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[Greg Smith <ecomputerd@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think the main difference is in the ability to be a dock for other panels.

https://wiki.wxpython.org/AuiNotebook%20%28AGW%29

"Advanced User Interface (AUI) that provides perspective saving, floating sub-windows that can be docked, customizable look and feel and the splittable AUI Notebook."

Greg S.

> On Sep 19, 2017, at 11:15 AM, Michael Kavanagh <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Is there any reason why wxAuiNotebook is used in some cases instead of wxNotebook which uses native widgets? I have attached screenshots of the different appearances on Windows.
> 
> I can send some patches changing some over to wxNotebook if this is acceptable. For the About dialog at least it seems to be a trivial change (I suspect I am wrong on this) and improves the look. Note I am still working on the icons for each tab.
> 
> Regards,
> Michael
> <wxAuiNotebook.PNG>
> <wxNotebook.PNG>
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