wx.lib.agw.aui.tabart.ChromeTabArt

A class to draw tabs using the Google Chrome browser style. It uses custom bitmap to render the tabs, so that the look and feel is as close as possible to the Chrome style.

Class Hierarchy

Inheritance diagram for class ChromeTabArt:

Known Superclasses

wx.lib.agw.aui.tabart.AuiDefaultTabArt

Methods Summary

__init__	Default class constructor.
Clone	Clones the art object.
DrawTab	Draws a single tab.
GetTabSize	Returns the tab size for the given caption, bitmap and button state.
SetAGWFlags	Sets the tab art flags.
SetBitmaps	Assigns the tab custom bitmaps
SetSizingInfo	Sets the tab sizing information.

Class API

class ChromeTabArt(AuiDefaultTabArt)

A class to draw tabs using the Google Chrome browser style. It uses custom bitmap to render the tabs, so that the look and feel is as close as possible to the Chrome style.

Methods

__init__(self)

Default class constructor.

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Clone(self)

Clones the art object.

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DrawTab(self, dc, wnd, page, in_rect, close_button_state, paint_control=False)

Draws a single tab.

Parameters:

• dc – a wx.DC device context;

• wnd – a wx.Window instance object;

• page – the tab control page associated with the tab;

• in_rect (wx.Rect) – rectangle the tab should be confined to;

• close_button_state (integer) – the state of the close button on the tab;

• paint_control (bool) – whether to draw the control inside a tab (if any) on a MemoryDC.

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GetTabSize(self, dc, wnd, caption, bitmap, active, close_button_state, control=None)

Returns the tab size for the given caption, bitmap and button state.

Parameters:

• dc – a wx.DC device context;

• wnd – a wx.Window instance object;

• caption (string) – the tab text caption;

• bitmap (wx.Bitmap) – the bitmap displayed on the tab;

• active (bool) – whether the tab is selected or not;

• close_button_state (integer) – the state of the close button on the tab;

• control (wx.Window) – a wx.Window instance inside a tab (or None).

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SetAGWFlags(self, agwFlags)

Sets the tab art flags.

Parameters:

agwFlags (integer) – a combination of the following values:

Flag name	Description
AUI_NB_TOP	With this style, tabs are drawn along the top of the notebook
AUI_NB_LEFT	With this style, tabs are drawn along the left of the notebook. Not implemented yet.
AUI_NB_RIGHT	With this style, tabs are drawn along the right of the notebook. Not implemented yet.
AUI_NB_BOTTOM	With this style, tabs are drawn along the bottom of the notebook
AUI_NB_TAB_SPLIT	Allows the tab control to be split by dragging a tab
AUI_NB_TAB_MOVE	Allows a tab to be moved horizontally by dragging
AUI_NB_TAB_EXTERNAL_MOVE	Allows a tab to be moved to another tab control
AUI_NB_TAB_FIXED_WIDTH	With this style, all tabs have the same width
AUI_NB_SCROLL_BUTTONS	With this style, left and right scroll buttons are displayed
AUI_NB_WINDOWLIST_BUTTON	With this style, a drop-down list of windows is available
AUI_NB_CLOSE_BUTTON	With this style, a close button is available on the tab bar
AUI_NB_CLOSE_ON_ACTIVE_TAB	With this style, a close button is available on the active tab
AUI_NB_CLOSE_ON_ALL_TABS	With this style, a close button is available on all tabs
AUI_NB_MIDDLE_CLICK_CLOSE	Allows to close AuiNotebook tabs by mouse middle button click
AUI_NB_SUB_NOTEBOOK	This style is used by AuiManager to create automatic AuiNotebooks
AUI_NB_HIDE_ON_SINGLE_TAB	Hides the tab window if only one tab is present
AUI_NB_SMART_TABS	Use Smart Tabbing, like Alt + Tab on Windows
AUI_NB_USE_IMAGES_DROPDOWN	Uses images on dropdown window list menu instead of check items
AUI_NB_CLOSE_ON_TAB_LEFT	Draws the tab close button on the left instead of on the right (a la Camino browser)
AUI_NB_TAB_FLOAT	Allows the floating of single tabs. Known limitation: when the notebook is more or less full screen, tabs cannot be dragged far enough outside of the notebook to become floating pages
AUI_NB_DRAW_DND_TAB	Draws an image representation of a tab while dragging (on by default)
AUI_NB_ORDER_BY_ACCESS	Tab navigation order by last access time for the tabs
AUI_NB_NO_TAB_FOCUS	Don’t draw tab focus rectangle

Note

Overridden from AuiDefaultTabArt.

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SetBitmaps(self, mirror)

Assigns the tab custom bitmaps

Parameters:

mirror (bool) – whether to vertically mirror the bitmap or not.

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SetSizingInfo(self, tab_ctrl_size, tab_count, minMaxTabWidth)

Sets the tab sizing information.

Parameters:

• tab_ctrl_size (wx.Size) – the size of the tab control area;

• tab_count (integer) – the number of tabs;

• minMaxTabWidth (tuple) – a tuple containing the minimum and maximum tab widths to be used when the AUI_NB_TAB_FIXED_WIDTH style is active.