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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: scroll.cpp
3// Purpose: wxScrolledWindow sample
4// Author: Robert Roebling
5// Modified by:
6// Created:
7// RCS-ID: $Id$
8// Copyright: (C) 1998 Robert Roebling, 2002 Ron Lee, 2003 Matt Gregory
9// Licence: wxWindows license
10/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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11
12// For compilers that support precompilation, includes "wx/wx.h".
13#include "wx/wxprec.h"
14
15#ifdef __BORLANDC__
16#pragma hdrstop
17#endif
18
19#ifndef WX_PRECOMP
20#include "wx/wx.h"
21#endif
22
23#include "wx/image.h"
053f9cc1 24#include "wx/listctrl.h"
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25#include "wx/sizer.h"
26#include "wx/log.h"
27
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28const long ID_QUIT = wxID_EXIT;
29const long ID_ABOUT = wxID_ABOUT;
30const long ID_DELETE_ALL = 100;
31const long ID_INSERT_NEW = 101;
32
33// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
34// a trivial example
35// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
36
37class MySimpleFrame;
38class MySimpleCanvas;
39
40// MySimpleCanvas
41
42class MySimpleCanvas: public wxScrolledWindow
43{
44public:
45 MySimpleCanvas() { }
46 MySimpleCanvas( wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID, const wxPoint &pos, const wxSize &size );
47
48 void OnPaint( wxPaintEvent &event );
49
50private:
51 DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MyCanvas)
52 DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
53};
54
55IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MySimpleCanvas, wxScrolledWindow)
56
57BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MySimpleCanvas, wxScrolledWindow)
58 EVT_PAINT( MySimpleCanvas::OnPaint)
59END_EVENT_TABLE()
60
61MySimpleCanvas::MySimpleCanvas( wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id,
62 const wxPoint &pos, const wxSize &size )
63 : wxScrolledWindow( parent, id, pos, size, wxSUNKEN_BORDER, _T("test canvas") )
64{
65 SetScrollRate( 10, 10 );
66 SetVirtualSize( 92, 97 );
67 SetBackgroundColour( *wxWHITE );
68}
69
c5a3900a 70void MySimpleCanvas::OnPaint( wxPaintEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
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71{
72 wxPaintDC dc(this);
73 PrepareDC( dc );
c5a3900a 74
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75 dc.SetPen( *wxRED_PEN );
76 dc.SetBrush( *wxTRANSPARENT_BRUSH );
77 dc.DrawRectangle( 0,0,92,97 );
78}
79
80// MySimpleFrame
81
82class MySimpleFrame: public wxFrame
83{
84public:
85 MySimpleFrame();
86
87 void OnQuit( wxCommandEvent &event );
88
89 MySimpleCanvas *m_canvas;
90
91private:
92 DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MySimpleFrame)
93 DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
94};
95
96
97IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS( MySimpleFrame, wxFrame )
98
99BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MySimpleFrame,wxFrame)
100 EVT_MENU (ID_QUIT, MySimpleFrame::OnQuit)
101END_EVENT_TABLE()
102
103MySimpleFrame::MySimpleFrame()
104 : wxFrame( (wxFrame *)NULL, wxID_ANY, _T("wxScrolledWindow sample"),
105 wxPoint(120,120), wxSize(150,150) )
106{
107 wxMenu *file_menu = new wxMenu();
108 file_menu->Append( ID_QUIT, _T("E&xit\tAlt-X"));
109
110 wxMenuBar *menu_bar = new wxMenuBar();
111 menu_bar->Append(file_menu, _T("&File"));
112
113 SetMenuBar( menu_bar );
114
115 m_canvas = new MySimpleCanvas( this, wxID_ANY, wxPoint(0,0), wxSize(100,100) );
116}
117
118void MySimpleFrame::OnQuit( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
119{
120 Close( true );
121}
122
123// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
124// a complex example
125// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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126
127// derived classes
128
129class MyFrame;
130class MyApp;
131
132// MyCanvas
133
134class MyCanvas: public wxScrolledWindow
135{
136public:
8a73bf3d 137 MyCanvas() {}
fdd3ed7a 138 MyCanvas( wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID, const wxPoint &pos, const wxSize &size );
925e9792 139 ~MyCanvas(){};
fdd3ed7a 140 void OnPaint( wxPaintEvent &event );
307f16e8 141 void OnQueryPosition( wxCommandEvent &event );
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142 void OnAddButton( wxCommandEvent &event );
143 void OnDeleteButton( wxCommandEvent &event );
144 void OnMoveButton( wxCommandEvent &event );
145 void OnScrollWin( wxCommandEvent &event );
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146 void OnMouseRightDown( wxMouseEvent &event );
147 void OnMouseWheel( wxMouseEvent &event );
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148
149 wxButton *m_button;
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150
151 DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MyCanvas)
152 DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
153};
154
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155
156// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
157// Autoscrolling example.
158// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
159
160// this class uses the 'virtual' size attribute along with an internal
161// sizer to automatically set up scrollbars as needed
162
163class MyAutoScrollWindow : public wxScrolledWindow
164{
165private:
166
167 wxButton *m_button;
168
169public:
170
171 MyAutoScrollWindow( wxWindow *parent );
172
173 void OnResizeClick( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED( event ) );
174
175 DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
176};
177
178
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179// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
180// MyScrolledWindow classes: examples of wxScrolledWindow usage
181// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
182
183// base class for both of them
184class MyScrolledWindowBase : public wxScrolledWindow
185{
186public:
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187 MyScrolledWindowBase(wxWindow *parent)
188 : wxScrolledWindow(parent)
189 , m_nLines( 100 )
8a73bf3d 190 {
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191 wxClientDC dc(this);
192 dc.GetTextExtent(_T("Line 17"), NULL, &m_hLine);
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193 }
194
195protected:
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196 // the height of one line on screen
197 wxCoord m_hLine;
198
199 // the number of lines we draw
200 size_t m_nLines;
201};
202
203// this class does "stupid" redrawing - it redraws everything each time
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204// and sets the scrollbar extent directly.
205
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206class MyScrolledWindowDumb : public MyScrolledWindowBase
207{
208public:
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209 MyScrolledWindowDumb(wxWindow *parent) : MyScrolledWindowBase(parent)
210 {
211 // no horz scrolling
b62ca03d 212 SetScrollbars(0, m_hLine, 0, m_nLines + 1, 0, 0, true /* no refresh */);
2b5f62a0 213 }
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214
215 virtual void OnDraw(wxDC& dc);
216};
217
218// this class does "smart" redrawing - only redraws the lines which must be
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219// redrawn and sets the scroll rate and virtual size to affect the
220// scrollbars.
221//
222// Note that this class should produce identical results to the one above.
223
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224class MyScrolledWindowSmart : public MyScrolledWindowBase
225{
226public:
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227 MyScrolledWindowSmart(wxWindow *parent) : MyScrolledWindowBase(parent)
228 {
229 // no horz scrolling
230 SetScrollRate( 0, m_hLine );
4e04f777 231 SetVirtualSize( wxDefaultCoord, ( m_nLines + 1 ) * m_hLine );
2b5f62a0 232 }
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233
234 virtual void OnDraw(wxDC& dc);
235};
236
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237// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
238// MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow: implements a text viewer with simple blocksize
239// selection to test auto-scrolling functionality
240// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
241
242class MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow : public wxScrolledWindow
243{
244protected: // member data
245 // test data variables
246 static const wxChar* sm_testData;
247 static const int sm_lineCnt; // line count
248 static const int sm_lineLen; // line length in characters
249 // sizes for graphical data
250 wxCoord m_fontH, m_fontW;
251 // selection tracking
252 wxPoint m_selStart; // beginning of blockwise selection
253 wxPoint m_cursor; // end of blockwise selection (mouse position)
254
255protected: // gui stuff
256 wxFont m_font;
257
258public: // interface
259 MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow( wxWindow* parent );
260 wxRect DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars(wxRect updRect) const;
261 wxPoint DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars(wxPoint pos) const;
262 wxPoint GraphicalCharToDeviceCoords(wxPoint pos) const;
263 wxRect LogicalCoordsToGraphicalChars(wxRect updRect) const;
264 wxPoint LogicalCoordsToGraphicalChars(wxPoint pos) const;
265 wxPoint GraphicalCharToLogicalCoords(wxPoint pos) const;
266 void MyRefresh();
267 bool IsSelected(int chX, int chY) const;
268 static bool IsInside(int k, int bound1, int bound2);
269 static wxRect DCNormalize(wxCoord x, wxCoord y, wxCoord w, wxCoord h);
270
271protected: // event stuff
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272 void OnDraw(wxDC& dc);
273 void OnMouseLeftDown(wxMouseEvent& event);
274 void OnMouseLeftUp(wxMouseEvent& event);
275 void OnMouseMove(wxMouseEvent& event);
276 void OnScroll(wxScrollWinEvent& event);
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277
278 DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
57ac1a56 279};
2b5f62a0 280
8a73bf3d 281// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fdd3ed7a 282// MyFrame
8a73bf3d 283// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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284
285class MyFrame: public wxFrame
286{
287public:
288 MyFrame();
289
290 void OnAbout( wxCommandEvent &event );
291 void OnQuit( wxCommandEvent &event );
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292 void OnDeleteAll( wxCommandEvent &event );
293 void OnInsertNew( wxCommandEvent &event );
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294
295 MyCanvas *m_canvas;
ed673c6a 296 wxTextCtrl *m_log;
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297
298 DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MyFrame)
299 DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
300};
301
57ac1a56 302// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fdd3ed7a 303// MyApp
57ac1a56 304// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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305
306class MyApp: public wxApp
307{
308public:
309 virtual bool OnInit();
310};
311
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312
313// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fdd3ed7a 314// main program
57ac1a56 315// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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316
317IMPLEMENT_APP(MyApp)
318
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319// ids
320
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321const long ID_ADDBUTTON = wxNewId();
322const long ID_DELBUTTON = wxNewId();
323const long ID_MOVEBUTTON = wxNewId();
324const long ID_SCROLLWIN = wxNewId();
325const long ID_QUERYPOS = wxNewId();
ed673c6a 326
2b5f62a0 327const long ID_NEWBUTTON = wxNewId();
ed673c6a 328
57ac1a56 329// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fdd3ed7a 330// MyCanvas
57ac1a56 331// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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332
333IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MyCanvas, wxScrolledWindow)
334
335BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MyCanvas, wxScrolledWindow)
307f16e8 336 EVT_PAINT( MyCanvas::OnPaint)
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337 EVT_RIGHT_DOWN( MyCanvas::OnMouseRightDown)
338 EVT_MOUSEWHEEL( MyCanvas::OnMouseWheel)
307f16e8 339 EVT_BUTTON( ID_QUERYPOS, MyCanvas::OnQueryPosition)
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340 EVT_BUTTON( ID_ADDBUTTON, MyCanvas::OnAddButton)
341 EVT_BUTTON( ID_DELBUTTON, MyCanvas::OnDeleteButton)
342 EVT_BUTTON( ID_MOVEBUTTON, MyCanvas::OnMoveButton)
343 EVT_BUTTON( ID_SCROLLWIN, MyCanvas::OnScrollWin)
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344END_EVENT_TABLE()
345
346MyCanvas::MyCanvas( wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id,
347 const wxPoint &pos, const wxSize &size )
2b5f62a0 348 : wxScrolledWindow( parent, id, pos, size, wxSUNKEN_BORDER | wxTAB_TRAVERSAL, _T("test canvas") )
fdd3ed7a 349{
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350 SetScrollRate( 10, 10 );
351 SetVirtualSize( 500, 1000 );
352
353 (void) new wxButton( this, ID_ADDBUTTON, _T("add button"), wxPoint(10,10) );
354 (void) new wxButton( this, ID_DELBUTTON, _T("del button"), wxPoint(10,40) );
355 (void) new wxButton( this, ID_MOVEBUTTON, _T("move button"), wxPoint(150,10) );
356 (void) new wxButton( this, ID_SCROLLWIN, _T("scroll win"), wxPoint(250,10) );
ed673c6a 357
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358#if 0
359
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360 wxString choices[] =
361 {
362 "This",
363 "is one of my",
364 "really",
365 "wonderful",
366 "examples."
367 };
aa06a8fd 368
307f16e8 369 m_button = new wxButton( this, ID_QUERYPOS, "Query position", wxPoint(10,110) );
aa06a8fd 370
422d0ff0 371 (void) new wxTextCtrl( this, wxID_ANY, "wxTextCtrl", wxPoint(10,150), wxSize(80,wxDefaultCoord) );
aa06a8fd 372
b62ca03d 373 (void) new wxRadioButton( this, wxID_ANY, "Disable", wxPoint(10,190) );
aa06a8fd 374
b62ca03d 375 (void) new wxComboBox( this, wxID_ANY, "This", wxPoint(10,230), wxDefaultSize, 5, choices );
aa06a8fd 376
b62ca03d 377 (void) new wxRadioBox( this, wxID_ANY, "This", wxPoint(10,310), wxDefaultSize, 5, choices, 2, wxRA_SPECIFY_COLS );
053f9cc1 378
b62ca03d 379 (void) new wxRadioBox( this, wxID_ANY, "This", wxPoint(10,440), wxDefaultSize, 5, choices, 2, wxRA_SPECIFY_ROWS );
e9158f7d 380
ed673c6a 381 wxListCtrl *m_listCtrl = new wxListCtrl(
b62ca03d 382 this, wxID_ANY, wxPoint(200, 110), wxSize(180, 120),
8a73bf3d 383 wxLC_REPORT | wxSIMPLE_BORDER | wxLC_SINGLE_SEL );
053f9cc1 384
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385 m_listCtrl->InsertColumn(0, "First", wxLIST_FORMAT_LEFT, 90);
386 m_listCtrl->InsertColumn(1, "Last", wxLIST_FORMAT_LEFT, 90);
053f9cc1 387
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388 for ( int i=0; i < 30; i++)
389 {
390 char buf[20];
391 sprintf(buf, "Item %d", i);
392 m_listCtrl->InsertItem(i, buf);
393 }
394 m_listCtrl->SetItemState( 3, wxLIST_STATE_SELECTED, wxLIST_STATE_SELECTED );
053f9cc1 395
b62ca03d 396 (void) new wxListBox( this, wxID_ANY, wxPoint(260,280), wxSize(120,120), 5, choices, wxLB_ALWAYS_SB );
5e014a0c 397
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398#endif
399
b62ca03d 400 wxPanel *test = new wxPanel( this, wxID_ANY, wxPoint(10, 110), wxSize(130,50), wxSIMPLE_BORDER | wxTAB_TRAVERSAL );
a60b1f5d 401 test->SetBackgroundColour( wxT("WHEAT") );
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402
403#if 0
404
b62ca03d 405 wxButton *test2 = new wxButton( test, wxID_ANY, "Hallo", wxPoint(10,10) );
aa06a8fd 406
b62ca03d 407 test = new wxPanel( this, wxID_ANY, wxPoint(160, 530), wxSize(130,120), wxSUNKEN_BORDER | wxTAB_TRAVERSAL );
a60b1f5d 408 test->SetBackgroundColour( wxT("WHEAT") );
ed673c6a 409 test->SetCursor( wxCursor( wxCURSOR_NO_ENTRY ) );
b62ca03d 410 test2 = new wxButton( test, wxID_ANY, "Hallo", wxPoint(10,10) );
ed673c6a 411 test2->SetCursor( wxCursor( wxCURSOR_PENCIL ) );
aa06a8fd 412
b62ca03d 413 test = new wxPanel( this, wxID_ANY, wxPoint(310, 530), wxSize(130,120), wxRAISED_BORDER | wxTAB_TRAVERSAL );
a60b1f5d 414 test->SetBackgroundColour( wxT("WHEAT") );
ed673c6a 415 test->SetCursor( wxCursor( wxCURSOR_PENCIL ) );
b62ca03d 416 test2 = new wxButton( test, wxID_ANY, "Hallo", wxPoint(10,10) );
ed673c6a 417 test2->SetCursor( wxCursor( wxCURSOR_NO_ENTRY ) );
5e014a0c 418
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419#endif
420
a60b1f5d 421 SetBackgroundColour( wxT("BLUE") );
aa06a8fd 422
ed673c6a 423 SetCursor( wxCursor( wxCURSOR_IBEAM ) );
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424}
425
4686e0f6 426void MyCanvas::OnMouseRightDown( wxMouseEvent &event )
bf0c00c6 427{
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428 wxPoint pt( event.GetPosition() );
429 int x,y;
430 CalcUnscrolledPosition( pt.x, pt.y, &x, &y );
431 wxLogMessage( wxT("Mouse down event at: %d %d, scrolled: %d %d"), pt.x, pt.y, x, y );
432}
f6bcfd97 433
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434void MyCanvas::OnMouseWheel( wxMouseEvent &event )
435{
436 wxPoint pt( event.GetPosition() );
437 int x,y;
438 CalcUnscrolledPosition( pt.x, pt.y, &x, &y );
439 wxLogMessage( wxT("Mouse wheel event at: %d %d, scrolled: %d %d\n")
440 wxT("Rotation: %d, delta = %d"),
441 pt.x, pt.y, x, y,
442 event.GetWheelRotation(), event.GetWheelDelta() );
443
444 event.Skip();
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445}
446
447void MyCanvas::OnPaint( wxPaintEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
448{
449 wxPaintDC dc( this );
450 PrepareDC( dc );
451
2b5f62a0 452 dc.DrawText( _T("Press mouse button to test calculations!"), 160, 50 );
bf0c00c6 453
2b5f62a0 454 dc.DrawText( _T("Some text"), 140, 140 );
aa06a8fd 455
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456 dc.DrawRectangle( 100, 160, 200, 200 );
457}
458
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459void MyCanvas::OnQueryPosition( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
460{
461 wxPoint pt( m_button->GetPosition() );
4693b20c 462 wxLogMessage( wxT("Position of \"Query position\" is %d %d"), pt.x, pt.y );
bf0c00c6 463 pt = ClientToScreen( pt );
4693b20c 464 wxLogMessage( wxT("Position of \"Query position\" on screen is %d %d"), pt.x, pt.y );
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465}
466
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467void MyCanvas::OnAddButton( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
468{
4693b20c 469 wxLogMessage( wxT("Inserting button at position 10,70...") );
2b5f62a0 470 wxButton *button = new wxButton( this, ID_NEWBUTTON, wxT("new button"), wxPoint(10,70), wxSize(80,25) );
bf0c00c6 471 wxPoint pt( button->GetPosition() );
4693b20c 472 wxLogMessage( wxT("-> Position after inserting %d %d"), pt.x, pt.y );
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473}
474
256b8649 475void MyCanvas::OnDeleteButton( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
ed673c6a 476{
4693b20c 477 wxLogMessage( wxT("Deleting button inserted with \"Add button\"...") );
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478 wxWindow *win = FindWindow( ID_NEWBUTTON );
479 if (win)
480 win->Destroy();
481 else
4693b20c 482 wxLogMessage( wxT("-> No window with id = ID_NEWBUTTON found.") );
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483}
484
485void MyCanvas::OnMoveButton( wxCommandEvent &event )
486{
4693b20c 487 wxLogMessage( wxT("Moving button 10 pixels downward..") );
ed673c6a 488 wxWindow *win = FindWindow( event.GetId() );
bf0c00c6 489 wxPoint pt( win->GetPosition() );
4693b20c 490 wxLogMessage( wxT("-> Position before move is %d %d"), pt.x, pt.y );
422d0ff0 491 win->Move( wxDefaultCoord, pt.y + 10 );
bf0c00c6 492 pt = win->GetPosition();
4693b20c 493 wxLogMessage( wxT("-> Position after move is %d %d"), pt.x, pt.y );
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494}
495
496void MyCanvas::OnScrollWin( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
497{
4693b20c 498 wxLogMessage( wxT("Scrolling 2 units up.\nThe white square and the controls should move equally!") );
ed673c6a 499 int x,y;
8073eb40 500 GetViewStart( &x, &y );
4e04f777 501 Scroll( wxDefaultCoord, y+2 );
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502}
503
57ac1a56 504// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2b5f62a0 505// MyAutoScrollWindow
57ac1a56 506// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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507
508const long ID_RESIZEBUTTON = wxNewId();
509const wxSize SMALL_BUTTON( 100, 50 );
510const wxSize LARGE_BUTTON( 300, 100 );
511
512BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE( MyAutoScrollWindow, wxScrolledWindow)
513 EVT_BUTTON( ID_RESIZEBUTTON, MyAutoScrollWindow::OnResizeClick)
514END_EVENT_TABLE()
515
516MyAutoScrollWindow::MyAutoScrollWindow( wxWindow *parent )
c5a3900a 517 : wxScrolledWindow( parent, -1, wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize,
3fa5153e 518 wxSUNKEN_BORDER|wxScrolledWindowStyle )
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519{
520 SetBackgroundColour( wxT("GREEN") );
521
522 // Set the rate we'd like for scrolling.
523
524 SetScrollRate( 5, 5 );
525
526 // Populate a sizer with a 'resizing' button and some
527 // other static decoration
528
529 wxFlexGridSizer *innersizer = new wxFlexGridSizer( 2, 2 );
530
531 m_button = new wxButton( this,
532 ID_RESIZEBUTTON,
533 _T("Press me"),
534 wxDefaultPosition,
535 SMALL_BUTTON );
536
537 // We need to do this here, because wxADJUST_MINSIZE below
538 // will cause the initial size to be ignored for Best/Min size.
539 // It would be nice to fix the sizers to handle this a little
540 // more cleanly.
541
542 m_button->SetSizeHints( SMALL_BUTTON.GetWidth(), SMALL_BUTTON.GetHeight() );
543
544 innersizer->Add( m_button,
545 0,
546 wxALIGN_CENTER | wxALL | wxADJUST_MINSIZE,
547 20 );
548
b62ca03d 549 innersizer->Add( new wxStaticText( this, wxID_ANY, _T("This is just") ),
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550 0,
551 wxALIGN_CENTER );
552
b62ca03d 553 innersizer->Add( new wxStaticText( this, wxID_ANY, _T("some decoration") ),
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554 0,
555 wxALIGN_CENTER );
556
b62ca03d 557 innersizer->Add( new wxStaticText( this, wxID_ANY, _T("for you to scroll...") ),
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558 0,
559 wxALIGN_CENTER );
560
561 // Then use the sizer to set the scrolled region size.
562
563 SetSizer( innersizer );
564}
565
566void MyAutoScrollWindow::OnResizeClick( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED( event ) )
567{
568 // Arbitrarily resize the button to change the minimum size of
569 // the (scrolled) sizer.
570
571 if( m_button->GetSize() == SMALL_BUTTON )
572 m_button->SetSizeHints( LARGE_BUTTON.GetWidth(), LARGE_BUTTON.GetHeight() );
573 else
574 m_button->SetSizeHints( SMALL_BUTTON.GetWidth(), SMALL_BUTTON.GetHeight() );
575
576 // Force update layout and scrollbars, since nothing we do here
577 // necessarily generates a size event which would do it for us.
578
579 FitInside();
580}
581
57ac1a56 582// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fdd3ed7a 583// MyFrame
57ac1a56 584// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fdd3ed7a 585
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586IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS( MyFrame, wxFrame )
587
588BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MyFrame,wxFrame)
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589 EVT_MENU (ID_DELETE_ALL, MyFrame::OnDeleteAll)
590 EVT_MENU (ID_INSERT_NEW, MyFrame::OnInsertNew)
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591 EVT_MENU (ID_ABOUT, MyFrame::OnAbout)
592 EVT_MENU (ID_QUIT, MyFrame::OnQuit)
593END_EVENT_TABLE()
594
595MyFrame::MyFrame()
b62ca03d 596 : wxFrame( (wxFrame *)NULL, wxID_ANY, _T("wxScrolledWindow sample"),
57ac1a56 597 wxPoint(20,20), wxSize(800,500) )
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ed673c6a 599 wxMenu *file_menu = new wxMenu();
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600 file_menu->Append( ID_DELETE_ALL, _T("Delete all"));
601 file_menu->Append( ID_INSERT_NEW, _T("Insert new"));
602 file_menu->Append( ID_ABOUT, _T("&About.."));
603 file_menu->Append( ID_QUIT, _T("E&xit\tAlt-X"));
fdd3ed7a 604
ed673c6a 605 wxMenuBar *menu_bar = new wxMenuBar();
2b5f62a0 606 menu_bar->Append(file_menu, _T("&File"));
fdd3ed7a 607
ed673c6a 608 SetMenuBar( menu_bar );
fdd3ed7a 609
8520f137 610#if wxUSE_STATUSBAR
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612 int widths[] = { -1, 100 };
613 SetStatusWidths( 2, widths );
8520f137 614#endif // wxUSE_STATUSBAR
fdd3ed7a 615
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616 wxBoxSizer *topsizer = new wxBoxSizer( wxHORIZONTAL );
617 // subsizer splits topsizer down the middle
618 wxBoxSizer *subsizer = new wxBoxSizer( wxVERTICAL );
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620 // Setting an explicit size here is superfluous, it will be overridden
621 // by the sizer in any case.
b62ca03d 622 m_canvas = new MyCanvas( this, wxID_ANY, wxPoint(0,0), wxSize(100,100) );
8a73bf3d 623
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624 // This is done with ScrollRate/VirtualSize in MyCanvas ctor now,
625 // both should produce identical results.
626 //m_canvas->SetScrollbars( 10, 10, 50, 100 );
4e04f777 627
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628 subsizer->Add( m_canvas, 1, wxEXPAND );
629 subsizer->Add( new MyAutoScrollWindow( this ), 1, wxEXPAND );
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630
631 wxSizer *sizerBtm = new wxBoxSizer(wxHORIZONTAL);
632 sizerBtm->Add( new MyScrolledWindowDumb(this), 1, wxEXPAND );
633 sizerBtm->Add( new MyScrolledWindowSmart(this), 1, wxEXPAND );
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634 subsizer->Add( sizerBtm, 1, wxEXPAND );
635
636 topsizer->Add( subsizer, 1, wxEXPAND );
637 topsizer->Add( new MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow( this ), 1, wxEXPAND );
ed673c6a 638
ed673c6a 639 SetSizer( topsizer );
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640}
641
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642void MyFrame::OnDeleteAll( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
643{
644 m_canvas->DestroyChildren();
645}
646
647void MyFrame::OnInsertNew( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
648{
b62ca03d 649 (void)new wxButton( m_canvas, wxID_ANY, _T("Hello"), wxPoint(100,100) );
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650}
651
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652void MyFrame::OnQuit( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
653{
b62ca03d 654 Close( true );
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655}
656
657void MyFrame::OnAbout( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
658{
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659 (void)wxMessageBox( _T("wxScroll demo\n")
660 _T("Robert Roebling (c) 1998\n")
661 _T("Autoscrolling examples\n")
662 _T("Ron Lee (c) 2002\n")
663 _T("Auto-timed-scrolling example\n")
664 _T("Matt Gregory (c) 2003\n"),
665 _T("About wxScroll Demo"),
666 wxICON_INFORMATION | wxOK );
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667}
668
669//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
670// MyApp
671//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
672
673bool MyApp::OnInit()
674{
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675 wxFrame *frame = new MyFrame();
676 frame->Show( true );
677
678 frame = new MySimpleFrame();
679 frame->Show();
fdd3ed7a 680
db4ad642 681 return true;
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682}
683
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684// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
685// MyScrolledWindowXXX
686// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
687
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688void MyScrolledWindowDumb::OnDraw(wxDC& dc)
689{
690 // this is useful to see which lines are redrawn
691 static size_t s_redrawCount = 0;
692 dc.SetTextForeground(s_redrawCount++ % 2 ? *wxRED : *wxBLUE);
693
694 wxCoord y = 0;
695 for ( size_t line = 0; line < m_nLines; line++ )
696 {
697 wxCoord yPhys;
698 CalcScrolledPosition(0, y, NULL, &yPhys);
699
700 dc.DrawText(wxString::Format(_T("Line %u (logical %d, physical %d)"),
b143cf70 701 unsigned(line), y, yPhys), 0, y);
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702 y += m_hLine;
703 }
704}
705
706void MyScrolledWindowSmart::OnDraw(wxDC& dc)
707{
708 // this is useful to see which lines are redrawn
709 static size_t s_redrawCount = 0;
710 dc.SetTextForeground(s_redrawCount++ % 2 ? *wxRED : *wxBLUE);
711
712 // update region is always in device coords, translate to logical ones
713 wxRect rectUpdate = GetUpdateRegion().GetBox();
714 CalcUnscrolledPosition(rectUpdate.x, rectUpdate.y,
715 &rectUpdate.x, &rectUpdate.y);
716
717 size_t lineFrom = rectUpdate.y / m_hLine,
718 lineTo = rectUpdate.GetBottom() / m_hLine;
719
720 if ( lineTo > m_nLines - 1)
721 lineTo = m_nLines - 1;
722
723 wxCoord y = lineFrom*m_hLine;
724 for ( size_t line = lineFrom; line <= lineTo; line++ )
725 {
726 wxCoord yPhys;
727 CalcScrolledPosition(0, y, NULL, &yPhys);
728
729 dc.DrawText(wxString::Format(_T("Line %u (logical %d, physical %d)"),
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732 }
733}
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735// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
736// MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow
737// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
738
739BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow, wxScrolledWindow)
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740 EVT_LEFT_DOWN(MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnMouseLeftDown)
741 EVT_LEFT_UP(MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnMouseLeftUp)
742 EVT_MOTION(MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnMouseMove)
743 EVT_SCROLLWIN(MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnScroll)
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745
746MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow(wxWindow* parent)
4e04f777 747 : wxScrolledWindow(parent, wxID_ANY, wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize
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749 , wxVSCROLL | wxHSCROLL | wxSUNKEN_BORDER)
750 , m_selStart(-1, -1), m_cursor(-1, -1)
751 , m_font(9, wxFONTFAMILY_TELETYPE, wxFONTSTYLE_NORMAL
752 , wxFONTWEIGHT_NORMAL)
753{
754 wxClientDC dc(this);
755 // query dc for text size
756 dc.SetFont(m_font);
757 dc.GetTextExtent(wxString(_T("A")), &m_fontW, &m_fontH);
758 // set up the virtual window
759 SetScrollbars(m_fontW, m_fontH, sm_lineLen, sm_lineCnt);
760}
761
762wxRect MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars
763 (wxRect updRect) const
764{
765 wxPoint pos(updRect.GetPosition());
766 pos = DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars(pos);
767 updRect.x = pos.x;
768 updRect.y = pos.y;
769 updRect.width /= m_fontW;
770 updRect.height /= m_fontH;
771 // the *CoordsToGraphicalChars() funcs round down to upper-left corner,
772 // so an off-by-one correction is needed
773 ++updRect.width; // kludge
774 ++updRect.height; // kludge
775 return updRect;
776}
777
778wxPoint MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars
779 (wxPoint pos) const
780{
781 pos.x /= m_fontW;
782 pos.y /= m_fontH;
783 int vX, vY;
784 GetViewStart(&vX, &vY);
785 pos.x += vX;
786 pos.y += vY;
787 return pos;
788}
789
790wxPoint MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::GraphicalCharToDeviceCoords
791 (wxPoint pos) const
792{
793 int vX, vY;
794 GetViewStart(&vX, &vY);
795 pos.x -= vX;
796 pos.y -= vY;
797 pos.x *= m_fontW;
798 pos.y *= m_fontH;
799 return pos;
800}
801
802wxRect MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::LogicalCoordsToGraphicalChars
803 (wxRect updRect) const
804{
805 wxPoint pos(updRect.GetPosition());
806 pos = LogicalCoordsToGraphicalChars(pos);
807 updRect.x = pos.x;
808 updRect.y = pos.y;
809 updRect.width /= m_fontW;
810 updRect.height /= m_fontH;
811 // the *CoordsToGraphicalChars() funcs round down to upper-left corner,
812 // so an off-by-one correction is needed
813 ++updRect.width; // kludge
814 ++updRect.height; // kludge
815 return updRect;
816}
817
818wxPoint MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::LogicalCoordsToGraphicalChars
819 (wxPoint pos) const
820{
821 pos.x /= m_fontW;
822 pos.y /= m_fontH;
823 return pos;
824}
825
826wxPoint MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::GraphicalCharToLogicalCoords
827 (wxPoint pos) const
828{
829 pos.x *= m_fontW;
830 pos.y *= m_fontH;
831 return pos;
832}
833
834void MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::MyRefresh()
835{
836 static wxPoint lastSelStart(-1, -1), lastCursor(-1, -1);
837 // refresh last selected area (to deselect previously selected text)
838 wxRect lastUpdRect(
839 GraphicalCharToDeviceCoords(lastSelStart),
840 GraphicalCharToDeviceCoords(lastCursor)
841 );
842 // off-by-one corrections, necessary because it's not possible to know
843 // when to round up until rect is normalized by lastUpdRect constructor
844 lastUpdRect.width += m_fontW; // kludge
845 lastUpdRect.height += m_fontH; // kludge
846 // refresh currently selected (to select previously unselected text)
847 wxRect updRect(
848 GraphicalCharToDeviceCoords(m_selStart),
849 GraphicalCharToDeviceCoords(m_cursor)
850 );
851 // off-by-one corrections
852 updRect.width += m_fontW; // kludge
853 updRect.height += m_fontH; // kludge
854 // find necessary refresh areas
855 wxCoord rx = lastUpdRect.x;
856 wxCoord ry = lastUpdRect.y;
857 wxCoord rw = updRect.x - lastUpdRect.x;
858 wxCoord rh = lastUpdRect.height;
859 if (rw && rh) {
860 RefreshRect(DCNormalize(rx, ry, rw, rh));
861 }
862 rx = updRect.x;
863 ry = updRect.y + updRect.height;
864 rw= updRect.width;
865 rh = (lastUpdRect.y + lastUpdRect.height) - (updRect.y + updRect.height);
866 if (rw && rh) {
867 RefreshRect(DCNormalize(rx, ry, rw, rh));
868 }
869 rx = updRect.x + updRect.width;
870 ry = lastUpdRect.y;
871 rw = (lastUpdRect.x + lastUpdRect.width) - (updRect.x + updRect.width);
872 rh = lastUpdRect.height;
873 if (rw && rh) {
874 RefreshRect(DCNormalize(rx, ry, rw, rh));
875 }
876 rx = updRect.x;
877 ry = lastUpdRect.y;
878 rw = updRect.width;
879 rh = updRect.y - lastUpdRect.y;
880 if (rw && rh) {
881 RefreshRect(DCNormalize(rx, ry, rw, rh));
882 }
883 // update last
884 lastSelStart = m_selStart;
885 lastCursor = m_cursor;
886}
887
888bool MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::IsSelected(int chX, int chY) const
889{
890 if (IsInside(chX, m_selStart.x, m_cursor.x)
891 && IsInside(chY, m_selStart.y, m_cursor.y)) {
4e04f777 892 return true;
57ac1a56 893 }
4e04f777 894 return false;
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896
897bool MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::IsInside(int k, int bound1, int bound2)
898{
899 if ((k >= bound1 && k <= bound2) || (k >= bound2 && k <= bound1)) {
4e04f777 900 return true;
57ac1a56 901 }
4e04f777 902 return false;
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904
905wxRect MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::DCNormalize(wxCoord x, wxCoord y
906 , wxCoord w, wxCoord h)
907{
908 // this is needed to get rid of the graphical remnants from the selection
909 // I think it's because DrawRectangle() excludes a pixel in either direction
910 const int kludge = 1;
911 // make (x, y) the top-left corner
912 if (w < 0) {
913 w = -w + kludge;
914 x -= w;
915 } else {
916 x -= kludge;
917 w += kludge;
918 }
919 if (h < 0) {
920 h = -h + kludge;
921 y -= h;
922 } else {
923 y -= kludge;
924 h += kludge;
925 }
926 return wxRect(x, y, w, h);
927}
928
929void MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnDraw(wxDC& dc)
930{
931 dc.SetFont(m_font);
932 wxBrush normBrush(wxSystemSettings::GetColour(wxSYS_COLOUR_WINDOW)
933 , wxSOLID);
934 wxBrush selBrush(wxSystemSettings::GetColour(wxSYS_COLOUR_HIGHLIGHT)
935 , wxSOLID);
936 dc.SetPen(*wxTRANSPARENT_PEN);
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938
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940 // 1. for each update region
941 for (wxRegionIterator upd(GetUpdateRegion()); upd; ++upd) {
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943 wxRect updRectInGChars(DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars(updRect));
944 // 2. for each row of chars in the update region
945 for (int chY = updRectInGChars.y
946 ; chY <= updRectInGChars.y + updRectInGChars.height; ++chY) {
947 // 3. for each character in the row
948 for (int chX = updRectInGChars.x
949 ; chX <= updRectInGChars.x + updRectInGChars.width
950 ; ++chX) {
951 // 4. set up dc
952 if (IsSelected(chX, chY)) {
953 dc.SetBrush(selBrush);
954 dc.SetTextForeground( wxSystemSettings::GetColour
955 (wxSYS_COLOUR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT));
956 } else {
957 dc.SetBrush(normBrush);
958 dc.SetTextForeground( wxSystemSettings::GetColour
959 (wxSYS_COLOUR_WINDOWTEXT));
960 }
961 // 5. find position info
962 wxPoint charPos = GraphicalCharToLogicalCoords(wxPoint
963 (chX, chY));
964 // 6. draw!
965 dc.DrawRectangle(charPos.x, charPos.y, m_fontW, m_fontH);
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967 if (chY < sm_lineCnt &&
968 chX < sm_lineLen &&
969 charIndex < str.Length())
970 {
971 dc.DrawText(str.Mid(charIndex,1),
972 charPos.x, charPos.y);
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974 }
975 }
976 }
977}
978
979void MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnMouseLeftDown(wxMouseEvent& event)
980{
981 // initial press of mouse button sets the beginning of the selection
982 m_selStart = DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars(event.GetPosition());
983 // set the cursor to the same position
984 m_cursor = m_selStart;
985 // draw/erase selection
986 MyRefresh();
987}
988
989void MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnMouseLeftUp(wxMouseEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
990{
991 // this test is necessary
992 if (HasCapture()) {
993 // uncapture mouse
994 ReleaseMouse();
995 }
996}
997
998void MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnMouseMove(wxMouseEvent& event)
999{
1000 // if user is dragging
1001 if (event.Dragging() && event.LeftIsDown()) {
1002 // set the new cursor position
1003 m_cursor = DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars(event.GetPosition());
1004 // draw/erase selection
1005 MyRefresh();
1006 // capture mouse to activate auto-scrolling
1007 if (!HasCapture()) {
1008 CaptureMouse();
1009 }
1010 }
1011}
1012
1013void MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnScroll(wxScrollWinEvent& event)
1014{
1015 // need to move the cursor when autoscrolling
1016 // FIXME: the cursor also moves when the scrollbar arrows are clicked
1017 if (HasCapture()) {
1018 if (event.GetOrientation() == wxHORIZONTAL) {
687706f5 1019 if (event.GetEventType() == wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEUP) {
57ac1a56 1020 --m_cursor.x;
687706f5 1021 } else if (event.GetEventType() == wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEDOWN) {
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1023 }
1024 } else if (event.GetOrientation() == wxVERTICAL) {
687706f5 1025 if (event.GetEventType() == wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEUP) {
57ac1a56 1026 --m_cursor.y;
687706f5 1027 } else if (event.GetEventType() == wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEDOWN) {
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1029 }
1030 }
1031 }
1032 MyRefresh();
1033 event.Skip();
1034}
1035
1036const int MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::sm_lineCnt = 125;
1037const int MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::sm_lineLen = 79;
4e04f777 1038const wxChar* MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::sm_testData =
49e7b7a2 1039_T("162 Cult of the genius out of vanity. Because we think well of ourselves, but ")
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1040_T("nonetheless never suppose ourselves capable of producing a painting like one of ")
1041_T("Raphael's or a dramatic scene like one of Shakespeare's, we convince ourselves ")
1042_T("that the capacity to do so is quite extraordinarily marvelous, a wholly ")
1043_T("uncommon accident, or, if we are still religiously inclined, a mercy from on ")
1044_T("high. Thus our vanity, our self-love, promotes the cult of the genius: for only ")
1045_T("if we think of him as being very remote from us, as a miraculum, does he not ")
1046_T("aggrieve us (even Goethe, who was without envy, called Shakespeare his star of ")
49e7b7a2 1047_T("the most distant heights [\"William! Stern der schonsten Ferne\": from Goethe's, ")
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1048_T("\"Between Two Worlds\"]; in regard to which one might recall the lines: \"the ")
1049_T("stars, these we do not desire\" [from Goethe's, \"Comfort in Tears\"]). But, aside ")
1050_T("from these suggestions of our vanity, the activity of the genius seems in no ")
1051_T("way fundamentally different from the activity of the inventor of machines, the ")
1052_T("scholar of astronomy or history, the master of tactics. All these activities ")
1053_T("are explicable if one pictures to oneself people whose thinking is active in ")
1054_T("one direction, who employ everything as material, who always zealously observe ")
1055_T("their own inner life and that of others, who perceive everywhere models and ")
1056_T("incentives, who never tire of combining together the means available to them. ")
1057_T("Genius too does nothing except learn first how to lay bricks then how to build, ")
1058_T("except continually seek for material and continually form itself around it. ")
1059_T("Every activity of man is amazingly complicated, not only that of the genius: ")
49e7b7a2 1060_T("but none is a \"miracle.\" Whence, then, the belief that genius exists only in ")
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1061_T("the artist, orator and philosopher? that only they have \"intuition\"? (Whereby ")
1062_T("they are supposed to possess a kind of miraculous eyeglass with which they can ")
1063_T("see directly into \"the essence of the thing\"!) It is clear that people speak of ")
1064_T("genius only where the effects of the great intellect are most pleasant to them ")
1065_T("and where they have no desire to feel envious. To call someone \"divine\" means: ")
1066_T("\"here there is no need for us to compete.\" Then, everything finished and ")
1067_T("complete is regarded with admiration, everything still becoming is undervalued. ")
1068_T("But no one can see in the work of the artist how it has become; that is its ")
1069_T("advantage, for wherever one can see the act of becoming one grows somewhat ")
1070_T("cool. The finished and perfect art of representation repulses all thinking as ")
1071_T("to how it has become; it tyrannizes as present completeness and perfection. ")
1072_T("That is why the masters of the art of representation count above all as gifted ")
1073_T("with genius and why men of science do not. In reality, this evaluation of the ")
1074_T("former and undervaluation of the latter is only a piece of childishness in the ")
1075_T("realm of reason. ")
1076_T("\n\n")
49e7b7a2 1077_T("163 The serious workman. Do not talk about giftedness, inborn talents! One can ")
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1078_T("name great men of all kinds who were very little gifted. The acquired ")
1079_T("greatness, became \"geniuses\" (as we put it), through qualities the lack of ")
1080_T("which no one who knew what they were would boast of: they all possessed that ")
1081_T("seriousness of the efficient workman which first learns to construct the parts ")
1082_T("properly before it ventures to fashion a great whole; they allowed themselves ")
1083_T("time for it, because they took more pleasure in making the little, secondary ")
1084_T("things well than in the effect of a dazzling whole. the recipe for becoming a ")
1085_T("good novelist, for example, is easy to give, but to carry it out presupposes ")
1086_T("qualities one is accustomed to overlook when one says \"I do not have enough ")
1087_T("talent.\" One has only to make a hundred or so sketches for novels, none longer ")
1088_T("than two pages but of such distinctness that every word in them is necessary; ")
1089_T("one should write down anecdotes each day until one has learned how to give them ")
1090_T("the most pregnant and effective form; one should be tireless in collecting and ")
1091_T("describing human types and characters; one should above all relate things to ")
1092_T("others and listen to others relate, keeping one's eyes and ears open for the ")
1093_T("effect produced on those present, one should travel like a landscape painter or ")
1094_T("costume designer; one should excerpt for oneself out of the individual sciences ")
1095_T("everything that will produce an artistic effect when it is well described, one ")
1096_T("should, finally, reflect on the motives of human actions, disdain no signpost ")
1097_T("to instruction about them and be a collector of these things by day and night. ")
1098_T("One should continue in this many-sided exercise some ten years: what is then ")
49e7b7a2 1099_T("created in the workshop, however, will be fit to go out into the world. What, ")
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1100_T("however, do most people do? They begin, not with the parts, but with the whole. ")
1101_T("Perhaps they chance to strike a right note, excite attention and from then on ")
49e7b7a2 1102_T("strike worse and worse notes, for good, natural reasons. Sometimes, when the ")
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1103_T("character and intellect needed to formulate such a life-plan are lacking, fate ")
1104_T("and need take their place and lead the future master step by step through all ")
1105_T("the stipulations of his trade. ")
1106_T("\n\n")
49e7b7a2 1107_T("164 Peril and profit in the cult of the genius. The belief in great, superior, ")
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1108_T("fruitful spirits is not necessarily, yet nonetheless is very frequently ")
1109_T("associated with that religious or semi-religious superstition that these ")
1110_T("spirits are of supra-human origin and possess certain miraculous abilities by ")
1111_T("virtue of which they acquire their knowledge by quite other means than the rest ")
1112_T("of mankind. One ascribes to them, it seems, a direct view of the nature of the ")
1113_T("world, as it were a hole in the cloak of appearance, and believes that, by ")
1114_T("virtue of this miraculous seer's vision, they are able to communicate something ")
1115_T("conclusive and decisive about man and the world without the toil and ")
1116_T("rigorousness required by science. As long as there continue to be those who ")
1117_T("believe in the miraculous in the domain of knowledge one can perhaps concede ")
1118_T("that these people themselves derive some benefit from their belief, inasmuch as ")
1119_T("through their unconditional subjection to the great spirits they create for ")
1120_T("their own spirit during its time of development the finest form of discipline ")
1121_T("and schooling. On the other hand, it is at least questionable whether the ")
1122_T("superstitious belief in genius, in its privileges and special abilities, is of ")
1123_T("benefit to the genius himself if it takes root in him. It is in any event a ")
1124_T("dangerous sign when a man is assailed by awe of himself, whether it be the ")
1125_T("celebrated Caesar's awe of Caesar or the awe of one's own genius now under ")
1126_T("consideration; when the sacrificial incense which is properly rendered only to ")
1127_T("a god penetrates the brain of the genius, so that his head begins to swim and ")
1128_T("he comes to regard himself as something supra-human. The consequences that ")
1129_T("slowly result are: the feeling of irresponsibility, of exceptional rights, the ")
1130_T("belief that he confers a favor by his mere presence, insane rage when anyone ")
1131_T("attempts even to compare him with others, let alone to rate him beneath them, ")
1132_T("or to draw attention to lapses in his work. Because he ceases to practice ")
1133_T("criticism of himself, at last one pinion after the other falls out of his ")
1134_T("plumage: that superstitious eats at the roots of his powers and perhaps even ")
1135_T("turns him into a hypocrite after his powers have fled from him. For the great ")
1136_T("spirits themselves it is therefore probably more beneficial if they acquire an ")
1137_T("insight into the nature and origin of their powers, if they grasp, that is to ")
1138_T("say, what purely human qualities have come together in them and what fortunate ")
1139_T("circumstances attended them: in the first place undiminished energy, resolute ")
1140_T("application to individual goals, great personal courage, then the good fortune ")
1141_T("to receive an upbringing which offered in the early years the finest teachers, ")
1142_T("models and methods. To be sure, when their goal is the production of the ")
1143_T("greatest possible effect, unclarity with regard to oneself and that ")
1144_T("semi-insanity superadded to it has always achieved much; for what has been ")
1145_T("admired and envied at all times has been that power in them by virtue of which ")
1146_T("they render men will-less and sweep them away into the delusion that the ")
1147_T("leaders they are following are supra-natural. Indeed, it elevates and inspires ")
1148_T("men to believe that someone is in possession of supra-natural powers: to this ")
1149_T("extent Plato was right to say [Plato: Phaedrus, 244a] that madness has brought ")
49e7b7a2 1150_T("the greatest of blessings upon mankind. In rare individual cases this portion ")
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1151_T("of madness may, indeed, actually have been the means by which such a nature, ")
1152_T("excessive in all directions, was held firmly together: in the life of ")
1153_T("individuals, too, illusions that are in themselves poisons often play the role ")
1154_T("of healers; yet, in the end, in the case of every \"genius\" who believes in his ")
1155_T("own divinity the poison shows itself to the same degree as his \"genius\" grows ")
1156_T("old: one may recall, for example, the case of Napoleon, whose nature certainly ")
1157_T("grew into the mighty unity that sets him apart from all men of modern times ")
1158_T("precisely through his belief in himself and his star and through the contempt ")
1159_T("for men that flowed from it; until in the end, however, this same belief went ")
1160_T("over into an almost insane fatalism, robbed him of his acuteness and swiftness ")
1161_T("of perception, and became the cause of his destruction.");