First off, what I want to achieve:
I want the static text to be centered horizontally. Right now (see pic) the left border of the static text is centered and it doesn't look good.
I would also want to center the static text vertically but that wouldn't work for me so I just gave it a distance from the bottom! Here is the constructor. I'm sorry about the messy code but I haven't spend anytime making it look good yet,
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SetIcon(wxIcon(wxT("wxwin.ico"), wxBITMAP_TYPE_ICO));
srand(time(0));
panel = new wxPanel(this, -1);
menubar = new wxMenuBar;
filem = new wxMenu;
config = new wxMenu;
quit = new wxMenuItem(filem, wxID_CLOSE, wxT("&Quit\tCtrl+W"));
substantiv = new wxMenuItem(config, wxID_SUBSTANTIV, wxT("&Substantiv"));
hiragana = new wxMenuItem(config, wxID_HIRAGANA, wxT("&Hiragana"));
katakana = new wxMenuItem(config, wxID_KATAKANA, wxT("&Katakana"));
menubar->Append(filem, wxT("&File"));
menubar->Append(config, wxT("&Config"));
filem->Append(quit);
config->Append(hiragana);
config->Append(katakana);
config->Append(substantiv);
Connect(wxID_CLOSE, wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED, wxCommandEventHandler(Window::OnQuit));
Connect(wxID_SUBSTANTIV, wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED, wxCommandEventHandler(Window::OnSubstantiv));
Connect(wxID_HIRAGANA, wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED, wxCommandEventHandler(Window::OnHiragana));
Connect(wxID_KATAKANA, wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED, wxCommandEventHandler(Window::OnKatakana));
csnd = new wxSound(_T("chimes.wav"), false);
wsnd = new wxSound(_T("Windows_Error.wav"), false);
wxColour col1;
col1.Set(wxT("#FFFFFF"));
panel->SetBackgroundColour(col1);
vbox = new wxBoxSizer(wxVERTICAL);
hbox1 = new wxBoxSizer(wxHORIZONTAL);
hbox2 = new wxBoxSizer(wxHORIZONTAL);
hbox3 = new wxBoxSizer(wxHORIZONTAL);
wxFont font;
font.SetPointSize(30);
st = new wxStaticText(panel, wxID_ANY, wxT(""));
st->SetFont(font);
next = new wxButton(panel, ID_NEXT, wxT("Skip word"));
Connect(ID_NEXT, wxEVT_COMMAND_BUTTON_CLICKED, wxCommandEventHandler(Window::OnNext));
userin = new wxTextCtrl(panel, -1, wxT(""), wxPoint(-1, -1));
submit = new wxButton(panel, ID_SUB, wxT("Submit"));
Connect(ID_SUB, wxEVT_COMMAND_BUTTON_CLICKED, wxCommandEventHandler(Window::OnSub));
userin->SetFocus();
hbox1->Add(new wxPanel(panel, -1));
vbox->Add(hbox1, 1, wxEXPAND);
hbox2->Add(st,0,wxBOTTOM, 200);
hbox3->Add(userin, 0, wxEXPAND | wxRIGHT, 2);
hbox3->Add(submit, 0, wxLEFT, 2);
hbox3->Add(next, 0, wxEXPAND);
vbox->Add(hbox2,0,wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL);
vbox->Add(hbox3, 0, wxALIGN_RIGHT | wxBOTTOM | wxRIGHT, 10);
panel->SetSizer(vbox);
SetMenuBar(menubar);
What would you do differently to achieve the result I want?
Thank you in advance
/DT