wx.lib.agw.aui.dockart.ModernDockArt

ModernDockArt is a custom AuiDockArt class, that implements a look similar to Firefox and other recents applications.

Is uses the winxptheme module and XP themes whenever possible, so it should look good even if the user has a custom theme.

Note

This dock art is Windows only and will only work if you have installed Mark Hammond’s pywin32 module (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/).

Class Hierarchy

Inheritance diagram for class ModernDockArt:

Known Superclasses

wx.lib.agw.aui.dockart.AuiDefaultDockArt

Methods Summary

__init__	Default class constructor.
DrawCaption	Draws the text in the pane caption.
DrawCaptionBackground	Draws the text caption background in the pane.
DrawPaneButton	Draws a pane button in the pane caption area.
Init	Initializes the dock art.
RequestUserAttention	Requests the user attention by intermittently highlighting the pane caption.

Class API

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class ModernDockArt(AuiDefaultDockArt)

ModernDockArt is a custom AuiDockArt class, that implements a look similar to Firefox and other recents applications.

Is uses the winxptheme module and XP themes whenever possible, so it should look good even if the user has a custom theme.

Note

This dock art is Windows only and will only work if you have installed Mark Hammond’s pywin32 module (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/).

Methods

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__init__(self, win)

Default class constructor.

Parameters:win (wx.Window) – the window managed by AuiManager.

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DrawCaption(self, dc, window, text, rect, pane)

Draws the text in the pane caption.

Parameters:

• dc – a wx.DC device context;
• window – an instance of wx.Window;
• text (string) – the text to be displayed;
• rect (wx.Rect) – the pane caption rectangle;
• pane – the pane for which the text is drawn.

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DrawCaptionBackground(self, dc, rect, pane)

Draws the text caption background in the pane.

Parameters:

• dc – a wx.DC device context;
• rect (wx.Rect) – the text caption rectangle;
• pane – the pane for which we are drawing the caption background.

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DrawPaneButton(self, dc, window, button, button_state, rect, pane)

Draws a pane button in the pane caption area.

Parameters:

• dc – a wx.DC device context;
• window – an instance of wx.Window;
• button (integer) – the button to be drawn;
• button_state (integer) – the pane button state;
• rect (wx.Rect) – the pane caption rectangle;
• pane – the pane for which the button is drawn.

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Init(self)

Initializes the dock art.

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RequestUserAttention(self, dc, window, text, rect, pane)

Requests the user attention by intermittently highlighting the pane caption.

Parameters:

• dc – a wx.DC device context;
• window – an instance of wx.Window;
• text (string) – the text to be displayed;
• rect (wx.Rect) – the pane caption rectangle;
• pane – the pane for which the text is drawn.