wxPython – Destroy button widget using Destroy() function

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In this article we will learn that, how can we destroy a button widget from a window using Destroy() function in wx.Button class of wxPython. Destroy() function is used to simply destroy a window or widget safely.
Destroy() returns True if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it has been added to the list of windows pending real deletion.

Syntax: wx.StaticText.Destroy(self)

Parameters: Destroy() function takes no arguments.

Return Type: bool

Returns: True if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it has been added to the list of windows pending real deletion.

Code Example:

import wx 
  
  
class Example(wx.Frame): 
  
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): 
        super(Example, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) 
        self.InitUI() 
  
    def InitUI(self): 
        self.locale = wx.Locale(wx.LANGUAGE_ENGLISH) 
  
        # create parent panel 
        self.pnl = wx.Panel(self) 
         
        # create a button at point (20, 50) 
        self.btn1 = wx.Button(self.pnl, id = 1, label ="Remove Text", pos =(20, 50)) 
  
        # create button to destroy 
        self.btn0 = wx.Button(self.pnl, id = 1, label ="Click button to remove", pos =(20, 20)) 
  
        # bind Onclick() function with button 
        self.btn1.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.Onclick) 
  
  
        self.SetSize((350, 250)) 
        self.SetTitle('wx.Button') 
        self.Centre() 
  
    def Onclick(self, e): 
        # destroy btn0 button 
        self.btn0.Destroy() 
  
def main(): 
    app = wx.App() 
    ex = Example(None) 
    ex.Show() 
    app.MainLoop() 
  
  
if __name__ == '__main__': 
    main() 