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Re: [Pythoncard-users] global menubar
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From: Liam C. <cy...@gm...> - 2005-03-29 08:34:16
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Hey Brad,
You may want to copy and paste the following code. I poked around
model.py in the bowels of Background, and here's how model.Background
sets a menu -
def _createMenus(self, aResource):
# RDS - Only create a menubar if one is defined
# in the stack's resource file.
# This is a hack, I shouldn't be accessing
# the stack resource's __dict)__ directly.
if ('menubar' in aResource.__dict__) and (aResource.menubar is
not None):
self.menuBar = menu.MenuBar(self, aResource.menubar)
elif wx.Platform == '__WXMAC__' and self.GetParent() is None:
# always create at least a File menu with Quit on the Mac
# so we automatically get the Apple menu...
# KEA 2004-03-01
# the elif was updated to make sure we only create a menubar
# if the background has no parent, aka is the primary app window
self._createMacMenu()
# KEA and as a further hack, I now add a Debug menu
# to the menubar. createMenu will create a menubar
# if one doesn't already exist
if self.application._showDebugMenu and self.GetParent() == None:
self.application._debugMenu = debug.DebugMenu(self.application)
self.application._debugMenu.createMenu(self)
self.application._debugMenu.bindMenuEvents(self)
Alrighty, lots of private methods there. But, the important part is
from Pythoncard import menu
and
self.menuBar = menu.MenuBar(self, aResource.menubar)
So... I present, my <drum roll> sample cooooooooodddddddde!!!!
http://www.rafb.net/paste/results/Cm4rdR68.html
I've also attached a rar file of the code and the resource files.
I really, really, hope that helps.
Regards,
Liam Clarke
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 22:51:16 -0600, bra...@om...
<bra...@om...> wrote:
>
> I haven't tried it on Mac, partially because the menus are automatically
> global on the Mac side.
>
> The wx.Yield() didn't have any effect, either. I tried a few other variants,
> including the parent binding
> on a separate line as you suggested. Still no luck. Here is my background
> class as it currently stands:
>
>
> class MyBackground (MycroftEventTrapper, model.Background):
> def on_initialize(self, event):
> # parent is a PageBackground, grandparent is background
> "MainWindow"
> # since a PageBackground has no getParent() method,
> # instead use wx.GetTopLevelParent
>
> parent = wx.GetTopLevelParent(self.getParent())
> print 'parent:', parent # prints
> __main__.MainWindow
> self.menuBar = parent.menuBar
> self.Raise() #bring window forward
> wx.Yield() # refresh? Doesn't make menu change
>
>
> Liam Clarke <cy...@gm...> wrote on 03/28/2005 05:41:37 PM:
>
> > Well, you could try a wx.Yield() to force redraw, but I suspect that's
> > not the answer.
> >
> > Try, and this is silly, but try it anyway, try
> >
> > parent = wx.GetTopLevelParent(self)
> > self.menuBar = parent.menubar
> >
> > Although, you should've had an Attribute Error if that wasn't working
> right.
> >
> > Try that in the meanwhile, I'll have a poke around my resource filesat
> home.
>
> > I assume that you've tested it across platforms?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Liam Clarke
> >
> > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:00:54 -0600, bra...@om...
> > <bra...@om...> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I meant to say,
> > >
> > > self.menuBar = wx.GetTopLevelParent(self).menuBar
> > >
> > > Brad Allen/Dallas wrote on 03/28/2005 04:57:29 PM:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Now I'm trying this within the tabs (Notebook pages):
> > > >
> > > > self.menuBar = self.wx.GetTopLevelParent(self).menuBar
> > > >
> > > > and then within the child windows:
> > > >
> > > > self.menuBar = self.getParent().menuBar
> > > >
> > > > Still not giving me the menu I want in the child windows.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > pyt...@li... wrote on 03/28/2005
> 04:31:37
> > > PM:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Whoops, I must be blind. Apparently PageBackground objects have no
> > > > > attribute getParent().
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > pyt...@li... wrote on 03/28/2005
> > > > 04:21:51 PM:
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So, I've now got a main window with a tabbed interface and a
> > > > global menubar
> > > > > > that works for all the tabs. However, I still need to spawn a
> few
> > > > > > child windows, and these
> > > > > > need to have a copy of the main menubar. I have tried binding
> the
> > > > > > menubar of the
> > > > > > parent during the background initialization of the child
> window,like
> > > so:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > class MyBackground( model.Background):
> > > > > > def on_initialize(self, event):
> > > > > > self.menuBar = self.getParent().menuBar
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This doesn't work, although it doesn't seem to generate any
> > > > > > exceptions that I can see.
> > > > > > I have tried it on child windows whose resource file contains no
> > > > > > menubar, and I have tried
> > > > > > it on child windows whose resource file contains no menubar.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is there a method for refreshing the menubar?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "Kevin Altis" <al...@se...> wrote on 03/21/2005
> 10:25:35
> > > AM:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Mar 19, 2005, at 7:27 PM, bra...@om... wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I'm thinking I can get by with a tabbed interface for the
> > > > main window,
> > > > > > > > and go with small menu-less child windows for some of the
> > > individual
> > > > > > > > forms. For instance, an Employees tab would show a
> > > multiColumnList of
> > > > > > > > employees with search filters at the top. To edit an
> employee
> > > record,
> > > > > > > > the user doubleclicks a line and an employee edit window
> > > > pops up. This
> > > > > > > > seems like a workable approach. I guess I need to take a
> look at
> > > how
> > > > > > > > to implement the Notebook.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > A tabbed interface seems like the way to go. There is
> currently no
> > > > > > > option to toggle the menubar for a window on and off in the
> > > > > > > resourceEditor. The reason I didn't do that is if someone made
> a
> > > bunch
> > > > > > > of menus and then accidentally got rid of them they wouldbe
> pretty
> > > > > > > upset, and we have no undo feature. Instead when you create
> your
> > > > > > > background by using New under the File menu, select the
> appropriate
> > > > > > > template, for whether you want menus or not.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The "main" menubar is always available to all windows. Onthe
> main
> > > > > > > background, it is just self.menuBar so on a child window you
> would
> > > > > > > access it as self.getParent().menuBar.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > When you use a single menubar and child windows, one of the
> things
> > > you
> > > > > > > have to watch out for is focus. Your main window will get the
> > > focus. If
> > > > > > > you run with the Message Watcher you'll see the deactivate,
> > > loseFocus,
> > > > > > > activate, loseFocus, gainFocus messages fire. Depending on
> what you
> > > > > > > want to do, you'll probably need to use the findFocus() method
> or
> > > some
> > > > > > > other method of tracking what is going on in your child window
> and
> > > > > > > saving that information in an on_deactivate method which you
> would
> > > then
> > > > > > > access in your main window menu item event handler.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ka
> >
> >
> > --
> > 'There is only one basic human right, and that is to do as you damn
> > well please.
> > And with it comes the only basic human duty, to take the consequences.
>
--
'There is only one basic human right, and that is to do as you damn well please.
And with it comes the only basic human duty, to take the consequences.
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