wxPython – SetToolSeparation() function in wx.ToolBar

In this article we are going to learn about SetToolSeparation() function associated with the wx.ToolBar class of wxPython.SetToolSeparation() sets the default separator size. The default value is 5. SetToolSeparation() function only takes separation() as parameters.

Syntax:

wx.ToolBar.SetToolSeparation(self, separation)

Parameters:

Parameter	Input Type	Description
separation	int	The separator size.

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.toolbar = self.CreateToolBar()

        td = self.toolbar.AddTool(1, 'right', wx.Bitmap('right.png'))
        te = self.toolbar.AddTool(2, 'wrong', wx.Bitmap('wrong.png'))

        # set separation of toolbar to 20
        self.toolbar.SetToolSeparation(separation = 20)

        self.toolbar.Realize()
        self.Bind(wx.EVT_TOOL, self.OnOne, td)

        self.SetSize((350, 250))
        self.SetTitle('Undo redo')
        self.Centre()

    def OnOne(self, e):
        print(self.toolbar.GetToolSeparation())
        # Realize() called to finalize new added tools
        self.toolbar.Realize()

    def OnQuit(self, e):
        self.Close()


def main():

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


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Output:

20