How to save hidden data to wxGrid cell?

Question

I'm trying to create a column where there's a number shown, and after clicking the number, a URL is opened in the browser. Each row in the column will correspond to a different URL. However the URL is too long to display in a cell of its own, as there are a number of other columns to fit, and showing it is just not necessary. What's the best way to invisibly save data (the URL) to a grid cell?

One approach which works is a global variable, just keeping a list of URLs.

Another would be if there was a way to set the URL to the balloon/hover/caption text of individual cells, but I don't think you can set custom ToolTips to cells in wxPython.

Any ideas? Thanks so much.

each cell should be unique. so dict using the cell position as key to store the url would be easier, i guess. — otterb, Aug 10 '14 at 21:12

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 11 '14 at 03:13

You can do something along these lines: Put all the urls in a dict using the numbers displayed in the grid as key.

a = {1:'http:\\www.google.com', 2:'http:\\www.twitter.com', 3:....}

Bind the selection events to an event handler which fetches the number shown in the selected cell and finds the corresponding url for that number from the dict.

How to save hidden data to wxGrid cell?

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