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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: scroll.cpp
3// Purpose: wxScrolledWindow sample
4// Author: Robert Roebling
5// Modified by:
6// Created:
7// RCS-ID: $Id$
8// Copyright: (C) 1998 Robert Roebling, 2002 Ron Lee, 2003 Matt Gregory
9// Licence: wxWindows license
10/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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11
12// For compilers that support precompilation, includes "wx/wx.h".
13#include "wx/wxprec.h"
14
15#ifdef __BORLANDC__
16#pragma hdrstop
17#endif
18
19#ifndef WX_PRECOMP
20#include "wx/wx.h"
21#endif
22
23#include "wx/image.h"
053f9cc1 24#include "wx/listctrl.h"
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25#include "wx/sizer.h"
26#include "wx/log.h"
27
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28const long ID_QUIT = wxID_EXIT;
29const long ID_ABOUT = wxID_ABOUT;
30const long ID_DELETE_ALL = 100;
31const long ID_INSERT_NEW = 101;
32
33// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
34// a trivial example
35// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
36
37class MySimpleFrame;
38class MySimpleCanvas;
39
40// MySimpleCanvas
41
42class MySimpleCanvas: public wxScrolledWindow
43{
44public:
45 MySimpleCanvas() { }
46 MySimpleCanvas( wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID, const wxPoint &pos, const wxSize &size );
47
48 void OnPaint( wxPaintEvent &event );
49
50private:
51 DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MyCanvas)
52 DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
53};
54
55IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MySimpleCanvas, wxScrolledWindow)
56
57BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MySimpleCanvas, wxScrolledWindow)
58 EVT_PAINT( MySimpleCanvas::OnPaint)
59END_EVENT_TABLE()
60
61MySimpleCanvas::MySimpleCanvas( wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id,
62 const wxPoint &pos, const wxSize &size )
63 : wxScrolledWindow( parent, id, pos, size, wxSUNKEN_BORDER, _T("test canvas") )
64{
65 SetScrollRate( 10, 10 );
66 SetVirtualSize( 92, 97 );
67 SetBackgroundColour( *wxWHITE );
68}
69
c5a3900a 70void MySimpleCanvas::OnPaint( wxPaintEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
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71{
72 wxPaintDC dc(this);
73 PrepareDC( dc );
c5a3900a 74
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75 dc.SetPen( *wxRED_PEN );
76 dc.SetBrush( *wxTRANSPARENT_BRUSH );
77 dc.DrawRectangle( 0,0,92,97 );
78}
79
80// MySimpleFrame
81
82class MySimpleFrame: public wxFrame
83{
84public:
85 MySimpleFrame();
86
87 void OnQuit( wxCommandEvent &event );
88
89 MySimpleCanvas *m_canvas;
90
91private:
92 DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MySimpleFrame)
93 DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
94};
95
96
97IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS( MySimpleFrame, wxFrame )
98
99BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MySimpleFrame,wxFrame)
100 EVT_MENU (ID_QUIT, MySimpleFrame::OnQuit)
101END_EVENT_TABLE()
102
103MySimpleFrame::MySimpleFrame()
104 : wxFrame( (wxFrame *)NULL, wxID_ANY, _T("wxScrolledWindow sample"),
105 wxPoint(120,120), wxSize(150,150) )
106{
107 wxMenu *file_menu = new wxMenu();
108 file_menu->Append( ID_QUIT, _T("E&xit\tAlt-X"));
109
110 wxMenuBar *menu_bar = new wxMenuBar();
111 menu_bar->Append(file_menu, _T("&File"));
112
113 SetMenuBar( menu_bar );
114
115 m_canvas = new MySimpleCanvas( this, wxID_ANY, wxPoint(0,0), wxSize(100,100) );
116}
117
118void MySimpleFrame::OnQuit( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
119{
120 Close( true );
121}
122
123// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
124// a complex example
125// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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126
127// derived classes
128
129class MyFrame;
130class MyApp;
131
132// MyCanvas
133
134class MyCanvas: public wxScrolledWindow
135{
136public:
8a73bf3d 137 MyCanvas() {}
fdd3ed7a 138 MyCanvas( wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID, const wxPoint &pos, const wxSize &size );
925e9792 139 ~MyCanvas(){};
fdd3ed7a 140 void OnPaint( wxPaintEvent &event );
307f16e8 141 void OnQueryPosition( wxCommandEvent &event );
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142 void OnAddButton( wxCommandEvent &event );
143 void OnDeleteButton( wxCommandEvent &event );
144 void OnMoveButton( wxCommandEvent &event );
145 void OnScrollWin( wxCommandEvent &event );
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146 void OnMouseRightDown( wxMouseEvent &event );
147 void OnMouseWheel( wxMouseEvent &event );
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148
149 wxButton *m_button;
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150
151 DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MyCanvas)
152 DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
153};
154
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155
156// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
157// Autoscrolling example.
158// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
159
160// this class uses the 'virtual' size attribute along with an internal
161// sizer to automatically set up scrollbars as needed
162
163class MyAutoScrollWindow : public wxScrolledWindow
164{
165private:
166
167 wxButton *m_button;
168
169public:
170
171 MyAutoScrollWindow( wxWindow *parent );
172
173 void OnResizeClick( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED( event ) );
174
175 DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
176};
177
178
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179// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
180// MyScrolledWindow classes: examples of wxScrolledWindow usage
181// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
182
183// base class for both of them
184class MyScrolledWindowBase : public wxScrolledWindow
185{
186public:
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187 MyScrolledWindowBase(wxWindow *parent)
188 : wxScrolledWindow(parent)
189 , m_nLines( 100 )
8a73bf3d 190 {
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191 wxClientDC dc(this);
192 dc.GetTextExtent(_T("Line 17"), NULL, &m_hLine);
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193 }
194
195protected:
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196 // the height of one line on screen
197 wxCoord m_hLine;
198
199 // the number of lines we draw
200 size_t m_nLines;
201};
202
203// this class does "stupid" redrawing - it redraws everything each time
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204// and sets the scrollbar extent directly.
205
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206class MyScrolledWindowDumb : public MyScrolledWindowBase
207{
208public:
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209 MyScrolledWindowDumb(wxWindow *parent) : MyScrolledWindowBase(parent)
210 {
211 // no horz scrolling
b62ca03d 212 SetScrollbars(0, m_hLine, 0, m_nLines + 1, 0, 0, true /* no refresh */);
2b5f62a0 213 }
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214
215 virtual void OnDraw(wxDC& dc);
216};
217
218// this class does "smart" redrawing - only redraws the lines which must be
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219// redrawn and sets the scroll rate and virtual size to affect the
220// scrollbars.
221//
222// Note that this class should produce identical results to the one above.
223
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224class MyScrolledWindowSmart : public MyScrolledWindowBase
225{
226public:
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227 MyScrolledWindowSmart(wxWindow *parent) : MyScrolledWindowBase(parent)
228 {
229 // no horz scrolling
230 SetScrollRate( 0, m_hLine );
4e04f777 231 SetVirtualSize( wxDefaultCoord, ( m_nLines + 1 ) * m_hLine );
2b5f62a0 232 }
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233
234 virtual void OnDraw(wxDC& dc);
235};
236
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237// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
238// MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow: implements a text viewer with simple blocksize
239// selection to test auto-scrolling functionality
240// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
241
242class MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow : public wxScrolledWindow
243{
244protected: // member data
245 // test data variables
246 static const wxChar* sm_testData;
247 static const int sm_lineCnt; // line count
248 static const int sm_lineLen; // line length in characters
249 // sizes for graphical data
250 wxCoord m_fontH, m_fontW;
251 // selection tracking
252 wxPoint m_selStart; // beginning of blockwise selection
253 wxPoint m_cursor; // end of blockwise selection (mouse position)
254
255protected: // gui stuff
256 wxFont m_font;
257
258public: // interface
259 MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow( wxWindow* parent );
260 wxRect DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars(wxRect updRect) const;
261 wxPoint DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars(wxPoint pos) const;
262 wxPoint GraphicalCharToDeviceCoords(wxPoint pos) const;
263 wxRect LogicalCoordsToGraphicalChars(wxRect updRect) const;
264 wxPoint LogicalCoordsToGraphicalChars(wxPoint pos) const;
265 wxPoint GraphicalCharToLogicalCoords(wxPoint pos) const;
266 void MyRefresh();
267 bool IsSelected(int chX, int chY) const;
268 static bool IsInside(int k, int bound1, int bound2);
269 static wxRect DCNormalize(wxCoord x, wxCoord y, wxCoord w, wxCoord h);
270
271protected: // event stuff
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272 void OnDraw(wxDC& dc);
273 void OnMouseLeftDown(wxMouseEvent& event);
274 void OnMouseLeftUp(wxMouseEvent& event);
275 void OnMouseMove(wxMouseEvent& event);
e0666bdc 276 void OnMouseCaptureLost(wxMouseCaptureLostEvent& event);
57ac1a56 277 void OnScroll(wxScrollWinEvent& event);
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278
279 DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
57ac1a56 280};
2b5f62a0 281
8a73bf3d 282// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fdd3ed7a 283// MyFrame
8a73bf3d 284// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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285
286class MyFrame: public wxFrame
287{
288public:
289 MyFrame();
290
291 void OnAbout( wxCommandEvent &event );
292 void OnQuit( wxCommandEvent &event );
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293 void OnDeleteAll( wxCommandEvent &event );
294 void OnInsertNew( wxCommandEvent &event );
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295
296 MyCanvas *m_canvas;
ed673c6a 297 wxTextCtrl *m_log;
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298
299 DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MyFrame)
300 DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
301};
302
57ac1a56 303// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fdd3ed7a 304// MyApp
57ac1a56 305// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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306
307class MyApp: public wxApp
308{
309public:
310 virtual bool OnInit();
311};
312
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313
314// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fdd3ed7a 315// main program
57ac1a56 316// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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317
318IMPLEMENT_APP(MyApp)
319
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320// ids
321
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322const long ID_ADDBUTTON = wxNewId();
323const long ID_DELBUTTON = wxNewId();
324const long ID_MOVEBUTTON = wxNewId();
325const long ID_SCROLLWIN = wxNewId();
326const long ID_QUERYPOS = wxNewId();
ed673c6a 327
2b5f62a0 328const long ID_NEWBUTTON = wxNewId();
ed673c6a 329
57ac1a56 330// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fdd3ed7a 331// MyCanvas
57ac1a56 332// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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333
334IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MyCanvas, wxScrolledWindow)
335
336BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MyCanvas, wxScrolledWindow)
307f16e8 337 EVT_PAINT( MyCanvas::OnPaint)
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338 EVT_RIGHT_DOWN( MyCanvas::OnMouseRightDown)
339 EVT_MOUSEWHEEL( MyCanvas::OnMouseWheel)
307f16e8 340 EVT_BUTTON( ID_QUERYPOS, MyCanvas::OnQueryPosition)
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341 EVT_BUTTON( ID_ADDBUTTON, MyCanvas::OnAddButton)
342 EVT_BUTTON( ID_DELBUTTON, MyCanvas::OnDeleteButton)
343 EVT_BUTTON( ID_MOVEBUTTON, MyCanvas::OnMoveButton)
344 EVT_BUTTON( ID_SCROLLWIN, MyCanvas::OnScrollWin)
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345END_EVENT_TABLE()
346
347MyCanvas::MyCanvas( wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id,
348 const wxPoint &pos, const wxSize &size )
2b5f62a0 349 : wxScrolledWindow( parent, id, pos, size, wxSUNKEN_BORDER | wxTAB_TRAVERSAL, _T("test canvas") )
fdd3ed7a 350{
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351 SetScrollRate( 10, 10 );
352 SetVirtualSize( 500, 1000 );
353
354 (void) new wxButton( this, ID_ADDBUTTON, _T("add button"), wxPoint(10,10) );
355 (void) new wxButton( this, ID_DELBUTTON, _T("del button"), wxPoint(10,40) );
356 (void) new wxButton( this, ID_MOVEBUTTON, _T("move button"), wxPoint(150,10) );
357 (void) new wxButton( this, ID_SCROLLWIN, _T("scroll win"), wxPoint(250,10) );
ed673c6a 358
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359#if 0
360
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361 wxString choices[] =
362 {
363 "This",
364 "is one of my",
365 "really",
366 "wonderful",
367 "examples."
368 };
aa06a8fd 369
307f16e8 370 m_button = new wxButton( this, ID_QUERYPOS, "Query position", wxPoint(10,110) );
aa06a8fd 371
422d0ff0 372 (void) new wxTextCtrl( this, wxID_ANY, "wxTextCtrl", wxPoint(10,150), wxSize(80,wxDefaultCoord) );
aa06a8fd 373
b62ca03d 374 (void) new wxRadioButton( this, wxID_ANY, "Disable", wxPoint(10,190) );
aa06a8fd 375
b62ca03d 376 (void) new wxComboBox( this, wxID_ANY, "This", wxPoint(10,230), wxDefaultSize, 5, choices );
aa06a8fd 377
b62ca03d 378 (void) new wxRadioBox( this, wxID_ANY, "This", wxPoint(10,310), wxDefaultSize, 5, choices, 2, wxRA_SPECIFY_COLS );
053f9cc1 379
b62ca03d 380 (void) new wxRadioBox( this, wxID_ANY, "This", wxPoint(10,440), wxDefaultSize, 5, choices, 2, wxRA_SPECIFY_ROWS );
e9158f7d 381
ed673c6a 382 wxListCtrl *m_listCtrl = new wxListCtrl(
b62ca03d 383 this, wxID_ANY, wxPoint(200, 110), wxSize(180, 120),
8a73bf3d 384 wxLC_REPORT | wxSIMPLE_BORDER | wxLC_SINGLE_SEL );
053f9cc1 385
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386 m_listCtrl->InsertColumn(0, "First", wxLIST_FORMAT_LEFT, 90);
387 m_listCtrl->InsertColumn(1, "Last", wxLIST_FORMAT_LEFT, 90);
053f9cc1 388
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389 for ( int i=0; i < 30; i++)
390 {
391 char buf[20];
392 sprintf(buf, "Item %d", i);
393 m_listCtrl->InsertItem(i, buf);
394 }
395 m_listCtrl->SetItemState( 3, wxLIST_STATE_SELECTED, wxLIST_STATE_SELECTED );
053f9cc1 396
b62ca03d 397 (void) new wxListBox( this, wxID_ANY, wxPoint(260,280), wxSize(120,120), 5, choices, wxLB_ALWAYS_SB );
5e014a0c 398
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399#endif
400
b62ca03d 401 wxPanel *test = new wxPanel( this, wxID_ANY, wxPoint(10, 110), wxSize(130,50), wxSIMPLE_BORDER | wxTAB_TRAVERSAL );
a60b1f5d 402 test->SetBackgroundColour( wxT("WHEAT") );
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403
404#if 0
405
b62ca03d 406 wxButton *test2 = new wxButton( test, wxID_ANY, "Hallo", wxPoint(10,10) );
aa06a8fd 407
b62ca03d 408 test = new wxPanel( this, wxID_ANY, wxPoint(160, 530), wxSize(130,120), wxSUNKEN_BORDER | wxTAB_TRAVERSAL );
a60b1f5d 409 test->SetBackgroundColour( wxT("WHEAT") );
ed673c6a 410 test->SetCursor( wxCursor( wxCURSOR_NO_ENTRY ) );
b62ca03d 411 test2 = new wxButton( test, wxID_ANY, "Hallo", wxPoint(10,10) );
ed673c6a 412 test2->SetCursor( wxCursor( wxCURSOR_PENCIL ) );
aa06a8fd 413
b62ca03d 414 test = new wxPanel( this, wxID_ANY, wxPoint(310, 530), wxSize(130,120), wxRAISED_BORDER | wxTAB_TRAVERSAL );
a60b1f5d 415 test->SetBackgroundColour( wxT("WHEAT") );
ed673c6a 416 test->SetCursor( wxCursor( wxCURSOR_PENCIL ) );
b62ca03d 417 test2 = new wxButton( test, wxID_ANY, "Hallo", wxPoint(10,10) );
ed673c6a 418 test2->SetCursor( wxCursor( wxCURSOR_NO_ENTRY ) );
5e014a0c 419
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420#endif
421
a60b1f5d 422 SetBackgroundColour( wxT("BLUE") );
aa06a8fd 423
ed673c6a 424 SetCursor( wxCursor( wxCURSOR_IBEAM ) );
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425}
426
4686e0f6 427void MyCanvas::OnMouseRightDown( wxMouseEvent &event )
bf0c00c6 428{
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429 wxPoint pt( event.GetPosition() );
430 int x,y;
431 CalcUnscrolledPosition( pt.x, pt.y, &x, &y );
432 wxLogMessage( wxT("Mouse down event at: %d %d, scrolled: %d %d"), pt.x, pt.y, x, y );
433}
f6bcfd97 434
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435void MyCanvas::OnMouseWheel( wxMouseEvent &event )
436{
437 wxPoint pt( event.GetPosition() );
438 int x,y;
439 CalcUnscrolledPosition( pt.x, pt.y, &x, &y );
440 wxLogMessage( wxT("Mouse wheel event at: %d %d, scrolled: %d %d\n")
441 wxT("Rotation: %d, delta = %d"),
442 pt.x, pt.y, x, y,
443 event.GetWheelRotation(), event.GetWheelDelta() );
444
445 event.Skip();
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446}
447
448void MyCanvas::OnPaint( wxPaintEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
449{
450 wxPaintDC dc( this );
451 PrepareDC( dc );
452
2b5f62a0 453 dc.DrawText( _T("Press mouse button to test calculations!"), 160, 50 );
bf0c00c6 454
2b5f62a0 455 dc.DrawText( _T("Some text"), 140, 140 );
aa06a8fd 456
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457 dc.DrawRectangle( 100, 160, 200, 200 );
458}
459
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460void MyCanvas::OnQueryPosition( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
461{
462 wxPoint pt( m_button->GetPosition() );
4693b20c 463 wxLogMessage( wxT("Position of \"Query position\" is %d %d"), pt.x, pt.y );
bf0c00c6 464 pt = ClientToScreen( pt );
4693b20c 465 wxLogMessage( wxT("Position of \"Query position\" on screen is %d %d"), pt.x, pt.y );
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466}
467
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468void MyCanvas::OnAddButton( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
469{
4693b20c 470 wxLogMessage( wxT("Inserting button at position 10,70...") );
2b5f62a0 471 wxButton *button = new wxButton( this, ID_NEWBUTTON, wxT("new button"), wxPoint(10,70), wxSize(80,25) );
bf0c00c6 472 wxPoint pt( button->GetPosition() );
4693b20c 473 wxLogMessage( wxT("-> Position after inserting %d %d"), pt.x, pt.y );
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474}
475
256b8649 476void MyCanvas::OnDeleteButton( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
ed673c6a 477{
4693b20c 478 wxLogMessage( wxT("Deleting button inserted with \"Add button\"...") );
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479 wxWindow *win = FindWindow( ID_NEWBUTTON );
480 if (win)
481 win->Destroy();
482 else
4693b20c 483 wxLogMessage( wxT("-> No window with id = ID_NEWBUTTON found.") );
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484}
485
486void MyCanvas::OnMoveButton( wxCommandEvent &event )
487{
4693b20c 488 wxLogMessage( wxT("Moving button 10 pixels downward..") );
ed673c6a 489 wxWindow *win = FindWindow( event.GetId() );
bf0c00c6 490 wxPoint pt( win->GetPosition() );
4693b20c 491 wxLogMessage( wxT("-> Position before move is %d %d"), pt.x, pt.y );
422d0ff0 492 win->Move( wxDefaultCoord, pt.y + 10 );
bf0c00c6 493 pt = win->GetPosition();
4693b20c 494 wxLogMessage( wxT("-> Position after move is %d %d"), pt.x, pt.y );
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495}
496
497void MyCanvas::OnScrollWin( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
498{
4693b20c 499 wxLogMessage( wxT("Scrolling 2 units up.\nThe white square and the controls should move equally!") );
ed673c6a 500 int x,y;
8073eb40 501 GetViewStart( &x, &y );
4e04f777 502 Scroll( wxDefaultCoord, y+2 );
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503}
504
57ac1a56 505// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2b5f62a0 506// MyAutoScrollWindow
57ac1a56 507// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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508
509const long ID_RESIZEBUTTON = wxNewId();
510const wxSize SMALL_BUTTON( 100, 50 );
511const wxSize LARGE_BUTTON( 300, 100 );
512
513BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE( MyAutoScrollWindow, wxScrolledWindow)
514 EVT_BUTTON( ID_RESIZEBUTTON, MyAutoScrollWindow::OnResizeClick)
515END_EVENT_TABLE()
516
517MyAutoScrollWindow::MyAutoScrollWindow( wxWindow *parent )
c5a3900a 518 : wxScrolledWindow( parent, -1, wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize,
3fa5153e 519 wxSUNKEN_BORDER|wxScrolledWindowStyle )
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520{
521 SetBackgroundColour( wxT("GREEN") );
522
523 // Set the rate we'd like for scrolling.
524
525 SetScrollRate( 5, 5 );
526
527 // Populate a sizer with a 'resizing' button and some
528 // other static decoration
529
530 wxFlexGridSizer *innersizer = new wxFlexGridSizer( 2, 2 );
531
532 m_button = new wxButton( this,
533 ID_RESIZEBUTTON,
534 _T("Press me"),
535 wxDefaultPosition,
536 SMALL_BUTTON );
537
538 // We need to do this here, because wxADJUST_MINSIZE below
539 // will cause the initial size to be ignored for Best/Min size.
540 // It would be nice to fix the sizers to handle this a little
541 // more cleanly.
542
543 m_button->SetSizeHints( SMALL_BUTTON.GetWidth(), SMALL_BUTTON.GetHeight() );
544
545 innersizer->Add( m_button,
546 0,
547 wxALIGN_CENTER | wxALL | wxADJUST_MINSIZE,
548 20 );
549
b62ca03d 550 innersizer->Add( new wxStaticText( this, wxID_ANY, _T("This is just") ),
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551 0,
552 wxALIGN_CENTER );
553
b62ca03d 554 innersizer->Add( new wxStaticText( this, wxID_ANY, _T("some decoration") ),
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555 0,
556 wxALIGN_CENTER );
557
b62ca03d 558 innersizer->Add( new wxStaticText( this, wxID_ANY, _T("for you to scroll...") ),
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559 0,
560 wxALIGN_CENTER );
561
562 // Then use the sizer to set the scrolled region size.
563
564 SetSizer( innersizer );
565}
566
567void MyAutoScrollWindow::OnResizeClick( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED( event ) )
568{
569 // Arbitrarily resize the button to change the minimum size of
570 // the (scrolled) sizer.
571
572 if( m_button->GetSize() == SMALL_BUTTON )
573 m_button->SetSizeHints( LARGE_BUTTON.GetWidth(), LARGE_BUTTON.GetHeight() );
574 else
575 m_button->SetSizeHints( SMALL_BUTTON.GetWidth(), SMALL_BUTTON.GetHeight() );
576
577 // Force update layout and scrollbars, since nothing we do here
578 // necessarily generates a size event which would do it for us.
579
580 FitInside();
581}
582
57ac1a56 583// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fdd3ed7a 584// MyFrame
57ac1a56 585// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fdd3ed7a 586
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587IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS( MyFrame, wxFrame )
588
589BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MyFrame,wxFrame)
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590 EVT_MENU (ID_DELETE_ALL, MyFrame::OnDeleteAll)
591 EVT_MENU (ID_INSERT_NEW, MyFrame::OnInsertNew)
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592 EVT_MENU (ID_ABOUT, MyFrame::OnAbout)
593 EVT_MENU (ID_QUIT, MyFrame::OnQuit)
594END_EVENT_TABLE()
595
596MyFrame::MyFrame()
b62ca03d 597 : wxFrame( (wxFrame *)NULL, wxID_ANY, _T("wxScrolledWindow sample"),
57ac1a56 598 wxPoint(20,20), wxSize(800,500) )
fdd3ed7a 599{
ed673c6a 600 wxMenu *file_menu = new wxMenu();
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601 file_menu->Append( ID_DELETE_ALL, _T("Delete all"));
602 file_menu->Append( ID_INSERT_NEW, _T("Insert new"));
603 file_menu->Append( ID_ABOUT, _T("&About.."));
604 file_menu->Append( ID_QUIT, _T("E&xit\tAlt-X"));
fdd3ed7a 605
ed673c6a 606 wxMenuBar *menu_bar = new wxMenuBar();
2b5f62a0 607 menu_bar->Append(file_menu, _T("&File"));
fdd3ed7a 608
ed673c6a 609 SetMenuBar( menu_bar );
fdd3ed7a 610
8520f137 611#if wxUSE_STATUSBAR
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613 int widths[] = { -1, 100 };
614 SetStatusWidths( 2, widths );
8520f137 615#endif // wxUSE_STATUSBAR
fdd3ed7a 616
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617 wxBoxSizer *topsizer = new wxBoxSizer( wxHORIZONTAL );
618 // subsizer splits topsizer down the middle
619 wxBoxSizer *subsizer = new wxBoxSizer( wxVERTICAL );
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621 // Setting an explicit size here is superfluous, it will be overridden
622 // by the sizer in any case.
b62ca03d 623 m_canvas = new MyCanvas( this, wxID_ANY, wxPoint(0,0), wxSize(100,100) );
8a73bf3d 624
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625 // This is done with ScrollRate/VirtualSize in MyCanvas ctor now,
626 // both should produce identical results.
627 //m_canvas->SetScrollbars( 10, 10, 50, 100 );
4e04f777 628
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629 subsizer->Add( m_canvas, 1, wxEXPAND );
630 subsizer->Add( new MyAutoScrollWindow( this ), 1, wxEXPAND );
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632 wxSizer *sizerBtm = new wxBoxSizer(wxHORIZONTAL);
633 sizerBtm->Add( new MyScrolledWindowDumb(this), 1, wxEXPAND );
634 sizerBtm->Add( new MyScrolledWindowSmart(this), 1, wxEXPAND );
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635 subsizer->Add( sizerBtm, 1, wxEXPAND );
636
637 topsizer->Add( subsizer, 1, wxEXPAND );
638 topsizer->Add( new MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow( this ), 1, wxEXPAND );
ed673c6a 639
ed673c6a 640 SetSizer( topsizer );
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641}
642
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643void MyFrame::OnDeleteAll( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
644{
645 m_canvas->DestroyChildren();
646}
647
648void MyFrame::OnInsertNew( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
649{
b62ca03d 650 (void)new wxButton( m_canvas, wxID_ANY, _T("Hello"), wxPoint(100,100) );
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651}
652
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653void MyFrame::OnQuit( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
654{
b62ca03d 655 Close( true );
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656}
657
658void MyFrame::OnAbout( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
659{
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660 (void)wxMessageBox( _T("wxScroll demo\n")
661 _T("Robert Roebling (c) 1998\n")
662 _T("Autoscrolling examples\n")
663 _T("Ron Lee (c) 2002\n")
664 _T("Auto-timed-scrolling example\n")
665 _T("Matt Gregory (c) 2003\n"),
666 _T("About wxScroll Demo"),
667 wxICON_INFORMATION | wxOK );
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668}
669
670//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
671// MyApp
672//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
673
674bool MyApp::OnInit()
675{
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677 return false;
678
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679 wxFrame *frame = new MyFrame();
680 frame->Show( true );
681
682 frame = new MySimpleFrame();
683 frame->Show();
fdd3ed7a 684
db4ad642 685 return true;
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686}
687
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688// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
689// MyScrolledWindowXXX
690// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
691
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692void MyScrolledWindowDumb::OnDraw(wxDC& dc)
693{
694 // this is useful to see which lines are redrawn
695 static size_t s_redrawCount = 0;
696 dc.SetTextForeground(s_redrawCount++ % 2 ? *wxRED : *wxBLUE);
697
698 wxCoord y = 0;
699 for ( size_t line = 0; line < m_nLines; line++ )
700 {
701 wxCoord yPhys;
702 CalcScrolledPosition(0, y, NULL, &yPhys);
703
704 dc.DrawText(wxString::Format(_T("Line %u (logical %d, physical %d)"),
b143cf70 705 unsigned(line), y, yPhys), 0, y);
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707 }
708}
709
710void MyScrolledWindowSmart::OnDraw(wxDC& dc)
711{
712 // this is useful to see which lines are redrawn
713 static size_t s_redrawCount = 0;
714 dc.SetTextForeground(s_redrawCount++ % 2 ? *wxRED : *wxBLUE);
715
716 // update region is always in device coords, translate to logical ones
717 wxRect rectUpdate = GetUpdateRegion().GetBox();
718 CalcUnscrolledPosition(rectUpdate.x, rectUpdate.y,
719 &rectUpdate.x, &rectUpdate.y);
720
721 size_t lineFrom = rectUpdate.y / m_hLine,
722 lineTo = rectUpdate.GetBottom() / m_hLine;
723
724 if ( lineTo > m_nLines - 1)
725 lineTo = m_nLines - 1;
726
727 wxCoord y = lineFrom*m_hLine;
728 for ( size_t line = lineFrom; line <= lineTo; line++ )
729 {
730 wxCoord yPhys;
731 CalcScrolledPosition(0, y, NULL, &yPhys);
732
733 dc.DrawText(wxString::Format(_T("Line %u (logical %d, physical %d)"),
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736 }
737}
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739// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
740// MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow
741// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
742
743BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow, wxScrolledWindow)
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745 EVT_LEFT_UP(MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnMouseLeftUp)
746 EVT_MOTION(MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnMouseMove)
e0666bdc 747 EVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST(MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnMouseCaptureLost)
4ba64bde 748 EVT_SCROLLWIN(MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnScroll)
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750
751MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow(wxWindow* parent)
4e04f777 752 : wxScrolledWindow(parent, wxID_ANY, wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize
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754 , wxVSCROLL | wxHSCROLL | wxSUNKEN_BORDER)
755 , m_selStart(-1, -1), m_cursor(-1, -1)
756 , m_font(9, wxFONTFAMILY_TELETYPE, wxFONTSTYLE_NORMAL
757 , wxFONTWEIGHT_NORMAL)
758{
759 wxClientDC dc(this);
760 // query dc for text size
761 dc.SetFont(m_font);
762 dc.GetTextExtent(wxString(_T("A")), &m_fontW, &m_fontH);
763 // set up the virtual window
764 SetScrollbars(m_fontW, m_fontH, sm_lineLen, sm_lineCnt);
765}
766
767wxRect MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars
768 (wxRect updRect) const
769{
770 wxPoint pos(updRect.GetPosition());
771 pos = DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars(pos);
772 updRect.x = pos.x;
773 updRect.y = pos.y;
774 updRect.width /= m_fontW;
775 updRect.height /= m_fontH;
776 // the *CoordsToGraphicalChars() funcs round down to upper-left corner,
777 // so an off-by-one correction is needed
778 ++updRect.width; // kludge
779 ++updRect.height; // kludge
780 return updRect;
781}
782
783wxPoint MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars
784 (wxPoint pos) const
785{
786 pos.x /= m_fontW;
787 pos.y /= m_fontH;
788 int vX, vY;
789 GetViewStart(&vX, &vY);
790 pos.x += vX;
791 pos.y += vY;
792 return pos;
793}
794
795wxPoint MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::GraphicalCharToDeviceCoords
796 (wxPoint pos) const
797{
798 int vX, vY;
799 GetViewStart(&vX, &vY);
800 pos.x -= vX;
801 pos.y -= vY;
802 pos.x *= m_fontW;
803 pos.y *= m_fontH;
804 return pos;
805}
806
807wxRect MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::LogicalCoordsToGraphicalChars
808 (wxRect updRect) const
809{
810 wxPoint pos(updRect.GetPosition());
811 pos = LogicalCoordsToGraphicalChars(pos);
812 updRect.x = pos.x;
813 updRect.y = pos.y;
814 updRect.width /= m_fontW;
815 updRect.height /= m_fontH;
816 // the *CoordsToGraphicalChars() funcs round down to upper-left corner,
817 // so an off-by-one correction is needed
818 ++updRect.width; // kludge
819 ++updRect.height; // kludge
820 return updRect;
821}
822
823wxPoint MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::LogicalCoordsToGraphicalChars
824 (wxPoint pos) const
825{
826 pos.x /= m_fontW;
827 pos.y /= m_fontH;
828 return pos;
829}
830
831wxPoint MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::GraphicalCharToLogicalCoords
832 (wxPoint pos) const
833{
834 pos.x *= m_fontW;
835 pos.y *= m_fontH;
836 return pos;
837}
838
839void MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::MyRefresh()
840{
841 static wxPoint lastSelStart(-1, -1), lastCursor(-1, -1);
842 // refresh last selected area (to deselect previously selected text)
843 wxRect lastUpdRect(
844 GraphicalCharToDeviceCoords(lastSelStart),
845 GraphicalCharToDeviceCoords(lastCursor)
846 );
847 // off-by-one corrections, necessary because it's not possible to know
848 // when to round up until rect is normalized by lastUpdRect constructor
849 lastUpdRect.width += m_fontW; // kludge
850 lastUpdRect.height += m_fontH; // kludge
851 // refresh currently selected (to select previously unselected text)
852 wxRect updRect(
853 GraphicalCharToDeviceCoords(m_selStart),
854 GraphicalCharToDeviceCoords(m_cursor)
855 );
856 // off-by-one corrections
857 updRect.width += m_fontW; // kludge
858 updRect.height += m_fontH; // kludge
859 // find necessary refresh areas
860 wxCoord rx = lastUpdRect.x;
861 wxCoord ry = lastUpdRect.y;
862 wxCoord rw = updRect.x - lastUpdRect.x;
863 wxCoord rh = lastUpdRect.height;
864 if (rw && rh) {
865 RefreshRect(DCNormalize(rx, ry, rw, rh));
866 }
867 rx = updRect.x;
868 ry = updRect.y + updRect.height;
869 rw= updRect.width;
870 rh = (lastUpdRect.y + lastUpdRect.height) - (updRect.y + updRect.height);
871 if (rw && rh) {
872 RefreshRect(DCNormalize(rx, ry, rw, rh));
873 }
874 rx = updRect.x + updRect.width;
875 ry = lastUpdRect.y;
876 rw = (lastUpdRect.x + lastUpdRect.width) - (updRect.x + updRect.width);
877 rh = lastUpdRect.height;
878 if (rw && rh) {
879 RefreshRect(DCNormalize(rx, ry, rw, rh));
880 }
881 rx = updRect.x;
882 ry = lastUpdRect.y;
883 rw = updRect.width;
884 rh = updRect.y - lastUpdRect.y;
885 if (rw && rh) {
886 RefreshRect(DCNormalize(rx, ry, rw, rh));
887 }
888 // update last
889 lastSelStart = m_selStart;
890 lastCursor = m_cursor;
891}
892
893bool MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::IsSelected(int chX, int chY) const
894{
895 if (IsInside(chX, m_selStart.x, m_cursor.x)
896 && IsInside(chY, m_selStart.y, m_cursor.y)) {
4e04f777 897 return true;
57ac1a56 898 }
4e04f777 899 return false;
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901
902bool MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::IsInside(int k, int bound1, int bound2)
903{
904 if ((k >= bound1 && k <= bound2) || (k >= bound2 && k <= bound1)) {
4e04f777 905 return true;
57ac1a56 906 }
4e04f777 907 return false;
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909
910wxRect MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::DCNormalize(wxCoord x, wxCoord y
911 , wxCoord w, wxCoord h)
912{
913 // this is needed to get rid of the graphical remnants from the selection
914 // I think it's because DrawRectangle() excludes a pixel in either direction
915 const int kludge = 1;
916 // make (x, y) the top-left corner
917 if (w < 0) {
918 w = -w + kludge;
919 x -= w;
920 } else {
921 x -= kludge;
922 w += kludge;
923 }
924 if (h < 0) {
925 h = -h + kludge;
926 y -= h;
927 } else {
928 y -= kludge;
929 h += kludge;
930 }
931 return wxRect(x, y, w, h);
932}
933
934void MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnDraw(wxDC& dc)
935{
936 dc.SetFont(m_font);
937 wxBrush normBrush(wxSystemSettings::GetColour(wxSYS_COLOUR_WINDOW)
938 , wxSOLID);
939 wxBrush selBrush(wxSystemSettings::GetColour(wxSYS_COLOUR_HIGHLIGHT)
940 , wxSOLID);
941 dc.SetPen(*wxTRANSPARENT_PEN);
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943
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945 // 1. for each update region
946 for (wxRegionIterator upd(GetUpdateRegion()); upd; ++upd) {
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948 wxRect updRectInGChars(DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars(updRect));
949 // 2. for each row of chars in the update region
950 for (int chY = updRectInGChars.y
951 ; chY <= updRectInGChars.y + updRectInGChars.height; ++chY) {
952 // 3. for each character in the row
953 for (int chX = updRectInGChars.x
954 ; chX <= updRectInGChars.x + updRectInGChars.width
955 ; ++chX) {
956 // 4. set up dc
957 if (IsSelected(chX, chY)) {
958 dc.SetBrush(selBrush);
959 dc.SetTextForeground( wxSystemSettings::GetColour
960 (wxSYS_COLOUR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT));
961 } else {
962 dc.SetBrush(normBrush);
963 dc.SetTextForeground( wxSystemSettings::GetColour
964 (wxSYS_COLOUR_WINDOWTEXT));
965 }
966 // 5. find position info
967 wxPoint charPos = GraphicalCharToLogicalCoords(wxPoint
968 (chX, chY));
969 // 6. draw!
970 dc.DrawRectangle(charPos.x, charPos.y, m_fontW, m_fontH);
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972 if (chY < sm_lineCnt &&
973 chX < sm_lineLen &&
974 charIndex < str.Length())
975 {
976 dc.DrawText(str.Mid(charIndex,1),
977 charPos.x, charPos.y);
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979 }
980 }
981 }
982}
983
984void MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnMouseLeftDown(wxMouseEvent& event)
985{
986 // initial press of mouse button sets the beginning of the selection
987 m_selStart = DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars(event.GetPosition());
988 // set the cursor to the same position
989 m_cursor = m_selStart;
990 // draw/erase selection
991 MyRefresh();
992}
993
994void MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnMouseLeftUp(wxMouseEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
995{
996 // this test is necessary
997 if (HasCapture()) {
998 // uncapture mouse
999 ReleaseMouse();
1000 }
1001}
1002
1003void MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnMouseMove(wxMouseEvent& event)
1004{
1005 // if user is dragging
1006 if (event.Dragging() && event.LeftIsDown()) {
1007 // set the new cursor position
1008 m_cursor = DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars(event.GetPosition());
1009 // draw/erase selection
1010 MyRefresh();
1011 // capture mouse to activate auto-scrolling
1012 if (!HasCapture()) {
1013 CaptureMouse();
1014 }
1015 }
1016}
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1019{
1020 // we only capture mouse for timed scrolling, so nothing is needed here
1021 // other than making sure to not call event.Skip()
1022}
1023
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1025{
1026 // need to move the cursor when autoscrolling
1027 // FIXME: the cursor also moves when the scrollbar arrows are clicked
1028 if (HasCapture()) {
1029 if (event.GetOrientation() == wxHORIZONTAL) {
687706f5 1030 if (event.GetEventType() == wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEUP) {
57ac1a56 1031 --m_cursor.x;
687706f5 1032 } else if (event.GetEventType() == wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEDOWN) {
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1034 }
1035 } else if (event.GetOrientation() == wxVERTICAL) {
687706f5 1036 if (event.GetEventType() == wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEUP) {
57ac1a56 1037 --m_cursor.y;
687706f5 1038 } else if (event.GetEventType() == wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEDOWN) {
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1040 }
1041 }
1042 }
1043 MyRefresh();
1044 event.Skip();
1045}
1046
1047const int MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::sm_lineCnt = 125;
1048const int MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::sm_lineLen = 79;
4e04f777 1049const wxChar* MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::sm_testData =
49e7b7a2 1050_T("162 Cult of the genius out of vanity. Because we think well of ourselves, but ")
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1051_T("nonetheless never suppose ourselves capable of producing a painting like one of ")
1052_T("Raphael's or a dramatic scene like one of Shakespeare's, we convince ourselves ")
1053_T("that the capacity to do so is quite extraordinarily marvelous, a wholly ")
1054_T("uncommon accident, or, if we are still religiously inclined, a mercy from on ")
1055_T("high. Thus our vanity, our self-love, promotes the cult of the genius: for only ")
1056_T("if we think of him as being very remote from us, as a miraculum, does he not ")
1057_T("aggrieve us (even Goethe, who was without envy, called Shakespeare his star of ")
49e7b7a2 1058_T("the most distant heights [\"William! Stern der schonsten Ferne\": from Goethe's, ")
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1059_T("\"Between Two Worlds\"]; in regard to which one might recall the lines: \"the ")
1060_T("stars, these we do not desire\" [from Goethe's, \"Comfort in Tears\"]). But, aside ")
1061_T("from these suggestions of our vanity, the activity of the genius seems in no ")
1062_T("way fundamentally different from the activity of the inventor of machines, the ")
1063_T("scholar of astronomy or history, the master of tactics. All these activities ")
1064_T("are explicable if one pictures to oneself people whose thinking is active in ")
1065_T("one direction, who employ everything as material, who always zealously observe ")
1066_T("their own inner life and that of others, who perceive everywhere models and ")
1067_T("incentives, who never tire of combining together the means available to them. ")
1068_T("Genius too does nothing except learn first how to lay bricks then how to build, ")
1069_T("except continually seek for material and continually form itself around it. ")
1070_T("Every activity of man is amazingly complicated, not only that of the genius: ")
49e7b7a2 1071_T("but none is a \"miracle.\" Whence, then, the belief that genius exists only in ")
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1072_T("the artist, orator and philosopher? that only they have \"intuition\"? (Whereby ")
1073_T("they are supposed to possess a kind of miraculous eyeglass with which they can ")
1074_T("see directly into \"the essence of the thing\"!) It is clear that people speak of ")
1075_T("genius only where the effects of the great intellect are most pleasant to them ")
1076_T("and where they have no desire to feel envious. To call someone \"divine\" means: ")
1077_T("\"here there is no need for us to compete.\" Then, everything finished and ")
1078_T("complete is regarded with admiration, everything still becoming is undervalued. ")
1079_T("But no one can see in the work of the artist how it has become; that is its ")
1080_T("advantage, for wherever one can see the act of becoming one grows somewhat ")
1081_T("cool. The finished and perfect art of representation repulses all thinking as ")
1082_T("to how it has become; it tyrannizes as present completeness and perfection. ")
1083_T("That is why the masters of the art of representation count above all as gifted ")
1084_T("with genius and why men of science do not. In reality, this evaluation of the ")
1085_T("former and undervaluation of the latter is only a piece of childishness in the ")
1086_T("realm of reason. ")
1087_T("\n\n")
49e7b7a2 1088_T("163 The serious workman. Do not talk about giftedness, inborn talents! One can ")
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1089_T("name great men of all kinds who were very little gifted. The acquired ")
1090_T("greatness, became \"geniuses\" (as we put it), through qualities the lack of ")
1091_T("which no one who knew what they were would boast of: they all possessed that ")
1092_T("seriousness of the efficient workman which first learns to construct the parts ")
1093_T("properly before it ventures to fashion a great whole; they allowed themselves ")
1094_T("time for it, because they took more pleasure in making the little, secondary ")
1095_T("things well than in the effect of a dazzling whole. the recipe for becoming a ")
1096_T("good novelist, for example, is easy to give, but to carry it out presupposes ")
1097_T("qualities one is accustomed to overlook when one says \"I do not have enough ")
1098_T("talent.\" One has only to make a hundred or so sketches for novels, none longer ")
1099_T("than two pages but of such distinctness that every word in them is necessary; ")
1100_T("one should write down anecdotes each day until one has learned how to give them ")
1101_T("the most pregnant and effective form; one should be tireless in collecting and ")
1102_T("describing human types and characters; one should above all relate things to ")
1103_T("others and listen to others relate, keeping one's eyes and ears open for the ")
1104_T("effect produced on those present, one should travel like a landscape painter or ")
1105_T("costume designer; one should excerpt for oneself out of the individual sciences ")
1106_T("everything that will produce an artistic effect when it is well described, one ")
1107_T("should, finally, reflect on the motives of human actions, disdain no signpost ")
1108_T("to instruction about them and be a collector of these things by day and night. ")
1109_T("One should continue in this many-sided exercise some ten years: what is then ")
49e7b7a2 1110_T("created in the workshop, however, will be fit to go out into the world. What, ")
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1111_T("however, do most people do? They begin, not with the parts, but with the whole. ")
1112_T("Perhaps they chance to strike a right note, excite attention and from then on ")
49e7b7a2 1113_T("strike worse and worse notes, for good, natural reasons. Sometimes, when the ")
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1114_T("character and intellect needed to formulate such a life-plan are lacking, fate ")
1115_T("and need take their place and lead the future master step by step through all ")
1116_T("the stipulations of his trade. ")
1117_T("\n\n")
49e7b7a2 1118_T("164 Peril and profit in the cult of the genius. The belief in great, superior, ")
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1119_T("fruitful spirits is not necessarily, yet nonetheless is very frequently ")
1120_T("associated with that religious or semi-religious superstition that these ")
1121_T("spirits are of supra-human origin and possess certain miraculous abilities by ")
1122_T("virtue of which they acquire their knowledge by quite other means than the rest ")
1123_T("of mankind. One ascribes to them, it seems, a direct view of the nature of the ")
1124_T("world, as it were a hole in the cloak of appearance, and believes that, by ")
1125_T("virtue of this miraculous seer's vision, they are able to communicate something ")
1126_T("conclusive and decisive about man and the world without the toil and ")
1127_T("rigorousness required by science. As long as there continue to be those who ")
1128_T("believe in the miraculous in the domain of knowledge one can perhaps concede ")
1129_T("that these people themselves derive some benefit from their belief, inasmuch as ")
1130_T("through their unconditional subjection to the great spirits they create for ")
1131_T("their own spirit during its time of development the finest form of discipline ")
1132_T("and schooling. On the other hand, it is at least questionable whether the ")
1133_T("superstitious belief in genius, in its privileges and special abilities, is of ")
1134_T("benefit to the genius himself if it takes root in him. It is in any event a ")
1135_T("dangerous sign when a man is assailed by awe of himself, whether it be the ")
1136_T("celebrated Caesar's awe of Caesar or the awe of one's own genius now under ")
1137_T("consideration; when the sacrificial incense which is properly rendered only to ")
1138_T("a god penetrates the brain of the genius, so that his head begins to swim and ")
1139_T("he comes to regard himself as something supra-human. The consequences that ")
1140_T("slowly result are: the feeling of irresponsibility, of exceptional rights, the ")
1141_T("belief that he confers a favor by his mere presence, insane rage when anyone ")
1142_T("attempts even to compare him with others, let alone to rate him beneath them, ")
1143_T("or to draw attention to lapses in his work. Because he ceases to practice ")
1144_T("criticism of himself, at last one pinion after the other falls out of his ")
1145_T("plumage: that superstitious eats at the roots of his powers and perhaps even ")
1146_T("turns him into a hypocrite after his powers have fled from him. For the great ")
1147_T("spirits themselves it is therefore probably more beneficial if they acquire an ")
1148_T("insight into the nature and origin of their powers, if they grasp, that is to ")
1149_T("say, what purely human qualities have come together in them and what fortunate ")
1150_T("circumstances attended them: in the first place undiminished energy, resolute ")
1151_T("application to individual goals, great personal courage, then the good fortune ")
1152_T("to receive an upbringing which offered in the early years the finest teachers, ")
1153_T("models and methods. To be sure, when their goal is the production of the ")
1154_T("greatest possible effect, unclarity with regard to oneself and that ")
1155_T("semi-insanity superadded to it has always achieved much; for what has been ")
1156_T("admired and envied at all times has been that power in them by virtue of which ")
1157_T("they render men will-less and sweep them away into the delusion that the ")
1158_T("leaders they are following are supra-natural. Indeed, it elevates and inspires ")
1159_T("men to believe that someone is in possession of supra-natural powers: to this ")
1160_T("extent Plato was right to say [Plato: Phaedrus, 244a] that madness has brought ")
49e7b7a2 1161_T("the greatest of blessings upon mankind. In rare individual cases this portion ")
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1162_T("of madness may, indeed, actually have been the means by which such a nature, ")
1163_T("excessive in all directions, was held firmly together: in the life of ")
1164_T("individuals, too, illusions that are in themselves poisons often play the role ")
1165_T("of healers; yet, in the end, in the case of every \"genius\" who believes in his ")
1166_T("own divinity the poison shows itself to the same degree as his \"genius\" grows ")
1167_T("old: one may recall, for example, the case of Napoleon, whose nature certainly ")
1168_T("grew into the mighty unity that sets him apart from all men of modern times ")
1169_T("precisely through his belief in himself and his star and through the contempt ")
1170_T("for men that flowed from it; until in the end, however, this same belief went ")
1171_T("over into an almost insane fatalism, robbed him of his acuteness and swiftness ")
1172_T("of perception, and became the cause of his destruction.");