Hello,
Apparently the textctrl part of the combobox is governed under Windows
2000 by the usual mouse controls: double left clicking selects the
current word, repeated double clicking the whole current line in the
textctrl. Right clicking allows the usual copy,cut & paste under
windows.
As for the drop-down part of the combobox, double click is
undistinguishable from single click, right clicking does not work.
Therefore, I do not see any solution with the standard combobox.
I am intrigued about the hint "
other than create a custom
control from scratch that behaves the way you
want...
". Is there any pointer/example of how to do that?
By the way, I would also like to mention that I have been working with
wxpython for one year already and I find it quite impressive. The only
thing that I miss (very badly indeed) is an adequate documentation in
the form of a book, with a systematical description and a good set of
examples. Of course that the wiki has lots of valuable information, but
it is not adequately structured for learning wxpython easily. I spent
20% of my time programming and 80% of my time figuring out how things
should work!
thanks and best regards,
antonio aranda
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Aranda, Antonio wrote:
Hello,
thanks for handling my problem. I am running under Windows
2000, SP4,
Python 2.2.3, wxWindows 2.4.2.4.
Once more, I can work perfectly well with a combobox but I
need the
delta of triggering a selected item in a special way (for
instance,
running the selected item if it is an executable or displaying
a web
page. Of course that I can get all characters entered in the
text box
and filter them to check a special one -for instance
ctrl-enter. This
does work, but it is not what I need to be consistent with the
other
windows in my application: I want to select the item via the
mouse
(right click, double click or whatever other action).
Interestlingly enough, this may be accomplished with a list
control, but
I cannot figure out how to trigger via the mouse with a
combobox.
I would really appreciate support on this.
Well if the native control doesn't support it there is not much we can
do about it from wxPython other than create a custom control from
scratch that behaves the way you want...
Part of the problem may be that the drop-down part of the combo box may
be implemented as a separate window that is totally managed by the combo
control itself. In that case the low level
messages/callbacks/events or
whatever are not delivered to a place that can be captured by wxWindows.
Does the double click on the textctrl part of the combobox work
for you?
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Hello,
thanks for handling my problem. I am running under Windows 2000, SP4,
Python 2.2.3, wxWindows 2.4.2.4.
Once more, I can work perfectly well with a combobox but I need the
delta of triggering a selected item in a special way (for instance,
running the selected item if it is an executable or displaying a web
page. Of course that I can get all characters entered in the text box
and filter them to check a special one -for instance ctrl-enter. This
does work, but it is not what I need to be consistent with the other
windows in my application: I want to select the item via the mouse
(right click, double click or whatever other action).
Interestlingly enough, this may be accomplished with a list control, but
I cannot figure out how to trigger via the mouse with a combobox.
I would really appreciate support on this.
best regards,
antonio aranda
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Platform and version?
The behavioiur of various controls with low level events like this is
undefined and will also differ from platform to platform. The main
reason is that controls may or may not be a true native window and so
are not able to send the same kinds of notifications that true windows
do.
BTW, surpisingly I *am* getting the dclick events on the combobox
textfield for wxGTK...
--
Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman
Java give you jitters? Relax with wxPython!
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I want to be able to perform a specific action with a selected item in a
Combobox, for instance when double clicking it.
The related event, EVT_LEFT_DCLICK , seems not to work in the
combobox. Actually, the only event that seems to work in the combobox
text field is EVT_MOTION, but only when I get into it or out of it.
I need some way to click on a selected item of a combobox in a special
way (right click, double click or whatever) and perform a special
action.
I have been working on this for some days with no avail.
I would appreciate a solution to this issue.
I provide a small sample code to verify what I say above.
thanks
antonio
sample code:
from wxPython.wx import *
class MainFrame(wxFrame):
def __init__(self):
wxFrame.__init__(self, None, -1, "EVT_MOTION Test")
self.SetSize(wxSize(400, 380))
self.panel = wxPanel (self, -1)
EVT_CLOSE(self, self.OnCloseWindow)
EVT_MOTION (self.panel, self.panel_motion)
EVT_LEFT_DOWN (self.panel, self.panel_left_down)
EVT_LEFT_DCLICK (self.panel, self.panel_left_dclick)
EVT_LEFT_UP (self.panel, self.panel_left_up)
self.button = wxButton (self.panel, -1, 'A Button',
pos=(100,100))
EVT_MOTION (self.button, self.button_motion)
EVT_LEFT_DOWN (self.button, self.button_left_down)
EVT_LEFT_DCLICK (self.button, self.button_left_dclick)
EVT_LEFT_UP (self.button, self.button_left_up)
EVT_BUTTON (self.button, self.button.GetId (),
self.button_clicked)
self.cb= wxComboBox(self.panel, -1,
"",
choices=["aaaaa","bbbbb","cccc"],
pos=(-1,-1),# default
size=(-1,-1),# default
style=wxCB_SIMPLE # creates a combobox with
a drom-down list
)
EVT_MOTION (self.cb, self.cb_motion)
EVT_LEFT_DOWN (self.cb, self.cb_left_down)
EVT_LEFT_DCLICK (self.cb, self.cb_left_dclick)
EVT_LEFT_UP (self.cb, self.cb_left_up)
EVT_BUTTON (self.cb, self.cb.GetId (), self.cb_clicked)
EVT_LEFT_DCLICK (self.cb, self.cb_left_dclick)
def OnCloseWindow(self, event):
self.Destroy()
def panel_motion (self, event):
print 'Panel motion'
def panel_left_down (self, event):
print 'Panel left down'
def panel_left_dclick (self, event):
print 'Panel left dclick'
def panel_left_up (self, event):
print 'Panel left up'
def button_motion (self, event):
print 'Button motion'
def button_left_down (self, event):
print 'Button left down'
def button_left_dclick (self, event):
print 'Button left dclick'
def button_left_up (self, event):
print 'Button left up'
def button_clicked (self, event):
print 'Button clicked'
def cb_clicked (self, event):
print 'CB clicked'
def cb_motion (self, event):
print 'CB motion'
def cb_left_down (self, event):
print 'CB left down'
def cb_left_dclick (self, event):
print 'CB left dclick'
def cb_left_up (self, event):
print 'CB left up'
def cb_clicked (self, event):
print 'CB clicked'
class TestApp(wxApp):
def OnInit(self):
self.frame = MainFrame()
self.frame.Show(True)
self.SetTopWindow(self.frame)
return True
app = TestApp(0)
app.MainLoop()
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