wxPython Static Box

In this article we are going to learn about Static Box in wxPython. A static box is a rectangle drawn around other windows to denote a logical grouping of items.
Note that while the previous versions required that windows appearing inside a static box be created as its siblings (i.e. use the same parent as the static box itself), since wxWidgets 2.9.1 it is also possible to create them as children of wx.StaticBox itself and you are actually encouraged to do it like this if compatibility with the previous versions is not important.

Syntax: wx.StaticBox.StaticBox((parent, id=ID_ANY, label=””, pos=DefaultPosition, size=DefaultSize, style=0, name=StaticBoxNameStr)

Parameters

Parameter	Input Type	Description
parent	wx.Window	Parent window. Must not be None.
id	wx.WindowID	Window identifier. The value wx.ID_ANY indicates a default value.
label	string	Text to be displayed in the static box, the empty string for no label.
pos	wx.Point	Window position. If wx.DefaultPosition is specified then a default position is chosen.
size	wx.Size	Checkbox size. If wx.DefaultSize is specified then a default size is chosen.
style	long	Window style. There are no StaticBox-specific styles, but generic ALIGN_LEFT, ALIGN_CENTRE_HORIZONTAL and ALIGN_RIGHT can be used here to change the position of the static box label when using wxGTK
name	string	Window name

Code Example:

import wx


class FrameUI(wx.Frame):

    def __init__(self, parent, title):
        super(FrameUI, self).__init__(parent, title = title, size =(300, 200))

        # function for in-frame components
        self.InitUI()

    def InitUI(self):
        # parent panel for radio box
        pnl = wx.Panel(self)


        # create static box
        self.sb = wx.StaticBox(pnl, 2, label ="Static Box",
                             pos =(20, 20), size =(100, 100))

        # set frame in centre
        self.Centre()
        # set size of frame
        self.SetSize((400, 250))
        # show output frame
        self.Show(True)



# wx App instance
ex = wx.App()
# Example instance
FrameUI(None, 'RadioButton and RadioBox')
ex.MainLoop()

Output Window: