Steve,

Like Mike, for 90% of the layout that I do, I pull out a piece of
paper and sketch what I want first.  I also think of everything as
rectangular boxes containing other boxes (rows or columns).  On
occasion, when I need things to align both vertically and horizontally
I end up going with the GridSizer, but for 95% of what I do, the
standard BoxSizers work just fine.

When I want to re-use stuff I will do as Timothy does and create
smaller panels, then group them together in a larger panel, etc.  But
much of what I do is one-off.

Whenever possible, I try to use wx.lib.pubsub to handle communication
and method invocation when I need an event in one wx object to affect
something in a different wx object.  It is made easier with a little
boilerplate...

def BindPubsub(wxobj, eventid, topic, object=None):
	def fcn(event):
		pubsub.sendMessage(topic, event)
	wxobj.Bind(eventid, fcn, object)

Used like...

BindPubsub(self, wx.EVT_BUTTON, 'main.button.clicked', button)

Now anyone can pick up those events :)

 - Josiah

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Mike Driscoll <mike@[...].org>  wrote:
>  Steve,
> 
> > Mr. Carlson, you are right, I could / should have sought others for help.
> > In this istance, the people on this mailing list have made themselves
> > available beyond my expectations.  I just didn't want to ask a question
> > where
> > the answer was obvious and obliviate my chance for getting information in
> > the future.  The poster who cried wolf too many times over trivial things in
> > my mind starts to get overlooked.
> >
> > Thank you all for the help...  BTW using sizers (which I am having
> > success) on a frame with scads of widgets is like doing a Rubik's Cube
> > puzzle.  Any tips?
> 
>  The easiest way to approach it (in my opinion) is to think of it as a bunch
>  of boxes nested in each other. Sometimes it helps to make a crude sketch on
>  paper first and then choose your sizers appropriately. For example, if I was
>  doing a calculator like the one included with Windows, I'd probable use a
>  vertically oriented BoxSizer with a nested GridSizer or GridBagSizer. You
>  can get a better grasp for of where your sizers are by using the Widget
>  Inspector.
> 
>  You're also welcome to check out my fairly basic sizer tutorials on my blog.
>  Some of them have made their way into the wiki too...and there are some
>  other tutorials on the wiki too.
> 
>  -------------------
>  Mike Driscoll
> 
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