wx.EraseEvent

An erase event is sent when a window’s background needs to be repainted.

On some platforms, such as GTK+, this event is simulated (simply generated just before the paint event) and may cause flicker. It is therefore recommended that you set the text background colour explicitly in order to prevent flicker. The default background colour under GTK+ is grey.

To intercept this event, use the EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND macro in an event table definition.

You must use the device context returned by GetDC to draw on, don’t create a wx.PaintDC in the event handler.

Events Emitted by this Class

Handlers bound for the following event types will receive a wx.EraseEvent parameter.

• EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND: Process a wxEVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND event.

See also

Events and Event Handling

Class Hierarchy

Inheritance diagram for class EraseEvent:

Methods Summary

__init__	Constructor.
GetDC	Returns the device context associated with the erase event to draw on.

Properties Summary

DC

See GetDC

Class API

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class wx.EraseEvent(Event)

Possible constructors:

EraseEvent(id=0, dc=None)

An erase event is sent when a window’s background needs to be repainted.

Methods

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__init__(self, id=0, dc=None)

Constructor.

Parameters:

• id (int) –
• dc (wx.DC) –

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GetDC(self)

Returns the device context associated with the erase event to draw on.

The returned pointer is never None.

Return type: wx.DC

Properties

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DC

See GetDC