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wxDC how to draw on a wxPanel?

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I found this wxDC which can draw on various contexts. By looking at some examples on zetcode's website, I am able to draw fine, but if I try to set wxPaintDC to a panel, I get error,

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./src/gtk/dc.cpp(299): assert "cr" failed in wxPaintDCImpl(): using wxPaintDC without being in a native paint event
code I use to draw is,

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void Browser::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent& event)
{
    wxPaintDC dc(m_TopPanel);
    wxColour gray, white, red, blue;
    wxColour orange, green, brown;

    gray.Set(wxT("#d4d4d4"));
    white.Set(wxT("#ffffff"));
    red.Set(wxT("#ff0000"));
    orange.Set(wxT("#fa8e00"));
    green.Set(wxT("#619e1b"));
    brown.Set(wxT("#715b33"));
    blue.Set(wxT("#0d0060"));

    dc.SetPen(wxPen(gray));

    dc.DrawRectangle(20, 20, 50, 50);
    dc.DrawRectangle(30, 40, 50, 50);

    dc.SetBrush(wxBrush(white));
    dc.DrawRectangle(100, 20, 50, 50);
    dc.DrawRectangle(110, 40, 50, 50);
    wxRegion region1(100, 20, 50, 50);
    wxRegion region2(110, 40, 50, 50);
    region1.Intersect(region2);
    wxRect rect1 = region1.GetBox();
    dc.SetClippingRegion(region1);
    dc.SetBrush(wxBrush(red));
    dc.DrawRectangle(rect1);
    dc.DestroyClippingRegion();

    dc.SetBrush(wxBrush(white));
    dc.DrawRectangle(180, 20, 50, 50);
    dc.DrawRectangle(190, 40, 50, 50);
    wxRegion region3(180, 20, 50, 50);
    wxRegion region4(190, 40, 50, 50);
    region3.Union(region4);
    dc.SetClippingRegion(region3);
    wxRect rect2 = region3.GetBox();
    dc.SetBrush(wxBrush(orange));
    dc.DrawRectangle(rect2);
    dc.DestroyClippingRegion();

    dc.SetBrush(wxBrush(white));
    dc.DrawRectangle(20, 120, 50, 50);
    dc.DrawRectangle(30, 140, 50, 50);
    wxRegion region5(20, 120, 50, 50);
    wxRegion region6(30, 140, 50, 50);
    region5.Xor(region6);
    wxRect rect3 = region5.GetBox();
    dc.SetClippingRegion(region5);
    dc.SetBrush(wxBrush(green));
    dc.DrawRectangle(rect3);
    dc.DestroyClippingRegion();

    dc.SetBrush(wxBrush(white));
    dc.DrawRectangle(100, 120, 50, 50);
    dc.DrawRectangle(110, 140, 50, 50);
    wxRegion region7(100, 120, 50, 50);
    wxRegion region8(110, 140, 50, 50);
    region7.Subtract(region8);
    wxRect rect4 = region7.GetBox();
    dc.SetClippingRegion(region7);
    dc.SetBrush(wxBrush(brown));
    dc.DrawRectangle(rect4);
    dc.DestroyClippingRegion();

    dc.SetBrush(white);
    dc.DrawRectangle(180, 120, 50, 50);
    dc.DrawRectangle(190, 140, 50, 50);
    wxRegion region9(180, 120, 50, 50);
    wxRegion region10(190, 140, 50, 50);
    region10.Subtract(region9);
    wxRect rect5 = region10.GetBox();
    dc.SetClippingRegion(region10);
    dc.SetBrush(wxBrush(blue));
    dc.DrawRectangle(rect5);
    dc.DestroyClippingRegion();
}
but if I set it back to "this" which is also a wxPanel, it works.

the Browser class is inheriting from wxPanel,

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Browser::Browser(wxWindow* window)
    : wxPanel(window, wxID_ANY, wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize),
      m_ConfigFilepath("config.yaml"), m_DatabaseFilepath("sample.hive")
{
this is what my application looks like,
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but this draws it here,
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the top part where the buttons are is a wxPanel, where I want to draw, but it draws on the parent panel of the app, hence not respecting other widgets space.

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    m_TopPanel = new wxPanel(m_TopSplitter, wxID_ANY, wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize, wxTAB_TRAVERSAL);
I want to draw on this panel m_TopPanel which is on a wxSplitter.

How can I correct this?
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Re: wxDC how to draw on a wxPanel?

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You're not showing one important part, where/how you bind the event handler. You're probably binding it to the frame instead of the panel.
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Re: wxDC how to draw on a wxPanel?

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doublemax wrote: Wed May 05, 2021 7:31 am You're not showing one important part, where/how you bind the event handler. You're probably binding it to the frame instead of the panel.
You mean this,

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    this->Connect(wxEVT_PAINT, wxPaintEventHandler(Browser::OnPaint));
    this->Centre();
changing this to m_TopPanel gives me this error,

GDB output

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(SampleHive:2098423): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 13:20:04.684: gtk_box_gadget_distribute: assertion
'size >= 0' failed in GtkCheckButton
./src/common/wincmn.cpp(1703): assert "!m_hasFont" failed in GetFont(): we have invalid explicit font?

(SampleHive:2098423): Gtk-WARNING **: 13:20:04.792: gtk_window_set_titlebar() called on a
realized window
[Thread 0x7ffff30ba640 (LWP 2098435) exited]
[Detaching after vfork from child process 2098695]
[Thread 0x7ffff23a4640 (LWP 2098437) exited]

Thread 1 "SampleHive" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007ffff7917e23 in wxWindowBase::GetFont() const () from /usr/lib/libwx_gtk3u_core-3.0.so.0
(gdb)
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Re: wxDC how to draw on a wxPanel?

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this->Connect(wxEVT_PAINT, wxPaintEventHandler(Browser::OnPaint));
Yes, you're catching the wxEVT_PAINT event of the frame. In its event handler you can only draw onto the frame, not onto anyhing else.

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m_TopPanel->Bind(wxEVT_PAINT, &Browser::OnPaint, this);
Even cleaner would be to subclass wxPanel and move the paint event handler there.
changing this to m_TopPanel gives me this error,
There must be something else wrong, can you post the whole frame ctor?
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Re: wxDC how to draw on a wxPanel?

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doublemax wrote: Wed May 05, 2021 8:15 am
changing this to m_TopPanel gives me this error,
There must be something else wrong, can you post the whole frame ctor?
To me it seems like the usual Connect() mistake with the wrong event sink (handler method belongs to Browser but it will be called with a wxPanel instance), easily avoided by using Bind() as you showed.
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Re: wxDC how to draw on a wxPanel?

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Was trying something, adding this seems to fix the problem,

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    m_TopPanel->Connect(wxEVT_PAINT, wxPaintEventHandler(Browser::OnPaint), NULL, this);
    m_TopPanel->Centre();
doublemax wrote: Wed May 05, 2021 8:15 am Use:

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m_TopPanel->Bind(wxEVT_PAINT, &Browser::OnPaint, this);
Even cleaner would be to subclass wxPanel and move the paint event handler there.
Bind() also works.
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