Toolbook tabs go off the screen

[Mike Driscoll]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Douglas [mailto:craig.douglas at rtkinstruments.com] 
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 2:59 AM
> To: wxpython-users at lists.wxwidgets.org
> Subject: Re: Toolbook tabs go off the screen
> 
> Robin Dunn <robin <at> alldunn.com> writes:
> 
> > 
> > Craig Douglas wrote:
> > > If the Toolbook contains more pages than it can display 
> across the 
> > > top no scroll bar appears like it would with the 
> Listbook.  Is there 
> > > an option I'm missing or is the functionality simply not there?
> > 
> > It's not there.  Toolbook uses a wx.ToolBar and so it can 
> only do what 
> > wx.Toolbar can do.
> > 
> > >  
> > > If the latter is true, how could I go about implementing this?  I 
> > > was using a Listbook but I need a way of knowing which page is 
> > > currently selected easily and the Toolbook does this excellently.
> > 
> > book.GetSelection() should work correctly for any of the 
> book classes. 
> > If not then it is a bug that needs to be filed at SourceForge.
> > 
> 
> 
> I meant I need the user to always know which page they are 
> on.  The Toolbook clearly shows this because they are like 
> toggle buttons, but the listbook just highlights when clicked 
> and if clicked elsewhere then it isn't very obvious which 
> page you are on.
> 
> Would I be better off implementing my own book using a 
> scrolled widget to contain buttons?
> 
> My only other choice is to put some type of title on the page 
> but I don't really want to waste that kind of room and I 
> really need the pictorial tabs like these type of books provide
> 
> Craig
> 
> 

Why not set the title of the frame/panel when the user chooses a tab? Then
they'll know what tab their on and it won't take any extra screen real
estate.

Mike