wx only execute on mouseover, not during GUI initialization

Question

Basic outline of situation

In wxPython, I have a wx.lib.sized_controls.SizedFrame() as a class object which holds a wx.lib.sized_controls.SizedScrolledPanel() with SetSizerProps(expand=True, proportion=9) and SetSizerType('grid', {'cols': 14, 'hgap': 1, 'vgap': 1}).

So it is a self expanding and aligning grid-sizer based GUI, with scrollbars. It works perfectly.

Current approach

Inside the GUI, I build the contents one row at a time. Every row starts with a StaticText object displaying a "rank". When I hover the text with the mouse I want a popup window to be showed. I currently create it in a loop as such:

# Define and set rank
rank = wx.StaticText(self.sp, label=cdc.get_rank(result, result[7]))
rank.Bind(wx.EVT_ENTER_WINDOW, self.on_enter_field(conf.DATABASE_NAME_1, result[7], rank, "Rank", "Rank"))
rank.Bind(wx.EVT_LEAVE_WINDOW, mm.on_mouse_leave())

This works, for when I hover the mouse over the wx.StaticText object in the GUI the self.on_enter_field() method is called and the popup window shows up correctly.

Problem

However, the problem is, when I create it in this way the self.on_enter_field() is called many times when the script is executed. For every row that is created in the GUI the method is initialized.

Needed result

What I want is that the on_enter_field() method is only initialized when the mouse hovers the wx.StaticText() field and not during GUI creation.

Failed attempts

I tried the following 2 approached, both failed because when I tried it in these ways the method wasn't initialized at all:

Failed attempt 1 (with functools)

import functools

# Define and set rank
rank = wx.StaticText(self.sp, label=cdc.get_rank(result, result[7]))
rank.Bind(wx.EVT_ENTER_WINDOW, functools.partial(self.on_enter_field, coin_id=result[7], field=rank, field_name="Rank", category="Rank"))
rank.Bind(wx.EVT_LEAVE_WINDOW, self.on_mouse_leave)

Failed attempt 2 (with lambda function)

# Define and set rank
rank = wx.StaticText(self.sp, label=cdc.get_rank(result, result[7]))
rank.Bind(wx.EVT_ENTER_WINDOW, lambda event, field=rank: self.on_enter_field(event, result[7], field, "Rank", "Rank"))
rank.Bind(wx.EVT_LEAVE_WINDOW, self.on_mouse_leave)

How can I make this work?

Answer 1

You can try to "Bind" the "Enter Window" and "Leave Window" events after the full initialisation of your frame and controls, when everything is shown.

Something like the following:

frame = MyFrame(......)
frame.Show()
frame.DoBindEvents()
......