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

Of course you could always change your event handler to have it display a message explaining why the user is not allowed to close this window. However, unless this is for something like a kiosk application I personally would rather have a dialog that explains to the user why I think it is not a good idea to close the window and gives them the option to do so or not. Personally, when I find applications that behave in a too authoritarian manner, e.g. showing me a log window that I can’t get rid of or constantly opening new windows for everything, I try to find alternatives to use or use them as rarely as possible.

Steve Barnes

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Matthias Brennwald
Sent: 17 July 2020 17:34
To: wxpython-users <[email protected]>
Subject: [wxPython-users] How to create a window that cannot be closed by clicking on the X button

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?
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