wx.adv.GenericCalendarCtrl¶

The calendar control allows the user to pick a date.

The user can move the current selection using the keyboard and select the date (generating EVT_CALENDAR event) by pressing <Return> or double clicking it.

Generic calendar has advanced possibilities for the customization of its display, described below. If you want to use these possibilities on every platform, use GenericCalendarCtrl instead of wx.adv.CalendarCtrl.

All global settings (such as colours and fonts used) can, of course, be changed. But also, the display style for each day in the month can be set independently using wx.adv.CalendarDateAttr class.

An item without custom attributes is drawn with the default colours and font and without border, but setting custom attributes with SetAttr allows modifying its appearance. Just create a custom attribute object and set it for the day you want to be displayed specially (note that the control will take ownership of the pointer, i.e. it will delete it itself). A day may be marked as being a holiday, even if it is not recognized as one by wx.DateTime using the wx.adv.CalendarDateAttr.SetHoliday method.

As the attributes are specified for each day, they may change when the month is changed, so you will often want to update them in EVT_CALENDAR_PAGE_CHANGED event handler.

If neither the CAL_SUNDAY_FIRST or CAL_MONDAY_FIRST style is given, the first day of the week is determined from operating system’s settings, if possible. The native wxGTK calendar chooses the first weekday based on locale, and these styles have no effect on it.

Window Styles¶

This class supports the following styles:

wx.adv.CAL_SUNDAY_FIRST: Show Sunday as the first day in the week (not in wxGTK)
wx.adv.CAL_MONDAY_FIRST: Show Monday as the first day in the week (not in wxGTK)
wx.adv.CAL_SHOW_HOLIDAYS: Highlight holidays in the calendar (only generic)
wx.adv.CAL_NO_YEAR_CHANGE: Disable the year changing (deprecated, only generic)
wx.adv.CAL_NO_MONTH_CHANGE: Disable the month (and, implicitly, the year) changing
wx.adv.CAL_SHOW_SURROUNDING_WEEKS: Show the neighbouring weeks in the previous and next months (only generic, always on for the native controls)
wx.adv.CAL_SEQUENTIAL_MONTH_SELECTION: Use alternative, more compact, style for the month and year selection controls. (only generic)
wx.adv.CAL_SHOW_WEEK_NUMBERS: Show week numbers on the left side of the calendar. (not in generic)

Events Emitted by this Class¶

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

EVT_CALENDAR: A day was double clicked in the calendar.
EVT_CALENDAR_SEL_CHANGED: The selected date changed.
EVT_CALENDAR_PAGE_CHANGED: The selected month (and/or year) changed.
EVT_CALENDAR_WEEKDAY_CLICKED: User clicked on the week day header (only generic).
EVT_CALENDAR_WEEK_CLICKED: User clicked on the week of the year number (only generic).

Implementations:GTK, MSW ports; a generic implementation is used elsewhere.

Note

Changing the selected date will trigger an EVT_CALENDAR_DAY, MONTH or YEAR event as well as an EVT_CALENDAR_SEL_CHANGED event.

Class Hierarchy¶

Inheritance diagram for class GenericCalendarCtrl:

Inheritance diagram of GenericCalendarCtrl

Methods Summary¶

`__init__`	Default constructor.
`Create`	Creates the control.
`EnableHolidayDisplay`	This function should be used instead of changing `CAL_SHOW_HOLIDAYS` style bit directly.
`EnableMonthChange`	This function should be used instead of changing `CAL_NO_MONTH_CHANGE` style bit.
`EnableYearChange`
`GetAttr`	Returns the attribute for the given date (should be in the range 1…31).
`GetClassDefaultAttributes`
`GetDate`	Gets the currently selected date.
`GetDateRange`	Returns the limits currently being used.
`GetHeaderColourBg`	Gets the background colour of the header part of the calendar window.
`GetHeaderColourFg`	Gets the foreground colour of the header part of the calendar window.
`GetHighlightColourBg`	Gets the background highlight colour.
`GetHighlightColourFg`	Gets the foreground highlight colour.
`GetHolidayColourBg`	Return the background colour currently used for holiday highlighting.
`GetHolidayColourFg`	Return the foreground colour currently used for holiday highlighting.
`HitTest`	Returns one of CalendarHitTestResult constants and fills either date or wd pointer with the corresponding value depending on the hit test code.
`Mark`	Mark or unmark the day.
`PyGetDate`	Return the date as a Python datetime.date object.
`ResetAttr`	Clears any attributes associated with the given day (in the range 1…31).
`SetAttr`	Associates the attribute with the specified date (in the range 1…31).
`SetDate`	Sets the current date.
`SetDateRange`	Restrict the dates that can be selected in the control to the specified range.
`SetHeaderColours`	Set the colours used for painting the weekdays at the top of the control.
`SetHighlightColours`	Set the colours to be used for highlighting the currently selected date.
`SetHoliday`	Marks the specified day as being a holiday in the current month.
`SetHolidayColours`	Sets the colours to be used for the holidays highlighting.

Properties Summary¶

`Date`	See `GetDate` and `SetDate`
`DateRange`	See `GetDateRange` and `SetDateRange`
`HeaderColourBg`	See `GetHeaderColourBg`
`HeaderColourFg`	See `GetHeaderColourFg`
`HighlightColourBg`	See `GetHighlightColourBg`
`HighlightColourFg`	See `GetHighlightColourFg`
`HolidayColourBg`	See `GetHolidayColourBg`
`HolidayColourFg`	See `GetHolidayColourFg`

Class API¶

class wx.adv.GenericCalendarCtrl(Control)¶

Possible constructors:

GenericCalendarCtrl() -> None

GenericCalendarCtrl(parent, id=ID_ANY, date=DefaultDateTime,
                    pos=DefaultPosition, size=DefaultSize, style=CAL_SHOW_HOLIDAYS,
                    name=CalendarNameStr) -> None

The calendar control allows the user to pick a date.

Methods¶

__init__(self, *args, **kw)¶

Overloaded Implementations:

__init__ (self)

Default constructor.

Return type:: None

__init__ (self, parent, id=ID_ANY, date=DefaultDateTime, pos=DefaultPosition, size=DefaultSize, style=CAL_SHOW_HOLIDAYS, name=CalendarNameStr)

Does the same as Create method.

Parameters:

parent (wx.Window)
id (wx.WindowID)
date (wx.DateTime)
pos (wx.Point)
size (wx.Size)
style (long)
name (string)

Return type:

None

Create(self, parent, id=ID_ANY, date=DefaultDateTime, pos=DefaultPosition, size=DefaultSize, style=CAL_SHOW_HOLIDAYS, name=CalendarNameStr)¶

Creates the control.

See Window.__init__ for the meaning of the parameters and the control overview for the possible styles.

Parameters:

parent (wx.Window)
id (wx.WindowID)
date (wx.DateTime)
pos (wx.Point)
size (wx.Size)
style (long)
name (string)

Return type:

bool

EnableHolidayDisplay(self, display=True)¶

This function should be used instead of changing CAL_SHOW_HOLIDAYS style bit directly.

It enables or disables the special highlighting of the holidays.

Parameters:: display (bool)
Return type:: None

EnableMonthChange(self, enable=True)¶

This function should be used instead of changing CAL_NO_MONTH_CHANGE style bit.

It allows or disallows the user to change the month interactively. Note that if the month cannot be changed, the year cannot be changed either.

Parameters:: enable (bool)
Return type:: bool
Returns:: True if the value of this option really changed or False if it was already set to the requested value.

EnableYearChange(self, enable=True)¶

This function should be used instead of changing CAL_NO_YEAR_CHANGE style bit directly. It allows or disallows the user to change the year interactively. Only in generic wx.adv.CalendarCtrl.

Parameters:: enable (bool)
Return type:: None

GetAttr(self, day)¶

Returns the attribute for the given date (should be in the range 1…31).

The returned pointer may be None. Only in generic wx.adv.CalendarCtrl.

Parameters:: day (int)
Return type:: wx.adv.CalendarDateAttr

static GetClassDefaultAttributes(variant=WINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL)¶

Parameters:: variant (WindowVariant)
Return type:: VisualAttributes

GetDate(self)¶

Gets the currently selected date.

Return type:: DateTime

GetDateRange(self)¶

Returns the limits currently being used.

Return type:: le[bool, wx.DateTime, wx.DateTime]
Returns:: True if either limit is set, False otherwise

See also

SetDateRange

GetHeaderColourBg(self)¶

Gets the background colour of the header part of the calendar window.

This method is currently only implemented in generic wx.adv.CalendarCtrl and always returns NullColour in the native versions.

Return type:: Colour

See also

SetHeaderColours

GetHeaderColourFg(self)¶

Gets the foreground colour of the header part of the calendar window.

This method is currently only implemented in generic wx.adv.CalendarCtrl and always returns NullColour in the native versions.

Return type:: Colour

See also

SetHeaderColours

GetHighlightColourBg(self)¶

Gets the background highlight colour.

Only in generic wx.adv.CalendarCtrl.

This method is currently only implemented in generic wx.adv.CalendarCtrl and always returns NullColour in the native versions.

Return type:: Colour

See also

SetHighlightColours

GetHighlightColourFg(self)¶

Gets the foreground highlight colour.

Only in generic wx.adv.CalendarCtrl.

This method is currently only implemented in generic wx.adv.CalendarCtrl and always returns NullColour in the native versions.

Return type:: Colour

See also

SetHighlightColours

GetHolidayColourBg(self)¶

Return the background colour currently used for holiday highlighting.

Only useful with generic wx.adv.CalendarCtrl as native versions currently don’t support holidays display at all and always return NullColour .

Return type:: Colour

See also

SetHolidayColours

GetHolidayColourFg(self)¶

Return the foreground colour currently used for holiday highlighting.

Only useful with generic wx.adv.CalendarCtrl as native versions currently don’t support holidays display at all and always return NullColour .

Return type:: Colour

See also

SetHolidayColours

HitTest(self, pos)¶

Returns one of CalendarHitTestResult constants and fills either date or wd pointer with the corresponding value depending on the hit test code.

Not implemented in wxGTK currently.

Parameters:: pos (wx.Point)
Return type:: le[CalendarHitTestResult, wx.DateTime, wx.DateTime.WeekDay]

Mark(self, day, mark)¶

Mark or unmark the day.

This day of month will be marked in every month. In generic wx.adv.CalendarCtrl,

Parameters:

day (int)
mark (bool)

Return type:

None

PyGetDate(self)¶: Return the date as a Python datetime.date object.

ResetAttr(self, day)¶

Clears any attributes associated with the given day (in the range 1…31).

Only in generic wx.adv.CalendarCtrl.

Parameters:: day (int)
Return type:: None

SetAttr(self, day, attr)¶

Associates the attribute with the specified date (in the range 1…31).

If the pointer is None, the items attribute is cleared. Only in generic wx.adv.CalendarCtrl.

Parameters:

day (int)
attr (wx.adv.CalendarDateAttr)

Return type:

None

SetDate(self, date)¶

Sets the current date.

The date parameter must be valid and in the currently valid range as set by SetDateRange , otherwise the current date is not changed and the function returns False and, additionally, triggers an assertion failure if the date is invalid.

Parameters:: date (wx.DateTime)
Return type:: bool

SetDateRange(self, lowerdate=DefaultDateTime, upperdate=DefaultDateTime)¶

Restrict the dates that can be selected in the control to the specified range.

If either date is set, the corresponding limit will be enforced and True returned. If none are set, the existing restrictions are removed and False is returned.

Parameters:

lowerdate (wx.DateTime) – The low limit for the dates shown by the control or wx.DefaultDateTime .
upperdate (wx.DateTime) – The high limit for the dates shown by the control or wx.DefaultDateTime .

Return type:

bool

Returns:

True if either limit is valid, False otherwise

See also

GetDateRange

SetHeaderColours(self, colFg, colBg)¶

Set the colours used for painting the weekdays at the top of the control.

This method is currently only implemented in generic wx.adv.CalendarCtrl and does nothing in the native versions.

Parameters:

colFg (wx.Colour)
colBg (wx.Colour)

Return type:

None

SetHighlightColours(self, colFg, colBg)¶

Set the colours to be used for highlighting the currently selected date.

This method is currently only implemented in generic wx.adv.CalendarCtrl and does nothing in the native versions.

Parameters:

colFg (wx.Colour)
colBg (wx.Colour)

Return type:

None

SetHoliday(self, day)¶

Marks the specified day as being a holiday in the current month.

This method is only implemented in the generic version of the control and does nothing in the native ones.

Parameters:: day (int)
Return type:: None

SetHolidayColours(self, colFg, colBg)¶

Sets the colours to be used for the holidays highlighting.

This method is only implemented in the generic version of the control and does nothing in the native ones. It should also only be called if the window style includes CAL_SHOW_HOLIDAYS flag or EnableHolidayDisplay had been called.

Parameters: