wx.ComboBox and SetValue()

[cioma]

Greetings!

I'm using wxPython 2.8.10.1 on Win32 and have the following problem
when using SetValue() on wx.ComboBox (a test example):

I create a combobox:

choices = ['<Browse directory...>', '<Browse list file...>']
source_combobox = wx.ComboBox(parent=self, choices=choices)
source_combobox.Bind(event=wx.EVT_COMBOBOX,
handler=controller.on_evt_combobox)
source_combobox.Bind(event=wx.EVT_TEXT,
handler=controller.on_evt_combobox)

...and bind it to this handler:
class MyController:
def on_evt_combobox(self, event):
event.GetEventObject().SetValue('mytext')
event.GetEventObject().GetValue()

The idea is to change the value of the text field of combobox
depending on combobox item selection.
Now if I press a keyboard button wx.EVT_TEXT event is initiated and
value of the text field becomes 'mytext' (as expected). But if I
select i.e. '<Browse directory...>' from the combobox with a mouse
then textfield value stays as '<Browse directory...>'. But the strange
thing is that GetValue() returns 'mytext' (as expected)

I feel I'm doing something wrong here (refreshment problem?). Could
anyone please give me any ideas?

[Mike Driscoll]

Hi,

Try event.GetString() instead.

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Mike Driscoll

Blog: http://blog.pythonlibrary.org

[cioma]

The problem is with SetValue(), not with GetValue()

[Robin Dunn]

Try doing the SetValue after the EVT_COMBOBOX event has completed. My
guess is that the final update of the selection is happening after
control returns to the combobox, so you need to do your change after
that. See wx.CallAfter.


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