[wxPython-users] bitmapbutton transparency

[Christopher Barker]

Philippe C. Martin wrote:
> Well the axe has fallen and this is becoming a feature request ... in the 
> meantime I'll have to handle things by hand:

Probably so.

> The request from the customer is basically:
> 1) transparency aware bitmap buttons under Linux
> 2) being able to pass the on, over, pressed, disabled bitmaps to the button

The design philosophy of wx is to get as native a look and feel as 
possible, and this is achieved by using native widgets when possible.

In your case, you don't want the native look, so you're going to be 
fighting with wx. I don't know if another toolkit would work better for 
you, as wx is the only one I have any real experience with (and I WANT 
native look and feel!).

However, for the button issue you are dealing with at the moment, it 
really wouldn't be very hard to make your own button class that looks 
and acts just like you want it to. I'd stop fighting with wx.Button, and 
just do that.

wx.lib.buttons.py may be most of what you need already.

-Chris

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