[wxPython-users] StaticText.SetBackgroundColour() ignored

[Robin Dunn]

Frank Millman wrote:

> 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.

On GTK the static text widget is not a real window, but is drawn 
directly on the parent window.  Because of this it doesn't support 
background color settings.  The GenStaticText class is a generic 
wx.Control on which some text is drawn.  Since it has a real wx.Window 
then it means that it can have a background color, can respond to all 
mouse events, etc. but it also means that it can't have a truly 
transparent background like the native widget can.


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