Vibrate window in wxPython.

Question

How would I vibrate a window in wxPython. I'd like some way of specifying how long to do it for and distance and stuff like that.

Is there a builtin function I'm not noticing or would I have to code it myself?
(I'm thinking of moving the window sideways a few times but I'd rather have a builtin function that might be faster.)

Answer 1

I don't think there is any such function, but you can easily do it using win.SetPosition

e.g. click inside frame to vibrate

import wx

def vibrate(win, count=20, delay=50):
    if count == 0: return
    x, y = win.GetPositionTuple()
    dx = 2*count*(.5-count%2)
    win.SetPosition((x+dx,y))
    wx.CallLater(delay, vibrate, win, count-1, delay)

app = wx.PySimpleApp()
frame = wx.Frame(None, title="Vibrator")
frame.Show()
frame.Bind(wx.EVT_LEFT_DOWN, lambda e:wx.CallAfter(vibrate, frame))
app.SetTopWindow(frame)
app.MainLoop()

Answer 2

Until people answered my question, I was working on my own method of doing it. I've only started GUI programming so I don't know all the features of wx so I ended up using the time module. Anurag's method is probably better since it uses wx functions, but I'll post this here anyways as another way of doing it.
NOTE: This may not always work (I'm having trouble getting it to work with diff interpreters on same OS). So use Anurag's method.

import wx

def vibrate(windowName, distance=15, times=5, speed=0.05, direction='horizontal'):
    #Speed is the number of seconds between movements
    #If times is odd, it increments so that window ends up in same location
    import time
    if not times % 2 == 0:
        times += 1
    location = windowName.GetPositionTuple()
    if direction == 'horizontal':
        newLoc = (location[0] + distance, location[1])
    elif direction == 'vertical':
        newLoc = (location[0], location[1] + distance)
    for x in range(times):
        time.sleep(speed)
        windowName.Move(wx.Point(newLoc[0], newLoc[1]))
        time.sleep(speed)
        windowName.Move(wx.Point(location[0], location[1]))

app = wx.App()

frame = wx.Frame(None, -1, 'Vibrator')
frame.Show()

vibrate(frame)

app.MainLoop()