[wxPython-users] widget suggestion / question

[Mark Erbaugh]

Zach,

On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 01:18 -0600, Zach Heilig wrote:
> > In Borland Delphi, the individual widgets (components) had a spare field
> > that could be used to store an integer for whatever purpose the
> > developer wanted.  I would like to see something like this in wx. Here's
> > where I could use something like this. I designed a form with a series
> > of buttons. Several of the buttons could share the same event handler if
> > the event handler could figure out which button invoked it.  I supposed
> > I could use reflection to figure out which button, but it would be nice
> > if the event handler could check this spare field in the button.
> >   
> You could do something like this (using a number keypad, as an example):    

Thanks for the example. I think it should work, but I was hoping to
avoid using the widget's label. It's possible that you might want to
change the label text (say for internationalization) without changing
the underlying code.

Thanks,
Mark