]> git.saurik.com Git - wxWidgets.git/blame_incremental - wxPython/demo/ContextHelp.py
bash version of wxPython's b script for win32
[wxWidgets.git] / wxPython / demo / ContextHelp.py
... / ...
CommitLineData
1
2import wx
3
4#----------------------------------------------------------------------
5# We first have to set an application-wide help provider. Normally you
6# would do this in your app's OnInit or in other startup code...
7
8provider = wx.SimpleHelpProvider()
9wx.HelpProvider_Set(provider)
10
11# This panel is chock full of controls about which we can demonstrate the
12# help system.
13class TestPanel(wx.Panel):
14 def __init__(self, parent, log):
15 wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent, -1)
16 self.log = log
17
18 # This help text, set for the panel itself, will be used if context
19 # sensitive help cannot be found for any particular control.
20 self.SetHelpText("This is a wx.Panel.")
21
22 sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
23
24 # Init the context help button.
25 # And even include help text about the help button :-)
26 cBtn = wx.ContextHelpButton(self)
27 cBtn.SetHelpText("wx.ContextHelpButton")
28
29 cBtnText = wx.StaticText(self, -1,
30 "This is a wx.ContextHelpButton. Clicking it puts the\n"
31 "app into context sensitive help mode."
32 )
33
34 # Yes, even static text can have help text associated with it :-)
35 cBtnText.SetHelpText("Some helpful text...")
36
37 s = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)
38 s.Add(cBtn, 0, wx.ALL, 5)
39 s.Add(cBtnText, 0, wx.ALL, 5)
40 sizer.Add((20,20))
41 sizer.Add(s)
42
43 # A text control with help text.
44 text = wx.TextCtrl(self, -1, "Each sub-window can have its own help message",
45 size=(240, 60), style=wx.TE_MULTILINE)
46 text.SetHelpText("This is my very own help message. This is a really long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long message!")
47 sizer.Add((20,20))
48 sizer.Add(text)
49
50 # Same thing, but this time to demonstrate how the help event can be
51 # intercepted.
52 text = wx.TextCtrl(self, -1, "You can also intercept the help event if you like. Watch the log window when you click here...",
53 size=(240, 60), style = wx.TE_MULTILINE)
54 text.SetHelpText("Yet another context help message.")
55 sizer.Add((20,20))
56 sizer.Add(text)
57 self.Bind(wx.EVT_HELP, self.OnCtxHelp, text)
58
59 text = wx.TextCtrl(self, -1, "This one displays the tip itself...",
60 size=(240, 60), style = wx.TE_MULTILINE)
61 sizer.Add((20,20))
62 sizer.Add(text)
63 self.Bind(wx.EVT_HELP, self.OnCtxHelp2, text)
64
65
66 border = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
67 border.Add(sizer, 0, wx.ALL, 25)
68
69 self.SetAutoLayout(True)
70 self.SetSizer(border)
71 self.Layout()
72
73
74 # On the second text control above, we intercept the help event. This is where
75 # we process it. Anything could happen here. In this case we're just printing
76 # some stuff about it, then passing it on, at which point we see the help tip.
77 def OnCtxHelp(self, evt):
78 self.log.write("OnCtxHelp: %s" % evt)
79 evt.Skip()
80
81 # On the third text control above, we intercept the help event.
82 # Here, we print a note about it, generate our own tip window, and,
83 # unlike last time, we don't pass it on to the underlying provider.
84 def OnCtxHelp2(self, evt):
85 self.log.write("OnCtxHelp: %s\n" % evt)
86 tip = wx.TipWindow(self, "This is a wx.TipWindow")
87
88
89#----------------------------------------------------------------------
90
91def runTest(frame, nb, log):
92 win = TestPanel(nb, log)
93 return win
94
95
96#----------------------------------------------------------------------
97
98
99overview = """
100This demo shows how to incorporate Context Sensitive
101help into your application using the wx.SimpleHelpProvider class.
102
103"""
104
105#----------------------------------------------------------------------
106
107if __name__ == '__main__':
108 import sys,os
109 import run
110 run.main(['', os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])] + sys.argv[1:])
111