wx.CheckBox is a widget that has two states: on and off. It is a box with a label. The label can be set to the right or to the left of the box.
import wx class Example(wx.Frame): def __init__(self, *args, **kw): super(Example, self).__init__(*args, **kw) self.InitUI() def InitUI(self): pnl = wx.Panel(self) cb = wx.CheckBox(pnl, label='Show title', pos=(20, 20)) cb.SetValue(True) #constructor of the wx.CheckBox widget cb.Bind(wx.EVT_CHECKBOX, self.ShowOrHideTitle) self.SetSize((250, 170)) self.SetTitle('wx.CheckBox') self.Centre() self.Show(True) def ShowOrHideTitle(self, e): sender = e.GetEventObject() isChecked = sender.GetValue() if isChecked: self.SetTitle('wx.CheckBox') else: self.SetTitle('') def main(): ex = wx.App() Example(None) ex.MainLoop() if __name__ == '__main__': main()