[wxPython-users] Animated Effects and Pop-up Panels

[Tim Ansell]

> > 
> > 2) Pop-up Panels
> > 
> > Assume that I have a single frame.  I want something like a dialog, 
> > except that I want it centered inside the frame and I want to be able to 
> > move the parent frame around.  All input goes to the dialog, but it 
> > shouldn't act like a separate frame.  I want it to look like a panel 
> > that lies on top of all the other panels that are in the parent frame.
> 
> We've got the wx.PopupWindow class that would be good for something like 
> this, although there is not an implementation for it on OSX yet. 
> Another way to do it would be to make another frame or dialog with no 
> caption, border, etc. and manage the size and position yourself as needed.

I know this thread is quite old, but I have a "Fake" version of the
PopupWindow class which works really well on MacOS X. In the latest
version of wxPython it even doesn't steal focus.

Tim 'Mithro' Ansell
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