Mac: Standard Dialog Icons for Error, Question and Information are Missing

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Run attached.

Error, Question and Information icons are missing - replaced by a Python launcher rocket ship.

Windows and Linux show meaningful icons for wx.Error, wx.Question and wx.Information when passed to wx.MessageDialog.

The wx.Exclamation icon has a little rocket on it, which is not consistent with Windows and Linux.

Not sure why a rocket ship is relevant to a user getting a exclamation dialog (maybe for applications that launch rockets?).

python=2.7.5

wxPython=2.9.5.0

OSX=Mavericks

Is this a configuration/install issue?

Ideas/Suggestions?

dialogTest.py (364 Bytes)

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Error, Question and Information icons are missing - replaced by a Python
launcher rocket ship.
Windows and Linux show meaningful icons for wx.Error, wx.Question and
wx.Information when passed to wx.MessageDialog.

The wx.Exclamation icon has a little rocket on it, which is not consistent
with Windows and Linux.

I see the same thing..

Not sure why a rocket ship is relevant to a user getting a exclamation
dialog (maybe for applications that launch rockets?).

that rocket icon was created for the "python launcher" (we launch
rockets, get it?) which I think was (is?) a *.app bundle that launches
python scripts in the proper GUI environment. anyway, it's become the
default icon for the python GUI programs. But that doesn't explain why
there are no icons for Error and Question.

I suspect if you build an app bundle (py2app) and set a new Icon,
you'll get rid of the rocket, anyway.

-Chris

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On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Edward Sitarski <edward.sitarski@gmail.com> wrote:

python=2.7.5
wxPython=2.9.5.0
OSX=Mavericks

Is this a configuration/install issue?
Ideas/Suggestions?

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Chris Barker wrote:

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On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Edward Sitarski > <edward.sitarski@gmail.com> wrote:

Error, Question and Information icons are missing - replaced by a Python
launcher rocket ship.
Windows and Linux show meaningful icons for wx.Error, wx.Question and
wx.Information when passed to wx.MessageDialog.

The wx.Exclamation icon has a little rocket on it, which is not
consistent
with Windows and Linux.

I see the same thing..

Not sure why a rocket ship is relevant to a user getting a exclamation
dialog (maybe for applications that launch rockets?).

that rocket icon was created for the "python launcher" (we launch
rockets, get it?) which I think was (is?) a *.app bundle that launches
python scripts in the proper GUI environment. anyway, it's become the
default icon for the python GUI programs. But that doesn't explain why
there are no icons for Error and Question.

I suspect if you build an app bundle (py2app) and set a new Icon,
you'll get rid of the rocket, anyway.

The OSX standards say that the message dialog should use the default icon of the application bundle, not an error/question/info icon. If you want something different then you'll need to use a custom dialog.

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