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2%% Name: window.tex
3%% Purpose: wxWindow documentation
4%% Author: wxWidgets Team
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8%% Copyright: (c) wxWidgets Team
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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
172Destructor. Deletes all subwindows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
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}}
7631a292 327
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}
7631a292 346
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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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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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381}
382
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384\membersection{wxWindow::Close}\label{wxwindowclose}
385
cc81d32f 386\func{bool}{Close}{\param{bool}{ force = {\tt false}}}
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388This function simply generates a \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent} whose
389handler usually tries to close the window. It doesn't close the window itself,
390however.
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392\wxheading{Parameters}
393
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394\docparam{force}{{\tt false} if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
395of this window, {\tt true} if it cannot.}
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397\wxheading{Remarks}
398
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399Close calls the \helpref{close handler}{wxcloseevent} for the window, providing
400an opportunity for the window to choose whether to destroy the window.
401Usually it is only used with the top level windows (wxFrame and wxDialog
402classes) as the others are not supposed to have any special OnClose() logic.
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404The close handler should check whether the window is being deleted forcibly,
f29d3d61 405using \helpref{wxCloseEvent::CanVeto}{wxcloseeventcanveto}, in which case it
24174c30 406should destroy the window using \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy}.
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408{\it Note} that calling Close does not guarantee that the window will be
409destroyed; but it provides a way to simulate a manual close of a window, which
410may or may not be implemented by destroying the window. The default
411implementation of wxDialog::OnCloseWindow does not necessarily delete the
412dialog, since it will simply simulate an wxID\_CANCEL event which is handled by
413the appropriate button event handler and may do anything at all.
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324eeecb 415To guarantee that the window will be destroyed, call
24174c30 416\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} instead
532372a3 417
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419
420\helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
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421\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy},\rtfsp
422\helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
423
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425\membersection{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}\label{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
426
427\func{wxPoint}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
428
429\func{wxSize}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
430
431Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
432
433For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character width
434and then divided by 4.
435
436For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character height
437and then divided by 8.
438
439\wxheading{Remarks}
440
441Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
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443You can also use these functions programmatically. A convenience macro is defined:
444
445{\small
446\begin{verbatim}
447#define wxDLG_UNIT(parent, pt) parent->ConvertDialogToPixels(pt)
448\end{verbatim}
449}
450
451\wxheading{See also}
452
453\helpref{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
454
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456implements the following methods:\par
457\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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458\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
459\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
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460\end{twocollist}}
461
462Additionally, the following helper functions are defined:\par
463\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
c9110876 464\twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_PNT(win, point)}}{Converts a wxPoint from dialog
06d20283 465units to pixels}
c9110876 466\twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_SZE(win, size)}}{Converts a wxSize from dialog
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467units to pixels}
468\end{twocollist}}
469}
470
471
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473\membersection{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}\label{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
474
475\func{wxPoint}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
476
477\func{wxSize}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
478
479Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
480
481For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 4 and then divided by the average
482character width.
483
2edb0bde 484For the y dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 8 and then divided by the average
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485character height.
486
487\wxheading{Remarks}
488
489Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
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491\wxheading{See also}
492
493\helpref{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
494
dbd94b75 495\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython implements the following methods:\par
06d20283 496\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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497\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
498\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
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500}
501
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503\membersection{wxWindow::Destroy}\label{wxwindowdestroy}
504
505\func{virtual bool}{Destroy}{\void}
506
507Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator, since
508different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
24174c30 509are not destroyed immediately when this function is called -- they are added
a660d684 510to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
2edb0bde 511have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to non-existent
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512windows.
513
514\wxheading{Return value}
515
cc81d32f 516{\tt true} if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it has been added
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517to the list of windows pending real deletion.
518
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6d06e061 520\membersection{wxWindow::DestroyChildren}\label{wxwindowdestroychildren}
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522\func{virtual void}{DestroyChildren}{\void}
523
524Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
525
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528
c222be41 529\func{bool}{Disable}{\void}
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cc81d32f 531Disables the window, same as \helpref{Enable({\tt false})}{wxwindowenable}.
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534
cc81d32f 535Returns {\tt true} if the window has been disabled, {\tt false} if it had been
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537
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540
541\constfunc{virtual wxSize}{DoGetBestSize}{\void}
542
543Gets the size which best suits the window: for a control, it would be
544the minimal size which doesn't truncate the control, for a panel - the
545same size as it would have after a call to \helpref{Fit()}{wxwindowfit}.
546
547
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549
550\func{virtual void}{DoUpdateWindowUI}{\param{wxUpdateUIEvent\&}{ event}}
551
552Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
324eeecb 553This function is called by \helpref{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
e39af974 554in order to check return values in the \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent} and
fc2171bd 555act appropriately. For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWidgets
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557
558\begin{verbatim}
559// do the window-specific processing after processing the update event
560void wxTopLevelWindowBase::DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent& event)
561{
562 if ( event.GetSetEnabled() )
563 Enable(event.GetEnabled());
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566 {
567 if ( event.GetText() != GetTitle() )
568 SetTitle(event.GetText());
569 }
570}
571\end{verbatim}
572
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576
8a293590 577\func{virtual void}{DragAcceptFiles}{\param{bool}{ accept}}
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2edb0bde 579Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
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581\wxheading{Parameters}
582
cc81d32f 583\docparam{accept}{If {\tt true}, the window is eligible for drop file events. If {\tt false}, the window
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585
586\wxheading{Remarks}
587
588Windows only.
589
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592
cc81d32f 593\func{virtual bool}{Enable}{\param{bool}{ enable = {\tt true}}}
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596disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
597when the parent is.
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599\wxheading{Parameters}
600
cc81d32f 601\docparam{enable}{If {\tt true}, enables the window for input. If {\tt false}, disables the window.}
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604
cc81d32f 605Returns {\tt true} if the window has been enabled or disabled, {\tt false} if
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607
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609
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612\helpref{wxRadioBox::Enable}{wxradioboxenable}
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616
617\func{static wxWindow*}{FindFocus}{\void}
618
619Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
620
621\wxheading{Remarks}
622
623Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without needing a wxWindow pointer.
624
625\wxheading{See also}
626
627\helpref{wxWindow::SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus}
628
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632
6b73af79 633\constfunc{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{long}{ id}}
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635Find a child of this window, by identifier.
636
6b73af79 637\constfunc{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}}
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639Find a child of this window, by name.
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642implements the following methods:\par
643\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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645\twocolitem{{\bf FindWindowByName(name)}}{Accepts a string}
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647}
648
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f89a1397 650\membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowById}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbyid}
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f89a1397 652\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowById}{\param{long}{ id}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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654Find the first window with the given {\it id}.
655
656If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
657frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
658The search is recursive in both cases.
659
660\wxheading{See also}
661
f89a1397 662\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
146ba0fe 663
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d9f42a9e 665\membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowByLabel}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbylabel}
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d9f42a9e 667\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowByLabel}{\param{const wxString\&}{ label}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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670or panel item label. If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
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672The search is recursive in both cases.
673
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675
f89a1397 676\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
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d9f42a9e 679\membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowByName}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbyname}
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d9f42a9e 681\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowByName}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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684If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
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686The search is recursive in both cases.
687
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689\helpref{FindWindowByLabel}{wxwindowfindwindowbylabel} is called.
690
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692
f89a1397 693\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
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697
698\func{virtual void}{Fit}{\void}
699
f68586e5 700Sizes the window so that it fits around its subwindows. This function won't do
fab86f26 701anything if there are no subwindows and will only really work correctly if
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703subwindow it is better (faster and the result is more precise as Fit adds some
704margin to account for fuzziness of its calculations) to call
705
706\begin{verbatim}
707 window->SetClientSize(child->GetSize());
708\end{verbatim}
709
710instead of calling Fit.
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714
715\func{virtual void}{FitInside}{\void}
716
717Similar to \helpref{Fit}{wxwindowfit}, but sizes the interior (virtual) size
718of a window. Mainly useful with scrolled windows to reset scrollbars after
719sizing changes that do not trigger a size event, and/or scrolled windows without
720an interior sizer. This function similarly won't do anything if there are no
721subwindows.
722
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725
726\func{virtual void}{Freeze}{\void}
727
728Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking place
729on screen, the window is not redrawn at all. \helpref{Thaw}{wxwindowthaw} must
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731nested.
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733This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example, it
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735a wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all platforms nor for all
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738
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740
741\helpref{wxWindowUpdateLocker}{wxwindowupdatelocker}
742
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745
746\constfunc{wxAcceleratorTable*}{GetAcceleratorTable}{\void}
747
748Gets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
749
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752
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755Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
756
757See also \helpref{wxAccessible}{wxaccessible}.
758
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761
762\constfunc{wxSize}{GetAdjustedBestSize}{\void}
763
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765instead.
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769
770\constfunc{virtual wxColour}{GetBackgroundColour}{\void}
771
772Returns the background colour of the window.
773
774\wxheading{See also}
775
776\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
777\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
9866d9c2 778\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour}
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781
782\constfunc{virtual wxBackgroundStyle}{GetBackgroundStyle}{\void}
783
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785\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
786\twocolitem{wxBG\_STYLE\_SYSTEM}{Use the default background, as determined by
787the system or the current theme.}
788\twocolitem{wxBG\_STYLE\_COLOUR}{Use a solid colour for the background, this
789style is set automatically if you call
790\helpref{SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour} so you only need to
791set it explicitly if you had changed the background style to something else
792before.}
793\twocolitem{wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM}{Don't draw the background at all, it's
794supposed that it is drawn by the user-defined erase background event handler.
795This style should be used to avoid flicker when the background is entirely
796custom-drawn.}
797\twocolitem{wxBG\_STYLE\_TRANSPARET}{The background is (partially) transparent,
798this style is automatically set if you call
799\helpref{SetTransparent}{wxwindowsettransparent} which is used to set the
800transparency level.}
801\end{twocollist}
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803\wxheading{See also}
804
805\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
806\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
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808\helpref{wxWindow::SetTransparent}{wxwindowsettransparent}
809
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170acdc9 811\membersection{wxWindow::GetEffectiveMinSize}\label{wxwindowgeteffectiveminsize}
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170acdc9 813\constfunc{wxSize}{GetEffectiveMinSize}{\void}
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816result. This is the value used by sizers to determine the appropriate
817ammount of sapce to allocate for the widget.
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819\wxheading{See also}
820
821\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
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7f071e73 825\membersection{wxWindow::GetBestSize}\label{wxwindowgetbestsize}
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829This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window. For
830example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
3e02f5ed 831control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
8771a323 832\helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel}), the size returned by this function will be the
3e02f5ed 833same as the size the window would have had after calling
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835
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838
839\func{static wxWindow *}{GetCapture}{\void}
840
841Returns the currently captured window.
842
843\wxheading{See also}
844
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846\helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
847\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
63e819f2 848\helpref{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}{wxmousecapturelostevent}
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850
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853
854\constfunc{wxCaret *}{GetCaret}{\void}
855
856Returns the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
857
858
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861\constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharHeight}{\void}
862
863Returns the character height for this window.
864
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6d06e061 866\membersection{wxWindow::GetCharWidth}\label{wxwindowgetcharwidth}
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868\constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharWidth}{\void}
869
870Returns the average character width for this window.
871
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6d06e061 873\membersection{wxWindow::GetChildren}\label{wxwindowgetchildren}
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dc7a2021 875\func{wxWindowList\&}{GetChildren}{\void}
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878
879Returns a reference to the list of the window's children. \texttt{wxWindowList}
880is a type-safe \helpref{wxList}{wxlist}-like class whose elements are of type
881\texttt{wxWindow *}.
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886\func{static wxVisualAttributes}{GetClassDefaultAttributes}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{ variant = \texttt{wxWINDOW\_VARIANT\_NORMAL}}}
887
888Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control. This is
889useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control as in a
890standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
891colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
892system, especially if it uses themes.
893
894The \arg{variant} parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
895ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
324eeecb 896returned font. See \helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
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898
899This static method is ``overridden'' in many derived classes and so calling,
488e1507 900for example, \helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
1b69c815 901return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
488e1507 902from those returned by, say, \helpref{wxListCtrl}{wxlistctrl}::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
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906if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
907especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
908the case for \texttt{colBg} for the controls with themed background.
909
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911
912\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
913
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916
c66c3af1 917\constfunc{void}{GetClientSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
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c9f00eeb 919\perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes no parameter and returns
d2c2afc9 920a 2-element list {\tt (width, height)}.}
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c66c3af1 922\constfunc{wxSize}{GetClientSize}{\void}
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925area which may be drawn on by the programmer, excluding title bar, border,
926scrollbars, etc.
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929return size is empty (both width and height are $0$).
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932
933\docparam{width}{Receives the client width in pixels.}
934
935\docparam{height}{Receives the client height in pixels.}
936
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939\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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941\twocolitem{{\bf GetClientSize()}}{Returns a wxSize object}
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943}
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946
d2c2afc9 947\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
566d84a7 948\helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
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953
954\constfunc{wxLayoutConstraints*}{GetConstraints}{\void}
955
956Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or NULL if there are none.
957
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960
961\constfunc{const wxSizer *}{GetContainingSizer}{\void}
962
963Return the sizer that this window is a member of, if any, otherwise
964{\tt NULL}.
965
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968
969\constfunc{const wxCursor\&}{GetCursor}{\void}
970
971Return the cursor associated with this window.
972
973\wxheading{See also}
974
975\helpref{wxWindow::SetCursor}{wxwindowsetcursor}
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3fbade2b 978\membersection{wxWindow::GetDefaultAttributes}\label{wxwindowgetdefaultattributes}
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980\constfunc{virtual wxVisualAttributes}{GetDefaultAttributes}{\void}
981
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984
985One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
986the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
987virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
988
989The other one is that in the future this function could return different
990results, for example it might return a different font for an ``Ok'' button
991than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
992in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
993function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
994version can be used without having to create an object first.
995
996
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998
999\constfunc{wxDropTarget*}{GetDropTarget}{\void}
1000
1001Returns the associated drop target, which may be NULL.
1002
1003\wxheading{See also}
1004
c9f00eeb 1005\helpref{wxWindow::SetDropTarget}{wxwindowsetdroptarget},
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1010
1011\constfunc{wxEvtHandler*}{GetEventHandler}{\void}
1012
1013Returns the event handler for this window. By default, the window is its
1014own event handler.
1015
1016\wxheading{See also}
1017
1018\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
1019\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
1020\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
1021\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
1022\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
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1026
1027\constfunc{long}{GetExtraStyle}{\void}
1028
1029Returns the extra style bits for the window.
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1033
733399fa 1034\constfunc{wxFont}{GetFont}{\void}
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1038\wxheading{See also}
1039
1040\helpref{wxWindow::SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont}
1041
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1044
1045\func{virtual wxColour}{GetForegroundColour}{\void}
1046
1047Returns the foreground colour of the window.
1048
1049\wxheading{Remarks}
1050
1051The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
1052to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
1053be used at all.
1054
1055\wxheading{See also}
1056
1057\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
1058\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
1059\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour}
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1064\constfunc{wxWindow*}{GetGrandParent}{\void}
1065
1066Returns the grandparent of a window, or NULL if there isn't one.
1067
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1071\constfunc{void*}{GetHandle}{\void}
1072
1073Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window. Cast it to an appropriate
324eeecb 1074handle, such as {\bf HWND} for Windows, {\bf Widget} for Motif, {\bf GtkWidget} for GTK or {\bf WinHandle} for PalmOS.
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1077
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1079
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1081\membersection{wxWindow::GetHelpTextAtPoint}\label{wxwindowgethelptextatpoint}
1082
1083\constfunc{virtual wxString}{GetHelpTextAtPoint}{\param{const wxPoint &}{point}, \param{wxHelpEvent::Origin }{origin}}
1084
1085Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window. This
1086method should be overridden if the help message depends on the position inside
1087the window, otherwise \helpref{GetHelpText}{wxwindowgethelptext} can be used.
1088
1089\wxheading{Parameters}
1090
1091\docparam{point}{Coordinates of the mouse at the moment of help event emission.}
1092
d57725b5 1093\docparam{origin}{Help event origin, see also \helpref{wxHelpEvent::GetOrigin}{wxhelpeventgetorigin}.}
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1095\newsince{2.7.0}
1096
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1099
1100\constfunc{virtual wxString}{GetHelpText}{\void}
1101
1102Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
1103
1104Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
1105and not in the window object itself.
1106
1107\wxheading{See also}
1108
dc6588e7 1109\helpref{SetHelpText}{wxwindowsethelptext}, \helpref{GetHelpTextAtPoint}{wxwindowgethelptextatpoint}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
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1112\membersection{wxWindow::GetId}\label{wxwindowgetid}
1113
1114\constfunc{int}{GetId}{\void}
1115
1116Returns the identifier of the window.
1117
1118\wxheading{Remarks}
1119
6453876e 1120Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has not provided one
5e06d749 1121(or the default wxID\_ANY) an unique identifier with a negative value will be generated.
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1124
b2cf617c 1125\helpref{wxWindow::SetId}{wxwindowsetid},\rtfsp
5b6aa0ff 1126\helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
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6d06e061 1129\membersection{wxWindow::GetLabel}\label{wxwindowgetlabel}
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1131\constfunc{virtual wxString }{GetLabel}{\void}
1132
1133Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
1134identification purposes.
1135
1136\wxheading{Remarks}
1137
1138The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
1139For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the title. For buttons or static text controls, it is
1140the button text. This function can be useful for meta-programs (such as testing
1141tools or special-needs access programs) which need to identify windows
1142by name.
1143
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1145
1146\constfunc{wxSize}{GetMaxSize}{\void}
1147
1148Returns the maximum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout mechanism
a3dae7b7 1149that this is the maximum possible size.
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1151\membersection{wxWindow::GetMinSize}\label{wxwindowgetminsize}
1152
a3dae7b7 1153\constfunc{virtual wxSize}{GetMinSize}{\void}
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1155Returns the minimum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout mechanism
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1157by \helpref{SetMinSize}{wxwindowsetminsize}, but it can be overridden to do the
1158calculation on demand.
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1161
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1164Returns the window's name.
1165
1166\wxheading{Remarks}
1167
1168This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the programmer to supply an appropriate
1169name in the window constructor or via \helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}.
1170
1171\wxheading{See also}
1172
1173\helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}
1174
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1177
1178\constfunc{wxWindow *}{GetNextSibling}{\void}
1179
1180Returns the next window after this one among the parent children or \NULL if
1181this window is the last child.
1182
1183\newsince{2.8.8}
1184
1185\wxheading{See also}
1186
1187\helpref{GetPrevSibling}{wxwindowgetprevsibling}
1188
1189
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1192\constfunc{virtual wxWindow*}{GetParent}{\void}
1193
1194Returns the parent of the window, or NULL if there is no parent.
1195
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1198
1199\func{int}{GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser}{\param{wxMenu\&}{ menu}, \param{const wxPoint\&}{ pos}}
1200
1201\func{int}{GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser}{\param{wxMenu\&}{ menu}, \param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
1202
1203This function shows a popup menu at the given position in this window and
1204returns the selected id. It can be more convenient than the general purpose
1205\helpref{PopupMenu}{wxwindowpopupmenu} function for simple menus proposing a
1206choice in a list of strings to the user.
1207
1208\wxheading{Parameters}
1209
1210\docparam{menu}{The menu to show}
1211
1212\docparam{pos}{The position at which to show the menu in client coordinates}
1213
1214\docparam{x}{The horizontal position of the menu}
1215
1216\docparam{y}{The vertical position of the menu}
1217
1218\wxheading{Return value}
1219
1220The selected menu item id or \texttt{wxID\_NONE} if none selected or an error
1221occurred.
1222
1223
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1225
1226\constfunc{virtual void}{GetPosition}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
1227
1228\constfunc{wxPoint}{GetPosition}{\void}
1229
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1231for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level
1232windows.
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1234\wxheading{Parameters}
1235
3c81c9aa 1236\docparam{x}{Receives the x position of the window if non-\NULL.}
15770d1a 1237
3c81c9aa 1238\docparam{y}{Receives the y position of the window if non-\NULL.}
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1240\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1241implements the following methods:\par
1242\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1243\twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a wxPoint}
1244\twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionTuple()}}{Returns a tuple (x, y)}
1245\end{twocollist}}
1246}
1247
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1249method:\par
1250\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1251\twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a Wx::Point}
1252\twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionXY()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1253 {\tt ( x, y )}}
1254\end{twocollist}
1255}}
1256
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1259
1260\helpref{GetScreenPosition}{wxwindowgetscreenposition}
1261
1262
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1264
1265\constfunc{wxWindow *}{GetPrevSibling}{\void}
1266
1267Returns the previous window before this one among the parent children or \NULL if
1268this window is the first child.
1269
1270\newsince{2.8.8}
1271
1272\wxheading{See also}
1273
1274\helpref{GetNextSibling}{wxwindowgetnextsibling}
1275
1276
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1278
1279\constfunc{virtual wxRect}{GetRect}{\void}
1280
fab86f26 1281Returns the position and size of the window as a \helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object.
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1284
1285\helpref{GetScreenRect}{wxwindowgetscreenrect}
1286
1287
1288\membersection{wxWindow::GetScreenPosition}\label{wxwindowgetscreenposition}
1289
1290\constfunc{virtual void}{GetScreenPosition}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
1291
1292\constfunc{wxPoint}{GetScreenPosition}{\void}
1293
1294Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
1295child window or a top level one.
1296
1297\wxheading{Parameters}
1298
1299\docparam{x}{Receives the x position of the window on the screen if non-\NULL.}
1300
1301\docparam{y}{Receives the y position of the window on the screen if non-\NULL.}
1302
1303\wxheading{See also}
1304
1305\helpref{GetPosition}{wxwindowgetposition}
1306
1307
1308\membersection{wxWindow::GetScreenRect}\label{wxwindowgetscreenrect}
1309
1310\constfunc{virtual wxRect}{GetScreenRect}{\void}
1311
fab86f26 1312Returns the position and size of the window on the screen as a
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1313\helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object.
1314
1315\wxheading{See also}
1316
1317\helpref{GetRect}{wxwindowgetrect}
1318
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eaaa6a06 1322\func{virtual int}{GetScrollPos}{\param{int }{orientation}}
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1324Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
1325
1326\wxheading{See also}
1327
1328See \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1329
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1332
eaaa6a06 1333\func{virtual int}{GetScrollRange}{\param{int }{orientation}}
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1335Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
1336
1337\wxheading{See also}
1338
1339\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1340
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1343
1344\func{virtual int}{GetScrollThumb}{\param{int }{orientation}}
1345
1346Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
1347
1348\wxheading{See also}
1349
1350\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1351
1352
a974387a 1353\membersection{wxWindow::GetSize}\label{wxwindowgetsize}
a660d684 1354
c66c3af1 1355\constfunc{void}{GetSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
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c66c3af1 1357\constfunc{wxSize}{GetSize}{\void}
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1360scrollbars, etc.
1361
1362Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
1363returned size is the restored window size, not the size of the window icon.
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1365\wxheading{Parameters}
1366
1367\docparam{width}{Receives the window width.}
1368
1369\docparam{height}{Receives the window height.}
1370
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1372implements the following methods:\par
1373\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1375\twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeTuple()}}{Returns a 2-tuple (width, height)}
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1377}
1378
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1380method:\par
1381\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1382\twocolitem{{\bf GetSize()}}{Returns a Wx::Size}
1383\twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeWH()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1384 {\tt ( width, height )}}
1385\end{twocollist}
1386}}
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1389
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1391\helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
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1394\membersection{wxWindow::GetSizer}\label{wxwindowgetsizer}
1395
772c017b 1396\constfunc{wxSizer *}{GetSizer}{\void}
e6973167 1397
be90c029 1398Return the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
e6973167 1399\helpref{SetSizer()}{wxwindowsetsizer} or {\tt NULL}.
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1403
6b062263 1404\constfunc{virtual void}{GetTextExtent}{\param{const wxString\& }{string}, \param{int* }{w}, \param{int* }{h},
a660d684 1405 \param{int* }{descent = NULL}, \param{int* }{externalLeading = NULL},
cc81d32f 1406 \param{const wxFont* }{font = NULL}, \param{bool}{ use16 = {\tt false}}}
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1409
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1411window with the currently selected font.
1412
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1414\helpref{wxSize}{wxsize} object (second form).
1415
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1417
1418\docparam{string}{String whose extent is to be measured.}
1419
6b062263 1420\docparam{w}{Return value for width.}
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1424\docparam{descent}{Return value for descent (optional).}
1425
1426\docparam{externalLeading}{Return value for external leading (optional).}
1427
1428\docparam{font}{Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).}
1429
cc81d32f 1430\docparam{use16}{If {\tt true}, {\it string} contains 16-bit characters. The default is {\tt false}.}
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1433implements the following methods:\par
1434\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1436\twocolitem{{\bf GetFullTextExtent(string, font=NULL)}}{Returns a
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1438\end{twocollist}}
1439}
1440
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1442 {\tt font} parameters, and returns a 4-element list
1443 {\tt ( x, y, descent, externalLeading )}.}
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1446\membersection{wxWindow::GetToolTip}\label{wxwindowgettooltip}
1447
1448\constfunc{wxToolTip*}{GetToolTip}{\void}
1449
1450Get the associated tooltip or NULL if none.
1451
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1454
1455\constfunc{virtual wxRegion}{GetUpdateRegion}{\void}
1456
1457Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged. Should
f4fcc291 1458only be called within an \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent} handler.
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1460\wxheading{See also}
1461
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1463\helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator}
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1466\membersection{wxWindow::GetValidator}\label{wxwindowgetvalidator}
1467
1468\constfunc{wxValidator*}{GetValidator}{\void}
1469
1470Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or NULL if there is none.
1471
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1474
1475\constfunc{void}{GetVirtualSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
1476
1477\constfunc{wxSize}{GetVirtualSize}{\void}
1478
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1480returns the client size of the window, but after a call to
1481\helpref{SetVirtualSize}{wxwindowsetvirtualsize} it will return
1482that size.
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1484\wxheading{Parameters}
1485
1486\docparam{width}{Receives the window virtual width.}
1487
1488\docparam{height}{Receives the window virtual height.}
1489
1490\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
1491\helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize}
1492
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1495
1496\constfunc{wxSize}{GetWindowBorderSize}{\void}
1497
1498Returns the size of the left/right and top/bottom borders of this window in x
1499and y components of the result respectively.
1500
1501
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1504\constfunc{long}{GetWindowStyleFlag}{\void}
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1507method. {\bf GetWindowStyle()} is another name for the same function.
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1511
488e1507 1512\constfunc{wxWindowVariant}{GetWindowVariant}{\void}
416101be 1513
43e8916f 1514Returns the value previously passed to
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1516
1517
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1519
1520\func{bool}{HandleWindowEvent}{\param{wxEvent\& }{event}}
1521
1522Shorthand for \texttt{\helpref{GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler}()->\helpref{SafelyProcessEvent}{wxevthandlersafelyprocessevent}(event)}.
1523
1524
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1526
1527\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasCapture}{\void}
1528
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1531\wxheading{See also}
1532
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1534\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
63e819f2 1535\helpref{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}{wxmousecapturelostevent}
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1537
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1540
1541\constfunc{bool}{HasExtraStyle}{\param{int }{exFlag}}
1542
1543Returns \texttt{true} if the window has the given \arg{exFlag} bit set in its
1544extra styles.
1545
1546\wxheading{See also}
1547
1548\helpref{SetExtraStyle}{wxwindowsetextrastyle}
1549
1550
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1552
1553\constfunc{bool}{HasFlag}{\param{int }{flag}}
1554
1555Returns \texttt{true} if the window has the given \arg{flag} bit set.
1556
1557
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1559
1560\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasMultiplePages}{\void}
1561
1562This method should be overridden to return \texttt{true} if this window has
1563multiple pages. All standard class with multiple pages such as
1564\helpref{wxNotebook}{wxnotebook}, \helpref{wxListbook}{wxlistbook} and
1565\helpref{wxTreebook}{wxtreebook} already override it to return \texttt{true}
1566and user-defined classes with similar behaviour should do it as well to allow
1567the library to handle such windows appropriately.
1568
1569
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1571
1572\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasScrollbar}{\param{int }{orient}}
1573
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1575
1576\wxheading{Parameters}
1577
1578\docparam{orient}{Orientation to check, either {\tt wxHORIZONTAL} or {\tt wxVERTICAL}.}
1579
1580
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1581\membersection{wxWindow::HasTransparentBackground}\label{wxwindowhastransparentbackground}
1582
1583\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasTransparentBackground}{\void}
1584
1585Returns \true if this window background is transparent (as, for example, for
1586wxStaticText) and should show the parent window background.
1587
1588This method is mostly used internally by the library itself and you normally
1589shouldn't have to call it. You may, however, have to override it in your
1590wxWindow-derived class to ensure that background is painted correctly.
1591
1592
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1594
1595\func{bool}{Hide}{\void}
1596
cc81d32f 1597Equivalent to calling \helpref{Show}{wxwindowshow}({\tt false}).
bc5879ef 1598
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1601
1602\func{virtual bool}{HideWithEffect}{\param{wxShowEffect }{effect}, \param{unsigned }{timeout = $0$}, \param{wxDirection }{dir = wxBOTTOM}}
1603
1604This function hides a window, like \helpref{Hide()}{wxwindowhide}, but using a
1605special visual effect if possible.
1606
1607The parameters of this function are the same as for
1608\helpref{ShowWithEffect()}{wxwindowshowwitheffect}, please see their
1609description there.
1610
1611\newsince{2.9.0}
1612
1613
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1615
1616\func{void}{InheritAttributes}{\void}
1617
1618This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
1619window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
1620the font and the foreground and background colours.
1621
1622By ``intelligently'' the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
1623own \helpref{default}{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes} attributes. However
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1625\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont} and not
fa47d7a7 1626\helpref{SetOwnFont}{wxwindowsetownfont}) changed \emph{and} if the
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1627corresponding attribute hadn't been explicitly set for this window itself,
1628then this window takes the same value as used by the parent. In addition, if
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1630to return \false, the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the
1631font might.
1632
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1634different usage scenarios. The most common one is when all default attributes
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1636different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
1637they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
1638desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
1639just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
1640do inherit the parents attributes.
1641
1642
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1643\membersection{wxWindow::InitDialog}\label{wxwindowinitdialog}
1644
1645\func{void}{InitDialog}{\void}
1646
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1648to the dialog via validators.
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1651\membersection{wxWindow::InvalidateBestSize}\label{wxwindowinvalidatebestsize}
1652
1653\func{void}{InvalidateBestSize}{\void}
1654
1655Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it is needed.
1656
1657
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1659
1660\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsDoubleBuffered}{\void}
1661
1662Returns \true if the window contents is double-buffered by the system, i.e. if
1663any drawing done on the window is really done on a temporary backing surface
1664and transferred to the screen all at once later.
1665
1666\wxheading{See also}
1667
1668\helpref{wxBufferedDC}{wxbuffereddc}
1669
1670
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1671\membersection{wxWindow::IsEnabled}\label{wxwindowisenabled}
1672
1673\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsEnabled}{\void}
1674
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1676otherwise.
1677
1678Notice that this method can return \false even if this window itself hadn't
1679been explicitly disabled when one of its parent windows is disabled. To get the
1680intrinsic status of this window, use
1681\helpref{IsThisEnabled}{wxwindowisthisenabled}
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1683\wxheading{See also}
1684
1685\helpref{wxWindow::Enable}{wxwindowenable}
1686
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1690\constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
1691
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1695
605d715d 1696\constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{wxRect }{\&rect}}
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cc81d32f 1698Returns {\tt true} if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
ad9edf45 1699last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
4130b487 1700only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
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1703implements the following methods:\par
1704\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1707\twocolitem{{\bf IsExposedRect(rect)}}{}
8771a323 1708\end{twocollist}}}
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1712
1713\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsFrozen}{\void}
1714
1715Returns \true if the window is currently frozen by a call to
1716\helpref{Freeze()}{wxwindowfreeze}.
1717
1718\wxheading{See also}
1719
1720\helpref{Thaw()}{wxwindowthaw}
1721
1722
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1724
1725\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsRetained}{\void}
1726
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1729\wxheading{Remarks}
1730
1731Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
1732
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1735
1736\func{bool}{IsScrollbarAlwaysShown}{\param{int}{ orient}}
1737
1738Return whether a scrollbar is always shown.
1739
1740\wxheading{Parameters}
1741
1742\docparam{orient}{Orientation to check, either {\tt wxHORIZONTAL} or {\tt wxVERTICAL}.}
1743
1744\wxheading{See also}
1745
1746\helpref{wxWindow::AlwaysShowScrollbars}{wxwindowalwaysshowscrollbars}
1747
1748
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1750
1751\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsShown}{\void}
1752
cc81d32f 1753Returns {\tt true} if the window is shown, {\tt false} if it has been hidden.
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1756
865a74c7 1757\helpref{wxWindow::IsShownOnScreen}{wxwindowisshownonscreen}
9c72cf76 1758
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865a74c7 1760\membersection{wxWindow::IsShownOnScreen}\label{wxwindowisshownonscreen}
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865a74c7 1762\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsShownOnScreen}{\void}
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1764Returns {\tt true} if the window is physically visible on the screen, i.e. it
1765is shown and all its parents up to the toplevel window are shown as well.
1766
1767\wxheading{See also}
1768
1769\helpref{wxWindow::IsShown}{wxwindowisshown}
1770
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1773
1774\constfunc{bool}{IsThisEnabled}{\void}
1775
1776Returns \true if this window is intrinsically enabled, \false otherwise, i.e.
1777if \helpref{Enable(false)}{wxwindowenable} had been called. This method is
1778mostly used for wxWidgets itself, user code should normally use
1779\helpref{IsEnabled}{wxwindowisenabled} instead.
1780
1781
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1783
1784\constfunc{bool}{IsTopLevel}{\void}
1785
1786Returns {\tt true} if the given window is a top-level one. Currently all frames and
1787dialogs are considered to be top-level windows (even if they have a parent
1788window).
1789
1790
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1792
1793\func{void}{Layout}{\void}
1794
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1796for this window.
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1799layout is on, this function gets called automatically when the window is resized.
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1803
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1808
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1813
1814\func{void}{Lower}{\void}
1815
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1818\wxheading{See also}
1819
1820\helpref{Raise}{wxwindowraise}
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1824
8a293590 1825\func{virtual void}{MakeModal}{\param{bool }{flag}}
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1827Disables all other windows in the application so that
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1830\wxheading{Parameters}
1831
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1833the user can only interact with this window. If {\tt false}, the effect is reversed.}
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1837
eaaa6a06 1838\func{void}{Move}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
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1841
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1843
1844\wxheading{Parameters}
1845
1846\docparam{x}{Required x position.}
1847
1848\docparam{y}{Required y position.}
1849
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1851
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1853
1854Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1855wxWindow::Move function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class
1856as the call:
1857
1858\begin{verbatim}
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1861
1862\wxheading{See also}
1863
1864\helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}
1865
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1867implements the following methods:\par
1868\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1870\twocolitem{{\bf MoveXY(x, y)}}{Accepts a pair of integers}
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1872}
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1875\membersection{wxWindow::MoveAfterInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder}
1876
1877\func{void}{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
1878
1879Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified \arg{win}.
1880This means that when the user presses \texttt{TAB} key on that other window,
1881the focus switches to this window.
1882
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1885it after creating all the windows.
1886
1887\wxheading{Parameters}
1888
1889\docparam{win}{A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
1890must not be NULL}
1891
1892
1893\membersection{wxWindow::MoveBeforeInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder}
1894
1895\func{void}{MoveBeforeInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
1896
1897Same as \helpref{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder} except that
1898it inserts this window just before \arg{win} instead of putting it right after
1899it.
1900
1901
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1903
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1907equivalent to calling \helpref{NavigateIn()}{wxwindownavigatein} method on the
1908parent window.
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1910\wxheading{Parameters}
1911
eedc82f4 1912\docparam{flags}{A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.}
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1915
1916Returns \true if the focus was moved to another window or \false if nothing
1917changed.
1918
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1920
1921You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress handler to do the default
1922navigation behaviour for the tab key, since the standard default behaviour for
1923a multiline text control with the wxTE\_PROCESS\_TAB style is to insert a tab
a701b455 1924and not navigate to the next control. See also \helpref{wxNavigationKeyEvent}{wxnavigationkeyevent}.
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1928
1929\func{bool}{NavigateIn}{\param{int}{ flags = wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward}}
1930
1931Performs a keyboard navigation action inside this window.
1932
1933See \helpref{Navigate}{wxwindownavigate} for more information.
1934
1935
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1937
1938\func{static int}{NextControlId}{\param{int }{winid}}
1939
1940If two controls are created consecutively using \texttt{wxID\_ANY} id, this
1941function allows to retrieve the effective id of the latter control from the id
1942of the former. This is useful for example to find the control following its
1943\helpref{wxStaticText}{wxstatictext} label if only the id of or pointer to the
1944label is available to the caller but it is known that the two controls were
1945created together.
1946
1947\wxheading{See also}
1948
1949\helpref{PrevControlId}{wxwindowprevcontrolid}
1950
1951
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1953%% the old docs here in case we want to move any still needed bits to
1954%% the right location (i.e. probably the corresponding events docs)
1955%%
1956%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnActivate}\label{wxwindowonactivate}
1957%%
1958%% \func{void}{OnActivate}{\param{wxActivateEvent\&}{ event}}
1959%%
1960%% Called when a window is activated or deactivated.
1961%%
1962%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1963%%
1964%% \docparam{event}{Object containing activation information.}
1965%%
1966%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1967%%
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1969%% otherwise it returns {\tt false} (it is being deactivated).
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1971%% \wxheading{See also}
1972%%
1973%% \helpref{wxActivateEvent}{wxactivateevent},\rtfsp
1974%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1975%%
1976%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnChar}\label{wxwindowonchar}
1977%%
1978%% \func{void}{OnChar}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1979%%
1980%% Called when the user has pressed a key that is not a modifier (SHIFT, CONTROL or ALT).
1981%%
1982%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1983%%
1984%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1985%% details about this class.}
1986%%
1987%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1988%%
1989%% This member function is called in response to a keypress. To intercept this event,
1990%% use the EVT\_CHAR macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnChar} handler may call this
1991%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1992%%
1993%% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
1994%% values.
1995%%
1996%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept modifier
1997%% keypresses, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1998%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1999%%
2000%% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
2001%%
2002%% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
2003%% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
2004%%
2005%% \wxheading{See also}
2006%%
2007%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
2008%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
2009%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2010%%
2011%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCharHook}\label{wxwindowoncharhook}
2012%%
2013%% \func{void}{OnCharHook}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
2014%%
2015%% This member is called to allow the window to intercept keyboard events
2016%% before they are processed by child windows.
2017%%
2018%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2019%%
2020%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
2021%% details about this class.}
2022%%
2023%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2024%%
2025%% This member function is called in response to a keypress, if the window is active. To intercept this event,
2026%% use the EVT\_CHAR\_HOOK macro in an event table definition. If you do not process a particular
2027%% keypress, call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip} to allow default processing.
2028%%
2029%% An example of using this function is in the implementation of escape-character processing for wxDialog,
2030%% where pressing ESC dismisses the dialog by {\bf OnCharHook} 'forging' a cancel button press event.
2031%%
2032%% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
2033%% values.
2034%%
2035%% This function is only relevant to top-level windows (frames and dialogs), and under
2036%% Windows only. Under GTK the normal EVT\_CHAR\_ event has the functionality, i.e.
acbadd0b 2037%% you can intercept it, and if you don't call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip}
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2039%%
2040%% \wxheading{See also}
2041%%
2042%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent},\rtfsp
2043%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
2044%% %% GD: OnXXX functions are not documented
2045%% %%\helpref{wxApp::OnCharHook}{wxapponcharhook},\rtfsp
2046%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2047%%
2048%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCommand}\label{wxwindowoncommand}
2049%%
2050%% \func{virtual void}{OnCommand}{\param{wxEvtHandler\& }{object}, \param{wxCommandEvent\& }{event}}
2051%%
2052%% This virtual member function is called if the control does not handle the command event.
2053%%
2054%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2055%%
2056%% \docparam{object}{Object receiving the command event.}
2057%%
2058%% \docparam{event}{Command event}
2059%%
2060%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2061%%
2062%% This virtual function is provided mainly for backward compatibility. You can also intercept commands
2063%% from child controls by using an event table, with identifiers or identifier ranges to identify
2064%% the control(s) in question.
2065%%
2066%% \wxheading{See also}
2067%%
2068%% \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
2069%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2070%%
2071%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnClose}\label{wxwindowonclose}
2072%%
2073%% \func{virtual bool}{OnClose}{\void}
2074%%
2075%% Called when the user has tried to close a a frame
2076%% or dialog box using the window manager (X) or system menu (Windows).
2077%%
2078%% {\bf Note:} This is an obsolete function.
2edb0bde 2079%% It is superseded by the \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow} event
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2081%%
2082%% \wxheading{Return value}
2083%%
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2086%% you may delete other windows.
2087%%
2088%% \wxheading{See also}
2089%%
2090%% \helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
2091%% \helpref{wxWindow::Close}{wxwindowclose},\rtfsp
2092%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow},\rtfsp
2093%% \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
2094%%
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2096%%
2097%% \func{void}{OnKeyDown}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
2098%%
2099%% Called when the user has pressed a key, before it is translated into an ASCII value using other
2100%% modifier keys that might be pressed at the same time.
2101%%
2102%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2103%%
2104%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
2105%% details about this class.}
2106%%
2107%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2108%%
2109%% This member function is called in response to a key down event. To intercept this event,
2110%% use the EVT\_KEY\_DOWN macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyDown} handler may call this
2111%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
2112%%
2113%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
2114%% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
2115%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
2116%%
2117%% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
2118%%
2119%% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
2120%% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
2121%%
2122%% \wxheading{See also}
2123%%
2124%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
2125%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
2126%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2127%%
2128%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}\label{wxwindowonkeyup}
2129%%
2130%% \func{void}{OnKeyUp}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
2131%%
2132%% Called when the user has released a key.
2133%%
2134%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2135%%
2136%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
2137%% details about this class.}
2138%%
2139%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2140%%
2141%% This member function is called in response to a key up event. To intercept this event,
2142%% use the EVT\_KEY\_UP macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyUp} handler may call this
2143%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
2144%%
2145%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
2146%% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
2147%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
2148%%
2149%% Most, but not all, windows allow key up events to be intercepted.
2150%%
2151%% \wxheading{See also}
2152%%
2153%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown},\rtfsp
2154%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
2155%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2156%%
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2158%%
2159%% \func{void}{OnInitDialog}{\param{wxInitDialogEvent\&}{ event}}
2160%%
2161%% Default handler for the wxEVT\_INIT\_DIALOG event. Calls \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}.
2162%%
2163%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2164%%
2165%% \docparam{event}{Dialog initialisation event.}
2166%%
2167%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2168%%
2169%% Gives the window the default behaviour of transferring data to child controls via
2170%% the validator that each control has.
2171%%
2172%% \wxheading{See also}
2173%%
2174%% \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
2175%%
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2177%%
2178%% \func{void}{OnMenuHighlight}{\param{wxMenuEvent\& }{event}}
2179%%
2180%% Called when a menu select is received from a menu bar: that is, the
2181%% mouse cursor is over a menu item, but the left mouse button has not been
2182%% pressed.
2183%%
2184%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2185%%
2186%% \docparam{event}{The menu highlight event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent}.}
2187%%
2188%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2189%%
2190%% You can choose any member function to receive
2191%% menu select events, using the EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT macro for individual menu items or EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT\_ALL macro
2192%% for all menu items.
2193%%
2194%% The default implementation for \helpref{wxFrame::OnMenuHighlight}{wxframeonmenuhighlight} displays help
2195%% text in the first field of the status bar.
2196%%
fc2171bd 2197%% This function was known as {\bf OnMenuSelect} in earlier versions of wxWidgets, but this was confusing
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2199%%
2200%% \wxheading{See also}
2201%%
2202%% \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent},\rtfsp
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2204%%
2205%%
2206%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMouseEvent}\label{wxwindowonmouseevent}
2207%%
2208%% \func{void}{OnMouseEvent}{\param{wxMouseEvent\&}{ event}}
2209%%
2210%% Called when the user has initiated an event with the
2211%% mouse.
2212%%
2213%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2214%%
2215%% \docparam{event}{The mouse event. See \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent} for
2216%% more details.}
2217%%
2218%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2219%%
2220%% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
2221%%
2222%% To intercept this event, use the EVT\_MOUSE\_EVENTS macro in an event table definition, or individual
2223%% mouse event macros such as EVT\_LEFT\_DOWN.
2224%%
2225%% \wxheading{See also}
2226%%
2227%% \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent},\rtfsp
2228%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2229%%
2230%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMove}\label{wxwindowonmove}
2231%%
2232%% \func{void}{OnMove}{\param{wxMoveEvent\& }{event}}
2233%%
2234%% Called when a window is moved.
2235%%
2236%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2237%%
2238%% \docparam{event}{The move event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent}.}
2239%%
2240%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2241%%
2242%% Use the EVT\_MOVE macro to intercept move events.
2243%%
2244%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2245%%
2246%% Not currently implemented.
2247%%
2248%% \wxheading{See also}
2249%%
2250%% \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent},\rtfsp
2251%% \helpref{wxFrame::OnSize}{wxframeonsize},\rtfsp
2252%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2253%%
2254%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnPaint}\label{wxwindowonpaint}
2255%%
2256%% \func{void}{OnPaint}{\param{wxPaintEvent\& }{event}}
2257%%
2258%% Sent to the event handler when the window must be refreshed.
2259%%
2260%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2261%%
2262%% \docparam{event}{Paint event. For more information, see \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent}.}
2263%%
2264%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2265%%
2266%% Use the EVT\_PAINT macro in an event table definition to intercept paint events.
2267%%
2268%% Note that In a paint event handler, the application must {\it always} create a \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc} object,
2269%% even if you do not use it. Otherwise, under MS Windows, refreshing for this and other windows will go wrong.
2270%%
2271%% For example:
2272%%
2273%% \small{%
2274%% \begin{verbatim}
2275%% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
2276%% {
2277%% wxPaintDC dc(this);
2278%%
2279%% DrawMyDocument(dc);
2280%% }
2281%% \end{verbatim}
2282%% }%
2283%%
2284%% You can optimize painting by retrieving the rectangles
2285%% that have been damaged and only repainting these. The rectangles are in
2286%% terms of the client area, and are unscrolled, so you will need to do
2287%% some calculations using the current view position to obtain logical,
2288%% scrolled units.
2289%%
2290%% Here is an example of using the \helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator} class:
2291%%
2292%% {\small%
2293%% \begin{verbatim}
2294%% // Called when window needs to be repainted.
2295%% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
2296%% {
2297%% wxPaintDC dc(this);
2298%%
2299%% // Find Out where the window is scrolled to
2300%% int vbX,vbY; // Top left corner of client
2301%% GetViewStart(&vbX,&vbY);
2302%%
2303%% int vX,vY,vW,vH; // Dimensions of client area in pixels
2304%% wxRegionIterator upd(GetUpdateRegion()); // get the update rect list
2305%%
2306%% while (upd)
2307%% {
2308%% vX = upd.GetX();
2309%% vY = upd.GetY();
2310%% vW = upd.GetW();
2311%% vH = upd.GetH();
2312%%
2313%% // Alternatively we can do this:
2314%% // wxRect rect;
2315%% // upd.GetRect(&rect);
2316%%
2317%% // Repaint this rectangle
2318%% ...some code...
2319%%
2320%% upd ++ ;
2321%% }
2322%% }
2323%% \end{verbatim}
2324%% }%
2325%%
2326%% \wxheading{See also}
2327%%
2328%% \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent},\rtfsp
2329%% \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc},\rtfsp
2330%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2331%%
2332%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnScroll}\label{wxwindowonscroll}
2333%%
2334%% \func{void}{OnScroll}{\param{wxScrollWinEvent\& }{event}}
2335%%
2336%% Called when a scroll window event is received from one of the window's built-in scrollbars.
2337%%
2338%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2339%%
2340%% \docparam{event}{Command event. Retrieve the new scroll position by
2341%% calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetPosition}{wxscrolleventgetposition}, and the
2342%% scrollbar orientation by calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetOrientation}{wxscrolleventgetorientation}.}
2343%%
2344%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2345%%
2346%% Note that it is not possible to distinguish between horizontal and vertical scrollbars
2347%% until the function is executing (you can't have one function for vertical, another
2348%% for horizontal events).
2349%%
2350%% \wxheading{See also}
2351%%
2352%% \helpref{wxScrollWinEvent}{wxscrollwinevent},\rtfsp
2353%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2354%%
2355%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSetFocus}\label{wxwindowonsetfocus}
2356%%
2357%% \func{void}{OnSetFocus}{\param{wxFocusEvent\& }{event}}
2358%%
2359%% Called when a window's focus is being set.
2360%%
2361%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2362%%
2363%% \docparam{event}{The focus event. For more information, see \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}.}
2364%%
2365%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2366%%
2367%% To intercept this event, use the macro EVT\_SET\_FOCUS in an event table definition.
2368%%
2369%% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
2370%%
2371%% \wxheading{See also}
2372%%
2373%% \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKillFocus}{wxwindowonkillfocus},\rtfsp
2374%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2375%%
2376%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSize}\label{wxwindowonsize}
2377%%
2378%% \func{void}{OnSize}{\param{wxSizeEvent\& }{event}}
2379%%
2380%% Called when the window has been resized. This is not a virtual function; you should
2381%% provide your own non-virtual OnSize function and direct size events to it using EVT\_SIZE
2382%% in an event table definition.
2383%%
2384%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2385%%
2386%% \docparam{event}{Size event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent}.}
2387%%
2388%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2389%%
2390%% You may wish to use this for frames to resize their child windows as appropriate.
2391%%
2392%% Note that the size passed is of
2393%% the whole window: call \helpref{wxWindow::GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize} for the area which may be
2394%% used by the application.
2395%%
2396%% When a window is resized, usually only a small part of the window is damaged and you
2397%% may only need to repaint that area. However, if your drawing depends on the size of the window,
2398%% you may need to clear the DC explicitly and repaint the whole window. In which case, you
2399%% may need to call \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} to invalidate the entire window.
2400%%
2401%% \wxheading{See also}
2402%%
2403%% \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent},\rtfsp
2404%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2405%%
2406%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSysColourChanged}\label{wxwindowonsyscolourchanged}
2407%%
2408%% \func{void}{OnSysColourChanged}{\param{wxOnSysColourChangedEvent\& }{event}}
2409%%
2410%% Called when the user has changed the system colours. Windows only.
2411%%
2412%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2413%%
2414%% \docparam{event}{System colour change event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent}.}
2415%%
2416%% \wxheading{See also}
2417%%
2418%% \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent},\rtfsp
2419%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
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2422\membersection{wxWindow::OnInternalIdle}\label{wxwindowoninternalidle}
2423
2424\func{virtual void}{OnInternalIdle}{\void}
2425
2426This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
2427sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
2428that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
2429handler in a derived class.
2430
2431This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
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2434
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2436\membersection{wxWindow::PageDown}\label{wxwindowpagedown}
2437
2438This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(1)$.
2439
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2441\membersection{wxWindow::PageUp}\label{wxwindowpageup}
2442
2443This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(-1)$.
2444
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2446\membersection{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}\label{wxwindowpopeventhandler}
2447
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2450Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
2451
2452\wxheading{Parameters}
2453
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2455default value is {\tt false}.}
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2457\wxheading{See also}
2458
2459\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
2460\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2461\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2462\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2463\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
2464
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2466\membersection{wxWindow::PopupMenu}\label{wxwindowpopupmenu}
2467
45b8a256 2468\func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition}}
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2470\func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
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2472Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
2473window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu. If a
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2476cursor position is used.
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2478\wxheading{Parameters}
2479
2480\docparam{menu}{Menu to pop up.}
2481
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2482\docparam{pos}{The position where the menu will appear.}
2483
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2484\docparam{x}{Required x position for the menu to appear.}
2485
2486\docparam{y}{Required y position for the menu to appear.}
2487
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2489
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2490\helpref{wxMenu}{wxmenu}
2491
2492\wxheading{Remarks}
2493
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2494Just before the menu is popped up, \helpref{wxMenu::UpdateUI}{wxmenuupdateui}
2495is called to ensure that the menu items are in the correct state. The menu does
2496not get deleted by the window.
2497
2498It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when calling PopupMenu
2499in response to mouse click, because some of the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do
2500a better job of positioning the menu in that case.
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2503implements the following methods:\par
2504\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2505\twocolitem{{\bf PopupMenu(menu, point)}}{Specifies position with a wxPoint}
2506\twocolitem{{\bf PopupMenuXY(menu, x, y)}}{Specifies position with two integers (x, y)}
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2508}
2509
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2511\membersection{wxWindow::PrevControlId}\label{wxwindowprevcontrolid}
2512
2513\func{static int}{PrevControlId}{\param{int }{winid}}
2514
2515This is similar to \helpref{NextControlId}{wxwindownextcontrolid} but returns
2516the id of the control created just before the one with the given \arg{winid}.
2517
2518
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2520
2521\func{void}{PushEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
2522
2523Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
2524
2525\wxheading{Parameters}
2526
2527\docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be pushed.}
2528
2529\wxheading{Remarks}
2530
2531An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2532sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2533an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2534central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2535window classes.
2536
2537\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} allows
2538an application to set up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2539handed to the next one in the chain. Use \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler} to
2540remove the event handler.
2541
2542\wxheading{See also}
2543
2544\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
2545\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2546\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2547\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2548\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
2549
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2552
2553\func{void}{Raise}{\void}
2554
4e43c815 2555Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy (z-order).
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4e43c815 2557In current version of wxWidgets this works both for managed and child windows.
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2559\wxheading{See also}
2560
2561\helpref{Lower}{wxwindowlower}
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2564\membersection{wxWindow::Refresh}\label{wxwindowrefresh}
2565
a67f1484 2566\func{virtual void}{Refresh}{\param{bool}{ eraseBackground = {\tt true}}, \param{const wxRect* }{rect = NULL}}
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2568Causes this window, and all of its children recursively (except under wxGTK1
2569where this is not implemented), to be repainted. Note that repainting doesn't
2570happen immediately but only during the next event loop iteration, if you need
60fef964 2571to update the window immediately you should use \helpref{Update}{wxwindowupdate}
a67f1484 2572instead.
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2574\wxheading{Parameters}
2575
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2578
2579\docparam{rect}{If non-NULL, only the given rectangle will
2580be treated as damaged.}
2581
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2582\wxheading{See also}
2583
2584\helpref{wxWindow::RefreshRect}{wxwindowrefreshrect}
2585
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2587\membersection{wxWindow::RefreshRect}\label{wxwindowrefreshrect}
2588
8cfa09bd 2589\func{void}{RefreshRect}{\param{const wxRect\& }{rect}, \param{bool }{eraseBackground = \true}}
2b5f62a0 2590
8cfa09bd 2591Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: only the area inside it will be
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2593
8cfa09bd 2594This is the same as \helpref{Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} but has a nicer syntax
324eeecb 2595as it can be called with a temporary wxRect object as argument like this
8cfa09bd 2596\texttt{RefreshRect(wxRect(x, y, w, h))}.
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2599\membersection{wxWindow::RegisterHotKey}\label{wxwindowregisterhotkey}
2600
2601\func{bool}{RegisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}, \param{int}{ modifiers}, \param{int}{ virtualKeyCode}}
2602
2603Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey registered here, this window
2604will receive a hotkey event. It will receive the event even if the application is in the background
2605and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some other application.
2606
2607\wxheading{Parameters}
2608
2609\docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0 and 0xBFFF. If
2610this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a system wide unique identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
2611This is a MSW specific detail.}
2612
2613\docparam{modifiers}{A bitwise combination of {\tt wxMOD\_SHIFT}, {\tt wxMOD\_CONTROL}, {\tt wxMOD\_ALT}
2614or {\tt wxMOD\_WIN} specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along with the key.}
2615
2616\docparam{virtualKeyCode}{The virtual key code of the hotkey.}
2617
2618\wxheading{Return value}
2619
2620{\tt true} if the hotkey was registered successfully. {\tt false} if some other application already registered a
2621hotkey with this modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
2622
2623\wxheading{Remarks}
2624
2625Use EVT\_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the event.
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2627in the \helpref{Windows CE port}{wxwince} for detecting hardware button presses.
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2629\wxheading{See also}
2630
2631\helpref{wxWindow::UnregisterHotKey}{wxwindowunregisterhotkey}
2632
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2634\membersection{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}\label{wxwindowreleasemouse}
2635
2636\func{virtual void}{ReleaseMouse}{\void}
2637
2638Releases mouse input captured with \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse}.
2639
2640\wxheading{See also}
2641
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2643\helpref{wxWindow::HasCapture}{wxwindowhascapture},
2644\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
63e819f2 2645\helpref{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}{wxmousecapturelostevent}
a5e84126 2646\helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
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2649\membersection{wxWindow::RemoveChild}\label{wxwindowremovechild}
2650
2651\func{virtual void}{RemoveChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
2652
2653Removes a child window. This is called automatically by window deletion
2654functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
2655
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2658
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2660
2661\docparam{child}{Child window to remove.}
2662
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2665
2666\func{bool}{RemoveEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler *}{handler}}
2667
2668Find the given {\it handler} in the windows event handler chain and remove (but
2669not delete) it from it.
2670
2671\wxheading{Parameters}
2672
154b6b0f 2673\docparam{handler}{The event handler to remove, must be non-{\tt NULL} and
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2674must be present in this windows event handlers chain}
2675
2676\wxheading{Return value}
2677
cc81d32f 2678Returns {\tt true} if it was found and {\tt false} otherwise (this also results
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2679in an assert failure so this function should only be called when the
2680handler is supposed to be there).
2681
2682\wxheading{See also}
2683
2684\helpref{PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2685\helpref{PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler}
2686
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2689
2690\func{virtual bool}{Reparent}{\param{wxWindow* }{newParent}}
2691
2692Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
18ac8d69 2693current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
83930b2f 2694and then re-inserted into another.
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2696\wxheading{Parameters}
2697
2698\docparam{newParent}{New parent.}
2699
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2703\constfunc{virtual void}{ScreenToClient}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
2704
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2706
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2708
2709\wxheading{Parameters}
2710
2711\docparam{x}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2712
2713\docparam{y}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2714
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2716
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2718implements the following methods:\par
2719\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2720\twocolitem{{\bf ScreenToClient(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
2721\twocolitem{{\bf ScreenToClientXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
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2723}
2724
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2726\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollLines}\label{wxwindowscrolllines}
2727
9cd6d737 2728\func{virtual bool}{ScrollLines}{\param{int }{lines}}
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2730Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if {\it lines} is
2731positive) or up.
2732
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2734
cc81d32f 2735Returns {\tt true} if the window was scrolled, {\tt false} if it was already
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2737
2738\wxheading{Remarks}
2739
2740This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxTextCtrl under
2741wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all
2742platforms).
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2744\wxheading{See also}
2745
2746\helpref{ScrollPages}{wxwindowscrollpages}
2747
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2749\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollPages}\label{wxwindowscrollpages}
2750
9cd6d737 2751\func{virtual bool}{ScrollPages}{\param{int }{pages}}
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2752
2753Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if {\it pages} is
2754positive) or up.
2755
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2756\wxheading{Return value}
2757
cc81d32f 2758Returns {\tt true} if the window was scrolled, {\tt false} if it was already
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2760
2761\wxheading{Remarks}
2762
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2765\wxheading{See also}
2766
2767\helpref{ScrollLines}{wxwindowscrolllines}
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2770\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollWindow}\label{wxwindowscrollwindow}
2771
eaaa6a06 2772\func{virtual void}{ScrollWindow}{\param{int }{dx}, \param{int }{dy}, \param{const wxRect*}{ rect = NULL}}
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6453876e 2774Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
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2775
2776\wxheading{Parameters}
2777
2778\docparam{dx}{Amount to scroll horizontally.}
2779
2780\docparam{dy}{Amount to scroll vertically.}
2781
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2782\docparam{rect}{Rectangle to scroll, if it is \NULL, the whole window is
2783scrolled (this is always the case under wxGTK which doesn't support this
2784parameter)}
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2785
2786\wxheading{Remarks}
2787
60fef964 2788Note that you can often use \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
9f1a4466 2789instead of using this function directly.
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2792\membersection{wxWindow::SetAcceleratorTable}\label{wxwindowsetacceleratortable}
2793
2794\func{virtual void}{SetAcceleratorTable}{\param{const wxAcceleratorTable\&}{ accel}}
2795
2796Sets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
2797
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2799\membersection{wxWindow::SetAccessible}\label{wxwindowsetaccessible}
2800
dbd94b75 2801\func{void}{SetAccessible}{\param{wxAccessible*}{ accessible}}
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2802
2803Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
2804will be deleted first, if not identical to {\it accessible}.
2805
2806See also \helpref{wxAccessible}{wxaccessible}.
2807
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2809\membersection{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}\label{wxwindowsetautolayout}
2810
8a293590 2811\func{void}{SetAutoLayout}{\param{bool}{ autoLayout}}
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2812
2813Determines whether the \helpref{wxWindow::Layout}{wxwindowlayout} function will
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2814be called automatically when the window is resized. Please note that this only
2815happens for the windows usually used to contain children, namely
2816\helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel} and \helpref{wxTopLevelWindow}{wxtoplevelwindow}
2817(and the classes deriving from them).
2818
2819This method is called implicitly by
2820\helpref{wxWindow::SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer} but if you use
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2822manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly updated when its
2823size changes.
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2825\wxheading{Parameters}
2826
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2827\docparam{autoLayout}{Set this to \true if you wish the Layout function to be
2828called automatically when the window is resized.}
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2830\wxheading{See also}
2831
2832\helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints}{wxwindowsetconstraints}
2833
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2835\membersection{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour}
2836
e477b168 2837\func{virtual bool}{SetBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
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2838
2839Sets the background colour of the window.
2840
b8e7b673 2841Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
324eeecb 2842explanation of the difference between this method and
fa47d7a7 2843\helpref{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetownbackgroundcolour}.
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2845\wxheading{Parameters}
2846
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2848 {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
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2849
2850\wxheading{Remarks}
2851
2852The background colour is usually painted by the default\rtfsp
f4fcc291 2853\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent} event handler function
6453876e 2854under Windows and automatically under GTK.
a660d684 2855
5b6aa0ff 2856Note that setting the background colour does not cause an immediate refresh, so you
684761db 2857may wish to call \helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground} or \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} after
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2859
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2861window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
2862themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
2863applications on the system.
2864
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2866\wxheading{See also}
2867
2868\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2869\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2870\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
684761db 2871\helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground},\rtfsp
5b6aa0ff 2872\helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh},\rtfsp
f4fcc291 2873\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent}
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2875\membersection{wxWindow::SetBackgroundStyle}\label{wxwindowsetbackgroundstyle}
2876
2877\func{virtual void}{SetBackgroundStyle}{\param{wxBackgroundStyle}{ style}}
2878
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2880\helpref{GetBackgroundStyle()}{wxwindowgetbackgroundstyle} for the description
2881of the possible style values.
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2883\wxheading{See also}
2884
2885\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2886\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
4488a1d3 2887\helpref{wxWindow::SetTransparent}{wxwindowsettransparent}
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9f884528 2889
fe161a26 2890
00ff24c8 2891\membersection{wxWindow::SetCanFocus}\label{wxwindowsetcanfocus}
fe161a26 2892
00ff24c8 2893\func{virtual void}{SetCanFocus}{\param{bool}{ canFocus}}
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2896native TAB traversal (such as GTK+ 2.0). It is called by wxWidgets'
2897container control code to give the native system a hint when
2898doing TAB traversal. A call to this does not disable or change
2899the effect of programmatically calling
2900\helpref{wxWindow::SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus}.
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2903
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2904\helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}
2905\helpref{wxPanel::SetFocus}{wxpanelsetfocus}
2906\helpref{wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren}{wxpanelsetfocusignoringchildren}
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2909\membersection{wxWindow::SetCaret}\label{wxwindowsetcaret}
2910
2911\constfunc{void}{SetCaret}{\param{wxCaret *}{caret}}
2912
2913Sets the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
2914
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2916\membersection{wxWindow::SetClientSize}\label{wxwindowsetclientsize}
2917
2918\func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
2919
2920\func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
2921
2922This sets the size of the window client area in pixels. Using this function to size a window
2923tends to be more device-independent than \helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}, since the application need not
2924worry about what dimensions the border or title bar have when trying to fit the window
2925around panel items, for example.
2926
2927\wxheading{Parameters}
2928
2929\docparam{width}{The required client area width.}
2930
2931\docparam{height}{The required client area height.}
2932
2933\docparam{size}{The required client size.}
2934
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2936implements the following methods:\par
2937\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2938\twocolitem{{\bf SetClientSize(size)}}{Accepts a wxSize}
2939\twocolitem{{\bf SetClientSizeWH(width, height)}}{}
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2941}
2942
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2944\membersection{wxWindow::SetConstraints}\label{wxwindowsetconstraints}
2945
2946\func{void}{SetConstraints}{\param{wxLayoutConstraints* }{constraints}}
2947
2948Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
2949will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2950If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2951window, it will be deleted.
2952
2953\wxheading{Parameters}
2954
2955\docparam{constraints}{The constraints to set. Pass NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
2956constraints.}
2957
2958\wxheading{Remarks}
2959
2960You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
2cdac558 2961the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you must override OnSize and call Layout()
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2962explicitly. When setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a \helpref{wxSizer}{wxsizer}, only the
2963sizer will have effect.
a660d684 2964
d9f42a9e 2965\membersection{wxWindow::SetContainingSizer}\label{wxwindowsetcontainingsizer}
b8e7b673 2966
d9f42a9e 2967\func{void}{SetContainingSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}}
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2970when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window can
2971remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
b8e7b673 2972
b8e7b673 2973
d9f42a9e 2974\membersection{wxWindow::SetCursor}\label{wxwindowsetcursor}
b8e7b673 2975
d9f42a9e 2976\func{virtual void}{SetCursor}{\param{const wxCursor\&}{cursor}}
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2979% changed
2980Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
2981children of the window implicitly.
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2984be reset back to default.
b8e7b673 2985
d9f42a9e 2986\wxheading{Parameters}
b8e7b673 2987
d9f42a9e 2988\docparam{cursor}{Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.}
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2989
2990\wxheading{See also}
2991
d9f42a9e 2992\helpref{::wxSetCursor}{wxsetcursor}, \helpref{wxCursor}{wxcursor}
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2993
2994
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2995\membersection{wxWindow::SetDropTarget}\label{wxwindowsetdroptarget}
2996
2997\func{void}{SetDropTarget}{\param{wxDropTarget*}{ target}}
2998
2999Associates a drop target with this window.
3000
3001If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
3002
3003\wxheading{See also}
3004
c9f00eeb 3005\helpref{wxWindow::GetDropTarget}{wxwindowgetdroptarget},
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3006\helpref{Drag and drop overview}{wxdndoverview}
3007
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3010\membersection{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}\label{wxwindowseteventhandler}
3011
3012\func{void}{SetEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
3013
3014Sets the event handler for this window.
3015
3016\wxheading{Parameters}
3017
3018\docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be set.}
3019
3020\wxheading{Remarks}
3021
3022An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
3023sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
3024an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
3025central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
3026window classes.
3027
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3029since this sets up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by
3030one event handler is handed to the next one in the chain.
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3031
3032\wxheading{See also}
3033
3034\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
3035\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
3036\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
3037\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
3038\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
3039
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3041\membersection{wxWindow::SetExtraStyle}\label{wxwindowsetextrastyle}
3042
3043\func{void}{SetExtraStyle}{\param{long }{exStyle}}
3044
3045Sets the extra style bits for the window. The currently defined extra style
3046bits are:
3047
3048\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
3049\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
3050\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
3051and Validate() methods will recursively descend into all children of the
3052window if it has this style flag set.}
e4b713a2 3053\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{Normally, the command
2edb0bde 3054events are propagated upwards to the window parent recursively until a handler
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3055for them is found. Using this style allows to prevent them from being
3056propagated beyond this window. Notice that wxDialog has this style on by
be90c029 3057default for the reasons explained in the
e4b713a2 3058\helpref{event processing overview}{eventprocessing}.}
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3059\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_TRANSIENT}}{This can be used to prevent a
3060window from being used as an implicit parent for the dialogs which were
3061created without a parent. It is useful for the windows which can disappear at
2edb0bde 3062any moment as creating children of such windows results in fatal problems.}
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3063\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_CONTEXTHELP}}{Under Windows, puts a query
3064button on the caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive
3065help mode and wxWidgets will send a wxEVT\_HELP event if the user clicked on an
3066application window.
335c9e32 3067This style cannot be used together with wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX or wxMINIMIZE\_BOX, so
7ce6cc9b 3068these two styles are automatically turned of if this one is used.}
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3069\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_IDLE}}{This window should always process idle events, even
3070if the mode set by \helpref{wxIdleEvent::SetMode}{wxidleeventsetmode} is wxIDLE\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
3071\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_UI\_UPDATES}}{This window should always process UI update events,
3072even if the mode set by \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} is wxUPDATE\_UI\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
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3073\end{twocollist}
3074
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3076\membersection{wxWindow::SetFocus}\label{wxwindowsetfocus}
3077
3078\func{virtual void}{SetFocus}{\void}
3079
3080This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
3081
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3082\wxheading{See also}
3083
3084\helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}
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3085\helpref{wxPanel::SetFocus}{wxpanelsetfocus}
3086\helpref{wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren}{wxpanelsetfocusignoringchildren}
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3089\membersection{wxWindow::SetFocusFromKbd}\label{wxwindowsetfocusfromkbd}
3090
3091\func{virtual void}{SetFocusFromKbd}{\void}
3092
fc2171bd 3093This function is called by wxWidgets keyboard navigation code when the user
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3094gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using {\tt TAB} key).
3095By default this method simply calls \helpref{SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus} but
3096can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
3097
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3099\membersection{wxWindow::SetFont}\label{wxwindowsetfont}
3100
9c575662 3101\func{bool}{SetFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}}
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3103Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
3104parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
fa47d7a7 3105use \helpref{SetOwnFont}{wxwindowsetownfont} instead in this case and
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3106see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for more
3107explanations.
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3109Please notice that the given font is \emph{not} automatically used for
3110\helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc} objects associated with this window, you need to
3111call \helpref{wxDC::SetFont()}{wxdcsetfont} too. However this font is used by
3112any standard controls for drawing their text as well as by
3113\helpref{wxWindow::GetTextExtent()}{wxwindowgettextextent}.
3114
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3115\wxheading{Parameters}
3116
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3117\docparam{font}{Font to associate with this window, pass
3118{\tt wxNullFont} to reset to the default font.}
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3120\wxheading{Return value}
3121
3122\true if the want was really changed, \false if it was already set to this
3123\arg{font} and so nothing was done.
3124
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3125\wxheading{See also}
3126
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3127\helpref{wxWindow::GetFont}{wxwindowgetfont},\\
3128\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
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3131\membersection{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour}
3132
3133\func{virtual void}{SetForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
3134
3135Sets the foreground colour of the window.
3136
b8e7b673 3137Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
324eeecb 3138explanation of the difference between this method and
fa47d7a7 3139\helpref{SetOwnForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}.
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3142
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3144 {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
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3145
3146\wxheading{Remarks}
3147
3148The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
3149to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
3150be used at all.
3151
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3153window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
3154themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
3155applications on the system.
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3157\wxheading{See also}
3158
3159\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
3160\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
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3161\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
3162\helpref{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
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3165\membersection{wxWindow::SetHelpText}\label{wxwindowsethelptext}
3166
3167\func{virtual void}{SetHelpText}{\param{const wxString\& }{helpText}}
3168
3169Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
3170
3171Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
3172and not in the window object itself.
3173
3174\wxheading{See also}
3175
3176\helpref{GetHelpText}{wxwindowgethelptext}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
3177
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3179\membersection{wxWindow::SetId}\label{wxwindowsetid}
3180
3181\func{void}{SetId}{\param{int}{ id}}
3182
3183Sets the identifier of the window.
3184
3185\wxheading{Remarks}
3186
3187Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has not provided one,
3188an identifier will be generated. Normally, the identifier should be provided
3189on creation and should not be modified subsequently.
3190
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3192
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3194\helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
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3199
3200\func{virtual void}{SetInitialBestSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
3201
3202Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the
3203components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord).
3204
3205
3206\membersection{wxWindow::SetInitialSize}\label{wxwindowsetinitialsize}
3207
3208\func{void}{SetInitialSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize}}
3209
3210A {\it smart} SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
3211window's {\it best} size values. Also sets the window's minsize to
3212the value passed in for use with sizers. This means that if a full or
3213partial size is passed to this function then the sizers will use that
3214size instead of the results of GetBestSize to determine the minimum
3215needs of the window for layout.
3216
3217Most controls will use this to set their initial size, and their min
3218size to the passed in value (if any.)
3219
3220
3221\wxheading{See also}
3222
3223\helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize},\rtfsp
3224\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
3225\helpref{wxWindow::GetEffectiveMinSize}{wxwindowgeteffectiveminsize}
3226
3227
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3229
3230\func{virtual void}{SetLabel}{\param{const wxString\& }{label}}
3231
3232Sets the window's label.
3233
3234\wxheading{Parameters}
3235
3236\docparam{label}{The window label.}
3237
3238\wxheading{See also}
3239
3240\helpref{wxWindow::GetLabel}{wxwindowgetlabel}
3241
3242
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3244
3245\func{void}{SetMaxSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
3246
3247Sets the maximum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
3248that this is the maximum possible size.
3249
3250\membersection{wxWindow::SetMinSize}\label{wxwindowsetminsize}
3251
3252\func{void}{SetMinSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
3253
3254Sets the minimum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
3255that this is the minimum required size. You may need to call this
3256if you change the window size after construction and before adding
3257to its parent sizer.
3258
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3260
3261\func{virtual void}{SetName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
3262
3263Sets the window's name.
3264
3265\wxheading{Parameters}
3266
3267\docparam{name}{A name to set for the window.}
3268
3269\wxheading{See also}
3270
3271\helpref{wxWindow::GetName}{wxwindowgetname}
3272
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3275
3276\func{void}{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
3277
3278Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
3279by the children of this window.
3280
3281\wxheading{See also}
3282
3283\helpref{SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
3284\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
3285
3286
3287\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnFont}\label{wxwindowsetownfont}
3288
3289\func{void}{SetOwnFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}}
3290
3291Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
3292children of this window.
3293
3294\wxheading{See also}
3295
3296\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont},\rtfsp
3297\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
3298
3299
3300\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}
3301
3302\func{void}{SetOwnForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
3303
3304Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
3305by the children of this window.
3306
3307\wxheading{See also}
3308
3309\helpref{SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
3310\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
3311
3312
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3314
3315\func{virtual void}{SetPalette}{\param{wxPalette* }{palette}}
3316
3317Obsolete - use \helpref{wxDC::SetPalette}{wxdcsetpalette} instead.
3318
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3321
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3322\func{virtual void}{SetScrollbar}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{position},\rtfsp
3323\param{int }{thumbSize}, \param{int }{range},\rtfsp
cc81d32f 3324\param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3326Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
3327
3328\wxheading{Parameters}
3329
3330\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3331
3332\docparam{position}{The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.}
3333
3334\docparam{thumbSize}{The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.}
3335
3336\docparam{range}{The maximum position of the scrollbar.}
3337
cc81d32f 3338\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3340\wxheading{Remarks}
3341
3342Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same font.
3343The window is sized so that you can only see 16 lines at a time.
3344
3345You would use:
3346
3347{\small%
3348\begin{verbatim}
3349 SetScrollbar(wxVERTICAL, 0, 16, 50);
3350\end{verbatim}
3351}
3352
3353Note that with the window at this size, the thumb position can never go
3354above 50 minus 16, or 34.
3355
3356You can determine how many lines are currently visible by dividing the current view
3357size by the character height in pixels.
3358
3359When defining your own scrollbar behaviour, you will always need to recalculate
3360the scrollbar settings when the window size changes. You could therefore put your
3361scrollbar calculations and SetScrollbar
3362call into a function named AdjustScrollbars, which can be called initially and also
f4fcc291 3363from your \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent} handler function.
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3365\wxheading{See also}
3366
3367\helpref{Scrolling overview}{scrollingoverview},\rtfsp
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3369\helpref{wxScrollWinEvent}{wxscrollwinevent}
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3371\begin{comment}
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3374\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpage}
3375
cc81d32f 3376\func{virtual void}{SetScrollPage}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pageSize}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3378Sets the page size of one of the built-in scrollbars.
3379
3380\wxheading{Parameters}
3381
3382\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3383
3384\docparam{pageSize}{Page size in scroll units.}
3385
cc81d32f 3386\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3388\wxheading{Remarks}
3389
3390The page size of a scrollbar is the number of scroll units that the scroll thumb travels when you
3391click on the area above/left of or below/right of the thumb. Normally you will want a whole visible
3392page to be scrolled, i.e. the size of the current view (perhaps the window client size). This
3393value has to be adjusted when the window is resized, since the page size will have changed.
3394
3395In addition to specifying how far the scroll thumb travels when paging, in Motif and some versions of Windows
3396the thumb changes size to reflect the page size relative to the length of the document. When the
3397document size is only slightly bigger than the current view (window) size, almost all of the scrollbar
3398will be taken up by the thumb. When the two values become the same, the scrollbar will (on some systems)
3399disappear.
3400
3401Currently, this function should be called before SetPageRange, because of a quirk in the Windows
3402handling of pages and ranges.
3403
3404\wxheading{See also}
3405
3406\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
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3408\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowgetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3410\end{comment}
3411
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3413\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpos}
3414
cc81d32f 3415\func{virtual void}{SetScrollPos}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pos}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3416
3417Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
3418
3419\wxheading{Parameters}
3420
3421\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3422
3423\docparam{pos}{Position in scroll units.}
3424
cc81d32f 3425\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3427\wxheading{Remarks}
3428
3429This function does not directly affect the contents of the window: it is up to the
3430application to take note of scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
3431
3432\wxheading{See also}
3433
3434\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar},\rtfsp
4179da8a 3435\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowgetscrollpos},\rtfsp
f7bd2698 3436\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollThumb}{wxwindowgetscrollthumb},\rtfsp
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3437\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
3438
3439\begin{comment}
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3442\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollRange}\label{wxwindowsetscrollrange}
3443
cc81d32f 3444\func{virtual void}{SetScrollRange}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{range}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3445
3446Sets the range of one of the built-in scrollbars.
3447
3448\wxheading{Parameters}
3449
3450\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose range is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3451
3452\docparam{range}{Scroll range.}
3453
cc81d32f 3454\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3455
3456\wxheading{Remarks}
3457
3458The range of a scrollbar is the number of steps that the thumb may travel, rather than the total
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3459object length of the scrollbar. If you are implementing a scrolling window, for example, you
3460would adjust the scroll range when the window is resized, by subtracting the window view size from the
3461total virtual window size. When the two sizes are the same (all the window is visible), the range goes to zero
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3462and usually the scrollbar will be automatically hidden.
3463
3464\wxheading{See also}
3465
3466\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
3467\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}{wxwindowsetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3469\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowgetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3471\end{comment}
3472
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3474\membersection{wxWindow::SetSize}\label{wxwindowsetsize}
3475
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3476\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}, \param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height},
3477 \param{int}{ sizeFlags = wxSIZE\_AUTO}}
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3479\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxRect\&}{ rect}}
3480
fab86f26 3481Sets the position and size of the window in pixels.
a660d684 3482
eaaa6a06 3483\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
a660d684 3484
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3485\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
3486
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3487Sets the size of the window in pixels.
3488
3489\wxheading{Parameters}
3490
60fef964 3491\docparam{x}{Required x position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
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3492value should be used.}
3493
60fef964 3494\docparam{y}{Required y position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
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3495value should be used.}
3496
60fef964 3497\docparam{width}{Required width in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
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3498value should be used.}
3499
60fef964 3500\docparam{height}{Required height position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
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3501value should be used.}
3502
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3503\docparam{size}{\helpref{wxSize}{wxsize} object for setting the size.}
3504
3505\docparam{rect}{\helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object for setting the position and size.}
3506
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3508
60fef964 3509{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_WIDTH}: a $wxDefaultCoord$ width value is taken to indicate
fc2171bd 3510a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
60fef964 3511{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_HEIGHT}: a $wxDefaultCoord$ height value is taken to indicate
4e43c815 3512a wxWidgets-supplied default height.\\
60fef964 3513{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO}: $wxDefaultCoord$ size values are taken to indicate
fc2171bd 3514a wxWidgets-supplied default size.\\
a660d684 3515{\bf wxSIZE\_USE\_EXISTING}: existing dimensions should be used
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3517{\bf wxSIZE\_ALLOW\_MINUS\_ONE}: allow negative dimensions (ie. value of $wxDefaultCoord$) to be interpreted
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3520already the same as the parameters of this function, nothing is done. but with
3521this flag a window resize may be forced even in this case (supported in wx
35222.6.2 and later and only implemented for MSW and ignored elsewhere currently)
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3523}
3524
3525\wxheading{Remarks}
3526
3527The second form is a convenience for calling the first form with default
3528x and y parameters, and must be used with non-default width and height values.
3529
3530The first form sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
60fef964 3531Parameters may be $wxDefaultCoord$ to indicate either that a default should be supplied
fc2171bd 3532by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the dimension should be used.
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3533
3534\wxheading{See also}
3535
3536\helpref{wxWindow::Move}{wxwindowmove}
3537
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3539implements the following methods:\par
3540\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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3541\twocolitem{{\bf SetDimensions(x, y, width, height, sizeFlags=wxSIZE\_AUTO)}}{}
3542\twocolitem{{\bf SetSize(size)}}{}
3543\twocolitem{{\bf SetPosition(point)}}{}
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3545}
3546
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3548\membersection{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}\label{wxwindowsetsizehints}
3549
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3551(such as wxDialog or wxFrame) is discouraged. Please use
3552\helpref{SetMinSize}{wxwindowsetminsize} and \helpref{SetMaxSize}{wxwindowsetmaxsize}
3553instead.
3554
3555\wxheading{See also}
3556
9379c0d7 3557\helpref{wxTopLevelWindow::SetSizeHints}{wxtoplevelwindowsetsizehints}.
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3560\membersection{wxWindow::SetSizer}\label{wxwindowsetsizer}
3561
cc81d32f 3562\func{void}{SetSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=true}}
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3563
3564Sets the window to have the given layout sizer. The window
3565will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
3566If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
cc81d32f 3567window, it will be deleted if the deleteOld parameter is true.
515da557 3568
324eeecb 3569Note that this function will also call
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3571parameter if the {\it sizer}\/ is non-NULL and {\tt false} otherwise.
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3573\wxheading{Parameters}
3574
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3576the window's sizer. See below.}
3577
fab86f26 3578\docparam{deleteOld}{If true (the default), this will delete any pre-existing sizer.
cc81d32f 3579Pass false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself.}
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3580
3581\wxheading{Remarks}
3582
fc2171bd 3583SetSizer now enables and disables Layout automatically, but prior to wxWidgets 2.3.3
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3584the following applied:
3585
515da557 3586You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
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3587the sizer automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you must override OnSize and call Layout()
3588explicitly. When setting both a wxSizer and a \helpref{wxLayoutConstraints}{wxlayoutconstraints},
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3589only the sizer will have effect.
3590
a1037371 3591
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3592\membersection{wxWindow::SetSizerAndFit}\label{wxwindowsetsizerandfit}
3593
cc81d32f 3594\func{void}{SetSizerAndFit}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=true}}
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3596The same as \helpref{SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer}, except it also sets the size hints
3597for the window based on the sizer's minimum size.
3598
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3600\membersection{wxWindow::SetThemeEnabled}\label{wxwindowsetthemeenabled}
3601
3602\func{virtual void}{SetThemeEnabled}{\param{bool }{enable}}
3603
3604This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
3605to draw the windows' background instead if its own background drawing
3606code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
3607obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
3608One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
3609defined by a user's selected theme.
3610
cc81d32f 3611Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to true
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3612by default so that the default look and feel is simulated best.
3613
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3615\membersection{wxWindow::SetToolTip}\label{wxwindowsettooltip}
3616
3617\func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{const wxString\& }{tip}}
3618
3619\func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{wxToolTip* }{tip}}
3620
c9f00eeb 3621Attach a tooltip to the window.
f6bcfd97 3622
c9f00eeb 3623See also: \helpref{GetToolTip}{wxwindowgettooltip},
8161ba08 3624 \helpref{wxToolTip}{wxtooltip}
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3628
3629\func{bool}{SetTransparent}{\param{wxByte }{alpha}}
3630
3631Set the transparency of the window. If the system supports transparent windows,
3632returns \true, otherwise returns \false and the window remains fully opaque.
3633See also \helpref{CanSetTransparent}{wxwindowcansettransparent}.
3634
3635The parameter \arg{alpha} is in the range $0..255$ where $0$ corresponds to a
3636fully transparent window and $255$ to the fully opaque one. The constants
3637\texttt{wxIMAGE\_ALPHA\_TRANSPARENT} and \texttt{wxIMAGE\_ALPHA\_OPAQUE} can be
3638used.
3639
3640
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3642
3643\func{virtual void}{SetValidator}{\param{const wxValidator\&}{ validator}}
3644
3645Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having called wxValidator::Clone to
3646create a new validator of this type.
3647
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3650
3651\func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
3652
3653\func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
3654
3655Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
3656
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3659
3660\func{virtual void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{int}{ minW},\param{int}{ minH}, \param{int}{ maxW=-1}, \param{int}{ maxH=-1}}
3661
324eeecb 3662\func{void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ minSize=wxDefaultSize},
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3664
3665
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3666Allows specification of minimum and maximum virtual window sizes.
3667If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values
3668will be used.
3669
3670\wxheading{Parameters}
3671
3672\docparam{minW}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.}
3673
3674\docparam{minH}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.}
3675
3676\docparam{maxW}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.}
3677
3678\docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
3679
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3681
3682\docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
3683
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3685
3686If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the virtual area
3687of the window outside the given bounds.
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3690\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyle}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyle}
3691
3692\func{void}{SetWindowStyle}{\param{long}{ style}}
3693
3694Identical to \helpref{SetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}.
3695
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3697\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyleFlag}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}
3698
3699\func{virtual void}{SetWindowStyleFlag}{\param{long}{ style}}
3700
3701Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
3702after the window creation and that \helpref{Refresh()}{wxwindowrefresh} might
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3703need to be be called after changing the others for the change to take place
3704immediately.
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b2cf617c 3706See \helpref{Window styles}{windowstyles} for more information about flags.
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3708\wxheading{See also}
3709
3710\helpref{GetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowgetwindowstyleflag}
3711
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3713\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}\label{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
3714
3715\func{void}{SetWindowVariant}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{variant}}
3716
3717This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
3718Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
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3720enum:
3721\begin{verbatim}
3722enum wxWindowVariant
3723{
3724 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL, // Normal size
3725 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_SMALL, // Smaller size (about 25 % smaller than normal )
3726 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MINI, // Mini size (about 33 % smaller than normal )
3727 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_LARGE, // Large size (about 25 % larger than normal )
3728};
3729\end{verbatim}
3730
3731By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
3732be used to change this.
3733
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3735\membersection{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}\label{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
3736
3737\func{virtual bool}{ShouldInheritColours}{\void}
3738
324eeecb 3739Return \true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
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3740\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}, returning \false
3741forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
3742
324eeecb 3743The base class version returns \false, but this method is overridden in
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3744\helpref{wxControl}{wxcontrol} where it returns \true.
3745
3746
aeab10d0 3747\membersection{wxWindow::Show}\label{wxwindowshow}
a660d684 3748
cc81d32f 3749\func{virtual bool}{Show}{\param{bool}{ show = {\tt true}}}
a660d684 3750
be90c029 3751Shows or hides the window. You may need to call \helpref{Raise}{wxwindowraise}
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3753needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
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3755\wxheading{Parameters}
3756
cc81d32f 3757\docparam{show}{If {\tt true} displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.}
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3759\wxheading{Return value}
3760
cc81d32f 3761{\tt true} if the window has been shown or hidden or {\tt false} if nothing was
bc5879ef 3762done because it already was in the requested state.
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3764\wxheading{See also}
3765
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3767\helpref{wxWindow::Hide}{wxwindowhide},\rtfsp
3768\helpref{wxRadioBox::Show}{wxradioboxshow}
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3771\membersection{wxWindow::ShowWithEffect}\label{wxwindowshowwitheffect}
3772
3773\func{virtual bool}{ShowWithEffect}{\param{wxShowEffect }{effect}, \param{unsigned }{timeout = $0$}, \param{wxDirection }{dir = wxBOTTOM}}
3774
3775This function shows a window, like \helpref{Show()}{wxwindowshow}, but using a
3776special visual effect if possible.
3777
3778Possible values for \arg{effect} are:
3779\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
3780\twocolitem{wxSHOW\_EFFECT\_ROLL}{Roll window effect}
3781\twocolitem{wxSHOW\_EFFECT\_SLIDE}{Sliding window effect}
3782\twocolitem{wxSHOW\_EFFECT\_BLEND}{Fade in or out effect}
3783\twocolitem{wxSHOW\_EFFECT\_EXPAND}{Expanding or collapsing effect}
3784\end{twocollist}
3785
3786For the roll and slide effects the \arg{dir} parameter specifies the animation
3787direction: it can be one of \texttt{wxTOP}, \texttt{wxBOTTOM}, \texttt{wxLEFT}
3788or \texttt{wxRIGHT}. For the other effects, this parameter is unused.
3789
3790The \arg{timeout} parameter specifies the time of the animation, in
3791milliseconds. If the default value of $0$ is used, the default animation time
3792for the current platform is used.
3793
3794Currently this function is only implemented in wxMSW and does the same thing as
3795Show() in the other ports.
3796
3797\newsince{2.9.0}
3798
3799\wxheading{See also}
3800
3801\helpref{HideWithEffect}{wxwindowhidewitheffect}
3802
3803
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3805
3806\func{virtual void}{Thaw}{\void}
3807
324eeecb 3808Reenables window updating after a previous call to
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3809\helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}. To really thaw the control, it must be called
3810exactly the same number of times as \helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}.
3811
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3812\wxheading{See also}
3813
3814\helpref{wxWindowUpdateLocker}{wxwindowupdatelocker}
3815
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3817\membersection{wxWindow::ToggleWindowStyle}\label{wxwindowtogglewindowstyle}
3818
e23d4019 3819\func{bool}{ToggleWindowStyle}{\param{int }{flag}}
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3820
3821Turns the given \arg{flag} on if it's currently turned off and vice versa.
3822This function cannot be used if the value of the flag is $0$ (which is often
3823the case for default flags).
3824
3825Also, please notice that not all styles can be changed after the control
3826creation.
3827
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3828\wxheading{Return value}
3829
3830Returns \true if the style was turned on by this function, \false if it was
3831switched off.
3832
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3833\wxheading{See also}
3834
3835\helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag},\rtfsp
3836\helpref{wxWindow::HasFlag}{wxwindowhasflag}
3837
3838
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3839\membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow}
3840
3841\func{virtual bool}{TransferDataFromWindow}{\void}
3842
3843Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their validators. Returns
cc81d32f 3844{\tt false} if a transfer failed.
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3846If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3847the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
3848
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3849\wxheading{See also}
3850
3851\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow},\rtfsp
3852\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
3853
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3855\membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
3856
3857\func{virtual bool}{TransferDataToWindow}{\void}
3858
3859Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their validators.
3860
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3861If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3862the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
3863
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3864\wxheading{Return value}
3865
cc81d32f 3866Returns {\tt false} if a transfer failed.
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3867
3868\wxheading{See also}
3869
3870\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3871\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
3872
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3874\membersection{wxWindow::UnregisterHotKey}\label{wxwindowunregisterhotkey}
3875
3876\func{bool}{UnregisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}}
3877
3878Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
3879
3880\wxheading{Parameters}
3881
3882\docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to RegisterHotKey.}
3883
3884\wxheading{Return value}
3885
3886{\tt true} if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, {\tt false} if the id was invalid.
3887
3888\wxheading{Remarks}
3889
3890This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
3891
3892\wxheading{See also}
3893
3894\helpref{wxWindow::RegisterHotKey}{wxwindowregisterhotkey}
3895
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3897\membersection{wxWindow::Update}\label{wxwindowupdate}
3898
3899\func{virtual void}{Update}{\void}
3900
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3901Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window and
3902all of its children recursively while this would usually only happen when the
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3903flow of control returns to the event loop.
3904Notice that this function doesn't invalidate any area of the window so
3905nothing happens if nothing has been invalidated (i.e. marked as requiring
3906a redraw). Use \helpref{Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} first if you want to
a67f1484 3907immediately redraw the window unconditionally.
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3910\membersection{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}\label{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
3911
c0d26c0f 3912\func{virtual void}{UpdateWindowUI}{\param{long}{ flags = wxUPDATE\_UI\_NONE}}
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3913
3914This function sends \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvents}{wxupdateuievent} to
3915the window. The particular implementation depends on the window; for
3916example a wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
3917and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
3918You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
3919UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
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3920are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
3921\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} or
e39af974 3922\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval}{wxupdateuieventsetupdateinterval} to
fc2171bd 3923limit the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
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3924
3925{\it flags} should be a bitlist of one or more of the following values.
3926
3927\begin{verbatim}
3928enum wxUpdateUI
3929{
3930 wxUPDATE_UI_NONE = 0x0000, // No particular value
3931 wxUPDATE_UI_RECURSE = 0x0001, // Call the function for descendants
3932 wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE = 0x0002 // Invoked from On(Internal)Idle
3933};
3934\end{verbatim}
3935
3936If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
3937function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE\_UI\_FROMIDLE flag, since
3938this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
3939to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
3940only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
3941The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
3942an idle function.
3943
3944\begin{verbatim}
3945void MyWindow::OnInternalIdle()
3946{
3947 if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this))
3948 UpdateWindowUI(wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE);
3949}
3950\end{verbatim}
3951
3952\wxheading{See also}
3953
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3954\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent},
3955\helpref{wxWindow::DoUpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowdoupdatewindowui},
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3959\membersection{wxWindow::Validate}\label{wxwindowvalidate}
3960
3961\func{virtual bool}{Validate}{\void}
3962
3963Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
3964
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3965If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3966the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
3967
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3968\wxheading{Return value}
3969
cc81d32f 3970Returns {\tt false} if any of the validations failed.
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3971
3972\wxheading{See also}
3973
3974\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3980000c 3975\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow},\rtfsp
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3976\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}
3977
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3979\membersection{wxWindow::WarpPointer}\label{wxwindowwarppointer}
3980
3981\func{void}{WarpPointer}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
3982
3983Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
3984
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3985{\bf NB: } This function is not supported under Mac because Apple Human
3986Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor programmatically.
3987
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3988\wxheading{Parameters}
3989
3990\docparam{x}{The new x position for the cursor.}
3991
3992\docparam{y}{The new y position for the cursor.}
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