[wxPython-users] Rescuing children frames

[Raffaello Barella]

Thanks.
EVT_ACTIVATE will do for my present needs.
wx.FRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT might get useful in a different context: where can
I find some dovcumentation on it?

2008/2/28, Robin Dunn <robin at alldunn.com>:
>
> Raffaello Barella wrote:
> > In his book, Robin Dunn recommended to make a spare use of MDI frames. I
> > followed his advice and now  feel much happier, with only one setback:
> > if my application gets hidden on the screen by one or more different
> > ones, clicking the icon in the bar raises only the parent frame and not
> > its children. I solved this menial problem by adding the following code
> > to the parent:
> > in  __init__:
> >          self.Bind(wx.EVT_PAINT, self.OnPaint)
> > and then:
> >     def OnPaint(self, event):
> >         event.Skip()
> >         children =3D self.GetChildren()
> >         for j in range(len(children)):
> >             if isinstance(children[j], wx.Frame):
> >                 children[j].Raise()
> >
> > Since the user is supposed to have some use for a child frame when
> > she/he opens it, I suggest to make this the standard behavior of the
> > parent frame. But, sorry, I am not yet able to write the underlying C++
> > code.
>
>
> You really don't want to do something like that in the EVT_PAINT event,
> as it could cause an endless cascade of paint events in some situations.
>   A better choice would be to use EVT_ACTIVATE, or perhaps to just use a
> style flag like wx.FRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT for the child frames if that
> fits your needs.
>
>
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> Robin Dunn
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