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%% Purpose:     wxVScrolledWindow documentation
%% Author:      Vadim Zeitlin
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%% Created:     30.05.03
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%% Copyright:   (c) 2003 Vadim Zeitlin <vadim@wxwindows.org>
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\section{\class{wxVScrolledWindow}}\label{wxvscrolledwindow}

In the name of this class, "V" may stand for "variable" because it can be
used for scrolling lines of variable heights; "virtual" because it is not
necessary to know the heights of all lines in advance -- only those which
are shown on the screen need to be measured; or, even, "vertical" because
this class only supports scrolling in one direction currently (this could
and probably will change in the future however).

In any case, this is a generalization of the 
\helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow} class which can be only used when
all lines have the same height. It lacks some other wxScrolledWindow features
however, notably there is currently no support for horizontal scrolling; it
can't scroll another window nor only a rectangle of the window and not its
entire client area.
 
To use this class, you need to derive from it and implement 
\helpref{OnGetLineHeight()}{wxvscrolledwindowongetlineheight} pure virtual
method. You also must call \helpref{SetLineCount}{wxvscrolledwindowsetlinecount} 
to let the base class know how many lines it should display but from that
moment on the scrolling is handled entirely by wxVScrolledWindow, you only
need to draw the visible part of contents in your {\tt OnPaint()} method as
usual. You should use \helpref{GetFirstVisibleLine()}{wxvscrolledwindowgetfirstvisibleline} 
and \helpref{GetLastVisibleLine()}{wxvscrolledwindowgetlastvisibleline} to
select the lines to display. ote that the device context origin is not shifted
so the first visible line always appears at the point $(0, 0)$ in physical as
well as logical coordinates.

\wxheading{Derived from}

\helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel}

\wxheading{Include files}

<wx/vscroll.h>


\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}


\membersection{wxVScrolledWindow::wxVScrolledWindow}\label{wxvscrolledwindowctor}

\func{}{wxVScrolledWindow}{\param{wxWindow* }{parent}, \param{wxWindowID }{id = wxID\_ANY}, \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition}, \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize}, \param{long }{style = 0}, \param{const wxString\& }{name = wxPanelNameStr}}

This is the normal constructor, no need to call Create() after using this one.

Note that {\tt wxVSCROLL} is always automatically added to our style, there is
no need to specify it explicitly.

\func{}{wxVScrolledWindow}{\void}

Default constructor, you must call \helpref{Create()}{wxvscrolledwindowcreate} 
later.

\wxheading{Parameters}

\docparam{parent}{The parent window, must not be {\tt NULL}}

\docparam{id}{The identifier of this window, {\tt wxID\_ANY} by default}

\docparam{pos}{The initial window position}

\docparam{size}{The initial window size}

\docparam{style}{The window style. There are no special style bits defined for
this class.}

\docparam{name}{The name for this window; usually not used}


\membersection{wxVScrolledWindow::Create}\label{wxvscrolledwindowcreate}

\func{bool}{Create}{\param{wxWindow* }{parent}, \param{wxWindowID }{id = wxID\_ANY}, \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition}, \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize}, \param{long }{style = 0}, \param{const wxString\& }{name = wxPanelNameStr}}

Same as the \helpref{non default ctor}{wxvscrolledwindowctor} but returns
status code: {\tt true} if ok, {\tt false} if the window couldn't have been created.

Just as with the ctor above, {\tt wxVSCROLL} style is always used, there is no
need to specify it explicitly.


\membersection{wxVScrolledWindow::EstimateTotalHeight}\label{wxvscrolledwindowestimatetotalheight}

\constfunc{virtual wxCoord}{EstimateTotalHeight}{\void}

This protected function is used internally by wxVScrolledWindow to estimate the
total height of the window when \helpref{SetLineCount}{wxvscrolledwindowsetlinecount} 
is called. The default implementation uses the brute force approach if the
number of the items in the control is small enough. Otherwise, it tries to find
the average line height using some lines in the beginning, middle and the end.

If it is undesirable to access all these lines (some of which might be never
shown) just for the total height calculation, you may override the function and
provide your own guess better and/or faster.

Note that although returning a totally wrong value would still work, it risks
to result in very strange scrollbar behaviour so this function should really
try to make the best guess possible.


\membersection{wxVScrolledWindow::GetFirstVisibleLine}\label{wxvscrolledwindowgetfirstvisibleline}

\constfunc{size\_t}{GetFirstVisibleLine}{\void}

Returns the index of the first currently visible line.


\membersection{wxVScrolledWindow::GetLastVisibleLine}\label{wxvscrolledwindowgetlastvisibleline}

\constfunc{size\_t}{GetLastVisibleLine}{\void}

Returns the index of the last currently visible line.


\membersection{wxVScrolledWindow::GetLineCount}\label{wxvscrolledwindowgetlinecount}

\constfunc{size\_t}{GetLineCount}{\void}

Get the number of lines this window contains (previously set by 
\helpref{SetLineCount()}{wxvscrolledwindowsetlinecount})


\membersection{wxVScrolledWindow::HitTest}\label{wxvscrolledwindowhittest}

\constfunc{int}{HitTest}{\param{wxCoord }{x}, \param{wxCoord }{y}}

\constfunc{int}{HitTest}{\param{const wxPoint\& }{pt}}

Return the item at the specified (in physical coordinates) position or
{\tt wxNOT\_FOUND} if none, i.e. if it is below the last item.


\membersection{wxVScrolledWindow::IsVisible}\label{wxvscrolledwindowisvisible}

\constfunc{bool}{IsVisible}{\param{size\_t }{line}}

Returns {\tt true} if the given line is (at least partially) visible or 
{\tt false} otherwise.


\membersection{wxVScrolledWindow::OnGetLineHeight}\label{wxvscrolledwindowongetlineheight}

\constfunc{wxCoord}{OnGetLineHeight}{\param{size\_t }{n}}

This protected virtual function must be overridden in the derived class and it
should return the height of the given line in pixels.

\wxheading{See also}

\helpref{OnGetLinesHint}{wxvscrolledwindowongetlineshint}


\membersection{wxVScrolledWindow::OnGetLinesHint}\label{wxvscrolledwindowongetlineshint}

\constfunc{void}{OnGetLinesHint}{\param{size\_t }{lineMin}, \param{size\_t }{lineMax}}

This function doesn't have to be overridden but it may be useful to do
it if calculating the lines heights is a relatively expensive operation
as it gives the user code a possibility to calculate several of them at
once.

{\tt OnGetLinesHint()} is normally called just before 
\helpref{OnGetLineHeight()}{wxvscrolledwindowongetlineheight} but you
shouldn't rely on the latter being called for all lines in the interval
specified here. It is also possible that OnGetLineHeight() will be
called for the lines outside of this interval, so this is really just a
hint, not a promise.

Finally note that {\it lineMin} is inclusive, while {\it lineMax} is exclusive,
as usual.


\membersection{wxVScrolledWindow::RefreshLine}\label{wxvscrolledwindowrefreshline}

\func{void}{RefreshLine}{\param{size\_t }{line}}

Refreshes the specified line -- it will be redrawn during the next main loop
iteration.

\wxheading{See also}

\helpref{RefreshLines}{wxvscrolledwindowrefreshlines}


\membersection{wxVScrolledWindow::RefreshLines}\label{wxvscrolledwindowrefreshlines}

\func{void}{RefreshLines}{\param{size\_t }{from}, \param{size\_t }{to}}

Refreshes all lines between {\it from} and {\it to}, inclusive. {\it from}
should be less than or equal to {\it to}.

\wxheading{See also}

\helpref{RefreshLine}{wxvscrolledwindowrefreshline}


\membersection{wxVScrolledWindow::RefreshAll}\label{wxvscrolledwindowrefreshall}

\func{void}{RefreshAll}{\void}

This function completely refreshes the control, recalculating the number of
items shown on screen and repaining them. It should be called when the values
returned by \helpref{OnGetLineHeight}{wxvscrolledwindowongetlineheight} change
for some reason and the window must be updated to reflect this.


\membersection{wxVScrolledWindow::ScrollLines}\label{wxvscrolledwindowscrolllines}

\func{bool}{ScrollLines}{\param{int }{lines}}

Scroll by the specified number of lines which may be positive (to scroll down)
or negative (to scroll up).

Returns {\tt true} if the window was scrolled, {\tt false} otherwise (for
example if we're trying to scroll down but we are already showing the last
line).

\wxheading{See also}

\helpref{LineUp}{wxwindowlineup}, \helpref{LineDown}{wxwindowlinedown}


\membersection{wxVScrolledWindow::ScrollPages}\label{wxvscrolledwindowscrollpages}

\func{bool}{ScrollPages}{\param{int }{pages}}

Scroll by the specified number of pages which may be positive (to scroll down)
or negative (to scroll up).

\wxheading{See also}

\helpref{ScrollLines}{wxvscrolledwindowscrolllines},\\
\helpref{PageUp}{wxwindowpageup}, \helpref{PageDown}{wxwindowpagedown}


\membersection{wxVScrolledWindow::ScrollToLine}\label{wxvscrolledwindowscrolltoline}

\func{bool}{ScrollToLine}{\param{size\_t }{line}}

Scroll to the specified line: it will become the first visible line in
the window.

Return {\tt true} if we scrolled the window, {\tt false} if nothing was done.


\membersection{wxVScrolledWindow::SetLineCount}\label{wxvscrolledwindowsetlinecount}

\func{void}{SetLineCount}{\param{size\_t }{count}}

Set the number of lines the window contains: the derived class must
provide the heights for all lines with indices up to the one given here
in its \helpref{OnGetLineHeight()}{wxvscrolledwindowongetlineheight}.