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wxPython – SetForegroundColour() function in wx.StaticText

In this article we are going to learn about SetForegroundColour() function associated with wx.StaticText class of wxPython. SetForegroundColour() function is simply used to set foreground colour of a static text to a different colour.

It takes wx.Colour argument to set the background colour.

Syntax: wx.StaticText.SetForegroundColour(self, colour)

Parameters:

Parameter Input Type Description
colour wx.Colour Foreground colour to set.

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)
        self.pnl = wx.Panel(self)
  
        bmp = wx.Bitmap('right.png')
        # CREATE STATICTEXT AT POINT (20, 20)
        self.st = wx.StaticText(self.pnl, id = 1, label ="This is the Label."
                                pos =(20, 20), size = wx.DefaultSize, 
                           style = wx.ST_ELLIPSIZE_MIDDLE, name ="statictext")
  
        # SET FOREGROUND COLOUR TO YELLOW
        self.st.SetForegroundColour((3, 152, 252, 255))
        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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