wxPython Recipes: A Problem - Solution Approach

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Mike DriscollwxPython Recipeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3237-8_9

9. Drag and Drop

Mike Driscoll¹ 

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Ankeny, New York, USA

 

Recipe 9-1. How to Use Drag and Drop

Problem

Most computer users of this day and age use drag and drop (DnD) instinctively. You probably used it to transfer some files from one folder to another this week! The wxPython GUI (graphical user interface ) toolkit provides DnD functionality baked in. In this recipe, we’ll see just how easy it is to implement!

Solution

wxPython provides several different kinds of drag and drop. You can have one of the following types :

• wx.FileDropTarget
• wx.TextDropTarget
• wx.PyDropTarget

The first two are pretty self-explanatory . The last one, wx.PyDropTarget, is just a loose ...