[wxPython-users] Capturing a mouse click on the tab of an already selected notebook page

[Bob Klahn]

At 12:53 PM 9/26/2007, Robin Dunn wrote:
>Bob Klahn wrote:
>>At 08:03 PM 9/25/2007, you wrote:
>>>At 07:52 PM 9/25/2007, you wrote:
>>>>Hi Bob,
>>>>
>>>>On 9/26/07, Bob Klahn wrote:
>>>> > Still no luck, Robin.  My main-frame initialization code now 
>>>> looks like this:
>>>> >
>>>> >      self.nb1.Bind(wx.EVT_LEFT_DOWN, self.OnLeftDown1)
>>>> >      self.nb2.Bind(wx.EVT_LEFT_DOWN, self.OnLeftDown2)
>>>> >
>>>> >      def OnLeftDown1(self, evt):
>>>> >          wx.CallAfter(self.SetDiagramFocus())
>>>> >          evt.Skip()
>>>> >
>>>> >      def OnLeftDown2(self, evt):
>>>> >          wx.CallAfter(self.SetDiagramFocus())
>>>> >          evt.Skip()
>>>>
>>>>You shouldn't use brackets in the argument method of wx.CallAfter,
>>>>this is what the traceback is saying. Try to use the following:
>>>>
>>>>       def OnLeftDown1(self, evt):
>>>>           wx.CallAfter(self.SetDiagramFocus)
>>>>           evt.Skip()
>>>>
>>>>       def OnLeftDown2(self, evt):
>>>>           wx.CallAfter(self.SetDiagramFocus)
>>>>           evt.Skip()
>>>>
>>>>Notice the missing parenthesis () in the wx.CallAfter arguments :-D :-D
>>>>
>>>>Andrea.
>>>
>>>Aha!  Wunderbar!  It works!  Bless you.
>>>
>>>Bob
>>One more comment.  A code snippet:
>>         self.Bind(wx.EVT_NOTEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGED, self.OnPageChanged1)
>>#       if self.nb1.GetRowCount() > 0:
>>#           self.nb1.Bind(wx.EVT_NOTEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGED, self.OnPageChanged1)
>>#           self.nb2.Bind(wx.EVT_NOTEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGED, self.OnPageChanged2)
>>The above binding to the main frame rather than to either notebook 
>>works.  But when I used the notebook-specific bindings instead, the 
>>old problem returns, i.e., focus remains on the notebook tab.
>
>It's possible that the PAGE_CHANGED event is not being sent to the 
>notebooks themselves, only to the parent.  (Although that should 
>probably be considered a bug.)  Try this instead:
>
>       self.Bind(wx.EVT_NOTEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGED, self.OnPageChanged1, self.nb1)
>       self.Bind(wx.EVT_NOTEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGED, self.OnPageChanged2, self.nb2)
>
>For an explanation of the differences please read: 
>http://wiki.wxpython.org/self.Bind_vs._self.button.Bind
>
>--
>Robin Dunn
>Software Craftsman
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Ah, that's much better.  Thank you.  Having to leave off the notebook 
specification to make my code work bothered me.

Re "that should probably be considered a bug," yes, it certainly 
seems so to me.  Worthy of a SourceForge bug report, imo.

Bob