Multilpe screen in wxpython - user-interface

Question

all.
I'd like to be able to switch between multiple screens. Meaning, the first one is the main, then when with a button or an external switch is activated I can see the page #2, in that one I may have an other button to return to the first one, or going to #3, etc. Cause I have a main screen for a big RPM meter, but I may want to see instead all three meter on the same page, or view the raw data in an other page, or go to the set-up page or elsewhere in the future development. I'm using the full screen space for my graphic. Maybe something like "hide" or "show" a page with an event of some kind. I have a single class script for every pages so far, but unable to group them in a single one. Thanks for your help

Answer 1

I wrote about this concept several years ago here. I went ahead an reproduced the example from that article:
import wx
import wx.grid as gridlib
class PanelOne(wx.Panel):
""""""
def __init__(self, parent):
"""Constructor"""
wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent=parent)
txt = wx.TextCtrl(self)
class PanelTwo(wx.Panel):
""""""
def __init__(self, parent):
"""Constructor"""
wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent=parent)
grid = gridlib.Grid(self)
grid.CreateGrid(25,12)
sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
sizer.Add(grid, 0, wx.EXPAND)
self.SetSizer(sizer)
class MyForm(wx.Frame):
def __init__(self):
wx.Frame.__init__(self, None, wx.ID_ANY,
"Panel Switcher Tutorial")
self.panel_one = PanelOne(self)
self.panel_two = PanelTwo(self)
self.panel_two.Hide()
self.sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
self.sizer.Add(self.panel_one, 1, wx.EXPAND)
self.sizer.Add(self.panel_two, 1, wx.EXPAND)
self.SetSizer(self.sizer)
menubar = wx.MenuBar()
fileMenu = wx.Menu()
switch_panels_menu_item = fileMenu.Append(wx.ID_ANY,
"Switch Panels",
"Some text")
self.Bind(wx.EVT_MENU, self.onSwitchPanels,
switch_panels_menu_item)
menubar.Append(fileMenu, '&File')
self.SetMenuBar(menubar)
def onSwitchPanels(self, event):
""""""
if self.panel_one.IsShown():
self.SetTitle("Panel Two Showing")
self.panel_one.Hide()
self.panel_two.Show()
else:
self.SetTitle("Panel One Showing")
self.panel_one.Show()
self.panel_two.Hide()
self.Layout()
# Run the program
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = wx.App(False)
frame = MyForm()
frame.Show()
app.MainLoop()
The basic idea here is to Hide() one panel and Show() another. You might also want to look at the Notebook controls that wxPython provides as they have a similar functionality.