wx.lib.mixins.inspection

This module provides the InspectableApp and InspectionMixin which make it easy to use the Widget Inspection Tool (WIT).

Description

The Widget Inspection Tool (WIT) is very useful debugging tool provided with wxPython, especially useful to debug layout issues when using wx.Sizer.

The InspectableApp is a “pre-mixed” App and the InspectionMixin allows you to mix it with your custom App class.

Usage

The following samples assume the default key sequence (ctrl-alt-i) to start the WIT, additional information can be found on the following wiki page.

http://wiki.wxpython.org/Widget_Inspection_Tool

InspectableApp usage:

import wx
import wx.lib.sized_controls as sc
import wx.lib.mixins.inspection as wit

app = wit.InspectableApp()

frame = sc.SizedFrame(None, -1, "WIT InspectableApp")

pane = frame.GetContentsPane()
pane.SetSizerType("horizontal")

b1 = wx.Button(pane, wx.ID_ANY)
t1 = wx.TextCtrl(pane, -1)
t1.SetSizerProps(expand=True)

frame.Show()

app.MainLoop()

InspectionMixin usage:

import wx
import wx.lib.sized_controls as sc
import wx.lib.mixins.inspection as wit

class MyApp(wx.App, wit.InspectionMixin):
    def OnInit(self):
        self.Init()  # initialize the inspection tool
        return ``True``
app = MyApp()

frame = sc.SizedFrame(None, -1, "WIT InspectionMixin")

pane = frame.GetContentsPane()
pane.SetSizerType("horizontal")

b1 = wx.Button(pane, wx.ID_ANY)
t1 = wx.TextCtrl(pane, -1)
t1.SetSizerProps(expand=True)

frame.Show()

app.MainLoop()

Classes Summary

InspectableApp	A simple mix of App and InspectionMixin that can be used
InspectionMixin	This class is intended to be used as a mix-in with the App.