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wxPython – Set tooltip for Button

In this article we will learn how we can assign a tooltip to a Button. In order to assign tooltip we use SetToolTip() function associated with wx.Button class of wxPython. SetToolTip() function takes a string argument that would be used as a tooltip.

Syntax: wx.Button.SetToolTip(self, string)

Parameters:

Parameter Input Type Description
string string String for ToolTip.

Code Example:




import wx
  
  
class Example(wx.Frame):
  
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(Example, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.InitUI()
  
    def InitUI(self):
        self.locale = wx.Locale(wx.LANGUAGE_ENGLISH)
  
        # create parent panel
        self.pnl = wx.Panel(self)
  
        # create button at point (20, 20)
        self.btn = wx.Button(self.pnl, id = 1, label ="Button")
          
        # set tooltip for button
        self.btn.SetToolTip("Button ToolTip")
  
        self.SetSize((350, 250))
        self.SetTitle('wx.Button')
        self.Centre()
  
def main():
    app = wx.App()
    ex = Example(None)
    ex.Show()
    app.MainLoop()
  
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()


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