panel.textOutput.SetValue("...")

In MainPanel:

wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent)
self.window = parent 
self.window.SetStatusText("...")

Upvotes: 0

AJ.
AJ.

Reputation: 28204

Generally speaking, UI elements shouldn't directly modify one another. In an event-driven application, UI elements can listen for events, and then perform some action following the event. Example: if the user does something to element B, element A can be notified of the event and then take an action.

Read more about events in wxPython here:

http://wiki.wxpython.org/AnotherTutorial#Events

Upvotes: 2

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