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Re: wxAUI woes

 

And, I have only been able to create the window undocked and I can manually dock it. I also have not figured out how to programmatically undock it either.. I figured out the code sequence largely by trial and error.

Greg S.

> On Oct 15, 2017, at 9:19 PM, Greg Smith <ecomputerd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> The following code in python creates a docked window:
> 
> https://github.com/HiGregSmith/LayerViewSet/blob/master/layerviewset.py
> 
> See the class "gui" and the function "Run".
> You have to find the AUIManager and add an AuiPaneInfo as well as set the parent. It's a little tricky.
> 
> I hope this helps.
> class gui (layerviewset_gui.layerviewset_panel):
>     """Inherits from the layerviewset_gui form wxFormBuilder. Supplies
> functions that tie the gui to the layerviewset class below."""
>     _lvset_instance = None
>     interior_panel = None
>     def __init__(self, lvset_instance, parent_frame, pane=None, *args, **kw):
>         
>         self._lvset_instance = lvset_instance
>         if pane is not None:
>             manager.AddPane( self, pane)
>         super(gui,self).__init__(parent_frame)#, *args, **kw)
> 
> 
> Greg S.
> 
>> On Oct 15, 2017, at 9:00 PM, Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> The image is 1920x1020, there should be no issue reading the text...
>> 
>> Anyway, the issue is that I have tried to add a new panel to the module selector window, by copying the code used to add the panels that are currently there. Compiles ok but when I run KiCad and open the selector, the new panel is not visible anywhere. I realize this isn't much of a problem description, but I was wondering if there was some trick that is undocumented (or documented somewhere that I haven't found it) that I need to know to display wxAUI panels.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 12:29 PM, Greg Smith <ecomputerd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I can't read the text, there's not enough resolution. What is the issue?
>>> 
>>> I've had windows that seem to be tucked under the horizontal toolbar.
>>> 
>>> Greg S.
>>> 
>>>> On Oct 15, 2017, at 7:46 PM, Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I'm trying to add a new panel to the module viewer window. "screenshot" below.
>>>> 
>>>> However I can't get wxAUI to play along at all. I cannot even get a new panel to be displayed in this window. Are there any particular tricks that may be non-obvious?
>>>> 
>>>> https://i.imgur.com/dXj51u1.png
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> 
>>>> Oliver
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