wxPython – SetBackgroundColour() function in wx.StaticText

In this article we are going to learn about SetBackgroundColour() function associated with wx.StaticText class of wxPython. SetBackgroundColour() function is simply used to set background of a static text to a different colour.

It takes wx.Colour argument to set the background colour.

Syntax: wx.StaticText.SetBackgroundColour(self, colour)

Parameters:

Parameter	Input Type	Description
colour	wx.Colour	Colour for background of static text.

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")

        # SET BACKGROUND COLOUR TO YELLOW
        self.st.SetBackgroundColour((215, 252, 3, 255))
        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()

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