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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{Window styles}
45
46The following styles can apply to all windows, although they will not always make sense for a particular
4130b487 47window class or on all platforms.
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48
49\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
50\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
51\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSIMPLE\_BORDER}}{Displays a thin border around the window. wxBORDER is the old name
27d029c7 52for this style. }
69a126b0 53\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxDOUBLE\_BORDER}}{Displays a double border. Windows and Mac only.}
a660d684 54\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSUNKEN\_BORDER}}{Displays a sunken border.}
69a126b0 55\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxRAISED\_BORDER}}{Displays a raised border.}
6453876e 56\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSTATIC\_BORDER}}{Displays a border suitable for a static control. Windows only. }
8d99dec0 57\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxNO\_BORDER}}{Displays no border, overriding the default border style for the window.}
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58\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTRANSPARENT\_WINDOW}}{The window is transparent, that is, it will not receive paint
59events. Windows only.}
a660d684 60\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTAB\_TRAVERSAL}}{Use this to enable tab traversal for non-dialog windows.}
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61\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWANTS\_CHARS}}{Use this to indicate that
62the window wants to get all char/key events for all keys - even for
63keys like TAB or ENTER which are usually used for dialog navigation
64and which wouldn't be generated without this style. If you need to
65use this style in order to get the arrows or etc., but would still like to have
66normal keyboard navigation take place, you should create and send a
67wxNavigationKeyEvent in response to the key events for Tab and
68Shift-Tab.}
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69\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxNO\_FULL\_REPAINT\_ON\_RESIZE}}{On Windows, this style used to disable repainting
70the window completely when its size is changed. Since this behaviour is now the default, the style is now obsolete
71and no longer has an effect.}
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72\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxVSCROLL}}{Use this style to enable a vertical scrollbar.}
73\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHSCROLL}}{Use this style to enable a horizontal scrollbar.}
3c9676ea 74\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxALWAYS\_SHOW\_SB}}{If a window has scrollbars,
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75disable them instead of hiding them when they are not needed (i.e. when the
76size of the window is big enough to not require the scrollbars to navigate it).
77This style is currently only implemented for wxMSW and wxUniversal and does
78nothing on the other platforms.}
884360bc 79\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxCLIP\_CHILDREN}}{Use this style to eliminate flicker caused by the background being
6453876e 80repainted, then children being painted over them. Windows only.}
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81\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFULL\_REPAINT\_ON\_RESIZE}}{Use this style to force
82a complete redraw of the window whenever it is resized instead of redrawing
83just the part of the window affected by resizing. Note that this was the
84behaviour by default before 2.5.1 release and that if you experience redraw
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85problems with code which previously used to work you may want to try this.
86Currently this style applies on GTK+ 2 and Windows only, and full repainting is always
87done on other platforms.}
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88\end{twocollist}
89
90See also \helpref{window styles overview}{windowstyles}.
91
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92\wxheading{Extra window styles}
93
94The following are extra styles, set using \helpref{wxWindow::SetExtraStyle}{wxwindowsetextrastyle}.
95
96\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
97\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
98\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{By default, Validate/TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
99only work on direct children of the window (compatible behaviour). Set this flag to make them recursively
100descend into all subwindows.}
101\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{wxCommandEvents and the objects of the derived classes are forwarded to the
102parent window and so on recursively by default. Using this flag for the
103given window allows to block this propagation at this window, i.e. prevent
104the events from being propagated further upwards. Dialogs have this
105flag on by default.}
106\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_TRANSIENT}}{Don't use this window as an implicit parent for the other windows: this must
107be used with transient windows as otherwise there is the risk of creating a
108dialog/frame with this window as a parent which would lead to a crash if the
109parent is destroyed before the child.}
110\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_IDLE}}{This window should always process idle events, even
111if the mode set by \helpref{wxIdleEvent::SetMode}{wxidleeventsetmode} is wxIDLE\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
112\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_UI\_UPDATES}}{This window should always process UI update events,
113even if the mode set by \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} is wxUPDATE\_UI\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
114\end{twocollist}
115
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116\wxheading{See also}
117
118\helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
119
120\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
121
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f6bcfd97 123\membersection{wxWindow::wxWindow}\label{wxwindowctor}
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124
125\func{}{wxWindow}{\void}
126
127Default constructor.
128
eaaa6a06 129\func{}{wxWindow}{\param{wxWindow*}{ parent}, \param{wxWindowID }{id},
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130 \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition},
131 \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize},
eaaa6a06 132 \param{long }{style = 0},
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133 \param{const wxString\& }{name = wxPanelNameStr}}
134
135Constructs a window, which can be a child of a frame, dialog or any other non-control window.
136
137\wxheading{Parameters}
138
139\docparam{parent}{Pointer to a parent window.}
140
141\docparam{id}{Window identifier. If -1, will automatically create an identifier.}
142
fc2171bd 143\docparam{pos}{Window position. wxDefaultPosition is (-1, -1) which indicates that wxWidgets
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144should generate a default position for the window. If using the wxWindow class directly, supply
145an actual position.}
146
fc2171bd 147\docparam{size}{Window size. wxDefaultSize is (-1, -1) which indicates that wxWidgets
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148should generate a default size for the window. If no suitable size can be found, the
149window will be sized to 20x20 pixels so that the window is visible but obviously not
150correctly sized. }
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152\docparam{style}{Window style. For generic window styles, please see \helpref{wxWindow}{wxwindow}.}
153
154\docparam{name}{Window name.}
155
a1037371 156
6d06e061 157\membersection{wxWindow::\destruct{wxWindow}}\label{wxwindowdtor}
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159\func{}{\destruct{wxWindow}}{\void}
160
161Destructor. Deletes all subwindows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
162the {\bf delete} operator explicitly, you should normally
fc2171bd 163use \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} so that wxWidgets
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164can delete a window only when it is safe to do so, in idle time.
165
166\wxheading{See also}
167
168\helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
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169\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy},\rtfsp
170\helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
171
a1037371 172
6d06e061 173\membersection{wxWindow::AddChild}\label{wxwindowaddchild}
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175\func{virtual void}{AddChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
176
177Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
178functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
179
fc2171bd 180Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
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181called by the user code.
182
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183\wxheading{Parameters}
184
185\docparam{child}{Child window to add.}
186
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188\membersection{wxWindow::CacheBestSize}\label{wxwindowcachebestsize}
189
190\constfunc{void}{CacheBestSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
191
192Sets the cached best size value.
193
194
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195\membersection{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}\label{wxwindowcapturemouse}
196
197\func{virtual void}{CaptureMouse}{\void}
198
199Directs all mouse input to this window. Call \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse} to
200release the capture.
201
fc2171bd 202Note that wxWidgets maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
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203and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
204captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
205window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
206as you capture it.
207
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208\wxheading{See also}
209
210\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse}
211
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213\membersection{wxWindow::Center}\label{wxwindowcenter}
214
eaaa6a06 215\func{void}{Center}{\param{int}{ direction}}
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217A synonym for \helpref{Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
218
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220\membersection{wxWindow::CenterOnParent}\label{wxwindowcenteronparent}
221
222\func{void}{CenterOnParent}{\param{int}{ direction}}
223
224A synonym for \helpref{CentreOnParent}{wxwindowcentreonparent}.
225
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227\membersection{wxWindow::CenterOnScreen}\label{wxwindowcenteronscreen}
228
229\func{void}{CenterOnScreen}{\param{int}{ direction}}
230
231A synonym for \helpref{CentreOnScreen}{wxwindowcentreonscreen}.
232
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234\membersection{wxWindow::Centre}\label{wxwindowcentre}
235
7eb4e9cc 236\func{void}{Centre}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
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238Centres the window.
239
240\wxheading{Parameters}
241
242\docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
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243or {\tt wxBOTH}. It may also include {\tt wxCENTRE\_ON\_SCREEN} flag
244if you want to center the window on the entire screen and not on its
245parent window.}
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247The flag {\tt wxCENTRE\_FRAME} is obsolete and should not be used any longer
248(it has no effect).
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249
250\wxheading{Remarks}
251
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252If the window is a top level one (i.e. doesn't have a parent), it will be
253centered relative to the screen anyhow.
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255\wxheading{See also}
256
257\helpref{wxWindow::Center}{wxwindowcenter}
258
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260\membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnParent}\label{wxwindowcentreonparent}
261
7eb4e9cc 262\func{void}{CentreOnParent}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
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c9f00eeb 264Centres the window on its parent. This is a more readable synonym for
7eb4e9cc 265\helpref{Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
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267\wxheading{Parameters}
268
269\docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
270or {\tt wxBOTH}.}
271
272\wxheading{Remarks}
273
274This methods provides for a way to center top level windows over their
275parents instead of the entire screen. If there is no parent or if the
c9f00eeb 276window is not a top level window, then behaviour is the same as
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277\helpref{wxWindow::Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
278
279\wxheading{See also}
280
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281\helpref{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen}{wxwindowcenteronscreen}
282
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284\membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen}\label{wxwindowcentreonscreen}
285
286\func{void}{CentreOnScreen}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
287
288Centres the window on screen. This only works for top level windows -
289otherwise, the window will still be centered on its parent.
290
291\wxheading{Parameters}
292
293\docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
294or {\tt wxBOTH}.}
295
296\wxheading{See also}
297
298\helpref{wxWindow::CentreOnParent}{wxwindowcenteronparent}
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5da0803c 301\membersection{wxWindow::ClearBackground}\label{wxwindowclearbackground}
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5da0803c 303\func{void}{ClearBackground}{\void}
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305Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour. Does not
306cause an erase background event to be generated.
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6d06e061 309\membersection{wxWindow::ClientToScreen}\label{wxwindowclienttoscreen}
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311\constfunc{virtual void}{ClientToScreen}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
312
2edb0bde 313\perlnote{In wxPerl this method returns a 2-element list instead of
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315
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316\constfunc{virtual wxPoint}{ClientToScreen}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
317
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318Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
319
320\docparam{x}{A pointer to a integer value for the x coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
321a screen coordinate will be passed out.}
322
323\docparam{y}{A pointer to a integer value for the y coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
324a screen coordinate will be passed out.}
325
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326\docparam{pt}{The client position for the second form of the function.}
327
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328\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
329implements the following methods:\par
330\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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331\twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreen(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
332\twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreenXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
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333\end{twocollist}}
334}
335
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337\membersection{wxWindow::Close}\label{wxwindowclose}
338
cc81d32f 339\func{bool}{Close}{\param{bool}{ force = {\tt false}}}
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341This function simply generates a \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent} whose
342handler usually tries to close the window. It doesn't close the window itself,
343however.
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344
345\wxheading{Parameters}
346
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347\docparam{force}{{\tt false} if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
348of this window, {\tt true} if it cannot.}
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349
350\wxheading{Remarks}
351
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352Close calls the \helpref{close handler}{wxcloseevent} for the window, providing
353an opportunity for the window to choose whether to destroy the window.
354Usually it is only used with the top level windows (wxFrame and wxDialog
355classes) as the others are not supposed to have any special OnClose() logic.
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357The close handler should check whether the window is being deleted forcibly,
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358using \helpref{wxCloseEvent::GetForce}{wxcloseeventgetforce}, in which case it
359should destroy the window using \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy}.
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361{\it Note} that calling Close does not guarantee that the window will be
362destroyed; but it provides a way to simulate a manual close of a window, which
363may or may not be implemented by destroying the window. The default
364implementation of wxDialog::OnCloseWindow does not necessarily delete the
365dialog, since it will simply simulate an wxID\_CANCEL event which is handled by
366the appropriate button event handler and may do anything at all.
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324eeecb 368To guarantee that the window will be destroyed, call
24174c30 369\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} instead
532372a3 370
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371\wxheading{See also}
372
373\helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
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374\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy},\rtfsp
375\helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
376
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378\membersection{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}\label{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
379
380\func{wxPoint}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
381
382\func{wxSize}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
383
384Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
385
386For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character width
387and then divided by 4.
388
389For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character height
390and then divided by 8.
391
392\wxheading{Remarks}
393
394Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
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396You can also use these functions programmatically. A convenience macro is defined:
397
398{\small
399\begin{verbatim}
400#define wxDLG_UNIT(parent, pt) parent->ConvertDialogToPixels(pt)
401\end{verbatim}
402}
403
404\wxheading{See also}
405
406\helpref{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
407
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409implements the following methods:\par
410\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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411\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
412\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
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413\end{twocollist}}
414
415Additionally, the following helper functions are defined:\par
416\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
c9110876 417\twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_PNT(win, point)}}{Converts a wxPoint from dialog
06d20283 418units to pixels}
c9110876 419\twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_SZE(win, size)}}{Converts a wxSize from dialog
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420units to pixels}
421\end{twocollist}}
422}
423
424
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426\membersection{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}\label{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
427
428\func{wxPoint}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
429
430\func{wxSize}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
431
432Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
433
434For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 4 and then divided by the average
435character width.
436
2edb0bde 437For the y dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 8 and then divided by the average
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438character height.
439
440\wxheading{Remarks}
441
442Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
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444\wxheading{See also}
445
446\helpref{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
447
dbd94b75 448\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython implements the following methods:\par
06d20283 449\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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450\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
451\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
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453}
454
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456\membersection{wxWindow::Destroy}\label{wxwindowdestroy}
457
458\func{virtual bool}{Destroy}{\void}
459
460Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator, since
461different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
24174c30 462are not destroyed immediately when this function is called -- they are added
a660d684 463to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
2edb0bde 464have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to non-existent
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465windows.
466
467\wxheading{Return value}
468
cc81d32f 469{\tt true} if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it has been added
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470to the list of windows pending real deletion.
471
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6d06e061 473\membersection{wxWindow::DestroyChildren}\label{wxwindowdestroychildren}
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475\func{virtual void}{DestroyChildren}{\void}
476
477Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
478
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481
c222be41 482\func{bool}{Disable}{\void}
6ba68e88 483
cc81d32f 484Disables the window, same as \helpref{Enable({\tt false})}{wxwindowenable}.
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486\wxheading{Return value}
487
cc81d32f 488Returns {\tt true} if the window has been disabled, {\tt false} if it had been
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489already disabled before the call to this function.
490
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492\membersection{wxWindow::DoGetBestSize}\label{wxwindowdogetbestsize}
493
494\constfunc{virtual wxSize}{DoGetBestSize}{\void}
495
496Gets the size which best suits the window: for a control, it would be
497the minimal size which doesn't truncate the control, for a panel - the
498same size as it would have after a call to \helpref{Fit()}{wxwindowfit}.
499
500
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501\membersection{wxWindow::DoUpdateWindowUI}\label{wxwindowdoupdatewindowui}
502
503\func{virtual void}{DoUpdateWindowUI}{\param{wxUpdateUIEvent\&}{ event}}
504
505Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
324eeecb 506This function is called by \helpref{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
e39af974 507in order to check return values in the \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent} and
fc2171bd 508act appropriately. For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWidgets
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509implements this function as follows:
510
511\begin{verbatim}
512// do the window-specific processing after processing the update event
513void wxTopLevelWindowBase::DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent& event)
514{
515 if ( event.GetSetEnabled() )
516 Enable(event.GetEnabled());
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518 if ( event.GetSetText() )
519 {
520 if ( event.GetText() != GetTitle() )
521 SetTitle(event.GetText());
522 }
523}
524\end{verbatim}
525
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528\membersection{wxWindow::DragAcceptFiles}\label{wxwindowdragacceptfiles}
529
8a293590 530\func{virtual void}{DragAcceptFiles}{\param{bool}{ accept}}
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2edb0bde 532Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
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534\wxheading{Parameters}
535
cc81d32f 536\docparam{accept}{If {\tt true}, the window is eligible for drop file events. If {\tt false}, the window
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537will not accept drop file events.}
538
539\wxheading{Remarks}
540
541Windows only.
542
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545
cc81d32f 546\func{virtual bool}{Enable}{\param{bool}{ enable = {\tt true}}}
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549disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
550when the parent is.
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552\wxheading{Parameters}
553
cc81d32f 554\docparam{enable}{If {\tt true}, enables the window for input. If {\tt false}, disables the window.}
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557
cc81d32f 558Returns {\tt true} if the window has been enabled or disabled, {\tt false} if
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560
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562
6ba68e88 563\helpref{wxWindow::IsEnabled}{wxwindowisenabled},\rtfsp
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565\helpref{wxRadioBox::Enable}{wxradioboxenable}
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569
570\func{static wxWindow*}{FindFocus}{\void}
571
572Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
573
574\wxheading{Remarks}
575
576Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without needing a wxWindow pointer.
577
578\wxheading{See also}
579
580\helpref{wxWindow::SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus}
581
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585
6b73af79 586\constfunc{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{long}{ id}}
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588Find a child of this window, by identifier.
589
6b73af79 590\constfunc{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}}
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592Find a child of this window, by name.
593
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595implements the following methods:\par
596\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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598\twocolitem{{\bf FindWindowByName(name)}}{Accepts a string}
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600}
601
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f89a1397 605\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowById}{\param{long}{ id}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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607Find the first window with the given {\it id}.
608
609If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
610frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
611The search is recursive in both cases.
612
613\wxheading{See also}
614
f89a1397 615\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
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619
f89a1397 620\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowByName}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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622Find a window by its name (as given in a window constructor or {\bf Create} function call).
623If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
624frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
625The search is recursive in both cases.
626
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629
630\wxheading{See also}
631
f89a1397 632\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
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636
f89a1397 637\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowByLabel}{\param{const wxString\&}{ label}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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639Find a window by its label. Depending on the type of window, the label may be a window title
640or panel item label. If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
641frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
642The search is recursive in both cases.
643
644\wxheading{See also}
645
f89a1397 646\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
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650
651\func{virtual void}{Fit}{\void}
652
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655sizers are used for the subwindows layout. Also, if the window has exactly one
656subwindow it is better (faster and the result is more precise as Fit adds some
657margin to account for fuzziness of its calculations) to call
658
659\begin{verbatim}
660 window->SetClientSize(child->GetSize());
661\end{verbatim}
662
663instead of calling Fit.
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667
668\func{virtual void}{FitInside}{\void}
669
670Similar to \helpref{Fit}{wxwindowfit}, but sizes the interior (virtual) size
671of a window. Mainly useful with scrolled windows to reset scrollbars after
672sizing changes that do not trigger a size event, and/or scrolled windows without
673an interior sizer. This function similarly won't do anything if there are no
674subwindows.
675
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678
679\func{virtual void}{Freeze}{\void}
680
681Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking place
682on screen, the window is not redrawn at all. \helpref{Thaw}{wxwindowthaw} must
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684nested.
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686This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example, it
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688a wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all platforms nor for all
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691
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694
695\constfunc{wxAcceleratorTable*}{GetAcceleratorTable}{\void}
696
697Gets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
698
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701
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704Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
705
706See also \helpref{wxAccessible}{wxaccessible}.
707
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710
711\constfunc{wxSize}{GetAdjustedBestSize}{\void}
712
713This method is similar to \helpref{GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize}, except
714in one thing. GetBestSize should return the minimum untruncated size of the
715window, while this method will return the largest of BestSize and any user
716specified minimum size. ie. it is the minimum size the window should currently
717be drawn at, not the minimal size it can possibly tolerate.
718
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721
722\constfunc{virtual wxColour}{GetBackgroundColour}{\void}
723
724Returns the background colour of the window.
725
726\wxheading{See also}
727
728\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
729\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
9866d9c2 730\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour}
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733
734\constfunc{virtual wxBackgroundStyle}{GetBackgroundStyle}{\void}
735
736Returns the background style of the window. The background style indicates
737whether background colour should be determined by the system (wxBG\_STYLE\_SYSTEM),
738be set to a specific colour (wxBG\_STYLE\_COLOUR), or should be left to the
739application to implement (wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM).
740
741On GTK+, use of wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM allows the flicker-free drawing of a custom
742background, such as a tiled bitmap. Currently the style has no effect on other platforms.
743
744\wxheading{See also}
745
746\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
747\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
748\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundStyle}{wxwindowsetbackgroundstyle}
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751
752\constfunc{wxSize}{GetBestFittingSize}{\void}
753
754Merges the window's best size into the min size and returns the result.
755
756\wxheading{See also}
757
758\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
759\helpref{wxWindow::SetBestFittingSize}{wxwindowsetbestfittingsize},\rtfsp
760\helpref{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}{wxwindowsetsizehints}
761
762
7f071e73 763\membersection{wxWindow::GetBestSize}\label{wxwindowgetbestsize}
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c66c3af1 765\constfunc{wxSize}{GetBestSize}{\void}
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767This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window. For
768example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
3e02f5ed 769control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
8771a323 770\helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel}), the size returned by this function will be the
3e02f5ed 771same as the size the window would have had after calling
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773
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776
777\constfunc{wxCaret *}{GetCaret}{\void}
778
779Returns the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
780
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783
784\func{static wxWindow *}{GetCapture}{\void}
785
786Returns the currently captured window.
787
788\wxheading{See also}
789
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791\helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
792\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
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794
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798\constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharHeight}{\void}
799
800Returns the character height for this window.
801
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805\constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharWidth}{\void}
806
807Returns the average character width for this window.
808
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6d06e061 810\membersection{wxWindow::GetChildren}\label{wxwindowgetchildren}
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c0ed460c 812\func{wxList\&}{GetChildren}{\void}
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c0ed460c 814Returns a reference to the list of the window's children.
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819\func{static wxVisualAttributes}{GetClassDefaultAttributes}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{ variant = \texttt{wxWINDOW\_VARIANT\_NORMAL}}}
820
821Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control. This is
822useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control as in a
823standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
824colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
825system, especially if it uses themes.
826
827The \arg{variant} parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
828ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
324eeecb 829returned font. See \helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
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831
832This static method is ``overridden'' in many derived classes and so calling,
488e1507 833for example, \helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
1b69c815 834return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
488e1507 835from those returned by, say, \helpref{wxListCtrl}{wxlistctrl}::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
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839if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
840especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
841the case for \texttt{colBg} for the controls with themed background.
842
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844
845\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
846
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849
c66c3af1 850\constfunc{void}{GetClientSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
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c9f00eeb 852\perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes no parameter and returns
d2c2afc9 853a 2-element list {\tt (width, height)}.}
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c66c3af1 855\constfunc{wxSize}{GetClientSize}{\void}
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858The client area is the area which may be drawn on by the programmer,
859excluding title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
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861\wxheading{Parameters}
862
863\docparam{width}{Receives the client width in pixels.}
864
865\docparam{height}{Receives the client height in pixels.}
866
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869\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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871\twocolitem{{\bf GetClientSize()}}{Returns a wxSize object}
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873}
874
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876
d2c2afc9 877\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
566d84a7 878\helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
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883
884\constfunc{wxLayoutConstraints*}{GetConstraints}{\void}
885
886Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or NULL if there are none.
887
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890
891\constfunc{const wxSizer *}{GetContainingSizer}{\void}
892
893Return the sizer that this window is a member of, if any, otherwise
894{\tt NULL}.
895
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898
899\constfunc{const wxCursor\&}{GetCursor}{\void}
900
901Return the cursor associated with this window.
902
903\wxheading{See also}
904
905\helpref{wxWindow::SetCursor}{wxwindowsetcursor}
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910\constfunc{virtual wxVisualAttributes}{GetDefaultAttributes}{\void}
911
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914
915One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
916the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
917virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
918
919The other one is that in the future this function could return different
920results, for example it might return a different font for an ``Ok'' button
921than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
922in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
923function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
924version can be used without having to create an object first.
925
926
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928
929\constfunc{wxDropTarget*}{GetDropTarget}{\void}
930
931Returns the associated drop target, which may be NULL.
932
933\wxheading{See also}
934
c9f00eeb 935\helpref{wxWindow::SetDropTarget}{wxwindowsetdroptarget},
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940
941\constfunc{wxEvtHandler*}{GetEventHandler}{\void}
942
943Returns the event handler for this window. By default, the window is its
944own event handler.
945
946\wxheading{See also}
947
948\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
949\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
950\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
951\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
952\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
953
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956
957\constfunc{long}{GetExtraStyle}{\void}
958
959Returns the extra style bits for the window.
960
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963
733399fa 964\constfunc{wxFont}{GetFont}{\void}
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968\wxheading{See also}
969
970\helpref{wxWindow::SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont}
971
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974
975\func{virtual wxColour}{GetForegroundColour}{\void}
976
977Returns the foreground colour of the window.
978
979\wxheading{Remarks}
980
981The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
982to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
983be used at all.
984
985\wxheading{See also}
986
987\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
988\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
989\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour}
990
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994\constfunc{wxWindow*}{GetGrandParent}{\void}
995
996Returns the grandparent of a window, or NULL if there isn't one.
997
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1001\constfunc{void*}{GetHandle}{\void}
1002
1003Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window. Cast it to an appropriate
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1009
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1012
1013\constfunc{virtual wxString}{GetHelpText}{\void}
1014
1015Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
1016
1017Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
1018and not in the window object itself.
1019
1020\wxheading{See also}
1021
1022\helpref{SetHelpText}{wxwindowsethelptext}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
1023
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1026
1027\constfunc{int}{GetId}{\void}
1028
1029Returns the identifier of the window.
1030
1031\wxheading{Remarks}
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1037
b2cf617c 1038\helpref{wxWindow::SetId}{wxwindowsetid},\rtfsp
5b6aa0ff 1039\helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
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1044\constfunc{virtual wxString }{GetLabel}{\void}
1045
1046Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
1047identification purposes.
1048
1049\wxheading{Remarks}
1050
1051The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
1052For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the title. For buttons or static text controls, it is
1053the button text. This function can be useful for meta-programs (such as testing
1054tools or special-needs access programs) which need to identify windows
1055by name.
1056
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1058
1059\constfunc{wxSize}{GetMaxSize}{\void}
1060
1061Returns the maximum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout mechanism
1062that this is the maximum possible size.
1063
1064\membersection{wxWindow::GetMinSize}\label{wxwindowgetminsize}
1065
1066\constfunc{wxSize}{GetMinSize}{\void}
1067
1068Returns the minimum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout mechanism
1069that this is the minimum required size.
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1075Returns the window's name.
1076
1077\wxheading{Remarks}
1078
1079This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the programmer to supply an appropriate
1080name in the window constructor or via \helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}.
1081
1082\wxheading{See also}
1083
1084\helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}
1085
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1089\constfunc{virtual wxWindow*}{GetParent}{\void}
1090
1091Returns the parent of the window, or NULL if there is no parent.
1092
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1095
1096\constfunc{virtual void}{GetPosition}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
1097
1098\constfunc{wxPoint}{GetPosition}{\void}
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1101for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level
1102windows.
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1104\wxheading{Parameters}
1105
1106\docparam{x}{Receives the x position of the window.}
1107
1108\docparam{y}{Receives the y position of the window.}
1109
1110\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1111implements the following methods:\par
1112\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1113\twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a wxPoint}
1114\twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionTuple()}}{Returns a tuple (x, y)}
1115\end{twocollist}}
1116}
1117
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1119method:\par
1120\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1121\twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a Wx::Point}
1122\twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionXY()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1123 {\tt ( x, y )}}
1124\end{twocollist}
1125}}
1126
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1129
1130\constfunc{virtual wxRect}{GetRect}{\void}
1131
1132Returns the size and position of the window as a \helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object.
1133
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1136
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1139Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
1140
1141\wxheading{See also}
1142
1143See \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1144
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1147
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1150Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
1151
1152\wxheading{See also}
1153
1154\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1155
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1158
1159\func{virtual int}{GetScrollThumb}{\param{int }{orientation}}
1160
1161Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
1162
1163\wxheading{See also}
1164
1165\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1166
1167
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c66c3af1 1170\constfunc{void}{GetSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
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c66c3af1 1172\constfunc{wxSize}{GetSize}{\void}
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1177\wxheading{Parameters}
1178
1179\docparam{width}{Receives the window width.}
1180
1181\docparam{height}{Receives the window height.}
1182
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1184implements the following methods:\par
1185\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1187\twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeTuple()}}{Returns a 2-tuple (width, height)}
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1189}
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1192method:\par
1193\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1194\twocolitem{{\bf GetSize()}}{Returns a Wx::Size}
1195\twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeWH()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1196 {\tt ( width, height )}}
1197\end{twocollist}
1198}}
1199
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1201
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1203\helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
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1206\membersection{wxWindow::GetSizer}\label{wxwindowgetsizer}
1207
772c017b 1208\constfunc{wxSizer *}{GetSizer}{\void}
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be90c029 1210Return the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
e6973167 1211\helpref{SetSizer()}{wxwindowsetsizer} or {\tt NULL}.
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1216\constfunc{virtual void}{GetTextExtent}{\param{const wxString\& }{string}, \param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y},
1217 \param{int* }{descent = NULL}, \param{int* }{externalLeading = NULL},
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1220Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1221window with the currently selected font.
1222
1223\wxheading{Parameters}
1224
1225\docparam{string}{String whose extent is to be measured.}
1226
1227\docparam{x}{Return value for width.}
1228
1229\docparam{y}{Return value for height.}
1230
1231\docparam{descent}{Return value for descent (optional).}
1232
1233\docparam{externalLeading}{Return value for external leading (optional).}
1234
1235\docparam{font}{Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).}
1236
cc81d32f 1237\docparam{use16}{If {\tt true}, {\it string} contains 16-bit characters. The default is {\tt false}.}
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1240implements the following methods:\par
1241\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1243\twocolitem{{\bf GetFullTextExtent(string, font=NULL)}}{Returns a
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1245\end{twocollist}}
1246}
1247
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1249 {\tt font} parameters, and returns a 4-element list
1250 {\tt ( x, y, descent, externalLeading )}.}
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1253\membersection{wxWindow::GetTitle}\label{wxwindowgettitle}
1254
1255\func{virtual wxString}{GetTitle}{\void}
1256
1257Gets the window's title. Applicable only to frames and dialogs.
1258
1259\wxheading{See also}
1260
1261\helpref{wxWindow::SetTitle}{wxwindowsettitle}
1262
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1264\membersection{wxWindow::GetToolTip}\label{wxwindowgettooltip}
1265
1266\constfunc{wxToolTip*}{GetToolTip}{\void}
1267
1268Get the associated tooltip or NULL if none.
1269
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1272
1273\constfunc{virtual wxRegion}{GetUpdateRegion}{\void}
1274
1275Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged. Should
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1278\wxheading{See also}
1279
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1281\helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator}
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1284\membersection{wxWindow::GetValidator}\label{wxwindowgetvalidator}
1285
1286\constfunc{wxValidator*}{GetValidator}{\void}
1287
1288Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or NULL if there is none.
1289
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1292
1293\constfunc{void}{GetVirtualSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
1294
1295\constfunc{wxSize}{GetVirtualSize}{\void}
1296
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1298returns the client size of the window, but after a call to
1299\helpref{SetVirtualSize}{wxwindowsetvirtualsize} it will return
1300that size.
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1302\wxheading{Parameters}
1303
1304\docparam{width}{Receives the window virtual width.}
1305
1306\docparam{height}{Receives the window virtual height.}
1307
1308\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
1309\helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize}
1310
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1314\constfunc{long}{GetWindowStyleFlag}{\void}
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1317method. {\bf GetWindowStyle()} is another name for the same function.
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1321
488e1507 1322\constfunc{wxWindowVariant}{GetWindowVariant}{\void}
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1326
1327
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1329
1330\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasCapture}{\void}
1331
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1334\wxheading{See also}
1335
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1337\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
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1339
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1342
1343\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasScrollbar}{\param{int }{orient}}
1344
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1346
1347\wxheading{Parameters}
1348
1349\docparam{orient}{Orientation to check, either {\tt wxHORIZONTAL} or {\tt wxVERTICAL}.}
1350
1351
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1353
1354\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasTransparentBackground}{\void}
1355
1356Returns \true if this window background is transparent (as, for example, for
1357wxStaticText) and should show the parent window background.
1358
1359This method is mostly used internally by the library itself and you normally
1360shouldn't have to call it. You may, however, have to override it in your
1361wxWindow-derived class to ensure that background is painted correctly.
1362
1363
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1365
1366\func{bool}{Hide}{\void}
1367
cc81d32f 1368Equivalent to calling \helpref{Show}{wxwindowshow}({\tt false}).
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1372
1373\func{void}{InheritAttributes}{\void}
1374
1375This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
1376window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
1377the font and the foreground and background colours.
1378
1379By ``intelligently'' the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
1380own \helpref{default}{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes} attributes. However
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1382\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont} and not
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1385then this window takes the same value as used by the parent. In addition, if
324eeecb 1386the window overrides \helpref{ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
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1388font might.
1389
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1391different usage scenarios. The most common one is when all default attributes
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1392are used and in this case, nothing should be inherited as in modern GUIs
1393different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
1394they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
1395desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
1396just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
1397do inherit the parents attributes.
1398
1399
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1401
1402\func{void}{InitDialog}{\void}
1403
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1405to the dialog via validators.
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1409
1410\func{void}{InvalidateBestSize}{\void}
1411
1412Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it is needed.
1413
1414
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1416
1417\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsEnabled}{\void}
1418
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1421\wxheading{See also}
1422
1423\helpref{wxWindow::Enable}{wxwindowenable}
1424
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1428\constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
1429
605d715d 1430\constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{wxPoint }{\&pt}}
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1433
605d715d 1434\constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{wxRect }{\&rect}}
515da557 1435
cc81d32f 1436Returns {\tt true} if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
ad9edf45 1437last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
4130b487 1438only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
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1441implements the following methods:\par
1442\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1445\twocolitem{{\bf IsExposedRect(rect)}}{}
8771a323 1446\end{twocollist}}}
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1450
1451\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsRetained}{\void}
1452
cc81d32f 1453Returns {\tt true} if the window is retained, {\tt false} otherwise.
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1455\wxheading{Remarks}
1456
1457Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
1458
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1461
1462\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsShown}{\void}
1463
cc81d32f 1464Returns {\tt true} if the window is shown, {\tt false} if it has been hidden.
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1468
1469\constfunc{bool}{IsTopLevel}{\void}
1470
cc81d32f 1471Returns {\tt true} if the given window is a top-level one. Currently all frames and
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1473window).
1474
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1477
1478\func{void}{Layout}{\void}
1479
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1481for this window.
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1484layout is on, this function gets called automatically when the window is resized.
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1487\membersection{wxWindow::LineDown}\label{wxwindowlinedown}
1488
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1493
43e8916f 1494This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollLines}{wxwindowscrolllines}$(-1)$.
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1498
1499\func{void}{Lower}{\void}
1500
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1502
1503\wxheading{See also}
1504
1505\helpref{Raise}{wxwindowraise}
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1509
8a293590 1510\func{virtual void}{MakeModal}{\param{bool }{flag}}
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1512Disables all other windows in the application so that
d3e78bab 1513the user can only interact with this window.
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1515\wxheading{Parameters}
1516
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1518the user can only interact with this window. If {\tt false}, the effect is reversed.}
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1521\membersection{wxWindow::Move}\label{wxwindowmove}
1522
eaaa6a06 1523\func{void}{Move}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
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1526
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1528
1529\wxheading{Parameters}
1530
1531\docparam{x}{Required x position.}
1532
1533\docparam{y}{Required y position.}
1534
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1536
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1538
1539Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1540wxWindow::Move function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class
1541as the call:
1542
1543\begin{verbatim}
1544 SetSize(x, y, -1, -1, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1545\end{verbatim}
1546
1547\wxheading{See also}
1548
1549\helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}
1550
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1552implements the following methods:\par
1553\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1555\twocolitem{{\bf MoveXY(x, y)}}{Accepts a pair of integers}
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1557}
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1560\membersection{wxWindow::MoveAfterInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder}
1561
1562\func{void}{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
1563
1564Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified \arg{win}.
1565This means that when the user presses \texttt{TAB} key on that other window,
1566the focus switches to this window.
1567
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1570it after creating all the windows.
1571
1572\wxheading{Parameters}
1573
1574\docparam{win}{A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
1575must not be NULL}
1576
1577
1578\membersection{wxWindow::MoveBeforeInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder}
1579
1580\func{void}{MoveBeforeInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
1581
1582Same as \helpref{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder} except that
1583it inserts this window just before \arg{win} instead of putting it right after
1584it.
1585
1586
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1588
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1591Does keyboard navigation from this window to another, by sending
1592a wxNavigationKeyEvent.
1593
1594\wxheading{Parameters}
1595
eedc82f4 1596\docparam{flags}{A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.}
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1598\wxheading{Remarks}
1599
1600You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress handler to do the default
1601navigation behaviour for the tab key, since the standard default behaviour for
1602a multiline text control with the wxTE\_PROCESS\_TAB style is to insert a tab
1603and not navigate to the next control.
1604
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1606%% the old docs here in case we want to move any still needed bits to
1607%% the right location (i.e. probably the corresponding events docs)
1608%%
1609%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnActivate}\label{wxwindowonactivate}
1610%%
1611%% \func{void}{OnActivate}{\param{wxActivateEvent\&}{ event}}
1612%%
1613%% Called when a window is activated or deactivated.
1614%%
1615%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1616%%
1617%% \docparam{event}{Object containing activation information.}
1618%%
1619%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1620%%
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1622%% otherwise it returns {\tt false} (it is being deactivated).
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1624%% \wxheading{See also}
1625%%
1626%% \helpref{wxActivateEvent}{wxactivateevent},\rtfsp
1627%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1628%%
1629%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnChar}\label{wxwindowonchar}
1630%%
1631%% \func{void}{OnChar}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1632%%
1633%% Called when the user has pressed a key that is not a modifier (SHIFT, CONTROL or ALT).
1634%%
1635%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1636%%
1637%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1638%% details about this class.}
1639%%
1640%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1641%%
1642%% This member function is called in response to a keypress. To intercept this event,
1643%% use the EVT\_CHAR macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnChar} handler may call this
1644%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1645%%
1646%% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
1647%% values.
1648%%
1649%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept modifier
1650%% keypresses, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1651%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1652%%
1653%% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
1654%%
1655%% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
1656%% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1657%%
1658%% \wxheading{See also}
1659%%
1660%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
1661%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1662%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1663%%
1664%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCharHook}\label{wxwindowoncharhook}
1665%%
1666%% \func{void}{OnCharHook}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1667%%
1668%% This member is called to allow the window to intercept keyboard events
1669%% before they are processed by child windows.
1670%%
1671%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1672%%
1673%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1674%% details about this class.}
1675%%
1676%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1677%%
1678%% This member function is called in response to a keypress, if the window is active. To intercept this event,
1679%% use the EVT\_CHAR\_HOOK macro in an event table definition. If you do not process a particular
1680%% keypress, call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip} to allow default processing.
1681%%
1682%% An example of using this function is in the implementation of escape-character processing for wxDialog,
1683%% where pressing ESC dismisses the dialog by {\bf OnCharHook} 'forging' a cancel button press event.
1684%%
1685%% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
1686%% values.
1687%%
1688%% This function is only relevant to top-level windows (frames and dialogs), and under
1689%% Windows only. Under GTK the normal EVT\_CHAR\_ event has the functionality, i.e.
acbadd0b 1690%% you can intercept it, and if you don't call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip}
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1692%%
1693%% \wxheading{See also}
1694%%
1695%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent},\rtfsp
1696%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1697%% %% GD: OnXXX functions are not documented
1698%% %%\helpref{wxApp::OnCharHook}{wxapponcharhook},\rtfsp
1699%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1700%%
1701%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCommand}\label{wxwindowoncommand}
1702%%
1703%% \func{virtual void}{OnCommand}{\param{wxEvtHandler\& }{object}, \param{wxCommandEvent\& }{event}}
1704%%
1705%% This virtual member function is called if the control does not handle the command event.
1706%%
1707%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1708%%
1709%% \docparam{object}{Object receiving the command event.}
1710%%
1711%% \docparam{event}{Command event}
1712%%
1713%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1714%%
1715%% This virtual function is provided mainly for backward compatibility. You can also intercept commands
1716%% from child controls by using an event table, with identifiers or identifier ranges to identify
1717%% the control(s) in question.
1718%%
1719%% \wxheading{See also}
1720%%
1721%% \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
1722%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1723%%
1724%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnClose}\label{wxwindowonclose}
1725%%
1726%% \func{virtual bool}{OnClose}{\void}
1727%%
1728%% Called when the user has tried to close a a frame
1729%% or dialog box using the window manager (X) or system menu (Windows).
1730%%
1731%% {\bf Note:} This is an obsolete function.
2edb0bde 1732%% It is superseded by the \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow} event
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1734%%
1735%% \wxheading{Return value}
1736%%
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1739%% you may delete other windows.
1740%%
1741%% \wxheading{See also}
1742%%
1743%% \helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
1744%% \helpref{wxWindow::Close}{wxwindowclose},\rtfsp
1745%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow},\rtfsp
1746%% \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
1747%%
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1749%%
1750%% \func{void}{OnKeyDown}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1751%%
1752%% Called when the user has pressed a key, before it is translated into an ASCII value using other
1753%% modifier keys that might be pressed at the same time.
1754%%
1755%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1756%%
1757%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1758%% details about this class.}
1759%%
1760%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1761%%
1762%% This member function is called in response to a key down event. To intercept this event,
1763%% use the EVT\_KEY\_DOWN macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyDown} handler may call this
1764%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1765%%
1766%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
1767%% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1768%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1769%%
1770%% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
1771%%
1772%% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
1773%% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1774%%
1775%% \wxheading{See also}
1776%%
1777%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
1778%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1779%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1780%%
1781%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}\label{wxwindowonkeyup}
1782%%
1783%% \func{void}{OnKeyUp}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1784%%
1785%% Called when the user has released a key.
1786%%
1787%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1788%%
1789%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1790%% details about this class.}
1791%%
1792%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1793%%
1794%% This member function is called in response to a key up event. To intercept this event,
1795%% use the EVT\_KEY\_UP macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyUp} handler may call this
1796%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1797%%
1798%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
1799%% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1800%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1801%%
1802%% Most, but not all, windows allow key up events to be intercepted.
1803%%
1804%% \wxheading{See also}
1805%%
1806%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown},\rtfsp
1807%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1808%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1809%%
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1811%%
1812%% \func{void}{OnInitDialog}{\param{wxInitDialogEvent\&}{ event}}
1813%%
1814%% Default handler for the wxEVT\_INIT\_DIALOG event. Calls \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}.
1815%%
1816%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1817%%
1818%% \docparam{event}{Dialog initialisation event.}
1819%%
1820%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1821%%
1822%% Gives the window the default behaviour of transferring data to child controls via
1823%% the validator that each control has.
1824%%
1825%% \wxheading{See also}
1826%%
1827%% \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
1828%%
1829%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMenuCommand}\label{wxwindowonmenucommand}
1830%%
1831%% \func{void}{OnMenuCommand}{\param{wxCommandEvent\& }{event}}
1832%%
1833%% Called when a menu command is received from a menu bar.
1834%%
1835%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1836%%
1837%% \docparam{event}{The menu command event. For more information, see \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent}.}
1838%%
1839%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1840%%
1841%% A function with this name doesn't actually exist; you can choose any member function to receive
1842%% menu command events, using the EVT\_COMMAND macro for individual commands or EVT\_COMMAND\_RANGE for
1843%% a range of commands.
1844%%
1845%% \wxheading{See also}
1846%%
1847%% \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
1848%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnMenuHighlight}{wxwindowonmenuhighlight},\rtfsp
1849%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1850%%
1851%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMenuHighlight}\label{wxwindowonmenuhighlight}
1852%%
1853%% \func{void}{OnMenuHighlight}{\param{wxMenuEvent\& }{event}}
1854%%
1855%% Called when a menu select is received from a menu bar: that is, the
1856%% mouse cursor is over a menu item, but the left mouse button has not been
1857%% pressed.
1858%%
1859%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1860%%
1861%% \docparam{event}{The menu highlight event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent}.}
1862%%
1863%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1864%%
1865%% You can choose any member function to receive
1866%% menu select events, using the EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT macro for individual menu items or EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT\_ALL macro
1867%% for all menu items.
1868%%
1869%% The default implementation for \helpref{wxFrame::OnMenuHighlight}{wxframeonmenuhighlight} displays help
1870%% text in the first field of the status bar.
1871%%
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1874%%
1875%% \wxheading{See also}
1876%%
1877%% \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent},\rtfsp
1878%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnMenuCommand}{wxwindowonmenucommand},\rtfsp
1879%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1880%%
1881%%
1882%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMouseEvent}\label{wxwindowonmouseevent}
1883%%
1884%% \func{void}{OnMouseEvent}{\param{wxMouseEvent\&}{ event}}
1885%%
1886%% Called when the user has initiated an event with the
1887%% mouse.
1888%%
1889%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1890%%
1891%% \docparam{event}{The mouse event. See \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent} for
1892%% more details.}
1893%%
1894%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1895%%
1896%% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
1897%%
1898%% To intercept this event, use the EVT\_MOUSE\_EVENTS macro in an event table definition, or individual
1899%% mouse event macros such as EVT\_LEFT\_DOWN.
1900%%
1901%% \wxheading{See also}
1902%%
1903%% \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent},\rtfsp
1904%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1905%%
1906%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMove}\label{wxwindowonmove}
1907%%
1908%% \func{void}{OnMove}{\param{wxMoveEvent\& }{event}}
1909%%
1910%% Called when a window is moved.
1911%%
1912%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1913%%
1914%% \docparam{event}{The move event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent}.}
1915%%
1916%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1917%%
1918%% Use the EVT\_MOVE macro to intercept move events.
1919%%
1920%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1921%%
1922%% Not currently implemented.
1923%%
1924%% \wxheading{See also}
1925%%
1926%% \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent},\rtfsp
1927%% \helpref{wxFrame::OnSize}{wxframeonsize},\rtfsp
1928%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1929%%
1930%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnPaint}\label{wxwindowonpaint}
1931%%
1932%% \func{void}{OnPaint}{\param{wxPaintEvent\& }{event}}
1933%%
1934%% Sent to the event handler when the window must be refreshed.
1935%%
1936%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1937%%
1938%% \docparam{event}{Paint event. For more information, see \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent}.}
1939%%
1940%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1941%%
1942%% Use the EVT\_PAINT macro in an event table definition to intercept paint events.
1943%%
1944%% Note that In a paint event handler, the application must {\it always} create a \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc} object,
1945%% even if you do not use it. Otherwise, under MS Windows, refreshing for this and other windows will go wrong.
1946%%
1947%% For example:
1948%%
1949%% \small{%
1950%% \begin{verbatim}
1951%% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
1952%% {
1953%% wxPaintDC dc(this);
1954%%
1955%% DrawMyDocument(dc);
1956%% }
1957%% \end{verbatim}
1958%% }%
1959%%
1960%% You can optimize painting by retrieving the rectangles
1961%% that have been damaged and only repainting these. The rectangles are in
1962%% terms of the client area, and are unscrolled, so you will need to do
1963%% some calculations using the current view position to obtain logical,
1964%% scrolled units.
1965%%
1966%% Here is an example of using the \helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator} class:
1967%%
1968%% {\small%
1969%% \begin{verbatim}
1970%% // Called when window needs to be repainted.
1971%% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
1972%% {
1973%% wxPaintDC dc(this);
1974%%
1975%% // Find Out where the window is scrolled to
1976%% int vbX,vbY; // Top left corner of client
1977%% GetViewStart(&vbX,&vbY);
1978%%
1979%% int vX,vY,vW,vH; // Dimensions of client area in pixels
1980%% wxRegionIterator upd(GetUpdateRegion()); // get the update rect list
1981%%
1982%% while (upd)
1983%% {
1984%% vX = upd.GetX();
1985%% vY = upd.GetY();
1986%% vW = upd.GetW();
1987%% vH = upd.GetH();
1988%%
1989%% // Alternatively we can do this:
1990%% // wxRect rect;
1991%% // upd.GetRect(&rect);
1992%%
1993%% // Repaint this rectangle
1994%% ...some code...
1995%%
1996%% upd ++ ;
1997%% }
1998%% }
1999%% \end{verbatim}
2000%% }%
2001%%
2002%% \wxheading{See also}
2003%%
2004%% \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent},\rtfsp
2005%% \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc},\rtfsp
2006%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2007%%
2008%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnScroll}\label{wxwindowonscroll}
2009%%
2010%% \func{void}{OnScroll}{\param{wxScrollWinEvent\& }{event}}
2011%%
2012%% Called when a scroll window event is received from one of the window's built-in scrollbars.
2013%%
2014%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2015%%
2016%% \docparam{event}{Command event. Retrieve the new scroll position by
2017%% calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetPosition}{wxscrolleventgetposition}, and the
2018%% scrollbar orientation by calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetOrientation}{wxscrolleventgetorientation}.}
2019%%
2020%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2021%%
2022%% Note that it is not possible to distinguish between horizontal and vertical scrollbars
2023%% until the function is executing (you can't have one function for vertical, another
2024%% for horizontal events).
2025%%
2026%% \wxheading{See also}
2027%%
2028%% \helpref{wxScrollWinEvent}{wxscrollwinevent},\rtfsp
2029%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2030%%
2031%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSetFocus}\label{wxwindowonsetfocus}
2032%%
2033%% \func{void}{OnSetFocus}{\param{wxFocusEvent\& }{event}}
2034%%
2035%% Called when a window's focus is being set.
2036%%
2037%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2038%%
2039%% \docparam{event}{The focus event. For more information, see \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}.}
2040%%
2041%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2042%%
2043%% To intercept this event, use the macro EVT\_SET\_FOCUS in an event table definition.
2044%%
2045%% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
2046%%
2047%% \wxheading{See also}
2048%%
2049%% \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKillFocus}{wxwindowonkillfocus},\rtfsp
2050%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2051%%
2052%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSize}\label{wxwindowonsize}
2053%%
2054%% \func{void}{OnSize}{\param{wxSizeEvent\& }{event}}
2055%%
2056%% Called when the window has been resized. This is not a virtual function; you should
2057%% provide your own non-virtual OnSize function and direct size events to it using EVT\_SIZE
2058%% in an event table definition.
2059%%
2060%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2061%%
2062%% \docparam{event}{Size event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent}.}
2063%%
2064%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2065%%
2066%% You may wish to use this for frames to resize their child windows as appropriate.
2067%%
2068%% Note that the size passed is of
2069%% the whole window: call \helpref{wxWindow::GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize} for the area which may be
2070%% used by the application.
2071%%
2072%% When a window is resized, usually only a small part of the window is damaged and you
2073%% may only need to repaint that area. However, if your drawing depends on the size of the window,
2074%% you may need to clear the DC explicitly and repaint the whole window. In which case, you
2075%% may need to call \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} to invalidate the entire window.
2076%%
2077%% \wxheading{See also}
2078%%
2079%% \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent},\rtfsp
2080%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2081%%
2082%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSysColourChanged}\label{wxwindowonsyscolourchanged}
2083%%
2084%% \func{void}{OnSysColourChanged}{\param{wxOnSysColourChangedEvent\& }{event}}
2085%%
2086%% Called when the user has changed the system colours. Windows only.
2087%%
2088%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2089%%
2090%% \docparam{event}{System colour change event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent}.}
2091%%
2092%% \wxheading{See also}
2093%%
2094%% \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent},\rtfsp
2095%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
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2099
2100\func{virtual void}{OnInternalIdle}{\void}
2101
2102This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
2103sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
2104that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
2105handler in a derived class.
2106
2107This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
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2110
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2113
2114This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(1)$.
2115
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2118
2119This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(-1)$.
2120
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2123
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2126Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
2127
2128\wxheading{Parameters}
2129
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2131default value is {\tt false}.}
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2133\wxheading{See also}
2134
2135\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
2136\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2137\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2138\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2139\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
2140
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2143
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2146\func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
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2148Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
2149window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu. If a
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2152cursor position is used.
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2154\wxheading{Parameters}
2155
2156\docparam{menu}{Menu to pop up.}
2157
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2159
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2161
2162\docparam{y}{Required y position for the menu to appear.}
2163
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2165
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2167
2168\wxheading{Remarks}
2169
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2171is called to ensure that the menu items are in the correct state. The menu does
2172not get deleted by the window.
2173
2174It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when calling PopupMenu
2175in response to mouse click, because some of the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do
2176a better job of positioning the menu in that case.
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2179implements the following methods:\par
2180\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2182\twocolitem{{\bf PopupMenuXY(menu, x, y)}}{Specifies position with two integers (x, y)}
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2184}
2185
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2188
2189\func{void}{PushEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
2190
2191Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
2192
2193\wxheading{Parameters}
2194
2195\docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be pushed.}
2196
2197\wxheading{Remarks}
2198
2199An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2200sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2201an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2202central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2203window classes.
2204
2205\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} allows
2206an application to set up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2207handed to the next one in the chain. Use \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler} to
2208remove the event handler.
2209
2210\wxheading{See also}
2211
2212\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
2213\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2214\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2215\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2216\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
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2220
2221\func{void}{Raise}{\void}
2222
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2224
2225In current version of wxWidgets this works both for manage and child windows.
2226
2227\wxheading{See also}
2228
2229\helpref{Lower}{wxwindowlower}
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2233
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2237where this is not implemented), to be repainted. Note that repainting doesn't
2238happen immediately but only during the next event loop iteration, if you need
2239to update the window immediately you should use \helpref{Update}{wxwindowupdate}
2240instead.
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2242\wxheading{Parameters}
2243
cc81d32f 2244\docparam{eraseBackground}{If {\tt true}, the background will be
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2245erased.}
2246
2247\docparam{rect}{If non-NULL, only the given rectangle will
2248be treated as damaged.}
2249
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2250\wxheading{See also}
2251
2252\helpref{wxWindow::RefreshRect}{wxwindowrefreshrect}
2253
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2255\membersection{wxWindow::RefreshRect}\label{wxwindowrefreshrect}
2256
8cfa09bd 2257\func{void}{RefreshRect}{\param{const wxRect\& }{rect}, \param{bool }{eraseBackground = \true}}
2b5f62a0 2258
8cfa09bd 2259Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: only the area inside it will be
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2260repainted.
2261
8cfa09bd 2262This is the same as \helpref{Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} but has a nicer syntax
324eeecb 2263as it can be called with a temporary wxRect object as argument like this
8cfa09bd 2264\texttt{RefreshRect(wxRect(x, y, w, h))}.
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2267\membersection{wxWindow::RegisterHotKey}\label{wxwindowregisterhotkey}
2268
2269\func{bool}{RegisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}, \param{int}{ modifiers}, \param{int}{ virtualKeyCode}}
2270
2271Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey registered here, this window
2272will receive a hotkey event. It will receive the event even if the application is in the background
2273and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some other application.
2274
2275\wxheading{Parameters}
2276
2277\docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0 and 0xBFFF. If
2278this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a system wide unique identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
2279This is a MSW specific detail.}
2280
2281\docparam{modifiers}{A bitwise combination of {\tt wxMOD\_SHIFT}, {\tt wxMOD\_CONTROL}, {\tt wxMOD\_ALT}
2282or {\tt wxMOD\_WIN} specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along with the key.}
2283
2284\docparam{virtualKeyCode}{The virtual key code of the hotkey.}
2285
2286\wxheading{Return value}
2287
2288{\tt true} if the hotkey was registered successfully. {\tt false} if some other application already registered a
2289hotkey with this modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
2290
2291\wxheading{Remarks}
2292
2293Use EVT\_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the event.
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2295in the \helpref{Windows CE port}{wxwince} for detecting hardware button presses.
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2297\wxheading{See also}
2298
2299\helpref{wxWindow::UnregisterHotKey}{wxwindowunregisterhotkey}
2300
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2303
2304\func{virtual void}{ReleaseMouse}{\void}
2305
2306Releases mouse input captured with \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse}.
2307
2308\wxheading{See also}
2309
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2311\helpref{wxWindow::HasCapture}{wxwindowhascapture},
2312\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
a5e84126 2313\helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
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2316\membersection{wxWindow::RemoveChild}\label{wxwindowremovechild}
2317
2318\func{virtual void}{RemoveChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
2319
2320Removes a child window. This is called automatically by window deletion
2321functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
2322
fc2171bd 2323Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
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2325
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2327
2328\docparam{child}{Child window to remove.}
2329
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2332
2333\func{bool}{RemoveEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler *}{handler}}
2334
2335Find the given {\it handler} in the windows event handler chain and remove (but
2336not delete) it from it.
2337
2338\wxheading{Parameters}
2339
2340\docparam{handler}{The event handler to remove, must be non {\tt NULL} and
2341must be present in this windows event handlers chain}
2342
2343\wxheading{Return value}
2344
cc81d32f 2345Returns {\tt true} if it was found and {\tt false} otherwise (this also results
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2346in an assert failure so this function should only be called when the
2347handler is supposed to be there).
2348
2349\wxheading{See also}
2350
2351\helpref{PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2352\helpref{PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler}
2353
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2356
2357\func{virtual bool}{Reparent}{\param{wxWindow* }{newParent}}
2358
2359Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
18ac8d69 2360current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
103aab26 2361and then re-inserted into another. Available on Windows and GTK.
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2363\wxheading{Parameters}
2364
2365\docparam{newParent}{New parent.}
2366
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a974387a 2368\membersection{wxWindow::ScreenToClient}\label{wxwindowscreentoclient}
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2369
2370\constfunc{virtual void}{ScreenToClient}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
2371
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2373
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2374Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
2375
2376\wxheading{Parameters}
2377
2378\docparam{x}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2379
2380\docparam{y}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2381
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2382\docparam{pt}{The screen position for the second form of the function.}
2383
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2385implements the following methods:\par
2386\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2388\twocolitem{{\bf ScreenToClientXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
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2390}
2391
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2393\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollLines}\label{wxwindowscrolllines}
2394
9cd6d737 2395\func{virtual bool}{ScrollLines}{\param{int }{lines}}
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2396
2397Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if {\it lines} is
2398positive) or up.
2399
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2400\wxheading{Return value}
2401
cc81d32f 2402Returns {\tt true} if the window was scrolled, {\tt false} if it was already
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2403on top/bottom and nothing was done.
2404
2405\wxheading{Remarks}
2406
2407This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxTextCtrl under
2408wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all
2409platforms).
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2411\wxheading{See also}
2412
2413\helpref{ScrollPages}{wxwindowscrollpages}
2414
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2416\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollPages}\label{wxwindowscrollpages}
2417
9cd6d737 2418\func{virtual bool}{ScrollPages}{\param{int }{pages}}
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2419
2420Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if {\it pages} is
2421positive) or up.
2422
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2423\wxheading{Return value}
2424
cc81d32f 2425Returns {\tt true} if the window was scrolled, {\tt false} if it was already
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2426on top/bottom and nothing was done.
2427
2428\wxheading{Remarks}
2429
2430This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxTextCtrl under
2431wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all
2432platforms).
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2434\wxheading{See also}
2435
2436\helpref{ScrollLines}{wxwindowscrolllines}
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2439\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollWindow}\label{wxwindowscrollwindow}
2440
eaaa6a06 2441\func{virtual void}{ScrollWindow}{\param{int }{dx}, \param{int }{dy}, \param{const wxRect*}{ rect = NULL}}
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6453876e 2443Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
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2445\wxheading{Parameters}
2446
2447\docparam{dx}{Amount to scroll horizontally.}
2448
2449\docparam{dy}{Amount to scroll vertically.}
2450
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2451\docparam{rect}{Rectangle to scroll, if it is \NULL, the whole window is
2452scrolled (this is always the case under wxGTK which doesn't support this
2453parameter)}
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2455\wxheading{Remarks}
2456
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2457Note that you can often use \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
2458instead of using this function directly.
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2461\membersection{wxWindow::SetAcceleratorTable}\label{wxwindowsetacceleratortable}
2462
2463\func{virtual void}{SetAcceleratorTable}{\param{const wxAcceleratorTable\&}{ accel}}
2464
2465Sets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
2466
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2468\membersection{wxWindow::SetAccessible}\label{wxwindowsetaccessible}
2469
dbd94b75 2470\func{void}{SetAccessible}{\param{wxAccessible*}{ accessible}}
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2471
2472Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
2473will be deleted first, if not identical to {\it accessible}.
2474
2475See also \helpref{wxAccessible}{wxaccessible}.
2476
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2478\membersection{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}\label{wxwindowsetautolayout}
2479
8a293590 2480\func{void}{SetAutoLayout}{\param{bool}{ autoLayout}}
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2481
2482Determines whether the \helpref{wxWindow::Layout}{wxwindowlayout} function will
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2483be called automatically when the window is resized. It is called implicitly by
2484\helpref{wxWindow::SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer} but if you use
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2485\helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints}{wxwindowsetconstraints} you should call it
2486manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly updated when its
2487size changes.
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2489\wxheading{Parameters}
2490
cc81d32f 2491\docparam{autoLayout}{Set this to {\tt true} if you wish the Layout function to be called
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2492from within wxWindow::OnSize functions.}
2493
2494\wxheading{See also}
2495
2496\helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints}{wxwindowsetconstraints}
2497
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2499\membersection{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour}
2500
e477b168 2501\func{virtual bool}{SetBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
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2502
2503Sets the background colour of the window.
2504
b8e7b673 2505Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
324eeecb 2506explanation of the difference between this method and
fa47d7a7 2507\helpref{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetownbackgroundcolour}.
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2509\wxheading{Parameters}
2510
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2512 {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
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2513
2514\wxheading{Remarks}
2515
2516The background colour is usually painted by the default\rtfsp
f4fcc291 2517\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent} event handler function
6453876e 2518under Windows and automatically under GTK.
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5b6aa0ff 2520Note that setting the background colour does not cause an immediate refresh, so you
684761db 2521may wish to call \helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground} or \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} after
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2523
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2525window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
2526themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
2527applications on the system.
2528
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2530\wxheading{See also}
2531
2532\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2533\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2534\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
684761db 2535\helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground},\rtfsp
5b6aa0ff 2536\helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh},\rtfsp
f4fcc291 2537\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent}
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2539\membersection{wxWindow::SetBackgroundStyle}\label{wxwindowsetbackgroundstyle}
2540
2541\func{virtual void}{SetBackgroundStyle}{\param{wxBackgroundStyle}{ style}}
2542
2543Sets the background style of the window. The background style indicates
2544whether background colour should be determined by the system (wxBG\_STYLE\_SYSTEM),
2545be set to a specific colour (wxBG\_STYLE\_COLOUR), or should be left to the
2546application to implement (wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM).
2547
2548On GTK+, use of wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM allows the flicker-free drawing of a custom
2549background, such as a tiled bitmap. Currently the style has no effect on other platforms.
2550
2551\wxheading{See also}
2552
2553\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2554\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2555\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundStyle}{wxwindowgetbackgroundstyle}
2556
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2559
027aa6fa 2560\func{void}{SetBestFittingSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize}}
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2562A {\it smart} SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
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2563window's {\it best} size values. Also sets the window's minsize to
2564the value passed in for use with sizers. This means that if a full or
2565partial size is passed to this function then the sizers will use that
2566size instead of the results of GetBestSize to determine the minimum
2567needs of the window for layout.
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2569\wxheading{See also}
2570
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2572\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
2573\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestFittingSize}{wxwindowgetbestfittingsize},\rtfsp
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2575
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2577\membersection{wxWindow::SetCaret}\label{wxwindowsetcaret}
2578
2579\constfunc{void}{SetCaret}{\param{wxCaret *}{caret}}
2580
2581Sets the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
2582
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2585
2586\func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
2587
2588\func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
2589
2590This sets the size of the window client area in pixels. Using this function to size a window
2591tends to be more device-independent than \helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}, since the application need not
2592worry about what dimensions the border or title bar have when trying to fit the window
2593around panel items, for example.
2594
2595\wxheading{Parameters}
2596
2597\docparam{width}{The required client area width.}
2598
2599\docparam{height}{The required client area height.}
2600
2601\docparam{size}{The required client size.}
2602
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2604implements the following methods:\par
2605\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2607\twocolitem{{\bf SetClientSizeWH(width, height)}}{}
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2609}
2610
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2613
2614\func{void}{SetContainingSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}}
2615
2616This normally does not need to be called by user code. It is called
2617when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window can
2618remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
2619
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2622
2623\func{virtual void}{SetCursor}{\param{const wxCursor\&}{cursor}}
2624
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2626% changed
2627Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
2628children of the window implicitly.
2629
2630The {\it cursor} may be {\tt wxNullCursor} in which case the window cursor will
2631be reset back to default.
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2633\wxheading{Parameters}
2634
2635\docparam{cursor}{Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.}
2636
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2638
2639\helpref{::wxSetCursor}{wxsetcursor}, \helpref{wxCursor}{wxcursor}
2640
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2643
2644\func{void}{SetConstraints}{\param{wxLayoutConstraints* }{constraints}}
2645
2646Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
2647will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2648If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2649window, it will be deleted.
2650
2651\wxheading{Parameters}
2652
2653\docparam{constraints}{The constraints to set. Pass NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
2654constraints.}
2655
2656\wxheading{Remarks}
2657
2658You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
2cdac558 2659the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you must override OnSize and call Layout()
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2661sizer will have effect.
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2664
2665\func{virtual void}{SetInitialBestSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
2666
2667Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the
2668components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord).
2669
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2671
2672\func{void}{SetMaxSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
2673
2674Sets the maximum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
2675that this is the maximum possible size.
2676
2677\membersection{wxWindow::SetMinSize}\label{wxwindowsetminsize}
2678
2679\func{void}{SetMinSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
2680
2681Sets the minimum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
2682that this is the minimum required size. You may need to call this
2683if you change the window size after construction and before adding
2684to its parent sizer.
a1037371 2685
fa47d7a7 2686\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetownbackgroundcolour}
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fa47d7a7 2688\func{void}{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
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2689
2690Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2691by the children of this window.
2692
2693\wxheading{See also}
2694
2695\helpref{SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2696\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2697
2698
fa47d7a7 2699\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnFont}\label{wxwindowsetownfont}
b8e7b673 2700
9a75ba66 2701\func{void}{SetOwnFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}}
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2702
2703Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
2704children of this window.
2705
2706\wxheading{See also}
2707
2708\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont},\rtfsp
2709\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2710
2711
fa47d7a7 2712\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}
b8e7b673 2713
fa47d7a7 2714\func{void}{SetOwnForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
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2715
2716Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2717by the children of this window.
2718
2719\wxheading{See also}
2720
2721\helpref{SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2722\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2723
2724
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2726
2727\func{void}{SetDropTarget}{\param{wxDropTarget*}{ target}}
2728
2729Associates a drop target with this window.
2730
2731If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
2732
2733\wxheading{See also}
2734
c9f00eeb 2735\helpref{wxWindow::GetDropTarget}{wxwindowgetdroptarget},
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2737
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2740\membersection{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}\label{wxwindowseteventhandler}
2741
2742\func{void}{SetEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
2743
2744Sets the event handler for this window.
2745
2746\wxheading{Parameters}
2747
2748\docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be set.}
2749
2750\wxheading{Remarks}
2751
2752An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2753sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2754an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2755central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2756window classes.
2757
2758It is usually better to use \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} since
2759this sets up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2760handed to the next one in the chain.
2761
2762\wxheading{See also}
2763
2764\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2765\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2766\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2767\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2768\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
2769
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2772
2773\func{void}{SetExtraStyle}{\param{long }{exStyle}}
2774
2775Sets the extra style bits for the window. The currently defined extra style
2776bits are:
2777
2778\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
2779\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
2780\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
2781and Validate() methods will recursively descend into all children of the
2782window if it has this style flag set.}
e4b713a2 2783\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{Normally, the command
2edb0bde 2784events are propagated upwards to the window parent recursively until a handler
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2785for them is found. Using this style allows to prevent them from being
2786propagated beyond this window. Notice that wxDialog has this style on by
be90c029 2787default for the reasons explained in the
e4b713a2 2788\helpref{event processing overview}{eventprocessing}.}
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2789\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_TRANSIENT}}{This can be used to prevent a
2790window from being used as an implicit parent for the dialogs which were
2791created without a parent. It is useful for the windows which can disappear at
2edb0bde 2792any moment as creating children of such windows results in fatal problems.}
335c9e32 2793\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFRAME\_EX\_CONTEXTHELP}}{Under Windows, puts a query button on the
fc2171bd 2794caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWidgets will send
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2795a wxEVT\_HELP event if the user clicked on an application window.
2796This style cannot be used together with wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX or wxMINIMIZE\_BOX, so
be90c029 2797you should use the style of
7af3ca16 2798{\tt wxDEFAULT\_FRAME\_STYLE \& \textasciitilde(wxMINIMIZE\_BOX | wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX)} for the
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2800default)}
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2801\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_IDLE}}{This window should always process idle events, even
2802if the mode set by \helpref{wxIdleEvent::SetMode}{wxidleeventsetmode} is wxIDLE\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
2803\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_UI\_UPDATES}}{This window should always process UI update events,
2804even if the mode set by \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} is wxUPDATE\_UI\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
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2806
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2808\membersection{wxWindow::SetFocus}\label{wxwindowsetfocus}
2809
2810\func{virtual void}{SetFocus}{\void}
2811
2812This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
2813
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2814\wxheading{See also}
2815
2816\helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}
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2817\helpref{wxPanel::SetFocus}{wxpanelsetfocus}
2818\helpref{wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren}{wxpanelsetfocusignoringchildren}
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2821\membersection{wxWindow::SetFocusFromKbd}\label{wxwindowsetfocusfromkbd}
2822
2823\func{virtual void}{SetFocusFromKbd}{\void}
2824
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2826gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using {\tt TAB} key).
2827By default this method simply calls \helpref{SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus} but
2828can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
2829
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2831\membersection{wxWindow::SetFont}\label{wxwindowsetfont}
2832
2833\func{void}{SetFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}}
2834
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2835Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
2836parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
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2839explanations.
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2841\wxheading{Parameters}
2842
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2844{\tt wxNullFont} to reset to the default font.}
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2846\wxheading{See also}
2847
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2848\helpref{wxWindow::GetFont}{wxwindowgetfont},\\
2849\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
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2852\membersection{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour}
2853
2854\func{virtual void}{SetForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2855
2856Sets the foreground colour of the window.
2857
b8e7b673 2858Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
324eeecb 2859explanation of the difference between this method and
fa47d7a7 2860\helpref{SetOwnForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}.
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2865 {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
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2867\wxheading{Remarks}
2868
2869The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
2870to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
2871be used at all.
2872
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2874window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
2875themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
2876applications on the system.
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2879
2880\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2881\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
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2882\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2883\helpref{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
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2887
2888\func{virtual void}{SetHelpText}{\param{const wxString\& }{helpText}}
2889
2890Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2891
2892Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
2893and not in the window object itself.
2894
2895\wxheading{See also}
2896
2897\helpref{GetHelpText}{wxwindowgethelptext}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
2898
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2900\membersection{wxWindow::SetId}\label{wxwindowsetid}
2901
2902\func{void}{SetId}{\param{int}{ id}}
2903
2904Sets the identifier of the window.
2905
2906\wxheading{Remarks}
2907
2908Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has not provided one,
2909an identifier will be generated. Normally, the identifier should be provided
2910on creation and should not be modified subsequently.
2911
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2913
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2915\helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
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2920
2921\func{virtual void}{SetLabel}{\param{const wxString\& }{label}}
2922
2923Sets the window's label.
2924
2925\wxheading{Parameters}
2926
2927\docparam{label}{The window label.}
2928
2929\wxheading{See also}
2930
2931\helpref{wxWindow::GetLabel}{wxwindowgetlabel}
2932
2933
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2934\membersection{wxWindow::SetName}\label{wxwindowsetname}
2935
2936\func{virtual void}{SetName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
2937
2938Sets the window's name.
2939
2940\wxheading{Parameters}
2941
2942\docparam{name}{A name to set for the window.}
2943
2944\wxheading{See also}
2945
2946\helpref{wxWindow::GetName}{wxwindowgetname}
2947
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2950
2951\func{virtual void}{SetPalette}{\param{wxPalette* }{palette}}
2952
2953Obsolete - use \helpref{wxDC::SetPalette}{wxdcsetpalette} instead.
2954
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2956\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}\label{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
2957
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2958\func{virtual void}{SetScrollbar}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{position},\rtfsp
2959\param{int }{thumbSize}, \param{int }{range},\rtfsp
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2962Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
2963
2964\wxheading{Parameters}
2965
2966\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2967
2968\docparam{position}{The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.}
2969
2970\docparam{thumbSize}{The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.}
2971
2972\docparam{range}{The maximum position of the scrollbar.}
2973
cc81d32f 2974\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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2976\wxheading{Remarks}
2977
2978Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same font.
2979The window is sized so that you can only see 16 lines at a time.
2980
2981You would use:
2982
2983{\small%
2984\begin{verbatim}
2985 SetScrollbar(wxVERTICAL, 0, 16, 50);
2986\end{verbatim}
2987}
2988
2989Note that with the window at this size, the thumb position can never go
2990above 50 minus 16, or 34.
2991
2992You can determine how many lines are currently visible by dividing the current view
2993size by the character height in pixels.
2994
2995When defining your own scrollbar behaviour, you will always need to recalculate
2996the scrollbar settings when the window size changes. You could therefore put your
2997scrollbar calculations and SetScrollbar
2998call into a function named AdjustScrollbars, which can be called initially and also
f4fcc291 2999from your \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent} handler function.
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3001\wxheading{See also}
3002
3003\helpref{Scrolling overview}{scrollingoverview},\rtfsp
3004\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
3005
3006\begin{comment}
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3009\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpage}
3010
cc81d32f 3011\func{virtual void}{SetScrollPage}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pageSize}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3012
3013Sets the page size of one of the built-in scrollbars.
3014
3015\wxheading{Parameters}
3016
3017\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3018
3019\docparam{pageSize}{Page size in scroll units.}
3020
cc81d32f 3021\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3023\wxheading{Remarks}
3024
3025The page size of a scrollbar is the number of scroll units that the scroll thumb travels when you
3026click on the area above/left of or below/right of the thumb. Normally you will want a whole visible
3027page to be scrolled, i.e. the size of the current view (perhaps the window client size). This
3028value has to be adjusted when the window is resized, since the page size will have changed.
3029
3030In addition to specifying how far the scroll thumb travels when paging, in Motif and some versions of Windows
3031the thumb changes size to reflect the page size relative to the length of the document. When the
3032document size is only slightly bigger than the current view (window) size, almost all of the scrollbar
3033will be taken up by the thumb. When the two values become the same, the scrollbar will (on some systems)
3034disappear.
3035
3036Currently, this function should be called before SetPageRange, because of a quirk in the Windows
3037handling of pages and ranges.
3038
3039\wxheading{See also}
3040
3041\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
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3043\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowgetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3044\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
3045\end{comment}
3046
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3048\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpos}
3049
cc81d32f 3050\func{virtual void}{SetScrollPos}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pos}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3051
3052Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
3053
3054\wxheading{Parameters}
3055
3056\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3057
3058\docparam{pos}{Position in scroll units.}
3059
cc81d32f 3060\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3061
3062\wxheading{Remarks}
3063
3064This function does not directly affect the contents of the window: it is up to the
3065application to take note of scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
3066
3067\wxheading{See also}
3068
3069\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar},\rtfsp
4179da8a 3070\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowgetscrollpos},\rtfsp
f7bd2698 3071\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollThumb}{wxwindowgetscrollthumb},\rtfsp
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3072\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
3073
3074\begin{comment}
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3077\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollRange}\label{wxwindowsetscrollrange}
3078
cc81d32f 3079\func{virtual void}{SetScrollRange}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{range}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3080
3081Sets the range of one of the built-in scrollbars.
3082
3083\wxheading{Parameters}
3084
3085\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose range is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3086
3087\docparam{range}{Scroll range.}
3088
cc81d32f 3089\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3090
3091\wxheading{Remarks}
3092
3093The range of a scrollbar is the number of steps that the thumb may travel, rather than the total
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3094object length of the scrollbar. If you are implementing a scrolling window, for example, you
3095would adjust the scroll range when the window is resized, by subtracting the window view size from the
3096total virtual window size. When the two sizes are the same (all the window is visible), the range goes to zero
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3097and usually the scrollbar will be automatically hidden.
3098
3099\wxheading{See also}
3100
3101\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
3102\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}{wxwindowsetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3104\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowgetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3105\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
3106\end{comment}
3107
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3109\membersection{wxWindow::SetSize}\label{wxwindowsetsize}
3110
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3111\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}, \param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height},
3112 \param{int}{ sizeFlags = wxSIZE\_AUTO}}
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3114\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxRect\&}{ rect}}
3115
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3116Sets the size and position of the window in pixels.
3117
eaaa6a06 3118\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
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3120\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
3121
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3122Sets the size of the window in pixels.
3123
3124\wxheading{Parameters}
3125
3126\docparam{x}{Required x position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
3127value should be used.}
3128
3129\docparam{y}{Required y position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
3130value should be used.}
3131
3132\docparam{width}{Required width in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
3133value should be used.}
3134
3135\docparam{height}{Required height position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
3136value should be used.}
3137
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3138\docparam{size}{\helpref{wxSize}{wxsize} object for setting the size.}
3139
3140\docparam{rect}{\helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object for setting the position and size.}
3141
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3142\docparam{sizeFlags}{Indicates the interpretation of other parameters. It is a bit list of the following:
3143
952f2aaa 3144{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_WIDTH}: a $-1$ width value is taken to indicate
fc2171bd 3145a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
952f2aaa 3146{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_HEIGHT}: a $-1$ height value is taken to indicate
fc2171bd 3147a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
a660d684 3148{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO}: -1 size values are taken to indicate
fc2171bd 3149a wxWidgets-supplied default size.\\
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3150{\bf wxSIZE\_USE\_EXISTING}: existing dimensions should be used
3151if -1 values are supplied.\\
952f2aaa 3152{\bf wxSIZE\_ALLOW\_MINUS\_ONE}: allow dimensions of $-1$ and less to be interpreted
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3155already the same as the parameters of this function, nothing is done. but with
3156this flag a window resize may be forced even in this case (supported in wx
31572.6.2 and later and only implemented for MSW and ignored elsewhere currently)
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3158}
3159
3160\wxheading{Remarks}
3161
3162The second form is a convenience for calling the first form with default
3163x and y parameters, and must be used with non-default width and height values.
3164
3165The first form sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
3166Parameters may be -1 to indicate either that a default should be supplied
fc2171bd 3167by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the dimension should be used.
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3169\wxheading{See also}
3170
3171\helpref{wxWindow::Move}{wxwindowmove}
3172
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3174implements the following methods:\par
3175\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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3176\twocolitem{{\bf SetDimensions(x, y, width, height, sizeFlags=wxSIZE\_AUTO)}}{}
3177\twocolitem{{\bf SetSize(size)}}{}
3178\twocolitem{{\bf SetPosition(point)}}{}
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3180}
3181
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3183\membersection{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}\label{wxwindowsetsizehints}
3184
c894d475 3185\func{virtual void}{SetSizeHints}{\param{int}{ minW}, \param{int}{ minH}, \param{int}{ maxW=-1}, \param{int}{ maxH=-1},
eaaa6a06 3186 \param{int}{ incW=-1}, \param{int}{ incH=-1}}
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3190
3191
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3192Allows specification of minimum and maximum window sizes, and window size increments.
3193If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values will be used.
3194
3195\wxheading{Parameters}
3196
3197\docparam{minW}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.}
3198
3199\docparam{minH}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.}
3200
3201\docparam{maxW}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.}
3202
3203\docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
3204
3205\docparam{incW}{Specifies the increment for sizing the width (Motif/Xt only).}
3206
3207\docparam{incH}{Specifies the increment for sizing the height (Motif/Xt only).}
3208
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3210
3211\docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
3212
3213\docparam{incSize}{Increment size (Motif/Xt only).}
3214
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3216
3217If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the window outside the
3218given bounds.
3219
3220The resizing increments are only significant under Motif or Xt.
3221
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3224
cc81d32f 3225\func{void}{SetSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=true}}
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3227Sets the window to have the given layout sizer. The window
3228will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
3229If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
cc81d32f 3230window, it will be deleted if the deleteOld parameter is true.
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324eeecb 3232Note that this function will also call
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3234parameter if the {\it sizer}\/ is non-NULL and {\tt false} otherwise.
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3237
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3239the window's sizer. See below.}
3240
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3242Pass false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself.}
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3244\wxheading{Remarks}
3245
fc2171bd 3246SetSizer now enables and disables Layout automatically, but prior to wxWidgets 2.3.3
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3247the following applied:
3248
515da557 3249You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
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3251explicitly. When setting both a wxSizer and a \helpref{wxLayoutConstraints}{wxlayoutconstraints},
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3253
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3256
cc81d32f 3257\func{void}{SetSizerAndFit}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=true}}
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3259The same as \helpref{SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer}, except it also sets the size hints
3260for the window based on the sizer's minimum size.
3261
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3263\membersection{wxWindow::SetTitle}\label{wxwindowsettitle}
3264
3265\func{virtual void}{SetTitle}{\param{const wxString\& }{title}}
3266
3267Sets the window's title. Applicable only to frames and dialogs.
3268
3269\wxheading{Parameters}
3270
3271\docparam{title}{The window's title.}
3272
3273\wxheading{See also}
3274
3275\helpref{wxWindow::GetTitle}{wxwindowgettitle}
3276
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3279
3280\func{virtual void}{SetThemeEnabled}{\param{bool }{enable}}
3281
3282This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
3283to draw the windows' background instead if its own background drawing
3284code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
3285obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
3286One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
3287defined by a user's selected theme.
3288
cc81d32f 3289Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to true
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3291
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3293\membersection{wxWindow::SetToolTip}\label{wxwindowsettooltip}
3294
3295\func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{const wxString\& }{tip}}
3296
3297\func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{wxToolTip* }{tip}}
3298
c9f00eeb 3299Attach a tooltip to the window.
f6bcfd97 3300
c9f00eeb 3301See also: \helpref{GetToolTip}{wxwindowgettooltip},
8161ba08 3302 \helpref{wxToolTip}{wxtooltip}
f6bcfd97 3303
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3305\membersection{wxWindow::SetValidator}\label{wxwindowsetvalidator}
3306
3307\func{virtual void}{SetValidator}{\param{const wxValidator\&}{ validator}}
3308
3309Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having called wxValidator::Clone to
3310create a new validator of this type.
3311
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3313\membersection{wxWindow::SetVirtualSize}\label{wxwindowsetvirtualsize}
3314
3315\func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
3316
3317\func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
3318
3319Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
3320
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3322\membersection{wxWindow::SetVirtualSizeHints}\label{wxwindowsetvirtualsizehints}
3323
3324\func{virtual void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{int}{ minW},\param{int}{ minH}, \param{int}{ maxW=-1}, \param{int}{ maxH=-1}}
3325
324eeecb 3326\func{void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ minSize=wxDefaultSize},
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3327\param{const wxSize\&}{ maxSize=wxDefaultSize}}
3328
3329
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3330Allows specification of minimum and maximum virtual window sizes.
3331If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values
3332will be used.
3333
3334\wxheading{Parameters}
3335
3336\docparam{minW}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.}
3337
3338\docparam{minH}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.}
3339
3340\docparam{maxW}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.}
3341
3342\docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
3343
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3344\docparam{minSize}{Minimum size.}
3345
3346\docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
3347
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3348\wxheading{Remarks}
3349
3350If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the virtual area
3351of the window outside the given bounds.
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3354\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyle}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyle}
3355
3356\func{void}{SetWindowStyle}{\param{long}{ style}}
3357
3358Identical to \helpref{SetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}.
3359
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3361\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyleFlag}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}
3362
3363\func{virtual void}{SetWindowStyleFlag}{\param{long}{ style}}
3364
3365Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
3366after the window creation and that \helpref{Refresh()}{wxwindowrefresh} might
3367be called after changing the others for the change to take place immediately.
3368
b2cf617c 3369See \helpref{Window styles}{windowstyles} for more information about flags.
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3370
3371\wxheading{See also}
3372
3373\helpref{GetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowgetwindowstyleflag}
3374
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3376\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}\label{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
3377
3378\func{void}{SetWindowVariant}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{variant}}
3379
3380This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
3381Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
dbd94b75 3382exist in several sizes which correspond to the elements of wxWindowVariant
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3383enum:
3384\begin{verbatim}
3385enum wxWindowVariant
3386{
3387 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL, // Normal size
3388 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_SMALL, // Smaller size (about 25 % smaller than normal )
3389 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MINI, // Mini size (about 33 % smaller than normal )
3390 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_LARGE, // Large size (about 25 % larger than normal )
3391};
3392\end{verbatim}
3393
3394By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
3395be used to change this.
3396
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3398\membersection{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}\label{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
3399
3400\func{virtual bool}{ShouldInheritColours}{\void}
3401
324eeecb 3402Return \true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
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3403\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}, returning \false
3404forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
3405
324eeecb 3406The base class version returns \false, but this method is overridden in
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3407\helpref{wxControl}{wxcontrol} where it returns \true.
3408
3409
aeab10d0 3410\membersection{wxWindow::Show}\label{wxwindowshow}
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cc81d32f 3412\func{virtual bool}{Show}{\param{bool}{ show = {\tt true}}}
a660d684 3413
be90c029 3414Shows or hides the window. You may need to call \helpref{Raise}{wxwindowraise}
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3415for a top level window if you want to bring it to top, although this is not
3416needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
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3418\wxheading{Parameters}
3419
cc81d32f 3420\docparam{show}{If {\tt true} displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.}
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3421
3422\wxheading{Return value}
3423
cc81d32f 3424{\tt true} if the window has been shown or hidden or {\tt false} if nothing was
bc5879ef 3425done because it already was in the requested state.
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3427\wxheading{See also}
3428
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3429\helpref{wxWindow::IsShown}{wxwindowisshown},\rtfsp
3430\helpref{wxWindow::Hide}{wxwindowhide},\rtfsp
3431\helpref{wxRadioBox::Show}{wxradioboxshow}
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3434\membersection{wxWindow::Thaw}\label{wxwindowthaw}
3435
3436\func{virtual void}{Thaw}{\void}
3437
324eeecb 3438Reenables window updating after a previous call to
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3439\helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}. To really thaw the control, it must be called
3440exactly the same number of times as \helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}.
3441
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3443\membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow}
3444
3445\func{virtual bool}{TransferDataFromWindow}{\void}
3446
3447Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their validators. Returns
cc81d32f 3448{\tt false} if a transfer failed.
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3450If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3451the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
3452
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3453\wxheading{See also}
3454
3455\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow},\rtfsp
3456\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
3457
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3459\membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
3460
3461\func{virtual bool}{TransferDataToWindow}{\void}
3462
3463Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their validators.
3464
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3465If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3466the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
3467
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3468\wxheading{Return value}
3469
cc81d32f 3470Returns {\tt false} if a transfer failed.
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3471
3472\wxheading{See also}
3473
3474\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3475\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
3476
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3478\membersection{wxWindow::UnregisterHotKey}\label{wxwindowunregisterhotkey}
3479
3480\func{bool}{UnregisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}}
3481
3482Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
3483
3484\wxheading{Parameters}
3485
3486\docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to RegisterHotKey.}
3487
3488\wxheading{Return value}
3489
3490{\tt true} if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, {\tt false} if the id was invalid.
3491
3492\wxheading{Remarks}
3493
3494This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
3495
3496\wxheading{See also}
3497
3498\helpref{wxWindow::RegisterHotKey}{wxwindowregisterhotkey}
3499
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3501\membersection{wxWindow::Update}\label{wxwindowupdate}
3502
3503\func{virtual void}{Update}{\void}
3504
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3505Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window and
3506all of its children recursively while this would usually only happen when the
3507flow of control returns to the event loop. Notice that this function doesn't
3508refresh the window and does nothing if the window hadn't been already
3509repainted. Use \helpref{Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} first if you want to
3510immediately redraw the window unconditionally.
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3513\membersection{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}\label{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
3514
c0d26c0f 3515\func{virtual void}{UpdateWindowUI}{\param{long}{ flags = wxUPDATE\_UI\_NONE}}
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3516
3517This function sends \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvents}{wxupdateuievent} to
3518the window. The particular implementation depends on the window; for
3519example a wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
3520and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
3521You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
3522UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
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3523are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
3524\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} or
e39af974 3525\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval}{wxupdateuieventsetupdateinterval} to
fc2171bd 3526limit the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
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3527
3528{\it flags} should be a bitlist of one or more of the following values.
3529
3530\begin{verbatim}
3531enum wxUpdateUI
3532{
3533 wxUPDATE_UI_NONE = 0x0000, // No particular value
3534 wxUPDATE_UI_RECURSE = 0x0001, // Call the function for descendants
3535 wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE = 0x0002 // Invoked from On(Internal)Idle
3536};
3537\end{verbatim}
3538
3539If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
3540function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE\_UI\_FROMIDLE flag, since
3541this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
3542to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
3543only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
3544The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
3545an idle function.
3546
3547\begin{verbatim}
3548void MyWindow::OnInternalIdle()
3549{
3550 if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this))
3551 UpdateWindowUI(wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE);
3552}
3553\end{verbatim}
3554
3555\wxheading{See also}
3556
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3557\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent},
3558\helpref{wxWindow::DoUpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowdoupdatewindowui},
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3559\helpref{wxWindow::OnInternalIdle}{wxwindowoninternalidle}
3560
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3562\membersection{wxWindow::Validate}\label{wxwindowvalidate}
3563
3564\func{virtual bool}{Validate}{\void}
3565
3566Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
3567
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3568If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3569the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
3570
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3571\wxheading{Return value}
3572
cc81d32f 3573Returns {\tt false} if any of the validations failed.
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3575\wxheading{See also}
3576
3577\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3980000c 3578\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow},\rtfsp
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3579\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}
3580
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3582\membersection{wxWindow::WarpPointer}\label{wxwindowwarppointer}
3583
3584\func{void}{WarpPointer}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
3585
3586Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
3587
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3588{\bf NB: } This function is not supported under Mac because Apple Human
3589Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor programmatically.
3590
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3591\wxheading{Parameters}
3592
3593\docparam{x}{The new x position for the cursor.}
3594
3595\docparam{y}{The new y position for the cursor.}
3596