Sizers VS window size

[Deltones]

Hi,

I'm trying to understand one of the wiki wxPython tutorial, and I must
admit I`m a bit baffled by sizers. If I run the following relevant
piece of code, I get the result I expect, i.e a 800x600 window being
opened (sorry for the formatting):

objFrame = MainWindow(None , -1, "Small Editor", (800, 600))

def __init__(self, parent, id, title, custom_size):
wx.Frame.__init __(self, parent, wx.ID_ANY, title, size =
custom_size,
style = wx.DEFAULT_FRAM E_STYLE |
wx.NO_FULL_REPA INT_ON_RESIZE)

However, if I add this part from the tutorial, I get a much smaller
window. Why is there an interference with the result I want when
adding the sizer code?

Here's the code:

# Sizer section to understand
self.sizer2 = wx.BoxSizer(wx. HORIZONTAL)
self.buttons = []

for nI in range(0, 6):
self.buttons.ap pend(wx.Button( self, ID_BUTTON + nI, "Button &" +
`nI`))
self.sizer2.Add (self.buttons[nI], 1, wx.EXPAND)

self.sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx. VERTICAL)
self.sizer.Add( self.control, 1, wx.EXPAND)
self.sizer.Add( self.sizer2, 0, wx.EXPAND)

self.SetSizer(s elf.sizer)
self.SetAutoLay out(1)
self.sizer.Fit( self)
# End of sizer section

Thanks

Denis

[Brian Victor]

Re: Sizers VS window size

Deltones wrote:[color=blue]
> However, if I add this part from the tutorial, I get a much smaller
> window. Why is there an interference with the result I want when
> adding the sizer code?[/color]
[snip][color=blue]
> self.sizer.Fit( self)[/color]

As noted in the the docs for Fit(): "Tell the sizer to resize the window
to match the sizer's minimal size." Take this call out and the size
should be as you expect.

--
Brian

[Deltones]

Re: Sizers VS window size

Brian Victor <bhv1@psu.edu > wrote in message news:<slrnd1mp6 p.t0p.bhv1@pa-steclge-u3-c3b-133.stcgpa.adel phia.net>...[color=blue]
> Deltones wrote:[color=green]
> > However, if I add this part from the tutorial, I get a much smaller
> > window. Why is there an interference with the result I want when
> > adding the sizer code?[/color]
> [snip][color=green]
> > self.sizer.Fit( self)[/color]
>
> As noted in the the docs for Fit(): "Tell the sizer to resize the window
> to match the sizer's minimal size." Take this call out and the size
> should be as you expect.[/color]

Thanks Brian, that was it. I admit I'm having quite a lot of fun
learning the Python/wxPython combo, but man is there a lot of concepts
to grasp!

Denis