ToggleButton (hwx.gui)

A ToggleButton

Toggle on off the Button to command the computer to preform some action. ToggleButton is usually used in a ToolBar without text.

The ToggleButton is a specialized control that has the abilty of being selected. ToggleButtons, when clicked, display their state (selected or unselected).

Inherits:

Public Methods

addChildren (self, children)

destroy (self)

enableGlobalActions (self, enable)

getMousePosition (self)

getRelativeMousePosition (self)

hide (self)

saveAsPng (self, fname)

setF1HelpTopic (self, helptopic)

setProperties (self, kwds)

show (self)

Method Details

addChildren(self, children)

Add child widgets/layouts into this widget.

Widget children get layed out using a VBoxLayout.

Typically, you’ll pass the parent/children into the constructor instead of calling this function directly.

param children

type children

list[Widget] | Layout

destroy(self)

Deletes this and all its children.

enableGlobalActions(self, enable)

Sets the state of Global Actions.

Disable the global actions to get key events.

param enable

Determines whether to enable or disable global actions.

type enable

bool

getMousePosition(self)

Returns the mouse position.

getRelativeMousePosition(self)

Returns the mouse position relative to this widget.

hide(self)

Hides the widget.

saveAsPng(self, fname)

Saves the widget as a .png file.

param fname

The file name for the .png

type fname

str

returns

True if it was saved succesfully, False otherwise.

rtype

bool

setF1HelpTopic(self, helptopic)

Popup web-browser helps when the user hits F1 when over this.

param helptopic

Topic name user needs help in.

type helptopic

str

setProperties(self, kwds)

Ensure proper order of setting properties.

param kwds

A dict so the order of the properties are set is unpredictable checkable must be set before checked, or checked will not take effect.

show(self)

Shows the widget.