Matthias Kluwe wrote: > Hi! > > >>Matthias Kluwe wrote: >> >>>I'd like to place several StaticBoxes in a frame, but I can't get it >>>right. > > >>>Consider the following code: >> >>>import wx >> >>>app = wx.PySimpleApp() >>>frame = wx.Frame(parent=None, title="Test") >>>box = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL) >>>frame.SetSizer(box) >>>upper_box = wx.StaticBox(parent=frame, label="Upper Box") >>>box.Add(item=upper_box, flag=wx.GROW) >> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >>You should remiove this line. > > > Hmm. As I see it, this means constructing the StaticBox and not placing > it in the frame. Obviously, this does not help. > Did you actually try removing the line and running the program? Guess what: the button appears inside the static box sizer. And your problem with that would be ... ? > >>[...] >> >> >>>What am I missing? >> >>Generally speaking what you appear to be missing is a methodical >>approach to GUI consruction. This reminds me of a lot of my early >>experiments with wxPython code :-) > > > "a methodical approach to GUI construction"? Please be more specific -- > any hints are welcome. Clearly, the above is an experiment with > wxPython, not anything methodical. This may follow when I understand > how StaticBoxSizer works. > Well, "methodical" would seem to include testing the suggestions of well-meaning fellow netizens, for a start, rather than using your psychic powers to predict results.
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