wx.lib.agw.ribbon

The RibbonBar library is a set of classes for writing a ribbon user interface.

Description

At the most generic level, this is a combination of a tab control with a toolbar. At a more functional level, it is similar to the user interface present in recent versions of Microsoft Office.

A ribbon user interface typically has a bar.RibbonBar, which contains one or more page.RibbonPage, which in turn each contains one or more panel.RibbonPanel, which in turn contain controls.

Usage

Usage example:

import wx
import wx.lib.agw.ribbon as RB

class MyFrame(wx.Frame):

    def __init__(self, parent, id=-1, title="Ribbon Demo", pos=wx.DefaultPosition,
                 size=(800, 600), style=wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE):

        wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, id, title, pos, size, style)

        self._ribbon = RB.RibbonBar(self, wx.ID_ANY)

        home = RB.RibbonPage(self._ribbon, wx.ID_ANY, "Examples", CreateBitmap("ribbon"))
        toolbar_panel = RB.RibbonPanel(home, wx.ID_ANY, "Toolbar", wx.NullBitmap, wx.DefaultPosition,
                                       wx.DefaultSize, agwStyle=RB.RIBBON_PANEL_NO_AUTO_MINIMISE)

        toolbar = RB.RibbonToolBar(toolbar_panel, ID_MAIN_TOOLBAR)
        toolbar.AddTool(wx.ID_ANY, CreateBitmap("align_left"))
        toolbar.AddTool(wx.ID_ANY, CreateBitmap("align_center"))
        toolbar.AddTool(wx.ID_ANY, CreateBitmap("align_right"))
        toolbar.AddSeparator()
        toolbar.AddHybridTool(wx.ID_NEW, wx.ArtProvider.GetBitmap(wx.ART_NEW, wx.ART_OTHER, wx.Size(16, 15)))
        toolbar.AddTool(wx.ID_ANY, wx.ArtProvider.GetBitmap(wx.ART_FILE_OPEN, wx.ART_OTHER, wx.Size(16, 15)))
        toolbar.AddTool(wx.ID_ANY, wx.ArtProvider.GetBitmap(wx.ART_FILE_SAVE, wx.ART_OTHER, wx.Size(16, 15)))
        toolbar.AddTool(wx.ID_ANY, wx.ArtProvider.GetBitmap(wx.ART_FILE_SAVE_AS, wx.ART_OTHER, wx.Size(16, 15)))
        toolbar.AddSeparator()
        toolbar.AddDropdownTool(wx.ID_UNDO, wx.ArtProvider.GetBitmap(wx.ART_UNDO, wx.ART_OTHER, wx.Size(16, 15)))
        toolbar.AddDropdownTool(wx.ID_REDO, wx.ArtProvider.GetBitmap(wx.ART_REDO, wx.ART_OTHER, wx.Size(16, 15)))
        toolbar.AddSeparator()
        toolbar.AddTool(wx.ID_ANY, wx.ArtProvider.GetBitmap(wx.ART_REPORT_VIEW, wx.ART_OTHER, wx.Size(16, 15)))
        toolbar.AddTool(wx.ID_ANY, wx.ArtProvider.GetBitmap(wx.ART_LIST_VIEW, wx.ART_OTHER, wx.Size(16, 15)))
        toolbar.AddSeparator()
        toolbar.AddHybridTool(ID_POSITION_LEFT, CreateBitmap("position_left"),
                              "Align ribbonbar vertically on the left for demonstration purposes")
        toolbar.AddHybridTool(ID_POSITION_TOP, CreateBitmap("position_top"),
                              "Align the ribbonbar horizontally at the top for demonstration purposes")
        toolbar.AddSeparator()
        toolbar.AddHybridTool(wx.ID_PRINT, wx.ArtProvider.GetBitmap(wx.ART_PRINT, wx.ART_OTHER, wx.Size(16, 15)),
                              "This is the Print button tooltip demonstrating a tooltip")
        toolbar.SetRows(2, 3)

        selection_panel = RB.RibbonPanel(home, wx.ID_ANY, "Selection", CreateBitmap("selection_panel"))
        selection = RB.RibbonButtonBar(selection_panel)
        selection.AddSimpleButton(ID_SELECTION_EXPAND_V, "Expand Vertically", CreateBitmap("expand_selection_v"),
                                  "This is a tooltip for Expand Vertically demonstrating a tooltip")
        selection.AddSimpleButton(ID_SELECTION_EXPAND_H, "Expand Horizontally", CreateBitmap("expand_selection_h"), "")
        selection.AddSimpleButton(ID_SELECTION_CONTRACT, "Contract", CreateBitmap("auto_crop_selection"),
                                  CreateBitmap("auto_crop_selection_small"))

        shapes_panel = RB.RibbonPanel(home, wx.ID_ANY, "Shapes", CreateBitmap("circle_small"))
        shapes = RB.RibbonButtonBar(shapes_panel)

        # Show toggle buttons behaviour
        shapes.AddButton(ID_CIRCLE, "Circle", CreateBitmap("circle"), CreateBitmap("circle_small"),
                         help_string="This is a tooltip for the circle button demonstrating another tooltip",
                         kind=RB.RIBBON_BUTTON_TOGGLE)

        shapes.AddSimpleButton(ID_CROSS, "Cross", CreateBitmap("cross"), "")
        shapes.AddHybridButton(ID_TRIANGLE, "Triangle", CreateBitmap("triangle"))
        shapes.AddSimpleButton(ID_SQUARE, "Square", CreateBitmap("square"), "")
        shapes.AddDropdownButton(ID_POLYGON, "Other Polygon", CreateBitmap("hexagon"), "")

        sizer_panel = RB.RibbonPanel(home, wx.ID_ANY, "Panel with Sizer",
                                     wx.NullBitmap, wx.DefaultPosition, wx.DefaultSize,
                                     agwStyle=RB.RIBBON_PANEL_DEFAULT_STYLE)

        scheme = RB.RibbonPage(self._ribbon, wx.ID_ANY, "Appearance", CreateBitmap("eye"))
        self._default_primary, self._default_secondary, self._default_tertiary = self._ribbon.GetArtProvider().GetColourScheme(1, 1, 1)

        provider_panel = RB.RibbonPanel(scheme, wx.ID_ANY, "Art", wx.NullBitmap, wx.DefaultPosition, wx.DefaultSize,
                                        agwStyle=RB.RIBBON_PANEL_NO_AUTO_MINIMISE)
        provider_bar = RB.RibbonButtonBar(provider_panel, wx.ID_ANY)
        provider_bar.AddSimpleButton(ID_DEFAULT_PROVIDER, "Default Provider",
                                     wx.ArtProvider.GetBitmap(wx.ART_QUESTION, wx.ART_OTHER, wx.Size(32, 32)), "")
        provider_bar.AddSimpleButton(ID_AUI_PROVIDER, "AUI Provider", CreateBitmap("aui_style"), "")
        provider_bar.AddSimpleButton(ID_MSW_PROVIDER, "MSW Provider", CreateBitmap("msw_style"), "")

        primary_panel = RB.RibbonPanel(scheme, wx.ID_ANY, "Primary Colour", CreateBitmap("colours"))
        self._primary_gallery = self.PopulateColoursPanel(primary_panel, self._default_primary, ID_PRIMARY_COLOUR)

        secondary_panel = RB.RibbonPanel(scheme, wx.ID_ANY, "Secondary Colour", CreateBitmap("colours"))
        self._secondary_gallery = self.PopulateColoursPanel(secondary_panel, self._default_secondary, ID_SECONDARY_COLOUR)

        dummy_2 = RB.RibbonPage(self._ribbon, wx.ID_ANY, "Empty Page", CreateBitmap("empty"))
        dummy_3 = RB.RibbonPage(self._ribbon, wx.ID_ANY, "Another Page", CreateBitmap("empty"))

        self._ribbon.Realize()

        self._logwindow = wx.TextCtrl(self, wx.ID_ANY, "", wx.DefaultPosition, wx.DefaultSize,
                                      wx.TE_MULTILINE | wx.TE_READONLY | wx.TE_LEFT | wx.TE_BESTWRAP | wx.BORDER_NONE)

        s = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)

        s.Add(self._ribbon, 0, wx.EXPAND)
        s.Add(self._logwindow, 1, wx.EXPAND)

        self.SetSizer(s)


# our normal wxApp-derived class, as usual

app = wx.App(0)

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

app.MainLoop()

What’s New

Current wxRibbon version tracked: wxWidgets 2.9.5 (SVN HEAD)

New features recently implemented:

• Possibility to hide panels in the bar.RibbonBar;

• Added the EVT_RIBBONBAR_TAB_LEFT_DCLICK event, which generates a special event when a ribbon bar tab is double-clicked;

• Added support for toggle buttons in the bar.RibbonBar;

• Improved support for ribbon panel sizers: panels with sizers should now automatically minimise at small sizes, and behave properly when popping up from a minimised state;

• Added tooltips via SetToolTip for those buttons which have the help_string attribute set.

License And Version

RIBBON library is distributed under the wxPython license.

Latest revision: Andrea Gavana @ 27 Dec 2012, 21.00 GMT

Version 0.3.

Modules Summary

art	Contains the constants used by the ribbon package.
art_aui	art_aui is responsible for drawing all the components of the ribbon
art_default	art_default is responsible for drawing all the components of the ribbon
art_internal	This module contains methods used throughout the bar library.
art_msw	art_msw is responsible for drawing all the components of the ribbon
art_osx	art_osx is responsible for drawing all the components of the ribbon
bar	Top-level control in a ribbon user interface.
buttonbar	A ribbon button bar is similar to a traditional toolbar.
control	RibbonControl serves as a base class for all controls which share the ribbon
gallery	A ribbon gallery is like a ListBox, but for bitmaps rather than strings.
page	Description
panel	Serves as a container for a group of (ribbon) controls.
toolbar	A ribbon tool bar is similar to a traditional toolbar which has no labels.