[wxPython-users] whoes Validate method to call

[Robin Dunn]

Christian wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm wondering why I can't just call a control's Validate - if I do so nothing
> happens. Instead I have to call its parent. Is there a good reason for that 
> behaviour? I'm on linux, wxPython 2.8.

Because Validate is intended to be used on a dialog, panel or other 
container widget to make sure that all of it's child widgets pass 
validation.  (IOW, that the whole container is valid.)  So it does a 
"for child in self.GetChildren():..." type of loop.  If you try that on 
a widget that has no children then the loop is effectively empty.

If you need to validate a specific widget then you can do something like 
widget.GetValidator().Validate().


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