R
Robin Dunn
Announcing
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The 2.8.1.1 release of wxPython is now available for download at
http://wxpython.org/download.php. This release adds a few minor
enhancements and a number of bug fixes designed to further stabalize
the 2.8.x release series.
Source code is available, as well as binaries for both Python 2.4 and
2.5, for Windows and Mac, as well some pacakges for various Linux
distributions. A summary of changes is listed below and also at
http://wxpython.org/recentchanges.php.
What is wxPython?
-----------------
wxPython is a GUI toolkit for the Python programming language. It
allows Python programmers to create programs with a robust, highly
functional graphical user interface, simply and easily. It is
implemented as a Python extension module that wraps the GUI components
of the popular wxWidgets cross platform library, which is written in
C++.
wxPython is a cross-platform toolkit. This means that the same program
will usually run on multiple platforms without modifications.
Currently supported platforms are 32-bit Microsoft Windows, most Linux
or other Unix-like systems using GTK2, and Mac OS X 10.3+, in most
cases the native widgets are used on each platform to provide a 100%
native look and feel for the application.
Changes in 2.8.1.1
------------------
wxMSW: Fix lack of spin control update event when control lost focus
Added a typeId property to the PyEventBinder class that holds the
eventType ID used for that event. So when you need the eventType
(such as when sending your own instance of standard events) you can
use, for example, wx.EVT_BUTTON.typeId instead of
wx.wxEVT_COMMAND_BUTTON_CLICKED. Note that there are a few composite
events, such as EVT_MOUSE and EVT_SCROLL, that will actually bind
multiple event types at once, and in these cases the typeId property
may not give you what you want. You should use te component events in
these cases.
PyCrust now has an option for showing/hiding the notebook.
wxMSW: Corrected drawing of bitmaps for disabled menu items.
Enhanced the wx.lib.mixins.inspect module. In addition to showing a
PyCrust window it is now a widget browser, which provides a tree
loaded up with all the widgets in the app, optionally with the sizers
too, and also a panel displaying the properties of the selected
window. Run the demo and type Ctrl-Alt-I keystroke (or Cmd-Alt-I on
the Mac) to see how it works. You can add this to your own apps with
just a few lines of code.
Added wx.SearchCtrl.[Get|Set]DescriptiveText
wxMac: Added support for the wx.FRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT style.
wxMac: the popups used for call tips and autocomplete lists in
StyledTextCtrl (such as in PyShell) are now top-level float-on-parent
windows so they are no longer clipped by the bounds of the stc window.
Added EVT_TASKBAR_CLICK and use it to show taskbar icon menu on right
button release, not press, under MSW (bug 1623761)
Added wx.TreeCtrl.CollapseAll[Children]() and IsEmpty() methods
Fix wx.MDIChidFrame.GetPosition() (patch 1626610)
Fix attribute memory leak in wx.grid.Grid::ShowCellEditControl() (patch
1629949)
wxGTK: Fix for controls on a toolbar being the full height of the
toolbar instead of their natural height.
wx.lib.customtreectrl patches from Andrea Gavana.
wxMac: Applied patch #1622389, fixing two memory leaks in
GetPartialTextExtents.
More fixes for the native wx.ListCtrl on Mac.
Added wx.aui.AuiNotebook.GetAuiManager().
Added wx.aui.AuiMDIParentFrame and wx.aui.AuiMDIChildFrame, which
essentially implement the MDI interface using a normal wx.Frame and a
wx.aui.AuiNotebook.
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The 2.8.1.1 release of wxPython is now available for download at
http://wxpython.org/download.php. This release adds a few minor
enhancements and a number of bug fixes designed to further stabalize
the 2.8.x release series.
Source code is available, as well as binaries for both Python 2.4 and
2.5, for Windows and Mac, as well some pacakges for various Linux
distributions. A summary of changes is listed below and also at
http://wxpython.org/recentchanges.php.
What is wxPython?
-----------------
wxPython is a GUI toolkit for the Python programming language. It
allows Python programmers to create programs with a robust, highly
functional graphical user interface, simply and easily. It is
implemented as a Python extension module that wraps the GUI components
of the popular wxWidgets cross platform library, which is written in
C++.
wxPython is a cross-platform toolkit. This means that the same program
will usually run on multiple platforms without modifications.
Currently supported platforms are 32-bit Microsoft Windows, most Linux
or other Unix-like systems using GTK2, and Mac OS X 10.3+, in most
cases the native widgets are used on each platform to provide a 100%
native look and feel for the application.
Changes in 2.8.1.1
------------------
wxMSW: Fix lack of spin control update event when control lost focus
Added a typeId property to the PyEventBinder class that holds the
eventType ID used for that event. So when you need the eventType
(such as when sending your own instance of standard events) you can
use, for example, wx.EVT_BUTTON.typeId instead of
wx.wxEVT_COMMAND_BUTTON_CLICKED. Note that there are a few composite
events, such as EVT_MOUSE and EVT_SCROLL, that will actually bind
multiple event types at once, and in these cases the typeId property
may not give you what you want. You should use te component events in
these cases.
PyCrust now has an option for showing/hiding the notebook.
wxMSW: Corrected drawing of bitmaps for disabled menu items.
Enhanced the wx.lib.mixins.inspect module. In addition to showing a
PyCrust window it is now a widget browser, which provides a tree
loaded up with all the widgets in the app, optionally with the sizers
too, and also a panel displaying the properties of the selected
window. Run the demo and type Ctrl-Alt-I keystroke (or Cmd-Alt-I on
the Mac) to see how it works. You can add this to your own apps with
just a few lines of code.
Added wx.SearchCtrl.[Get|Set]DescriptiveText
wxMac: Added support for the wx.FRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT style.
wxMac: the popups used for call tips and autocomplete lists in
StyledTextCtrl (such as in PyShell) are now top-level float-on-parent
windows so they are no longer clipped by the bounds of the stc window.
Added EVT_TASKBAR_CLICK and use it to show taskbar icon menu on right
button release, not press, under MSW (bug 1623761)
Added wx.TreeCtrl.CollapseAll[Children]() and IsEmpty() methods
Fix wx.MDIChidFrame.GetPosition() (patch 1626610)
Fix attribute memory leak in wx.grid.Grid::ShowCellEditControl() (patch
1629949)
wxGTK: Fix for controls on a toolbar being the full height of the
toolbar instead of their natural height.
wx.lib.customtreectrl patches from Andrea Gavana.
wxMac: Applied patch #1622389, fixing two memory leaks in
GetPartialTextExtents.
More fixes for the native wx.ListCtrl on Mac.
Added wx.aui.AuiNotebook.GetAuiManager().
Added wx.aui.AuiMDIParentFrame and wx.aui.AuiMDIChildFrame, which
essentially implement the MDI interface using a normal wx.Frame and a
wx.aui.AuiNotebook.