Creating a background image

wxPython Users
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Hi,

I'm trying to create a background image on a wxFrame
and not having much luck. Below I have some code wich
adds an image and then some controls. The Controls
show up and are accessable via keyboard, but not mouse
clicks.

Is there something I'm doing wrong? Is there a better
way?

Thanks,
Seth.

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from wxPython.wx import *
import string

class MainWindow(wxFrame):
    wxInitAllImageHandlers()
    def __init__(self,parent,id,title):
        wxFrame.__init__(self,parent,-4, title, size =
( 400,400),
                                    
style=wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE)
        
        bmp = wxBitmap('Winter.jpg',
wxBITMAP_TYPE_JPEG)
        staticBmpCtrl = wxStaticBitmap(self, -1, bmp,
(0, 0))
         
        button1 = wxButton(self, 10, "Hello",
wxPoint(20, 20))

        button2 = wxButton(self, 20, "goodby",
wxPoint(200, 200))

        self.SetAutoLayout(true)
        
        EVT_BUTTON(self, 10, self.OnClick1)
        EVT_BUTTON(self, 20, self.OnClick2)

        self.Show(true)
        self.Refresh()
        
    def OnClick1(self, event):
        print "OnClick1"
    
    def OnClick2(self, event):
        print "OnClick2"
        
app = wxPySimpleApp()
frame = MainWindow(None, -1, "background try")
app.MainLoop()

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Seth Shikora wrote:

I'm trying to create a background image on a wxFrame
and not having much luck. Below I have some code wich
adds an image and then some controls. The Controls
show up and are accessable via keyboard, but not mouse
clicks.

It works fine for me: wxGTK2.4.1.2, Python2.3, Redhat Linux7.2

What system/versions are you running?

Is there something I'm doing wrong? Is there a better
way?

There was a discussion about this a littel while ago on this list. Check
the archives. I suspect that you don't want to use wxStaticBitmap to
draw your image. What you are doing is putting controls on top of each
other, and is suspect that is your problem. I think a wxStaicBitmap is
not a "true" control on GTK, so it works for me, but may not on other
platforms.

By the way, you don't need:

wxInitAllImageHandlers()

wxPySimpleApp already does that.

-Chris

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Seth Shikora wrote:

Hi,

I'm trying to create a background image on a wxFrame
and not having much luck. Below I have some code wich
adds an image and then some controls. The Controls
show up and are accessable via keyboard, but not mouse
clicks.

Is there something I'm doing wrong?

Yep. You're overlapping controls and not looking at the demo for better ideas. :wink:

Is there a better
way?

Draw the image in the EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND event like in the ColourDB sample

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