1 Recent Changes for wxPython
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8 Added wx.BrushFromBitmap to create a stippled brush in a single step.
9 Also added missing brysh style flags: wx.STIPPLE_MASK
10 wx.STIPPLE_MASK_OPAQUE.
12 wxMSW: Fix for default control colours when the system text fg colour
15 wxGTK: Patch #1171754, It is now possible to have a menu item that
16 both has an icon and is a submenu.
18 wxMSW: Patch #1197009, better refreshes when windows are moved and
21 wxMSW: Patch #1197468. Keeps track of pending size/position changes
22 in case there is more than one adjustment for a window in a single
23 DeferWindowPos set, then the pending values can be used for defaults
24 instead of current values.
26 Fixed the typemap that converts a Python list of strings to a
27 wxArrayString so it uses the wxPython default encoding.
29 Several docstrings added and updated. Lots more to go.
31 wxMac: Strings added to the clipboard or used in DnD no longer have an
32 extra null character at the end.
34 Added wx.GetXDisplay that returns a raw swigified pointer for the X11
35 Display, or None for the non-X11 platforms.
37 wxMenu: Don't send an event when selecting an already selected radio
40 Added wx.LaunchDefaultBrowser.
42 wxMSW: Fixed erroneous selection of content in wx.ComboBox when within
45 wxMSW: Fixed alpha blitting to take into account source position.
47 Ensure that Python is still in an initialized state before doing any
48 locking or unlocking in wxPyBeginBlockThreads and wxPyEndBlockThreads
49 as these can be triggered after Python has been finalized in embedding
52 Added alternate constructors for wx.Font: wx.FontFromPixelSize,
53 wx.FFont, wx.FFontFromPixelSize. See the docstrings or new api docs
56 Added wx.lib.hyperlink from Andrea Gavana. It is a control like
57 static text that acts like a hyper-link, launching the system's
58 default browser in response to the clicks.
60 Added an optional parameter to wxversion.select that allows you to
61 specify that the extra components specified in the version string are
62 required. For example, if you ask for "2.6-unicode" but only the ansi
63 version is installed then by default the ansi version will be selected
64 as it considered close enough since the version numbers match. If you
65 want to force the options to be required then you can just add a True
66 parameter, like this::
69 wxversion.select("2.6-unicode", True)
72 Tweaked wx.lib.buttons such that flat buttons (e.g. have no bevel and
73 a wx.BORDER_NONE style flag) paint themed backgrounds if there are
74 transparent areas and the parent is displaying a theme.
76 wxMSW: Fix for wrong sash colour of wx.SplitterWindow in the silver
79 Added a wx.xrc.XmlResourceHandler for the Ticker class. See
82 wxSTC: Fixed CmdKeyAssign key bindings for Ctrl-Backspace.
84 wxMSW: Fixed a bug in wx.TextCtrl where all the lines were being used
85 to calculate the best size, instead of using a reasonable limit.
87 XRCed: Use wx.GetDefaultPyEncoding/wx.SetDefaultPyEncoding for
88 changing active encoding. Fixed pasting siblings (Ctrl key pressed
91 wx.lib.filebrowsebutton: Bug fix from Chad Netzer for when
94 wx.ogl: Patch from Davide Salomoni that adds an optional point
95 parameter to LineShape.InsertLineControlPoint allowing one to
96 optionally specify where the new control point has to be drawn.
98 wxMSW: setting foreground colour for wx.CheckBox now works when using
101 More updates to the docview library modules and sample apps from the
102 ActiveGrid folks. Their sample IDE is now able to integrate with
105 wx.grid.Grid: Ensure that the grid gets the focus when it is
106 left-clicked. Note that if you have custom widgets that handle the
107 EVT_LEFT_DOWN event but do not call event.Skip() then you will
108 probably want to add a call to self.SetFocus in the event handler.
110 wxGTK: Add wxSTAY_ON_TOP support [Patch 1206023]
112 wx.TreeCtrl: wx.EVT_TREE_ITEM_MENU event made consistent on all
113 platforms. The location of the click or the item is included in the
116 wxGTK: Setting background colour of a window now only affects the
117 window itself, not the borders, scrollbars, etc. (Bug #1204069)
119 Print framework: Add more paper sizes and code to fallback to an
120 explicit paper size if a known paper size is not found for the
123 wxMac: Applied patch for bug #1206181 Option-key decodes are wrong,
124 also applied patch for bug #1205691 Modified Fn keys don't work.
126 wx.Image: Fixed to preserve alpha channel in Rotate90 method.
128 wxMSW: Fixed incorrect background colour on wx.CheckListBox.
130 wxMSW: Fixed drawing of owner drawn buttons with multiline labels
132 Removed a bunch of unnecessary files, and removed or replaced images
133 that we're not sure of their origin or license.
135 The default DoGetBestSize is updated to not always return the current
136 size if the window has no sizer, children, or minsize set. Instead
137 the current size is set as the minsize. This solves the occasional
138 problem where a sizer may cause a childless panel to grow but never
141 wxMSW: When converting a wx.Icon to a bitmap check if the icon has an
142 alpha channel and set the bitmap to use it.
144 Fixed the wrong class name used in wx.PyScrolledWindow's call to
154 wxMSW: Fixed wx.TransientPopupWindow (and therefore wx.TipWindow) to
155 auto-dismiss when the mouse is clicked outside of the popup like it is
158 wxMSW: Fixed bug #1167891 wx.Notebook display problem with wx.NB_MULTILINE.
160 wxMSW: Fixed bad cliping of hidden windows inside of wx.StaticBox.
162 wxGTK: The configure flags for selecting GTK+ 1.2.x or 2.x has
163 changed slightly. It is now --with-gtk[=VERSION] where VERSION is
164 either '1', '2' or 'any'. The default is '2'.
166 wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl: Added the following methods for alternate ways
167 to set and fetch text from the document buffer. They work similarly
168 to the existing methods of the same name, except that they don't go
169 through the same string/unicode <--> wxString conversions. The "Raw"
170 methods will do no conversions at all and in a unicode build of
171 wxPython the strings will be in the utf-8 encoding and in an ansi
172 build no assumption is made about the encoding. The "UTF8" functions
173 will attempt to always get/set utf-8 text, which it will always be
174 able to do in a unicode build, and in an ansi build it will depend on
175 the content of the utf-8 used being compatible with the current
176 encoding, (you'll get an exception otherwise.)
178 =================== ====================
179 AddTextRaw AddTextUTF8
180 InsertTextRaw InsertTextUTF8
181 GetCurLineRaw GetCurLineUTF8
182 GetLineRaw GetLineUTF8
183 GetSelectedTextRaw GetSelectedTextUTF8
184 GetTextRangeRaw GetTextRangeUTF8
185 SetTextRaw SetTextUTF8
186 GetTextRaw GetTextUTF8
187 AppendTextRaw AppendTextUTF8
188 =================== ====================
191 wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl: Added the StyleSetFontEncoding(style, enc)
192 method that allows you to set the encoding to be used by the font for
195 wxMac: Fixed wx.ComboBox to forward the EVT_CHAR, EVT_KEY_DOWN,
196 EVT_KEY_UP and EVT_TEXT events from its embedded text control.
198 wxMac: Corrected refresh bugs in wxGrid.
200 XRCed: Updated to version 0.1.5.
201 * Added wxWizard, wxWizardPageSimple (only from pull-down menu).
202 * Hide command for test window.
203 * Replacing classes works better.
213 wxMSW: Fixed bug #1022383, 'several ComboBoxes appear selected'
215 wx.grid.Grid: Fixed bug #1163384. Moved the code that handles
216 activating the cell editors to a EVT_CHAR event handler. This is done
217 so the character inserted into the editor will be the "cooked" char
218 value (including accented or composed keys) rather than the raw code
219 provided by the EVT_KEY_DOWN event.
221 Added orient parameter to wx.MDIParentFrame.Tile()
223 wxMSW: wxTextCtrl with wx.TE_RICH2 style now uses RichEdit 4.1 if
226 Added GetCount, GetCountRGB, and GetCountColour methods to
229 wxMSW: wx.Window.Refresh changed to explicitly refresh all children as
230 well as the parent. Previously it was implicitly done because parents
231 did not clip their children by default. Now that they always clip
232 children then Refresh needed to be fixed to do a recursive refresh.
233 This also fixes the Freeze/Thaw problems that some people had with
236 wx.SplitterWindow: Send EVT_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED only once after
237 end of dragging and not after each CHANGING event (modified patch
240 wx.glcanvas.GLCanvas: applied patch fixing problems with X server
241 crash when using nVidia cards (patch 1155132)
243 wx.lib.mixins.listctrl: Patches from Toni Brkic:
244 * Bugfix for TextEditMixin when the view can't be scrolled
245 * Enhancement for ListCtrlAutoWidthMixin, allowing it to manage
246 the width of any column.
248 wxMac: removal and reusing toolbar tools like the other platforms is
251 wxMac: Correct radio tool selection after calling Realize a 2nd time.
253 wxMSW: Applied patch #1166587, removes all flicker from wx.StaticBox
255 Added wx.lib.foldpanelbar, Andrea Gavana's port of Jorgen Bodde's C++
256 wxFoldPanelBar classes to Python.
258 wxGTK: Applied patch #1173802, reimplementation of GtkFileChooser
259 wxFileDialog by Mart Raudsepp. Note that this new file dialog is only
260 used on GTK2 >= 2.4. For earlier GTK2 versions and GTK1 then the
261 older generic file dialog is used.
263 wxMSW: fixes to static box borders calculations (finalizes patch
266 wx.Image: Use Python's buffer interface API for all image data and
267 alpha Set/Get methods and the ImageFromData* constructors. They all
268 still copy the buffer except for SetDataBuffer and SetAlphaBuffer, but
269 this gives more flexibility on where the data can come from.
271 Added MDI support to XRC
273 Added wx.animate module and a demo. The wx.animate module provides a
274 control that is able to display an animated GIF file.
276 wx.lib.plot.py: Applied patch from Werner F. Bruhin that allows either
277 vertical and/or horizontal gridlines.
279 wxMSW: Extra space given for top border of wx.StaticBoxSizer so the
280 upper line is not cliped when there is no label.
282 wxMSW: Restored old behaviour of wx.StaticBox.SetBackgroundColour only
285 wxMSW: Fixed missing EVT_RIGHT_DOWN and EVT_TREE_ITEM_RIGHT_CLICK
286 events in a wx.TreeCtrl.
288 Added wx.GetTopLevelWindows() function which returns a copy of the
289 list of top-level windows that currently exist in the application.
291 Updated docview library modules and sample apps from the ActiveGrid
294 Added the ActiveGrid IDE as a sample application.
303 wx.Sizer Add, Insert, and Prepend functions now return a reference to the
304 wx.SizerItem that was added to the sizer, and the wx.SizerItem has a
305 GetRect accessor to give the position of the item on the parent window.
307 Added wx.Sizer.GetItem method which returns the wx.SizerItem for the given
308 wx.Window, wx.Sizer or position index.
310 wxMSW: wx.RadioButtons in the same group no longer have to be
311 consecutive (there may be intervening controls). Without this fix, an
312 out-of-sync assert is generated when clicking on a radio button and
313 then calling GetValue().
316 - Added 'icon' property to wxFrame and wxDialog
317 - No longer ignores menu bitmaps on non-MSW platforms
318 - Notebook page bitmaps are now supported
319 - added system colours and fonts support (based on patch #1038207)
321 wxMSW: fix for [ 1052989 ] TextCtrl.SetBackgroundColour(wx.NullColour)
324 Added wx.PasswordEntryDialog analagous to wx.TextEntryDialog, allows
325 detecting entering an empty string vs. cancel unlike the
326 wx.GetPasswordFromUser dialog function.
328 OGL patch from Shane Holloway:
330 Two simple problems found in the new python ogl code. First is
331 the patch for _canvas.py. Essentially::
333 dx = abs(dc.LogicalToDeviceX(x - self._firstDragX))
334 dy = abs(dc.LogicalToDeviceY(y - self._firstDragY))
336 was incorrect because (x,y) and (self._firstDragX,
337 self._firstDragY) are both already in Logical coordinates.
338 Therefore the difference between the two is also in logical
339 coordinates, and the conversion call is an error. This bug
340 surfaces when you have OGL on a scrollwin, and you are far from
341 the origin of the canvas.
343 The second change in _composit.py basically removes the assumption
344 that the child is in both self._children and self._divisions.
345 Causes many problems when it's not. ;)
347 Fixed GetSaveData and SetSaveData in wx.lib.multisash to not depend on
348 the default way that class objectss are converted to strings.
350 Fixed problem in StyledTextCtrl.Set[HV]ScrollBar that could leave the
351 internal scrollbar visible.
353 Added wx.StandardPaths which provides methods for determining standard
354 system paths for each platform.
356 wxMSW: The window background is now only erased by default if the
357 background colour or background mode has been changed. This better
358 allows the default system themed behaviour to show through for
359 uncustomized windows. Explicit support added for using the correct
360 theme texture for wx.Notebook pages and their children.
362 wx.Image: Added support for alpha channels in interpolated and
363 non-interpolated image rotation. Added ConvertAlphaToMask helper
364 method for turning shades of grey into shades of alpha and a colour.
366 wxGTK2: Reimplemented DoDrawRotatedText() by way of a rotation of an
367 alpha blended text bitmap. It would be better if Pango could draw
368 directly into an wxImage (as FreeType can,) but that is for later...
370 Added wrappers and a demo for the wx.MediaCtrl class, which can play
371 various forms of audio/video media using native codecs install on the
372 system. So far it is only implemented for Windows and OSX.
374 wxGTK: Patch applied for Freeze()/Thaw() for wxTextCtrtl.
376 Added "gravity" for splitter window (patch 1046105). Gravity is a
377 floating-point factor between 0.0 and 1.0 which controls position of
378 sash while resizing the wx.SplitterWindow. The gravity specifies
379 how much the left/top window will grow while resizing.
381 wxMSW: wx.Slider's C++ implementation rewritten to be more
382 maintainable and hopefully less buggy. The position of the labels has
383 also been changed in order to better comply with Microsoft's examples
384 of how to use the control.
386 wxMSW: Fix wx.TreeCtrl to end label editing if the control loses
387 focus (a slightly modified patch 1084592.)
389 Added wx.EXEC_NODISABLE flag for wx.Execute, which will prevent all
390 the app's windows being disabled while a synchronous child process is
393 wxMSW: Much work to correct painting (or leaving transparent) of
394 control backgrounds, properly using background themes on XP, etc.
396 Fixed a circular reference problem with wx.Timer. It will now
397 completely cleanup after itself when the last reference to the timer
398 is removed. If you were previously using timer.Destroy() to cleanup
399 your timers it will no longer work. Instead you should hold a
400 reference to the timer and then del the reference when you are
401 finished with the timer.
403 Updated to 1.3.24 of SWIG. All of my big patches have been applied to
404 the main SWIG source tree, but unfortunatly there were also some bugs
405 added that affected the wxPython build and a few details in my
406 original patch were changed/removed, so we are still not free of
407 patches. A new patch for SWIG is located in the wxPython/SWIG
408 directory of the wxPython source tree. SWIG 1.3.24 plus this patch
409 should be used by anyone who is making custom modifications to
410 wxPython's .i files, or building their own extension modules or
411 etc. that need to interact with the wxPython swigged types. For the
412 morbidly curious, here are a few more details:
414 * Since it is now possible easily and simply share the SWIG type
415 tables across modules I reverted to always using the stock SWIG
416 runtime instead of my slightly hacked up version of it exported
417 via the wxPython C API.
419 * The %name directive is now deprecated so I replaced most uses of
420 it with a custom %Rename macro that uses %rename internally.
421 These will evetually need to be replaced with a DocDecl macro
422 when docstrings are added for those items.
424 * The "this" attribute of all SWIGged classes is no longer a
425 string containing a "swigified pointer", but rather a custom
426 built-in type that holds the real C pointer to the object and
427 the type info. It can be converted to a string like the old
428 value using str() or to the long integer value of the pointer
431 Added SetDefaultPyEncoding and GetDefaultPyEncoding functions which
432 will set/get the encoding used by wxPython to convert string or
433 unicode objects to/from wxString objects. Previously the default
434 Python encoding was always used, but unless the user had tweaked their
435 sitecustomize.py file it is always "ascii", which would result in
436 errors if the strings contained character codes >= 128.
437 SetDefaultPyEncoding will now allow you to control which encoding will
438 be used to do those conversions. The default encoding is set to the
439 value of `locale.getdefaultlocale()[1]` when wxPython is first
440 imported. Please see http://www.alanwood.net/demos/charsetdiffs.html
441 for information on the differences between the common latin/roman
444 Added wxStdDialogButtonSizer, which is a a special sizer that knows
445 how to order and position standard buttons in order to conform to the
446 current platform's standards. You simply need to add each `wx.Button`
447 to the sizer, and be sure to create the buttons using the standard
448 ID's. Then call `Realize` and the sizer will take care of the rest.
450 wxMSW Toolbar: pass correct tool id (and not always -1) to the
451 EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED handler
453 wxGTK: Applied patch for combo box SELECTED events (no longer get
454 lots of surplus events)
456 wxGTK: Applied patch for proper menu highlight colour detection in
459 wxGTK: Commited scrollbar patch #1093339 which sends lineup, linedown
460 events based on intercepting the mouse down events.
462 wxGTK: Applied patch #1102789 which solved conflicts between wxWidgets
463 and GTK+'s context menu code.
465 wxGTK: Applied patch #1100327 for correct feedback from DND actions
466 (not all actions are allowed).
468 Fixed memory leak in wxGrid::UpdateAttr[Rows][Or][Cols] (patch 1104355)
470 For efficiency reasons, text controls no longer set the string for
471 each text updated event, but rather query for the string value only
472 when GetString is called from an event handler.
474 Added wx.SL_INVERSE style which will cause wx.Slider to invert the min
475 and max ends of the slider.
477 Several patches applied, such as #1111174, #1110252 and others, that
478 make the generic wx.TreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac) be more
479 conistent with the wxMSW native wx.TreeCtrl.
482 * Edit->Locate command (Ctrl-L) for quick selection of items.
483 Works with event-handling controls (buttons, text fields) but
484 not with labels/sizers.
485 * Some improvements: relative paths for files supplied as command-
486 line argument work correctly, notebook panels are highlighted
489 wxMac: Fixed a long-standing issue where wxSlider controls with a
490 hardcoded size would misplace their labels behind the slider control.
492 wx.HtmlListBox fixed so calling RefreshLine(s) will cause the data for
493 that line to be refetched from the overridden methods in the derived
496 The default DoGetBestSize now includes the difference (if any) between
497 the client size and total size of the window, (such as the size of
498 borders.) Code that sets the client size using the best size, or that
499 added extra space to sizers to compensate for this bug may need to be
502 Can suppress themed notebook pages with the wxNB_NOPAGETHEME style or
503 setting system option msw.notebook.themed-background to 0.
505 wxSyledTextCtrl updated to use Scintilla 1.62.
507 Can now set the msw.window.no-clip-children system option to 1 to
508 eliminate weird refresh behaviour (delays between a window being
509 erased and repainted, giving a ghostly gradual-redraw effect). May be
510 a temporary 'fix' until properly fixed before 2.6.
512 wxMac: Toolbar is now more native looking with borderless toolbar
515 wxMac: Switched wx.Bitmap to use newer Quartz object types and APIs
516 internally. This results in faster display and better alpha support.
518 Added wx.DatePickerCtrl.
520 wx.html.HtmlWindow now supports background images.
522 Added wx.lib.gestures module from Daniel Pozmanter which supports
523 using Mouse Gestures in an application.
525 wxGTK2: ENTER and LEAVE mouse events are now sent for multi-line text
528 wxMSW: "Alt" key (VK_MENU) now results in WXK_ALT keyboard event, not
531 Added modules from Peter Yared and Morgan Hua that implement the wx
532 Doc/View framework in pure Python code. See wx.lib.docview for the
533 base implementation and wx.lib.pydocview for Python-specific
534 extensions. There are also a couple sample applications located in
537 Added GetBitmap, GetIcon to wx.ImageList.
539 wxGTK wx.Button.SetLabel no longer invalidates/resets the font.
541 wx.Sizer.AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer and etc. have now been
542 undeprecated at the request of Riaan Booysen, the Boa Constructor team
543 lead. Boa needs them to help keep track of what kind of item is being
544 managed by the sizer. They are now just simple compatibility aliases
547 The old C++ version of the OGL lib is no longer built by default. Use
548 the Python version in the wx.lib.ogl package instead.
550 The wx.iewin module is no longer built by default. You can use the
551 wx.lib.iewin version instead.
553 Fixed wx.BufferedPaintDC for scrolled windows to work whether the
554 buffer is covering only the client area or the full virtual area of
555 the scrolled window. By default it will assume that only the client
556 area is covered. This is different than the old behavior so to
557 indicate that the entire virtual area is covered simply add a
558 style=wx.BUFFER_VIRTUAL_AREA parameter.
560 wx.gizmos.TreeListCtrl: Add support for the EVT_TREE_ITEM_GETTOOLTIP
563 Added Resize, SetRGBRect, Size, and GetOrFindMaskColour methods to
566 Added wx.Rect.IsEmpty
569 - Corrected wx.ListBox selection handling
570 - Corrected default button size handling for different themes
571 - Corrected splitter sash size and look for different themes
572 - Fixed keyboard input for dead-keys
581 wxMac focus and border refreshes corrected.
583 Updated internal PNG library.
585 wxMac fix for metal appearance on wx.ToolBar.
587 wx.grid.Grid fix allowing DoGetBestSize to be called before CreateGrid
588 (which means that a min size doesn't need to be specified.)
590 wxMac fix for not sending a native click to a control if it is not
591 enabled (does an enable itself)
593 Added wx.lib.ogl.DrawnShape, and fixed various little bugs in the new
596 Added support to XRC and XRCed for the 3-state checkbox flags and also
597 for wx.ToggleButton. Updated the generic window styles supported by
600 It is now possible to create "stock" buttons. Basically this means
601 that you only have to provide one of the stock IDs (and either an
602 empty label or a label that matches the stock label) when creating the
603 button and wxWidgets will choose the stock label to go with it
604 automatically. Additionally on the platforms that have a native
605 concept of a stock button (currently only GTK2) then the native stock
606 button will be used. For example, the following will result in a
607 button with "Cancel" as the label and if run on wxGTK2 then there will
608 also be an image of a red X::
610 b = wx.Button(parent, wx.ID_CANCEL)
613 Added wx.lib.ticker.Ticker class from Chris Mellon.
615 Fix some incorrect clipping regions in wxSTC on wxGTK.
617 Added wrapper for wx.grid.Grid.GetOrCreateCellAttr.
619 Removed my copy of distutils from the wxPython source tree. Now that
620 I am no longer doing builds on Python 2.1 the newest distutils is no
621 longer needed. (There is still one small bug in Python 2.2 distutils
622 on win32, but it is easily worked around.) This sovles the problem of
623 incorrect builds on some systems where the system installed distutils
624 has been patched to behave slightly differently, for example SuSE on
625 x86_64 or Chandler's build.
627 Updated to SWIG 1.3.22 (plus my patch.) See wxPython/SWIG/README.txt
628 in the source tree if you need to use SWIG when building your own copy
629 of wxPython, or other extension modules that need to integrate with
630 the wxPython modules.
632 Added wx.Frame.RequestUserAttention which, if the platform suports it,
633 will do something (such as flash the task bar item) to suggest to the
634 user that they should look at that window.
636 "Fixed" wx.grid.Grid.SetDefaultEditor and SetDefaultRenderer by making
637 them register the editor or renderer for the "string" data type.
639 Added depth param to wx.Image.ConvertToBitmap.
641 Extended the wx.calendar.CalendarCtrl class with methods that get/set
642 a Python datetime or date object. (These will only work with Python
643 2.3+) The methods are PySetDate, PyGetDate, PySetLowerDateLimit,
644 PySetUpperDateLimit, PySetDateRange, PyGetLowerDateLimit, and
645 PyGetUpperDateLimit. Also, CalendarEvent was extended with PySetDate
646 and PyGetDate methods.
648 wxMSW: SetBackgroundColour on a wx.Choice or a wx.ComboBox will now
649 also set the colour of the dropdown.
651 wxMac: MessageDialog now supports wx.NO_DEFAULT style
653 wxMSW: added AssociateHandle and DissociateHandle to wx.Window
655 wxMac: fix for toolbar tooltips
657 wx.Sizer.Show (and Hide) now take an optional parameter specifying if
658 the item to be shown should be searched for recursivly in subsizers,
659 and return a boolean value indicating if the item was found.
661 wxMSW: fixed MaximizeEvent generation in wx.Frame
663 wxMSW: fixed sending duplicate EVT_COMBOBOX events
665 Smoother time estimation updates in wx.ProgressDialog (patch 992813)
667 Made wx.Listbook events more consistent with wx.Notebook ones (patch
670 Fixed rounding errors in variable status bar panes widths computation
673 Added possibility to specify printer bin (patch 910272)
675 wxMSW: fixed wx.ListCtrl's SetWindowStyleFlag() to not remove
676 WS_VISIBLE; also refresh the control automatically (closes bug
679 Added wx.Choicebook, yet another notebook-like control.
681 wxMSW: Make radiobutton tab behaviour the same on MSW as in standard
682 MSW app, i.e. tab into the activated, not necessarily the first radio
685 Added limited support for wxEventLoop (you can't derive from a
686 wx.PyEventLoop version yet...) Updated and moved the sample showing
687 how to replace the MainLoop to samples/mainloop/mainloop.py.
689 The C++ xrc lib has been moved out of contrib and into the core, so it
690 is always built by default. wxPython's build has also changed
691 accordingly and will build the xrc module as part of the core set of
692 modules built by default. If you were axplicitly using BUILD_XRC then
693 it will no longer be recognized as a build option, otherwise you
694 should notice no difference.
696 wxMac: Fixed radio toolbar buttons to correctly untoggle the others
697 when a new one is selected.
699 wxMac: Fixed GetLineLength and GetLineText for MLTE text controls
701 wxMac: wx.TaskBarIcon is implemented by allowing you to change the
702 app's icon on the Dock and also specifying a menu that should be
703 merged with the normal dock popup menu. See the MigrationGuide for
704 more details and a warning.
706 Added wx.TopLevelWindow.IsActive() which tells you if the frame or
707 dialog is or containts the active window with the keyboard focus.
709 Added ability to create a font based on pixel size rather than point
710 size via the FontFromPixelSize constructor.
712 Updated the Scintilla used by StyledTextCtrl to version 1.61
714 Improved image HitTest for TreeListCtrl.
716 Added wx.App.IsMainLoopRunning.
718 wxGTK: Make wxComboBox spit out a bit fewer surplus events when
719 holding down the mouse button.
721 wxGTK: Enable key based navigation through notebook tabs as in the
722 native control with Left and right keys. Support for vetoing.
724 FloatCanvas updates from Chris Barker
726 PyPlot updates from Gordon Williams:
727 - Added bar graph demo
728 - Modified line end shape from round to square.
729 - Removed FloatDCWrapper for conversion to ints and ints in
731 - Imported modules given leading underscore to name.
732 - Added Cursor Line Tracking and User Point Labels.
733 - Demo for Cursor Line Tracking and Point Labels.
734 - Size of plot preview frame adjusted to show page better.
735 - Added helper functions PositionUserToScreen and
736 PositionScreenToUser in PlotCanvas.
737 - Added functions GetClosestPoints (all curves) and GetClosestPoint
738 (only closest curve) can be in either user coords or screen
741 MaskedEdit updates from Will Sadkin:
742 - Added '*' mask char that means "all ansii chars" (ords 32-255)
743 - Added proper unicode support to masked controls and wx.tools.dbg
744 - Fixed two reported missing import bugs introduced by package
746 - Converted masked package doc strings to reST format for better
748 - lots of doc string improvements and function hiding to better
749 reflect package's public contents.
751 Restructured the installer packages slightly to help facilitate having
752 multiple versions of wxPython installed at the same time. See the
753 Migrarion Guide for more information.
755 Applied patch from Pim Van Heuven that modifies 4 files:
756 - wxPython/demo/ListCtrl_edit.py (new demo)
757 - wxPython/demo/Main.py (include new demo in demo app)
758 - wxPython/wx/lib/mixins/listctrl.py (several improvements to
760 - wxPython/wx/lib/wxpTag.py (some small fixes)
762 Added (thanks to Kevin Ollivier!) wrappers for wx.WebKitCtrl for the
763 OSX build. Other platforms will raise an exception if you try to use
766 wxPython on OSX can now be built in Unicode mode, can support multiple
767 version installs, and comes with an uninstaller script.
777 Predominantly a bug-fix release.
779 * Fixed fatal error due to improper wrapping of wx.FSFile.
781 * Fixed return type of EditableListBox.GetListCtrl
783 * Give generic tree and list controls a DoGetBestSize so they play
784 nicer with sizers when there is no minimal size.
786 * Some tweaks in the demo and samples to correct layout, some
787 flicker problems, and namespace use.
789 * Add wx.Image.ConvertAlphaToMask
791 * Minor corrections in wx.lib.dialogs
793 * wx.FileHistory constructor now accepts the documented 2nd
796 * Corrections for exceptions in the new ogl
798 * Fixed XRCed to not use reparenting of windows to implement caching
799 of property panels, since Reparent on wxMac is not implemented.
801 * Add support for wxTAB_TRAVERSAL to the XRC handler for
804 * Add support for all wxListBox styles to the XRC handler for
807 * Fix for wx.Listbook.DeleteAllPages to really delete everything.
809 * wxGTK2 now supports alpha blended bitmap drawing
811 * Made wx.grid.Grid play nicer with sizers.
822 wx.ADJUST_MINSIZE is now the default behaviour for window items in
823 sizers. This means that the item's GetMinSize and/or GetBestSize will
824 be called when calculating layout and the return value from that will
825 be used for the minimum size used by the sizer. The wx.FIXED_MINSIZE
826 flag was added that will cause the sizer to use the old behaviour in
827 that it will *not* call the window's methods to determine the new best
828 size, instead the minsize that the window had when added to the sizer
829 (or the size the window was created with) will always be used. Please
830 see the Sizers section in the Migration Guide for more details.
832 Added new MaskedEditControl code from Will Sadkin. The modules are
833 now locaed in their own sub-package, wx.lib.masked. Demos updated.
835 The changes that implemented the incompatible wx.DC methods in 2.5.1.5
836 have been reverted. The wx.DC methods are now compatible with the 2.4
837 implemetation. In addition a set of renamed methods have been added
838 that take wx.Point and/or wx.Size objects instead of individual
841 Added wx.lib.mixins.listctrl.TextEditMixin, a mixin class that allows
842 all columns of a wx.ListCtrl in report mode to be edited.
844 Deprecated the wx.iewin module.
846 Deprecated the wx.Sizer.AddWindow, AddSizer, AddSpacer methods as well
847 as their Insert* and Prepend* counterparts.
849 Added a generic StaticBitmap class in wx.lib.statbmp for the same
850 reasons that stattext was created, so it could be mouse sensitive on
851 all platforms like normal windows. Also updated stattext.py and
852 buttons.py to handle attribute (font & colour) defaults and
853 inheritance the new way. If you have custom controls of your own you
854 should review stattxt.py or one of the others to see how it is to be
857 wx.InitAllImageHandlers is now an empty function that does nothing but
858 exist for backwards compatibility. The C++ version is now called
859 automatically when wxPython is initialized. Since all the handlers
860 are included in the wxWidgets shared library anyway, this imposes only
861 a very small amount of overhead and removes several unneccessary
864 Replaced wx/lib/pubsub.py with a version that uses weak references to
865 track the subscribers, plus other fixes/additions. Thanks go to
866 Oliver Schoenborn and Robb Shecter.
868 wxGTK now uses gtk_init_check so wxPython can raise an exception if
869 there is no DISPLAY available or other initializaion problem.
871 wx.GetKeyState now has an implementation for wxGTK and is able to
872 detect the up/down or toggle state of modifier and toggle keys.
874 The LC_NUMERIC locale is now reset back to "C" (compatibility) when
875 running on wxGTK to work around the fact that GTK requires the locale
876 to be set to the system settings but Python depends on LC_NUMERIC
877 remaining compatible with "C".
879 Switched gizmos.TreeListCtrl to the newer version of the code from the
882 OGL is dead! LONG LIVE OGL! (Oops, sorry. A bit of my dramatic side
883 leaked out there...) The wx.ogl module has been deprecated in favor
884 of the new Python port of the OGL library located at wx.lib.ogl
885 contributed by Pierre Hjälm. This will hopefully greatly extend the
886 life of OGL within wxPython by making it more easily maintainable and
887 less prone to getting rusty as there seems to be less and less
888 interest in maintaining the C++ version. At this point there are just
889 a couple minor known compatibility differences, please see the
890 MigrationGuide_ file for details.
892 .. _MigrationGuide: MigrationGuide.html
894 EVT_STC_POSCHANGED has been removed as it has been deprecated in
895 Scintilla for several releases now.
897 All the Window and GDI (pen, bitmap, etc.) class constructors and also
898 many toplevel functions and static methods will now check that a
899 wx.App object has already been created and will raise a
900 wx.PyNoAppError exception if not.
902 Added more default args as needed to allow most window types to be
903 constructed with only the parent window arg. In some cases other args
904 may be required for normal operation, but they can usually be set
907 Removed the deprecated ErrorDialogs and PythonBitmaps modules. If you
908 were using these in your apps then please join wxPython-dev and assist
909 with a more modern reimplementation.
911 Added a new version (0.8.3) of FloatCanvas from Chris Barker. It's now
912 in a subpackage of wx.lib.
914 It is now possible to change the tab traversal order of controls on a
915 panel or dialog. For details see the new MoveAfterInTabOrder and
916 MoveBeforeInTabOrder methods of wx.Window.
918 Applied (and heavily modified) a patch from Eugene
919 <svip123@fastmail.fm> that allows the sample modules in the demo to be
920 edited and reloaded, all from within the demo. You can switch back
921 and forth between the default and your edited version, and any errors
922 ocurring upon the reload are reported on the Demo tab.
924 Added a menu item in the demo that will open a PyShell window that has
925 the app and demo frame preloaded in the namespace. This is another
926 good way to explore and play with the objects in the currently running
927 sample. For example, load the Button sample and then do the following
930 >>> b = frame.demoPage.GetChildren()[0]
931 >>> for x in range(0, 500, 10):
934 ... wx.MilliSleep(10)
937 wxGTK: Applied wxNO_BORDER patch (#1098374) for text control and combo
942 2.5.1.5 (the 'this is *not* a joke' release)
943 -----------------------------------------------
946 (See also the MigrationGuide_ file for details about some of the
947 big changes that have happened in this release and how you should
950 .. _MigrationGuide: MigrationGuide.html
953 The wxWindows project and library is now known as wxWidgets. Please
954 see http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm for more details. This won't
955 really affect wxPython all that much, other than the fact that the
956 wxwindows.org domain name will be changing to wxwidgets.org, so mail
957 list, CVS, and etc. addresses will be changing. We're going to try
958 and smooth the transition as much as possible, but I wanted you all to
959 be aware of this change if you run into any issues.
962 Many, many little fixes, changes and additions done as part of the move
963 to wxWidgets 2.5 that I have forgotten about.
969 Added Python wrappers and demos for the new wxVScrolledWindow,
970 wxVListBox, and wxHtmlListBox classes.
972 Added wrappers for wxBookCtrl and wxListbook. wxNotebook now derives
975 Added Gordon Williams' PyPlot module to the library, available as the
978 I made a small but important change in the code that aquires the
979 Python Global Interpreter Lock to try and prevent deadlocks that can
980 happen when there are nested attempts to aquire the GIL.
982 The RPMs will now install menu items on Mandrake Linux in
983 Applications/Development/Tools for PyCrust, XRCed, etc. The RPMs are
984 also installing icons and ``*.desktop`` items in the generic KDE and
985 GNOME locations, but I don't know yet if they are resulting in menu
986 items on non-Mandrake systems. (It didn't automatically do it on my
987 RH-9 build box but I didn't chase it very far...) If you have ideas
988 for how to improve the .spec file to work better and/or on more
989 distros please send me a patch.
991 The RPMs are now built on a fairly generic RH-9 box, and I have tested
992 installing them also on my main Mandrake 9.2 box.
994 There are some big changes in the OS X disk image. The actual
995 Installer package now *only* installs the wxMac dynlibs, wxPython
996 extension modules and Python packages, and also the command-line tool
997 scripts. The remaining items (demo, samples, and application bundles
998 for the Demo, PyCrust and XRCed) are now top-level items in the disk
999 image (.dmg file) that users can just drag and drop to wherever they
1002 The wxWave class has been renamed to wxSound, and now has a slightly
1005 Updated the AnalogClockWindow with many enhancements from E. A. Tacão.
1007 wxMac now has wx.ToggleButton!
1009 wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl has been updated to version 1.58 of Scintilla.
1011 To help with the wx.stc.StyledTextCtrl performance issues on wxMac
1012 I've added a SetUseAntiAliasing method (and GetUseAntiAliasing too)
1013 that will turn off the use of antialiased fonts in the wxSTC, allowing
1014 it to bypass the slow text measuring routines and use the fast and
1015 simple one instead. By default the setting is turned off (on wxMac
1016 only.) When run on OSX the Py* apps have a new item on the Options
1017 menu for controlling this setting if you would like to experiment with
1020 Updated wx.lib.calendar with many fixes and enhancements from Joerg
1023 Added wx.Display and wx.VideoMode.
1025 AppleEvents can be handled by overriding wx.App methods MacOpenFile,
1026 MacPrintFile, MacNewFile, and MacReopenApp.
1028 Added wx.PlatformInfo which is a tuple containing strings that
1029 describe the platform and build options of wxPython. See the
1030 MigrationGuide for more details.
1032 Created a new extension module "activex" from Lindsay Mathieson's
1033 newest wxActiveX_ class. (The existing iewin module used an older
1034 version of this code, but only exposed the wxIEHtmlWin class.) This
1035 new module will (in theory ;-) ) allow you to host arbitrary ActiveX
1036 controls in a wx.Window, **without** requiring the use of the win32com
1037 and other PyWin32 modules! This should eliminate the cronic problems
1038 that have resulted from minor mismatches in how PyWin32 handles the
1039 GIL and tstate when making callbacks, etc. The older iewin module
1040 will be left in this release as the new stuff is not fully backwards
1041 compatible, but you should migrate your code to the new IEHtmlWindow
1042 in wx.lib.iewin, so the old one can be eventually removed.
1043 Additionally, I've always considered that the wx.lib.activexwrapper
1044 module is an ugly hack that I only included in the lib because I
1045 couldn't figure out anything better. Well now we have something that,
1046 if it isn't already, has the potential to be better. So consider
1047 migrating away from using activexwrapper as well. Please see the
1048 MigrationGuide for more details on using the new module.
1050 .. _wxActiveX: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~blackpaw1/wxactivex.html
1052 Floats are allowed again as function parameters where ints are expected.
1061 Use wxSTC in the demo for displaying the soucre code of the samples.
1063 Lots of bug fixes and such from the wxWindows folks.
1065 Added wxPython.lib.newevent from Miki Tebeka. Its usage is
1066 demonstrated in the Threads sample in the demo.
1068 Updates to wxMaskedEditCtrl.
1070 Added wxMaskedNumCtrl.
1072 Added Chris Barker's FloatCanvas.
1080 Added wxScrolledPanel from Will Sadkin
1082 Added SetShape method to top level windows (e.g. wxFrame.)
1084 Changed wxSWIG to not generate Python code using apply, (since it will
1085 be deprecated in the future) wxSWIG will use ``spam(*args, **kw)`` syntax
1086 instead. Also changed the generated __repr__ methods to be a bit more
1089 Made the version number information more robust and uh, informative.
1090 Also added asserts to check that the major.minor versions of wxPython
1091 and wxWindows match.
1093 Added the new wx "renamer" package that will dynamically import from
1094 the wxPython package and rename wxFooBar --> FooBar. That means that
1095 people can do imports without ``"import *"`` and can use names like
1096 wx.Frame instead of wx.wxFrame. This is phase 1 of a full transition
1097 to the new namespace.
1099 Updated Scintilla to 1.52. I also changed it to use wxListCtrl
1100 instead of wxListBox for the AutoComplete window, added the ability to
1101 use custom bitmaps in the margin and in the AutoComplete windows, and
1102 worked out how to do proper clipping of child windows on wxGTK.
1104 Patrick O'Brien's PyCrust package has been renamed to Py and now
1105 includes several new tools. As part of the change the location of the
1106 pacakge has changed as well, it is now accessible as "from wxPython
1107 import py" (or "from wx import py" using the new namespace.) There
1108 are still some transition modules in the wxPython.lib.PyCrust package
1109 that will issue a warning and then import what is needed from the new
1110 package. These will be removed in a future release.
1112 Added __nonzero__ method to wxTreeItemId, wxBitmap, wxImage, wxFont,
1113 and most other classes that have an Ok or IsOK method. This allows
1114 code like "if obj: ..." to be the same as "if obj.IsOk(): ..."
1116 Toolbars on wxMac can now have controls on them.
1118 Added wxPython.lib.analogclock module based on samples that were
1119 passed back and forth on wxPython-users a while back.
1121 Added masked edit controls (wxPython.lib.maskededit) by Jeff Childers
1122 and Will Sadkin. Updated wxTimeCtrl to use MaskedEdit.
1124 When the __class__ of a dead object is replaced with _wxPyDeadObject
1125 the __del__ of the original class is now called first.
1127 Added wxTreeListCtrl. (Looks like a wxTreeCtrl embedded in a
1128 wxListCtrl, but actually is just giving multiple columns to a
1131 Added wxFutureCall, a subclass of wxTimer that makes it easy to delay
1132 a call to any Python callable object.
1134 Added wxPy versions of wxPrintPreview, wxPreviewFrame, and
1135 wxPreviewControlBar so they can be derived from in Python and be able
1136 to override the C++ virtual methods.
1138 Simplified how the wxSizer methods are wrapped, changed the name of
1139 the "option" parameter to "proportion" to match the docs ("option" is
1140 still accepted for compatibility, but this will go away in a future
1141 release,) SetItemMinSize can now take a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter,
1142 and Spacers can be specified with a wxSize (or 2-tuple) parameter
1144 Added wxCursorFromBits.
1154 Gave up on generating a warning upon the use of the old true/false or
1157 Fixed wxGenericTreeCtrl (used on wxGTK and wxMac for wxTreeCtrl) so
1158 that it can successfully handle lots of nodes instead of overflowing
1159 when the virtual height of the widget overflowed a 16-bit value.
1161 Fixed the typemap that converts strings to wxColours to also accept
1164 Fixed problem where the wrong class name could sometimes be used for
1167 Fixed an interpreter lock problem in the __eq__ and __ne__ methods in
1170 Updated PyCrust to version 0.9
1172 Instead of always logging C++ assertions, added wxPYAPP_ASSERT_LOG
1173 flag to turn it on. In most cases turning it into an exception (the
1174 default behavior) is enough. See below in the 2.3.4.1 notes for more
1180 2.4.0.6 (a.k.a. the I'm so stupid release)
1181 ------------------------------------------
1184 The new deprecation class for the old true/false symbols can now be
1185 returned from OnInit. And I promise to be sure I am testing what I
1186 think I am testing in the future...
1190 2.4.0.5 (a.k.a. the blame it on Kevin release)
1191 ----------------------------------------------
1194 A few little but annoying bug fixes.
1196 Updated pycolourchooser.
1198 Updated to 0.9b of PyCrust.
1206 Added missing wxRect methods
1208 Add OOR support for wxApp objects too.
1210 Added wxCursorFromImage, which works on wxMSW and wxGTK so far.
1212 All platforms now send EVT_DESTROY_WINDOW. Be warned that at the time
1213 the event is sent the window is in the process of being deconstructed,
1214 and so calling some (most?) methods of the window itself may cause
1217 Fixed SF Bug #689481, a method in the OGL wrappers was using the wrong
1220 Fixed SF Bug #689958, an endless loop in printout.py.
1222 Added EVT_WINDOW_CREATE_ID and EVT_WINDOW_DESTROY_ID so these events
1223 can be associated with a specific window ID and more easily caught by
1226 Fixed copy-paste error in wxListCtrl.GetFirstSelected.
1228 Added missing Init method (and an overloading wrapper) to wxLocale
1231 Added a wxBitmap.SetMaskColour convenience method.
1233 Changed how the dynamic event tables (used for all Python wx classes,
1234 C++ wx classes typically use static event tables) are searched such
1235 that they behave from a Python perspective more like the static tables
1236 in C++. Namely that if there are identical event bindings in a base
1237 Python class and a derived Python class that the one in the derived
1238 class will be found first and that if Skip is called that the one in
1239 the base class will still be found instead of skipping directly to the
1240 static stable in the C++ class.
1242 Switched to using True/False in the wxPython lib and demo instead of
1243 true/false or TRUE/FALSE to prepare for the new boolean type and
1244 constants being added to Python. Added code to wx.py to test for the
1245 existence of the new constants and to create suitable values if not
1248 Added some static wxApp functions that help with integration with the
1249 Mac UI. They are no-ops on other platforms so it doesn't hurt to
1250 always call them. The functions are::
1252 wxApp_GetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
1253 wxApp_GetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
1254 wxApp_GetMacAboutMenuItemId
1255 wxApp_GetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
1256 wxApp_GetMacExitMenuItemId
1257 wxApp_GetMacHelpMenuTitleName
1258 wxApp_SetMacDefaultEncodingIsPC
1259 wxApp_SetMacSupportPCMenuShortcuts
1260 wxApp_SetMacAboutMenuItemId
1261 wxApp_SetMacPreferencesMenuItemId
1262 wxApp_SetMacExitMenuItemId
1263 wxApp_SetMacHelpMenuTitleName
1265 Refactored, enhanced and added capabilities for the DrawXXXList
1266 functions, inspired by code from Chris Barker.
1268 The wxWindows .mo language catalog files are now installed in a
1269 subdirectory of the wxPython package dir on MSW since that platform
1270 doesn't have a standard place for them.
1272 Added missing deselect methods for wxGrid.
1274 Fixed typemaps for wxGridCellCoordsArray.
1276 Updated to the 0.9a version of PyCrust
1286 Added wxIntCtrl from Will Sadkin.
1288 Added wxPyColourChooser by Michael Gilfix.
1297 No major new features since 2.3.4.2, mostly bug fixes and minor
1300 Added function wrappers for the common dialogs from Kevin Altis. See
1301 wxPython/lib/dialogs.py for more details.
1317 Updated XRCed and wxTimeCtrl contribs.
1319 Show a couple new wxGrid features in the demo.
1321 Several bug fixes in wxWindows.
1325 wxASSERT and related C++ runtime diagnostics are now converted to
1326 Python exceptions. When an assert happens a wxPyAssertionError
1327 (which derives from AssertionError) exception is created and when
1328 control returns back to the Python code that invoked the C++ API it
1329 will be raised. The same exception restrictions are in place as
1330 before, namely that exceptions can't cross from one Python layer
1331 through C++ to another Python layer. That simply means that if you
1332 want to catch wxPyAssertionError or any other exception that you need
1333 to do it before control returns to C++ at the end of your event
1334 handler or callback code. There is some test code in demo/wxButton.py
1335 you can use to play with this new feature.
1337 Added some methods to wxApp (SetAssertMode and GetAssertMode) that let
1338 you control how C++ assertions are processed. Valid modes are:
1339 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_SUPPRESS, wxPYAPP_ASSERT_EXCEPTION, and
1340 wxPYAPP_ASSERT_DIALOG. Using _SUPPRESS will give you behavior like
1341 the old "final" builds and the assert will be ignored, _EXCEPTION is
1342 the new default described above, and _DIALOG is like the default in
1343 2.3.3.1 and prior "hybrid" builds. You can also combine _EXCEPTION
1344 and _DIALOG if you wish, although I don't know why you would.
1346 You can now overload OnInitGui, OnExit and OnAssert in your classes
1349 Added GetSelectedCells, GetSelectionBlockTopLeft,
1350 GetSelectionBlockBottomRight, GetSelectedRows, GetSelectedCols nethods
1353 Added Python == and != operators for some basic classes
1355 Fixed the Python wrappers for wxInputStream so they no longer block
1356 when reading from a wxProcess on wxGTK. They now work more or less as
1357 they did before 2.3.3.1 but the dual meaning of eof() has been
1358 removed. There is now a CanRead() method that lets you know if there
1359 is data waiting to be read from the pipe.
1361 Fixed method name clash in wxIEHtmlWin, renamed Refresh to RefreshPage.
1363 Added Throbber from Cliff Wells to the library and the demo.
1365 Windows installer prompts to uninstall old version first.
1367 Added wxPython.lib.evtmgr by Robb Shecter, which is an easier, more
1368 "Pythonic" and more OO method of registering handlers for wxWindows
1369 events using the Publish/Subscribe pattern.
1371 Added wxPython.lib.popupctl by Gerrit van Dyk which is a combobox-like
1372 gizmo for poping up arbitrary controls. It is currently using
1373 wxDialog because of some issues with wxPopupWindow...
1375 Added wxPython.lib.gridmovers by Gerrit van Dyk which facilitates the
1376 dragging of columns and/or rows in a wxGrid.
1378 Added wxPython.lib.multisash by Gerrit van Dyk which is a nice
1379 implementation of allowing the user to split a window any number of
1380 times either horizontally or vertically, and to close the split off
1381 windows when desired.
1383 Added helpviewer tool that displays HTML books similarly to how MS
1384 HTMLHelp viewer does. Changed how the wxPythonDocs tarball is built
1385 and added a script to launch the doc viewer.
1394 Added wxSplashScreen.
1396 Added wxGenericDirCtrl.
1398 Added wxMultiChoiceDialog.
1400 The calltip window and autocomplete window in wxSTC will now use a
1401 wxPopupWindow if available on the platform (and functioning correctly)
1402 so they can extend beyond the client area of the STC if needed.
1404 Finished wrapping and providing typemaps for wxInputStream and also
1405 added the stream ctor and other methods for wxImage so images can now
1406 be loaded from any Python "file-like" object.
1408 Changed the img2py tool to use PNG instead of XPM for embedding image
1409 data in Python source code, and the generated code now uses streams to
1410 convert the image data to wxImage, wxBitmap, or wxIcon.
1412 Added the wxPython.lib.rcsizer module which contains RowColSizer.
1413 This sizer is based on code from Niki Spahiev and lets you specify a
1414 row and column for each item, as well as optional column or row
1415 spanning. Cells with no item assigned to it are just left blank.
1416 Stretchable rows or columns are specified and work the same as in
1419 Updated XRCed from Roman Rolinsky
1423 Upgraded wxSTC from Scintilla 1.40 to Scintilla 1.45, and then again
1424 to version 1.47, and one more time to 1.48! <wink>
1427 wxWindows/wxPython can be compiled with unicode support enabled or
1428 disabled. Previous to wxPython 2.3.3 non-unicode mode was always
1429 used. Starting with 2.3.3 either mode is supported, but only if
1430 it is also available in wxWindows on the platform. Currently
1431 wxWindows only supports unicode on MS Windows platforms, but with
1432 the recent release of GTK+ 2.0 it is only a matter of time until
1433 it can be done on wxGTK (Linux and other unixes) as well.
1435 Unicode works best on platforms in the NT branch of the Windows
1436 family tree (NT, win2k, XP) but it is now also possible to use the
1437 same unicode binaries on win95/98/ME platforms as well! This is
1438 done by using a special library and DLL with the application
1439 called MSLU, (Microsoft Layer for Unicode). It simply gets out of
1440 the way if the app is run on an NT box, otherwise if run on a
1441 win9x box it loads a special DLL that provides the unicode
1442 versions of the windows API. So far I have not been able to get
1443 this to work perfectly on win9x. Most things work fine but
1444 wxTaskBarIcon for example will cause a crash if used with the
1445 unicode build on win95.
1447 So how do you use it? It's very simple. When unicode is enabled,
1448 then all functions and methods in wxPython that return a wxString
1449 from the C++ function will return a Python unicode object, and
1450 parameters to C++ functions/methods that expect a wxString can
1451 accept either a Python string or unicode object. If a string
1452 object is passed then it will be decoded into unicode using the
1453 converter pointed to by wxConvCurrent, which will use the default
1454 system encoding. If you need to use a string in some other
1455 encoding then you should convert it to unicode using the Python
1456 codecs first and then pass the unicode string to the wxPython
1459 Added wxListCtrlAutoWidthMixin from Erik Westra.
1461 Added wxIconBundle and wxTopLevelWindow.SetIcons.
1463 Added wxLocale and wxEncodingConverter.
1465 A little black magic... When the C++ object (for a window or
1466 whatever) is deleted there is no way to force the Python shadow object
1467 to also be destroyed and clean up all references to it. This leads to
1468 crashes if the shadow object tries to call a method with the old C++
1469 pointer. The black magic I've done is to replace the __class__ in the
1470 Python instance object with a class that raises an exception whenever
1471 a method call (or other attribute access) is attempted. This works
1472 for any class that is OOR aware.
1474 Added OOR support for wxGridCellRenderer, wxGridCellEditor,
1475 wxGridCellAttr, wxGridCellAttrProvider, wxGridTableBase and their
1478 Added wxImage.GetDataBuffer which returns an in-place edit buffer of
1479 the image data. (Patch #546009)
1481 Added a sample that shows how to embed wxPython in a wxWindows C++
1484 Added wxPyWindow, wxPyPanel and wxPyControl which are just like their
1485 wx counterparts except they allow some of the more common C++ virtual
1486 methods to be overridden in Python derived classes. The methods
1499 TransferDataFromWindow
1500 TransferDataToWindow
1503 AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard
1508 If there are other methods that you think should be supported
1511 Changed wxGenButton to derive from wxPyControl and overload
1512 DoGetBestSize and AcceptsFocus.
1514 Added wxArtProvider.
1516 Added wxCallAfter which is a helper function that registers a function
1517 (or any callable Python object) to be called once the next time there
1518 are no pending events. This is useful for when you need to do
1519 something but it can't be done during the current event handler. The
1520 implementation is very simple, see wxPython/wx.py.
1522 Fixed a boatload of reference leaks.
1524 Added a demo of using a sizer in a wxScrolledWindow, in effect
1525 creating a ScrolledPanel.
1527 Added a sample to the demo that shows how to use radio menu items, and
1530 Added wxIEHtmlWin. This is essentially the same as using IE with the
1531 ActiveXWrapper already in the library, but it is implemented all in
1532 C++ and therefore does not need any of the modules from win32all and
1533 so it is less fragile in the face of changes.
1535 Fixed the ActiveXWrapper problem. Looks like when the win32com
1536 modules make a "callback" that they (incorrectly, IMHO) allocate a
1537 transient thread state structure. Since wxPython is now saving
1538 tstates for it's own callbacks it ended up using garbage after
1539 win32com got rid of the temporary tstate...
1541 Added a generic static text control to wxPython.lib.stattext. This is
1542 so things like Boa and PythonCard can have a static text that can
1543 respond to mouse events and etc.
1545 Changed the wxDateTime.Parse* methods to return an int that will be -1
1546 on failure, and the index where parsing stopped otherwise.
1548 Moved tools to be a Python package in wxPython.tools, added scripts to
1549 import and launch each tool. This will let you import and use the
1550 tools in your own scripts or apps as needed. On Linux and OS X the
1551 tool scripts are installed to {prefix}/bin so you should be able to
1552 easily launch them from the command line. For example, PyCrust can be
1553 started with just the "pycrust" command.
1555 Added a sample to the demo that catches various key events and
1556 displays the details of the event.
1558 Added wxWizard, wxWizardPage, wxWizardPageSimple and wxPyWizardPage.
1560 Added wxXmlResourceHandler which allows you to create custom handlers
1561 for nonstandard class types in XRC resources. See the demo for an
1564 Added wxPython.lib.mixins.rubberband module from Robb Shecter.
1566 Added wxTimeCtrl from Will Sadkin.
1575 Changed (again) how the Python global interpreter lock is handled as
1576 well as the Python thread state. This time it works on SMP machines
1577 without barfing and is also still compatible with Python debuggers.
1579 Added some patches from library contributors.
1587 Added EVT_HELP, EVT_HELP_RANGE, EVT_DETAILED_HELP,
1588 EVT_DETAILED_HELP_RANGE, EVT_CONTEXT_MENU, wxHelpEvent,
1589 wxContextMenuEvent, wxContextHelp, wxContextHelpButton, wxTipWindow,
1590 and a demo to show them in action.
1592 Deprecated PyShell and PyShellWindow, added a snapshot of PyCrust (see
1593 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/. )
1595 Added the new virtual list capabilities to wxListCtrl.
1597 Added a wxSTC style editor from Riaan Booysen to the sample apps.
1599 Added XRCed to the wxPython Tools directory, contributed by Roman
1602 Added a new "constructor" to most of the window classes that calls the
1603 default C++ constructor, (the one with no parameters) and also added the
1604 corresponding Create(...) method. This allows you to do a 2-step
1605 creation of windows which is sometimes required for doing things such
1606 as setting extended style flags before the window is created, or for
1607 passing the object to the XRC resource system to be created from the
1608 resource. The name of the new "constructor" is the original name of
1609 the class with a "Pre" in it. For example, wxPreWindow, wxPreFrame,
1612 Updated to version 1.40 of Scintilla and updated wxStyledTextCtrl
1613 accordingly. While doing this update I dropped the wxLB_SORT style
1614 from the wxListBox created for the AutoComplete functionality. This
1615 means that you will have to sort the keyword lists yourself, but you
1616 are free to do case sensitive or case insensitive sorts and set the
1617 wxSTC flag accordingly.
1619 Updated wxColumnSorterMixin to also be able to place sort icons on the
1620 column headers, and updated the wxListCtrl demo to show it off by
1621 using wxColumnSorterMixin.
1623 Added wxGenBitmapTextButton, TablePrint, etc. contribs from Lorne White.
1625 Added wxNativeFontInfo and wxFontMapper.
1627 Added pySketch to the samples.
1629 Significantly changed how the Python interpreter lock and thread state
1630 are managed, which should fix the problem of running on a
1631 multi-processor machine.
1633 Added wxPyLog so log targets can be created in Python to handle log
1634 messages however is wished. See demo/Main.py for an example.
1636 Added wxFindReplaceDialog.
1638 The second phase of OOR is implemented for wxEvtHandler, wxSizer,
1639 wxShape and derived classes. This means that functions and methods
1640 that return an object derived from wxEvtHandler that was originally
1641 created in Python, will return the original Python object (if it still
1642 exists) instead of letting SWIG wrap a new shadow object around the
1643 original C++ pointer.
1645 Added some optimization methods to wxDC: GetBoundingBox, DrawLineList,
1648 Added a set of sophisticated Error Dialogs from Chris Fama.
1650 Added wxRightTextCtrl from Josu Oyanguren to wxPython.lib for aligning
1651 text in a wxTextCtrl to the right side.
1653 Added wxURLDataObject and an example showing drag and drop of URLs to
1654 and from web browsers. It's still not 100% bullet-proof for all types
1655 of browsers, but it works for the majority of cases with the popular
1656 browsers on Windows. On wxGTK it seems that only Netscape 4.x works,
1657 if anybody has any suggestions about this please bring it up on the
1662 Added wxMimeTypesManager and wxFileType.
1664 Passing None for the handler parameter to one of the EVT_** functions
1665 will now Disconnect the event.
1667 Added wxPopupWindow and wxPopupTransientWindow.
1669 Added wxFileHistory.
1671 Added wxDynamicSashWindow, which allows you to endlessly split windows
1672 by dragging a little tab next to the scrollbars. Added a demo to show
1673 this and also the ability of multiple wxStyledTextCtrls to share the
1676 Added wxEditableListBox gizmo.
1678 Updated wxEditor with lots of enhancements from Steve Howell and Adam
1681 Added the "SplitTree gizmos" which are a collection of classes that
1682 were designed to operate together and provide a tree control with
1683 additional columns for each item. The classes are
1684 wxRemotelyScrolledTreeCtrl, wxTreeCompanionWindow,
1685 wxThinSplitterWindow, and wxSplitterScrolledWindow, some of which may
1686 also be useful by themselves.
1688 Added wxDllWidget from Vaclav Slavik which allows wx widgets derived
1689 from wxWindow to be loaded from a C++ .dll (or .so) and be used in a
1690 wxPython program, without the widget having to be SWIGged first. The
1691 visible API of the widget is limited to wxWindow methods plus a
1692 SendCommand method, but it is still quite powerful. See
1693 wxPython/contrib/dllwidget and wxPython/demo/dllwidget for more
1703 Added EVT_GRID_EDITOR_CREATED and wxGridEditorCreatedEvent so the user
1704 code can get access to the edit control when it is created, (to push
1705 on a custom event handler for example.)
1707 Added wxTextAttr class and SetStyle, SetDefaultStyle and
1708 GetDefaultStyle methods to wxTextCtrl.
1710 Added ability to use xml resource files. Still need to add ability to
1711 subclass wxXmlResourceHandler, etc...
1713 Added wxGridAutoEditMixin to the mixins library package.
1715 Made ColourSelect be derived from wxButton.
1717 Fixed img2py to work correctly with Python 2.1.
1719 Added enhanced wxVTKRenderWindow by Prabhu Ramachandran
1727 Removed initial startup dependency on the OpenGL DLLs so only the
1728 glcanvasc.pyd depends on them, (on wxMSW.)
1730 Changed wxFont, wxPen, wxBrush to not implicitly use the
1731 wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List objects behind the scenes, but to use normal
1734 Exposed the wxThe[Font|Pen|Brush]List to wxPython.
1736 Also added wxTheColourDatabase and added a library module (in the
1737 wxPython.lib.colourdb module) to load LOTS more colour names into the
1740 Added wxWakeUpMainThread, wxMutexGuiEnter, wxMutexGuiLeave,
1741 wxMutexGuiLocker and wxThread_IsMain to assist with dealing with GUI
1742 access from non-GUI threads.
1744 wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow is now (more) thread safe if non-GUI threads
1745 use print, sys.stdout.write, etc.
1747 Added CreateTextSizer and CreateButtonSizer to wxDialog
1749 Added wxPython/lib/infoframe.py from Chris Fama. It contains a class
1750 that can be used in place of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow.
1752 Added colourselect.py, imagebrowser.py and an updated calendar.py to
1753 wxPython/lib from Lorne White.
1755 Added patch to wxPoint_LIST_helper from Tim Hochberg that should make
1756 it gobs faster in certain situations.
1758 Added tools that will take an image file in a wx supported format and
1759 convert it to data embedded in a Python source file. The image is
1760 converted to XPM format which is essentially a list of strings
1761 containing info about each pixel. The image's transparency mask is
1762 included, if there is one, or a mask can be added if a mask colour is
1763 specified on the command line. It is then pickled and optionally
1764 compressed and written to a Python source file along with functions to
1765 convert it to either a wxBitmap or a wxImage. See
1766 wxPython/demo/images.py for examples, and wxPython/Tools/img2py.py for
1769 Fixed wxStyledTextCtrl to be much faster on wxGTK. There was some
1770 experimental code that got left in place that ended up causing way too
1773 A couple more hacks in my_distutils.py so wxPython can be built with
1774 the distutils that comes with Python 2.1.
1776 Added a ton of missing methods for wxPrintData.
1778 Switched to InnoSetup for MSW distributions.
1780 Added wxToggleButton.
1782 Fixed bug that prevented wxTreeCtrl.OnCompareItems from being called.
1784 Added some methods to wxGrid:
1785 GetCellHighlightPenWidth
1786 GetCellHighlightROPenWidth
1787 SetCellHighlightPenWidth
1788 SetCellHighlightROPenWidth
1790 GetGridRowLabelWindow
1791 GetGridColLabelWindow
1792 GetGridCornerLabelWindow
1794 Added wxGetClientDisplayRect which on wxMSW returns a wxRect
1795 representing the area on screen not occupied by the taskbar and such.
1796 On other platforms it is equivallent to wxGetDisplaySize.
1799 Implemented the first phase of OOR (Original Object Return). See
1800 the text in the demo for more details of what this means, but in a
1801 nutshell methods such as wxWindow.GetParent or FindWindowById will
1802 now return a shadow object of the proper type if it can. By
1803 "proper type" I mean that if the wxWindow pointer returned from
1804 FindWindowById really points to a wxButton then the Python object
1805 constructed will be of a wxButtonPtr class instead of wxWindowPtr
1806 as before. This should reduce or eliminiate the need for
1807 wxPyTypeCast. (Woo Hoo!) The objects returned are still not the
1808 original Python object, but that is the next step. (Although it
1809 will probably only work on Python 2.1 and beyond because it will
1810 use weak references.)
1812 This first phase of the OOR plan is fairly significant and has
1813 required a lot of changes all over wxPython, most of which should
1814 be transparent to you, however I'm not 100% sure that it didn't
1815 introduce any new bugs that are hiding somewhere and didn't get
1816 stomped on during my testing. So please be sure to test everything
1817 thoroughly when you install this version and be sure to report any
1818 object-type related oddities to me.
1821 There is now a wxObject class that most other classes derive from like
1822 in C++, but the methods provided don't really match but are wxPython
1823 specific. It could have been added long ago but OOR required it so it
1826 Finally added wxPyLineShape.GetLineControlPoints, which has been on my
1827 list for a while. The above OOR modification made this easier.
1829 Fixed the __cmp__ methods for wxPoint and others.
1833 Added the wxPython.lib.mixins package to the library, it is where
1834 useful mix-in classes can be placed. Currently there is one to help
1835 make the columns in a wxListCtrl sortable, and the MagicIMageList from
1836 Mike Fletcher. If you have any custom code that can be factored out
1837 of existing classes into a mix-in that would be useful to others
1838 please send it to me for inclusion in this package.
1840 Added a few little sample applications to help newbies to get started
1841 by having smaller functional apps to play with. They can be found in
1851 No changes happened in the Python wrappers for this release, only
1852 changes and fixes in the wxWindows library.
1860 New typemaps for wxString when compiling for Python 2.0 and beyond
1861 that allow Unicode objects to be passed as well as String objects. If
1862 a Unicode object is passed PyString_AsStringAndSize is used to convert
1863 it to a wxString using the default encoding.
1865 Fixed the generic buttons so tool tips work for them.
1867 Fixed a bug in the demo's tree control.
1869 Added a listbox to the listbox demo that shows how to find items with
1870 a matching prefix as keys are typed.
1872 Added code to the wxListCtrl demo to show how to get text from a
1873 column in report mode.
1875 Added code to the toolbar demo to clear the long help from the status
1876 bar after 2 seconds.
1880 Fixed wxTimer so it can be used as described in the docs, either with
1881 a Notify method in a subclass, or sending an event to a wxEvtHandler
1882 object, (usually a window.)
1884 Added wxNotifyEvent.Allow()
1886 Fixed GOBS of reference leaks.
1888 Massive code changes and cleanup to allow wxPython to be split into
1889 multiple extension modules again. A Python CObject is used to allow
1890 the "export" of SWIG functions and other common helper functions from
1891 the wxc module to other modules, even if they are in separate shared
1892 libraries. Should also be usable from 3rd party code, just include
1893 wxPython/src/export.h
1895 Changed the default setup so the following are built as separate
1896 extension modules: calendar, glcanvas, grid, html, ogl, stc, and
1897 utils. Will probably add more later.
1899 Changed the wxPrinterDC to use the new constructor taking a
1900 wxPrintData object. The old ctor is still there using the
1903 Added wxPython.lib.anchors.py from Riaan Booysen. It contains a class
1904 that implements Delphi's Anchors with wxLayoutConstraints.
1906 Added wxPython.lib.fancytext from Timothy Hochberg.
1908 Changed the GenericButtons to send their event in idle time, so the
1909 mouse won't be captured when the event handler is called.
1911 Added wxPython.lib.rpcMixin from Greg Landrum, although it's not
1912 integrated with the demo yet. It allows a wxPython GUI to be an
1921 Significantly changed how the wxStyledtextCtrl code that wraps
1922 Scintilla is implemented. Most of it is now automatically generated
1923 from an interface definition file provided by Scintilla. This means
1924 that it will be much easier to stay in sync with new Scintilla
1925 releases, but also means that some of the method and identifier names
1926 have changed. See wxPython/demo/data/stc.h for a copy of the C++
1927 interface from which the Python interface is generated. There is now
1928 some inline documentation in that file that should really help explain
1931 I am now using the Python Distutils to build wxPython and to make some
1932 of the distribution files. (See http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/)
1933 This means no more messing with my kludgy build.py/Makefile hack,
1934 builds will be more consistent with other Python extensions that also
1935 use Distutils, and will hopefully make wxPython easier to build for
1936 platforms where there have been troubles before. If you are building
1937 wxPython for Python 1.5.2 or for 1.6, then you will need to get and
1938 install version 1.0 of Distutils from the website above. If you are
1939 using Python 2.0 then you already have it.
1941 Added wxInputStream and the wxFileSystem family of classes,
1942 contributed by Joerg Baumann.
1944 Added wxProcess and support for it to wxExecute. wxProcess lets you
1945 get notified when an asyncronous child process terminates, and also to
1946 get input/output streams for the child process's stdout, stderr and
1949 Removed the old python sizers.
1951 Added __add__, __sub__ and __cmp__ (equality check only) for wxPoint
1954 Changed the build to make one big extension module instead of one for
1955 the core and each contrib. This allowed me to do away with the
1956 libwxPyHelpers.so on unix systems.
1958 Lots of little fixes here and there.
1960 Some hacks on wxGTK to try and make the AutoComplete listbox in the
1961 wxStyledTextCtrl to behave better. It's still not as nice as on
1962 wxMSW, but at least it's a bit more usable now.
1971 Various tweaks, fixes, missing methods, etc.
1973 Added example use of wxTaskBarIcon to the demo.
1981 Added wxLog and friends.
1983 Added wxFrame.ShowFullScreen for MSW.
1985 Added PyShellWindow to the wxPython.lib package.
1993 Added an attribute named labelDelta to the generic buttons that
1994 specifies how far to offset the label when the button is in the
1997 Added wxTipProvider and friends. See the demo for an example.
1999 wxGrid can now change the cell highlight colour.
2003 Fixed printing on wxGTK.
2005 Added wxDateTime, wxTimeSpan, and wxDateSpan to wxPython.utils.
2007 Added wxCalendarCtrl.
2009 WARNING: A while back I asked what should be done about the Magic
2010 Method Names. (Methods that are automatically turned into event
2011 handlers by virtue of their name.) The consensus was that it is more
2012 confusing to have them than to try and expand them to have greater
2013 coverage. I am finally getting around to removing the code that
2014 generates the event binding. This means that if you are using any of
2015 the following method names without a EVT_* call that you need to
2016 modify your code to add the EVT_* to hook the event to the method.
2039 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.HitTest to return both the tree item as well as the
2040 flags that clairify where the click was in relation to the item.
2042 Fixed thread state problem in wxTreeCtrl.GetBoundingBox and
2045 Fixed some problems in OGL. Also wxShape.SetClientData and
2046 .GetClientData can now deal with Python objects.
2048 Added wxListCtrl.SortItems and changed the demo to show how to use it.
2050 Plugged a memory leak.
2052 Wrapped the new wxGrid and friends. The old wxGrid class is no longer
2053 available. There are some incompatibilities, and unfortunately the
2054 new classes are not documented yet, (however the methods are more
2055 consistent with each other now so you may be able to guess pretty
2058 Updated filebrowsebutton.py and calendar.py with changes from their
2059 authors. There is now a FileBrowseButtonWithHistory class (what a
2060 mouthful!) and wxCalendar has printing support.
2062 Added ActiveXWrapper to the library, and some good demos of it too.
2063 It works great for embedding a COM (a.k.a OCX, a.k.a ActiveX) control
2064 in a window and calling its methods. It actually creates a new class
2065 on the fly that derives from wxWindow, the COM CoClass and others
2066 needed to make it all work. The resulting class can be instantiated
2067 just like wxWindow, used in sizers, etc. It also responds to all COM
2068 method calls, properties, etc., and if the class or a mix-in has
2069 matching method names, then the COM events will be propogated back to
2072 Created a typemap that allows a string to be used for parameters
2073 expecting a wxColour type. The string is either a colour name as
2074 defined in the wxColourDatabase, or a colour spec of the form
2075 "#RRGGBB". See the wxStyledTextCtrl demo for an example.
2077 I almost forgot to mention the wxStyledTextCtrl! Yes, the
2078 wxStyledTextCtrl is finally in wxPython!! (And the crowd goes
2079 wild...) There's no documentaTion yet (the crowd boos and hisses...)
2080 but I've included a very readable source file in the
2081 wxPython/demo/data directory, a couple fairly good examples, and you
2082 can also refer to the Scintilla documentaion at
2083 http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html to help fill in the gaps
2084 until the docs are done. (The croud murmers contentedly as the tool
2085 provider smiles convincingly and removes his flame-proof suit.)
2090 What's new in 2.1.13
2091 --------------------
2094 Skipped a version number to match what has been released for wxGTK.
2096 Updated wxMVCTree and added a demo for it, also fixed layout on GTK
2097 and some flicker problems.
2099 Added a wrapper class for the Visualization ToolKit (or VTK) in the
2100 wxPython.lib.vtk module. (http://www.kitware.com/)
2102 Fixed wxTreeCtrl.SetItemImage and GetItemImage to recognise the new
2105 Added wxPython.lib.spashscreen from Mike Fletcher.
2107 Added wxPython.lib.filebrowsebutton also from Mike Fletcher.
2109 Renamed wxTreeCtrl.GetParent to GetItemParent to avoid a name clash
2110 with wxWindow.GetParent.
2112 Added wxIntersectRect to compute the intersection of two wxRect's.
2113 It is used like this:
2115 intersect = wxIntersectRect(rect1, rect2)
2117 If r1 and r2 don't intersect then None is returned, otherwise the
2118 rectangle representing the intersection is returned.
2120 Some bug fixes for Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop.
2122 Rotated text!!! WooHoo! (See wxDC.DrawRotatedText())
2124 Added a set of Generic Buttons to the library. These are simple
2125 window classes that look and act like native buttons, but you can have
2126 a bit more control over them. The bezel width can be set in addition
2127 to colours, fonts, etc. There is a ToggleButton as well as Bitmap
2128 versions too. They should also serve as a good example of how to
2129 create your own classes derived from wxControl.
2131 The C++ wxToolBar classes have been redone, and so have the wxPython
2132 wrappers. There have been slight modifications to some of the methods
2133 but shouldn't impact anybody too much. I took the opportunity to add
2134 support for setting user data on each toolbar tool. The new AddTool
2135 methods look like this:
2139 pushedBitmap = wxNullBitmap,
2142 shortHelpString = "",
2143 longHelpString = "")
2145 def AddSimpleTool(ID,
2147 shortHelpString = "",
2148 longHelpString = "",
2152 There are also corresponding InsertTool and InsertSimpleTool methods
2153 that additionally take an integer position as the first parameter.
2155 Added a wrapper for the new PCX and TIFF ImageHandlers.
2157 wxRect now simulates attributes named left, right, top and bottom.
2159 Removed all non wx stuff from the glcanvas module since DA's PyOpenGL
2160 is better and compatible with the wxGLCanvas. You can get it at
2161 http://starship.python.net:9673/crew/da/Code/PyOpenGL.
2163 Added some missing EVT functions.
2165 Added Dirk Holtwic's editor classes to the wxPython.lib.editor
2168 Changed all the "LIST" parameter names to "choices" to match the docs.
2170 More fixes for the wxFloatBar, and it now works on wxGTK even better
2171 than wxMSW! (The feat is accomplished by using the wxTB_DOCKABLE
2172 style flag instead of trying to float it ourselves.)
2177 What's new in 2.1.11
2178 --------------------
2181 Skipped a few version numbers so wxMSW, wxGTK and wxPython are all
2184 wxImage.SetData now makes a copy of the image data before giving it to
2185 wxImage. I mistakenly thought that wxImage would copy the data
2188 Fixed wxMSW's notebook so the pages get their size set as they are
2189 being added. This should remove the need for our
2190 wxNotebook.ResizeChildren hack.
2192 wxPanels now support AutoLayout, and wxNotebooks and wxSplitterWindows
2193 no longer tell their children to Layout() themselves. This will
2194 probably only effect you if you have a wxWindow with AutoLayout inside
2195 a notebook or splitter. If so, either change it to a wxPanel or add
2196 an EVT_SIZE handler that calls Layout().
2198 Fixed deadlock problem that happened when using threads.
2200 Added new HTML printing classes.
2202 Added wxWindow.GetHandle
2204 Apparently wxMouseEvent.Position has been deprecated in wxWindows as
2205 it is no longer available by default. You can use GetPositionTuple
2206 (returning a tuple with x,y) instead, or GetPosition (returning a
2209 Added wxPostEvent function that allows events to be posted and then
2210 processed later. This is a thread-safe way to interact with the GUI
2211 thread from other threads.
2213 Added Clipboard and Drag-and-Drop classes.
2215 Added wxFontEnumerator.
2217 Many updates to wxMenu, wxMenuBar.
2219 wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent derived classes now give you the actual
2220 Python object in the event handler instead of a new shadow.
2222 Added a Calendar widget from Lorne White to the library.
2224 Made some fixes to the wxFloatbar. It still has some troubles on
2227 Added an MVC tree control from Bryn Keller to the library.
2236 This is a quick bug-fix release to take care of a few nasties that
2237 crept in at the last minute before 2.1.4 was called done. No new
2246 This release is NOT syncronized with a snapshot release of wxGTK or
2247 wxMSW. For MSW this isn't much of a problem since you can get the
2248 binaries from the web site. For other platforms you'll have to build
2249 wxGTK from CVS. (See http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/cvs.htm)
2250 To get the same set of sources from CVS that I used, checkout using
2253 Now back to what's new...
2255 Much more support for event-less callbacks and add-on modules.
2257 Created add-on module with wxOGL classes.
2259 Added wxWindow.GetChildren(). Be careful of this. It returns a *copy*
2260 of the list of the window's children. While you are using the list if
2261 anything changes in the real list (a child is deleted, etc.) then the
2262 list you are holding will suddenly have window references to garbage
2263 memory and your app will likely crash. But if you are careful it works
2266 Added a bunch of new and missing methods to wxTreeCrtl. The
2267 SortChildren method is now supported, but currently only for the
2270 Added typemaps for wxSize, wxPoint, wxRealPoint, and wxRect that allow
2271 either the actual objects or Python sequence values to be used. For
2272 example, the following are equivallent::
2274 win = wxWindow(parent, size = wxSize(100, 100))
2275 win = wxWindow(parent, size = (100, 100))
2277 Super-charged the wxHtml module. You can now create your own tag
2278 handlers and also have access to the parser and cell classes. There
2279 is a tag handler in the library at wxPython.lib.wxpTag that
2280 understands the WXP tag and is able to place wxPython windows on HTML
2281 pages. See the demo for an example.
2283 A bunch of the methods of wxMenuBar were previously ifdef'd out for
2284 wxGTK. Added them back in since the methods exist now.
2286 Wrapped the wxHtmlHelpController and related classes.
2288 Wrapped the C++ versions of wxSizer and friends. The Python-only
2289 versions are still in the library, but deprecated. (You will get a
2290 warning message if you try to use them, but the warning can be
2291 disabled.) The usage of the C++ versions is slightly different, and
2292 the functionality of wxBorderSizer is now part of wxBoxSizer. I have
2293 added a few methods to wxSizer to try and make the transition as
2294 smooth as possible, I combined all Add methods into a single method
2295 that handles all cases, added an AddMany method, etc. One step I did
2296 not take was to make the default value of flag in the Add method be
2297 wxGROW. This would have made it more backward compatible, but less
2298 portable to and from wxWin C++ code. Please see the docs and demo for
2301 Added wxPyEvent and wxPyCommandEvent classes, derived from wxEvent and
2302 wxCommandEvent. Each of them has SetPyData and GetPyData methods that
2303 accept or return a single Python object. You can use these classes
2304 directly or derive from them to create your own types of event objects
2305 that can pass through the wxWindows event system without loosing their
2306 Python parts (as long as they are stored with SetPyData.) Stay tuned
2307 for more info and examples in future releases.
2309 Added wxPython.lib.grids as an example of how to derive a new sizer
2310 from the C++ sizers. In this module you will find wxGridSizer and
2311 wxFlexGridSizer. wxGridSizer arrainges its items in a grid in which
2312 all the widths and heights are the same. wxFlexgridSizer allows
2313 different widths and heights, and you can also specify rows and/or
2314 columns that are growable. See the demo for a couple examples for how
2317 Added the wxValidator class, and created a class named wxPyValidator
2318 that should be used for the base class of any Python validators. See
2319 the demo for an example. Please note that you MUST implement a Clone
2320 method in your validator classes because of the way some things work
2321 in the underlying C++ library. I did not add wxTextValidator because
2322 of some issues of how it transfers data to and from a wxString, which
2323 in wxPython is automatically translated to and from Python strings, so
2324 there would never be a concrete wxString that would hang around long
2325 enough for the validator to do its job. On the other hand, it should
2326 be real easy to duplicate the functionality of wxTextValidator in a
2327 pure Python class derived from wxPyValidator.
2329 I've finally added a feature that has been on my list for close to two
2330 years! Ever wondered what that zero is for when you create your app
2331 object? Well now you can leave it out or explicitly set it to a true
2332 value. This value now controls what is to be done with sys.stdout and
2333 sys.stderr. A false value leaves them alone, and a true value sets
2334 them to an instance of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow. (On windows the
2335 default is true, on unix platforms the default is false.) This class
2336 creates a frame containing a wxTextCtrl as soon as anything is written
2337 to sys.stdout or sys.stderr. If you close the window it will come
2338 back again the next time something is written. (You can call
2339 app.RestoreStdio to turn this off.) If you would rather that the stdio be
2340 redirected to a file, you can provide a second parameter to your app
2341 object's constructor that is a filename. If you want to use your own
2342 class instead of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow you can either implement
2343 RedirectStdio() in you app class or change the value of
2344 wxApp.outputWindowClass like this::
2347 outputWindowClass = MyClass
2351 self.SetTopWindow(frame)
2354 Please see the implementation of wxPyOnDemandOutputWindow and wxApp in
2355 wx.py for more details. A few words of caution: if you are running
2356 your app in a debugger, changing sys.stdout and sys.stderr is likely
2357 to really screw things up.
2359 Added wxCaret. Unfortunately it's author has still not documented it
2360 in the wxWindows docs...
2362 Some new 3rd party contributions in wxPython.lib. PyShell, in
2363 shell.py is an interesting implementaion of an interactive Python
2364 shell in wxWindows. floatbar.py has a class derived from wxToolBar
2365 that can sense mouse drags and then reparent itself into another
2366 frame. Moving the new frame close to where it came from puts the tool
2367 bar back into the original parent. (Unfortunately there is currently
2368 a bug in wxGTK's wxFrame.SetToolBar so the FloatBar has some
2375 --------------------
2378 This release is syncronized with release 2.1 snapshot 9 of wxWindows.
2380 Switched to using SWIG from CVS (see http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cvs.html)
2381 for some of the new features and such. Also they have encorporated my
2382 patches so there is really no reason to stick with the current (very
2383 old) release... This version of SWIG gives the following new
2386 1. Keyword arguments. You no longer have to specify all the
2387 parameters with defaults to a method just to specify a
2388 non-default value on the end. You can now do this instead:
2390 win = wxWindow(parent, -1, style = mystyle)
2392 2. There is now an an equivalence between Python's None and C++'s
2393 NULL. This means that any methods that might return NULL will
2394 now return None and you can use none where wxWindows might be
2395 expecting NULL. This makes things much more snake-ish.
2398 There is a new build system based on a new Python program instead of
2399 raw makefiles. Now wxPython builds are virtually the same on MSW or
2400 Unix systems. See the end of this file for new build instructions and
2401 see distrib/build.py for more details.
2403 wxDC.Bilt now includes the useMask parameter, and has been split into
2404 two different versions. wxDC.BlitXY is like what was there before and
2405 takes raw coordinants and sizes, and the new wxDC.Blit is for the new
2406 interface using wxPoints and a wxSize.
2416 Added the missing wxWindow.GetUpdateRegion() method.
2418 Made a new change in SWIG (update your patches everybody) that
2419 provides a fix for global shadow objects that get an exception in
2420 their __del__ when their extension module has already been deleted.
2421 It was only a 1 line change in .../SWIG/Modules/pycpp.cxx at about
2422 line 496 if you want to do it by hand.
2424 It is now possible to run through MainLoop more than once in any one
2425 process. The cleanup that used to happen as MainLoop completed (and
2426 prevented it from running again) has been delayed until the wxc module
2427 is being unloaded by Python.
2429 I fixed a bunch of stuff in the C++ version of wxGrid so it wouldn't
2430 make wxPython look bad.
2432 wxWindow.PopupMenu() now takes a wxPoint instead of x,y. Added
2433 wxWindow.PopupMenuXY to be consistent with some other methods.
2435 Added wxGrid.SetEditInPlace and wxGrid.GetEditInPlace.
2437 You can now provide your own app.MainLoop method. See
2438 wxPython/demo/demoMainLoop.py for an example and some explaination.
2440 Got the in-place-edit for the wxTreeCtrl fixed and added some demo
2441 code to show how to use it.
2443 Put the wxIcon constructor back in for GTK as it now has one that
2446 Added wxGrid.GetCells
2448 Added wxSystemSettings static methods as functions with names like
2449 wxSystemSettings_GetSystemColour.
2451 Removed wxPyMenu since using menu callbacks have been deprecated in
2452 wxWindows. Use wxMenu and events instead.
2454 Added alternate wxBitmap constructor (for MSW only) as
2455 wxBitmapFromData(data, type, width, height, depth = 1)
2457 Added a helper function named wxPyTypeCast that can convert shadow
2458 objects of one type into shadow objects of another type. (Like doing
2459 a down-cast.) See the implementation in wx.py for some docs.
2461 Fixed wxImage GetData and SetData to properly use String objects for
2464 Added access methods to wxGridEvent.
2466 New Makefile/Setup files supporting multiple dynamic extension modules
2469 Fixes for the wxGLCanvas demo to work around a strange bug in gtk.
2471 SWIG support routines now compiled separately instead of being bundled
2482 Fixed wxComboBox.SetSelection so that it actually sets the selected
2483 item. (Actually just removed it from wxPython and let it default to
2484 wxChoice.SetSelection which was already doing the right thing.)
2486 Added the Printing Framework.
2488 Switched back to using the wxWindows DLL for the pre-built Win32
2489 version. The problem was needing to reinitialize static class info
2490 data after loading each extension module.
2492 Lots of little tweaks and additions to reflect changes to various
2495 Fixed a bug with attaching objects to tree items. Actually was a
2496 symptom of a larger problem with not obtaining the interpreter lock
2497 when doing any Py_DECREFs.
2499 wxSizer and friends. Sizers are layout tools that manage a colection
2500 of windows and sizers. Different types of sizers apply different
2501 types of layout algorithms. You saw it here first! These classes are
2502 not even in the wxWindows C++ library yet!
2510 Bug fix for ListCtrl in test4.py (Was a missing file... DSM!)
2512 Bug fix for occassional GPF on Win32 systems upon termination of a
2513 wxPython application.
2515 Added wxListBox.GetSelections returning selections as a Tuple.
2517 Added a wxTreeItemData that is able to hold any Python object and be
2518 associated with items in a wxTreeCtrl. Added test pytree.py to show
2521 Added wxSafeYield function.
2523 OpenGL Canvas can be optionally compiled in to wxPython.
2525 Awesome new Demo Framework for showing off wxPython and for learning
2528 The pre-built Win32 version is no longer distributing the wxWindows
2529 DLL. It is statically linked with the wxWindows library instead.
2531 Added a couple missing items from the docs.
2533 Added wxImage, wxImageHandler, wxPNGHandler, wxJPEGHandler,
2534 wxGIFHandler and wxBMPHandler.
2536 Added new methods to wxTextCtrl.
2538 Fixed some problems with how SWIG was wrapping some wxTreeCtrl
2547 Support for using Python threads in wxPython apps.
2549 Several missing methods from various classes.
2559 Added DLG_PNT and DLG_SZE convienience methods to wxWindow class.
2561 Added missing constructor and other methods for wxMenuItem.
2569 Just a quickie update to fix the self-installer to be compatible with
2570 Python 1.5.2b2's Registry settings.
2577 Well obviously the numbering scheme has changed. I did this to
2578 reflect the fact that this truly is the second major revision of
2579 wxPython, (well the third actually if you count the one I did for
2580 wxWindows 1.68 and then threw away...) and also that it is associated
2581 with the 2.0 version of wxWindows.
2583 I have finally started documenting wxPython. There are several pages
2584 in the wxWindows documentation tree specifically about wxPython, and I
2585 have added notes within the class references about where and how wxPython
2586 diverges from wxWindows.
2588 Added wxWindow_FromHWND(hWnd) for wxMSW to construct a wxWindow from a
2589 window handle. If you can get the window handle into the python code,
2590 it should just work... More news on this later.
2592 Added wxImageList, wxToolTip.
2594 Re-enabled wxConfig.DeleteAll() since it is reportedly fixed for the
2597 As usual, some bug fixes, tweaks, etc.
2605 Added wxSashWindow, wxSashEvent, wxLayoutAlgorithm, etc.
2607 Various cleanup, tweaks, minor additions, etc. to maintain
2608 compatibility with the current wxWindows.
2614 Changed the import semantics from ``"from wxPython import *"`` to
2615 ``"from wxPython.wx import *"`` This is for people who are worried about
2616 namespace pollution, they can use "from wxPython import wx" and then
2617 prefix all the wxPython identifiers with "wx."
2619 Added wxTaskbarIcon for wxMSW.
2621 Made the events work for wxGrid.
2625 Added wxMiniFrame for wxGTK.
2627 Changed many of the args and return values that were pointers to gdi
2628 objects to references to reflect changes in the wxWindows API.
2630 Other assorted fixes and additions.
2639 wxPython on wxGTK works!!! Both dynamic and static on Linux and
2640 static on Solaris have been tested. Many thanks go to Harm van der
2641 Heijden for his astute detective work on tracking down a nasty DECREF
2642 bug. Okay so I have to confess that it was just a DSM (Dumb Stupid
2643 Mistake) on my part but it was nasty none the less because the
2644 behavior was so different on different platforms.
2646 The dynamicly loaded module on Solaris is still segfaulting, so it
2647 must have been a different issue all along...
2655 1. Worked on wxGTK compatibility. It is partially working. On a
2656 Solaris/Sparc box wxPython is working but only when it is statically
2657 linked with the Python interpreter. When built as a dyamically loaded
2658 extension module, things start acting weirdly and it soon seg-faults.
2659 And on Linux both the statically linked and the dynamically linked
2660 version segfault shortly after starting up.
2662 2. Added Toolbar, StatusBar and SplitterWindow classes.
2664 3. Varioius bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
2673 The first "modern" version of wxPython. See
2674 http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/WxPythonHistory