HyperLinkCtrl break layout of panel containing multiple sizers

[arigit]

In this simple scenario,

import wx
import wx.lib.agw.hyperlink as hl

class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__(None, title="wxPython Layout Example", size=(400, 200))

        # Main panel
        panel = wx.Panel(self)

        # Vertical BoxSizer
        vbox = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)

        # Horizontal BoxSizer inside the VBox
        hbox = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)

        # HyperLinkCtrl inside the HBox
        hyperlink = hl.HyperLinkCtrl(panel, id=wx.ID_ANY, label="Visit wxPython", 
                                     URL="https://www.wxpython.org/")

        # Add HyperLink to HBox
        hbox.Add(hyperlink, flag=wx.ALL, border=10)

        # Add HBox to VBox
        vbox.Add(hbox, flag=wx.ALIGN_CENTER)

        # Set sizer for the panel
        panel.SetSizer(vbox)

        self.Centre()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = wx.App(False)
    frame = MyFrame()
    frame.Show()
    app.MainLoop()

the resulting window shows:

which is totally broken (the window border shows transparent, window controls disappear, the window title shows below the hyperlink.

When using any other widget, for example a StaticText,

import wx
import wx.lib.agw.hyperlink as hl

class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__(None, title="wxPython Layout Example", size=(400, 200))

        # Main panel
        panel = wx.Panel(self)

        # Vertical BoxSizer
        vbox = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)

        # Horizontal BoxSizer inside the VBox
        hbox = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)

        # HyperLinkCtrl inside the HBox
        #hyperlink = hl.HyperLinkCtrl(panel, id=wx.ID_ANY, label="Visit wxPython", 
        #                             URL="https://www.wxpython.org/")

        hyperlink = wx.StaticText(panel, label="Visit wxPython")

        # Add HyperLink to HBox
        hbox.Add(hyperlink, flag=wx.ALL, border=10)

        # Add HBox to VBox
        vbox.Add(hbox, flag=wx.ALIGN_CENTER)

        # Set sizer for the panel
        panel.SetSizer(vbox)

        self.Centre()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = wx.App(False)
    frame = MyFrame()
    frame.Show()
    app.MainLoop()

then the layout is as correct, as expected:

I ran into this while trying to use HyperLinkCtrl in an complex GUI and it completely broke it.

Environment:
Ubuntu 24.01.1 / LTS using Wayland

apt show python3-wxgtk4.0
Package: python3-wxgtk4.0
Version: 4.2.1+dfsg-3build2

python3 --version
Python 3.12.3

gtk-launch --version
3.24.41

[reticulatus]

Your example looks OK using wxPython 4.2.2 gtk3 (phoenix) wxWidgets 3.2.6 + Python 3.12.3 + Linux Mint 22.1

Mint 22.1 uses X11 by default, not Wayland.

[da-dada]

@arigit look ok on Windows as well

[arigit]

I tested in a Fedora 41 VM, with the same wxpython version.

python3-wxpython4-0:4.2.1-9.fc41.x86_64
Also on wayland,

loginctl show-session $(awk '/tty/ {print $1}' <(loginctl)) -p Type | awk -F= '{print $2}'
wayland

python3 --version
Python 3.13.1

gtk-launch --version
3.24.43

And here it works well:

It's gtk 3.24 in both (minor versions differ) , slightly newer python in fedora (3.13, vs 3.12 in ubuntu)

[arigit]

I tested also in a ubuntu VM, 24.04LTS running wayland, same as my main PC minus the Nvidia proprietary driver, and it works well there too.

Same versions of everything, in this case.

So the problem only manifests on Wayland with the Nvidia proprietary driver (I use for OpenCL/CUDA acceleration mainly).

Weirdly enough, it only impacts this particular widget. When this widget is present in the window (it doesn't matter what other widgets are in the same window), they layout breaks, the border becomes transparent etc.

[infinity77]

Out of curiosity, does it happen also with the C++ version of HyperLinkCtrl (under wx.adv)?

[reticulatus]

The test I ran previously was on an all AMD PC.

I have just run the example code on a PC that has an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti graphics card and is using NVIDIA driver 550.120. The display from the example looks identical to what I got on the AMD PC. The PC with NVIDIA is running the same versions of Python, wxPython and Mint as the AMD PC.

Both PCs have GTK 3.24.41

[arigit]

@infinity77 the wx.adv version works!

with

        hyperlinkPlusPlus = wx.adv.HyperlinkCtrl(panel, id=wx.ID_ANY, label="Visit wxPython", 
                                     url="https://www.wxpython.org/")     

it works well.

With import wx.lib.agw.hyperlink as hl

it breaks.

This is in my original setup with the nvidia proprietary driver:

It's a desktop card and the 565 has been working really well. Prior drivers had some basic issues with wayland.

Next I will downgrade the driver to 550 and retest.

[arigit]

@reticulatus I tested with:

NVIDIA-SMI 550.144.03 Driver Version: 550.144.03 CUDA Version: 12.4

the version that installs when I do apt install nvidia-driver-550, seems to be a bit newer vs. yours.

The result is the same as above,

• wx.lib.agw.hyperlink: broken
• wx.adv.HyperlinkCtrl: works

Same GTK version:

gtk-launch --version
3.24.41
gtk4-launch --version
4.14.2

So no difference vs. nvidia version 565