• allows you to get and set integer or floating point numbers as value,

• provides bounds support and optional value limiting,

• has the right-insert input style that MaskedTextCtrl supports,

• provides optional automatic grouping, sign control and format, grouping and decimal character selection, etc. etc.

Being derived from masked.TextCtrl, the control only allows fixed-point notation. That is, it has a fixed (though reconfigurable) maximum width for the integer portion and optional fixed width fractional portion.

Here’s the API:

from wx.lib.masked import NumCtrl

NumCtrl(
parent, id = -1,
value = 0,
pos = wx.DefaultPosition,
size = wx.DefaultSize,
style = 0,
validator = wx.DefaultValidator,
integerWidth = 10,
fractionWidth = 0,
allowNone = False,
allowNegative = True,
useParensForNegatives = False,
groupDigits = False,
groupChar = ',',
decimalChar = '.',
min = None,
max = None,
limited = False,
limitOnFieldChange = False,
selectOnEntry = True,
foregroundColour = "Black",
signedForegroundColour = "Red",
emptyBackgroundColour = "White",
validBackgroundColour = "White",
invalidBackgroundColour = "Yellow",
autoSize = True              )

value

If no initial value is set, the default will be zero, or the minimum value, if specified. If an illegal string is specified, a ValueError will result. (You can always later set the initial value with SetValue() after instantiation of the control.)

integerWidth

Indicates how many places to the right of any decimal point should be allowed in the control. This will, perforce, limit the size of the values that can be entered. This number need not include space for grouping characters or the sign, if either of these options are enabled, as the resulting underlying mask is automatically by the control. The default of 10 will allow any 32 bit integer value. The minimum value for integerWidth is 1.

fractionWidth

Indicates how many decimal places to show for numeric value. If default (0), then the control will display and return only integer or long values.

allowNone

Boolean indicating whether or not the control is allowed to be empty, representing a value of None for the control.

allowNegative

Boolean indicating whether or not control is allowed to hold negative numbers.

useParensForNegatives

If true, this will cause negative numbers to be displayed with ()s rather than -, (although ‘-‘ will still trigger a negative number.)

groupDigits

Indicates whether or not grouping characters should be allowed and/or inserted when leaving the control or the decimal character is entered.

groupChar

What grouping character will be used if allowed. (By default ‘,’)

decimalChar

If fractionWidth is > 0, what character will be used to represent the decimal point. (By default ‘.’)

min

The minimum value that the control should allow. This can be also be adjusted with SetMin(). If the control is not limited, any value below this bound will result in a background colored with the current invalidBackgroundColour. If the min specified will not fit into the control, the min setting will be ignored.

max

The maximum value that the control should allow. This can be adjusted with SetMax(). If the control is not limited, any value above this bound will result in a background colored with the current invalidBackgroundColour. If the max specified will not fit into the control, the max setting will be ignored.

limited

Boolean indicating whether the control prevents values from exceeding the currently set minimum and maximum values (bounds). If False and bounds are set, out-of-bounds values will result in a background colored with the current invalidBackgroundColour.

limitOnFieldChange

An alternative to limited, this boolean indicates whether or not a field change should be allowed if the value in the control is out of bounds. If True, and control focus is lost, this will also cause the control to take on the nearest bound value.

selectOnEntry

Boolean indicating whether or not the value in each field of the control should be automatically selected (for replacement) when that field is entered, either by cursor movement or tabbing. This can be desirable when using these controls for rapid data entry.

foregroundColour

Color value used for positive values of the control.

signedForegroundColour

Color value used for negative values of the control.

emptyBackgroundColour

What background color to use when the control is considered “empty.” (allow_none must be set to trigger this behavior.)

validBackgroundColour

What background color to use when the control value is considered valid.

invalidBackgroundColour

Color value used for illegal values or values out-of-bounds of the control when the bounds are set but the control is not limited.

autoSize

Boolean indicating whether or not the control should set its own width based on the integer and fraction widths. True by default. <I>Note:</I> Setting this to False will produce seemingly odd behavior unless the control is large enough to hold the maximum specified value given the widths and the sign positions; if not, the control will appear to “jump around” as the contents scroll. (ie. autoSize is highly recommended.)

Respond to a EVT_COMMAND_MASKED_NUMBER_UPDATED event, generated when the value changes. Notice that this event will always be sent when the control’s contents changes - whether this is due to user input or comes from the program itself (for example, if SetValue() is called.)

SetValue(int|long|float|string)

Sets the value of the control to the value specified, if possible. The resulting actual value of the control may be altered to conform to the format of the control, changed to conform with the bounds set on the control if limited, or colored if not limited but the value is out-of-bounds. A ValueError exception will be raised if an invalid value is specified.

GetValue()

Retrieves the numeric value from the control. The value retrieved will be either be returned as a long if the fractionWidth is 0, or a float otherwise.

SetParameters(**kwargs)

Allows simultaneous setting of various attributes of the control after construction. Keyword arguments allowed are the same parameters as supported in the constructor.

SetIntegerWidth(value)

Resets the width of the integer portion of the control. The value must be >= 1, or an AttributeError exception will result. This value should account for any grouping characters that might be inserted (if grouping is enabled), but does not need to account for the sign, as that is handled separately by the control.

GetIntegerWidth()

Returns the current width of the integer portion of the control, not including any reserved sign position.

SetFractionWidth(value)

Resets the width of the fractional portion of the control. The value must be >= 0, or an AttributeError exception will result. If 0, the current value of the control will be truncated to an integer value.

GetFractionWidth()

Returns the current width of the fractional portion of the control.

SetMin(min=None)

Resets the minimum value of the control. If a value of <I>None</I> is provided, then the control will have no explicit minimum value. If the value specified is greater than the current maximum value, then the function returns False and the minimum will not change from its current setting. On success, the function returns True.

If successful and the current value is lower than the new lower bound, if the control is limited, the value will be automatically adjusted to the new minimum value; if not limited, the value in the control will be colored as invalid.

If min > the max value allowed by the width of the control, the function will return False, and the min will not be set.

GetMin()

Gets the current lower bound value for the control. It will return None if no lower bound is currently specified.

SetMax(max=None)

Resets the maximum value of the control. If a value of <I>None</I> is provided, then the control will have no explicit maximum value. If the value specified is less than the current minimum value, then the function returns False and the maximum will not change from its current setting. On success, the function returns True.

If successful and the current value is greater than the new upper bound, if the control is limited the value will be automatically adjusted to this maximum value; if not limited, the value in the control will be colored as invalid.

If max > the max value allowed by the width of the control, the function will return False, and the max will not be set.

GetMax()

Gets the current upper bound value for the control. It will return None if no upper bound is currently specified.

SetBounds(min=None,max=None)

This function is a convenience function for setting the min and max values at the same time. The function only applies the maximum bound if setting the minimum bound is successful, and returns True only if both operations succeed. <B><I>Note:</I> leaving out an argument will remove the corresponding bound.

GetBounds()

This function returns a two-tuple (min,max), indicating the current bounds of the control. Each value can be None if that bound is not set.

IsInBounds(value=None)

Returns <I>True</I> if no value is specified and the current value of the control falls within the current bounds. This function can also be called with a value to see if that value would fall within the current bounds of the given control.

SetLimited(bool)

If called with a value of True, this function will cause the control to limit the value to fall within the bounds currently specified. If the control’s value currently exceeds the bounds, it will then be limited accordingly. If called with a value of False, this function will disable value limiting, but coloring of out-of-bounds values will still take place if bounds have been set for the control.

GetLimited()

IsLimited()

Returns <I>True</I> if the control is currently limiting the value to fall within the current bounds.

SetLimitOnFieldChange()

If called with a value of True, will cause the control to allow out-of-bounds values, but will prevent field change if attempted via navigation, and if the control loses focus, it will change the value to the nearest bound.

GetLimitOnFieldChange()

IsLimitedOnFieldChange()

Returns <I>True</I> if the control is currently limiting the value on field change.

SetAllowNone(bool)

If called with a value of True, this function will cause the control to allow the value to be empty, representing a value of None. If called with a value of False, this function will prevent the value from being None. If the value of the control is currently None, ie. the control is empty, then the value will be changed to that of the lower bound of the control, or 0 if no lower bound is set.

GetAllowNone()

IsNoneAllowed()

Returns <I>True</I> if the control currently allows its value to be None.

SetAllowNegative(bool)

If called with a value of True, this function will cause the control to allow the value to be negative (and reserve space for displaying the sign. If called with a value of False, and the value of the control is currently negative, the value of the control will be converted to the absolute value, and then limited appropriately based on the existing bounds of the control (if any).

GetAllowNegative()

IsNegativeAllowed()

Returns <I>True</I> if the control currently permits values to be negative.

SetGroupDigits(bool)

If called with a value of True, this will make the control automatically add and manage grouping characters to the presented value in integer portion of the control.

GetGroupDigits()

IsGroupingAllowed()

Returns <I>True</I> if the control is currently set to group digits.

SetGroupChar()

Sets the grouping character for the integer portion of the control. (The default grouping character this is ‘,’.

GetGroupChar()

Returns the current grouping character for the control.

SetSelectOnEntry()

If called with a value of <I>True</I>, this will make the control automatically select the contents of each field as it is entered within the control. (The default is True.) GetSelectOnEntry() Returns <I>True</I> if the control currently auto selects the field values on entry.

SetAutoSize(bool)

Resets the autoSize attribute of the control.

GetAutoSize()

Returns the current state of the autoSize attribute for the control.

## Classes Summary¶

 NumberUpdatedEvent Used to fire an EVT_NUM event whenever the value in a NumCtrl changes. NumCtrl Masked edit control supporting “native” numeric values, ie. .SetValue(3), for NumCtrlAccessorsMixin Defines masked.NumCtrl’s list of attributes having their own