can someone check Mac known issue's?

wxPython Users
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hello I have many Mac issues include below known issue.
how can I fix this problem?

General Problems:
   - After scrolling the screen does not always refresh properly,
     eg. scrolling a wxGrid or a wxListCtrl shows this problem.

wxBitmapButton:
   - If you during runtime change the bitmap on the button it will not
     show the new bitmap until you do a manual refresh call.

wxButton:
   - The wxButton.SetForegroundColour does not work at all, and the
     wxButton.SetBackgroundColour does not set the background colour
of
     the button but on the background behind the button (ugly!).

wxComboBox:
   - Appending choices to a combobox after initialization does not
work,
     i.e. the new choice does not show up

wxFrame:
   - Calling wxFrame.CentreOnScreen() when the frame size is set to
very
     big will cause the frame system menu to be hidden underneath the
     mac menu.

wxMenu:
   - EVT_MENU event IsChecked method always returns 1.

wxNotebook:
   - After adding a page to the notebook and selecting it you again
have
     to manually call wxNotebook.Refresh to see the new panel inside
the
     notebook.
   - If you add more pages than the size of the notebook allowes you
will
     not get scroll buttons (like you do on eg. wxGTK) but the pages
are
     just drawn on the side of the notebook and you can't select them.
   - The wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_RIGHT or the wxNB_BOTTOM styles do not work.
   - Adding a new page to the notebook with
     wxNotebook.AddPage(p, l, selection) and selection is set 1 does
not

     select the new page . Note! When calling
wxNotebook.SetSelection()
     afterwards still keeps the focus on the old page but the new
     selected page is shown.

wxNamedColour:
   - Is probably not implemented?!

wxSpinCtrl:
   - Calling wxSpinCtrl.Show(true) will disable the widget, even
     calling a wxSpinCtrl.Enable(true) afterwards does not help!

wxTimer:
   - A wxTimer.IsRunning() call does not give you the correct result
     if your timer interval is short i.e. the system load is high.

and also I can see each cursor in each stc in scrolledpanel on MAC.

Wonjun, Choi

2

hello I have many Mac issues include below known issue.
how can I fix this problem?

General Problems:
    - After scrolling the screen does not always refresh properly,
      eg. scrolling a wxGrid or a wxListCtrl shows this problem.

[1]

wxBitmapButton:
    - If you during runtime change the bitmap on the button it will not
      show the new bitmap until you do a manual refresh call.

This is normal, Windows will sometimes behave the same way.

wxButton:
    - The wxButton.SetForegroundColour does not work at all, and the
      wxButton.SetBackgroundColour does not set the background colour
of
      the button but on the background behind the button (ugly!).

This is expected due to the way that the native button draws itself, and is also why wxWidgets is not able to guarantee that any visual attribute change on any native widget will be successful.

wxComboBox:
    - Appending choices to a combobox after initialization does not
work,
      i.e. the new choice does not show up

[1]

wxFrame:
    - Calling wxFrame.CentreOnScreen() when the frame size is set to
very
      big will cause the frame system menu to be hidden underneath the
      mac menu.

Yep, known problem.

wxMenu:
    - EVT_MENU event IsChecked method always returns 1.

[1]

wxNotebook:
    - After adding a page to the notebook and selecting it you again
have
      to manually call wxNotebook.Refresh to see the new panel inside
the
      notebook.

[1]

    - If you add more pages than the size of the notebook allowes you
will
      not get scroll buttons (like you do on eg. wxGTK) but the pages
are
      just drawn on the side of the notebook and you can't select them.

Yep, this is a known issue and is due to limitations in the native widget. Apple apparently feels that a notebook should never have more than a few tabs. You should use one of the generic alternatives instead, such as FlatNotebook.

    - The wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_RIGHT or the wxNB_BOTTOM styles do not work.

Ditto

    - Adding a new page to the notebook with
      wxNotebook.AddPage(p, l, selection) and selection is set 1 does
not

      select the new page . Note! When calling
wxNotebook.SetSelection()
      afterwards still keeps the focus on the old page but the new
      selected page is shown.

[1]

wxNamedColour:
    - Is probably not implemented?!

That is generic code and so should be present in all builds. Did you spell it correctly? What error are you getting? [1]

wxSpinCtrl:
    - Calling wxSpinCtrl.Show(true) will disable the widget, even
      calling a wxSpinCtrl.Enable(true) afterwards does not help!

[1]

wxTimer:
    - A wxTimer.IsRunning() call does not give you the correct result
      if your timer interval is short i.e. the system load is high.

That is to be expected on any platform.

and also I can see each cursor in each stc in scrolledpanel on MAC.

I'm not sure I understand what you mean with this one. Are you saying that the caret is still visible and flashing in the STCs that do not have the focus?

[1] For each of these items please make a small runnable sample that demonstrates the problem (and nothing else.) If you don't find that you have made a mistake in how you are using the widget then send the sample here. Also be sure to let us know which version of OSX you are using and the version of wxPython and whether you are using the Carbon or Cocoa build.

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On 3/22/12 12:45 AM, Wonjun, Choi wrote:

--
Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman

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  • If you add more pages than the size of the notebook allowes you

will

  not get scroll buttons (like you do on eg. wxGTK) but the pages

are

  just drawn on the side of the notebook and you can't select them.

Yep, this is a known issue and is due to limitations in the native widget. Apple apparently feels that a notebook should never have more than a few tabs. You should use one of the generic alternatives instead, such as FlatNotebook.

Wow, that’s kind of a serious one. I had no idea. Good to learn of it. Apple may feel that way but that is just not an acceptable response to it: to break the widget!

Che

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I wholeheartedly agree on this one. I normally am a great admirer of
Apple widgets and tools, but I am sorry to say that they got the
Notebook stuff completely wrong. Not to mention the tabs appearance,
which is sub-par compared to other great-looking Mac widgets.

Andrea.

"Imagination Is The Only Weapon In The War Against Reality."
http://xoomer.alice.it/infinity77/

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On 22 March 2012 18:37, C M wrote:

- If you add more pages than the size of the notebook allowes you

will
not get scroll buttons (like you do on eg. wxGTK) but the pages
are
just drawn on the side of the notebook and you can't select them.

Yep, this is a known issue and is due to limitations in the native widget.
Apple apparently feels that a notebook should never have more than a few
tabs. You should use one of the generic alternatives instead, such as
FlatNotebook.

Wow, that's kind of a serious one. I had no idea. Good to learn of it.
Apple may feel that way but that is just not an acceptable response to it:
to break the widget!

5

They got rid of the neon blue buttons, notebook tabs and etc. in 10.7 so things like that look better now. Still not super great, but definitely better.

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On 3/22/12 2:33 PM, Andrea Gavana wrote:

On 22 March 2012 18:37, C M wrote:

    - If you add more pages than the size of the notebook allowes you

will
      not get scroll buttons (like you do on eg. wxGTK) but the pages
are
      just drawn on the side of the notebook and you can't select them.

Yep, this is a known issue and is due to limitations in the native widget.
  Apple apparently feels that a notebook should never have more than a few
tabs. You should use one of the generic alternatives instead, such as
FlatNotebook.

Wow, that's kind of a serious one. I had no idea. Good to learn of it.
Apple may feel that way but that is just not an acceptable response to it:
to break the widget!

I wholeheartedly agree on this one. I normally am a great admirer of
Apple widgets and tools, but I am sorry to say that they got the
Notebook stuff completely wrong. Not to mention the tabs appearance,
which is sub-par compared to other great-looking Mac widgets.

--
Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman

6

first af all, here is my test code on OSX10.6.8, Python2.7, wxPython2.9.13.1.

http://codepad.org/NiisKmFH

[1] I see the cursor on every stc.

[2] SetForegroundColour method is not working

[3] below code is not working well in attached code.

if not (event.ControlDown() and event.GetKeyCode() == wx.WXK_TAB):
event.Skip()
return
flag = wx.NavigationKeyEvent.IsForward
if event.ShiftDown():
flag = 0
self.Navigate(flag)

Wonjun, Choi

7

Also I believe TimeCtrl used with a SpinCtrl has weird behavior on mac, the spin seems to limit you increasing or decreasing the time values when it shouldn’t. I’m pretty sure this happens in the demo but I’m not on a mac right now so I can’t confirm that. I can double check on Monday and if not put a small example together :slight_smile:

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On Thursday, 22 March 2012 07:45:33 UTC, Wonjun, Choi wrote:

hello I have many Mac issues include below known issue.

how can I fix this problem?

General Problems:

  • After scrolling the screen does not always refresh properly,

    eg. scrolling a wxGrid or a wxListCtrl shows this problem.

wxBitmapButton:

  • If you during runtime change the bitmap on the button it will not

    show the new bitmap until you do a manual refresh call.

wxButton:

  • The wxButton.SetForegroundColour does not work at all, and the

    wxButton.SetBackgroundColour does not set the background colour

of

 the button but on the background behind the button (ugly!).

wxComboBox:

  • Appending choices to a combobox after initialization does not

work,

 i.e. the new choice does not show up

wxFrame:

  • Calling wxFrame.CentreOnScreen() when the frame size is set to

very

 big will cause the frame system menu to be hidden underneath the

 mac menu.

wxMenu:

  • EVT_MENU event IsChecked method always returns 1.

wxNotebook:

  • After adding a page to the notebook and selecting it you again

have

 to manually call wxNotebook.Refresh to see the new panel inside

the

 notebook.
  • If you add more pages than the size of the notebook allowes you

will

 not get scroll buttons (like you do on eg. wxGTK) but the pages

are

 just drawn on the side of the notebook and you can't select them.

  • The wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_RIGHT or the wxNB_BOTTOM styles do not work.

  • Adding a new page to the notebook with

    wxNotebook.AddPage(p, l, selection) and selection is set 1 does

not

 select the new page . Note! When calling

wxNotebook.SetSelection()

 afterwards still keeps the focus on the old page but the new

 selected page is shown.

wxNamedColour:

  • Is probably not implemented?!

wxSpinCtrl:

  • Calling wxSpinCtrl.Show(true) will disable the widget, even

    calling a wxSpinCtrl.Enable(true) afterwards does not help!

wxTimer:

  • A wxTimer.IsRunning() call does not give you the correct result

    if your timer interval is short i.e. the system load is high.

and also I can see each cursor in each stc in scrolledpanel on MAC.

Wonjun, Choi

8

hello I have many Mac issues include below known issue.

how can I fix this problem?

General Problems:

  • After scrolling the screen does not always refresh properly,

    eg. scrolling a wxGrid or a wxListCtrl shows this problem.

wxBitmapButton:

  • If you during runtime change the bitmap on the button it will not

    show the new bitmap until you do a manual refresh call.

wxButton:

  • The wxButton.SetForegroundColour does not work at all, and the

    wxButton.SetBackgroundColour does not set the background colour

of

 the button but on the background behind the button (ugly!).

wxComboBox:

  • Appending choices to a combobox after initialization does not

work,

 i.e. the new choice does not show up

wxFrame:

  • Calling wxFrame.CentreOnScreen() when the frame size is set to

very

 big will cause the frame system menu to be hidden underneath the

 mac menu.

wxMenu:

  • EVT_MENU event IsChecked method always returns 1.

wxNotebook:

  • After adding a page to the notebook and selecting it you again

have

 to manually call wxNotebook.Refresh to see the new panel inside

the

 notebook.
  • If you add more pages than the size of the notebook allowes you

will

 not get scroll buttons (like you do on eg. wxGTK) but the pages

are

 just drawn on the side of the notebook and you can't select them.

  • The wxNB_LEFT, wxNB_RIGHT or the wxNB_BOTTOM styles do not work.

  • Adding a new page to the notebook with

    wxNotebook.AddPage(p, l, selection) and selection is set 1 does

not

 select the new page . Note! When calling

wxNotebook.SetSelection()

 afterwards still keeps the focus on the old page but the new

 selected page is shown.

wxNamedColour:

  • Is probably not implemented?!

wxSpinCtrl:

  • Calling wxSpinCtrl.Show(true) will disable the widget, even

    calling a wxSpinCtrl.Enable(true) afterwards does not help!

wxTimer:

  • A wxTimer.IsRunning() call does not give you the correct result

    if your timer interval is short i.e. the system load is high.

and also I can see each cursor in each stc in scrolledpanel on MAC.

Wonjun, Choi

Also I believe TimeCtrl used with a SpinCtrl has weird behavior on mac, the spin seems to limit you increasing or decreasing the time values when it shouldn’t. I’m pretty sure this happens in the demo but I’m not on a mac right now so I can’t confirm that. I can double check on Monday and if not put a small example together :slight_smile:

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Am 24.03.2012 um 14:30 schrieb Paul poalman@gmail.com:

On Thursday, 22 March 2012 07:45:33 UTC, Wonjun, Choi wrote:

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I hope someone can help me.

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Hi. I’m running wxpython 2.8.12.1 (mac-unicode) with python 2.7.2 on OSX 10.6.8

I can recreate the problem in the TimeCtrl demo in the first TimeCtrl with the spin button by selecting the minutes column and incrementing the minutes (to 40 let say), then selecting the seconds column and decrementing them down. The problem is the seconds get a lower bound of 60 less the minutes column instead of being able to spin down to 00 and back to 59 and so on.

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Because the SpinButton on Mac doesn't continue to send UP/DOWN events when the internal counter has reached its min/max values like it apparently does on the other platforms. After a quick glance at the docs I'd say that the official behavior in this case is undefined.

You can work around this by calling the spin button's SetRange method with a very large negative and positive value

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On 3/26/12 1:53 AM, Paul Wiseman wrote:

Hi. I'm running wxpython 2.8.12.1 (mac-unicode) with python 2.7.2 on OSX
10.6.8

I can recreate the problem in the TimeCtrl demo in the first TimeCtrl
with the spin button by selecting the minutes column and incrementing
the minutes (to 40 let say), then selecting the seconds column and
decrementing them down. The problem is the seconds get a lower bound of
60 less the minutes column instead of being able to spin down to 00 and
back to 59 and so on.

--
Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman

12

I see a cursor in every stcs… help me.