I have also been writing Python for 23 years and wxPython for nearly 20 years. In that time I don’t remember ever using a ScrolledPanel. So I have taken the example from the wxPython Demo, added a StatusBar to the Frame and made it a stand-alone app. When I run it on linux I don’t see any cases of parts of the controls not being visible.
However, it’s a very simple example. The main panel is derived from ScrolledPanel and it contains 3 child ScrolledPanels. It doesn’t do anything complex like hiding/showing of child panels. This suggests to me there is not a basic problem with using ScrolledPanels with a StatusBar (on linux at least).
Perhaps, instead of commenting out parts out of your existing app, you could try adding some of the more complex features to this simple example and see what it is that makes it start showing the problem?
import wx
import wx.lib.scrolledpanel as scrolled
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
text = "one two buckle my shoe three four shut the door five six pick up sticks seven eight lay them straight nine ten big fat hen"
class TestPanel(scrolled.ScrolledPanel):
def __init__(self, parent):
scrolled.ScrolledPanel.__init__(self, parent, -1)
vbox = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
desc = wx.StaticText(self, -1,
"ScrolledPanel extends wx.ScrolledWindow, adding all "
"the necessary bits to set up scroll handling for you.\n\n"
"Here are three fixed size examples of its use. The "
"demo panel for this sample is also using it -- the \nwxStaticLine "
"below is intentionally made too long so a scrollbar will be "
"activated."
)
desc.SetForegroundColour("Blue")
vbox.Add(desc, 0, wx.ALIGN_LEFT|wx.ALL, 5)
vbox.Add(wx.StaticLine(self, -1, size=(1024,-1)), 0, wx.ALL, 5)
vbox.Add((20,20))
words = text.split()
panel1 = scrolled.ScrolledPanel(self, -1, size=(140, 300),
style = wx.TAB_TRAVERSAL|wx.SUNKEN_BORDER, name="panel1" )
fgs1 = wx.FlexGridSizer(cols=2, vgap=4, hgap=4)
for word in words:
label = wx.StaticText(panel1, -1, word+":")
# A test for scrolling with a too big control
#if word == "three":
# tc = wx.TextCtrl(panel1, -1, word, size=(150,-1))
#else:
# tc = wx.TextCtrl(panel1, -1, word, size=(50,-1))
tc = wx.TextCtrl(panel1, -1, word, size=(50,-1))
fgs1.Add(label, flag=wx.ALIGN_RIGHT | wx.ALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL | wx.LEFT, border=10)
fgs1.Add(tc, flag=wx.RIGHT, border=10)
panel1.SetSizer( fgs1 )
panel1.SetAutoLayout(1)
panel1.SetupScrolling()
panel2 = scrolled.ScrolledPanel(self, -1, size=(350, 50),
style = wx.TAB_TRAVERSAL|wx.SUNKEN_BORDER, name="panel2")
panel3 = scrolled.ScrolledPanel(self, -1, size=(200,100),
style = wx.TAB_TRAVERSAL|wx.SUNKEN_BORDER, name="panel3")
fgs2 = wx.FlexGridSizer(cols=25, vgap=4, hgap=4)
fgs3 = wx.FlexGridSizer(cols=5, vgap=4, hgap=4)
for i in range(len(words)):
word = words[i]
if i % 5 != 4:
label2 = wx.StaticText(panel2, -1, word)
fgs2.Add(label2, flag=wx.ALIGN_LEFT | wx.ALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL)
label3 = wx.StaticText(panel3, -1, word)
fgs3.Add(label3, flag=wx.ALIGN_LEFT | wx.ALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL)
else:
tc2 = wx.TextCtrl(panel2, -1, word, size=(50,-1))
fgs2.Add(tc2, flag=wx.LEFT, border=5)
tc3 = wx.TextCtrl(panel3, -1, word )
fgs3.Add(tc3, flag=wx.LEFT, border=5)
panel2.SetSizer( fgs2 )
panel2.SetAutoLayout(1)
panel2.SetupScrolling(scroll_y = False)
panel3.SetSizer( fgs3 )
panel3.SetAutoLayout(1)
panel3.SetupScrolling()
hbox = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)
hbox.Add((20,20))
hbox.Add(panel1, 0, wx.FIXED_MINSIZE)
hbox.Add((40, 10))
vbox2 = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
vbox2.Add(panel2, 0, wx.FIXED_MINSIZE)
vbox2.Add((20, 50))
vbox2.Add(panel3, 0, wx.FIXED_MINSIZE)
vbox2.Add((20, 10))
hbox.Add(vbox2)
vbox.Add(hbox, 0)
self.SetSizer(vbox)
self.SetAutoLayout(1)
self.SetupScrolling()
class TestFrame(wx.Frame):
def __init__(self, parent):
wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent)
self.SetSize((800, 600))
self.SetTitle("Test ScrolledPanel")
# Add a status bar
self.statusbar = self.CreateStatusBar(1, wx.STB_DEFAULT_STYLE)
self.statusbar.SetStatusWidths([-1])
self.panel = TestPanel(self)
self.Layout()
app = wx.App()
frame = TestFrame(None)
frame.Show()
app.MainLoop()
