title: wxPython Navigation Panel (like Finder (Mac OS X), Nautilus (Ubuntu), Explorer (Windows 7))
body: <p>My question is simple how to get make a navigation panel that is similar to 
  Finder (Mac OS X)</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/i1gfl.png" alt="Finder"></p>
  
  <p>Explorer (Windows 7)
  <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/90XwC.png" alt="Windows Explorer"></p>
  
  <p>Nautilus (Ubuntu)</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/IwuQC.png" alt="Nautilus"></p>
  
  <p>As for using a wx.TreeCtrl that does not work....</p>
  
  <p>Example</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://paste.pocoo.org/show/500311/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://paste.pocoo.org/show/500311/</a></p>
  
  <p>As you can see the first problem is that there is a huge pink strip that is on the left and you can't remove it, second only on root or else you have to put more of a buffer for the hidden buffer, second kludgy, third not really what either of the three example looks like at all.</p>
  
  <p>So how can I get a navigation panel similar to the examples above (well except for the tree ctrl example :p)</p>
  
  <p>==== UPDATE =====</p>
  
  <p>On Windows (Windows 7 at least) there is no problem of the left side having a white column </p>
  
  <p>Might be that on Linux and MacOS X the tree ctrl widget is generically drawn... if some one could run the example above on MacOS X and see if there is a pink column (pink because the example sets that to the background color) to the left of the tree ctrl.</p>
  
  <p>==== Update 2 =====
  iTunes as an example
  <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/7IlA1.jpg" alt="Navigation Bar Example"></p>
  
  <p>There seems to be a little misunderstanding with the question it isn't a file manager folder view I am looking for but the navigation panel side I am.</p>
  
  <p>For example iTunes also has this but isn't a file manager what they all have is on the left side there are a bunch of click able "tabs" that are used to navigate (for example in iTunes there is music, movies, tv shows, audiobooks, apps all under library)</p>
  
  <p>Also the problem is that a tree ctrl DOESN'T work on Linux (see image below)
  <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/8pJ4h.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>