wxPython – GetBorders() function in wx.StatusBar

In this article we are going to learn about GetBorders() function associated with wx.StatusBar class of wxPython. GetBorders() function returns the horizontal and vertical borders used when rendering the field text inside the field area.

Note that the rect returned by GetFieldRect already accounts for the presence of horizontal and vertical border returned by this function.

Syntax: wx.StatusBar.GetBorders(self)

Parameters: No parameters are required by GetBorders() function.

Code Example:

import wx


class Example(wx.Frame):

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(Example, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

        self.InitUI()

    def InitUI(self):

        self.locale = wx.Locale(wx.LANGUAGE_ENGLISH)
        self.statusbar = wx.StatusBar()
        self.statusbar.Create(self, id = 1, style = wx.STB_DEFAULT_STYLE,
                                                     name = "Status Bar")
        self.SetStatusBar(self.statusbar)
        self.SetSize((350, 250))

        # PRINT THE RETURNED wx.Size OBJECT
        print(self.statusbar.GetBorders())
        self.SetTitle('New Frame Title')
        self.Centre()

def main():
    app = wx.App()
    ex = Example(None)
    ex.Show()
    app.MainLoop()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Output: