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""" A panel used as a spacer.

It is in a separate class so that you can set the background color in a
single place to give visual feedback on sizer layouts (in particular,
FlexGridSizer layouts).

"""


# Major package imports.
import wx


class Spacer(wx.Panel):
    """ A panel used as a spacer. """

    def __init__(self, parent, id, **kw):
        """ Creates a spacer. """

        # Base-class constructor.
        wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent, id, **kw)

        # Create the widget!
        self._create_widget()

        return

    ###########################################################################
    # Private interface.
    ###########################################################################

    def _create_widget(self):
        """ Create the widget! """

        #self.SetBackgroundColour("brown")

        return

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