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2%% Name: window.tex
3%% Purpose: wxWindow documentation
4%% Author: wxWidgets Team
5%% Modified by:
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8%% Copyright: (c) wxWidgets Team
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12\section{\class{wxWindow}}\label{wxwindow}
13
87b6002d 14wxWindow is the base class for all windows and represents any visible object on
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15screen. All controls, top level windows and so on are windows. Sizers and
16device contexts are not, however, as they don't appear on screen themselves.
17
18Please note that all children of the window will be deleted automatically by
19the destructor before the window itself is deleted which means that you don't
20have to worry about deleting them manually. Please see the \helpref{window
21deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview} for more information.
22
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23Also note that in this, and many others, wxWidgets classes some
24\texttt{GetXXX()} methods may be overloaded (as, for example,
25\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize} or
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26\helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize}). In this case, the overloads
27are non-virtual because having multiple virtual functions with the same name
28results in a virtual function name hiding at the derived class level (in
29English, this means that the derived class has to override all overloaded
30variants if it overrides any of them). To allow overriding them in the derived
fc2171bd 31class, wxWidgets uses a unique protected virtual \texttt{DoGetXXX()} method
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32and all \texttt{GetXXX()} ones are forwarded to it, so overriding the former
33changes the behaviour of the latter.
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35\wxheading{Derived from}
36
37\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\\
38\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
39
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40\wxheading{Include files}
41
42<wx/window.h>
43
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44\wxheading{Library}
45
46\helpref{wxCore}{librarieslist}
47
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48\wxheading{Window styles}
49
50The following styles can apply to all windows, although they will not always make sense for a particular
4130b487 51window class or on all platforms.
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52
53\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
54\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
78cd9c69 55\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxBORDER\_DEFAULT}}{The window class will decide the kind of border to show, if any.}
5a617be8 56\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxBORDER\_SIMPLE}}{Displays a thin border around the window. wxSIMPLE\_BORDER is the old name
27d029c7 57for this style. }
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58\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxBORDER\_SUNKEN}}{Displays a sunken border. wxSUNKEN\_BORDER is the old name for this style.}
59\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxBORDER\_RAISED}}{Displays a raised border. wxRAISED\_BORDER is the old name for this style. }
60\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxBORDER\_STATIC}}{Displays a border suitable for a static control. wxSTATIC\_BORDER is the old name for this style. Windows only. }
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61\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxBORDER\_THEME}}{Displays a native border suitable for a control, on the current platform. On Windows XP or Vista, this will be a themed border; on most other platforms
62a sunken border will be used. For more information for themed borders on Windows, please see \helpref{Themed borders on Windows}{wxmswthemedborders}.}
5a617be8 63\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxBORDER\_NONE}}{Displays no border, overriding the default border style for the window. wxNO\_BORDER is the old name for this style.}
78cd9c69 64\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxBORDER\_DOUBLE}}{This style is obsolete and should not be used.}
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65\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTRANSPARENT\_WINDOW}}{The window is transparent, that is, it will not receive paint
66events. Windows only.}
a660d684 67\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTAB\_TRAVERSAL}}{Use this to enable tab traversal for non-dialog windows.}
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68\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWANTS\_CHARS}}{Use this to indicate that
69the window wants to get all char/key events for all keys - even for
70keys like TAB or ENTER which are usually used for dialog navigation
71and which wouldn't be generated without this style. If you need to
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72use this style in order to get the arrows or etc., but would still like
73to have normal keyboard navigation take place, you should call
74\helpref{Navigate}{wxwindownavigate} in response to the key events for
75Tab and Shift-Tab.}
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76\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxNO\_FULL\_REPAINT\_ON\_RESIZE}}{On Windows, this style used to disable repainting
77the window completely when its size is changed. Since this behaviour is now the default, the style is now obsolete
78and no longer has an effect.}
dc99a350 79\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxVSCROLL}}{Use this style to enable a vertical
420455b5 80scrollbar. Notice that this style cannot be used with native controls
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81which don't support scrollbars nor with top-level windows in most ports.}
82\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHSCROLL}}{Use this style to enable a horizontal
83scrollbar. The same limitations as for wxVSCROLL apply to this style.}
3c9676ea 84\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxALWAYS\_SHOW\_SB}}{If a window has scrollbars,
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85disable them instead of hiding them when they are not needed (i.e. when the
86size of the window is big enough to not require the scrollbars to navigate it).
4ff4d045 87This style is currently implemented for wxMSW, wxGTK and wxUniversal and does
a647d42a 88nothing on the other platforms.}
884360bc 89\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxCLIP\_CHILDREN}}{Use this style to eliminate flicker caused by the background being
6453876e 90repainted, then children being painted over them. Windows only.}
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91\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFULL\_REPAINT\_ON\_RESIZE}}{Use this style to force
92a complete redraw of the window whenever it is resized instead of redrawing
93just the part of the window affected by resizing. Note that this was the
94behaviour by default before 2.5.1 release and that if you experience redraw
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95problems with code which previously used to work you may want to try this.
96Currently this style applies on GTK+ 2 and Windows only, and full repainting is always
97done on other platforms.}
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98\end{twocollist}
99
100See also \helpref{window styles overview}{windowstyles}.
101
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102\wxheading{Extra window styles}
103
104The following are extra styles, set using \helpref{wxWindow::SetExtraStyle}{wxwindowsetextrastyle}.
105
106\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
107\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
108\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{By default, Validate/TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
109only work on direct children of the window (compatible behaviour). Set this flag to make them recursively
110descend into all subwindows.}
111\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{wxCommandEvents and the objects of the derived classes are forwarded to the
112parent window and so on recursively by default. Using this flag for the
113given window allows to block this propagation at this window, i.e. prevent
114the events from being propagated further upwards. Dialogs have this
115flag on by default.}
116\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_TRANSIENT}}{Don't use this window as an implicit parent for the other windows: this must
117be used with transient windows as otherwise there is the risk of creating a
118dialog/frame with this window as a parent which would lead to a crash if the
119parent is destroyed before the child.}
120\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_IDLE}}{This window should always process idle events, even
121if the mode set by \helpref{wxIdleEvent::SetMode}{wxidleeventsetmode} is wxIDLE\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
122\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_UI\_UPDATES}}{This window should always process UI update events,
123even if the mode set by \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} is wxUPDATE\_UI\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
124\end{twocollist}
125
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126\wxheading{See also}
127
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128\helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}\\
129\helpref{Window sizing overview}{windowsizingoverview}
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130
131\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
132
a1037371 133
f6bcfd97 134\membersection{wxWindow::wxWindow}\label{wxwindowctor}
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135
136\func{}{wxWindow}{\void}
137
138Default constructor.
139
eaaa6a06 140\func{}{wxWindow}{\param{wxWindow*}{ parent}, \param{wxWindowID }{id},
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141 \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition},
142 \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize},
eaaa6a06 143 \param{long }{style = 0},
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144 \param{const wxString\& }{name = wxPanelNameStr}}
145
146Constructs a window, which can be a child of a frame, dialog or any other non-control window.
147
148\wxheading{Parameters}
149
150\docparam{parent}{Pointer to a parent window.}
151
5e06d749 152\docparam{id}{Window identifier. If wxID\_ANY, will automatically create an identifier.}
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60fef964 154\docparam{pos}{Window position. wxDefaultPosition indicates that wxWidgets
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155should generate a default position for the window. If using the wxWindow class directly, supply
156an actual position.}
157
60fef964 158\docparam{size}{Window size. wxDefaultSize indicates that wxWidgets
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159should generate a default size for the window. If no suitable size can be found, the
160window will be sized to 20x20 pixels so that the window is visible but obviously not
161correctly sized. }
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163\docparam{style}{Window style. For generic window styles, please see \helpref{wxWindow}{wxwindow}.}
164
165\docparam{name}{Window name.}
166
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6d06e061 168\membersection{wxWindow::\destruct{wxWindow}}\label{wxwindowdtor}
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170\func{}{\destruct{wxWindow}}{\void}
171
172Destructor. Deletes all subwindows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
173the {\bf delete} operator explicitly, you should normally
fc2171bd 174use \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} so that wxWidgets
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175can delete a window only when it is safe to do so, in idle time.
176
177\wxheading{See also}
178
179\helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
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180\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy},\rtfsp
181\helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
182
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184\membersection{wxWindow::AcceptsFocus}\label{wxwindowacceptsfocus}
185
186\constfunc{bool}{AcceptsFocus}{\void}
187
188This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return \false to
189indicate that this control doesn't accept input at all (i.e. behaves like e.g.
190\helpref{wxStaticText}{wxstatictext}) and so doesn't need focus.
191
192\wxheading{See also}
193
194\helpref{AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard}{wxwindowacceptsfocusfromkeyboard}
195
196
197\membersection{wxWindow::AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard}\label{wxwindowacceptsfocusfromkeyboard}
198
199\constfunc{bool}{AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard}{\void}
200
201This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return \false to
202indicate that while this control can, in principle, have focus if the user
203clicks it with the mouse, it shouldn't be included in the TAB traversal chain
204when using the keyboard.
205
206
6d06e061 207\membersection{wxWindow::AddChild}\label{wxwindowaddchild}
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209\func{virtual void}{AddChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
210
211Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
212functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
213
fc2171bd 214Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
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215called by the user code.
216
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217\wxheading{Parameters}
218
219\docparam{child}{Child window to add.}
220
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222\membersection{wxWindow::AlwaysShowScrollbars}\label{wxwindowalwaysshowscrollbars}
223
224\func{void}{AlwaysShowScrollbars}{\param{bool}{ hflag}, \param{bool}{ vflag}}
225
226Call this function to force one or both scrollbars to be always shown, even if
227the window is big enough to show its entire contents without scrolling.
228
229\newsince{2.9.0}
230
231\wxheading{Parameters}
232
233\docparam{hflag}{Whether the horizontal scroll bar should always be visible.}
234
235\docparam{vflag}{Whether the vertical scroll bar should always be visible.}
236
237\wxheading{Remarks}
238
239This function is currently only implemented under Mac/Carbon.
240
241
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242\membersection{wxWindow::CacheBestSize}\label{wxwindowcachebestsize}
243
244\constfunc{void}{CacheBestSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
245
246Sets the cached best size value.
247
248
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249\membersection{wxWindow::CanSetTransparent}\label{wxwindowcansettransparent}
250
251\func{bool}{CanSetTransparent}{\void}
252
253Returns \true if the system supports transparent windows and calling
254\helpref{SetTransparent}{wxwindowsettransparent} may succeed. If this function
255returns \false, transparent windows are definitely not supported by the current
256system.
257
258
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259\membersection{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}\label{wxwindowcapturemouse}
260
261\func{virtual void}{CaptureMouse}{\void}
262
263Directs all mouse input to this window. Call \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse} to
264release the capture.
265
fc2171bd 266Note that wxWidgets maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
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267and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
268captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
269window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
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270as you capture it, unless the window receives
271the \helpref{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}{wxmousecapturelostevent} event.
272
273Any application which captures the mouse in the beginning of some operation
274{\em must} handle \helpref{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}{wxmousecapturelostevent}
275and cancel this operation when it receives the event. The event handler must
276not recapture mouse.
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278\wxheading{See also}
279
280\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse}
63e819f2 281\helpref{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}{wxmousecapturelostevent}
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284\membersection{wxWindow::Center}\label{wxwindowcenter}
285
eaaa6a06 286\func{void}{Center}{\param{int}{ direction}}
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288A synonym for \helpref{Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
289
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292
293\func{void}{CenterOnParent}{\param{int}{ direction}}
294
295A synonym for \helpref{CentreOnParent}{wxwindowcentreonparent}.
296
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298\membersection{wxWindow::CenterOnScreen}\label{wxwindowcenteronscreen}
299
300\func{void}{CenterOnScreen}{\param{int}{ direction}}
301
302A synonym for \helpref{CentreOnScreen}{wxwindowcentreonscreen}.
303
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305\membersection{wxWindow::Centre}\label{wxwindowcentre}
306
7eb4e9cc 307\func{void}{Centre}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
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309Centres the window.
310
311\wxheading{Parameters}
312
313\docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
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314or {\tt wxBOTH}. It may also include {\tt wxCENTRE\_ON\_SCREEN} flag
315if you want to center the window on the entire screen and not on its
316parent window.}
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318The flag {\tt wxCENTRE\_FRAME} is obsolete and should not be used any longer
319(it has no effect).
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321\wxheading{Remarks}
322
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323If the window is a top level one (i.e. doesn't have a parent), it will be
324centered relative to the screen anyhow.
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325
326\wxheading{See also}
327
328\helpref{wxWindow::Center}{wxwindowcenter}
329
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331\membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnParent}\label{wxwindowcentreonparent}
332
7eb4e9cc 333\func{void}{CentreOnParent}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
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c9f00eeb 335Centres the window on its parent. This is a more readable synonym for
7eb4e9cc 336\helpref{Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
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338\wxheading{Parameters}
339
340\docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
341or {\tt wxBOTH}.}
342
343\wxheading{Remarks}
344
345This methods provides for a way to center top level windows over their
346parents instead of the entire screen. If there is no parent or if the
c9f00eeb 347window is not a top level window, then behaviour is the same as
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348\helpref{wxWindow::Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
349
350\wxheading{See also}
351
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352\helpref{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen}{wxwindowcenteronscreen}
353
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355\membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen}\label{wxwindowcentreonscreen}
356
357\func{void}{CentreOnScreen}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
358
359Centres the window on screen. This only works for top level windows -
360otherwise, the window will still be centered on its parent.
361
362\wxheading{Parameters}
363
364\docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
365or {\tt wxBOTH}.}
366
367\wxheading{See also}
368
369\helpref{wxWindow::CentreOnParent}{wxwindowcenteronparent}
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5da0803c 372\membersection{wxWindow::ClearBackground}\label{wxwindowclearbackground}
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5da0803c 374\func{void}{ClearBackground}{\void}
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376Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour. Does not
377cause an erase background event to be generated.
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6d06e061 380\membersection{wxWindow::ClientToScreen}\label{wxwindowclienttoscreen}
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382\constfunc{virtual void}{ClientToScreen}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
383
2edb0bde 384\perlnote{In wxPerl this method returns a 2-element list instead of
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385modifying its parameters.}
386
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387\constfunc{virtual wxPoint}{ClientToScreen}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
388
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389Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
390
391\docparam{x}{A pointer to a integer value for the x coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
392a screen coordinate will be passed out.}
393
394\docparam{y}{A pointer to a integer value for the y coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
395a screen coordinate will be passed out.}
396
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397\docparam{pt}{The client position for the second form of the function.}
398
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400implements the following methods:\par
401\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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402\twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreen(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
403\twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreenXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
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405}
406
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408\membersection{wxWindow::Close}\label{wxwindowclose}
409
cc81d32f 410\func{bool}{Close}{\param{bool}{ force = {\tt false}}}
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412This function simply generates a \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent} whose
413handler usually tries to close the window. It doesn't close the window itself,
414however.
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416\wxheading{Parameters}
417
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418\docparam{force}{{\tt false} if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
419of this window, {\tt true} if it cannot.}
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421\wxheading{Remarks}
422
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423Close calls the \helpref{close handler}{wxcloseevent} for the window, providing
424an opportunity for the window to choose whether to destroy the window.
425Usually it is only used with the top level windows (wxFrame and wxDialog
426classes) as the others are not supposed to have any special OnClose() logic.
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428The close handler should check whether the window is being deleted forcibly,
f29d3d61 429using \helpref{wxCloseEvent::CanVeto}{wxcloseeventcanveto}, in which case it
24174c30 430should destroy the window using \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy}.
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432{\it Note} that calling Close does not guarantee that the window will be
433destroyed; but it provides a way to simulate a manual close of a window, which
434may or may not be implemented by destroying the window. The default
435implementation of wxDialog::OnCloseWindow does not necessarily delete the
436dialog, since it will simply simulate an wxID\_CANCEL event which is handled by
437the appropriate button event handler and may do anything at all.
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324eeecb 439To guarantee that the window will be destroyed, call
24174c30 440\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} instead
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442\wxheading{See also}
443
444\helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
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445\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy},\rtfsp
446\helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
447
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449\membersection{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}\label{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
450
451\func{wxPoint}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
452
453\func{wxSize}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
454
455Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
456
457For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character width
458and then divided by 4.
459
460For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character height
461and then divided by 8.
462
463\wxheading{Remarks}
464
465Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
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467You can also use these functions programmatically. A convenience macro is defined:
468
469{\small
470\begin{verbatim}
471#define wxDLG_UNIT(parent, pt) parent->ConvertDialogToPixels(pt)
472\end{verbatim}
473}
474
475\wxheading{See also}
476
477\helpref{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
478
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480implements the following methods:\par
481\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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482\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
483\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
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484\end{twocollist}}
485
486Additionally, the following helper functions are defined:\par
487\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
c9110876 488\twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_PNT(win, point)}}{Converts a wxPoint from dialog
06d20283 489units to pixels}
c9110876 490\twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_SZE(win, size)}}{Converts a wxSize from dialog
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491units to pixels}
492\end{twocollist}}
493}
494
495
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497\membersection{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}\label{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
498
499\func{wxPoint}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
500
501\func{wxSize}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
502
503Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
504
505For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 4 and then divided by the average
506character width.
507
2edb0bde 508For the y dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 8 and then divided by the average
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509character height.
510
511\wxheading{Remarks}
512
513Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
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514
515\wxheading{See also}
516
517\helpref{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
518
dbd94b75 519\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython implements the following methods:\par
06d20283 520\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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521\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
522\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
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524}
525
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527\membersection{wxWindow::Destroy}\label{wxwindowdestroy}
528
529\func{virtual bool}{Destroy}{\void}
530
531Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator, since
532different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
24174c30 533are not destroyed immediately when this function is called -- they are added
a660d684 534to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
2edb0bde 535have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to non-existent
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537
538\wxheading{Return value}
539
cc81d32f 540{\tt true} if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it has been added
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542
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6d06e061 544\membersection{wxWindow::DestroyChildren}\label{wxwindowdestroychildren}
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546\func{virtual void}{DestroyChildren}{\void}
547
548Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
549
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552
c222be41 553\func{bool}{Disable}{\void}
6ba68e88 554
cc81d32f 555Disables the window, same as \helpref{Enable({\tt false})}{wxwindowenable}.
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558
cc81d32f 559Returns {\tt true} if the window has been disabled, {\tt false} if it had been
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561
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564
565\constfunc{virtual wxSize}{DoGetBestSize}{\void}
566
567Gets the size which best suits the window: for a control, it would be
568the minimal size which doesn't truncate the control, for a panel - the
569same size as it would have after a call to \helpref{Fit()}{wxwindowfit}.
570
571
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573
574\func{virtual void}{DoUpdateWindowUI}{\param{wxUpdateUIEvent\&}{ event}}
575
576Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
324eeecb 577This function is called by \helpref{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
e39af974 578in order to check return values in the \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent} and
fc2171bd 579act appropriately. For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWidgets
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581
582\begin{verbatim}
583// do the window-specific processing after processing the update event
584void wxTopLevelWindowBase::DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent& event)
585{
586 if ( event.GetSetEnabled() )
587 Enable(event.GetEnabled());
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590 {
591 if ( event.GetText() != GetTitle() )
592 SetTitle(event.GetText());
593 }
594}
595\end{verbatim}
596
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600
8a293590 601\func{virtual void}{DragAcceptFiles}{\param{bool}{ accept}}
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2edb0bde 603Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
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605\wxheading{Parameters}
606
cc81d32f 607\docparam{accept}{If {\tt true}, the window is eligible for drop file events. If {\tt false}, the window
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609
610\wxheading{Remarks}
611
612Windows only.
613
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616
cc81d32f 617\func{virtual bool}{Enable}{\param{bool}{ enable = {\tt true}}}
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620disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
621when the parent is.
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623\wxheading{Parameters}
624
cc81d32f 625\docparam{enable}{If {\tt true}, enables the window for input. If {\tt false}, disables the window.}
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628
cc81d32f 629Returns {\tt true} if the window has been enabled or disabled, {\tt false} if
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631
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633
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636\helpref{wxRadioBox::Enable}{wxradioboxenable}
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640
641\func{static wxWindow*}{FindFocus}{\void}
642
643Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
644
645\wxheading{Remarks}
646
647Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without needing a wxWindow pointer.
648
649\wxheading{See also}
650
651\helpref{wxWindow::SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus}
652
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656
6b73af79 657\constfunc{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{long}{ id}}
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659Find a child of this window, by identifier.
660
6b73af79 661\constfunc{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}}
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663Find a child of this window, by name.
664
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666implements the following methods:\par
667\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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669\twocolitem{{\bf FindWindowByName(name)}}{Accepts a string}
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671}
672
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f89a1397 674\membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowById}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbyid}
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f89a1397 676\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowById}{\param{long}{ id}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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678Find the first window with the given {\it id}.
679
680If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
681frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
682The search is recursive in both cases.
683
684\wxheading{See also}
685
f89a1397 686\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
146ba0fe 687
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d9f42a9e 689\membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowByLabel}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbylabel}
146ba0fe 690
d9f42a9e 691\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowByLabel}{\param{const wxString\&}{ label}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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694or panel item label. If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
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696The search is recursive in both cases.
697
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699
f89a1397 700\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
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d9f42a9e 703\membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowByName}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbyname}
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d9f42a9e 705\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowByName}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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708If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
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710The search is recursive in both cases.
711
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713\helpref{FindWindowByLabel}{wxwindowfindwindowbylabel} is called.
714
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716
f89a1397 717\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
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721
722\func{virtual void}{Fit}{\void}
723
f68586e5 724Sizes the window so that it fits around its subwindows. This function won't do
fab86f26 725anything if there are no subwindows and will only really work correctly if
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727subwindow it is better (faster and the result is more precise as Fit adds some
728margin to account for fuzziness of its calculations) to call
729
730\begin{verbatim}
731 window->SetClientSize(child->GetSize());
732\end{verbatim}
733
734instead of calling Fit.
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738
739\func{virtual void}{FitInside}{\void}
740
741Similar to \helpref{Fit}{wxwindowfit}, but sizes the interior (virtual) size
742of a window. Mainly useful with scrolled windows to reset scrollbars after
743sizing changes that do not trigger a size event, and/or scrolled windows without
744an interior sizer. This function similarly won't do anything if there are no
745subwindows.
746
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749
750\func{virtual void}{Freeze}{\void}
751
752Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking place
753on screen, the window is not redrawn at all. \helpref{Thaw}{wxwindowthaw} must
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755nested.
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757This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example, it
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759a wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all platforms nor for all
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762
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764
765\helpref{wxWindowUpdateLocker}{wxwindowupdatelocker}
766
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769
770\constfunc{wxAcceleratorTable*}{GetAcceleratorTable}{\void}
771
772Gets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
773
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776
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779Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
780
781See also \helpref{wxAccessible}{wxaccessible}.
782
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786\constfunc{wxSize}{GetAdjustedBestSize}{\void}
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789instead.
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793
794\constfunc{virtual wxColour}{GetBackgroundColour}{\void}
795
796Returns the background colour of the window.
797
798\wxheading{See also}
799
800\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
801\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
9866d9c2 802\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour}
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805
806\constfunc{virtual wxBackgroundStyle}{GetBackgroundStyle}{\void}
807
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809\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
810\twocolitem{wxBG\_STYLE\_SYSTEM}{Use the default background, as determined by
811the system or the current theme.}
812\twocolitem{wxBG\_STYLE\_COLOUR}{Use a solid colour for the background, this
813style is set automatically if you call
814\helpref{SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour} so you only need to
815set it explicitly if you had changed the background style to something else
816before.}
817\twocolitem{wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM}{Don't draw the background at all, it's
818supposed that it is drawn by the user-defined erase background event handler.
819This style should be used to avoid flicker when the background is entirely
820custom-drawn.}
821\twocolitem{wxBG\_STYLE\_TRANSPARET}{The background is (partially) transparent,
822this style is automatically set if you call
823\helpref{SetTransparent}{wxwindowsettransparent} which is used to set the
824transparency level.}
825\end{twocollist}
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827\wxheading{See also}
828
829\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
830\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
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832\helpref{wxWindow::SetTransparent}{wxwindowsettransparent}
833
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170acdc9 835\membersection{wxWindow::GetEffectiveMinSize}\label{wxwindowgeteffectiveminsize}
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170acdc9 837\constfunc{wxSize}{GetEffectiveMinSize}{\void}
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840result. This is the value used by sizers to determine the appropriate
841ammount of sapce to allocate for the widget.
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843\wxheading{See also}
844
845\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
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853This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window. For
854example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
3e02f5ed 855control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
8771a323 856\helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel}), the size returned by this function will be the
3e02f5ed 857same as the size the window would have had after calling
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859
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862
863\func{static wxWindow *}{GetCapture}{\void}
864
865Returns the currently captured window.
866
867\wxheading{See also}
868
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870\helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
871\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
63e819f2 872\helpref{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}{wxmousecapturelostevent}
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874
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877
878\constfunc{wxCaret *}{GetCaret}{\void}
879
880Returns the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
881
882
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885\constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharHeight}{\void}
886
887Returns the character height for this window.
888
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892\constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharWidth}{\void}
893
894Returns the average character width for this window.
895
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6d06e061 897\membersection{wxWindow::GetChildren}\label{wxwindowgetchildren}
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dc7a2021 899\func{wxWindowList\&}{GetChildren}{\void}
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902
903Returns a reference to the list of the window's children. \texttt{wxWindowList}
904is a type-safe \helpref{wxList}{wxlist}-like class whose elements are of type
905\texttt{wxWindow *}.
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910\func{static wxVisualAttributes}{GetClassDefaultAttributes}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{ variant = \texttt{wxWINDOW\_VARIANT\_NORMAL}}}
911
912Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control. This is
913useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control as in a
914standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
915colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
916system, especially if it uses themes.
917
918The \arg{variant} parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
919ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
324eeecb 920returned font. See \helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
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922
923This static method is ``overridden'' in many derived classes and so calling,
488e1507 924for example, \helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
1b69c815 925return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
488e1507 926from those returned by, say, \helpref{wxListCtrl}{wxlistctrl}::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
1b69c815 927
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930if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
931especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
932the case for \texttt{colBg} for the controls with themed background.
933
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935
936\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
937
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940
c66c3af1 941\constfunc{void}{GetClientSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
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c9f00eeb 943\perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes no parameter and returns
d2c2afc9 944a 2-element list {\tt (width, height)}.}
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c66c3af1 946\constfunc{wxSize}{GetClientSize}{\void}
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949area which may be drawn on by the programmer, excluding title bar, border,
950scrollbars, etc.
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953return size is empty (both width and height are $0$).
954
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956
957\docparam{width}{Receives the client width in pixels.}
958
959\docparam{height}{Receives the client height in pixels.}
960
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963\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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965\twocolitem{{\bf GetClientSize()}}{Returns a wxSize object}
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967}
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970
d2c2afc9 971\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
566d84a7 972\helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
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977
978\constfunc{wxLayoutConstraints*}{GetConstraints}{\void}
979
980Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or NULL if there are none.
981
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985\constfunc{const wxSizer *}{GetContainingSizer}{\void}
986
987Return the sizer that this window is a member of, if any, otherwise
988{\tt NULL}.
989
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992
993\constfunc{const wxCursor\&}{GetCursor}{\void}
994
995Return the cursor associated with this window.
996
997\wxheading{See also}
998
999\helpref{wxWindow::SetCursor}{wxwindowsetcursor}
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1004\constfunc{virtual wxVisualAttributes}{GetDefaultAttributes}{\void}
1005
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1008
1009One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
1010the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
1011virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
1012
1013The other one is that in the future this function could return different
1014results, for example it might return a different font for an ``Ok'' button
1015than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
1016in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
1017function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
1018version can be used without having to create an object first.
1019
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1022
1023\constfunc{wxDropTarget*}{GetDropTarget}{\void}
1024
1025Returns the associated drop target, which may be NULL.
1026
1027\wxheading{See also}
1028
c9f00eeb 1029\helpref{wxWindow::SetDropTarget}{wxwindowsetdroptarget},
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1035\constfunc{wxEvtHandler*}{GetEventHandler}{\void}
1036
1037Returns the event handler for this window. By default, the window is its
1038own event handler.
1039
1040\wxheading{See also}
1041
1042\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
1043\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
1044\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
1045\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
1046\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
1047
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1050
1051\constfunc{long}{GetExtraStyle}{\void}
1052
1053Returns the extra style bits for the window.
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1057
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1062\wxheading{See also}
1063
1064\helpref{wxWindow::SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont}
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1068
1069\func{virtual wxColour}{GetForegroundColour}{\void}
1070
1071Returns the foreground colour of the window.
1072
1073\wxheading{Remarks}
1074
1075The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
1076to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
1077be used at all.
1078
1079\wxheading{See also}
1080
1081\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
1082\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
1083\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour}
1084
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1088\constfunc{wxWindow*}{GetGrandParent}{\void}
1089
1090Returns the grandparent of a window, or NULL if there isn't one.
1091
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1095\constfunc{void*}{GetHandle}{\void}
1096
1097Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window. Cast it to an appropriate
324eeecb 1098handle, such as {\bf HWND} for Windows, {\bf Widget} for Motif, {\bf GtkWidget} for GTK or {\bf WinHandle} for PalmOS.
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1101
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1103
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1106
1107\constfunc{virtual wxString}{GetHelpTextAtPoint}{\param{const wxPoint &}{point}, \param{wxHelpEvent::Origin }{origin}}
1108
1109Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window. This
1110method should be overridden if the help message depends on the position inside
1111the window, otherwise \helpref{GetHelpText}{wxwindowgethelptext} can be used.
1112
1113\wxheading{Parameters}
1114
1115\docparam{point}{Coordinates of the mouse at the moment of help event emission.}
1116
d57725b5 1117\docparam{origin}{Help event origin, see also \helpref{wxHelpEvent::GetOrigin}{wxhelpeventgetorigin}.}
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1119\newsince{2.7.0}
1120
1121
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1123
1124\constfunc{virtual wxString}{GetHelpText}{\void}
1125
1126Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
1127
1128Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
1129and not in the window object itself.
1130
1131\wxheading{See also}
1132
dc6588e7 1133\helpref{SetHelpText}{wxwindowsethelptext}, \helpref{GetHelpTextAtPoint}{wxwindowgethelptextatpoint}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
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1137
1138\constfunc{int}{GetId}{\void}
1139
1140Returns the identifier of the window.
1141
1142\wxheading{Remarks}
1143
6453876e 1144Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has not provided one
5e06d749 1145(or the default wxID\_ANY) an unique identifier with a negative value will be generated.
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1148
b2cf617c 1149\helpref{wxWindow::SetId}{wxwindowsetid},\rtfsp
5b6aa0ff 1150\helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
a660d684 1151
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6d06e061 1153\membersection{wxWindow::GetLabel}\label{wxwindowgetlabel}
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1155\constfunc{virtual wxString }{GetLabel}{\void}
1156
1157Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
1158identification purposes.
1159
1160\wxheading{Remarks}
1161
1162The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
1163For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the title. For buttons or static text controls, it is
1164the button text. This function can be useful for meta-programs (such as testing
1165tools or special-needs access programs) which need to identify windows
1166by name.
1167
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1168\membersection{wxWindow::GetMaxSize}\label{wxwindowgetmaxsize}
1169
1170\constfunc{wxSize}{GetMaxSize}{\void}
1171
1172Returns the maximum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout mechanism
a3dae7b7 1173that this is the maximum possible size.
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1175\membersection{wxWindow::GetMinSize}\label{wxwindowgetminsize}
1176
a3dae7b7 1177\constfunc{virtual wxSize}{GetMinSize}{\void}
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1179Returns the minimum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout mechanism
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1181by \helpref{SetMinSize}{wxwindowsetminsize}, but it can be overridden to do the
1182calculation on demand.
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1185
6453876e 1186\constfunc{virtual wxString }{GetName}{\void}
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1188Returns the window's name.
1189
1190\wxheading{Remarks}
1191
1192This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the programmer to supply an appropriate
1193name in the window constructor or via \helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}.
1194
1195\wxheading{See also}
1196
1197\helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}
1198
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1201
1202\constfunc{wxWindow *}{GetNextSibling}{\void}
1203
1204Returns the next window after this one among the parent children or \NULL if
1205this window is the last child.
1206
1207\newsince{2.8.8}
1208
1209\wxheading{See also}
1210
1211\helpref{GetPrevSibling}{wxwindowgetprevsibling}
1212
1213
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1216\constfunc{virtual wxWindow*}{GetParent}{\void}
1217
1218Returns the parent of the window, or NULL if there is no parent.
1219
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1222
1223\func{int}{GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser}{\param{wxMenu\&}{ menu}, \param{const wxPoint\&}{ pos}}
1224
1225\func{int}{GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser}{\param{wxMenu\&}{ menu}, \param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
1226
1227This function shows a popup menu at the given position in this window and
1228returns the selected id. It can be more convenient than the general purpose
1229\helpref{PopupMenu}{wxwindowpopupmenu} function for simple menus proposing a
1230choice in a list of strings to the user.
1231
1232\wxheading{Parameters}
1233
1234\docparam{menu}{The menu to show}
1235
1236\docparam{pos}{The position at which to show the menu in client coordinates}
1237
1238\docparam{x}{The horizontal position of the menu}
1239
1240\docparam{y}{The vertical position of the menu}
1241
1242\wxheading{Return value}
1243
1244The selected menu item id or \texttt{wxID\_NONE} if none selected or an error
1245occurred.
1246
1247
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1249
1250\constfunc{virtual void}{GetPosition}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
1251
1252\constfunc{wxPoint}{GetPosition}{\void}
1253
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1255for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level
1256windows.
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1258\wxheading{Parameters}
1259
3c81c9aa 1260\docparam{x}{Receives the x position of the window if non-\NULL.}
15770d1a 1261
3c81c9aa 1262\docparam{y}{Receives the y position of the window if non-\NULL.}
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1264\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1265implements the following methods:\par
1266\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1267\twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a wxPoint}
1268\twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionTuple()}}{Returns a tuple (x, y)}
1269\end{twocollist}}
1270}
1271
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1272\perlnote{In wxPerl there are two methods instead of a single overloaded
1273method:\par
1274\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1275\twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a Wx::Point}
1276\twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionXY()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1277 {\tt ( x, y )}}
1278\end{twocollist}
1279}}
1280
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1283
1284\helpref{GetScreenPosition}{wxwindowgetscreenposition}
1285
1286
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1288
1289\constfunc{wxWindow *}{GetPrevSibling}{\void}
1290
1291Returns the previous window before this one among the parent children or \NULL if
1292this window is the first child.
1293
1294\newsince{2.8.8}
1295
1296\wxheading{See also}
1297
1298\helpref{GetNextSibling}{wxwindowgetnextsibling}
1299
1300
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1302
1303\constfunc{virtual wxRect}{GetRect}{\void}
1304
fab86f26 1305Returns the position and size of the window as a \helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object.
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1308
1309\helpref{GetScreenRect}{wxwindowgetscreenrect}
1310
1311
1312\membersection{wxWindow::GetScreenPosition}\label{wxwindowgetscreenposition}
1313
1314\constfunc{virtual void}{GetScreenPosition}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
1315
1316\constfunc{wxPoint}{GetScreenPosition}{\void}
1317
1318Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
1319child window or a top level one.
1320
1321\wxheading{Parameters}
1322
1323\docparam{x}{Receives the x position of the window on the screen if non-\NULL.}
1324
1325\docparam{y}{Receives the y position of the window on the screen if non-\NULL.}
1326
1327\wxheading{See also}
1328
1329\helpref{GetPosition}{wxwindowgetposition}
1330
1331
1332\membersection{wxWindow::GetScreenRect}\label{wxwindowgetscreenrect}
1333
1334\constfunc{virtual wxRect}{GetScreenRect}{\void}
1335
fab86f26 1336Returns the position and size of the window on the screen as a
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1337\helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object.
1338
1339\wxheading{See also}
1340
1341\helpref{GetRect}{wxwindowgetrect}
1342
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1345
eaaa6a06 1346\func{virtual int}{GetScrollPos}{\param{int }{orientation}}
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1348Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
1349
1350\wxheading{See also}
1351
1352See \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1353
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1356
eaaa6a06 1357\func{virtual int}{GetScrollRange}{\param{int }{orientation}}
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1359Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
1360
1361\wxheading{See also}
1362
1363\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1364
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1367
1368\func{virtual int}{GetScrollThumb}{\param{int }{orientation}}
1369
1370Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
1371
1372\wxheading{See also}
1373
1374\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1375
1376
a974387a 1377\membersection{wxWindow::GetSize}\label{wxwindowgetsize}
a660d684 1378
c66c3af1 1379\constfunc{void}{GetSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
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c66c3af1 1381\constfunc{wxSize}{GetSize}{\void}
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1384scrollbars, etc.
1385
1386Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
1387returned size is the restored window size, not the size of the window icon.
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1389\wxheading{Parameters}
1390
1391\docparam{width}{Receives the window width.}
1392
1393\docparam{height}{Receives the window height.}
1394
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1396implements the following methods:\par
1397\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1399\twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeTuple()}}{Returns a 2-tuple (width, height)}
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1401}
1402
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1404method:\par
1405\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1406\twocolitem{{\bf GetSize()}}{Returns a Wx::Size}
1407\twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeWH()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1408 {\tt ( width, height )}}
1409\end{twocollist}
1410}}
1411
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1413
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1414\helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize},\rtfsp
1415\helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
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1418\membersection{wxWindow::GetSizer}\label{wxwindowgetsizer}
1419
772c017b 1420\constfunc{wxSizer *}{GetSizer}{\void}
e6973167 1421
be90c029 1422Return the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
e6973167 1423\helpref{SetSizer()}{wxwindowsetsizer} or {\tt NULL}.
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1427
6b062263 1428\constfunc{virtual void}{GetTextExtent}{\param{const wxString\& }{string}, \param{int* }{w}, \param{int* }{h},
a660d684 1429 \param{int* }{descent = NULL}, \param{int* }{externalLeading = NULL},
cc81d32f 1430 \param{const wxFont* }{font = NULL}, \param{bool}{ use16 = {\tt false}}}
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1433
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1435window with the currently selected font.
1436
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1438\helpref{wxSize}{wxsize} object (second form).
1439
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1441
1442\docparam{string}{String whose extent is to be measured.}
1443
6b062263 1444\docparam{w}{Return value for width.}
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6b062263 1446\docparam{h}{Return value for height.}
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1448\docparam{descent}{Return value for descent (optional).}
1449
1450\docparam{externalLeading}{Return value for external leading (optional).}
1451
1452\docparam{font}{Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).}
1453
cc81d32f 1454\docparam{use16}{If {\tt true}, {\it string} contains 16-bit characters. The default is {\tt false}.}
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1457implements the following methods:\par
1458\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1460\twocolitem{{\bf GetFullTextExtent(string, font=NULL)}}{Returns a
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1462\end{twocollist}}
1463}
1464
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1466 {\tt font} parameters, and returns a 4-element list
1467 {\tt ( x, y, descent, externalLeading )}.}
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1470\membersection{wxWindow::GetToolTip}\label{wxwindowgettooltip}
1471
1472\constfunc{wxToolTip*}{GetToolTip}{\void}
1473
1474Get the associated tooltip or NULL if none.
1475
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1477\membersection{wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion}\label{wxwindowgetupdateregion}
1478
1479\constfunc{virtual wxRegion}{GetUpdateRegion}{\void}
1480
1481Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged. Should
f4fcc291 1482only be called within an \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent} handler.
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1484\wxheading{See also}
1485
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1486\helpref{wxRegion}{wxregion},\rtfsp
1487\helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator}
76c5df24 1488
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1490\membersection{wxWindow::GetValidator}\label{wxwindowgetvalidator}
1491
1492\constfunc{wxValidator*}{GetValidator}{\void}
1493
1494Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or NULL if there is none.
1495
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1498
1499\constfunc{void}{GetVirtualSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
1500
1501\constfunc{wxSize}{GetVirtualSize}{\void}
1502
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1504returns the client size of the window, but after a call to
1505\helpref{SetVirtualSize}{wxwindowsetvirtualsize} it will return
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1508\wxheading{Parameters}
1509
1510\docparam{width}{Receives the window virtual width.}
1511
1512\docparam{height}{Receives the window virtual height.}
1513
1514\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
1515\helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize}
1516
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1518\membersection{wxWindow::GetWindowBorderSize}\label{wxwindowgetwindowbordersize}
1519
1520\constfunc{wxSize}{GetWindowBorderSize}{\void}
1521
1522Returns the size of the left/right and top/bottom borders of this window in x
1523and y components of the result respectively.
1524
1525
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1528\constfunc{long}{GetWindowStyleFlag}{\void}
1529
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1531method. {\bf GetWindowStyle()} is another name for the same function.
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1535
488e1507 1536\constfunc{wxWindowVariant}{GetWindowVariant}{\void}
416101be 1537
43e8916f 1538Returns the value previously passed to
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1540
1541
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1543
1544\func{bool}{HandleWindowEvent}{\param{wxEvent\& }{event}}
1545
1546Shorthand for \texttt{\helpref{GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler}()->\helpref{SafelyProcessEvent}{wxevthandlersafelyprocessevent}(event)}.
1547
1548
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1549\membersection{wxWindow::HasCapture}\label{wxwindowhascapture}
1550
1551\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasCapture}{\void}
1552
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1555\wxheading{See also}
1556
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1558\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
63e819f2 1559\helpref{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}{wxmousecapturelostevent}
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1561
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1563\membersection{wxWindow::HasExtraStyle}\label{wxwindowhasextrastyle}
1564
1565\constfunc{bool}{HasExtraStyle}{\param{int }{exFlag}}
1566
1567Returns \texttt{true} if the window has the given \arg{exFlag} bit set in its
1568extra styles.
1569
1570\wxheading{See also}
1571
1572\helpref{SetExtraStyle}{wxwindowsetextrastyle}
1573
1574
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1575\membersection{wxWindow::HasFlag}\label{wxwindowhasflag}
1576
1577\constfunc{bool}{HasFlag}{\param{int }{flag}}
1578
1579Returns \texttt{true} if the window has the given \arg{flag} bit set.
1580
1581
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1582\membersection{wxWindow::HasMultiplePages}\label{wxwindowhasmultiplepages}
1583
1584\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasMultiplePages}{\void}
1585
1586This method should be overridden to return \texttt{true} if this window has
1587multiple pages. All standard class with multiple pages such as
1588\helpref{wxNotebook}{wxnotebook}, \helpref{wxListbook}{wxlistbook} and
1589\helpref{wxTreebook}{wxtreebook} already override it to return \texttt{true}
1590and user-defined classes with similar behaviour should do it as well to allow
1591the library to handle such windows appropriately.
1592
1593
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1595
1596\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasScrollbar}{\param{int }{orient}}
1597
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1599
1600\wxheading{Parameters}
1601
1602\docparam{orient}{Orientation to check, either {\tt wxHORIZONTAL} or {\tt wxVERTICAL}.}
1603
1604
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1606
1607\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasTransparentBackground}{\void}
1608
1609Returns \true if this window background is transparent (as, for example, for
1610wxStaticText) and should show the parent window background.
1611
1612This method is mostly used internally by the library itself and you normally
1613shouldn't have to call it. You may, however, have to override it in your
1614wxWindow-derived class to ensure that background is painted correctly.
1615
1616
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1618
1619\func{bool}{Hide}{\void}
1620
cc81d32f 1621Equivalent to calling \helpref{Show}{wxwindowshow}({\tt false}).
bc5879ef 1622
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1625
1626\func{virtual bool}{HideWithEffect}{\param{wxShowEffect }{effect}, \param{unsigned }{timeout = $0$}, \param{wxDirection }{dir = wxBOTTOM}}
1627
1628This function hides a window, like \helpref{Hide()}{wxwindowhide}, but using a
1629special visual effect if possible.
1630
1631The parameters of this function are the same as for
1632\helpref{ShowWithEffect()}{wxwindowshowwitheffect}, please see their
1633description there.
1634
1635\newsince{2.9.0}
1636
1637
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1639
1640\func{void}{InheritAttributes}{\void}
1641
1642This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
1643window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
1644the font and the foreground and background colours.
1645
1646By ``intelligently'' the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
1647own \helpref{default}{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes} attributes. However
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1649\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont} and not
fa47d7a7 1650\helpref{SetOwnFont}{wxwindowsetownfont}) changed \emph{and} if the
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1652then this window takes the same value as used by the parent. In addition, if
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1655font might.
1656
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1658different usage scenarios. The most common one is when all default attributes
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1660different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
1661they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
1662desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
1663just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
1664do inherit the parents attributes.
1665
1666
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1668
1669\func{void}{InitDialog}{\void}
1670
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1672to the dialog via validators.
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1676
1677\func{void}{InvalidateBestSize}{\void}
1678
1679Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it is needed.
1680
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1683
1684\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsDoubleBuffered}{\void}
1685
1686Returns \true if the window contents is double-buffered by the system, i.e. if
1687any drawing done on the window is really done on a temporary backing surface
1688and transferred to the screen all at once later.
1689
1690\wxheading{See also}
1691
1692\helpref{wxBufferedDC}{wxbuffereddc}
1693
1694
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1696
1697\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsEnabled}{\void}
1698
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1700otherwise.
1701
1702Notice that this method can return \false even if this window itself hadn't
1703been explicitly disabled when one of its parent windows is disabled. To get the
1704intrinsic status of this window, use
1705\helpref{IsThisEnabled}{wxwindowisthisenabled}
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1707\wxheading{See also}
1708
1709\helpref{wxWindow::Enable}{wxwindowenable}
1710
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1714\constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
1715
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1719
605d715d 1720\constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{wxRect }{\&rect}}
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cc81d32f 1722Returns {\tt true} if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
ad9edf45 1723last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
4130b487 1724only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
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1727implements the following methods:\par
1728\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1731\twocolitem{{\bf IsExposedRect(rect)}}{}
8771a323 1732\end{twocollist}}}
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1736
1737\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsFrozen}{\void}
1738
1739Returns \true if the window is currently frozen by a call to
1740\helpref{Freeze()}{wxwindowfreeze}.
1741
1742\wxheading{See also}
1743
1744\helpref{Thaw()}{wxwindowthaw}
1745
1746
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1748
1749\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsRetained}{\void}
1750
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1753\wxheading{Remarks}
1754
1755Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
1756
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1759
1760\func{bool}{IsScrollbarAlwaysShown}{\param{int}{ orient}}
1761
1762Return whether a scrollbar is always shown.
1763
1764\wxheading{Parameters}
1765
1766\docparam{orient}{Orientation to check, either {\tt wxHORIZONTAL} or {\tt wxVERTICAL}.}
1767
1768\wxheading{See also}
1769
1770\helpref{wxWindow::AlwaysShowScrollbars}{wxwindowalwaysshowscrollbars}
1771
1772
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1774
1775\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsShown}{\void}
1776
cc81d32f 1777Returns {\tt true} if the window is shown, {\tt false} if it has been hidden.
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1780
865a74c7 1781\helpref{wxWindow::IsShownOnScreen}{wxwindowisshownonscreen}
9c72cf76 1782
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865a74c7 1784\membersection{wxWindow::IsShownOnScreen}\label{wxwindowisshownonscreen}
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865a74c7 1786\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsShownOnScreen}{\void}
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1788Returns {\tt true} if the window is physically visible on the screen, i.e. it
1789is shown and all its parents up to the toplevel window are shown as well.
1790
1791\wxheading{See also}
1792
1793\helpref{wxWindow::IsShown}{wxwindowisshown}
1794
1795
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1797
1798\constfunc{bool}{IsThisEnabled}{\void}
1799
1800Returns \true if this window is intrinsically enabled, \false otherwise, i.e.
1801if \helpref{Enable(false)}{wxwindowenable} had been called. This method is
1802mostly used for wxWidgets itself, user code should normally use
1803\helpref{IsEnabled}{wxwindowisenabled} instead.
1804
1805
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1807
1808\constfunc{bool}{IsTopLevel}{\void}
1809
1810Returns {\tt true} if the given window is a top-level one. Currently all frames and
1811dialogs are considered to be top-level windows (even if they have a parent
1812window).
1813
1814
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1816
1817\func{void}{Layout}{\void}
1818
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1820for this window.
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1823layout is on, this function gets called automatically when the window is resized.
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1827
43e8916f 1828This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollLines}{wxwindowscrolllines}$(1)$.
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1832
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1837
1838\func{void}{Lower}{\void}
1839
4e43c815 1840Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy (z-order).
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1842\wxheading{See also}
1843
1844\helpref{Raise}{wxwindowraise}
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1848
8a293590 1849\func{virtual void}{MakeModal}{\param{bool }{flag}}
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1851Disables all other windows in the application so that
d3e78bab 1852the user can only interact with this window.
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1854\wxheading{Parameters}
1855
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1857the user can only interact with this window. If {\tt false}, the effect is reversed.}
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1861
eaaa6a06 1862\func{void}{Move}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
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1865
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1867
1868\wxheading{Parameters}
1869
1870\docparam{x}{Required x position.}
1871
1872\docparam{y}{Required y position.}
1873
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1875
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1877
1878Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1879wxWindow::Move function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class
1880as the call:
1881
1882\begin{verbatim}
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1885
1886\wxheading{See also}
1887
1888\helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}
1889
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1891implements the following methods:\par
1892\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1894\twocolitem{{\bf MoveXY(x, y)}}{Accepts a pair of integers}
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1896}
1897
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1899\membersection{wxWindow::MoveAfterInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder}
1900
1901\func{void}{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
1902
1903Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified \arg{win}.
1904This means that when the user presses \texttt{TAB} key on that other window,
1905the focus switches to this window.
1906
324eeecb 1907Default tab order is the same as creation order, this function and
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1909it after creating all the windows.
1910
1911\wxheading{Parameters}
1912
1913\docparam{win}{A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
1914must not be NULL}
1915
1916
1917\membersection{wxWindow::MoveBeforeInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder}
1918
1919\func{void}{MoveBeforeInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
1920
1921Same as \helpref{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder} except that
1922it inserts this window just before \arg{win} instead of putting it right after
1923it.
1924
1925
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1927
eedc82f4 1928\func{bool}{Navigate}{\param{int}{ flags = wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward}}
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1931equivalent to calling \helpref{NavigateIn()}{wxwindownavigatein} method on the
1932parent window.
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1934\wxheading{Parameters}
1935
eedc82f4 1936\docparam{flags}{A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.}
5f6cfda7 1937
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1939
1940Returns \true if the focus was moved to another window or \false if nothing
1941changed.
1942
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1944
1945You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress handler to do the default
1946navigation behaviour for the tab key, since the standard default behaviour for
1947a multiline text control with the wxTE\_PROCESS\_TAB style is to insert a tab
a701b455 1948and not navigate to the next control. See also \helpref{wxNavigationKeyEvent}{wxnavigationkeyevent}.
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1952
1953\func{bool}{NavigateIn}{\param{int}{ flags = wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward}}
1954
1955Performs a keyboard navigation action inside this window.
1956
1957See \helpref{Navigate}{wxwindownavigate} for more information.
1958
1959
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1961
1962\func{static int}{NextControlId}{\param{int }{winid}}
1963
1964If two controls are created consecutively using \texttt{wxID\_ANY} id, this
1965function allows to retrieve the effective id of the latter control from the id
1966of the former. This is useful for example to find the control following its
1967\helpref{wxStaticText}{wxstatictext} label if only the id of or pointer to the
1968label is available to the caller but it is known that the two controls were
1969created together.
1970
1971\wxheading{See also}
1972
1973\helpref{PrevControlId}{wxwindowprevcontrolid}
1974
1975
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1977%% the old docs here in case we want to move any still needed bits to
1978%% the right location (i.e. probably the corresponding events docs)
1979%%
1980%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnActivate}\label{wxwindowonactivate}
1981%%
1982%% \func{void}{OnActivate}{\param{wxActivateEvent\&}{ event}}
1983%%
1984%% Called when a window is activated or deactivated.
1985%%
1986%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1987%%
1988%% \docparam{event}{Object containing activation information.}
1989%%
1990%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1991%%
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1993%% otherwise it returns {\tt false} (it is being deactivated).
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1995%% \wxheading{See also}
1996%%
1997%% \helpref{wxActivateEvent}{wxactivateevent},\rtfsp
1998%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1999%%
2000%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnChar}\label{wxwindowonchar}
2001%%
2002%% \func{void}{OnChar}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
2003%%
2004%% Called when the user has pressed a key that is not a modifier (SHIFT, CONTROL or ALT).
2005%%
2006%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2007%%
2008%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
2009%% details about this class.}
2010%%
2011%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2012%%
2013%% This member function is called in response to a keypress. To intercept this event,
2014%% use the EVT\_CHAR macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnChar} handler may call this
2015%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
2016%%
2017%% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
2018%% values.
2019%%
2020%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept modifier
2021%% keypresses, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
2022%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
2023%%
2024%% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
2025%%
2026%% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
2027%% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
2028%%
2029%% \wxheading{See also}
2030%%
2031%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
2032%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
2033%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2034%%
2035%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCharHook}\label{wxwindowoncharhook}
2036%%
2037%% \func{void}{OnCharHook}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
2038%%
2039%% This member is called to allow the window to intercept keyboard events
2040%% before they are processed by child windows.
2041%%
2042%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2043%%
2044%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
2045%% details about this class.}
2046%%
2047%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2048%%
2049%% This member function is called in response to a keypress, if the window is active. To intercept this event,
2050%% use the EVT\_CHAR\_HOOK macro in an event table definition. If you do not process a particular
2051%% keypress, call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip} to allow default processing.
2052%%
2053%% An example of using this function is in the implementation of escape-character processing for wxDialog,
2054%% where pressing ESC dismisses the dialog by {\bf OnCharHook} 'forging' a cancel button press event.
2055%%
2056%% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
2057%% values.
2058%%
2059%% This function is only relevant to top-level windows (frames and dialogs), and under
2060%% Windows only. Under GTK the normal EVT\_CHAR\_ event has the functionality, i.e.
acbadd0b 2061%% you can intercept it, and if you don't call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip}
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2063%%
2064%% \wxheading{See also}
2065%%
2066%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent},\rtfsp
2067%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
2068%% %% GD: OnXXX functions are not documented
2069%% %%\helpref{wxApp::OnCharHook}{wxapponcharhook},\rtfsp
2070%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2071%%
2072%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCommand}\label{wxwindowoncommand}
2073%%
2074%% \func{virtual void}{OnCommand}{\param{wxEvtHandler\& }{object}, \param{wxCommandEvent\& }{event}}
2075%%
2076%% This virtual member function is called if the control does not handle the command event.
2077%%
2078%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2079%%
2080%% \docparam{object}{Object receiving the command event.}
2081%%
2082%% \docparam{event}{Command event}
2083%%
2084%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2085%%
2086%% This virtual function is provided mainly for backward compatibility. You can also intercept commands
2087%% from child controls by using an event table, with identifiers or identifier ranges to identify
2088%% the control(s) in question.
2089%%
2090%% \wxheading{See also}
2091%%
2092%% \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
2093%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2094%%
2095%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnClose}\label{wxwindowonclose}
2096%%
2097%% \func{virtual bool}{OnClose}{\void}
2098%%
2099%% Called when the user has tried to close a a frame
2100%% or dialog box using the window manager (X) or system menu (Windows).
2101%%
2102%% {\bf Note:} This is an obsolete function.
2edb0bde 2103%% It is superseded by the \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow} event
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2105%%
2106%% \wxheading{Return value}
2107%%
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2110%% you may delete other windows.
2111%%
2112%% \wxheading{See also}
2113%%
2114%% \helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
2115%% \helpref{wxWindow::Close}{wxwindowclose},\rtfsp
2116%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow},\rtfsp
2117%% \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
2118%%
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2120%%
2121%% \func{void}{OnKeyDown}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
2122%%
2123%% Called when the user has pressed a key, before it is translated into an ASCII value using other
2124%% modifier keys that might be pressed at the same time.
2125%%
2126%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2127%%
2128%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
2129%% details about this class.}
2130%%
2131%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2132%%
2133%% This member function is called in response to a key down event. To intercept this event,
2134%% use the EVT\_KEY\_DOWN macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyDown} handler may call this
2135%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
2136%%
2137%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
2138%% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
2139%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
2140%%
2141%% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
2142%%
2143%% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
2144%% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
2145%%
2146%% \wxheading{See also}
2147%%
2148%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
2149%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
2150%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2151%%
2152%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}\label{wxwindowonkeyup}
2153%%
2154%% \func{void}{OnKeyUp}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
2155%%
2156%% Called when the user has released a key.
2157%%
2158%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2159%%
2160%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
2161%% details about this class.}
2162%%
2163%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2164%%
2165%% This member function is called in response to a key up event. To intercept this event,
2166%% use the EVT\_KEY\_UP macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyUp} handler may call this
2167%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
2168%%
2169%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
2170%% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
2171%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
2172%%
2173%% Most, but not all, windows allow key up events to be intercepted.
2174%%
2175%% \wxheading{See also}
2176%%
2177%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown},\rtfsp
2178%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
2179%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2180%%
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2182%%
2183%% \func{void}{OnInitDialog}{\param{wxInitDialogEvent\&}{ event}}
2184%%
2185%% Default handler for the wxEVT\_INIT\_DIALOG event. Calls \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}.
2186%%
2187%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2188%%
2189%% \docparam{event}{Dialog initialisation event.}
2190%%
2191%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2192%%
2193%% Gives the window the default behaviour of transferring data to child controls via
2194%% the validator that each control has.
2195%%
2196%% \wxheading{See also}
2197%%
2198%% \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
2199%%
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2201%%
2202%% \func{void}{OnMenuHighlight}{\param{wxMenuEvent\& }{event}}
2203%%
2204%% Called when a menu select is received from a menu bar: that is, the
2205%% mouse cursor is over a menu item, but the left mouse button has not been
2206%% pressed.
2207%%
2208%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2209%%
2210%% \docparam{event}{The menu highlight event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent}.}
2211%%
2212%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2213%%
2214%% You can choose any member function to receive
2215%% menu select events, using the EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT macro for individual menu items or EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT\_ALL macro
2216%% for all menu items.
2217%%
2218%% The default implementation for \helpref{wxFrame::OnMenuHighlight}{wxframeonmenuhighlight} displays help
2219%% text in the first field of the status bar.
2220%%
fc2171bd 2221%% This function was known as {\bf OnMenuSelect} in earlier versions of wxWidgets, but this was confusing
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2223%%
2224%% \wxheading{See also}
2225%%
2226%% \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent},\rtfsp
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2228%%
2229%%
2230%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMouseEvent}\label{wxwindowonmouseevent}
2231%%
2232%% \func{void}{OnMouseEvent}{\param{wxMouseEvent\&}{ event}}
2233%%
2234%% Called when the user has initiated an event with the
2235%% mouse.
2236%%
2237%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2238%%
2239%% \docparam{event}{The mouse event. See \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent} for
2240%% more details.}
2241%%
2242%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2243%%
2244%% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
2245%%
2246%% To intercept this event, use the EVT\_MOUSE\_EVENTS macro in an event table definition, or individual
2247%% mouse event macros such as EVT\_LEFT\_DOWN.
2248%%
2249%% \wxheading{See also}
2250%%
2251%% \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent},\rtfsp
2252%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2253%%
2254%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMove}\label{wxwindowonmove}
2255%%
2256%% \func{void}{OnMove}{\param{wxMoveEvent\& }{event}}
2257%%
2258%% Called when a window is moved.
2259%%
2260%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2261%%
2262%% \docparam{event}{The move event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent}.}
2263%%
2264%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2265%%
2266%% Use the EVT\_MOVE macro to intercept move events.
2267%%
2268%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2269%%
2270%% Not currently implemented.
2271%%
2272%% \wxheading{See also}
2273%%
2274%% \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent},\rtfsp
2275%% \helpref{wxFrame::OnSize}{wxframeonsize},\rtfsp
2276%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2277%%
2278%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnPaint}\label{wxwindowonpaint}
2279%%
2280%% \func{void}{OnPaint}{\param{wxPaintEvent\& }{event}}
2281%%
2282%% Sent to the event handler when the window must be refreshed.
2283%%
2284%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2285%%
2286%% \docparam{event}{Paint event. For more information, see \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent}.}
2287%%
2288%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2289%%
2290%% Use the EVT\_PAINT macro in an event table definition to intercept paint events.
2291%%
2292%% Note that In a paint event handler, the application must {\it always} create a \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc} object,
2293%% even if you do not use it. Otherwise, under MS Windows, refreshing for this and other windows will go wrong.
2294%%
2295%% For example:
2296%%
2297%% \small{%
2298%% \begin{verbatim}
2299%% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
2300%% {
2301%% wxPaintDC dc(this);
2302%%
2303%% DrawMyDocument(dc);
2304%% }
2305%% \end{verbatim}
2306%% }%
2307%%
2308%% You can optimize painting by retrieving the rectangles
2309%% that have been damaged and only repainting these. The rectangles are in
2310%% terms of the client area, and are unscrolled, so you will need to do
2311%% some calculations using the current view position to obtain logical,
2312%% scrolled units.
2313%%
2314%% Here is an example of using the \helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator} class:
2315%%
2316%% {\small%
2317%% \begin{verbatim}
2318%% // Called when window needs to be repainted.
2319%% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
2320%% {
2321%% wxPaintDC dc(this);
2322%%
2323%% // Find Out where the window is scrolled to
2324%% int vbX,vbY; // Top left corner of client
2325%% GetViewStart(&vbX,&vbY);
2326%%
2327%% int vX,vY,vW,vH; // Dimensions of client area in pixels
2328%% wxRegionIterator upd(GetUpdateRegion()); // get the update rect list
2329%%
2330%% while (upd)
2331%% {
2332%% vX = upd.GetX();
2333%% vY = upd.GetY();
2334%% vW = upd.GetW();
2335%% vH = upd.GetH();
2336%%
2337%% // Alternatively we can do this:
2338%% // wxRect rect;
2339%% // upd.GetRect(&rect);
2340%%
2341%% // Repaint this rectangle
2342%% ...some code...
2343%%
2344%% upd ++ ;
2345%% }
2346%% }
2347%% \end{verbatim}
2348%% }%
2349%%
2350%% \wxheading{See also}
2351%%
2352%% \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent},\rtfsp
2353%% \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc},\rtfsp
2354%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2355%%
2356%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnScroll}\label{wxwindowonscroll}
2357%%
2358%% \func{void}{OnScroll}{\param{wxScrollWinEvent\& }{event}}
2359%%
2360%% Called when a scroll window event is received from one of the window's built-in scrollbars.
2361%%
2362%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2363%%
2364%% \docparam{event}{Command event. Retrieve the new scroll position by
2365%% calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetPosition}{wxscrolleventgetposition}, and the
2366%% scrollbar orientation by calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetOrientation}{wxscrolleventgetorientation}.}
2367%%
2368%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2369%%
2370%% Note that it is not possible to distinguish between horizontal and vertical scrollbars
2371%% until the function is executing (you can't have one function for vertical, another
2372%% for horizontal events).
2373%%
2374%% \wxheading{See also}
2375%%
2376%% \helpref{wxScrollWinEvent}{wxscrollwinevent},\rtfsp
2377%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2378%%
2379%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSetFocus}\label{wxwindowonsetfocus}
2380%%
2381%% \func{void}{OnSetFocus}{\param{wxFocusEvent\& }{event}}
2382%%
2383%% Called when a window's focus is being set.
2384%%
2385%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2386%%
2387%% \docparam{event}{The focus event. For more information, see \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}.}
2388%%
2389%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2390%%
2391%% To intercept this event, use the macro EVT\_SET\_FOCUS in an event table definition.
2392%%
2393%% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
2394%%
2395%% \wxheading{See also}
2396%%
2397%% \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKillFocus}{wxwindowonkillfocus},\rtfsp
2398%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2399%%
2400%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSize}\label{wxwindowonsize}
2401%%
2402%% \func{void}{OnSize}{\param{wxSizeEvent\& }{event}}
2403%%
2404%% Called when the window has been resized. This is not a virtual function; you should
2405%% provide your own non-virtual OnSize function and direct size events to it using EVT\_SIZE
2406%% in an event table definition.
2407%%
2408%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2409%%
2410%% \docparam{event}{Size event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent}.}
2411%%
2412%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2413%%
2414%% You may wish to use this for frames to resize their child windows as appropriate.
2415%%
2416%% Note that the size passed is of
2417%% the whole window: call \helpref{wxWindow::GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize} for the area which may be
2418%% used by the application.
2419%%
2420%% When a window is resized, usually only a small part of the window is damaged and you
2421%% may only need to repaint that area. However, if your drawing depends on the size of the window,
2422%% you may need to clear the DC explicitly and repaint the whole window. In which case, you
2423%% may need to call \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} to invalidate the entire window.
2424%%
2425%% \wxheading{See also}
2426%%
2427%% \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent},\rtfsp
2428%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2429%%
2430%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSysColourChanged}\label{wxwindowonsyscolourchanged}
2431%%
2432%% \func{void}{OnSysColourChanged}{\param{wxOnSysColourChangedEvent\& }{event}}
2433%%
2434%% Called when the user has changed the system colours. Windows only.
2435%%
2436%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2437%%
2438%% \docparam{event}{System colour change event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent}.}
2439%%
2440%% \wxheading{See also}
2441%%
2442%% \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent},\rtfsp
2443%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
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2446\membersection{wxWindow::OnInternalIdle}\label{wxwindowoninternalidle}
2447
2448\func{virtual void}{OnInternalIdle}{\void}
2449
2450This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
2451sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
2452that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
2453handler in a derived class.
2454
2455This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
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2458
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2460\membersection{wxWindow::PageDown}\label{wxwindowpagedown}
2461
2462This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(1)$.
2463
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2465\membersection{wxWindow::PageUp}\label{wxwindowpageup}
2466
2467This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(-1)$.
2468
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2471
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2474Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
2475
2476\wxheading{Parameters}
2477
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2479default value is {\tt false}.}
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2481\wxheading{See also}
2482
2483\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
2484\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2485\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2486\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2487\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
2488
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2490\membersection{wxWindow::PopupMenu}\label{wxwindowpopupmenu}
2491
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2494\func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
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2496Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
2497window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu. If a
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2500cursor position is used.
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2502\wxheading{Parameters}
2503
2504\docparam{menu}{Menu to pop up.}
2505
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2507
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2509
2510\docparam{y}{Required y position for the menu to appear.}
2511
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2513
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2515
2516\wxheading{Remarks}
2517
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2518Just before the menu is popped up, \helpref{wxMenu::UpdateUI}{wxmenuupdateui}
2519is called to ensure that the menu items are in the correct state. The menu does
2520not get deleted by the window.
2521
2522It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when calling PopupMenu
2523in response to mouse click, because some of the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do
2524a better job of positioning the menu in that case.
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2527implements the following methods:\par
2528\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2529\twocolitem{{\bf PopupMenu(menu, point)}}{Specifies position with a wxPoint}
2530\twocolitem{{\bf PopupMenuXY(menu, x, y)}}{Specifies position with two integers (x, y)}
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2532}
2533
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2535\membersection{wxWindow::PrevControlId}\label{wxwindowprevcontrolid}
2536
2537\func{static int}{PrevControlId}{\param{int }{winid}}
2538
2539This is similar to \helpref{NextControlId}{wxwindownextcontrolid} but returns
2540the id of the control created just before the one with the given \arg{winid}.
2541
2542
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2543\membersection{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}\label{wxwindowpusheventhandler}
2544
2545\func{void}{PushEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
2546
2547Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
2548
2549\wxheading{Parameters}
2550
2551\docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be pushed.}
2552
2553\wxheading{Remarks}
2554
2555An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2556sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2557an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2558central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2559window classes.
2560
2561\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} allows
2562an application to set up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2563handed to the next one in the chain. Use \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler} to
2564remove the event handler.
2565
2566\wxheading{See also}
2567
2568\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
2569\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2570\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2571\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2572\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
2573
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2575\membersection{wxWindow::Raise}\label{wxwindowraise}
2576
2577\func{void}{Raise}{\void}
2578
4e43c815 2579Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy (z-order).
2bdd6b12 2580
4e43c815 2581In current version of wxWidgets this works both for managed and child windows.
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2583\wxheading{See also}
2584
2585\helpref{Lower}{wxwindowlower}
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2588\membersection{wxWindow::Refresh}\label{wxwindowrefresh}
2589
a67f1484 2590\func{virtual void}{Refresh}{\param{bool}{ eraseBackground = {\tt true}}, \param{const wxRect* }{rect = NULL}}
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2593where this is not implemented), to be repainted. Note that repainting doesn't
2594happen immediately but only during the next event loop iteration, if you need
60fef964 2595to update the window immediately you should use \helpref{Update}{wxwindowupdate}
a67f1484 2596instead.
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2598\wxheading{Parameters}
2599
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2602
2603\docparam{rect}{If non-NULL, only the given rectangle will
2604be treated as damaged.}
2605
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2607
2608\helpref{wxWindow::RefreshRect}{wxwindowrefreshrect}
2609
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2611\membersection{wxWindow::RefreshRect}\label{wxwindowrefreshrect}
2612
8cfa09bd 2613\func{void}{RefreshRect}{\param{const wxRect\& }{rect}, \param{bool }{eraseBackground = \true}}
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8cfa09bd 2615Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: only the area inside it will be
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2617
8cfa09bd 2618This is the same as \helpref{Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} but has a nicer syntax
324eeecb 2619as it can be called with a temporary wxRect object as argument like this
8cfa09bd 2620\texttt{RefreshRect(wxRect(x, y, w, h))}.
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2624
2625\func{bool}{RegisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}, \param{int}{ modifiers}, \param{int}{ virtualKeyCode}}
2626
2627Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey registered here, this window
2628will receive a hotkey event. It will receive the event even if the application is in the background
2629and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some other application.
2630
2631\wxheading{Parameters}
2632
2633\docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0 and 0xBFFF. If
2634this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a system wide unique identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
2635This is a MSW specific detail.}
2636
2637\docparam{modifiers}{A bitwise combination of {\tt wxMOD\_SHIFT}, {\tt wxMOD\_CONTROL}, {\tt wxMOD\_ALT}
2638or {\tt wxMOD\_WIN} specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along with the key.}
2639
2640\docparam{virtualKeyCode}{The virtual key code of the hotkey.}
2641
2642\wxheading{Return value}
2643
2644{\tt true} if the hotkey was registered successfully. {\tt false} if some other application already registered a
2645hotkey with this modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
2646
2647\wxheading{Remarks}
2648
2649Use EVT\_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the event.
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2650This function is currently only implemented under Windows. It is used
2651in the \helpref{Windows CE port}{wxwince} for detecting hardware button presses.
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2653\wxheading{See also}
2654
2655\helpref{wxWindow::UnregisterHotKey}{wxwindowunregisterhotkey}
2656
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2658\membersection{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}\label{wxwindowreleasemouse}
2659
2660\func{virtual void}{ReleaseMouse}{\void}
2661
2662Releases mouse input captured with \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse}.
2663
2664\wxheading{See also}
2665
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2667\helpref{wxWindow::HasCapture}{wxwindowhascapture},
2668\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
63e819f2 2669\helpref{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}{wxmousecapturelostevent}
a5e84126 2670\helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
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2673\membersection{wxWindow::RemoveChild}\label{wxwindowremovechild}
2674
2675\func{virtual void}{RemoveChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
2676
2677Removes a child window. This is called automatically by window deletion
2678functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
2679
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2682
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2684
2685\docparam{child}{Child window to remove.}
2686
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2690\func{bool}{RemoveEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler *}{handler}}
2691
2692Find the given {\it handler} in the windows event handler chain and remove (but
2693not delete) it from it.
2694
2695\wxheading{Parameters}
2696
154b6b0f 2697\docparam{handler}{The event handler to remove, must be non-{\tt NULL} and
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2699
2700\wxheading{Return value}
2701
cc81d32f 2702Returns {\tt true} if it was found and {\tt false} otherwise (this also results
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2703in an assert failure so this function should only be called when the
2704handler is supposed to be there).
2705
2706\wxheading{See also}
2707
2708\helpref{PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2709\helpref{PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler}
2710
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2713
2714\func{virtual bool}{Reparent}{\param{wxWindow* }{newParent}}
2715
2716Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
18ac8d69 2717current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
83930b2f 2718and then re-inserted into another.
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2720\wxheading{Parameters}
2721
2722\docparam{newParent}{New parent.}
2723
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2727\constfunc{virtual void}{ScreenToClient}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
2728
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2730
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2732
2733\wxheading{Parameters}
2734
2735\docparam{x}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2736
2737\docparam{y}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2738
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2740
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2742implements the following methods:\par
2743\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2745\twocolitem{{\bf ScreenToClientXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
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2747}
2748
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2750\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollLines}\label{wxwindowscrolllines}
2751
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2754Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if {\it lines} is
2755positive) or up.
2756
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2758
cc81d32f 2759Returns {\tt true} if the window was scrolled, {\tt false} if it was already
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2761
2762\wxheading{Remarks}
2763
2764This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxTextCtrl under
2765wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all
2766platforms).
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2768\wxheading{See also}
2769
2770\helpref{ScrollPages}{wxwindowscrollpages}
2771
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2773\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollPages}\label{wxwindowscrollpages}
2774
9cd6d737 2775\func{virtual bool}{ScrollPages}{\param{int }{pages}}
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2776
2777Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if {\it pages} is
2778positive) or up.
2779
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2780\wxheading{Return value}
2781
cc81d32f 2782Returns {\tt true} if the window was scrolled, {\tt false} if it was already
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2783on top/bottom and nothing was done.
2784
2785\wxheading{Remarks}
2786
0c131a5a 2787This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxGTK.
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2788
2789\wxheading{See also}
2790
2791\helpref{ScrollLines}{wxwindowscrolllines}
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2794\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollWindow}\label{wxwindowscrollwindow}
2795
eaaa6a06 2796\func{virtual void}{ScrollWindow}{\param{int }{dx}, \param{int }{dy}, \param{const wxRect*}{ rect = NULL}}
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6453876e 2798Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
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2799
2800\wxheading{Parameters}
2801
2802\docparam{dx}{Amount to scroll horizontally.}
2803
2804\docparam{dy}{Amount to scroll vertically.}
2805
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2807scrolled (this is always the case under wxGTK which doesn't support this
2808parameter)}
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2810\wxheading{Remarks}
2811
60fef964 2812Note that you can often use \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
9f1a4466 2813instead of using this function directly.
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2816\membersection{wxWindow::SetAcceleratorTable}\label{wxwindowsetacceleratortable}
2817
2818\func{virtual void}{SetAcceleratorTable}{\param{const wxAcceleratorTable\&}{ accel}}
2819
2820Sets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
2821
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2823\membersection{wxWindow::SetAccessible}\label{wxwindowsetaccessible}
2824
dbd94b75 2825\func{void}{SetAccessible}{\param{wxAccessible*}{ accessible}}
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2826
2827Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
2828will be deleted first, if not identical to {\it accessible}.
2829
2830See also \helpref{wxAccessible}{wxaccessible}.
2831
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2833\membersection{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}\label{wxwindowsetautolayout}
2834
8a293590 2835\func{void}{SetAutoLayout}{\param{bool}{ autoLayout}}
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2837Determines whether the \helpref{wxWindow::Layout}{wxwindowlayout} function will
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2838be called automatically when the window is resized. Please note that this only
2839happens for the windows usually used to contain children, namely
2840\helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel} and \helpref{wxTopLevelWindow}{wxtoplevelwindow}
2841(and the classes deriving from them).
2842
2843This method is called implicitly by
2844\helpref{wxWindow::SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer} but if you use
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2846manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly updated when its
2847size changes.
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2849\wxheading{Parameters}
2850
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2851\docparam{autoLayout}{Set this to \true if you wish the Layout function to be
2852called automatically when the window is resized.}
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2854\wxheading{See also}
2855
2856\helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints}{wxwindowsetconstraints}
2857
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2860
e477b168 2861\func{virtual bool}{SetBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
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2862
2863Sets the background colour of the window.
2864
b8e7b673 2865Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
324eeecb 2866explanation of the difference between this method and
fa47d7a7 2867\helpref{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetownbackgroundcolour}.
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2869\wxheading{Parameters}
2870
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2872 {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
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2873
2874\wxheading{Remarks}
2875
2876The background colour is usually painted by the default\rtfsp
f4fcc291 2877\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent} event handler function
6453876e 2878under Windows and automatically under GTK.
a660d684 2879
5b6aa0ff 2880Note that setting the background colour does not cause an immediate refresh, so you
684761db 2881may wish to call \helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground} or \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} after
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2885window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
2886themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
2887applications on the system.
2888
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2890\wxheading{See also}
2891
2892\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2893\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2894\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
684761db 2895\helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground},\rtfsp
5b6aa0ff 2896\helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh},\rtfsp
f4fcc291 2897\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent}
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2900
2901\func{virtual void}{SetBackgroundStyle}{\param{wxBackgroundStyle}{ style}}
2902
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2904\helpref{GetBackgroundStyle()}{wxwindowgetbackgroundstyle} for the description
2905of the possible style values.
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2906
2907\wxheading{See also}
2908
2909\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2910\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
4488a1d3 2911\helpref{wxWindow::SetTransparent}{wxwindowsettransparent}
50c53860 2912
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00ff24c8 2915\membersection{wxWindow::SetCanFocus}\label{wxwindowsetcanfocus}
fe161a26 2916
00ff24c8 2917\func{virtual void}{SetCanFocus}{\param{bool}{ canFocus}}
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2920native TAB traversal (such as GTK+ 2.0). It is called by wxWidgets'
2921container control code to give the native system a hint when
2922doing TAB traversal. A call to this does not disable or change
2923the effect of programmatically calling
2924\helpref{wxWindow::SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus}.
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2927
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2928\helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}
2929\helpref{wxPanel::SetFocus}{wxpanelsetfocus}
2930\helpref{wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren}{wxpanelsetfocusignoringchildren}
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2933\membersection{wxWindow::SetCaret}\label{wxwindowsetcaret}
2934
2935\constfunc{void}{SetCaret}{\param{wxCaret *}{caret}}
2936
2937Sets the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
2938
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2940\membersection{wxWindow::SetClientSize}\label{wxwindowsetclientsize}
2941
2942\func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
2943
2944\func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
2945
2946This sets the size of the window client area in pixels. Using this function to size a window
2947tends to be more device-independent than \helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}, since the application need not
2948worry about what dimensions the border or title bar have when trying to fit the window
2949around panel items, for example.
2950
2951\wxheading{Parameters}
2952
2953\docparam{width}{The required client area width.}
2954
2955\docparam{height}{The required client area height.}
2956
2957\docparam{size}{The required client size.}
2958
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2960implements the following methods:\par
2961\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2963\twocolitem{{\bf SetClientSizeWH(width, height)}}{}
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2965}
2966
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2968\membersection{wxWindow::SetConstraints}\label{wxwindowsetconstraints}
2969
2970\func{void}{SetConstraints}{\param{wxLayoutConstraints* }{constraints}}
2971
2972Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. 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
2975window, it will be deleted.
2976
2977\wxheading{Parameters}
2978
2979\docparam{constraints}{The constraints to set. Pass NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
2980constraints.}
2981
2982\wxheading{Remarks}
2983
2984You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
2cdac558 2985the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you must override OnSize and call Layout()
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2986explicitly. When setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a \helpref{wxSizer}{wxsizer}, only the
2987sizer will have effect.
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d9f42a9e 2989\membersection{wxWindow::SetContainingSizer}\label{wxwindowsetcontainingsizer}
b8e7b673 2990
d9f42a9e 2991\func{void}{SetContainingSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}}
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2994when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window can
2995remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
b8e7b673 2996
b8e7b673 2997
d9f42a9e 2998\membersection{wxWindow::SetCursor}\label{wxwindowsetcursor}
b8e7b673 2999
d9f42a9e 3000\func{virtual void}{SetCursor}{\param{const wxCursor\&}{cursor}}
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3003% changed
3004Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
3005children of the window implicitly.
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3008be reset back to default.
b8e7b673 3009
d9f42a9e 3010\wxheading{Parameters}
b8e7b673 3011
d9f42a9e 3012\docparam{cursor}{Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.}
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3013
3014\wxheading{See also}
3015
d9f42a9e 3016\helpref{::wxSetCursor}{wxsetcursor}, \helpref{wxCursor}{wxcursor}
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3017
3018
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3019\membersection{wxWindow::SetDropTarget}\label{wxwindowsetdroptarget}
3020
3021\func{void}{SetDropTarget}{\param{wxDropTarget*}{ target}}
3022
3023Associates a drop target with this window.
3024
3025If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
3026
3027\wxheading{See also}
3028
c9f00eeb 3029\helpref{wxWindow::GetDropTarget}{wxwindowgetdroptarget},
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3030\helpref{Drag and drop overview}{wxdndoverview}
3031
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3035
3036\func{void}{SetEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
3037
3038Sets the event handler for this window.
3039
3040\wxheading{Parameters}
3041
3042\docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be set.}
3043
3044\wxheading{Remarks}
3045
3046An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
3047sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
3048an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
3049central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
3050window classes.
3051
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3053since this sets up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by
3054one event handler is handed to the next one in the chain.
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3055
3056\wxheading{See also}
3057
3058\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
3059\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
3060\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
3061\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
3062\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
3063
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3065\membersection{wxWindow::SetExtraStyle}\label{wxwindowsetextrastyle}
3066
3067\func{void}{SetExtraStyle}{\param{long }{exStyle}}
3068
3069Sets the extra style bits for the window. The currently defined extra style
3070bits are:
3071
3072\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
3073\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
3074\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
3075and Validate() methods will recursively descend into all children of the
3076window if it has this style flag set.}
e4b713a2 3077\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{Normally, the command
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3079for them is found. Using this style allows to prevent them from being
3080propagated beyond this window. Notice that wxDialog has this style on by
be90c029 3081default for the reasons explained in the
e4b713a2 3082\helpref{event processing overview}{eventprocessing}.}
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3083\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_TRANSIENT}}{This can be used to prevent a
3084window from being used as an implicit parent for the dialogs which were
3085created without a parent. It is useful for the windows which can disappear at
2edb0bde 3086any moment as creating children of such windows results in fatal problems.}
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3087\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_CONTEXTHELP}}{Under Windows, puts a query
3088button on the caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive
3089help mode and wxWidgets will send a wxEVT\_HELP event if the user clicked on an
3090application window.
335c9e32 3091This style cannot be used together with wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX or wxMINIMIZE\_BOX, so
7ce6cc9b 3092these two styles are automatically turned of if this one is used.}
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3093\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_IDLE}}{This window should always process idle events, even
3094if the mode set by \helpref{wxIdleEvent::SetMode}{wxidleeventsetmode} is wxIDLE\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
3095\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_UI\_UPDATES}}{This window should always process UI update events,
3096even if the mode set by \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} is wxUPDATE\_UI\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
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3098
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3100\membersection{wxWindow::SetFocus}\label{wxwindowsetfocus}
3101
3102\func{virtual void}{SetFocus}{\void}
3103
3104This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
3105
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3106\wxheading{See also}
3107
3108\helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}
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3109\helpref{wxPanel::SetFocus}{wxpanelsetfocus}
3110\helpref{wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren}{wxpanelsetfocusignoringchildren}
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3113\membersection{wxWindow::SetFocusFromKbd}\label{wxwindowsetfocusfromkbd}
3114
3115\func{virtual void}{SetFocusFromKbd}{\void}
3116
fc2171bd 3117This function is called by wxWidgets keyboard navigation code when the user
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3118gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using {\tt TAB} key).
3119By default this method simply calls \helpref{SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus} but
3120can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
3121
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3123\membersection{wxWindow::SetFont}\label{wxwindowsetfont}
3124
9c575662 3125\func{bool}{SetFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}}
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3127Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
3128parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
fa47d7a7 3129use \helpref{SetOwnFont}{wxwindowsetownfont} instead in this case and
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3130see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for more
3131explanations.
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3133Please notice that the given font is \emph{not} automatically used for
3134\helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc} objects associated with this window, you need to
3135call \helpref{wxDC::SetFont()}{wxdcsetfont} too. However this font is used by
3136any standard controls for drawing their text as well as by
3137\helpref{wxWindow::GetTextExtent()}{wxwindowgettextextent}.
3138
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3139\wxheading{Parameters}
3140
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3142{\tt wxNullFont} to reset to the default font.}
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3144\wxheading{Return value}
3145
3146\true if the want was really changed, \false if it was already set to this
3147\arg{font} and so nothing was done.
3148
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3149\wxheading{See also}
3150
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3151\helpref{wxWindow::GetFont}{wxwindowgetfont},\\
3152\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
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3155\membersection{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour}
3156
3157\func{virtual void}{SetForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
3158
3159Sets the foreground colour of the window.
3160
b8e7b673 3161Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
324eeecb 3162explanation of the difference between this method and
fa47d7a7 3163\helpref{SetOwnForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}.
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3166
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3168 {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
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3169
3170\wxheading{Remarks}
3171
3172The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
3173to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
3174be used at all.
3175
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3177window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
3178themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
3179applications on the system.
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3181\wxheading{See also}
3182
3183\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
3184\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
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3185\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
3186\helpref{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
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3189\membersection{wxWindow::SetHelpText}\label{wxwindowsethelptext}
3190
3191\func{virtual void}{SetHelpText}{\param{const wxString\& }{helpText}}
3192
3193Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
3194
3195Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
3196and not in the window object itself.
3197
3198\wxheading{See also}
3199
3200\helpref{GetHelpText}{wxwindowgethelptext}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
3201
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3203\membersection{wxWindow::SetId}\label{wxwindowsetid}
3204
3205\func{void}{SetId}{\param{int}{ id}}
3206
3207Sets the identifier of the window.
3208
3209\wxheading{Remarks}
3210
3211Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has not provided one,
3212an identifier will be generated. Normally, the identifier should be provided
3213on creation and should not be modified subsequently.
3214
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3216
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3218\helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
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3223
3224\func{virtual void}{SetInitialBestSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
3225
3226Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the
3227components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord).
3228
3229
3230\membersection{wxWindow::SetInitialSize}\label{wxwindowsetinitialsize}
3231
3232\func{void}{SetInitialSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize}}
3233
3234A {\it smart} SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
3235window's {\it best} size values. Also sets the window's minsize to
3236the value passed in for use with sizers. This means that if a full or
3237partial size is passed to this function then the sizers will use that
3238size instead of the results of GetBestSize to determine the minimum
3239needs of the window for layout.
3240
3241Most controls will use this to set their initial size, and their min
3242size to the passed in value (if any.)
3243
3244
3245\wxheading{See also}
3246
3247\helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize},\rtfsp
3248\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
3249\helpref{wxWindow::GetEffectiveMinSize}{wxwindowgeteffectiveminsize}
3250
3251
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3253
3254\func{virtual void}{SetLabel}{\param{const wxString\& }{label}}
3255
3256Sets the window's label.
3257
3258\wxheading{Parameters}
3259
3260\docparam{label}{The window label.}
3261
3262\wxheading{See also}
3263
3264\helpref{wxWindow::GetLabel}{wxwindowgetlabel}
3265
3266
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3268
3269\func{void}{SetMaxSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
3270
3271Sets the maximum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
3272that this is the maximum possible size.
3273
3274\membersection{wxWindow::SetMinSize}\label{wxwindowsetminsize}
3275
3276\func{void}{SetMinSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
3277
3278Sets the minimum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
3279that this is the minimum required size. You may need to call this
3280if you change the window size after construction and before adding
3281to its parent sizer.
3282
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3283\membersection{wxWindow::SetName}\label{wxwindowsetname}
3284
3285\func{virtual void}{SetName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
3286
3287Sets the window's name.
3288
3289\wxheading{Parameters}
3290
3291\docparam{name}{A name to set for the window.}
3292
3293\wxheading{See also}
3294
3295\helpref{wxWindow::GetName}{wxwindowgetname}
3296
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3298\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetownbackgroundcolour}
3299
3300\func{void}{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
3301
3302Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
3303by the children of this window.
3304
3305\wxheading{See also}
3306
3307\helpref{SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
3308\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
3309
3310
3311\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnFont}\label{wxwindowsetownfont}
3312
3313\func{void}{SetOwnFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}}
3314
3315Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
3316children of this window.
3317
3318\wxheading{See also}
3319
3320\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont},\rtfsp
3321\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
3322
3323
3324\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}
3325
3326\func{void}{SetOwnForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
3327
3328Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
3329by the children of this window.
3330
3331\wxheading{See also}
3332
3333\helpref{SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
3334\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
3335
3336
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3338
3339\func{virtual void}{SetPalette}{\param{wxPalette* }{palette}}
3340
3341Obsolete - use \helpref{wxDC::SetPalette}{wxdcsetpalette} instead.
3342
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3345
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3346\func{virtual void}{SetScrollbar}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{position},\rtfsp
3347\param{int }{thumbSize}, \param{int }{range},\rtfsp
cc81d32f 3348\param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3350Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
3351
3352\wxheading{Parameters}
3353
3354\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3355
3356\docparam{position}{The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.}
3357
3358\docparam{thumbSize}{The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.}
3359
3360\docparam{range}{The maximum position of the scrollbar.}
3361
cc81d32f 3362\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3364\wxheading{Remarks}
3365
3366Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same font.
3367The window is sized so that you can only see 16 lines at a time.
3368
3369You would use:
3370
3371{\small%
3372\begin{verbatim}
3373 SetScrollbar(wxVERTICAL, 0, 16, 50);
3374\end{verbatim}
3375}
3376
3377Note that with the window at this size, the thumb position can never go
3378above 50 minus 16, or 34.
3379
3380You can determine how many lines are currently visible by dividing the current view
3381size by the character height in pixels.
3382
3383When defining your own scrollbar behaviour, you will always need to recalculate
3384the scrollbar settings when the window size changes. You could therefore put your
3385scrollbar calculations and SetScrollbar
3386call into a function named AdjustScrollbars, which can be called initially and also
f4fcc291 3387from your \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent} handler function.
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3389\wxheading{See also}
3390
3391\helpref{Scrolling overview}{scrollingoverview},\rtfsp
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3393\helpref{wxScrollWinEvent}{wxscrollwinevent}
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3395\begin{comment}
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3398\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpage}
3399
cc81d32f 3400\func{virtual void}{SetScrollPage}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pageSize}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3402Sets the page size of one of the built-in scrollbars.
3403
3404\wxheading{Parameters}
3405
3406\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3407
3408\docparam{pageSize}{Page size in scroll units.}
3409
cc81d32f 3410\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3412\wxheading{Remarks}
3413
3414The page size of a scrollbar is the number of scroll units that the scroll thumb travels when you
3415click on the area above/left of or below/right of the thumb. Normally you will want a whole visible
3416page to be scrolled, i.e. the size of the current view (perhaps the window client size). This
3417value has to be adjusted when the window is resized, since the page size will have changed.
3418
3419In addition to specifying how far the scroll thumb travels when paging, in Motif and some versions of Windows
3420the thumb changes size to reflect the page size relative to the length of the document. When the
3421document size is only slightly bigger than the current view (window) size, almost all of the scrollbar
3422will be taken up by the thumb. When the two values become the same, the scrollbar will (on some systems)
3423disappear.
3424
3425Currently, this function should be called before SetPageRange, because of a quirk in the Windows
3426handling of pages and ranges.
3427
3428\wxheading{See also}
3429
3430\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
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3432\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowgetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3434\end{comment}
3435
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3437\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpos}
3438
cc81d32f 3439\func{virtual void}{SetScrollPos}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pos}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3440
3441Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
3442
3443\wxheading{Parameters}
3444
3445\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3446
3447\docparam{pos}{Position in scroll units.}
3448
cc81d32f 3449\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3451\wxheading{Remarks}
3452
3453This function does not directly affect the contents of the window: it is up to the
3454application to take note of scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
3455
3456\wxheading{See also}
3457
3458\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar},\rtfsp
4179da8a 3459\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowgetscrollpos},\rtfsp
f7bd2698 3460\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollThumb}{wxwindowgetscrollthumb},\rtfsp
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3461\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
3462
3463\begin{comment}
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3466\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollRange}\label{wxwindowsetscrollrange}
3467
cc81d32f 3468\func{virtual void}{SetScrollRange}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{range}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3469
3470Sets the range of one of the built-in scrollbars.
3471
3472\wxheading{Parameters}
3473
3474\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose range is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3475
3476\docparam{range}{Scroll range.}
3477
cc81d32f 3478\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3479
3480\wxheading{Remarks}
3481
3482The range of a scrollbar is the number of steps that the thumb may travel, rather than the total
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3483object length of the scrollbar. If you are implementing a scrolling window, for example, you
3484would adjust the scroll range when the window is resized, by subtracting the window view size from the
3485total virtual window size. When the two sizes are the same (all the window is visible), the range goes to zero
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3486and usually the scrollbar will be automatically hidden.
3487
3488\wxheading{See also}
3489
3490\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
3491\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}{wxwindowsetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3493\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowgetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3495\end{comment}
3496
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3498\membersection{wxWindow::SetSize}\label{wxwindowsetsize}
3499
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3500\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}, \param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height},
3501 \param{int}{ sizeFlags = wxSIZE\_AUTO}}
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3503\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxRect\&}{ rect}}
3504
fab86f26 3505Sets the position and size of the window in pixels.
a660d684 3506
eaaa6a06 3507\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
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3509\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
3510
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3511Sets the size of the window in pixels.
3512
3513\wxheading{Parameters}
3514
60fef964 3515\docparam{x}{Required x position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
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3516value should be used.}
3517
60fef964 3518\docparam{y}{Required y position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
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3519value should be used.}
3520
60fef964 3521\docparam{width}{Required width in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
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3522value should be used.}
3523
60fef964 3524\docparam{height}{Required height position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
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3525value should be used.}
3526
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3527\docparam{size}{\helpref{wxSize}{wxsize} object for setting the size.}
3528
3529\docparam{rect}{\helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object for setting the position and size.}
3530
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3532
60fef964 3533{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_WIDTH}: a $wxDefaultCoord$ width value is taken to indicate
fc2171bd 3534a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
60fef964 3535{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_HEIGHT}: a $wxDefaultCoord$ height value is taken to indicate
4e43c815 3536a wxWidgets-supplied default height.\\
60fef964 3537{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO}: $wxDefaultCoord$ size values are taken to indicate
fc2171bd 3538a wxWidgets-supplied default size.\\
a660d684 3539{\bf wxSIZE\_USE\_EXISTING}: existing dimensions should be used
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3541{\bf wxSIZE\_ALLOW\_MINUS\_ONE}: allow negative dimensions (ie. value of $wxDefaultCoord$) to be interpreted
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3544already the same as the parameters of this function, nothing is done. but with
3545this flag a window resize may be forced even in this case (supported in wx
35462.6.2 and later and only implemented for MSW and ignored elsewhere currently)
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3547}
3548
3549\wxheading{Remarks}
3550
3551The second form is a convenience for calling the first form with default
3552x and y parameters, and must be used with non-default width and height values.
3553
3554The first form sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
60fef964 3555Parameters may be $wxDefaultCoord$ to indicate either that a default should be supplied
fc2171bd 3556by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the dimension should be used.
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3558\wxheading{See also}
3559
3560\helpref{wxWindow::Move}{wxwindowmove}
3561
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3563implements the following methods:\par
3564\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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3565\twocolitem{{\bf SetDimensions(x, y, width, height, sizeFlags=wxSIZE\_AUTO)}}{}
3566\twocolitem{{\bf SetSize(size)}}{}
3567\twocolitem{{\bf SetPosition(point)}}{}
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3569}
3570
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3572\membersection{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}\label{wxwindowsetsizehints}
3573
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3575(such as wxDialog or wxFrame) is discouraged. Please use
3576\helpref{SetMinSize}{wxwindowsetminsize} and \helpref{SetMaxSize}{wxwindowsetmaxsize}
3577instead.
3578
3579\wxheading{See also}
3580
9379c0d7 3581\helpref{wxTopLevelWindow::SetSizeHints}{wxtoplevelwindowsetsizehints}.
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3584\membersection{wxWindow::SetSizer}\label{wxwindowsetsizer}
3585
cc81d32f 3586\func{void}{SetSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=true}}
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3587
3588Sets the window to have the given layout sizer. The window
3589will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
3590If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
cc81d32f 3591window, it will be deleted if the deleteOld parameter is true.
515da557 3592
324eeecb 3593Note that this function will also call
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3595parameter if the {\it sizer}\/ is non-NULL and {\tt false} otherwise.
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3598
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3599\docparam{sizer}{The sizer to set. Pass NULL to disassociate and conditionally delete
3600the window's sizer. See below.}
3601
fab86f26 3602\docparam{deleteOld}{If true (the default), this will delete any pre-existing sizer.
cc81d32f 3603Pass false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself.}
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3604
3605\wxheading{Remarks}
3606
fc2171bd 3607SetSizer now enables and disables Layout automatically, but prior to wxWidgets 2.3.3
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3609
515da557 3610You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
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3611the sizer automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you must override OnSize and call Layout()
3612explicitly. When setting both a wxSizer and a \helpref{wxLayoutConstraints}{wxlayoutconstraints},
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3613only the sizer will have effect.
3614
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3617
cc81d32f 3618\func{void}{SetSizerAndFit}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=true}}
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3620The same as \helpref{SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer}, except it also sets the size hints
3621for the window based on the sizer's minimum size.
3622
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3624\membersection{wxWindow::SetThemeEnabled}\label{wxwindowsetthemeenabled}
3625
3626\func{virtual void}{SetThemeEnabled}{\param{bool }{enable}}
3627
3628This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
3629to draw the windows' background instead if its own background drawing
3630code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
3631obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
3632One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
3633defined by a user's selected theme.
3634
cc81d32f 3635Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to true
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3636by default so that the default look and feel is simulated best.
3637
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3639\membersection{wxWindow::SetToolTip}\label{wxwindowsettooltip}
3640
3641\func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{const wxString\& }{tip}}
3642
3643\func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{wxToolTip* }{tip}}
3644
c9f00eeb 3645Attach a tooltip to the window.
f6bcfd97 3646
c9f00eeb 3647See also: \helpref{GetToolTip}{wxwindowgettooltip},
8161ba08 3648 \helpref{wxToolTip}{wxtooltip}
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3652
3653\func{bool}{SetTransparent}{\param{wxByte }{alpha}}
3654
3655Set the transparency of the window. If the system supports transparent windows,
3656returns \true, otherwise returns \false and the window remains fully opaque.
3657See also \helpref{CanSetTransparent}{wxwindowcansettransparent}.
3658
3659The parameter \arg{alpha} is in the range $0..255$ where $0$ corresponds to a
3660fully transparent window and $255$ to the fully opaque one. The constants
3661\texttt{wxIMAGE\_ALPHA\_TRANSPARENT} and \texttt{wxIMAGE\_ALPHA\_OPAQUE} can be
3662used.
3663
3664
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3665\membersection{wxWindow::SetValidator}\label{wxwindowsetvalidator}
3666
3667\func{virtual void}{SetValidator}{\param{const wxValidator\&}{ validator}}
3668
3669Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having called wxValidator::Clone to
3670create a new validator of this type.
3671
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3674
3675\func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
3676
3677\func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
3678
3679Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
3680
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3683
3684\func{virtual void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{int}{ minW},\param{int}{ minH}, \param{int}{ maxW=-1}, \param{int}{ maxH=-1}}
3685
324eeecb 3686\func{void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ minSize=wxDefaultSize},
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3688
3689
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3690Allows specification of minimum and maximum virtual window sizes.
3691If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values
3692will be used.
3693
3694\wxheading{Parameters}
3695
3696\docparam{minW}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.}
3697
3698\docparam{minH}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.}
3699
3700\docparam{maxW}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.}
3701
3702\docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
3703
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3705
3706\docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
3707
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3709
3710If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the virtual area
3711of the window outside the given bounds.
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3714\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyle}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyle}
3715
3716\func{void}{SetWindowStyle}{\param{long}{ style}}
3717
3718Identical to \helpref{SetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}.
3719
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3721\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyleFlag}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}
3722
3723\func{virtual void}{SetWindowStyleFlag}{\param{long}{ style}}
3724
3725Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
3726after the window creation and that \helpref{Refresh()}{wxwindowrefresh} might
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3728immediately.
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b2cf617c 3730See \helpref{Window styles}{windowstyles} for more information about flags.
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3732\wxheading{See also}
3733
3734\helpref{GetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowgetwindowstyleflag}
3735
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3737\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}\label{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
3738
3739\func{void}{SetWindowVariant}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{variant}}
3740
3741This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
3742Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
dbd94b75 3743exist in several sizes which correspond to the elements of wxWindowVariant
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3744enum:
3745\begin{verbatim}
3746enum wxWindowVariant
3747{
3748 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL, // Normal size
3749 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_SMALL, // Smaller size (about 25 % smaller than normal )
3750 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MINI, // Mini size (about 33 % smaller than normal )
3751 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_LARGE, // Large size (about 25 % larger than normal )
3752};
3753\end{verbatim}
3754
3755By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
3756be used to change this.
3757
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3759\membersection{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}\label{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
3760
3761\func{virtual bool}{ShouldInheritColours}{\void}
3762
324eeecb 3763Return \true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
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3764\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}, returning \false
3765forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
3766
324eeecb 3767The base class version returns \false, but this method is overridden in
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3768\helpref{wxControl}{wxcontrol} where it returns \true.
3769
3770
aeab10d0 3771\membersection{wxWindow::Show}\label{wxwindowshow}
a660d684 3772
cc81d32f 3773\func{virtual bool}{Show}{\param{bool}{ show = {\tt true}}}
a660d684 3774
be90c029 3775Shows or hides the window. You may need to call \helpref{Raise}{wxwindowraise}
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3777needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
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3779\wxheading{Parameters}
3780
cc81d32f 3781\docparam{show}{If {\tt true} displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.}
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3783\wxheading{Return value}
3784
cc81d32f 3785{\tt true} if the window has been shown or hidden or {\tt false} if nothing was
bc5879ef 3786done because it already was in the requested state.
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3788\wxheading{See also}
3789
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3791\helpref{wxWindow::Hide}{wxwindowhide},\rtfsp
3792\helpref{wxRadioBox::Show}{wxradioboxshow}
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3795\membersection{wxWindow::ShowWithEffect}\label{wxwindowshowwitheffect}
3796
3797\func{virtual bool}{ShowWithEffect}{\param{wxShowEffect }{effect}, \param{unsigned }{timeout = $0$}, \param{wxDirection }{dir = wxBOTTOM}}
3798
3799This function shows a window, like \helpref{Show()}{wxwindowshow}, but using a
3800special visual effect if possible.
3801
3802Possible values for \arg{effect} are:
3803\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
3804\twocolitem{wxSHOW\_EFFECT\_ROLL}{Roll window effect}
3805\twocolitem{wxSHOW\_EFFECT\_SLIDE}{Sliding window effect}
3806\twocolitem{wxSHOW\_EFFECT\_BLEND}{Fade in or out effect}
3807\twocolitem{wxSHOW\_EFFECT\_EXPAND}{Expanding or collapsing effect}
3808\end{twocollist}
3809
3810For the roll and slide effects the \arg{dir} parameter specifies the animation
3811direction: it can be one of \texttt{wxTOP}, \texttt{wxBOTTOM}, \texttt{wxLEFT}
3812or \texttt{wxRIGHT}. For the other effects, this parameter is unused.
3813
3814The \arg{timeout} parameter specifies the time of the animation, in
3815milliseconds. If the default value of $0$ is used, the default animation time
3816for the current platform is used.
3817
3818Currently this function is only implemented in wxMSW and does the same thing as
3819Show() in the other ports.
3820
3821\newsince{2.9.0}
3822
3823\wxheading{See also}
3824
3825\helpref{HideWithEffect}{wxwindowhidewitheffect}
3826
3827
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3828\membersection{wxWindow::Thaw}\label{wxwindowthaw}
3829
3830\func{virtual void}{Thaw}{\void}
3831
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3833\helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}. To really thaw the control, it must be called
3834exactly the same number of times as \helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}.
3835
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3836\wxheading{See also}
3837
3838\helpref{wxWindowUpdateLocker}{wxwindowupdatelocker}
3839
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3841\membersection{wxWindow::ToggleWindowStyle}\label{wxwindowtogglewindowstyle}
3842
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3844
3845Turns the given \arg{flag} on if it's currently turned off and vice versa.
3846This function cannot be used if the value of the flag is $0$ (which is often
3847the case for default flags).
3848
3849Also, please notice that not all styles can be changed after the control
3850creation.
3851
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3852\wxheading{Return value}
3853
3854Returns \true if the style was turned on by this function, \false if it was
3855switched off.
3856
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3857\wxheading{See also}
3858
3859\helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag},\rtfsp
3860\helpref{wxWindow::HasFlag}{wxwindowhasflag}
3861
3862
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3863\membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow}
3864
3865\func{virtual bool}{TransferDataFromWindow}{\void}
3866
3867Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their validators. Returns
cc81d32f 3868{\tt false} if a transfer failed.
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3870If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3871the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
3872
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3873\wxheading{See also}
3874
3875\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow},\rtfsp
3876\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
3877
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3879\membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
3880
3881\func{virtual bool}{TransferDataToWindow}{\void}
3882
3883Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their validators.
3884
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3885If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3886the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
3887
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3889
cc81d32f 3890Returns {\tt false} if a transfer failed.
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3891
3892\wxheading{See also}
3893
3894\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3895\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
3896
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3898\membersection{wxWindow::UnregisterHotKey}\label{wxwindowunregisterhotkey}
3899
3900\func{bool}{UnregisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}}
3901
3902Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
3903
3904\wxheading{Parameters}
3905
3906\docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to RegisterHotKey.}
3907
3908\wxheading{Return value}
3909
3910{\tt true} if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, {\tt false} if the id was invalid.
3911
3912\wxheading{Remarks}
3913
3914This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
3915
3916\wxheading{See also}
3917
3918\helpref{wxWindow::RegisterHotKey}{wxwindowregisterhotkey}
3919
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3921\membersection{wxWindow::Update}\label{wxwindowupdate}
3922
3923\func{virtual void}{Update}{\void}
3924
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3925Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window and
3926all of its children recursively while this would usually only happen when the
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3927flow of control returns to the event loop.
3928Notice that this function doesn't invalidate any area of the window so
3929nothing happens if nothing has been invalidated (i.e. marked as requiring
3930a redraw). Use \helpref{Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} first if you want to
a67f1484 3931immediately redraw the window unconditionally.
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3935
c0d26c0f 3936\func{virtual void}{UpdateWindowUI}{\param{long}{ flags = wxUPDATE\_UI\_NONE}}
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3937
3938This function sends \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvents}{wxupdateuievent} to
3939the window. The particular implementation depends on the window; for
3940example a wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
3941and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
3942You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
3943UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
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3944are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
3945\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} or
e39af974 3946\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval}{wxupdateuieventsetupdateinterval} to
fc2171bd 3947limit the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
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3948
3949{\it flags} should be a bitlist of one or more of the following values.
3950
3951\begin{verbatim}
3952enum wxUpdateUI
3953{
3954 wxUPDATE_UI_NONE = 0x0000, // No particular value
3955 wxUPDATE_UI_RECURSE = 0x0001, // Call the function for descendants
3956 wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE = 0x0002 // Invoked from On(Internal)Idle
3957};
3958\end{verbatim}
3959
3960If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
3961function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE\_UI\_FROMIDLE flag, since
3962this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
3963to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
3964only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
3965The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
3966an idle function.
3967
3968\begin{verbatim}
3969void MyWindow::OnInternalIdle()
3970{
3971 if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this))
3972 UpdateWindowUI(wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE);
3973}
3974\end{verbatim}
3975
3976\wxheading{See also}
3977
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3978\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent},
3979\helpref{wxWindow::DoUpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowdoupdatewindowui},
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3981
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3984
3985\func{virtual bool}{Validate}{\void}
3986
3987Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
3988
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3990the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
3991
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3992\wxheading{Return value}
3993
cc81d32f 3994Returns {\tt false} if any of the validations failed.
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3995
3996\wxheading{See also}
3997
3998\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3980000c 3999\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow},\rtfsp
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4001
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4003\membersection{wxWindow::WarpPointer}\label{wxwindowwarppointer}
4004
4005\func{void}{WarpPointer}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
4006
4007Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
4008
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4009{\bf NB: } This function is not supported under Mac because Apple Human
4010Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor programmatically.
4011
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4012\wxheading{Parameters}
4013
4014\docparam{x}{The new x position for the cursor.}
4015
4016\docparam{y}{The new y position for the cursor.}
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