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.. _Notebook:

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|phoenix_title|  **Notebook**
==========================================================================================================================================

This class represents a notebook control, which manages multiple windows with associated tabs.          

To use the class, create a :ref:`Notebook`  object and call :meth:`Notebook.AddPage`   or :meth:`Notebook.InsertPage` , passing a window to be used as the page. Do not explicitly delete the window for a page that is currently managed by :ref:`Notebook`. 

**NotebookPage**  is a typedef for :ref:`Window`. 





.. _Notebook-styles:

|styles| Window Styles
================================

This class supports the following styles: 

- ``NB_TOP``: Place tabs on the top side.  
- ``NB_LEFT``: Place tabs on the left side.  
- ``NB_RIGHT``: Place tabs on the right side.  
- ``NB_BOTTOM``: Place tabs under instead of above the notebook pages.  
- ``NB_FIXEDWIDTH``: (Windows only) All tabs will have same width.  
- ``NB_MULTILINE``: (Windows only) There can be several rows of tabs.  
- ``NB_NOPAGETHEME``: (Windows only) Display a solid colour on notebook pages, and not a gradient, which can reduce performance.  
- ``NB_FLAT``: (Windows ``CE`` only) Show tabs in a flat style.  

The styles ``NB_LEFT``, ``RIGHT`` and ``BOTTOM`` are not supported under Microsoft Windows XP when using visual themes.






.. _Notebook-events:

|events| Events Emitted by this Class
=====================================

Handlers bound for the following event types will receive a :ref:`BookCtrlEvent` parameter.

- EVT_NOTEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGED: The page selection was changed. Processes a  ``wxEVT_COMMAND_NOTEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGED``   event.   
- EVT_NOTEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGING: The page selection is about to be changed. Processes a  ``wxEVT_COMMAND_NOTEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGING``   event. This event can be vetoed.   






|phoenix_title| Page backgrounds
================================

On Windows XP, the default theme paints a gradient on the notebook's pages. If you wish to suppress this theme, for aesthetic or performance reasons, there are three ways of doing it. You can use  ``NB_NOPAGETHEME``   to disable themed drawing for a particular notebook, you can call  :meth:`SystemOptions.SetOption`   to disable it for the whole application, or you can disable it for individual pages by using :meth:`~Notebook.SetBackgroundColour`. To disable themed pages globally: ::

        wx.SystemOptions.SetOption("msw.notebook.themed-background", 0)

Set the value to 1 to enable it again. To give a single page a solid background that more or less fits in with the overall theme, use: ::

        col = notebook.GetThemeBackgroundColour()
        
        if col.IsOk():        
            page.SetBackgroundColour(col)

On platforms other than Windows, or if the application is not using Windows themes, :meth:`~Notebook.GetThemeBackgroundColour`  will return an uninitialised colour object, and the above code will therefore work on all platforms.   



.. seealso:: :meth:`BookCtrl` , :ref:`BookCtrlEvent`, :ref:`ImageList`,     







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|class_hierarchy| Inheritance Diagram
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Inheritance diagram for class **Notebook**

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|appearance| Control Appearance
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.. figure:: _static/images/widgets/fullsize/wxmsw/notebook.png
   :alt: wxMSW
   :figclass: floatleft
   
   **wxMSW**


.. figure:: _static/images/widgets/fullsize/wxmac/notebook.png
   :alt: wxMAC
   :figclass: floatright
   
   **wxMAC**


.. figure:: _static/images/widgets/fullsize/wxgtk/notebook.png
   :alt: wxGTK
   :figclass: floatcenter
   
   **wxGTK**


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|method_summary| Methods Summary
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:meth:`~Notebook.__init__`                                                       Constructs a notebook control.
:meth:`~Notebook.ChangeSelection`                                                Changes the selection for the given page, returning the previous selection.
:meth:`~Notebook.Create`                                                         Creates a notebook control.
:meth:`~Notebook.GetPageImage`                                                   Returns the image index for the given page.
:meth:`~Notebook.GetPageText`                                                    Returns the string for the given page.
:meth:`~Notebook.GetRowCount`                                                    Returns the number of rows in the notebook control.
:meth:`~Notebook.GetSelection`                                                   Returns the currently selected page, or  ``NOT_FOUND``   if none was selected.
:meth:`~Notebook.GetThemeBackgroundColour`                                       If running under Windows and themes are enabled for the application, this function returns a suitable colour for painting the background of a notebook page, and can be passed to :meth:`SetBackgroundColour` .
:meth:`~Notebook.InsertPage`                                                     Inserts a new page at the specified position.
:meth:`~Notebook.SetPadding`                                                     Sets the amount of space around each page's icon and label, in pixels.
:meth:`~Notebook.SetPageImage`                                                   Sets the image index for the given page.
:meth:`~Notebook.SetPageText`                                                    Sets the text for the given page.
:meth:`~Notebook.SetSelection`                                                   Sets the selection for the given page, returning the previous selection.
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|property_summary| Properties Summary
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:attr:`~Notebook.RowCount`                                                       See :meth:`~Notebook.GetRowCount`
:attr:`~Notebook.Selection`                                                      See :meth:`~Notebook.GetSelection` and :meth:`~Notebook.SetSelection`
:attr:`~Notebook.ThemeBackgroundColour`                                          See :meth:`~Notebook.GetThemeBackgroundColour`
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|api| Class API
===============
   

.. class:: Notebook(BookCtrlBase)

   This class represents a notebook control, which manages multiple windows with associated tabs.
   
   **Possible constructors**::

       Notebook()
       
       Notebook(parent, id=ID_ANY, pos=DefaultPosition, size=DefaultSize,
                style=0, name=NotebookNameStr)
       



   .. method:: __init__(self, *args, **kw)



      |overload| **Overloaded Implementations**:

      **~~~**

      
      **__init__** `(self)`
      
      Constructs a notebook control.                   
      
      
      
      
      **~~~**

      
      **__init__** `(self, parent, id=ID_ANY, pos=DefaultPosition, size=DefaultSize, style=0, name=NotebookNameStr)`
      
      Constructs a notebook control.                  
      
      Note that sometimes you can reduce flicker by passing the ``CLIP_CHILDREN`` window style. 
      
      
      
      
      :param `parent`: The parent window. Must be not ``None``.   
      :type `parent`: Window
      :param `id`: The window identifier.   
      :type `id`: int
      :param `pos`: The window position.   
      :type `pos`: Point
      :param `size`: The window size.   
      :type `size`: Size
      :param `style`: The window style. See :ref:`Notebook`.   
      :type `style`: long
      :param `name`: The name of the control.   
      :type `name`: string
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
                        
      
      
      
      
      **~~~**






   .. method:: ChangeSelection(self, page)

      Changes the selection for the given page, returning the previous selection.                  

      This function behaves as :meth:`SetSelection`   but does `not`  generate the page changing events. 

      See :ref:`User Generated Events vs Programmatically Generated Events <user generated events vs programmatically generated events>`  for more information.                  


      :param `page`: 
      :type `page`: int




      :rtype: `int`








   .. method:: Create(self, parent, id=ID_ANY, pos=DefaultPosition, size=DefaultSize, style=0, name=NotebookNameStr)

      Creates a notebook control.                  

      See :ref:`Notebook`   for a description of the parameters.                  


      :param `parent`: 
      :type `parent`: Window
      :param `id`: 
      :type `id`: int
      :param `pos`: 
      :type `pos`: Point
      :param `size`: 
      :type `size`: Size
      :param `style`: 
      :type `style`: long
      :param `name`: 
      :type `name`: string




      :rtype: `bool`








   .. method:: GetPageImage(self, nPage)

      Returns the image index for the given page.                  


      :param `nPage`: 
      :type `nPage`: int




      :rtype: `int`








   .. method:: GetPageText(self, nPage)

      Returns the string for the given page.                  


      :param `nPage`: 
      :type `nPage`: int




      :rtype: `string`








   .. method:: GetRowCount(self)

      Returns the number of rows in the notebook control.                  

      :rtype: `int`








   .. method:: GetSelection(self)

      Returns the currently selected page, or  ``NOT_FOUND``   if none was selected.                   

      Note that this method may return either the previously or newly selected page when called from the  ``EVT_BOOKCTRL_PAGE_CHANGED``   handler depending on the platform and so  :meth:`BookCtrlEvent.GetSelection`   should be used instead in this case.                  

      :rtype: `int`








   .. method:: GetThemeBackgroundColour(self)

      If running under Windows and themes are enabled for the application, this function returns a suitable colour for painting the background of a notebook page, and can be passed to :meth:`SetBackgroundColour` .                  

      Otherwise, an uninitialised colour will be returned.                  

      :rtype: :ref:`Colour`








   .. method:: InsertPage(self, index, page, text, select=False, imageId=NO_IMAGE)

      Inserts a new page at the specified position.                  




      :param `index`: Specifies the position for the new page.   
      :type `index`: int
      :param `page`: Specifies the new page.   
      :type `page`: Window
      :param `text`: Specifies the text for the new page.   
      :type `text`: string
      :param `select`: Specifies whether the page should be selected.   
      :type `select`: bool
      :param `imageId`: Specifies the optional image index for the new page.  
      :type `imageId`: int














      :rtype: `bool`



                  



      :returns: 

         ``True`` if successful, ``False`` otherwise.  







      .. note:: 

         Do not delete the page, it will be deleted by the book control.  







      .. seealso:: :meth:`AddPage`     








   .. method:: SetPadding(self, padding)

      Sets the amount of space around each page's icon and label, in pixels.                  

                


      :param `padding`: 
      :type `padding`: Size






      .. note:: 

         The vertical padding cannot be changed in wxGTK.   








   .. method:: SetPageImage(self, page, image)

      Sets the image index for the given page.                  

      `image`  is an index into the image list which was set with :meth:`SetImageList` .                  


      :param `page`: 
      :type `page`: int
      :param `image`: 
      :type `image`: int




      :rtype: `bool`








   .. method:: SetPageText(self, page, text)

      Sets the text for the given page.                  


      :param `page`: 
      :type `page`: int
      :param `text`: 
      :type `text`: string




      :rtype: `bool`








   .. method:: SetSelection(self, page)

      Sets the selection for the given page, returning the previous selection.                  

      Notice that the call to this function generates the page changing events, use the :meth:`ChangeSelection`   function if you don't want these events to be generated. 

                


      :param `page`: 
      :type `page`: int




      :rtype: `int`







      .. seealso:: :meth:`GetSelection`     








   .. attribute:: RowCount

      See :meth:`~Notebook.GetRowCount`


   .. attribute:: Selection

      See :meth:`~Notebook.GetSelection` and :meth:`~Notebook.SetSelection`


   .. attribute:: ThemeBackgroundColour

      See :meth:`~Notebook.GetThemeBackgroundColour`