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In this article we are going to learn about GetToolLongHelp() function present in wx.ToolBar class of wxPython. GetToolLongHelp() function returns the long help for the given tool. It takes only one argument that is toolid( ID of the tool in question, as passed to AddTool ).

Syntax:

wx.GetToolLongHelp(self, toolid)

Parameters :

Parameter Input Type Description
toolid int An integer by which the tool may be identified in subsequent operations.

Return Type:

string

Code Example 1: 

Python3




import wx
 
 
class Example(wx.Frame):
    global count
    count = 0;
 
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(Example, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
        self.InitUI()
 
    def InitUI(self):
        self.locale = wx.Locale(wx.LANGUAGE_ENGLISH)
        pnl = wx.Panel(self)
        self.toolbar = self.CreateToolBar()
        self.toolbar.SetMargins(10, 10)
        # Add Tools Using AddLabelTool function
        rtool = self.toolbar.AddLabelTool(id = 13, label = "Tool one", bitmap = wx.Bitmap('wrong.png'), shortHelp ="short help 1", longHelp = "Long help associated with simple tool 1")
        stool = self.toolbar.AddLabelTool(id = 14, label = "Tool two", bitmap = wx.Bitmap('wrong.png'), shortHelp ="short help 2", longHelp = "Long help associated with simple tool 2")
 
        self.toolbar.Realize()
        self.SetSize((350, 250))
        self.SetTitle('Control')
        self.Centre()
 
        bl = self.toolbar.GetToolLongHelp(13)
 
        # print tool longHelp string
        print(bl)
 
 
def main():
    app = wx.App()
    ex = Example(None)
    ex.Show()
    app.MainLoop()
 
 
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()


Output:

Long help associated with simple tool 1

Code Example 2: 

Python3




import wx
 
 
class Example(wx.Frame):
    global count
    count = 0;
 
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(Example, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
        self.InitUI()
 
    def InitUI(self):
        self.locale = wx.Locale(wx.LANGUAGE_ENGLISH)
        pnl = wx.Panel(self)
        self.toolbar = self.CreateToolBar()
        self.toolbar.SetMargins(10, 10)
        # Add Tools Using AddLabelTool function
        rtool = self.toolbar.AddLabelTool(id = 13, label = "Tool one", bitmap = wx.Bitmap('wrong.png'), shortHelp ="short help 1", longHelp = "Long help associated with simple tool 1")
        stool = self.toolbar.AddLabelTool(id = 14, label = "Tool two", bitmap = wx.Bitmap('wrong.png'), shortHelp ="short help 2", longHelp = "Long help associated with simple tool 2")
 
        self.toolbar.Realize()
        self.SetSize((350, 250))
        self.SetTitle('Control')
        self.Centre()
 
        bl = self.toolbar.GetToolLongHelp(14)
 
        # print tool longHelp string
        print(bl)
 
 
def main():
    app = wx.App()
    ex = Example(None)
    ex.Show()
    app.MainLoop()
 
 
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()


Output:

Long help associated with simple tool 2


Last Updated : 23 Mar, 2023
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