Button FX: Resizing/Activating/Relabeling

[Vadim Zeitlin]

On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 17:48:53 +0100 Martin Braun <braun at int.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:

MB> I'd like to create a button the same (dynamic) size as the BoxSizer it's in. 
MB> Trouble is, my buttons are always the same size. I've tried using wx.EXPAND 
MB> like this (note I'm using wxPython):
MB> 
MB>     hbox.Add(self.button_tl, 0, wx.EXPAND)

 You need to set proportion to 1 or the button will only extend in the
direction orthogonal to the sizer main direction.

MB> didn't work. I tried grabbing the size from the hbox and explicitly setting 
MB> it, didn't work either:
MB> 
MB>     self.button_tl.SetSize(hbox.GetSize())

 You shouldn't mix manual size setting calls and sizers. Use either one or
the other but not both.

MB> The other problem I have, when the button is clicked, I want it to have a 
MB> different label. Trouble is, when I use SetLabel(), it also changes the state 
MB> of the button, so now my button always appears un-press (although it changes 
MB> it's label). Is there a way of explicitly telling a button to looked pressed?

 Use wxToggleButton.

 Regards,
VZ

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