6.18.2 Panel Objects

Panel objects, as returned by new_panel() above, are windows with a stacking order. There's always a window associated with a panel which determines the content, while the panel methods are responsible for the window's depth in the panel stack.

Panel objects have the following methods:

above( ): Returns the panel above the current panel.

below( ): Returns the panel below the current panel.

bottom( ): Push the panel to the bottom of the stack.

hidden( ): Returns true if the panel is hidden (not visible), false otherwise.

hide( ): Hide the panel. This does not delete the object, it just makes the window on screen invisible.

move( y, x): Move the panel to the screen coordinates (y, x).

replace( win): Change the window associated with the panel to the window win.

set_userptr( obj): Set the panel's user pointer to obj. This is used to associate an arbitrary piece of data with the panel, and can be any Python object.

show( ): Display the panel (which might have been hidden).

top( ): Push panel to the top of the stack.

userptr( ): Returns the user pointer for the panel. This might be any Python object.

window( ): Returns the window object associated with the panel.

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