wxPanel vs. wxControl for creating controls

[Volker Bartheld]

Hi Chris!

On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:31:16 -0700, Chris Stankevitz wrote:
> I am trying to create a "control" which can be placed inside a sizer. 
> This "control" will contain a couple wxSliders and a wxScrollBar.
> My control drives from wxPanel; however, a coworker suggested I derive 
> it from wxControl instead.  Should I?  Why?

IMHO no. Because there are quite some shortcomings with deriving from
wxControl like rendering issues that were mentioned in this thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.soft-sys.wxwindows/browse_frm/thread/acb6dae3c5964564

> PS: A problem arouse when I tried to embed a wxPanel-derived control 
> inside another wxPanel-derived control.  The wxButtons all appeared atop 
> one another prompting the coworker to suggest the whole thing should 
> have been wxControl derived.

I experienced more or less the exact opposite. Maybe you got your
inheritance wrong or didn't use sizers to group your controls?

HTH,
Volker


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