[wxPython-users] Re: expanding member widgets to be same size

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On Mon, 2007-11-05 at 15:17 +0000, Regan Tackett wrote:
> Unknown <mgbg25171 <at> blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
> 
> > 
> > <code>
> > How can I make the button and textcontrol members (in this class)
> > both expand to have the SAME WIDTH (implying they are part of the
> > same object) that will be commensurate with the width of the largest
> > string ie button title or line in textcontrol.
> > 
> > #incomplete snippet
> > class ExpandingTxtCtrl(wx.Panel):
> >    def __init__(self, parent,title):
> >       wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent, id=-1)
> >       self.button = wx.Button(self, -1, title)
> >       self.tc     = wx.TextCtrl( 
> >                      self, -1, 
> >                      style=wx.TE_MULTILINE, 
> >                      value=""
> >                     )
> >       sz_1 = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)        
> >       sz_1.Add(self.button, 0, wx.EXPAND) 
> >       sz_1.Add(self.tc, 0, wx.EXPAND)
> >       self.SetSizer(sz_1)
> >       self.sz_1 = sz_1
> > 
> > Any help much appreciated
> >    Dean
> 
> 
> 
> You could use a GridBagSizer.  Here's an untested snippet that you can try.
> 
> 
> class ExpandingTxtCtrl(wx.Panel):
>     def __init__(self, parent,title):
>        wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent, id=-1)
>        
>        self.button = wx.Button(self, -1, title)
>        self.tc     = wx.TextCtrl( 
>                       self, -1, 
>                       style=wx.TE_MULTILINE, 
>                       value=""
>                      )
>        sz_1 = wx.GridBagSizer(hgap = 5, vgap = 5)        
>        sz_1.Add(self.button, pos = (0, 0), flag = wx.EXPAND) 
>        sz_1.Add(self.tc, pos = (1, 0), flag = wx.EXPAND)
>        self.SetSizer(sz_1)
>        self.sz_1 = sz_1
> 
> 
Regan
my mistake. The combined class I meant
to refer to was a label and listbox combined. This one 
works ok. I'll re-post later when I've had another look
at it cos I'm sure I'm using the same sizing technique.



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