In this article we are going to learn about SetStatusText() function associated with wx.StatuBar class of wxPython. SetStatusText() function is simply used to set the status text for the i-th field.
The given text will replace the current text. The display of the status bar is updated immediately, so there is no need to call wx.Window.Update after calling this function.
Syntax: wx.StatuBar.SetStatusText(self, text, i=0)
Parameters:
Parameter Input Type Description text string The text to be set. Use an empty string (“”) to clear the field. i int The field to set, starting from zero.
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.statusbar = wx.StatusBar() self.statusbar.Create(self, id = 1, name = "Status Bar") self.SetStatusBar(self.statusbar) self.SetSize((350, 250)) # SET TOTAL NUMBER OF FIELDS AND RESPECTIVE WIDTHS self.statusbar.SetFieldsCount(3, [100, 80, 60]) # SET TEXT FOR ALL FIELDS self.statusbar.SetStatusText("Field One", 0) self.statusbar.SetStatusText("Field Two", 1) self.statusbar.SetStatusText("Field Three", 2) self.SetTitle('New Frame Title') self.Centre() print(self.statusbar.GetMinHeight()) def main(): app = wx.App() ex = Example(None) ex.Show() app.MainLoop() if __name__ == '__main__': main() |
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