[wxPython-users] Binding mouse clicks to toolbar button

[Andrea Gavana]

Hi Sam,

On 9/25/07, wormwood_3 wrote:
>        # Add a tool bar:
>        toolbar = self.CreateToolBar()
>        helpbutton = toolbar.AddSimpleTool(wx.NewId(), wx.Image('resources/help-browser.png',
>            wx.BITMAP_TYPE_PNG).ConvertToBitmap(), 'Help', 'Help for Domainspotter')
>        self.Bind(wx.EVT_LEFT_DOWN, self.ShowHelp, helpbutton)
>        exitbutton = toolbar.AddSimpleTool(wx.NewId(), wx.Image('resources/system-log-out.png',
>            wx.BITMAP_TYPE_PNG).ConvertToBitmap(), 'Exit', 'Long help for Exit')
>        self.Bind(wx.EVT_LEFT_DOWN, self.OnCloseMe, exitbutton)
>        toolbar.Realize()
>        # Add a menu bar:
>        menubar = wx.MenuBar()
>        menu1 = wx.Menu()
>        menubar.Append(menu1, "&File")
>        exititem = menu1.Append(wx.NewId(), "&Exit", "Exit Domainspotter")
>        self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.OnCloseMe, exititem)
>        menu2 = wx.Menu()
>        menubar.Append(menu2, "&Help")
>        aboutitem = menu2.Append(wx.NewId(), "&About", "About Domainspotter")
>        self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.ShowAbout, aboutitem)
>        helpitem = menu2.Append(wx.NewId(), "Help", "Domainspotter Help")
>        self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.ShowHelp, helpitem)
>        self.SetMenuBar(menubar)
>
> and then the associated functions mentioned in the Bind()'s:
>
>    def OnCloseMe(self, event):
>        self.Close(True)
>
>    def ShowAbout(self, event):
>        abouttext = wx.MessageDialog(self, self.abouttext, caption = "About Domainspotter",
>            style = wx.OK | wx.ICON_INFORMATION)
>        abouttext.ShowModal()
>        abouttext.Destroy()
>
>    def ShowHelp(self, event):
>        helptext = wx.MessageDialog(self, self.helptext, caption = "Domainspotter Help",
>            style = wx.OK | wx.ICON_INFORMATION)
>        helptext.ShowModal()
>        helptext.Destroy()
>
> The menubar items work just fine. Help and about show help and about, and exit exits. But, when I press the Help or Exit buttons, which are bound to the same functions, nothing happens. No errors either.
>
> My guess is that I have the wrong event specified in the self.Bind for the buttons. I tried wx.EVT_BUTTON as well, same deal.

Instead of wx.EVT_LEFT_DOWN, try to do something like:

self.Bind(wx.EVT_TOOL, self.OnCloseMe, id=exitbutton.GetId())

Andrea.

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