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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: statusbr.h
e54c96f1 3// Purpose: interface of wxStatusBar
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4// Author: wxWidgets team
5// RCS-ID: $Id$
6// Licence: wxWindows license
7/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9/**
10 @class wxStatusBar
7c913512 11
23324ae1 12 A status bar is a narrow window that can be placed along the bottom of a frame
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13 to give small amounts of status information. It can contain one or more fields,
14 one or more of which can be variable length according to the size of the window.
7c913512 15
23324ae1 16 @beginStyleTable
8c6791e4 17 @style{wxST_SIZEGRIP}
4701dc09 18 On Windows 95, displays a gripper at right-hand side of the status bar.
23324ae1 19 @endStyleTable
7c913512 20
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21 @todo reference to win95 may be old and wrong
22
23 @remarks
24 It is possible to create controls and other windows on the status bar.
25 Position these windows from an OnSize event handler.
26
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27 @library{wxcore}
28 @category{miscwnd}
7c913512 29
4701dc09 30 @see wxFrame, @ref page_samples_statbar
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31*/
32class wxStatusBar : public wxWindow
33{
34public:
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35 /**
36 Default ctor.
37 */
38 wxStatusBar();
39
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40 /**
41 Constructor, creating the window.
3c4f71cc 42
7c913512 43 @param parent
4cc4bfaf 44 The window parent, usually a frame.
7c913512 45 @param id
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46 The window identifier.
47 It may take a value of -1 to indicate a default value.
7c913512 48 @param style
4cc4bfaf 49 The window style. See wxStatusBar.
7c913512 50 @param name
4cc4bfaf 51 The name of the window. This parameter is used to associate a name with the
4701dc09 52 item, allowing the application user to set Motif resource values for
4cc4bfaf 53 individual windows.
3c4f71cc 54
4cc4bfaf 55 @see Create()
23324ae1 56 */
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57 wxStatusBar(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id = wxID_ANY,
58 long style = wxST_SIZEGRIP,
59 const wxString& name = "statusBar");
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60
61 /**
62 Destructor.
63 */
adaaa686 64 virtual ~wxStatusBar();
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65
66 /**
67 Creates the window, for two-step construction.
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68 See wxStatusBar() for details.
69 */
70 bool Create(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id = wxID_ANY,
71 long style = wxST_SIZEGRIP,
43c48e1e 72 const wxString& name = wxStatusBarNameStr);
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73
74 /**
75 Returns the size and position of a field's internal bounding rectangle.
3c4f71cc 76
7c913512 77 @param i
4cc4bfaf 78 The field in question.
7c913512 79 @param rect
4cc4bfaf 80 The rectangle values are placed in this variable.
3c4f71cc 81
d29a9a8a 82 @return @true if the field index is valid, @false otherwise.
3c4f71cc 83
4cc4bfaf 84 @see wxRect
23324ae1 85 */
328f5751 86 virtual bool GetFieldRect(int i, wxRect& rect) const;
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87
88 /**
89 Returns the number of fields in the status bar.
90 */
328f5751 91 int GetFieldsCount() const;
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92
93 /**
94 Returns the string associated with a status bar field.
3c4f71cc 95
7c913512 96 @param i
4cc4bfaf 97 The number of the status field to retrieve, starting from zero.
3c4f71cc 98
d29a9a8a 99 @return The status field string if the field is valid, otherwise the
4701dc09 100 empty string.
3c4f71cc 101
4cc4bfaf 102 @see SetStatusText()
23324ae1 103 */
328f5751 104 virtual wxString GetStatusText(int i = 0) const;
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105
106 /**
107 Sets the field text to the top of the stack, and pops the stack of saved
108 strings.
3c4f71cc 109
4cc4bfaf 110 @see PushStatusText()
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111 */
112 void PopStatusText(int field = 0);
113
114 /**
115 Saves the current field text in a per field stack, and sets the field text
116 to the string passed as argument.
117 */
118 void PushStatusText(const wxString& string, int field = 0);
119
120 /**
121 Sets the number of fields, and optionally the field widths.
3c4f71cc 122
7c913512 123 @param number
4cc4bfaf 124 The number of fields.
7c913512 125 @param widths
4cc4bfaf 126 An array of n integers interpreted in the same way as
4701dc09 127 in SetStatusWidths().
23324ae1 128 */
43c48e1e 129 virtual void SetFieldsCount(int number = 1, const int* widths = NULL);
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130
131 /**
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132 Sets the minimal possible height for the status bar.
133
134 The real height may be bigger than the height specified here depending
135 on the size of the font used by the status bar.
23324ae1 136 */
adaaa686 137 virtual void SetMinHeight(int height);
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138
139 /**
140 Sets the styles of the fields in the status line which can make fields appear
4701dc09 141 flat or raised instead of the standard sunken 3D border.
3c4f71cc 142
7c913512 143 @param n
4cc4bfaf 144 The number of fields in the status bar. Must be equal to the
4701dc09 145 number passed to SetFieldsCount() the last time it was called.
7c913512 146 @param styles
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147 Contains an array of n integers with the styles for each field. There
148 are three possible styles:
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149 - wxSB_NORMAL (default): The field appears sunken with a standard 3D border.
150 - wxSB_FLAT: No border is painted around the field so that it appears flat.
151 - wxSB_RAISED: A raised 3D border is painted around the field.
23324ae1 152 */
43c48e1e 153 virtual void SetStatusStyles(int n, const int* styles);
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154
155 /**
156 Sets the text for one field.
3c4f71cc 157
7c913512 158 @param text
4cc4bfaf 159 The text to be set. Use an empty string ("") to clear the field.
7c913512 160 @param i
4cc4bfaf 161 The field to set, starting from zero.
3c4f71cc 162
4cc4bfaf 163 @see GetStatusText(), wxFrame::SetStatusText
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164 */
165 virtual void SetStatusText(const wxString& text, int i = 0);
166
167 /**
168 Sets the widths of the fields in the status line. There are two types of
169 fields: fixed widths one and variable width fields. For the fixed width fields
170 you should specify their (constant) width in pixels. For the variable width
171 fields, specify a negative number which indicates how the field should expand:
172 the space left for all variable width fields is divided between them according
173 to the absolute value of this number. A variable width field with width of -2
174 gets twice as much of it as a field with width -1 and so on.
4701dc09 175
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176 For example, to create one fixed width field of width 100 in the right part of
177 the status bar and two more fields which get 66% and 33% of the remaining
178 space correspondingly, you should use an array containing -2, -1 and 100.
3c4f71cc 179
7c913512 180 @param n
4cc4bfaf 181 The number of fields in the status bar. Must be equal to the
4701dc09 182 number passed to SetFieldsCount() the last time it was called.
7c913512 183 @param widths
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184 Contains an array of n integers, each of which is either an
185 absolute status field width in pixels if positive or indicates a
4cc4bfaf 186 variable width field if negative.
3c4f71cc 187
23324ae1 188 @remarks The widths of the variable fields are calculated from the total
4cc4bfaf 189 width of all fields, minus the sum of widths of the
4701dc09 190 non-variable fields, divided by the number of variable fields.
3c4f71cc 191
4701dc09 192 @see SetFieldsCount(), wxFrame::SetStatusWidths()
23324ae1 193 */
43c48e1e 194 virtual void SetStatusWidths(int n, const int* widths_field);
23324ae1 195};
e54c96f1 196