[newbie] recommend simple layout?

i am reiterating through another session of "let's try and learn wxPython".

I'm interested in layout - can anyone recommend the first layout
manager I should use to help me in my introduction to this topic?

TIA
Adam

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Adam,

You have two basic choices for layout.

1. Layout Constraints.

2. Sizers.

I found layout constraints to be easier to get a handle on when I was
starting out, but that may just be me. They were more familiar, more
similar to other things I'd done.

The consensus on the list that I've seen over the past year or so is that
sizers is really the way to go. They're more OO. And now that I've taken
the time to figure them out (a couple of times) I do use Sizers instead of
layout constraints because it's less coding.

The place to start with Sizers is the wxPyWiki, especially
http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/UsingSizers. The graphic at the bottom
of that page is something I still refer to frequently.

Good luck.

David

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-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Cripps [mailto:kabads@gmail.com]
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Subject: [wxPython-users] [newbie] recommend simple layout?

i am reiterating through another session of "let's try and learn
wxPython".

I'm interested in layout - can anyone recommend the first layout
manager I should use to help me in my introduction to this topic?

TIA
Adam
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Thanks David - am reading the wiki now - will probably be back with my
troubles :wink:

Adam

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On 6/25/05, David Woods <dwoods@wcer.wisc.edu> wrote:

Adam,

You have two basic choices for layout.

1. Layout Constraints.

2. Sizers.

I found layout constraints to be easier to get a handle on when I was
starting out, but that may just be me. They were more familiar, more
similar to other things I'd done.

The consensus on the list that I've seen over the past year or so is that
sizers is really the way to go. They're more OO. And now that I've taken
the time to figure them out (a couple of times) I do use Sizers instead of
layout constraints because it's less coding.

The place to start with Sizers is the wxPyWiki, especially
http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/UsingSizers. The graphic at the bottom
of that page is something I still refer to frequently.

Good luck.

David

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Cripps [mailto:kabads@gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 3:37 PM
> To: wxpython-users@lists.wxwidgets.org
> Subject: [wxPython-users] [newbie] recommend simple layout?
>
> i am reiterating through another session of "let's try and learn
> wxPython".
>
> I'm interested in layout - can anyone recommend the first layout
> manager I should use to help me in my introduction to this topic?
>
> TIA
> Adam
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Don't forget to cheat too... wxGlade and DialogBlocks are two great
ways to manipulate controls with sizers and get a feel for them.
wxGlade will generate python for you, DialogBlocks is more C++
oriented, but it will give you XRC that you can use.

-Jim

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On 6/26/05, Adam Cripps <kabads@gmail.com> wrote:

On 6/25/05, David Woods <dwoods@wcer.wisc.edu> wrote:
> Adam,
>
> You have two basic choices for layout.
>
> 1. Layout Constraints.
>
> 2. Sizers.
>
> I found layout constraints to be easier to get a handle on when I was
> starting out, but that may just be me. They were more familiar, more
> similar to other things I'd done.
>
> The consensus on the list that I've seen over the past year or so is that
> sizers is really the way to go. They're more OO. And now that I've taken
> the time to figure them out (a couple of times) I do use Sizers instead of
> layout constraints because it's less coding.
>
> The place to start with Sizers is the wxPyWiki, especially
> http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/UsingSizers. The graphic at the bottom
> of that page is something I still refer to frequently.
>
> Good luck.
>
> David
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Adam Cripps [mailto:kabads@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 3:37 PM
> > To: wxpython-users@lists.wxwidgets.org
> > Subject: [wxPython-users] [newbie] recommend simple layout?
> >
> > i am reiterating through another session of "let's try and learn
> > wxPython".
> >
> > I'm interested in layout - can anyone recommend the first layout
> > manager I should use to help me in my introduction to this topic?
> >
> > TIA
> > Adam
> > --

Thanks David - am reading the wiki now - will probably be back with my
troubles :wink:

Adam

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