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2%% Name: window.tex
3%% Purpose: wxWindow documentation
4%% Author: wxWidgets Team
5%% Modified by:
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8%% Copyright: (c) wxWidgets Team
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12\section{\class{wxWindow}}\label{wxwindow}
13
87b6002d 14wxWindow is the base class for all windows and represents any visible object on
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15screen. All controls, top level windows and so on are windows. Sizers and
16device contexts are not, however, as they don't appear on screen themselves.
17
18Please note that all children of the window will be deleted automatically by
19the destructor before the window itself is deleted which means that you don't
20have to worry about deleting them manually. Please see the \helpref{window
21deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview} for more information.
22
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23Also note that in this, and many others, wxWidgets classes some
24\texttt{GetXXX()} methods may be overloaded (as, for example,
25\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize} or
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26\helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize}). In this case, the overloads
27are non-virtual because having multiple virtual functions with the same name
28results in a virtual function name hiding at the derived class level (in
29English, this means that the derived class has to override all overloaded
30variants if it overrides any of them). To allow overriding them in the derived
fc2171bd 31class, wxWidgets uses a unique protected virtual \texttt{DoGetXXX()} method
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32and all \texttt{GetXXX()} ones are forwarded to it, so overriding the former
33changes the behaviour of the latter.
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35\wxheading{Derived from}
36
37\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\\
38\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
39
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40\wxheading{Include files}
41
42<wx/window.h>
43
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44\wxheading{Window styles}
45
46The following styles can apply to all windows, although they will not always make sense for a particular
4130b487 47window class or on all platforms.
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48
49\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
50\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
51\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSIMPLE\_BORDER}}{Displays a thin border around the window. wxBORDER is the old name
27d029c7 52for this style. }
69a126b0 53\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxDOUBLE\_BORDER}}{Displays a double border. Windows and Mac only.}
a660d684 54\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSUNKEN\_BORDER}}{Displays a sunken border.}
69a126b0 55\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxRAISED\_BORDER}}{Displays a raised border.}
6453876e 56\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSTATIC\_BORDER}}{Displays a border suitable for a static control. Windows only. }
8d99dec0 57\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxNO\_BORDER}}{Displays no border, overriding the default border style for the window.}
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58\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTRANSPARENT\_WINDOW}}{The window is transparent, that is, it will not receive paint
59events. Windows only.}
a660d684 60\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTAB\_TRAVERSAL}}{Use this to enable tab traversal for non-dialog windows.}
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61\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWANTS\_CHARS}}{Use this to indicate that
62the window wants to get all char/key events for all keys - even for
63keys like TAB or ENTER which are usually used for dialog navigation
64and which wouldn't be generated without this style. If you need to
65use this style in order to get the arrows or etc., but would still like to have
66normal keyboard navigation take place, you should create and send a
67wxNavigationKeyEvent in response to the key events for Tab and
68Shift-Tab.}
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69\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxNO\_FULL\_REPAINT\_ON\_RESIZE}}{On Windows, this style used to disable repainting
70the window completely when its size is changed. Since this behaviour is now the default, the style is now obsolete
71and no longer has an effect.}
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72\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxVSCROLL}}{Use this style to enable a vertical scrollbar.}
73\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHSCROLL}}{Use this style to enable a horizontal scrollbar.}
3c9676ea 74\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxALWAYS\_SHOW\_SB}}{If a window has scrollbars,
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75disable them instead of hiding them when they are not needed (i.e. when the
76size of the window is big enough to not require the scrollbars to navigate it).
4ff4d045 77This style is currently implemented for wxMSW, wxGTK and wxUniversal and does
a647d42a 78nothing on the other platforms.}
884360bc 79\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxCLIP\_CHILDREN}}{Use this style to eliminate flicker caused by the background being
6453876e 80repainted, then children being painted over them. Windows only.}
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81\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFULL\_REPAINT\_ON\_RESIZE}}{Use this style to force
82a complete redraw of the window whenever it is resized instead of redrawing
83just the part of the window affected by resizing. Note that this was the
84behaviour by default before 2.5.1 release and that if you experience redraw
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85problems with code which previously used to work you may want to try this.
86Currently this style applies on GTK+ 2 and Windows only, and full repainting is always
87done on other platforms.}
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88\end{twocollist}
89
90See also \helpref{window styles overview}{windowstyles}.
91
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92\wxheading{Extra window styles}
93
94The following are extra styles, set using \helpref{wxWindow::SetExtraStyle}{wxwindowsetextrastyle}.
95
96\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
97\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
98\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{By default, Validate/TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
99only work on direct children of the window (compatible behaviour). Set this flag to make them recursively
100descend into all subwindows.}
101\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{wxCommandEvents and the objects of the derived classes are forwarded to the
102parent window and so on recursively by default. Using this flag for the
103given window allows to block this propagation at this window, i.e. prevent
104the events from being propagated further upwards. Dialogs have this
105flag on by default.}
106\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_TRANSIENT}}{Don't use this window as an implicit parent for the other windows: this must
107be used with transient windows as otherwise there is the risk of creating a
108dialog/frame with this window as a parent which would lead to a crash if the
109parent is destroyed before the child.}
110\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_IDLE}}{This window should always process idle events, even
111if the mode set by \helpref{wxIdleEvent::SetMode}{wxidleeventsetmode} is wxIDLE\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
112\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_UI\_UPDATES}}{This window should always process UI update events,
113even if the mode set by \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} is wxUPDATE\_UI\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
114\end{twocollist}
115
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116\wxheading{See also}
117
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118\helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}\\
119\helpref{Window sizing overview}{windowsizingoverview}
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120
121\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
122
a1037371 123
f6bcfd97 124\membersection{wxWindow::wxWindow}\label{wxwindowctor}
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125
126\func{}{wxWindow}{\void}
127
128Default constructor.
129
eaaa6a06 130\func{}{wxWindow}{\param{wxWindow*}{ parent}, \param{wxWindowID }{id},
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131 \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition},
132 \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize},
eaaa6a06 133 \param{long }{style = 0},
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134 \param{const wxString\& }{name = wxPanelNameStr}}
135
136Constructs a window, which can be a child of a frame, dialog or any other non-control window.
137
138\wxheading{Parameters}
139
140\docparam{parent}{Pointer to a parent window.}
141
5e06d749 142\docparam{id}{Window identifier. If wxID\_ANY, will automatically create an identifier.}
a660d684 143
60fef964 144\docparam{pos}{Window position. wxDefaultPosition indicates that wxWidgets
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145should generate a default position for the window. If using the wxWindow class directly, supply
146an actual position.}
147
60fef964 148\docparam{size}{Window size. wxDefaultSize indicates that wxWidgets
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149should generate a default size for the window. If no suitable size can be found, the
150window will be sized to 20x20 pixels so that the window is visible but obviously not
151correctly sized. }
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153\docparam{style}{Window style. For generic window styles, please see \helpref{wxWindow}{wxwindow}.}
154
155\docparam{name}{Window name.}
156
a1037371 157
6d06e061 158\membersection{wxWindow::\destruct{wxWindow}}\label{wxwindowdtor}
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160\func{}{\destruct{wxWindow}}{\void}
161
162Destructor. Deletes all subwindows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
163the {\bf delete} operator explicitly, you should normally
fc2171bd 164use \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} so that wxWidgets
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165can delete a window only when it is safe to do so, in idle time.
166
167\wxheading{See also}
168
169\helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
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170\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy},\rtfsp
171\helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
172
a1037371 173
6d06e061 174\membersection{wxWindow::AddChild}\label{wxwindowaddchild}
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176\func{virtual void}{AddChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
177
178Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
179functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
180
fc2171bd 181Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
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182called by the user code.
183
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184\wxheading{Parameters}
185
186\docparam{child}{Child window to add.}
187
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189\membersection{wxWindow::CacheBestSize}\label{wxwindowcachebestsize}
190
191\constfunc{void}{CacheBestSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
192
193Sets the cached best size value.
194
195
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196\membersection{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}\label{wxwindowcapturemouse}
197
198\func{virtual void}{CaptureMouse}{\void}
199
200Directs all mouse input to this window. Call \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse} to
201release the capture.
202
fc2171bd 203Note that wxWidgets maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
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204and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
205captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
206window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
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207as you capture it, unless the window receives
208the \helpref{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}{wxmousecapturelostevent} event.
209
210Any application which captures the mouse in the beginning of some operation
211{\em must} handle \helpref{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}{wxmousecapturelostevent}
212and cancel this operation when it receives the event. The event handler must
213not recapture mouse.
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215\wxheading{See also}
216
217\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse}
63e819f2 218\helpref{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}{wxmousecapturelostevent}
a660d684 219
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221\membersection{wxWindow::Center}\label{wxwindowcenter}
222
eaaa6a06 223\func{void}{Center}{\param{int}{ direction}}
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225A synonym for \helpref{Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
226
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228\membersection{wxWindow::CenterOnParent}\label{wxwindowcenteronparent}
229
230\func{void}{CenterOnParent}{\param{int}{ direction}}
231
232A synonym for \helpref{CentreOnParent}{wxwindowcentreonparent}.
233
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235\membersection{wxWindow::CenterOnScreen}\label{wxwindowcenteronscreen}
236
237\func{void}{CenterOnScreen}{\param{int}{ direction}}
238
239A synonym for \helpref{CentreOnScreen}{wxwindowcentreonscreen}.
240
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242\membersection{wxWindow::Centre}\label{wxwindowcentre}
243
7eb4e9cc 244\func{void}{Centre}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
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246Centres the window.
247
248\wxheading{Parameters}
249
250\docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
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251or {\tt wxBOTH}. It may also include {\tt wxCENTRE\_ON\_SCREEN} flag
252if you want to center the window on the entire screen and not on its
253parent window.}
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255The flag {\tt wxCENTRE\_FRAME} is obsolete and should not be used any longer
256(it has no effect).
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258\wxheading{Remarks}
259
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260If the window is a top level one (i.e. doesn't have a parent), it will be
261centered relative to the screen anyhow.
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263\wxheading{See also}
264
265\helpref{wxWindow::Center}{wxwindowcenter}
266
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268\membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnParent}\label{wxwindowcentreonparent}
269
7eb4e9cc 270\func{void}{CentreOnParent}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
7631a292 271
c9f00eeb 272Centres the window on its parent. This is a more readable synonym for
7eb4e9cc 273\helpref{Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
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275\wxheading{Parameters}
276
277\docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
278or {\tt wxBOTH}.}
279
280\wxheading{Remarks}
281
282This methods provides for a way to center top level windows over their
283parents instead of the entire screen. If there is no parent or if the
c9f00eeb 284window is not a top level window, then behaviour is the same as
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285\helpref{wxWindow::Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
286
287\wxheading{See also}
288
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289\helpref{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen}{wxwindowcenteronscreen}
290
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292\membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen}\label{wxwindowcentreonscreen}
293
294\func{void}{CentreOnScreen}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
295
296Centres the window on screen. This only works for top level windows -
297otherwise, the window will still be centered on its parent.
298
299\wxheading{Parameters}
300
301\docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
302or {\tt wxBOTH}.}
303
304\wxheading{See also}
305
306\helpref{wxWindow::CentreOnParent}{wxwindowcenteronparent}
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5da0803c 309\membersection{wxWindow::ClearBackground}\label{wxwindowclearbackground}
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5da0803c 311\func{void}{ClearBackground}{\void}
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313Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour. Does not
314cause an erase background event to be generated.
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6d06e061 317\membersection{wxWindow::ClientToScreen}\label{wxwindowclienttoscreen}
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319\constfunc{virtual void}{ClientToScreen}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
320
2edb0bde 321\perlnote{In wxPerl this method returns a 2-element list instead of
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323
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324\constfunc{virtual wxPoint}{ClientToScreen}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
325
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326Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
327
328\docparam{x}{A pointer to a integer value for the x coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
329a screen coordinate will be passed out.}
330
331\docparam{y}{A pointer to a integer value for the y coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
332a screen coordinate will be passed out.}
333
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334\docparam{pt}{The client position for the second form of the function.}
335
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336\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
337implements the following methods:\par
338\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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339\twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreen(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
340\twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreenXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
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342}
343
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345\membersection{wxWindow::Close}\label{wxwindowclose}
346
cc81d32f 347\func{bool}{Close}{\param{bool}{ force = {\tt false}}}
a660d684 348
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349This function simply generates a \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent} whose
350handler usually tries to close the window. It doesn't close the window itself,
351however.
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353\wxheading{Parameters}
354
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355\docparam{force}{{\tt false} if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
356of this window, {\tt true} if it cannot.}
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357
358\wxheading{Remarks}
359
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360Close calls the \helpref{close handler}{wxcloseevent} for the window, providing
361an opportunity for the window to choose whether to destroy the window.
362Usually it is only used with the top level windows (wxFrame and wxDialog
363classes) as the others are not supposed to have any special OnClose() logic.
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365The close handler should check whether the window is being deleted forcibly,
f29d3d61 366using \helpref{wxCloseEvent::CanVeto}{wxcloseeventcanveto}, in which case it
24174c30 367should destroy the window using \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy}.
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369{\it Note} that calling Close does not guarantee that the window will be
370destroyed; but it provides a way to simulate a manual close of a window, which
371may or may not be implemented by destroying the window. The default
372implementation of wxDialog::OnCloseWindow does not necessarily delete the
373dialog, since it will simply simulate an wxID\_CANCEL event which is handled by
374the appropriate button event handler and may do anything at all.
a660d684 375
324eeecb 376To guarantee that the window will be destroyed, call
24174c30 377\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} instead
532372a3 378
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379\wxheading{See also}
380
381\helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
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382\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy},\rtfsp
383\helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
384
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386\membersection{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}\label{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
387
388\func{wxPoint}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
389
390\func{wxSize}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
391
392Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
393
394For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character width
395and then divided by 4.
396
397For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character height
398and then divided by 8.
399
400\wxheading{Remarks}
401
402Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
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404You can also use these functions programmatically. A convenience macro is defined:
405
406{\small
407\begin{verbatim}
408#define wxDLG_UNIT(parent, pt) parent->ConvertDialogToPixels(pt)
409\end{verbatim}
410}
411
412\wxheading{See also}
413
414\helpref{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
415
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417implements the following methods:\par
418\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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419\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
420\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
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421\end{twocollist}}
422
423Additionally, the following helper functions are defined:\par
424\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
c9110876 425\twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_PNT(win, point)}}{Converts a wxPoint from dialog
06d20283 426units to pixels}
c9110876 427\twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_SZE(win, size)}}{Converts a wxSize from dialog
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429\end{twocollist}}
430}
431
432
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434\membersection{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}\label{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
435
436\func{wxPoint}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
437
438\func{wxSize}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
439
440Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
441
442For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 4 and then divided by the average
443character width.
444
2edb0bde 445For the y dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 8 and then divided by the average
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446character height.
447
448\wxheading{Remarks}
449
450Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
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452\wxheading{See also}
453
454\helpref{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
455
dbd94b75 456\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython implements the following methods:\par
06d20283 457\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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458\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
459\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
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461}
462
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464\membersection{wxWindow::Destroy}\label{wxwindowdestroy}
465
466\func{virtual bool}{Destroy}{\void}
467
468Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator, since
469different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
24174c30 470are not destroyed immediately when this function is called -- they are added
a660d684 471to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
2edb0bde 472have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to non-existent
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473windows.
474
475\wxheading{Return value}
476
cc81d32f 477{\tt true} if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it has been added
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478to the list of windows pending real deletion.
479
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6d06e061 481\membersection{wxWindow::DestroyChildren}\label{wxwindowdestroychildren}
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483\func{virtual void}{DestroyChildren}{\void}
484
485Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
486
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489
c222be41 490\func{bool}{Disable}{\void}
6ba68e88 491
cc81d32f 492Disables the window, same as \helpref{Enable({\tt false})}{wxwindowenable}.
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494\wxheading{Return value}
495
cc81d32f 496Returns {\tt true} if the window has been disabled, {\tt false} if it had been
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497already disabled before the call to this function.
498
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500\membersection{wxWindow::DoGetBestSize}\label{wxwindowdogetbestsize}
501
502\constfunc{virtual wxSize}{DoGetBestSize}{\void}
503
504Gets the size which best suits the window: for a control, it would be
505the minimal size which doesn't truncate the control, for a panel - the
506same size as it would have after a call to \helpref{Fit()}{wxwindowfit}.
507
508
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510
511\func{virtual void}{DoUpdateWindowUI}{\param{wxUpdateUIEvent\&}{ event}}
512
513Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
324eeecb 514This function is called by \helpref{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
e39af974 515in order to check return values in the \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent} and
fc2171bd 516act appropriately. For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWidgets
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517implements this function as follows:
518
519\begin{verbatim}
520// do the window-specific processing after processing the update event
521void wxTopLevelWindowBase::DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent& event)
522{
523 if ( event.GetSetEnabled() )
524 Enable(event.GetEnabled());
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526 if ( event.GetSetText() )
527 {
528 if ( event.GetText() != GetTitle() )
529 SetTitle(event.GetText());
530 }
531}
532\end{verbatim}
533
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537
8a293590 538\func{virtual void}{DragAcceptFiles}{\param{bool}{ accept}}
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2edb0bde 540Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
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542\wxheading{Parameters}
543
cc81d32f 544\docparam{accept}{If {\tt true}, the window is eligible for drop file events. If {\tt false}, the window
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546
547\wxheading{Remarks}
548
549Windows only.
550
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553
cc81d32f 554\func{virtual bool}{Enable}{\param{bool}{ enable = {\tt true}}}
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557disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
558when the parent is.
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560\wxheading{Parameters}
561
cc81d32f 562\docparam{enable}{If {\tt true}, enables the window for input. If {\tt false}, disables the window.}
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565
cc81d32f 566Returns {\tt true} if the window has been enabled or disabled, {\tt false} if
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568
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570
6ba68e88 571\helpref{wxWindow::IsEnabled}{wxwindowisenabled},\rtfsp
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573\helpref{wxRadioBox::Enable}{wxradioboxenable}
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577
578\func{static wxWindow*}{FindFocus}{\void}
579
580Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
581
582\wxheading{Remarks}
583
584Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without needing a wxWindow pointer.
585
586\wxheading{See also}
587
588\helpref{wxWindow::SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus}
589
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593
6b73af79 594\constfunc{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{long}{ id}}
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596Find a child of this window, by identifier.
597
6b73af79 598\constfunc{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}}
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600Find a child of this window, by name.
601
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603implements the following methods:\par
604\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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606\twocolitem{{\bf FindWindowByName(name)}}{Accepts a string}
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608}
609
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f89a1397 611\membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowById}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbyid}
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f89a1397 613\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowById}{\param{long}{ id}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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615Find the first window with the given {\it id}.
616
617If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
618frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
619The search is recursive in both cases.
620
621\wxheading{See also}
622
f89a1397 623\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
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d9f42a9e 626\membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowByLabel}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbylabel}
146ba0fe 627
d9f42a9e 628\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowByLabel}{\param{const wxString\&}{ label}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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631or panel item label. If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
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633The search is recursive in both cases.
634
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636
f89a1397 637\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
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d9f42a9e 640\membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowByName}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbyname}
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d9f42a9e 642\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowByName}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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645If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
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647The search is recursive in both cases.
648
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650\helpref{FindWindowByLabel}{wxwindowfindwindowbylabel} is called.
651
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653
f89a1397 654\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
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658
659\func{virtual void}{Fit}{\void}
660
f68586e5 661Sizes the window so that it fits around its subwindows. This function won't do
fab86f26 662anything if there are no subwindows and will only really work correctly if
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664subwindow it is better (faster and the result is more precise as Fit adds some
665margin to account for fuzziness of its calculations) to call
666
667\begin{verbatim}
668 window->SetClientSize(child->GetSize());
669\end{verbatim}
670
671instead of calling Fit.
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675
676\func{virtual void}{FitInside}{\void}
677
678Similar to \helpref{Fit}{wxwindowfit}, but sizes the interior (virtual) size
679of a window. Mainly useful with scrolled windows to reset scrollbars after
680sizing changes that do not trigger a size event, and/or scrolled windows without
681an interior sizer. This function similarly won't do anything if there are no
682subwindows.
683
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686
687\func{virtual void}{Freeze}{\void}
688
689Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking place
690on screen, the window is not redrawn at all. \helpref{Thaw}{wxwindowthaw} must
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692nested.
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694This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example, it
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696a wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all platforms nor for all
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699
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701
702\helpref{wxWindowUpdateLocker}{wxwindowupdatelocker}
703
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706
707\constfunc{wxAcceleratorTable*}{GetAcceleratorTable}{\void}
708
709Gets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
710
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713
dbd94b75 714\func{wxAccessible*}{GetAccessible}{\void}
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716Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
717
718See also \helpref{wxAccessible}{wxaccessible}.
719
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722
723\constfunc{wxSize}{GetAdjustedBestSize}{\void}
724
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726instead.
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730
731\constfunc{virtual wxColour}{GetBackgroundColour}{\void}
732
733Returns the background colour of the window.
734
735\wxheading{See also}
736
737\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
738\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
9866d9c2 739\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour}
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742
743\constfunc{virtual wxBackgroundStyle}{GetBackgroundStyle}{\void}
744
745Returns the background style of the window. The background style indicates
746whether background colour should be determined by the system (wxBG\_STYLE\_SYSTEM),
747be set to a specific colour (wxBG\_STYLE\_COLOUR), or should be left to the
748application to implement (wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM).
749
750On GTK+, use of wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM allows the flicker-free drawing of a custom
751background, such as a tiled bitmap. Currently the style has no effect on other platforms.
752
753\wxheading{See also}
754
755\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
756\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
757\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundStyle}{wxwindowsetbackgroundstyle}
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170acdc9 759\membersection{wxWindow::GetEffectiveMinSize}\label{wxwindowgeteffectiveminsize}
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170acdc9 761\constfunc{wxSize}{GetEffectiveMinSize}{\void}
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764result. This is the value used by sizers to determine the appropriate
765ammount of sapce to allocate for the widget.
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767\wxheading{See also}
768
769\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
170acdc9 770\helpref{wxWindow::SetInitialSize}{wxwindowsetinitialsize}
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7f071e73 773\membersection{wxWindow::GetBestSize}\label{wxwindowgetbestsize}
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c66c3af1 775\constfunc{wxSize}{GetBestSize}{\void}
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777This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window. For
778example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
3e02f5ed 779control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
8771a323 780\helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel}), the size returned by this function will be the
3e02f5ed 781same as the size the window would have had after calling
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783
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786
787\func{static wxWindow *}{GetCapture}{\void}
788
789Returns the currently captured window.
790
791\wxheading{See also}
792
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794\helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
795\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
63e819f2 796\helpref{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}{wxmousecapturelostevent}
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798
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801
802\constfunc{wxCaret *}{GetCaret}{\void}
803
804Returns the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
805
806
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809\constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharHeight}{\void}
810
811Returns the character height for this window.
812
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816\constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharWidth}{\void}
817
818Returns the average character width for this window.
819
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6d06e061 821\membersection{wxWindow::GetChildren}\label{wxwindowgetchildren}
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dc7a2021 823\func{wxWindowList\&}{GetChildren}{\void}
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826
827Returns a reference to the list of the window's children. \texttt{wxWindowList}
828is a type-safe \helpref{wxList}{wxlist}-like class whose elements are of type
829\texttt{wxWindow *}.
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834\func{static wxVisualAttributes}{GetClassDefaultAttributes}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{ variant = \texttt{wxWINDOW\_VARIANT\_NORMAL}}}
835
836Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control. This is
837useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control as in a
838standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
839colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
840system, especially if it uses themes.
841
842The \arg{variant} parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
843ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
324eeecb 844returned font. See \helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
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846
847This static method is ``overridden'' in many derived classes and so calling,
488e1507 848for example, \helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
1b69c815 849return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
488e1507 850from those returned by, say, \helpref{wxListCtrl}{wxlistctrl}::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
1b69c815 851
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854if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
855especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
856the case for \texttt{colBg} for the controls with themed background.
857
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859
860\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
861
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864
c66c3af1 865\constfunc{void}{GetClientSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
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c9f00eeb 867\perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes no parameter and returns
d2c2afc9 868a 2-element list {\tt (width, height)}.}
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c66c3af1 870\constfunc{wxSize}{GetClientSize}{\void}
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873area which may be drawn on by the programmer, excluding title bar, border,
874scrollbars, etc.
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877return size is empty (both width and height are $0$).
878
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880
881\docparam{width}{Receives the client width in pixels.}
882
883\docparam{height}{Receives the client height in pixels.}
884
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886implements the following methods:\par
887\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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889\twocolitem{{\bf GetClientSize()}}{Returns a wxSize object}
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891}
892
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894
d2c2afc9 895\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
566d84a7 896\helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
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901
902\constfunc{wxLayoutConstraints*}{GetConstraints}{\void}
903
904Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or NULL if there are none.
905
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909\constfunc{const wxSizer *}{GetContainingSizer}{\void}
910
911Return the sizer that this window is a member of, if any, otherwise
912{\tt NULL}.
913
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916
917\constfunc{const wxCursor\&}{GetCursor}{\void}
918
919Return the cursor associated with this window.
920
921\wxheading{See also}
922
923\helpref{wxWindow::SetCursor}{wxwindowsetcursor}
8c4b73d1 924
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928\constfunc{virtual wxVisualAttributes}{GetDefaultAttributes}{\void}
929
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932
933One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
934the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
935virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
936
937The other one is that in the future this function could return different
938results, for example it might return a different font for an ``Ok'' button
939than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
940in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
941function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
942version can be used without having to create an object first.
943
944
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946
947\constfunc{wxDropTarget*}{GetDropTarget}{\void}
948
949Returns the associated drop target, which may be NULL.
950
951\wxheading{See also}
952
c9f00eeb 953\helpref{wxWindow::SetDropTarget}{wxwindowsetdroptarget},
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955
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958
959\constfunc{wxEvtHandler*}{GetEventHandler}{\void}
960
961Returns the event handler for this window. By default, the window is its
962own event handler.
963
964\wxheading{See also}
965
966\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
967\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
968\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
969\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
970\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
971
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974
975\constfunc{long}{GetExtraStyle}{\void}
976
977Returns the extra style bits for the window.
978
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981
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986\wxheading{See also}
987
988\helpref{wxWindow::SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont}
989
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992
993\func{virtual wxColour}{GetForegroundColour}{\void}
994
995Returns the foreground colour of the window.
996
997\wxheading{Remarks}
998
999The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
1000to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
1001be used at all.
1002
1003\wxheading{See also}
1004
1005\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
1006\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
1007\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour}
1008
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1012\constfunc{wxWindow*}{GetGrandParent}{\void}
1013
1014Returns the grandparent of a window, or NULL if there isn't one.
1015
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1019\constfunc{void*}{GetHandle}{\void}
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1021Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window. Cast it to an appropriate
324eeecb 1022handle, such as {\bf HWND} for Windows, {\bf Widget} for Motif, {\bf GtkWidget} for GTK or {\bf WinHandle} for PalmOS.
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1030
1031\constfunc{virtual wxString}{GetHelpTextAtPoint}{\param{const wxPoint &}{point}, \param{wxHelpEvent::Origin }{origin}}
1032
1033Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window. This
1034method should be overridden if the help message depends on the position inside
1035the window, otherwise \helpref{GetHelpText}{wxwindowgethelptext} can be used.
1036
1037\wxheading{Parameters}
1038
1039\docparam{point}{Coordinates of the mouse at the moment of help event emission.}
1040
d57725b5 1041\docparam{origin}{Help event origin, see also \helpref{wxHelpEvent::GetOrigin}{wxhelpeventgetorigin}.}
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1043\newsince{2.7.0}
1044
1045
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1047
1048\constfunc{virtual wxString}{GetHelpText}{\void}
1049
1050Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
1051
1052Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
1053and not in the window object itself.
1054
1055\wxheading{See also}
1056
dc6588e7 1057\helpref{SetHelpText}{wxwindowsethelptext}, \helpref{GetHelpTextAtPoint}{wxwindowgethelptextatpoint}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
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1061
1062\constfunc{int}{GetId}{\void}
1063
1064Returns the identifier of the window.
1065
1066\wxheading{Remarks}
1067
6453876e 1068Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has not provided one
5e06d749 1069(or the default wxID\_ANY) an unique identifier with a negative value will be generated.
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1072
b2cf617c 1073\helpref{wxWindow::SetId}{wxwindowsetid},\rtfsp
5b6aa0ff 1074\helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
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1079\constfunc{virtual wxString }{GetLabel}{\void}
1080
1081Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
1082identification purposes.
1083
1084\wxheading{Remarks}
1085
1086The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
1087For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the title. For buttons or static text controls, it is
1088the button text. This function can be useful for meta-programs (such as testing
1089tools or special-needs access programs) which need to identify windows
1090by name.
1091
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1092\membersection{wxWindow::GetMaxSize}\label{wxwindowgetmaxsize}
1093
1094\constfunc{wxSize}{GetMaxSize}{\void}
1095
1096Returns the maximum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout mechanism
a3dae7b7 1097that this is the maximum possible size.
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1099\membersection{wxWindow::GetMinSize}\label{wxwindowgetminsize}
1100
a3dae7b7 1101\constfunc{virtual wxSize}{GetMinSize}{\void}
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1103Returns the minimum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout mechanism
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1104that this is the minimum required size. It normally just returns the value set
1105by \helpref{SetMinSize}{wxwindowsetminsize}, but it can be overridden to do the
1106calculation on demand.
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1109
6453876e 1110\constfunc{virtual wxString }{GetName}{\void}
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1112Returns the window's name.
1113
1114\wxheading{Remarks}
1115
1116This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the programmer to supply an appropriate
1117name in the window constructor or via \helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}.
1118
1119\wxheading{See also}
1120
1121\helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}
1122
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6d06e061 1124\membersection{wxWindow::GetParent}\label{wxwindowgetparent}
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1126\constfunc{virtual wxWindow*}{GetParent}{\void}
1127
1128Returns the parent of the window, or NULL if there is no parent.
1129
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1131\membersection{wxWindow::GetPosition}\label{wxwindowgetposition}
1132
1133\constfunc{virtual void}{GetPosition}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
1134
1135\constfunc{wxPoint}{GetPosition}{\void}
1136
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1138for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level
1139windows.
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1141\wxheading{Parameters}
1142
3c81c9aa 1143\docparam{x}{Receives the x position of the window if non-\NULL.}
15770d1a 1144
3c81c9aa 1145\docparam{y}{Receives the y position of the window if non-\NULL.}
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1147\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1148implements the following methods:\par
1149\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1150\twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a wxPoint}
1151\twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionTuple()}}{Returns a tuple (x, y)}
1152\end{twocollist}}
1153}
1154
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1155\perlnote{In wxPerl there are two methods instead of a single overloaded
1156method:\par
1157\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1158\twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a Wx::Point}
1159\twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionXY()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1160 {\tt ( x, y )}}
1161\end{twocollist}
1162}}
1163
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1165\wxheading{See also}
1166
1167\helpref{GetScreenPosition}{wxwindowgetscreenposition}
1168
1169
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1170\membersection{wxWindow::GetRect}\label{wxwindowgetrect}
1171
1172\constfunc{virtual wxRect}{GetRect}{\void}
1173
fab86f26 1174Returns the position and size of the window as a \helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object.
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1176\wxheading{See also}
1177
1178\helpref{GetScreenRect}{wxwindowgetscreenrect}
1179
1180
1181\membersection{wxWindow::GetScreenPosition}\label{wxwindowgetscreenposition}
1182
1183\constfunc{virtual void}{GetScreenPosition}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
1184
1185\constfunc{wxPoint}{GetScreenPosition}{\void}
1186
1187Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
1188child window or a top level one.
1189
1190\wxheading{Parameters}
1191
1192\docparam{x}{Receives the x position of the window on the screen if non-\NULL.}
1193
1194\docparam{y}{Receives the y position of the window on the screen if non-\NULL.}
1195
1196\wxheading{See also}
1197
1198\helpref{GetPosition}{wxwindowgetposition}
1199
1200
1201\membersection{wxWindow::GetScreenRect}\label{wxwindowgetscreenrect}
1202
1203\constfunc{virtual wxRect}{GetScreenRect}{\void}
1204
fab86f26 1205Returns the position and size of the window on the screen as a
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1206\helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object.
1207
1208\wxheading{See also}
1209
1210\helpref{GetRect}{wxwindowgetrect}
1211
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1214
eaaa6a06 1215\func{virtual int}{GetScrollPos}{\param{int }{orientation}}
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1217Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
1218
1219\wxheading{See also}
1220
1221See \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1222
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1225
eaaa6a06 1226\func{virtual int}{GetScrollRange}{\param{int }{orientation}}
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1228Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
1229
1230\wxheading{See also}
1231
1232\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1233
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1236
1237\func{virtual int}{GetScrollThumb}{\param{int }{orientation}}
1238
1239Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
1240
1241\wxheading{See also}
1242
1243\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1244
1245
a974387a 1246\membersection{wxWindow::GetSize}\label{wxwindowgetsize}
a660d684 1247
c66c3af1 1248\constfunc{void}{GetSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
a660d684 1249
c66c3af1 1250\constfunc{wxSize}{GetSize}{\void}
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1253scrollbars, etc.
1254
1255Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
1256returned size is the restored window size, not the size of the window icon.
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1258\wxheading{Parameters}
1259
1260\docparam{width}{Receives the window width.}
1261
1262\docparam{height}{Receives the window height.}
1263
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1265implements the following methods:\par
1266\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1268\twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeTuple()}}{Returns a 2-tuple (width, height)}
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1270}
1271
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1272\perlnote{In wxPerl there are two methods instead of a single overloaded
1273method:\par
1274\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1275\twocolitem{{\bf GetSize()}}{Returns a Wx::Size}
1276\twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeWH()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1277 {\tt ( width, height )}}
1278\end{twocollist}
1279}}
1280
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1282
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1283\helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize},\rtfsp
1284\helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
8ddffcda 1285
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1287\membersection{wxWindow::GetSizer}\label{wxwindowgetsizer}
1288
772c017b 1289\constfunc{wxSizer *}{GetSizer}{\void}
e6973167 1290
be90c029 1291Return the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
e6973167 1292\helpref{SetSizer()}{wxwindowsetsizer} or {\tt NULL}.
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1296
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1297\constfunc{virtual void}{GetTextExtent}{\param{const wxString\& }{string}, \param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y},
1298 \param{int* }{descent = NULL}, \param{int* }{externalLeading = NULL},
cc81d32f 1299 \param{const wxFont* }{font = NULL}, \param{bool}{ use16 = {\tt false}}}
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1301Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1302window with the currently selected font.
1303
1304\wxheading{Parameters}
1305
1306\docparam{string}{String whose extent is to be measured.}
1307
1308\docparam{x}{Return value for width.}
1309
1310\docparam{y}{Return value for height.}
1311
1312\docparam{descent}{Return value for descent (optional).}
1313
1314\docparam{externalLeading}{Return value for external leading (optional).}
1315
1316\docparam{font}{Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).}
1317
cc81d32f 1318\docparam{use16}{If {\tt true}, {\it string} contains 16-bit characters. The default is {\tt false}.}
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1321implements the following methods:\par
1322\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1324\twocolitem{{\bf GetFullTextExtent(string, font=NULL)}}{Returns a
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13254-tuple, (width, height, descent, externalLeading) }
1326\end{twocollist}}
1327}
1328
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1329\perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes only the {\tt string} and optionally
1330 {\tt font} parameters, and returns a 4-element list
1331 {\tt ( x, y, descent, externalLeading )}.}
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1334\membersection{wxWindow::GetToolTip}\label{wxwindowgettooltip}
1335
1336\constfunc{wxToolTip*}{GetToolTip}{\void}
1337
1338Get the associated tooltip or NULL if none.
1339
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1341\membersection{wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion}\label{wxwindowgetupdateregion}
1342
1343\constfunc{virtual wxRegion}{GetUpdateRegion}{\void}
1344
1345Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged. Should
f4fcc291 1346only be called within an \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent} handler.
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1347
1348\wxheading{See also}
1349
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1350\helpref{wxRegion}{wxregion},\rtfsp
1351\helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator}
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1354\membersection{wxWindow::GetValidator}\label{wxwindowgetvalidator}
1355
1356\constfunc{wxValidator*}{GetValidator}{\void}
1357
1358Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or NULL if there is none.
1359
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1361\membersection{wxWindow::GetVirtualSize}\label{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
1362
1363\constfunc{void}{GetVirtualSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
1364
1365\constfunc{wxSize}{GetVirtualSize}{\void}
1366
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1368returns the client size of the window, but after a call to
1369\helpref{SetVirtualSize}{wxwindowsetvirtualsize} it will return
1370that size.
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1372\wxheading{Parameters}
1373
1374\docparam{width}{Receives the window virtual width.}
1375
1376\docparam{height}{Receives the window virtual height.}
1377
1378\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
1379\helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize}
1380
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1382\membersection{wxWindow::GetWindowBorderSize}\label{wxwindowgetwindowbordersize}
1383
1384\constfunc{wxSize}{GetWindowBorderSize}{\void}
1385
1386Returns the size of the left/right and top/bottom borders of this window in x
1387and y components of the result respectively.
1388
1389
d80cd92a 1390\membersection{wxWindow::GetWindowStyleFlag}\label{wxwindowgetwindowstyleflag}
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1392\constfunc{long}{GetWindowStyleFlag}{\void}
1393
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1394Gets the window style that was passed to the constructor or {\bf Create}
1395method. {\bf GetWindowStyle()} is another name for the same function.
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1399
488e1507 1400\constfunc{wxWindowVariant}{GetWindowVariant}{\void}
416101be 1401
43e8916f 1402Returns the value previously passed to
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1404
1405
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1406\membersection{wxWindow::HasCapture}\label{wxwindowhascapture}
1407
1408\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasCapture}{\void}
1409
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1411
1412\wxheading{See also}
1413
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1414\helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
1415\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
63e819f2 1416\helpref{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}{wxmousecapturelostevent}
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1417\helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
1418
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1420\membersection{wxWindow::HasFlag}\label{wxwindowhasflag}
1421
1422\constfunc{bool}{HasFlag}{\param{int }{flag}}
1423
1424Returns \texttt{true} if the window has the given \arg{flag} bit set.
1425
1426
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1427\membersection{wxWindow::HasMultiplePages}\label{wxwindowhasmultiplepages}
1428
1429\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasMultiplePages}{\void}
1430
1431This method should be overridden to return \texttt{true} if this window has
1432multiple pages. All standard class with multiple pages such as
1433\helpref{wxNotebook}{wxnotebook}, \helpref{wxListbook}{wxlistbook} and
1434\helpref{wxTreebook}{wxtreebook} already override it to return \texttt{true}
1435and user-defined classes with similar behaviour should do it as well to allow
1436the library to handle such windows appropriately.
1437
1438
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1440
1441\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasScrollbar}{\param{int }{orient}}
1442
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1444
1445\wxheading{Parameters}
1446
1447\docparam{orient}{Orientation to check, either {\tt wxHORIZONTAL} or {\tt wxVERTICAL}.}
1448
1449
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1450\membersection{wxWindow::HasTransparentBackground}\label{wxwindowhastransparentbackground}
1451
1452\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasTransparentBackground}{\void}
1453
1454Returns \true if this window background is transparent (as, for example, for
1455wxStaticText) and should show the parent window background.
1456
1457This method is mostly used internally by the library itself and you normally
1458shouldn't have to call it. You may, however, have to override it in your
1459wxWindow-derived class to ensure that background is painted correctly.
1460
1461
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1463
1464\func{bool}{Hide}{\void}
1465
cc81d32f 1466Equivalent to calling \helpref{Show}{wxwindowshow}({\tt false}).
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1469\membersection{wxWindow::InheritAttributes}\label{wxwindowinheritattributes}
1470
1471\func{void}{InheritAttributes}{\void}
1472
1473This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
1474window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
1475the font and the foreground and background colours.
1476
1477By ``intelligently'' the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
1478own \helpref{default}{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes} attributes. However
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1480\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont} and not
fa47d7a7 1481\helpref{SetOwnFont}{wxwindowsetownfont}) changed \emph{and} if the
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1482corresponding attribute hadn't been explicitly set for this window itself,
1483then this window takes the same value as used by the parent. In addition, if
324eeecb 1484the window overrides \helpref{ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
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1485to return \false, the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the
1486font might.
1487
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1489different usage scenarios. The most common one is when all default attributes
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1490are used and in this case, nothing should be inherited as in modern GUIs
1491different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
1492they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
1493desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
1494just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
1495do inherit the parents attributes.
1496
1497
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1499
1500\func{void}{InitDialog}{\void}
1501
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1503to the dialog via validators.
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1506\membersection{wxWindow::InvalidateBestSize}\label{wxwindowinvalidatebestsize}
1507
1508\func{void}{InvalidateBestSize}{\void}
1509
1510Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it is needed.
1511
1512
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1514
1515\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsDoubleBuffered}{\void}
1516
1517Returns \true if the window contents is double-buffered by the system, i.e. if
1518any drawing done on the window is really done on a temporary backing surface
1519and transferred to the screen all at once later.
1520
1521\wxheading{See also}
1522
1523\helpref{wxBufferedDC}{wxbuffereddc}
1524
1525
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1527
1528\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsEnabled}{\void}
1529
cc81d32f 1530Returns {\tt true} if the window is enabled for input, {\tt false} otherwise.
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1532\wxheading{See also}
1533
1534\helpref{wxWindow::Enable}{wxwindowenable}
1535
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aa4b42f0 1537\membersection{wxWindow::IsExposed}\label{wxwindowisexposed}
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1539\constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
1540
605d715d 1541\constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{wxPoint }{\&pt}}
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1544
605d715d 1545\constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{wxRect }{\&rect}}
515da557 1546
cc81d32f 1547Returns {\tt true} if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
ad9edf45 1548last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
4130b487 1549only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
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1552implements the following methods:\par
1553\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
d3e78bab 1554\twocolitem{{\bf IsExposed(x,y, w=0,h=0)}}{}
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1556\twocolitem{{\bf IsExposedRect(rect)}}{}
8771a323 1557\end{twocollist}}}
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1560\membersection{wxWindow::IsFrozen}\label{wxwindowisfrozen}
1561
1562\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsFrozen}{\void}
1563
1564Returns \true if the window is currently frozen by a call to
1565\helpref{Freeze()}{wxwindowfreeze}.
1566
1567\wxheading{See also}
1568
1569\helpref{Thaw()}{wxwindowthaw}
1570
1571
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1573
1574\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsRetained}{\void}
1575
cc81d32f 1576Returns {\tt true} if the window is retained, {\tt false} otherwise.
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1578\wxheading{Remarks}
1579
1580Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
1581
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1584
1585\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsShown}{\void}
1586
cc81d32f 1587Returns {\tt true} if the window is shown, {\tt false} if it has been hidden.
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1590
865a74c7 1591\helpref{wxWindow::IsShownOnScreen}{wxwindowisshownonscreen}
9c72cf76 1592
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865a74c7 1594\membersection{wxWindow::IsShownOnScreen}\label{wxwindowisshownonscreen}
9c72cf76 1595
865a74c7 1596\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsShownOnScreen}{\void}
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1598Returns {\tt true} if the window is physically visible on the screen, i.e. it
1599is shown and all its parents up to the toplevel window are shown as well.
1600
1601\wxheading{See also}
1602
1603\helpref{wxWindow::IsShown}{wxwindowisshown}
1604
1605
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1607
1608\constfunc{bool}{IsTopLevel}{\void}
1609
1610Returns {\tt true} if the given window is a top-level one. Currently all frames and
1611dialogs are considered to be top-level windows (even if they have a parent
1612window).
1613
1614
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1616
1617\func{void}{Layout}{\void}
1618
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1620for this window.
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1623layout is on, this function gets called automatically when the window is resized.
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1627
43e8916f 1628This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollLines}{wxwindowscrolllines}$(1)$.
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1632
43e8916f 1633This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollLines}{wxwindowscrolllines}$(-1)$.
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1637
1638\func{void}{Lower}{\void}
1639
4e43c815 1640Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy (z-order).
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1642\wxheading{See also}
1643
1644\helpref{Raise}{wxwindowraise}
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1647\membersection{wxWindow::MakeModal}\label{wxwindowmakemodal}
1648
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1651Disables all other windows in the application so that
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1654\wxheading{Parameters}
1655
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1657the user can only interact with this window. If {\tt false}, the effect is reversed.}
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1661
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1665
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1667
1668\wxheading{Parameters}
1669
1670\docparam{x}{Required x position.}
1671
1672\docparam{y}{Required y position.}
1673
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1675
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1677
1678Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1679wxWindow::Move function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class
1680as the call:
1681
1682\begin{verbatim}
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1685
1686\wxheading{See also}
1687
1688\helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}
1689
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1691implements the following methods:\par
1692\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1694\twocolitem{{\bf MoveXY(x, y)}}{Accepts a pair of integers}
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1696}
1697
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1699\membersection{wxWindow::MoveAfterInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder}
1700
1701\func{void}{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
1702
1703Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified \arg{win}.
1704This means that when the user presses \texttt{TAB} key on that other window,
1705the focus switches to this window.
1706
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1709it after creating all the windows.
1710
1711\wxheading{Parameters}
1712
1713\docparam{win}{A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
1714must not be NULL}
1715
1716
1717\membersection{wxWindow::MoveBeforeInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder}
1718
1719\func{void}{MoveBeforeInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
1720
1721Same as \helpref{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder} except that
1722it inserts this window just before \arg{win} instead of putting it right after
1723it.
1724
1725
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1727
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1730Does keyboard navigation from this window to another, by sending
1731a wxNavigationKeyEvent.
1732
1733\wxheading{Parameters}
1734
eedc82f4 1735\docparam{flags}{A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.}
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1737\wxheading{Remarks}
1738
1739You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress handler to do the default
1740navigation behaviour for the tab key, since the standard default behaviour for
1741a multiline text control with the wxTE\_PROCESS\_TAB style is to insert a tab
1742and not navigate to the next control.
1743
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1745\membersection{wxWindow::NextControlId}\label{wxwindownextcontrolid}
1746
1747\func{static int}{NextControlId}{\param{int }{winid}}
1748
1749If two controls are created consecutively using \texttt{wxID\_ANY} id, this
1750function allows to retrieve the effective id of the latter control from the id
1751of the former. This is useful for example to find the control following its
1752\helpref{wxStaticText}{wxstatictext} label if only the id of or pointer to the
1753label is available to the caller but it is known that the two controls were
1754created together.
1755
1756\wxheading{See also}
1757
1758\helpref{PrevControlId}{wxwindowprevcontrolid}
1759
1760
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1762%% the old docs here in case we want to move any still needed bits to
1763%% the right location (i.e. probably the corresponding events docs)
1764%%
1765%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnActivate}\label{wxwindowonactivate}
1766%%
1767%% \func{void}{OnActivate}{\param{wxActivateEvent\&}{ event}}
1768%%
1769%% Called when a window is activated or deactivated.
1770%%
1771%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1772%%
1773%% \docparam{event}{Object containing activation information.}
1774%%
1775%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1776%%
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1778%% otherwise it returns {\tt false} (it is being deactivated).
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1780%% \wxheading{See also}
1781%%
1782%% \helpref{wxActivateEvent}{wxactivateevent},\rtfsp
1783%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1784%%
1785%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnChar}\label{wxwindowonchar}
1786%%
1787%% \func{void}{OnChar}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1788%%
1789%% Called when the user has pressed a key that is not a modifier (SHIFT, CONTROL or ALT).
1790%%
1791%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1792%%
1793%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1794%% details about this class.}
1795%%
1796%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1797%%
1798%% This member function is called in response to a keypress. To intercept this event,
1799%% use the EVT\_CHAR macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnChar} handler may call this
1800%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1801%%
1802%% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
1803%% values.
1804%%
1805%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept modifier
1806%% keypresses, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1807%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1808%%
1809%% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
1810%%
1811%% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
1812%% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1813%%
1814%% \wxheading{See also}
1815%%
1816%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
1817%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1818%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1819%%
1820%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCharHook}\label{wxwindowoncharhook}
1821%%
1822%% \func{void}{OnCharHook}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1823%%
1824%% This member is called to allow the window to intercept keyboard events
1825%% before they are processed by child windows.
1826%%
1827%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1828%%
1829%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1830%% details about this class.}
1831%%
1832%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1833%%
1834%% This member function is called in response to a keypress, if the window is active. To intercept this event,
1835%% use the EVT\_CHAR\_HOOK macro in an event table definition. If you do not process a particular
1836%% keypress, call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip} to allow default processing.
1837%%
1838%% An example of using this function is in the implementation of escape-character processing for wxDialog,
1839%% where pressing ESC dismisses the dialog by {\bf OnCharHook} 'forging' a cancel button press event.
1840%%
1841%% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
1842%% values.
1843%%
1844%% This function is only relevant to top-level windows (frames and dialogs), and under
1845%% Windows only. Under GTK the normal EVT\_CHAR\_ event has the functionality, i.e.
acbadd0b 1846%% you can intercept it, and if you don't call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip}
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1848%%
1849%% \wxheading{See also}
1850%%
1851%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent},\rtfsp
1852%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1853%% %% GD: OnXXX functions are not documented
1854%% %%\helpref{wxApp::OnCharHook}{wxapponcharhook},\rtfsp
1855%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1856%%
1857%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCommand}\label{wxwindowoncommand}
1858%%
1859%% \func{virtual void}{OnCommand}{\param{wxEvtHandler\& }{object}, \param{wxCommandEvent\& }{event}}
1860%%
1861%% This virtual member function is called if the control does not handle the command event.
1862%%
1863%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1864%%
1865%% \docparam{object}{Object receiving the command event.}
1866%%
1867%% \docparam{event}{Command event}
1868%%
1869%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1870%%
1871%% This virtual function is provided mainly for backward compatibility. You can also intercept commands
1872%% from child controls by using an event table, with identifiers or identifier ranges to identify
1873%% the control(s) in question.
1874%%
1875%% \wxheading{See also}
1876%%
1877%% \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
1878%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1879%%
1880%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnClose}\label{wxwindowonclose}
1881%%
1882%% \func{virtual bool}{OnClose}{\void}
1883%%
1884%% Called when the user has tried to close a a frame
1885%% or dialog box using the window manager (X) or system menu (Windows).
1886%%
1887%% {\bf Note:} This is an obsolete function.
2edb0bde 1888%% It is superseded by the \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow} event
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1890%%
1891%% \wxheading{Return value}
1892%%
cc81d32f 1893%% If {\tt true} is returned by OnClose, the window will be deleted by the system, otherwise the
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1895%% you may delete other windows.
1896%%
1897%% \wxheading{See also}
1898%%
1899%% \helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
1900%% \helpref{wxWindow::Close}{wxwindowclose},\rtfsp
1901%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow},\rtfsp
1902%% \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
1903%%
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1905%%
1906%% \func{void}{OnKeyDown}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1907%%
1908%% Called when the user has pressed a key, before it is translated into an ASCII value using other
1909%% modifier keys that might be pressed at the same time.
1910%%
1911%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1912%%
1913%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1914%% details about this class.}
1915%%
1916%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1917%%
1918%% This member function is called in response to a key down event. To intercept this event,
1919%% use the EVT\_KEY\_DOWN macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyDown} handler may call this
1920%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1921%%
1922%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
1923%% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1924%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1925%%
1926%% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
1927%%
1928%% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
1929%% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1930%%
1931%% \wxheading{See also}
1932%%
1933%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
1934%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1935%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1936%%
1937%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}\label{wxwindowonkeyup}
1938%%
1939%% \func{void}{OnKeyUp}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1940%%
1941%% Called when the user has released a key.
1942%%
1943%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1944%%
1945%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1946%% details about this class.}
1947%%
1948%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1949%%
1950%% This member function is called in response to a key up event. To intercept this event,
1951%% use the EVT\_KEY\_UP macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyUp} handler may call this
1952%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1953%%
1954%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
1955%% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1956%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1957%%
1958%% Most, but not all, windows allow key up events to be intercepted.
1959%%
1960%% \wxheading{See also}
1961%%
1962%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown},\rtfsp
1963%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1964%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1965%%
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1967%%
1968%% \func{void}{OnInitDialog}{\param{wxInitDialogEvent\&}{ event}}
1969%%
1970%% Default handler for the wxEVT\_INIT\_DIALOG event. Calls \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}.
1971%%
1972%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1973%%
1974%% \docparam{event}{Dialog initialisation event.}
1975%%
1976%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1977%%
1978%% Gives the window the default behaviour of transferring data to child controls via
1979%% the validator that each control has.
1980%%
1981%% \wxheading{See also}
1982%%
1983%% \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
1984%%
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1986%%
1987%% \func{void}{OnMenuHighlight}{\param{wxMenuEvent\& }{event}}
1988%%
1989%% Called when a menu select is received from a menu bar: that is, the
1990%% mouse cursor is over a menu item, but the left mouse button has not been
1991%% pressed.
1992%%
1993%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1994%%
1995%% \docparam{event}{The menu highlight event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent}.}
1996%%
1997%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1998%%
1999%% You can choose any member function to receive
2000%% menu select events, using the EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT macro for individual menu items or EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT\_ALL macro
2001%% for all menu items.
2002%%
2003%% The default implementation for \helpref{wxFrame::OnMenuHighlight}{wxframeonmenuhighlight} displays help
2004%% text in the first field of the status bar.
2005%%
fc2171bd 2006%% This function was known as {\bf OnMenuSelect} in earlier versions of wxWidgets, but this was confusing
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2008%%
2009%% \wxheading{See also}
2010%%
2011%% \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent},\rtfsp
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2013%%
2014%%
2015%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMouseEvent}\label{wxwindowonmouseevent}
2016%%
2017%% \func{void}{OnMouseEvent}{\param{wxMouseEvent\&}{ event}}
2018%%
2019%% Called when the user has initiated an event with the
2020%% mouse.
2021%%
2022%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2023%%
2024%% \docparam{event}{The mouse event. See \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent} for
2025%% more details.}
2026%%
2027%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2028%%
2029%% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
2030%%
2031%% To intercept this event, use the EVT\_MOUSE\_EVENTS macro in an event table definition, or individual
2032%% mouse event macros such as EVT\_LEFT\_DOWN.
2033%%
2034%% \wxheading{See also}
2035%%
2036%% \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent},\rtfsp
2037%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2038%%
2039%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMove}\label{wxwindowonmove}
2040%%
2041%% \func{void}{OnMove}{\param{wxMoveEvent\& }{event}}
2042%%
2043%% Called when a window is moved.
2044%%
2045%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2046%%
2047%% \docparam{event}{The move event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent}.}
2048%%
2049%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2050%%
2051%% Use the EVT\_MOVE macro to intercept move events.
2052%%
2053%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2054%%
2055%% Not currently implemented.
2056%%
2057%% \wxheading{See also}
2058%%
2059%% \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent},\rtfsp
2060%% \helpref{wxFrame::OnSize}{wxframeonsize},\rtfsp
2061%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2062%%
2063%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnPaint}\label{wxwindowonpaint}
2064%%
2065%% \func{void}{OnPaint}{\param{wxPaintEvent\& }{event}}
2066%%
2067%% Sent to the event handler when the window must be refreshed.
2068%%
2069%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2070%%
2071%% \docparam{event}{Paint event. For more information, see \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent}.}
2072%%
2073%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2074%%
2075%% Use the EVT\_PAINT macro in an event table definition to intercept paint events.
2076%%
2077%% Note that In a paint event handler, the application must {\it always} create a \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc} object,
2078%% even if you do not use it. Otherwise, under MS Windows, refreshing for this and other windows will go wrong.
2079%%
2080%% For example:
2081%%
2082%% \small{%
2083%% \begin{verbatim}
2084%% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
2085%% {
2086%% wxPaintDC dc(this);
2087%%
2088%% DrawMyDocument(dc);
2089%% }
2090%% \end{verbatim}
2091%% }%
2092%%
2093%% You can optimize painting by retrieving the rectangles
2094%% that have been damaged and only repainting these. The rectangles are in
2095%% terms of the client area, and are unscrolled, so you will need to do
2096%% some calculations using the current view position to obtain logical,
2097%% scrolled units.
2098%%
2099%% Here is an example of using the \helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator} class:
2100%%
2101%% {\small%
2102%% \begin{verbatim}
2103%% // Called when window needs to be repainted.
2104%% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
2105%% {
2106%% wxPaintDC dc(this);
2107%%
2108%% // Find Out where the window is scrolled to
2109%% int vbX,vbY; // Top left corner of client
2110%% GetViewStart(&vbX,&vbY);
2111%%
2112%% int vX,vY,vW,vH; // Dimensions of client area in pixels
2113%% wxRegionIterator upd(GetUpdateRegion()); // get the update rect list
2114%%
2115%% while (upd)
2116%% {
2117%% vX = upd.GetX();
2118%% vY = upd.GetY();
2119%% vW = upd.GetW();
2120%% vH = upd.GetH();
2121%%
2122%% // Alternatively we can do this:
2123%% // wxRect rect;
2124%% // upd.GetRect(&rect);
2125%%
2126%% // Repaint this rectangle
2127%% ...some code...
2128%%
2129%% upd ++ ;
2130%% }
2131%% }
2132%% \end{verbatim}
2133%% }%
2134%%
2135%% \wxheading{See also}
2136%%
2137%% \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent},\rtfsp
2138%% \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc},\rtfsp
2139%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2140%%
2141%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnScroll}\label{wxwindowonscroll}
2142%%
2143%% \func{void}{OnScroll}{\param{wxScrollWinEvent\& }{event}}
2144%%
2145%% Called when a scroll window event is received from one of the window's built-in scrollbars.
2146%%
2147%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2148%%
2149%% \docparam{event}{Command event. Retrieve the new scroll position by
2150%% calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetPosition}{wxscrolleventgetposition}, and the
2151%% scrollbar orientation by calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetOrientation}{wxscrolleventgetorientation}.}
2152%%
2153%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2154%%
2155%% Note that it is not possible to distinguish between horizontal and vertical scrollbars
2156%% until the function is executing (you can't have one function for vertical, another
2157%% for horizontal events).
2158%%
2159%% \wxheading{See also}
2160%%
2161%% \helpref{wxScrollWinEvent}{wxscrollwinevent},\rtfsp
2162%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2163%%
2164%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSetFocus}\label{wxwindowonsetfocus}
2165%%
2166%% \func{void}{OnSetFocus}{\param{wxFocusEvent\& }{event}}
2167%%
2168%% Called when a window's focus is being set.
2169%%
2170%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2171%%
2172%% \docparam{event}{The focus event. For more information, see \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}.}
2173%%
2174%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2175%%
2176%% To intercept this event, use the macro EVT\_SET\_FOCUS in an event table definition.
2177%%
2178%% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
2179%%
2180%% \wxheading{See also}
2181%%
2182%% \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKillFocus}{wxwindowonkillfocus},\rtfsp
2183%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2184%%
2185%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSize}\label{wxwindowonsize}
2186%%
2187%% \func{void}{OnSize}{\param{wxSizeEvent\& }{event}}
2188%%
2189%% Called when the window has been resized. This is not a virtual function; you should
2190%% provide your own non-virtual OnSize function and direct size events to it using EVT\_SIZE
2191%% in an event table definition.
2192%%
2193%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2194%%
2195%% \docparam{event}{Size event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent}.}
2196%%
2197%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2198%%
2199%% You may wish to use this for frames to resize their child windows as appropriate.
2200%%
2201%% Note that the size passed is of
2202%% the whole window: call \helpref{wxWindow::GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize} for the area which may be
2203%% used by the application.
2204%%
2205%% When a window is resized, usually only a small part of the window is damaged and you
2206%% may only need to repaint that area. However, if your drawing depends on the size of the window,
2207%% you may need to clear the DC explicitly and repaint the whole window. In which case, you
2208%% may need to call \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} to invalidate the entire window.
2209%%
2210%% \wxheading{See also}
2211%%
2212%% \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent},\rtfsp
2213%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2214%%
2215%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSysColourChanged}\label{wxwindowonsyscolourchanged}
2216%%
2217%% \func{void}{OnSysColourChanged}{\param{wxOnSysColourChangedEvent\& }{event}}
2218%%
2219%% Called when the user has changed the system colours. Windows only.
2220%%
2221%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2222%%
2223%% \docparam{event}{System colour change event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent}.}
2224%%
2225%% \wxheading{See also}
2226%%
2227%% \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent},\rtfsp
2228%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
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2231\membersection{wxWindow::OnInternalIdle}\label{wxwindowoninternalidle}
2232
2233\func{virtual void}{OnInternalIdle}{\void}
2234
2235This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
2236sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
2237that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
2238handler in a derived class.
2239
2240This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
324eeecb 2241and most implementations call \helpref{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
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2242in order to send update events to the window in idle time.
2243
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2245\membersection{wxWindow::PageDown}\label{wxwindowpagedown}
2246
2247This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(1)$.
2248
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2251
2252This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(-1)$.
2253
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2256
cc81d32f 2257\constfunc{wxEvtHandler*}{PopEventHandler}{\param{bool }{deleteHandler = {\tt false}}}
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2259Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
2260
2261\wxheading{Parameters}
2262
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2264default value is {\tt false}.}
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2266\wxheading{See also}
2267
2268\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
2269\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2270\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2271\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2272\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
2273
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2275\membersection{wxWindow::PopupMenu}\label{wxwindowpopupmenu}
2276
45b8a256 2277\func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition}}
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2279\func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
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2281Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
2282window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu. If a
a1665b22 2283menu item is selected, the corresponding menu event is generated and will be
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2285cursor position is used.
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2287\wxheading{Parameters}
2288
2289\docparam{menu}{Menu to pop up.}
2290
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2291\docparam{pos}{The position where the menu will appear.}
2292
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2293\docparam{x}{Required x position for the menu to appear.}
2294
2295\docparam{y}{Required y position for the menu to appear.}
2296
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2298
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2300
2301\wxheading{Remarks}
2302
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2303Just before the menu is popped up, \helpref{wxMenu::UpdateUI}{wxmenuupdateui}
2304is called to ensure that the menu items are in the correct state. The menu does
2305not get deleted by the window.
2306
2307It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when calling PopupMenu
2308in response to mouse click, because some of the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do
2309a better job of positioning the menu in that case.
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2312implements the following methods:\par
2313\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2314\twocolitem{{\bf PopupMenu(menu, point)}}{Specifies position with a wxPoint}
2315\twocolitem{{\bf PopupMenuXY(menu, x, y)}}{Specifies position with two integers (x, y)}
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2317}
2318
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2320\membersection{wxWindow::PrevControlId}\label{wxwindowprevcontrolid}
2321
2322\func{static int}{PrevControlId}{\param{int }{winid}}
2323
2324This is similar to \helpref{NextControlId}{wxwindownextcontrolid} but returns
2325the id of the control created just before the one with the given \arg{winid}.
2326
2327
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2329
2330\func{void}{PushEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
2331
2332Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
2333
2334\wxheading{Parameters}
2335
2336\docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be pushed.}
2337
2338\wxheading{Remarks}
2339
2340An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2341sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2342an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2343central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2344window classes.
2345
2346\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} allows
2347an application to set up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2348handed to the next one in the chain. Use \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler} to
2349remove the event handler.
2350
2351\wxheading{See also}
2352
2353\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
2354\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2355\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2356\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2357\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
2358
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2360\membersection{wxWindow::Raise}\label{wxwindowraise}
2361
2362\func{void}{Raise}{\void}
2363
4e43c815 2364Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy (z-order).
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4e43c815 2366In current version of wxWidgets this works both for managed and child windows.
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2368\wxheading{See also}
2369
2370\helpref{Lower}{wxwindowlower}
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2373\membersection{wxWindow::Refresh}\label{wxwindowrefresh}
2374
a67f1484 2375\func{virtual void}{Refresh}{\param{bool}{ eraseBackground = {\tt true}}, \param{const wxRect* }{rect = NULL}}
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2377Causes this window, and all of its children recursively (except under wxGTK1
2378where this is not implemented), to be repainted. Note that repainting doesn't
2379happen immediately but only during the next event loop iteration, if you need
60fef964 2380to update the window immediately you should use \helpref{Update}{wxwindowupdate}
a67f1484 2381instead.
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2383\wxheading{Parameters}
2384
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2386erased.}
2387
2388\docparam{rect}{If non-NULL, only the given rectangle will
2389be treated as damaged.}
2390
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2391\wxheading{See also}
2392
2393\helpref{wxWindow::RefreshRect}{wxwindowrefreshrect}
2394
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2396\membersection{wxWindow::RefreshRect}\label{wxwindowrefreshrect}
2397
8cfa09bd 2398\func{void}{RefreshRect}{\param{const wxRect\& }{rect}, \param{bool }{eraseBackground = \true}}
2b5f62a0 2399
8cfa09bd 2400Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: only the area inside it will be
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2401repainted.
2402
8cfa09bd 2403This is the same as \helpref{Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} but has a nicer syntax
324eeecb 2404as it can be called with a temporary wxRect object as argument like this
8cfa09bd 2405\texttt{RefreshRect(wxRect(x, y, w, h))}.
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2408\membersection{wxWindow::RegisterHotKey}\label{wxwindowregisterhotkey}
2409
2410\func{bool}{RegisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}, \param{int}{ modifiers}, \param{int}{ virtualKeyCode}}
2411
2412Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey registered here, this window
2413will receive a hotkey event. It will receive the event even if the application is in the background
2414and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some other application.
2415
2416\wxheading{Parameters}
2417
2418\docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0 and 0xBFFF. If
2419this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a system wide unique identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
2420This is a MSW specific detail.}
2421
2422\docparam{modifiers}{A bitwise combination of {\tt wxMOD\_SHIFT}, {\tt wxMOD\_CONTROL}, {\tt wxMOD\_ALT}
2423or {\tt wxMOD\_WIN} specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along with the key.}
2424
2425\docparam{virtualKeyCode}{The virtual key code of the hotkey.}
2426
2427\wxheading{Return value}
2428
2429{\tt true} if the hotkey was registered successfully. {\tt false} if some other application already registered a
2430hotkey with this modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
2431
2432\wxheading{Remarks}
2433
2434Use EVT\_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the event.
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2435This function is currently only implemented under Windows. It is used
2436in the \helpref{Windows CE port}{wxwince} for detecting hardware button presses.
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2438\wxheading{See also}
2439
2440\helpref{wxWindow::UnregisterHotKey}{wxwindowunregisterhotkey}
2441
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2443\membersection{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}\label{wxwindowreleasemouse}
2444
2445\func{virtual void}{ReleaseMouse}{\void}
2446
2447Releases mouse input captured with \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse}.
2448
2449\wxheading{See also}
2450
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2451\helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
2452\helpref{wxWindow::HasCapture}{wxwindowhascapture},
2453\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
63e819f2 2454\helpref{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}{wxmousecapturelostevent}
a5e84126 2455\helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
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2458\membersection{wxWindow::RemoveChild}\label{wxwindowremovechild}
2459
2460\func{virtual void}{RemoveChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
2461
2462Removes a child window. This is called automatically by window deletion
2463functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
2464
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2467
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2468\wxheading{Parameters}
2469
2470\docparam{child}{Child window to remove.}
2471
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2474
2475\func{bool}{RemoveEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler *}{handler}}
2476
2477Find the given {\it handler} in the windows event handler chain and remove (but
2478not delete) it from it.
2479
2480\wxheading{Parameters}
2481
154b6b0f 2482\docparam{handler}{The event handler to remove, must be non-{\tt NULL} and
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2483must be present in this windows event handlers chain}
2484
2485\wxheading{Return value}
2486
cc81d32f 2487Returns {\tt true} if it was found and {\tt false} otherwise (this also results
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2488in an assert failure so this function should only be called when the
2489handler is supposed to be there).
2490
2491\wxheading{See also}
2492
2493\helpref{PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2494\helpref{PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler}
2495
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2498
2499\func{virtual bool}{Reparent}{\param{wxWindow* }{newParent}}
2500
2501Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
18ac8d69 2502current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
83930b2f 2503and then re-inserted into another.
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2505\wxheading{Parameters}
2506
2507\docparam{newParent}{New parent.}
2508
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2512\constfunc{virtual void}{ScreenToClient}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
2513
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2515
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2517
2518\wxheading{Parameters}
2519
2520\docparam{x}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2521
2522\docparam{y}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2523
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2525
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2527implements the following methods:\par
2528\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2530\twocolitem{{\bf ScreenToClientXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
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2532}
2533
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2535\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollLines}\label{wxwindowscrolllines}
2536
9cd6d737 2537\func{virtual bool}{ScrollLines}{\param{int }{lines}}
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2538
2539Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if {\it lines} is
2540positive) or up.
2541
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2542\wxheading{Return value}
2543
cc81d32f 2544Returns {\tt true} if the window was scrolled, {\tt false} if it was already
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2545on top/bottom and nothing was done.
2546
2547\wxheading{Remarks}
2548
2549This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxTextCtrl under
2550wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all
2551platforms).
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2553\wxheading{See also}
2554
2555\helpref{ScrollPages}{wxwindowscrollpages}
2556
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2558\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollPages}\label{wxwindowscrollpages}
2559
9cd6d737 2560\func{virtual bool}{ScrollPages}{\param{int }{pages}}
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2561
2562Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if {\it pages} is
2563positive) or up.
2564
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2565\wxheading{Return value}
2566
cc81d32f 2567Returns {\tt true} if the window was scrolled, {\tt false} if it was already
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2568on top/bottom and nothing was done.
2569
2570\wxheading{Remarks}
2571
0c131a5a 2572This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxGTK.
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2574\wxheading{See also}
2575
2576\helpref{ScrollLines}{wxwindowscrolllines}
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2579\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollWindow}\label{wxwindowscrollwindow}
2580
eaaa6a06 2581\func{virtual void}{ScrollWindow}{\param{int }{dx}, \param{int }{dy}, \param{const wxRect*}{ rect = NULL}}
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2585\wxheading{Parameters}
2586
2587\docparam{dx}{Amount to scroll horizontally.}
2588
2589\docparam{dy}{Amount to scroll vertically.}
2590
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2592scrolled (this is always the case under wxGTK which doesn't support this
2593parameter)}
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2595\wxheading{Remarks}
2596
60fef964 2597Note that you can often use \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
9f1a4466 2598instead of using this function directly.
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2601\membersection{wxWindow::SetAcceleratorTable}\label{wxwindowsetacceleratortable}
2602
2603\func{virtual void}{SetAcceleratorTable}{\param{const wxAcceleratorTable\&}{ accel}}
2604
2605Sets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
2606
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2609
dbd94b75 2610\func{void}{SetAccessible}{\param{wxAccessible*}{ accessible}}
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2611
2612Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
2613will be deleted first, if not identical to {\it accessible}.
2614
2615See also \helpref{wxAccessible}{wxaccessible}.
2616
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2618\membersection{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}\label{wxwindowsetautolayout}
2619
8a293590 2620\func{void}{SetAutoLayout}{\param{bool}{ autoLayout}}
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2622Determines whether the \helpref{wxWindow::Layout}{wxwindowlayout} function will
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2623be called automatically when the window is resized. Please note that this only
2624happens for the windows usually used to contain children, namely
2625\helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel} and \helpref{wxTopLevelWindow}{wxtoplevelwindow}
2626(and the classes deriving from them).
2627
2628This method is called implicitly by
2629\helpref{wxWindow::SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer} but if you use
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2631manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly updated when its
2632size changes.
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2634\wxheading{Parameters}
2635
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2637called automatically when the window is resized.}
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2639\wxheading{See also}
2640
2641\helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints}{wxwindowsetconstraints}
2642
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2645
e477b168 2646\func{virtual bool}{SetBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
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2648Sets the background colour of the window.
2649
b8e7b673 2650Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
324eeecb 2651explanation of the difference between this method and
fa47d7a7 2652\helpref{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetownbackgroundcolour}.
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2655
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2657 {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
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2659\wxheading{Remarks}
2660
2661The background colour is usually painted by the default\rtfsp
f4fcc291 2662\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent} event handler function
6453876e 2663under Windows and automatically under GTK.
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5b6aa0ff 2665Note that setting the background colour does not cause an immediate refresh, so you
684761db 2666may wish to call \helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground} or \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} after
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2670window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
2671themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
2672applications on the system.
2673
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2676
2677\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2678\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2679\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
684761db 2680\helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground},\rtfsp
5b6aa0ff 2681\helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh},\rtfsp
f4fcc291 2682\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent}
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2685
2686\func{virtual void}{SetBackgroundStyle}{\param{wxBackgroundStyle}{ style}}
2687
2688Sets the background style of the window. The background style indicates
2689whether background colour should be determined by the system (wxBG\_STYLE\_SYSTEM),
2690be set to a specific colour (wxBG\_STYLE\_COLOUR), or should be left to the
2691application to implement (wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM).
2692
2693On GTK+, use of wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM allows the flicker-free drawing of a custom
2694background, such as a tiled bitmap. Currently the style has no effect on other platforms.
2695
2696\wxheading{See also}
2697
2698\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2699\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2700\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundStyle}{wxwindowgetbackgroundstyle}
2701
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170acdc9 2703\membersection{wxWindow::SetInitialSize}\label{wxwindowsetinitialsize}
fe161a26 2704
170acdc9 2705\func{void}{SetInitialSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize}}
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2707A {\it smart} SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
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2708window's {\it best} size values. Also sets the window's minsize to
2709the value passed in for use with sizers. This means that if a full or
2710partial size is passed to this function then the sizers will use that
2711size instead of the results of GetBestSize to determine the minimum
2712needs of the window for layout.
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2715size to the passed in value (if any.)
2716
2717
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2719
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2721\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
170acdc9 2722\helpref{wxWindow::GetEffectiveMinSize}{wxwindowgeteffectiveminsize}
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2726
2727\constfunc{void}{SetCaret}{\param{wxCaret *}{caret}}
2728
2729Sets the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
2730
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2733
2734\func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
2735
2736\func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
2737
2738This sets the size of the window client area in pixels. Using this function to size a window
2739tends to be more device-independent than \helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}, since the application need not
2740worry about what dimensions the border or title bar have when trying to fit the window
2741around panel items, for example.
2742
2743\wxheading{Parameters}
2744
2745\docparam{width}{The required client area width.}
2746
2747\docparam{height}{The required client area height.}
2748
2749\docparam{size}{The required client size.}
2750
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2752implements the following methods:\par
2753\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2755\twocolitem{{\bf SetClientSizeWH(width, height)}}{}
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2757}
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2760\membersection{wxWindow::SetConstraints}\label{wxwindowsetconstraints}
2761
2762\func{void}{SetConstraints}{\param{wxLayoutConstraints* }{constraints}}
2763
2764Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
2765will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2766If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2767window, it will be deleted.
2768
2769\wxheading{Parameters}
2770
2771\docparam{constraints}{The constraints to set. Pass NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
2772constraints.}
2773
2774\wxheading{Remarks}
2775
2776You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
2cdac558 2777the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you must override OnSize and call Layout()
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2778explicitly. When setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a \helpref{wxSizer}{wxsizer}, only the
2779sizer will have effect.
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d9f42a9e 2781\membersection{wxWindow::SetContainingSizer}\label{wxwindowsetcontainingsizer}
b8e7b673 2782
d9f42a9e 2783\func{void}{SetContainingSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}}
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2785This normally does not need to be called by user code. It is called
2786when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window can
2787remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
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b8e7b673 2789
d9f42a9e 2790\membersection{wxWindow::SetCursor}\label{wxwindowsetcursor}
b8e7b673 2791
d9f42a9e 2792\func{virtual void}{SetCursor}{\param{const wxCursor\&}{cursor}}
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2796Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
2797children of the window implicitly.
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2800be reset back to default.
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d9f42a9e 2802\wxheading{Parameters}
b8e7b673 2803
d9f42a9e 2804\docparam{cursor}{Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.}
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2805
2806\wxheading{See also}
2807
d9f42a9e 2808\helpref{::wxSetCursor}{wxsetcursor}, \helpref{wxCursor}{wxcursor}
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2809
2810
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2811\membersection{wxWindow::SetDropTarget}\label{wxwindowsetdroptarget}
2812
2813\func{void}{SetDropTarget}{\param{wxDropTarget*}{ target}}
2814
2815Associates a drop target with this window.
2816
2817If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
2818
2819\wxheading{See also}
2820
c9f00eeb 2821\helpref{wxWindow::GetDropTarget}{wxwindowgetdroptarget},
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2822\helpref{Drag and drop overview}{wxdndoverview}
2823
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2827
2828\func{virtual void}{SetInitialBestSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
2829
2830Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the
2831components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord).
2832
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2834
2835\func{void}{SetEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
2836
2837Sets the event handler for this window.
2838
2839\wxheading{Parameters}
2840
2841\docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be set.}
2842
2843\wxheading{Remarks}
2844
2845An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2846sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2847an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2848central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2849window classes.
2850
2851It is usually better to use \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} since
2852this sets up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2853handed to the next one in the chain.
2854
2855\wxheading{See also}
2856
2857\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2858\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2859\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2860\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2861\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
2862
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2864\membersection{wxWindow::SetExtraStyle}\label{wxwindowsetextrastyle}
2865
2866\func{void}{SetExtraStyle}{\param{long }{exStyle}}
2867
2868Sets the extra style bits for the window. The currently defined extra style
2869bits are:
2870
2871\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
2872\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
2873\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
2874and Validate() methods will recursively descend into all children of the
2875window if it has this style flag set.}
e4b713a2 2876\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{Normally, the command
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2878for them is found. Using this style allows to prevent them from being
2879propagated beyond this window. Notice that wxDialog has this style on by
be90c029 2880default for the reasons explained in the
e4b713a2 2881\helpref{event processing overview}{eventprocessing}.}
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2882\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_TRANSIENT}}{This can be used to prevent a
2883window from being used as an implicit parent for the dialogs which were
2884created without a parent. It is useful for the windows which can disappear at
2edb0bde 2885any moment as creating children of such windows results in fatal problems.}
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2886\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_CONTEXTHELP}}{Under Windows, puts a query
2887button on the caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive
2888help mode and wxWidgets will send a wxEVT\_HELP event if the user clicked on an
2889application window.
335c9e32 2890This style cannot be used together with wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX or wxMINIMIZE\_BOX, so
7ce6cc9b 2891these two styles are automatically turned of if this one is used.}
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2892\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_IDLE}}{This window should always process idle events, even
2893if the mode set by \helpref{wxIdleEvent::SetMode}{wxidleeventsetmode} is wxIDLE\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
2894\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_UI\_UPDATES}}{This window should always process UI update events,
2895even if the mode set by \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} is wxUPDATE\_UI\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
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2896\end{twocollist}
2897
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2899\membersection{wxWindow::SetFocus}\label{wxwindowsetfocus}
2900
2901\func{virtual void}{SetFocus}{\void}
2902
2903This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
2904
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2905\wxheading{See also}
2906
2907\helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}
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2908\helpref{wxPanel::SetFocus}{wxpanelsetfocus}
2909\helpref{wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren}{wxpanelsetfocusignoringchildren}
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2912\membersection{wxWindow::SetFocusFromKbd}\label{wxwindowsetfocusfromkbd}
2913
2914\func{virtual void}{SetFocusFromKbd}{\void}
2915
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2917gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using {\tt TAB} key).
2918By default this method simply calls \helpref{SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus} but
2919can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
2920
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2922\membersection{wxWindow::SetFont}\label{wxwindowsetfont}
2923
2924\func{void}{SetFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}}
2925
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2926Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
2927parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
fa47d7a7 2928use \helpref{SetOwnFont}{wxwindowsetownfont} instead in this case and
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2929see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for more
2930explanations.
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2932Please notice that the given font is \emph{not} automatically used for
2933\helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc} objects associated with this window, you need to
2934call \helpref{wxDC::SetFont()}{wxdcsetfont} too. However this font is used by
2935any standard controls for drawing their text as well as by
2936\helpref{wxWindow::GetTextExtent()}{wxwindowgettextextent}.
2937
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2938\wxheading{Parameters}
2939
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2941{\tt wxNullFont} to reset to the default font.}
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2942
2943\wxheading{See also}
2944
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2945\helpref{wxWindow::GetFont}{wxwindowgetfont},\\
2946\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
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2949\membersection{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour}
2950
2951\func{virtual void}{SetForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2952
2953Sets the foreground colour of the window.
2954
b8e7b673 2955Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
324eeecb 2956explanation of the difference between this method and
fa47d7a7 2957\helpref{SetOwnForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}.
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2959\wxheading{Parameters}
2960
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2962 {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
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2963
2964\wxheading{Remarks}
2965
2966The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
2967to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
2968be used at all.
2969
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2970Using this function will disable attempts to use themes for this
2971window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
2972themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
2973applications on the system.
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2975\wxheading{See also}
2976
2977\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2978\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
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2979\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2980\helpref{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
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2983\membersection{wxWindow::SetHelpText}\label{wxwindowsethelptext}
2984
2985\func{virtual void}{SetHelpText}{\param{const wxString\& }{helpText}}
2986
2987Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2988
2989Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
2990and not in the window object itself.
2991
2992\wxheading{See also}
2993
2994\helpref{GetHelpText}{wxwindowgethelptext}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
2995
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2997\membersection{wxWindow::SetId}\label{wxwindowsetid}
2998
2999\func{void}{SetId}{\param{int}{ id}}
3000
3001Sets the identifier of the window.
3002
3003\wxheading{Remarks}
3004
3005Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has not provided one,
3006an identifier will be generated. Normally, the identifier should be provided
3007on creation and should not be modified subsequently.
3008
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3009\wxheading{See also}
3010
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3011\helpref{wxWindow::GetId}{wxwindowgetid},\rtfsp
3012\helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
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3017
3018\func{virtual void}{SetLabel}{\param{const wxString\& }{label}}
3019
3020Sets the window's label.
3021
3022\wxheading{Parameters}
3023
3024\docparam{label}{The window label.}
3025
3026\wxheading{See also}
3027
3028\helpref{wxWindow::GetLabel}{wxwindowgetlabel}
3029
3030
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3032
3033\func{void}{SetMaxSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
3034
3035Sets the maximum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
3036that this is the maximum possible size.
3037
3038\membersection{wxWindow::SetMinSize}\label{wxwindowsetminsize}
3039
3040\func{void}{SetMinSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
3041
3042Sets the minimum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
3043that this is the minimum required size. You may need to call this
3044if you change the window size after construction and before adding
3045to its parent sizer.
3046
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3047\membersection{wxWindow::SetName}\label{wxwindowsetname}
3048
3049\func{virtual void}{SetName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
3050
3051Sets the window's name.
3052
3053\wxheading{Parameters}
3054
3055\docparam{name}{A name to set for the window.}
3056
3057\wxheading{See also}
3058
3059\helpref{wxWindow::GetName}{wxwindowgetname}
3060
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3062\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetownbackgroundcolour}
3063
3064\func{void}{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
3065
3066Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
3067by the children of this window.
3068
3069\wxheading{See also}
3070
3071\helpref{SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
3072\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
3073
3074
3075\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnFont}\label{wxwindowsetownfont}
3076
3077\func{void}{SetOwnFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}}
3078
3079Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
3080children of this window.
3081
3082\wxheading{See also}
3083
3084\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont},\rtfsp
3085\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
3086
3087
3088\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}
3089
3090\func{void}{SetOwnForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
3091
3092Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
3093by the children of this window.
3094
3095\wxheading{See also}
3096
3097\helpref{SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
3098\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
3099
3100
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3102
3103\func{virtual void}{SetPalette}{\param{wxPalette* }{palette}}
3104
3105Obsolete - use \helpref{wxDC::SetPalette}{wxdcsetpalette} instead.
3106
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3108\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}\label{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
3109
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3110\func{virtual void}{SetScrollbar}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{position},\rtfsp
3111\param{int }{thumbSize}, \param{int }{range},\rtfsp
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3113
3114Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
3115
3116\wxheading{Parameters}
3117
3118\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3119
3120\docparam{position}{The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.}
3121
3122\docparam{thumbSize}{The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.}
3123
3124\docparam{range}{The maximum position of the scrollbar.}
3125
cc81d32f 3126\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3127
3128\wxheading{Remarks}
3129
3130Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same font.
3131The window is sized so that you can only see 16 lines at a time.
3132
3133You would use:
3134
3135{\small%
3136\begin{verbatim}
3137 SetScrollbar(wxVERTICAL, 0, 16, 50);
3138\end{verbatim}
3139}
3140
3141Note that with the window at this size, the thumb position can never go
3142above 50 minus 16, or 34.
3143
3144You can determine how many lines are currently visible by dividing the current view
3145size by the character height in pixels.
3146
3147When defining your own scrollbar behaviour, you will always need to recalculate
3148the scrollbar settings when the window size changes. You could therefore put your
3149scrollbar calculations and SetScrollbar
3150call into a function named AdjustScrollbars, which can be called initially and also
f4fcc291 3151from your \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent} handler function.
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3152
3153\wxheading{See also}
3154
3155\helpref{Scrolling overview}{scrollingoverview},\rtfsp
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3156\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow},\rtfsp
3157\helpref{wxScrollWinEvent}{wxscrollwinevent}
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3158
3159\begin{comment}
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3162\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpage}
3163
cc81d32f 3164\func{virtual void}{SetScrollPage}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pageSize}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3165
3166Sets the page size of one of the built-in scrollbars.
3167
3168\wxheading{Parameters}
3169
3170\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3171
3172\docparam{pageSize}{Page size in scroll units.}
3173
cc81d32f 3174\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3175
3176\wxheading{Remarks}
3177
3178The page size of a scrollbar is the number of scroll units that the scroll thumb travels when you
3179click on the area above/left of or below/right of the thumb. Normally you will want a whole visible
3180page to be scrolled, i.e. the size of the current view (perhaps the window client size). This
3181value has to be adjusted when the window is resized, since the page size will have changed.
3182
3183In addition to specifying how far the scroll thumb travels when paging, in Motif and some versions of Windows
3184the thumb changes size to reflect the page size relative to the length of the document. When the
3185document size is only slightly bigger than the current view (window) size, almost all of the scrollbar
3186will be taken up by the thumb. When the two values become the same, the scrollbar will (on some systems)
3187disappear.
3188
3189Currently, this function should be called before SetPageRange, because of a quirk in the Windows
3190handling of pages and ranges.
3191
3192\wxheading{See also}
3193
3194\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
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3195\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowgetscrollpos},\rtfsp
3196\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowgetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3197\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
3198\end{comment}
3199
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3201\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpos}
3202
cc81d32f 3203\func{virtual void}{SetScrollPos}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pos}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3204
3205Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
3206
3207\wxheading{Parameters}
3208
3209\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3210
3211\docparam{pos}{Position in scroll units.}
3212
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3214
3215\wxheading{Remarks}
3216
3217This function does not directly affect the contents of the window: it is up to the
3218application to take note of scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
3219
3220\wxheading{See also}
3221
3222\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar},\rtfsp
4179da8a 3223\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowgetscrollpos},\rtfsp
f7bd2698 3224\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollThumb}{wxwindowgetscrollthumb},\rtfsp
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3225\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
3226
3227\begin{comment}
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3230\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollRange}\label{wxwindowsetscrollrange}
3231
cc81d32f 3232\func{virtual void}{SetScrollRange}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{range}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3233
3234Sets the range of one of the built-in scrollbars.
3235
3236\wxheading{Parameters}
3237
3238\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose range is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3239
3240\docparam{range}{Scroll range.}
3241
cc81d32f 3242\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3244\wxheading{Remarks}
3245
3246The range of a scrollbar is the number of steps that the thumb may travel, rather than the total
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3247object length of the scrollbar. If you are implementing a scrolling window, for example, you
3248would adjust the scroll range when the window is resized, by subtracting the window view size from the
3249total virtual window size. When the two sizes are the same (all the window is visible), the range goes to zero
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3250and usually the scrollbar will be automatically hidden.
3251
3252\wxheading{See also}
3253
3254\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
3255\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}{wxwindowsetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3256\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowgetscrollpos},\rtfsp
3257\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowgetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3258\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
3259\end{comment}
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3262\membersection{wxWindow::SetSize}\label{wxwindowsetsize}
3263
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3264\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}, \param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height},
3265 \param{int}{ sizeFlags = wxSIZE\_AUTO}}
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3268
fab86f26 3269Sets the position and size of the window in pixels.
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eaaa6a06 3271\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
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3274
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3276
3277\wxheading{Parameters}
3278
60fef964 3279\docparam{x}{Required x position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
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3280value should be used.}
3281
60fef964 3282\docparam{y}{Required y position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
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3283value should be used.}
3284
60fef964 3285\docparam{width}{Required width in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
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3286value should be used.}
3287
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3289value should be used.}
3290
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3291\docparam{size}{\helpref{wxSize}{wxsize} object for setting the size.}
3292
3293\docparam{rect}{\helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object for setting the position and size.}
3294
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3295\docparam{sizeFlags}{Indicates the interpretation of other parameters. It is a bit list of the following:
3296
60fef964 3297{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_WIDTH}: a $wxDefaultCoord$ width value is taken to indicate
fc2171bd 3298a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
60fef964 3299{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_HEIGHT}: a $wxDefaultCoord$ height value is taken to indicate
4e43c815 3300a wxWidgets-supplied default height.\\
60fef964 3301{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO}: $wxDefaultCoord$ size values are taken to indicate
fc2171bd 3302a wxWidgets-supplied default size.\\
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3305{\bf wxSIZE\_ALLOW\_MINUS\_ONE}: allow negative dimensions (ie. value of $wxDefaultCoord$) to be interpreted
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3307{\bf wxSIZE\_FORCE}: normally, if the position and the size of the window are
3308already the same as the parameters of this function, nothing is done. but with
3309this flag a window resize may be forced even in this case (supported in wx
33102.6.2 and later and only implemented for MSW and ignored elsewhere currently)
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3311}
3312
3313\wxheading{Remarks}
3314
3315The second form is a convenience for calling the first form with default
3316x and y parameters, and must be used with non-default width and height values.
3317
3318The first form sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
60fef964 3319Parameters may be $wxDefaultCoord$ to indicate either that a default should be supplied
fc2171bd 3320by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the dimension should be used.
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3322\wxheading{See also}
3323
3324\helpref{wxWindow::Move}{wxwindowmove}
3325
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3327implements the following methods:\par
3328\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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3329\twocolitem{{\bf SetDimensions(x, y, width, height, sizeFlags=wxSIZE\_AUTO)}}{}
3330\twocolitem{{\bf SetSize(size)}}{}
3331\twocolitem{{\bf SetPosition(point)}}{}
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3333}
3334
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3336\membersection{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}\label{wxwindowsetsizehints}
3337
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3339(such as wxDialog or wxFrame) is discouraged. Please use
3340\helpref{SetMinSize}{wxwindowsetminsize} and \helpref{SetMaxSize}{wxwindowsetmaxsize}
3341instead.
3342
3343\wxheading{See also}
3344
9379c0d7 3345\helpref{wxTopLevelWindow::SetSizeHints}{wxtoplevelwindowsetsizehints}.
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3349
cc81d32f 3350\func{void}{SetSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=true}}
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3352Sets the window to have the given layout sizer. The window
3353will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
3354If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
cc81d32f 3355window, it will be deleted if the deleteOld parameter is true.
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3359parameter if the {\it sizer}\/ is non-NULL and {\tt false} otherwise.
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3361\wxheading{Parameters}
3362
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3364the window's sizer. See below.}
3365
fab86f26 3366\docparam{deleteOld}{If true (the default), this will delete any pre-existing sizer.
cc81d32f 3367Pass false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself.}
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3369\wxheading{Remarks}
3370
fc2171bd 3371SetSizer now enables and disables Layout automatically, but prior to wxWidgets 2.3.3
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3372the following applied:
3373
515da557 3374You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
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3375the sizer automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you must override OnSize and call Layout()
3376explicitly. When setting both a wxSizer and a \helpref{wxLayoutConstraints}{wxlayoutconstraints},
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3377only the sizer will have effect.
3378
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3380\membersection{wxWindow::SetSizerAndFit}\label{wxwindowsetsizerandfit}
3381
cc81d32f 3382\func{void}{SetSizerAndFit}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=true}}
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3384The same as \helpref{SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer}, except it also sets the size hints
3385for the window based on the sizer's minimum size.
3386
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3388\membersection{wxWindow::SetThemeEnabled}\label{wxwindowsetthemeenabled}
3389
3390\func{virtual void}{SetThemeEnabled}{\param{bool }{enable}}
3391
3392This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
3393to draw the windows' background instead if its own background drawing
3394code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
3395obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
3396One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
3397defined by a user's selected theme.
3398
cc81d32f 3399Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to true
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3401
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3403\membersection{wxWindow::SetToolTip}\label{wxwindowsettooltip}
3404
3405\func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{const wxString\& }{tip}}
3406
3407\func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{wxToolTip* }{tip}}
3408
c9f00eeb 3409Attach a tooltip to the window.
f6bcfd97 3410
c9f00eeb 3411See also: \helpref{GetToolTip}{wxwindowgettooltip},
8161ba08 3412 \helpref{wxToolTip}{wxtooltip}
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3415\membersection{wxWindow::SetValidator}\label{wxwindowsetvalidator}
3416
3417\func{virtual void}{SetValidator}{\param{const wxValidator\&}{ validator}}
3418
3419Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having called wxValidator::Clone to
3420create a new validator of this type.
3421
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3424
3425\func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
3426
3427\func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
3428
3429Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
3430
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3433
3434\func{virtual void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{int}{ minW},\param{int}{ minH}, \param{int}{ maxW=-1}, \param{int}{ maxH=-1}}
3435
324eeecb 3436\func{void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ minSize=wxDefaultSize},
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3438
3439
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3440Allows specification of minimum and maximum virtual window sizes.
3441If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values
3442will be used.
3443
3444\wxheading{Parameters}
3445
3446\docparam{minW}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.}
3447
3448\docparam{minH}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.}
3449
3450\docparam{maxW}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.}
3451
3452\docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
3453
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3455
3456\docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
3457
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3459
3460If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the virtual area
3461of the window outside the given bounds.
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3464\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyle}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyle}
3465
3466\func{void}{SetWindowStyle}{\param{long}{ style}}
3467
3468Identical to \helpref{SetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}.
3469
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3471\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyleFlag}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}
3472
3473\func{virtual void}{SetWindowStyleFlag}{\param{long}{ style}}
3474
3475Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
3476after the window creation and that \helpref{Refresh()}{wxwindowrefresh} might
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3477need to be be called after changing the others for the change to take place
3478immediately.
d80cd92a 3479
b2cf617c 3480See \helpref{Window styles}{windowstyles} for more information about flags.
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3481
3482\wxheading{See also}
3483
3484\helpref{GetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowgetwindowstyleflag}
3485
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3487\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}\label{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
3488
3489\func{void}{SetWindowVariant}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{variant}}
3490
3491This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
3492Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
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3494enum:
3495\begin{verbatim}
3496enum wxWindowVariant
3497{
3498 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL, // Normal size
3499 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_SMALL, // Smaller size (about 25 % smaller than normal )
3500 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MINI, // Mini size (about 33 % smaller than normal )
3501 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_LARGE, // Large size (about 25 % larger than normal )
3502};
3503\end{verbatim}
3504
3505By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
3506be used to change this.
3507
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3509\membersection{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}\label{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
3510
3511\func{virtual bool}{ShouldInheritColours}{\void}
3512
324eeecb 3513Return \true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
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3514\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}, returning \false
3515forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
3516
324eeecb 3517The base class version returns \false, but this method is overridden in
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3518\helpref{wxControl}{wxcontrol} where it returns \true.
3519
3520
aeab10d0 3521\membersection{wxWindow::Show}\label{wxwindowshow}
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cc81d32f 3523\func{virtual bool}{Show}{\param{bool}{ show = {\tt true}}}
a660d684 3524
be90c029 3525Shows or hides the window. You may need to call \helpref{Raise}{wxwindowraise}
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3526for a top level window if you want to bring it to top, although this is not
3527needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
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3529\wxheading{Parameters}
3530
cc81d32f 3531\docparam{show}{If {\tt true} displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.}
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3532
3533\wxheading{Return value}
3534
cc81d32f 3535{\tt true} if the window has been shown or hidden or {\tt false} if nothing was
bc5879ef 3536done because it already was in the requested state.
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3538\wxheading{See also}
3539
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3540\helpref{wxWindow::IsShown}{wxwindowisshown},\rtfsp
3541\helpref{wxWindow::Hide}{wxwindowhide},\rtfsp
3542\helpref{wxRadioBox::Show}{wxradioboxshow}
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3545\membersection{wxWindow::Thaw}\label{wxwindowthaw}
3546
3547\func{virtual void}{Thaw}{\void}
3548
324eeecb 3549Reenables window updating after a previous call to
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3550\helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}. To really thaw the control, it must be called
3551exactly the same number of times as \helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}.
3552
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3553\wxheading{See also}
3554
3555\helpref{wxWindowUpdateLocker}{wxwindowupdatelocker}
3556
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3558\membersection{wxWindow::ToggleWindowStyle}\label{wxwindowtogglewindowstyle}
3559
e23d4019 3560\func{bool}{ToggleWindowStyle}{\param{int }{flag}}
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3561
3562Turns the given \arg{flag} on if it's currently turned off and vice versa.
3563This function cannot be used if the value of the flag is $0$ (which is often
3564the case for default flags).
3565
3566Also, please notice that not all styles can be changed after the control
3567creation.
3568
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3569\wxheading{Return value}
3570
3571Returns \true if the style was turned on by this function, \false if it was
3572switched off.
3573
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3574\wxheading{See also}
3575
3576\helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag},\rtfsp
3577\helpref{wxWindow::HasFlag}{wxwindowhasflag}
3578
3579
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3580\membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow}
3581
3582\func{virtual bool}{TransferDataFromWindow}{\void}
3583
3584Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their validators. Returns
cc81d32f 3585{\tt false} if a transfer failed.
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3587If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3588the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
3589
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3590\wxheading{See also}
3591
3592\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow},\rtfsp
3593\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
3594
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3596\membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
3597
3598\func{virtual bool}{TransferDataToWindow}{\void}
3599
3600Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their validators.
3601
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3602If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3603the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
3604
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3605\wxheading{Return value}
3606
cc81d32f 3607Returns {\tt false} if a transfer failed.
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3609\wxheading{See also}
3610
3611\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3612\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
3613
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3615\membersection{wxWindow::UnregisterHotKey}\label{wxwindowunregisterhotkey}
3616
3617\func{bool}{UnregisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}}
3618
3619Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
3620
3621\wxheading{Parameters}
3622
3623\docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to RegisterHotKey.}
3624
3625\wxheading{Return value}
3626
3627{\tt true} if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, {\tt false} if the id was invalid.
3628
3629\wxheading{Remarks}
3630
3631This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
3632
3633\wxheading{See also}
3634
3635\helpref{wxWindow::RegisterHotKey}{wxwindowregisterhotkey}
3636
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3638\membersection{wxWindow::Update}\label{wxwindowupdate}
3639
3640\func{virtual void}{Update}{\void}
3641
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3642Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window and
3643all of its children recursively while this would usually only happen when the
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3645Notice that this function doesn't invalidate any area of the window so
3646nothing happens if nothing has been invalidated (i.e. marked as requiring
3647a redraw). Use \helpref{Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} first if you want to
a67f1484 3648immediately redraw the window unconditionally.
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3652
c0d26c0f 3653\func{virtual void}{UpdateWindowUI}{\param{long}{ flags = wxUPDATE\_UI\_NONE}}
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3655This function sends \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvents}{wxupdateuievent} to
3656the window. The particular implementation depends on the window; for
3657example a wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
3658and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
3659You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
3660UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
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3661are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
3662\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} or
e39af974 3663\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval}{wxupdateuieventsetupdateinterval} to
fc2171bd 3664limit the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
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3666{\it flags} should be a bitlist of one or more of the following values.
3667
3668\begin{verbatim}
3669enum wxUpdateUI
3670{
3671 wxUPDATE_UI_NONE = 0x0000, // No particular value
3672 wxUPDATE_UI_RECURSE = 0x0001, // Call the function for descendants
3673 wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE = 0x0002 // Invoked from On(Internal)Idle
3674};
3675\end{verbatim}
3676
3677If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
3678function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE\_UI\_FROMIDLE flag, since
3679this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
3680to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
3681only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
3682The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
3683an idle function.
3684
3685\begin{verbatim}
3686void MyWindow::OnInternalIdle()
3687{
3688 if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this))
3689 UpdateWindowUI(wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE);
3690}
3691\end{verbatim}
3692
3693\wxheading{See also}
3694
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3696\helpref{wxWindow::DoUpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowdoupdatewindowui},
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3698
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3701
3702\func{virtual bool}{Validate}{\void}
3703
3704Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
3705
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3707the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
3708
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3710
cc81d32f 3711Returns {\tt false} if any of the validations failed.
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3713\wxheading{See also}
3714
3715\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
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3718
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3721
3722\func{void}{WarpPointer}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
3723
3724Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
3725
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3727Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor programmatically.
3728
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3730
3731\docparam{x}{The new x position for the cursor.}
3732
3733\docparam{y}{The new y position for the cursor.}
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