A wx.ListBox widget is used for displaying and working with a list of items
import wx ID_NEW = 1 ID_RENAME = 2 ID_CLEAR = 3 ID_DELETE = 4 class ListBox(wx.Frame): def __init__(self, parent, id, title): wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, id, title, size=(350, 220)) panel = wx.Panel(self, -1) hbox = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL) self.listbox = wx.ListBox(panel, -1) #create an empty wx.ListBox hbox.Add(self.listbox, 1, wx.EXPAND | wx.ALL, 20) # put a 20px border around the listbox btnPanel = wx.Panel(panel, -1) vbox = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL) new = wx.Button(btnPanel, ID_NEW, 'New', size=(90, 30)) ren = wx.Button(btnPanel, ID_RENAME, 'Rename', size=(90, 30)) dlt = wx.Button(btnPanel, ID_DELETE, 'Delete', size=(90, 30)) clr = wx.Button(btnPanel, ID_CLEAR, 'Clear', size=(90, 30)) self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.NewItem, id=ID_NEW) self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnRename, id=ID_RENAME) self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnDelete, id=ID_DELETE) self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnClear, id=ID_CLEAR) self.Bind(wx.EVT_LISTBOX_DCLICK, self.OnRename) #bind a wx.EVT_COMMAND_LISTBOX_DOUBLE_CLICKED event type with the OnRename() method vbox.Add((-1, 20)) vbox.Add(new) vbox.Add(ren, 0, wx.TOP, 5) vbox.Add(dlt, 0, wx.TOP, 5) vbox.Add(clr, 0, wx.TOP, 5) btnPanel.SetSizer(vbox) hbox.Add(btnPanel, 0.6, wx.EXPAND | wx.RIGHT, 20) panel.SetSizer(hbox) self.Centre() self.Show(True) def NewItem(self, event): text = wx.GetTextFromUser('Enter a new item', 'Insert dialog') if text != '': self.listbox.Append(text) def OnRename(self, event): sel = self.listbox.GetSelection() text = self.listbox.GetString(sel) renamed = wx.GetTextFromUser('Rename item', 'Rename dialog', text) if renamed != '': self.listbox.Delete(sel) self.listbox.Insert(renamed, sel) def OnDelete(self, event): sel = self.listbox.GetSelection() if sel != -1: self.listbox.Delete(sel) def OnClear(self, event): self.listbox.Clear() app = wx.App() ListBox(None, -1, 'ListBox') app.MainLoop()