import wx #---------------------------------------------------------------------- # We first have to set an application-wide help provider. Normally you # would do this in your app's OnInit or in other startup code... provider = wx.SimpleHelpProvider() wx.HelpProvider_Set(provider) # This panel is chock full of controls about which we can demonstrate the # help system. class TestPanel(wx.Panel): def __init__(self, parent, log): wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent, -1) self.log = log # This help text, set for the panel itself, will be used if context # sensitive help cannot be found for any particular control. self.SetHelpText("This is a wx.Panel.") sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL) # Init the context help button. # And even include help text about the help button :-) cBtn = wx.ContextHelpButton(self) cBtn.SetHelpText("wx.ContextHelpButton") cBtnText = wx.StaticText(self, -1, "This is a wx.ContextHelpButton. Clicking it puts the\n" "app into context sensitive help mode." ) # Yes, even static text can have help text associated with it :-) cBtnText.SetHelpText("Some helpful text...") s = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL) s.Add(cBtn, 0, wx.ALL, 5) s.Add(cBtnText, 0, wx.ALL, 5) sizer.Add((20,20)) sizer.Add(s) # A text control with help text. text = wx.TextCtrl(self, -1, "Each sub-window can have its own help message", size=(240, 60), style=wx.TE_MULTILINE) text.SetHelpText("This is my very own help message. This is a really long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long message!") sizer.Add((20,20)) sizer.Add(text) # Same thing, but this time to demonstrate how the help event can be # intercepted. text = wx.TextCtrl(self, -1, "You can also intercept the help event if you like. Watch the log window when you click here...", size=(240, 60), style = wx.TE_MULTILINE) text.SetHelpText("Yet another context help message.") sizer.Add((20,20)) sizer.Add(text) self.Bind(wx.EVT_HELP, self.OnCtxHelp, text) text = wx.TextCtrl(self, -1, "This one displays the tip itself...", size=(240, 60), style = wx.TE_MULTILINE) sizer.Add((20,20)) sizer.Add(text) self.Bind(wx.EVT_HELP, self.OnCtxHelp2, text) border = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL) border.Add(sizer, 0, wx.ALL, 25) self.SetAutoLayout(True) self.SetSizer(border) self.Layout() # On the second text control above, we intercept the help event. This is where # we process it. Anything could happen here. In this case we're just printing # some stuff about it, then passing it on, at which point we see the help tip. def OnCtxHelp(self, evt): self.log.write("OnCtxHelp: %s" % evt) evt.Skip() # On the third text control above, we intercept the help event. # Here, we print a note about it, generate our own tip window, and, # unlike last time, we don't pass it on to the underlying provider. def OnCtxHelp2(self, evt): self.log.write("OnCtxHelp: %s\n" % evt) tip = wx.TipWindow(self, "This is a wx.TipWindow") #---------------------------------------------------------------------- def runTest(frame, nb, log): win = TestPanel(nb, log) return win #---------------------------------------------------------------------- overview = """ This demo shows how to incorporate Context Sensitive help into your application using the wx.SimpleHelpProvider class. """ #---------------------------------------------------------------------- if __name__ == '__main__': import sys,os import run run.main(['', os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])])