[wxPython-users] StaticText.SetBackgroundColour() ignored

[Frank Millman]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David McNab [mailto:david at rebirthing.co.nz] 
> Sent: 05 July 2006 02:17 PM
> To: wxPython-users at lists.wxwidgets.org
> Subject: [wxPython-users] StaticText.SetBackgroundColour() ignored
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm calling SetBackgroundColour on a row of widgets, 
> including a StaticText, a TextCtrl and a Gauge.
> 
> The colour change is effective for the TextCtrl and Gauge, 
> but does nothing to the StaticText.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
> --
> Kind regards
> David
> 

Try 'from wx.lib.stattext import GenStaticText', and use GenStaticText
instead of wx.StaticText.

I don't understand the technical details, but it provides a lot of
functionality that the standard StaticText lacks.

HTH

Frank Millman