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1\section{\class{wxWindow}}\label{wxwindow}
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3wxWindow is the base class for all windows and represents any visible objecto n
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}
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29\wxheading{Include files}
30
31<wx/window.h>
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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}.
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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}.
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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}
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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}
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241\membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnParent}\label{wxwindowcentreonparent}
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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}.
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260\wxheading{See also}
261
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262\helpref{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen}{wxwindowcenteronscreen}
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265\membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen}\label{wxwindowcentreonscreen}
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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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295modifying its parameters.}
296
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297\constfunc{virtual wxPoint}{ClientToScreen}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
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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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325
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}
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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
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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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520Enable or disable the window for user input. Note that when a parent window is
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 574\membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowById}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbyid}
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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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7f071e73 704\membersection{wxWindow::GetBestSize}\label{wxwindowgetbestsize}
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708This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window. For
709example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
3e02f5ed 710control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
8771a323 711\helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel}), the size returned by this function will be the
3e02f5ed 712same as the size the window would have had after calling
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714
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717
718\constfunc{wxCaret *}{GetCaret}{\void}
719
720Returns the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
721
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724
725\func{static wxWindow *}{GetCapture}{\void}
726
727Returns the currently captured window.
728
729\wxheading{See also}
730
731\helpref{wxWindow::HasCapture}{wxwindowhascapture},
732\helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
733\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
734\helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
735
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738
739\constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharHeight}{\void}
740
741Returns the character height for this window.
742
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745
746\constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharWidth}{\void}
747
748Returns the average character width for this window.
749
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752
c0ed460c 753\func{wxList\&}{GetChildren}{\void}
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c0ed460c 755Returns a reference to the list of the window's children.
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759
760\func{static wxVisualAttributes}{GetClassDefaultAttributes}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{ variant = \texttt{wxWINDOW\_VARIANT\_NORMAL}}}
761
762Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control. This is
763useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control as in a
764standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
765colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
766system, especially if it uses themes.
767
768The \arg{variant} parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
769ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
770returned font. See \helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
771for more about this.
772
773This static method is ``overridden'' in many derived classes and so calling,
488e1507 774for example, \helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
1b69c815 775return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
488e1507 776from those returned by, say, \helpref{wxListCtrl}{wxlistctrl}::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
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778The \texttt{wxVisualAttributes} structure has at least the fields
779\texttt{font}, \texttt{colFg} and \texttt{colBg}. All of them may be invalid
780if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
781especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
782the case for \texttt{colBg} for the controls with themed background.
783
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785
786\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
787
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790
c66c3af1 791\constfunc{void}{GetClientSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
a660d684 792
c9f00eeb 793\perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes no parameter and returns
d2c2afc9 794a 2-element list {\tt (width, height)}.}
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c66c3af1 796\constfunc{wxSize}{GetClientSize}{\void}
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799The client area is the area which may be drawn on by the programmer,
800excluding title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
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802\wxheading{Parameters}
803
804\docparam{width}{Receives the client width in pixels.}
805
806\docparam{height}{Receives the client height in pixels.}
807
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809implements the following methods:\par
810\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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812\twocolitem{{\bf GetClientSize()}}{Returns a wxSize object}
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814}
815
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817
d2c2afc9 818\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
566d84a7 819\helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
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824
825\constfunc{wxLayoutConstraints*}{GetConstraints}{\void}
826
827Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or NULL if there are none.
828
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831
832\constfunc{const wxSizer *}{GetContainingSizer}{\void}
833
834Return the sizer that this window is a member of, if any, otherwise
835{\tt NULL}.
836
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839
840\constfunc{const wxCursor\&}{GetCursor}{\void}
841
842Return the cursor associated with this window.
843
844\wxheading{See also}
845
846\helpref{wxWindow::SetCursor}{wxwindowsetcursor}
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850
851\constfunc{virtual wxVisualAttributes}{GetDefaultAttributes}{\void}
852
853Currently this is the same as calling
854\helpref{GetClassDefaultAttributes}{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes}(\helpref{GetWindowVariant}{wxwindowgetwindowvariant}()).
855
856One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
857the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
858virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
859
860The other one is that in the future this function could return different
861results, for example it might return a different font for an ``Ok'' button
862than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
863in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
864function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
865version can be used without having to create an object first.
866
867
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869
870\constfunc{wxDropTarget*}{GetDropTarget}{\void}
871
872Returns the associated drop target, which may be NULL.
873
874\wxheading{See also}
875
c9f00eeb 876\helpref{wxWindow::SetDropTarget}{wxwindowsetdroptarget},
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878
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881
882\constfunc{wxEvtHandler*}{GetEventHandler}{\void}
883
884Returns the event handler for this window. By default, the window is its
885own event handler.
886
887\wxheading{See also}
888
889\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
890\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
891\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
892\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
893\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
894
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897
898\constfunc{long}{GetExtraStyle}{\void}
899
900Returns the extra style bits for the window.
901
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904
c0ed460c 905\constfunc{wxFont\&}{GetFont}{\void}
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909\wxheading{See also}
910
911\helpref{wxWindow::SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont}
912
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915
916\func{virtual wxColour}{GetForegroundColour}{\void}
917
918Returns the foreground colour of the window.
919
920\wxheading{Remarks}
921
922The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
923to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
924be used at all.
925
926\wxheading{See also}
927
928\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
929\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
930\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour}
931
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934
935\constfunc{wxWindow*}{GetGrandParent}{\void}
936
937Returns the grandparent of a window, or NULL if there isn't one.
938
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942\constfunc{void*}{GetHandle}{\void}
943
944Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window. Cast it to an appropriate
6453876e 945handle, such as {\bf HWND} for Windows, {\bf Widget} for Motif or {\bf GtkWidget} for GTK.
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950
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953
954\constfunc{virtual wxString}{GetHelpText}{\void}
955
956Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
957
958Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
959and not in the window object itself.
960
961\wxheading{See also}
962
963\helpref{SetHelpText}{wxwindowsethelptext}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
964
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966\membersection{wxWindow::GetId}\label{wxwindowgetid}
967
968\constfunc{int}{GetId}{\void}
969
970Returns the identifier of the window.
971
972\wxheading{Remarks}
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975(or the default Id -1) an unique identifier with a negative value will be generated.
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978
b2cf617c 979\helpref{wxWindow::SetId}{wxwindowsetid},\rtfsp
5b6aa0ff 980\helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
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984
985\constfunc{virtual wxString }{GetLabel}{\void}
986
987Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
988identification purposes.
989
990\wxheading{Remarks}
991
992The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
993For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the title. For buttons or static text controls, it is
994the button text. This function can be useful for meta-programs (such as testing
995tools or special-needs access programs) which need to identify windows
996by name.
997
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1000
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1003Returns the window's name.
1004
1005\wxheading{Remarks}
1006
1007This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the programmer to supply an appropriate
1008name in the window constructor or via \helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}.
1009
1010\wxheading{See also}
1011
1012\helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}
1013
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1016
1017\constfunc{virtual wxWindow*}{GetParent}{\void}
1018
1019Returns the parent of the window, or NULL if there is no parent.
1020
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1023
1024\constfunc{virtual void}{GetPosition}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
1025
1026\constfunc{wxPoint}{GetPosition}{\void}
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1029for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level
1030windows.
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1032\wxheading{Parameters}
1033
1034\docparam{x}{Receives the x position of the window.}
1035
1036\docparam{y}{Receives the y position of the window.}
1037
1038\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1039implements the following methods:\par
1040\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1041\twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a wxPoint}
1042\twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionTuple()}}{Returns a tuple (x, y)}
1043\end{twocollist}}
1044}
1045
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1047method:\par
1048\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1049\twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a Wx::Point}
1050\twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionXY()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1051 {\tt ( x, y )}}
1052\end{twocollist}
1053}}
1054
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1057
1058\constfunc{virtual wxRect}{GetRect}{\void}
1059
1060Returns the size and position of the window as a \helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object.
1061
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1067Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
1068
1069\wxheading{See also}
1070
1071\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1072
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1075
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1078Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
1079
1080\wxheading{See also}
1081
1082See \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1083
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1086
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1089Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
1090
1091\wxheading{See also}
1092
1093\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1094
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c66c3af1 1098\constfunc{void}{GetSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
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c66c3af1 1100\constfunc{wxSize}{GetSize}{\void}
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1103including title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
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1105\wxheading{Parameters}
1106
1107\docparam{width}{Receives the window width.}
1108
1109\docparam{height}{Receives the window height.}
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1120method:\par
1121\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1122\twocolitem{{\bf GetSize()}}{Returns a Wx::Size}
1123\twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeWH()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1124 {\tt ( width, height )}}
1125\end{twocollist}
1126}}
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1129
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1135
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be90c029 1138Return the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
e6973167 1139\helpref{SetSizer()}{wxwindowsetsizer} or {\tt NULL}.
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1145 \param{int* }{descent = NULL}, \param{int* }{externalLeading = NULL},
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1148Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1149window with the currently selected font.
1150
1151\wxheading{Parameters}
1152
1153\docparam{string}{String whose extent is to be measured.}
1154
1155\docparam{x}{Return value for width.}
1156
1157\docparam{y}{Return value for height.}
1158
1159\docparam{descent}{Return value for descent (optional).}
1160
1161\docparam{externalLeading}{Return value for external leading (optional).}
1162
1163\docparam{font}{Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).}
1164
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1169\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1171\twocolitem{{\bf GetFullTextExtent(string, font=NULL)}}{Returns a
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1173\end{twocollist}}
1174}
1175
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1177 {\tt font} parameters, and returns a 4-element list
1178 {\tt ( x, y, descent, externalLeading )}.}
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1182
1183\func{virtual wxString}{GetTitle}{\void}
1184
1185Gets the window's title. Applicable only to frames and dialogs.
1186
1187\wxheading{See also}
1188
1189\helpref{wxWindow::SetTitle}{wxwindowsettitle}
1190
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1193
1194\constfunc{wxToolTip*}{GetToolTip}{\void}
1195
1196Get the associated tooltip or NULL if none.
1197
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1200
1201\constfunc{virtual wxRegion}{GetUpdateRegion}{\void}
1202
1203Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged. Should
f4fcc291 1204only be called within an \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent} handler.
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1206\wxheading{See also}
1207
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1209\helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator}
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1213
1214\constfunc{wxValidator*}{GetValidator}{\void}
1215
1216Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or NULL if there is none.
1217
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1220
1221\constfunc{void}{GetVirtualSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
1222
1223\constfunc{wxSize}{GetVirtualSize}{\void}
1224
1225This gets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
1226
1227\wxheading{Parameters}
1228
1229\docparam{width}{Receives the window virtual width.}
1230
1231\docparam{height}{Receives the window virtual height.}
1232
1233\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
1234\helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize}
1235
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1239\constfunc{long}{GetWindowStyleFlag}{\void}
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1242method. {\bf GetWindowStyle()} is another name for the same function.
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1246
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1251
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1254
1255\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasCapture}{\void}
1256
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1259\wxheading{See also}
1260
1261\helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
1262\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
1263\helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
1264
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1267
1268\func{bool}{Hide}{\void}
1269
cc81d32f 1270Equivalent to calling \helpref{Show}{wxwindowshow}({\tt false}).
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1274
1275\func{void}{InheritAttributes}{\void}
1276
1277This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
1278window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
1279the font and the foreground and background colours.
1280
1281By ``intelligently'' the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
1282own \helpref{default}{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes} attributes. However
1283if some of the parents attributes are explicitly (that is, using
1284\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont} and not
1285\helpref{SetDefaultFont}{wxwindowsetdefaultfont}) changed \emph{and} if the
1286corresponding attribute hadn't been explicitly set for this window itself,
1287then this window takes the same value as used by the parent. In addition, if
1288the window overrides \helpref{ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
1289to return \false, the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the
1290font might.
1291
1292This rather complicated logic is necessary in order to accomodate the
1293different usage scenarius. The most common one is when all default attributes
1294are used and in this case, nothing should be inherited as in modern GUIs
1295different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
1296they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
1297desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
1298just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
1299do inherit the parents attributes.
1300
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1303
1304\func{void}{InitDialog}{\void}
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1307to the dialog via validators.
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1312\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsEnabled}{\void}
1313
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1316\wxheading{See also}
1317
1318\helpref{wxWindow::Enable}{wxwindowenable}
1319
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1323\constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
1324
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1328
605d715d 1329\constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{wxRect }{\&rect}}
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cc81d32f 1331Returns {\tt true} if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
ad9edf45 1332last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
4130b487 1333only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
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1340\twocolitem{{\bf IsExposedRect(rect)}}{}
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1345
1346\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsRetained}{\void}
1347
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1350\wxheading{Remarks}
1351
1352Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
1353
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1356
1357\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsShown}{\void}
1358
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1363
1364\constfunc{bool}{IsTopLevel}{\void}
1365
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1368window).
1369
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1372
1373\func{void}{Layout}{\void}
1374
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1376for this window.
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1383
1384This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollLines()}{wxwindowscrolllines}$(1)$.
1385
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1388
1389This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollLines()}{wxwindowscrolllines}$(-1)$.
1390
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1393
1394\func{void}{Lower}{\void}
1395
1396Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy if it is a managed window (dialog
1397or frame).
1398
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1401
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1407\wxheading{Parameters}
1408
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1414
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1420
1421\wxheading{Parameters}
1422
1423\docparam{x}{Required x position.}
1424
1425\docparam{y}{Required y position.}
1426
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1430
1431Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1432wxWindow::Move function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class
1433as the call:
1434
1435\begin{verbatim}
1436 SetSize(x, y, -1, -1, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1437\end{verbatim}
1438
1439\wxheading{See also}
1440
1441\helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}
1442
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1447\twocolitem{{\bf MoveXY(x, y)}}{Accepts a pair of integers}
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1452%% the old docs here in case we want to move any still needed bits to
1453%% the right location (i.e. probably the corresponding events docs)
1454%%
1455%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnActivate}\label{wxwindowonactivate}
1456%%
1457%% \func{void}{OnActivate}{\param{wxActivateEvent\&}{ event}}
1458%%
1459%% Called when a window is activated or deactivated.
1460%%
1461%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1462%%
1463%% \docparam{event}{Object containing activation information.}
1464%%
1465%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1466%%
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1468%% otherwise it returns {\tt false} (it is being deactivated).
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1470%% \wxheading{See also}
1471%%
1472%% \helpref{wxActivateEvent}{wxactivateevent},\rtfsp
1473%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1474%%
1475%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnChar}\label{wxwindowonchar}
1476%%
1477%% \func{void}{OnChar}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1478%%
1479%% Called when the user has pressed a key that is not a modifier (SHIFT, CONTROL or ALT).
1480%%
1481%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1482%%
1483%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1484%% details about this class.}
1485%%
1486%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1487%%
1488%% This member function is called in response to a keypress. To intercept this event,
1489%% use the EVT\_CHAR macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnChar} handler may call this
1490%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1491%%
1492%% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
1493%% values.
1494%%
1495%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept modifier
1496%% keypresses, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1497%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1498%%
1499%% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
1500%%
1501%% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
1502%% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1503%%
1504%% \wxheading{See also}
1505%%
1506%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
1507%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1508%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1509%%
1510%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCharHook}\label{wxwindowoncharhook}
1511%%
1512%% \func{void}{OnCharHook}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1513%%
1514%% This member is called to allow the window to intercept keyboard events
1515%% before they are processed by child windows.
1516%%
1517%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1518%%
1519%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1520%% details about this class.}
1521%%
1522%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1523%%
1524%% This member function is called in response to a keypress, if the window is active. To intercept this event,
1525%% use the EVT\_CHAR\_HOOK macro in an event table definition. If you do not process a particular
1526%% keypress, call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip} to allow default processing.
1527%%
1528%% An example of using this function is in the implementation of escape-character processing for wxDialog,
1529%% where pressing ESC dismisses the dialog by {\bf OnCharHook} 'forging' a cancel button press event.
1530%%
1531%% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
1532%% values.
1533%%
1534%% This function is only relevant to top-level windows (frames and dialogs), and under
1535%% Windows only. Under GTK the normal EVT\_CHAR\_ event has the functionality, i.e.
1536%% you can intercepts it and if you don't call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip}
1537%% the window won't get the event.
1538%%
1539%% \wxheading{See also}
1540%%
1541%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent},\rtfsp
1542%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1543%% %% GD: OnXXX functions are not documented
1544%% %%\helpref{wxApp::OnCharHook}{wxapponcharhook},\rtfsp
1545%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1546%%
1547%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCommand}\label{wxwindowoncommand}
1548%%
1549%% \func{virtual void}{OnCommand}{\param{wxEvtHandler\& }{object}, \param{wxCommandEvent\& }{event}}
1550%%
1551%% This virtual member function is called if the control does not handle the command event.
1552%%
1553%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1554%%
1555%% \docparam{object}{Object receiving the command event.}
1556%%
1557%% \docparam{event}{Command event}
1558%%
1559%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1560%%
1561%% This virtual function is provided mainly for backward compatibility. You can also intercept commands
1562%% from child controls by using an event table, with identifiers or identifier ranges to identify
1563%% the control(s) in question.
1564%%
1565%% \wxheading{See also}
1566%%
1567%% \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
1568%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1569%%
1570%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnClose}\label{wxwindowonclose}
1571%%
1572%% \func{virtual bool}{OnClose}{\void}
1573%%
1574%% Called when the user has tried to close a a frame
1575%% or dialog box using the window manager (X) or system menu (Windows).
1576%%
1577%% {\bf Note:} This is an obsolete function.
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1580%%
1581%% \wxheading{Return value}
1582%%
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1585%% you may delete other windows.
1586%%
1587%% \wxheading{See also}
1588%%
1589%% \helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
1590%% \helpref{wxWindow::Close}{wxwindowclose},\rtfsp
1591%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow},\rtfsp
1592%% \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
1593%%
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1595%%
1596%% \func{void}{OnKeyDown}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1597%%
1598%% Called when the user has pressed a key, before it is translated into an ASCII value using other
1599%% modifier keys that might be pressed at the same time.
1600%%
1601%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1602%%
1603%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1604%% details about this class.}
1605%%
1606%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1607%%
1608%% This member function is called in response to a key down event. To intercept this event,
1609%% use the EVT\_KEY\_DOWN macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyDown} handler may call this
1610%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1611%%
1612%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
1613%% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1614%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1615%%
1616%% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
1617%%
1618%% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
1619%% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1620%%
1621%% \wxheading{See also}
1622%%
1623%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
1624%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1625%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1626%%
1627%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}\label{wxwindowonkeyup}
1628%%
1629%% \func{void}{OnKeyUp}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1630%%
1631%% Called when the user has released a key.
1632%%
1633%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1634%%
1635%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1636%% details about this class.}
1637%%
1638%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1639%%
1640%% This member function is called in response to a key up event. To intercept this event,
1641%% use the EVT\_KEY\_UP macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyUp} handler may call this
1642%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1643%%
1644%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
1645%% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1646%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1647%%
1648%% Most, but not all, windows allow key up events to be intercepted.
1649%%
1650%% \wxheading{See also}
1651%%
1652%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown},\rtfsp
1653%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1654%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1655%%
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1657%%
1658%% \func{void}{OnInitDialog}{\param{wxInitDialogEvent\&}{ event}}
1659%%
1660%% Default handler for the wxEVT\_INIT\_DIALOG event. Calls \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}.
1661%%
1662%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1663%%
1664%% \docparam{event}{Dialog initialisation event.}
1665%%
1666%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1667%%
1668%% Gives the window the default behaviour of transferring data to child controls via
1669%% the validator that each control has.
1670%%
1671%% \wxheading{See also}
1672%%
1673%% \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
1674%%
1675%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMenuCommand}\label{wxwindowonmenucommand}
1676%%
1677%% \func{void}{OnMenuCommand}{\param{wxCommandEvent\& }{event}}
1678%%
1679%% Called when a menu command is received from a menu bar.
1680%%
1681%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1682%%
1683%% \docparam{event}{The menu command event. For more information, see \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent}.}
1684%%
1685%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1686%%
1687%% A function with this name doesn't actually exist; you can choose any member function to receive
1688%% menu command events, using the EVT\_COMMAND macro for individual commands or EVT\_COMMAND\_RANGE for
1689%% a range of commands.
1690%%
1691%% \wxheading{See also}
1692%%
1693%% \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
1694%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnMenuHighlight}{wxwindowonmenuhighlight},\rtfsp
1695%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1696%%
1697%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMenuHighlight}\label{wxwindowonmenuhighlight}
1698%%
1699%% \func{void}{OnMenuHighlight}{\param{wxMenuEvent\& }{event}}
1700%%
1701%% Called when a menu select is received from a menu bar: that is, the
1702%% mouse cursor is over a menu item, but the left mouse button has not been
1703%% pressed.
1704%%
1705%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1706%%
1707%% \docparam{event}{The menu highlight event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent}.}
1708%%
1709%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1710%%
1711%% You can choose any member function to receive
1712%% menu select events, using the EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT macro for individual menu items or EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT\_ALL macro
1713%% for all menu items.
1714%%
1715%% The default implementation for \helpref{wxFrame::OnMenuHighlight}{wxframeonmenuhighlight} displays help
1716%% text in the first field of the status bar.
1717%%
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1720%%
1721%% \wxheading{See also}
1722%%
1723%% \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent},\rtfsp
1724%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnMenuCommand}{wxwindowonmenucommand},\rtfsp
1725%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1726%%
1727%%
1728%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMouseEvent}\label{wxwindowonmouseevent}
1729%%
1730%% \func{void}{OnMouseEvent}{\param{wxMouseEvent\&}{ event}}
1731%%
1732%% Called when the user has initiated an event with the
1733%% mouse.
1734%%
1735%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1736%%
1737%% \docparam{event}{The mouse event. See \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent} for
1738%% more details.}
1739%%
1740%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1741%%
1742%% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
1743%%
1744%% To intercept this event, use the EVT\_MOUSE\_EVENTS macro in an event table definition, or individual
1745%% mouse event macros such as EVT\_LEFT\_DOWN.
1746%%
1747%% \wxheading{See also}
1748%%
1749%% \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent},\rtfsp
1750%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1751%%
1752%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMove}\label{wxwindowonmove}
1753%%
1754%% \func{void}{OnMove}{\param{wxMoveEvent\& }{event}}
1755%%
1756%% Called when a window is moved.
1757%%
1758%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1759%%
1760%% \docparam{event}{The move event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent}.}
1761%%
1762%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1763%%
1764%% Use the EVT\_MOVE macro to intercept move events.
1765%%
1766%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1767%%
1768%% Not currently implemented.
1769%%
1770%% \wxheading{See also}
1771%%
1772%% \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent},\rtfsp
1773%% \helpref{wxFrame::OnSize}{wxframeonsize},\rtfsp
1774%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1775%%
1776%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnPaint}\label{wxwindowonpaint}
1777%%
1778%% \func{void}{OnPaint}{\param{wxPaintEvent\& }{event}}
1779%%
1780%% Sent to the event handler when the window must be refreshed.
1781%%
1782%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1783%%
1784%% \docparam{event}{Paint event. For more information, see \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent}.}
1785%%
1786%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1787%%
1788%% Use the EVT\_PAINT macro in an event table definition to intercept paint events.
1789%%
1790%% Note that In a paint event handler, the application must {\it always} create a \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc} object,
1791%% even if you do not use it. Otherwise, under MS Windows, refreshing for this and other windows will go wrong.
1792%%
1793%% For example:
1794%%
1795%% \small{%
1796%% \begin{verbatim}
1797%% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
1798%% {
1799%% wxPaintDC dc(this);
1800%%
1801%% DrawMyDocument(dc);
1802%% }
1803%% \end{verbatim}
1804%% }%
1805%%
1806%% You can optimize painting by retrieving the rectangles
1807%% that have been damaged and only repainting these. The rectangles are in
1808%% terms of the client area, and are unscrolled, so you will need to do
1809%% some calculations using the current view position to obtain logical,
1810%% scrolled units.
1811%%
1812%% Here is an example of using the \helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator} class:
1813%%
1814%% {\small%
1815%% \begin{verbatim}
1816%% // Called when window needs to be repainted.
1817%% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
1818%% {
1819%% wxPaintDC dc(this);
1820%%
1821%% // Find Out where the window is scrolled to
1822%% int vbX,vbY; // Top left corner of client
1823%% GetViewStart(&vbX,&vbY);
1824%%
1825%% int vX,vY,vW,vH; // Dimensions of client area in pixels
1826%% wxRegionIterator upd(GetUpdateRegion()); // get the update rect list
1827%%
1828%% while (upd)
1829%% {
1830%% vX = upd.GetX();
1831%% vY = upd.GetY();
1832%% vW = upd.GetW();
1833%% vH = upd.GetH();
1834%%
1835%% // Alternatively we can do this:
1836%% // wxRect rect;
1837%% // upd.GetRect(&rect);
1838%%
1839%% // Repaint this rectangle
1840%% ...some code...
1841%%
1842%% upd ++ ;
1843%% }
1844%% }
1845%% \end{verbatim}
1846%% }%
1847%%
1848%% \wxheading{See also}
1849%%
1850%% \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent},\rtfsp
1851%% \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc},\rtfsp
1852%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1853%%
1854%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnScroll}\label{wxwindowonscroll}
1855%%
1856%% \func{void}{OnScroll}{\param{wxScrollWinEvent\& }{event}}
1857%%
1858%% Called when a scroll window event is received from one of the window's built-in scrollbars.
1859%%
1860%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1861%%
1862%% \docparam{event}{Command event. Retrieve the new scroll position by
1863%% calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetPosition}{wxscrolleventgetposition}, and the
1864%% scrollbar orientation by calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetOrientation}{wxscrolleventgetorientation}.}
1865%%
1866%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1867%%
1868%% Note that it is not possible to distinguish between horizontal and vertical scrollbars
1869%% until the function is executing (you can't have one function for vertical, another
1870%% for horizontal events).
1871%%
1872%% \wxheading{See also}
1873%%
1874%% \helpref{wxScrollWinEvent}{wxscrollwinevent},\rtfsp
1875%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1876%%
1877%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSetFocus}\label{wxwindowonsetfocus}
1878%%
1879%% \func{void}{OnSetFocus}{\param{wxFocusEvent\& }{event}}
1880%%
1881%% Called when a window's focus is being set.
1882%%
1883%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1884%%
1885%% \docparam{event}{The focus event. For more information, see \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}.}
1886%%
1887%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1888%%
1889%% To intercept this event, use the macro EVT\_SET\_FOCUS in an event table definition.
1890%%
1891%% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
1892%%
1893%% \wxheading{See also}
1894%%
1895%% \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKillFocus}{wxwindowonkillfocus},\rtfsp
1896%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1897%%
1898%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSize}\label{wxwindowonsize}
1899%%
1900%% \func{void}{OnSize}{\param{wxSizeEvent\& }{event}}
1901%%
1902%% Called when the window has been resized. This is not a virtual function; you should
1903%% provide your own non-virtual OnSize function and direct size events to it using EVT\_SIZE
1904%% in an event table definition.
1905%%
1906%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1907%%
1908%% \docparam{event}{Size event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent}.}
1909%%
1910%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1911%%
1912%% You may wish to use this for frames to resize their child windows as appropriate.
1913%%
1914%% Note that the size passed is of
1915%% the whole window: call \helpref{wxWindow::GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize} for the area which may be
1916%% used by the application.
1917%%
1918%% When a window is resized, usually only a small part of the window is damaged and you
1919%% may only need to repaint that area. However, if your drawing depends on the size of the window,
1920%% you may need to clear the DC explicitly and repaint the whole window. In which case, you
1921%% may need to call \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} to invalidate the entire window.
1922%%
1923%% \wxheading{See also}
1924%%
1925%% \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent},\rtfsp
1926%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1927%%
1928%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSysColourChanged}\label{wxwindowonsyscolourchanged}
1929%%
1930%% \func{void}{OnSysColourChanged}{\param{wxOnSysColourChangedEvent\& }{event}}
1931%%
1932%% Called when the user has changed the system colours. Windows only.
1933%%
1934%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1935%%
1936%% \docparam{event}{System colour change event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent}.}
1937%%
1938%% \wxheading{See also}
1939%%
1940%% \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent},\rtfsp
1941%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
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1945
1946\func{virtual void}{OnInternalIdle}{\void}
1947
1948This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
1949sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
1950that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
1951handler in a derived class.
1952
1953This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
1954and most implementations call \helpref{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
1955in order to send update events to the window in idle time.
1956
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1959
1960This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(1)$.
1961
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1964
1965This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(-1)$.
1966
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1969
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1972Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
1973
1974\wxheading{Parameters}
1975
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1977default value is {\tt false}.}
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1979\wxheading{See also}
1980
1981\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
1982\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
1983\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
1984\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
1985\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
1986
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1989
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1992\func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
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1994Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
1995window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu. If a
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1997processed as usually.
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1999\wxheading{Parameters}
2000
2001\docparam{menu}{Menu to pop up.}
2002
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2004
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2006
2007\docparam{y}{Required y position for the menu to appear.}
2008
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2010
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2012
2013\wxheading{Remarks}
2014
2015Just before the menu is popped up, \helpref{wxMenu::UpdateUI}{wxmenuupdateui} is called
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2017by the window.
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2020implements the following methods:\par
2021\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2023\twocolitem{{\bf PopupMenuXY(menu, x, y)}}{Specifies position with two integers (x, y)}
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2029
2030\func{void}{PushEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
2031
2032Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
2033
2034\wxheading{Parameters}
2035
2036\docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be pushed.}
2037
2038\wxheading{Remarks}
2039
2040An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2041sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2042an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2043central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2044window classes.
2045
2046\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} allows
2047an application to set up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2048handed to the next one in the chain. Use \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler} to
2049remove the event handler.
2050
2051\wxheading{See also}
2052
2053\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
2054\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2055\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2056\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2057\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
2058
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2061
2062\func{void}{Raise}{\void}
2063
2064Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy if it is a managed window (dialog
2065or frame).
2066
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2069
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2072
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2075
2076\wxheading{Parameters}
2077
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2080
2081\docparam{rect}{If non-NULL, only the given rectangle will
2082be treated as damaged.}
2083
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2085
2086\helpref{wxWindow::RefreshRect}{wxwindowrefreshrect}
2087
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2090
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2093Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: the area inside it will be
2094repainted.
2095
2096This is the same as \helpref{Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} but has a nicer syntax.
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2100
2101\func{bool}{RegisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}, \param{int}{ modifiers}, \param{int}{ virtualKeyCode}}
2102
2103Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey registered here, this window
2104will receive a hotkey event. It will receive the event even if the application is in the background
2105and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some other application.
2106
2107\wxheading{Parameters}
2108
2109\docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0 and 0xBFFF. If
2110this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a system wide unique identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
2111This is a MSW specific detail.}
2112
2113\docparam{modifiers}{A bitwise combination of {\tt wxMOD\_SHIFT}, {\tt wxMOD\_CONTROL}, {\tt wxMOD\_ALT}
2114or {\tt wxMOD\_WIN} specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along with the key.}
2115
2116\docparam{virtualKeyCode}{The virtual key code of the hotkey.}
2117
2118\wxheading{Return value}
2119
2120{\tt true} if the hotkey was registered successfully. {\tt false} if some other application already registered a
2121hotkey with this modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
2122
2123\wxheading{Remarks}
2124
2125Use EVT\_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the event.
2126This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
2127
2128\wxheading{See also}
2129
2130\helpref{wxWindow::UnregisterHotKey}{wxwindowunregisterhotkey}
2131
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2134
2135\func{virtual void}{ReleaseMouse}{\void}
2136
2137Releases mouse input captured with \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse}.
2138
2139\wxheading{See also}
2140
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2142\helpref{wxWindow::HasCapture}{wxwindowhascapture},
2143\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
2144\helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
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2148
2149\func{virtual void}{RemoveChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
2150
2151Removes a child window. This is called automatically by window deletion
2152functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
2153
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2156
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2158
2159\docparam{child}{Child window to remove.}
2160
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2164\func{bool}{RemoveEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler *}{handler}}
2165
2166Find the given {\it handler} in the windows event handler chain and remove (but
2167not delete) it from it.
2168
2169\wxheading{Parameters}
2170
2171\docparam{handler}{The event handler to remove, must be non {\tt NULL} and
2172must be present in this windows event handlers chain}
2173
2174\wxheading{Return value}
2175
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2178handler is supposed to be there).
2179
2180\wxheading{See also}
2181
2182\helpref{PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2183\helpref{PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler}
2184
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2187
2188\func{virtual bool}{Reparent}{\param{wxWindow* }{newParent}}
2189
2190Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
18ac8d69 2191current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
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2194\wxheading{Parameters}
2195
2196\docparam{newParent}{New parent.}
2197
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2201\constfunc{virtual void}{ScreenToClient}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
2202
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2204
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2206
2207\wxheading{Parameters}
2208
2209\docparam{x}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2210
2211\docparam{y}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2212
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2217\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2219\twocolitem{{\bf ScreenToClientXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
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2221}
2222
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2225
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2228Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if {\it lines} is
2229positive) or up.
2230
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2232
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2235
2236\wxheading{Remarks}
2237
2238This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxTextCtrl under
2239wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all
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2242\wxheading{See also}
2243
2244\helpref{ScrollPages}{wxwindowscrollpages}
2245
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2248
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2251Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if {\it pages} is
2252positive) or up.
2253
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2255
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2258
2259\wxheading{Remarks}
2260
2261This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxTextCtrl under
2262wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all
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2265\wxheading{See also}
2266
2267\helpref{ScrollLines}{wxwindowscrolllines}
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2276\wxheading{Parameters}
2277
2278\docparam{dx}{Amount to scroll horizontally.}
2279
2280\docparam{dy}{Amount to scroll vertically.}
2281
2282\docparam{rect}{Rectangle to invalidate. If this is NULL, the whole window is invalidated. If you
2283pass a rectangle corresponding to the area of the window exposed by the scroll, your painting handler
f6bcfd97 2284can optimize painting by checking for the invalidated region. This parameter is ignored under GTK.}
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2286\wxheading{Remarks}
2287
a660d684 2288Use this function to optimise your scrolling implementations, to minimise the area that must be
6453876e 2289redrawn. Note that it is rarely required to call this function from a user program.
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2292\membersection{wxWindow::SetAcceleratorTable}\label{wxwindowsetacceleratortable}
2293
2294\func{virtual void}{SetAcceleratorTable}{\param{const wxAcceleratorTable\&}{ accel}}
2295
2296Sets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
2297
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2299\membersection{wxWindow::SetAccessible}\label{wxwindowsetaccessible}
2300
2301\func{void}{SetAccessible}{\param{wxAccessibile*}{ accessible}}
2302
2303Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
2304will be deleted first, if not identical to {\it accessible}.
2305
2306See also \helpref{wxAccessible}{wxaccessible}.
2307
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2310
8a293590 2311\func{void}{SetAutoLayout}{\param{bool}{ autoLayout}}
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2313Determines whether the \helpref{wxWindow::Layout}{wxwindowlayout} function will
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2314be called automatically when the window is resized. It is called implicitly by
2315\helpref{wxWindow::SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer} but if you use
2316\helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints}{wxwindowsetconstraints} you should call it
2317manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly updated when its
2318size changes.
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2320\wxheading{Parameters}
2321
cc81d32f 2322\docparam{autoLayout}{Set this to {\tt true} if you wish the Layout function to be called
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2323from within wxWindow::OnSize functions.}
2324
2325\wxheading{See also}
2326
2327\helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints}{wxwindowsetconstraints}
2328
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2330\membersection{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour}
2331
2332\func{virtual void}{SetBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2333
2334Sets the background colour of the window.
2335
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2337explanation of the difference between this method and
2338\helpref{SetDefaultBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetdefaultbackgroundcolour}.
2339
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2340\wxheading{Parameters}
2341
2342\docparam{colour}{The colour to be used as the background colour.}
2343
2344\wxheading{Remarks}
2345
2346The background colour is usually painted by the default\rtfsp
f4fcc291 2347\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent} event handler function
6453876e 2348under Windows and automatically under GTK.
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5b6aa0ff 2350Note that setting the background colour does not cause an immediate refresh, so you
684761db 2351may wish to call \helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground} or \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} after
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2353
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2354Use this function with care under GTK+ as the new appearance of the window might
2355not look equally well when used with "Themes", i.e GTK+'s ability to change its
103aab26 2356look as the user wishes with run-time loadable modules.
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2358\wxheading{See also}
2359
2360\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2361\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2362\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
684761db 2363\helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground},\rtfsp
5b6aa0ff 2364\helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh},\rtfsp
f4fcc291 2365\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent}
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2369
2370\constfunc{void}{SetCaret}{\param{wxCaret *}{caret}}
2371
2372Sets the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
2373
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2375\membersection{wxWindow::SetClientSize}\label{wxwindowsetclientsize}
2376
2377\func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
2378
2379\func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
2380
2381This sets the size of the window client area in pixels. Using this function to size a window
2382tends to be more device-independent than \helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}, since the application need not
2383worry about what dimensions the border or title bar have when trying to fit the window
2384around panel items, for example.
2385
2386\wxheading{Parameters}
2387
2388\docparam{width}{The required client area width.}
2389
2390\docparam{height}{The required client area height.}
2391
2392\docparam{size}{The required client size.}
2393
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2395implements the following methods:\par
2396\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2398\twocolitem{{\bf SetClientSizeWH(width, height)}}{}
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2400}
2401
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2404
2405\func{void}{SetContainingSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}}
2406
2407This normally does not need to be called by user code. It is called
2408when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window can
2409remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
2410
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2412\membersection{wxWindow::SetCursor}\label{wxwindowsetcursor}
2413
2414\func{virtual void}{SetCursor}{\param{const wxCursor\&}{cursor}}
2415
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2417% changed
2418Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
2419children of the window implicitly.
2420
2421The {\it cursor} may be {\tt wxNullCursor} in which case the window cursor will
2422be reset back to default.
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2424\wxheading{Parameters}
2425
2426\docparam{cursor}{Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.}
2427
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2429
2430\helpref{::wxSetCursor}{wxsetcursor}, \helpref{wxCursor}{wxcursor}
2431
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2434
2435\func{void}{SetConstraints}{\param{wxLayoutConstraints* }{constraints}}
2436
2437Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
2438will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2439If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2440window, it will be deleted.
2441
2442\wxheading{Parameters}
2443
2444\docparam{constraints}{The constraints to set. Pass NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
2445constraints.}
2446
2447\wxheading{Remarks}
2448
2449You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
2cdac558 2450the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you must override OnSize and call Layout()
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2452sizer will have effect.
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2455\membersection{wxWindow::SetDefaultBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetdefaultbackgroundcolour}
2456
2457\func{void}{SetDefaultBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2458
2459Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2460by the children of this window.
2461
2462\wxheading{See also}
2463
2464\helpref{SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2465\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2466
2467
2468\membersection{wxWindow::SetDefaultFont}\label{wxwindowsetdefaultfont}
2469
2470\func{void}{SetDefaultBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2471
2472Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
2473children of this window.
2474
2475\wxheading{See also}
2476
2477\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont},\rtfsp
2478\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2479
2480
2481\membersection{wxWindow::SetDefaultForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetdefaultforegroundcolour}
2482
2483\func{void}{SetDefaultForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2484
2485Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2486by the children of this window.
2487
2488\wxheading{See also}
2489
2490\helpref{SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2491\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2492
2493
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2495
2496\func{void}{SetDropTarget}{\param{wxDropTarget*}{ target}}
2497
2498Associates a drop target with this window.
2499
2500If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
2501
2502\wxheading{See also}
2503
c9f00eeb 2504\helpref{wxWindow::GetDropTarget}{wxwindowgetdroptarget},
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2506
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2510
2511\func{void}{SetEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
2512
2513Sets the event handler for this window.
2514
2515\wxheading{Parameters}
2516
2517\docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be set.}
2518
2519\wxheading{Remarks}
2520
2521An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2522sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2523an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2524central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2525window classes.
2526
2527It is usually better to use \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} since
2528this sets up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2529handed to the next one in the chain.
2530
2531\wxheading{See also}
2532
2533\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2534\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2535\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2536\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2537\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
2538
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2540\membersection{wxWindow::SetExtraStyle}\label{wxwindowsetextrastyle}
2541
2542\func{void}{SetExtraStyle}{\param{long }{exStyle}}
2543
2544Sets the extra style bits for the window. The currently defined extra style
2545bits are:
2546
2547\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
2548\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
2549\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
2550and Validate() methods will recursively descend into all children of the
2551window if it has this style flag set.}
e4b713a2 2552\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{Normally, the command
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2554for them is found. Using this style allows to prevent them from being
2555propagated beyond this window. Notice that wxDialog has this style on by
be90c029 2556default for the reasons explained in the
e4b713a2 2557\helpref{event processing overview}{eventprocessing}.}
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2558\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_TRANSIENT}}{This can be used to prevent a
2559window from being used as an implicit parent for the dialogs which were
2560created without a parent. It is useful for the windows which can disappear at
2edb0bde 2561any moment as creating children of such windows results in fatal problems.}
335c9e32 2562\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFRAME\_EX\_CONTEXTHELP}}{Under Windows, puts a query button on the
fc2171bd 2563caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWidgets will send
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2564a wxEVT\_HELP event if the user clicked on an application window.
2565This style cannot be used together with wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX or wxMINIMIZE\_BOX, so
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7af3ca16 2567{\tt wxDEFAULT\_FRAME\_STYLE \& \textasciitilde(wxMINIMIZE\_BOX | wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX)} for the
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2568frames having this style (the dialogs don't have minimize nor maximize box by
2569default)}
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2570\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_IDLE}}{This window should always process idle events, even
2571if the mode set by \helpref{wxIdleEvent::SetMode}{wxidleeventsetmode} is wxIDLE\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
2572\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_UI\_UPDATES}}{This window should always process UI update events,
2573even if the mode set by \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} is wxUPDATE\_UI\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
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2575
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2577\membersection{wxWindow::SetFocus}\label{wxwindowsetfocus}
2578
2579\func{virtual void}{SetFocus}{\void}
2580
2581This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
2582
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2583\wxheading{See also}
2584
2585\helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}
2586
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2588\membersection{wxWindow::SetFocusFromKbd}\label{wxwindowsetfocusfromkbd}
2589
2590\func{virtual void}{SetFocusFromKbd}{\void}
2591
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2593gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using {\tt TAB} key).
2594By default this method simply calls \helpref{SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus} but
2595can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
2596
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2598\membersection{wxWindow::SetFont}\label{wxwindowsetfont}
2599
2600\func{void}{SetFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}}
2601
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2602Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
2603parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
2604use \helpref{SetDefaultFont}{wxwindowsetdefaultfont} instead in this case and
2605see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for more
2606explanations.
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2608\wxheading{Parameters}
2609
2610\docparam{font}{Font to associate with this window.}
2611
2612\wxheading{See also}
2613
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2614\helpref{wxWindow::GetFont}{wxwindowgetfont},\\
2615\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
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2618\membersection{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour}
2619
2620\func{virtual void}{SetForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2621
2622Sets the foreground colour of the window.
2623
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2624Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
2625explanation of the difference between this method and
2626\helpref{SetDefaultForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetdefaultforegroundcolour}.
2627
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2628\wxheading{Parameters}
2629
2630\docparam{colour}{The colour to be used as the foreground colour.}
2631
2632\wxheading{Remarks}
2633
2634The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
2635to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
2636be used at all.
2637
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2edb0bde 2639i.e. the user chosen appearance of windows and controls, including the themes of
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2641
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2642\wxheading{See also}
2643
2644\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2645\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
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2646\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2647\helpref{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
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2650\membersection{wxWindow::SetHelpText}\label{wxwindowsethelptext}
2651
2652\func{virtual void}{SetHelpText}{\param{const wxString\& }{helpText}}
2653
2654Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2655
2656Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
2657and not in the window object itself.
2658
2659\wxheading{See also}
2660
2661\helpref{GetHelpText}{wxwindowgethelptext}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
2662
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2664\membersection{wxWindow::SetId}\label{wxwindowsetid}
2665
2666\func{void}{SetId}{\param{int}{ id}}
2667
2668Sets the identifier of the window.
2669
2670\wxheading{Remarks}
2671
2672Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has not provided one,
2673an identifier will be generated. Normally, the identifier should be provided
2674on creation and should not be modified subsequently.
2675
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2677
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2679\helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
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2683\membersection{wxWindow::SetName}\label{wxwindowsetname}
2684
2685\func{virtual void}{SetName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
2686
2687Sets the window's name.
2688
2689\wxheading{Parameters}
2690
2691\docparam{name}{A name to set for the window.}
2692
2693\wxheading{See also}
2694
2695\helpref{wxWindow::GetName}{wxwindowgetname}
2696
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2698\membersection{wxWindow::SetPalette}\label{wxwindowsetpalette}
2699
2700\func{virtual void}{SetPalette}{\param{wxPalette* }{palette}}
2701
2702Obsolete - use \helpref{wxDC::SetPalette}{wxdcsetpalette} instead.
2703
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2705\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}\label{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
2706
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2707\func{virtual void}{SetScrollbar}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{position},\rtfsp
2708\param{int }{thumbSize}, \param{int }{range},\rtfsp
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2711Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
2712
2713\wxheading{Parameters}
2714
2715\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2716
2717\docparam{position}{The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.}
2718
2719\docparam{thumbSize}{The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.}
2720
2721\docparam{range}{The maximum position of the scrollbar.}
2722
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2725\wxheading{Remarks}
2726
2727Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same font.
2728The window is sized so that you can only see 16 lines at a time.
2729
2730You would use:
2731
2732{\small%
2733\begin{verbatim}
2734 SetScrollbar(wxVERTICAL, 0, 16, 50);
2735\end{verbatim}
2736}
2737
2738Note that with the window at this size, the thumb position can never go
2739above 50 minus 16, or 34.
2740
2741You can determine how many lines are currently visible by dividing the current view
2742size by the character height in pixels.
2743
2744When defining your own scrollbar behaviour, you will always need to recalculate
2745the scrollbar settings when the window size changes. You could therefore put your
2746scrollbar calculations and SetScrollbar
2747call into a function named AdjustScrollbars, which can be called initially and also
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2750\wxheading{See also}
2751
2752\helpref{Scrolling overview}{scrollingoverview},\rtfsp
2753\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
2754
2755\begin{comment}
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2758\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpage}
2759
cc81d32f 2760\func{virtual void}{SetScrollPage}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pageSize}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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2762Sets the page size of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2763
2764\wxheading{Parameters}
2765
2766\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2767
2768\docparam{pageSize}{Page size in scroll units.}
2769
cc81d32f 2770\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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2772\wxheading{Remarks}
2773
2774The page size of a scrollbar is the number of scroll units that the scroll thumb travels when you
2775click on the area above/left of or below/right of the thumb. Normally you will want a whole visible
2776page to be scrolled, i.e. the size of the current view (perhaps the window client size). This
2777value has to be adjusted when the window is resized, since the page size will have changed.
2778
2779In addition to specifying how far the scroll thumb travels when paging, in Motif and some versions of Windows
2780the thumb changes size to reflect the page size relative to the length of the document. When the
2781document size is only slightly bigger than the current view (window) size, almost all of the scrollbar
2782will be taken up by the thumb. When the two values become the same, the scrollbar will (on some systems)
2783disappear.
2784
2785Currently, this function should be called before SetPageRange, because of a quirk in the Windows
2786handling of pages and ranges.
2787
2788\wxheading{See also}
2789
2790\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
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f7bd2698 2792\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowsetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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2794\end{comment}
2795
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2797\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpos}
2798
cc81d32f 2799\func{virtual void}{SetScrollPos}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pos}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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2801Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2802
2803\wxheading{Parameters}
2804
2805\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2806
2807\docparam{pos}{Position in scroll units.}
2808
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2811\wxheading{Remarks}
2812
2813This function does not directly affect the contents of the window: it is up to the
2814application to take note of scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
2815
2816\wxheading{See also}
2817
2818\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar},\rtfsp
2819\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
f7bd2698 2820\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollThumb}{wxwindowgetscrollthumb},\rtfsp
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2821\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
2822
2823\begin{comment}
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2826\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollRange}\label{wxwindowsetscrollrange}
2827
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2830Sets the range of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2831
2832\wxheading{Parameters}
2833
2834\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose range is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2835
2836\docparam{range}{Scroll range.}
2837
cc81d32f 2838\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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2840\wxheading{Remarks}
2841
2842The range of a scrollbar is the number of steps that the thumb may travel, rather than the total
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2843object length of the scrollbar. If you are implementing a scrolling window, for example, you
2844would adjust the scroll range when the window is resized, by subtracting the window view size from the
2845total virtual window size. When the two sizes are the same (all the window is visible), the range goes to zero
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2846and usually the scrollbar will be automatically hidden.
2847
2848\wxheading{See also}
2849
2850\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
2851\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}{wxwindowsetscrollpage},\rtfsp
2852\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
f7bd2698 2853\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowsetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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2854\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
2855\end{comment}
2856
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2858\membersection{wxWindow::SetSize}\label{wxwindowsetsize}
2859
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2860\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}, \param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height},
2861 \param{int}{ sizeFlags = wxSIZE\_AUTO}}
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2863\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxRect\&}{ rect}}
2864
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2865Sets the size and position of the window in pixels.
2866
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2869\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
2870
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2871Sets the size of the window in pixels.
2872
2873\wxheading{Parameters}
2874
2875\docparam{x}{Required x position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
2876value should be used.}
2877
2878\docparam{y}{Required y position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
2879value should be used.}
2880
2881\docparam{width}{Required width in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
2882value should be used.}
2883
2884\docparam{height}{Required height position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
2885value should be used.}
2886
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2887\docparam{size}{\helpref{wxSize}{wxsize} object for setting the size.}
2888
2889\docparam{rect}{\helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object for setting the position and size.}
2890
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2892
2893{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_WIDTH}: a -1 width value is taken to indicate
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fc2171bd 2896a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
a660d684 2897{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO}: -1 size values are taken to indicate
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2899{\bf wxSIZE\_USE\_EXISTING}: existing dimensions should be used
2900if -1 values are supplied.\\
2901{\bf wxSIZE\_ALLOW\_MINUS\_ONE}: allow dimensions of -1 and less to be interpreted
2902as real dimensions, not default values.
2903}
2904
2905\wxheading{Remarks}
2906
2907The second form is a convenience for calling the first form with default
2908x and y parameters, and must be used with non-default width and height values.
2909
2910The first form sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
2911Parameters may be -1 to indicate either that a default should be supplied
fc2171bd 2912by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the dimension should be used.
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2914\wxheading{See also}
2915
2916\helpref{wxWindow::Move}{wxwindowmove}
2917
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2919implements the following methods:\par
2920\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2922\twocolitem{{\bf SetSize(size)}}{}
2923\twocolitem{{\bf SetPosition(point)}}{}
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2925}
2926
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2928\membersection{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}\label{wxwindowsetsizehints}
2929
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2931 \param{int}{ incW=-1}, \param{int}{ incH=-1}}
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2934\param{const wxSize\&}{ maxSize=wxDefaultSize}, \param{const wxSize\&}{ incSize=wxDefaultSize}}
2935
2936
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2938If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values will be used.
2939
2940\wxheading{Parameters}
2941
2942\docparam{minW}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.}
2943
2944\docparam{minH}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.}
2945
2946\docparam{maxW}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.}
2947
2948\docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
2949
2950\docparam{incW}{Specifies the increment for sizing the width (Motif/Xt only).}
2951
2952\docparam{incH}{Specifies the increment for sizing the height (Motif/Xt only).}
2953
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2955
2956\docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
2957
2958\docparam{incSize}{Increment size (Motif/Xt only).}
2959
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2960\wxheading{Remarks}
2961
2962If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the window outside the
2963given bounds.
2964
2965The resizing increments are only significant under Motif or Xt.
2966
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2969
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2972Sets the window to have the given layout sizer. The window
2973will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2974If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
cc81d32f 2975window, it will be deleted if the deleteOld parameter is true.
515da557 2976
e5251d4f 2977Note that this function will also call
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2979parameter if the {\it sizer}\/ is non-NULL and {\tt false} otherwise.
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2982
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2984the window's sizer. See below.}
2985
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2987Pass false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself.}
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2989\wxheading{Remarks}
2990
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2993
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2996explicitly. When setting both a wxSizer and a \helpref{wxLayoutConstraints}{wxlayoutconstraints},
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2998
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3000\membersection{wxWindow::SetSizerAndFit}\label{wxwindowsetsizerandfit}
3001
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3004The same as \helpref{SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer}, except it also sets the size hints
3005for the window based on the sizer's minimum size.
3006
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3009
3010\func{virtual void}{SetTitle}{\param{const wxString\& }{title}}
3011
3012Sets the window's title. Applicable only to frames and dialogs.
3013
3014\wxheading{Parameters}
3015
3016\docparam{title}{The window's title.}
3017
3018\wxheading{See also}
3019
3020\helpref{wxWindow::GetTitle}{wxwindowgettitle}
3021
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3024
3025\func{virtual void}{SetThemeEnabled}{\param{bool }{enable}}
3026
3027This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
3028to draw the windows' background instead if its own background drawing
3029code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
3030obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
3031One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
3032defined by a user's selected theme.
3033
cc81d32f 3034Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to true
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3036
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3039
3040\func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{const wxString\& }{tip}}
3041
3042\func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{wxToolTip* }{tip}}
3043
c9f00eeb 3044Attach a tooltip to the window.
f6bcfd97 3045
c9f00eeb 3046See also: \helpref{GetToolTip}{wxwindowgettooltip},
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3051
3052\func{virtual void}{SetValidator}{\param{const wxValidator\&}{ validator}}
3053
3054Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having called wxValidator::Clone to
3055create a new validator of this type.
3056
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3059
3060\func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
3061
3062\func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
3063
3064Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
3065
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3068
3069\func{virtual void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{int}{ minW},\param{int}{ minH}, \param{int}{ maxW=-1}, \param{int}{ maxH=-1}}
3070
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3072\param{const wxSize\&}{ maxSize=wxDefaultSize}}
3073
3074
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3076If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values
3077will be used.
3078
3079\wxheading{Parameters}
3080
3081\docparam{minW}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.}
3082
3083\docparam{minH}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.}
3084
3085\docparam{maxW}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.}
3086
3087\docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
3088
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3090
3091\docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
3092
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3094
3095If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the virtual area
3096of the window outside the given bounds.
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3100
3101\func{void}{SetWindowStyle}{\param{long}{ style}}
3102
3103Identical to \helpref{SetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}.
3104
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3106\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyleFlag}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}
3107
3108\func{virtual void}{SetWindowStyleFlag}{\param{long}{ style}}
3109
3110Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
3111after the window creation and that \helpref{Refresh()}{wxwindowrefresh} might
3112be called after changing the others for the change to take place immediately.
3113
b2cf617c 3114See \helpref{Window styles}{windowstyles} for more information about flags.
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3116\wxheading{See also}
3117
3118\helpref{GetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowgetwindowstyleflag}
3119
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3121\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}\label{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
3122
3123\func{void}{SetWindowVariant}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{variant}}
3124
3125This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
3126Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
3127exist in several sizes which correpond to the elements of wxWindowVariant
3128enum:
3129\begin{verbatim}
3130enum wxWindowVariant
3131{
3132 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL, // Normal size
3133 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_SMALL, // Smaller size (about 25 % smaller than normal )
3134 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MINI, // Mini size (about 33 % smaller than normal )
3135 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_LARGE, // Large size (about 25 % larger than normal )
3136};
3137\end{verbatim}
3138
3139By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
3140be used to change this.
3141
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3143\membersection{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}\label{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
3144
3145\func{virtual bool}{ShouldInheritColours}{\void}
3146
3147Return \true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
3148\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}, returning \false
3149forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
3150
3151The base class version returns \false, but this method is overridden in
3152\helpref{wxControl}{wxcontrol} where it returns \true.
3153
3154
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cc81d32f 3157\func{virtual bool}{Show}{\param{bool}{ show = {\tt true}}}
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be90c029 3159Shows or hides the window. You may need to call \helpref{Raise}{wxwindowraise}
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3161needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
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3163\wxheading{Parameters}
3164
cc81d32f 3165\docparam{show}{If {\tt true} displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.}
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3167\wxheading{Return value}
3168
cc81d32f 3169{\tt true} if the window has been shown or hidden or {\tt false} if nothing was
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3172\wxheading{See also}
3173
3174\helpref{wxWindow::IsShown}{wxwindowisshown}
3175
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3178\membersection{wxWindow::Thaw}\label{wxwindowthaw}
3179
3180\func{virtual void}{Thaw}{\void}
3181
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3182Reenables window updating after a previous call to
3183\helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}. To really thaw the control, it must be called
3184exactly the same number of times as \helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}.
3185
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3188
3189\func{virtual bool}{TransferDataFromWindow}{\void}
3190
3191Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their validators. Returns
cc81d32f 3192{\tt false} if a transfer failed.
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3195the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
3196
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3197\wxheading{See also}
3198
3199\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow},\rtfsp
3200\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
3201
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3203\membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
3204
3205\func{virtual bool}{TransferDataToWindow}{\void}
3206
3207Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their validators.
3208
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3210the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
3211
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3213
cc81d32f 3214Returns {\tt false} if a transfer failed.
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3216\wxheading{See also}
3217
3218\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3219\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
3220
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3223
3224\func{bool}{UnregisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}}
3225
3226Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
3227
3228\wxheading{Parameters}
3229
3230\docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to RegisterHotKey.}
3231
3232\wxheading{Return value}
3233
3234{\tt true} if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, {\tt false} if the id was invalid.
3235
3236\wxheading{Remarks}
3237
3238This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
3239
3240\wxheading{See also}
3241
3242\helpref{wxWindow::RegisterHotKey}{wxwindowregisterhotkey}
3243
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3245\membersection{wxWindow::Update}\label{wxwindowupdate}
3246
3247\func{virtual void}{Update}{\void}
3248
3249Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window
3250while this would usually only happen when the flow of control returns to the
3251event loop. Notice that this function doesn't refresh the window and does
3252nothing if the window hadn't been already repainted. Use
3253\helpref{Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} first if you want to immediately redraw the
3254window unconditionally.
3255
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3258
c0d26c0f 3259\func{virtual void}{UpdateWindowUI}{\param{long}{ flags = wxUPDATE\_UI\_NONE}}
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3261This function sends \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvents}{wxupdateuievent} to
3262the window. The particular implementation depends on the window; for
3263example a wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
3264and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
3265You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
3266UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
3267are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
3268\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} or
3269\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval}{wxupdateuieventsetupdateinterval} to
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3272{\it flags} should be a bitlist of one or more of the following values.
3273
3274\begin{verbatim}
3275enum wxUpdateUI
3276{
3277 wxUPDATE_UI_NONE = 0x0000, // No particular value
3278 wxUPDATE_UI_RECURSE = 0x0001, // Call the function for descendants
3279 wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE = 0x0002 // Invoked from On(Internal)Idle
3280};
3281\end{verbatim}
3282
3283If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
3284function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE\_UI\_FROMIDLE flag, since
3285this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
3286to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
3287only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
3288The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
3289an idle function.
3290
3291\begin{verbatim}
3292void MyWindow::OnInternalIdle()
3293{
3294 if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this))
3295 UpdateWindowUI(wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE);
3296}
3297\end{verbatim}
3298
3299\wxheading{See also}
3300
3301\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent},
3302\helpref{wxWindow::DoUpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowdoupdatewindowui},
3303\helpref{wxWindow::OnInternalIdle}{wxwindowoninternalidle}
3304
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3307
3308\func{virtual bool}{Validate}{\void}
3309
3310Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
3311
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3313the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
3314
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3316
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3319\wxheading{See also}
3320
3321\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3322\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3323\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}
3324
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3327
3328\func{void}{WarpPointer}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
3329
3330Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
3331
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3333Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor programmatically.
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3336
3337\docparam{x}{The new x position for the cursor.}
3338
3339\docparam{y}{The new y position for the cursor.}
3340