Using wxPython for user input

Question

Suppose I need to replace the raw_input function in the following code with a wxPython dialog box that asks for user input and returns a value for the program:

 ... x = raw_input("What your name?") print 'Your name was', x ... 

I'm just looking for an easy way to do this. Thanks

Answer 1

Here is another easy way to do what I was looking for:

 import wx def ask(parent=None, message='', default_value=''): dlg = wx.TextEntryDialog(parent, message, defaultValue=default_value) dlg.ShowModal() result = dlg.GetValue() dlg.Destroy() return result # Initialize wx App app = wx.App() app.MainLoop() # Call Dialog x = ask(message = 'What is your name?') print 'Your name was', x 

Answer 2

This is pretty trivial. Here is one way.

 import wx class Frame(wx.Frame): def __init__(self, parent, title): wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, title=title, size=(-1, -1)) self.panel = wx.Panel(self) self.Bind(wx.EVT_CLOSE, self.OnCloseWindow) self.btn = wx.Button(self.panel, -1, "Name-a-matic") self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.GetName, self.btn) self.txt = wx.TextCtrl(self.panel, -1, size=(140,-1)) self.txt.SetValue('name goes here') sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL) sizer.Add(self.btn) sizer.Add(self.txt) self.panel.SetSizer(sizer) self.Show() def GetName(self, e): dlg = wx.TextEntryDialog(self.panel, 'Whats yo name?:',"name-o-rama","", style=wx.OK) dlg.ShowModal() self.txt.SetValue(dlg.GetValue()) dlg.Destroy() def OnCloseWindow(self, e): self.Destroy() app = wx.App() frame = Frame(None, 'My Nameomatic') app.MainLoop() 

And here is another way:

 import wx class NameDialog(wx.Dialog): def __init__(self, parent, id=-1, title="Enter Name!"): wx.Dialog.__init__(self, parent, id, title, size=(-1, -1)) self.mainSizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL) self.buttonSizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL) self.label = wx.StaticText(self, label="Enter Name:") self.field = wx.TextCtrl(self, value="", size=(300, 20)) self.okbutton = wx.Button(self, label="OK", id=wx.ID_OK) self.mainSizer.Add(self.label, 0, wx.ALL, 8 ) self.mainSizer.Add(self.field, 0, wx.ALL, 8 ) self.buttonSizer.Add(self.okbutton, 0, wx.ALL, 8 ) self.mainSizer.Add(self.buttonSizer, 0, wx.ALL, 0) self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.onOK, id=wx.ID_OK) self.Bind(wx.EVT_TEXT_ENTER, self.onOK) self.SetSizer(self.mainSizer) self.result = None def onOK(self, event): self.result = self.field.GetValue() self.Destroy() def onCancel(self, event): self.result = None self.Destroy() class Frame(wx.Frame): def __init__(self, parent, title): wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, title=title, size=(-1, -1)) self.panel = wx.Panel(self) self.Bind(wx.EVT_CLOSE, self.OnCloseWindow) self.btn = wx.Button(self.panel, -1, "Name-a-matic") self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.GetName, self.btn) self.txt = wx.TextCtrl(self.panel, -1, size=(140,-1)) self.txt.SetValue('name goes here') sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL) sizer.Add(self.btn) sizer.Add(self.txt) self.panel.SetSizer(sizer) self.Show() def GetName(self, e): dlg = NameDialog(self) dlg.ShowModal() self.txt.SetValue(dlg.result) def OnCloseWindow(self, e): self.Destroy() app = wx.App() frame = Frame(None, 'My Nameomatic') app.MainLoop()