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OK, after considering people's comments about the so-called property parameters, I've decided to allow a single parameter properties in a constructor call. This parameter takes a dict and is used like this: from wax import * myproperties = { 'Size': (300, 150), 'BackgroundColor': 'white', } class MainFrame(VerticalFrame): def Body(self): # Method 1: Set properties through constructor p1 = Panel(self, border='sunken', properties=myproperties) self.AddComponent(p1, expand="both", border=5) # Method 2: Set properties through SetAttributes() p2 = Panel(self, border='raised') self.AddComponent(p2, expand="both", border=5) p2.SetAttributes(**myproperties) self.BackgroundColor = p1.BackgroundColor self.Pack() app = Application(MainFrame) app.Run() So, in spite of my earlier plans, you *cannot* do: b = Button(parent, Size=this, BackgroundColor=that) # XXX not allowed The WaxObject.SetAttributes method was already available, and it can be used to set properties (or other attributes) as well. ... [696 words]
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