wxPython – StatusBar() constructor in wx.StatusBar

Status Bar: A status bar is a narrow window that can be placed along the bottom of a frame to give small amounts of status information.

In this article, we are going to learn about StatusBar() constructor associated with wx.StatusBar class of wxPython. StatusBar() constructors takes different attributes of status bar as its arguments like style, name, etc.

Syntax: wx.StatusBar.StatusBar(parent, id=ID_ANY, style=STB_DEFAULT_STYLE, name=StatusBarNameStr)
Parameters:

Parameter	Input Type	Description
parent	wx.Frame	Parent Frame to attach statusbar to.
id	int	Identifier to be used for statusbar.
style	long	Style of the status bar.
name	string	Name associated with statusbar.

Code Example:

Python3

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)

        # CREATE STATUS BAR USING STATUSBAR CONSTRUCTOR
        self.statusbar = wx.StatusBar(self, id = 1, style = wx.STB_DEFAULT_STYLE,
                                       name = "Status Bar")
        self.statusbar.SetStatusText("Hello there this is a Status Bar")
        self.SetStatusBar(self.statusbar)
        self.SetSize((350, 250))
        self.SetTitle('New Frame Title')
        self.Centre()

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


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Output: