wxPython – GetStatusWidth() function in wx.StatusBar

In this article we are going to learn about GetStatusWidth() function associated with the wx.StatusBar class of wxPython. GetStatusWidth() function is simply used to return the width of the n-th field. It only takes index(position) of field as argument.

Syntax: wx.StatusBar.GetStatusWidth(self, n)

Parameters:

Parameter	Input Type	Description
n	int	Position of status field.

Return Type: int

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 WIDTHS OF TWO FIELDS
        print("First Field Width: "+str(self.statusbar.GetStatusWidth(0)))
        print("Second Field Width: "+str(self.statusbar.GetStatusWidth(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 Width: 150
Second Field Width: 150

Output Window: