wxPython – GetDefaultSize() function in wx.Button

In this article we are going to learn about GetDefaultSize() function associated with wx.Button class of wxPython. GetDefaultSize() function is used to return the default size for the buttons.

It is advised to make all the dialog buttons of the same size and this function allows retrieving the (platform, and current font dependent) size which should be the best suited for this.

Syntax: wx.Button.GetDefaultSize(win=None)

Parameters:

Parameter	Input Type	Description
win	wx.Window	Parent Window.

Return Type: wx.Size

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.pnl = wx.Panel(self)
        self.btn = wx.Button(self.pnl, label ='Button',
                             pos =(20, 20), size =(100, 20))

        # GET DEFAULT SIZE
        s = self.btn.GetDefaultSize(self)
        # PRINT DEFAULT SIZE
        print(s)

        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:

(88, 26)

Output Window: