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Label (hwx.gui)
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Abstract base class for all widgets.

Inherits:
  - :ref:`Widget (hwx.gui)`

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Properties
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  | alignment_ | icon_      | margin_    |
  +------------+------------+------------+
  | text_      |                         |
  +------------+-------------------------+

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Public Methods
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  | addChildren_ (self, children)       |
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  | destroy_ (self)                     |
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  | enableGlobalActions_ (self, enable) |
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  | getMousePosition_ (self)            |
  +-------------------------------------+
  | getRelativeMousePosition_ (self)    |
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  | hide_ (self)                        |
  +-------------------------------------+
  | saveAsPng_ (self, fname)            |
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  | setF1HelpTopic_ (self, helptopic)   |
  +-------------------------------------+
  | setProperties_ (self, kwds)         |
  +-------------------------------------+
  | show_ (self)                        |
  +-------------------------------------+

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Property Details
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.. _alignment:
.. property:: alignment

The alignment of the Label, it can be 

.. _icon:
.. property:: icon

The name of icon file to display.

.. _margin:
.. property:: margin

The text to display.

.. _text:
.. property:: text

The text to display.

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Method Details
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.. _addChildren:
.. method:: 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:
.. method:: destroy(self)

Deletes this and all its children.

.. _enableGlobalActions:
.. method:: 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:
.. method:: getMousePosition(self)

Returns the mouse position.

.. _getRelativeMousePosition:
.. method:: getRelativeMousePosition(self)

Returns the mouse position relative to this widget.

.. _hide:
.. method:: hide(self)

Hides the widget.

.. _saveAsPng:
.. method:: 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:
.. method:: 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:
.. method:: setProperties(self, kwds)

Internal method called from constructors.

.. _show:
.. method:: show(self)

Shows the widget.