[wxPython-users] Deleting a text control from an EVT_TEXT_ENTER

[Mike Rooney]

Stephen Hansen wrote:
> I'm not sure how to fix your particular problem, but I have a 
> suggestion for a different way to handle it: instead of creating a 
> text control on the fly and destroying it, just create one when your 
> custom control is first made... and .Hide() it.
>
> Then when you want to show it, you just reposition it and call 
> .Show(). Later after you get the value (and clear it) you can .Hide() 
> it again.
>
> Seems just as easy, you're just doing things in a different time then.
>

I am using a similar technique in one of my applications and it works 
very well.

Though, for your application, since you are already using a ListBox, it 
sounds like you might want to look into an EditableListBox, which you 
can check out in the demo. I use this widget often and it is pretty 
convenient. It allows you to (depending on flags) add, remove, rename, 
and re-order items in the list.

Hope this helps.
- Mike