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1\section{\class{wxWindow}}\label{wxwindow}
2
87b6002d 3wxWindow is the base class for all windows and represents any visible object on
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4screen. All controls, top level windows and so on are windows. Sizers and
5device contexts are not, however, as they don't appear on screen themselves.
6
7Please note that all children of the window will be deleted automatically by
8the destructor before the window itself is deleted which means that you don't
9have to worry about deleting them manually. Please see the \helpref{window
10deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview} for more information.
11
fc2171bd 12Also note that in this, and many others, wxWidgets classes some
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13\texttt{GetXXX()} methods may be overloaded (as, for example,
14\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize} or
15\helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize}). In this case, the overloads
16are non-virtual because having multiple virtual functions with the same name
17results in a virtual function name hiding at the derived class level (in
18English, this means that the derived class has to override all overloaded
19variants if it overrides any of them). To allow overriding them in the derived
fc2171bd 20class, wxWidgets uses a unique protected virtual \texttt{DoGetXXX()} method
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21and all \texttt{GetXXX()} ones are forwarded to it, so overriding the former
22changes the behaviour of the latter.
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24\wxheading{Derived from}
25
26\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\\
27\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
28
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29\wxheading{Include files}
30
31<wx/window.h>
32
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33\wxheading{Window styles}
34
35The following styles can apply to all windows, although they will not always make sense for a particular
4130b487 36window class or on all platforms.
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38\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
39\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
40\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSIMPLE\_BORDER}}{Displays a thin border around the window. wxBORDER is the old name
27d029c7 41for this style. }
69a126b0 42\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxDOUBLE\_BORDER}}{Displays a double border. Windows and Mac only.}
a660d684 43\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSUNKEN\_BORDER}}{Displays a sunken border.}
69a126b0 44\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxRAISED\_BORDER}}{Displays a raised border.}
6453876e 45\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSTATIC\_BORDER}}{Displays a border suitable for a static control. Windows only. }
8d99dec0 46\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxNO\_BORDER}}{Displays no border, overriding the default border style for the window.}
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47\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTRANSPARENT\_WINDOW}}{The window is transparent, that is, it will not receive paint
48events. Windows only.}
a660d684 49\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTAB\_TRAVERSAL}}{Use this to enable tab traversal for non-dialog windows.}
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50\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWANTS\_CHARS}}{Use this to indicate that
51the window wants to get all char/key events for all keys - even for
52keys like TAB or ENTER which are usually used for dialog navigation
53and which wouldn't be generated without this style. If you need to
54use this style in order to get the arrows or etc., but would still like to have
55normal keyboard navigation take place, you should create and send a
56wxNavigationKeyEvent in response to the key events for Tab and
57Shift-Tab.}
f6bcfd97 58\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxNO\_FULL\_REPAINT\_ON\_RESIZE}}{Disables repainting
895fc9cb 59the window completely when its size is changed - you will have to repaint the
f6bcfd97 60new window area manually if you use this style. Currently only has an effect for
4130b487 61Windows.}
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62\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxVSCROLL}}{Use this style to enable a vertical scrollbar.}
63\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHSCROLL}}{Use this style to enable a horizontal scrollbar.}
3c9676ea 64\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxALWAYS\_SHOW\_SB}}{If a window has scrollbars,
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65disable them instead of hiding them when they are not needed (i.e. when the
66size of the window is big enough to not require the scrollbars to navigate it).
67This style is currently only implemented for wxMSW and wxUniversal and does
68nothing on the other platforms.}
884360bc 69\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxCLIP\_CHILDREN}}{Use this style to eliminate flicker caused by the background being
6453876e 70repainted, then children being painted over them. Windows only.}
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71\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFULL\_REPAINT\_ON\_RESIZE}}{Use this style to force
72a complete redraw of the window whenever it is resized instead of redrawing
73just the part of the window affected by resizing. Note that this was the
74behaviour by default before 2.5.1 release and that if you experience redraw
75problems with the code which previously used to work you may want to try this.}
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76\end{twocollist}
77
78See also \helpref{window styles overview}{windowstyles}.
79
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80\wxheading{Extra window styles}
81
82The following are extra styles, set using \helpref{wxWindow::SetExtraStyle}{wxwindowsetextrastyle}.
83
84\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
85\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
86\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{By default, Validate/TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
87only work on direct children of the window (compatible behaviour). Set this flag to make them recursively
88descend into all subwindows.}
89\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{wxCommandEvents and the objects of the derived classes are forwarded to the
90parent window and so on recursively by default. Using this flag for the
91given window allows to block this propagation at this window, i.e. prevent
92the events from being propagated further upwards. Dialogs have this
93flag on by default.}
94\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_TRANSIENT}}{Don't use this window as an implicit parent for the other windows: this must
95be used with transient windows as otherwise there is the risk of creating a
96dialog/frame with this window as a parent which would lead to a crash if the
97parent is destroyed before the child.}
98\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_IDLE}}{This window should always process idle events, even
99if the mode set by \helpref{wxIdleEvent::SetMode}{wxidleeventsetmode} is wxIDLE\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
100\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_UI\_UPDATES}}{This window should always process UI update events,
101even if the mode set by \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} is wxUPDATE\_UI\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
102\end{twocollist}
103
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104\wxheading{See also}
105
106\helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
107
108\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
109
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f6bcfd97 111\membersection{wxWindow::wxWindow}\label{wxwindowctor}
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113\func{}{wxWindow}{\void}
114
115Default constructor.
116
eaaa6a06 117\func{}{wxWindow}{\param{wxWindow*}{ parent}, \param{wxWindowID }{id},
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118 \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition},
119 \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize},
eaaa6a06 120 \param{long }{style = 0},
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121 \param{const wxString\& }{name = wxPanelNameStr}}
122
123Constructs a window, which can be a child of a frame, dialog or any other non-control window.
124
125\wxheading{Parameters}
126
127\docparam{parent}{Pointer to a parent window.}
128
129\docparam{id}{Window identifier. If -1, will automatically create an identifier.}
130
fc2171bd 131\docparam{pos}{Window position. wxDefaultPosition is (-1, -1) which indicates that wxWidgets
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132should generate a default position for the window. If using the wxWindow class directly, supply
133an actual position.}
134
fc2171bd 135\docparam{size}{Window size. wxDefaultSize is (-1, -1) which indicates that wxWidgets
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136should generate a default size for the window. If no suitable size can be found, the
137window will be sized to 20x20 pixels so that the window is visible but obviously not
138correctly sized. }
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140\docparam{style}{Window style. For generic window styles, please see \helpref{wxWindow}{wxwindow}.}
141
142\docparam{name}{Window name.}
143
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6d06e061 145\membersection{wxWindow::\destruct{wxWindow}}\label{wxwindowdtor}
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147\func{}{\destruct{wxWindow}}{\void}
148
149Destructor. Deletes all subwindows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
150the {\bf delete} operator explicitly, you should normally
fc2171bd 151use \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} so that wxWidgets
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152can delete a window only when it is safe to do so, in idle time.
153
154\wxheading{See also}
155
156\helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
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157\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy},\rtfsp
158\helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
159
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6d06e061 161\membersection{wxWindow::AddChild}\label{wxwindowaddchild}
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163\func{virtual void}{AddChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
164
165Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
166functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
167
fc2171bd 168Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
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169called by the user code.
170
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171\wxheading{Parameters}
172
173\docparam{child}{Child window to add.}
174
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176\membersection{wxWindow::CacheBestSize}\label{wxwindowcachebestsize}
177
178\constfunc{void}{CacheBestSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
179
180Sets the cached best size value.
181
182
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183\membersection{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}\label{wxwindowcapturemouse}
184
185\func{virtual void}{CaptureMouse}{\void}
186
187Directs all mouse input to this window. Call \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse} to
188release the capture.
189
fc2171bd 190Note that wxWidgets maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
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191and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
192captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
193window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
194as you capture it.
195
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196\wxheading{See also}
197
198\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse}
199
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201\membersection{wxWindow::Center}\label{wxwindowcenter}
202
eaaa6a06 203\func{void}{Center}{\param{int}{ direction}}
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205A synonym for \helpref{Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
206
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208\membersection{wxWindow::CenterOnParent}\label{wxwindowcenteronparent}
209
210\func{void}{CenterOnParent}{\param{int}{ direction}}
211
212A synonym for \helpref{CentreOnParent}{wxwindowcentreonparent}.
213
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215\membersection{wxWindow::CenterOnScreen}\label{wxwindowcenteronscreen}
216
217\func{void}{CenterOnScreen}{\param{int}{ direction}}
218
219A synonym for \helpref{CentreOnScreen}{wxwindowcentreonscreen}.
220
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222\membersection{wxWindow::Centre}\label{wxwindowcentre}
223
7eb4e9cc 224\func{void}{Centre}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
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226Centres the window.
227
228\wxheading{Parameters}
229
230\docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
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231or {\tt wxBOTH}. It may also include {\tt wxCENTRE\_ON\_SCREEN} flag
232if you want to center the window on the entire screen and not on its
233parent window.}
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235The flag {\tt wxCENTRE\_FRAME} is obsolete and should not be used any longer
236(it has no effect).
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238\wxheading{Remarks}
239
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240If the window is a top level one (i.e. doesn't have a parent), it will be
241centered relative to the screen anyhow.
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243\wxheading{See also}
244
245\helpref{wxWindow::Center}{wxwindowcenter}
246
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248\membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnParent}\label{wxwindowcentreonparent}
249
7eb4e9cc 250\func{void}{CentreOnParent}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
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c9f00eeb 252Centres the window on its parent. This is a more readable synonym for
7eb4e9cc 253\helpref{Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
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255\wxheading{Parameters}
256
257\docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
258or {\tt wxBOTH}.}
259
260\wxheading{Remarks}
261
262This methods provides for a way to center top level windows over their
263parents instead of the entire screen. If there is no parent or if the
c9f00eeb 264window is not a top level window, then behaviour is the same as
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265\helpref{wxWindow::Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
266
267\wxheading{See also}
268
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269\helpref{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen}{wxwindowcenteronscreen}
270
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272\membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen}\label{wxwindowcentreonscreen}
273
274\func{void}{CentreOnScreen}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
275
276Centres the window on screen. This only works for top level windows -
277otherwise, the window will still be centered on its parent.
278
279\wxheading{Parameters}
280
281\docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
282or {\tt wxBOTH}.}
283
284\wxheading{See also}
285
286\helpref{wxWindow::CentreOnParent}{wxwindowcenteronparent}
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5da0803c 289\membersection{wxWindow::ClearBackground}\label{wxwindowclearbackground}
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5da0803c 291\func{void}{ClearBackground}{\void}
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293Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour. Does not
294cause an erase background event to be generated.
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6d06e061 297\membersection{wxWindow::ClientToScreen}\label{wxwindowclienttoscreen}
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299\constfunc{virtual void}{ClientToScreen}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
300
2edb0bde 301\perlnote{In wxPerl this method returns a 2-element list instead of
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303
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304\constfunc{virtual wxPoint}{ClientToScreen}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
305
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306Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
307
308\docparam{x}{A pointer to a integer value for the x coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
309a screen coordinate will be passed out.}
310
311\docparam{y}{A pointer to a integer value for the y coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
312a screen coordinate will be passed out.}
313
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314\docparam{pt}{The client position for the second form of the function.}
315
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317implements the following methods:\par
318\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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319\twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreen(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
320\twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreenXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
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322}
323
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325\membersection{wxWindow::Close}\label{wxwindowclose}
326
cc81d32f 327\func{bool}{Close}{\param{bool}{ force = {\tt false}}}
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329This function simply generates a \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent} whose
330handler usually tries to close the window. It doesn't close the window itself,
331however.
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333\wxheading{Parameters}
334
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335\docparam{force}{{\tt false} if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
336of this window, {\tt true} if it cannot.}
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338\wxheading{Remarks}
339
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340Close calls the \helpref{close handler}{wxcloseevent} for the window, providing
341an opportunity for the window to choose whether to destroy the window.
342Usually it is only used with the top level windows (wxFrame and wxDialog
343classes) as the others are not supposed to have any special OnClose() logic.
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345The close handler should check whether the window is being deleted forcibly,
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346using \helpref{wxCloseEvent::GetForce}{wxcloseeventgetforce}, in which case it
347should destroy the window using \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy}.
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349{\it Note} that calling Close does not guarantee that the window will be
350destroyed; but it provides a way to simulate a manual close of a window, which
351may or may not be implemented by destroying the window. The default
352implementation of wxDialog::OnCloseWindow does not necessarily delete the
353dialog, since it will simply simulate an wxID\_CANCEL event which is handled by
354the appropriate button event handler and may do anything at all.
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356To guarantee that the window will be destroyed, call
357\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} instead
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359\wxheading{See also}
360
361\helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
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362\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy},\rtfsp
363\helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
364
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366\membersection{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}\label{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
367
368\func{wxPoint}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
369
370\func{wxSize}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
371
372Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
373
374For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character width
375and then divided by 4.
376
377For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character height
378and then divided by 8.
379
380\wxheading{Remarks}
381
382Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
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384You can also use these functions programmatically. A convenience macro is defined:
385
386{\small
387\begin{verbatim}
388#define wxDLG_UNIT(parent, pt) parent->ConvertDialogToPixels(pt)
389\end{verbatim}
390}
391
392\wxheading{See also}
393
394\helpref{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
395
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397implements the following methods:\par
398\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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399\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
400\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
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402
403Additionally, the following helper functions are defined:\par
404\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
c9110876 405\twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_PNT(win, point)}}{Converts a wxPoint from dialog
06d20283 406units to pixels}
c9110876 407\twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_SZE(win, size)}}{Converts a wxSize from dialog
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409\end{twocollist}}
410}
411
412
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414\membersection{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}\label{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
415
416\func{wxPoint}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
417
418\func{wxSize}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
419
420Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
421
422For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 4 and then divided by the average
423character width.
424
2edb0bde 425For the y dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 8 and then divided by the average
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426character height.
427
428\wxheading{Remarks}
429
430Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
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432\wxheading{See also}
433
434\helpref{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
435
dbd94b75 436\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython implements the following methods:\par
06d20283 437\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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438\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
439\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
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441}
442
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444\membersection{wxWindow::Destroy}\label{wxwindowdestroy}
445
446\func{virtual bool}{Destroy}{\void}
447
448Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator, since
449different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
24174c30 450are not destroyed immediately when this function is called -- they are added
a660d684 451to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
2edb0bde 452have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to non-existent
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453windows.
454
455\wxheading{Return value}
456
cc81d32f 457{\tt true} if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it has been added
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458to the list of windows pending real deletion.
459
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6d06e061 461\membersection{wxWindow::DestroyChildren}\label{wxwindowdestroychildren}
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463\func{virtual void}{DestroyChildren}{\void}
464
465Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
466
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469
c222be41 470\func{bool}{Disable}{\void}
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cc81d32f 472Disables the window, same as \helpref{Enable({\tt false})}{wxwindowenable}.
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475
cc81d32f 476Returns {\tt true} if the window has been disabled, {\tt false} if it had been
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477already disabled before the call to this function.
478
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480\membersection{wxWindow::DoGetBestSize}\label{wxwindowdogetbestsize}
481
482\constfunc{virtual wxSize}{DoGetBestSize}{\void}
483
484Gets the size which best suits the window: for a control, it would be
485the minimal size which doesn't truncate the control, for a panel - the
486same size as it would have after a call to \helpref{Fit()}{wxwindowfit}.
487
488
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490
491\func{virtual void}{DoUpdateWindowUI}{\param{wxUpdateUIEvent\&}{ event}}
492
493Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
494This function is called by \helpref{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
495in order to check return values in the \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent} and
fc2171bd 496act appropriately. For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWidgets
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497implements this function as follows:
498
499\begin{verbatim}
500// do the window-specific processing after processing the update event
501void wxTopLevelWindowBase::DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent& event)
502{
503 if ( event.GetSetEnabled() )
504 Enable(event.GetEnabled());
505
506 if ( event.GetSetText() )
507 {
508 if ( event.GetText() != GetTitle() )
509 SetTitle(event.GetText());
510 }
511}
512\end{verbatim}
513
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517
8a293590 518\func{virtual void}{DragAcceptFiles}{\param{bool}{ accept}}
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2edb0bde 520Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
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522\wxheading{Parameters}
523
cc81d32f 524\docparam{accept}{If {\tt true}, the window is eligible for drop file events. If {\tt false}, the window
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525will not accept drop file events.}
526
527\wxheading{Remarks}
528
529Windows only.
530
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533
cc81d32f 534\func{virtual bool}{Enable}{\param{bool}{ enable = {\tt true}}}
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537disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
538when the parent is.
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540\wxheading{Parameters}
541
cc81d32f 542\docparam{enable}{If {\tt true}, enables the window for input. If {\tt false}, disables the window.}
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545
cc81d32f 546Returns {\tt true} if the window has been enabled or disabled, {\tt false} if
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548
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550
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552\helpref{wxWindow::Disable}{wxwindowdisable}
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556
557\func{static wxWindow*}{FindFocus}{\void}
558
559Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
560
561\wxheading{Remarks}
562
563Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without needing a wxWindow pointer.
564
565\wxheading{See also}
566
567\helpref{wxWindow::SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus}
568
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572
6b73af79 573\constfunc{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{long}{ id}}
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575Find a child of this window, by identifier.
576
6b73af79 577\constfunc{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}}
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579Find a child of this window, by name.
580
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582implements the following methods:\par
583\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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585\twocolitem{{\bf FindWindowByName(name)}}{Accepts a string}
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587}
588
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f89a1397 590\membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowById}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbyid}
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f89a1397 592\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowById}{\param{long}{ id}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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594Find the first window with the given {\it id}.
595
596If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
597frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
598The search is recursive in both cases.
599
600\wxheading{See also}
601
f89a1397 602\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
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606
f89a1397 607\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowByName}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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609Find a window by its name (as given in a window constructor or {\bf Create} function call).
610If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
611frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
612The search is recursive in both cases.
613
614If no window with such name is found,
615\helpref{FindWindowByLabel}{wxwindowfindwindowbylabel} is called.
616
617\wxheading{See also}
618
f89a1397 619\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
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623
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626Find a window by its label. Depending on the type of window, the label may be a window title
627or panel item label. If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
628frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
629The search is recursive in both cases.
630
631\wxheading{See also}
632
f89a1397 633\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
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637
638\func{virtual void}{Fit}{\void}
639
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642sizers are used for the subwindows layout. Also, if the window has exactly one
643subwindow it is better (faster and the result is more precise as Fit adds some
644margin to account for fuzziness of its calculations) to call
645
646\begin{verbatim}
647 window->SetClientSize(child->GetSize());
648\end{verbatim}
649
650instead of calling Fit.
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654
655\func{virtual void}{FitInside}{\void}
656
657Similar to \helpref{Fit}{wxwindowfit}, but sizes the interior (virtual) size
658of a window. Mainly useful with scrolled windows to reset scrollbars after
659sizing changes that do not trigger a size event, and/or scrolled windows without
660an interior sizer. This function similarly won't do anything if there are no
661subwindows.
662
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665
666\func{virtual void}{Freeze}{\void}
667
668Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking place
669on screen, the window is not redrawn at all. \helpref{Thaw}{wxwindowthaw} must
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671nested.
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673This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example, it
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675a wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all platforms nor for all
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678
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680\membersection{wxWindow::GetAcceleratorTable}\label{wxwindowgetacceleratortable}
681
682\constfunc{wxAcceleratorTable*}{GetAcceleratorTable}{\void}
683
684Gets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
685
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688
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691Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
692
693See also \helpref{wxAccessible}{wxaccessible}.
694
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697
698\constfunc{wxSize}{GetAdjustedBestSize}{\void}
699
700This method is similar to \helpref{GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize}, except
701in one thing. GetBestSize should return the minimum untruncated size of the
702window, while this method will return the largest of BestSize and any user
703specified minimum size. ie. it is the minimum size the window should currently
704be drawn at, not the minimal size it can possibly tolerate.
705
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708
709\constfunc{virtual wxColour}{GetBackgroundColour}{\void}
710
711Returns the background colour of the window.
712
713\wxheading{See also}
714
715\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
716\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
9866d9c2 717\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour}
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720
721\constfunc{virtual wxBackgroundStyle}{GetBackgroundStyle}{\void}
722
723Returns the background style of the window. The background style indicates
724whether background colour should be determined by the system (wxBG\_STYLE\_SYSTEM),
725be set to a specific colour (wxBG\_STYLE\_COLOUR), or should be left to the
726application to implement (wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM).
727
728On GTK+, use of wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM allows the flicker-free drawing of a custom
729background, such as a tiled bitmap. Currently the style has no effect on other platforms.
730
731\wxheading{See also}
732
733\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
734\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
735\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundStyle}{wxwindowsetbackgroundstyle}
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738
739\constfunc{wxSize}{GetBestFittingSize}{\void}
740
741Merges the window's best size into the min size and returns the result.
742
743\wxheading{See also}
744
745\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
746\helpref{wxWindow::SetBestFittingSize}{wxwindowsetbestfittingsize},\rtfsp
747\helpref{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}{wxwindowsetsizehints}
748
749
7f071e73 750\membersection{wxWindow::GetBestSize}\label{wxwindowgetbestsize}
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754This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window. For
755example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
3e02f5ed 756control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
8771a323 757\helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel}), the size returned by this function will be the
3e02f5ed 758same as the size the window would have had after calling
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760
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763
764\constfunc{wxCaret *}{GetCaret}{\void}
765
766Returns the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
767
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770
771\func{static wxWindow *}{GetCapture}{\void}
772
773Returns the currently captured window.
774
775\wxheading{See also}
776
777\helpref{wxWindow::HasCapture}{wxwindowhascapture},
778\helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
779\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
780\helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
781
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785\constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharHeight}{\void}
786
787Returns the character height for this window.
788
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792\constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharWidth}{\void}
793
794Returns the average character width for this window.
795
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6d06e061 797\membersection{wxWindow::GetChildren}\label{wxwindowgetchildren}
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c0ed460c 799\func{wxList\&}{GetChildren}{\void}
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c0ed460c 801Returns a reference to the list of the window's children.
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806\func{static wxVisualAttributes}{GetClassDefaultAttributes}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{ variant = \texttt{wxWINDOW\_VARIANT\_NORMAL}}}
807
808Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control. This is
809useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control as in a
810standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
811colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
812system, especially if it uses themes.
813
814The \arg{variant} parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
815ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
816returned font. See \helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
817for more about this.
818
819This static method is ``overridden'' in many derived classes and so calling,
488e1507 820for example, \helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
1b69c815 821return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
488e1507 822from those returned by, say, \helpref{wxListCtrl}{wxlistctrl}::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
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824The \texttt{wxVisualAttributes} structure has at least the fields
825\texttt{font}, \texttt{colFg} and \texttt{colBg}. All of them may be invalid
826if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
827especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
828the case for \texttt{colBg} for the controls with themed background.
829
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831
832\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
833
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836
c66c3af1 837\constfunc{void}{GetClientSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
a660d684 838
c9f00eeb 839\perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes no parameter and returns
d2c2afc9 840a 2-element list {\tt (width, height)}.}
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c66c3af1 842\constfunc{wxSize}{GetClientSize}{\void}
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845The client area is the area which may be drawn on by the programmer,
846excluding title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
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848\wxheading{Parameters}
849
850\docparam{width}{Receives the client width in pixels.}
851
852\docparam{height}{Receives the client height in pixels.}
853
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855implements the following methods:\par
856\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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858\twocolitem{{\bf GetClientSize()}}{Returns a wxSize object}
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860}
861
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863
d2c2afc9 864\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
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870
871\constfunc{wxLayoutConstraints*}{GetConstraints}{\void}
872
873Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or NULL if there are none.
874
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877
878\constfunc{const wxSizer *}{GetContainingSizer}{\void}
879
880Return the sizer that this window is a member of, if any, otherwise
881{\tt NULL}.
882
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885
886\constfunc{const wxCursor\&}{GetCursor}{\void}
887
888Return the cursor associated with this window.
889
890\wxheading{See also}
891
892\helpref{wxWindow::SetCursor}{wxwindowsetcursor}
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897\constfunc{virtual wxVisualAttributes}{GetDefaultAttributes}{\void}
898
899Currently this is the same as calling
900\helpref{GetClassDefaultAttributes}{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes}(\helpref{GetWindowVariant}{wxwindowgetwindowvariant}()).
901
902One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
903the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
904virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
905
906The other one is that in the future this function could return different
907results, for example it might return a different font for an ``Ok'' button
908than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
909in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
910function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
911version can be used without having to create an object first.
912
913
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915
916\constfunc{wxDropTarget*}{GetDropTarget}{\void}
917
918Returns the associated drop target, which may be NULL.
919
920\wxheading{See also}
921
c9f00eeb 922\helpref{wxWindow::SetDropTarget}{wxwindowsetdroptarget},
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924
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927
928\constfunc{wxEvtHandler*}{GetEventHandler}{\void}
929
930Returns the event handler for this window. By default, the window is its
931own event handler.
932
933\wxheading{See also}
934
935\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
936\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
937\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
938\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
939\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
940
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943
944\constfunc{long}{GetExtraStyle}{\void}
945
946Returns the extra style bits for the window.
947
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950
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955\wxheading{See also}
956
957\helpref{wxWindow::SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont}
958
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961
962\func{virtual wxColour}{GetForegroundColour}{\void}
963
964Returns the foreground colour of the window.
965
966\wxheading{Remarks}
967
968The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
969to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
970be used at all.
971
972\wxheading{See also}
973
974\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
975\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
976\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour}
977
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981\constfunc{wxWindow*}{GetGrandParent}{\void}
982
983Returns the grandparent of a window, or NULL if there isn't one.
984
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988\constfunc{void*}{GetHandle}{\void}
989
990Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window. Cast it to an appropriate
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996
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999
1000\constfunc{virtual wxString}{GetHelpText}{\void}
1001
1002Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
1003
1004Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
1005and not in the window object itself.
1006
1007\wxheading{See also}
1008
1009\helpref{SetHelpText}{wxwindowsethelptext}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
1010
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1013
1014\constfunc{int}{GetId}{\void}
1015
1016Returns the identifier of the window.
1017
1018\wxheading{Remarks}
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1021(or the default Id -1) an unique identifier with a negative value will be generated.
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1024
b2cf617c 1025\helpref{wxWindow::SetId}{wxwindowsetid},\rtfsp
5b6aa0ff 1026\helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
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1031\constfunc{virtual wxString }{GetLabel}{\void}
1032
1033Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
1034identification purposes.
1035
1036\wxheading{Remarks}
1037
1038The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
1039For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the title. For buttons or static text controls, it is
1040the button text. This function can be useful for meta-programs (such as testing
1041tools or special-needs access programs) which need to identify windows
1042by name.
1043
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1045
1046\constfunc{wxSize}{GetMaxSize}{\void}
1047
1048Returns the maximum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout mechanism
1049that this is the maximum possible size.
1050
1051\membersection{wxWindow::GetMinSize}\label{wxwindowgetminsize}
1052
1053\constfunc{wxSize}{GetMinSize}{\void}
1054
1055Returns the minimum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout mechanism
1056that this is the minimum required size.
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1062Returns the window's name.
1063
1064\wxheading{Remarks}
1065
1066This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the programmer to supply an appropriate
1067name in the window constructor or via \helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}.
1068
1069\wxheading{See also}
1070
1071\helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}
1072
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1076\constfunc{virtual wxWindow*}{GetParent}{\void}
1077
1078Returns the parent of the window, or NULL if there is no parent.
1079
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1082
1083\constfunc{virtual void}{GetPosition}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
1084
1085\constfunc{wxPoint}{GetPosition}{\void}
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1088for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level
1089windows.
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1091\wxheading{Parameters}
1092
1093\docparam{x}{Receives the x position of the window.}
1094
1095\docparam{y}{Receives the y position of the window.}
1096
1097\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1098implements the following methods:\par
1099\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1100\twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a wxPoint}
1101\twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionTuple()}}{Returns a tuple (x, y)}
1102\end{twocollist}}
1103}
1104
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1106method:\par
1107\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1108\twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a Wx::Point}
1109\twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionXY()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1110 {\tt ( x, y )}}
1111\end{twocollist}
1112}}
1113
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1116
1117\constfunc{virtual wxRect}{GetRect}{\void}
1118
1119Returns the size and position of the window as a \helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object.
1120
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1126Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
1127
1128\wxheading{See also}
1129
1130See \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1131
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1134
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1137Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
1138
1139\wxheading{See also}
1140
1141\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1142
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1145
1146\func{virtual int}{GetScrollThumb}{\param{int }{orientation}}
1147
1148Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
1149
1150\wxheading{See also}
1151
1152\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1153
1154
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c66c3af1 1157\constfunc{void}{GetSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
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c66c3af1 1159\constfunc{wxSize}{GetSize}{\void}
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1164\wxheading{Parameters}
1165
1166\docparam{width}{Receives the window width.}
1167
1168\docparam{height}{Receives the window height.}
1169
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1171implements the following methods:\par
1172\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1174\twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeTuple()}}{Returns a 2-tuple (width, height)}
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1176}
1177
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1179method:\par
1180\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1181\twocolitem{{\bf GetSize()}}{Returns a Wx::Size}
1182\twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeWH()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1183 {\tt ( width, height )}}
1184\end{twocollist}
1185}}
1186
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1188
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1190\helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
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1194
772c017b 1195\constfunc{wxSizer *}{GetSizer}{\void}
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be90c029 1197Return the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
e6973167 1198\helpref{SetSizer()}{wxwindowsetsizer} or {\tt NULL}.
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1204 \param{int* }{descent = NULL}, \param{int* }{externalLeading = NULL},
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1207Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1208window with the currently selected font.
1209
1210\wxheading{Parameters}
1211
1212\docparam{string}{String whose extent is to be measured.}
1213
1214\docparam{x}{Return value for width.}
1215
1216\docparam{y}{Return value for height.}
1217
1218\docparam{descent}{Return value for descent (optional).}
1219
1220\docparam{externalLeading}{Return value for external leading (optional).}
1221
1222\docparam{font}{Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).}
1223
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1227implements the following methods:\par
1228\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1230\twocolitem{{\bf GetFullTextExtent(string, font=NULL)}}{Returns a
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1232\end{twocollist}}
1233}
1234
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1236 {\tt font} parameters, and returns a 4-element list
1237 {\tt ( x, y, descent, externalLeading )}.}
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1240\membersection{wxWindow::GetTitle}\label{wxwindowgettitle}
1241
1242\func{virtual wxString}{GetTitle}{\void}
1243
1244Gets the window's title. Applicable only to frames and dialogs.
1245
1246\wxheading{See also}
1247
1248\helpref{wxWindow::SetTitle}{wxwindowsettitle}
1249
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1252
1253\constfunc{wxToolTip*}{GetToolTip}{\void}
1254
1255Get the associated tooltip or NULL if none.
1256
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1259
1260\constfunc{virtual wxRegion}{GetUpdateRegion}{\void}
1261
1262Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged. Should
f4fcc291 1263only be called within an \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent} handler.
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1265\wxheading{See also}
1266
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1268\helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator}
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1271\membersection{wxWindow::GetValidator}\label{wxwindowgetvalidator}
1272
1273\constfunc{wxValidator*}{GetValidator}{\void}
1274
1275Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or NULL if there is none.
1276
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1279
1280\constfunc{void}{GetVirtualSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
1281
1282\constfunc{wxSize}{GetVirtualSize}{\void}
1283
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1285returns the client size of the window, but after a call to
1286\helpref{SetVirtualSize}{wxwindowsetvirtualsize} it will return
1287that size.
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1289\wxheading{Parameters}
1290
1291\docparam{width}{Receives the window virtual width.}
1292
1293\docparam{height}{Receives the window virtual height.}
1294
1295\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
1296\helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize}
1297
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1301\constfunc{long}{GetWindowStyleFlag}{\void}
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1304method. {\bf GetWindowStyle()} is another name for the same function.
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1308
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1311Returns the value previous passed to
1312\helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}.
1313
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1316
1317\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasCapture}{\void}
1318
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1321\wxheading{See also}
1322
1323\helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
1324\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
1325\helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
1326
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1329
1330\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasScrollbar}{\param{int }{orient}}
1331
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1333
1334\wxheading{Parameters}
1335
1336\docparam{orient}{Orientation to check, either {\tt wxHORIZONTAL} or {\tt wxVERTICAL}.}
1337
1338
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1340
1341\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasTransparentBackground}{\void}
1342
1343Returns \true if this window background is transparent (as, for example, for
1344wxStaticText) and should show the parent window background.
1345
1346This method is mostly used internally by the library itself and you normally
1347shouldn't have to call it. You may, however, have to override it in your
1348wxWindow-derived class to ensure that background is painted correctly.
1349
1350
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1352
1353\func{bool}{Hide}{\void}
1354
cc81d32f 1355Equivalent to calling \helpref{Show}{wxwindowshow}({\tt false}).
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1359
1360\func{void}{InheritAttributes}{\void}
1361
1362This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
1363window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
1364the font and the foreground and background colours.
1365
1366By ``intelligently'' the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
1367own \helpref{default}{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes} attributes. However
1368if some of the parents attributes are explicitly (that is, using
1369\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont} and not
fa47d7a7 1370\helpref{SetOwnFont}{wxwindowsetownfont}) changed \emph{and} if the
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1372then this window takes the same value as used by the parent. In addition, if
1373the window overrides \helpref{ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
1374to return \false, the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the
1375font might.
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1378different usage scenarios. The most common one is when all default attributes
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1380different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
1381they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
1382desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
1383just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
1384do inherit the parents attributes.
1385
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1388
1389\func{void}{InitDialog}{\void}
1390
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1392to the dialog via validators.
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1396
1397\func{void}{InvalidateBestSize}{\void}
1398
1399Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it is needed.
1400
1401
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1403
1404\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsEnabled}{\void}
1405
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1408\wxheading{See also}
1409
1410\helpref{wxWindow::Enable}{wxwindowenable}
1411
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1415\constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
1416
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1420
605d715d 1421\constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{wxRect }{\&rect}}
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cc81d32f 1423Returns {\tt true} if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
ad9edf45 1424last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
4130b487 1425only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
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1428implements the following methods:\par
1429\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1432\twocolitem{{\bf IsExposedRect(rect)}}{}
8771a323 1433\end{twocollist}}}
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1437
1438\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsRetained}{\void}
1439
cc81d32f 1440Returns {\tt true} if the window is retained, {\tt false} otherwise.
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1442\wxheading{Remarks}
1443
1444Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
1445
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1448
1449\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsShown}{\void}
1450
cc81d32f 1451Returns {\tt true} if the window is shown, {\tt false} if it has been hidden.
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1455
1456\constfunc{bool}{IsTopLevel}{\void}
1457
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1460window).
1461
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1464
1465\func{void}{Layout}{\void}
1466
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1468for this window.
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1471layout is on, this function gets called automatically when the window is resized.
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1475
1476This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollLines()}{wxwindowscrolllines}$(1)$.
1477
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1480
1481This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollLines()}{wxwindowscrolllines}$(-1)$.
1482
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1485
1486\func{void}{Lower}{\void}
1487
1488Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy if it is a managed window (dialog
1489or frame).
1490
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1493
8a293590 1494\func{virtual void}{MakeModal}{\param{bool }{flag}}
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1496Disables all other windows in the application so that
d3e78bab 1497the user can only interact with this window.
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1499\wxheading{Parameters}
1500
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1502the user can only interact with this window. If {\tt false}, the effect is reversed.}
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1506
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1510
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1512
1513\wxheading{Parameters}
1514
1515\docparam{x}{Required x position.}
1516
1517\docparam{y}{Required y position.}
1518
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1520
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1522
1523Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1524wxWindow::Move function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class
1525as the call:
1526
1527\begin{verbatim}
1528 SetSize(x, y, -1, -1, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1529\end{verbatim}
1530
1531\wxheading{See also}
1532
1533\helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}
1534
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1537\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1539\twocolitem{{\bf MoveXY(x, y)}}{Accepts a pair of integers}
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1541}
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1544\membersection{wxWindow::MoveAfterInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder}
1545
1546\func{void}{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
1547
1548Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified \arg{win}.
1549This means that when the user presses \texttt{TAB} key on that other window,
1550the focus switches to this window.
1551
1552Default tab order is the same as creation order, this function and
1553\helpref{MoveBeforeInTabOrder()}{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder} allow to change
1554it after creating all the windows.
1555
1556\wxheading{Parameters}
1557
1558\docparam{win}{A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
1559must not be NULL}
1560
1561
1562\membersection{wxWindow::MoveBeforeInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder}
1563
1564\func{void}{MoveBeforeInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
1565
1566Same as \helpref{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder} except that
1567it inserts this window just before \arg{win} instead of putting it right after
1568it.
1569
1570
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1572
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1575Does keyboard navigation from this window to another, by sending
1576a wxNavigationKeyEvent.
1577
1578\wxheading{Parameters}
1579
eedc82f4 1580\docparam{flags}{A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.}
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1582\wxheading{Remarks}
1583
1584You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress handler to do the default
1585navigation behaviour for the tab key, since the standard default behaviour for
1586a multiline text control with the wxTE\_PROCESS\_TAB style is to insert a tab
1587and not navigate to the next control.
1588
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1590%% the old docs here in case we want to move any still needed bits to
1591%% the right location (i.e. probably the corresponding events docs)
1592%%
1593%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnActivate}\label{wxwindowonactivate}
1594%%
1595%% \func{void}{OnActivate}{\param{wxActivateEvent\&}{ event}}
1596%%
1597%% Called when a window is activated or deactivated.
1598%%
1599%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1600%%
1601%% \docparam{event}{Object containing activation information.}
1602%%
1603%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1604%%
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1606%% otherwise it returns {\tt false} (it is being deactivated).
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1608%% \wxheading{See also}
1609%%
1610%% \helpref{wxActivateEvent}{wxactivateevent},\rtfsp
1611%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1612%%
1613%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnChar}\label{wxwindowonchar}
1614%%
1615%% \func{void}{OnChar}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1616%%
1617%% Called when the user has pressed a key that is not a modifier (SHIFT, CONTROL or ALT).
1618%%
1619%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1620%%
1621%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1622%% details about this class.}
1623%%
1624%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1625%%
1626%% This member function is called in response to a keypress. To intercept this event,
1627%% use the EVT\_CHAR macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnChar} handler may call this
1628%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1629%%
1630%% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
1631%% values.
1632%%
1633%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept modifier
1634%% keypresses, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1635%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1636%%
1637%% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
1638%%
1639%% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
1640%% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1641%%
1642%% \wxheading{See also}
1643%%
1644%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
1645%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1646%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1647%%
1648%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCharHook}\label{wxwindowoncharhook}
1649%%
1650%% \func{void}{OnCharHook}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1651%%
1652%% This member is called to allow the window to intercept keyboard events
1653%% before they are processed by child windows.
1654%%
1655%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1656%%
1657%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1658%% details about this class.}
1659%%
1660%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1661%%
1662%% This member function is called in response to a keypress, if the window is active. To intercept this event,
1663%% use the EVT\_CHAR\_HOOK macro in an event table definition. If you do not process a particular
1664%% keypress, call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip} to allow default processing.
1665%%
1666%% An example of using this function is in the implementation of escape-character processing for wxDialog,
1667%% where pressing ESC dismisses the dialog by {\bf OnCharHook} 'forging' a cancel button press event.
1668%%
1669%% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
1670%% values.
1671%%
1672%% This function is only relevant to top-level windows (frames and dialogs), and under
1673%% Windows only. Under GTK the normal EVT\_CHAR\_ event has the functionality, i.e.
acbadd0b 1674%% you can intercept it, and if you don't call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip}
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1676%%
1677%% \wxheading{See also}
1678%%
1679%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent},\rtfsp
1680%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1681%% %% GD: OnXXX functions are not documented
1682%% %%\helpref{wxApp::OnCharHook}{wxapponcharhook},\rtfsp
1683%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1684%%
1685%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCommand}\label{wxwindowoncommand}
1686%%
1687%% \func{virtual void}{OnCommand}{\param{wxEvtHandler\& }{object}, \param{wxCommandEvent\& }{event}}
1688%%
1689%% This virtual member function is called if the control does not handle the command event.
1690%%
1691%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1692%%
1693%% \docparam{object}{Object receiving the command event.}
1694%%
1695%% \docparam{event}{Command event}
1696%%
1697%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1698%%
1699%% This virtual function is provided mainly for backward compatibility. You can also intercept commands
1700%% from child controls by using an event table, with identifiers or identifier ranges to identify
1701%% the control(s) in question.
1702%%
1703%% \wxheading{See also}
1704%%
1705%% \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
1706%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1707%%
1708%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnClose}\label{wxwindowonclose}
1709%%
1710%% \func{virtual bool}{OnClose}{\void}
1711%%
1712%% Called when the user has tried to close a a frame
1713%% or dialog box using the window manager (X) or system menu (Windows).
1714%%
1715%% {\bf Note:} This is an obsolete function.
2edb0bde 1716%% It is superseded by the \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow} event
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1718%%
1719%% \wxheading{Return value}
1720%%
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1723%% you may delete other windows.
1724%%
1725%% \wxheading{See also}
1726%%
1727%% \helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
1728%% \helpref{wxWindow::Close}{wxwindowclose},\rtfsp
1729%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow},\rtfsp
1730%% \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
1731%%
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1733%%
1734%% \func{void}{OnKeyDown}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1735%%
1736%% Called when the user has pressed a key, before it is translated into an ASCII value using other
1737%% modifier keys that might be pressed at the same time.
1738%%
1739%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1740%%
1741%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1742%% details about this class.}
1743%%
1744%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1745%%
1746%% This member function is called in response to a key down event. To intercept this event,
1747%% use the EVT\_KEY\_DOWN macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyDown} handler may call this
1748%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1749%%
1750%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
1751%% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1752%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1753%%
1754%% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
1755%%
1756%% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
1757%% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1758%%
1759%% \wxheading{See also}
1760%%
1761%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
1762%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1763%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1764%%
1765%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}\label{wxwindowonkeyup}
1766%%
1767%% \func{void}{OnKeyUp}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1768%%
1769%% Called when the user has released a key.
1770%%
1771%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1772%%
1773%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1774%% details about this class.}
1775%%
1776%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1777%%
1778%% This member function is called in response to a key up event. To intercept this event,
1779%% use the EVT\_KEY\_UP macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyUp} handler may call this
1780%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1781%%
1782%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
1783%% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1784%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1785%%
1786%% Most, but not all, windows allow key up events to be intercepted.
1787%%
1788%% \wxheading{See also}
1789%%
1790%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown},\rtfsp
1791%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1792%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1793%%
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1795%%
1796%% \func{void}{OnInitDialog}{\param{wxInitDialogEvent\&}{ event}}
1797%%
1798%% Default handler for the wxEVT\_INIT\_DIALOG event. Calls \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}.
1799%%
1800%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1801%%
1802%% \docparam{event}{Dialog initialisation event.}
1803%%
1804%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1805%%
1806%% Gives the window the default behaviour of transferring data to child controls via
1807%% the validator that each control has.
1808%%
1809%% \wxheading{See also}
1810%%
1811%% \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
1812%%
1813%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMenuCommand}\label{wxwindowonmenucommand}
1814%%
1815%% \func{void}{OnMenuCommand}{\param{wxCommandEvent\& }{event}}
1816%%
1817%% Called when a menu command is received from a menu bar.
1818%%
1819%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1820%%
1821%% \docparam{event}{The menu command event. For more information, see \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent}.}
1822%%
1823%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1824%%
1825%% A function with this name doesn't actually exist; you can choose any member function to receive
1826%% menu command events, using the EVT\_COMMAND macro for individual commands or EVT\_COMMAND\_RANGE for
1827%% a range of commands.
1828%%
1829%% \wxheading{See also}
1830%%
1831%% \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
1832%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnMenuHighlight}{wxwindowonmenuhighlight},\rtfsp
1833%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1834%%
1835%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMenuHighlight}\label{wxwindowonmenuhighlight}
1836%%
1837%% \func{void}{OnMenuHighlight}{\param{wxMenuEvent\& }{event}}
1838%%
1839%% Called when a menu select is received from a menu bar: that is, the
1840%% mouse cursor is over a menu item, but the left mouse button has not been
1841%% pressed.
1842%%
1843%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1844%%
1845%% \docparam{event}{The menu highlight event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent}.}
1846%%
1847%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1848%%
1849%% You can choose any member function to receive
1850%% menu select events, using the EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT macro for individual menu items or EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT\_ALL macro
1851%% for all menu items.
1852%%
1853%% The default implementation for \helpref{wxFrame::OnMenuHighlight}{wxframeonmenuhighlight} displays help
1854%% text in the first field of the status bar.
1855%%
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1858%%
1859%% \wxheading{See also}
1860%%
1861%% \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent},\rtfsp
1862%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnMenuCommand}{wxwindowonmenucommand},\rtfsp
1863%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1864%%
1865%%
1866%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMouseEvent}\label{wxwindowonmouseevent}
1867%%
1868%% \func{void}{OnMouseEvent}{\param{wxMouseEvent\&}{ event}}
1869%%
1870%% Called when the user has initiated an event with the
1871%% mouse.
1872%%
1873%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1874%%
1875%% \docparam{event}{The mouse event. See \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent} for
1876%% more details.}
1877%%
1878%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1879%%
1880%% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
1881%%
1882%% To intercept this event, use the EVT\_MOUSE\_EVENTS macro in an event table definition, or individual
1883%% mouse event macros such as EVT\_LEFT\_DOWN.
1884%%
1885%% \wxheading{See also}
1886%%
1887%% \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent},\rtfsp
1888%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1889%%
1890%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMove}\label{wxwindowonmove}
1891%%
1892%% \func{void}{OnMove}{\param{wxMoveEvent\& }{event}}
1893%%
1894%% Called when a window is moved.
1895%%
1896%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1897%%
1898%% \docparam{event}{The move event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent}.}
1899%%
1900%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1901%%
1902%% Use the EVT\_MOVE macro to intercept move events.
1903%%
1904%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1905%%
1906%% Not currently implemented.
1907%%
1908%% \wxheading{See also}
1909%%
1910%% \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent},\rtfsp
1911%% \helpref{wxFrame::OnSize}{wxframeonsize},\rtfsp
1912%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1913%%
1914%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnPaint}\label{wxwindowonpaint}
1915%%
1916%% \func{void}{OnPaint}{\param{wxPaintEvent\& }{event}}
1917%%
1918%% Sent to the event handler when the window must be refreshed.
1919%%
1920%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1921%%
1922%% \docparam{event}{Paint event. For more information, see \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent}.}
1923%%
1924%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1925%%
1926%% Use the EVT\_PAINT macro in an event table definition to intercept paint events.
1927%%
1928%% Note that In a paint event handler, the application must {\it always} create a \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc} object,
1929%% even if you do not use it. Otherwise, under MS Windows, refreshing for this and other windows will go wrong.
1930%%
1931%% For example:
1932%%
1933%% \small{%
1934%% \begin{verbatim}
1935%% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
1936%% {
1937%% wxPaintDC dc(this);
1938%%
1939%% DrawMyDocument(dc);
1940%% }
1941%% \end{verbatim}
1942%% }%
1943%%
1944%% You can optimize painting by retrieving the rectangles
1945%% that have been damaged and only repainting these. The rectangles are in
1946%% terms of the client area, and are unscrolled, so you will need to do
1947%% some calculations using the current view position to obtain logical,
1948%% scrolled units.
1949%%
1950%% Here is an example of using the \helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator} class:
1951%%
1952%% {\small%
1953%% \begin{verbatim}
1954%% // Called when window needs to be repainted.
1955%% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
1956%% {
1957%% wxPaintDC dc(this);
1958%%
1959%% // Find Out where the window is scrolled to
1960%% int vbX,vbY; // Top left corner of client
1961%% GetViewStart(&vbX,&vbY);
1962%%
1963%% int vX,vY,vW,vH; // Dimensions of client area in pixels
1964%% wxRegionIterator upd(GetUpdateRegion()); // get the update rect list
1965%%
1966%% while (upd)
1967%% {
1968%% vX = upd.GetX();
1969%% vY = upd.GetY();
1970%% vW = upd.GetW();
1971%% vH = upd.GetH();
1972%%
1973%% // Alternatively we can do this:
1974%% // wxRect rect;
1975%% // upd.GetRect(&rect);
1976%%
1977%% // Repaint this rectangle
1978%% ...some code...
1979%%
1980%% upd ++ ;
1981%% }
1982%% }
1983%% \end{verbatim}
1984%% }%
1985%%
1986%% \wxheading{See also}
1987%%
1988%% \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent},\rtfsp
1989%% \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc},\rtfsp
1990%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1991%%
1992%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnScroll}\label{wxwindowonscroll}
1993%%
1994%% \func{void}{OnScroll}{\param{wxScrollWinEvent\& }{event}}
1995%%
1996%% Called when a scroll window event is received from one of the window's built-in scrollbars.
1997%%
1998%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1999%%
2000%% \docparam{event}{Command event. Retrieve the new scroll position by
2001%% calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetPosition}{wxscrolleventgetposition}, and the
2002%% scrollbar orientation by calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetOrientation}{wxscrolleventgetorientation}.}
2003%%
2004%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2005%%
2006%% Note that it is not possible to distinguish between horizontal and vertical scrollbars
2007%% until the function is executing (you can't have one function for vertical, another
2008%% for horizontal events).
2009%%
2010%% \wxheading{See also}
2011%%
2012%% \helpref{wxScrollWinEvent}{wxscrollwinevent},\rtfsp
2013%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2014%%
2015%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSetFocus}\label{wxwindowonsetfocus}
2016%%
2017%% \func{void}{OnSetFocus}{\param{wxFocusEvent\& }{event}}
2018%%
2019%% Called when a window's focus is being set.
2020%%
2021%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2022%%
2023%% \docparam{event}{The focus event. For more information, see \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}.}
2024%%
2025%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2026%%
2027%% To intercept this event, use the macro EVT\_SET\_FOCUS in an event table definition.
2028%%
2029%% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
2030%%
2031%% \wxheading{See also}
2032%%
2033%% \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKillFocus}{wxwindowonkillfocus},\rtfsp
2034%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2035%%
2036%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSize}\label{wxwindowonsize}
2037%%
2038%% \func{void}{OnSize}{\param{wxSizeEvent\& }{event}}
2039%%
2040%% Called when the window has been resized. This is not a virtual function; you should
2041%% provide your own non-virtual OnSize function and direct size events to it using EVT\_SIZE
2042%% in an event table definition.
2043%%
2044%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2045%%
2046%% \docparam{event}{Size event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent}.}
2047%%
2048%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2049%%
2050%% You may wish to use this for frames to resize their child windows as appropriate.
2051%%
2052%% Note that the size passed is of
2053%% the whole window: call \helpref{wxWindow::GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize} for the area which may be
2054%% used by the application.
2055%%
2056%% When a window is resized, usually only a small part of the window is damaged and you
2057%% may only need to repaint that area. However, if your drawing depends on the size of the window,
2058%% you may need to clear the DC explicitly and repaint the whole window. In which case, you
2059%% may need to call \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} to invalidate the entire window.
2060%%
2061%% \wxheading{See also}
2062%%
2063%% \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent},\rtfsp
2064%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2065%%
2066%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSysColourChanged}\label{wxwindowonsyscolourchanged}
2067%%
2068%% \func{void}{OnSysColourChanged}{\param{wxOnSysColourChangedEvent\& }{event}}
2069%%
2070%% Called when the user has changed the system colours. Windows only.
2071%%
2072%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2073%%
2074%% \docparam{event}{System colour change event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent}.}
2075%%
2076%% \wxheading{See also}
2077%%
2078%% \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent},\rtfsp
2079%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
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2083
2084\func{virtual void}{OnInternalIdle}{\void}
2085
2086This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
2087sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
2088that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
2089handler in a derived class.
2090
2091This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
2092and most implementations call \helpref{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
2093in order to send update events to the window in idle time.
2094
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2097
2098This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(1)$.
2099
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2102
2103This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(-1)$.
2104
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2107
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2110Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
2111
2112\wxheading{Parameters}
2113
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2115default value is {\tt false}.}
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2117\wxheading{See also}
2118
2119\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
2120\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2121\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2122\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2123\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
2124
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2127
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2130\func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
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2132Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
2133window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu. If a
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2136cursor position is used.
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2138\wxheading{Parameters}
2139
2140\docparam{menu}{Menu to pop up.}
2141
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2143
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2145
2146\docparam{y}{Required y position for the menu to appear.}
2147
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2149
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2151
2152\wxheading{Remarks}
2153
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2155is called to ensure that the menu items are in the correct state. The menu does
2156not get deleted by the window.
2157
2158It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when calling PopupMenu
2159in response to mouse click, because some of the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do
2160a better job of positioning the menu in that case.
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2163implements the following methods:\par
2164\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2166\twocolitem{{\bf PopupMenuXY(menu, x, y)}}{Specifies position with two integers (x, y)}
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2168}
2169
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2172
2173\func{void}{PushEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
2174
2175Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
2176
2177\wxheading{Parameters}
2178
2179\docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be pushed.}
2180
2181\wxheading{Remarks}
2182
2183An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2184sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2185an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2186central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2187window classes.
2188
2189\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} allows
2190an application to set up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2191handed to the next one in the chain. Use \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler} to
2192remove the event handler.
2193
2194\wxheading{See also}
2195
2196\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
2197\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2198\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2199\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2200\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
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2204
2205\func{void}{Raise}{\void}
2206
2207Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy if it is a managed window (dialog
2208or frame).
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2215
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2218
2219\wxheading{Parameters}
2220
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2223
2224\docparam{rect}{If non-NULL, only the given rectangle will
2225be treated as damaged.}
2226
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2228
2229\helpref{wxWindow::RefreshRect}{wxwindowrefreshrect}
2230
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2233
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2238
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2240as it can be called with a temporary wxRect object as argument like this
2241\texttt{RefreshRect(wxRect(x, y, w, h))}.
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2245
2246\func{bool}{RegisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}, \param{int}{ modifiers}, \param{int}{ virtualKeyCode}}
2247
2248Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey registered here, this window
2249will receive a hotkey event. It will receive the event even if the application is in the background
2250and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some other application.
2251
2252\wxheading{Parameters}
2253
2254\docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0 and 0xBFFF. If
2255this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a system wide unique identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
2256This is a MSW specific detail.}
2257
2258\docparam{modifiers}{A bitwise combination of {\tt wxMOD\_SHIFT}, {\tt wxMOD\_CONTROL}, {\tt wxMOD\_ALT}
2259or {\tt wxMOD\_WIN} specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along with the key.}
2260
2261\docparam{virtualKeyCode}{The virtual key code of the hotkey.}
2262
2263\wxheading{Return value}
2264
2265{\tt true} if the hotkey was registered successfully. {\tt false} if some other application already registered a
2266hotkey with this modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
2267
2268\wxheading{Remarks}
2269
2270Use EVT\_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the event.
2271This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
2272
2273\wxheading{See also}
2274
2275\helpref{wxWindow::UnregisterHotKey}{wxwindowunregisterhotkey}
2276
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2279
2280\func{virtual void}{ReleaseMouse}{\void}
2281
2282Releases mouse input captured with \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse}.
2283
2284\wxheading{See also}
2285
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2287\helpref{wxWindow::HasCapture}{wxwindowhascapture},
2288\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
2289\helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
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2292\membersection{wxWindow::RemoveChild}\label{wxwindowremovechild}
2293
2294\func{virtual void}{RemoveChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
2295
2296Removes a child window. This is called automatically by window deletion
2297functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
2298
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2301
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2303
2304\docparam{child}{Child window to remove.}
2305
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2308
2309\func{bool}{RemoveEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler *}{handler}}
2310
2311Find the given {\it handler} in the windows event handler chain and remove (but
2312not delete) it from it.
2313
2314\wxheading{Parameters}
2315
2316\docparam{handler}{The event handler to remove, must be non {\tt NULL} and
2317must be present in this windows event handlers chain}
2318
2319\wxheading{Return value}
2320
cc81d32f 2321Returns {\tt true} if it was found and {\tt false} otherwise (this also results
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2322in an assert failure so this function should only be called when the
2323handler is supposed to be there).
2324
2325\wxheading{See also}
2326
2327\helpref{PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2328\helpref{PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler}
2329
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2332
2333\func{virtual bool}{Reparent}{\param{wxWindow* }{newParent}}
2334
2335Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
18ac8d69 2336current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
103aab26 2337and then re-inserted into another. Available on Windows and GTK.
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2339\wxheading{Parameters}
2340
2341\docparam{newParent}{New parent.}
2342
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2345
2346\constfunc{virtual void}{ScreenToClient}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
2347
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2349
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2350Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
2351
2352\wxheading{Parameters}
2353
2354\docparam{x}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2355
2356\docparam{y}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2357
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2358\docparam{pt}{The screen position for the second form of the function.}
2359
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2361implements the following methods:\par
2362\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2364\twocolitem{{\bf ScreenToClientXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
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2366}
2367
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2369\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollLines}\label{wxwindowscrolllines}
2370
9cd6d737 2371\func{virtual bool}{ScrollLines}{\param{int }{lines}}
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2372
2373Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if {\it lines} is
2374positive) or up.
2375
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2376\wxheading{Return value}
2377
cc81d32f 2378Returns {\tt true} if the window was scrolled, {\tt false} if it was already
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2379on top/bottom and nothing was done.
2380
2381\wxheading{Remarks}
2382
2383This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxTextCtrl under
2384wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all
2385platforms).
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2387\wxheading{See also}
2388
2389\helpref{ScrollPages}{wxwindowscrollpages}
2390
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2392\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollPages}\label{wxwindowscrollpages}
2393
9cd6d737 2394\func{virtual bool}{ScrollPages}{\param{int }{pages}}
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2395
2396Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if {\it pages} is
2397positive) or up.
2398
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2399\wxheading{Return value}
2400
cc81d32f 2401Returns {\tt true} if the window was scrolled, {\tt false} if it was already
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2402on top/bottom and nothing was done.
2403
2404\wxheading{Remarks}
2405
2406This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxTextCtrl under
2407wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all
2408platforms).
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2410\wxheading{See also}
2411
2412\helpref{ScrollLines}{wxwindowscrolllines}
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2415\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollWindow}\label{wxwindowscrollwindow}
2416
eaaa6a06 2417\func{virtual void}{ScrollWindow}{\param{int }{dx}, \param{int }{dy}, \param{const wxRect*}{ rect = NULL}}
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6453876e 2419Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
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2421\wxheading{Parameters}
2422
2423\docparam{dx}{Amount to scroll horizontally.}
2424
2425\docparam{dy}{Amount to scroll vertically.}
2426
2427\docparam{rect}{Rectangle to invalidate. If this is NULL, the whole window is invalidated. If you
2428pass a rectangle corresponding to the area of the window exposed by the scroll, your painting handler
f6bcfd97 2429can optimize painting by checking for the invalidated region. This parameter is ignored under GTK.}
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2431\wxheading{Remarks}
2432
a660d684 2433Use this function to optimise your scrolling implementations, to minimise the area that must be
6453876e 2434redrawn. Note that it is rarely required to call this function from a user program.
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2438
2439\func{virtual void}{SetAcceleratorTable}{\param{const wxAcceleratorTable\&}{ accel}}
2440
2441Sets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
2442
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2445
dbd94b75 2446\func{void}{SetAccessible}{\param{wxAccessible*}{ accessible}}
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2447
2448Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
2449will be deleted first, if not identical to {\it accessible}.
2450
2451See also \helpref{wxAccessible}{wxaccessible}.
2452
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2454\membersection{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}\label{wxwindowsetautolayout}
2455
8a293590 2456\func{void}{SetAutoLayout}{\param{bool}{ autoLayout}}
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2457
2458Determines whether the \helpref{wxWindow::Layout}{wxwindowlayout} function will
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2459be called automatically when the window is resized. It is called implicitly by
2460\helpref{wxWindow::SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer} but if you use
2461\helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints}{wxwindowsetconstraints} you should call it
2462manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly updated when its
2463size changes.
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2465\wxheading{Parameters}
2466
cc81d32f 2467\docparam{autoLayout}{Set this to {\tt true} if you wish the Layout function to be called
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2468from within wxWindow::OnSize functions.}
2469
2470\wxheading{See also}
2471
2472\helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints}{wxwindowsetconstraints}
2473
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2475\membersection{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour}
2476
e477b168 2477\func{virtual bool}{SetBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
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2478
2479Sets the background colour of the window.
2480
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2481Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
2482explanation of the difference between this method and
fa47d7a7 2483\helpref{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetownbackgroundcolour}.
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2485\wxheading{Parameters}
2486
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2488 {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
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2489
2490\wxheading{Remarks}
2491
2492The background colour is usually painted by the default\rtfsp
f4fcc291 2493\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent} event handler function
6453876e 2494under Windows and automatically under GTK.
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5b6aa0ff 2496Note that setting the background colour does not cause an immediate refresh, so you
684761db 2497may wish to call \helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground} or \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} after
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2499
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2501window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
2502themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
2503applications on the system.
2504
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2507
2508\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2509\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2510\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
684761db 2511\helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground},\rtfsp
5b6aa0ff 2512\helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh},\rtfsp
f4fcc291 2513\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent}
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2516
2517\func{virtual void}{SetBackgroundStyle}{\param{wxBackgroundStyle}{ style}}
2518
2519Sets the background style of the window. The background style indicates
2520whether background colour should be determined by the system (wxBG\_STYLE\_SYSTEM),
2521be set to a specific colour (wxBG\_STYLE\_COLOUR), or should be left to the
2522application to implement (wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM).
2523
2524On GTK+, use of wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM allows the flicker-free drawing of a custom
2525background, such as a tiled bitmap. Currently the style has no effect on other platforms.
2526
2527\wxheading{See also}
2528
2529\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2530\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2531\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundStyle}{wxwindowgetbackgroundstyle}
2532
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2535
027aa6fa 2536\func{void}{SetBestFittingSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize}}
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2538A {\it smart} SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
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2539window's {\it best} size values. Also sets the window's minsize to
2540the value passed in for use with sizers. This means that if a full or
2541partial size is passed to this function then the sizers will use that
2542size instead of the results of GetBestSize to determine the minimum
2543needs of the window for layout.
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2545\wxheading{See also}
2546
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2548\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
2549\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestFittingSize}{wxwindowgetbestfittingsize},\rtfsp
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2551
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2553\membersection{wxWindow::SetCaret}\label{wxwindowsetcaret}
2554
2555\constfunc{void}{SetCaret}{\param{wxCaret *}{caret}}
2556
2557Sets the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
2558
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2560\membersection{wxWindow::SetClientSize}\label{wxwindowsetclientsize}
2561
2562\func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
2563
2564\func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
2565
2566This sets the size of the window client area in pixels. Using this function to size a window
2567tends to be more device-independent than \helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}, since the application need not
2568worry about what dimensions the border or title bar have when trying to fit the window
2569around panel items, for example.
2570
2571\wxheading{Parameters}
2572
2573\docparam{width}{The required client area width.}
2574
2575\docparam{height}{The required client area height.}
2576
2577\docparam{size}{The required client size.}
2578
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2580implements the following methods:\par
2581\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2583\twocolitem{{\bf SetClientSizeWH(width, height)}}{}
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2585}
2586
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2589
2590\func{void}{SetContainingSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}}
2591
2592This normally does not need to be called by user code. It is called
2593when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window can
2594remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
2595
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2597\membersection{wxWindow::SetCursor}\label{wxwindowsetcursor}
2598
2599\func{virtual void}{SetCursor}{\param{const wxCursor\&}{cursor}}
2600
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2602% changed
2603Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
2604children of the window implicitly.
2605
2606The {\it cursor} may be {\tt wxNullCursor} in which case the window cursor will
2607be reset back to default.
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2609\wxheading{Parameters}
2610
2611\docparam{cursor}{Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.}
2612
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2614
2615\helpref{::wxSetCursor}{wxsetcursor}, \helpref{wxCursor}{wxcursor}
2616
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2619
2620\func{void}{SetConstraints}{\param{wxLayoutConstraints* }{constraints}}
2621
2622Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
2623will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2624If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2625window, it will be deleted.
2626
2627\wxheading{Parameters}
2628
2629\docparam{constraints}{The constraints to set. Pass NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
2630constraints.}
2631
2632\wxheading{Remarks}
2633
2634You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
2cdac558 2635the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you must override OnSize and call Layout()
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2636explicitly. When setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a \helpref{wxSizer}{wxsizer}, only the
2637sizer will have effect.
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2639\membersection{wxWindow::SetInitialBestSize}\label{wxwindowsetinitialbestsize}
2640
2641\func{virtual void}{SetInitialBestSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
2642
2643Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the
2644components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord).
2645
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2647
2648\func{void}{SetMaxSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
2649
2650Sets the maximum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
2651that this is the maximum possible size.
2652
2653\membersection{wxWindow::SetMinSize}\label{wxwindowsetminsize}
2654
2655\func{void}{SetMinSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
2656
2657Sets the minimum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
2658that this is the minimum required size. You may need to call this
2659if you change the window size after construction and before adding
2660to its parent sizer.
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fa47d7a7 2662\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetownbackgroundcolour}
b8e7b673 2663
fa47d7a7 2664\func{void}{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
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2665
2666Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2667by the children of this window.
2668
2669\wxheading{See also}
2670
2671\helpref{SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2672\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2673
2674
fa47d7a7 2675\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnFont}\label{wxwindowsetownfont}
b8e7b673 2676
9a75ba66 2677\func{void}{SetOwnFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}}
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2678
2679Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
2680children of this window.
2681
2682\wxheading{See also}
2683
2684\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont},\rtfsp
2685\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2686
2687
fa47d7a7 2688\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}
b8e7b673 2689
fa47d7a7 2690\func{void}{SetOwnForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
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2691
2692Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2693by the children of this window.
2694
2695\wxheading{See also}
2696
2697\helpref{SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2698\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2699
2700
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2702
2703\func{void}{SetDropTarget}{\param{wxDropTarget*}{ target}}
2704
2705Associates a drop target with this window.
2706
2707If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
2708
2709\wxheading{See also}
2710
c9f00eeb 2711\helpref{wxWindow::GetDropTarget}{wxwindowgetdroptarget},
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2713
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2717
2718\func{void}{SetEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
2719
2720Sets the event handler for this window.
2721
2722\wxheading{Parameters}
2723
2724\docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be set.}
2725
2726\wxheading{Remarks}
2727
2728An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2729sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2730an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2731central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2732window classes.
2733
2734It is usually better to use \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} since
2735this sets up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2736handed to the next one in the chain.
2737
2738\wxheading{See also}
2739
2740\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2741\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2742\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2743\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2744\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
2745
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2747\membersection{wxWindow::SetExtraStyle}\label{wxwindowsetextrastyle}
2748
2749\func{void}{SetExtraStyle}{\param{long }{exStyle}}
2750
2751Sets the extra style bits for the window. The currently defined extra style
2752bits are:
2753
2754\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
2755\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
2756\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
2757and Validate() methods will recursively descend into all children of the
2758window if it has this style flag set.}
e4b713a2 2759\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{Normally, the command
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2762propagated beyond this window. Notice that wxDialog has this style on by
be90c029 2763default for the reasons explained in the
e4b713a2 2764\helpref{event processing overview}{eventprocessing}.}
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2765\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_TRANSIENT}}{This can be used to prevent a
2766window from being used as an implicit parent for the dialogs which were
2767created without a parent. It is useful for the windows which can disappear at
2edb0bde 2768any moment as creating children of such windows results in fatal problems.}
335c9e32 2769\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFRAME\_EX\_CONTEXTHELP}}{Under Windows, puts a query button on the
fc2171bd 2770caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWidgets will send
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2772This style cannot be used together with wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX or wxMINIMIZE\_BOX, so
be90c029 2773you should use the style of
7af3ca16 2774{\tt wxDEFAULT\_FRAME\_STYLE \& \textasciitilde(wxMINIMIZE\_BOX | wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX)} for the
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2776default)}
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2777\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_IDLE}}{This window should always process idle events, even
2778if the mode set by \helpref{wxIdleEvent::SetMode}{wxidleeventsetmode} is wxIDLE\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
2779\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_UI\_UPDATES}}{This window should always process UI update events,
2780even if the mode set by \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} is wxUPDATE\_UI\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
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2781\end{twocollist}
2782
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2784\membersection{wxWindow::SetFocus}\label{wxwindowsetfocus}
2785
2786\func{virtual void}{SetFocus}{\void}
2787
2788This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
2789
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2790\wxheading{See also}
2791
2792\helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}
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2793\helpref{wxPanel::SetFocus}{wxpanelsetfocus}
2794\helpref{wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren}{wxpanelsetfocusignoringchildren}
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2797\membersection{wxWindow::SetFocusFromKbd}\label{wxwindowsetfocusfromkbd}
2798
2799\func{virtual void}{SetFocusFromKbd}{\void}
2800
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2802gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using {\tt TAB} key).
2803By default this method simply calls \helpref{SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus} but
2804can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
2805
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2807\membersection{wxWindow::SetFont}\label{wxwindowsetfont}
2808
2809\func{void}{SetFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}}
2810
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2811Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
2812parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
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2814see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for more
2815explanations.
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2817\wxheading{Parameters}
2818
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2819\docparam{font}{Font to associate with this window, pass
2820{\tt wxNullFont} to reset to the default font.}
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2822\wxheading{See also}
2823
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2824\helpref{wxWindow::GetFont}{wxwindowgetfont},\\
2825\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
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2828\membersection{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour}
2829
2830\func{virtual void}{SetForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2831
2832Sets the foreground colour of the window.
2833
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2834Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
2835explanation of the difference between this method and
fa47d7a7 2836\helpref{SetOwnForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}.
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2838\wxheading{Parameters}
2839
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2841 {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
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2843\wxheading{Remarks}
2844
2845The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
2846to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
2847be used at all.
2848
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2850window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
2851themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
2852applications on the system.
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2854\wxheading{See also}
2855
2856\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2857\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
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2858\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2859\helpref{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
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2862\membersection{wxWindow::SetHelpText}\label{wxwindowsethelptext}
2863
2864\func{virtual void}{SetHelpText}{\param{const wxString\& }{helpText}}
2865
2866Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2867
2868Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
2869and not in the window object itself.
2870
2871\wxheading{See also}
2872
2873\helpref{GetHelpText}{wxwindowgethelptext}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
2874
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2876\membersection{wxWindow::SetId}\label{wxwindowsetid}
2877
2878\func{void}{SetId}{\param{int}{ id}}
2879
2880Sets the identifier of the window.
2881
2882\wxheading{Remarks}
2883
2884Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has not provided one,
2885an identifier will be generated. Normally, the identifier should be provided
2886on creation and should not be modified subsequently.
2887
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2889
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2890\helpref{wxWindow::GetId}{wxwindowgetid},\rtfsp
2891\helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
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2895\membersection{wxWindow::SetLabel}\label{wxwindowsetlabel}
2896
2897\func{virtual void}{SetLabel}{\param{const wxString\& }{label}}
2898
2899Sets the window's label.
2900
2901\wxheading{Parameters}
2902
2903\docparam{label}{The window label.}
2904
2905\wxheading{See also}
2906
2907\helpref{wxWindow::GetLabel}{wxwindowgetlabel}
2908
2909
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2910\membersection{wxWindow::SetName}\label{wxwindowsetname}
2911
2912\func{virtual void}{SetName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
2913
2914Sets the window's name.
2915
2916\wxheading{Parameters}
2917
2918\docparam{name}{A name to set for the window.}
2919
2920\wxheading{See also}
2921
2922\helpref{wxWindow::GetName}{wxwindowgetname}
2923
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2926
2927\func{virtual void}{SetPalette}{\param{wxPalette* }{palette}}
2928
2929Obsolete - use \helpref{wxDC::SetPalette}{wxdcsetpalette} instead.
2930
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2932\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}\label{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
2933
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2934\func{virtual void}{SetScrollbar}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{position},\rtfsp
2935\param{int }{thumbSize}, \param{int }{range},\rtfsp
cc81d32f 2936\param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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2938Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
2939
2940\wxheading{Parameters}
2941
2942\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2943
2944\docparam{position}{The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.}
2945
2946\docparam{thumbSize}{The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.}
2947
2948\docparam{range}{The maximum position of the scrollbar.}
2949
cc81d32f 2950\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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2951
2952\wxheading{Remarks}
2953
2954Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same font.
2955The window is sized so that you can only see 16 lines at a time.
2956
2957You would use:
2958
2959{\small%
2960\begin{verbatim}
2961 SetScrollbar(wxVERTICAL, 0, 16, 50);
2962\end{verbatim}
2963}
2964
2965Note that with the window at this size, the thumb position can never go
2966above 50 minus 16, or 34.
2967
2968You can determine how many lines are currently visible by dividing the current view
2969size by the character height in pixels.
2970
2971When defining your own scrollbar behaviour, you will always need to recalculate
2972the scrollbar settings when the window size changes. You could therefore put your
2973scrollbar calculations and SetScrollbar
2974call into a function named AdjustScrollbars, which can be called initially and also
f4fcc291 2975from your \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent} handler function.
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2976
2977\wxheading{See also}
2978
2979\helpref{Scrolling overview}{scrollingoverview},\rtfsp
2980\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
2981
2982\begin{comment}
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2985\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpage}
2986
cc81d32f 2987\func{virtual void}{SetScrollPage}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pageSize}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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2989Sets the page size of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2990
2991\wxheading{Parameters}
2992
2993\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2994
2995\docparam{pageSize}{Page size in scroll units.}
2996
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2999\wxheading{Remarks}
3000
3001The page size of a scrollbar is the number of scroll units that the scroll thumb travels when you
3002click on the area above/left of or below/right of the thumb. Normally you will want a whole visible
3003page to be scrolled, i.e. the size of the current view (perhaps the window client size). This
3004value has to be adjusted when the window is resized, since the page size will have changed.
3005
3006In addition to specifying how far the scroll thumb travels when paging, in Motif and some versions of Windows
3007the thumb changes size to reflect the page size relative to the length of the document. When the
3008document size is only slightly bigger than the current view (window) size, almost all of the scrollbar
3009will be taken up by the thumb. When the two values become the same, the scrollbar will (on some systems)
3010disappear.
3011
3012Currently, this function should be called before SetPageRange, because of a quirk in the Windows
3013handling of pages and ranges.
3014
3015\wxheading{See also}
3016
3017\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
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3018\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowgetscrollpos},\rtfsp
3019\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowgetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3020\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
3021\end{comment}
3022
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3024\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpos}
3025
cc81d32f 3026\func{virtual void}{SetScrollPos}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pos}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3027
3028Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
3029
3030\wxheading{Parameters}
3031
3032\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3033
3034\docparam{pos}{Position in scroll units.}
3035
cc81d32f 3036\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3037
3038\wxheading{Remarks}
3039
3040This function does not directly affect the contents of the window: it is up to the
3041application to take note of scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
3042
3043\wxheading{See also}
3044
3045\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar},\rtfsp
4179da8a 3046\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowgetscrollpos},\rtfsp
f7bd2698 3047\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollThumb}{wxwindowgetscrollthumb},\rtfsp
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3048\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
3049
3050\begin{comment}
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3053\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollRange}\label{wxwindowsetscrollrange}
3054
cc81d32f 3055\func{virtual void}{SetScrollRange}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{range}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3056
3057Sets the range of one of the built-in scrollbars.
3058
3059\wxheading{Parameters}
3060
3061\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose range is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3062
3063\docparam{range}{Scroll range.}
3064
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3066
3067\wxheading{Remarks}
3068
3069The range of a scrollbar is the number of steps that the thumb may travel, rather than the total
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3070object length of the scrollbar. If you are implementing a scrolling window, for example, you
3071would adjust the scroll range when the window is resized, by subtracting the window view size from the
3072total virtual window size. When the two sizes are the same (all the window is visible), the range goes to zero
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3073and usually the scrollbar will be automatically hidden.
3074
3075\wxheading{See also}
3076
3077\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
3078\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}{wxwindowsetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3079\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowgetscrollpos},\rtfsp
3080\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowgetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3081\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
3082\end{comment}
3083
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3085\membersection{wxWindow::SetSize}\label{wxwindowsetsize}
3086
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3087\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}, \param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height},
3088 \param{int}{ sizeFlags = wxSIZE\_AUTO}}
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3090\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxRect\&}{ rect}}
3091
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3092Sets the size and position of the window in pixels.
3093
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3096\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
3097
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3098Sets the size of the window in pixels.
3099
3100\wxheading{Parameters}
3101
3102\docparam{x}{Required x position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
3103value should be used.}
3104
3105\docparam{y}{Required y position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
3106value should be used.}
3107
3108\docparam{width}{Required width in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
3109value should be used.}
3110
3111\docparam{height}{Required height position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
3112value should be used.}
3113
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3114\docparam{size}{\helpref{wxSize}{wxsize} object for setting the size.}
3115
3116\docparam{rect}{\helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object for setting the position and size.}
3117
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3118\docparam{sizeFlags}{Indicates the interpretation of other parameters. It is a bit list of the following:
3119
3120{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_WIDTH}: a -1 width value is taken to indicate
fc2171bd 3121a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
a660d684 3122{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_HEIGHT}: a -1 height value is taken to indicate
fc2171bd 3123a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
a660d684 3124{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO}: -1 size values are taken to indicate
fc2171bd 3125a wxWidgets-supplied default size.\\
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3126{\bf wxSIZE\_USE\_EXISTING}: existing dimensions should be used
3127if -1 values are supplied.\\
3128{\bf wxSIZE\_ALLOW\_MINUS\_ONE}: allow dimensions of -1 and less to be interpreted
3129as real dimensions, not default values.
3130}
3131
3132\wxheading{Remarks}
3133
3134The second form is a convenience for calling the first form with default
3135x and y parameters, and must be used with non-default width and height values.
3136
3137The first form sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
3138Parameters may be -1 to indicate either that a default should be supplied
fc2171bd 3139by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the dimension should be used.
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3141\wxheading{See also}
3142
3143\helpref{wxWindow::Move}{wxwindowmove}
3144
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3146implements the following methods:\par
3147\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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3149\twocolitem{{\bf SetSize(size)}}{}
3150\twocolitem{{\bf SetPosition(point)}}{}
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3152}
3153
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3155\membersection{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}\label{wxwindowsetsizehints}
3156
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3157\func{virtual void}{SetSizeHints}{\param{int}{ minW=-1}, \param{int}{ minH=-1}, \param{int}{ maxW=-1}, \param{int}{ maxH=-1},
3158 \param{int}{ incW=-1}, \param{int}{ incH=-1}}
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3161\param{const wxSize\&}{ maxSize=wxDefaultSize}, \param{const wxSize\&}{ incSize=wxDefaultSize}}
3162
3163
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3165If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values will be used.
3166
3167\wxheading{Parameters}
3168
3169\docparam{minW}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.}
3170
3171\docparam{minH}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.}
3172
3173\docparam{maxW}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.}
3174
3175\docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
3176
3177\docparam{incW}{Specifies the increment for sizing the width (Motif/Xt only).}
3178
3179\docparam{incH}{Specifies the increment for sizing the height (Motif/Xt only).}
3180
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3182
3183\docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
3184
3185\docparam{incSize}{Increment size (Motif/Xt only).}
3186
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3187\wxheading{Remarks}
3188
3189If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the window outside the
3190given bounds.
3191
3192The resizing increments are only significant under Motif or Xt.
3193
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3195\membersection{wxWindow::SetSizer}\label{wxwindowsetsizer}
3196
cc81d32f 3197\func{void}{SetSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=true}}
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3199Sets the window to have the given layout sizer. The window
3200will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
3201If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
cc81d32f 3202window, it will be deleted if the deleteOld parameter is true.
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e5251d4f 3204Note that this function will also call
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3206parameter if the {\it sizer}\/ is non-NULL and {\tt false} otherwise.
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3209
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3211the window's sizer. See below.}
3212
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3214Pass false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself.}
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3216\wxheading{Remarks}
3217
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3220
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3223explicitly. When setting both a wxSizer and a \helpref{wxLayoutConstraints}{wxlayoutconstraints},
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3224only the sizer will have effect.
3225
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3228
cc81d32f 3229\func{void}{SetSizerAndFit}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=true}}
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3231The same as \helpref{SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer}, except it also sets the size hints
3232for the window based on the sizer's minimum size.
3233
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3235\membersection{wxWindow::SetTitle}\label{wxwindowsettitle}
3236
3237\func{virtual void}{SetTitle}{\param{const wxString\& }{title}}
3238
3239Sets the window's title. Applicable only to frames and dialogs.
3240
3241\wxheading{Parameters}
3242
3243\docparam{title}{The window's title.}
3244
3245\wxheading{See also}
3246
3247\helpref{wxWindow::GetTitle}{wxwindowgettitle}
3248
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3251
3252\func{virtual void}{SetThemeEnabled}{\param{bool }{enable}}
3253
3254This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
3255to draw the windows' background instead if its own background drawing
3256code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
3257obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
3258One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
3259defined by a user's selected theme.
3260
cc81d32f 3261Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to true
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3263
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3265\membersection{wxWindow::SetToolTip}\label{wxwindowsettooltip}
3266
3267\func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{const wxString\& }{tip}}
3268
3269\func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{wxToolTip* }{tip}}
3270
c9f00eeb 3271Attach a tooltip to the window.
f6bcfd97 3272
c9f00eeb 3273See also: \helpref{GetToolTip}{wxwindowgettooltip},
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3277\membersection{wxWindow::SetValidator}\label{wxwindowsetvalidator}
3278
3279\func{virtual void}{SetValidator}{\param{const wxValidator\&}{ validator}}
3280
3281Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having called wxValidator::Clone to
3282create a new validator of this type.
3283
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3286
3287\func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
3288
3289\func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
3290
3291Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
3292
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3294\membersection{wxWindow::SetVirtualSizeHints}\label{wxwindowsetvirtualsizehints}
3295
3296\func{virtual void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{int}{ minW},\param{int}{ minH}, \param{int}{ maxW=-1}, \param{int}{ maxH=-1}}
3297
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3299\param{const wxSize\&}{ maxSize=wxDefaultSize}}
3300
3301
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3303If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values
3304will be used.
3305
3306\wxheading{Parameters}
3307
3308\docparam{minW}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.}
3309
3310\docparam{minH}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.}
3311
3312\docparam{maxW}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.}
3313
3314\docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
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3317
3318\docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
3319
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3321
3322If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the virtual area
3323of the window outside the given bounds.
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3326\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyle}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyle}
3327
3328\func{void}{SetWindowStyle}{\param{long}{ style}}
3329
3330Identical to \helpref{SetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}.
3331
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3333\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyleFlag}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}
3334
3335\func{virtual void}{SetWindowStyleFlag}{\param{long}{ style}}
3336
3337Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
3338after the window creation and that \helpref{Refresh()}{wxwindowrefresh} might
3339be called after changing the others for the change to take place immediately.
3340
b2cf617c 3341See \helpref{Window styles}{windowstyles} for more information about flags.
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3342
3343\wxheading{See also}
3344
3345\helpref{GetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowgetwindowstyleflag}
3346
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3348\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}\label{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
3349
3350\func{void}{SetWindowVariant}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{variant}}
3351
3352This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
3353Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
dbd94b75 3354exist in several sizes which correspond to the elements of wxWindowVariant
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3355enum:
3356\begin{verbatim}
3357enum wxWindowVariant
3358{
3359 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL, // Normal size
3360 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_SMALL, // Smaller size (about 25 % smaller than normal )
3361 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MINI, // Mini size (about 33 % smaller than normal )
3362 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_LARGE, // Large size (about 25 % larger than normal )
3363};
3364\end{verbatim}
3365
3366By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
3367be used to change this.
3368
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3370\membersection{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}\label{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
3371
3372\func{virtual bool}{ShouldInheritColours}{\void}
3373
3374Return \true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
3375\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}, returning \false
3376forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
3377
3378The base class version returns \false, but this method is overridden in
3379\helpref{wxControl}{wxcontrol} where it returns \true.
3380
3381
aeab10d0 3382\membersection{wxWindow::Show}\label{wxwindowshow}
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cc81d32f 3384\func{virtual bool}{Show}{\param{bool}{ show = {\tt true}}}
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be90c029 3386Shows or hides the window. You may need to call \helpref{Raise}{wxwindowraise}
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3388needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
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3390\wxheading{Parameters}
3391
cc81d32f 3392\docparam{show}{If {\tt true} displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.}
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3394\wxheading{Return value}
3395
cc81d32f 3396{\tt true} if the window has been shown or hidden or {\tt false} if nothing was
bc5879ef 3397done because it already was in the requested state.
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3399\wxheading{See also}
3400
3401\helpref{wxWindow::IsShown}{wxwindowisshown}
3402
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3405\membersection{wxWindow::Thaw}\label{wxwindowthaw}
3406
3407\func{virtual void}{Thaw}{\void}
3408
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3409Reenables window updating after a previous call to
3410\helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}. To really thaw the control, it must be called
3411exactly the same number of times as \helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}.
3412
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3415
3416\func{virtual bool}{TransferDataFromWindow}{\void}
3417
3418Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their validators. Returns
cc81d32f 3419{\tt false} if a transfer failed.
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3422the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
3423
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3425
3426\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow},\rtfsp
3427\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
3428
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3430\membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
3431
3432\func{virtual bool}{TransferDataToWindow}{\void}
3433
3434Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their validators.
3435
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3437the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
3438
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3440
cc81d32f 3441Returns {\tt false} if a transfer failed.
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3443\wxheading{See also}
3444
3445\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3446\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
3447
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3450
3451\func{bool}{UnregisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}}
3452
3453Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
3454
3455\wxheading{Parameters}
3456
3457\docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to RegisterHotKey.}
3458
3459\wxheading{Return value}
3460
3461{\tt true} if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, {\tt false} if the id was invalid.
3462
3463\wxheading{Remarks}
3464
3465This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
3466
3467\wxheading{See also}
3468
3469\helpref{wxWindow::RegisterHotKey}{wxwindowregisterhotkey}
3470
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3472\membersection{wxWindow::Update}\label{wxwindowupdate}
3473
3474\func{virtual void}{Update}{\void}
3475
3476Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window
3477while this would usually only happen when the flow of control returns to the
3478event loop. Notice that this function doesn't refresh the window and does
3479nothing if the window hadn't been already repainted. Use
3480\helpref{Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} first if you want to immediately redraw the
3481window unconditionally.
3482
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3484\membersection{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}\label{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
3485
c0d26c0f 3486\func{virtual void}{UpdateWindowUI}{\param{long}{ flags = wxUPDATE\_UI\_NONE}}
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3488This function sends \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvents}{wxupdateuievent} to
3489the window. The particular implementation depends on the window; for
3490example a wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
3491and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
3492You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
3493UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
3494are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
3495\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} or
3496\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval}{wxupdateuieventsetupdateinterval} to
fc2171bd 3497limit the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
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3498
3499{\it flags} should be a bitlist of one or more of the following values.
3500
3501\begin{verbatim}
3502enum wxUpdateUI
3503{
3504 wxUPDATE_UI_NONE = 0x0000, // No particular value
3505 wxUPDATE_UI_RECURSE = 0x0001, // Call the function for descendants
3506 wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE = 0x0002 // Invoked from On(Internal)Idle
3507};
3508\end{verbatim}
3509
3510If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
3511function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE\_UI\_FROMIDLE flag, since
3512this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
3513to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
3514only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
3515The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
3516an idle function.
3517
3518\begin{verbatim}
3519void MyWindow::OnInternalIdle()
3520{
3521 if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this))
3522 UpdateWindowUI(wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE);
3523}
3524\end{verbatim}
3525
3526\wxheading{See also}
3527
3528\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent},
3529\helpref{wxWindow::DoUpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowdoupdatewindowui},
3530\helpref{wxWindow::OnInternalIdle}{wxwindowoninternalidle}
3531
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3533\membersection{wxWindow::Validate}\label{wxwindowvalidate}
3534
3535\func{virtual bool}{Validate}{\void}
3536
3537Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
3538
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3540the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
3541
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3542\wxheading{Return value}
3543
cc81d32f 3544Returns {\tt false} if any of the validations failed.
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3546\wxheading{See also}
3547
3548\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
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3550\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}
3551
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3553\membersection{wxWindow::WarpPointer}\label{wxwindowwarppointer}
3554
3555\func{void}{WarpPointer}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
3556
3557Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
3558
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3560Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor programmatically.
3561
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3562\wxheading{Parameters}
3563
3564\docparam{x}{The new x position for the cursor.}
3565
3566\docparam{y}{The new y position for the cursor.}
3567