Rather than delete the existing anwser, which in fact answers a different question, I'm leaving it in place because I personally believe it's useful, in a related way.
Here is an example of what I was referring to in my comment, about making your own toolbar, which you can navigate using Tab, Left and Right Arrow keys.
It should be enough to get you started.
It uses a normal button and some Generic bitmap buttons, both will work, as we need to illustrate which button currently has focus, which is achieved by using at least 2 different bitmaps for each button. One Normal and one for Focus.
import wx
import wx.lib.buttons as buttons
Valid_keys = [wx.WXK_F1,wx.WXK_RETURN,wx.WXK_TAB,wx.WXK_LEFT,wx.WXK_RIGHT]
class MainFrame(wx.Frame):
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
def __init__(self):
self.funcs={"Button1":self.OnButton1,
"Button2":self.OnButton2,
"Button3":self.OnButton3,
"Button4":self.OnButton4}
wx.Frame.__init__(self, None, title="Self defined Toolbar", size=(400,400))
tool_panel = wx.Panel(self,-1,name="tool_panel")
tool_panel.SetBackgroundColour("lightgreen")
tool_panel.SetToolTip("Press F1 or Tab to Access Toolbar")
panel = wx.Panel(self,-1,size=(400,300), name="Main_panel")
panel.SetBackgroundColour("lightblue")
bmp = wx.Bitmap("Discord.png", wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ANY)
bmp1 = wx.Bitmap("Discord1.png", wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ANY)
bmp2 = wx.Bitmap("Discord2.png", wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ANY)
self.Button1 = buttons.GenBitmapButton(tool_panel,bitmap=bmp,size=(40,40),name="Button1")
self.Button2 = buttons.GenBitmapButton(tool_panel,bitmap=bmp,size=(40,40),name="Button2")
self.Button3 = buttons.GenBitmapButton(tool_panel,bitmap=bmp,size=(40,40),name="Button3")
self.Button4 = wx.Button(tool_panel,-1, label="",size=(40,40),name="Button4")
self.Button4.SetBitmap(wx.Bitmap('test.png'))
self.Button4.SetBitmapFocus(wx.Bitmap('testfocus.png'))
self.Text = wx.TextCtrl(panel, -1, size=(400,300), style=wx.TE_MULTILINE)
self.Button1.SetToolTip("Function1")
self.Button2.SetToolTip("Function2")
self.Button3.SetToolTip("Function3")
self.Button4.SetToolTip("Function4")
self.BitmapButtons = [self.Button1,self.Button2,self.Button3]
for i in range(0,len(self.BitmapButtons)):
self.BitmapButtons[i].SetBitmapLabel(bmp)
self.BitmapButtons[i].SetBitmapFocus(bmp2)
self.BitmapButtons[i].SetBitmapSelected(bmp1)
self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnButton)
self.Bind(wx.EVT_CHAR_HOOK, self.OnKey)
tool_sizer=wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)
main_sizer=wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
tool_sizer.Add(self.Button1)
tool_sizer.Add(self.Button2)
tool_sizer.Add(self.Button3)
tool_sizer.Add(self.Button4)
tool_panel.SetSizer(tool_sizer)
main_sizer.Add(tool_panel,0,wx.EXPAND)
main_sizer.Add(panel,0,wx.EXPAND,0)
self.SetSizer(main_sizer)
self.Text.SetFocus()
self.Show()
def OnButton(self, event):
Id = event.GetId()
btn = event.GetEventObject()
x = self.funcs[btn.GetName()]
x()
self.Text.SetFocus()
def OnButton1(self):
print("Button 1")
def OnButton2(self):
print("Button 2")
def OnButton3(self):
print("Button 3")
def OnButton4(self):
print("Button 4")
def OnKey(self, event):
key = event.GetKeyCode()
if key not in Valid_keys: #Ignore all keys except F1, Enter and Navigation keys
event.Skip()
return
if key not in [wx.WXK_F1,wx.WXK_RETURN]:
event.Skip()
return
if key == wx.WXK_F1: #F1 focuses on the First Toolbar button
self.Button1.SetFocus()
return
i = self.get_focus()
if i == 1:
id="Button1"
elif i == 2:
id="Button2"
elif i == 3:
id="Button3"
elif i == 4:
id="Button4"
if i > 0: #Focus was a toolbar button, execute button function
x = self.funcs[id]
x()
self.Text.SetFocus()
event.Skip()
def get_focus(self):
focused = wx.Window.FindFocus()
if focused == self.Button1:
return 1
elif focused == self.Button2:
return 2
elif focused == self.Button3:
return 3
elif focused == self.Button4:
return 4
else:#Something other than the toolbar buttons has focus return Fail
return -1
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = wx.App()
frame = MainFrame()
app.MainLoop()
