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2%% Name: window.tex
3%% Purpose: wxWindow documentation
4%% Author: wxWidgets Team
5%% Modified by:
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8%% Copyright: (c) wxWidgets Team
8795498c 9%% License: wxWindows license
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12\section{\class{wxWindow}}\label{wxwindow}
13
87b6002d 14wxWindow is the base class for all windows and represents any visible object on
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15screen. All controls, top level windows and so on are windows. Sizers and
16device contexts are not, however, as they don't appear on screen themselves.
17
18Please note that all children of the window will be deleted automatically by
19the destructor before the window itself is deleted which means that you don't
20have to worry about deleting them manually. Please see the \helpref{window
21deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview} for more information.
22
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23Also note that in this, and many others, wxWidgets classes some
24\texttt{GetXXX()} methods may be overloaded (as, for example,
25\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize} or
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26\helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize}). In this case, the overloads
27are non-virtual because having multiple virtual functions with the same name
28results in a virtual function name hiding at the derived class level (in
29English, this means that the derived class has to override all overloaded
30variants if it overrides any of them). To allow overriding them in the derived
fc2171bd 31class, wxWidgets uses a unique protected virtual \texttt{DoGetXXX()} method
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32and all \texttt{GetXXX()} ones are forwarded to it, so overriding the former
33changes the behaviour of the latter.
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35\wxheading{Derived from}
36
37\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\\
38\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
39
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40\wxheading{Include files}
41
42<wx/window.h>
43
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44\wxheading{Library}
45
46\helpref{wxCore}{librarieslist}
47
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48\wxheading{Window styles}
49
50The following styles can apply to all windows, although they will not always make sense for a particular
4130b487 51window class or on all platforms.
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52
53\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
54\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
78cd9c69 55\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxBORDER\_DEFAULT}}{The window class will decide the kind of border to show, if any.}
5a617be8 56\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxBORDER\_SIMPLE}}{Displays a thin border around the window. wxSIMPLE\_BORDER is the old name
27d029c7 57for this style. }
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58\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxBORDER\_SUNKEN}}{Displays a sunken border. wxSUNKEN\_BORDER is the old name for this style.}
59\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxBORDER\_RAISED}}{Displays a raised border. wxRAISED\_BORDER is the old name for this style. }
60\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxBORDER\_STATIC}}{Displays a border suitable for a static control. wxSTATIC\_BORDER is the old name for this style. Windows only. }
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61\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxBORDER\_THEME}}{Displays a native border suitable for a control, on the current platform. On Windows XP or Vista, this will be a themed border; on most other platforms
62a sunken border will be used. For more information for themed borders on Windows, please see \helpref{Themed borders on Windows}{wxmswthemedborders}.}
5a617be8 63\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxBORDER\_NONE}}{Displays no border, overriding the default border style for the window. wxNO\_BORDER is the old name for this style.}
78cd9c69 64\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxBORDER\_DOUBLE}}{This style is obsolete and should not be used.}
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65\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTRANSPARENT\_WINDOW}}{The window is transparent, that is, it will not receive paint
66events. Windows only.}
a660d684 67\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTAB\_TRAVERSAL}}{Use this to enable tab traversal for non-dialog windows.}
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68\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWANTS\_CHARS}}{Use this to indicate that
69the window wants to get all char/key events for all keys - even for
70keys like TAB or ENTER which are usually used for dialog navigation
71and which wouldn't be generated without this style. If you need to
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72use this style in order to get the arrows or etc., but would still like
73to have normal keyboard navigation take place, you should call
74\helpref{Navigate}{wxwindownavigate} in response to the key events for
75Tab and Shift-Tab.}
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76\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxNO\_FULL\_REPAINT\_ON\_RESIZE}}{On Windows, this style used to disable repainting
77the window completely when its size is changed. Since this behaviour is now the default, the style is now obsolete
78and no longer has an effect.}
dc99a350 79\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxVSCROLL}}{Use this style to enable a vertical
420455b5 80scrollbar. Notice that this style cannot be used with native controls
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81which don't support scrollbars nor with top-level windows in most ports.}
82\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHSCROLL}}{Use this style to enable a horizontal
83scrollbar. The same limitations as for wxVSCROLL apply to this style.}
3c9676ea 84\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxALWAYS\_SHOW\_SB}}{If a window has scrollbars,
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85disable them instead of hiding them when they are not needed (i.e. when the
86size of the window is big enough to not require the scrollbars to navigate it).
4ff4d045 87This style is currently implemented for wxMSW, wxGTK and wxUniversal and does
a647d42a 88nothing on the other platforms.}
884360bc 89\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxCLIP\_CHILDREN}}{Use this style to eliminate flicker caused by the background being
6453876e 90repainted, then children being painted over them. Windows only.}
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91\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFULL\_REPAINT\_ON\_RESIZE}}{Use this style to force
92a complete redraw of the window whenever it is resized instead of redrawing
93just the part of the window affected by resizing. Note that this was the
94behaviour by default before 2.5.1 release and that if you experience redraw
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95problems with code which previously used to work you may want to try this.
96Currently this style applies on GTK+ 2 and Windows only, and full repainting is always
97done on other platforms.}
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98\end{twocollist}
99
100See also \helpref{window styles overview}{windowstyles}.
101
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102\wxheading{Extra window styles}
103
104The following are extra styles, set using \helpref{wxWindow::SetExtraStyle}{wxwindowsetextrastyle}.
105
106\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
107\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
108\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{By default, Validate/TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
109only work on direct children of the window (compatible behaviour). Set this flag to make them recursively
110descend into all subwindows.}
111\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{wxCommandEvents and the objects of the derived classes are forwarded to the
112parent window and so on recursively by default. Using this flag for the
113given window allows to block this propagation at this window, i.e. prevent
114the events from being propagated further upwards. Dialogs have this
115flag on by default.}
116\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_TRANSIENT}}{Don't use this window as an implicit parent for the other windows: this must
117be used with transient windows as otherwise there is the risk of creating a
118dialog/frame with this window as a parent which would lead to a crash if the
119parent is destroyed before the child.}
120\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_IDLE}}{This window should always process idle events, even
121if the mode set by \helpref{wxIdleEvent::SetMode}{wxidleeventsetmode} is wxIDLE\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
122\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_UI\_UPDATES}}{This window should always process UI update events,
123even if the mode set by \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} is wxUPDATE\_UI\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
124\end{twocollist}
125
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126\wxheading{See also}
127
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128\helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}\\
129\helpref{Window sizing overview}{windowsizingoverview}
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130
131\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
132
a1037371 133
f6bcfd97 134\membersection{wxWindow::wxWindow}\label{wxwindowctor}
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135
136\func{}{wxWindow}{\void}
137
138Default constructor.
139
eaaa6a06 140\func{}{wxWindow}{\param{wxWindow*}{ parent}, \param{wxWindowID }{id},
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141 \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition},
142 \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize},
eaaa6a06 143 \param{long }{style = 0},
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144 \param{const wxString\& }{name = wxPanelNameStr}}
145
146Constructs a window, which can be a child of a frame, dialog or any other non-control window.
147
148\wxheading{Parameters}
149
150\docparam{parent}{Pointer to a parent window.}
151
5e06d749 152\docparam{id}{Window identifier. If wxID\_ANY, will automatically create an identifier.}
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60fef964 154\docparam{pos}{Window position. wxDefaultPosition indicates that wxWidgets
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155should generate a default position for the window. If using the wxWindow class directly, supply
156an actual position.}
157
60fef964 158\docparam{size}{Window size. wxDefaultSize indicates that wxWidgets
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159should generate a default size for the window. If no suitable size can be found, the
160window will be sized to 20x20 pixels so that the window is visible but obviously not
161correctly sized. }
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163\docparam{style}{Window style. For generic window styles, please see \helpref{wxWindow}{wxwindow}.}
164
165\docparam{name}{Window name.}
166
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6d06e061 168\membersection{wxWindow::\destruct{wxWindow}}\label{wxwindowdtor}
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170\func{}{\destruct{wxWindow}}{\void}
171
5bd623e1 172Destructor. Deletes all sub-windows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
a660d684 173the {\bf delete} operator explicitly, you should normally
fc2171bd 174use \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} so that wxWidgets
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175can delete a window only when it is safe to do so, in idle time.
176
177\wxheading{See also}
178
179\helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
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180\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy},\rtfsp
181\helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
182
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184\membersection{wxWindow::AcceptsFocus}\label{wxwindowacceptsfocus}
185
186\constfunc{bool}{AcceptsFocus}{\void}
187
188This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return \false to
189indicate that this control doesn't accept input at all (i.e. behaves like e.g.
190\helpref{wxStaticText}{wxstatictext}) and so doesn't need focus.
191
192\wxheading{See also}
193
194\helpref{AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard}{wxwindowacceptsfocusfromkeyboard}
195
196
197\membersection{wxWindow::AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard}\label{wxwindowacceptsfocusfromkeyboard}
198
199\constfunc{bool}{AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard}{\void}
200
201This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return \false to
202indicate that while this control can, in principle, have focus if the user
203clicks it with the mouse, it shouldn't be included in the TAB traversal chain
204when using the keyboard.
205
206
6d06e061 207\membersection{wxWindow::AddChild}\label{wxwindowaddchild}
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209\func{virtual void}{AddChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
210
211Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
212functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
213
fc2171bd 214Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
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215called by the user code.
216
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217\wxheading{Parameters}
218
219\docparam{child}{Child window to add.}
220
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222\membersection{wxWindow::AlwaysShowScrollbars}\label{wxwindowalwaysshowscrollbars}
223
224\func{void}{AlwaysShowScrollbars}{\param{bool}{ hflag}, \param{bool}{ vflag}}
225
226Call this function to force one or both scrollbars to be always shown, even if
227the window is big enough to show its entire contents without scrolling.
228
229\newsince{2.9.0}
230
231\wxheading{Parameters}
232
233\docparam{hflag}{Whether the horizontal scroll bar should always be visible.}
234
235\docparam{vflag}{Whether the vertical scroll bar should always be visible.}
236
237\wxheading{Remarks}
238
239This function is currently only implemented under Mac/Carbon.
240
241
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242\membersection{wxWindow::CacheBestSize}\label{wxwindowcachebestsize}
243
244\constfunc{void}{CacheBestSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
245
246Sets the cached best size value.
247
248
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249\membersection{wxWindow::CanSetTransparent}\label{wxwindowcansettransparent}
250
251\func{bool}{CanSetTransparent}{\void}
252
253Returns \true if the system supports transparent windows and calling
254\helpref{SetTransparent}{wxwindowsettransparent} may succeed. If this function
255returns \false, transparent windows are definitely not supported by the current
256system.
257
258
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259\membersection{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}\label{wxwindowcapturemouse}
260
261\func{virtual void}{CaptureMouse}{\void}
262
263Directs all mouse input to this window. Call \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse} to
264release the capture.
265
fc2171bd 266Note that wxWidgets maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
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267and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
268captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
269window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
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270as you capture it, unless the window receives
271the \helpref{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}{wxmousecapturelostevent} event.
272
273Any application which captures the mouse in the beginning of some operation
274{\em must} handle \helpref{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}{wxmousecapturelostevent}
275and cancel this operation when it receives the event. The event handler must
276not recapture mouse.
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278\wxheading{See also}
279
280\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse}
63e819f2 281\helpref{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}{wxmousecapturelostevent}
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284\membersection{wxWindow::Center}\label{wxwindowcenter}
285
eaaa6a06 286\func{void}{Center}{\param{int}{ direction}}
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288A synonym for \helpref{Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
289
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291\membersection{wxWindow::CenterOnParent}\label{wxwindowcenteronparent}
292
293\func{void}{CenterOnParent}{\param{int}{ direction}}
294
295A synonym for \helpref{CentreOnParent}{wxwindowcentreonparent}.
296
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298\membersection{wxWindow::Centre}\label{wxwindowcentre}
299
7eb4e9cc 300\func{void}{Centre}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
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302Centres the window.
303
304\wxheading{Parameters}
305
306\docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
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307or {\tt wxBOTH}. It may also include {\tt wxCENTRE\_ON\_SCREEN} flag
308if you want to center the window on the entire screen and not on its
309parent window.}
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311The flag {\tt wxCENTRE\_FRAME} is obsolete and should not be used any longer
312(it has no effect).
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314\wxheading{Remarks}
315
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316If the window is a top level one (i.e. doesn't have a parent), it will be
317centered relative to the screen anyhow.
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318
319\wxheading{See also}
320
321\helpref{wxWindow::Center}{wxwindowcenter}
322
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324\membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnParent}\label{wxwindowcentreonparent}
325
7eb4e9cc 326\func{void}{CentreOnParent}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
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c9f00eeb 328Centres the window on its parent. This is a more readable synonym for
7eb4e9cc 329\helpref{Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
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331\wxheading{Parameters}
332
333\docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
334or {\tt wxBOTH}.}
335
336\wxheading{Remarks}
337
338This methods provides for a way to center top level windows over their
339parents instead of the entire screen. If there is no parent or if the
c9f00eeb 340window is not a top level window, then behaviour is the same as
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341\helpref{wxWindow::Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
342
343\wxheading{See also}
344
95883d6c 345\helpref{wxTopLevelWindow::CentreOnScreen}{wxtoplevelwindowcenteronscreen}
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5da0803c 348\membersection{wxWindow::ClearBackground}\label{wxwindowclearbackground}
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5da0803c 350\func{void}{ClearBackground}{\void}
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352Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour. Does not
353cause an erase background event to be generated.
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6d06e061 356\membersection{wxWindow::ClientToScreen}\label{wxwindowclienttoscreen}
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358\constfunc{virtual void}{ClientToScreen}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
359
2edb0bde 360\perlnote{In wxPerl this method returns a 2-element list instead of
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361modifying its parameters.}
362
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363\constfunc{virtual wxPoint}{ClientToScreen}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
364
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365Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
366
367\docparam{x}{A pointer to a integer value for the x coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
368a screen coordinate will be passed out.}
369
370\docparam{y}{A pointer to a integer value for the y coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
371a screen coordinate will be passed out.}
372
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373\docparam{pt}{The client position for the second form of the function.}
374
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375\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
376implements the following methods:\par
377\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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378\twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreen(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
379\twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreenXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
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380\end{twocollist}}
381}
382
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383\membersection{wxWindow::ClientToWindowSize}\label{wxwindowclienttowindowsize}
384
385\func{virtual wxSize}{ClientToWindowSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
386
387Converts client area size \arg{size} to corresponding window size. In other
388words, the returned value is what would \helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize}
389return if this window had client area of given size.
390Components with $wxDefaultCoord$ value are left unchanged.
391
392Note that the conversion is not always exact, it assumes that non-client area
393doesn't change and so doesn't take into account things like menu bar
394(un)wrapping or (dis)appearance of the scrollbars.
395
396\wxheading{See also}
397
398\helpref{wxWindow::WindowToClientSize}{wxwindowwindowtoclientsize}
399
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401\membersection{wxWindow::Close}\label{wxwindowclose}
402
cc81d32f 403\func{bool}{Close}{\param{bool}{ force = {\tt false}}}
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405This function simply generates a \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent} whose
406handler usually tries to close the window. It doesn't close the window itself,
407however.
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408
409\wxheading{Parameters}
410
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411\docparam{force}{{\tt false} if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
412of this window, {\tt true} if it cannot.}
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414\wxheading{Remarks}
415
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416Close calls the \helpref{close handler}{wxcloseevent} for the window, providing
417an opportunity for the window to choose whether to destroy the window.
418Usually it is only used with the top level windows (wxFrame and wxDialog
419classes) as the others are not supposed to have any special OnClose() logic.
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421The close handler should check whether the window is being deleted forcibly,
f29d3d61 422using \helpref{wxCloseEvent::CanVeto}{wxcloseeventcanveto}, in which case it
24174c30 423should destroy the window using \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy}.
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425{\it Note} that calling Close does not guarantee that the window will be
426destroyed; but it provides a way to simulate a manual close of a window, which
427may or may not be implemented by destroying the window. The default
428implementation of wxDialog::OnCloseWindow does not necessarily delete the
429dialog, since it will simply simulate an wxID\_CANCEL event which is handled by
430the appropriate button event handler and may do anything at all.
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324eeecb 432To guarantee that the window will be destroyed, call
24174c30 433\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} instead
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435\wxheading{See also}
436
437\helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
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438\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy},\rtfsp
439\helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
440
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442\membersection{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}\label{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
443
444\func{wxPoint}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
445
446\func{wxSize}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
447
448Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
449
450For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character width
451and then divided by 4.
452
453For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character height
454and then divided by 8.
455
456\wxheading{Remarks}
457
458Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
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460You can also use these functions programmatically. A convenience macro is defined:
461
462{\small
463\begin{verbatim}
464#define wxDLG_UNIT(parent, pt) parent->ConvertDialogToPixels(pt)
465\end{verbatim}
466}
467
468\wxheading{See also}
469
470\helpref{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
471
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473implements the following methods:\par
474\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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475\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
476\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
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477\end{twocollist}}
478
479Additionally, the following helper functions are defined:\par
480\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
c9110876 481\twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_PNT(win, point)}}{Converts a wxPoint from dialog
06d20283 482units to pixels}
c9110876 483\twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_SZE(win, size)}}{Converts a wxSize from dialog
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484units to pixels}
485\end{twocollist}}
486}
487
488
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490\membersection{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}\label{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
491
492\func{wxPoint}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
493
494\func{wxSize}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
495
496Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
497
498For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 4 and then divided by the average
499character width.
500
2edb0bde 501For the y dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 8 and then divided by the average
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502character height.
503
504\wxheading{Remarks}
505
506Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
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508\wxheading{See also}
509
510\helpref{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
511
dbd94b75 512\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython implements the following methods:\par
06d20283 513\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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514\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
515\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
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517}
518
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520\membersection{wxWindow::Destroy}\label{wxwindowdestroy}
521
522\func{virtual bool}{Destroy}{\void}
523
524Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator, since
525different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
24174c30 526are not destroyed immediately when this function is called -- they are added
a660d684 527to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
2edb0bde 528have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to non-existent
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530
531\wxheading{Return value}
532
cc81d32f 533{\tt true} if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it has been added
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535
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6d06e061 537\membersection{wxWindow::DestroyChildren}\label{wxwindowdestroychildren}
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539\func{virtual void}{DestroyChildren}{\void}
540
541Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
542
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545
c222be41 546\func{bool}{Disable}{\void}
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cc81d32f 548Disables the window, same as \helpref{Enable({\tt false})}{wxwindowenable}.
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551
cc81d32f 552Returns {\tt true} if the window has been disabled, {\tt false} if it had been
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554
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557
558\constfunc{virtual wxSize}{DoGetBestSize}{\void}
559
560Gets the size which best suits the window: for a control, it would be
561the minimal size which doesn't truncate the control, for a panel - the
562same size as it would have after a call to \helpref{Fit()}{wxwindowfit}.
563
564
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566
567\func{virtual void}{DoUpdateWindowUI}{\param{wxUpdateUIEvent\&}{ event}}
568
569Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
324eeecb 570This function is called by \helpref{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
e39af974 571in order to check return values in the \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent} and
fc2171bd 572act appropriately. For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWidgets
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574
575\begin{verbatim}
576// do the window-specific processing after processing the update event
577void wxTopLevelWindowBase::DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent& event)
578{
579 if ( event.GetSetEnabled() )
580 Enable(event.GetEnabled());
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583 {
584 if ( event.GetText() != GetTitle() )
585 SetTitle(event.GetText());
586 }
587}
588\end{verbatim}
589
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593
8a293590 594\func{virtual void}{DragAcceptFiles}{\param{bool}{ accept}}
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2edb0bde 596Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
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598\wxheading{Parameters}
599
cc81d32f 600\docparam{accept}{If {\tt true}, the window is eligible for drop file events. If {\tt false}, the window
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602
603\wxheading{Remarks}
604
605Windows only.
606
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609
cc81d32f 610\func{virtual bool}{Enable}{\param{bool}{ enable = {\tt true}}}
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613disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
614when the parent is.
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616\wxheading{Parameters}
617
cc81d32f 618\docparam{enable}{If {\tt true}, enables the window for input. If {\tt false}, disables the window.}
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621
cc81d32f 622Returns {\tt true} if the window has been enabled or disabled, {\tt false} if
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624
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626
6ba68e88 627\helpref{wxWindow::IsEnabled}{wxwindowisenabled},\rtfsp
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629\helpref{wxRadioBox::Enable}{wxradioboxenable}
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633
634\func{static wxWindow*}{FindFocus}{\void}
635
636Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
637
638\wxheading{Remarks}
639
640Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without needing a wxWindow pointer.
641
642\wxheading{See also}
643
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645\helpref{wxWindow::HasFocus}{wxwindowhasfocus}
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650
6b73af79 651\constfunc{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{long}{ id}}
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653Find a child of this window, by identifier.
654
6b73af79 655\constfunc{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}}
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657Find a child of this window, by name.
658
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660implements the following methods:\par
661\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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663\twocolitem{{\bf FindWindowByName(name)}}{Accepts a string}
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665}
666
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f89a1397 668\membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowById}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbyid}
146ba0fe 669
f89a1397 670\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowById}{\param{long}{ id}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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672Find the first window with the given {\it id}.
673
674If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
675frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
676The search is recursive in both cases.
677
678\wxheading{See also}
679
f89a1397 680\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
146ba0fe 681
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d9f42a9e 683\membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowByLabel}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbylabel}
146ba0fe 684
d9f42a9e 685\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowByLabel}{\param{const wxString\&}{ label}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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688or panel item label. If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
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690The search is recursive in both cases.
691
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693
f89a1397 694\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
146ba0fe 695
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d9f42a9e 697\membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowByName}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbyname}
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d9f42a9e 699\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowByName}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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702If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
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704The search is recursive in both cases.
705
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707\helpref{FindWindowByLabel}{wxwindowfindwindowbylabel} is called.
708
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710
f89a1397 711\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
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715
716\func{virtual void}{Fit}{\void}
717
f68586e5 718Sizes the window so that it fits around its subwindows. This function won't do
fab86f26 719anything if there are no subwindows and will only really work correctly if
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721subwindow it is better (faster and the result is more precise as Fit adds some
722margin to account for fuzziness of its calculations) to call
723
724\begin{verbatim}
725 window->SetClientSize(child->GetSize());
726\end{verbatim}
727
728instead of calling Fit.
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732
733\func{virtual void}{FitInside}{\void}
734
735Similar to \helpref{Fit}{wxwindowfit}, but sizes the interior (virtual) size
736of a window. Mainly useful with scrolled windows to reset scrollbars after
737sizing changes that do not trigger a size event, and/or scrolled windows without
738an interior sizer. This function similarly won't do anything if there are no
739subwindows.
740
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743
744\func{virtual void}{Freeze}{\void}
745
746Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking place
747on screen, the window is not redrawn at all. \helpref{Thaw}{wxwindowthaw} must
a1037371 748be called to reenable window redrawing. Calls to these two functions may be
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750it exactly as many times as you froze it.
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752This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example, it
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754a wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all platforms nor for all
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757
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759
760\helpref{wxWindowUpdateLocker}{wxwindowupdatelocker}
761
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764
765\constfunc{wxAcceleratorTable*}{GetAcceleratorTable}{\void}
766
767Gets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
768
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771
dbd94b75 772\func{wxAccessible*}{GetAccessible}{\void}
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774Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
775
776See also \helpref{wxAccessible}{wxaccessible}.
777
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780
781\constfunc{wxSize}{GetAdjustedBestSize}{\void}
782
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784instead.
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788
789\constfunc{virtual wxColour}{GetBackgroundColour}{\void}
790
791Returns the background colour of the window.
792
793\wxheading{See also}
794
795\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
796\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
9866d9c2 797\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour}
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801\constfunc{virtual wxBackgroundStyle}{GetBackgroundStyle}{\void}
802
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804\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
805\twocolitem{wxBG\_STYLE\_SYSTEM}{Use the default background, as determined by
806the system or the current theme.}
807\twocolitem{wxBG\_STYLE\_COLOUR}{Use a solid colour for the background, this
808style is set automatically if you call
809\helpref{SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour} so you only need to
810set it explicitly if you had changed the background style to something else
811before.}
812\twocolitem{wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM}{Don't draw the background at all, it's
813supposed that it is drawn by the user-defined erase background event handler.
814This style should be used to avoid flicker when the background is entirely
815custom-drawn.}
816\twocolitem{wxBG\_STYLE\_TRANSPARET}{The background is (partially) transparent,
817this style is automatically set if you call
818\helpref{SetTransparent}{wxwindowsettransparent} which is used to set the
819transparency level.}
820\end{twocollist}
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822\wxheading{See also}
823
824\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
825\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
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827\helpref{wxWindow::SetTransparent}{wxwindowsettransparent}
828
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170acdc9 830\membersection{wxWindow::GetEffectiveMinSize}\label{wxwindowgeteffectiveminsize}
9f884528 831
170acdc9 832\constfunc{wxSize}{GetEffectiveMinSize}{\void}
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835result. This is the value used by sizers to determine the appropriate
5bd623e1 836ammount of space to allocate for the widget.
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838\wxheading{See also}
839
840\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
170acdc9 841\helpref{wxWindow::SetInitialSize}{wxwindowsetinitialsize}
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7f071e73 844\membersection{wxWindow::GetBestSize}\label{wxwindowgetbestsize}
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c66c3af1 846\constfunc{wxSize}{GetBestSize}{\void}
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848This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window. For
849example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
3e02f5ed 850control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
8771a323 851\helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel}), the size returned by this function will be the
3e02f5ed 852same as the size the window would have had after calling
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854
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857
858\func{static wxWindow *}{GetCapture}{\void}
859
860Returns the currently captured window.
861
862\wxheading{See also}
863
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865\helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
866\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
63e819f2 867\helpref{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}{wxmousecapturelostevent}
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869
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872
873\constfunc{wxCaret *}{GetCaret}{\void}
874
875Returns the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
876
877
6d06e061 878\membersection{wxWindow::GetCharHeight}\label{wxwindowgetcharheight}
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880\constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharHeight}{\void}
881
882Returns the character height for this window.
883
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6d06e061 885\membersection{wxWindow::GetCharWidth}\label{wxwindowgetcharwidth}
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887\constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharWidth}{\void}
888
889Returns the average character width for this window.
890
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6d06e061 892\membersection{wxWindow::GetChildren}\label{wxwindowgetchildren}
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dc7a2021 894\func{wxWindowList\&}{GetChildren}{\void}
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897
898Returns a reference to the list of the window's children. \texttt{wxWindowList}
899is a type-safe \helpref{wxList}{wxlist}-like class whose elements are of type
900\texttt{wxWindow *}.
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905\func{static wxVisualAttributes}{GetClassDefaultAttributes}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{ variant = \texttt{wxWINDOW\_VARIANT\_NORMAL}}}
906
907Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control. This is
908useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control as in a
909standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
910colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
911system, especially if it uses themes.
912
913The \arg{variant} parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
914ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
324eeecb 915returned font. See \helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
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917
918This static method is ``overridden'' in many derived classes and so calling,
488e1507 919for example, \helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
1b69c815 920return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
488e1507 921from those returned by, say, \helpref{wxListCtrl}{wxlistctrl}::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
1b69c815 922
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925if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
926especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
927the case for \texttt{colBg} for the controls with themed background.
928
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930
931\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
932
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935
c66c3af1 936\constfunc{void}{GetClientSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
a660d684 937
c9f00eeb 938\perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes no parameter and returns
d2c2afc9 939a 2-element list {\tt (width, height)}.}
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c66c3af1 941\constfunc{wxSize}{GetClientSize}{\void}
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944area which may be drawn on by the programmer, excluding title bar, border,
945scrollbars, etc.
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948return size is empty (both width and height are $0$).
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951
952\docparam{width}{Receives the client width in pixels.}
953
954\docparam{height}{Receives the client height in pixels.}
955
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957implements the following methods:\par
958\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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960\twocolitem{{\bf GetClientSize()}}{Returns a wxSize object}
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962}
963
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965
d2c2afc9 966\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
566d84a7 967\helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
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972
973\constfunc{wxLayoutConstraints*}{GetConstraints}{\void}
974
975Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or NULL if there are none.
976
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979
980\constfunc{const wxSizer *}{GetContainingSizer}{\void}
981
982Return the sizer that this window is a member of, if any, otherwise
983{\tt NULL}.
984
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987
988\constfunc{const wxCursor\&}{GetCursor}{\void}
989
990Return the cursor associated with this window.
991
992\wxheading{See also}
993
994\helpref{wxWindow::SetCursor}{wxwindowsetcursor}
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999\constfunc{virtual wxVisualAttributes}{GetDefaultAttributes}{\void}
1000
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1003
1004One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
1005the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
1006virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
1007
1008The other one is that in the future this function could return different
1009results, for example it might return a different font for an ``Ok'' button
1010than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
1011in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
1012function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
1013version can be used without having to create an object first.
1014
1015
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1017
1018\constfunc{wxDropTarget*}{GetDropTarget}{\void}
1019
1020Returns the associated drop target, which may be NULL.
1021
1022\wxheading{See also}
1023
c9f00eeb 1024\helpref{wxWindow::SetDropTarget}{wxwindowsetdroptarget},
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1029
1030\constfunc{wxEvtHandler*}{GetEventHandler}{\void}
1031
1032Returns the event handler for this window. By default, the window is its
1033own event handler.
1034
1035\wxheading{See also}
1036
1037\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
1038\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
1039\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
1040\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
1041\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
1042
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1045
1046\constfunc{long}{GetExtraStyle}{\void}
1047
1048Returns the extra style bits for the window.
1049
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1052
733399fa 1053\constfunc{wxFont}{GetFont}{\void}
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1057\wxheading{See also}
1058
1059\helpref{wxWindow::SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont}
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1063
1064\func{virtual wxColour}{GetForegroundColour}{\void}
1065
1066Returns the foreground colour of the window.
1067
1068\wxheading{Remarks}
1069
1070The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
1071to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
1072be used at all.
1073
1074\wxheading{See also}
1075
1076\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
1077\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
1078\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour}
1079
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1083\constfunc{wxWindow*}{GetGrandParent}{\void}
1084
1085Returns the grandparent of a window, or NULL if there isn't one.
1086
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1090\constfunc{void*}{GetHandle}{\void}
1091
1092Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window. Cast it to an appropriate
324eeecb 1093handle, such as {\bf HWND} for Windows, {\bf Widget} for Motif, {\bf GtkWidget} for GTK or {\bf WinHandle} for PalmOS.
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1096
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1098
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1101
1102\constfunc{virtual wxString}{GetHelpTextAtPoint}{\param{const wxPoint &}{point}, \param{wxHelpEvent::Origin }{origin}}
1103
1104Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window. This
1105method should be overridden if the help message depends on the position inside
1106the window, otherwise \helpref{GetHelpText}{wxwindowgethelptext} can be used.
1107
1108\wxheading{Parameters}
1109
1110\docparam{point}{Coordinates of the mouse at the moment of help event emission.}
1111
d57725b5 1112\docparam{origin}{Help event origin, see also \helpref{wxHelpEvent::GetOrigin}{wxhelpeventgetorigin}.}
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1114\newsince{2.7.0}
1115
1116
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1117\membersection{wxWindow::GetHelpText}\label{wxwindowgethelptext}
1118
1119\constfunc{virtual wxString}{GetHelpText}{\void}
1120
1121Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
1122
1123Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
1124and not in the window object itself.
1125
1126\wxheading{See also}
1127
dc6588e7 1128\helpref{SetHelpText}{wxwindowsethelptext}, \helpref{GetHelpTextAtPoint}{wxwindowgethelptextatpoint}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
4e28924c 1129
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1132
1133\constfunc{int}{GetId}{\void}
1134
1135Returns the identifier of the window.
1136
1137\wxheading{Remarks}
1138
6453876e 1139Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has not provided one
5e06d749 1140(or the default wxID\_ANY) an unique identifier with a negative value will be generated.
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1143
b2cf617c 1144\helpref{wxWindow::SetId}{wxwindowsetid},\rtfsp
5b6aa0ff 1145\helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
a660d684 1146
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6d06e061 1148\membersection{wxWindow::GetLabel}\label{wxwindowgetlabel}
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1150\constfunc{virtual wxString }{GetLabel}{\void}
1151
1152Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
1153identification purposes.
1154
1155\wxheading{Remarks}
1156
1157The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
1158For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the title. For buttons or static text controls, it is
1159the button text. This function can be useful for meta-programs (such as testing
1160tools or special-needs access programs) which need to identify windows
1161by name.
1162
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1164\membersection{wxWindow::GetMaxClientSize}\label{wxwindowgetmaxclientsize}
1165
1166\constfunc{wxSize}{GetMaxClientSize}{\void}
1167
1168Returns the maximum size of window's client area.
1169This is an indication to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the maximum
1170possible size as well as the upper bound on window's size settable using
1171\helpref{SetClientSize}{wxwindowsetclientsize}.
1172
1173\wxheading{See also}
1174
1175\helpref{wxWindow::GetMaxSize}{wxwindowgetmaxsize}
1176
1177
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1179
1180\constfunc{wxSize}{GetMaxSize}{\void}
1181
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1183layout mechanism that this is the maximum possible size as well as the upper
1184bound on window's size settable using \helpref{SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}.
1185
1186\wxheading{See also}
1187
1188\helpref{wxWindow::GetMaxClientSize}{wxwindowgetmaxclientsize}
1189
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1191\membersection{wxWindow::GetMinSize}\label{wxwindowgetminsize}
1192
a3dae7b7 1193\constfunc{virtual wxSize}{GetMinSize}{\void}
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1195Returns the minimum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout mechanism
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1197by \helpref{SetMinSize}{wxwindowsetminsize}, but it can be overridden to do the
1198calculation on demand.
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1201
1202\helpref{wxWindow::GetMinClientSize}{wxwindowgetminclientsize}
1203
1204
1205\membersection{wxWindow::GetMinClientSize}\label{wxwindowgetminclientsize}
1206
1207\constfunc{virtual wxSize}{GetMinClientSize}{\void}
1208
1209Returns the minimum size of window's client area, an indication to the sizer
1210layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of its client area. It
1211normally just returns the value set by
1212\helpref{SetMinClientSize}{wxwindowsetminclientsize}, but it can be overridden
1213to do the calculation on demand.
1214
1215\wxheading{See also}
1216
1217\helpref{wxWindow::GetMinSize}{wxwindowgetminsize}
1218
1219
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1221
6453876e 1222\constfunc{virtual wxString }{GetName}{\void}
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1224Returns the window's name.
1225
1226\wxheading{Remarks}
1227
1228This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the programmer to supply an appropriate
1229name in the window constructor or via \helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}.
1230
1231\wxheading{See also}
1232
1233\helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}
1234
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1237
1238\constfunc{wxWindow *}{GetNextSibling}{\void}
1239
1240Returns the next window after this one among the parent children or \NULL if
1241this window is the last child.
1242
1243\newsince{2.8.8}
1244
1245\wxheading{See also}
1246
1247\helpref{GetPrevSibling}{wxwindowgetprevsibling}
1248
1249
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1252\constfunc{virtual wxWindow*}{GetParent}{\void}
1253
1254Returns the parent of the window, or NULL if there is no parent.
1255
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1257\membersection{wxWindow::GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser}\label{wxwindowgetpopupmenuselectionfromuser}
1258
1259\func{int}{GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser}{\param{wxMenu\&}{ menu}, \param{const wxPoint\&}{ pos}}
1260
1261\func{int}{GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser}{\param{wxMenu\&}{ menu}, \param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
1262
1263This function shows a popup menu at the given position in this window and
1264returns the selected id. It can be more convenient than the general purpose
1265\helpref{PopupMenu}{wxwindowpopupmenu} function for simple menus proposing a
1266choice in a list of strings to the user.
1267
1268\wxheading{Parameters}
1269
1270\docparam{menu}{The menu to show}
1271
1272\docparam{pos}{The position at which to show the menu in client coordinates}
1273
1274\docparam{x}{The horizontal position of the menu}
1275
1276\docparam{y}{The vertical position of the menu}
1277
1278\wxheading{Return value}
1279
1280The selected menu item id or \texttt{wxID\_NONE} if none selected or an error
1281occurred.
1282
1283
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1285
1286\constfunc{virtual void}{GetPosition}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
1287
1288\constfunc{wxPoint}{GetPosition}{\void}
1289
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1291for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level
1292windows.
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1294\wxheading{Parameters}
1295
3c81c9aa 1296\docparam{x}{Receives the x position of the window if non-\NULL.}
15770d1a 1297
3c81c9aa 1298\docparam{y}{Receives the y position of the window if non-\NULL.}
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1300\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1301implements the following methods:\par
1302\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1303\twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a wxPoint}
1304\twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionTuple()}}{Returns a tuple (x, y)}
1305\end{twocollist}}
1306}
1307
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1309method:\par
1310\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1311\twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a Wx::Point}
1312\twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionXY()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1313 {\tt ( x, y )}}
1314\end{twocollist}
1315}}
1316
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1319
1320\helpref{GetScreenPosition}{wxwindowgetscreenposition}
1321
1322
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1324
1325\constfunc{wxWindow *}{GetPrevSibling}{\void}
1326
1327Returns the previous window before this one among the parent children or \NULL if
1328this window is the first child.
1329
1330\newsince{2.8.8}
1331
1332\wxheading{See also}
1333
1334\helpref{GetNextSibling}{wxwindowgetnextsibling}
1335
1336
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1338
1339\constfunc{virtual wxRect}{GetRect}{\void}
1340
fab86f26 1341Returns the position and size of the window as a \helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object.
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1343\wxheading{See also}
1344
1345\helpref{GetScreenRect}{wxwindowgetscreenrect}
1346
1347
1348\membersection{wxWindow::GetScreenPosition}\label{wxwindowgetscreenposition}
1349
1350\constfunc{virtual void}{GetScreenPosition}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
1351
1352\constfunc{wxPoint}{GetScreenPosition}{\void}
1353
1354Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
1355child window or a top level one.
1356
1357\wxheading{Parameters}
1358
1359\docparam{x}{Receives the x position of the window on the screen if non-\NULL.}
1360
1361\docparam{y}{Receives the y position of the window on the screen if non-\NULL.}
1362
1363\wxheading{See also}
1364
1365\helpref{GetPosition}{wxwindowgetposition}
1366
1367
1368\membersection{wxWindow::GetScreenRect}\label{wxwindowgetscreenrect}
1369
1370\constfunc{virtual wxRect}{GetScreenRect}{\void}
1371
fab86f26 1372Returns the position and size of the window on the screen as a
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1373\helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object.
1374
1375\wxheading{See also}
1376
1377\helpref{GetRect}{wxwindowgetrect}
1378
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1381
eaaa6a06 1382\func{virtual int}{GetScrollPos}{\param{int }{orientation}}
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1384Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
1385
1386\wxheading{See also}
1387
1388See \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1389
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1392
eaaa6a06 1393\func{virtual int}{GetScrollRange}{\param{int }{orientation}}
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1395Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
1396
1397\wxheading{See also}
1398
1399\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1400
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1403
1404\func{virtual int}{GetScrollThumb}{\param{int }{orientation}}
1405
1406Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
1407
1408\wxheading{See also}
1409
1410\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1411
1412
a974387a 1413\membersection{wxWindow::GetSize}\label{wxwindowgetsize}
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c66c3af1 1415\constfunc{void}{GetSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
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c66c3af1 1417\constfunc{wxSize}{GetSize}{\void}
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1420scrollbars, etc.
1421
1422Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
1423returned size is the restored window size, not the size of the window icon.
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1425\wxheading{Parameters}
1426
1427\docparam{width}{Receives the window width.}
1428
1429\docparam{height}{Receives the window height.}
1430
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1432implements the following methods:\par
1433\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1435\twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeTuple()}}{Returns a 2-tuple (width, height)}
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1437}
1438
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1439\perlnote{In wxPerl there are two methods instead of a single overloaded
1440method:\par
1441\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1442\twocolitem{{\bf GetSize()}}{Returns a Wx::Size}
1443\twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeWH()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1444 {\tt ( width, height )}}
1445\end{twocollist}
1446}}
1447
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1449
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1451\helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
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1454\membersection{wxWindow::GetSizer}\label{wxwindowgetsizer}
1455
772c017b 1456\constfunc{wxSizer *}{GetSizer}{\void}
e6973167 1457
be90c029 1458Return the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
e6973167 1459\helpref{SetSizer()}{wxwindowsetsizer} or {\tt NULL}.
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1463
6b062263 1464\constfunc{virtual void}{GetTextExtent}{\param{const wxString\& }{string}, \param{int* }{w}, \param{int* }{h},
a660d684 1465 \param{int* }{descent = NULL}, \param{int* }{externalLeading = NULL},
cc81d32f 1466 \param{const wxFont* }{font = NULL}, \param{bool}{ use16 = {\tt false}}}
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1469
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1471window with the currently selected font.
1472
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1473The text extent is returned in \arg{w} and \arg{h} pointers (first form) or as a
1474\helpref{wxSize}{wxsize} object (second form).
1475
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1477
1478\docparam{string}{String whose extent is to be measured.}
1479
6b062263 1480\docparam{w}{Return value for width.}
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6b062263 1482\docparam{h}{Return value for height.}
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1484\docparam{descent}{Return value for descent (optional).}
1485
1486\docparam{externalLeading}{Return value for external leading (optional).}
1487
1488\docparam{font}{Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).}
1489
cc81d32f 1490\docparam{use16}{If {\tt true}, {\it string} contains 16-bit characters. The default is {\tt false}.}
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1493implements the following methods:\par
1494\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1496\twocolitem{{\bf GetFullTextExtent(string, font=NULL)}}{Returns a
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1498\end{twocollist}}
1499}
1500
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1502 {\tt font} parameters, and returns a 4-element list
1503 {\tt ( x, y, descent, externalLeading )}.}
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1506\membersection{wxWindow::GetToolTip}\label{wxwindowgettooltip}
1507
1508\constfunc{wxToolTip*}{GetToolTip}{\void}
1509
1510Get the associated tooltip or NULL if none.
1511
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1513\membersection{wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion}\label{wxwindowgetupdateregion}
1514
1515\constfunc{virtual wxRegion}{GetUpdateRegion}{\void}
1516
1517Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged. Should
f4fcc291 1518only be called within an \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent} handler.
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1520\wxheading{See also}
1521
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1522\helpref{wxRegion}{wxregion},\rtfsp
1523\helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator}
76c5df24 1524
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1526\membersection{wxWindow::GetValidator}\label{wxwindowgetvalidator}
1527
1528\constfunc{wxValidator*}{GetValidator}{\void}
1529
1530Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or NULL if there is none.
1531
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1534
1535\constfunc{void}{GetVirtualSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
1536
1537\constfunc{wxSize}{GetVirtualSize}{\void}
1538
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1540returns the client size of the window, but after a call to
1541\helpref{SetVirtualSize}{wxwindowsetvirtualsize} it will return
1542that size.
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1544\wxheading{Parameters}
1545
1546\docparam{width}{Receives the window virtual width.}
1547
1548\docparam{height}{Receives the window virtual height.}
1549
1550\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
1551\helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize}
1552
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1554\membersection{wxWindow::GetWindowBorderSize}\label{wxwindowgetwindowbordersize}
1555
1556\constfunc{wxSize}{GetWindowBorderSize}{\void}
1557
1558Returns the size of the left/right and top/bottom borders of this window in x
1559and y components of the result respectively.
1560
1561
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1564\constfunc{long}{GetWindowStyleFlag}{\void}
1565
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1567method. {\bf GetWindowStyle()} is another name for the same function.
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1571
488e1507 1572\constfunc{wxWindowVariant}{GetWindowVariant}{\void}
416101be 1573
43e8916f 1574Returns the value previously passed to
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1576
1577
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1579
1580\func{bool}{HandleAsNavigationKey}{\param{const wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1581
1582This function will generate the appropriate call to
1583\helpref{Navigate}{wxwindownavigate} if the key event is one normally used for
1584keyboard navigation and return \true in this case.
1585
1586\wxheading{Return value}
1587
1588Returns \true if the key pressed was for navigation and was handled, \false
1589otherwise.
1590
1591\wxheading{See also}
1592
1593\helpref{Navigate}{wxwindownavigate}
1594
1595
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1597
1598\func{bool}{HandleWindowEvent}{\param{wxEvent\& }{event}}
1599
1600Shorthand for \texttt{\helpref{GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler}()->\helpref{SafelyProcessEvent}{wxevthandlersafelyprocessevent}(event)}.
1601
1602
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1604
1605\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasCapture}{\void}
1606
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1609\wxheading{See also}
1610
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1611\helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
1612\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
63e819f2 1613\helpref{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}{wxmousecapturelostevent}
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1614\helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
1615
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1617\membersection{wxWindow::HasExtraStyle}\label{wxwindowhasextrastyle}
1618
1619\constfunc{bool}{HasExtraStyle}{\param{int }{exFlag}}
1620
1621Returns \texttt{true} if the window has the given \arg{exFlag} bit set in its
1622extra styles.
1623
1624\wxheading{See also}
1625
1626\helpref{SetExtraStyle}{wxwindowsetextrastyle}
1627
1628
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1629\membersection{wxWindow::HasFlag}\label{wxwindowhasflag}
1630
1631\constfunc{bool}{HasFlag}{\param{int }{flag}}
1632
1633Returns \texttt{true} if the window has the given \arg{flag} bit set.
1634
1635
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1637
1638\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasFocus}{\void}
1639
1640Returns \true if the window (or in case of composite controls, its main
1641child window) has focus.
1642
1643\wxheading{See also}
1644
1645\helpref{FindFocus}{wxwindowfindfocus}
1646
1647
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1649
1650\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasMultiplePages}{\void}
1651
1652This method should be overridden to return \texttt{true} if this window has
1653multiple pages. All standard class with multiple pages such as
1654\helpref{wxNotebook}{wxnotebook}, \helpref{wxListbook}{wxlistbook} and
1655\helpref{wxTreebook}{wxtreebook} already override it to return \texttt{true}
1656and user-defined classes with similar behaviour should do it as well to allow
1657the library to handle such windows appropriately.
1658
1659
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1661
1662\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasScrollbar}{\param{int }{orient}}
1663
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1665
1666\wxheading{Parameters}
1667
1668\docparam{orient}{Orientation to check, either {\tt wxHORIZONTAL} or {\tt wxVERTICAL}.}
1669
1670
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1672
1673\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasTransparentBackground}{\void}
1674
1675Returns \true if this window background is transparent (as, for example, for
1676wxStaticText) and should show the parent window background.
1677
1678This method is mostly used internally by the library itself and you normally
1679shouldn't have to call it. You may, however, have to override it in your
1680wxWindow-derived class to ensure that background is painted correctly.
1681
1682
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1684
1685\func{bool}{Hide}{\void}
1686
cc81d32f 1687Equivalent to calling \helpref{Show}{wxwindowshow}({\tt false}).
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1691
1692\func{virtual bool}{HideWithEffect}{\param{wxShowEffect }{effect}, \param{unsigned }{timeout = $0$}, \param{wxDirection }{dir = wxBOTTOM}}
1693
1694This function hides a window, like \helpref{Hide()}{wxwindowhide}, but using a
1695special visual effect if possible.
1696
1697The parameters of this function are the same as for
1698\helpref{ShowWithEffect()}{wxwindowshowwitheffect}, please see their
1699description there.
1700
1701\newsince{2.9.0}
1702
1703
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1705
1706\func{void}{InheritAttributes}{\void}
1707
1708This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
1709window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
1710the font and the foreground and background colours.
1711
1712By ``intelligently'' the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
1713own \helpref{default}{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes} attributes. However
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1715\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont} and not
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1717corresponding attribute hadn't been explicitly set for this window itself,
1718then this window takes the same value as used by the parent. In addition, if
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1721font might.
1722
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1724different usage scenarios. The most common one is when all default attributes
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1726different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
1727they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
1728desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
1729just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
1730do inherit the parents attributes.
1731
1732
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1734
1735\func{void}{InitDialog}{\void}
1736
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1738to the dialog via validators.
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1742
1743\func{void}{InvalidateBestSize}{\void}
1744
1745Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it is needed.
1746
1747
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1749
1750\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsDoubleBuffered}{\void}
1751
1752Returns \true if the window contents is double-buffered by the system, i.e. if
1753any drawing done on the window is really done on a temporary backing surface
1754and transferred to the screen all at once later.
1755
1756\wxheading{See also}
1757
1758\helpref{wxBufferedDC}{wxbuffereddc}
1759
1760
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1762
1763\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsEnabled}{\void}
1764
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1766otherwise.
1767
1768Notice that this method can return \false even if this window itself hadn't
1769been explicitly disabled when one of its parent windows is disabled. To get the
1770intrinsic status of this window, use
1771\helpref{IsThisEnabled}{wxwindowisthisenabled}
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1773\wxheading{See also}
1774
1775\helpref{wxWindow::Enable}{wxwindowenable}
1776
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1780\constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
1781
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1785
605d715d 1786\constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{wxRect }{\&rect}}
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cc81d32f 1788Returns {\tt true} if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
ad9edf45 1789last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
4130b487 1790only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
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1793implements the following methods:\par
1794\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1797\twocolitem{{\bf IsExposedRect(rect)}}{}
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1802
1803\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsFrozen}{\void}
1804
1805Returns \true if the window is currently frozen by a call to
1806\helpref{Freeze()}{wxwindowfreeze}.
1807
1808\wxheading{See also}
1809
1810\helpref{Thaw()}{wxwindowthaw}
1811
1812
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1814
1815\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsRetained}{\void}
1816
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1819\wxheading{Remarks}
1820
1821Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
1822
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1825
1826\func{bool}{IsScrollbarAlwaysShown}{\param{int}{ orient}}
1827
1828Return whether a scrollbar is always shown.
1829
1830\wxheading{Parameters}
1831
1832\docparam{orient}{Orientation to check, either {\tt wxHORIZONTAL} or {\tt wxVERTICAL}.}
1833
1834\wxheading{See also}
1835
1836\helpref{wxWindow::AlwaysShowScrollbars}{wxwindowalwaysshowscrollbars}
1837
1838
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1840
1841\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsShown}{\void}
1842
cc81d32f 1843Returns {\tt true} if the window is shown, {\tt false} if it has been hidden.
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1846
865a74c7 1847\helpref{wxWindow::IsShownOnScreen}{wxwindowisshownonscreen}
9c72cf76 1848
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865a74c7 1850\membersection{wxWindow::IsShownOnScreen}\label{wxwindowisshownonscreen}
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1854Returns {\tt true} if the window is physically visible on the screen, i.e. it
1855is shown and all its parents up to the toplevel window are shown as well.
1856
1857\wxheading{See also}
1858
1859\helpref{wxWindow::IsShown}{wxwindowisshown}
1860
1861
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1863
1864\constfunc{bool}{IsThisEnabled}{\void}
1865
1866Returns \true if this window is intrinsically enabled, \false otherwise, i.e.
1867if \helpref{Enable(false)}{wxwindowenable} had been called. This method is
1868mostly used for wxWidgets itself, user code should normally use
1869\helpref{IsEnabled}{wxwindowisenabled} instead.
1870
1871
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1873
1874\constfunc{bool}{IsTopLevel}{\void}
1875
1876Returns {\tt true} if the given window is a top-level one. Currently all frames and
1877dialogs are considered to be top-level windows (even if they have a parent
1878window).
1879
1880
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1882
1883\func{void}{Layout}{\void}
1884
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1886for this window.
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1889layout is on, this function gets called automatically when the window is resized.
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1893
43e8916f 1894This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollLines}{wxwindowscrolllines}$(1)$.
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1898
43e8916f 1899This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollLines}{wxwindowscrolllines}$(-1)$.
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1903
1904\func{void}{Lower}{\void}
1905
5bd623e1 1906Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
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1908\wxheading{See also}
1909
1910\helpref{Raise}{wxwindowraise}
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1914
8a293590 1915\func{virtual void}{MakeModal}{\param{bool }{flag}}
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1917Disables all other windows in the application so that
d3e78bab 1918the user can only interact with this window.
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1920\wxheading{Parameters}
1921
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1923the user can only interact with this window. If {\tt false}, the effect is reversed.}
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1927
eaaa6a06 1928\func{void}{Move}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
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1931
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1933
1934\wxheading{Parameters}
1935
1936\docparam{x}{Required x position.}
1937
1938\docparam{y}{Required y position.}
1939
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1941
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1943
1944Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1945wxWindow::Move function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class
1946as the call:
1947
1948\begin{verbatim}
60fef964 1949 SetSize(x, y, wxDefaultCoord, wxDefaultCoord, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
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1951
1952\wxheading{See also}
1953
1954\helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}
1955
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1957implements the following methods:\par
1958\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1960\twocolitem{{\bf MoveXY(x, y)}}{Accepts a pair of integers}
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1962}
1963
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1965\membersection{wxWindow::MoveAfterInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder}
1966
1967\func{void}{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
1968
1969Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified \arg{win}.
1970This means that when the user presses \texttt{TAB} key on that other window,
1971the focus switches to this window.
1972
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1974\helpref{MoveBeforeInTabOrder()}{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder} allow to change
1975it after creating all the windows.
1976
1977\wxheading{Parameters}
1978
1979\docparam{win}{A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
1980must not be NULL}
1981
1982
1983\membersection{wxWindow::MoveBeforeInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder}
1984
1985\func{void}{MoveBeforeInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
1986
1987Same as \helpref{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder} except that
1988it inserts this window just before \arg{win} instead of putting it right after
1989it.
1990
1991
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1993
eedc82f4 1994\func{bool}{Navigate}{\param{int}{ flags = wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward}}
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1997equivalent to calling \helpref{NavigateIn()}{wxwindownavigatein} method on the
1998parent window.
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2000\wxheading{Parameters}
2001
eedc82f4 2002\docparam{flags}{A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.}
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2005
2006Returns \true if the focus was moved to another window or \false if nothing
2007changed.
2008
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2010
2011You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress handler to do the default
2012navigation behaviour for the tab key, since the standard default behaviour for
2013a multiline text control with the wxTE\_PROCESS\_TAB style is to insert a tab
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2015\helpref{HandleAsNavigationKey}{wxwindowhandleasnavigationkey}.
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2019
2020\func{bool}{NavigateIn}{\param{int}{ flags = wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward}}
2021
2022Performs a keyboard navigation action inside this window.
2023
2024See \helpref{Navigate}{wxwindownavigate} for more information.
2025
2026
302511a3 2027\membersection{wxWindow::NewControlId}\label{wxwindownewcontrolid}
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302511a3 2029\func{static wxWindowID}{NewControlId}{\param{int}{ count = 1}}
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2032IDs will be reserved until assigned to a \helpref{wxWindowIDRef}{windowidsoverview}
2033or unreserved with \helpref{UnreserveControlId}{wxwindowunreservecontrolid}.
2034
2035See \helpref{Window IDs overview}{windowidsoverview} for more information.
2036
2037\wxheading{Parameters}
2038
2039\docparam{count}{The number of sequential IDs to reserve.}
2040
2041\wxheading{Return value}
2042
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2044specified number of identifiers couldn't be allocated.
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2045
2046\wxheading{See also}
2047
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2049\helpref{wxIdManager}{wxidmanager}
2050\helpref{Window IDs overview}{windowidsoverview}
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2051
2052
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2054%% the old docs here in case we want to move any still needed bits to
2055%% the right location (i.e. probably the corresponding events docs)
2056%%
2057%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnActivate}\label{wxwindowonactivate}
2058%%
2059%% \func{void}{OnActivate}{\param{wxActivateEvent\&}{ event}}
2060%%
2061%% Called when a window is activated or deactivated.
2062%%
2063%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2064%%
2065%% \docparam{event}{Object containing activation information.}
2066%%
2067%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2068%%
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2070%% otherwise it returns {\tt false} (it is being deactivated).
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2072%% \wxheading{See also}
2073%%
2074%% \helpref{wxActivateEvent}{wxactivateevent},\rtfsp
2075%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2076%%
2077%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnChar}\label{wxwindowonchar}
2078%%
2079%% \func{void}{OnChar}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
2080%%
2081%% Called when the user has pressed a key that is not a modifier (SHIFT, CONTROL or ALT).
2082%%
2083%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2084%%
2085%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
2086%% details about this class.}
2087%%
2088%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2089%%
2090%% This member function is called in response to a keypress. To intercept this event,
2091%% use the EVT\_CHAR macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnChar} handler may call this
2092%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
2093%%
2094%% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
2095%% values.
2096%%
2097%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept modifier
2098%% keypresses, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
2099%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
2100%%
2101%% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
2102%%
2103%% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
2104%% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
2105%%
2106%% \wxheading{See also}
2107%%
2108%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
2109%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
2110%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2111%%
2112%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCharHook}\label{wxwindowoncharhook}
2113%%
2114%% \func{void}{OnCharHook}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
2115%%
2116%% This member is called to allow the window to intercept keyboard events
2117%% before they are processed by child windows.
2118%%
2119%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2120%%
2121%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
2122%% details about this class.}
2123%%
2124%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2125%%
2126%% This member function is called in response to a keypress, if the window is active. To intercept this event,
2127%% use the EVT\_CHAR\_HOOK macro in an event table definition. If you do not process a particular
2128%% keypress, call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip} to allow default processing.
2129%%
2130%% An example of using this function is in the implementation of escape-character processing for wxDialog,
2131%% where pressing ESC dismisses the dialog by {\bf OnCharHook} 'forging' a cancel button press event.
2132%%
2133%% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
2134%% values.
2135%%
2136%% This function is only relevant to top-level windows (frames and dialogs), and under
2137%% Windows only. Under GTK the normal EVT\_CHAR\_ event has the functionality, i.e.
acbadd0b 2138%% you can intercept it, and if you don't call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip}
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2140%%
2141%% \wxheading{See also}
2142%%
2143%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent},\rtfsp
2144%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
2145%% %% GD: OnXXX functions are not documented
2146%% %%\helpref{wxApp::OnCharHook}{wxapponcharhook},\rtfsp
2147%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2148%%
2149%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCommand}\label{wxwindowoncommand}
2150%%
2151%% \func{virtual void}{OnCommand}{\param{wxEvtHandler\& }{object}, \param{wxCommandEvent\& }{event}}
2152%%
2153%% This virtual member function is called if the control does not handle the command event.
2154%%
2155%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2156%%
2157%% \docparam{object}{Object receiving the command event.}
2158%%
2159%% \docparam{event}{Command event}
2160%%
2161%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2162%%
2163%% This virtual function is provided mainly for backward compatibility. You can also intercept commands
2164%% from child controls by using an event table, with identifiers or identifier ranges to identify
2165%% the control(s) in question.
2166%%
2167%% \wxheading{See also}
2168%%
2169%% \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
2170%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2171%%
2172%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnClose}\label{wxwindowonclose}
2173%%
2174%% \func{virtual bool}{OnClose}{\void}
2175%%
2176%% Called when the user has tried to close a a frame
2177%% or dialog box using the window manager (X) or system menu (Windows).
2178%%
2179%% {\bf Note:} This is an obsolete function.
2edb0bde 2180%% It is superseded by the \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow} event
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2182%%
2183%% \wxheading{Return value}
2184%%
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2187%% you may delete other windows.
2188%%
2189%% \wxheading{See also}
2190%%
2191%% \helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
2192%% \helpref{wxWindow::Close}{wxwindowclose},\rtfsp
2193%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow},\rtfsp
2194%% \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
2195%%
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2197%%
2198%% \func{void}{OnKeyDown}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
2199%%
2200%% Called when the user has pressed a key, before it is translated into an ASCII value using other
2201%% modifier keys that might be pressed at the same time.
2202%%
2203%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2204%%
2205%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
2206%% details about this class.}
2207%%
2208%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2209%%
2210%% This member function is called in response to a key down event. To intercept this event,
2211%% use the EVT\_KEY\_DOWN macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyDown} handler may call this
2212%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
2213%%
2214%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
2215%% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
2216%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
2217%%
2218%% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
2219%%
2220%% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
2221%% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
2222%%
2223%% \wxheading{See also}
2224%%
2225%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
2226%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
2227%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2228%%
2229%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}\label{wxwindowonkeyup}
2230%%
2231%% \func{void}{OnKeyUp}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
2232%%
2233%% Called when the user has released a key.
2234%%
2235%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2236%%
2237%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
2238%% details about this class.}
2239%%
2240%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2241%%
2242%% This member function is called in response to a key up event. To intercept this event,
2243%% use the EVT\_KEY\_UP macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyUp} handler may call this
2244%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
2245%%
2246%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
2247%% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
2248%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
2249%%
2250%% Most, but not all, windows allow key up events to be intercepted.
2251%%
2252%% \wxheading{See also}
2253%%
2254%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown},\rtfsp
2255%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
2256%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2257%%
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2259%%
2260%% \func{void}{OnInitDialog}{\param{wxInitDialogEvent\&}{ event}}
2261%%
2262%% Default handler for the wxEVT\_INIT\_DIALOG event. Calls \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}.
2263%%
2264%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2265%%
2266%% \docparam{event}{Dialog initialisation event.}
2267%%
2268%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2269%%
2270%% Gives the window the default behaviour of transferring data to child controls via
2271%% the validator that each control has.
2272%%
2273%% \wxheading{See also}
2274%%
2275%% \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
2276%%
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2277%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMenuHighlight}\label{wxwindowonmenuhighlight}
2278%%
2279%% \func{void}{OnMenuHighlight}{\param{wxMenuEvent\& }{event}}
2280%%
2281%% Called when a menu select is received from a menu bar: that is, the
2282%% mouse cursor is over a menu item, but the left mouse button has not been
2283%% pressed.
2284%%
2285%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2286%%
2287%% \docparam{event}{The menu highlight event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent}.}
2288%%
2289%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2290%%
2291%% You can choose any member function to receive
2292%% menu select events, using the EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT macro for individual menu items or EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT\_ALL macro
2293%% for all menu items.
2294%%
2295%% The default implementation for \helpref{wxFrame::OnMenuHighlight}{wxframeonmenuhighlight} displays help
2296%% text in the first field of the status bar.
2297%%
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2300%%
2301%% \wxheading{See also}
2302%%
2303%% \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent},\rtfsp
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2305%%
2306%%
2307%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMouseEvent}\label{wxwindowonmouseevent}
2308%%
2309%% \func{void}{OnMouseEvent}{\param{wxMouseEvent\&}{ event}}
2310%%
2311%% Called when the user has initiated an event with the
2312%% mouse.
2313%%
2314%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2315%%
2316%% \docparam{event}{The mouse event. See \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent} for
2317%% more details.}
2318%%
2319%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2320%%
2321%% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
2322%%
2323%% To intercept this event, use the EVT\_MOUSE\_EVENTS macro in an event table definition, or individual
2324%% mouse event macros such as EVT\_LEFT\_DOWN.
2325%%
2326%% \wxheading{See also}
2327%%
2328%% \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent},\rtfsp
2329%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2330%%
2331%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMove}\label{wxwindowonmove}
2332%%
2333%% \func{void}{OnMove}{\param{wxMoveEvent\& }{event}}
2334%%
2335%% Called when a window is moved.
2336%%
2337%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2338%%
2339%% \docparam{event}{The move event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent}.}
2340%%
2341%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2342%%
2343%% Use the EVT\_MOVE macro to intercept move events.
2344%%
2345%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2346%%
2347%% Not currently implemented.
2348%%
2349%% \wxheading{See also}
2350%%
2351%% \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent},\rtfsp
2352%% \helpref{wxFrame::OnSize}{wxframeonsize},\rtfsp
2353%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2354%%
2355%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnPaint}\label{wxwindowonpaint}
2356%%
2357%% \func{void}{OnPaint}{\param{wxPaintEvent\& }{event}}
2358%%
2359%% Sent to the event handler when the window must be refreshed.
2360%%
2361%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2362%%
2363%% \docparam{event}{Paint event. For more information, see \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent}.}
2364%%
2365%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2366%%
2367%% Use the EVT\_PAINT macro in an event table definition to intercept paint events.
2368%%
2369%% Note that In a paint event handler, the application must {\it always} create a \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc} object,
2370%% even if you do not use it. Otherwise, under MS Windows, refreshing for this and other windows will go wrong.
2371%%
2372%% For example:
2373%%
2374%% \small{%
2375%% \begin{verbatim}
2376%% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
2377%% {
2378%% wxPaintDC dc(this);
2379%%
2380%% DrawMyDocument(dc);
2381%% }
2382%% \end{verbatim}
2383%% }%
2384%%
2385%% You can optimize painting by retrieving the rectangles
2386%% that have been damaged and only repainting these. The rectangles are in
2387%% terms of the client area, and are unscrolled, so you will need to do
2388%% some calculations using the current view position to obtain logical,
2389%% scrolled units.
2390%%
2391%% Here is an example of using the \helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator} class:
2392%%
2393%% {\small%
2394%% \begin{verbatim}
2395%% // Called when window needs to be repainted.
2396%% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
2397%% {
2398%% wxPaintDC dc(this);
2399%%
2400%% // Find Out where the window is scrolled to
2401%% int vbX,vbY; // Top left corner of client
2402%% GetViewStart(&vbX,&vbY);
2403%%
2404%% int vX,vY,vW,vH; // Dimensions of client area in pixels
2405%% wxRegionIterator upd(GetUpdateRegion()); // get the update rect list
2406%%
2407%% while (upd)
2408%% {
2409%% vX = upd.GetX();
2410%% vY = upd.GetY();
2411%% vW = upd.GetW();
2412%% vH = upd.GetH();
2413%%
2414%% // Alternatively we can do this:
2415%% // wxRect rect;
2416%% // upd.GetRect(&rect);
2417%%
2418%% // Repaint this rectangle
2419%% ...some code...
2420%%
2421%% upd ++ ;
2422%% }
2423%% }
2424%% \end{verbatim}
2425%% }%
2426%%
2427%% \wxheading{See also}
2428%%
2429%% \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent},\rtfsp
2430%% \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc},\rtfsp
2431%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2432%%
2433%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnScroll}\label{wxwindowonscroll}
2434%%
2435%% \func{void}{OnScroll}{\param{wxScrollWinEvent\& }{event}}
2436%%
2437%% Called when a scroll window event is received from one of the window's built-in scrollbars.
2438%%
2439%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2440%%
2441%% \docparam{event}{Command event. Retrieve the new scroll position by
2442%% calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetPosition}{wxscrolleventgetposition}, and the
2443%% scrollbar orientation by calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetOrientation}{wxscrolleventgetorientation}.}
2444%%
2445%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2446%%
2447%% Note that it is not possible to distinguish between horizontal and vertical scrollbars
2448%% until the function is executing (you can't have one function for vertical, another
2449%% for horizontal events).
2450%%
2451%% \wxheading{See also}
2452%%
2453%% \helpref{wxScrollWinEvent}{wxscrollwinevent},\rtfsp
2454%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2455%%
2456%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSetFocus}\label{wxwindowonsetfocus}
2457%%
2458%% \func{void}{OnSetFocus}{\param{wxFocusEvent\& }{event}}
2459%%
2460%% Called when a window's focus is being set.
2461%%
2462%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2463%%
2464%% \docparam{event}{The focus event. For more information, see \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}.}
2465%%
2466%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2467%%
2468%% To intercept this event, use the macro EVT\_SET\_FOCUS in an event table definition.
2469%%
2470%% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
2471%%
2472%% \wxheading{See also}
2473%%
2474%% \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKillFocus}{wxwindowonkillfocus},\rtfsp
2475%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2476%%
2477%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSize}\label{wxwindowonsize}
2478%%
2479%% \func{void}{OnSize}{\param{wxSizeEvent\& }{event}}
2480%%
2481%% Called when the window has been resized. This is not a virtual function; you should
2482%% provide your own non-virtual OnSize function and direct size events to it using EVT\_SIZE
2483%% in an event table definition.
2484%%
2485%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2486%%
2487%% \docparam{event}{Size event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent}.}
2488%%
2489%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2490%%
2491%% You may wish to use this for frames to resize their child windows as appropriate.
2492%%
2493%% Note that the size passed is of
2494%% the whole window: call \helpref{wxWindow::GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize} for the area which may be
2495%% used by the application.
2496%%
2497%% When a window is resized, usually only a small part of the window is damaged and you
2498%% may only need to repaint that area. However, if your drawing depends on the size of the window,
2499%% you may need to clear the DC explicitly and repaint the whole window. In which case, you
2500%% may need to call \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} to invalidate the entire window.
2501%%
2502%% \wxheading{See also}
2503%%
2504%% \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent},\rtfsp
2505%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2506%%
2507%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSysColourChanged}\label{wxwindowonsyscolourchanged}
2508%%
2509%% \func{void}{OnSysColourChanged}{\param{wxOnSysColourChangedEvent\& }{event}}
2510%%
2511%% Called when the user has changed the system colours. Windows only.
2512%%
2513%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2514%%
2515%% \docparam{event}{System colour change event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent}.}
2516%%
2517%% \wxheading{See also}
2518%%
2519%% \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent},\rtfsp
2520%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
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2523\membersection{wxWindow::OnInternalIdle}\label{wxwindowoninternalidle}
2524
2525\func{virtual void}{OnInternalIdle}{\void}
2526
2527This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
2528sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
2529that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
2530handler in a derived class.
2531
2532This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
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2534in order to send update events to the window in idle time.
2535
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2537\membersection{wxWindow::PageDown}\label{wxwindowpagedown}
2538
2539This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(1)$.
2540
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2542\membersection{wxWindow::PageUp}\label{wxwindowpageup}
2543
2544This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(-1)$.
2545
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2548
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2551Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
2552
2553\wxheading{Parameters}
2554
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2556default value is {\tt false}.}
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2558\wxheading{See also}
2559
2560\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
2561\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2562\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2563\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2564\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
2565
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2567\membersection{wxWindow::PopupMenu}\label{wxwindowpopupmenu}
2568
45b8a256 2569\func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition}}
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2571\func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
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2573Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
2574window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu. If a
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2577cursor position is used.
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2579\wxheading{Parameters}
2580
2581\docparam{menu}{Menu to pop up.}
2582
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2584
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2585\docparam{x}{Required x position for the menu to appear.}
2586
2587\docparam{y}{Required y position for the menu to appear.}
2588
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2589\wxheading{See also}
2590
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2591\helpref{wxMenu}{wxmenu}
2592
2593\wxheading{Remarks}
2594
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2595Just before the menu is popped up, \helpref{wxMenu::UpdateUI}{wxmenuupdateui}
2596is called to ensure that the menu items are in the correct state. The menu does
2597not get deleted by the window.
2598
2599It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when calling PopupMenu
2600in response to mouse click, because some of the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do
2601a better job of positioning the menu in that case.
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2604implements the following methods:\par
2605\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2606\twocolitem{{\bf PopupMenu(menu, point)}}{Specifies position with a wxPoint}
2607\twocolitem{{\bf PopupMenuXY(menu, x, y)}}{Specifies position with two integers (x, y)}
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2609}
2610
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2611\membersection{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}\label{wxwindowpusheventhandler}
2612
2613\func{void}{PushEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
2614
2615Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
2616
2617\wxheading{Parameters}
2618
2619\docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be pushed.}
2620
2621\wxheading{Remarks}
2622
2623An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2624sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2625an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2626central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2627window classes.
2628
2629\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} allows
2630an application to set up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2631handed to the next one in the chain. Use \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler} to
2632remove the event handler.
2633
2634\wxheading{See also}
2635
2636\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
2637\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2638\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2639\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2640\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
2641
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2644
2645\func{void}{Raise}{\void}
2646
5bd623e1 2647Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
2bdd6b12 2648
4e43c815 2649In current version of wxWidgets this works both for managed and child windows.
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2651\wxheading{See also}
2652
2653\helpref{Lower}{wxwindowlower}
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2657
a67f1484 2658\func{virtual void}{Refresh}{\param{bool}{ eraseBackground = {\tt true}}, \param{const wxRect* }{rect = NULL}}
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2661where this is not implemented), to be repainted. Note that repainting doesn't
2662happen immediately but only during the next event loop iteration, if you need
60fef964 2663to update the window immediately you should use \helpref{Update}{wxwindowupdate}
a67f1484 2664instead.
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2666\wxheading{Parameters}
2667
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2670
2671\docparam{rect}{If non-NULL, only the given rectangle will
2672be treated as damaged.}
2673
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2675
2676\helpref{wxWindow::RefreshRect}{wxwindowrefreshrect}
2677
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2680
8cfa09bd 2681\func{void}{RefreshRect}{\param{const wxRect\& }{rect}, \param{bool }{eraseBackground = \true}}
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8cfa09bd 2683Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: only the area inside it will be
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2685
8cfa09bd 2686This is the same as \helpref{Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} but has a nicer syntax
324eeecb 2687as it can be called with a temporary wxRect object as argument like this
8cfa09bd 2688\texttt{RefreshRect(wxRect(x, y, w, h))}.
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2692
2693\func{bool}{RegisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}, \param{int}{ modifiers}, \param{int}{ virtualKeyCode}}
2694
2695Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey registered here, this window
2696will receive a hotkey event. It will receive the event even if the application is in the background
2697and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some other application.
2698
2699\wxheading{Parameters}
2700
2701\docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0 and 0xBFFF. If
2702this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a system wide unique identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
2703This is a MSW specific detail.}
2704
2705\docparam{modifiers}{A bitwise combination of {\tt wxMOD\_SHIFT}, {\tt wxMOD\_CONTROL}, {\tt wxMOD\_ALT}
2706or {\tt wxMOD\_WIN} specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along with the key.}
2707
2708\docparam{virtualKeyCode}{The virtual key code of the hotkey.}
2709
2710\wxheading{Return value}
2711
2712{\tt true} if the hotkey was registered successfully. {\tt false} if some other application already registered a
2713hotkey with this modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
2714
2715\wxheading{Remarks}
2716
2717Use EVT\_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the event.
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2719in the \helpref{Windows CE port}{wxwince} for detecting hardware button presses.
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2721\wxheading{See also}
2722
2723\helpref{wxWindow::UnregisterHotKey}{wxwindowunregisterhotkey}
2724
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2727
2728\func{virtual void}{ReleaseMouse}{\void}
2729
2730Releases mouse input captured with \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse}.
2731
2732\wxheading{See also}
2733
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2735\helpref{wxWindow::HasCapture}{wxwindowhascapture},
2736\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
63e819f2 2737\helpref{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}{wxmousecapturelostevent}
a5e84126 2738\helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
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2741\membersection{wxWindow::RemoveChild}\label{wxwindowremovechild}
2742
2743\func{virtual void}{RemoveChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
2744
2745Removes a child window. This is called automatically by window deletion
2746functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
2747
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2750
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2752
2753\docparam{child}{Child window to remove.}
2754
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2758\func{bool}{RemoveEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler *}{handler}}
2759
2760Find the given {\it handler} in the windows event handler chain and remove (but
2761not delete) it from it.
2762
2763\wxheading{Parameters}
2764
154b6b0f 2765\docparam{handler}{The event handler to remove, must be non-{\tt NULL} and
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2767
2768\wxheading{Return value}
2769
cc81d32f 2770Returns {\tt true} if it was found and {\tt false} otherwise (this also results
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2771in an assert failure so this function should only be called when the
2772handler is supposed to be there).
2773
2774\wxheading{See also}
2775
2776\helpref{PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2777\helpref{PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler}
2778
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2780\membersection{wxWindow::Reparent}\label{wxwindowreparent}
2781
2782\func{virtual bool}{Reparent}{\param{wxWindow* }{newParent}}
2783
2784Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
18ac8d69 2785current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
83930b2f 2786and then re-inserted into another.
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2787
2788\wxheading{Parameters}
2789
2790\docparam{newParent}{New parent.}
2791
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a974387a 2793\membersection{wxWindow::ScreenToClient}\label{wxwindowscreentoclient}
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2794
2795\constfunc{virtual void}{ScreenToClient}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
2796
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2797\constfunc{virtual wxPoint}{ScreenToClient}{\param{const wxPoint\& }{pt}}
2798
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2799Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
2800
2801\wxheading{Parameters}
2802
2803\docparam{x}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2804
2805\docparam{y}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2806
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2808
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2810implements the following methods:\par
2811\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2813\twocolitem{{\bf ScreenToClientXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
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2815}
2816
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2818\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollLines}\label{wxwindowscrolllines}
2819
9cd6d737 2820\func{virtual bool}{ScrollLines}{\param{int }{lines}}
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2821
2822Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if {\it lines} is
2823positive) or up.
2824
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2825\wxheading{Return value}
2826
cc81d32f 2827Returns {\tt true} if the window was scrolled, {\tt false} if it was already
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2828on top/bottom and nothing was done.
2829
2830\wxheading{Remarks}
2831
2832This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxTextCtrl under
2833wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all
2834platforms).
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2835
2836\wxheading{See also}
2837
2838\helpref{ScrollPages}{wxwindowscrollpages}
2839
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2841\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollPages}\label{wxwindowscrollpages}
2842
9cd6d737 2843\func{virtual bool}{ScrollPages}{\param{int }{pages}}
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2844
2845Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if {\it pages} is
2846positive) or up.
2847
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2848\wxheading{Return value}
2849
cc81d32f 2850Returns {\tt true} if the window was scrolled, {\tt false} if it was already
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2851on top/bottom and nothing was done.
2852
2853\wxheading{Remarks}
2854
0c131a5a 2855This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxGTK.
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2856
2857\wxheading{See also}
2858
2859\helpref{ScrollLines}{wxwindowscrolllines}
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2862\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollWindow}\label{wxwindowscrollwindow}
2863
eaaa6a06 2864\func{virtual void}{ScrollWindow}{\param{int }{dx}, \param{int }{dy}, \param{const wxRect*}{ rect = NULL}}
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6453876e 2866Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
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2867
2868\wxheading{Parameters}
2869
2870\docparam{dx}{Amount to scroll horizontally.}
2871
2872\docparam{dy}{Amount to scroll vertically.}
2873
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2874\docparam{rect}{Rectangle to scroll, if it is \NULL, the whole window is
2875scrolled (this is always the case under wxGTK which doesn't support this
2876parameter)}
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2878\wxheading{Remarks}
2879
60fef964 2880Note that you can often use \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
9f1a4466 2881instead of using this function directly.
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2884\membersection{wxWindow::SetAcceleratorTable}\label{wxwindowsetacceleratortable}
2885
2886\func{virtual void}{SetAcceleratorTable}{\param{const wxAcceleratorTable\&}{ accel}}
2887
2888Sets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
2889
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2891\membersection{wxWindow::SetAccessible}\label{wxwindowsetaccessible}
2892
dbd94b75 2893\func{void}{SetAccessible}{\param{wxAccessible*}{ accessible}}
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2894
2895Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
2896will be deleted first, if not identical to {\it accessible}.
2897
2898See also \helpref{wxAccessible}{wxaccessible}.
2899
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2901\membersection{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}\label{wxwindowsetautolayout}
2902
8a293590 2903\func{void}{SetAutoLayout}{\param{bool}{ autoLayout}}
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2904
2905Determines whether the \helpref{wxWindow::Layout}{wxwindowlayout} function will
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2906be called automatically when the window is resized. Please note that this only
2907happens for the windows usually used to contain children, namely
2908\helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel} and \helpref{wxTopLevelWindow}{wxtoplevelwindow}
2909(and the classes deriving from them).
2910
2911This method is called implicitly by
2912\helpref{wxWindow::SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer} but if you use
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2913\helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints}{wxwindowsetconstraints} you should call it
2914manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly updated when its
2915size changes.
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2916
2917\wxheading{Parameters}
2918
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2919\docparam{autoLayout}{Set this to \true if you wish the Layout function to be
2920called automatically when the window is resized.}
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2921
2922\wxheading{See also}
2923
2924\helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints}{wxwindowsetconstraints}
2925
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2927\membersection{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour}
2928
e477b168 2929\func{virtual bool}{SetBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
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2930
2931Sets the background colour of the window.
2932
b8e7b673 2933Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
324eeecb 2934explanation of the difference between this method and
fa47d7a7 2935\helpref{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetownbackgroundcolour}.
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2937\wxheading{Parameters}
2938
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2940 {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
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2941
2942\wxheading{Remarks}
2943
2944The background colour is usually painted by the default\rtfsp
f4fcc291 2945\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent} event handler function
6453876e 2946under Windows and automatically under GTK.
a660d684 2947
5b6aa0ff 2948Note that setting the background colour does not cause an immediate refresh, so you
684761db 2949may wish to call \helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground} or \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} after
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2950calling this function.
2951
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2953window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
2954themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
2955applications on the system.
2956
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2958\wxheading{See also}
2959
2960\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2961\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2962\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
684761db 2963\helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground},\rtfsp
5b6aa0ff 2964\helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh},\rtfsp
f4fcc291 2965\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent}
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2967\membersection{wxWindow::SetBackgroundStyle}\label{wxwindowsetbackgroundstyle}
2968
2969\func{virtual void}{SetBackgroundStyle}{\param{wxBackgroundStyle}{ style}}
2970
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2972\helpref{GetBackgroundStyle()}{wxwindowgetbackgroundstyle} for the description
2973of the possible style values.
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2974
2975\wxheading{See also}
2976
2977\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2978\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
4488a1d3 2979\helpref{wxWindow::SetTransparent}{wxwindowsettransparent}
50c53860 2980
9f884528 2981
fe161a26 2982
00ff24c8 2983\membersection{wxWindow::SetCanFocus}\label{wxwindowsetcanfocus}
fe161a26 2984
00ff24c8 2985\func{virtual void}{SetCanFocus}{\param{bool}{ canFocus}}
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2988native TAB traversal (such as GTK+ 2.0). It is called by wxWidgets'
2989container control code to give the native system a hint when
2990doing TAB traversal. A call to this does not disable or change
2991the effect of programmatically calling
2992\helpref{wxWindow::SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus}.
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2995
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2996\helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}
2997\helpref{wxPanel::SetFocus}{wxpanelsetfocus}
2998\helpref{wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren}{wxpanelsetfocusignoringchildren}
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3001\membersection{wxWindow::SetCaret}\label{wxwindowsetcaret}
3002
3003\constfunc{void}{SetCaret}{\param{wxCaret *}{caret}}
3004
3005Sets the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
3006
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3008\membersection{wxWindow::SetClientSize}\label{wxwindowsetclientsize}
3009
3010\func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
3011
3012\func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
3013
3014This sets the size of the window client area in pixels. Using this function to size a window
3015tends to be more device-independent than \helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}, since the application need not
3016worry about what dimensions the border or title bar have when trying to fit the window
3017around panel items, for example.
3018
3019\wxheading{Parameters}
3020
3021\docparam{width}{The required client area width.}
3022
3023\docparam{height}{The required client area height.}
3024
3025\docparam{size}{The required client size.}
3026
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3028implements the following methods:\par
3029\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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3031\twocolitem{{\bf SetClientSizeWH(width, height)}}{}
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3033}
3034
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3036\membersection{wxWindow::SetConstraints}\label{wxwindowsetconstraints}
3037
3038\func{void}{SetConstraints}{\param{wxLayoutConstraints* }{constraints}}
3039
3040Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
3041will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
3042If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
3043window, it will be deleted.
3044
3045\wxheading{Parameters}
3046
3047\docparam{constraints}{The constraints to set. Pass NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
3048constraints.}
3049
3050\wxheading{Remarks}
3051
3052You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
2cdac558 3053the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you must override OnSize and call Layout()
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3054explicitly. When setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a \helpref{wxSizer}{wxsizer}, only the
3055sizer will have effect.
a660d684 3056
d9f42a9e 3057\membersection{wxWindow::SetContainingSizer}\label{wxwindowsetcontainingsizer}
b8e7b673 3058
d9f42a9e 3059\func{void}{SetContainingSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}}
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3062when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window can
3063remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
b8e7b673 3064
b8e7b673 3065
d9f42a9e 3066\membersection{wxWindow::SetCursor}\label{wxwindowsetcursor}
b8e7b673 3067
d9f42a9e 3068\func{virtual void}{SetCursor}{\param{const wxCursor\&}{cursor}}
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3071% changed
3072Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
3073children of the window implicitly.
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3075The {\it cursor} may be {\tt wxNullCursor} in which case the window cursor will
3076be reset back to default.
b8e7b673 3077
d9f42a9e 3078\wxheading{Parameters}
b8e7b673 3079
d9f42a9e 3080\docparam{cursor}{Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.}
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3081
3082\wxheading{See also}
3083
d9f42a9e 3084\helpref{::wxSetCursor}{wxsetcursor}, \helpref{wxCursor}{wxcursor}
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3085
3086
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3087\membersection{wxWindow::SetDropTarget}\label{wxwindowsetdroptarget}
3088
3089\func{void}{SetDropTarget}{\param{wxDropTarget*}{ target}}
3090
3091Associates a drop target with this window.
3092
3093If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
3094
3095\wxheading{See also}
3096
c9f00eeb 3097\helpref{wxWindow::GetDropTarget}{wxwindowgetdroptarget},
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3098\helpref{Drag and drop overview}{wxdndoverview}
3099
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3102\membersection{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}\label{wxwindowseteventhandler}
3103
3104\func{void}{SetEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
3105
3106Sets the event handler for this window.
3107
3108\wxheading{Parameters}
3109
3110\docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be set.}
3111
3112\wxheading{Remarks}
3113
3114An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
3115sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
3116an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
3117central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
3118window classes.
3119
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3121since this sets up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by
3122one event handler is handed to the next one in the chain.
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3123
3124\wxheading{See also}
3125
3126\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
3127\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
3128\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
3129\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
3130\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
3131
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3133\membersection{wxWindow::SetExtraStyle}\label{wxwindowsetextrastyle}
3134
3135\func{void}{SetExtraStyle}{\param{long }{exStyle}}
3136
3137Sets the extra style bits for the window. The currently defined extra style
3138bits are:
3139
3140\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
3141\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
3142\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
3143and Validate() methods will recursively descend into all children of the
3144window if it has this style flag set.}
e4b713a2 3145\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{Normally, the command
2edb0bde 3146events are propagated upwards to the window parent recursively until a handler
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3147for them is found. Using this style allows to prevent them from being
3148propagated beyond this window. Notice that wxDialog has this style on by
be90c029 3149default for the reasons explained in the
e4b713a2 3150\helpref{event processing overview}{eventprocessing}.}
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3151\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_TRANSIENT}}{This can be used to prevent a
3152window from being used as an implicit parent for the dialogs which were
3153created without a parent. It is useful for the windows which can disappear at
2edb0bde 3154any moment as creating children of such windows results in fatal problems.}
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3155\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_CONTEXTHELP}}{Under Windows, puts a query
3156button on the caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive
3157help mode and wxWidgets will send a wxEVT\_HELP event if the user clicked on an
3158application window.
335c9e32 3159This style cannot be used together with wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX or wxMINIMIZE\_BOX, so
7ce6cc9b 3160these two styles are automatically turned of if this one is used.}
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3161\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_IDLE}}{This window should always process idle events, even
3162if the mode set by \helpref{wxIdleEvent::SetMode}{wxidleeventsetmode} is wxIDLE\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
3163\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_UI\_UPDATES}}{This window should always process UI update events,
3164even if the mode set by \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} is wxUPDATE\_UI\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
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3165\end{twocollist}
3166
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3168\membersection{wxWindow::SetFocus}\label{wxwindowsetfocus}
3169
3170\func{virtual void}{SetFocus}{\void}
3171
3172This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
3173
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3174\wxheading{See also}
3175
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3177\helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent},
3178\helpref{wxPanel::SetFocus}{wxpanelsetfocus},
ababa106 3179\helpref{wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren}{wxpanelsetfocusignoringchildren}
d577d610 3180
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3182\membersection{wxWindow::SetFocusFromKbd}\label{wxwindowsetfocusfromkbd}
3183
3184\func{virtual void}{SetFocusFromKbd}{\void}
3185
fc2171bd 3186This function is called by wxWidgets keyboard navigation code when the user
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3187gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using {\tt TAB} key).
3188By default this method simply calls \helpref{SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus} but
3189can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
3190
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3192\membersection{wxWindow::SetFont}\label{wxwindowsetfont}
3193
9c575662 3194\func{bool}{SetFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}}
a660d684 3195
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3196Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
3197parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
fa47d7a7 3198use \helpref{SetOwnFont}{wxwindowsetownfont} instead in this case and
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3199see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for more
3200explanations.
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3202Please notice that the given font is \emph{not} automatically used for
3203\helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc} objects associated with this window, you need to
3204call \helpref{wxDC::SetFont()}{wxdcsetfont} too. However this font is used by
3205any standard controls for drawing their text as well as by
3206\helpref{wxWindow::GetTextExtent()}{wxwindowgettextextent}.
3207
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3208\wxheading{Parameters}
3209
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3211{\tt wxNullFont} to reset to the default font.}
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3213\wxheading{Return value}
3214
3215\true if the want was really changed, \false if it was already set to this
3216\arg{font} and so nothing was done.
3217
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3218\wxheading{See also}
3219
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3220\helpref{wxWindow::GetFont}{wxwindowgetfont},\\
3221\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
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3224\membersection{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour}
3225
3226\func{virtual void}{SetForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
3227
3228Sets the foreground colour of the window.
3229
b8e7b673 3230Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
324eeecb 3231explanation of the difference between this method and
fa47d7a7 3232\helpref{SetOwnForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}.
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3235
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3237 {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
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3238
3239\wxheading{Remarks}
3240
3241The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
3242to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
3243be used at all.
3244
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3246window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
3247themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
3248applications on the system.
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3250\wxheading{See also}
3251
3252\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
3253\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
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3254\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
3255\helpref{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
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3258\membersection{wxWindow::SetHelpText}\label{wxwindowsethelptext}
3259
3260\func{virtual void}{SetHelpText}{\param{const wxString\& }{helpText}}
3261
3262Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
3263
3264Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
3265and not in the window object itself.
3266
3267\wxheading{See also}
3268
3269\helpref{GetHelpText}{wxwindowgethelptext}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
3270
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3272\membersection{wxWindow::SetId}\label{wxwindowsetid}
3273
3274\func{void}{SetId}{\param{int}{ id}}
3275
3276Sets the identifier of the window.
3277
3278\wxheading{Remarks}
3279
3280Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has not provided one,
3281an identifier will be generated. Normally, the identifier should be provided
3282on creation and should not be modified subsequently.
3283
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3284\wxheading{See also}
3285
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3286\helpref{wxWindow::GetId}{wxwindowgetid},\rtfsp
3287\helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
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3291\membersection{wxWindow::SetInitialBestSize}\label{wxwindowsetinitialbestsize}
3292
3293\func{virtual void}{SetInitialBestSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
3294
3295Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the
3296components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord).
3297
3298
3299\membersection{wxWindow::SetInitialSize}\label{wxwindowsetinitialsize}
3300
3301\func{void}{SetInitialSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize}}
3302
3303A {\it smart} SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
3304window's {\it best} size values. Also sets the window's minsize to
3305the value passed in for use with sizers. This means that if a full or
3306partial size is passed to this function then the sizers will use that
3307size instead of the results of GetBestSize to determine the minimum
3308needs of the window for layout.
3309
3310Most controls will use this to set their initial size, and their min
3311size to the passed in value (if any.)
3312
3313
3314\wxheading{See also}
3315
3316\helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize},\rtfsp
3317\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
3318\helpref{wxWindow::GetEffectiveMinSize}{wxwindowgeteffectiveminsize}
3319
3320
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3322
3323\func{virtual void}{SetLabel}{\param{const wxString\& }{label}}
3324
3325Sets the window's label.
3326
3327\wxheading{Parameters}
3328
3329\docparam{label}{The window label.}
3330
3331\wxheading{See also}
3332
3333\helpref{wxWindow::GetLabel}{wxwindowgetlabel}
3334
3335
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3337
3338\func{void}{SetMaxSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
3339
3340Sets the maximum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
3341that this is the maximum possible size.
3342
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3344
3345\helpref{wxWindow::SetMaxClientSize}{wxwindowsetmaxclientsize}
3346
3347
3348\membersection{wxWindow::SetMaxClientSize}\label{wxwindowsetmaxclientsize}
3349
3350\func{void}{SetMaxClientSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
3351
3352Sets the maximum \emph{client} size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
3353layout mechanism that this is the maximum possible size of its client area.
3354
3355\wxheading{See also}
3356
3357\helpref{wxWindow::SetMaxSize}{wxwindowsetmaxsize}
3358
3359
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3360\membersection{wxWindow::SetMinSize}\label{wxwindowsetminsize}
3361
3362\func{void}{SetMinSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
3363
3364Sets the minimum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
3365that this is the minimum required size. You may need to call this
3366if you change the window size after construction and before adding
3367to its parent sizer.
3368
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3369\wxheading{See also}
3370
3371\helpref{wxWindow::SetMinClientSize}{wxwindowsetminclientsize}
3372
3373
3374\membersection{wxWindow::SetMinClientSize}\label{wxwindowsetminclientsize}
3375
3376\func{void}{SetMinClientSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
3377
3378Sets the minimum \emph{client} size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
3379layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of window's client
3380area. You may need to call this if you change the window size after
3381construction and before adding to its parent sizer.
3382
3383\wxheading{See also}
3384
3385\helpref{wxWindow::SetMinSize}{wxwindowsetminsize}
3386
3387
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3388\membersection{wxWindow::SetName}\label{wxwindowsetname}
3389
3390\func{virtual void}{SetName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
3391
3392Sets the window's name.
3393
3394\wxheading{Parameters}
3395
3396\docparam{name}{A name to set for the window.}
3397
3398\wxheading{See also}
3399
3400\helpref{wxWindow::GetName}{wxwindowgetname}
3401
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3404
3405\func{void}{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
3406
3407Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
3408by the children of this window.
3409
3410\wxheading{See also}
3411
3412\helpref{SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
3413\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
3414
3415
3416\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnFont}\label{wxwindowsetownfont}
3417
3418\func{void}{SetOwnFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}}
3419
3420Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
3421children of this window.
3422
3423\wxheading{See also}
3424
3425\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont},\rtfsp
3426\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
3427
3428
3429\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}
3430
3431\func{void}{SetOwnForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
3432
3433Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
3434by the children of this window.
3435
3436\wxheading{See also}
3437
3438\helpref{SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
3439\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
3440
3441
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3443
3444\func{virtual void}{SetPalette}{\param{wxPalette* }{palette}}
3445
3446Obsolete - use \helpref{wxDC::SetPalette}{wxdcsetpalette} instead.
3447
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3449\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}\label{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
3450
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3451\func{virtual void}{SetScrollbar}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{position},\rtfsp
3452\param{int }{thumbSize}, \param{int }{range},\rtfsp
cc81d32f 3453\param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3455Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
3456
3457\wxheading{Parameters}
3458
3459\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3460
3461\docparam{position}{The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.}
3462
3463\docparam{thumbSize}{The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.}
3464
3465\docparam{range}{The maximum position of the scrollbar.}
3466
cc81d32f 3467\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3468
3469\wxheading{Remarks}
3470
3471Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same font.
3472The window is sized so that you can only see 16 lines at a time.
3473
3474You would use:
3475
3476{\small%
3477\begin{verbatim}
3478 SetScrollbar(wxVERTICAL, 0, 16, 50);
3479\end{verbatim}
3480}
3481
3482Note that with the window at this size, the thumb position can never go
3483above 50 minus 16, or 34.
3484
3485You can determine how many lines are currently visible by dividing the current view
3486size by the character height in pixels.
3487
3488When defining your own scrollbar behaviour, you will always need to recalculate
3489the scrollbar settings when the window size changes. You could therefore put your
3490scrollbar calculations and SetScrollbar
3491call into a function named AdjustScrollbars, which can be called initially and also
f4fcc291 3492from your \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent} handler function.
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3494\wxheading{See also}
3495
3496\helpref{Scrolling overview}{scrollingoverview},\rtfsp
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3498\helpref{wxScrollWinEvent}{wxscrollwinevent}
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3499
3500\begin{comment}
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3503\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpage}
3504
cc81d32f 3505\func{virtual void}{SetScrollPage}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pageSize}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3506
3507Sets the page size of one of the built-in scrollbars.
3508
3509\wxheading{Parameters}
3510
3511\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3512
3513\docparam{pageSize}{Page size in scroll units.}
3514
cc81d32f 3515\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3516
3517\wxheading{Remarks}
3518
3519The page size of a scrollbar is the number of scroll units that the scroll thumb travels when you
3520click on the area above/left of or below/right of the thumb. Normally you will want a whole visible
3521page to be scrolled, i.e. the size of the current view (perhaps the window client size). This
3522value has to be adjusted when the window is resized, since the page size will have changed.
3523
3524In addition to specifying how far the scroll thumb travels when paging, in Motif and some versions of Windows
3525the thumb changes size to reflect the page size relative to the length of the document. When the
3526document size is only slightly bigger than the current view (window) size, almost all of the scrollbar
3527will be taken up by the thumb. When the two values become the same, the scrollbar will (on some systems)
3528disappear.
3529
3530Currently, this function should be called before SetPageRange, because of a quirk in the Windows
3531handling of pages and ranges.
3532
3533\wxheading{See also}
3534
3535\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
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3536\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowgetscrollpos},\rtfsp
3537\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowgetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3538\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
3539\end{comment}
3540
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3542\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpos}
3543
cc81d32f 3544\func{virtual void}{SetScrollPos}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pos}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3545
3546Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
3547
3548\wxheading{Parameters}
3549
3550\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3551
3552\docparam{pos}{Position in scroll units.}
3553
cc81d32f 3554\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3555
3556\wxheading{Remarks}
3557
3558This function does not directly affect the contents of the window: it is up to the
3559application to take note of scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
3560
3561\wxheading{See also}
3562
3563\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar},\rtfsp
4179da8a 3564\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowgetscrollpos},\rtfsp
f7bd2698 3565\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollThumb}{wxwindowgetscrollthumb},\rtfsp
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3566\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
3567
3568\begin{comment}
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3571\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollRange}\label{wxwindowsetscrollrange}
3572
cc81d32f 3573\func{virtual void}{SetScrollRange}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{range}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3574
3575Sets the range of one of the built-in scrollbars.
3576
3577\wxheading{Parameters}
3578
3579\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose range is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3580
3581\docparam{range}{Scroll range.}
3582
cc81d32f 3583\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3584
3585\wxheading{Remarks}
3586
3587The range of a scrollbar is the number of steps that the thumb may travel, rather than the total
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3588object length of the scrollbar. If you are implementing a scrolling window, for example, you
3589would adjust the scroll range when the window is resized, by subtracting the window view size from the
3590total virtual window size. When the two sizes are the same (all the window is visible), the range goes to zero
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3591and usually the scrollbar will be automatically hidden.
3592
3593\wxheading{See also}
3594
3595\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
3596\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}{wxwindowsetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3597\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowgetscrollpos},\rtfsp
3598\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowgetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3599\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
3600\end{comment}
3601
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3603\membersection{wxWindow::SetSize}\label{wxwindowsetsize}
3604
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3605\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}, \param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height},
3606 \param{int}{ sizeFlags = wxSIZE\_AUTO}}
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3608\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxRect\&}{ rect}}
3609
fab86f26 3610Sets the position and size of the window in pixels.
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eaaa6a06 3612\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
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3614\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
3615
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3616Sets the size of the window in pixels.
3617
3618\wxheading{Parameters}
3619
60fef964 3620\docparam{x}{Required x position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
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3621value should be used.}
3622
60fef964 3623\docparam{y}{Required y position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
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3624value should be used.}
3625
60fef964 3626\docparam{width}{Required width in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
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3627value should be used.}
3628
60fef964 3629\docparam{height}{Required height position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
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3630value should be used.}
3631
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3632\docparam{size}{\helpref{wxSize}{wxsize} object for setting the size.}
3633
3634\docparam{rect}{\helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object for setting the position and size.}
3635
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3636\docparam{sizeFlags}{Indicates the interpretation of other parameters. It is a bit list of the following:
3637
60fef964 3638{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_WIDTH}: a $wxDefaultCoord$ width value is taken to indicate
fc2171bd 3639a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
60fef964 3640{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_HEIGHT}: a $wxDefaultCoord$ height value is taken to indicate
4e43c815 3641a wxWidgets-supplied default height.\\
60fef964 3642{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO}: $wxDefaultCoord$ size values are taken to indicate
fc2171bd 3643a wxWidgets-supplied default size.\\
a660d684 3644{\bf wxSIZE\_USE\_EXISTING}: existing dimensions should be used
60fef964 3645if $wxDefaultCoord$ values are supplied.\\
5bd623e1 3646{\bf wxSIZE\_ALLOW\_MINUS\_ONE}: allow negative dimensions (i.e. value of $wxDefaultCoord$) to be interpreted
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3649already the same as the parameters of this function, nothing is done. but with
3650this flag a window resize may be forced even in this case (supported in wx
36512.6.2 and later and only implemented for MSW and ignored elsewhere currently)
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3652}
3653
3654\wxheading{Remarks}
3655
3656The second form is a convenience for calling the first form with default
3657x and y parameters, and must be used with non-default width and height values.
3658
3659The first form sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
60fef964 3660Parameters may be $wxDefaultCoord$ to indicate either that a default should be supplied
fc2171bd 3661by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the dimension should be used.
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3664be changed if it is outside of the valid range as set by
3665\helpref{SetSizeHints}{wxtoplevelwindowsetsizehints}.
3666
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3667\wxheading{See also}
3668
3669\helpref{wxWindow::Move}{wxwindowmove}
3670
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3672implements the following methods:\par
3673\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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3675\twocolitem{{\bf SetSize(size)}}{}
3676\twocolitem{{\bf SetPosition(point)}}{}
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3679
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3681\membersection{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}\label{wxwindowsetsizehints}
3682
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3684(such as wxDialog or wxFrame) is discouraged. Please use
3685\helpref{SetMinSize}{wxwindowsetminsize} and \helpref{SetMaxSize}{wxwindowsetmaxsize}
3686instead.
3687
3688\wxheading{See also}
3689
9379c0d7 3690\helpref{wxTopLevelWindow::SetSizeHints}{wxtoplevelwindowsetsizehints}.
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3693\membersection{wxWindow::SetSizer}\label{wxwindowsetsizer}
3694
cc81d32f 3695\func{void}{SetSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=true}}
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3697Sets the window to have the given layout sizer. The window
3698will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
3699If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
cc81d32f 3700window, it will be deleted if the deleteOld parameter is true.
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3704parameter if the {\it sizer}\/ is non-NULL and {\tt false} otherwise.
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3706\wxheading{Parameters}
3707
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3709the window's sizer. See below.}
3710
fab86f26 3711\docparam{deleteOld}{If true (the default), this will delete any pre-existing sizer.
cc81d32f 3712Pass false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself.}
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3714\wxheading{Remarks}
3715
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3718
515da557 3719You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
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3721explicitly. When setting both a wxSizer and a \helpref{wxLayoutConstraints}{wxlayoutconstraints},
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3722only the sizer will have effect.
3723
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3725\membersection{wxWindow::SetSizerAndFit}\label{wxwindowsetsizerandfit}
3726
cc81d32f 3727\func{void}{SetSizerAndFit}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=true}}
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3730\helpref{wxSizer::SetSizeHints}{wxsizersetsizehints} which sets the initial
3731window size to the size needed to accommodate all sizer elements and sets the
3732size hints which, if this window is a top level one, prevent the user from
3733resizing it to be less than this minimial size.
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3737
3738\func{virtual void}{SetThemeEnabled}{\param{bool }{enable}}
3739
3740This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
3741to draw the windows' background instead if its own background drawing
3742code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
3743obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
3744One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
3745defined by a user's selected theme.
3746
cc81d32f 3747Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to true
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3749
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3751\membersection{wxWindow::SetToolTip}\label{wxwindowsettooltip}
3752
3753\func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{const wxString\& }{tip}}
3754
3755\func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{wxToolTip* }{tip}}
3756
c9f00eeb 3757Attach a tooltip to the window.
f6bcfd97 3758
c9f00eeb 3759See also: \helpref{GetToolTip}{wxwindowgettooltip},
8161ba08 3760 \helpref{wxToolTip}{wxtooltip}
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3764
3765\func{bool}{SetTransparent}{\param{wxByte }{alpha}}
3766
3767Set the transparency of the window. If the system supports transparent windows,
3768returns \true, otherwise returns \false and the window remains fully opaque.
3769See also \helpref{CanSetTransparent}{wxwindowcansettransparent}.
3770
3771The parameter \arg{alpha} is in the range $0..255$ where $0$ corresponds to a
3772fully transparent window and $255$ to the fully opaque one. The constants
3773\texttt{wxIMAGE\_ALPHA\_TRANSPARENT} and \texttt{wxIMAGE\_ALPHA\_OPAQUE} can be
3774used.
3775
3776
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3778
3779\func{virtual void}{SetValidator}{\param{const wxValidator\&}{ validator}}
3780
3781Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having called wxValidator::Clone to
3782create a new validator of this type.
3783
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3786
3787\func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
3788
3789\func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
3790
3791Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
3792
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3795
3796\func{virtual void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{int}{ minW},\param{int}{ minH}, \param{int}{ maxW=-1}, \param{int}{ maxH=-1}}
3797
324eeecb 3798\func{void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ minSize=wxDefaultSize},
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3800
3801
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3803If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values
3804will be used.
3805
3806\wxheading{Parameters}
3807
3808\docparam{minW}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.}
3809
3810\docparam{minH}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.}
3811
3812\docparam{maxW}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.}
3813
3814\docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
3815
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3817
3818\docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
3819
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3820\wxheading{Remarks}
3821
3822If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the virtual area
3823of the window outside the given bounds.
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3826\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyle}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyle}
3827
3828\func{void}{SetWindowStyle}{\param{long}{ style}}
3829
3830Identical to \helpref{SetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}.
3831
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3833\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyleFlag}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}
3834
3835\func{virtual void}{SetWindowStyleFlag}{\param{long}{ style}}
3836
3837Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
3838after the window creation and that \helpref{Refresh()}{wxwindowrefresh} might
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3839need to be be called after changing the others for the change to take place
3840immediately.
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b2cf617c 3842See \helpref{Window styles}{windowstyles} for more information about flags.
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3843
3844\wxheading{See also}
3845
3846\helpref{GetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowgetwindowstyleflag}
3847
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3849\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}\label{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
3850
3851\func{void}{SetWindowVariant}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{variant}}
3852
3853This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
3854Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
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3856enum:
3857\begin{verbatim}
3858enum wxWindowVariant
3859{
3860 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL, // Normal size
3861 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_SMALL, // Smaller size (about 25 % smaller than normal )
3862 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MINI, // Mini size (about 33 % smaller than normal )
3863 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_LARGE, // Large size (about 25 % larger than normal )
3864};
3865\end{verbatim}
3866
3867By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
3868be used to change this.
3869
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3871\membersection{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}\label{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
3872
3873\func{virtual bool}{ShouldInheritColours}{\void}
3874
324eeecb 3875Return \true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
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3876\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}, returning \false
3877forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
3878
324eeecb 3879The base class version returns \false, but this method is overridden in
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3880\helpref{wxControl}{wxcontrol} where it returns \true.
3881
3882
aeab10d0 3883\membersection{wxWindow::Show}\label{wxwindowshow}
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cc81d32f 3885\func{virtual bool}{Show}{\param{bool}{ show = {\tt true}}}
a660d684 3886
be90c029 3887Shows or hides the window. You may need to call \helpref{Raise}{wxwindowraise}
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3888for a top level window if you want to bring it to top, although this is not
3889needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
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3890
3891\wxheading{Parameters}
3892
cc81d32f 3893\docparam{show}{If {\tt true} displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.}
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3894
3895\wxheading{Return value}
3896
cc81d32f 3897{\tt true} if the window has been shown or hidden or {\tt false} if nothing was
bc5879ef 3898done because it already was in the requested state.
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3900\wxheading{See also}
3901
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3902\helpref{wxWindow::IsShown}{wxwindowisshown},\rtfsp
3903\helpref{wxWindow::Hide}{wxwindowhide},\rtfsp
3904\helpref{wxRadioBox::Show}{wxradioboxshow}
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3907\membersection{wxWindow::ShowWithEffect}\label{wxwindowshowwitheffect}
3908
3909\func{virtual bool}{ShowWithEffect}{\param{wxShowEffect }{effect}, \param{unsigned }{timeout = $0$}, \param{wxDirection }{dir = wxBOTTOM}}
3910
3911This function shows a window, like \helpref{Show()}{wxwindowshow}, but using a
3912special visual effect if possible.
3913
3914Possible values for \arg{effect} are:
3915\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
3916\twocolitem{wxSHOW\_EFFECT\_ROLL}{Roll window effect}
3917\twocolitem{wxSHOW\_EFFECT\_SLIDE}{Sliding window effect}
3918\twocolitem{wxSHOW\_EFFECT\_BLEND}{Fade in or out effect}
3919\twocolitem{wxSHOW\_EFFECT\_EXPAND}{Expanding or collapsing effect}
3920\end{twocollist}
3921
3922For the roll and slide effects the \arg{dir} parameter specifies the animation
3923direction: it can be one of \texttt{wxTOP}, \texttt{wxBOTTOM}, \texttt{wxLEFT}
3924or \texttt{wxRIGHT}. For the other effects, this parameter is unused.
3925
3926The \arg{timeout} parameter specifies the time of the animation, in
3927milliseconds. If the default value of $0$ is used, the default animation time
3928for the current platform is used.
3929
3930Currently this function is only implemented in wxMSW and does the same thing as
3931Show() in the other ports.
3932
3933\newsince{2.9.0}
3934
3935\wxheading{See also}
3936
3937\helpref{HideWithEffect}{wxwindowhidewitheffect}
3938
3939
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3940\membersection{wxWindow::Thaw}\label{wxwindowthaw}
3941
3942\func{virtual void}{Thaw}{\void}
3943
324eeecb 3944Reenables window updating after a previous call to
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3945\helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}. To really thaw the control, it must be called
3946exactly the same number of times as \helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}.
3947
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3948\wxheading{See also}
3949
3950\helpref{wxWindowUpdateLocker}{wxwindowupdatelocker}
3951
0cc7251e 3952
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3953\membersection{wxWindow::ToggleWindowStyle}\label{wxwindowtogglewindowstyle}
3954
e23d4019 3955\func{bool}{ToggleWindowStyle}{\param{int }{flag}}
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3956
3957Turns the given \arg{flag} on if it's currently turned off and vice versa.
3958This function cannot be used if the value of the flag is $0$ (which is often
3959the case for default flags).
3960
3961Also, please notice that not all styles can be changed after the control
3962creation.
3963
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3964\wxheading{Return value}
3965
3966Returns \true if the style was turned on by this function, \false if it was
3967switched off.
3968
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3969\wxheading{See also}
3970
3971\helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag},\rtfsp
3972\helpref{wxWindow::HasFlag}{wxwindowhasflag}
3973
3974
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3975\membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow}
3976
3977\func{virtual bool}{TransferDataFromWindow}{\void}
3978
3979Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their validators. Returns
cc81d32f 3980{\tt false} if a transfer failed.
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3982If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3983the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
3984
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3985\wxheading{See also}
3986
3987\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow},\rtfsp
3988\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
3989
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3991\membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
3992
3993\func{virtual bool}{TransferDataToWindow}{\void}
3994
3995Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their validators.
3996
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3997If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3998the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
3999
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4000\wxheading{Return value}
4001
cc81d32f 4002Returns {\tt false} if a transfer failed.
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4003
4004\wxheading{See also}
4005
4006\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
4007\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
4008
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4010\membersection{wxWindow::UnregisterHotKey}\label{wxwindowunregisterhotkey}
4011
4012\func{bool}{UnregisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}}
4013
4014Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
4015
4016\wxheading{Parameters}
4017
4018\docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to RegisterHotKey.}
4019
4020\wxheading{Return value}
4021
4022{\tt true} if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, {\tt false} if the id was invalid.
4023
4024\wxheading{Remarks}
4025
4026This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
4027
4028\wxheading{See also}
4029
4030\helpref{wxWindow::RegisterHotKey}{wxwindowregisterhotkey}
4031
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4032\membersection{wxWindow::UnreserveControlId}\label{wxwindowunreservecontrolid}
4033
4034\func{static void}{UnreserveControlId}{\param{wxWindowID}{ id}, \param{int}{ count = 1}}
4035
4036Unreserve an ID or range of IDs that was reserved by \helpref{NewControlId}{wxwindownewcontrolid}.
4037
4038See \helpref{Window IDs overview}{windowidsoverview} for more information.
4039
4040\wxheading{Parameters}
4041
4042\docparam{id}{The starting ID of the range of IDs to unreserve.}
4043
4044\docparam{count}{The number of sequential IDs to unreserve.}
4045
4046\wxheading{See also}
4047
4048\helpref{NewControlId}{wxwindownewcontrolid}
4049\helpref{wxIdManager}{wxidmanager}
4050\helpref{Window IDs overview}{windowidsoverview}
a1037371 4051
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4052\membersection{wxWindow::Update}\label{wxwindowupdate}
4053
4054\func{virtual void}{Update}{\void}
4055
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4056Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window and
4057all of its children recursively while this would usually only happen when the
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4058flow of control returns to the event loop.
4059Notice that this function doesn't invalidate any area of the window so
4060nothing happens if nothing has been invalidated (i.e. marked as requiring
4061a redraw). Use \helpref{Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} first if you want to
a67f1484 4062immediately redraw the window unconditionally.
2b5f62a0 4063
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4065\membersection{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}\label{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
4066
c0d26c0f 4067\func{virtual void}{UpdateWindowUI}{\param{long}{ flags = wxUPDATE\_UI\_NONE}}
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4068
4069This function sends \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvents}{wxupdateuievent} to
4070the window. The particular implementation depends on the window; for
4071example a wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
4072and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
4073You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
4074UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
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4075are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
4076\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} or
e39af974 4077\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval}{wxupdateuieventsetupdateinterval} to
fc2171bd 4078limit the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
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4079
4080{\it flags} should be a bitlist of one or more of the following values.
4081
4082\begin{verbatim}
4083enum wxUpdateUI
4084{
4085 wxUPDATE_UI_NONE = 0x0000, // No particular value
4086 wxUPDATE_UI_RECURSE = 0x0001, // Call the function for descendants
4087 wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE = 0x0002 // Invoked from On(Internal)Idle
4088};
4089\end{verbatim}
4090
4091If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
4092function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE\_UI\_FROMIDLE flag, since
4093this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
4094to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
4095only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
4096The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
4097an idle function.
4098
4099\begin{verbatim}
4100void MyWindow::OnInternalIdle()
4101{
4102 if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this))
4103 UpdateWindowUI(wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE);
4104}
4105\end{verbatim}
4106
4107\wxheading{See also}
4108
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4109\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent},
4110\helpref{wxWindow::DoUpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowdoupdatewindowui},
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4111\helpref{wxWindow::OnInternalIdle}{wxwindowoninternalidle}
4112
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4114\membersection{wxWindow::Validate}\label{wxwindowvalidate}
4115
4116\func{virtual bool}{Validate}{\void}
4117
4118Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
4119
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4121the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
4122
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4124
cc81d32f 4125Returns {\tt false} if any of the validations failed.
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4127\wxheading{See also}
4128
4129\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3980000c 4130\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow},\rtfsp
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4131\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}
4132
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4134\membersection{wxWindow::WarpPointer}\label{wxwindowwarppointer}
4135
4136\func{void}{WarpPointer}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
4137
4138Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
4139
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4140{\bf NB: } This function is not supported under Mac because Apple Human
4141Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor programmatically.
4142
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4143\wxheading{Parameters}
4144
4145\docparam{x}{The new x position for the cursor.}
4146
4147\docparam{y}{The new y position for the cursor.}
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4149\membersection{wxWindow::WindowToClientSize}\label{wxwindowwindowtoclientsize}
4150
4151\func{virtual wxSize}{WindowToClientSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
4152
4153Converts window size \arg{size} to corresponding client area size. In other
4154words, the returned value is what would
4155\helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize} return if this window had
4156given window size. Components with $wxDefaultCoord$ value are left unchanged.
4157
4158Note that the conversion is not always exact, it assumes that non-client area
4159doesn't change and so doesn't take into account things like menu bar
4160(un)wrapping or (dis)appearance of the scrollbars.
4161
4162\wxheading{See also}
4163
4164\helpref{wxWindow::ClientToWindowSize}{wxwindowclienttowindowsize}