[SOLVED] [listbox] Loop through items and select hits?

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Hello,

After filling a listbox with items, the user must be able to 1) search for a string, and 2) have the application highlight all the items in the listbox that contain that string.

I’m almost there, but listbox.SetSelection() expects an integer: How do I get the item’s index from its string?

class ListBoxFrame(wx.Frame):
	def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):  
		...
		self.lb1 = wx.ListBox(panel, style=(wx.LB_MULTIPLE | wx.LB_ALWAYS_SB))
		sizer.Add(self.lb1,1, wx.ALL | wx.EXPAND ,5)
		...
		
	def OnSearchButtonClick(self,event):
		self.search_btn.Disable()
		if (search := self.textbox.GetValue()):
			for item in self.lb1.Items:
				#found string in current list item
				if search in item:
						#HERE
						self.lb1.SetSelection(int)
		else:
			self.statusbar.SetStatusText("Please type")
		self.search_btn.Enable()

Cheers,

Edit: Found it. Still need to 1) ignore case and 2) find how to put the focus back to the top of the list after search+highlight

for i in range(self.lb1.GetCount()) :
	item = self.lb1.GetString(i)
	if search in item:
		self.lb1.SetSelection(i)
#put focus back to top of the list
#BAD self.lb1.SetSelection(0)

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Edit: Solved.

#one way to clear selections
dummy = [self.lb1.Deselect(i) for i in range(self.lb1.GetCount())]
...
hits = 0
for i in range(self.lb1.GetCount()) :
	item = self.lb1.GetString(i)
	#ignore case
	if search.lower() in item.lower():
		self.lb1.SetSelection(i)
		hits += 1
self.statusbar.SetStatusText(f"Hits: {str(hits)}")

#put focus back to top of the list
self.lb1.SetFirstItem(0)