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.. _window styles:

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|phoenix_title|  **Window Styles Overview**
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Window styles are used to specify alternative behaviour and appearances for windows, when they are created.

The symbols are defined in such a way that they can be combined in a 'bit-list' using the Python `bitwise-or` operator (``|``).

For example::

    style = wx.CAPTION | wx.MINIMIZE_BOX | wx.MAXIMIZE_BOX | wx.RESIZE_BORDER
    
    
For the window styles specific to each window class, please see the documentation for the window.

Most windows can use the generic styles listed for :ref:`Window` in addition to their own styles.