wxPython – GetClassDefaultAttributes() function in wx.Button

In this article we are going to learn about GetClassDefaultAttributes() function associated with wx.Button class of wxPython. GetClassDefaultAttributes() function is used to return wx.VisualAttributes object for properties like background colour, foreground colour and font.
It takes variant as arguments.

Syntax: wx.Button.GetClassDefaultAttributes(variant=WINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL)
Parameters:

Parameter	Input Type	Description
variant	WindowVariant	Variant for button.

Return Type: wx.VisualAttributes

Code Example:

Python3

import wx


class Example(wx.Frame):

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

        self.InitUI()

    def InitUI(self):
        self.pnl = wx.Panel(self)
        self.btn = wx.Button(self.pnl, label ='Button', pos =(20, 20))

        # wx.VisualAttributes OBJECT
        va = self.btn.GetClassDefaultAttributes(variant = wx.WINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL)

        # PRINT PROPERTIES
        print(va.colBg)
        print(va.colFg)
        print(va.font)

        self.SetSize((350, 250))
        self.SetTitle('wx.Button')
        self.Centre()

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


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Console Output:

(240, 240, 240, 255)
(0, 0, 0, 255)

Output Window: