Frame will not resize- from Sizers Tutorial

[cappy2112]

I'm using Mike Driscoll's sizer tutorial from here
http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2008/05/18/a-wxpython-sizers-tutorial/

I've modified the call to wxFrame.__init__() by adding a size parameter, as in
wx.Frame.__init__(self, None, wx.ID_ANY, title='My Form', size=(600, 380))

the frame will not resize to the size value though.

What else needs to be done to make the window resize to these values?

Attached is the entire runnable file.

[Cody]

Hi,

Remove the 'topSizer.Fit(self)' call at the end of __init__.

The base class is initialized to 600x380 then after that the Fit call
is resizing the frame. To fit the panels contents.

Regards,

Cody

[Tony Cappellini]

> Remove the 'topSizer.Fit(self)' call at the end of __init__.
>
> The base class is initialized to 600x380 then after that the Fit call
> is resizing the frame. To fit the panels contents.

Thanks.
It's working fine now

[Mike Driscoll]

Huh. I'm surprised I used Fit() in my tutorial. I almost never use it in my own code. I think it's time to write a new tutorial. I'm glad Cody was able to help you though.

- Mike

[Tony Cappellini]

I've always been confused when to use it vs when not to.
Based on Cody's reply, and yours below, I probably shouldn't

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[Mike Driscoll]

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Tony Cappellini <capp...@gmail.com> wrote:

I've always been confused when to use it vs when not to.
Based on Cody's reply, and yours below, I probably shouldn't

Yeah, it's a weird one. I think you only want it when you want your widgets to "fit" in the frame at their minimum respective sizes. But I found I rarely wanted that and it seemed I ended up with weird issues doing it enough times that I just stopped using it. That tutorial of mine was based on something I read of Robin's (probably his book) and I thought it was cool at the time. It can still be handy, but if I'm doing a complex layout, I skip it.

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Mike Driscoll

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[Cody]

Hi,

Not saying there is right way or not but as matter of practice to
setup the initial layout I tend to call SetInitialSize() on the top
level container, this also allows you to set the minimum 'best' size.

Cody