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Re: wxAuiNotebook vs. wxNotebook

 

Updated screenshot attached including the icons.

Regards,
Michael

On 19 September 2017 at 17:27, Greg Smith <ecomputerd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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