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1\section{\class{wxWindow}}\label{wxwindow}
2
87b6002d 3wxWindow is the base class for all windows and represents any visible object on
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4screen. All controls, top level windows and so on are windows. Sizers and
5device contexts are not, however, as they don't appear on screen themselves.
6
7Please note that all children of the window will be deleted automatically by
8the destructor before the window itself is deleted which means that you don't
9have to worry about deleting them manually. Please see the \helpref{window
10deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview} for more information.
11
fc2171bd 12Also note that in this, and many others, wxWidgets classes some
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13\texttt{GetXXX()} methods may be overloaded (as, for example,
14\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize} or
15\helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize}). In this case, the overloads
16are non-virtual because having multiple virtual functions with the same name
17results in a virtual function name hiding at the derived class level (in
18English, this means that the derived class has to override all overloaded
19variants if it overrides any of them). To allow overriding them in the derived
fc2171bd 20class, wxWidgets uses a unique protected virtual \texttt{DoGetXXX()} method
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21and all \texttt{GetXXX()} ones are forwarded to it, so overriding the former
22changes the behaviour of the latter.
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24\wxheading{Derived from}
25
26\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\\
27\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
28
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29\wxheading{Include files}
30
31<wx/window.h>
32
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33\wxheading{Window styles}
34
35The following styles can apply to all windows, although they will not always make sense for a particular
4130b487 36window class or on all platforms.
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38\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
39\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
40\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSIMPLE\_BORDER}}{Displays a thin border around the window. wxBORDER is the old name
27d029c7 41for this style. }
69a126b0 42\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxDOUBLE\_BORDER}}{Displays a double border. Windows and Mac only.}
a660d684 43\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSUNKEN\_BORDER}}{Displays a sunken border.}
69a126b0 44\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxRAISED\_BORDER}}{Displays a raised border.}
6453876e 45\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSTATIC\_BORDER}}{Displays a border suitable for a static control. Windows only. }
8d99dec0 46\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxNO\_BORDER}}{Displays no border, overriding the default border style for the window.}
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47\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTRANSPARENT\_WINDOW}}{The window is transparent, that is, it will not receive paint
48events. Windows only.}
a660d684 49\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTAB\_TRAVERSAL}}{Use this to enable tab traversal for non-dialog windows.}
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50\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWANTS\_CHARS}}{Use this to indicate that
51the window wants to get all char/key events for all keys - even for
52keys like TAB or ENTER which are usually used for dialog navigation
53and which wouldn't be generated without this style. If you need to
54use this style in order to get the arrows or etc., but would still like to have
55normal keyboard navigation take place, you should create and send a
56wxNavigationKeyEvent in response to the key events for Tab and
57Shift-Tab.}
f6bcfd97 58\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxNO\_FULL\_REPAINT\_ON\_RESIZE}}{Disables repainting
895fc9cb 59the window completely when its size is changed - you will have to repaint the
f6bcfd97 60new window area manually if you use this style. Currently only has an effect for
4130b487 61Windows.}
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62\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxVSCROLL}}{Use this style to enable a vertical scrollbar.}
63\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHSCROLL}}{Use this style to enable a horizontal scrollbar.}
3c9676ea 64\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxALWAYS\_SHOW\_SB}}{If a window has scrollbars,
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65disable them instead of hiding them when they are not needed (i.e. when the
66size of the window is big enough to not require the scrollbars to navigate it).
67This style is currently only implemented for wxMSW and wxUniversal and does
68nothing on the other platforms.}
884360bc 69\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxCLIP\_CHILDREN}}{Use this style to eliminate flicker caused by the background being
6453876e 70repainted, then children being painted over them. Windows only.}
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71\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFULL\_REPAINT\_ON\_RESIZE}}{Use this style to force
72a complete redraw of the window whenever it is resized instead of redrawing
73just the part of the window affected by resizing. Note that this was the
74behaviour by default before 2.5.1 release and that if you experience redraw
75problems with the code which previously used to work you may want to try this.}
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76\end{twocollist}
77
78See also \helpref{window styles overview}{windowstyles}.
79
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80\wxheading{Extra window styles}
81
82The following are extra styles, set using \helpref{wxWindow::SetExtraStyle}{wxwindowsetextrastyle}.
83
84\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
85\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
86\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{By default, Validate/TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
87only work on direct children of the window (compatible behaviour). Set this flag to make them recursively
88descend into all subwindows.}
89\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{wxCommandEvents and the objects of the derived classes are forwarded to the
90parent window and so on recursively by default. Using this flag for the
91given window allows to block this propagation at this window, i.e. prevent
92the events from being propagated further upwards. Dialogs have this
93flag on by default.}
94\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_TRANSIENT}}{Don't use this window as an implicit parent for the other windows: this must
95be used with transient windows as otherwise there is the risk of creating a
96dialog/frame with this window as a parent which would lead to a crash if the
97parent is destroyed before the child.}
98\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_IDLE}}{This window should always process idle events, even
99if the mode set by \helpref{wxIdleEvent::SetMode}{wxidleeventsetmode} is wxIDLE\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
100\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_UI\_UPDATES}}{This window should always process UI update events,
101even if the mode set by \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} is wxUPDATE\_UI\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
102\end{twocollist}
103
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104\wxheading{See also}
105
106\helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
107
108\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
109
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f6bcfd97 111\membersection{wxWindow::wxWindow}\label{wxwindowctor}
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113\func{}{wxWindow}{\void}
114
115Default constructor.
116
eaaa6a06 117\func{}{wxWindow}{\param{wxWindow*}{ parent}, \param{wxWindowID }{id},
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118 \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition},
119 \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize},
eaaa6a06 120 \param{long }{style = 0},
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121 \param{const wxString\& }{name = wxPanelNameStr}}
122
123Constructs a window, which can be a child of a frame, dialog or any other non-control window.
124
125\wxheading{Parameters}
126
127\docparam{parent}{Pointer to a parent window.}
128
129\docparam{id}{Window identifier. If -1, will automatically create an identifier.}
130
fc2171bd 131\docparam{pos}{Window position. wxDefaultPosition is (-1, -1) which indicates that wxWidgets
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132should generate a default position for the window. If using the wxWindow class directly, supply
133an actual position.}
134
fc2171bd 135\docparam{size}{Window size. wxDefaultSize is (-1, -1) which indicates that wxWidgets
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136should generate a default size for the window. If no suitable size can be found, the
137window will be sized to 20x20 pixels so that the window is visible but obviously not
138correctly sized. }
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140\docparam{style}{Window style. For generic window styles, please see \helpref{wxWindow}{wxwindow}.}
141
142\docparam{name}{Window name.}
143
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6d06e061 145\membersection{wxWindow::\destruct{wxWindow}}\label{wxwindowdtor}
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147\func{}{\destruct{wxWindow}}{\void}
148
149Destructor. Deletes all subwindows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
150the {\bf delete} operator explicitly, you should normally
fc2171bd 151use \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} so that wxWidgets
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152can delete a window only when it is safe to do so, in idle time.
153
154\wxheading{See also}
155
156\helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
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157\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy},\rtfsp
158\helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
159
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6d06e061 161\membersection{wxWindow::AddChild}\label{wxwindowaddchild}
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163\func{virtual void}{AddChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
164
165Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
166functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
167
fc2171bd 168Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
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169called by the user code.
170
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171\wxheading{Parameters}
172
173\docparam{child}{Child window to add.}
174
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176\membersection{wxWindow::CacheBestSize}\label{wxwindowcachebestsize}
177
178\constfunc{void}{CacheBestSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
179
180Sets the cached best size value.
181
182
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183\membersection{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}\label{wxwindowcapturemouse}
184
185\func{virtual void}{CaptureMouse}{\void}
186
187Directs all mouse input to this window. Call \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse} to
188release the capture.
189
fc2171bd 190Note that wxWidgets maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
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191and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
192captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
193window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
194as you capture it.
195
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196\wxheading{See also}
197
198\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse}
199
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201\membersection{wxWindow::Center}\label{wxwindowcenter}
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eaaa6a06 203\func{void}{Center}{\param{int}{ direction}}
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205A synonym for \helpref{Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
206
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208\membersection{wxWindow::CenterOnParent}\label{wxwindowcenteronparent}
209
210\func{void}{CenterOnParent}{\param{int}{ direction}}
211
212A synonym for \helpref{CentreOnParent}{wxwindowcentreonparent}.
213
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215\membersection{wxWindow::CenterOnScreen}\label{wxwindowcenteronscreen}
216
217\func{void}{CenterOnScreen}{\param{int}{ direction}}
218
219A synonym for \helpref{CentreOnScreen}{wxwindowcentreonscreen}.
220
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222\membersection{wxWindow::Centre}\label{wxwindowcentre}
223
7eb4e9cc 224\func{void}{Centre}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
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226Centres the window.
227
228\wxheading{Parameters}
229
230\docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
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231or {\tt wxBOTH}. It may also include {\tt wxCENTRE\_ON\_SCREEN} flag
232if you want to center the window on the entire screen and not on its
233parent window.}
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235The flag {\tt wxCENTRE\_FRAME} is obsolete and should not be used any longer
236(it has no effect).
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238\wxheading{Remarks}
239
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240If the window is a top level one (i.e. doesn't have a parent), it will be
241centered relative to the screen anyhow.
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243\wxheading{See also}
244
245\helpref{wxWindow::Center}{wxwindowcenter}
246
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248\membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnParent}\label{wxwindowcentreonparent}
249
7eb4e9cc 250\func{void}{CentreOnParent}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
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c9f00eeb 252Centres the window on its parent. This is a more readable synonym for
7eb4e9cc 253\helpref{Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
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255\wxheading{Parameters}
256
257\docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
258or {\tt wxBOTH}.}
259
260\wxheading{Remarks}
261
262This methods provides for a way to center top level windows over their
263parents instead of the entire screen. If there is no parent or if the
c9f00eeb 264window is not a top level window, then behaviour is the same as
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265\helpref{wxWindow::Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
266
267\wxheading{See also}
268
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269\helpref{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen}{wxwindowcenteronscreen}
270
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272\membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen}\label{wxwindowcentreonscreen}
273
274\func{void}{CentreOnScreen}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
275
276Centres the window on screen. This only works for top level windows -
277otherwise, the window will still be centered on its parent.
278
279\wxheading{Parameters}
280
281\docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
282or {\tt wxBOTH}.}
283
284\wxheading{See also}
285
286\helpref{wxWindow::CentreOnParent}{wxwindowcenteronparent}
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5da0803c 289\membersection{wxWindow::ClearBackground}\label{wxwindowclearbackground}
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5da0803c 291\func{void}{ClearBackground}{\void}
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293Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour. Does not
294cause an erase background event to be generated.
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6d06e061 297\membersection{wxWindow::ClientToScreen}\label{wxwindowclienttoscreen}
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299\constfunc{virtual void}{ClientToScreen}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
300
2edb0bde 301\perlnote{In wxPerl this method returns a 2-element list instead of
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303
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304\constfunc{virtual wxPoint}{ClientToScreen}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
305
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306Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
307
308\docparam{x}{A pointer to a integer value for the x coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
309a screen coordinate will be passed out.}
310
311\docparam{y}{A pointer to a integer value for the y coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
312a screen coordinate will be passed out.}
313
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314\docparam{pt}{The client position for the second form of the function.}
315
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317implements the following methods:\par
318\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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319\twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreen(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
320\twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreenXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
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322}
323
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325\membersection{wxWindow::Close}\label{wxwindowclose}
326
cc81d32f 327\func{bool}{Close}{\param{bool}{ force = {\tt false}}}
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329This function simply generates a \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent} whose
330handler usually tries to close the window. It doesn't close the window itself,
331however.
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333\wxheading{Parameters}
334
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335\docparam{force}{{\tt false} if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
336of this window, {\tt true} if it cannot.}
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338\wxheading{Remarks}
339
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340Close calls the \helpref{close handler}{wxcloseevent} for the window, providing
341an opportunity for the window to choose whether to destroy the window.
342Usually it is only used with the top level windows (wxFrame and wxDialog
343classes) as the others are not supposed to have any special OnClose() logic.
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345The close handler should check whether the window is being deleted forcibly,
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346using \helpref{wxCloseEvent::GetForce}{wxcloseeventgetforce}, in which case it
347should destroy the window using \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy}.
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349{\it Note} that calling Close does not guarantee that the window will be
350destroyed; but it provides a way to simulate a manual close of a window, which
351may or may not be implemented by destroying the window. The default
352implementation of wxDialog::OnCloseWindow does not necessarily delete the
353dialog, since it will simply simulate an wxID\_CANCEL event which is handled by
354the appropriate button event handler and may do anything at all.
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356To guarantee that the window will be destroyed, call
357\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} instead
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359\wxheading{See also}
360
361\helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
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362\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy},\rtfsp
363\helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
364
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366\membersection{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}\label{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
367
368\func{wxPoint}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
369
370\func{wxSize}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
371
372Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
373
374For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character width
375and then divided by 4.
376
377For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character height
378and then divided by 8.
379
380\wxheading{Remarks}
381
382Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
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384You can also use these functions programmatically. A convenience macro is defined:
385
386{\small
387\begin{verbatim}
388#define wxDLG_UNIT(parent, pt) parent->ConvertDialogToPixels(pt)
389\end{verbatim}
390}
391
392\wxheading{See also}
393
394\helpref{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
395
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397implements the following methods:\par
398\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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399\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
400\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
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402
403Additionally, the following helper functions are defined:\par
404\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
c9110876 405\twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_PNT(win, point)}}{Converts a wxPoint from dialog
06d20283 406units to pixels}
c9110876 407\twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_SZE(win, size)}}{Converts a wxSize from dialog
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409\end{twocollist}}
410}
411
412
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414\membersection{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}\label{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
415
416\func{wxPoint}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
417
418\func{wxSize}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
419
420Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
421
422For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 4 and then divided by the average
423character width.
424
2edb0bde 425For the y dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 8 and then divided by the average
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426character height.
427
428\wxheading{Remarks}
429
430Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
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432\wxheading{See also}
433
434\helpref{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
435
dbd94b75 436\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython implements the following methods:\par
06d20283 437\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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438\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
439\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
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441}
442
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444\membersection{wxWindow::Destroy}\label{wxwindowdestroy}
445
446\func{virtual bool}{Destroy}{\void}
447
448Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator, since
449different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
24174c30 450are not destroyed immediately when this function is called -- they are added
a660d684 451to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
2edb0bde 452have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to non-existent
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453windows.
454
455\wxheading{Return value}
456
cc81d32f 457{\tt true} if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it has been added
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458to the list of windows pending real deletion.
459
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6d06e061 461\membersection{wxWindow::DestroyChildren}\label{wxwindowdestroychildren}
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463\func{virtual void}{DestroyChildren}{\void}
464
465Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
466
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469
c222be41 470\func{bool}{Disable}{\void}
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cc81d32f 472Disables the window, same as \helpref{Enable({\tt false})}{wxwindowenable}.
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475
cc81d32f 476Returns {\tt true} if the window has been disabled, {\tt false} if it had been
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477already disabled before the call to this function.
478
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480\membersection{wxWindow::DoGetBestSize}\label{wxwindowdogetbestsize}
481
482\constfunc{virtual wxSize}{DoGetBestSize}{\void}
483
484Gets the size which best suits the window: for a control, it would be
485the minimal size which doesn't truncate the control, for a panel - the
486same size as it would have after a call to \helpref{Fit()}{wxwindowfit}.
487
488
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489\membersection{wxWindow::DoUpdateWindowUI}\label{wxwindowdoupdatewindowui}
490
491\func{virtual void}{DoUpdateWindowUI}{\param{wxUpdateUIEvent\&}{ event}}
492
493Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
494This function is called by \helpref{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
495in order to check return values in the \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent} and
fc2171bd 496act appropriately. For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWidgets
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497implements this function as follows:
498
499\begin{verbatim}
500// do the window-specific processing after processing the update event
501void wxTopLevelWindowBase::DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent& event)
502{
503 if ( event.GetSetEnabled() )
504 Enable(event.GetEnabled());
505
506 if ( event.GetSetText() )
507 {
508 if ( event.GetText() != GetTitle() )
509 SetTitle(event.GetText());
510 }
511}
512\end{verbatim}
513
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517
8a293590 518\func{virtual void}{DragAcceptFiles}{\param{bool}{ accept}}
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2edb0bde 520Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
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522\wxheading{Parameters}
523
cc81d32f 524\docparam{accept}{If {\tt true}, the window is eligible for drop file events. If {\tt false}, the window
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525will not accept drop file events.}
526
527\wxheading{Remarks}
528
529Windows only.
530
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533
cc81d32f 534\func{virtual bool}{Enable}{\param{bool}{ enable = {\tt true}}}
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537disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
538when the parent is.
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540\wxheading{Parameters}
541
cc81d32f 542\docparam{enable}{If {\tt true}, enables the window for input. If {\tt false}, disables the window.}
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545
cc81d32f 546Returns {\tt true} if the window has been enabled or disabled, {\tt false} if
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548
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550
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552\helpref{wxWindow::Disable}{wxwindowdisable}
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556
557\func{static wxWindow*}{FindFocus}{\void}
558
559Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
560
561\wxheading{Remarks}
562
563Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without needing a wxWindow pointer.
564
565\wxheading{See also}
566
567\helpref{wxWindow::SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus}
568
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572
6b73af79 573\constfunc{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{long}{ id}}
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575Find a child of this window, by identifier.
576
6b73af79 577\constfunc{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}}
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579Find a child of this window, by name.
580
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582implements the following methods:\par
583\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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585\twocolitem{{\bf FindWindowByName(name)}}{Accepts a string}
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587}
588
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f89a1397 590\membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowById}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbyid}
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f89a1397 592\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowById}{\param{long}{ id}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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594Find the first window with the given {\it id}.
595
596If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
597frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
598The search is recursive in both cases.
599
600\wxheading{See also}
601
f89a1397 602\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
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606
f89a1397 607\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowByName}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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609Find a window by its name (as given in a window constructor or {\bf Create} function call).
610If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
611frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
612The search is recursive in both cases.
613
614If no window with such name is found,
615\helpref{FindWindowByLabel}{wxwindowfindwindowbylabel} is called.
616
617\wxheading{See also}
618
f89a1397 619\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
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623
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626Find a window by its label. Depending on the type of window, the label may be a window title
627or panel item label. If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
628frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
629The search is recursive in both cases.
630
631\wxheading{See also}
632
f89a1397 633\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
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637
638\func{virtual void}{Fit}{\void}
639
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642sizers are used for the subwindows layout. Also, if the window has exactly one
643subwindow it is better (faster and the result is more precise as Fit adds some
644margin to account for fuzziness of its calculations) to call
645
646\begin{verbatim}
647 window->SetClientSize(child->GetSize());
648\end{verbatim}
649
650instead of calling Fit.
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654
655\func{virtual void}{FitInside}{\void}
656
657Similar to \helpref{Fit}{wxwindowfit}, but sizes the interior (virtual) size
658of a window. Mainly useful with scrolled windows to reset scrollbars after
659sizing changes that do not trigger a size event, and/or scrolled windows without
660an interior sizer. This function similarly won't do anything if there are no
661subwindows.
662
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665
666\func{virtual void}{Freeze}{\void}
667
668Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking place
669on screen, the window is not redrawn at all. \helpref{Thaw}{wxwindowthaw} must
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671nested.
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673This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example, it
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675a wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all platforms nor for all
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678
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680\membersection{wxWindow::GetAcceleratorTable}\label{wxwindowgetacceleratortable}
681
682\constfunc{wxAcceleratorTable*}{GetAcceleratorTable}{\void}
683
684Gets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
685
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688
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691Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
692
693See also \helpref{wxAccessible}{wxaccessible}.
694
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697
698\constfunc{wxSize}{GetAdjustedBestSize}{\void}
699
700This method is similar to \helpref{GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize}, except
701in one thing. GetBestSize should return the minimum untruncated size of the
702window, while this method will return the largest of BestSize and any user
703specified minimum size. ie. it is the minimum size the window should currently
704be drawn at, not the minimal size it can possibly tolerate.
705
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708
709\constfunc{virtual wxColour}{GetBackgroundColour}{\void}
710
711Returns the background colour of the window.
712
713\wxheading{See also}
714
715\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
716\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
9866d9c2 717\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour}
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720
721\constfunc{virtual wxBackgroundStyle}{GetBackgroundStyle}{\void}
722
723Returns the background style of the window. The background style indicates
724whether background colour should be determined by the system (wxBG\_STYLE\_SYSTEM),
725be set to a specific colour (wxBG\_STYLE\_COLOUR), or should be left to the
726application to implement (wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM).
727
728On GTK+, use of wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM allows the flicker-free drawing of a custom
729background, such as a tiled bitmap. Currently the style has no effect on other platforms.
730
731\wxheading{See also}
732
733\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
734\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
735\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundStyle}{wxwindowsetbackgroundstyle}
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738
739\constfunc{wxSize}{GetBestFittingSize}{\void}
740
741Merges the window's best size into the min size and returns the result.
742
743\wxheading{See also}
744
745\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
746\helpref{wxWindow::SetBestFittingSize}{wxwindowsetbestfittingsize},\rtfsp
747\helpref{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}{wxwindowsetsizehints}
748
749
7f071e73 750\membersection{wxWindow::GetBestSize}\label{wxwindowgetbestsize}
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754This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window. For
755example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
3e02f5ed 756control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
8771a323 757\helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel}), the size returned by this function will be the
3e02f5ed 758same as the size the window would have had after calling
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760
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763
764\constfunc{wxCaret *}{GetCaret}{\void}
765
766Returns the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
767
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770
771\func{static wxWindow *}{GetCapture}{\void}
772
773Returns the currently captured window.
774
775\wxheading{See also}
776
777\helpref{wxWindow::HasCapture}{wxwindowhascapture},
778\helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
779\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
780\helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
781
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785\constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharHeight}{\void}
786
787Returns the character height for this window.
788
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792\constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharWidth}{\void}
793
794Returns the average character width for this window.
795
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6d06e061 797\membersection{wxWindow::GetChildren}\label{wxwindowgetchildren}
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c0ed460c 799\func{wxList\&}{GetChildren}{\void}
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c0ed460c 801Returns a reference to the list of the window's children.
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806\func{static wxVisualAttributes}{GetClassDefaultAttributes}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{ variant = \texttt{wxWINDOW\_VARIANT\_NORMAL}}}
807
808Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control. This is
809useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control as in a
810standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
811colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
812system, especially if it uses themes.
813
814The \arg{variant} parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
815ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
816returned font. See \helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
817for more about this.
818
819This static method is ``overridden'' in many derived classes and so calling,
488e1507 820for example, \helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
1b69c815 821return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
488e1507 822from those returned by, say, \helpref{wxListCtrl}{wxlistctrl}::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
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824The \texttt{wxVisualAttributes} structure has at least the fields
825\texttt{font}, \texttt{colFg} and \texttt{colBg}. All of them may be invalid
826if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
827especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
828the case for \texttt{colBg} for the controls with themed background.
829
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831
832\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
833
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836
c66c3af1 837\constfunc{void}{GetClientSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
a660d684 838
c9f00eeb 839\perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes no parameter and returns
d2c2afc9 840a 2-element list {\tt (width, height)}.}
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c66c3af1 842\constfunc{wxSize}{GetClientSize}{\void}
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845The client area is the area which may be drawn on by the programmer,
846excluding title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
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848\wxheading{Parameters}
849
850\docparam{width}{Receives the client width in pixels.}
851
852\docparam{height}{Receives the client height in pixels.}
853
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855implements the following methods:\par
856\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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858\twocolitem{{\bf GetClientSize()}}{Returns a wxSize object}
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860}
861
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863
d2c2afc9 864\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
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870
871\constfunc{wxLayoutConstraints*}{GetConstraints}{\void}
872
873Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or NULL if there are none.
874
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877
878\constfunc{const wxSizer *}{GetContainingSizer}{\void}
879
880Return the sizer that this window is a member of, if any, otherwise
881{\tt NULL}.
882
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885
886\constfunc{const wxCursor\&}{GetCursor}{\void}
887
888Return the cursor associated with this window.
889
890\wxheading{See also}
891
892\helpref{wxWindow::SetCursor}{wxwindowsetcursor}
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897\constfunc{virtual wxVisualAttributes}{GetDefaultAttributes}{\void}
898
899Currently this is the same as calling
900\helpref{GetClassDefaultAttributes}{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes}(\helpref{GetWindowVariant}{wxwindowgetwindowvariant}()).
901
902One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
903the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
904virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
905
906The other one is that in the future this function could return different
907results, for example it might return a different font for an ``Ok'' button
908than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
909in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
910function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
911version can be used without having to create an object first.
912
913
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915
916\constfunc{wxDropTarget*}{GetDropTarget}{\void}
917
918Returns the associated drop target, which may be NULL.
919
920\wxheading{See also}
921
c9f00eeb 922\helpref{wxWindow::SetDropTarget}{wxwindowsetdroptarget},
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924
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927
928\constfunc{wxEvtHandler*}{GetEventHandler}{\void}
929
930Returns the event handler for this window. By default, the window is its
931own event handler.
932
933\wxheading{See also}
934
935\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
936\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
937\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
938\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
939\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
940
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943
944\constfunc{long}{GetExtraStyle}{\void}
945
946Returns the extra style bits for the window.
947
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950
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955\wxheading{See also}
956
957\helpref{wxWindow::SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont}
958
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961
962\func{virtual wxColour}{GetForegroundColour}{\void}
963
964Returns the foreground colour of the window.
965
966\wxheading{Remarks}
967
968The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
969to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
970be used at all.
971
972\wxheading{See also}
973
974\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
975\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
976\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour}
977
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981\constfunc{wxWindow*}{GetGrandParent}{\void}
982
983Returns the grandparent of a window, or NULL if there isn't one.
984
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988\constfunc{void*}{GetHandle}{\void}
989
990Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window. Cast it to an appropriate
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996
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999
1000\constfunc{virtual wxString}{GetHelpText}{\void}
1001
1002Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
1003
1004Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
1005and not in the window object itself.
1006
1007\wxheading{See also}
1008
1009\helpref{SetHelpText}{wxwindowsethelptext}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
1010
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1013
1014\constfunc{int}{GetId}{\void}
1015
1016Returns the identifier of the window.
1017
1018\wxheading{Remarks}
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1021(or the default Id -1) an unique identifier with a negative value will be generated.
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1024
b2cf617c 1025\helpref{wxWindow::SetId}{wxwindowsetid},\rtfsp
5b6aa0ff 1026\helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
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1031\constfunc{virtual wxString }{GetLabel}{\void}
1032
1033Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
1034identification purposes.
1035
1036\wxheading{Remarks}
1037
1038The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
1039For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the title. For buttons or static text controls, it is
1040the button text. This function can be useful for meta-programs (such as testing
1041tools or special-needs access programs) which need to identify windows
1042by name.
1043
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1045
1046\constfunc{wxSize}{GetMaxSize}{\void}
1047
1048Returns the maximum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout mechanism
1049that this is the maximum possible size.
1050
1051\membersection{wxWindow::GetMinSize}\label{wxwindowgetminsize}
1052
1053\constfunc{wxSize}{GetMinSize}{\void}
1054
1055Returns the minimum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout mechanism
1056that this is the minimum required size.
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1062Returns the window's name.
1063
1064\wxheading{Remarks}
1065
1066This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the programmer to supply an appropriate
1067name in the window constructor or via \helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}.
1068
1069\wxheading{See also}
1070
1071\helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}
1072
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1076\constfunc{virtual wxWindow*}{GetParent}{\void}
1077
1078Returns the parent of the window, or NULL if there is no parent.
1079
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1082
1083\constfunc{virtual void}{GetPosition}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
1084
1085\constfunc{wxPoint}{GetPosition}{\void}
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1088for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level
1089windows.
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1091\wxheading{Parameters}
1092
1093\docparam{x}{Receives the x position of the window.}
1094
1095\docparam{y}{Receives the y position of the window.}
1096
1097\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1098implements the following methods:\par
1099\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1100\twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a wxPoint}
1101\twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionTuple()}}{Returns a tuple (x, y)}
1102\end{twocollist}}
1103}
1104
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1106method:\par
1107\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1108\twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a Wx::Point}
1109\twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionXY()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1110 {\tt ( x, y )}}
1111\end{twocollist}
1112}}
1113
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1116
1117\constfunc{virtual wxRect}{GetRect}{\void}
1118
1119Returns the size and position of the window as a \helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object.
1120
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1127
1128\wxheading{See also}
1129
1130See \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1131
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1138
1139\wxheading{See also}
1140
1141\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1142
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1145
1146\func{virtual int}{GetScrollThumb}{\param{int }{orientation}}
1147
1148Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
1149
1150\wxheading{See also}
1151
1152\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1153
1154
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c66c3af1 1157\constfunc{void}{GetSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
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1164\wxheading{Parameters}
1165
1166\docparam{width}{Receives the window width.}
1167
1168\docparam{height}{Receives the window height.}
1169
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1171implements the following methods:\par
1172\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1174\twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeTuple()}}{Returns a 2-tuple (width, height)}
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1176}
1177
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1179method:\par
1180\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1181\twocolitem{{\bf GetSize()}}{Returns a Wx::Size}
1182\twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeWH()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1183 {\tt ( width, height )}}
1184\end{twocollist}
1185}}
1186
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1188
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1190\helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
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1194
772c017b 1195\constfunc{wxSizer *}{GetSizer}{\void}
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be90c029 1197Return the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
e6973167 1198\helpref{SetSizer()}{wxwindowsetsizer} or {\tt NULL}.
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1204 \param{int* }{descent = NULL}, \param{int* }{externalLeading = NULL},
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1207Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1208window with the currently selected font.
1209
1210\wxheading{Parameters}
1211
1212\docparam{string}{String whose extent is to be measured.}
1213
1214\docparam{x}{Return value for width.}
1215
1216\docparam{y}{Return value for height.}
1217
1218\docparam{descent}{Return value for descent (optional).}
1219
1220\docparam{externalLeading}{Return value for external leading (optional).}
1221
1222\docparam{font}{Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).}
1223
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1228\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1230\twocolitem{{\bf GetFullTextExtent(string, font=NULL)}}{Returns a
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1232\end{twocollist}}
1233}
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1236 {\tt font} parameters, and returns a 4-element list
1237 {\tt ( x, y, descent, externalLeading )}.}
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1241
1242\func{virtual wxString}{GetTitle}{\void}
1243
1244Gets the window's title. Applicable only to frames and dialogs.
1245
1246\wxheading{See also}
1247
1248\helpref{wxWindow::SetTitle}{wxwindowsettitle}
1249
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1252
1253\constfunc{wxToolTip*}{GetToolTip}{\void}
1254
1255Get the associated tooltip or NULL if none.
1256
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1259
1260\constfunc{virtual wxRegion}{GetUpdateRegion}{\void}
1261
1262Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged. Should
f4fcc291 1263only be called within an \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent} handler.
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1265\wxheading{See also}
1266
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1268\helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator}
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1271\membersection{wxWindow::GetValidator}\label{wxwindowgetvalidator}
1272
1273\constfunc{wxValidator*}{GetValidator}{\void}
1274
1275Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or NULL if there is none.
1276
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1279
1280\constfunc{void}{GetVirtualSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
1281
1282\constfunc{wxSize}{GetVirtualSize}{\void}
1283
1284This gets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
1285
1286\wxheading{Parameters}
1287
1288\docparam{width}{Receives the window virtual width.}
1289
1290\docparam{height}{Receives the window virtual height.}
1291
1292\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
1293\helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize}
1294
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1298\constfunc{long}{GetWindowStyleFlag}{\void}
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1301method. {\bf GetWindowStyle()} is another name for the same function.
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1305
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1308Returns the value previous passed to
1309\helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}.
1310
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1313
1314\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasCapture}{\void}
1315
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1318\wxheading{See also}
1319
1320\helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
1321\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
1322\helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
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1326
1327\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasScrollbar}{\param{int }{orient}}
1328
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1330
1331\wxheading{Parameters}
1332
1333\docparam{orient}{Orientation to check, either {\tt wxHORIZONTAL} or {\tt wxVERTICAL}.}
1334
1335
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1337
1338\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasTransparentBackground}{\void}
1339
1340Returns \true if this window background is transparent (as, for example, for
1341wxStaticText) and should show the parent window background.
1342
1343This method is mostly used internally by the library itself and you normally
1344shouldn't have to call it. You may, however, have to override it in your
1345wxWindow-derived class to ensure that background is painted correctly.
1346
1347
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1349
1350\func{bool}{Hide}{\void}
1351
cc81d32f 1352Equivalent to calling \helpref{Show}{wxwindowshow}({\tt false}).
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1356
1357\func{void}{InheritAttributes}{\void}
1358
1359This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
1360window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
1361the font and the foreground and background colours.
1362
1363By ``intelligently'' the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
1364own \helpref{default}{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes} attributes. However
1365if some of the parents attributes are explicitly (that is, using
1366\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont} and not
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1369then this window takes the same value as used by the parent. In addition, if
1370the window overrides \helpref{ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
1371to return \false, the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the
1372font might.
1373
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1375different usage scenarios. The most common one is when all default attributes
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1377different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
1378they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
1379desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
1380just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
1381do inherit the parents attributes.
1382
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1385
1386\func{void}{InitDialog}{\void}
1387
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1389to the dialog via validators.
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1393
1394\func{void}{InvalidateBestSize}{\void}
1395
1396Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it is needed.
1397
1398
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1400
1401\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsEnabled}{\void}
1402
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1405\wxheading{See also}
1406
1407\helpref{wxWindow::Enable}{wxwindowenable}
1408
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1412\constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
1413
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1417
605d715d 1418\constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{wxRect }{\&rect}}
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cc81d32f 1420Returns {\tt true} if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
ad9edf45 1421last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
4130b487 1422only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
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1425implements the following methods:\par
1426\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1429\twocolitem{{\bf IsExposedRect(rect)}}{}
8771a323 1430\end{twocollist}}}
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1434
1435\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsRetained}{\void}
1436
cc81d32f 1437Returns {\tt true} if the window is retained, {\tt false} otherwise.
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1439\wxheading{Remarks}
1440
1441Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
1442
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1445
1446\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsShown}{\void}
1447
cc81d32f 1448Returns {\tt true} if the window is shown, {\tt false} if it has been hidden.
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1452
1453\constfunc{bool}{IsTopLevel}{\void}
1454
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1457window).
1458
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1461
1462\func{void}{Layout}{\void}
1463
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1465for this window.
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1468layout is on, this function gets called automatically when the window is resized.
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1472
1473This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollLines()}{wxwindowscrolllines}$(1)$.
1474
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1477
1478This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollLines()}{wxwindowscrolllines}$(-1)$.
1479
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1482
1483\func{void}{Lower}{\void}
1484
1485Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy if it is a managed window (dialog
1486or frame).
1487
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1490
8a293590 1491\func{virtual void}{MakeModal}{\param{bool }{flag}}
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1493Disables all other windows in the application so that
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1496\wxheading{Parameters}
1497
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1499the user can only interact with this window. If {\tt false}, the effect is reversed.}
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1503
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1507
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1509
1510\wxheading{Parameters}
1511
1512\docparam{x}{Required x position.}
1513
1514\docparam{y}{Required y position.}
1515
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1517
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1519
1520Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1521wxWindow::Move function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class
1522as the call:
1523
1524\begin{verbatim}
1525 SetSize(x, y, -1, -1, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1526\end{verbatim}
1527
1528\wxheading{See also}
1529
1530\helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}
1531
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1536\twocolitem{{\bf MoveXY(x, y)}}{Accepts a pair of integers}
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1538}
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1541\membersection{wxWindow::MoveAfterInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder}
1542
1543\func{void}{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
1544
1545Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified \arg{win}.
1546This means that when the user presses \texttt{TAB} key on that other window,
1547the focus switches to this window.
1548
1549Default tab order is the same as creation order, this function and
1550\helpref{MoveBeforeInTabOrder()}{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder} allow to change
1551it after creating all the windows.
1552
1553\wxheading{Parameters}
1554
1555\docparam{win}{A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
1556must not be NULL}
1557
1558
1559\membersection{wxWindow::MoveBeforeInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder}
1560
1561\func{void}{MoveBeforeInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
1562
1563Same as \helpref{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder} except that
1564it inserts this window just before \arg{win} instead of putting it right after
1565it.
1566
1567
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1569
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1572Does keyboard navigation from this window to another, by sending
1573a wxNavigationKeyEvent.
1574
1575\wxheading{Parameters}
1576
eedc82f4 1577\docparam{flags}{A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.}
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1579\wxheading{Remarks}
1580
1581You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress handler to do the default
1582navigation behaviour for the tab key, since the standard default behaviour for
1583a multiline text control with the wxTE\_PROCESS\_TAB style is to insert a tab
1584and not navigate to the next control.
1585
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1587%% the old docs here in case we want to move any still needed bits to
1588%% the right location (i.e. probably the corresponding events docs)
1589%%
1590%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnActivate}\label{wxwindowonactivate}
1591%%
1592%% \func{void}{OnActivate}{\param{wxActivateEvent\&}{ event}}
1593%%
1594%% Called when a window is activated or deactivated.
1595%%
1596%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1597%%
1598%% \docparam{event}{Object containing activation information.}
1599%%
1600%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1601%%
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1603%% otherwise it returns {\tt false} (it is being deactivated).
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1605%% \wxheading{See also}
1606%%
1607%% \helpref{wxActivateEvent}{wxactivateevent},\rtfsp
1608%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1609%%
1610%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnChar}\label{wxwindowonchar}
1611%%
1612%% \func{void}{OnChar}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1613%%
1614%% Called when the user has pressed a key that is not a modifier (SHIFT, CONTROL or ALT).
1615%%
1616%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1617%%
1618%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1619%% details about this class.}
1620%%
1621%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1622%%
1623%% This member function is called in response to a keypress. To intercept this event,
1624%% use the EVT\_CHAR macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnChar} handler may call this
1625%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1626%%
1627%% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
1628%% values.
1629%%
1630%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept modifier
1631%% keypresses, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1632%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1633%%
1634%% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
1635%%
1636%% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
1637%% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1638%%
1639%% \wxheading{See also}
1640%%
1641%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
1642%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1643%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1644%%
1645%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCharHook}\label{wxwindowoncharhook}
1646%%
1647%% \func{void}{OnCharHook}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1648%%
1649%% This member is called to allow the window to intercept keyboard events
1650%% before they are processed by child windows.
1651%%
1652%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1653%%
1654%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1655%% details about this class.}
1656%%
1657%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1658%%
1659%% This member function is called in response to a keypress, if the window is active. To intercept this event,
1660%% use the EVT\_CHAR\_HOOK macro in an event table definition. If you do not process a particular
1661%% keypress, call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip} to allow default processing.
1662%%
1663%% An example of using this function is in the implementation of escape-character processing for wxDialog,
1664%% where pressing ESC dismisses the dialog by {\bf OnCharHook} 'forging' a cancel button press event.
1665%%
1666%% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
1667%% values.
1668%%
1669%% This function is only relevant to top-level windows (frames and dialogs), and under
1670%% Windows only. Under GTK the normal EVT\_CHAR\_ event has the functionality, i.e.
acbadd0b 1671%% you can intercept it, and if you don't call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip}
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1673%%
1674%% \wxheading{See also}
1675%%
1676%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent},\rtfsp
1677%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1678%% %% GD: OnXXX functions are not documented
1679%% %%\helpref{wxApp::OnCharHook}{wxapponcharhook},\rtfsp
1680%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1681%%
1682%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCommand}\label{wxwindowoncommand}
1683%%
1684%% \func{virtual void}{OnCommand}{\param{wxEvtHandler\& }{object}, \param{wxCommandEvent\& }{event}}
1685%%
1686%% This virtual member function is called if the control does not handle the command event.
1687%%
1688%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1689%%
1690%% \docparam{object}{Object receiving the command event.}
1691%%
1692%% \docparam{event}{Command event}
1693%%
1694%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1695%%
1696%% This virtual function is provided mainly for backward compatibility. You can also intercept commands
1697%% from child controls by using an event table, with identifiers or identifier ranges to identify
1698%% the control(s) in question.
1699%%
1700%% \wxheading{See also}
1701%%
1702%% \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
1703%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1704%%
1705%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnClose}\label{wxwindowonclose}
1706%%
1707%% \func{virtual bool}{OnClose}{\void}
1708%%
1709%% Called when the user has tried to close a a frame
1710%% or dialog box using the window manager (X) or system menu (Windows).
1711%%
1712%% {\bf Note:} This is an obsolete function.
2edb0bde 1713%% It is superseded by the \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow} event
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1715%%
1716%% \wxheading{Return value}
1717%%
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1720%% you may delete other windows.
1721%%
1722%% \wxheading{See also}
1723%%
1724%% \helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
1725%% \helpref{wxWindow::Close}{wxwindowclose},\rtfsp
1726%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow},\rtfsp
1727%% \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
1728%%
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1730%%
1731%% \func{void}{OnKeyDown}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1732%%
1733%% Called when the user has pressed a key, before it is translated into an ASCII value using other
1734%% modifier keys that might be pressed at the same time.
1735%%
1736%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1737%%
1738%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1739%% details about this class.}
1740%%
1741%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1742%%
1743%% This member function is called in response to a key down event. To intercept this event,
1744%% use the EVT\_KEY\_DOWN macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyDown} handler may call this
1745%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1746%%
1747%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
1748%% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1749%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1750%%
1751%% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
1752%%
1753%% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
1754%% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1755%%
1756%% \wxheading{See also}
1757%%
1758%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
1759%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1760%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1761%%
1762%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}\label{wxwindowonkeyup}
1763%%
1764%% \func{void}{OnKeyUp}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1765%%
1766%% Called when the user has released a key.
1767%%
1768%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1769%%
1770%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1771%% details about this class.}
1772%%
1773%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1774%%
1775%% This member function is called in response to a key up event. To intercept this event,
1776%% use the EVT\_KEY\_UP macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyUp} handler may call this
1777%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1778%%
1779%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
1780%% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1781%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1782%%
1783%% Most, but not all, windows allow key up events to be intercepted.
1784%%
1785%% \wxheading{See also}
1786%%
1787%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown},\rtfsp
1788%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1789%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1790%%
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1792%%
1793%% \func{void}{OnInitDialog}{\param{wxInitDialogEvent\&}{ event}}
1794%%
1795%% Default handler for the wxEVT\_INIT\_DIALOG event. Calls \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}.
1796%%
1797%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1798%%
1799%% \docparam{event}{Dialog initialisation event.}
1800%%
1801%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1802%%
1803%% Gives the window the default behaviour of transferring data to child controls via
1804%% the validator that each control has.
1805%%
1806%% \wxheading{See also}
1807%%
1808%% \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
1809%%
1810%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMenuCommand}\label{wxwindowonmenucommand}
1811%%
1812%% \func{void}{OnMenuCommand}{\param{wxCommandEvent\& }{event}}
1813%%
1814%% Called when a menu command is received from a menu bar.
1815%%
1816%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1817%%
1818%% \docparam{event}{The menu command event. For more information, see \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent}.}
1819%%
1820%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1821%%
1822%% A function with this name doesn't actually exist; you can choose any member function to receive
1823%% menu command events, using the EVT\_COMMAND macro for individual commands or EVT\_COMMAND\_RANGE for
1824%% a range of commands.
1825%%
1826%% \wxheading{See also}
1827%%
1828%% \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
1829%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnMenuHighlight}{wxwindowonmenuhighlight},\rtfsp
1830%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1831%%
1832%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMenuHighlight}\label{wxwindowonmenuhighlight}
1833%%
1834%% \func{void}{OnMenuHighlight}{\param{wxMenuEvent\& }{event}}
1835%%
1836%% Called when a menu select is received from a menu bar: that is, the
1837%% mouse cursor is over a menu item, but the left mouse button has not been
1838%% pressed.
1839%%
1840%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1841%%
1842%% \docparam{event}{The menu highlight event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent}.}
1843%%
1844%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1845%%
1846%% You can choose any member function to receive
1847%% menu select events, using the EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT macro for individual menu items or EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT\_ALL macro
1848%% for all menu items.
1849%%
1850%% The default implementation for \helpref{wxFrame::OnMenuHighlight}{wxframeonmenuhighlight} displays help
1851%% text in the first field of the status bar.
1852%%
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1855%%
1856%% \wxheading{See also}
1857%%
1858%% \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent},\rtfsp
1859%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnMenuCommand}{wxwindowonmenucommand},\rtfsp
1860%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1861%%
1862%%
1863%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMouseEvent}\label{wxwindowonmouseevent}
1864%%
1865%% \func{void}{OnMouseEvent}{\param{wxMouseEvent\&}{ event}}
1866%%
1867%% Called when the user has initiated an event with the
1868%% mouse.
1869%%
1870%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1871%%
1872%% \docparam{event}{The mouse event. See \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent} for
1873%% more details.}
1874%%
1875%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1876%%
1877%% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
1878%%
1879%% To intercept this event, use the EVT\_MOUSE\_EVENTS macro in an event table definition, or individual
1880%% mouse event macros such as EVT\_LEFT\_DOWN.
1881%%
1882%% \wxheading{See also}
1883%%
1884%% \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent},\rtfsp
1885%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1886%%
1887%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMove}\label{wxwindowonmove}
1888%%
1889%% \func{void}{OnMove}{\param{wxMoveEvent\& }{event}}
1890%%
1891%% Called when a window is moved.
1892%%
1893%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1894%%
1895%% \docparam{event}{The move event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent}.}
1896%%
1897%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1898%%
1899%% Use the EVT\_MOVE macro to intercept move events.
1900%%
1901%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1902%%
1903%% Not currently implemented.
1904%%
1905%% \wxheading{See also}
1906%%
1907%% \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent},\rtfsp
1908%% \helpref{wxFrame::OnSize}{wxframeonsize},\rtfsp
1909%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1910%%
1911%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnPaint}\label{wxwindowonpaint}
1912%%
1913%% \func{void}{OnPaint}{\param{wxPaintEvent\& }{event}}
1914%%
1915%% Sent to the event handler when the window must be refreshed.
1916%%
1917%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1918%%
1919%% \docparam{event}{Paint event. For more information, see \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent}.}
1920%%
1921%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1922%%
1923%% Use the EVT\_PAINT macro in an event table definition to intercept paint events.
1924%%
1925%% Note that In a paint event handler, the application must {\it always} create a \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc} object,
1926%% even if you do not use it. Otherwise, under MS Windows, refreshing for this and other windows will go wrong.
1927%%
1928%% For example:
1929%%
1930%% \small{%
1931%% \begin{verbatim}
1932%% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
1933%% {
1934%% wxPaintDC dc(this);
1935%%
1936%% DrawMyDocument(dc);
1937%% }
1938%% \end{verbatim}
1939%% }%
1940%%
1941%% You can optimize painting by retrieving the rectangles
1942%% that have been damaged and only repainting these. The rectangles are in
1943%% terms of the client area, and are unscrolled, so you will need to do
1944%% some calculations using the current view position to obtain logical,
1945%% scrolled units.
1946%%
1947%% Here is an example of using the \helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator} class:
1948%%
1949%% {\small%
1950%% \begin{verbatim}
1951%% // Called when window needs to be repainted.
1952%% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
1953%% {
1954%% wxPaintDC dc(this);
1955%%
1956%% // Find Out where the window is scrolled to
1957%% int vbX,vbY; // Top left corner of client
1958%% GetViewStart(&vbX,&vbY);
1959%%
1960%% int vX,vY,vW,vH; // Dimensions of client area in pixels
1961%% wxRegionIterator upd(GetUpdateRegion()); // get the update rect list
1962%%
1963%% while (upd)
1964%% {
1965%% vX = upd.GetX();
1966%% vY = upd.GetY();
1967%% vW = upd.GetW();
1968%% vH = upd.GetH();
1969%%
1970%% // Alternatively we can do this:
1971%% // wxRect rect;
1972%% // upd.GetRect(&rect);
1973%%
1974%% // Repaint this rectangle
1975%% ...some code...
1976%%
1977%% upd ++ ;
1978%% }
1979%% }
1980%% \end{verbatim}
1981%% }%
1982%%
1983%% \wxheading{See also}
1984%%
1985%% \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent},\rtfsp
1986%% \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc},\rtfsp
1987%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1988%%
1989%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnScroll}\label{wxwindowonscroll}
1990%%
1991%% \func{void}{OnScroll}{\param{wxScrollWinEvent\& }{event}}
1992%%
1993%% Called when a scroll window event is received from one of the window's built-in scrollbars.
1994%%
1995%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1996%%
1997%% \docparam{event}{Command event. Retrieve the new scroll position by
1998%% calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetPosition}{wxscrolleventgetposition}, and the
1999%% scrollbar orientation by calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetOrientation}{wxscrolleventgetorientation}.}
2000%%
2001%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2002%%
2003%% Note that it is not possible to distinguish between horizontal and vertical scrollbars
2004%% until the function is executing (you can't have one function for vertical, another
2005%% for horizontal events).
2006%%
2007%% \wxheading{See also}
2008%%
2009%% \helpref{wxScrollWinEvent}{wxscrollwinevent},\rtfsp
2010%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2011%%
2012%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSetFocus}\label{wxwindowonsetfocus}
2013%%
2014%% \func{void}{OnSetFocus}{\param{wxFocusEvent\& }{event}}
2015%%
2016%% Called when a window's focus is being set.
2017%%
2018%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2019%%
2020%% \docparam{event}{The focus event. For more information, see \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}.}
2021%%
2022%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2023%%
2024%% To intercept this event, use the macro EVT\_SET\_FOCUS in an event table definition.
2025%%
2026%% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
2027%%
2028%% \wxheading{See also}
2029%%
2030%% \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKillFocus}{wxwindowonkillfocus},\rtfsp
2031%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2032%%
2033%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSize}\label{wxwindowonsize}
2034%%
2035%% \func{void}{OnSize}{\param{wxSizeEvent\& }{event}}
2036%%
2037%% Called when the window has been resized. This is not a virtual function; you should
2038%% provide your own non-virtual OnSize function and direct size events to it using EVT\_SIZE
2039%% in an event table definition.
2040%%
2041%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2042%%
2043%% \docparam{event}{Size event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent}.}
2044%%
2045%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2046%%
2047%% You may wish to use this for frames to resize their child windows as appropriate.
2048%%
2049%% Note that the size passed is of
2050%% the whole window: call \helpref{wxWindow::GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize} for the area which may be
2051%% used by the application.
2052%%
2053%% When a window is resized, usually only a small part of the window is damaged and you
2054%% may only need to repaint that area. However, if your drawing depends on the size of the window,
2055%% you may need to clear the DC explicitly and repaint the whole window. In which case, you
2056%% may need to call \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} to invalidate the entire window.
2057%%
2058%% \wxheading{See also}
2059%%
2060%% \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent},\rtfsp
2061%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2062%%
2063%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSysColourChanged}\label{wxwindowonsyscolourchanged}
2064%%
2065%% \func{void}{OnSysColourChanged}{\param{wxOnSysColourChangedEvent\& }{event}}
2066%%
2067%% Called when the user has changed the system colours. Windows only.
2068%%
2069%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2070%%
2071%% \docparam{event}{System colour change event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent}.}
2072%%
2073%% \wxheading{See also}
2074%%
2075%% \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent},\rtfsp
2076%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
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2080
2081\func{virtual void}{OnInternalIdle}{\void}
2082
2083This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
2084sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
2085that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
2086handler in a derived class.
2087
2088This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
2089and most implementations call \helpref{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
2090in order to send update events to the window in idle time.
2091
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2094
2095This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(1)$.
2096
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2099
2100This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(-1)$.
2101
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2104
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2107Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
2108
2109\wxheading{Parameters}
2110
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2112default value is {\tt false}.}
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2114\wxheading{See also}
2115
2116\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
2117\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2118\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2119\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2120\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
2121
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2123\membersection{wxWindow::PopupMenu}\label{wxwindowpopupmenu}
2124
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2127\func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
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2129Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
2130window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu. If a
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2133cursor position is used.
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2135\wxheading{Parameters}
2136
2137\docparam{menu}{Menu to pop up.}
2138
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2140
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2142
2143\docparam{y}{Required y position for the menu to appear.}
2144
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2146
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2148
2149\wxheading{Remarks}
2150
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2152is called to ensure that the menu items are in the correct state. The menu does
2153not get deleted by the window.
2154
2155It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when calling PopupMenu
2156in response to mouse click, because some of the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do
2157a better job of positioning the menu in that case.
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2160implements the following methods:\par
2161\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2163\twocolitem{{\bf PopupMenuXY(menu, x, y)}}{Specifies position with two integers (x, y)}
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2165}
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2169
2170\func{void}{PushEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
2171
2172Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
2173
2174\wxheading{Parameters}
2175
2176\docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be pushed.}
2177
2178\wxheading{Remarks}
2179
2180An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2181sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2182an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2183central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2184window classes.
2185
2186\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} allows
2187an application to set up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2188handed to the next one in the chain. Use \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler} to
2189remove the event handler.
2190
2191\wxheading{See also}
2192
2193\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
2194\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2195\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2196\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2197\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
2198
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2201
2202\func{void}{Raise}{\void}
2203
2204Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy if it is a managed window (dialog
2205or frame).
2206
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2212
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2215
2216\wxheading{Parameters}
2217
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2220
2221\docparam{rect}{If non-NULL, only the given rectangle will
2222be treated as damaged.}
2223
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2225
2226\helpref{wxWindow::RefreshRect}{wxwindowrefreshrect}
2227
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2230
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2233Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: the area inside it will be
2234repainted.
2235
2236This is the same as \helpref{Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} but has a nicer syntax.
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2240
2241\func{bool}{RegisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}, \param{int}{ modifiers}, \param{int}{ virtualKeyCode}}
2242
2243Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey registered here, this window
2244will receive a hotkey event. It will receive the event even if the application is in the background
2245and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some other application.
2246
2247\wxheading{Parameters}
2248
2249\docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0 and 0xBFFF. If
2250this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a system wide unique identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
2251This is a MSW specific detail.}
2252
2253\docparam{modifiers}{A bitwise combination of {\tt wxMOD\_SHIFT}, {\tt wxMOD\_CONTROL}, {\tt wxMOD\_ALT}
2254or {\tt wxMOD\_WIN} specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along with the key.}
2255
2256\docparam{virtualKeyCode}{The virtual key code of the hotkey.}
2257
2258\wxheading{Return value}
2259
2260{\tt true} if the hotkey was registered successfully. {\tt false} if some other application already registered a
2261hotkey with this modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
2262
2263\wxheading{Remarks}
2264
2265Use EVT\_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the event.
2266This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
2267
2268\wxheading{See also}
2269
2270\helpref{wxWindow::UnregisterHotKey}{wxwindowunregisterhotkey}
2271
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2274
2275\func{virtual void}{ReleaseMouse}{\void}
2276
2277Releases mouse input captured with \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse}.
2278
2279\wxheading{See also}
2280
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2282\helpref{wxWindow::HasCapture}{wxwindowhascapture},
2283\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
2284\helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
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2287\membersection{wxWindow::RemoveChild}\label{wxwindowremovechild}
2288
2289\func{virtual void}{RemoveChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
2290
2291Removes a child window. This is called automatically by window deletion
2292functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
2293
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2296
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2297\wxheading{Parameters}
2298
2299\docparam{child}{Child window to remove.}
2300
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2303
2304\func{bool}{RemoveEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler *}{handler}}
2305
2306Find the given {\it handler} in the windows event handler chain and remove (but
2307not delete) it from it.
2308
2309\wxheading{Parameters}
2310
2311\docparam{handler}{The event handler to remove, must be non {\tt NULL} and
2312must be present in this windows event handlers chain}
2313
2314\wxheading{Return value}
2315
cc81d32f 2316Returns {\tt true} if it was found and {\tt false} otherwise (this also results
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2317in an assert failure so this function should only be called when the
2318handler is supposed to be there).
2319
2320\wxheading{See also}
2321
2322\helpref{PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2323\helpref{PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler}
2324
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2327
2328\func{virtual bool}{Reparent}{\param{wxWindow* }{newParent}}
2329
2330Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
18ac8d69 2331current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
103aab26 2332and then re-inserted into another. Available on Windows and GTK.
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2334\wxheading{Parameters}
2335
2336\docparam{newParent}{New parent.}
2337
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2340
2341\constfunc{virtual void}{ScreenToClient}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
2342
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2344
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2346
2347\wxheading{Parameters}
2348
2349\docparam{x}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2350
2351\docparam{y}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2352
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2353\docparam{pt}{The screen position for the second form of the function.}
2354
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2356implements the following methods:\par
2357\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2359\twocolitem{{\bf ScreenToClientXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
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2361}
2362
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2364\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollLines}\label{wxwindowscrolllines}
2365
9cd6d737 2366\func{virtual bool}{ScrollLines}{\param{int }{lines}}
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2367
2368Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if {\it lines} is
2369positive) or up.
2370
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2371\wxheading{Return value}
2372
cc81d32f 2373Returns {\tt true} if the window was scrolled, {\tt false} if it was already
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2374on top/bottom and nothing was done.
2375
2376\wxheading{Remarks}
2377
2378This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxTextCtrl under
2379wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all
2380platforms).
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2382\wxheading{See also}
2383
2384\helpref{ScrollPages}{wxwindowscrollpages}
2385
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2387\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollPages}\label{wxwindowscrollpages}
2388
9cd6d737 2389\func{virtual bool}{ScrollPages}{\param{int }{pages}}
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2390
2391Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if {\it pages} is
2392positive) or up.
2393
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2394\wxheading{Return value}
2395
cc81d32f 2396Returns {\tt true} if the window was scrolled, {\tt false} if it was already
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2397on top/bottom and nothing was done.
2398
2399\wxheading{Remarks}
2400
2401This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxTextCtrl under
2402wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all
2403platforms).
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2405\wxheading{See also}
2406
2407\helpref{ScrollLines}{wxwindowscrolllines}
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2410\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollWindow}\label{wxwindowscrollwindow}
2411
eaaa6a06 2412\func{virtual void}{ScrollWindow}{\param{int }{dx}, \param{int }{dy}, \param{const wxRect*}{ rect = NULL}}
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6453876e 2414Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
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2416\wxheading{Parameters}
2417
2418\docparam{dx}{Amount to scroll horizontally.}
2419
2420\docparam{dy}{Amount to scroll vertically.}
2421
2422\docparam{rect}{Rectangle to invalidate. If this is NULL, the whole window is invalidated. If you
2423pass a rectangle corresponding to the area of the window exposed by the scroll, your painting handler
f6bcfd97 2424can optimize painting by checking for the invalidated region. This parameter is ignored under GTK.}
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2426\wxheading{Remarks}
2427
a660d684 2428Use this function to optimise your scrolling implementations, to minimise the area that must be
6453876e 2429redrawn. Note that it is rarely required to call this function from a user program.
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2433
2434\func{virtual void}{SetAcceleratorTable}{\param{const wxAcceleratorTable\&}{ accel}}
2435
2436Sets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
2437
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2440
dbd94b75 2441\func{void}{SetAccessible}{\param{wxAccessible*}{ accessible}}
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2442
2443Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
2444will be deleted first, if not identical to {\it accessible}.
2445
2446See also \helpref{wxAccessible}{wxaccessible}.
2447
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2449\membersection{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}\label{wxwindowsetautolayout}
2450
8a293590 2451\func{void}{SetAutoLayout}{\param{bool}{ autoLayout}}
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2452
2453Determines whether the \helpref{wxWindow::Layout}{wxwindowlayout} function will
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2454be called automatically when the window is resized. It is called implicitly by
2455\helpref{wxWindow::SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer} but if you use
2456\helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints}{wxwindowsetconstraints} you should call it
2457manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly updated when its
2458size changes.
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2460\wxheading{Parameters}
2461
cc81d32f 2462\docparam{autoLayout}{Set this to {\tt true} if you wish the Layout function to be called
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2463from within wxWindow::OnSize functions.}
2464
2465\wxheading{See also}
2466
2467\helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints}{wxwindowsetconstraints}
2468
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2470\membersection{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour}
2471
e477b168 2472\func{virtual bool}{SetBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
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2473
2474Sets the background colour of the window.
2475
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2476Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
2477explanation of the difference between this method and
fa47d7a7 2478\helpref{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetownbackgroundcolour}.
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2480\wxheading{Parameters}
2481
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2483 {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
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2484
2485\wxheading{Remarks}
2486
2487The background colour is usually painted by the default\rtfsp
f4fcc291 2488\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent} event handler function
6453876e 2489under Windows and automatically under GTK.
a660d684 2490
5b6aa0ff 2491Note that setting the background colour does not cause an immediate refresh, so you
684761db 2492may wish to call \helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground} or \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} after
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2494
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2496window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
2497themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
2498applications on the system.
2499
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2501\wxheading{See also}
2502
2503\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2504\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2505\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
684761db 2506\helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground},\rtfsp
5b6aa0ff 2507\helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh},\rtfsp
f4fcc291 2508\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent}
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2511
2512\func{virtual void}{SetBackgroundStyle}{\param{wxBackgroundStyle}{ style}}
2513
2514Sets the background style of the window. The background style indicates
2515whether background colour should be determined by the system (wxBG\_STYLE\_SYSTEM),
2516be set to a specific colour (wxBG\_STYLE\_COLOUR), or should be left to the
2517application to implement (wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM).
2518
2519On GTK+, use of wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM allows the flicker-free drawing of a custom
2520background, such as a tiled bitmap. Currently the style has no effect on other platforms.
2521
2522\wxheading{See also}
2523
2524\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2525\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2526\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundStyle}{wxwindowgetbackgroundstyle}
2527
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2530
027aa6fa 2531\func{void}{SetBestFittingSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize}}
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2533A {\it smart} SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
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2534window's {\it best} size values. Also sets the window's minsize to
2535the value passed in for use with sizers. This means that if a full or
2536partial size is passed to this function then the sizers will use that
2537size instead of the results of GetBestSize to determine the minimum
2538needs of the window for layout.
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2540\wxheading{See also}
2541
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2543\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
2544\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestFittingSize}{wxwindowgetbestfittingsize},\rtfsp
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2546
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2548\membersection{wxWindow::SetCaret}\label{wxwindowsetcaret}
2549
2550\constfunc{void}{SetCaret}{\param{wxCaret *}{caret}}
2551
2552Sets the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
2553
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2555\membersection{wxWindow::SetClientSize}\label{wxwindowsetclientsize}
2556
2557\func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
2558
2559\func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
2560
2561This sets the size of the window client area in pixels. Using this function to size a window
2562tends to be more device-independent than \helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}, since the application need not
2563worry about what dimensions the border or title bar have when trying to fit the window
2564around panel items, for example.
2565
2566\wxheading{Parameters}
2567
2568\docparam{width}{The required client area width.}
2569
2570\docparam{height}{The required client area height.}
2571
2572\docparam{size}{The required client size.}
2573
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2575implements the following methods:\par
2576\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2578\twocolitem{{\bf SetClientSizeWH(width, height)}}{}
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2580}
2581
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2584
2585\func{void}{SetContainingSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}}
2586
2587This normally does not need to be called by user code. It is called
2588when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window can
2589remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
2590
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2593
2594\func{virtual void}{SetCursor}{\param{const wxCursor\&}{cursor}}
2595
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2597% changed
2598Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
2599children of the window implicitly.
2600
2601The {\it cursor} may be {\tt wxNullCursor} in which case the window cursor will
2602be reset back to default.
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2604\wxheading{Parameters}
2605
2606\docparam{cursor}{Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.}
2607
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2609
2610\helpref{::wxSetCursor}{wxsetcursor}, \helpref{wxCursor}{wxcursor}
2611
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2614
2615\func{void}{SetConstraints}{\param{wxLayoutConstraints* }{constraints}}
2616
2617Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
2618will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2619If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2620window, it will be deleted.
2621
2622\wxheading{Parameters}
2623
2624\docparam{constraints}{The constraints to set. Pass NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
2625constraints.}
2626
2627\wxheading{Remarks}
2628
2629You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
2cdac558 2630the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you must override OnSize and call Layout()
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2631explicitly. When setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a \helpref{wxSizer}{wxsizer}, only the
2632sizer will have effect.
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2635
2636\func{virtual void}{SetInitialBestSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
2637
2638Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the
2639components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord).
2640
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2642
2643\func{void}{SetMaxSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
2644
2645Sets the maximum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
2646that this is the maximum possible size.
2647
2648\membersection{wxWindow::SetMinSize}\label{wxwindowsetminsize}
2649
2650\func{void}{SetMinSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
2651
2652Sets the minimum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
2653that this is the minimum required size. You may need to call this
2654if you change the window size after construction and before adding
2655to its parent sizer.
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fa47d7a7 2657\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetownbackgroundcolour}
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fa47d7a7 2659\func{void}{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
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2660
2661Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2662by the children of this window.
2663
2664\wxheading{See also}
2665
2666\helpref{SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2667\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2668
2669
fa47d7a7 2670\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnFont}\label{wxwindowsetownfont}
b8e7b673 2671
fa47d7a7 2672\func{void}{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
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2673
2674Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
2675children of this window.
2676
2677\wxheading{See also}
2678
2679\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont},\rtfsp
2680\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2681
2682
fa47d7a7 2683\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}
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fa47d7a7 2685\func{void}{SetOwnForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
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2687Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2688by the children of this window.
2689
2690\wxheading{See also}
2691
2692\helpref{SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2693\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2694
2695
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2697
2698\func{void}{SetDropTarget}{\param{wxDropTarget*}{ target}}
2699
2700Associates a drop target with this window.
2701
2702If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
2703
2704\wxheading{See also}
2705
c9f00eeb 2706\helpref{wxWindow::GetDropTarget}{wxwindowgetdroptarget},
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2708
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2712
2713\func{void}{SetEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
2714
2715Sets the event handler for this window.
2716
2717\wxheading{Parameters}
2718
2719\docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be set.}
2720
2721\wxheading{Remarks}
2722
2723An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2724sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2725an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2726central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2727window classes.
2728
2729It is usually better to use \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} since
2730this sets up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2731handed to the next one in the chain.
2732
2733\wxheading{See also}
2734
2735\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2736\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2737\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2738\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2739\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
2740
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2743
2744\func{void}{SetExtraStyle}{\param{long }{exStyle}}
2745
2746Sets the extra style bits for the window. The currently defined extra style
2747bits are:
2748
2749\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
2750\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
2751\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
2752and Validate() methods will recursively descend into all children of the
2753window if it has this style flag set.}
e4b713a2 2754\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{Normally, the command
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2757propagated beyond this window. Notice that wxDialog has this style on by
be90c029 2758default for the reasons explained in the
e4b713a2 2759\helpref{event processing overview}{eventprocessing}.}
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2761window from being used as an implicit parent for the dialogs which were
2762created without a parent. It is useful for the windows which can disappear at
2edb0bde 2763any moment as creating children of such windows results in fatal problems.}
335c9e32 2764\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFRAME\_EX\_CONTEXTHELP}}{Under Windows, puts a query button on the
fc2171bd 2765caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWidgets will send
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2767This style cannot be used together with wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX or wxMINIMIZE\_BOX, so
be90c029 2768you should use the style of
7af3ca16 2769{\tt wxDEFAULT\_FRAME\_STYLE \& \textasciitilde(wxMINIMIZE\_BOX | wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX)} for the
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2771default)}
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2772\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_IDLE}}{This window should always process idle events, even
2773if the mode set by \helpref{wxIdleEvent::SetMode}{wxidleeventsetmode} is wxIDLE\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
2774\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_UI\_UPDATES}}{This window should always process UI update events,
2775even if the mode set by \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} is wxUPDATE\_UI\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
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2780
2781\func{virtual void}{SetFocus}{\void}
2782
2783This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
2784
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2785\wxheading{See also}
2786
2787\helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}
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2788\helpref{wxPanel::SetFocus}{wxpanelsetfocus}
2789\helpref{wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren}{wxpanelsetfocusignoringchildren}
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2792\membersection{wxWindow::SetFocusFromKbd}\label{wxwindowsetfocusfromkbd}
2793
2794\func{virtual void}{SetFocusFromKbd}{\void}
2795
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2797gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using {\tt TAB} key).
2798By default this method simply calls \helpref{SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus} but
2799can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
2800
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2802\membersection{wxWindow::SetFont}\label{wxwindowsetfont}
2803
2804\func{void}{SetFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}}
2805
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2806Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
2807parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
fa47d7a7 2808use \helpref{SetOwnFont}{wxwindowsetownfont} instead in this case and
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2810explanations.
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2812\wxheading{Parameters}
2813
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2815{\tt wxNullFont} to reset to the default font.}
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2816
2817\wxheading{See also}
2818
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2819\helpref{wxWindow::GetFont}{wxwindowgetfont},\\
2820\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
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2823\membersection{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour}
2824
2825\func{virtual void}{SetForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2826
2827Sets the foreground colour of the window.
2828
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2829Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
2830explanation of the difference between this method and
fa47d7a7 2831\helpref{SetOwnForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}.
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2833\wxheading{Parameters}
2834
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2836 {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
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2838\wxheading{Remarks}
2839
2840The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
2841to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
2842be used at all.
2843
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2845window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
2846themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
2847applications on the system.
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2849\wxheading{See also}
2850
2851\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2852\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
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2853\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2854\helpref{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
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2857\membersection{wxWindow::SetHelpText}\label{wxwindowsethelptext}
2858
2859\func{virtual void}{SetHelpText}{\param{const wxString\& }{helpText}}
2860
2861Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2862
2863Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
2864and not in the window object itself.
2865
2866\wxheading{See also}
2867
2868\helpref{GetHelpText}{wxwindowgethelptext}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
2869
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2871\membersection{wxWindow::SetId}\label{wxwindowsetid}
2872
2873\func{void}{SetId}{\param{int}{ id}}
2874
2875Sets the identifier of the window.
2876
2877\wxheading{Remarks}
2878
2879Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has not provided one,
2880an identifier will be generated. Normally, the identifier should be provided
2881on creation and should not be modified subsequently.
2882
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2883\wxheading{See also}
2884
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2885\helpref{wxWindow::GetId}{wxwindowgetid},\rtfsp
2886\helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
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2890\membersection{wxWindow::SetLabel}\label{wxwindowsetlabel}
2891
2892\func{virtual void}{SetLabel}{\param{const wxString\& }{label}}
2893
2894Sets the window's label.
2895
2896\wxheading{Parameters}
2897
2898\docparam{label}{The window label.}
2899
2900\wxheading{See also}
2901
2902\helpref{wxWindow::GetLabel}{wxwindowgetlabel}
2903
2904
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2905\membersection{wxWindow::SetName}\label{wxwindowsetname}
2906
2907\func{virtual void}{SetName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
2908
2909Sets the window's name.
2910
2911\wxheading{Parameters}
2912
2913\docparam{name}{A name to set for the window.}
2914
2915\wxheading{See also}
2916
2917\helpref{wxWindow::GetName}{wxwindowgetname}
2918
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2921
2922\func{virtual void}{SetPalette}{\param{wxPalette* }{palette}}
2923
2924Obsolete - use \helpref{wxDC::SetPalette}{wxdcsetpalette} instead.
2925
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2927\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}\label{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
2928
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2929\func{virtual void}{SetScrollbar}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{position},\rtfsp
2930\param{int }{thumbSize}, \param{int }{range},\rtfsp
cc81d32f 2931\param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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2933Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
2934
2935\wxheading{Parameters}
2936
2937\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2938
2939\docparam{position}{The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.}
2940
2941\docparam{thumbSize}{The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.}
2942
2943\docparam{range}{The maximum position of the scrollbar.}
2944
cc81d32f 2945\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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2947\wxheading{Remarks}
2948
2949Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same font.
2950The window is sized so that you can only see 16 lines at a time.
2951
2952You would use:
2953
2954{\small%
2955\begin{verbatim}
2956 SetScrollbar(wxVERTICAL, 0, 16, 50);
2957\end{verbatim}
2958}
2959
2960Note that with the window at this size, the thumb position can never go
2961above 50 minus 16, or 34.
2962
2963You can determine how many lines are currently visible by dividing the current view
2964size by the character height in pixels.
2965
2966When defining your own scrollbar behaviour, you will always need to recalculate
2967the scrollbar settings when the window size changes. You could therefore put your
2968scrollbar calculations and SetScrollbar
2969call into a function named AdjustScrollbars, which can be called initially and also
f4fcc291 2970from your \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent} handler function.
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2972\wxheading{See also}
2973
2974\helpref{Scrolling overview}{scrollingoverview},\rtfsp
2975\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
2976
2977\begin{comment}
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2980\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpage}
2981
cc81d32f 2982\func{virtual void}{SetScrollPage}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pageSize}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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2983
2984Sets the page size of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2985
2986\wxheading{Parameters}
2987
2988\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2989
2990\docparam{pageSize}{Page size in scroll units.}
2991
cc81d32f 2992\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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2994\wxheading{Remarks}
2995
2996The page size of a scrollbar is the number of scroll units that the scroll thumb travels when you
2997click on the area above/left of or below/right of the thumb. Normally you will want a whole visible
2998page to be scrolled, i.e. the size of the current view (perhaps the window client size). This
2999value has to be adjusted when the window is resized, since the page size will have changed.
3000
3001In addition to specifying how far the scroll thumb travels when paging, in Motif and some versions of Windows
3002the thumb changes size to reflect the page size relative to the length of the document. When the
3003document size is only slightly bigger than the current view (window) size, almost all of the scrollbar
3004will be taken up by the thumb. When the two values become the same, the scrollbar will (on some systems)
3005disappear.
3006
3007Currently, this function should be called before SetPageRange, because of a quirk in the Windows
3008handling of pages and ranges.
3009
3010\wxheading{See also}
3011
3012\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
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3013\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowgetscrollpos},\rtfsp
3014\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowgetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3015\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
3016\end{comment}
3017
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3019\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpos}
3020
cc81d32f 3021\func{virtual void}{SetScrollPos}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pos}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3022
3023Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
3024
3025\wxheading{Parameters}
3026
3027\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3028
3029\docparam{pos}{Position in scroll units.}
3030
cc81d32f 3031\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3032
3033\wxheading{Remarks}
3034
3035This function does not directly affect the contents of the window: it is up to the
3036application to take note of scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
3037
3038\wxheading{See also}
3039
3040\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar},\rtfsp
4179da8a 3041\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowgetscrollpos},\rtfsp
f7bd2698 3042\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollThumb}{wxwindowgetscrollthumb},\rtfsp
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3043\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
3044
3045\begin{comment}
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3048\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollRange}\label{wxwindowsetscrollrange}
3049
cc81d32f 3050\func{virtual void}{SetScrollRange}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{range}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3051
3052Sets the range of one of the built-in scrollbars.
3053
3054\wxheading{Parameters}
3055
3056\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose range is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3057
3058\docparam{range}{Scroll range.}
3059
cc81d32f 3060\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3061
3062\wxheading{Remarks}
3063
3064The range of a scrollbar is the number of steps that the thumb may travel, rather than the total
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3065object length of the scrollbar. If you are implementing a scrolling window, for example, you
3066would adjust the scroll range when the window is resized, by subtracting the window view size from the
3067total virtual window size. When the two sizes are the same (all the window is visible), the range goes to zero
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3068and usually the scrollbar will be automatically hidden.
3069
3070\wxheading{See also}
3071
3072\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
3073\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}{wxwindowsetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3074\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowgetscrollpos},\rtfsp
3075\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowgetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3076\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
3077\end{comment}
3078
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3080\membersection{wxWindow::SetSize}\label{wxwindowsetsize}
3081
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3082\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}, \param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height},
3083 \param{int}{ sizeFlags = wxSIZE\_AUTO}}
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3085\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxRect\&}{ rect}}
3086
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3087Sets the size and position of the window in pixels.
3088
eaaa6a06 3089\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
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3091\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
3092
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3093Sets the size of the window in pixels.
3094
3095\wxheading{Parameters}
3096
3097\docparam{x}{Required x position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
3098value should be used.}
3099
3100\docparam{y}{Required y position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
3101value should be used.}
3102
3103\docparam{width}{Required width in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
3104value should be used.}
3105
3106\docparam{height}{Required height position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
3107value should be used.}
3108
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3109\docparam{size}{\helpref{wxSize}{wxsize} object for setting the size.}
3110
3111\docparam{rect}{\helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object for setting the position and size.}
3112
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3113\docparam{sizeFlags}{Indicates the interpretation of other parameters. It is a bit list of the following:
3114
3115{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_WIDTH}: a -1 width value is taken to indicate
fc2171bd 3116a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
a660d684 3117{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_HEIGHT}: a -1 height value is taken to indicate
fc2171bd 3118a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
a660d684 3119{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO}: -1 size values are taken to indicate
fc2171bd 3120a wxWidgets-supplied default size.\\
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3121{\bf wxSIZE\_USE\_EXISTING}: existing dimensions should be used
3122if -1 values are supplied.\\
3123{\bf wxSIZE\_ALLOW\_MINUS\_ONE}: allow dimensions of -1 and less to be interpreted
3124as real dimensions, not default values.
3125}
3126
3127\wxheading{Remarks}
3128
3129The second form is a convenience for calling the first form with default
3130x and y parameters, and must be used with non-default width and height values.
3131
3132The first form sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
3133Parameters may be -1 to indicate either that a default should be supplied
fc2171bd 3134by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the dimension should be used.
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3135
3136\wxheading{See also}
3137
3138\helpref{wxWindow::Move}{wxwindowmove}
3139
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3141implements the following methods:\par
3142\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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3144\twocolitem{{\bf SetSize(size)}}{}
3145\twocolitem{{\bf SetPosition(point)}}{}
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3147}
3148
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3150\membersection{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}\label{wxwindowsetsizehints}
3151
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3153 \param{int}{ incW=-1}, \param{int}{ incH=-1}}
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3156\param{const wxSize\&}{ maxSize=wxDefaultSize}, \param{const wxSize\&}{ incSize=wxDefaultSize}}
3157
3158
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3159Allows specification of minimum and maximum window sizes, and window size increments.
3160If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values will be used.
3161
3162\wxheading{Parameters}
3163
3164\docparam{minW}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.}
3165
3166\docparam{minH}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.}
3167
3168\docparam{maxW}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.}
3169
3170\docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
3171
3172\docparam{incW}{Specifies the increment for sizing the width (Motif/Xt only).}
3173
3174\docparam{incH}{Specifies the increment for sizing the height (Motif/Xt only).}
3175
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3177
3178\docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
3179
3180\docparam{incSize}{Increment size (Motif/Xt only).}
3181
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3182\wxheading{Remarks}
3183
3184If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the window outside the
3185given bounds.
3186
3187The resizing increments are only significant under Motif or Xt.
3188
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3190\membersection{wxWindow::SetSizer}\label{wxwindowsetsizer}
3191
cc81d32f 3192\func{void}{SetSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=true}}
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3194Sets the window to have the given layout sizer. The window
3195will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
3196If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
cc81d32f 3197window, it will be deleted if the deleteOld parameter is true.
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e5251d4f 3199Note that this function will also call
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3201parameter if the {\it sizer}\/ is non-NULL and {\tt false} otherwise.
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3203\wxheading{Parameters}
3204
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3206the window's sizer. See below.}
3207
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3209Pass false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself.}
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3211\wxheading{Remarks}
3212
fc2171bd 3213SetSizer now enables and disables Layout automatically, but prior to wxWidgets 2.3.3
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3215
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3218explicitly. When setting both a wxSizer and a \helpref{wxLayoutConstraints}{wxlayoutconstraints},
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3219only the sizer will have effect.
3220
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3223
cc81d32f 3224\func{void}{SetSizerAndFit}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=true}}
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3226The same as \helpref{SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer}, except it also sets the size hints
3227for the window based on the sizer's minimum size.
3228
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3230\membersection{wxWindow::SetTitle}\label{wxwindowsettitle}
3231
3232\func{virtual void}{SetTitle}{\param{const wxString\& }{title}}
3233
3234Sets the window's title. Applicable only to frames and dialogs.
3235
3236\wxheading{Parameters}
3237
3238\docparam{title}{The window's title.}
3239
3240\wxheading{See also}
3241
3242\helpref{wxWindow::GetTitle}{wxwindowgettitle}
3243
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3246
3247\func{virtual void}{SetThemeEnabled}{\param{bool }{enable}}
3248
3249This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
3250to draw the windows' background instead if its own background drawing
3251code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
3252obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
3253One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
3254defined by a user's selected theme.
3255
cc81d32f 3256Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to true
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3258
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3260\membersection{wxWindow::SetToolTip}\label{wxwindowsettooltip}
3261
3262\func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{const wxString\& }{tip}}
3263
3264\func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{wxToolTip* }{tip}}
3265
c9f00eeb 3266Attach a tooltip to the window.
f6bcfd97 3267
c9f00eeb 3268See also: \helpref{GetToolTip}{wxwindowgettooltip},
8161ba08 3269 \helpref{wxToolTip}{wxtooltip}
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3272\membersection{wxWindow::SetValidator}\label{wxwindowsetvalidator}
3273
3274\func{virtual void}{SetValidator}{\param{const wxValidator\&}{ validator}}
3275
3276Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having called wxValidator::Clone to
3277create a new validator of this type.
3278
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3281
3282\func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
3283
3284\func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
3285
3286Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
3287
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3289\membersection{wxWindow::SetVirtualSizeHints}\label{wxwindowsetvirtualsizehints}
3290
3291\func{virtual void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{int}{ minW},\param{int}{ minH}, \param{int}{ maxW=-1}, \param{int}{ maxH=-1}}
3292
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3294\param{const wxSize\&}{ maxSize=wxDefaultSize}}
3295
3296
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3298If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values
3299will be used.
3300
3301\wxheading{Parameters}
3302
3303\docparam{minW}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.}
3304
3305\docparam{minH}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.}
3306
3307\docparam{maxW}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.}
3308
3309\docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
3310
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3312
3313\docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
3314
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3316
3317If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the virtual area
3318of the window outside the given bounds.
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3321\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyle}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyle}
3322
3323\func{void}{SetWindowStyle}{\param{long}{ style}}
3324
3325Identical to \helpref{SetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}.
3326
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3328\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyleFlag}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}
3329
3330\func{virtual void}{SetWindowStyleFlag}{\param{long}{ style}}
3331
3332Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
3333after the window creation and that \helpref{Refresh()}{wxwindowrefresh} might
3334be called after changing the others for the change to take place immediately.
3335
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3338\wxheading{See also}
3339
3340\helpref{GetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowgetwindowstyleflag}
3341
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3343\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}\label{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
3344
3345\func{void}{SetWindowVariant}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{variant}}
3346
3347This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
3348Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
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3350enum:
3351\begin{verbatim}
3352enum wxWindowVariant
3353{
3354 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL, // Normal size
3355 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_SMALL, // Smaller size (about 25 % smaller than normal )
3356 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MINI, // Mini size (about 33 % smaller than normal )
3357 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_LARGE, // Large size (about 25 % larger than normal )
3358};
3359\end{verbatim}
3360
3361By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
3362be used to change this.
3363
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3365\membersection{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}\label{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
3366
3367\func{virtual bool}{ShouldInheritColours}{\void}
3368
3369Return \true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
3370\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}, returning \false
3371forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
3372
3373The base class version returns \false, but this method is overridden in
3374\helpref{wxControl}{wxcontrol} where it returns \true.
3375
3376
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cc81d32f 3379\func{virtual bool}{Show}{\param{bool}{ show = {\tt true}}}
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be90c029 3381Shows or hides the window. You may need to call \helpref{Raise}{wxwindowraise}
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3383needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
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3385\wxheading{Parameters}
3386
cc81d32f 3387\docparam{show}{If {\tt true} displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.}
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3389\wxheading{Return value}
3390
cc81d32f 3391{\tt true} if the window has been shown or hidden or {\tt false} if nothing was
bc5879ef 3392done because it already was in the requested state.
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3394\wxheading{See also}
3395
3396\helpref{wxWindow::IsShown}{wxwindowisshown}
3397
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3400\membersection{wxWindow::Thaw}\label{wxwindowthaw}
3401
3402\func{virtual void}{Thaw}{\void}
3403
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3404Reenables window updating after a previous call to
3405\helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}. To really thaw the control, it must be called
3406exactly the same number of times as \helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}.
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3410
3411\func{virtual bool}{TransferDataFromWindow}{\void}
3412
3413Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their validators. Returns
cc81d32f 3414{\tt false} if a transfer failed.
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3417the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
3418
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3420
3421\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow},\rtfsp
3422\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
3423
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3425\membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
3426
3427\func{virtual bool}{TransferDataToWindow}{\void}
3428
3429Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their validators.
3430
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3432the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
3433
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3435
cc81d32f 3436Returns {\tt false} if a transfer failed.
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3438\wxheading{See also}
3439
3440\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3441\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
3442
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3445
3446\func{bool}{UnregisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}}
3447
3448Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
3449
3450\wxheading{Parameters}
3451
3452\docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to RegisterHotKey.}
3453
3454\wxheading{Return value}
3455
3456{\tt true} if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, {\tt false} if the id was invalid.
3457
3458\wxheading{Remarks}
3459
3460This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
3461
3462\wxheading{See also}
3463
3464\helpref{wxWindow::RegisterHotKey}{wxwindowregisterhotkey}
3465
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3468
3469\func{virtual void}{Update}{\void}
3470
3471Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window
3472while this would usually only happen when the flow of control returns to the
3473event loop. Notice that this function doesn't refresh the window and does
3474nothing if the window hadn't been already repainted. Use
3475\helpref{Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} first if you want to immediately redraw the
3476window unconditionally.
3477
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3480
c0d26c0f 3481\func{virtual void}{UpdateWindowUI}{\param{long}{ flags = wxUPDATE\_UI\_NONE}}
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3483This function sends \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvents}{wxupdateuievent} to
3484the window. The particular implementation depends on the window; for
3485example a wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
3486and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
3487You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
3488UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
3489are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
3490\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} or
3491\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval}{wxupdateuieventsetupdateinterval} to
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3494{\it flags} should be a bitlist of one or more of the following values.
3495
3496\begin{verbatim}
3497enum wxUpdateUI
3498{
3499 wxUPDATE_UI_NONE = 0x0000, // No particular value
3500 wxUPDATE_UI_RECURSE = 0x0001, // Call the function for descendants
3501 wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE = 0x0002 // Invoked from On(Internal)Idle
3502};
3503\end{verbatim}
3504
3505If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
3506function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE\_UI\_FROMIDLE flag, since
3507this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
3508to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
3509only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
3510The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
3511an idle function.
3512
3513\begin{verbatim}
3514void MyWindow::OnInternalIdle()
3515{
3516 if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this))
3517 UpdateWindowUI(wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE);
3518}
3519\end{verbatim}
3520
3521\wxheading{See also}
3522
3523\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent},
3524\helpref{wxWindow::DoUpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowdoupdatewindowui},
3525\helpref{wxWindow::OnInternalIdle}{wxwindowoninternalidle}
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3529
3530\func{virtual bool}{Validate}{\void}
3531
3532Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
3533
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3535the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
3536
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3538
cc81d32f 3539Returns {\tt false} if any of the validations failed.
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3541\wxheading{See also}
3542
3543\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
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3546
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3548\membersection{wxWindow::WarpPointer}\label{wxwindowwarppointer}
3549
3550\func{void}{WarpPointer}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
3551
3552Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
3553
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3555Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor programmatically.
3556
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3558
3559\docparam{x}{The new x position for the cursor.}
3560
3561\docparam{y}{The new y position for the cursor.}
3562