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The classes in this module are the most commonly used classes for wxPython, which is why they have been made visible in the core wx namespace. Everything you need for building typical GUI applications is here.

Class Summary ¶

Class	Short Description
`AcceleratorEntry`	An object used by an application wishing to create an accelerator table (see wx.AcceleratorTable ).
`AcceleratorTable`	An accelerator table allows the application to specify a table of keyboard shortcuts for menu or button commands.
`Accessible`	The wx.Accessible class allows wxWidgets applications, and wxWidgets itself, to return extended information about user interface elements to client applications such as screen readers.
`ActivateEvent`	An activate event is sent when a window or application is being activated or deactivated.
`ActivityIndicator`	Small control showing an animation indicating that the program is currently busy performing some background task.
`AffineMatrix2D`	A 3x2 matrix representing an affine `2D` transformation.
`AffineMatrix2DBase`	A 2x3 matrix representing an affine `2D` transformation.
`AlphaPixelData`	A class providing direct access to a `wx.Bitmap` ’s
`AlphaPixelData_Accessor`
`AnyButton`	A class for common button functionality used as the base for the various button classes.
`App`	The `wx.App` class represents the application and is used to:
`AppConsole`	This class us used instead of wx.App for console applications.
`AppTraits`	The wx.AppTraits class defines various configurable aspects of a wx.App .
`ArchiveFSHandler`	A file system handler for accessing files inside of archives.
`ArtProvider`	wx.ArtProvider class is used to customize the look of wxWidgets application.
`AutoBufferedPaintDC`	This wx.DC derivative can be used inside of an `EVT_PAINT()` event handler to achieve double-buffered drawing.
`Bitmap`	This class encapsulates the concept of a platform-dependent bitmap, either monochrome or colour or colour with alpha channel support.
`BitmapBundle`	Contains representations of the same bitmap in different resolutions.
`BitmapBundleImpl`	Base class for custom implementations of wx.BitmapBundle .
`BitmapButton`	A bitmap button is a control that contains a bitmap.
`BitmapDataObject`	wx.BitmapDataObject is a specialization of wx.DataObject for bitmap data.
`BitmapToggleButton`	wx.BitmapToggleButton is a wx.ToggleButton that contains a bitmap instead of text.
`BookCtrlBase`	A book control is a convenient way of displaying multiple pages of information, displayed one page at a time.
`BookCtrlEvent`	This class represents the events generated by book controls ( wx.Notebook , wx.Listbook , wx.Choicebook , wx.Treebook , wx.aui.AuiNotebook ).
`BoxSizer`	The basic idea behind a box sizer is that windows will most often be laid out in rather simple basic geometry, typically in a row or a column or several hierarchies of either.
`Brush`	A brush is a drawing tool for filling in areas.
`BrushList`	A brush list is a list containing all brushes which have been created.
`BufferedDC`	This class provides a simple way to avoid flicker: when drawing on it, everything is in fact first drawn on an in-memory buffer (a wx.Bitmap ) and then copied to the screen, using the associated wx.DC , only once, when this object is destroyed.
`BufferedPaintDC`	This is a subclass of wx.BufferedDC which can be used inside of an `EVT_PAINT()` event handler to achieve double-buffered drawing.
`BusyCursor`	This class makes it easy to tell your user that the program is temporarily busy.
`BusyInfo`	This class makes it easy to tell your user that the program is temporarily busy.
`BusyInfoFlags`	Parameters for wx.BusyInfo .
`Button`	A button is a control that contains a text string, and is one of the most common elements of a GUI.
`CallLater`	A convenience class for `wx.Timer` , that calls the given callable
`Caret`	A caret is a blinking cursor showing the position where the typed text will appear.
`CheckBox`	A checkbox is a labelled box which by default is either on (checkmark is visible) or off (no checkmark).
`CheckListBox`	A wx.CheckListBox is like a wx.ListBox , but allows items to be checked or unchecked.
`ChildFocusEvent`	A child focus event is sent to a (parent-)window when one of its child windows gains focus, so that the window could restore the focus back to its corresponding child if it loses it now and regains later.
`ChildrenRepositioningGuard`	Helper for ensuring `EndRepositioningChildren` is called correctly.
`Choice`	A choice item is used to select one of a list of strings.
`Choicebook`	wx.Choicebook is a class similar to wx.Notebook , but uses a wx.Choice control to show the labels instead of the tabs.
`ClassInfo`	This class stores meta-information about classes.
`ClientDataContainer`	This class is a mixin that provides storage and management of “client data”.
`ClientDC`	Deprecated class for drawing on the client area of a window.
`Clipboard`	A class for manipulating the clipboard.
`ClipboardTextEvent`	This class represents the events generated by a control (typically a wx.TextCtrl but other windows can generate these events as well) when its content gets copied or cut to, or pasted from the clipboard.
`CloseEvent`	This event class contains information about window and session close events.
`CollapsibleHeaderCtrl`	Header control above a collapsible pane.
`CollapsiblePane`	A collapsible pane is a container with an embedded button-like control which can be used by the user to collapse or expand the pane’s contents.
`CollapsiblePaneEvent`	This event class is used for the events generated by wx.CollapsiblePane .
`Colour`	A colour is an object representing a combination of Red, Green, and Blue ( `RGB` ) intensity values and an Alpha value, and is used to determine drawing colours.
`ColourData`	This class holds a variety of information related to colour dialogs.
`ColourDatabase`	wxWidgets maintains a database of standard `RGB` colours for a predefined set of named colours.
`ColourDialog`	This class represents the colour chooser dialog.
`ColourDialogEvent`	This event class is used for the events generated by wx.ColourDialog .
`ColourPickerCtrl`	This control allows the user to select a colour.
`ColourPickerEvent`	This event class is used for the events generated by wx.ColourPickerCtrl .
`ComboBox`	A combobox is like a combination of an edit control and a listbox.
`ComboCtrl`	A combo control is a generic combobox that allows totally custom popup.
`ComboCtrlFeatures`	Features enabled for wx.ComboCtrl .
`ComboPopup`	In order to use a custom popup with wx.ComboCtrl , an interface class must be derived from wx.ComboPopup .
`Command`	wx.Command is a base class for modelling an application command, which is an action usually performed by selecting a menu item, pressing a toolbar button or any other means provided by the application to change the data or view.
`CommandEvent`	This event class contains information about command events, which originate from a variety of simple controls.
`CommandProcessor`	wx.CommandProcessor is a class that maintains a history of Commands, with undo/redo functionality built-in.
`ConfigBase`	wx.ConfigBase defines the basic interface of all config classes.
`ConfigPathChanger`	A handy little class which changes the current path in a Config object and restores it in dtor.
`ContextHelp`	This class changes the cursor to a query and puts the application into a ‘context-sensitive help mode’.
`ContextHelpButton`	Instances of this class may be used to add a question mark button that when pressed, puts the application into context-help mode.
`ContextMenuEvent`	This class is used for context menu events, sent to give the application a chance to show a context (popup) menu for a wx.Window .
`Control`	This is the base class for a control or “widget”.
`ControlWithItems`	This is convenience class that derives from both wx.Control and wx.ItemContainer .
`Cursor`	A cursor is a small bitmap used for denoting where the mouse pointer is, with a picture that indicates the point of a mouse click.
`CursorBundle`	A cursor bundle is a set of different versions of the same cursor at different sizes.
`CustomDataObject`	wx.CustomDataObject is a specialization of wx.DataObjectSimple for some application-specific data in arbitrary (either custom or one of the standard ones).
`DarkModeSettings`	Allows to customize some of the settings used in MSW dark mode.
`DataFormat`	A wx.DataFormat is an encapsulation of a platform-specific format handle which is used by the system for the clipboard and drag and drop operations.
`DataObject`	A wx.DataObject represents data that can be copied to or from the clipboard, or dragged and dropped.
`DataObjectComposite`	wx.DataObjectComposite is the simplest wx.DataObject derivation which may be used to support multiple formats.
`DataObjectSimple`	This is the simplest possible implementation of the wx.DataObject class.
`DateSpan`	This class is a “logical time span” and is useful for implementing program logic for such things as “add one month to the date” which, in general, doesn’t mean to add 60x60x24x31 seconds to it, but to take the same date the next month (to understand that this is indeed different consider adding one month to Feb, 15 – we want to get Mar, 15, of course).
`DateTime`	wx.DateTime class represents an absolute moment in time.
`DC`	A wx.DC is a “device context” onto which graphics and text can be drawn.
`DCBrushChanger`	wx.DCBrushChanger is a small helper class for setting a brush on a wx.DC and unsetting it automatically in the destructor, restoring the previous one.
`DCClipper`	wx.DCClipper is a helper class for setting a clipping region on a wx.DC during its lifetime.
`DCFontChanger`	wx.DCFontChanger is a small helper class for setting a font on a wx.DC and unsetting it automatically in the destructor, restoring the previous one.
`DCOverlay`	Connects an overlay with a drawing DC.
`DCPenChanger`	wx.DCPenChanger is a small helper class for setting a pen on a wx.DC and unsetting it automatically in the destructor, restoring the previous one.
`DCTextBgColourChanger`	wx.DCTextBgColourChanger is a small helper class for setting a background text colour on a wx.DC and unsetting it automatically in the destructor, restoring the previous one.
`DCTextBgModeChanger`	wx.DCTextBgModeChanger is a small helper class for setting a background text mode on a wx.DC and unsetting it automatically in the destructor, restoring the previous one.
`DCTextColourChanger`	wx.DCTextColourChanger is a small helper class for setting a foreground text colour on a wx.DC and unsetting it automatically in the destructor, restoring the previous one.
`DelegateRendererNative`	wx.DelegateRendererNative allows reuse of renderers code by forwarding all the wx.RendererNative methods to the given object and thus allowing you to only modify some of its methods – without having to reimplement all of them.
`Dialog`	A dialog box is a window with a title bar and sometimes a system menu, which can be moved around the screen.
`DialogLayoutAdapter`	This abstract class is the base for classes that help wxWidgets perform run-time layout adaptation of dialogs.
`DirDialog`	This class represents the directory chooser dialog.
`DirFilterListCtrl`
`DirPickerCtrl`	This control allows the user to select a directory.
`Display`	Determines the sizes and locations of displays connected to the system.
`DisplayChangedEvent`	A display changed event is sent to top-level windows when the display resolution has changed.
`DPIChangedEvent`	Event sent when the display scale factor or pixel density (measured in dots-per-inch, or `DPI` ) of the monitor a window is on changes.
`DragImage`	This class is used when you wish to drag an object on the screen, and a simple cursor is not enough.
`DropFilesEvent`	This class is used for drop files events, that is, when files have been dropped onto the window.
`DropSource`	This class represents a source for a drag and drop operation.
`DropTarget`	This class represents a target for a drag and drop operation.
`EraseEvent`	An erase event is sent when a window’s background needs to be repainted.
`Event`	An event is a structure holding information about an event passed to a callback or member function.
`EventBlocker`	This class is a special event handler which allows discarding any event (or a set of event types) directed to a specific window.
`EventFilter`	A global event filter for pre-processing all the events generated in the program.
`EventLoopActivator`	Makes an event loop temporarily active.
`EventLoopBase`	Base class for all event loop implementations.
`EvtHandler`	A class that can handle events from the windowing system.
`FileConfig`	wx.FileConfig implements wx.ConfigBase interface for storing and retrieving configuration information using plain text files.
`FileCtrl`	This control allows the user to select a file.
`FileCtrlEvent`	A file control event holds information about events associated with wx.FileCtrl objects.
`FileDataObject`	wx.FileDataObject is a specialization of wx.DataObject for file names.
`FileDialog`	This class represents the file chooser dialog.
`FileDialogButton`	Represents a custom button inside wx.FileDialog .
`FileDialogCheckBox`	Represents a custom checkbox inside wx.FileDialog .
`FileDialogChoice`	Represents a custom read-only combobox inside wx.FileDialog .
`FileDialogCustomControl`	The base class for all wx.FileDialog custom controls.
`FileDialogCustomize`	Used with wx.FileDialogCustomizeHook to add custom controls to wx.FileDialog .
`FileDialogCustomizeHook`	Base class for customization hooks used with wx.FileDialog .
`FileDialogRadioButton`	Represents a custom radio button inside wx.FileDialog .
`FileDialogStaticText`	Represents a custom static text inside wx.FileDialog .
`FileDialogTextCtrl`	Represents a custom text control inside wx.FileDialog .
`FileDirPickerEvent`	This event class is used for the events generated by wx.FilePickerCtrl and by wx.DirPickerCtrl .
`FileDropTarget`	This is a drop target which accepts files (dragged from File Manager or Explorer).
`FileHistory`	The wx.FileHistory encapsulates a user interface convenience, the list of most recently visited files as shown on a menu (usually the File menu).
`FilePickerCtrl`	This control allows the user to select a file.
`FileSystem`	This class provides an interface for opening files on different file systems.
`FileSystemHandler`	Classes derived from wx.FileSystemHandler are used to access virtual file systems.
`FileSystemWatcher`	The wx.FileSystemWatcher class allows receiving notifications of file system changes.
`FileSystemWatcherEvent`	A class of events sent when a file system event occurs.
`FileTranslationsLoader`	Standard wx.TranslationsLoader implementation.
`FileType`	This class holds information about a given file type.
`FileTypeInfo`	Container of information about wx.FileType .
`FilterFSHandler`	Filter file system handler.
`FindDialogEvent`	wx.FindReplaceDialog events.
`FindReplaceData`	wx.FindReplaceData holds the data for wx.FindReplaceDialog .
`FindReplaceDialog`	wx.FindReplaceDialog is a standard modeless dialog which is used to allow the user to search for some text (and possibly replace it with something else).
`FlexGridSizer`	A flex grid sizer is a sizer which lays out its children in a two-dimensional table with all table fields in one row having the same height and all fields in one column having the same width, but all rows or all columns are not necessarily the same height or width as in the wx.GridSizer .
`FocusEvent`	A focus event is sent when a window’s focus changes.
`Font`	A font is an object which determines the appearance of text.
`FontData`	This class holds a variety of information related to font dialogs.
`FontDialog`	This class represents the font chooser dialog.
`FontEnumerator`	wx.FontEnumerator enumerates either all available fonts on the system or only the ones with given attributes - either only fixed-width (suited for use in programs such as terminal emulators and the like) or the fonts available in the given encoding).
`FontInfo`	This class is a helper used for wx.Font creation using named parameter idiom: it allows specifying various wx.Font attributes using the chained calls to its clearly named methods instead of passing them in the fixed order to wx.Font constructors.
`FontList`	A font list is a list containing all fonts which have been created.
`FontMapper`	wx.FontMapper manages user-definable correspondence between logical font names and the fonts present on the machine.
`FontMetrics`	Simple collection of various font metrics.
`FontPickerCtrl`	This control allows the user to select a font.
`FontPickerEvent`	This event class is used for the events generated by wx.FontPickerCtrl .
`Frame`	A frame is a window whose size and position can (usually) be changed by the user.
`FSFile`	This class represents a single file opened by wx.FileSystem .
`FullScreenEvent`	An event being sent when the user enters or exits full screen mode.
`Gauge`	A gauge is a horizontal or vertical bar which shows a quantity (often time).
`GBPosition`	This class represents the position of an item in a virtual grid of rows and columns managed by a wx.GridBagSizer .
`GBSizerItem`	The wx.GBSizerItem class is used by the wx.GridBagSizer for tracking the items in the sizer.
`GBSpan`	This class is used to hold the row and column spanning attributes of items in a wx.GridBagSizer .
`GCDC`	wx.GCDC is a device context that draws on a wx.GraphicsContext .
`GDIObject`	This class allows platforms to implement functionality to optimise GDI objects, such as wx.Pen , wx.Brush and wx.Font .
`GenericDirCtrl`	This control can be used to place a directory listing (with optional files) on an arbitrary window.
`GenericDragImage`	This class is used when you wish to drag an object on the screen, and a simple cursor is not enough.
`GenericMessageDialog`	This class represents a dialog that shows a single or multi-line message, with a choice of `wx.OK` , Yes, No and Cancel buttons.
`GenericProgressDialog`	This class represents a dialog that shows a short message and a progress bar.
`GenericStaticBitmap`	A static bitmap control displays a bitmap.
`GeometryStore`	Class used with `SaveGeometry` and `RestoreToGeometry` .
`GestureEvent`	This is the base class for all supported gesture events.
`GIFHandler`	This is the image handler for the `GIF` format.
`GraphicsBitmap`	Represents a bitmap.
`GraphicsBrush`	A wx.GraphicsBrush is a native representation of a brush.
`GraphicsContext`	A wx.GraphicsContext instance is the object that is drawn upon.
`GraphicsFont`	A wx.GraphicsFont is a native representation of a font.
`GraphicsGradientStop`	Represents a single gradient stop in a collection of gradient stops as represented by wx.GraphicsGradientStops .
`GraphicsGradientStops`	Represents a collection of GraphicGradientStop values for use with CreateLinearGradientBrush and CreateRadialGradientBrush.
`GraphicsMatrix`	A wx.GraphicsMatrix is a native representation of an affine matrix.
`GraphicsObject`	This class is the superclass of native graphics objects like pens etc.
`GraphicsPath`	A wx.GraphicsPath is a native representation of a geometric path.
`GraphicsPen`	A wx.GraphicsPen is a native representation of a pen.
`GraphicsPenInfo`	This class is a helper used for wx.GraphicsPen creation using the named parameter idiom: it allows specifying various wx.GraphicsPen attributes using the chained calls to its clearly named methods instead of passing them in the fixed order to wx.GraphicsPen constructors.
`GraphicsRenderer`	A wx.GraphicsRenderer is the instance corresponding to the rendering engine used.
`GridBagSizer`	A wx.Sizer that can lay out items in a virtual grid like a wx.FlexGridSizer but in this case explicit positioning of the items is allowed using wx.GBPosition , and items can optionally span more than one row and/or column using wx.GBSpan .
`GridSizer`	A grid sizer is a sizer which lays out its children in a two-dimensional table with all table fields having the same size, i.e.
`GUIEventLoop`	A generic implementation of the GUI event loop.
`HeaderButtonParams`	This `struct` can optionally be used with `wx.RendererNative.DrawHeaderButton` to specify custom values used to draw the text or bitmap label.
`HeaderColumn`	Represents a column header in controls displaying tabular data such as wx.dataview.DataViewCtrl or wx.grid.Grid .
`HeaderColumnSimple`	Simple container for the information about the column.
`HeaderCtrl`	wx.HeaderCtrl is the control containing the column headings which is usually used for display of tabular data.
`HeaderCtrlEvent`	Event class representing the events generated by wx.HeaderCtrl .
`HeaderCtrlSimple`	wx.HeaderCtrlSimple is a concrete header control which can be used directly, without inheriting from it as you need to do when using wx.HeaderCtrl itself.
`HelpControllerBase`	This is the abstract base class a family of classes by which applications may invoke a help viewer to provide on-line help.
`HelpControllerHelpProvider`	wx.HelpControllerHelpProvider is an implementation of wx.HelpProvider which supports both context identifiers and plain text help strings.
`HelpEvent`	A help event is sent when the user has requested context-sensitive help.
`HelpProvider`	wx.HelpProvider is an abstract class used by a program implementing context-sensitive help to show the help text for the given window.
`HScrolledWindow`	In the name of this class, “H” stands for “horizontal” because it can be used for scrolling columns of variable widths.
`HSVValue`	A simple class which stores hue, saturation and value as doubles in the range 0.0-1.0.
`HTMLDataObject`	wx.HTMLDataObject is used for working with HTML-formatted text.
`HVScrolledWindow`	This window inherits all functionality of both vertical and horizontal, variable scrolled windows.
`Icon`	An icon is a small rectangular bitmap usually used for denoting a minimized application.
`IconBundle`	This class contains multiple copies of an icon in different sizes.
`IconizeEvent`	An event being sent when the frame is iconized (minimized) or restored.
`IconLocation`	wx.IconLocation is a tiny class describing the location of an (external, i.e.
`IdleEvent`	This class is used for idle events, which are generated when the system becomes idle.
`IdManager`	wx.IdManager is responsible for allocating and releasing window IDs.
`IFFHandler`	This is the image handler for the `IFF` format.
`Image`	This class encapsulates a platform-independent image.
`ImageDataObject`	wx.ImageDataObject is a specialization of wx.DataObject for image data.
`ImageHandler`	This is the base class for implementing image file loading/saving, and image creation from data.
`ImageHistogram`
`ImageList`	A wx.ImageList contains a list of images, which are stored in an unspecified form.
`IndividualLayoutConstraint`
`InfoBar`	An info bar is a transient window shown at top or bottom of its parent window to display non-critical information to the user.
`InitDialogEvent`	A wx.InitDialogEvent is sent as a dialog or panel is being initialised.
`InputStream`	wx.InputStream is an abstract base class which may not be used directly.
`InternetFSHandler`	A file system handler for accessing files from internet servers.
`ItemAttr`	Represents the attributes (colour, font, …) of an item of a control with multiple items such as e.g.
`ItemContainer`	This class is an abstract base class for some wxWidgets controls which contain several items such as wx.ListBox , wx.CheckListBox , wx.ComboBox or wx.Choice .
`ItemContainerImmutable`	wx.ItemContainer defines an interface which is implemented by all controls which have string subitems each of which may be selected.
`JoystickEvent`	This event class contains information about joystick events, particularly events received by windows.
`JPEGHandler`	This is the image handler for the `JPEG` format.
`KeyboardState`	Provides methods for testing the state of the keyboard modifier keys.
`KeyEvent`	This event class contains information about key press and release events.
`LanguageInfo`	Encapsulates a wx.Language identifier together with OS-specific information related to that language.
`LayoutConstraints`
`LinuxDistributionInfo`	A structure containing information about a Linux distribution.
`Listbook`	wx.Listbook is a class similar to wx.Notebook but which uses a wx.ListCtrl to show the labels instead of the tabs.
`ListBox`	A listbox is used to select one or more of a list of strings.
`ListCtrl`	A list control presents lists in a number of formats: list view, report view, icon view and small icon view.
`ListEvent`	A list event holds information about events associated with wx.ListCtrl objects.
`ListItem`	This class stores information about a wx.ListCtrl item or column.
`ListView`	This class currently simply presents a simpler to use interface for the wx.ListCtrl – it can be thought of as a façade for that complicated class.
`Locale`	wx.Locale class encapsulates all language-dependent settings and is a generalization of the C locale concept.
`Log`	wx.Log class defines the interface for the log targets used by wxWidgets logging functions as explained in the Logging Overview .
`LogBuffer`	wx.LogBuffer is a very simple implementation of log sink which simply collects all the logged messages in a string (except the debug messages which are output in the usual way immediately as we’re presumably not interested in collecting them for later).
`LogChain`	This simple class allows you to chain log sinks, that is to install a new sink but keep passing log messages to the old one instead of replacing it completely as `wx.Log.SetActiveTarget` does.
`LogFormatter`	wx.LogFormatter class is used to format the log messages.
`LogGui`	This is the default log target for the GUI wxWidgets applications.
`LogInterposer`	A special version of wx.LogChain which uses itself as the new log target.
`LogInterposerTemp`	Legacy class which should not be used any longer.
`LogNull`	This class allows you to temporarily suspend logging.
`LogRecordInfo`	Information about a log record (unit of the log output).
`LogStderr`	This class can be used to redirect the log messages to a C file stream (not to be confused with C++ streams).
`LogTextCtrl`	Using these target all the log messages can be redirected to a text control.
`LogWindow`	This class represents a background log window: to be precise, it collects all log messages in the log frame which it manages but also passes them on to the log target which was active at the moment of its creation.
`LongPressEvent`	This event is generated when one finger touches the surface and remains stationary.
`Mask`	This class encapsulates a monochrome mask bitmap, where the masked area is black and the unmasked area is white.
`Matrix2D`	A simple container for 2x2 matrix.
`MaximizeEvent`	An event being sent when a top level window is maximized.
`MDIChildFrame`	An MDI child frame is a frame that can only exist inside a wx.MDIClientWindow , which is itself a child of wx.MDIParentFrame .
`MDIClientWindow`	An MDI client window is a child of wx.MDIParentFrame , and manages zero or more wx.MDIChildFrame objects.
`MDIParentFrame`	An MDI (Multiple Document Interface) parent frame is a window which can contain MDI child frames in its client area which emulates the full desktop.
`MemoryDC`	A memory device context provides a means to draw graphics onto a bitmap.
`MemoryFSHandler`	This wx.FileSystem handler can store arbitrary data in memory stream and make them accessible via an URL.
`Menu`	A menu is a popup (or pull down) list of items, one of which may be selected before the menu goes away (clicking elsewhere dismisses the menu).
`MenuBar`	A menu bar is a series of menus accessible from the top of a frame.
`MenuEvent`	This class is used for a variety of menu-related events.
`MenuItem`	A menu item represents an item in a menu.
`MessageDialog`	This class represents a dialog that shows a single or multi-line message, with a choice of `wx.OK` , Yes, No and Cancel buttons.
`MessageParameters`	Class representing message parameters.
`Metafile`	A wx.Metafile represents the MS Windows metafile object, so metafile operations have no effect in X.
`MetafileDC`	This is a type of device context that allows a metafile object to be created (Windows only), and has most of the characteristics of a normal wx.DC .
`MigrationResult`	Contains return value of `MigrateLocalFile` .
`MimeTypesManager`	This class allows the application to retrieve information about all known MIME types from a system-specific location and the filename extensions to the MIME types and vice versa.
`MiniFrame`	A miniframe is a frame with a small title bar.
`MirrorDC`	wx.MirrorDC is a simple wrapper class which is always associated with a real wx.DC object and either forwards all of its operations to it without changes (no mirroring takes place) or exchanges x and y coordinates which makes it possible to reuse the same code to draw a figure and its mirror – i.e.
`ModalDialogHook`	Allows intercepting all modal dialog calls.
`MouseCaptureChangedEvent`	A mouse capture changed event is sent to a window that loses its mouse capture.
`MouseCaptureLostEvent`	A mouse capture lost event is sent to a window that had obtained mouse capture, which was subsequently lost due to an “external” event (for example, when a dialog box is shown or if another application captures the mouse).
`MouseEvent`	This event class contains information about the events generated by the mouse: they include mouse buttons press and release events and mouse move events.
`MouseEventsManager`	Helper for handling mouse input events in windows containing multiple items.
`MouseState`	Represents the mouse state.
`MoveEvent`	A move event holds information about window position change.
`MultiChoiceDialog`	This class represents a dialog that shows a list of strings, and allows the user to select one or more.
`NameForm`	Class representing a name form.
`NativeFontInfo`	wx.NativeFontInfo is platform-specific font representation: this class should be considered as an opaque font description only used by the native functions, the user code can only get the objects of this type from somewhere and pass it somewhere else (possibly save them somewhere using wx.ToString and restore them using wx.FromString )
`NativePixelData`	A class providing direct access to a `wx.Bitmap` ’s
`NativePixelData_Accessor`
`NavigationKeyEvent`	This event class contains information about navigation events, generated by navigation keys such as tab and page down.
`NonOwnedWindow`	Common base class for all non-child windows.
`Notebook`	This class represents a notebook control, which manages multiple windows with associated tabs.
`NotifyEvent`	This class is not used by the event handlers by itself, but is a base class for other event classes (such as wx.BookCtrlEvent ).
`NumberEntryDialog`	This class represents a dialog that requests a numeric input from the user.
`Object`	This is the root class of many of the wxWidgets classes.
`OutputStream`	wx.OutputStream is an abstract base class which may not be used directly.
`Overlay`	Creates an overlay over an existing window, allowing for manipulations like rubber-banding, etc.
`PageSetupDialog`	This class represents the page setup common dialog.
`PageSetupDialogData`	This class holds a variety of information related to wx.PageSetupDialog .
`PaintDC`	A wx.PaintDC must be constructed if an application wishes to paint on the client area of a window from within an EVT_PAINT() event handler.
`PaintEvent`	A paint event is sent when a window’s contents needs to be repainted.
`Palette`	A palette is a table that maps pixel values to `RGB` colours.
`PaletteChangedEvent`
`Panel`	A panel is a window on which controls are placed.
`PanGestureEvent`	This event is generated when the user moves a finger on the surface.
`PasswordEntryDialog`	This class represents a dialog that requests a one-line password string from the user.
`PCXHandler`	This is the image handler for the `PCX` format.
`Pen`	A pen is a tool for drawing outlines.
`PenInfo`	This class is a helper used for wx.Pen creation using named parameter idiom: it allows specifying various wx.Pen attributes using the chained calls to its clearly named methods instead of passing them in the fixed order to wx.Pen constructors.
`PenList`	There is only one instance of this class: wx.ThePenList .
`PickerBase`	Base abstract class for all pickers which support an auxiliary text control.
`PixelDataBase`
`PlatformId`	Defines a very broad platform categorization.
`PlatformInformation`	This class holds information about the operating system, the toolkit and the basic architecture bitness of the machine where the application is currently running.
`PNGHandler`	This is the image handler for the `PNG` format.
`PNMHandler`	This is the image handler for the `PNM` format.
`Point`	A wx.Point is a useful data structure for graphics operations.
`Point2D`	Point2DDouble represents a point in a `2D` (Cartesian) coordinate system, with additional vector operations available.
`PopupTransientWindow`	A wx.PopupWindow which disappears automatically when the user clicks mouse outside it or if it loses focus in any other way.
`PopupWindow`	A special kind of top level window used for popup menus, combobox popups and such.
`Position`	This class represents the position of an item in any kind of grid of rows and columns such as wx.GridBagSizer , or wx.HVScrolledWindow .
`PostScriptDC`	This defines the wxWidgets Encapsulated PostScript device context, which can write PostScript files on any platform.
`PowerEvent`	The power events are generated when the system power state changes, e.g.
`PowerResource`	Helper functions for acquiring and releasing the given power resource.
`PowerResourceBlocker`	Helper `RAII` class ensuring that power resources are released.
`PreferencesEditor`	Manage preferences dialog.
`PreferencesPage`	One page of preferences dialog.
`PressAndTapEvent`	This event is generated when the user press the surface with one finger and taps with another.
`PreviewCanvas`	A preview canvas is the default canvas used by the print preview system to display the preview.
`PreviewControlBar`	This is the default implementation of the preview control bar, a panel with buttons and a zoom control.
`PreviewFrame`	This class provides the default method of managing the print preview interface.
`PrintAbortDialog`	The dialog created by default by the print framework that enables aborting the printing process.
`PrintData`	This class holds a variety of information related to printers and printer device contexts.
`PrintDialog`	This class represents the print and print setup common dialogs.
`PrintDialogData`	This class holds information related to the visual characteristics of wx.PrintDialog .
`Printer`	This class represents the Windows or PostScript printer, and is the vehicle through which printing may be launched by an application.
`PrinterDC`	A printer device context is specific to MSW and Mac, and allows access to any printer with a Windows or Macintosh driver.
`Printout`	This class encapsulates the functionality of printing out an application document.
`PrintPageRange`	This class represents a range of pages to be printed.
`PrintPreview`	Objects of this class manage the print preview process.
`Process`	The objects of this class are used in conjunction with the `wx.Execute` function.
`ProcessEvent`	A process event is sent to the wx.EvtHandler specified to wx.Process when a process is terminated.
`ProgressDialog`	If supported by the platform this class will provide the platform’s native progress dialog, else it will simply be the ` wx.GenericProgressDialog ` .
`PropagateOnce`	Helper class to temporarily lower propagation level.
`PropagationDisabler`	Helper class to temporarily change an event to not propagate.
`PyApp`	The wx.App class represents the application itself when `USE_GUI=1` .
`PyCommandEvent`	`PyCommandEvent` can be used as a base class for implementing
`PyEvent`	`PyEvent` can be used as a base class for implementing custom
`PyEventBinder`	Instances of this class are used to bind specific events to event handlers.
`PyOnDemandOutputWindow`	A class that can be used for redirecting Python’s stdout and
`PySimpleApp`	This class is deprecated. Please use `App` instead.
`QueryNewPaletteEvent`
`RadioBox`	A radio box item is used to select one of number of mutually exclusive choices.
`RadioButton`	A radio button item is a button which usually denotes one of several mutually exclusive options.
`ReadOnlyDC`	Base class for device context not providing any drawing functions.
`RealPoint`	A wx.RealPoint is a useful data structure for graphics operations.
`RearrangeCtrl`	A composite control containing a wx.RearrangeList and the buttons allowing to move the items in it.
`RearrangeDialog`	A dialog allowing the user to rearrange the specified items.
`RearrangeList`	A listbox-like control allowing the user to rearrange the items and to enable or disable them.
`Rect`	Represents a rectangle with integer coordinates.
`Rect2D`	Rect2DDouble is an axis-aligned rectangle; each side of the rect is parallel to the X or Y axis.
`RefCounter`	This class is used to manage reference-counting providing a simple interface and a counter.
`Region`	A wx.Region represents a simple or complex region on a device context or window.
`RegionIterator`	This class is used to iterate through the rectangles in a region, typically when examining the damaged regions of a window within an OnPaint call.
`RendererNative`	First, a brief introduction to wx.RendererNative and why it is needed.
`RendererVersion`	This simple struct represents the wx.RendererNative interface version and is only used as the return value of `wx.RendererNative.GetVersion` .
`RGBValue`	A simple class which stores red, green and blue values as 8 bit integers in the range of `0-255` .
`RichMessageDialog`	Extension of wx.MessageDialog with additional functionality.
`RotateGestureEvent`	This event is generated when two fingers move in opposite directions on the surface.
`ScreenDC`	Deprecated class for drawing on the screen.
`ScrollBar`	A wx.ScrollBar is a control that represents a horizontal or vertical scrollbar.
Scrolled	The wx.Scrolled class manages scrolling for its client area, transforming the coordinates according to the scrollbar positions, and setting the scroll positions, thumb sizes and ranges according to the area in view.
`ScrolledCanvas`	The `ScrolledCanvas` class is a combination of the `Window` and
`ScrolledWindow`	Scrolled window derived from wx.Panel .
`ScrollEvent`	A scroll event holds information about events sent from stand-alone scrollbars (see wx.ScrollBar ) and sliders (see wx.Slider ).
`ScrollWinEvent`	A scroll event holds information about events sent from scrolling windows.
`SearchCtrl`	A search control is a composite control with a search button, a text control, and a cancel button.
`SetCursorEvent`	A wx.SetCursorEvent is generated from wx.Window when the mouse cursor is about to be set as a result of mouse motion.
`SettableHeaderColumn`	Adds methods to set the column attributes to wx.HeaderColumn .
`SharedClientDataContainer`	This class is a replacement for wx.ClientDataContainer , and unlike wx.ClientDataContainer the wx.SharedClientDataContainer client data is copiable, so it can be copied when objects containing it are cloned.
`ShowEvent`	An event being sent when the window is shown or hidden.
`Simplebook`	wx.Simplebook is a control showing exactly one of its several pages.
`SimpleHelpProvider`	wx.SimpleHelpProvider is an implementation of wx.HelpProvider which supports only plain text help strings, and shows the string associated with the control (if any) in a tooltip.
`SingleChoiceDialog`	This class represents a dialog that shows a list of strings, and allows the user to select one.
`SingleInstanceChecker`	wx.SingleInstanceChecker class allows checking that only a single instance of a program is running.
`Size`	A wx.Size is a useful data structure for graphics operations.
`SizeEvent`	A size event holds information about size change events of wx.Window .
`Sizer`	wx.Sizer is the abstract base class used for laying out subwindows in a window.
`SizerFlags`	Container for sizer items flags providing readable names for them.
`SizerItem`	The wx.SizerItem class is used to track the position, size and other attributes of each item managed by a wx.Sizer .
`Slider`	A slider is a control with a handle which can be pulled back and forth to change the value.
`SpinButton`	A wx.SpinButton has two small up and down (or left and right) arrow buttons.
`SpinCtrl`	wx.SpinCtrl combines wx.TextCtrl and wx.SpinButton in one control.
`SpinCtrlDouble`	wx.SpinCtrlDouble combines wx.TextCtrl and wx.SpinButton in one control and displays a real number.
`SpinDoubleEvent`	This event class is used for the events generated by wx.SpinCtrlDouble .
`SpinEvent`	This event class is used for the events generated by wx.SpinButton and wx.SpinCtrl .
`SplitterEvent`	This class represents the events generated by a splitter control.
`SplitterRenderParams`	This is just a simple `struct` used as a return value of `wx.RendererNative.GetSplitterParams` .
`SplitterWindow`	This class manages up to two subwindows.
`StandardPaths`	wx.StandardPaths returns the standard locations in the file system and should be used by applications to find their data files in a portable way.
`StaticBitmap`	A static bitmap control displays a bitmap.
`StaticBox`	A static box is a rectangle drawn around other windows to denote a logical grouping of items.
`StaticBoxSizer`	wx.StaticBoxSizer is a sizer derived from wx.BoxSizer but adds a static box around the sizer.
`StaticLine`	A static line is just a line which may be used in a dialog to separate the groups of controls.
`StaticText`	A static text control displays one or more lines of read-only text.
`StatusBar`	A status bar is a narrow window that can be placed along the bottom of a frame to give small amounts of status information.
`StatusBarPane`	A status bar pane data container used by wx.StatusBar .
`StdDialogButtonSizer`	This class creates button layouts which conform to the standard button spacing and ordering defined by the platform or toolkit’s user interface guidelines (if such things exist).
`StockPreferencesPage`	Specialization of wx.PreferencesPage useful for certain commonly used preferences page.
`StopWatch`	The wx.StopWatch class allow you to measure time intervals.
`StreamBase`	This class is the base class of most stream related classes in wxWidgets.
`SVGAttributes`	Helper class for building a set of `SVG` and `ARIA` attributes to attach to an accessible group in the output of wx.SVGFileDC .
`SVGBitmapEmbedHandler`	Handler embedding bitmaps as base64-encoded PNGs into the `SVG` .
`SVGBitmapFileHandler`	Handler saving bitmaps to external `PNG` files and linking to it from the `SVG` .
`SVGBitmapHandler`	Abstract base class for handling bitmaps inside a wx.SVGFileDC .
`SVGFileDC`	A wx.SVGFileDC is a device context onto which graphics and text can be drawn, and the output produced as a vector file, in `SVG` format.
`SysColourChangedEvent`	This class is used for system colour change events, which are generated when the user changes the colour settings or when the system theme changes (e.g. automatic dark mode switching on macOS).
`SystemAppearance`	Provides information about the current system appearance.
`SystemOptions`	wx.SystemOptions stores option/value pairs that wxWidgets itself or applications can use to alter behaviour at run-time.
`SystemSettings`	wx.SystemSettings allows the application to ask for details about the system.
`TextAttr`	wx.TextAttr represents the character and paragraph attributes, or style, for a range of text in a wx.TextCtrl or wx.richtext.RichTextCtrl .
`TextCompleter`	Base class for custom text completer objects.
`TextCompleterSimple`	A simpler base class for custom completer objects.
`TextCtrl`	A text control allows text to be displayed and edited.
`TextDataObject`	wx.TextDataObject is a specialization of wx.DataObjectSimple for text data.
`TextDropTarget`	A predefined drop target for dealing with text data.
`TextEntry`	Common base class for single line text entry fields.
`TextEntryDialog`	This class represents a dialog that requests a one-line text string from the user.
`TextSearch`	Search options for `wx.TextCtrl.SearchText` .
`TextSearchResult`	Result from `wx.TextCtrl.SearchText` , specifying the range of the found text.
`TextUrlEvent`
`TGAHandler`	This is the image handler for the `TGA` format.
`ThreadEvent`	This class adds some simple functionality to wx.Event to facilitate inter-thread communication.
`TIFFHandler`	This is the image handler for the `TIFF` format.
`Timer`	The wx.Timer class allows you to execute code at specified intervals.
`TimerEvent`	wx.TimerEvent object is passed to the event handler of timer events (see `wx.Timer.SetOwner` ).
`TimerRunner`	Starts the timer in its constructor, stops in the dtor.
`TimeSpan`	wx.TimeSpan class represents a time interval.
`TimeZone`	Class representing a time zone.
`TipWindow`	Shows simple text in a popup tip window on creation.
`Tm`	Contains broken down date-time representation.
`ToggleButton`	wx.ToggleButton is a button that stays pressed when clicked by the user.
`ToolBar`	A toolbar is a bar of buttons and/or other controls usually placed below the menu bar in a wx.Frame .
`ToolBarToolBase`	A toolbar tool represents one item on the toolbar.
`Toolbook`	wx.Toolbook is a class similar to wx.Notebook but which uses a wx.ToolBar to show the labels instead of the tabs.
`ToolTip`	This class holds information about a tooltip associated with a window (see `wx.Window.SetToolTip` ).
`TopLevelWindow`	wx.TopLevelWindow is a common base class for wx.Dialog and wx.Frame .
`Trackable`	Add-on base class for a trackable object.
`Translations`	This class allows getting translations for strings.
`TranslationsLoader`	Abstraction of translations discovery and loading.
`Treebook`	This class is an extension of the wx.Notebook class that allows a tree structured set of pages to be shown in a control.
`TreeCtrl`	A tree control presents information as a hierarchy, with items that may be expanded to show further items.
`TreeEvent`	A tree event holds information about events associated with wx.TreeCtrl objects.
`TreeItemId`	An opaque reference to a tree item.
`TwoFingerTapEvent`	This event is generated when two fingers touch the surface at the same time.
`UIActionSimulator`	wx.UIActionSimulator is a class used to simulate user interface actions such as a mouse click or a key press.
`UniChar`	This class represents a single Unicode character.
`UpdateUIEvent`	This class is used for pseudo-events which are called by wxWidgets to give an application the chance to update various user interface elements.
`URLDataObject`	wx.URLDataObject is a wx.DataObject containing an URL and can be used e.g.
`Validator`	wx.Validator is the base class for a family of validator classes that mediate between a class of control, and application data.
`VarHScrollHelper`	This class provides functions wrapping the wx.VarScrollHelperBase class, targeted for horizontal-specific scrolling.
`VarHVScrollHelper`	This class provides functions wrapping the wx.VarHScrollHelper and wx.VarVScrollHelper classes, targeted for scrolling a window in both axis.
`VarScrollHelperBase`	This class provides all common base functionality for scroll calculations shared among all variable scrolled window implementations as well as automatic scrollbar functionality, saved scroll positions, controlling target windows to be scrolled, as well as defining all required virtual functions that need to be implemented for any orientation specific work.
`VarVScrollHelper`	This class provides functions wrapping the wx.VarScrollHelperBase class, targeted for vertical-specific scrolling.
`VersionInfo`	wx.VersionInfo contains version information.
`VideoMode`	Determines the sizes and locations of displays connected to the system.
`VisualAttributes`	Struct containing all the visual attributes of a control.
`VListBox`	wx.VListBox is a ListBox-like control with the following two main differences from a regular wx.ListBox : it can have an arbitrarily huge number of items because it doesn’t store them itself but uses the `OnDrawItem` callback to draw them (so it is a virtual listbox) and its items can have variable height as determined by `OnMeasureItem` (so it is also a listbox with the lines of variable height).
VScrolled	In the name of this class, “V” may stand for “variable” because it can be used for scrolling rows of variable heights; “virtual”, because it is not necessary to know the heights of all rows in advance – only those which are shown on the screen need to be measured; or even “vertical”, because this class only supports scrolling vertically.
`VScrolledCanvas`	The `VScrolledCanvas` class is a combination of the `Window` and
`VScrolledWindow`	VScrolled window derived from wx.Panel .
`Window`	wx.Window is the base class for all windows and represents any visible object on screen.
`WindowBase`
`WindowCreateEvent`	This event is sent just after the actual window associated with a wx.Window object has been created.
`WindowDC`	Deprecated class for drawing on the entire window.
`WindowDestroyEvent`	This event is sent as early as possible during the window destruction process.
`WindowDisabler`	This class disables all top level windows of the application (maybe with the exception of one of them) in its constructor and enables them back in its destructor.
`WindowIDRef`	A WindowIDRef object wraps an `ID` value and marks it as being in-use until all references to that `ID` are gone.
`WindowModalDialogEvent`	Event sent by `wx.Dialog.ShowWindowModal` when the dialog closes.
`WithImages`	A mixin class to be used with other classes that use a wx.ImageList .
`WrapSizer`	A wrap sizer lays out its items in a single line, like a box sizer – as long as there is space available in that direction.
`XPMHandler`	This is the image handler for the XPM format.
`ZoomGestureEvent`	This event is generated when two fingers pinch the surface to zoom in or out.

Functions Summary ¶

Function	Short Description
`Abort`	Exits the program immediately.
`AutoBufferedPaintDCFactory`	Check if the window is natively double buffered and will return a wx.PaintDC if it is, a wx.BufferedPaintDC otherwise.
`BeginBusyCursor`	Changes the cursor to the given cursor for all windows in the application.
`Bell`	Ring the system bell.
`BitmapFromBuffer`	A compatibility wrapper for `wx.Bitmap.FromBuffer` and `wx.Bitmap.FromBufferAndAlpha`
`BitmapFromBufferRGBA`	A compatibility wrapper for `wx.Bitmap.FromBufferRGBA`
`BitmapFromImage`	A compatibility wrapper for the wx.Bitmap(wx.Image) constructor
`CallAfter`	Call the specified function after the current and pending event
`CheckOsVersion`	Returns `True` if the version of the operating system on which the program is running under is the same or later than the given version.
`ClientDisplayRect`	Returns the dimensions of the work area on the display.
`ColourDisplay`	Returns `True` if the display is colour, `False` otherwise.
`DateTimeFromDMY`	Compatibility wrapper for `DateTime.FromDMY`
`DateTimeFromHMS`	Compatibility wrapper for `DateTime.FromHMS`
`DateTimeFromJDN`	Compatibility wrapper for `DateTime.FromJDN`
`DateTimeFromTimeT`	Compatibility wrapper for `DateTime.FromTimeT`
`DecToHex`	Convert decimal integer to 2-character hexadecimal string.
`DirSelector`	Pops up a directory selector dialog.
`DisableAsserts`	Disable the condition checks in the assertions.
`DisplayDepth`	Returns the depth of the display (a value of 1 denotes a monochrome display).
`DisplaySize`	Returns the display size in pixels.
`DisplaySizeMM`	Returns the display size in millimeters.
`DumpWindow`	Return a string with human-readable platform-specific description of the window useful for diagnostic purposes.
`EmptyBitmap`	A compatibility wrapper for the wx.Bitmap(width, height, depth) constructor
`EmptyBitmapRGBA`	A compatibility wrapper for `wx.Bitmap.FromRGBA`
`EmptyIcon`	A compatibility wrapper for the `Icon` constructor
`EmptyImage`	A compatibility wrapper for the wx.Image(width, height) constructor
`EnableTopLevelWindows`	This function enables or disables all top level windows.
`EndBusyCursor`	Changes the cursor back to the original cursor, for all windows in the application.
`Execute`	Executes another program in Unix or Windows.
`Exit`	Exits application after calling `wx.App.OnExit` .
`FFont`	rtype : wx.Font
`FileSelector`	Pops up a file selector box.
`FileSelectorEx`	An extended version of `wx.FileSelector`
`FindMenuItemId`	Find a menu item identifier associated with the given frame’s menu bar.
`FindWindowAtPoint`	Find the deepest window at the given mouse position in screen coordinates, returning the window if found, or nullptr if not.
`FindWindowAtPointer`	Find the deepest window at the mouse pointer position, returning the window and current pointer position in screen coordinates.
`FindWindowById`	FindWindowById(id, parent=None) . Window
`FindWindowByLabel`	Find a window by its label. Depending on the type of window, the label may be a window title or panel item label. If parent is nullptr, the search will start from all top-level frames and dialog boxes; if non-null, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy. The search is recursive in both cases.
`FindWindowByName`	Find a window by its name (as given in a window constructor or Create function call). If parent is nullptr, the search will start from all top-level frames and dialog boxes; if non-null, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy. The search is recursive in both cases.
`GetAccelFromString`
`GetActiveWindow`	Gets the currently active window (implemented for MSW and GTK only currently, always returns nullptr in the other ports).
`GetApp`	Returns the current application object.
`GetBatteryState`	Returns battery state as one of `BATTERY_NORMAL_STATE` , `BATTERY_LOW_STATE` , `BATTERY_CRITICAL_STATE` , `BATTERY_SHUTDOWN_STATE` or `BATTERY_UNKNOWN_STATE` .
`GetClientDisplayRect`	Returns the dimensions of the work area on the display.
`GetColourFromUser`	Shows the colour selection dialog and returns the colour selected by user or invalid colour (use `wx.Colour.IsOk` to test whether a colour is valid) if the dialog was cancelled.
`GetCpuArchitectureName`	Returns the `CPU` architecture name.
`GetDisplayPPI`	Returns the display resolution in pixels per inch.
`GetDisplaySize`	Returns the display size in pixels.
`GetDisplaySizeMM`	Returns the display size in millimeters.
`GetEmailAddress`	Copies the user’s email address into the supplied buffer, by concatenating the values returned by `wx.GetFullHostName` and `wx.GetUserId` .
`GetFontFromUser`	Shows the font selection dialog and returns the font selected by user or invalid font (use `wx.Font.IsOk` to test whether a font is valid) if the dialog was cancelled.
`GetFullHostName`	Returns the `FQDN` (fully qualified domain host name) or an empty string on error.
`GetHomeDir`	Return the (current) user’s home directory.
`GetHostName`	Copies the current host machine’s name into the supplied buffer.
`GetKeyState`	For normal keys, returns `True` if the specified key is currently down.
`GetLibraryVersionInfo`	Get wxWidgets version information.
`GetLocale`	Get the current locale object (note that it may be nullptr!)
`GetMousePosition`	Returns the mouse position in screen coordinates.
`GetMouseState`	Returns the current state of the mouse.
`GetNativeCpuArchitectureName`	In some situations the current process and native `CPU` architecture may be different.
`GetNumberFromUser`	Shows a dialog asking the user for numeric input.
`GetOsDescription`	Returns the string containing the description of the current platform in a user-readable form.
`GetOsVersion`	Gets the version and the operating system `ID` for currently running OS.
`GetPasswordFromUser`	Similar to `wx.GetTextFromUser` but the text entered in the dialog is not shown on screen but replaced with stars.
`GetPowerType`	Returns the type of power source as one of `POWER_SOCKET` , `POWER_BATTERY` or `POWER_UNKNOWN` .
`GetProcessId`	Returns the number uniquely identifying the current process in the system.
`GetSingleChoice`	Pops up a dialog box containing a message, OK/Cancel buttons and a single-selection listbox.
`GetStockHelpString`	Return help string associated with given stock id and client .
`GetStockLabel`	Returns label that should be used for given id element.
`GetTextFromUser`	Pop up a dialog box with title set to caption , `message` , and a `default_value` .
`GetTopLevelParent`	Returns the first top level parent of the given window, or in other words, the frame or dialog containing it, or nullptr.
`GetTopLevelWindows`	Returns a list-like object of the the application’s top-level windows, (frames,dialogs, etc.)
`GetTranslation`	This function returns the translation of `string` in the current `locale()` .
`GetUserHome`	Returns the home directory for the given user.
`GetUserId`	This function returns the “user id” also known as “login name” under Unix (i.e.
`GetUserName`	This function returns the full user name (something like “John Smith”).
`Getenv`
`HandleFatalExceptions`	If doIt is `True` , the fatal exceptions (also known as general protection faults under Windows or segmentation violations in the Unix world) will be caught and passed to `wx.App.OnFatalException` .
`HelpController`	Rather than being an alias for some class, the Python version of
`HexToDec`	Convert 2-character hexadecimal string to decimal integer.
`ImageFromBitmap`	Create a `Image` from a `wx.Bitmap`
`ImageFromBuffer`	Creates a `Image` from the data in dataBuffer . The dataBuffer
`ImageFromData`	Compatibility wrapper for creating an image from `RGB` data
`ImageFromDataWithAlpha`	Compatibility wrapper for creating an image from `RGB` and Alpha data
`ImageFromStream`	Load an image from a stream (file-like object)
`InfoMessageBox`	Shows a message box with the information about the wxWidgets build used, including its version, most important build parameters and the version of the underlying GUI toolkit.
`InitAllImageHandlers`	Initializes all available image handlers.
`IntersectRect`	Calculate and return the intersection of r1 and r2. Returns None if there
`IsBusy`	Returns `True` if between two `wx.BeginBusyCursor` and `wx.EndBusyCursor` calls.
`IsDragResultOk`	Returns `True` if res indicates that something was done during a DnD operation, i.e.
`IsMainThread`	Returns `True` if the current thread is what considers the GUI thread.
`IsPlatform64Bit`	Returns `True` if the operating system the program is running under is 64 bit.
`IsPlatformLittleEndian`	Returns `True` if the current platform is little endian (instead of big endian).
`IsRunningUnderWine`	Returns `True` only for MSW programs running under Wine.
`Kill`	Equivalent to the Unix kill function: send the given signal sig to the process with `PID` pid .
`LaunchDefaultApplication`	Opens the document in the application associated with the files of this type.
`LaunchDefaultBrowser`	Opens the url in user’s default browser.
`LoadFileSelector`	Shows a file dialog asking the user for a file name for opening a file.
`LogDebug`	The function to use for debugging output.
`LogError`	The functions to use for error messages, i.e.
`LogFatalError`	Like `wx.LogError` , but also terminates the program with the exit code 3.
`LogGeneric`	Logs a message with the given LogLevel.
`LogInfo`	For low priority messages.
`LogMessage`	For all normal, informational messages.
`LogStatus`	Messages logged by this function will appear in the statusbar of the frame or of the top level application window by default (i.e.
`LogSysError`	Mostly used by wxWidgets itself, but might be handy for logging errors after system call (API function) failure.
`LogVerbose`	For verbose output.
`LogWarning`	The function to use for warning messages.
`MSWIsOnSecureScreen`	Check if the current desktop is the secure desktop.
`MacThemeColour`	rtype : wx.Colour
`MessageBox`	Show a general purpose message dialog.
`MicroSleep`	Sleeps for the specified number of microseconds.
`MilliSleep`	Sleeps for the specified number of milliseconds.
`NewEventType`	Generates a new unique event type.
`NewId`	Generates an integer identifier unique to this run of the program.
`NewIdRef`	Reserves a new Window `ID` (or range of WindowIDs) and returns a
`Now`	Returns a string representing the current date and time.
`PostEvent`	In a GUI application, this function posts event to the specified dest object using `wx.EvtHandler.AddPendingEvent` .
`QueueEvent`	Queue an event for processing on the given object.
`RegisterId`	Ensures that Ids subsequently generated by `wx.NewId` do not clash with the given id .
`SafeShowMessage`	This function shows a message to the user in a safe way and should be safe to call even before the application has been initialized or if it is currently in some other strange state (for example, about to crash).
`SafeYield`	Calls `wx.App.SafeYield` .
`SaveFileSelector`	Shows a file dialog asking the user for a file name for saving a file.
`SecureZeroMemory`	Fills the memory block with zeros in a way that is guaranteed not to be optimized away by the compiler.
`SetCursor`	Globally sets the cursor.
`Shell`	Executes a command in an interactive shell window.
`Shutdown`	This function shuts down or reboots the computer depending on the value of the flags .
`Sleep`	Sleeps for the specified number of seconds.
`StripMenuCodes`	Strips any menu codes from str and returns the result.
`SysErrorCode`	Returns the error code from the last system call.
`SysErrorMsg`	Returns the error message corresponding to the given system error code.
`SysErrorMsgStr`	Returns the error message corresponding to the given system error code.
`Trap`	Generate a debugger exception meaning that the control is passed to the debugger if one is attached to the process.
`WakeUpIdle`	This function wakes up the (internal and platform dependent) idle system, i.e.
`Yield`	Calls `wx.AppConsole.Yield` if there is an existing application object.
`YieldIfNeeded`	Convenience function for wx.GetApp().Yield(True)
`date2pydate`	Convert a `DateTime` object to a Python datetime.
`pydate2wxdate`	Convert a Python date or datetime to a `DateTime` object
`version`	Returns a string containing version and port info

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