[wxPython-dev] wx.Controls without parents

[Robin Dunn]

Chris Mellon wrote:

> I assume that the wxGtk implementation doesn't perform the assert and
> that Gtk does magical parent escalation even for controls similar to
> what Qt does (you can show any control in Qt without a parent and it
> will magically get a frame).

Not quite.  I think that GTK requires that a widget have a parent, it 
just doesn't have to have one at creation time like the other platforms 
do.  I think this fact is used internally in wxWidgets in a few places, 
which is probably why there isn't an assert, but I would just consider 
that an implementation detail.  wxWidgets does require that non 
top-level windows have a parent, it's just not enforced in debug mode on 
wxGTK like the others do.

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