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phoenix_title wx.Choice

A choice item is used to select one of a list of strings.

Unlike a wx.ListBox, only the selection is visible until the user pulls down the menu of choices.

styles Window Styles

This class supports the following styles:

  • wx.CB_SORT: Sorts the entries alphabetically.

events Events Emitted by this Class

Handlers bound for the following event types will receive a wx.CommandEvent parameter.

  • EVT_CHOICE: Process a wxEVT_CHOICE event, when an item on the list is selected.

See also

wx.ListBox, wx.ComboBox, wx.CommandEvent


class_hierarchy Class Hierarchy

Inheritance diagram for class Choice:

appearance Control Appearance


wxMSW

wxMSW

wxMAC

wxMAC

wxGTK

wxGTK


sub_classes Known Subclasses

wx.DirFilterListCtrl


method_summary Methods Summary

__init__ Default constructor.
Create Creates the choice for two-step construction.
FindString Finds an item whose label matches the given string.
GetColumns Gets the number of columns in this choice item.
GetCount Returns the number of items in the control.
GetCurrentSelection Unlike wx.ControlWithItems.GetSelection which only returns the accepted selection value (the selection in the control once the user closes the dropdown list), this function returns the current selection.
GetSelection Returns the index of the selected item or NOT_FOUND if no item is selected.
GetString Returns the label of the item with the given index.
IsSorted  
SetColumns Sets the number of columns in this choice item.
SetSelection Sets the selection to the given item n or removes the selection entirely if n == NOT_FOUND .
SetString Sets the label for the given item.

api Class API


class wx.Choice(Control, ItemContainer)

Possible constructors:

Choice()

Choice(parent, id=ID_ANY, pos=DefaultPosition, size=DefaultSize,
       choices=[], style=0, validator=DefaultValidator, name=ChoiceNameStr)

A choice item is used to select one of a list of strings.


Methods


__init__(self, *args, **kw)

overload Overloaded Implementations:


__init__ (self)

Default constructor.

See also

Create , wx.Validator


__init__ (self, parent, id=ID_ANY, pos=DefaultPosition, size=DefaultSize, choices=[], style=0, validator=DefaultValidator, name=ChoiceNameStr)

Constructor, creating and showing a choice.

Parameters:
  • parent (wx.Window) – Parent window. Must not be None.
  • id (wx.WindowID) – Window identifier. The value wx.ID_ANY indicates a default value.
  • pos (wx.Point) – Window position.
  • size (wx.Size) – Window size. If DefaultSize is specified then the choice is sized appropriately.
  • choices (list of strings) – An array of strings with which to initialise the choice control.
  • style (long) – Window style. See wx.Choice.
  • validator (wx.Validator) – Window validator.
  • name (string) – Window name.



Create(self, parent, id=ID_ANY, pos=DefaultPosition, size=DefaultSize, choices=[], style=0, validator=DefaultValidator, name=ChoiceNameStr)

Creates the choice for two-step construction.

See wx.Choice.

Parameters:
Return type:

bool

FindString(self, string, caseSensitive=False)

Finds an item whose label matches the given string.

Parameters:
  • string (string) – String to find.
  • caseSensitive (bool) – Whether search is case sensitive (default is not).
Return type:

int
Returns:

The zero-based position of the item, or wx.NOT_FOUND if the string was not found.

GetColumns(self)

Gets the number of columns in this choice item.

Return type:int

Note

This is implemented for GTK and Motif only and always returns 1 for the other platforms.


GetCount(self)

Returns the number of items in the control.

Return type:int

See also

IsEmpty


GetCurrentSelection(self)

Unlike wx.ControlWithItems.GetSelection which only returns the accepted selection value (the selection in the control once the user closes the dropdown list), this function returns the current selection.

That is, while the dropdown list is shown, it returns the currently selected item in it. When it is not shown, its result is the same as for the other function.

Return type:int

New in version 2.6.2.: In older versions, wx.ControlWithItems.GetSelection itself behaved like this.


GetSelection(self)

Returns the index of the selected item or NOT_FOUND if no item is selected.

Return type:int
Returns:The position of the current selection.

Note

This method can be used with single selection list boxes only, you should use wx.ListBox.GetSelections for the list boxes with wx.LB_MULTIPLE style.

See also

SetSelection , GetStringSelection


GetString(self, n)

Returns the label of the item with the given index.

Parameters:n (int) – The zero-based index.
Return type:string
Returns:The label of the item or an empty string if the position was invalid.

IsSorted(self)
Return type:bool

SetColumns(self, n=1)

Sets the number of columns in this choice item.

Parameters:n (int) – Number of columns.

Note

This is implemented for GTK and Motif only and doesn’t do anything under other platforms.


SetSelection(self, n)

Sets the selection to the given item n or removes the selection entirely if n == NOT_FOUND .

Note that this does not cause any command events to be emitted nor does it deselect any other items in the controls which support multiple selections.

Parameters:n (int) – The string position to select, starting from zero.

See also

SetString , SetStringSelection


SetString(self, n, string)

Sets the label for the given item.

Parameters:
  • n (int) – The zero-based item index.
  • string (string) – The label to set.

Properties


Columns

See GetColumns and SetColumns


Count

See GetCount


CurrentSelection

See GetCurrentSelection


Selection

See GetSelection and SetSelection