wxPython ListCtrl wrap words on resize

Question

I am trying to create an application using wxPython.

I have a sizer and inside that sizer I have added a ListCtrl with some list items. When I shrink the sizer (window), items in the list are displayed with dots ....

I want to wrap words and content shold be placed in multiple lines for each item as the window is resized. I have tried ListCtrl, UltimateListCtrl and ListCtrlAutoWidthMixin. But not giving desired output.

Is there any way to achieve this using ListCtrl or UltimateListCtrl or any other widget?

Answer 1

You can make it with UltimateListCtrl.

Following code refer to this, and made some improvement to support auto update for colum dragging.

import wx
from wx.lib.wordwrap import wordwrap
import wx.lib.agw.ultimatelistctrl as ULC

class Frame(wx.Frame):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
        wx.Frame.__init__(self, *args, **kw)

        self.list = ULC.UltimateListCtrl(self, agwStyle=ULC.ULC_REPORT|ULC.ULC_HAS_VARIABLE_ROW_HEIGHT)
        self.items = ['list', 'list', 'I want to wrap words and content shold be placed in multiple lines for each item as the window is resized']
        colWidth = 200
        self.colWidthPad = 5
        self.list.InsertColumn(0, "test", width=colWidth)
        for item in self.items[::-1]:
            item = wordwrap(item, colWidth - self.colWidthPad, wx.ClientDC(self))
            self.list.InsertStringItem(0, item)

        self.list.Bind(wx.EVT_LIST_COL_DRAGGING, self.onDrag)

    def onDrag(self, evt):
        col = evt.GetItem().GetColumn()
        width = self.list.GetColumnWidth(col)
        itemCount = self.list.GetItemCount()

        for i in range(0, itemCount):
            text = wordwrap(self.items[i], width - self.colWidthPad, wx.ClientDC(self))
            self.list.SetStringItem(i, col, text)


app = wx.App(False)
frm = Frame(None, title="ULC wordwrap test")
frm.Show()
app.MainLoop()