wxPython – GetStatusText() function in wx.StatusBar

In this article we are going to learn about GetStatusText() function associated with wx.StatusBar class of wxPython. GetStatusText() function is one of the most useful method in wx.StatusBar as this function returns the string associated with a status bar field.
It only takes single argument the number of the status field to retrieve, starting from zero.

Syntax: wx.StatusBar.GetStatusText(self, i=0)

Parameters:

Parameter	Input Type	Description
i	int	The number of the status field to retrieve, starting from zero.

Returns: The status field string if the field is valid, otherwise the empty string.

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.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))
        self.statusbar.SetFieldsCount(2)
        self.statusbar.SetStatusWidths([150, 150])
        self.statusbar.SetStatusText("This is first field", 0)
        self.statusbar.SetStatusText("This is second field", 1)
        self.statusbar.SetStatusStyles(styles =[wx.SB_RAISED, wx.SB_SUNKEN])

        # PRINT STATUS TEXT OF TWO FIELDS
        print("First Field Text: "+self.statusbar.GetStatusText(0))
        print("Second Field Text: "+self.statusbar.GetStatusText(1))
        self.SetTitle('New Frame Title')
        self.Centre()

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


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Console Output:

First Field Text: This is first field
Second Field Text: This is second field

Output Window: