wxPython – GetClassDefaultAttributes() function in wx.StatusBar

In this article we are going to learn about GetClassDefaultAttributes() associated to the class wx.StatusBar of wxPython. GetClassDefaultAttributes() is used to return visual attributes of statusbar like background color, foreground color, the font used for control label/text inside it.

Syntax :

wx.ToolBar.GetClassDefaultAttributes(variant=WINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL)

Return Type: wx.VisualAttributes Parameters :

Parameter	Input Type	Description
variant	windowVariant	Variant style of window

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.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))

        # Get wx.VisualAttributes object
        va = self.statusbar.GetClassDefaultAttributes(variant = wx.WINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL)

        # Print Background Colour
        print(va.colBg)
        # Print Fore Ground Colour
        print(va.colFg)
        # Print Identifier for font family
        print(va.font.Family)
        self.SetTitle('New Frame Title')
        self.Centre()

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


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Output:

(240, 240, 240, 255)
(0, 0, 0, 255)
70

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