wxPython: What is the difference between a wx.Panel and a wx.Window?

Question

I got the impression that Panel is better. Is that true?

What advantage does one have over the other? What reason is there to use one over the other?

Answer 1

wx.Window is the base class for all widgets (not necessarily all windows - the name is misleading).

wx.Panel is a subclass of wx.Window, which is more tailored towards containing widgets inside it. For example, it by default allows moving between widgets using "tab", and handles a focus event in a way that is more useful with child widgets.