Centering a Floating Window

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add_node_pane = self._mgr.GetPane(

“add_new_node”).Float().Center().Show()

self._mgr.Update()

I have tried to add a .Center() but it doesn’t center it, inside of the class instantiation I have tried some various settings but no love. Any ideas what I am doing wrong? The pane shows up and works fine, its just not centered.

JS

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Hi, I am new in wx.Python. I am digesting somebody else’s code and can’t understand what does wx.ALL do in a sizer.Add statement. Here is a sample code:

buttonSizer.Add( self.incSpin , 0, wx.ALL | wx.ALIGN_CENTER, 1)

Can somebody explain, please? Thanks in advance.

Song

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Hi,

From: Song Cao [mailto:scao@ashton-systems.com]
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 3:36 PM
To: wxPython-users@lists.wxwidgets.org
Subject: what is the wx.ALL in sizer flag.

Hi, I am new in wx.Python. I am digesting somebody else's
code and can't understand what does wx.ALL do in a sizer.Add
statement. Here is a sample code:

buttonSizer.Add( self.incSpin , 0, wx.ALL | wx.ALIGN_CENTER, 1)

Can somebody explain, please? Thanks in advance.

Song

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Date: 04/10/2007 8:59 AM

Basically wx.ALL tells the sizer that it wants x amount of space on all
four sides. In your case, it would have 1 pixel on the left, right, top
and bottom.

# not all of the arguments are required
sizer.Add(someControl/sizer, proportion, flag(s), border)

So if you did this:

buttonSizer.Add( self.incSpin , 0, wx.ALL | wx.ALIGN_CENTER, 5)

it would put five pixels of "space" on all four sides of the widget, as
well as align it to the center.

Hope that helped at least a little bit.

Mike

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Justin Seitz escribió:

add_node_pane = /self/._mgr.GetPane(/"add_new_node"/).Float().Center().Show()

/self/._mgr.Update()

I have tried to add a .Center() but it doesn't center it, inside of the class instantiation I have tried some various settings but no love. Any ideas what I am doing wrong? The pane shows up and works fine, its just not centered.

JS

try with CenterPane()

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What that does is drops the floating pane into the middle of my AUI managed
frame, thus no longer making it a floating pane :frowning: I should have mentioned
that in my first post.

JS

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-----Original Message-----
From: jonhattan [mailto:jonhattan@faita.net]
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 4:59 AM
To: wxPython-users@lists.wxwidgets.org
Subject: Re: [wxPython-users] Centering a Floating Window

Justin Seitz escribió:
>
> add_node_pane =
> /self/._mgr.GetPane(/"add_new_node"/).Float().Center().Show()
>
> /self/._mgr.Update()
>
>
>
> I have tried to add a .Center() but it doesn't center it, inside of
> the class instantiation I have tried some various settings but no
> love. Any ideas what I am doing wrong? The pane shows up and works
> fine, its just not centered.
>
> JS
>
try with CenterPane()

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Justin Seitz wrote:

add_node_pane = /self/._mgr.GetPane(/"add_new_node"/).Float().Center().Show()

/self/._mgr.Update()

I have tried to add a .Center() but it doesn't center it, inside of the class instantiation I have tried some various settings but no love. Any ideas what I am doing wrong? The pane shows up and works fine, its just not centered.

Center() just sets the dock_direction member to wxAUI_DOCK_CENTER, so it just affects default docking positions similar to Left(), Right(), Top() and Bottom(). You'll probably need to calculate and set the FloatingPosition yourself instead.

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