wx.lib.agw.hypertreelist¶

HyperTreeList is a class that combines the multicolumn features of a wx.ListCtrl in report mode with the hierarchical features of a wx.TreeCtrl. Although it looks more like a wx.ListCtrl, the API tends to follow the API of wx.TreeCtrl.

Description¶

HyperTreeList was originally inspired from the wx.gizmos.TreeListCtrl class from Classic wxPython. Now in Phoenix the old wrapped C++ wxTreeListCtrl class is gone and this class can be used in its place. In addition to the features of the old wx.gizmos.TreeListCtrl this class supports:

CheckBox-type items: checkboxes are easy to handle, just selected or unselected state with no particular issues in handling the item’s children;
Added support for 3-state value checkbox items;
RadioButton-type items: since I elected to put radiobuttons in CustomTreeCtrl, I needed some way to handle them that made sense. So, I used the following approach:
- All peer-nodes that are radiobuttons will be mutually exclusive. In other words, only one of a set of radiobuttons that share a common parent can be checked at once. If a radiobutton node becomes checked, then all of its peer radiobuttons must be unchecked.
- If a radiobutton node becomes unchecked, then all of its child nodes will become inactive.
Hyperlink-type items: they look like an hyperlink, with the proper mouse cursor on hovering;
Multiline text items;
Enabling/disabling items (together with their plain or grayed out icons);
Whatever non-toplevel widget can be attached next to a tree item;
Whatever non-toplevel widget can be attached next to a list item;
Column headers are fully customizable in terms of icons, colour, font, alignment etc...;
Default selection style, gradient (horizontal/vertical) selection style and Windows Vista selection style;
Customized drag and drop images built on the fly;
Setting the HyperTreeList item buttons to a personalized imagelist;
Setting the HyperTreeList check/radio item icons to a personalized imagelist;
Changing the style of the lines that connect the items (in terms of wx.Pen styles);
Using an image as a HyperTreeList background (currently only in “tile” mode);
Ellipsization of long items when the horizontal space is low, via the TR_ELLIPSIZE_LONG_ITEMS style (New in version 0.9.3).

And a lot more. Check the demo for an almost complete review of the functionalities.

Base Functionalities¶

HyperTreeList supports all the wx.TreeCtrl styles, except:

TR_EXTENDED: supports for this style is on the todo list (Am I sure of this?).

Plus it has 3 more styles to handle checkbox-type items:

TR_AUTO_CHECK_CHILD: automatically checks/unchecks the item children;
TR_AUTO_CHECK_PARENT: automatically checks/unchecks the item parent;
TR_AUTO_TOGGLE_CHILD: automatically toggles the item children.

And a style useful to hide the TreeListCtrl header:

TR_NO_HEADER: hides the HyperTreeList header.

And a style related to long items (with a lot of text in them), which can be ellipsized:

TR_ELLIPSIZE_LONG_ITEMS: ellipsizes long items when the horizontal space for HyperTreeList is low (New in version 0.9.3).

Please note that most TreeCtrl-like APIs are available in this class, although they may not be visible to IDEs or other tools as they are automatically delegated to the CustomTreeCtrl or other helper classes.

Usage¶

Usage example:

import wx
import wx.lib.agw.hypertreelist as HTL

class MyFrame(wx.Frame):

    def __init__(self, parent):

        wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, -1, "HyperTreeList Demo")

        tree_list = HTL.HyperTreeList(self)

        tree_list.AddColumn("First column")

        root = tree_list.AddRoot("Root")

        parent = tree_list.AppendItem(root, "First child")
        child = tree_list.AppendItem(parent, "First Grandchild")

        tree_list.AppendItem(root, "Second child")

# our normal wxApp-derived class, as usual

app = wx.App(0)

frame = MyFrame(None)
app.SetTopWindow(frame)
frame.Show()

app.MainLoop()

Events¶

All the events supported by wx.TreeCtrl and some from wx.ListCtrl are also available in HyperTreeList, with a few exceptions:

EVT_TREE_GET_INFO (don’t know what this means);
EVT_TREE_SET_INFO (don’t know what this means);
EVT_TREE_ITEM_MIDDLE_CLICK (not implemented, but easy to add);
EVT_TREE_STATE_IMAGE_CLICK (no need for that, look at the checking events below).

Plus, HyperTreeList supports the events related to the checkbutton-type items:

EVT_TREE_ITEM_CHECKING: an item is being checked;
EVT_TREE_ITEM_CHECKED: an item has been checked.

And to hyperlink-type items:

EVT_TREE_ITEM_HYPERLINK: an hyperlink item has been clicked (this event is sent after the EVT_TREE_SEL_CHANGED event).

Supported Platforms¶

HyperTreeList has been tested on the following platforms:

Windows
Linux
Mac

Window Styles¶

This class supports the following window styles:

Window Styles	Hex Value	Description
`TR_NO_BUTTONS`	0x0	For convenience to document that no buttons are to be drawn.
`TR_SINGLE`	0x0	For convenience to document that only one item may be selected at a time. Selecting another item causes the current selection, if any, to be deselected. This is the default.
`TR_HAS_BUTTONS`	0x1	Use this style to show + and - buttons to the left of parent items.
`TR_NO_LINES`	0x4	Use this style to hide vertical level connectors.
`TR_LINES_AT_ROOT`	0x8	Use this style to show lines between root nodes. Only applicable if `TR_HIDE_ROOT` is set and `TR_NO_LINES` is not set.
`TR_DEFAULT_STYLE`	0x9	The set of flags that are closest to the defaults for the native control for a particular toolkit.
`TR_TWIST_BUTTONS`	0x10	Use old Mac-twist style buttons.
`TR_MULTIPLE`	0x20	Use this style to allow a range of items to be selected. If a second range is selected, the current range, if any, is deselected.
`TR_EXTENDED`	0x40	Use this style to allow disjoint items to be selected. (Only partially implemented; may not work in all cases).
`TR_HAS_VARIABLE_ROW_HEIGHT`	0x80	Use this style to cause row heights to be just big enough to fit the content. If not set, all rows use the largest row height. The default is that this flag is unset.
`TR_EDIT_LABELS`	0x200	Use this style if you wish the user to be able to edit labels in the tree control.
`TR_ROW_LINES`	0x400	Use this style to draw a contrasting border between displayed rows.
`TR_HIDE_ROOT`	0x800	Use this style to suppress the display of the root node, effectively causing the first-level nodes to appear as a series of root nodes.
`TR_COLUMN_LINES`	0x1000	Use this style to draw a contrasting border between displayed columns.
`TR_FULL_ROW_HIGHLIGHT`	0x2000	Use this style to have the background colour and the selection highlight extend over the entire horizontal row of the tree control window.
`TR_AUTO_CHECK_CHILD`	0x4000	Only meaningful for checkbox-type items: when a parent item is checked/unchecked its children are checked/unchecked as well.
`TR_AUTO_TOGGLE_CHILD`	0x8000	Only meaningful for checkbox-type items: when a parent item is checked/unchecked its children are toggled accordingly.
`TR_AUTO_CHECK_PARENT`	0x10000	Only meaningful for checkbox-type items: when a child item is checked/unchecked its parent item is checked/unchecked as well.
`TR_ALIGN_WINDOWS`	0x20000	Flag used to align windows (in items with windows) at the same horizontal position.
`TR_NO_HEADER`	0x40000	Use this style to hide the columns header.
`TR_ELLIPSIZE_LONG_ITEMS`	0x80000	Flag used to ellipsize long items when the horizontal space for `HyperTreeList` columns is low.
`TR_VIRTUAL`	0x100000	`HyperTreeList` will have virtual behaviour.

Events Processing¶

This class processes the following events, Note that these are the same events as wx.ListCtrl and wx.TreeCtrl:

Event Name	Description
`EVT_LIST_COL_BEGIN_DRAG`	The user started resizing a column - can be vetoed.
`EVT_LIST_COL_CLICK`	A column has been left-clicked.
`EVT_LIST_COL_DRAGGING`	The divider between columns is being dragged.
`EVT_LIST_COL_END_DRAG`	A column has been resized by the user.
`EVT_LIST_COL_RIGHT_CLICK`	A column has been right-clicked.
`EVT_TREE_BEGIN_DRAG`	Begin dragging with the left mouse button.
`EVT_TREE_BEGIN_LABEL_EDIT`	Begin editing a label. This can be prevented by calling `TreeEvent.Veto()`.
`EVT_TREE_BEGIN_RDRAG`	Begin dragging with the right mouse button.
`EVT_TREE_DELETE_ITEM`	Delete an item.
`EVT_TREE_END_DRAG`	End dragging with the left or right mouse button.
`EVT_TREE_END_LABEL_EDIT`	End editing a label. This can be prevented by calling `TreeEvent.Veto()`.
`EVT_TREE_GET_INFO`	Request information from the application (not implemented in `HyperTreeList`).
`EVT_TREE_ITEM_ACTIVATED`	The item has been activated, i.e. chosen by double clicking it with mouse or from keyboard.
`EVT_TREE_ITEM_CHECKED`	A checkbox or radiobox type item has been checked.
`EVT_TREE_ITEM_CHECKING`	A checkbox or radiobox type item is being checked.
`EVT_TREE_ITEM_COLLAPSED`	The item has been collapsed.
`EVT_TREE_ITEM_COLLAPSING`	The item is being collapsed. This can be prevented by calling `TreeEvent.Veto()`.
`EVT_TREE_ITEM_EXPANDED`	The item has been expanded.s
`EVT_TREE_ITEM_EXPANDING`	The item is being expanded. This can be prevented by calling `TreeEvent.Veto()`.
`EVT_TREE_ITEM_GETTOOLTIP`	The opportunity to set the item tooltip is being given to the application (call `TreeEvent.SetToolTip()`).
`EVT_TREE_ITEM_HYPERLINK`	An hyperlink type item has been clicked.
`EVT_TREE_ITEM_MENU`	The context menu for the selected item has been requested, either by a right click or by using the menu key.
`EVT_TREE_ITEM_MIDDLE_CLICK`	The user has clicked the item with the middle mouse button (not implemented in `HyperTreeList`).
`EVT_TREE_ITEM_RIGHT_CLICK`	The user has clicked the item with the right mouse button.
`EVT_TREE_KEY_DOWN`	A key has been pressed.
`EVT_TREE_SEL_CHANGED`	Selection has changed.
`EVT_TREE_SEL_CHANGING`	Selection is changing. This can be prevented by calling `TreeEvent.Veto()`.
`EVT_TREE_SET_INFO`	Information is being supplied to the application (not implemented in `HyperTreeList`).
`EVT_TREE_STATE_IMAGE_CLICK`	The state image has been clicked (not implemented in `HyperTreeList`).

License And Version¶

HyperTreeList is distributed under the wxPython license.

Latest Revision: Andrea Gavana @ 30 Jul 2014, 21.00 GMT

Version 1.4

Functions Summary¶

`create_delegator_for`	Creates a method that forwards calls to self._main_win (an instance of `TreeListMainWindow`).
`IsBufferingSupported`	Utility function which checks if a platform handles correctly double

Classes Summary¶

`EditCtrl`	Base class for controls used for in-place edit.
`EditTextCtrl`	Text control used for in-place edit.
`HyperTreeList`	`HyperTreeList` is a generic widget that combines the multicolumn
`TreeListColumnInfo`	Class used to store information (width, alignment flags, colours, etc...) about a
`TreeListHeaderWindow`	A window which holds the header of `HyperTreeList`.
`TreeListItem`	This class holds all the information and methods for every single item in
`TreeListMainWindow`	This class represents the main window (and thus the main column) in `HyperTreeList`.

Functions¶

create_delegator_for(method)¶

Creates a method that forwards calls to self._main_win (an instance of TreeListMainWindow).

Parameters:	method – one method inside the `TreeListMainWindow` local scope.

IsBufferingSupported()¶: Utility function which checks if a platform handles correctly double buffering for the header. Currently returns False for all platforms except Windows XP.

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