wxPython – Set tooltip for Button

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In this article we will learn how we can assign a tooltip to a Button. In order to assign tooltip we use SetToolTip() function associated with wx.Button class of wxPython. SetToolTip() function takes a string argument that would be used as a tooltip.

Syntax: wx.Button.SetToolTip(self, string)

Parameters:

Parameter Input Type Description

string string String for ToolTip.

Parameter	Input Type	Description
string	string	String for ToolTip.

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 button at point (20, 20) 
        self.btn = wx.Button(self.pnl, id = 1, label ="Button") 
          
        # set tooltip for button 
        self.btn.SetToolTip("Button ToolTip") 
  
        self.SetSize((350, 250)) 
        self.SetTitle('wx.Button') 
        self.Centre() 
  
def main(): 
    app = wx.App() 
    ex = Example(None) 
    ex.Show() 
    app.MainLoop() 
  
if __name__ == '__main__': 
    main() 