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1\section{\class{wxHelpEvent}}\label{wxhelpevent}
2
3A help event is sent when the user has requested context-sensitive help.
4This can either be caused by the application requesting
5context-sensitive help mode via \helpref{wxContextHelp}{wxcontexthelp}, or
6(on MS Windows) by the system generating a WM\_HELP message when the user pressed F1 or clicked
7on the query button in a dialog caption.
8
9A help event is sent to the window that the user clicked on, and is propagated up the
10window hierarchy until the event is processed or there are no more event handlers.
11The application should call wxEvent::GetId to check the identity of the clicked-on window,
12and then either show some suitable help or call wxEvent::Skip if the identifier is unrecognised.
13Calling Skip is important because it allows wxWindows to generate further events for ancestors
14of the clicked-on window. Otherwise it would be impossible to show help for container windows,
15since processing would stop after the first window found.
16
17\wxheading{Derived from}
18
19\helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent}\\
20\helpref{wxEvent}{wxevent}\\
21\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
22
23\wxheading{Include files}
24
25<wx/event.h>
26
27\wxheading{Event table macros}
28
29To process an activate event, use these event handler macros to direct input to a member
30function that takes a wxHelpEvent argument.
31
32\twocolwidtha{7cm}
33\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
34\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_HELP(id, func)}}{Process a wxEVT\_HELP event.}
35\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_HELP\_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}}{Process a wxEVT\_HELP event for a range of ids.}
36\end{twocollist}%
37
38\wxheading{See also}
39
40\helpref{wxContextHelp}{wxcontexthelp},\rtfsp
41\helpref{wxDialog}{wxdialog},\rtfsp
42\helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
43
44\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
45
46\membersection{wxHelpEvent::wxHelpEvent}
47
cc81d32f 48\func{}{wxHelpEvent}{\param{WXTYPE }{eventType = 0}, \param{bool}{ active = true}, \param{wxWindowID }{id = 0},
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49 \param{const wxPoint\& }{point}}
50
51Constructor.
52
53\membersection{wxHelpEvent::GetPosition}\label{wxhelpeventgetposition}
54
55\constfunc{const wxPoint\&}{GetPosition}{\void}
56
57Returns the left-click position of the mouse, in screen coordinates. This allows
58the application to position the help appropriately.
59
60\membersection{wxHelpEvent::SetPosition}\label{wxhelpeventsetposition}
61
62\func{void}{SetPosition}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
63
64Sets the left-click position of the mouse, in screen coordinates.
65