wxPython "Frames within Frames"

[Robin Dunn]

Simon Erikson wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> I would like to build an app consisting of a "root" frame that can
> contain an arbitrary number of child frames (the user will click to
> create them).  Each of these child frames needs the full functionality
> of a frame (title,menu,status bars, min,max,close icons, scroll bars,
> sizing, moving).  In addition, the user must be able to create
> grandchild frames within these child frames, to an arbitrary depth (in
> practice limited to 10 or so).
> 
> As I understand it, MDI provides the means of creating the root and
> first generation frames, but not the further generations.
> 
> I found this at 'http://www.orbtech.com/www/wx/epydoc/public/wx.Frame-class.htm'
> A frame is a window whose size and position can (usually) be changed
> by the user. It usually has thick borders and a title bar, and can
> optionally contain a menu bar, toolbar and status bar.
> A frame can contain any window that is not a frame or dialog.
> 
> Does this last sentence mean my quest is hopeless?  Can someone please
> help me?

If you are on windows then you can use the wxMDI* classes and get what 
you want.  Since GTK has nothing like that then MDI is emulated using a 
wxNotebook.  On OSX wxMDI is implemented using multiple top level 
document windows, since that is the standard on that platform.


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