This small snippet shows how to load and display HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) with wxPython's HtmlWindow(). This could be particularly useful with instruction and help text. HTML allows you to include pictures, fancy fonts and links.
Display HTML using wxPython
# Experiment with wxPython's HtmlWindow
# tested with Python24 and wxPython26 vegaseat 17may2006
import wx
import wx.html
class MyHtmlPanel(wx.Panel):
"""
class MyHtmlPanel inherits wx.Panel and adds a button and HtmlWindow
"""
def __init__(self, parent, id):
# default pos is (0, 0) and size is (-1, -1) which fills the frame
wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent, id)
self.SetBackgroundColour("yellow")
self.html1 = wx.html.HtmlWindow(self, id, pos=(0,30), size=(602,310))
self.btn1 = wx.Button(self, -1, "Load Html File", pos=(0,0))
self.btn1.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnLoadFile)
self.btn2 = wx.Button(self, -1, "Clear Page", pos=(120,0))
self.btn2.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnClearPage)
def OnLoadFile(self, event):
dlg = wx.FileDialog(self, wildcard = '*.htm*', style=wx.OPEN)
if dlg.ShowModal():
path = dlg.GetPath()
self.html1.LoadPage(path)
dlg.Destroy()
def OnClearPage(self, event):
self.html1.SetPage("")
app = wx.PySimpleApp()
# create a window/frame, no parent, -1 is default ID, title, size
frame = wx.Frame(None, -1, "HtmlWindow()", size=(610, 380))
# call the derived class, -1 is default ID
MyHtmlPanel(frame,-1)
# show the frame
frame.Show(True)
# start the event loop
app.MainLoop()
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