# 1.5 The Inspector Window

The Inspector always shows the configuration of the currently selected component. The Inspector contains 4 pages, the Constructor page, the Properties page, the Events Page and the Objects Page.

The Constructor page allows you to edit properties which are required at object construction time, e.g. the name and style of the component. Look at the wxPython help for the values passed to the constructor for a control. The styles in the manual are of particular importance.
Please note that changes to certain constructor parameters only take effect when the control is created.

The Properties page gives fine grained control to all properties for this component, e.g. fonts and colours.

The Events page allows you to select the events which you wish to handle in your code. The events are grouped into logical groups.

The Objects page allows you to navigate through your components in an alternative format to the Designer pane. This is particularily useful if you have invisible or overlapping components. Also certain components like the wxStatusBar do not process click events (on MSW) so it has to be selected in the Objects page.