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wxPython Application Development Cookbook

You're reading from   wxPython Application Development Cookbook Over 80 step-by-step recipes to get you up to speed with building your own wxPython applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2015
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ISBN-13 9781785287732
Length 264 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. wxPython Starting Points FREE CHAPTER 2. Common User Controls 3. UI Layout and Organization 4. Containers and Advanced Controls 5. Data Displays and Grids 6. Ways to Notify and Alert 7. Requesting and Retrieving Information 8. User Interface Primitives 9. Creating and Customizing Components 10. Getting Your Application Ready for Release Index

Using TextCtrl


The TextCtrl control is versatile; it allows the display and entry of textual data in an application. In its default form, TextCtrl is a single-line entry field that is often used on forms to allow users to input information such as names, places, and descriptions. From wxPython 2.9 onward, TextCtrl added some features to support auto-completion of input. This feature lets some input help be shown in a pop-up list that filters as the typing narrows down the available options. In this recipe, we will explore how to activate and use some of these features by making a custom the TextCtrl control that remembers previous entries that were made in it and offers them as input tips the next time data is typed into the field.

How to do it…

Perform the following steps:

  1. First, let's create the class' definition and its constructor to set up the extensions and events that we need to handle in order to add the memory feature:

    class MemoryTextCtrl(wx.TextCtrl):
        """TextCtrl that remembers...
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