[wxPython-users] Newbie has a statusbar problem

[Robin Dunn]

Regan Tackett wrote:
> In the code below, I have created a panel with 2 radio buttons on it.  When I
> click and activate "Button 2", I would like to have a certain message appear on
> the status bar.  However, when the code is run, the message appears at the top
> of the panel.  I think my problem is that I'm setting the panel that I created
> as the parent of the statusbar.  

Actually, you are creating a *new* statusbar everytime you change the 
text, and the parent of that new statusbar is the panel.


> However, I don't know (or have I ever saw an
> example) how to pass the frame instance to the panel.  


You already are passing it.  It's the parent of the panel, right?  So 
you can just use something like

	self.GetParent().SetStatusText(text, position)

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