Re: StaticText alignment

Hi, Brendan,

On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 8:49 AM, Brendan Simon (eTRIX)
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On 30/7/17 9:36 pm, Dietmar Schwertberger wrote:
>
> On 7/30/2017 12:28 PM, Brendan Simon (eTRIX) wrote:
>
> I have some wx.StaticText widgets in some sizers.  I've specified the sizer
> to expand and to align to the centre (horizontal and vertical).  I've also
> specified the widget itself to align to the centre.
>
> Usually, if EXPAND is set, then ALIGN_CENTER has no effect any more.
>
> Is this likely to be a wxglade issue or a wxPython (4.0.0b1) issue ?
>
> I would think that it's related to wxPython.
> Do you call sizer.Layout after changing the label?
> Also try sizer.GetItem(label).SetFlag(wx.ALIGN_CENTER) after changing the
> label.
>
> Calling sizer.Layout() resolves this issue :)
>
> Guess I was hoping that wxglade or wxPython would do that magic behind the
> scenes.
>
> Is there anyway for this to be done automatically?  A programmer goes to the
> trouble of defining sizers with certain properties (expand, centre, etc) and
> widgets with properties (e.g. centre), so setting the data should
> automatically honour those properties, yes/no?

Unfortunately there is no event to catch when the static text changes the value.
And if you move the controls/hide the controls you have to call
Layout() as no library
will no when you finish hiding/showing or reposition controls.

Thank you.

>
> Brendan.
>
>
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