It looks like we can't doc the map display using AUI unless we redo the main window as a wx.Window or wx.Panel. I don't know if that would be a real problem to do or not.
See correspondence form the wxPython/wxWidgets list below. Michael __________________________________________ Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology School of Human Evolution & Social Change Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity Arizona State University phone: 480-965-6213 fax: 480-965-7671 www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton ------ Forwarded Message > From: "SourceForge.net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:02:16 -0700 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [ wxwindows-Bugs-1732558 ] strange behavior managing wx.Frame with > wx.AUIManager > > Bugs item #1732558, was opened at 2007-06-07 04:26 > Message generated for change (Comment added) made by biwillia76 > You can respond by visiting: > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=109863&aid=1732558&group_id= > 9863 > > Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, > including the initial issue submission, for this request, > not just the latest update. > Category: None > Group: None > Status: Open > Resolution: None > Priority: 5 > Private: No > Submitted By: CM Barton (cmbarton) > Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) > Summary: strange behavior managing wx.Frame with wx.AUIManager > > Initial Comment: > Platform: Mac OS X 10.4.9 > wxPython 2.8.4 > > I want to manage a wx.Frame under AUI. > > I define a base AUI managed window with wx.AUIManager(windowname) > > I create the wx.Frame object > > However, when I try add this to the base AUI window with AddPane, it produces > very odd results. > > The pane is created within the base window in the proper location and with the > proper attributes. > > However, the window is created outside the base AUI window, as if it were an > independent window, not a managed pane. That is it is NOT in the pane produced > with AddPane but at a completely different screen location. However, it is the > same SIZE as the pane created with AddPane > > Weirdly, if I change the size of the AUI-managed pane, it also changes the > size of the independent window (i.e., the one outside the AUI base window) > accordingly. > > If I define the managed pane as Float(), I get the original window AND a > second AUI pane, exactly the same as the original window and setting directly > on top of it. The AUI pane can be docked (though it doesn't dock correctly). > Again, changing the size of the AUI pane changes the size of the original > window, even though the 2 are in different screen positions. > > Pane management works correctly with wx.Window, wx.TextCtrl, wx.NoteBook, and > wx.ToolBar. > > Michael > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Comment By: Benjamin I. Williams (biwillia76) > Date: 2007-06-08 06:02 > > Message: > Logged In: YES > user_id=383645 > Originator: NO > > > Hi Michael, > > Yes. In order to do what you've described, you need to create one frame, > and then the other window as a wxWindow or wxPanel derived object. Let > wxAuiManager place a frame around it then, and do the floating and docking. > Creating two wxFrames is not the way that wxAuiManager is intended to be > used. > > Good luck! > > All the best, > Ben > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Comment By: CM Barton (cmbarton) > Date: 2007-06-07 19:26 > > Message: > Logged In: YES > user_id=1716814 > Originator: YES > > Ben, > > Thanks for the quick and informative response. > > What you say fits with the behavior I've seen. Here is our situation. Our > application (GRASS GIS) has two primary windows. They have been designed as > independent windows so far, each with their own toolbars and other > contents. So each is defined initially as a frame (wx.Frame). There has > been some discussion on the possibility of allowing one of these windows > (the one that displays maps) to be docked inside the other one (a kind of > controls window). AUI seemed like a good way to go about this. However, > from the behavior I reported and your comments, it seems like we'd have to > redefine the map display window as a wx.Window in order to do this. > Correct? > > Michael > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Comment By: Benjamin I. Williams (biwillia76) > Date: 2007-06-07 12:52 > > Message: > Logged In: YES > user_id=383645 > Originator: NO > > Hello, > > It sounds to me like you are trying to manage a child wxFrame. If so, > this is not the way that wxAuiManager was intended to be used. You can > manage many child windows inside a single wxFrame. Each wxFrame should > only have one manager. There is a one-to-one relationship between the > two. > > Please let me know if I misunderstood your bug report. > > Thanks, > Ben > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > You can respond by visiting: > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=109863&aid=1732558&group_id= > 9863 ------ End of Forwarded Message _______________________________________________ grassgui mailing list [email protected] http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grassgui
