wxPython – GetLabel() function in wx.StaticText

In this article we are going to learn about GetLabel() function associated with wx.StaticText class of wxPython. GetLabel() function is an important function it is used to get the string label associated with wxPython. It returns a string.

No parameters are required in GetLabel() function.

Syntax: wx.StaticText.GetLabel(self, label)

Parameters: No parameters are required in GetLabel() function.

Return Type: string

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.pnl = wx.Panel(self)

        bmp = wx.Bitmap('right.png')
        # CREATE STATICTEXT AT POINT (20, 20)
        self.st = wx.StaticText(self.pnl, id = 1, label ="This is the Label.", pos =(20, 20),
                                size = wx.DefaultSize, style = wx.ST_ELLIPSIZE_MIDDLE, name ="statictext")

        self.st.SetBackgroundColour((255, 252, 92, 255))
        self.st.SetForegroundColour((14, 96, 150, 255))

        # PRINT LABEL OF STATICTEXT
        print(self.st.GetLabel())

        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:

This is the Label.

Output Window: