IslandT: wxPython Tutorial — Create Check Box

In this wxPython tutorial let us create a check box within the previously created top-level window. The parameters within the wx.CheckBox’s class are as follows:-

parent (wx.Window) –

id (wx.WindowID) –

label (string) –

pos (wx.Point) –

size (wx.Size) –

style (long) –

validator (wx.Validator) –

name (string) –

I am not going to use all of them but one thing to keep in mind is the size parameter is not to make the box larger or smaller but instead to make the area that surrounded the check box larger or smaller instead.

self.chkbox1 = wx.CheckBox(self.the_frame, id=2, label="Yes or No", pos=wx.Point(250, 150),
         size=wx.Size(width=100, height=20), style=0,
         name="check1")

Again I have created a function for the creation of the checkbox as follows:-

def CreateCheckBoxes(self):
    self.chkbox1 = wx.CheckBox(self.the_frame, id=2, label="Yes or No", pos=wx.Point(250, 150),
    size=wx.Size(width=100, height=20), style=0,
    name="check1")

Next, I will call the above function within the CreateWidgets function. The entire program is as follows:-

import wx

class DerivedApp(wx.App):

    def OnInit(self):
        self.the_frame = wx.Frame(None, -1) # create the top frame
        self.the_frame.Show(True)
        return True

    def CreateWidgets(self): # create various  widgets
        self.CreateButton()
        self.CreateCheckBoxes()

    def CreateButton(self):
        self.the_button =  wx.Button(self.the_frame, id=1, label="Hello World!", pos=wx.Point(150, 150), name="Hello!")

    def CreateCheckBoxes(self):
        self.chkbox1 = wx.CheckBox(self.the_frame, id=2, label="Yes or No", pos=wx.Point(250, 150),
         size=wx.Size(width=100, height=20), style=0,
         name="check1")

wxapp = DerivedApp()
wxapp.CreateWidgets() # initialise all widgets
wxapp.MainLoop()

Below is the outcome of the above wxPython program!