wxPython - Set tooltip for Button

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.

Code Example: Python3 1==

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()

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