I am using wxPython Classic on Python 27. I have my files structure as follow (see codes snippet below):-
frame.py = this file contains two classes for frame and dialog (MyFrame1 and MyDialog1 respectively)
main.py = this file import the classes above and also contains two sub-classes based on the above (MyFrame2 and MyDialog2 respectively).
Now keeping the file structure as it is above, how do I make the Frame window inactive when the dialog window is opened?
How can the MakeModal() method be properly applied on the file arrangement/structure above? All the examples I found so far make uses of two frames instead of a frame and a dialog.
frame.py
import wx
# ************ FRAME 1 ************ #
# ************ FRAME 1 ************ #
class MyFrame1 ( wx.Frame ):
def __init__( self, parent ):
wx.Frame.__init__ ( self, parent, id = wx.ID_ANY, title = wx.EmptyString, pos = wx.DefaultPosition, size = wx.Size( 500,300 ), style = wx.DEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE|wx.TAB_TRAVERSAL )
self.SetSizeHintsSz( wx.DefaultSize, wx.DefaultSize )
bSizer = wx.BoxSizer( wx.VERTICAL )
self.child_button = wx.Button( self, wx.ID_ANY, u"Child Frame", wx.DefaultPosition, wx.DefaultSize, 0 )
bSizer.Add( self.child_button, 0, wx.ALL|wx.ALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL, 5 )
self.SetSizer( bSizer )
self.Layout()
self.Centre( wx.BOTH )
# Connect Events
self.child_button.Bind( wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.On_child_button )
def __del__( self ):
pass
# Virtual event handlers, overide them in your derived class
def On_child_button( self, event ):
event.Skip()
# ************ DIALOG 1 ************ #
# ************ DIALOG 1 ************ #
class MyDialog1 ( wx.Dialog ):
def __init__( self, parent ):
wx.Dialog.__init__ ( self, parent, id = wx.ID_ANY, title = wx.EmptyString, pos = wx.DefaultPosition, size = wx.Size( 300,200 ), style = wx.DEFAULT_DIALOG_STYLE )
self.SetSizeHintsSz( wx.DefaultSize, wx.DefaultSize )
self.Centre( wx.BOTH )
# Connect Events
self.Bind( wx.EVT_CLOSE, self.onClose )
def __del__( self ):
pass
# Virtual event handlers, overide them in your derived class
def onClose( self, event ):
event.Skip()
main.py
import wx
from frame import MyFrame1, MyDialog1
class MyFrame2(MyFrame1):
def __init__(self, parent):
MyFrame1.__init__ (self, parent)
def On_child_button( self, event ):
MyDialog2(None).Show()
class MyDialog2(MyDialog1):
def __init__(self, parent):
MyDialog1.__init__ (self, parent)
def onClose(self, event):
self.Destroy()
app = wx.App(0)
MyFrame2(None).Show()
app.MainLoop()
You shouldn't need to use MakeModal
on the frame, as dialogs already have modality functionality built-in. Just call the dialog's ShowModal
method instead of the Show
method. ShowModal
will create a nested event loop so ShowModal
will not return until the dialog is finished, and input to the other windows in the application will be blocked. A typical usage pattern looks like this:
with MyDialog(self, foo, bar) as dlg:
if dlg.ShowModal() == wx.ID_OK:
# do something with dlg values