wx.SystemSettings¶

wx.SystemSettings allows the application to ask for details about the system.

This can include settings such as standard colours, fonts, and user interface element sizes.

Class Hierarchy¶

Inheritance diagram for class SystemSettings:

Methods Summary¶

`__init__`	Default constructor.
`GetAppearance`	Returns the object describing the current system appearance.
`GetColour`	Returns a system colour.
`GetFont`	Returns a system font.
`GetMetric`	Returns the value of a system metric, or -1 if the metric is not supported on the current system.
`GetScreenType`	Returns the screen type.
`HasFeature`	Returns `True` if the port has certain feature.
`SelectLightDark`	Select one of the two colours depending on whether light or dark mode is used.

Class API¶

class wx.SystemSettings(object)¶

Possible constructors:

SystemSettings()

SystemSettings allows the application to ask for details about the system.

Methods¶

__init__(self)¶

Default constructor.

You don’t need to create an instance of wx.SystemSettings since all of its functions are static.

static GetAppearance()¶

Returns the object describing the current system appearance.

Return type:: wx.SystemAppearance

New in version 4.1/wxWidgets-3.1.3.

static GetColour(index)¶

Returns a system colour.

Parameters:: index (SystemColour) – Can be one of the wx.SystemColour enum values.
Return type:: wx.Colour
Returns:: The returned colour is always valid.

static GetFont(index)¶

Returns a system font.

Parameters:: index (SystemFont) – Can be one of the wx.SystemFont enum values.
Return type:: wx.Font
Returns:: The returned font is always valid.

static GetMetric(index, win=None)¶

Returns the value of a system metric, or -1 if the metric is not supported on the current system.

The value of win determines if the metric returned is a global value or a wx.Window based value, in which case it might determine the widget, the display the window is on, or something similar. The window given should be as close to the metric as possible (e.g. a wx.TopLevelWindow in case of the wx.SYS_CAPTION_Y metric).

index can be one of the wx.SystemMetric enum values.

win is a pointer to the window for which the metric is requested. Specifying the win parameter is encouraged, because some metrics on some ports are not supported without one, or they might be capable of reporting better values if given one. If a window does not make sense for a metric, one should still be given, as for example it might determine which displays cursor width is requested with wx.SYS_CURSOR_X.

Parameters:

index (SystemMetric) –
win (wx.Window) –

Return type:

int

static GetScreenType()¶

Returns the screen type.

The return value is one of the wx.SystemScreenType enum values.

Return type:: wx.SystemScreenType

static HasFeature(index)¶

Returns True if the port has certain feature.

See the wx.SystemFeature enum values.

Parameters:: index (SystemFeature) –
Return type:: bool

static SelectLightDark(colForLight, colForDark)¶

Select one of the two colours depending on whether light or dark mode is used.

This is just a convenient helper using wx.SystemAppearance.IsDark to select between the two colours.