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(python2.1-lib.info)Panel Objects

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Panel Objects
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Panel objects, as returned by `new_panel()' above, are windows with a
stacking order. There's always a window associated with a panel which
determines the content, while the panel methods are responsible for the
window's depth in the panel stack.

Panel objects have the following methods:

`above()'
     Returns the panel above the current panel.

`below()'
     Returns the panel below the current panel.

`bottom()'
     Push the panel to the bottom of the stack.

`hidden()'
     Returns true if the panel is hidden (not visible), false otherwise.

`hide()'
     Hide the panel. This does not delete the object, it just makes the
     window on screen invisible.

`move(y, x)'
     Move the panel to the screen coordinates `(Y, X)'.

`replace(win)'
     Change the window associated with the panel to the window WIN.

`set_userptr(obj)'
     Set the panel's user pointer to OBJ. This is used to associate an
     arbitrary piece of data with the panel, and can be any Python
     object.

`show()'
     Display the panel (which might have been hidden).

`top()'
     Push panel to the top of the stack.

`userptr()'
     Returns the user pointer for the panel.  This might be any Python
     object.

`window()'
     Returns the window object associated with the panel.