Re: How to create a window that cannot be closed by clicking on the X button

doing this would be misleading,and so a bad choice in any case.

On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 3:02 PM Charles McKnight <[email protected]>
wrote:

> So why not just catch the event to close the window and do nothing with
> it? 🤔
>
> On Jul 17, 2020, at 10:12 AM, James Stallings II <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> There are usecases just beyond mainstream where you want the desktop
> locked down in no uncertain terms.
>
> In my particular case, I am developing with an embedded raspberry pi in
> the interest of implementing an automated vendor. Neither operator nor the
> customer who procure from the vendor should ever, under any circumstances
> have access to the operating system or desktop.
>
> I am certain beyond doubt that my usecase is anything but unique.
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 12:07 PM Matt Newville <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 11:45 AM Matthias Brennwald <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I am trying to create a window/frame that cannot be closed by clicking
>>> on the X button. The purpose of the window is to show log messages or
>>> warnings coming from various parts of the program.
>>>
>>> At first, I tried to remove the X button, but I couldn't make it work (I
>>> tried this:
>>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25024129/wxpython-how-to-hide-the-x-and-expand-button-on-window
>>> ). For now, I just made an event handler that essentially discards the
>>> "clicked on the X button" event. While this achieves what I need, it is
>>> confusing to the user ("Why is there an X button, if it does nothing!?")
>>>
>>> Is there a better, cleaner, nicer way to prevent users from closing a
>>> window?
>>>
>>
>> I would suggest raising a dialog window that explains why you don't want
>> them to close the window and provide a "really close" option that does
>> really close the window.
>>
>> --Matt
>>
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