wxPython – PushStatusText() function in wx.StatusBar

In this article we are going to learn about PushStatusText() function associated with wx.StatusBar class of wxPython. PushStatusText() function is simply used to save the current field text in a per-field stack, and sets the field text to the string passed as argument.
It takes string to set as status text and position.

Syntax: wx.StatusBar.PushStatusText(self, string, field=0)

Parameters:

Parameter	Input Type	Description
string	string	string to push in status text stack.
field	int	Field Position starting from 0.

Coding 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])

        # PUSH TEXT IN STATUS TEXT STACK
        self.statusbar.PushStatusText(string ="This is pushed text for field 1", field = 0)
        self.statusbar.PushStatusText(string ="This is pushed text for field 2", field = 1)
        self.SetTitle('New Frame Title')
        self.Centre()

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


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

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