[wxPython-users] Can't get a choice pull-down to initialize without any selection on Linux

[Robin Dunn]

Regan Tackett wrote:
> I want to create a choice pull-down menu on a panel.  The choices on the
> pull-down menu are "Yes" and "No".  However, I do not want either to be selected
> when the widget is initially drawn.  I want the user to have to choose either
> yes or no.  The below code works great on Windows XP using the
> "SetSelection(-1)" method.  However, if executed on Fedora Core 6, the initial
> selection is not left blank, it is "Yes".  Does anyone know how to get this to
> work on Linux?  I do not want to use a blank string in my "self.listValues"
> tuple if I can help it.

That is the best (perhaps only) way to do it.  I wouldn't be surprised 
if the native choice widget by definition only allows the selection to 
be one of the choices in the list.

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