wxPython provides a powerul functionality that allows you to use a "Notebook" user interface with multiple panels - whose interface each is determined by individual Python scripts. Each panel runs in the background (even when it is not selected), and maintains the state it is in as the user switches back and forth.
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Copy to clipboard1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 | from wxPython.wx import *
class MainFrame(wxFrame):
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def __init__(self, parent, id, title):
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# Create the Notebook
self.nb = wxNotebook(self, -1, wxPoint(0,0), wxSize(0,0), wxNB_FIXEDWIDTH)
# Make PANEL_1 (filename: panel1.py)
self.module = __import__("panel1", globals())
self.window = self.module.runPanel(self, self.nb)
if self.window:
self.nb.AddPage(self.window, "PANEL_1")
# Make PANEL_2 (filename: panel2.py)
self.module = __import__("panel2", globals())
self.window = self.module.runPanel(self, self.nb)
if self.window:
self.nb.AddPage(self.window, "PANEL_2")
# Make PANEL_3 (filename: panel3.py)
self.module = __import__("panel3", globals())
self.window = self.module.runPanel(self, self.nb)
if self.window:
self.nb.AddPage(self.window, "PANEL_3")
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Of course this isn't a fully functional wxPython application, but it demonstrates how to use Notebooks, and panels (which are loaded by means of importing files) adequetly. I assume that the reader has a handle on the basics of wxPython. Of course, this example assumes that you have files named panel1.py, panel2.py, panel3.py which contain a "runPanel" function which basically returns a wxPanel object.
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