[wxPython-users] wxGrid and Scrollbars

[Robin Dunn]

Mark Erbaugh wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 14:54 -0800, Robin Dunn wrote:
>> Mark Erbaugh wrote:
>>> I have a grid that uses a grid table to manage the data. When creating
>>> the grid, I specify a size of (-1, height) where height is the desired
>>> height. My desire is to have the grid display just wide enough to
>>> include all the columns with no horizontal scrollbar. However, if the
>>> grid needs a vertical scrollbar (because there are too many rows to
>>> display in the given height), the width of the vertical scrollbar is not
>>> included in the grid width, so the grid displays with a horizontal
>>> scrollbar.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to have the 'automatic'(i.e. -1) width of the grid
>>> include the width of the vertical scrollbar?
>> No, but you can probably tweak it yourself.  You can find the width of 
>> the scrollbar using wx.SystemSettings.GetMetric.
> 
> I found wx.SystemSettings.GetMetric and on my setup (Ubuntu Dapper),
> wxPython 2.8.7.1 it always returns 15 for the scrollbar width, but I
> find I have to add 17 or 18 to the grid width to make the horizontal
> scrollbar disappear. Also, if I change to a theme with large print, the
> scrollbar gets about 30 pixels wide, but GetMetric still returns 15.
> 

Please enter a "wxGTK Specific" bug report about this.

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