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1\section{\class{wxWindow}}\label{wxwindow}
2
87b6002d 3wxWindow is the base class for all windows and represents any visible object on
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4screen. All controls, top level windows and so on are windows. Sizers and
5device contexts are not, however, as they don't appear on screen themselves.
6
7Please note that all children of the window will be deleted automatically by
8the destructor before the window itself is deleted which means that you don't
9have to worry about deleting them manually. Please see the \helpref{window
10deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview} for more information.
11
fc2171bd 12Also note that in this, and many others, wxWidgets classes some
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13\texttt{GetXXX()} methods may be overloaded (as, for example,
14\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize} or
15\helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize}). In this case, the overloads
16are non-virtual because having multiple virtual functions with the same name
17results in a virtual function name hiding at the derived class level (in
18English, this means that the derived class has to override all overloaded
19variants if it overrides any of them). To allow overriding them in the derived
fc2171bd 20class, wxWidgets uses a unique protected virtual \texttt{DoGetXXX()} method
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21and all \texttt{GetXXX()} ones are forwarded to it, so overriding the former
22changes the behaviour of the latter.
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24\wxheading{Derived from}
25
26\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\\
27\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
28
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29\wxheading{Include files}
30
31<wx/window.h>
32
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33\wxheading{Window styles}
34
35The following styles can apply to all windows, although they will not always make sense for a particular
4130b487 36window class or on all platforms.
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38\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
39\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
40\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSIMPLE\_BORDER}}{Displays a thin border around the window. wxBORDER is the old name
27d029c7 41for this style. }
69a126b0 42\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxDOUBLE\_BORDER}}{Displays a double border. Windows and Mac only.}
a660d684 43\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSUNKEN\_BORDER}}{Displays a sunken border.}
69a126b0 44\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxRAISED\_BORDER}}{Displays a raised border.}
6453876e 45\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSTATIC\_BORDER}}{Displays a border suitable for a static control. Windows only. }
8d99dec0 46\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxNO\_BORDER}}{Displays no border, overriding the default border style for the window.}
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47\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTRANSPARENT\_WINDOW}}{The window is transparent, that is, it will not receive paint
48events. Windows only.}
a660d684 49\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTAB\_TRAVERSAL}}{Use this to enable tab traversal for non-dialog windows.}
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50\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWANTS\_CHARS}}{Use this to indicate that
51the window wants to get all char/key events for all keys - even for
52keys like TAB or ENTER which are usually used for dialog navigation
53and which wouldn't be generated without this style. If you need to
54use this style in order to get the arrows or etc., but would still like to have
55normal keyboard navigation take place, you should create and send a
56wxNavigationKeyEvent in response to the key events for Tab and
57Shift-Tab.}
f6bcfd97 58\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxNO\_FULL\_REPAINT\_ON\_RESIZE}}{Disables repainting
895fc9cb 59the window completely when its size is changed - you will have to repaint the
f6bcfd97 60new window area manually if you use this style. Currently only has an effect for
4130b487 61Windows.}
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62\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxVSCROLL}}{Use this style to enable a vertical scrollbar.}
63\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHSCROLL}}{Use this style to enable a horizontal scrollbar.}
3c9676ea 64\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxALWAYS\_SHOW\_SB}}{If a window has scrollbars,
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65disable them instead of hiding them when they are not needed (i.e. when the
66size of the window is big enough to not require the scrollbars to navigate it).
67This style is currently only implemented for wxMSW and wxUniversal and does
68nothing on the other platforms.}
884360bc 69\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxCLIP\_CHILDREN}}{Use this style to eliminate flicker caused by the background being
6453876e 70repainted, then children being painted over them. Windows only.}
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71\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFULL\_REPAINT\_ON\_RESIZE}}{Use this style to force
72a complete redraw of the window whenever it is resized instead of redrawing
73just the part of the window affected by resizing. Note that this was the
74behaviour by default before 2.5.1 release and that if you experience redraw
75problems with the code which previously used to work you may want to try this.}
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76\end{twocollist}
77
78See also \helpref{window styles overview}{windowstyles}.
79
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80\wxheading{Extra window styles}
81
82The following are extra styles, set using \helpref{wxWindow::SetExtraStyle}{wxwindowsetextrastyle}.
83
84\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
85\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
86\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{By default, Validate/TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
87only work on direct children of the window (compatible behaviour). Set this flag to make them recursively
88descend into all subwindows.}
89\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{wxCommandEvents and the objects of the derived classes are forwarded to the
90parent window and so on recursively by default. Using this flag for the
91given window allows to block this propagation at this window, i.e. prevent
92the events from being propagated further upwards. Dialogs have this
93flag on by default.}
94\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_TRANSIENT}}{Don't use this window as an implicit parent for the other windows: this must
95be used with transient windows as otherwise there is the risk of creating a
96dialog/frame with this window as a parent which would lead to a crash if the
97parent is destroyed before the child.}
98\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_IDLE}}{This window should always process idle events, even
99if the mode set by \helpref{wxIdleEvent::SetMode}{wxidleeventsetmode} is wxIDLE\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
100\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_UI\_UPDATES}}{This window should always process UI update events,
101even if the mode set by \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} is wxUPDATE\_UI\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
102\end{twocollist}
103
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104\wxheading{See also}
105
106\helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
107
108\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
109
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f6bcfd97 111\membersection{wxWindow::wxWindow}\label{wxwindowctor}
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113\func{}{wxWindow}{\void}
114
115Default constructor.
116
eaaa6a06 117\func{}{wxWindow}{\param{wxWindow*}{ parent}, \param{wxWindowID }{id},
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118 \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition},
119 \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize},
eaaa6a06 120 \param{long }{style = 0},
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121 \param{const wxString\& }{name = wxPanelNameStr}}
122
123Constructs a window, which can be a child of a frame, dialog or any other non-control window.
124
125\wxheading{Parameters}
126
127\docparam{parent}{Pointer to a parent window.}
128
129\docparam{id}{Window identifier. If -1, will automatically create an identifier.}
130
fc2171bd 131\docparam{pos}{Window position. wxDefaultPosition is (-1, -1) which indicates that wxWidgets
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132should generate a default position for the window. If using the wxWindow class directly, supply
133an actual position.}
134
fc2171bd 135\docparam{size}{Window size. wxDefaultSize is (-1, -1) which indicates that wxWidgets
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136should generate a default size for the window. If no suitable size can be found, the
137window will be sized to 20x20 pixels so that the window is visible but obviously not
138correctly sized. }
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140\docparam{style}{Window style. For generic window styles, please see \helpref{wxWindow}{wxwindow}.}
141
142\docparam{name}{Window name.}
143
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145\membersection{wxWindow::\destruct{wxWindow}}
146
147\func{}{\destruct{wxWindow}}{\void}
148
149Destructor. Deletes all subwindows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
150the {\bf delete} operator explicitly, you should normally
fc2171bd 151use \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} so that wxWidgets
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152can delete a window only when it is safe to do so, in idle time.
153
154\wxheading{See also}
155
156\helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
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157\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy},\rtfsp
158\helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
159
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161\membersection{wxWindow::AddChild}
162
163\func{virtual void}{AddChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
164
165Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
166functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
167
fc2171bd 168Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
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169called by the user code.
170
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171\wxheading{Parameters}
172
173\docparam{child}{Child window to add.}
174
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176\membersection{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}\label{wxwindowcapturemouse}
177
178\func{virtual void}{CaptureMouse}{\void}
179
180Directs all mouse input to this window. Call \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse} to
181release the capture.
182
fc2171bd 183Note that wxWidgets maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
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184and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
185captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
186window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
187as you capture it.
188
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189\wxheading{See also}
190
191\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse}
192
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194\membersection{wxWindow::Center}\label{wxwindowcenter}
195
eaaa6a06 196\func{void}{Center}{\param{int}{ direction}}
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198A synonym for \helpref{Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
199
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201\membersection{wxWindow::CenterOnParent}\label{wxwindowcenteronparent}
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203\func{void}{CenterOnParent}{\param{int}{ direction}}
204
205A synonym for \helpref{CentreOnParent}{wxwindowcentreonparent}.
206
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208\membersection{wxWindow::CenterOnScreen}\label{wxwindowcenteronscreen}
209
210\func{void}{CenterOnScreen}{\param{int}{ direction}}
211
212A synonym for \helpref{CentreOnScreen}{wxwindowcentreonscreen}.
213
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215\membersection{wxWindow::Centre}\label{wxwindowcentre}
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7eb4e9cc 217\func{void}{Centre}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
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219Centres the window.
220
221\wxheading{Parameters}
222
223\docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
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224or {\tt wxBOTH}. It may also include {\tt wxCENTRE\_ON\_SCREEN} flag
225if you want to center the window on the entire screen and not on its
226parent window.}
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228The flag {\tt wxCENTRE\_FRAME} is obsolete and should not be used any longer
229(it has no effect).
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231\wxheading{Remarks}
232
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233If the window is a top level one (i.e. doesn't have a parent), it will be
234centered relative to the screen anyhow.
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236\wxheading{See also}
237
238\helpref{wxWindow::Center}{wxwindowcenter}
239
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241\membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnParent}\label{wxwindowcentreonparent}
242
7eb4e9cc 243\func{void}{CentreOnParent}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
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c9f00eeb 245Centres the window on its parent. This is a more readable synonym for
7eb4e9cc 246\helpref{Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
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248\wxheading{Parameters}
249
250\docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
251or {\tt wxBOTH}.}
252
253\wxheading{Remarks}
254
255This methods provides for a way to center top level windows over their
256parents instead of the entire screen. If there is no parent or if the
c9f00eeb 257window is not a top level window, then behaviour is the same as
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258\helpref{wxWindow::Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
259
260\wxheading{See also}
261
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262\helpref{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen}{wxwindowcenteronscreen}
263
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265\membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen}\label{wxwindowcentreonscreen}
266
267\func{void}{CentreOnScreen}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
268
269Centres the window on screen. This only works for top level windows -
270otherwise, the window will still be centered on its parent.
271
272\wxheading{Parameters}
273
274\docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
275or {\tt wxBOTH}.}
276
277\wxheading{See also}
278
279\helpref{wxWindow::CentreOnParent}{wxwindowcenteronparent}
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5da0803c 282\membersection{wxWindow::ClearBackground}\label{wxwindowclearbackground}
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5da0803c 284\func{void}{ClearBackground}{\void}
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286Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour. Does not
287cause an erase background event to be generated.
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290\membersection{wxWindow::ClientToScreen}
291
292\constfunc{virtual void}{ClientToScreen}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
293
2edb0bde 294\perlnote{In wxPerl this method returns a 2-element list instead of
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296
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297\constfunc{virtual wxPoint}{ClientToScreen}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
298
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299Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
300
301\docparam{x}{A pointer to a integer value for the x coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
302a screen coordinate will be passed out.}
303
304\docparam{y}{A pointer to a integer value for the y coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
305a screen coordinate will be passed out.}
306
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307\docparam{pt}{The client position for the second form of the function.}
308
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310implements the following methods:\par
311\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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312\twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreen(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
313\twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreenXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
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315}
316
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318\membersection{wxWindow::Close}\label{wxwindowclose}
319
cc81d32f 320\func{bool}{Close}{\param{bool}{ force = {\tt false}}}
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322This function simply generates a \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent} whose
323handler usually tries to close the window. It doesn't close the window itself,
324however.
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326\wxheading{Parameters}
327
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328\docparam{force}{{\tt false} if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
329of this window, {\tt true} if it cannot.}
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330
331\wxheading{Remarks}
332
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333Close calls the \helpref{close handler}{wxcloseevent} for the window, providing
334an opportunity for the window to choose whether to destroy the window.
335Usually it is only used with the top level windows (wxFrame and wxDialog
336classes) as the others are not supposed to have any special OnClose() logic.
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338The close handler should check whether the window is being deleted forcibly,
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339using \helpref{wxCloseEvent::GetForce}{wxcloseeventgetforce}, in which case it
340should destroy the window using \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy}.
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342{\it Note} that calling Close does not guarantee that the window will be
343destroyed; but it provides a way to simulate a manual close of a window, which
344may or may not be implemented by destroying the window. The default
345implementation of wxDialog::OnCloseWindow does not necessarily delete the
346dialog, since it will simply simulate an wxID\_CANCEL event which is handled by
347the appropriate button event handler and may do anything at all.
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349To guarantee that the window will be destroyed, call
350\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} instead
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352\wxheading{See also}
353
354\helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
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355\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy},\rtfsp
356\helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
357
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359\membersection{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}\label{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
360
361\func{wxPoint}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
362
363\func{wxSize}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
364
365Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
366
367For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character width
368and then divided by 4.
369
370For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character height
371and then divided by 8.
372
373\wxheading{Remarks}
374
375Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
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377You can also use these functions programmatically. A convenience macro is defined:
378
379{\small
380\begin{verbatim}
381#define wxDLG_UNIT(parent, pt) parent->ConvertDialogToPixels(pt)
382\end{verbatim}
383}
384
385\wxheading{See also}
386
387\helpref{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
388
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390implements the following methods:\par
391\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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392\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
393\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
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394\end{twocollist}}
395
396Additionally, the following helper functions are defined:\par
397\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
c9110876 398\twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_PNT(win, point)}}{Converts a wxPoint from dialog
06d20283 399units to pixels}
c9110876 400\twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_SZE(win, size)}}{Converts a wxSize from dialog
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402\end{twocollist}}
403}
404
405
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407\membersection{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}\label{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
408
409\func{wxPoint}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
410
411\func{wxSize}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
412
413Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
414
415For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 4 and then divided by the average
416character width.
417
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419character height.
420
421\wxheading{Remarks}
422
423Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
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425\wxheading{See also}
426
427\helpref{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
428
c92ddcd2 429\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPythonimplements the following methods:\par
06d20283 430\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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431\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
432\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
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434}
435
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437\membersection{wxWindow::Destroy}\label{wxwindowdestroy}
438
439\func{virtual bool}{Destroy}{\void}
440
441Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator, since
442different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
24174c30 443are not destroyed immediately when this function is called -- they are added
a660d684 444to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
2edb0bde 445have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to non-existent
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446windows.
447
448\wxheading{Return value}
449
cc81d32f 450{\tt true} if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it has been added
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451to the list of windows pending real deletion.
452
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454\membersection{wxWindow::DestroyChildren}
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456\func{virtual void}{DestroyChildren}{\void}
457
458Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
459
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462
c222be41 463\func{bool}{Disable}{\void}
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cc81d32f 465Disables the window, same as \helpref{Enable({\tt false})}{wxwindowenable}.
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467\wxheading{Return value}
468
cc81d32f 469Returns {\tt true} if the window has been disabled, {\tt false} if it had been
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470already disabled before the call to this function.
471
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473\membersection{wxWindow::DoUpdateWindowUI}\label{wxwindowdoupdatewindowui}
474
475\func{virtual void}{DoUpdateWindowUI}{\param{wxUpdateUIEvent\&}{ event}}
476
477Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
478This function is called by \helpref{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
479in order to check return values in the \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent} and
fc2171bd 480act appropriately. For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWidgets
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481implements this function as follows:
482
483\begin{verbatim}
484// do the window-specific processing after processing the update event
485void wxTopLevelWindowBase::DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent& event)
486{
487 if ( event.GetSetEnabled() )
488 Enable(event.GetEnabled());
489
490 if ( event.GetSetText() )
491 {
492 if ( event.GetText() != GetTitle() )
493 SetTitle(event.GetText());
494 }
495}
496\end{verbatim}
497
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500\membersection{wxWindow::DragAcceptFiles}\label{wxwindowdragacceptfiles}
501
8a293590 502\func{virtual void}{DragAcceptFiles}{\param{bool}{ accept}}
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2edb0bde 504Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
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506\wxheading{Parameters}
507
cc81d32f 508\docparam{accept}{If {\tt true}, the window is eligible for drop file events. If {\tt false}, the window
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509will not accept drop file events.}
510
511\wxheading{Remarks}
512
513Windows only.
514
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516\membersection{wxWindow::Enable}\label{wxwindowenable}
517
cc81d32f 518\func{virtual bool}{Enable}{\param{bool}{ enable = {\tt true}}}
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521disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
522when the parent is.
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524\wxheading{Parameters}
525
cc81d32f 526\docparam{enable}{If {\tt true}, enables the window for input. If {\tt false}, disables the window.}
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529
cc81d32f 530Returns {\tt true} if the window has been enabled or disabled, {\tt false} if
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532
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533\wxheading{See also}
534
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535\helpref{wxWindow::IsEnabled}{wxwindowisenabled},\rtfsp
536\helpref{wxWindow::Disable}{wxwindowdisable}
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539\membersection{wxWindow::FindFocus}\label{wxwindowfindfocus}
540
541\func{static wxWindow*}{FindFocus}{\void}
542
543Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
544
545\wxheading{Remarks}
546
547Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without needing a wxWindow pointer.
548
549\wxheading{See also}
550
551\helpref{wxWindow::SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus}
552
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556
557\func{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{long}{ id}}
558
559Find a child of this window, by identifier.
560
561\func{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}}
562
563Find a child of this window, by name.
564
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566implements the following methods:\par
567\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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569\twocolitem{{\bf FindWindowByName(name)}}{Accepts a string}
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571}
572
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f89a1397 576\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowById}{\param{long}{ id}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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578Find the first window with the given {\it id}.
579
580If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
581frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
582The search is recursive in both cases.
583
584\wxheading{See also}
585
f89a1397 586\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
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590
f89a1397 591\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowByName}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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593Find a window by its name (as given in a window constructor or {\bf Create} function call).
594If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
595frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
596The search is recursive in both cases.
597
598If no window with such name is found,
599\helpref{FindWindowByLabel}{wxwindowfindwindowbylabel} is called.
600
601\wxheading{See also}
602
f89a1397 603\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
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607
f89a1397 608\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowByLabel}{\param{const wxString\&}{ label}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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610Find a window by its label. Depending on the type of window, the label may be a window title
611or panel item label. If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
612frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
613The search is recursive in both cases.
614
615\wxheading{See also}
616
f89a1397 617\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
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621
622\func{virtual void}{Fit}{\void}
623
f68586e5 624Sizes the window so that it fits around its subwindows. This function won't do
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626sizers are used for the subwindows layout. Also, if the window has exactly one
627subwindow it is better (faster and the result is more precise as Fit adds some
628margin to account for fuzziness of its calculations) to call
629
630\begin{verbatim}
631 window->SetClientSize(child->GetSize());
632\end{verbatim}
633
634instead of calling Fit.
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638
639\func{virtual void}{FitInside}{\void}
640
641Similar to \helpref{Fit}{wxwindowfit}, but sizes the interior (virtual) size
642of a window. Mainly useful with scrolled windows to reset scrollbars after
643sizing changes that do not trigger a size event, and/or scrolled windows without
644an interior sizer. This function similarly won't do anything if there are no
645subwindows.
646
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649
650\func{virtual void}{Freeze}{\void}
651
652Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking place
653on screen, the window is not redrawn at all. \helpref{Thaw}{wxwindowthaw} must
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655nested.
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657This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example, it
658is a good idea to use it before inserting large amount of text into a
659wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all platforms nor for all
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662
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665
666\constfunc{wxAcceleratorTable*}{GetAcceleratorTable}{\void}
667
668Gets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
669
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672
673\func{wxAccessibile*}{GetAccessible}{\void}
674
675Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
676
677See also \helpref{wxAccessible}{wxaccessible}.
678
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681
682\constfunc{wxSize}{GetAdjustedBestSize}{\void}
683
684This method is similar to \helpref{GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize}, except
685in one thing. GetBestSize should return the minimum untruncated size of the
686window, while this method will return the largest of BestSize and any user
687specified minimum size. ie. it is the minimum size the window should currently
688be drawn at, not the minimal size it can possibly tolerate.
689
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692
693\constfunc{virtual wxColour}{GetBackgroundColour}{\void}
694
695Returns the background colour of the window.
696
697\wxheading{See also}
698
699\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
700\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
9866d9c2 701\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour}
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705
706\constfunc{wxSize}{GetBestFittingSize}{\void}
707
708Merges the window's best size into the min size and returns the result.
709
710\wxheading{See also}
711
712\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
713\helpref{wxWindow::SetBestFittingSize}{wxwindowsetbestfittingsize},\rtfsp
714\helpref{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}{wxwindowsetsizehints}
715
716
7f071e73 717\membersection{wxWindow::GetBestSize}\label{wxwindowgetbestsize}
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c66c3af1 719\constfunc{wxSize}{GetBestSize}{\void}
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721This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window. For
722example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
3e02f5ed 723control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
8771a323 724\helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel}), the size returned by this function will be the
3e02f5ed 725same as the size the window would have had after calling
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727
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730
731\constfunc{wxCaret *}{GetCaret}{\void}
732
733Returns the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
734
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737
738\func{static wxWindow *}{GetCapture}{\void}
739
740Returns the currently captured window.
741
742\wxheading{See also}
743
744\helpref{wxWindow::HasCapture}{wxwindowhascapture},
745\helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
746\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
747\helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
748
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751
752\constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharHeight}{\void}
753
754Returns the character height for this window.
755
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758
759\constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharWidth}{\void}
760
761Returns the average character width for this window.
762
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764\membersection{wxWindow::GetChildren}
765
c0ed460c 766\func{wxList\&}{GetChildren}{\void}
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c0ed460c 768Returns a reference to the list of the window's children.
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772
773\func{static wxVisualAttributes}{GetClassDefaultAttributes}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{ variant = \texttt{wxWINDOW\_VARIANT\_NORMAL}}}
774
775Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control. This is
776useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control as in a
777standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
778colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
779system, especially if it uses themes.
780
781The \arg{variant} parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
782ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
783returned font. See \helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
784for more about this.
785
786This static method is ``overridden'' in many derived classes and so calling,
488e1507 787for example, \helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
1b69c815 788return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
488e1507 789from those returned by, say, \helpref{wxListCtrl}{wxlistctrl}::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
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791The \texttt{wxVisualAttributes} structure has at least the fields
792\texttt{font}, \texttt{colFg} and \texttt{colBg}. All of them may be invalid
793if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
794especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
795the case for \texttt{colBg} for the controls with themed background.
796
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798
799\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
800
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803
c66c3af1 804\constfunc{void}{GetClientSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
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c9f00eeb 806\perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes no parameter and returns
d2c2afc9 807a 2-element list {\tt (width, height)}.}
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c66c3af1 809\constfunc{wxSize}{GetClientSize}{\void}
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812The client area is the area which may be drawn on by the programmer,
813excluding title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
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815\wxheading{Parameters}
816
817\docparam{width}{Receives the client width in pixels.}
818
819\docparam{height}{Receives the client height in pixels.}
820
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822implements the following methods:\par
823\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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825\twocolitem{{\bf GetClientSize()}}{Returns a wxSize object}
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827}
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830
d2c2afc9 831\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
566d84a7 832\helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
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837
838\constfunc{wxLayoutConstraints*}{GetConstraints}{\void}
839
840Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or NULL if there are none.
841
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844
845\constfunc{const wxSizer *}{GetContainingSizer}{\void}
846
847Return the sizer that this window is a member of, if any, otherwise
848{\tt NULL}.
849
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852
853\constfunc{const wxCursor\&}{GetCursor}{\void}
854
855Return the cursor associated with this window.
856
857\wxheading{See also}
858
859\helpref{wxWindow::SetCursor}{wxwindowsetcursor}
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863
864\constfunc{virtual wxVisualAttributes}{GetDefaultAttributes}{\void}
865
866Currently this is the same as calling
867\helpref{GetClassDefaultAttributes}{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes}(\helpref{GetWindowVariant}{wxwindowgetwindowvariant}()).
868
869One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
870the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
871virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
872
873The other one is that in the future this function could return different
874results, for example it might return a different font for an ``Ok'' button
875than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
876in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
877function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
878version can be used without having to create an object first.
879
880
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882
883\constfunc{wxDropTarget*}{GetDropTarget}{\void}
884
885Returns the associated drop target, which may be NULL.
886
887\wxheading{See also}
888
c9f00eeb 889\helpref{wxWindow::SetDropTarget}{wxwindowsetdroptarget},
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891
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894
895\constfunc{wxEvtHandler*}{GetEventHandler}{\void}
896
897Returns the event handler for this window. By default, the window is its
898own event handler.
899
900\wxheading{See also}
901
902\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
903\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
904\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
905\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
906\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
907
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910
911\constfunc{long}{GetExtraStyle}{\void}
912
913Returns the extra style bits for the window.
914
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917
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922\wxheading{See also}
923
924\helpref{wxWindow::SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont}
925
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928
929\func{virtual wxColour}{GetForegroundColour}{\void}
930
931Returns the foreground colour of the window.
932
933\wxheading{Remarks}
934
935The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
936to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
937be used at all.
938
939\wxheading{See also}
940
941\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
942\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
943\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour}
944
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947
948\constfunc{wxWindow*}{GetGrandParent}{\void}
949
950Returns the grandparent of a window, or NULL if there isn't one.
951
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955\constfunc{void*}{GetHandle}{\void}
956
957Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window. Cast it to an appropriate
6453876e 958handle, such as {\bf HWND} for Windows, {\bf Widget} for Motif or {\bf GtkWidget} for GTK.
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966
967\constfunc{virtual wxString}{GetHelpText}{\void}
968
969Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
970
971Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
972and not in the window object itself.
973
974\wxheading{See also}
975
976\helpref{SetHelpText}{wxwindowsethelptext}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
977
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980
981\constfunc{int}{GetId}{\void}
982
983Returns the identifier of the window.
984
985\wxheading{Remarks}
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988(or the default Id -1) an unique identifier with a negative value will be generated.
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991
b2cf617c 992\helpref{wxWindow::SetId}{wxwindowsetid},\rtfsp
5b6aa0ff 993\helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
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997
998\constfunc{virtual wxString }{GetLabel}{\void}
999
1000Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
1001identification purposes.
1002
1003\wxheading{Remarks}
1004
1005The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
1006For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the title. For buttons or static text controls, it is
1007the button text. This function can be useful for meta-programs (such as testing
1008tools or special-needs access programs) which need to identify windows
1009by name.
1010
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1013
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1016Returns the window's name.
1017
1018\wxheading{Remarks}
1019
1020This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the programmer to supply an appropriate
1021name in the window constructor or via \helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}.
1022
1023\wxheading{See also}
1024
1025\helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}
1026
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1029
1030\constfunc{virtual wxWindow*}{GetParent}{\void}
1031
1032Returns the parent of the window, or NULL if there is no parent.
1033
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1036
1037\constfunc{virtual void}{GetPosition}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
1038
1039\constfunc{wxPoint}{GetPosition}{\void}
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1042for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level
1043windows.
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1045\wxheading{Parameters}
1046
1047\docparam{x}{Receives the x position of the window.}
1048
1049\docparam{y}{Receives the y position of the window.}
1050
1051\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1052implements the following methods:\par
1053\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1054\twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a wxPoint}
1055\twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionTuple()}}{Returns a tuple (x, y)}
1056\end{twocollist}}
1057}
1058
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1060method:\par
1061\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1062\twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a Wx::Point}
1063\twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionXY()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1064 {\tt ( x, y )}}
1065\end{twocollist}
1066}}
1067
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1070
1071\constfunc{virtual wxRect}{GetRect}{\void}
1072
1073Returns the size and position of the window as a \helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object.
1074
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1080Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
1081
1082\wxheading{See also}
1083
1084\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1085
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1091Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
1092
1093\wxheading{See also}
1094
1095See \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1096
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1099
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1102Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
1103
1104\wxheading{See also}
1105
1106\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1107
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c66c3af1 1111\constfunc{void}{GetSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
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1118\wxheading{Parameters}
1119
1120\docparam{width}{Receives the window width.}
1121
1122\docparam{height}{Receives the window height.}
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1131
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1133method:\par
1134\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1135\twocolitem{{\bf GetSize()}}{Returns a Wx::Size}
1136\twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeWH()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1137 {\tt ( width, height )}}
1138\end{twocollist}
1139}}
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1142
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1144\helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
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1148
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be90c029 1151Return the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
e6973167 1152\helpref{SetSizer()}{wxwindowsetsizer} or {\tt NULL}.
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1158 \param{int* }{descent = NULL}, \param{int* }{externalLeading = NULL},
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1161Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1162window with the currently selected font.
1163
1164\wxheading{Parameters}
1165
1166\docparam{string}{String whose extent is to be measured.}
1167
1168\docparam{x}{Return value for width.}
1169
1170\docparam{y}{Return value for height.}
1171
1172\docparam{descent}{Return value for descent (optional).}
1173
1174\docparam{externalLeading}{Return value for external leading (optional).}
1175
1176\docparam{font}{Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).}
1177
cc81d32f 1178\docparam{use16}{If {\tt true}, {\it string} contains 16-bit characters. The default is {\tt false}.}
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1182\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1184\twocolitem{{\bf GetFullTextExtent(string, font=NULL)}}{Returns a
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1186\end{twocollist}}
1187}
1188
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1190 {\tt font} parameters, and returns a 4-element list
1191 {\tt ( x, y, descent, externalLeading )}.}
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1195
1196\func{virtual wxString}{GetTitle}{\void}
1197
1198Gets the window's title. Applicable only to frames and dialogs.
1199
1200\wxheading{See also}
1201
1202\helpref{wxWindow::SetTitle}{wxwindowsettitle}
1203
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1206
1207\constfunc{wxToolTip*}{GetToolTip}{\void}
1208
1209Get the associated tooltip or NULL if none.
1210
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1213
1214\constfunc{virtual wxRegion}{GetUpdateRegion}{\void}
1215
1216Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged. Should
f4fcc291 1217only be called within an \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent} handler.
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1219\wxheading{See also}
1220
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1222\helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator}
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1226
1227\constfunc{wxValidator*}{GetValidator}{\void}
1228
1229Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or NULL if there is none.
1230
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1233
1234\constfunc{void}{GetVirtualSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
1235
1236\constfunc{wxSize}{GetVirtualSize}{\void}
1237
1238This gets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
1239
1240\wxheading{Parameters}
1241
1242\docparam{width}{Receives the window virtual width.}
1243
1244\docparam{height}{Receives the window virtual height.}
1245
1246\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
1247\helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize}
1248
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1252\constfunc{long}{GetWindowStyleFlag}{\void}
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1255method. {\bf GetWindowStyle()} is another name for the same function.
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1259
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1262Returns the value previous passed to
1263\helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}.
1264
1265
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1267
1268\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasCapture}{\void}
1269
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1272\wxheading{See also}
1273
1274\helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
1275\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
1276\helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
1277
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1280
1281\func{bool}{Hide}{\void}
1282
cc81d32f 1283Equivalent to calling \helpref{Show}{wxwindowshow}({\tt false}).
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1287
1288\func{void}{InheritAttributes}{\void}
1289
1290This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
1291window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
1292the font and the foreground and background colours.
1293
1294By ``intelligently'' the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
1295own \helpref{default}{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes} attributes. However
1296if some of the parents attributes are explicitly (that is, using
1297\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont} and not
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1300then this window takes the same value as used by the parent. In addition, if
1301the window overrides \helpref{ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
1302to return \false, the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the
1303font might.
1304
1305This rather complicated logic is necessary in order to accomodate the
1306different usage scenarius. The most common one is when all default attributes
1307are used and in this case, nothing should be inherited as in modern GUIs
1308different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
1309they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
1310desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
1311just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
1312do inherit the parents attributes.
1313
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1316
1317\func{void}{InitDialog}{\void}
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1320to the dialog via validators.
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1324
1325\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsEnabled}{\void}
1326
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1329\wxheading{See also}
1330
1331\helpref{wxWindow::Enable}{wxwindowenable}
1332
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1336\constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
1337
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1341
605d715d 1342\constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{wxRect }{\&rect}}
515da557 1343
cc81d32f 1344Returns {\tt true} if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
ad9edf45 1345last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
4130b487 1346only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
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1350\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1353\twocolitem{{\bf IsExposedRect(rect)}}{}
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1358
1359\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsRetained}{\void}
1360
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1363\wxheading{Remarks}
1364
1365Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
1366
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1369
1370\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsShown}{\void}
1371
cc81d32f 1372Returns {\tt true} if the window is shown, {\tt false} if it has been hidden.
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1376
1377\constfunc{bool}{IsTopLevel}{\void}
1378
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1381window).
1382
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1385
1386\func{void}{Layout}{\void}
1387
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1389for this window.
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1392layout is on, this function gets called automatically when the window is resized.
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1396
1397This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollLines()}{wxwindowscrolllines}$(1)$.
1398
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1401
1402This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollLines()}{wxwindowscrolllines}$(-1)$.
1403
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1406
1407\func{void}{Lower}{\void}
1408
1409Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy if it is a managed window (dialog
1410or frame).
1411
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1414
8a293590 1415\func{virtual void}{MakeModal}{\param{bool }{flag}}
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1417Disables all other windows in the application so that
d3e78bab 1418the user can only interact with this window.
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1420\wxheading{Parameters}
1421
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1423the user can only interact with this window. If {\tt false}, the effect is reversed.}
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1427
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1431
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1433
1434\wxheading{Parameters}
1435
1436\docparam{x}{Required x position.}
1437
1438\docparam{y}{Required y position.}
1439
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1441
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1443
1444Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1445wxWindow::Move function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class
1446as the call:
1447
1448\begin{verbatim}
1449 SetSize(x, y, -1, -1, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1450\end{verbatim}
1451
1452\wxheading{See also}
1453
1454\helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}
1455
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1458\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1460\twocolitem{{\bf MoveXY(x, y)}}{Accepts a pair of integers}
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1462}
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1465\membersection{wxWindow::MoveAfterInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder}
1466
1467\func{void}{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
1468
1469Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified \arg{win}.
1470This means that when the user presses \texttt{TAB} key on that other window,
1471the focus switches to this window.
1472
1473Default tab order is the same as creation order, this function and
1474\helpref{MoveBeforeInTabOrder()}{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder} allow to change
1475it after creating all the windows.
1476
1477\wxheading{Parameters}
1478
1479\docparam{win}{A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
1480must not be NULL}
1481
1482
1483\membersection{wxWindow::MoveBeforeInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder}
1484
1485\func{void}{MoveBeforeInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
1486
1487Same as \helpref{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder} except that
1488it inserts this window just before \arg{win} instead of putting it right after
1489it.
1490
1491
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1493
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1496Does keyboard navigation from this window to another, by sending
1497a wxNavigationKeyEvent.
1498
1499\wxheading{Parameters}
1500
eedc82f4 1501\docparam{flags}{A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.}
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1503\wxheading{Remarks}
1504
1505You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress handler to do the default
1506navigation behaviour for the tab key, since the standard default behaviour for
1507a multiline text control with the wxTE\_PROCESS\_TAB style is to insert a tab
1508and not navigate to the next control.
1509
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1511%% the old docs here in case we want to move any still needed bits to
1512%% the right location (i.e. probably the corresponding events docs)
1513%%
1514%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnActivate}\label{wxwindowonactivate}
1515%%
1516%% \func{void}{OnActivate}{\param{wxActivateEvent\&}{ event}}
1517%%
1518%% Called when a window is activated or deactivated.
1519%%
1520%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1521%%
1522%% \docparam{event}{Object containing activation information.}
1523%%
1524%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1525%%
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1527%% otherwise it returns {\tt false} (it is being deactivated).
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1529%% \wxheading{See also}
1530%%
1531%% \helpref{wxActivateEvent}{wxactivateevent},\rtfsp
1532%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1533%%
1534%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnChar}\label{wxwindowonchar}
1535%%
1536%% \func{void}{OnChar}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1537%%
1538%% Called when the user has pressed a key that is not a modifier (SHIFT, CONTROL or ALT).
1539%%
1540%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1541%%
1542%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1543%% details about this class.}
1544%%
1545%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1546%%
1547%% This member function is called in response to a keypress. To intercept this event,
1548%% use the EVT\_CHAR macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnChar} handler may call this
1549%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1550%%
1551%% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
1552%% values.
1553%%
1554%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept modifier
1555%% keypresses, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1556%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1557%%
1558%% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
1559%%
1560%% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
1561%% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1562%%
1563%% \wxheading{See also}
1564%%
1565%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
1566%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1567%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1568%%
1569%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCharHook}\label{wxwindowoncharhook}
1570%%
1571%% \func{void}{OnCharHook}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1572%%
1573%% This member is called to allow the window to intercept keyboard events
1574%% before they are processed by child windows.
1575%%
1576%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1577%%
1578%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1579%% details about this class.}
1580%%
1581%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1582%%
1583%% This member function is called in response to a keypress, if the window is active. To intercept this event,
1584%% use the EVT\_CHAR\_HOOK macro in an event table definition. If you do not process a particular
1585%% keypress, call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip} to allow default processing.
1586%%
1587%% An example of using this function is in the implementation of escape-character processing for wxDialog,
1588%% where pressing ESC dismisses the dialog by {\bf OnCharHook} 'forging' a cancel button press event.
1589%%
1590%% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
1591%% values.
1592%%
1593%% This function is only relevant to top-level windows (frames and dialogs), and under
1594%% Windows only. Under GTK the normal EVT\_CHAR\_ event has the functionality, i.e.
1595%% you can intercepts it and if you don't call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip}
1596%% the window won't get the event.
1597%%
1598%% \wxheading{See also}
1599%%
1600%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent},\rtfsp
1601%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1602%% %% GD: OnXXX functions are not documented
1603%% %%\helpref{wxApp::OnCharHook}{wxapponcharhook},\rtfsp
1604%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1605%%
1606%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCommand}\label{wxwindowoncommand}
1607%%
1608%% \func{virtual void}{OnCommand}{\param{wxEvtHandler\& }{object}, \param{wxCommandEvent\& }{event}}
1609%%
1610%% This virtual member function is called if the control does not handle the command event.
1611%%
1612%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1613%%
1614%% \docparam{object}{Object receiving the command event.}
1615%%
1616%% \docparam{event}{Command event}
1617%%
1618%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1619%%
1620%% This virtual function is provided mainly for backward compatibility. You can also intercept commands
1621%% from child controls by using an event table, with identifiers or identifier ranges to identify
1622%% the control(s) in question.
1623%%
1624%% \wxheading{See also}
1625%%
1626%% \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
1627%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1628%%
1629%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnClose}\label{wxwindowonclose}
1630%%
1631%% \func{virtual bool}{OnClose}{\void}
1632%%
1633%% Called when the user has tried to close a a frame
1634%% or dialog box using the window manager (X) or system menu (Windows).
1635%%
1636%% {\bf Note:} This is an obsolete function.
2edb0bde 1637%% It is superseded by the \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow} event
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1639%%
1640%% \wxheading{Return value}
1641%%
cc81d32f 1642%% If {\tt true} is returned by OnClose, the window will be deleted by the system, otherwise the
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1644%% you may delete other windows.
1645%%
1646%% \wxheading{See also}
1647%%
1648%% \helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
1649%% \helpref{wxWindow::Close}{wxwindowclose},\rtfsp
1650%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow},\rtfsp
1651%% \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
1652%%
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1654%%
1655%% \func{void}{OnKeyDown}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1656%%
1657%% Called when the user has pressed a key, before it is translated into an ASCII value using other
1658%% modifier keys that might be pressed at the same time.
1659%%
1660%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1661%%
1662%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1663%% details about this class.}
1664%%
1665%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1666%%
1667%% This member function is called in response to a key down event. To intercept this event,
1668%% use the EVT\_KEY\_DOWN macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyDown} handler may call this
1669%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1670%%
1671%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
1672%% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1673%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1674%%
1675%% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
1676%%
1677%% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
1678%% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1679%%
1680%% \wxheading{See also}
1681%%
1682%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
1683%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1684%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1685%%
1686%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}\label{wxwindowonkeyup}
1687%%
1688%% \func{void}{OnKeyUp}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1689%%
1690%% Called when the user has released a key.
1691%%
1692%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1693%%
1694%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1695%% details about this class.}
1696%%
1697%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1698%%
1699%% This member function is called in response to a key up event. To intercept this event,
1700%% use the EVT\_KEY\_UP macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyUp} handler may call this
1701%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1702%%
1703%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
1704%% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1705%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1706%%
1707%% Most, but not all, windows allow key up events to be intercepted.
1708%%
1709%% \wxheading{See also}
1710%%
1711%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown},\rtfsp
1712%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1713%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1714%%
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1716%%
1717%% \func{void}{OnInitDialog}{\param{wxInitDialogEvent\&}{ event}}
1718%%
1719%% Default handler for the wxEVT\_INIT\_DIALOG event. Calls \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}.
1720%%
1721%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1722%%
1723%% \docparam{event}{Dialog initialisation event.}
1724%%
1725%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1726%%
1727%% Gives the window the default behaviour of transferring data to child controls via
1728%% the validator that each control has.
1729%%
1730%% \wxheading{See also}
1731%%
1732%% \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
1733%%
1734%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMenuCommand}\label{wxwindowonmenucommand}
1735%%
1736%% \func{void}{OnMenuCommand}{\param{wxCommandEvent\& }{event}}
1737%%
1738%% Called when a menu command is received from a menu bar.
1739%%
1740%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1741%%
1742%% \docparam{event}{The menu command event. For more information, see \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent}.}
1743%%
1744%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1745%%
1746%% A function with this name doesn't actually exist; you can choose any member function to receive
1747%% menu command events, using the EVT\_COMMAND macro for individual commands or EVT\_COMMAND\_RANGE for
1748%% a range of commands.
1749%%
1750%% \wxheading{See also}
1751%%
1752%% \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
1753%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnMenuHighlight}{wxwindowonmenuhighlight},\rtfsp
1754%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1755%%
1756%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMenuHighlight}\label{wxwindowonmenuhighlight}
1757%%
1758%% \func{void}{OnMenuHighlight}{\param{wxMenuEvent\& }{event}}
1759%%
1760%% Called when a menu select is received from a menu bar: that is, the
1761%% mouse cursor is over a menu item, but the left mouse button has not been
1762%% pressed.
1763%%
1764%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1765%%
1766%% \docparam{event}{The menu highlight event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent}.}
1767%%
1768%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1769%%
1770%% You can choose any member function to receive
1771%% menu select events, using the EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT macro for individual menu items or EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT\_ALL macro
1772%% for all menu items.
1773%%
1774%% The default implementation for \helpref{wxFrame::OnMenuHighlight}{wxframeonmenuhighlight} displays help
1775%% text in the first field of the status bar.
1776%%
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1779%%
1780%% \wxheading{See also}
1781%%
1782%% \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent},\rtfsp
1783%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnMenuCommand}{wxwindowonmenucommand},\rtfsp
1784%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1785%%
1786%%
1787%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMouseEvent}\label{wxwindowonmouseevent}
1788%%
1789%% \func{void}{OnMouseEvent}{\param{wxMouseEvent\&}{ event}}
1790%%
1791%% Called when the user has initiated an event with the
1792%% mouse.
1793%%
1794%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1795%%
1796%% \docparam{event}{The mouse event. See \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent} for
1797%% more details.}
1798%%
1799%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1800%%
1801%% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
1802%%
1803%% To intercept this event, use the EVT\_MOUSE\_EVENTS macro in an event table definition, or individual
1804%% mouse event macros such as EVT\_LEFT\_DOWN.
1805%%
1806%% \wxheading{See also}
1807%%
1808%% \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent},\rtfsp
1809%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1810%%
1811%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMove}\label{wxwindowonmove}
1812%%
1813%% \func{void}{OnMove}{\param{wxMoveEvent\& }{event}}
1814%%
1815%% Called when a window is moved.
1816%%
1817%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1818%%
1819%% \docparam{event}{The move event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent}.}
1820%%
1821%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1822%%
1823%% Use the EVT\_MOVE macro to intercept move events.
1824%%
1825%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1826%%
1827%% Not currently implemented.
1828%%
1829%% \wxheading{See also}
1830%%
1831%% \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent},\rtfsp
1832%% \helpref{wxFrame::OnSize}{wxframeonsize},\rtfsp
1833%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1834%%
1835%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnPaint}\label{wxwindowonpaint}
1836%%
1837%% \func{void}{OnPaint}{\param{wxPaintEvent\& }{event}}
1838%%
1839%% Sent to the event handler when the window must be refreshed.
1840%%
1841%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1842%%
1843%% \docparam{event}{Paint event. For more information, see \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent}.}
1844%%
1845%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1846%%
1847%% Use the EVT\_PAINT macro in an event table definition to intercept paint events.
1848%%
1849%% Note that In a paint event handler, the application must {\it always} create a \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc} object,
1850%% even if you do not use it. Otherwise, under MS Windows, refreshing for this and other windows will go wrong.
1851%%
1852%% For example:
1853%%
1854%% \small{%
1855%% \begin{verbatim}
1856%% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
1857%% {
1858%% wxPaintDC dc(this);
1859%%
1860%% DrawMyDocument(dc);
1861%% }
1862%% \end{verbatim}
1863%% }%
1864%%
1865%% You can optimize painting by retrieving the rectangles
1866%% that have been damaged and only repainting these. The rectangles are in
1867%% terms of the client area, and are unscrolled, so you will need to do
1868%% some calculations using the current view position to obtain logical,
1869%% scrolled units.
1870%%
1871%% Here is an example of using the \helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator} class:
1872%%
1873%% {\small%
1874%% \begin{verbatim}
1875%% // Called when window needs to be repainted.
1876%% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
1877%% {
1878%% wxPaintDC dc(this);
1879%%
1880%% // Find Out where the window is scrolled to
1881%% int vbX,vbY; // Top left corner of client
1882%% GetViewStart(&vbX,&vbY);
1883%%
1884%% int vX,vY,vW,vH; // Dimensions of client area in pixels
1885%% wxRegionIterator upd(GetUpdateRegion()); // get the update rect list
1886%%
1887%% while (upd)
1888%% {
1889%% vX = upd.GetX();
1890%% vY = upd.GetY();
1891%% vW = upd.GetW();
1892%% vH = upd.GetH();
1893%%
1894%% // Alternatively we can do this:
1895%% // wxRect rect;
1896%% // upd.GetRect(&rect);
1897%%
1898%% // Repaint this rectangle
1899%% ...some code...
1900%%
1901%% upd ++ ;
1902%% }
1903%% }
1904%% \end{verbatim}
1905%% }%
1906%%
1907%% \wxheading{See also}
1908%%
1909%% \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent},\rtfsp
1910%% \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc},\rtfsp
1911%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1912%%
1913%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnScroll}\label{wxwindowonscroll}
1914%%
1915%% \func{void}{OnScroll}{\param{wxScrollWinEvent\& }{event}}
1916%%
1917%% Called when a scroll window event is received from one of the window's built-in scrollbars.
1918%%
1919%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1920%%
1921%% \docparam{event}{Command event. Retrieve the new scroll position by
1922%% calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetPosition}{wxscrolleventgetposition}, and the
1923%% scrollbar orientation by calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetOrientation}{wxscrolleventgetorientation}.}
1924%%
1925%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1926%%
1927%% Note that it is not possible to distinguish between horizontal and vertical scrollbars
1928%% until the function is executing (you can't have one function for vertical, another
1929%% for horizontal events).
1930%%
1931%% \wxheading{See also}
1932%%
1933%% \helpref{wxScrollWinEvent}{wxscrollwinevent},\rtfsp
1934%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1935%%
1936%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSetFocus}\label{wxwindowonsetfocus}
1937%%
1938%% \func{void}{OnSetFocus}{\param{wxFocusEvent\& }{event}}
1939%%
1940%% Called when a window's focus is being set.
1941%%
1942%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1943%%
1944%% \docparam{event}{The focus event. For more information, see \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}.}
1945%%
1946%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1947%%
1948%% To intercept this event, use the macro EVT\_SET\_FOCUS in an event table definition.
1949%%
1950%% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
1951%%
1952%% \wxheading{See also}
1953%%
1954%% \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKillFocus}{wxwindowonkillfocus},\rtfsp
1955%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1956%%
1957%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSize}\label{wxwindowonsize}
1958%%
1959%% \func{void}{OnSize}{\param{wxSizeEvent\& }{event}}
1960%%
1961%% Called when the window has been resized. This is not a virtual function; you should
1962%% provide your own non-virtual OnSize function and direct size events to it using EVT\_SIZE
1963%% in an event table definition.
1964%%
1965%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1966%%
1967%% \docparam{event}{Size event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent}.}
1968%%
1969%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1970%%
1971%% You may wish to use this for frames to resize their child windows as appropriate.
1972%%
1973%% Note that the size passed is of
1974%% the whole window: call \helpref{wxWindow::GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize} for the area which may be
1975%% used by the application.
1976%%
1977%% When a window is resized, usually only a small part of the window is damaged and you
1978%% may only need to repaint that area. However, if your drawing depends on the size of the window,
1979%% you may need to clear the DC explicitly and repaint the whole window. In which case, you
1980%% may need to call \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} to invalidate the entire window.
1981%%
1982%% \wxheading{See also}
1983%%
1984%% \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent},\rtfsp
1985%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1986%%
1987%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSysColourChanged}\label{wxwindowonsyscolourchanged}
1988%%
1989%% \func{void}{OnSysColourChanged}{\param{wxOnSysColourChangedEvent\& }{event}}
1990%%
1991%% Called when the user has changed the system colours. Windows only.
1992%%
1993%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1994%%
1995%% \docparam{event}{System colour change event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent}.}
1996%%
1997%% \wxheading{See also}
1998%%
1999%% \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent},\rtfsp
2000%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
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2004
2005\func{virtual void}{OnInternalIdle}{\void}
2006
2007This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
2008sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
2009that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
2010handler in a derived class.
2011
2012This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
2013and most implementations call \helpref{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
2014in order to send update events to the window in idle time.
2015
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2018
2019This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(1)$.
2020
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2024This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(-1)$.
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2028
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2031Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
2032
2033\wxheading{Parameters}
2034
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2036default value is {\tt false}.}
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2038\wxheading{See also}
2039
2040\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
2041\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2042\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2043\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2044\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
2045
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2048
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2051\func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
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2053Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
2054window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu. If a
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2059\wxheading{Parameters}
2060
2061\docparam{menu}{Menu to pop up.}
2062
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2064
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2066
2067\docparam{y}{Required y position for the menu to appear.}
2068
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2070
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2072
2073\wxheading{Remarks}
2074
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2076is called to ensure that the menu items are in the correct state. The menu does
2077not get deleted by the window.
2078
2079It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when calling PopupMenu
2080in response to mouse click, because some of the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do
2081a better job of positioning the menu in that case.
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2084implements the following methods:\par
2085\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2087\twocolitem{{\bf PopupMenuXY(menu, x, y)}}{Specifies position with two integers (x, y)}
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2089}
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2093
2094\func{void}{PushEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
2095
2096Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
2097
2098\wxheading{Parameters}
2099
2100\docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be pushed.}
2101
2102\wxheading{Remarks}
2103
2104An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2105sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2106an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2107central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2108window classes.
2109
2110\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} allows
2111an application to set up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2112handed to the next one in the chain. Use \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler} to
2113remove the event handler.
2114
2115\wxheading{See also}
2116
2117\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
2118\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2119\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2120\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2121\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
2122
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2125
2126\func{void}{Raise}{\void}
2127
2128Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy if it is a managed window (dialog
2129or frame).
2130
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2136
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2139
2140\wxheading{Parameters}
2141
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2144
2145\docparam{rect}{If non-NULL, only the given rectangle will
2146be treated as damaged.}
2147
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2149
2150\helpref{wxWindow::RefreshRect}{wxwindowrefreshrect}
2151
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2154
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2157Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: the area inside it will be
2158repainted.
2159
2160This is the same as \helpref{Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} but has a nicer syntax.
2161
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2164
2165\func{bool}{RegisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}, \param{int}{ modifiers}, \param{int}{ virtualKeyCode}}
2166
2167Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey registered here, this window
2168will receive a hotkey event. It will receive the event even if the application is in the background
2169and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some other application.
2170
2171\wxheading{Parameters}
2172
2173\docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0 and 0xBFFF. If
2174this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a system wide unique identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
2175This is a MSW specific detail.}
2176
2177\docparam{modifiers}{A bitwise combination of {\tt wxMOD\_SHIFT}, {\tt wxMOD\_CONTROL}, {\tt wxMOD\_ALT}
2178or {\tt wxMOD\_WIN} specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along with the key.}
2179
2180\docparam{virtualKeyCode}{The virtual key code of the hotkey.}
2181
2182\wxheading{Return value}
2183
2184{\tt true} if the hotkey was registered successfully. {\tt false} if some other application already registered a
2185hotkey with this modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
2186
2187\wxheading{Remarks}
2188
2189Use EVT\_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the event.
2190This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
2191
2192\wxheading{See also}
2193
2194\helpref{wxWindow::UnregisterHotKey}{wxwindowunregisterhotkey}
2195
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2198
2199\func{virtual void}{ReleaseMouse}{\void}
2200
2201Releases mouse input captured with \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse}.
2202
2203\wxheading{See also}
2204
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2206\helpref{wxWindow::HasCapture}{wxwindowhascapture},
2207\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
2208\helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
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2212
2213\func{virtual void}{RemoveChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
2214
2215Removes a child window. This is called automatically by window deletion
2216functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
2217
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2220
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2222
2223\docparam{child}{Child window to remove.}
2224
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2228\func{bool}{RemoveEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler *}{handler}}
2229
2230Find the given {\it handler} in the windows event handler chain and remove (but
2231not delete) it from it.
2232
2233\wxheading{Parameters}
2234
2235\docparam{handler}{The event handler to remove, must be non {\tt NULL} and
2236must be present in this windows event handlers chain}
2237
2238\wxheading{Return value}
2239
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2242handler is supposed to be there).
2243
2244\wxheading{See also}
2245
2246\helpref{PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2247\helpref{PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler}
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2251
2252\func{virtual bool}{Reparent}{\param{wxWindow* }{newParent}}
2253
2254Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
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2258\wxheading{Parameters}
2259
2260\docparam{newParent}{New parent.}
2261
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2265\constfunc{virtual void}{ScreenToClient}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
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2270
2271\wxheading{Parameters}
2272
2273\docparam{x}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2274
2275\docparam{y}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2276
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2278
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2280implements the following methods:\par
2281\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2283\twocolitem{{\bf ScreenToClientXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
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2285}
2286
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2288\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollLines}\label{wxwindowscrolllines}
2289
9cd6d737 2290\func{virtual bool}{ScrollLines}{\param{int }{lines}}
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2291
2292Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if {\it lines} is
2293positive) or up.
2294
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2295\wxheading{Return value}
2296
cc81d32f 2297Returns {\tt true} if the window was scrolled, {\tt false} if it was already
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2298on top/bottom and nothing was done.
2299
2300\wxheading{Remarks}
2301
2302This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxTextCtrl under
2303wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all
2304platforms).
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2306\wxheading{See also}
2307
2308\helpref{ScrollPages}{wxwindowscrollpages}
2309
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2311\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollPages}\label{wxwindowscrollpages}
2312
9cd6d737 2313\func{virtual bool}{ScrollPages}{\param{int }{pages}}
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2314
2315Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if {\it pages} is
2316positive) or up.
2317
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2318\wxheading{Return value}
2319
cc81d32f 2320Returns {\tt true} if the window was scrolled, {\tt false} if it was already
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2321on top/bottom and nothing was done.
2322
2323\wxheading{Remarks}
2324
2325This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxTextCtrl under
2326wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all
2327platforms).
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2329\wxheading{See also}
2330
2331\helpref{ScrollLines}{wxwindowscrolllines}
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2335
eaaa6a06 2336\func{virtual void}{ScrollWindow}{\param{int }{dx}, \param{int }{dy}, \param{const wxRect*}{ rect = NULL}}
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2340\wxheading{Parameters}
2341
2342\docparam{dx}{Amount to scroll horizontally.}
2343
2344\docparam{dy}{Amount to scroll vertically.}
2345
2346\docparam{rect}{Rectangle to invalidate. If this is NULL, the whole window is invalidated. If you
2347pass a rectangle corresponding to the area of the window exposed by the scroll, your painting handler
f6bcfd97 2348can optimize painting by checking for the invalidated region. This parameter is ignored under GTK.}
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2350\wxheading{Remarks}
2351
a660d684 2352Use this function to optimise your scrolling implementations, to minimise the area that must be
6453876e 2353redrawn. Note that it is rarely required to call this function from a user program.
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2356\membersection{wxWindow::SetAcceleratorTable}\label{wxwindowsetacceleratortable}
2357
2358\func{virtual void}{SetAcceleratorTable}{\param{const wxAcceleratorTable\&}{ accel}}
2359
2360Sets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
2361
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2363\membersection{wxWindow::SetAccessible}\label{wxwindowsetaccessible}
2364
2365\func{void}{SetAccessible}{\param{wxAccessibile*}{ accessible}}
2366
2367Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
2368will be deleted first, if not identical to {\it accessible}.
2369
2370See also \helpref{wxAccessible}{wxaccessible}.
2371
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2373\membersection{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}\label{wxwindowsetautolayout}
2374
8a293590 2375\func{void}{SetAutoLayout}{\param{bool}{ autoLayout}}
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2376
2377Determines whether the \helpref{wxWindow::Layout}{wxwindowlayout} function will
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2378be called automatically when the window is resized. It is called implicitly by
2379\helpref{wxWindow::SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer} but if you use
2380\helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints}{wxwindowsetconstraints} you should call it
2381manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly updated when its
2382size changes.
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2384\wxheading{Parameters}
2385
cc81d32f 2386\docparam{autoLayout}{Set this to {\tt true} if you wish the Layout function to be called
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2387from within wxWindow::OnSize functions.}
2388
2389\wxheading{See also}
2390
2391\helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints}{wxwindowsetconstraints}
2392
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2394\membersection{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour}
2395
e477b168 2396\func{virtual bool}{SetBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
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2398Sets the background colour of the window.
2399
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2400Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
2401explanation of the difference between this method and
fa47d7a7 2402\helpref{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetownbackgroundcolour}.
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2405
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2407 {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
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2409\wxheading{Remarks}
2410
2411The background colour is usually painted by the default\rtfsp
f4fcc291 2412\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent} event handler function
6453876e 2413under Windows and automatically under GTK.
a660d684 2414
5b6aa0ff 2415Note that setting the background colour does not cause an immediate refresh, so you
684761db 2416may wish to call \helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground} or \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} after
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2418
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2420window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
2421themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
2422applications on the system.
2423
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2425\wxheading{See also}
2426
2427\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2428\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2429\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
684761db 2430\helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground},\rtfsp
5b6aa0ff 2431\helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh},\rtfsp
f4fcc291 2432\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent}
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2436
2437\func{void}{SetBestFittingSize}{\param{const wxSize& }{size = wxDefaultSize}}
2438
2439A {\it smart} SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
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2440window's {\it best} size values. Also sets the window's minsize to
2441the value passed in for use with sizers. This means that if a full or
2442partial size is passed to this function then the sizers will use that
2443size instead of the results of GetBestSize to determine the minimum
2444needs of the window for layout.
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2446\wxheading{See also}
2447
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2449\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
2450\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestFittingSize}{wxwindowgetbestfittingsize},\rtfsp
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2451\helpref{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}{wxwindowsetsizehints}
2452
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2455
2456\constfunc{void}{SetCaret}{\param{wxCaret *}{caret}}
2457
2458Sets the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
2459
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2461\membersection{wxWindow::SetClientSize}\label{wxwindowsetclientsize}
2462
2463\func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
2464
2465\func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
2466
2467This sets the size of the window client area in pixels. Using this function to size a window
2468tends to be more device-independent than \helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}, since the application need not
2469worry about what dimensions the border or title bar have when trying to fit the window
2470around panel items, for example.
2471
2472\wxheading{Parameters}
2473
2474\docparam{width}{The required client area width.}
2475
2476\docparam{height}{The required client area height.}
2477
2478\docparam{size}{The required client size.}
2479
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2481implements the following methods:\par
2482\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2484\twocolitem{{\bf SetClientSizeWH(width, height)}}{}
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2486}
2487
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2490
2491\func{void}{SetContainingSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}}
2492
2493This normally does not need to be called by user code. It is called
2494when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window can
2495remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
2496
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2498\membersection{wxWindow::SetCursor}\label{wxwindowsetcursor}
2499
2500\func{virtual void}{SetCursor}{\param{const wxCursor\&}{cursor}}
2501
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2504Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
2505children of the window implicitly.
2506
2507The {\it cursor} may be {\tt wxNullCursor} in which case the window cursor will
2508be reset back to default.
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2509
2510\wxheading{Parameters}
2511
2512\docparam{cursor}{Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.}
2513
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2514\wxheading{See also}
2515
2516\helpref{::wxSetCursor}{wxsetcursor}, \helpref{wxCursor}{wxcursor}
2517
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2519\membersection{wxWindow::SetConstraints}\label{wxwindowsetconstraints}
2520
2521\func{void}{SetConstraints}{\param{wxLayoutConstraints* }{constraints}}
2522
2523Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
2524will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2525If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2526window, it will be deleted.
2527
2528\wxheading{Parameters}
2529
2530\docparam{constraints}{The constraints to set. Pass NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
2531constraints.}
2532
2533\wxheading{Remarks}
2534
2535You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
2cdac558 2536the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you must override OnSize and call Layout()
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2537explicitly. When setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a \helpref{wxSizer}{wxsizer}, only the
2538sizer will have effect.
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fa47d7a7 2541\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetownbackgroundcolour}
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fa47d7a7 2543\func{void}{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
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2544
2545Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2546by the children of this window.
2547
2548\wxheading{See also}
2549
2550\helpref{SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2551\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2552
2553
fa47d7a7 2554\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnFont}\label{wxwindowsetownfont}
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fa47d7a7 2556\func{void}{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
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2557
2558Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
2559children of this window.
2560
2561\wxheading{See also}
2562
2563\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont},\rtfsp
2564\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2565
2566
fa47d7a7 2567\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}
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fa47d7a7 2569\func{void}{SetOwnForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
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2570
2571Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2572by the children of this window.
2573
2574\wxheading{See also}
2575
2576\helpref{SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2577\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2578
2579
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2580\membersection{wxWindow::SetDropTarget}\label{wxwindowsetdroptarget}
2581
2582\func{void}{SetDropTarget}{\param{wxDropTarget*}{ target}}
2583
2584Associates a drop target with this window.
2585
2586If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
2587
2588\wxheading{See also}
2589
c9f00eeb 2590\helpref{wxWindow::GetDropTarget}{wxwindowgetdroptarget},
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2591\helpref{Drag and drop overview}{wxdndoverview}
2592
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2595\membersection{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}\label{wxwindowseteventhandler}
2596
2597\func{void}{SetEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
2598
2599Sets the event handler for this window.
2600
2601\wxheading{Parameters}
2602
2603\docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be set.}
2604
2605\wxheading{Remarks}
2606
2607An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2608sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2609an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2610central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2611window classes.
2612
2613It is usually better to use \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} since
2614this sets up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2615handed to the next one in the chain.
2616
2617\wxheading{See also}
2618
2619\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2620\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2621\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2622\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2623\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
2624
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2626\membersection{wxWindow::SetExtraStyle}\label{wxwindowsetextrastyle}
2627
2628\func{void}{SetExtraStyle}{\param{long }{exStyle}}
2629
2630Sets the extra style bits for the window. The currently defined extra style
2631bits are:
2632
2633\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
2634\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
2635\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
2636and Validate() methods will recursively descend into all children of the
2637window if it has this style flag set.}
e4b713a2 2638\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{Normally, the command
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2640for them is found. Using this style allows to prevent them from being
2641propagated beyond this window. Notice that wxDialog has this style on by
be90c029 2642default for the reasons explained in the
e4b713a2 2643\helpref{event processing overview}{eventprocessing}.}
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2644\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_TRANSIENT}}{This can be used to prevent a
2645window from being used as an implicit parent for the dialogs which were
2646created without a parent. It is useful for the windows which can disappear at
2edb0bde 2647any moment as creating children of such windows results in fatal problems.}
335c9e32 2648\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFRAME\_EX\_CONTEXTHELP}}{Under Windows, puts a query button on the
fc2171bd 2649caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWidgets will send
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2650a wxEVT\_HELP event if the user clicked on an application window.
2651This style cannot be used together with wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX or wxMINIMIZE\_BOX, so
be90c029 2652you should use the style of
7af3ca16 2653{\tt wxDEFAULT\_FRAME\_STYLE \& \textasciitilde(wxMINIMIZE\_BOX | wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX)} for the
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2654frames having this style (the dialogs don't have minimize nor maximize box by
2655default)}
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2656\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_IDLE}}{This window should always process idle events, even
2657if the mode set by \helpref{wxIdleEvent::SetMode}{wxidleeventsetmode} is wxIDLE\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
2658\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_UI\_UPDATES}}{This window should always process UI update events,
2659even if the mode set by \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} is wxUPDATE\_UI\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
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2661
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2663\membersection{wxWindow::SetFocus}\label{wxwindowsetfocus}
2664
2665\func{virtual void}{SetFocus}{\void}
2666
2667This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
2668
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2669\wxheading{See also}
2670
2671\helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}
2672
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2674\membersection{wxWindow::SetFocusFromKbd}\label{wxwindowsetfocusfromkbd}
2675
2676\func{virtual void}{SetFocusFromKbd}{\void}
2677
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2679gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using {\tt TAB} key).
2680By default this method simply calls \helpref{SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus} but
2681can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
2682
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2684\membersection{wxWindow::SetFont}\label{wxwindowsetfont}
2685
2686\func{void}{SetFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}}
2687
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2688Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
2689parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
fa47d7a7 2690use \helpref{SetOwnFont}{wxwindowsetownfont} instead in this case and
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2691see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for more
2692explanations.
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2694\wxheading{Parameters}
2695
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2697{\tt wxNullFont} to reset to the default font.}
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2698
2699\wxheading{See also}
2700
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2701\helpref{wxWindow::GetFont}{wxwindowgetfont},\\
2702\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
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2705\membersection{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour}
2706
2707\func{virtual void}{SetForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2708
2709Sets the foreground colour of the window.
2710
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2712explanation of the difference between this method and
fa47d7a7 2713\helpref{SetOwnForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}.
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2716
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2718 {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
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2719
2720\wxheading{Remarks}
2721
2722The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
2723to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
2724be used at all.
2725
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2727window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
2728themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
2729applications on the system.
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2731\wxheading{See also}
2732
2733\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2734\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
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2735\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2736\helpref{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
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2739\membersection{wxWindow::SetHelpText}\label{wxwindowsethelptext}
2740
2741\func{virtual void}{SetHelpText}{\param{const wxString\& }{helpText}}
2742
2743Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2744
2745Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
2746and not in the window object itself.
2747
2748\wxheading{See also}
2749
2750\helpref{GetHelpText}{wxwindowgethelptext}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
2751
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2753\membersection{wxWindow::SetId}\label{wxwindowsetid}
2754
2755\func{void}{SetId}{\param{int}{ id}}
2756
2757Sets the identifier of the window.
2758
2759\wxheading{Remarks}
2760
2761Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has not provided one,
2762an identifier will be generated. Normally, the identifier should be provided
2763on creation and should not be modified subsequently.
2764
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2765\wxheading{See also}
2766
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2768\helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
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2772\membersection{wxWindow::SetName}\label{wxwindowsetname}
2773
2774\func{virtual void}{SetName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
2775
2776Sets the window's name.
2777
2778\wxheading{Parameters}
2779
2780\docparam{name}{A name to set for the window.}
2781
2782\wxheading{See also}
2783
2784\helpref{wxWindow::GetName}{wxwindowgetname}
2785
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2787\membersection{wxWindow::SetPalette}\label{wxwindowsetpalette}
2788
2789\func{virtual void}{SetPalette}{\param{wxPalette* }{palette}}
2790
2791Obsolete - use \helpref{wxDC::SetPalette}{wxdcsetpalette} instead.
2792
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2795
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2796\func{virtual void}{SetScrollbar}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{position},\rtfsp
2797\param{int }{thumbSize}, \param{int }{range},\rtfsp
cc81d32f 2798\param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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2800Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
2801
2802\wxheading{Parameters}
2803
2804\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2805
2806\docparam{position}{The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.}
2807
2808\docparam{thumbSize}{The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.}
2809
2810\docparam{range}{The maximum position of the scrollbar.}
2811
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2814\wxheading{Remarks}
2815
2816Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same font.
2817The window is sized so that you can only see 16 lines at a time.
2818
2819You would use:
2820
2821{\small%
2822\begin{verbatim}
2823 SetScrollbar(wxVERTICAL, 0, 16, 50);
2824\end{verbatim}
2825}
2826
2827Note that with the window at this size, the thumb position can never go
2828above 50 minus 16, or 34.
2829
2830You can determine how many lines are currently visible by dividing the current view
2831size by the character height in pixels.
2832
2833When defining your own scrollbar behaviour, you will always need to recalculate
2834the scrollbar settings when the window size changes. You could therefore put your
2835scrollbar calculations and SetScrollbar
2836call into a function named AdjustScrollbars, which can be called initially and also
f4fcc291 2837from your \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent} handler function.
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2839\wxheading{See also}
2840
2841\helpref{Scrolling overview}{scrollingoverview},\rtfsp
2842\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
2843
2844\begin{comment}
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2847\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpage}
2848
cc81d32f 2849\func{virtual void}{SetScrollPage}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pageSize}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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2850
2851Sets the page size of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2852
2853\wxheading{Parameters}
2854
2855\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2856
2857\docparam{pageSize}{Page size in scroll units.}
2858
cc81d32f 2859\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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2860
2861\wxheading{Remarks}
2862
2863The page size of a scrollbar is the number of scroll units that the scroll thumb travels when you
2864click on the area above/left of or below/right of the thumb. Normally you will want a whole visible
2865page to be scrolled, i.e. the size of the current view (perhaps the window client size). This
2866value has to be adjusted when the window is resized, since the page size will have changed.
2867
2868In addition to specifying how far the scroll thumb travels when paging, in Motif and some versions of Windows
2869the thumb changes size to reflect the page size relative to the length of the document. When the
2870document size is only slightly bigger than the current view (window) size, almost all of the scrollbar
2871will be taken up by the thumb. When the two values become the same, the scrollbar will (on some systems)
2872disappear.
2873
2874Currently, this function should be called before SetPageRange, because of a quirk in the Windows
2875handling of pages and ranges.
2876
2877\wxheading{See also}
2878
2879\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
a660d684 2880\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
f7bd2698 2881\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowsetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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2883\end{comment}
2884
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2886\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpos}
2887
cc81d32f 2888\func{virtual void}{SetScrollPos}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pos}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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2890Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2891
2892\wxheading{Parameters}
2893
2894\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2895
2896\docparam{pos}{Position in scroll units.}
2897
cc81d32f 2898\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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2900\wxheading{Remarks}
2901
2902This function does not directly affect the contents of the window: it is up to the
2903application to take note of scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
2904
2905\wxheading{See also}
2906
2907\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar},\rtfsp
2908\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
f7bd2698 2909\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollThumb}{wxwindowgetscrollthumb},\rtfsp
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2910\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
2911
2912\begin{comment}
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2915\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollRange}\label{wxwindowsetscrollrange}
2916
cc81d32f 2917\func{virtual void}{SetScrollRange}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{range}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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2919Sets the range of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2920
2921\wxheading{Parameters}
2922
2923\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose range is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2924
2925\docparam{range}{Scroll range.}
2926
cc81d32f 2927\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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2929\wxheading{Remarks}
2930
2931The range of a scrollbar is the number of steps that the thumb may travel, rather than the total
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2933would adjust the scroll range when the window is resized, by subtracting the window view size from the
2934total virtual window size. When the two sizes are the same (all the window is visible), the range goes to zero
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2935and usually the scrollbar will be automatically hidden.
2936
2937\wxheading{See also}
2938
2939\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
2940\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}{wxwindowsetscrollpage},\rtfsp
2941\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
f7bd2698 2942\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowsetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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2943\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
2944\end{comment}
2945
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2947\membersection{wxWindow::SetSize}\label{wxwindowsetsize}
2948
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2950 \param{int}{ sizeFlags = wxSIZE\_AUTO}}
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2952\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxRect\&}{ rect}}
2953
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2954Sets the size and position of the window in pixels.
2955
eaaa6a06 2956\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
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2958\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
2959
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2960Sets the size of the window in pixels.
2961
2962\wxheading{Parameters}
2963
2964\docparam{x}{Required x position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
2965value should be used.}
2966
2967\docparam{y}{Required y position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
2968value should be used.}
2969
2970\docparam{width}{Required width in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
2971value should be used.}
2972
2973\docparam{height}{Required height position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
2974value should be used.}
2975
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2976\docparam{size}{\helpref{wxSize}{wxsize} object for setting the size.}
2977
2978\docparam{rect}{\helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object for setting the position and size.}
2979
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2980\docparam{sizeFlags}{Indicates the interpretation of other parameters. It is a bit list of the following:
2981
2982{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_WIDTH}: a -1 width value is taken to indicate
fc2171bd 2983a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
a660d684 2984{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_HEIGHT}: a -1 height value is taken to indicate
fc2171bd 2985a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
a660d684 2986{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO}: -1 size values are taken to indicate
fc2171bd 2987a wxWidgets-supplied default size.\\
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2988{\bf wxSIZE\_USE\_EXISTING}: existing dimensions should be used
2989if -1 values are supplied.\\
2990{\bf wxSIZE\_ALLOW\_MINUS\_ONE}: allow dimensions of -1 and less to be interpreted
2991as real dimensions, not default values.
2992}
2993
2994\wxheading{Remarks}
2995
2996The second form is a convenience for calling the first form with default
2997x and y parameters, and must be used with non-default width and height values.
2998
2999The first form sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
3000Parameters may be -1 to indicate either that a default should be supplied
fc2171bd 3001by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the dimension should be used.
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3003\wxheading{See also}
3004
3005\helpref{wxWindow::Move}{wxwindowmove}
3006
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3008implements the following methods:\par
3009\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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3010\twocolitem{{\bf SetDimensions(x, y, width, height, sizeFlags=wxSIZE\_AUTO)}}{}
3011\twocolitem{{\bf SetSize(size)}}{}
3012\twocolitem{{\bf SetPosition(point)}}{}
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3014}
3015
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3017\membersection{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}\label{wxwindowsetsizehints}
3018
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3020 \param{int}{ incW=-1}, \param{int}{ incH=-1}}
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3024
3025
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3026Allows specification of minimum and maximum window sizes, and window size increments.
3027If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values will be used.
3028
3029\wxheading{Parameters}
3030
3031\docparam{minW}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.}
3032
3033\docparam{minH}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.}
3034
3035\docparam{maxW}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.}
3036
3037\docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
3038
3039\docparam{incW}{Specifies the increment for sizing the width (Motif/Xt only).}
3040
3041\docparam{incH}{Specifies the increment for sizing the height (Motif/Xt only).}
3042
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3044
3045\docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
3046
3047\docparam{incSize}{Increment size (Motif/Xt only).}
3048
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3049\wxheading{Remarks}
3050
3051If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the window outside the
3052given bounds.
3053
3054The resizing increments are only significant under Motif or Xt.
3055
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3058
cc81d32f 3059\func{void}{SetSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=true}}
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3061Sets the window to have the given layout sizer. The window
3062will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
3063If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
cc81d32f 3064window, it will be deleted if the deleteOld parameter is true.
515da557 3065
e5251d4f 3066Note that this function will also call
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3068parameter if the {\it sizer}\/ is non-NULL and {\tt false} otherwise.
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3070\wxheading{Parameters}
3071
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3073the window's sizer. See below.}
3074
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3076Pass false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself.}
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3078\wxheading{Remarks}
3079
fc2171bd 3080SetSizer now enables and disables Layout automatically, but prior to wxWidgets 2.3.3
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3082
515da557 3083You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
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3085explicitly. When setting both a wxSizer and a \helpref{wxLayoutConstraints}{wxlayoutconstraints},
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3086only the sizer will have effect.
3087
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3090
cc81d32f 3091\func{void}{SetSizerAndFit}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=true}}
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3093The same as \helpref{SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer}, except it also sets the size hints
3094for the window based on the sizer's minimum size.
3095
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3097\membersection{wxWindow::SetTitle}\label{wxwindowsettitle}
3098
3099\func{virtual void}{SetTitle}{\param{const wxString\& }{title}}
3100
3101Sets the window's title. Applicable only to frames and dialogs.
3102
3103\wxheading{Parameters}
3104
3105\docparam{title}{The window's title.}
3106
3107\wxheading{See also}
3108
3109\helpref{wxWindow::GetTitle}{wxwindowgettitle}
3110
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3113
3114\func{virtual void}{SetThemeEnabled}{\param{bool }{enable}}
3115
3116This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
3117to draw the windows' background instead if its own background drawing
3118code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
3119obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
3120One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
3121defined by a user's selected theme.
3122
cc81d32f 3123Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to true
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3125
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3127\membersection{wxWindow::SetToolTip}\label{wxwindowsettooltip}
3128
3129\func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{const wxString\& }{tip}}
3130
3131\func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{wxToolTip* }{tip}}
3132
c9f00eeb 3133Attach a tooltip to the window.
f6bcfd97 3134
c9f00eeb 3135See also: \helpref{GetToolTip}{wxwindowgettooltip},
8161ba08 3136 \helpref{wxToolTip}{wxtooltip}
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3140
3141\func{virtual void}{SetValidator}{\param{const wxValidator\&}{ validator}}
3142
3143Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having called wxValidator::Clone to
3144create a new validator of this type.
3145
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3148
3149\func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
3150
3151\func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
3152
3153Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
3154
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3156\membersection{wxWindow::SetVirtualSizeHints}\label{wxwindowsetvirtualsizehints}
3157
3158\func{virtual void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{int}{ minW},\param{int}{ minH}, \param{int}{ maxW=-1}, \param{int}{ maxH=-1}}
3159
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3161\param{const wxSize\&}{ maxSize=wxDefaultSize}}
3162
3163
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3165If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values
3166will be used.
3167
3168\wxheading{Parameters}
3169
3170\docparam{minW}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.}
3171
3172\docparam{minH}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.}
3173
3174\docparam{maxW}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.}
3175
3176\docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
3177
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3179
3180\docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
3181
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3183
3184If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the virtual area
3185of the window outside the given bounds.
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3188\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyle}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyle}
3189
3190\func{void}{SetWindowStyle}{\param{long}{ style}}
3191
3192Identical to \helpref{SetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}.
3193
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3195\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyleFlag}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}
3196
3197\func{virtual void}{SetWindowStyleFlag}{\param{long}{ style}}
3198
3199Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
3200after the window creation and that \helpref{Refresh()}{wxwindowrefresh} might
3201be called after changing the others for the change to take place immediately.
3202
b2cf617c 3203See \helpref{Window styles}{windowstyles} for more information about flags.
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3205\wxheading{See also}
3206
3207\helpref{GetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowgetwindowstyleflag}
3208
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3210\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}\label{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
3211
3212\func{void}{SetWindowVariant}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{variant}}
3213
3214This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
3215Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
3216exist in several sizes which correpond to the elements of wxWindowVariant
3217enum:
3218\begin{verbatim}
3219enum wxWindowVariant
3220{
3221 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL, // Normal size
3222 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_SMALL, // Smaller size (about 25 % smaller than normal )
3223 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MINI, // Mini size (about 33 % smaller than normal )
3224 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_LARGE, // Large size (about 25 % larger than normal )
3225};
3226\end{verbatim}
3227
3228By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
3229be used to change this.
3230
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3232\membersection{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}\label{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
3233
3234\func{virtual bool}{ShouldInheritColours}{\void}
3235
3236Return \true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
3237\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}, returning \false
3238forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
3239
3240The base class version returns \false, but this method is overridden in
3241\helpref{wxControl}{wxcontrol} where it returns \true.
3242
3243
aeab10d0 3244\membersection{wxWindow::Show}\label{wxwindowshow}
a660d684 3245
cc81d32f 3246\func{virtual bool}{Show}{\param{bool}{ show = {\tt true}}}
a660d684 3247
be90c029 3248Shows or hides the window. You may need to call \helpref{Raise}{wxwindowraise}
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3250needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
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3252\wxheading{Parameters}
3253
cc81d32f 3254\docparam{show}{If {\tt true} displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.}
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3256\wxheading{Return value}
3257
cc81d32f 3258{\tt true} if the window has been shown or hidden or {\tt false} if nothing was
bc5879ef 3259done because it already was in the requested state.
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3261\wxheading{See also}
3262
3263\helpref{wxWindow::IsShown}{wxwindowisshown}
3264
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3267\membersection{wxWindow::Thaw}\label{wxwindowthaw}
3268
3269\func{virtual void}{Thaw}{\void}
3270
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3272\helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}. To really thaw the control, it must be called
3273exactly the same number of times as \helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}.
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3276\membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow}
3277
3278\func{virtual bool}{TransferDataFromWindow}{\void}
3279
3280Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their validators. Returns
cc81d32f 3281{\tt false} if a transfer failed.
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3284the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
3285
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3287
3288\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow},\rtfsp
3289\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
3290
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3292\membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
3293
3294\func{virtual bool}{TransferDataToWindow}{\void}
3295
3296Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their validators.
3297
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3299the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
3300
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3302
cc81d32f 3303Returns {\tt false} if a transfer failed.
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3305\wxheading{See also}
3306
3307\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3308\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
3309
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3312
3313\func{bool}{UnregisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}}
3314
3315Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
3316
3317\wxheading{Parameters}
3318
3319\docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to RegisterHotKey.}
3320
3321\wxheading{Return value}
3322
3323{\tt true} if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, {\tt false} if the id was invalid.
3324
3325\wxheading{Remarks}
3326
3327This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
3328
3329\wxheading{See also}
3330
3331\helpref{wxWindow::RegisterHotKey}{wxwindowregisterhotkey}
3332
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3334\membersection{wxWindow::Update}\label{wxwindowupdate}
3335
3336\func{virtual void}{Update}{\void}
3337
3338Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window
3339while this would usually only happen when the flow of control returns to the
3340event loop. Notice that this function doesn't refresh the window and does
3341nothing if the window hadn't been already repainted. Use
3342\helpref{Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} first if you want to immediately redraw the
3343window unconditionally.
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3346\membersection{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}\label{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
3347
c0d26c0f 3348\func{virtual void}{UpdateWindowUI}{\param{long}{ flags = wxUPDATE\_UI\_NONE}}
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3350This function sends \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvents}{wxupdateuievent} to
3351the window. The particular implementation depends on the window; for
3352example a wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
3353and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
3354You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
3355UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
3356are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
3357\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} or
3358\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval}{wxupdateuieventsetupdateinterval} to
fc2171bd 3359limit the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
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3361{\it flags} should be a bitlist of one or more of the following values.
3362
3363\begin{verbatim}
3364enum wxUpdateUI
3365{
3366 wxUPDATE_UI_NONE = 0x0000, // No particular value
3367 wxUPDATE_UI_RECURSE = 0x0001, // Call the function for descendants
3368 wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE = 0x0002 // Invoked from On(Internal)Idle
3369};
3370\end{verbatim}
3371
3372If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
3373function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE\_UI\_FROMIDLE flag, since
3374this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
3375to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
3376only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
3377The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
3378an idle function.
3379
3380\begin{verbatim}
3381void MyWindow::OnInternalIdle()
3382{
3383 if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this))
3384 UpdateWindowUI(wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE);
3385}
3386\end{verbatim}
3387
3388\wxheading{See also}
3389
3390\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent},
3391\helpref{wxWindow::DoUpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowdoupdatewindowui},
3392\helpref{wxWindow::OnInternalIdle}{wxwindowoninternalidle}
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3395\membersection{wxWindow::Validate}\label{wxwindowvalidate}
3396
3397\func{virtual bool}{Validate}{\void}
3398
3399Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
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3401If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3402the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
3403
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3404\wxheading{Return value}
3405
cc81d32f 3406Returns {\tt false} if any of the validations failed.
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3408\wxheading{See also}
3409
3410\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3411\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3412\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}
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3415\membersection{wxWindow::WarpPointer}\label{wxwindowwarppointer}
3416
3417\func{void}{WarpPointer}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
3418
3419Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
3420
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3421{\bf NB: } This function is not supported under Mac because Apple Human
3422Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor programmatically.
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3424\wxheading{Parameters}
3425
3426\docparam{x}{The new x position for the cursor.}
3427
3428\docparam{y}{The new y position for the cursor.}
3429