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2%% Name: colour.tex
3%% Purpose: wxColour docs
4%% Author:
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7%% RCS-ID: $Id$
8%% Copyright: (c) wxWidgets
9%% License: wxWindows license
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12\section{\class{wxColour}}\label{wxcolour}
13
14A colour is an object representing a combination of Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) intensity values,
15and is used to determine drawing colours. See the
16entry for \helpref{wxColourDatabase}{wxcolourdatabase} for how a pointer to a predefined,
17named colour may be returned instead of creating a new colour.
18
19Valid RGB values are in the range 0 to 255.
20
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21You can retrieve the current system colour settings with \helpref{wxSystemSettings}{wxsystemsettings}.
22
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23\wxheading{Derived from}
24
25\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
26
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27\wxheading{Include files}
28
29<wx/colour.h>
30
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31\wxheading{Library}
32
33\helpref{wxCore}{librarieslist}
34
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35\wxheading{Predefined objects}
36
37Objects:
38
39{\bf wxNullColour}
40
41Pointers:
42
43{\bf wxBLACK\\
44wxWHITE\\
45wxRED\\
46wxBLUE\\
47wxGREEN\\
48wxCYAN\\
49wxLIGHT\_GREY}
50
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51\wxheading{See also}
52
53\helpref{wxColourDatabase}{wxcolourdatabase}, \helpref{wxPen}{wxpen}, \helpref{wxBrush}{wxbrush},\rtfsp
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56\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
57
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59\membersection{wxColour::wxColour}\label{wxcolourconstr}
60
61\func{}{wxColour}{\void}
62
63Default constructor.
64
36d55705 65\func{}{wxColour}{\param{unsigned char}{ red}, \param{unsigned char}{ green}, \param{unsigned char}{ blue}, \param{unsigned char}{ alpha=wxALPHA\_OPAQUE}}
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36d55705 67Constructs a colour from red, green, blue and alpha values.
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69\func{}{wxColour}{\param{const wxString\& }{colourNname}}
70
7f9d7dea 71Constructs a colour using the given string. See \helpref{Set}{wxcolourset} for more info.
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73\func{}{wxColour}{\param{const wxColour\&}{ colour}}
74
75Copy constructor.
76
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77\wxheading{Parameters}
78
79\docparam{red}{The red value.}
80
81\docparam{green}{The green value.}
82
83\docparam{blue}{The blue value.}
84
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85\docparam{alpha}{The alpha value. Alpha values range from 0 (wxALPHA\_TRANSPARENT) to 255 (wxALPHA\_OPAQUE).}
86
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87\docparam{colourName}{The colour name.}
88
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89\docparam{colour}{The colour to copy.}
90
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91\wxheading{See also}
92
93\helpref{wxColourDatabase}{wxcolourdatabase}
94
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95\pythonnote{Constructors supported by wxPython are:\par
96\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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97\twocolitem{{\bf wxColour(red=0, green=0, blue=0)}}{}
98\twocolitem{{\bf wxNamedColour(name)}}{}
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99\end{twocollist}}
100}
101
102
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104\membersection{wxColour::Alpha}\label{wxcolouralpha}
105
106\constfunc{unsigned char}{Alpha}{\void}
107
108Returns the alpha value, on platforms where alpha is not yet supported, this always returns wxALPHA\_OPAQUE.
109
110
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111\membersection{wxColour::Blue}\label{wxcolourblue}
112
113\constfunc{unsigned char}{Blue}{\void}
114
115Returns the blue intensity.
116
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118\membersection{wxColour::GetAsString}\label{wxcolourgetasstring}
119
120\constfunc{wxString}{GetAsString}{\param{long}{ flags}}
121
b534968d 122Converts this colour to a \helpref{wxString}{wxstring}
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123using the given {\it flags}.
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125The supported flags are \textbf{wxC2S\_NAME}, to obtain the colour name (e.g.
126wxColour(255,0,0) -> \texttt{``red"}), \textbf{wxC2S\_CSS\_SYNTAX}, to obtain
127the colour in the \texttt{``rgb(r,g,b)"} or \texttt{``rgba(r,g,b,a)"} syntax
128(e.g. wxColour(255,0,0,85) -> \texttt{``rgba(255,0,0,0.333)"}), and
129\textbf{wxC2S\_HTML\_SYNTAX}, to obtain the colour as \texttt{``\#"} followed
130by 6 hexadecimal digits (e.g. wxColour(255,0,0) -> \texttt{``\#FF0000"}).
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132This function never fails and always returns a non-empty string but asserts if
133the colour has alpha channel (i.e. is non opaque) but
134\textbf{wxC2S\_CSS\_SYNTAX} (which is the only one supporting alpha) is not
135specified in flags.
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78b5edc5 137\newsince{2.7.0}
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140\membersection{wxColour::GetPixel}\label{wxcolourgetpixel}
141
142\constfunc{long}{GetPixel}{\void}
143
144Returns a pixel value which is platform-dependent. On Windows, a COLORREF is returned.
145On X, an allocated pixel value is returned.
146
147-1 is returned if the pixel is invalid (on X, unallocated).
148
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150\membersection{wxColour::Green}\label{wxcolourgreen}
151
152\constfunc{unsigned char}{Green}{\void}
153
154Returns the green intensity.
155
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b7cacb43 157\membersection{wxColour::IsOk}\label{wxcolourisok}
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b7cacb43 159\constfunc{bool}{IsOk}{\void}
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161Returns \true if the colour object is valid (the colour has been initialised with RGB values).
162
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163
164\membersection{wxColour::Red}\label{wxcolourred}
165
166\constfunc{unsigned char}{Red}{\void}
167
168Returns the red intensity.
169
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171\membersection{wxColour::Set}\label{wxcolourset}
172
36d55705 173\func{void}{Set}{\param{unsigned char}{ red}, \param{unsigned char}{ green}, \param{unsigned char}{ blue}, \param{unsigned char}{ alpha=wxALPHA\_OPAQUE}}
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175\func{void}{Set}{\param{unsigned long}{ RGB}}
176
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177\func{bool}{Set}{\param{const wxString \&}{ str}}
178
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179Sets the RGB intensity values using the given values (first overload), extracting them from the packed long (second overload), using the given string (third overloard).
180
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181When using third form, Set() accepts: colour names (those listed in
182\helpref{wxTheColourDatabase}{wxcolourdatabase}), the CSS-like
183\texttt{``rgb(r,g,b)"} or \texttt{``rgba(r,g,b,a)"} syntax (case insensitive)
184and the HTML-like syntax (i.e. \texttt{``\#"} followed by 6 hexadecimal digits
185for red, green, blue components).
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187Returns \true if the conversion was successful, \false otherwise.
188
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189\newsince{2.7.0}
190
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192\membersection{wxColour::operator $=$}\label{wxcolourassign}
193
194\func{wxColour\&}{operator $=$}{\param{const wxColour\&}{ colour}}
195
196Assignment operator, taking another colour object.
197
198\func{wxColour\&}{operator $=$}{\param{const wxString\&}{ colourName}}
199
200Assignment operator, using a colour name to be found in the colour database.
201
202\wxheading{See also}
203
204\helpref{wxColourDatabase}{wxcolourdatabase}
205
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207\membersection{wxColour::operator $==$}\label{wxcolourequality}
208
209\func{bool}{operator $==$}{\param{const wxColour\&}{ colour}}
210
36d55705 211Tests the equality of two colours by comparing individual red, green, blue colours and alpha values.
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214\membersection{wxColour::operator $!=$}\label{wxcolourinequality}
215
216\func{bool}{operator $!=$}{\param{const wxColour\&}{ colour}}
217
36d55705 218Tests the inequality of two colours by comparing individual red, green, blue colours and alpha values.
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220\section{\class{wxColourData}}\label{wxcolourdata}
221
222This class holds a variety of information related to colour dialogs.
223
224\wxheading{Derived from}
225
226\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
227
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228\wxheading{Include files}
229
230<wx/cmndata.h>
231
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232\wxheading{Library}
233
234\helpref{wxCore}{librarieslist}
235
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236\wxheading{See also}
237
238\helpref{wxColour}{wxcolour}, \helpref{wxColourDialog}{wxcolourdialog}, \helpref{wxColourDialog overview}{wxcolourdialogoverview}
239
240\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
241
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f510b7b2 243\membersection{wxColourData::wxColourData}\label{wxcolourdatactor}
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245\func{}{wxColourData}{\void}
246
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247Constructor. Initializes the custom colours to {\tt wxNullColour},
248the {\it data colour} setting
cc81d32f 249to black, and the {\it choose full} setting to true.
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f510b7b2 252\membersection{wxColourData::\destruct{wxColourData}}\label{wxcolourdatadtor}
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254\func{}{\destruct{wxColourData}}{\void}
255
256Destructor.
257
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259\membersection{wxColourData::GetChooseFull}\label{wxcolourdatagetchoosefull}
260
261\constfunc{bool}{GetChooseFull}{\void}
262
263Under Windows, determines whether the Windows colour dialog will display the full dialog
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264with custom colour selection controls. Under PalmOS, determines whether colour dialog
265will display full rgb colour picker or only available palette indexer.
266Has no meaning under other platforms.
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cc81d32f 268The default value is true.
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271\membersection{wxColourData::GetColour}\label{wxcolourdatagetcolour}
272
273\constfunc{wxColour\&}{GetColour}{\void}
274
275Gets the current colour associated with the colour dialog.
276
277The default colour is black.
278
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280\membersection{wxColourData::GetCustomColour}\label{wxcolourdatagetcustomcolour}
281
eaaa6a06 282\constfunc{wxColour\&}{GetCustomColour}{\param{int}{ i}}
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284Gets the {\it i}th custom colour associated with the colour dialog. {\it i} should
285be an integer between 0 and 15.
286
393c836c 287The default custom colours are invalid colours.
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290\membersection{wxColourData::SetChooseFull}\label{wxcolourdatasetchoosefull}
291
292\func{void}{SetChooseFull}{\param{const bool }{flag}}
293
294Under Windows, tells the Windows colour dialog to display the full dialog
295with custom colour selection controls. Under other platforms, has no effect.
296
cc81d32f 297The default value is true.
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300\membersection{wxColourData::SetColour}\label{wxcolourdatasetcolour}
301
302\func{void}{SetColour}{\param{const wxColour\&}{ colour}}
303
304Sets the default colour for the colour dialog.
305
306The default colour is black.
307
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309\membersection{wxColourData::SetCustomColour}\label{wxcolourdatasetcustomcolour}
310
f6bcfd97 311\func{void}{SetCustomColour}{\param{int}{ i}, \param{const wxColour\&}{ colour}}
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313Sets the {\it i}th custom colour for the colour dialog. {\it i} should
314be an integer between 0 and 15.
315
393c836c 316The default custom colours are invalid colours.
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319\membersection{wxColourData::operator $=$}\label{wxcolourdataassign}
320
321\func{void}{operator $=$}{\param{const wxColourData\&}{ data}}
322
2edb0bde 323Assignment operator for the colour data.
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326
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328\section{\class{wxColourDatabase}}\label{wxcolourdatabase}
329
fc2171bd 330wxWidgets maintains a database of standard RGB colours for a predefined
a660d684 331set of named colours (such as ``BLACK'', ``LIGHT GREY''). The
edc536d3 332application may add to this set if desired by using
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333\helpref{AddColour}{wxcolourdatabaseaddcolour} and may use it to look up
334colours by names using \helpref{Find}{wxcolourdatabasefind} or find the names
335for the standard colour suing \helpref{FindName}{wxcolourdatabasefindname}.
336
edc536d3 337There is one predefined instance of this class called
c50f92d0 338{\bf wxTheColourDatabase}.
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340\wxheading{Derived from}
341
8f520a56 342None
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344\wxheading{Include files}
345
346<wx/gdicmn.h>
347
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348\wxheading{Library}
349
350\helpref{wxCore}{librarieslist}
351
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352\wxheading{Remarks}
353
c50f92d0 354The standard database contains at least the following colours:
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356AQUAMARINE, BLACK, BLUE, BLUE VIOLET, BROWN, CADET BLUE, CORAL,
357CORNFLOWER BLUE, CYAN, DARK GREY, DARK GREEN, DARK OLIVE GREEN, DARK
358ORCHID, DARK SLATE BLUE, DARK SLATE GREY DARK TURQUOISE, DIM GREY,
359FIREBRICK, FOREST GREEN, GOLD, GOLDENROD, GREY, GREEN, GREEN YELLOW,
360INDIAN RED, KHAKI, LIGHT BLUE, LIGHT GREY, LIGHT STEEL BLUE, LIME GREEN,
361MAGENTA, MAROON, MEDIUM AQUAMARINE, MEDIUM BLUE, MEDIUM FOREST GREEN,
362MEDIUM GOLDENROD, MEDIUM ORCHID, MEDIUM SEA GREEN, MEDIUM SLATE BLUE,
363MEDIUM SPRING GREEN, MEDIUM TURQUOISE, MEDIUM VIOLET RED, MIDNIGHT BLUE,
364NAVY, ORANGE, ORANGE RED, ORCHID, PALE GREEN, PINK, PLUM, PURPLE, RED,
365SALMON, SEA GREEN, SIENNA, SKY BLUE, SLATE BLUE, SPRING GREEN, STEEL
366BLUE, TAN, THISTLE, TURQUOISE, VIOLET, VIOLET RED, WHEAT, WHITE, YELLOW,
367YELLOW GREEN.
368
369\wxheading{See also}
370
371\helpref{wxColour}{wxcolour}
372
373\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
374
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376\membersection{wxColourDatabase::wxColourDatabase}\label{wxcolourdatabaseconstr}
377
378\func{}{wxColourDatabase}{\void}
379
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380Constructs the colour database. It will be initialized at the first use.
381
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383\membersection{wxColourDatabase::AddColour}\label{wxcolourdatabaseaddcolour}
384
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385\func{void}{AddColour}{\param{const wxString\& }{colourName}, \param{const wxColour\&}{colour}}
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387\func{void}{AddColour}{\param{const wxString\& }{colourName}, \param{wxColour* }{colour}}
388
389Adds a colour to the database. If a colour with the same name already exists,
390it is replaced.
391
c50f92d0 392Please note that the overload taking a pointer is deprecated and will be
fc2171bd 393removed in the next wxWidgets version, please don't use it.
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395
396\membersection{wxColourDatabase::Find}\label{wxcolourdatabasefind}
397
f6e9a818 398\func{wxColour}{Find}{\param{const wxString\& }{colourName}}
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400Finds a colour given the name. Returns an invalid colour object (that is, such
b7cacb43 401that its \helpref{Ok()}{wxcolourisok} method returns \false) if the colour wasn't
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402found in the database.
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c50f92d0 405\membersection{wxColourDatabase::FindName}\label{wxcolourdatabasefindname}
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c50f92d0 407\constfunc{wxString}{FindName}{\param{const wxColour\&}{ colour}}
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409Finds a colour name given the colour. Returns an empty string if the colour is
410not found in the database.
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