[wxPython] TextCtrl.ShowPosition()

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i'm having a problem with ShowPosition( pos ).
the documentation seems plain, that it should make the
line containing pos visible. but it doesn't appear
to do anything. i believe the pos i'm using is correct,
since in the line before i use it to set the selection.
is there some trick to this?

thanks

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i'm having a problem with ShowPosition( pos ).
the documentation seems plain, that it should make the
line containing pos visible. but it doesn't appear
to do anything. i believe the pos i'm using is correct,
since in the line before i use it to set the selection.
is there some trick to this?

Hmmm... I suspect it's because on wxGTK it's implemented like this:

void wxTextCtrl::ShowPosition( long WXUNUSED(pos) )
{
// SetInsertionPoint( pos );
}

<wink> So apparently there is no way to do that with GTK's text or entry
widget, or at least the author couldn't figure out how to do it at the time.
If you don't mind moving the location of the caret you could try working
around it by calling SetInsertionPoint like the commented out code above.
Otherwise you should ask about this on wx-users to see if anybody has a
solution.

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