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2%% Name: window.tex
3%% Purpose: wxWindow documentation
4%% Author: wxWidgets Team
5%% Modified by:
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8%% Copyright: (c) wxWidgets Team
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12\section{\class{wxWindow}}\label{wxwindow}
13
87b6002d 14wxWindow is the base class for all windows and represents any visible object on
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15screen. All controls, top level windows and so on are windows. Sizers and
16device contexts are not, however, as they don't appear on screen themselves.
17
18Please note that all children of the window will be deleted automatically by
19the destructor before the window itself is deleted which means that you don't
20have to worry about deleting them manually. Please see the \helpref{window
21deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview} for more information.
22
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23Also note that in this, and many others, wxWidgets classes some
24\texttt{GetXXX()} methods may be overloaded (as, for example,
25\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize} or
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26\helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize}). In this case, the overloads
27are non-virtual because having multiple virtual functions with the same name
28results in a virtual function name hiding at the derived class level (in
29English, this means that the derived class has to override all overloaded
30variants if it overrides any of them). To allow overriding them in the derived
fc2171bd 31class, wxWidgets uses a unique protected virtual \texttt{DoGetXXX()} method
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32and all \texttt{GetXXX()} ones are forwarded to it, so overriding the former
33changes the behaviour of the latter.
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35\wxheading{Derived from}
36
37\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\\
38\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
39
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40\wxheading{Include files}
41
42<wx/window.h>
43
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44\wxheading{Window styles}
45
46The following styles can apply to all windows, although they will not always make sense for a particular
4130b487 47window class or on all platforms.
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48
49\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
50\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
51\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSIMPLE\_BORDER}}{Displays a thin border around the window. wxBORDER is the old name
27d029c7 52for this style. }
69a126b0 53\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxDOUBLE\_BORDER}}{Displays a double border. Windows and Mac only.}
a660d684 54\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSUNKEN\_BORDER}}{Displays a sunken border.}
69a126b0 55\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxRAISED\_BORDER}}{Displays a raised border.}
6453876e 56\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSTATIC\_BORDER}}{Displays a border suitable for a static control. Windows only. }
8d99dec0 57\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxNO\_BORDER}}{Displays no border, overriding the default border style for the window.}
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58\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTRANSPARENT\_WINDOW}}{The window is transparent, that is, it will not receive paint
59events. Windows only.}
a660d684 60\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTAB\_TRAVERSAL}}{Use this to enable tab traversal for non-dialog windows.}
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61\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWANTS\_CHARS}}{Use this to indicate that
62the window wants to get all char/key events for all keys - even for
63keys like TAB or ENTER which are usually used for dialog navigation
64and which wouldn't be generated without this style. If you need to
65use this style in order to get the arrows or etc., but would still like to have
66normal keyboard navigation take place, you should create and send a
67wxNavigationKeyEvent in response to the key events for Tab and
68Shift-Tab.}
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69\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxNO\_FULL\_REPAINT\_ON\_RESIZE}}{On Windows, this style used to disable repainting
70the window completely when its size is changed. Since this behaviour is now the default, the style is now obsolete
71and no longer has an effect.}
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72\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxVSCROLL}}{Use this style to enable a vertical scrollbar.}
73\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHSCROLL}}{Use this style to enable a horizontal scrollbar.}
3c9676ea 74\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxALWAYS\_SHOW\_SB}}{If a window has scrollbars,
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75disable them instead of hiding them when they are not needed (i.e. when the
76size of the window is big enough to not require the scrollbars to navigate it).
77This style is currently only implemented for wxMSW and wxUniversal and does
78nothing on the other platforms.}
884360bc 79\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxCLIP\_CHILDREN}}{Use this style to eliminate flicker caused by the background being
6453876e 80repainted, then children being painted over them. Windows only.}
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81\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFULL\_REPAINT\_ON\_RESIZE}}{Use this style to force
82a complete redraw of the window whenever it is resized instead of redrawing
83just the part of the window affected by resizing. Note that this was the
84behaviour by default before 2.5.1 release and that if you experience redraw
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85problems with code which previously used to work you may want to try this.
86Currently this style applies on GTK+ 2 and Windows only, and full repainting is always
87done on other platforms.}
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88\end{twocollist}
89
90See also \helpref{window styles overview}{windowstyles}.
91
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92\wxheading{Extra window styles}
93
94The following are extra styles, set using \helpref{wxWindow::SetExtraStyle}{wxwindowsetextrastyle}.
95
96\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
97\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
98\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{By default, Validate/TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
99only work on direct children of the window (compatible behaviour). Set this flag to make them recursively
100descend into all subwindows.}
101\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{wxCommandEvents and the objects of the derived classes are forwarded to the
102parent window and so on recursively by default. Using this flag for the
103given window allows to block this propagation at this window, i.e. prevent
104the events from being propagated further upwards. Dialogs have this
105flag on by default.}
106\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_TRANSIENT}}{Don't use this window as an implicit parent for the other windows: this must
107be used with transient windows as otherwise there is the risk of creating a
108dialog/frame with this window as a parent which would lead to a crash if the
109parent is destroyed before the child.}
110\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_IDLE}}{This window should always process idle events, even
111if the mode set by \helpref{wxIdleEvent::SetMode}{wxidleeventsetmode} is wxIDLE\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
112\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_UI\_UPDATES}}{This window should always process UI update events,
113even if the mode set by \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} is wxUPDATE\_UI\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
114\end{twocollist}
115
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116\wxheading{See also}
117
118\helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
119
120\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
121
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f6bcfd97 123\membersection{wxWindow::wxWindow}\label{wxwindowctor}
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124
125\func{}{wxWindow}{\void}
126
127Default constructor.
128
eaaa6a06 129\func{}{wxWindow}{\param{wxWindow*}{ parent}, \param{wxWindowID }{id},
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130 \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition},
131 \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize},
eaaa6a06 132 \param{long }{style = 0},
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133 \param{const wxString\& }{name = wxPanelNameStr}}
134
135Constructs a window, which can be a child of a frame, dialog or any other non-control window.
136
137\wxheading{Parameters}
138
139\docparam{parent}{Pointer to a parent window.}
140
5e06d749 141\docparam{id}{Window identifier. If wxID\_ANY, will automatically create an identifier.}
a660d684 142
60fef964 143\docparam{pos}{Window position. wxDefaultPosition indicates that wxWidgets
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144should generate a default position for the window. If using the wxWindow class directly, supply
145an actual position.}
146
60fef964 147\docparam{size}{Window size. wxDefaultSize indicates that wxWidgets
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148should generate a default size for the window. If no suitable size can be found, the
149window will be sized to 20x20 pixels so that the window is visible but obviously not
150correctly sized. }
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151
152\docparam{style}{Window style. For generic window styles, please see \helpref{wxWindow}{wxwindow}.}
153
154\docparam{name}{Window name.}
155
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6d06e061 157\membersection{wxWindow::\destruct{wxWindow}}\label{wxwindowdtor}
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158
159\func{}{\destruct{wxWindow}}{\void}
160
161Destructor. Deletes all subwindows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
162the {\bf delete} operator explicitly, you should normally
fc2171bd 163use \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} so that wxWidgets
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164can delete a window only when it is safe to do so, in idle time.
165
166\wxheading{See also}
167
168\helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
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169\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy},\rtfsp
170\helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
171
a1037371 172
6d06e061 173\membersection{wxWindow::AddChild}\label{wxwindowaddchild}
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175\func{virtual void}{AddChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
176
177Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
178functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
179
fc2171bd 180Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
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181called by the user code.
182
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183\wxheading{Parameters}
184
185\docparam{child}{Child window to add.}
186
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188\membersection{wxWindow::CacheBestSize}\label{wxwindowcachebestsize}
189
190\constfunc{void}{CacheBestSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
191
192Sets the cached best size value.
193
194
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195\membersection{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}\label{wxwindowcapturemouse}
196
197\func{virtual void}{CaptureMouse}{\void}
198
199Directs all mouse input to this window. Call \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse} to
200release the capture.
201
fc2171bd 202Note that wxWidgets maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
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203and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
204captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
205window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
206as you capture it.
207
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208\wxheading{See also}
209
210\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse}
211
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213\membersection{wxWindow::Center}\label{wxwindowcenter}
214
eaaa6a06 215\func{void}{Center}{\param{int}{ direction}}
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217A synonym for \helpref{Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
218
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220\membersection{wxWindow::CenterOnParent}\label{wxwindowcenteronparent}
221
222\func{void}{CenterOnParent}{\param{int}{ direction}}
223
224A synonym for \helpref{CentreOnParent}{wxwindowcentreonparent}.
225
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227\membersection{wxWindow::CenterOnScreen}\label{wxwindowcenteronscreen}
228
229\func{void}{CenterOnScreen}{\param{int}{ direction}}
230
231A synonym for \helpref{CentreOnScreen}{wxwindowcentreonscreen}.
232
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234\membersection{wxWindow::Centre}\label{wxwindowcentre}
235
7eb4e9cc 236\func{void}{Centre}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
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238Centres the window.
239
240\wxheading{Parameters}
241
242\docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
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243or {\tt wxBOTH}. It may also include {\tt wxCENTRE\_ON\_SCREEN} flag
244if you want to center the window on the entire screen and not on its
245parent window.}
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247The flag {\tt wxCENTRE\_FRAME} is obsolete and should not be used any longer
248(it has no effect).
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250\wxheading{Remarks}
251
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252If the window is a top level one (i.e. doesn't have a parent), it will be
253centered relative to the screen anyhow.
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255\wxheading{See also}
256
257\helpref{wxWindow::Center}{wxwindowcenter}
258
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260\membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnParent}\label{wxwindowcentreonparent}
261
7eb4e9cc 262\func{void}{CentreOnParent}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
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c9f00eeb 264Centres the window on its parent. This is a more readable synonym for
7eb4e9cc 265\helpref{Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
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267\wxheading{Parameters}
268
269\docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
270or {\tt wxBOTH}.}
271
272\wxheading{Remarks}
273
274This methods provides for a way to center top level windows over their
275parents instead of the entire screen. If there is no parent or if the
c9f00eeb 276window is not a top level window, then behaviour is the same as
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277\helpref{wxWindow::Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
278
279\wxheading{See also}
280
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281\helpref{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen}{wxwindowcenteronscreen}
282
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284\membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen}\label{wxwindowcentreonscreen}
285
286\func{void}{CentreOnScreen}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
287
288Centres the window on screen. This only works for top level windows -
289otherwise, the window will still be centered on its parent.
290
291\wxheading{Parameters}
292
293\docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
294or {\tt wxBOTH}.}
295
296\wxheading{See also}
297
298\helpref{wxWindow::CentreOnParent}{wxwindowcenteronparent}
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5da0803c 301\membersection{wxWindow::ClearBackground}\label{wxwindowclearbackground}
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5da0803c 303\func{void}{ClearBackground}{\void}
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305Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour. Does not
306cause an erase background event to be generated.
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6d06e061 309\membersection{wxWindow::ClientToScreen}\label{wxwindowclienttoscreen}
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311\constfunc{virtual void}{ClientToScreen}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
312
2edb0bde 313\perlnote{In wxPerl this method returns a 2-element list instead of
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315
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316\constfunc{virtual wxPoint}{ClientToScreen}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
317
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318Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
319
320\docparam{x}{A pointer to a integer value for the x coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
321a screen coordinate will be passed out.}
322
323\docparam{y}{A pointer to a integer value for the y coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
324a screen coordinate will be passed out.}
325
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326\docparam{pt}{The client position for the second form of the function.}
327
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329implements the following methods:\par
330\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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331\twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreen(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
332\twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreenXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
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333\end{twocollist}}
334}
335
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337\membersection{wxWindow::Close}\label{wxwindowclose}
338
cc81d32f 339\func{bool}{Close}{\param{bool}{ force = {\tt false}}}
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341This function simply generates a \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent} whose
342handler usually tries to close the window. It doesn't close the window itself,
343however.
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345\wxheading{Parameters}
346
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347\docparam{force}{{\tt false} if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
348of this window, {\tt true} if it cannot.}
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349
350\wxheading{Remarks}
351
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352Close calls the \helpref{close handler}{wxcloseevent} for the window, providing
353an opportunity for the window to choose whether to destroy the window.
354Usually it is only used with the top level windows (wxFrame and wxDialog
355classes) as the others are not supposed to have any special OnClose() logic.
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357The close handler should check whether the window is being deleted forcibly,
f29d3d61 358using \helpref{wxCloseEvent::CanVeto}{wxcloseeventcanveto}, in which case it
24174c30 359should destroy the window using \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy}.
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361{\it Note} that calling Close does not guarantee that the window will be
362destroyed; but it provides a way to simulate a manual close of a window, which
363may or may not be implemented by destroying the window. The default
364implementation of wxDialog::OnCloseWindow does not necessarily delete the
365dialog, since it will simply simulate an wxID\_CANCEL event which is handled by
366the appropriate button event handler and may do anything at all.
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324eeecb 368To guarantee that the window will be destroyed, call
24174c30 369\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} instead
532372a3 370
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371\wxheading{See also}
372
373\helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
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374\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy},\rtfsp
375\helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
376
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378\membersection{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}\label{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
379
380\func{wxPoint}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
381
382\func{wxSize}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
383
384Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
385
386For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character width
387and then divided by 4.
388
389For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character height
390and then divided by 8.
391
392\wxheading{Remarks}
393
394Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
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396You can also use these functions programmatically. A convenience macro is defined:
397
398{\small
399\begin{verbatim}
400#define wxDLG_UNIT(parent, pt) parent->ConvertDialogToPixels(pt)
401\end{verbatim}
402}
403
404\wxheading{See also}
405
406\helpref{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
407
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409implements the following methods:\par
410\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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411\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
412\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
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413\end{twocollist}}
414
415Additionally, the following helper functions are defined:\par
416\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
c9110876 417\twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_PNT(win, point)}}{Converts a wxPoint from dialog
06d20283 418units to pixels}
c9110876 419\twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_SZE(win, size)}}{Converts a wxSize from dialog
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421\end{twocollist}}
422}
423
424
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426\membersection{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}\label{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
427
428\func{wxPoint}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
429
430\func{wxSize}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
431
432Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
433
434For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 4 and then divided by the average
435character width.
436
2edb0bde 437For the y dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 8 and then divided by the average
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438character height.
439
440\wxheading{Remarks}
441
442Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
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444\wxheading{See also}
445
446\helpref{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
447
dbd94b75 448\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython implements the following methods:\par
06d20283 449\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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450\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
451\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
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453}
454
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456\membersection{wxWindow::Destroy}\label{wxwindowdestroy}
457
458\func{virtual bool}{Destroy}{\void}
459
460Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator, since
461different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
24174c30 462are not destroyed immediately when this function is called -- they are added
a660d684 463to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
2edb0bde 464have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to non-existent
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465windows.
466
467\wxheading{Return value}
468
cc81d32f 469{\tt true} if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it has been added
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470to the list of windows pending real deletion.
471
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6d06e061 473\membersection{wxWindow::DestroyChildren}\label{wxwindowdestroychildren}
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475\func{virtual void}{DestroyChildren}{\void}
476
477Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
478
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481
c222be41 482\func{bool}{Disable}{\void}
6ba68e88 483
cc81d32f 484Disables the window, same as \helpref{Enable({\tt false})}{wxwindowenable}.
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486\wxheading{Return value}
487
cc81d32f 488Returns {\tt true} if the window has been disabled, {\tt false} if it had been
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489already disabled before the call to this function.
490
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492\membersection{wxWindow::DoGetBestSize}\label{wxwindowdogetbestsize}
493
494\constfunc{virtual wxSize}{DoGetBestSize}{\void}
495
496Gets the size which best suits the window: for a control, it would be
497the minimal size which doesn't truncate the control, for a panel - the
498same size as it would have after a call to \helpref{Fit()}{wxwindowfit}.
499
500
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501\membersection{wxWindow::DoUpdateWindowUI}\label{wxwindowdoupdatewindowui}
502
503\func{virtual void}{DoUpdateWindowUI}{\param{wxUpdateUIEvent\&}{ event}}
504
505Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
324eeecb 506This function is called by \helpref{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
e39af974 507in order to check return values in the \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent} and
fc2171bd 508act appropriately. For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWidgets
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509implements this function as follows:
510
511\begin{verbatim}
512// do the window-specific processing after processing the update event
513void wxTopLevelWindowBase::DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent& event)
514{
515 if ( event.GetSetEnabled() )
516 Enable(event.GetEnabled());
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518 if ( event.GetSetText() )
519 {
520 if ( event.GetText() != GetTitle() )
521 SetTitle(event.GetText());
522 }
523}
524\end{verbatim}
525
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528\membersection{wxWindow::DragAcceptFiles}\label{wxwindowdragacceptfiles}
529
8a293590 530\func{virtual void}{DragAcceptFiles}{\param{bool}{ accept}}
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2edb0bde 532Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
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534\wxheading{Parameters}
535
cc81d32f 536\docparam{accept}{If {\tt true}, the window is eligible for drop file events. If {\tt false}, the window
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537will not accept drop file events.}
538
539\wxheading{Remarks}
540
541Windows only.
542
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545
cc81d32f 546\func{virtual bool}{Enable}{\param{bool}{ enable = {\tt true}}}
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549disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
550when the parent is.
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552\wxheading{Parameters}
553
cc81d32f 554\docparam{enable}{If {\tt true}, enables the window for input. If {\tt false}, disables the window.}
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557
cc81d32f 558Returns {\tt true} if the window has been enabled or disabled, {\tt false} if
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560
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562
6ba68e88 563\helpref{wxWindow::IsEnabled}{wxwindowisenabled},\rtfsp
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565\helpref{wxRadioBox::Enable}{wxradioboxenable}
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569
570\func{static wxWindow*}{FindFocus}{\void}
571
572Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
573
574\wxheading{Remarks}
575
576Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without needing a wxWindow pointer.
577
578\wxheading{See also}
579
580\helpref{wxWindow::SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus}
581
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585
6b73af79 586\constfunc{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{long}{ id}}
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588Find a child of this window, by identifier.
589
6b73af79 590\constfunc{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}}
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592Find a child of this window, by name.
593
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595implements the following methods:\par
596\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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598\twocolitem{{\bf FindWindowByName(name)}}{Accepts a string}
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600}
601
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f89a1397 605\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowById}{\param{long}{ id}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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607Find the first window with the given {\it id}.
608
609If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
610frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
611The search is recursive in both cases.
612
613\wxheading{See also}
614
f89a1397 615\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
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d9f42a9e 618\membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowByLabel}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbylabel}
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d9f42a9e 620\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowByLabel}{\param{const wxString\&}{ label}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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623or panel item label. If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
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625The search is recursive in both cases.
626
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628
f89a1397 629\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
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d9f42a9e 632\membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowByName}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbyname}
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d9f42a9e 634\func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowByName}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
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637If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
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639The search is recursive in both cases.
640
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642\helpref{FindWindowByLabel}{wxwindowfindwindowbylabel} is called.
643
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645
f89a1397 646\helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
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650
651\func{virtual void}{Fit}{\void}
652
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655sizers are used for the subwindows layout. Also, if the window has exactly one
656subwindow it is better (faster and the result is more precise as Fit adds some
657margin to account for fuzziness of its calculations) to call
658
659\begin{verbatim}
660 window->SetClientSize(child->GetSize());
661\end{verbatim}
662
663instead of calling Fit.
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667
668\func{virtual void}{FitInside}{\void}
669
670Similar to \helpref{Fit}{wxwindowfit}, but sizes the interior (virtual) size
671of a window. Mainly useful with scrolled windows to reset scrollbars after
672sizing changes that do not trigger a size event, and/or scrolled windows without
673an interior sizer. This function similarly won't do anything if there are no
674subwindows.
675
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678
679\func{virtual void}{Freeze}{\void}
680
681Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking place
682on screen, the window is not redrawn at all. \helpref{Thaw}{wxwindowthaw} must
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684nested.
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686This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example, it
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688a wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all platforms nor for all
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691
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693
694\helpref{wxWindowUpdateLocker}{wxwindowupdatelocker}
695
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698
699\constfunc{wxAcceleratorTable*}{GetAcceleratorTable}{\void}
700
701Gets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
702
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705
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708Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
709
710See also \helpref{wxAccessible}{wxaccessible}.
711
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714
715\constfunc{wxSize}{GetAdjustedBestSize}{\void}
716
717This method is similar to \helpref{GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize}, except
718in one thing. GetBestSize should return the minimum untruncated size of the
719window, while this method will return the largest of BestSize and any user
720specified minimum size. ie. it is the minimum size the window should currently
721be drawn at, not the minimal size it can possibly tolerate.
722
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725
726\constfunc{virtual wxColour}{GetBackgroundColour}{\void}
727
728Returns the background colour of the window.
729
730\wxheading{See also}
731
732\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
733\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
9866d9c2 734\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour}
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737
738\constfunc{virtual wxBackgroundStyle}{GetBackgroundStyle}{\void}
739
740Returns the background style of the window. The background style indicates
741whether background colour should be determined by the system (wxBG\_STYLE\_SYSTEM),
742be set to a specific colour (wxBG\_STYLE\_COLOUR), or should be left to the
743application to implement (wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM).
744
745On GTK+, use of wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM allows the flicker-free drawing of a custom
746background, such as a tiled bitmap. Currently the style has no effect on other platforms.
747
748\wxheading{See also}
749
750\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
751\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
752\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundStyle}{wxwindowsetbackgroundstyle}
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755
756\constfunc{wxSize}{GetBestFittingSize}{\void}
757
758Merges the window's best size into the min size and returns the result.
759
760\wxheading{See also}
761
762\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
763\helpref{wxWindow::SetBestFittingSize}{wxwindowsetbestfittingsize},\rtfsp
764\helpref{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}{wxwindowsetsizehints}
765
766
7f071e73 767\membersection{wxWindow::GetBestSize}\label{wxwindowgetbestsize}
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771This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window. For
772example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
3e02f5ed 773control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
8771a323 774\helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel}), the size returned by this function will be the
3e02f5ed 775same as the size the window would have had after calling
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777
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780
781\func{static wxWindow *}{GetCapture}{\void}
782
783Returns the currently captured window.
784
785\wxheading{See also}
786
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788\helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
789\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
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791
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794
795\constfunc{wxCaret *}{GetCaret}{\void}
796
797Returns the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
798
799
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802\constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharHeight}{\void}
803
804Returns the character height for this window.
805
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809\constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharWidth}{\void}
810
811Returns the average character width for this window.
812
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6d06e061 814\membersection{wxWindow::GetChildren}\label{wxwindowgetchildren}
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dc7a2021 816\func{wxWindowList\&}{GetChildren}{\void}
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819
820Returns a reference to the list of the window's children. \texttt{wxWindowList}
821is a type-safe \helpref{wxList}{wxlist}-like class whose elements are of type
822\texttt{wxWindow *}.
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827\func{static wxVisualAttributes}{GetClassDefaultAttributes}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{ variant = \texttt{wxWINDOW\_VARIANT\_NORMAL}}}
828
829Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control. This is
830useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control as in a
831standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
832colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
833system, especially if it uses themes.
834
835The \arg{variant} parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
836ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
324eeecb 837returned font. See \helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
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839
840This static method is ``overridden'' in many derived classes and so calling,
488e1507 841for example, \helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
1b69c815 842return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
488e1507 843from those returned by, say, \helpref{wxListCtrl}{wxlistctrl}::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
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847if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
848especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
849the case for \texttt{colBg} for the controls with themed background.
850
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852
853\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
854
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857
c66c3af1 858\constfunc{void}{GetClientSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
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c9f00eeb 860\perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes no parameter and returns
d2c2afc9 861a 2-element list {\tt (width, height)}.}
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c66c3af1 863\constfunc{wxSize}{GetClientSize}{\void}
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866The client area is the area which may be drawn on by the programmer,
867excluding title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
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869\wxheading{Parameters}
870
871\docparam{width}{Receives the client width in pixels.}
872
873\docparam{height}{Receives the client height in pixels.}
874
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876implements the following methods:\par
877\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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879\twocolitem{{\bf GetClientSize()}}{Returns a wxSize object}
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881}
882
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884
d2c2afc9 885\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
566d84a7 886\helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
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891
892\constfunc{wxLayoutConstraints*}{GetConstraints}{\void}
893
894Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or NULL if there are none.
895
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899\constfunc{const wxSizer *}{GetContainingSizer}{\void}
900
901Return the sizer that this window is a member of, if any, otherwise
902{\tt NULL}.
903
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906
907\constfunc{const wxCursor\&}{GetCursor}{\void}
908
909Return the cursor associated with this window.
910
911\wxheading{See also}
912
913\helpref{wxWindow::SetCursor}{wxwindowsetcursor}
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918\constfunc{virtual wxVisualAttributes}{GetDefaultAttributes}{\void}
919
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922
923One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
924the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
925virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
926
927The other one is that in the future this function could return different
928results, for example it might return a different font for an ``Ok'' button
929than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
930in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
931function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
932version can be used without having to create an object first.
933
934
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936
937\constfunc{wxDropTarget*}{GetDropTarget}{\void}
938
939Returns the associated drop target, which may be NULL.
940
941\wxheading{See also}
942
c9f00eeb 943\helpref{wxWindow::SetDropTarget}{wxwindowsetdroptarget},
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945
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948
949\constfunc{wxEvtHandler*}{GetEventHandler}{\void}
950
951Returns the event handler for this window. By default, the window is its
952own event handler.
953
954\wxheading{See also}
955
956\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
957\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
958\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
959\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
960\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
961
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964
965\constfunc{long}{GetExtraStyle}{\void}
966
967Returns the extra style bits for the window.
968
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971
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976\wxheading{See also}
977
978\helpref{wxWindow::SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont}
979
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982
983\func{virtual wxColour}{GetForegroundColour}{\void}
984
985Returns the foreground colour of the window.
986
987\wxheading{Remarks}
988
989The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
990to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
991be used at all.
992
993\wxheading{See also}
994
995\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
996\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
997\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour}
998
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1002\constfunc{wxWindow*}{GetGrandParent}{\void}
1003
1004Returns the grandparent of a window, or NULL if there isn't one.
1005
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1009\constfunc{void*}{GetHandle}{\void}
1010
1011Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window. Cast it to an appropriate
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1020
1021\constfunc{virtual wxString}{GetHelpText}{\void}
1022
1023Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
1024
1025Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
1026and not in the window object itself.
1027
1028\wxheading{See also}
1029
1030\helpref{SetHelpText}{wxwindowsethelptext}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
1031
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1035\constfunc{int}{GetId}{\void}
1036
1037Returns the identifier of the window.
1038
1039\wxheading{Remarks}
1040
6453876e 1041Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has not provided one
5e06d749 1042(or the default wxID\_ANY) an unique identifier with a negative value will be generated.
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1045
b2cf617c 1046\helpref{wxWindow::SetId}{wxwindowsetid},\rtfsp
5b6aa0ff 1047\helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
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1052\constfunc{virtual wxString }{GetLabel}{\void}
1053
1054Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
1055identification purposes.
1056
1057\wxheading{Remarks}
1058
1059The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
1060For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the title. For buttons or static text controls, it is
1061the button text. This function can be useful for meta-programs (such as testing
1062tools or special-needs access programs) which need to identify windows
1063by name.
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1066
1067\constfunc{wxSize}{GetMaxSize}{\void}
1068
1069Returns the maximum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout mechanism
1070that this is the maximum possible size.
1071
1072\membersection{wxWindow::GetMinSize}\label{wxwindowgetminsize}
1073
1074\constfunc{wxSize}{GetMinSize}{\void}
1075
1076Returns the minimum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout mechanism
1077that this is the minimum required size.
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1083Returns the window's name.
1084
1085\wxheading{Remarks}
1086
1087This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the programmer to supply an appropriate
1088name in the window constructor or via \helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}.
1089
1090\wxheading{See also}
1091
1092\helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}
1093
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1097\constfunc{virtual wxWindow*}{GetParent}{\void}
1098
1099Returns the parent of the window, or NULL if there is no parent.
1100
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1104\constfunc{virtual void}{GetPosition}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
1105
1106\constfunc{wxPoint}{GetPosition}{\void}
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1109for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level
1110windows.
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1112\wxheading{Parameters}
1113
1114\docparam{x}{Receives the x position of the window.}
1115
1116\docparam{y}{Receives the y position of the window.}
1117
1118\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1119implements the following methods:\par
1120\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1121\twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a wxPoint}
1122\twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionTuple()}}{Returns a tuple (x, y)}
1123\end{twocollist}}
1124}
1125
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1127method:\par
1128\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1129\twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a Wx::Point}
1130\twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionXY()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1131 {\tt ( x, y )}}
1132\end{twocollist}
1133}}
1134
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1137
1138\constfunc{virtual wxRect}{GetRect}{\void}
1139
1140Returns the size and position of the window as a \helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object.
1141
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1144
eaaa6a06 1145\func{virtual int}{GetScrollPos}{\param{int }{orientation}}
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1147Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
1148
1149\wxheading{See also}
1150
1151See \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1152
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1155
eaaa6a06 1156\func{virtual int}{GetScrollRange}{\param{int }{orientation}}
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1158Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
1159
1160\wxheading{See also}
1161
1162\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1163
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1166
1167\func{virtual int}{GetScrollThumb}{\param{int }{orientation}}
1168
1169Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
1170
1171\wxheading{See also}
1172
1173\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1174
1175
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c66c3af1 1178\constfunc{void}{GetSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
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c66c3af1 1180\constfunc{wxSize}{GetSize}{\void}
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1185\wxheading{Parameters}
1186
1187\docparam{width}{Receives the window width.}
1188
1189\docparam{height}{Receives the window height.}
1190
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1192implements the following methods:\par
1193\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1195\twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeTuple()}}{Returns a 2-tuple (width, height)}
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1197}
1198
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1200method:\par
1201\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1202\twocolitem{{\bf GetSize()}}{Returns a Wx::Size}
1203\twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeWH()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1204 {\tt ( width, height )}}
1205\end{twocollist}
1206}}
1207
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1209
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1211\helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
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1215
772c017b 1216\constfunc{wxSizer *}{GetSizer}{\void}
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be90c029 1218Return the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
e6973167 1219\helpref{SetSizer()}{wxwindowsetsizer} or {\tt NULL}.
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1224\constfunc{virtual void}{GetTextExtent}{\param{const wxString\& }{string}, \param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y},
1225 \param{int* }{descent = NULL}, \param{int* }{externalLeading = NULL},
cc81d32f 1226 \param{const wxFont* }{font = NULL}, \param{bool}{ use16 = {\tt false}}}
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1228Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1229window with the currently selected font.
1230
1231\wxheading{Parameters}
1232
1233\docparam{string}{String whose extent is to be measured.}
1234
1235\docparam{x}{Return value for width.}
1236
1237\docparam{y}{Return value for height.}
1238
1239\docparam{descent}{Return value for descent (optional).}
1240
1241\docparam{externalLeading}{Return value for external leading (optional).}
1242
1243\docparam{font}{Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).}
1244
cc81d32f 1245\docparam{use16}{If {\tt true}, {\it string} contains 16-bit characters. The default is {\tt false}.}
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1248implements the following methods:\par
1249\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1251\twocolitem{{\bf GetFullTextExtent(string, font=NULL)}}{Returns a
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1253\end{twocollist}}
1254}
1255
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1256\perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes only the {\tt string} and optionally
1257 {\tt font} parameters, and returns a 4-element list
1258 {\tt ( x, y, descent, externalLeading )}.}
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1261\membersection{wxWindow::GetToolTip}\label{wxwindowgettooltip}
1262
1263\constfunc{wxToolTip*}{GetToolTip}{\void}
1264
1265Get the associated tooltip or NULL if none.
1266
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1269
1270\constfunc{virtual wxRegion}{GetUpdateRegion}{\void}
1271
1272Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged. Should
f4fcc291 1273only be called within an \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent} handler.
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1275\wxheading{See also}
1276
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1277\helpref{wxRegion}{wxregion},\rtfsp
1278\helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator}
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1281\membersection{wxWindow::GetValidator}\label{wxwindowgetvalidator}
1282
1283\constfunc{wxValidator*}{GetValidator}{\void}
1284
1285Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or NULL if there is none.
1286
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1289
1290\constfunc{void}{GetVirtualSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
1291
1292\constfunc{wxSize}{GetVirtualSize}{\void}
1293
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1295returns the client size of the window, but after a call to
1296\helpref{SetVirtualSize}{wxwindowsetvirtualsize} it will return
1297that size.
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1299\wxheading{Parameters}
1300
1301\docparam{width}{Receives the window virtual width.}
1302
1303\docparam{height}{Receives the window virtual height.}
1304
1305\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
1306\helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize}
1307
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1311\constfunc{long}{GetWindowStyleFlag}{\void}
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1314method. {\bf GetWindowStyle()} is another name for the same function.
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1318
488e1507 1319\constfunc{wxWindowVariant}{GetWindowVariant}{\void}
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1323
1324
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1326
1327\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasCapture}{\void}
1328
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1331\wxheading{See also}
1332
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1334\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
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1336
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1338\membersection{wxWindow::HasFlag}\label{wxwindowhasflag}
1339
1340\constfunc{bool}{HasFlag}{\param{int }{flag}}
1341
1342Returns \texttt{true} if the window has the given \arg{flag} bit set.
1343
1344
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1346
1347\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasScrollbar}{\param{int }{orient}}
1348
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1350
1351\wxheading{Parameters}
1352
1353\docparam{orient}{Orientation to check, either {\tt wxHORIZONTAL} or {\tt wxVERTICAL}.}
1354
1355
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1357
1358\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasTransparentBackground}{\void}
1359
1360Returns \true if this window background is transparent (as, for example, for
1361wxStaticText) and should show the parent window background.
1362
1363This method is mostly used internally by the library itself and you normally
1364shouldn't have to call it. You may, however, have to override it in your
1365wxWindow-derived class to ensure that background is painted correctly.
1366
1367
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1369
1370\func{bool}{Hide}{\void}
1371
cc81d32f 1372Equivalent to calling \helpref{Show}{wxwindowshow}({\tt false}).
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1376
1377\func{void}{InheritAttributes}{\void}
1378
1379This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
1380window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
1381the font and the foreground and background colours.
1382
1383By ``intelligently'' the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
1384own \helpref{default}{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes} attributes. However
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1386\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont} and not
fa47d7a7 1387\helpref{SetOwnFont}{wxwindowsetownfont}) changed \emph{and} if the
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1388corresponding attribute hadn't been explicitly set for this window itself,
1389then this window takes the same value as used by the parent. In addition, if
324eeecb 1390the window overrides \helpref{ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
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1391to return \false, the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the
1392font might.
1393
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1395different usage scenarios. The most common one is when all default attributes
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1396are used and in this case, nothing should be inherited as in modern GUIs
1397different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
1398they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
1399desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
1400just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
1401do inherit the parents attributes.
1402
1403
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1405
1406\func{void}{InitDialog}{\void}
1407
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1409to the dialog via validators.
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1413
1414\func{void}{InvalidateBestSize}{\void}
1415
1416Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it is needed.
1417
1418
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1420
1421\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsEnabled}{\void}
1422
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1425\wxheading{See also}
1426
1427\helpref{wxWindow::Enable}{wxwindowenable}
1428
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1432\constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
1433
605d715d 1434\constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{wxPoint }{\&pt}}
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1437
605d715d 1438\constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{wxRect }{\&rect}}
515da557 1439
cc81d32f 1440Returns {\tt true} if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
ad9edf45 1441last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
4130b487 1442only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
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1445implements the following methods:\par
1446\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1449\twocolitem{{\bf IsExposedRect(rect)}}{}
8771a323 1450\end{twocollist}}}
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1454
1455\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsRetained}{\void}
1456
cc81d32f 1457Returns {\tt true} if the window is retained, {\tt false} otherwise.
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1459\wxheading{Remarks}
1460
1461Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
1462
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1465
1466\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsShown}{\void}
1467
cc81d32f 1468Returns {\tt true} if the window is shown, {\tt false} if it has been hidden.
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1472
1473\constfunc{bool}{IsTopLevel}{\void}
1474
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1477window).
1478
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1481
1482\func{void}{Layout}{\void}
1483
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1485for this window.
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1488layout is on, this function gets called automatically when the window is resized.
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1492
43e8916f 1493This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollLines}{wxwindowscrolllines}$(1)$.
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1497
43e8916f 1498This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollLines}{wxwindowscrolllines}$(-1)$.
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1502
1503\func{void}{Lower}{\void}
1504
4e43c815 1505Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy (z-order).
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1507\wxheading{See also}
1508
1509\helpref{Raise}{wxwindowraise}
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1513
8a293590 1514\func{virtual void}{MakeModal}{\param{bool }{flag}}
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1516Disables all other windows in the application so that
d3e78bab 1517the user can only interact with this window.
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1519\wxheading{Parameters}
1520
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1522the user can only interact with this window. If {\tt false}, the effect is reversed.}
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1525\membersection{wxWindow::Move}\label{wxwindowmove}
1526
eaaa6a06 1527\func{void}{Move}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
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1530
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1532
1533\wxheading{Parameters}
1534
1535\docparam{x}{Required x position.}
1536
1537\docparam{y}{Required y position.}
1538
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1540
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1542
1543Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1544wxWindow::Move function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class
1545as the call:
1546
1547\begin{verbatim}
60fef964 1548 SetSize(x, y, wxDefaultCoord, wxDefaultCoord, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
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1550
1551\wxheading{See also}
1552
1553\helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}
1554
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1556implements the following methods:\par
1557\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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1559\twocolitem{{\bf MoveXY(x, y)}}{Accepts a pair of integers}
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1561}
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1564\membersection{wxWindow::MoveAfterInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder}
1565
1566\func{void}{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
1567
1568Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified \arg{win}.
1569This means that when the user presses \texttt{TAB} key on that other window,
1570the focus switches to this window.
1571
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1573\helpref{MoveBeforeInTabOrder()}{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder} allow to change
1574it after creating all the windows.
1575
1576\wxheading{Parameters}
1577
1578\docparam{win}{A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
1579must not be NULL}
1580
1581
1582\membersection{wxWindow::MoveBeforeInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder}
1583
1584\func{void}{MoveBeforeInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
1585
1586Same as \helpref{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder} except that
1587it inserts this window just before \arg{win} instead of putting it right after
1588it.
1589
1590
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1592
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1595Does keyboard navigation from this window to another, by sending
1596a wxNavigationKeyEvent.
1597
1598\wxheading{Parameters}
1599
eedc82f4 1600\docparam{flags}{A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.}
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1602\wxheading{Remarks}
1603
1604You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress handler to do the default
1605navigation behaviour for the tab key, since the standard default behaviour for
1606a multiline text control with the wxTE\_PROCESS\_TAB style is to insert a tab
1607and not navigate to the next control.
1608
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1610%% the old docs here in case we want to move any still needed bits to
1611%% the right location (i.e. probably the corresponding events docs)
1612%%
1613%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnActivate}\label{wxwindowonactivate}
1614%%
1615%% \func{void}{OnActivate}{\param{wxActivateEvent\&}{ event}}
1616%%
1617%% Called when a window is activated or deactivated.
1618%%
1619%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1620%%
1621%% \docparam{event}{Object containing activation information.}
1622%%
1623%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1624%%
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1626%% otherwise it returns {\tt false} (it is being deactivated).
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1628%% \wxheading{See also}
1629%%
1630%% \helpref{wxActivateEvent}{wxactivateevent},\rtfsp
1631%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1632%%
1633%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnChar}\label{wxwindowonchar}
1634%%
1635%% \func{void}{OnChar}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1636%%
1637%% Called when the user has pressed a key that is not a modifier (SHIFT, CONTROL or ALT).
1638%%
1639%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1640%%
1641%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1642%% details about this class.}
1643%%
1644%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1645%%
1646%% This member function is called in response to a keypress. To intercept this event,
1647%% use the EVT\_CHAR macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnChar} handler may call this
1648%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1649%%
1650%% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
1651%% values.
1652%%
1653%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept modifier
1654%% keypresses, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1655%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1656%%
1657%% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
1658%%
1659%% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
1660%% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1661%%
1662%% \wxheading{See also}
1663%%
1664%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
1665%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1666%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1667%%
1668%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCharHook}\label{wxwindowoncharhook}
1669%%
1670%% \func{void}{OnCharHook}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1671%%
1672%% This member is called to allow the window to intercept keyboard events
1673%% before they are processed by child windows.
1674%%
1675%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1676%%
1677%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1678%% details about this class.}
1679%%
1680%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1681%%
1682%% This member function is called in response to a keypress, if the window is active. To intercept this event,
1683%% use the EVT\_CHAR\_HOOK macro in an event table definition. If you do not process a particular
1684%% keypress, call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip} to allow default processing.
1685%%
1686%% An example of using this function is in the implementation of escape-character processing for wxDialog,
1687%% where pressing ESC dismisses the dialog by {\bf OnCharHook} 'forging' a cancel button press event.
1688%%
1689%% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
1690%% values.
1691%%
1692%% This function is only relevant to top-level windows (frames and dialogs), and under
1693%% Windows only. Under GTK the normal EVT\_CHAR\_ event has the functionality, i.e.
acbadd0b 1694%% you can intercept it, and if you don't call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip}
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1696%%
1697%% \wxheading{See also}
1698%%
1699%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent},\rtfsp
1700%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1701%% %% GD: OnXXX functions are not documented
1702%% %%\helpref{wxApp::OnCharHook}{wxapponcharhook},\rtfsp
1703%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1704%%
1705%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCommand}\label{wxwindowoncommand}
1706%%
1707%% \func{virtual void}{OnCommand}{\param{wxEvtHandler\& }{object}, \param{wxCommandEvent\& }{event}}
1708%%
1709%% This virtual member function is called if the control does not handle the command event.
1710%%
1711%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1712%%
1713%% \docparam{object}{Object receiving the command event.}
1714%%
1715%% \docparam{event}{Command event}
1716%%
1717%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1718%%
1719%% This virtual function is provided mainly for backward compatibility. You can also intercept commands
1720%% from child controls by using an event table, with identifiers or identifier ranges to identify
1721%% the control(s) in question.
1722%%
1723%% \wxheading{See also}
1724%%
1725%% \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
1726%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1727%%
1728%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnClose}\label{wxwindowonclose}
1729%%
1730%% \func{virtual bool}{OnClose}{\void}
1731%%
1732%% Called when the user has tried to close a a frame
1733%% or dialog box using the window manager (X) or system menu (Windows).
1734%%
1735%% {\bf Note:} This is an obsolete function.
2edb0bde 1736%% It is superseded by the \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow} event
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1738%%
1739%% \wxheading{Return value}
1740%%
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1743%% you may delete other windows.
1744%%
1745%% \wxheading{See also}
1746%%
1747%% \helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
1748%% \helpref{wxWindow::Close}{wxwindowclose},\rtfsp
1749%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow},\rtfsp
1750%% \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
1751%%
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1753%%
1754%% \func{void}{OnKeyDown}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1755%%
1756%% Called when the user has pressed a key, before it is translated into an ASCII value using other
1757%% modifier keys that might be pressed at the same time.
1758%%
1759%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1760%%
1761%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1762%% details about this class.}
1763%%
1764%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1765%%
1766%% This member function is called in response to a key down event. To intercept this event,
1767%% use the EVT\_KEY\_DOWN macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyDown} handler may call this
1768%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1769%%
1770%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
1771%% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1772%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1773%%
1774%% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
1775%%
1776%% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
1777%% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1778%%
1779%% \wxheading{See also}
1780%%
1781%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
1782%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1783%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1784%%
1785%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}\label{wxwindowonkeyup}
1786%%
1787%% \func{void}{OnKeyUp}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1788%%
1789%% Called when the user has released a key.
1790%%
1791%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1792%%
1793%% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1794%% details about this class.}
1795%%
1796%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1797%%
1798%% This member function is called in response to a key up event. To intercept this event,
1799%% use the EVT\_KEY\_UP macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyUp} handler may call this
1800%% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1801%%
1802%% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
1803%% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1804%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1805%%
1806%% Most, but not all, windows allow key up events to be intercepted.
1807%%
1808%% \wxheading{See also}
1809%%
1810%% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown},\rtfsp
1811%% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1812%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1813%%
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1815%%
1816%% \func{void}{OnInitDialog}{\param{wxInitDialogEvent\&}{ event}}
1817%%
1818%% Default handler for the wxEVT\_INIT\_DIALOG event. Calls \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}.
1819%%
1820%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1821%%
1822%% \docparam{event}{Dialog initialisation event.}
1823%%
1824%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1825%%
1826%% Gives the window the default behaviour of transferring data to child controls via
1827%% the validator that each control has.
1828%%
1829%% \wxheading{See also}
1830%%
1831%% \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
1832%%
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1834%%
1835%% \func{void}{OnMenuHighlight}{\param{wxMenuEvent\& }{event}}
1836%%
1837%% Called when a menu select is received from a menu bar: that is, the
1838%% mouse cursor is over a menu item, but the left mouse button has not been
1839%% pressed.
1840%%
1841%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1842%%
1843%% \docparam{event}{The menu highlight event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent}.}
1844%%
1845%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1846%%
1847%% You can choose any member function to receive
1848%% menu select events, using the EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT macro for individual menu items or EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT\_ALL macro
1849%% for all menu items.
1850%%
1851%% The default implementation for \helpref{wxFrame::OnMenuHighlight}{wxframeonmenuhighlight} displays help
1852%% text in the first field of the status bar.
1853%%
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1856%%
1857%% \wxheading{See also}
1858%%
1859%% \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent},\rtfsp
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1861%%
1862%%
1863%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMouseEvent}\label{wxwindowonmouseevent}
1864%%
1865%% \func{void}{OnMouseEvent}{\param{wxMouseEvent\&}{ event}}
1866%%
1867%% Called when the user has initiated an event with the
1868%% mouse.
1869%%
1870%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1871%%
1872%% \docparam{event}{The mouse event. See \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent} for
1873%% more details.}
1874%%
1875%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1876%%
1877%% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
1878%%
1879%% To intercept this event, use the EVT\_MOUSE\_EVENTS macro in an event table definition, or individual
1880%% mouse event macros such as EVT\_LEFT\_DOWN.
1881%%
1882%% \wxheading{See also}
1883%%
1884%% \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent},\rtfsp
1885%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1886%%
1887%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMove}\label{wxwindowonmove}
1888%%
1889%% \func{void}{OnMove}{\param{wxMoveEvent\& }{event}}
1890%%
1891%% Called when a window is moved.
1892%%
1893%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1894%%
1895%% \docparam{event}{The move event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent}.}
1896%%
1897%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1898%%
1899%% Use the EVT\_MOVE macro to intercept move events.
1900%%
1901%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1902%%
1903%% Not currently implemented.
1904%%
1905%% \wxheading{See also}
1906%%
1907%% \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent},\rtfsp
1908%% \helpref{wxFrame::OnSize}{wxframeonsize},\rtfsp
1909%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1910%%
1911%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnPaint}\label{wxwindowonpaint}
1912%%
1913%% \func{void}{OnPaint}{\param{wxPaintEvent\& }{event}}
1914%%
1915%% Sent to the event handler when the window must be refreshed.
1916%%
1917%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1918%%
1919%% \docparam{event}{Paint event. For more information, see \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent}.}
1920%%
1921%% \wxheading{Remarks}
1922%%
1923%% Use the EVT\_PAINT macro in an event table definition to intercept paint events.
1924%%
1925%% Note that In a paint event handler, the application must {\it always} create a \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc} object,
1926%% even if you do not use it. Otherwise, under MS Windows, refreshing for this and other windows will go wrong.
1927%%
1928%% For example:
1929%%
1930%% \small{%
1931%% \begin{verbatim}
1932%% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
1933%% {
1934%% wxPaintDC dc(this);
1935%%
1936%% DrawMyDocument(dc);
1937%% }
1938%% \end{verbatim}
1939%% }%
1940%%
1941%% You can optimize painting by retrieving the rectangles
1942%% that have been damaged and only repainting these. The rectangles are in
1943%% terms of the client area, and are unscrolled, so you will need to do
1944%% some calculations using the current view position to obtain logical,
1945%% scrolled units.
1946%%
1947%% Here is an example of using the \helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator} class:
1948%%
1949%% {\small%
1950%% \begin{verbatim}
1951%% // Called when window needs to be repainted.
1952%% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
1953%% {
1954%% wxPaintDC dc(this);
1955%%
1956%% // Find Out where the window is scrolled to
1957%% int vbX,vbY; // Top left corner of client
1958%% GetViewStart(&vbX,&vbY);
1959%%
1960%% int vX,vY,vW,vH; // Dimensions of client area in pixels
1961%% wxRegionIterator upd(GetUpdateRegion()); // get the update rect list
1962%%
1963%% while (upd)
1964%% {
1965%% vX = upd.GetX();
1966%% vY = upd.GetY();
1967%% vW = upd.GetW();
1968%% vH = upd.GetH();
1969%%
1970%% // Alternatively we can do this:
1971%% // wxRect rect;
1972%% // upd.GetRect(&rect);
1973%%
1974%% // Repaint this rectangle
1975%% ...some code...
1976%%
1977%% upd ++ ;
1978%% }
1979%% }
1980%% \end{verbatim}
1981%% }%
1982%%
1983%% \wxheading{See also}
1984%%
1985%% \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent},\rtfsp
1986%% \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc},\rtfsp
1987%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1988%%
1989%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnScroll}\label{wxwindowonscroll}
1990%%
1991%% \func{void}{OnScroll}{\param{wxScrollWinEvent\& }{event}}
1992%%
1993%% Called when a scroll window event is received from one of the window's built-in scrollbars.
1994%%
1995%% \wxheading{Parameters}
1996%%
1997%% \docparam{event}{Command event. Retrieve the new scroll position by
1998%% calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetPosition}{wxscrolleventgetposition}, and the
1999%% scrollbar orientation by calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetOrientation}{wxscrolleventgetorientation}.}
2000%%
2001%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2002%%
2003%% Note that it is not possible to distinguish between horizontal and vertical scrollbars
2004%% until the function is executing (you can't have one function for vertical, another
2005%% for horizontal events).
2006%%
2007%% \wxheading{See also}
2008%%
2009%% \helpref{wxScrollWinEvent}{wxscrollwinevent},\rtfsp
2010%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2011%%
2012%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSetFocus}\label{wxwindowonsetfocus}
2013%%
2014%% \func{void}{OnSetFocus}{\param{wxFocusEvent\& }{event}}
2015%%
2016%% Called when a window's focus is being set.
2017%%
2018%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2019%%
2020%% \docparam{event}{The focus event. For more information, see \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}.}
2021%%
2022%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2023%%
2024%% To intercept this event, use the macro EVT\_SET\_FOCUS in an event table definition.
2025%%
2026%% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
2027%%
2028%% \wxheading{See also}
2029%%
2030%% \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKillFocus}{wxwindowonkillfocus},\rtfsp
2031%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2032%%
2033%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSize}\label{wxwindowonsize}
2034%%
2035%% \func{void}{OnSize}{\param{wxSizeEvent\& }{event}}
2036%%
2037%% Called when the window has been resized. This is not a virtual function; you should
2038%% provide your own non-virtual OnSize function and direct size events to it using EVT\_SIZE
2039%% in an event table definition.
2040%%
2041%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2042%%
2043%% \docparam{event}{Size event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent}.}
2044%%
2045%% \wxheading{Remarks}
2046%%
2047%% You may wish to use this for frames to resize their child windows as appropriate.
2048%%
2049%% Note that the size passed is of
2050%% the whole window: call \helpref{wxWindow::GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize} for the area which may be
2051%% used by the application.
2052%%
2053%% When a window is resized, usually only a small part of the window is damaged and you
2054%% may only need to repaint that area. However, if your drawing depends on the size of the window,
2055%% you may need to clear the DC explicitly and repaint the whole window. In which case, you
2056%% may need to call \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} to invalidate the entire window.
2057%%
2058%% \wxheading{See also}
2059%%
2060%% \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent},\rtfsp
2061%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2062%%
2063%% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSysColourChanged}\label{wxwindowonsyscolourchanged}
2064%%
2065%% \func{void}{OnSysColourChanged}{\param{wxOnSysColourChangedEvent\& }{event}}
2066%%
2067%% Called when the user has changed the system colours. Windows only.
2068%%
2069%% \wxheading{Parameters}
2070%%
2071%% \docparam{event}{System colour change event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent}.}
2072%%
2073%% \wxheading{See also}
2074%%
2075%% \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent},\rtfsp
2076%% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
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2080
2081\func{virtual void}{OnInternalIdle}{\void}
2082
2083This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
2084sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
2085that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
2086handler in a derived class.
2087
2088This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
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2091
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2094
2095This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(1)$.
2096
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2099
2100This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(-1)$.
2101
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2104
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2107Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
2108
2109\wxheading{Parameters}
2110
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2112default value is {\tt false}.}
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2114\wxheading{See also}
2115
2116\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
2117\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2118\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2119\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2120\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
2121
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2124
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2127\func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
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2129Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
2130window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu. If a
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2133cursor position is used.
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2135\wxheading{Parameters}
2136
2137\docparam{menu}{Menu to pop up.}
2138
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2140
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2142
2143\docparam{y}{Required y position for the menu to appear.}
2144
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2146
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2148
2149\wxheading{Remarks}
2150
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2152is called to ensure that the menu items are in the correct state. The menu does
2153not get deleted by the window.
2154
2155It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when calling PopupMenu
2156in response to mouse click, because some of the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do
2157a better job of positioning the menu in that case.
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2160implements the following methods:\par
2161\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2163\twocolitem{{\bf PopupMenuXY(menu, x, y)}}{Specifies position with two integers (x, y)}
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2165}
2166
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2169
2170\func{void}{PushEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
2171
2172Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
2173
2174\wxheading{Parameters}
2175
2176\docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be pushed.}
2177
2178\wxheading{Remarks}
2179
2180An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2181sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2182an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2183central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2184window classes.
2185
2186\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} allows
2187an application to set up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2188handed to the next one in the chain. Use \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler} to
2189remove the event handler.
2190
2191\wxheading{See also}
2192
2193\helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
2194\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2195\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2196\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2197\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
2198
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2201
2202\func{void}{Raise}{\void}
2203
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2208\wxheading{See also}
2209
2210\helpref{Lower}{wxwindowlower}
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2214
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2218where this is not implemented), to be repainted. Note that repainting doesn't
2219happen immediately but only during the next event loop iteration, if you need
60fef964 2220to update the window immediately you should use \helpref{Update}{wxwindowupdate}
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2223\wxheading{Parameters}
2224
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2226erased.}
2227
2228\docparam{rect}{If non-NULL, only the given rectangle will
2229be treated as damaged.}
2230
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2232
2233\helpref{wxWindow::RefreshRect}{wxwindowrefreshrect}
2234
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2236\membersection{wxWindow::RefreshRect}\label{wxwindowrefreshrect}
2237
8cfa09bd 2238\func{void}{RefreshRect}{\param{const wxRect\& }{rect}, \param{bool }{eraseBackground = \true}}
2b5f62a0 2239
8cfa09bd 2240Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: only the area inside it will be
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2242
8cfa09bd 2243This is the same as \helpref{Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} but has a nicer syntax
324eeecb 2244as it can be called with a temporary wxRect object as argument like this
8cfa09bd 2245\texttt{RefreshRect(wxRect(x, y, w, h))}.
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2248\membersection{wxWindow::RegisterHotKey}\label{wxwindowregisterhotkey}
2249
2250\func{bool}{RegisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}, \param{int}{ modifiers}, \param{int}{ virtualKeyCode}}
2251
2252Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey registered here, this window
2253will receive a hotkey event. It will receive the event even if the application is in the background
2254and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some other application.
2255
2256\wxheading{Parameters}
2257
2258\docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0 and 0xBFFF. If
2259this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a system wide unique identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
2260This is a MSW specific detail.}
2261
2262\docparam{modifiers}{A bitwise combination of {\tt wxMOD\_SHIFT}, {\tt wxMOD\_CONTROL}, {\tt wxMOD\_ALT}
2263or {\tt wxMOD\_WIN} specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along with the key.}
2264
2265\docparam{virtualKeyCode}{The virtual key code of the hotkey.}
2266
2267\wxheading{Return value}
2268
2269{\tt true} if the hotkey was registered successfully. {\tt false} if some other application already registered a
2270hotkey with this modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
2271
2272\wxheading{Remarks}
2273
2274Use EVT\_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the event.
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2275This function is currently only implemented under Windows. It is used
2276in the \helpref{Windows CE port}{wxwince} for detecting hardware button presses.
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2278\wxheading{See also}
2279
2280\helpref{wxWindow::UnregisterHotKey}{wxwindowunregisterhotkey}
2281
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2284
2285\func{virtual void}{ReleaseMouse}{\void}
2286
2287Releases mouse input captured with \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse}.
2288
2289\wxheading{See also}
2290
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2291\helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
2292\helpref{wxWindow::HasCapture}{wxwindowhascapture},
2293\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
a5e84126 2294\helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
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2297\membersection{wxWindow::RemoveChild}\label{wxwindowremovechild}
2298
2299\func{virtual void}{RemoveChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
2300
2301Removes a child window. This is called automatically by window deletion
2302functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
2303
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2306
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2308
2309\docparam{child}{Child window to remove.}
2310
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2313
2314\func{bool}{RemoveEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler *}{handler}}
2315
2316Find the given {\it handler} in the windows event handler chain and remove (but
2317not delete) it from it.
2318
2319\wxheading{Parameters}
2320
2321\docparam{handler}{The event handler to remove, must be non {\tt NULL} and
2322must be present in this windows event handlers chain}
2323
2324\wxheading{Return value}
2325
cc81d32f 2326Returns {\tt true} if it was found and {\tt false} otherwise (this also results
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2328handler is supposed to be there).
2329
2330\wxheading{See also}
2331
2332\helpref{PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2333\helpref{PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler}
2334
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2337
2338\func{virtual bool}{Reparent}{\param{wxWindow* }{newParent}}
2339
2340Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
18ac8d69 2341current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
103aab26 2342and then re-inserted into another. Available on Windows and GTK.
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2344\wxheading{Parameters}
2345
2346\docparam{newParent}{New parent.}
2347
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2351\constfunc{virtual void}{ScreenToClient}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
2352
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2354
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2355Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
2356
2357\wxheading{Parameters}
2358
2359\docparam{x}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2360
2361\docparam{y}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2362
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2364
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2366implements the following methods:\par
2367\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2369\twocolitem{{\bf ScreenToClientXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
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2371}
2372
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2374\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollLines}\label{wxwindowscrolllines}
2375
9cd6d737 2376\func{virtual bool}{ScrollLines}{\param{int }{lines}}
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2377
2378Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if {\it lines} is
2379positive) or up.
2380
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2381\wxheading{Return value}
2382
cc81d32f 2383Returns {\tt true} if the window was scrolled, {\tt false} if it was already
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2384on top/bottom and nothing was done.
2385
2386\wxheading{Remarks}
2387
2388This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxTextCtrl under
2389wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all
2390platforms).
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2391
2392\wxheading{See also}
2393
2394\helpref{ScrollPages}{wxwindowscrollpages}
2395
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2397\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollPages}\label{wxwindowscrollpages}
2398
9cd6d737 2399\func{virtual bool}{ScrollPages}{\param{int }{pages}}
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2400
2401Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if {\it pages} is
2402positive) or up.
2403
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2405
cc81d32f 2406Returns {\tt true} if the window was scrolled, {\tt false} if it was already
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2408
2409\wxheading{Remarks}
2410
0c131a5a 2411This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxGTK.
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2413\wxheading{See also}
2414
2415\helpref{ScrollLines}{wxwindowscrolllines}
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2418\membersection{wxWindow::ScrollWindow}\label{wxwindowscrollwindow}
2419
eaaa6a06 2420\func{virtual void}{ScrollWindow}{\param{int }{dx}, \param{int }{dy}, \param{const wxRect*}{ rect = NULL}}
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6453876e 2422Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
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2424\wxheading{Parameters}
2425
2426\docparam{dx}{Amount to scroll horizontally.}
2427
2428\docparam{dy}{Amount to scroll vertically.}
2429
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2431scrolled (this is always the case under wxGTK which doesn't support this
2432parameter)}
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2434\wxheading{Remarks}
2435
60fef964 2436Note that you can often use \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
9f1a4466 2437instead of using this function directly.
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2440\membersection{wxWindow::SetAcceleratorTable}\label{wxwindowsetacceleratortable}
2441
2442\func{virtual void}{SetAcceleratorTable}{\param{const wxAcceleratorTable\&}{ accel}}
2443
2444Sets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
2445
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2448
dbd94b75 2449\func{void}{SetAccessible}{\param{wxAccessible*}{ accessible}}
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2450
2451Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
2452will be deleted first, if not identical to {\it accessible}.
2453
2454See also \helpref{wxAccessible}{wxaccessible}.
2455
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2457\membersection{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}\label{wxwindowsetautolayout}
2458
8a293590 2459\func{void}{SetAutoLayout}{\param{bool}{ autoLayout}}
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2460
2461Determines whether the \helpref{wxWindow::Layout}{wxwindowlayout} function will
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2462be called automatically when the window is resized. Please note that this only
2463happens for the windows usually used to contain children, namely
2464\helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel} and \helpref{wxTopLevelWindow}{wxtoplevelwindow}
2465(and the classes deriving from them).
2466
2467This method is called implicitly by
2468\helpref{wxWindow::SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer} but if you use
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2470manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly updated when its
2471size changes.
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2473\wxheading{Parameters}
2474
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2476called automatically when the window is resized.}
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2478\wxheading{See also}
2479
2480\helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints}{wxwindowsetconstraints}
2481
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2484
e477b168 2485\func{virtual bool}{SetBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
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2486
2487Sets the background colour of the window.
2488
b8e7b673 2489Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
324eeecb 2490explanation of the difference between this method and
fa47d7a7 2491\helpref{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetownbackgroundcolour}.
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2494
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2496 {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
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2497
2498\wxheading{Remarks}
2499
2500The background colour is usually painted by the default\rtfsp
f4fcc291 2501\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent} event handler function
6453876e 2502under Windows and automatically under GTK.
a660d684 2503
5b6aa0ff 2504Note that setting the background colour does not cause an immediate refresh, so you
684761db 2505may wish to call \helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground} or \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} after
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2507
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2509window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
2510themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
2511applications on the system.
2512
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2514\wxheading{See also}
2515
2516\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2517\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2518\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
684761db 2519\helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground},\rtfsp
5b6aa0ff 2520\helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh},\rtfsp
f4fcc291 2521\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent}
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2524
2525\func{virtual void}{SetBackgroundStyle}{\param{wxBackgroundStyle}{ style}}
2526
2527Sets the background style of the window. The background style indicates
2528whether background colour should be determined by the system (wxBG\_STYLE\_SYSTEM),
2529be set to a specific colour (wxBG\_STYLE\_COLOUR), or should be left to the
2530application to implement (wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM).
2531
2532On GTK+, use of wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM allows the flicker-free drawing of a custom
2533background, such as a tiled bitmap. Currently the style has no effect on other platforms.
2534
2535\wxheading{See also}
2536
2537\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2538\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2539\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundStyle}{wxwindowgetbackgroundstyle}
2540
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2543
027aa6fa 2544\func{void}{SetBestFittingSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize}}
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2546A {\it smart} SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
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2547window's {\it best} size values. Also sets the window's minsize to
2548the value passed in for use with sizers. This means that if a full or
2549partial size is passed to this function then the sizers will use that
2550size instead of the results of GetBestSize to determine the minimum
2551needs of the window for layout.
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2553\wxheading{See also}
2554
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2555\helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize},\rtfsp
2556\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
2557\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestFittingSize}{wxwindowgetbestfittingsize},\rtfsp
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2559
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2561\membersection{wxWindow::SetCaret}\label{wxwindowsetcaret}
2562
2563\constfunc{void}{SetCaret}{\param{wxCaret *}{caret}}
2564
2565Sets the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
2566
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2568\membersection{wxWindow::SetClientSize}\label{wxwindowsetclientsize}
2569
2570\func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
2571
2572\func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
2573
2574This sets the size of the window client area in pixels. Using this function to size a window
2575tends to be more device-independent than \helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}, since the application need not
2576worry about what dimensions the border or title bar have when trying to fit the window
2577around panel items, for example.
2578
2579\wxheading{Parameters}
2580
2581\docparam{width}{The required client area width.}
2582
2583\docparam{height}{The required client area height.}
2584
2585\docparam{size}{The required client size.}
2586
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2588implements the following methods:\par
2589\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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2591\twocolitem{{\bf SetClientSizeWH(width, height)}}{}
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2593}
2594
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2596\membersection{wxWindow::SetConstraints}\label{wxwindowsetconstraints}
2597
2598\func{void}{SetConstraints}{\param{wxLayoutConstraints* }{constraints}}
2599
2600Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
2601will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2602If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2603window, it will be deleted.
2604
2605\wxheading{Parameters}
2606
2607\docparam{constraints}{The constraints to set. Pass NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
2608constraints.}
2609
2610\wxheading{Remarks}
2611
2612You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
2cdac558 2613the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you must override OnSize and call Layout()
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2614explicitly. When setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a \helpref{wxSizer}{wxsizer}, only the
2615sizer will have effect.
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d9f42a9e 2617\membersection{wxWindow::SetContainingSizer}\label{wxwindowsetcontainingsizer}
b8e7b673 2618
d9f42a9e 2619\func{void}{SetContainingSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}}
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2622when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window can
2623remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
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d9f42a9e 2626\membersection{wxWindow::SetCursor}\label{wxwindowsetcursor}
b8e7b673 2627
d9f42a9e 2628\func{virtual void}{SetCursor}{\param{const wxCursor\&}{cursor}}
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2632Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
2633children of the window implicitly.
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2636be reset back to default.
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d9f42a9e 2638\wxheading{Parameters}
b8e7b673 2639
d9f42a9e 2640\docparam{cursor}{Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.}
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2642\wxheading{See also}
2643
d9f42a9e 2644\helpref{::wxSetCursor}{wxsetcursor}, \helpref{wxCursor}{wxcursor}
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2645
2646
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2648
2649\func{void}{SetDropTarget}{\param{wxDropTarget*}{ target}}
2650
2651Associates a drop target with this window.
2652
2653If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
2654
2655\wxheading{See also}
2656
c9f00eeb 2657\helpref{wxWindow::GetDropTarget}{wxwindowgetdroptarget},
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2659
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2663
2664\func{virtual void}{SetInitialBestSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
2665
2666Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the
2667components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord).
2668
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2670
2671\func{void}{SetEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
2672
2673Sets the event handler for this window.
2674
2675\wxheading{Parameters}
2676
2677\docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be set.}
2678
2679\wxheading{Remarks}
2680
2681An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2682sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2683an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2684central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2685window classes.
2686
2687It is usually better to use \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} since
2688this sets up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2689handed to the next one in the chain.
2690
2691\wxheading{See also}
2692
2693\helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2694\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2695\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2696\helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2697\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
2698
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2700\membersection{wxWindow::SetExtraStyle}\label{wxwindowsetextrastyle}
2701
2702\func{void}{SetExtraStyle}{\param{long }{exStyle}}
2703
2704Sets the extra style bits for the window. The currently defined extra style
2705bits are:
2706
2707\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
2708\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
2709\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
2710and Validate() methods will recursively descend into all children of the
2711window if it has this style flag set.}
e4b713a2 2712\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{Normally, the command
2edb0bde 2713events are propagated upwards to the window parent recursively until a handler
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2714for them is found. Using this style allows to prevent them from being
2715propagated beyond this window. Notice that wxDialog has this style on by
be90c029 2716default for the reasons explained in the
e4b713a2 2717\helpref{event processing overview}{eventprocessing}.}
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2718\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_TRANSIENT}}{This can be used to prevent a
2719window from being used as an implicit parent for the dialogs which were
2720created without a parent. It is useful for the windows which can disappear at
2edb0bde 2721any moment as creating children of such windows results in fatal problems.}
335c9e32 2722\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFRAME\_EX\_CONTEXTHELP}}{Under Windows, puts a query button on the
fc2171bd 2723caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWidgets will send
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2724a wxEVT\_HELP event if the user clicked on an application window.
2725This style cannot be used together with wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX or wxMINIMIZE\_BOX, so
be90c029 2726you should use the style of
7af3ca16 2727{\tt wxDEFAULT\_FRAME\_STYLE \& \textasciitilde(wxMINIMIZE\_BOX | wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX)} for the
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2729default)}
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2730\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_IDLE}}{This window should always process idle events, even
2731if the mode set by \helpref{wxIdleEvent::SetMode}{wxidleeventsetmode} is wxIDLE\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
2732\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_UI\_UPDATES}}{This window should always process UI update events,
2733even if the mode set by \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} is wxUPDATE\_UI\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
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2738
2739\func{virtual void}{SetFocus}{\void}
2740
2741This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
2742
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2743\wxheading{See also}
2744
2745\helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}
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2746\helpref{wxPanel::SetFocus}{wxpanelsetfocus}
2747\helpref{wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren}{wxpanelsetfocusignoringchildren}
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2750\membersection{wxWindow::SetFocusFromKbd}\label{wxwindowsetfocusfromkbd}
2751
2752\func{virtual void}{SetFocusFromKbd}{\void}
2753
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2755gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using {\tt TAB} key).
2756By default this method simply calls \helpref{SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus} but
2757can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
2758
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2760\membersection{wxWindow::SetFont}\label{wxwindowsetfont}
2761
2762\func{void}{SetFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}}
2763
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2764Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
2765parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
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2767see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for more
2768explanations.
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2770Please notice that the given font is \emph{not} automatically used for
2771\helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc} objects associated with this window, you need to
2772call \helpref{wxDC::SetFont()}{wxdcsetfont} too. However this font is used by
2773any standard controls for drawing their text as well as by
2774\helpref{wxWindow::GetTextExtent()}{wxwindowgettextextent}.
2775
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2776\wxheading{Parameters}
2777
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2779{\tt wxNullFont} to reset to the default font.}
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2780
2781\wxheading{See also}
2782
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2783\helpref{wxWindow::GetFont}{wxwindowgetfont},\\
2784\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
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2787\membersection{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour}
2788
2789\func{virtual void}{SetForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2790
2791Sets the foreground colour of the window.
2792
b8e7b673 2793Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
324eeecb 2794explanation of the difference between this method and
fa47d7a7 2795\helpref{SetOwnForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}.
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2798
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2800 {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
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2802\wxheading{Remarks}
2803
2804The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
2805to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
2806be used at all.
2807
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2809window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
2810themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
2811applications on the system.
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2814
2815\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2816\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
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2817\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2818\helpref{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
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2822
2823\func{virtual void}{SetHelpText}{\param{const wxString\& }{helpText}}
2824
2825Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2826
2827Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
2828and not in the window object itself.
2829
2830\wxheading{See also}
2831
2832\helpref{GetHelpText}{wxwindowgethelptext}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
2833
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2835\membersection{wxWindow::SetId}\label{wxwindowsetid}
2836
2837\func{void}{SetId}{\param{int}{ id}}
2838
2839Sets the identifier of the window.
2840
2841\wxheading{Remarks}
2842
2843Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has not provided one,
2844an identifier will be generated. Normally, the identifier should be provided
2845on creation and should not be modified subsequently.
2846
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2848
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2849\helpref{wxWindow::GetId}{wxwindowgetid},\rtfsp
2850\helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
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2854\membersection{wxWindow::SetLabel}\label{wxwindowsetlabel}
2855
2856\func{virtual void}{SetLabel}{\param{const wxString\& }{label}}
2857
2858Sets the window's label.
2859
2860\wxheading{Parameters}
2861
2862\docparam{label}{The window label.}
2863
2864\wxheading{See also}
2865
2866\helpref{wxWindow::GetLabel}{wxwindowgetlabel}
2867
2868
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2870
2871\func{void}{SetMaxSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
2872
2873Sets the maximum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
2874that this is the maximum possible size.
2875
2876\membersection{wxWindow::SetMinSize}\label{wxwindowsetminsize}
2877
2878\func{void}{SetMinSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
2879
2880Sets the minimum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
2881that this is the minimum required size. You may need to call this
2882if you change the window size after construction and before adding
2883to its parent sizer.
2884
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2885\membersection{wxWindow::SetName}\label{wxwindowsetname}
2886
2887\func{virtual void}{SetName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
2888
2889Sets the window's name.
2890
2891\wxheading{Parameters}
2892
2893\docparam{name}{A name to set for the window.}
2894
2895\wxheading{See also}
2896
2897\helpref{wxWindow::GetName}{wxwindowgetname}
2898
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2901
2902\func{void}{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2903
2904Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2905by the children of this window.
2906
2907\wxheading{See also}
2908
2909\helpref{SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2910\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2911
2912
2913\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnFont}\label{wxwindowsetownfont}
2914
2915\func{void}{SetOwnFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}}
2916
2917Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
2918children of this window.
2919
2920\wxheading{See also}
2921
2922\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont},\rtfsp
2923\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2924
2925
2926\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}
2927
2928\func{void}{SetOwnForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2929
2930Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2931by the children of this window.
2932
2933\wxheading{See also}
2934
2935\helpref{SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2936\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2937
2938
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2940
2941\func{virtual void}{SetPalette}{\param{wxPalette* }{palette}}
2942
2943Obsolete - use \helpref{wxDC::SetPalette}{wxdcsetpalette} instead.
2944
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2946\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}\label{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
2947
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2948\func{virtual void}{SetScrollbar}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{position},\rtfsp
2949\param{int }{thumbSize}, \param{int }{range},\rtfsp
cc81d32f 2950\param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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2951
2952Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
2953
2954\wxheading{Parameters}
2955
2956\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2957
2958\docparam{position}{The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.}
2959
2960\docparam{thumbSize}{The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.}
2961
2962\docparam{range}{The maximum position of the scrollbar.}
2963
cc81d32f 2964\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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2965
2966\wxheading{Remarks}
2967
2968Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same font.
2969The window is sized so that you can only see 16 lines at a time.
2970
2971You would use:
2972
2973{\small%
2974\begin{verbatim}
2975 SetScrollbar(wxVERTICAL, 0, 16, 50);
2976\end{verbatim}
2977}
2978
2979Note that with the window at this size, the thumb position can never go
2980above 50 minus 16, or 34.
2981
2982You can determine how many lines are currently visible by dividing the current view
2983size by the character height in pixels.
2984
2985When defining your own scrollbar behaviour, you will always need to recalculate
2986the scrollbar settings when the window size changes. You could therefore put your
2987scrollbar calculations and SetScrollbar
2988call into a function named AdjustScrollbars, which can be called initially and also
f4fcc291 2989from your \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent} handler function.
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2991\wxheading{See also}
2992
2993\helpref{Scrolling overview}{scrollingoverview},\rtfsp
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2995\helpref{wxScrollWinEvent}{wxscrollwinevent}
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2997\begin{comment}
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3000\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpage}
3001
cc81d32f 3002\func{virtual void}{SetScrollPage}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pageSize}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3003
3004Sets the page size of one of the built-in scrollbars.
3005
3006\wxheading{Parameters}
3007
3008\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3009
3010\docparam{pageSize}{Page size in scroll units.}
3011
cc81d32f 3012\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3013
3014\wxheading{Remarks}
3015
3016The page size of a scrollbar is the number of scroll units that the scroll thumb travels when you
3017click on the area above/left of or below/right of the thumb. Normally you will want a whole visible
3018page to be scrolled, i.e. the size of the current view (perhaps the window client size). This
3019value has to be adjusted when the window is resized, since the page size will have changed.
3020
3021In addition to specifying how far the scroll thumb travels when paging, in Motif and some versions of Windows
3022the thumb changes size to reflect the page size relative to the length of the document. When the
3023document size is only slightly bigger than the current view (window) size, almost all of the scrollbar
3024will be taken up by the thumb. When the two values become the same, the scrollbar will (on some systems)
3025disappear.
3026
3027Currently, this function should be called before SetPageRange, because of a quirk in the Windows
3028handling of pages and ranges.
3029
3030\wxheading{See also}
3031
3032\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
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3034\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowgetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3035\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
3036\end{comment}
3037
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3039\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpos}
3040
cc81d32f 3041\func{virtual void}{SetScrollPos}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pos}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3042
3043Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
3044
3045\wxheading{Parameters}
3046
3047\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3048
3049\docparam{pos}{Position in scroll units.}
3050
cc81d32f 3051\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3052
3053\wxheading{Remarks}
3054
3055This function does not directly affect the contents of the window: it is up to the
3056application to take note of scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
3057
3058\wxheading{See also}
3059
3060\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar},\rtfsp
4179da8a 3061\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowgetscrollpos},\rtfsp
f7bd2698 3062\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollThumb}{wxwindowgetscrollthumb},\rtfsp
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3063\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
3064
3065\begin{comment}
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3068\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollRange}\label{wxwindowsetscrollrange}
3069
cc81d32f 3070\func{virtual void}{SetScrollRange}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{range}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
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3071
3072Sets the range of one of the built-in scrollbars.
3073
3074\wxheading{Parameters}
3075
3076\docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose range is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3077
3078\docparam{range}{Scroll range.}
3079
cc81d32f 3080\docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
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3081
3082\wxheading{Remarks}
3083
3084The range of a scrollbar is the number of steps that the thumb may travel, rather than the total
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3085object length of the scrollbar. If you are implementing a scrolling window, for example, you
3086would adjust the scroll range when the window is resized, by subtracting the window view size from the
3087total virtual window size. When the two sizes are the same (all the window is visible), the range goes to zero
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3088and usually the scrollbar will be automatically hidden.
3089
3090\wxheading{See also}
3091
3092\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
3093\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}{wxwindowsetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3095\helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowgetscrollpage},\rtfsp
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3096\helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
3097\end{comment}
3098
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3100\membersection{wxWindow::SetSize}\label{wxwindowsetsize}
3101
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3102\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}, \param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height},
3103 \param{int}{ sizeFlags = wxSIZE\_AUTO}}
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3105\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxRect\&}{ rect}}
3106
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3107Sets the size and position of the window in pixels.
3108
eaaa6a06 3109\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
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3111\func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
3112
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3113Sets the size of the window in pixels.
3114
3115\wxheading{Parameters}
3116
60fef964 3117\docparam{x}{Required x position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
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3118value should be used.}
3119
60fef964 3120\docparam{y}{Required y position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
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3121value should be used.}
3122
60fef964 3123\docparam{width}{Required width in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
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3124value should be used.}
3125
60fef964 3126\docparam{height}{Required height position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
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3127value should be used.}
3128
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3129\docparam{size}{\helpref{wxSize}{wxsize} object for setting the size.}
3130
3131\docparam{rect}{\helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object for setting the position and size.}
3132
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3133\docparam{sizeFlags}{Indicates the interpretation of other parameters. It is a bit list of the following:
3134
60fef964 3135{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_WIDTH}: a $wxDefaultCoord$ width value is taken to indicate
fc2171bd 3136a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
60fef964 3137{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_HEIGHT}: a $wxDefaultCoord$ height value is taken to indicate
4e43c815 3138a wxWidgets-supplied default height.\\
60fef964 3139{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO}: $wxDefaultCoord$ size values are taken to indicate
fc2171bd 3140a wxWidgets-supplied default size.\\
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3143{\bf wxSIZE\_ALLOW\_MINUS\_ONE}: allow negative dimensions (ie. value of $wxDefaultCoord$) to be interpreted
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3145{\bf wxSIZE\_FORCE}: normally, if the position and the size of the window are
3146already the same as the parameters of this function, nothing is done. but with
3147this flag a window resize may be forced even in this case (supported in wx
31482.6.2 and later and only implemented for MSW and ignored elsewhere currently)
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3149}
3150
3151\wxheading{Remarks}
3152
3153The second form is a convenience for calling the first form with default
3154x and y parameters, and must be used with non-default width and height values.
3155
3156The first form sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
60fef964 3157Parameters may be $wxDefaultCoord$ to indicate either that a default should be supplied
fc2171bd 3158by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the dimension should be used.
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3159
3160\wxheading{See also}
3161
3162\helpref{wxWindow::Move}{wxwindowmove}
3163
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3165implements the following methods:\par
3166\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
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3167\twocolitem{{\bf SetDimensions(x, y, width, height, sizeFlags=wxSIZE\_AUTO)}}{}
3168\twocolitem{{\bf SetSize(size)}}{}
3169\twocolitem{{\bf SetPosition(point)}}{}
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3171}
3172
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3174\membersection{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}\label{wxwindowsetsizehints}
3175
c894d475 3176\func{virtual void}{SetSizeHints}{\param{int}{ minW}, \param{int}{ minH}, \param{int}{ maxW=-1}, \param{int}{ maxH=-1},
eaaa6a06 3177 \param{int}{ incW=-1}, \param{int}{ incH=-1}}
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3181
3182
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3183Allows specification of minimum and maximum window sizes, and window size increments.
3184If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values will be used.
3185
3186\wxheading{Parameters}
3187
3188\docparam{minW}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.}
3189
3190\docparam{minH}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.}
3191
3192\docparam{maxW}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.}
3193
3194\docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
3195
3196\docparam{incW}{Specifies the increment for sizing the width (Motif/Xt only).}
3197
3198\docparam{incH}{Specifies the increment for sizing the height (Motif/Xt only).}
3199
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3201
3202\docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
3203
3204\docparam{incSize}{Increment size (Motif/Xt only).}
3205
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3206\wxheading{Remarks}
3207
3208If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the window outside the
3209given bounds.
3210
3211The resizing increments are only significant under Motif or Xt.
3212
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3215
cc81d32f 3216\func{void}{SetSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=true}}
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3218Sets the window to have the given layout sizer. The window
3219will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
3220If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
cc81d32f 3221window, it will be deleted if the deleteOld parameter is true.
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3225parameter if the {\it sizer}\/ is non-NULL and {\tt false} otherwise.
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3228
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3230the window's sizer. See below.}
3231
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3233Pass false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself.}
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3235\wxheading{Remarks}
3236
fc2171bd 3237SetSizer now enables and disables Layout automatically, but prior to wxWidgets 2.3.3
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3239
515da557 3240You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
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3242explicitly. When setting both a wxSizer and a \helpref{wxLayoutConstraints}{wxlayoutconstraints},
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3243only the sizer will have effect.
3244
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3246\membersection{wxWindow::SetSizerAndFit}\label{wxwindowsetsizerandfit}
3247
cc81d32f 3248\func{void}{SetSizerAndFit}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=true}}
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3250The same as \helpref{SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer}, except it also sets the size hints
3251for the window based on the sizer's minimum size.
3252
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3255
3256\func{virtual void}{SetThemeEnabled}{\param{bool }{enable}}
3257
3258This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
3259to draw the windows' background instead if its own background drawing
3260code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
3261obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
3262One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
3263defined by a user's selected theme.
3264
cc81d32f 3265Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to true
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3267
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3269\membersection{wxWindow::SetToolTip}\label{wxwindowsettooltip}
3270
3271\func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{const wxString\& }{tip}}
3272
3273\func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{wxToolTip* }{tip}}
3274
c9f00eeb 3275Attach a tooltip to the window.
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c9f00eeb 3277See also: \helpref{GetToolTip}{wxwindowgettooltip},
8161ba08 3278 \helpref{wxToolTip}{wxtooltip}
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3281\membersection{wxWindow::SetValidator}\label{wxwindowsetvalidator}
3282
3283\func{virtual void}{SetValidator}{\param{const wxValidator\&}{ validator}}
3284
3285Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having called wxValidator::Clone to
3286create a new validator of this type.
3287
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3289\membersection{wxWindow::SetVirtualSize}\label{wxwindowsetvirtualsize}
3290
3291\func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
3292
3293\func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
3294
3295Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
3296
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3298\membersection{wxWindow::SetVirtualSizeHints}\label{wxwindowsetvirtualsizehints}
3299
3300\func{virtual void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{int}{ minW},\param{int}{ minH}, \param{int}{ maxW=-1}, \param{int}{ maxH=-1}}
3301
324eeecb 3302\func{void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ minSize=wxDefaultSize},
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3304
3305
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3306Allows specification of minimum and maximum virtual window sizes.
3307If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values
3308will be used.
3309
3310\wxheading{Parameters}
3311
3312\docparam{minW}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.}
3313
3314\docparam{minH}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.}
3315
3316\docparam{maxW}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.}
3317
3318\docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
3319
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3320\docparam{minSize}{Minimum size.}
3321
3322\docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
3323
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3324\wxheading{Remarks}
3325
3326If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the virtual area
3327of the window outside the given bounds.
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3330\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyle}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyle}
3331
3332\func{void}{SetWindowStyle}{\param{long}{ style}}
3333
3334Identical to \helpref{SetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}.
3335
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3337\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyleFlag}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}
3338
3339\func{virtual void}{SetWindowStyleFlag}{\param{long}{ style}}
3340
3341Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
3342after the window creation and that \helpref{Refresh()}{wxwindowrefresh} might
3343be called after changing the others for the change to take place immediately.
3344
b2cf617c 3345See \helpref{Window styles}{windowstyles} for more information about flags.
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3346
3347\wxheading{See also}
3348
3349\helpref{GetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowgetwindowstyleflag}
3350
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3352\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}\label{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
3353
3354\func{void}{SetWindowVariant}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{variant}}
3355
3356This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
3357Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
dbd94b75 3358exist in several sizes which correspond to the elements of wxWindowVariant
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3359enum:
3360\begin{verbatim}
3361enum wxWindowVariant
3362{
3363 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL, // Normal size
3364 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_SMALL, // Smaller size (about 25 % smaller than normal )
3365 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MINI, // Mini size (about 33 % smaller than normal )
3366 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_LARGE, // Large size (about 25 % larger than normal )
3367};
3368\end{verbatim}
3369
3370By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
3371be used to change this.
3372
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3374\membersection{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}\label{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
3375
3376\func{virtual bool}{ShouldInheritColours}{\void}
3377
324eeecb 3378Return \true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
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3379\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}, returning \false
3380forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
3381
324eeecb 3382The base class version returns \false, but this method is overridden in
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3383\helpref{wxControl}{wxcontrol} where it returns \true.
3384
3385
aeab10d0 3386\membersection{wxWindow::Show}\label{wxwindowshow}
a660d684 3387
cc81d32f 3388\func{virtual bool}{Show}{\param{bool}{ show = {\tt true}}}
a660d684 3389
be90c029 3390Shows or hides the window. You may need to call \helpref{Raise}{wxwindowraise}
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3391for a top level window if you want to bring it to top, although this is not
3392needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
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3394\wxheading{Parameters}
3395
cc81d32f 3396\docparam{show}{If {\tt true} displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.}
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3397
3398\wxheading{Return value}
3399
cc81d32f 3400{\tt true} if the window has been shown or hidden or {\tt false} if nothing was
bc5879ef 3401done because it already was in the requested state.
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3403\wxheading{See also}
3404
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3405\helpref{wxWindow::IsShown}{wxwindowisshown},\rtfsp
3406\helpref{wxWindow::Hide}{wxwindowhide},\rtfsp
3407\helpref{wxRadioBox::Show}{wxradioboxshow}
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3410\membersection{wxWindow::Thaw}\label{wxwindowthaw}
3411
3412\func{virtual void}{Thaw}{\void}
3413
324eeecb 3414Reenables window updating after a previous call to
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3415\helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}. To really thaw the control, it must be called
3416exactly the same number of times as \helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}.
3417
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3418\wxheading{See also}
3419
3420\helpref{wxWindowUpdateLocker}{wxwindowupdatelocker}
3421
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3423\membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow}
3424
3425\func{virtual bool}{TransferDataFromWindow}{\void}
3426
3427Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their validators. Returns
cc81d32f 3428{\tt false} if a transfer failed.
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3430If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3431the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
3432
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3433\wxheading{See also}
3434
3435\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow},\rtfsp
3436\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
3437
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3439\membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
3440
3441\func{virtual bool}{TransferDataToWindow}{\void}
3442
3443Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their validators.
3444
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3445If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3446the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
3447
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3448\wxheading{Return value}
3449
cc81d32f 3450Returns {\tt false} if a transfer failed.
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3451
3452\wxheading{See also}
3453
3454\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3455\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
3456
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3458\membersection{wxWindow::UnregisterHotKey}\label{wxwindowunregisterhotkey}
3459
3460\func{bool}{UnregisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}}
3461
3462Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
3463
3464\wxheading{Parameters}
3465
3466\docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to RegisterHotKey.}
3467
3468\wxheading{Return value}
3469
3470{\tt true} if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, {\tt false} if the id was invalid.
3471
3472\wxheading{Remarks}
3473
3474This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
3475
3476\wxheading{See also}
3477
3478\helpref{wxWindow::RegisterHotKey}{wxwindowregisterhotkey}
3479
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3481\membersection{wxWindow::Update}\label{wxwindowupdate}
3482
3483\func{virtual void}{Update}{\void}
3484
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3485Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window and
3486all of its children recursively while this would usually only happen when the
3487flow of control returns to the event loop. Notice that this function doesn't
3488refresh the window and does nothing if the window hadn't been already
3489repainted. Use \helpref{Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} first if you want to
3490immediately redraw the window unconditionally.
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3493\membersection{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}\label{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
3494
c0d26c0f 3495\func{virtual void}{UpdateWindowUI}{\param{long}{ flags = wxUPDATE\_UI\_NONE}}
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3496
3497This function sends \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvents}{wxupdateuievent} to
3498the window. The particular implementation depends on the window; for
3499example a wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
3500and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
3501You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
3502UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
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3503are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
3504\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} or
e39af974 3505\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval}{wxupdateuieventsetupdateinterval} to
fc2171bd 3506limit the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
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3507
3508{\it flags} should be a bitlist of one or more of the following values.
3509
3510\begin{verbatim}
3511enum wxUpdateUI
3512{
3513 wxUPDATE_UI_NONE = 0x0000, // No particular value
3514 wxUPDATE_UI_RECURSE = 0x0001, // Call the function for descendants
3515 wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE = 0x0002 // Invoked from On(Internal)Idle
3516};
3517\end{verbatim}
3518
3519If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
3520function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE\_UI\_FROMIDLE flag, since
3521this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
3522to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
3523only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
3524The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
3525an idle function.
3526
3527\begin{verbatim}
3528void MyWindow::OnInternalIdle()
3529{
3530 if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this))
3531 UpdateWindowUI(wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE);
3532}
3533\end{verbatim}
3534
3535\wxheading{See also}
3536
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3537\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent},
3538\helpref{wxWindow::DoUpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowdoupdatewindowui},
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3539\helpref{wxWindow::OnInternalIdle}{wxwindowoninternalidle}
3540
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3542\membersection{wxWindow::Validate}\label{wxwindowvalidate}
3543
3544\func{virtual bool}{Validate}{\void}
3545
3546Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
3547
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3548If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3549the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
3550
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3551\wxheading{Return value}
3552
cc81d32f 3553Returns {\tt false} if any of the validations failed.
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3555\wxheading{See also}
3556
3557\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3980000c 3558\helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow},\rtfsp
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3559\helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}
3560
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3562\membersection{wxWindow::WarpPointer}\label{wxwindowwarppointer}
3563
3564\func{void}{WarpPointer}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
3565
3566Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
3567
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3568{\bf NB: } This function is not supported under Mac because Apple Human
3569Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor programmatically.
3570
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3571\wxheading{Parameters}
3572
3573\docparam{x}{The new x position for the cursor.}
3574
3575\docparam{y}{The new y position for the cursor.}