[wxPython-users] Drag n' Drop works different for Unicode and ANSI versions of wxPython

[Chris Mellon]

On 8/2/07, Ophir Horowitz <Ophir at egloomedia.com> wrote:
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> Hi!
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> I use python2.4 with wxPython 2.8.4.0 Unicode and I have encountered a weird
> problem with Drag n' Drop.
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> I want to drag texts from my application and drop them on a text box inside
> a browser.
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> When I wrote this code a weird thing happened: it worked only in Firefox and
> not in Internet Explorer.
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> Even weirder is the fact that when I uninstalled the wxPython Unicode
> version and installed the ANSI version, the Drag n' Drop started to work!
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> Of course, this is not a solution, because I need Unicode support in my
> application…
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> Here's a simplified code that shows the problem:
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> import wx
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> app=wx.PySimpleApp()
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> def press(evt):
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>     text_object=wx.TextDataObject()
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>     text_object.SetText(txt.GetValue())
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>     dropSource = wx.DropSource(txt)
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>     dropSource.SetData(text_object)
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>     result = dropSource.DoDragDrop(wx.Drag_CopyOnly)
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> frame = wx.Frame(None,size=(200,200))
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> frame.SetBackgroundColour("#EEEEEE")
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> txt = wx.TextCtrl(frame,-1,pos=(50,50))
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> txt.SetValue('hello')
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> txt.Bind(wx.EVT_LEFT_DOWN,press)
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> frame.Show()
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> app.MainLoop()
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> Can someone please help?
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> Thanks,
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> Ophir


There's probably another text data format that wxTextDataCtrl needs to
advertise as supporting. Please file a bug report on SF as win32
specific.

As a workaround, you can use the wx.TE_RICH flag, which has native
drag and drop support.