[wxPython-users] Panel on top of Staticbox

[Robin Dunn]

L. Fanchi wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I want to place a panel on top a Staticbox that is currently placed on 
> another panel (contained in a Frame).
> The second panel displays properly, but underneath the Staticbox.
> 

wx.StaticBox is a little weird in that the things that appear to be 
within it are not supposed to be children if it like they would be for 
other widget types.  Instead the staticbox and the widgets it will 
appear to contain should be siblings.  In other words, they have the 
same parent.  Here is a little example:

import wx

class MainPanel(wx.Panel):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
         wx.Panel.__init__(self, *args, **kw)

         sb = wx.StaticBox(self, -1, "The StaticBox")
         sbs = wx.StaticBoxSizer(sb, wx.VERTICAL)
         otherPanel = wx.Panel(self)
         otherPanel.SetBackgroundColour("pink")
         sbs.Add(otherPanel, 1, wx.EXPAND)

         sizer = wx.BoxSizer()
         sizer.Add(sbs, 1, wx.EXPAND|wx.ALL, 30)
         self.SetSizer(sizer)


app = wx.App(redirect=False)
frm = wx.Frame(None, title="Testing")
pnl = MainPanel(frm)
frm.Show()
app.MainLoop()



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