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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: scroll.cpp
3// Purpose: wxScrolledWindow sample
4// Author: Robert Roebling
5// Modified by:
6// Created:
7// RCS-ID: $Id$
8// Copyright: (C) 1998 Robert Roebling, 2002 Ron Lee, 2003 Matt Gregory
9// Licence: wxWindows license
10/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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11
12// For compilers that support precompilation, includes "wx/wx.h".
13#include "wx/wxprec.h"
14
15#ifdef __BORLANDC__
16#pragma hdrstop
17#endif
18
19#ifndef WX_PRECOMP
20#include "wx/wx.h"
21#endif
22
23#include "wx/image.h"
053f9cc1 24#include "wx/listctrl.h"
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25#include "wx/sizer.h"
26#include "wx/log.h"
27
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28const long ID_QUIT = wxID_EXIT;
29const long ID_ABOUT = wxID_ABOUT;
30const long ID_DELETE_ALL = 100;
31const long ID_INSERT_NEW = 101;
32
33// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
34// a trivial example
35// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
36
d9f4cc10 37// MySimpleCanvas: a scrolled window which draws a simple rectangle
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38class MySimpleCanvas: public wxScrolledWindow
39{
40public:
41 MySimpleCanvas() { }
d9f4cc10 42 MySimpleCanvas(wxWindow *parent);
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43
44private:
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45 void OnPaint(wxPaintEvent& event);
46
47 enum
48 {
49 CANVAS_WIDTH = 292,
50 CANVAS_HEIGHT = 297
51 };
52
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53 DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MyCanvas)
54 DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
55};
56
57IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MySimpleCanvas, wxScrolledWindow)
58
59BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MySimpleCanvas, wxScrolledWindow)
60 EVT_PAINT( MySimpleCanvas::OnPaint)
61END_EVENT_TABLE()
62
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63MySimpleCanvas::MySimpleCanvas(wxWindow *parent)
64 : wxScrolledWindow(parent, wxID_ANY,
65 wxDefaultPosition,
66 wxDefaultSize,
67 wxSUNKEN_BORDER)
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68{
69 SetScrollRate( 10, 10 );
d9f4cc10 70 SetVirtualSize( CANVAS_WIDTH, CANVAS_HEIGHT );
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71 SetBackgroundColour( *wxWHITE );
72}
73
c5a3900a 74void MySimpleCanvas::OnPaint( wxPaintEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
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75{
76 wxPaintDC dc(this);
77 PrepareDC( dc );
c5a3900a 78
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79 dc.SetPen( *wxRED_PEN );
80 dc.SetBrush( *wxTRANSPARENT_BRUSH );
d9f4cc10 81 dc.DrawRectangle( 0, 0, CANVAS_WIDTH, CANVAS_HEIGHT );
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82}
83
d9f4cc10 84// MySimpleFrame: a frame which contains a MySimpleCanvas
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85class MySimpleFrame: public wxFrame
86{
87public:
88 MySimpleFrame();
89
db4ad642 90private:
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91 void OnClose(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event)) { Close(true); }
92
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93 DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MySimpleFrame)
94 DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
95};
96
97
98IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS( MySimpleFrame, wxFrame )
99
100BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MySimpleFrame,wxFrame)
d9f4cc10 101 EVT_MENU(wxID_CLOSE, MySimpleFrame::OnClose)
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102END_EVENT_TABLE()
103
104MySimpleFrame::MySimpleFrame()
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105 : wxFrame(NULL, wxID_ANY, _T("wxScrolledWindow sample"),
106 wxDefaultPosition, wxSize(200, 200))
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107{
108 wxMenu *file_menu = new wxMenu();
d9f4cc10 109 file_menu->Append(wxID_CLOSE);
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110
111 wxMenuBar *menu_bar = new wxMenuBar();
112 menu_bar->Append(file_menu, _T("&File"));
113
114 SetMenuBar( menu_bar );
115
d9f4cc10 116 new MySimpleCanvas(this);
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117}
118
119// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
120// a complex example
121// ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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122
123// derived classes
124
125class MyFrame;
126class MyApp;
127
128// MyCanvas
129
130class MyCanvas: public wxScrolledWindow
131{
132public:
8a73bf3d 133 MyCanvas() {}
fdd3ed7a 134 MyCanvas( wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID, const wxPoint &pos, const wxSize &size );
925e9792 135 ~MyCanvas(){};
fdd3ed7a 136 void OnPaint( wxPaintEvent &event );
307f16e8 137 void OnQueryPosition( wxCommandEvent &event );
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138 void OnAddButton( wxCommandEvent &event );
139 void OnDeleteButton( wxCommandEvent &event );
140 void OnMoveButton( wxCommandEvent &event );
141 void OnScrollWin( wxCommandEvent &event );
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142 void OnMouseRightDown( wxMouseEvent &event );
143 void OnMouseWheel( wxMouseEvent &event );
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144
145 wxButton *m_button;
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146
147 DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MyCanvas)
148 DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
149};
150
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151
152// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
153// Autoscrolling example.
154// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
155
156// this class uses the 'virtual' size attribute along with an internal
157// sizer to automatically set up scrollbars as needed
158
159class MyAutoScrollWindow : public wxScrolledWindow
160{
161private:
162
163 wxButton *m_button;
164
165public:
166
167 MyAutoScrollWindow( wxWindow *parent );
168
169 void OnResizeClick( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED( event ) );
170
171 DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
172};
173
174
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175// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
176// MyScrolledWindow classes: examples of wxScrolledWindow usage
177// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
178
179// base class for both of them
180class MyScrolledWindowBase : public wxScrolledWindow
181{
182public:
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183 MyScrolledWindowBase(wxWindow *parent)
184 : wxScrolledWindow(parent)
185 , m_nLines( 100 )
8a73bf3d 186 {
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187 wxClientDC dc(this);
188 dc.GetTextExtent(_T("Line 17"), NULL, &m_hLine);
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189 }
190
191protected:
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192 // the height of one line on screen
193 wxCoord m_hLine;
194
195 // the number of lines we draw
196 size_t m_nLines;
197};
198
199// this class does "stupid" redrawing - it redraws everything each time
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200// and sets the scrollbar extent directly.
201
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202class MyScrolledWindowDumb : public MyScrolledWindowBase
203{
204public:
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205 MyScrolledWindowDumb(wxWindow *parent) : MyScrolledWindowBase(parent)
206 {
207 // no horz scrolling
b62ca03d 208 SetScrollbars(0, m_hLine, 0, m_nLines + 1, 0, 0, true /* no refresh */);
2b5f62a0 209 }
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210
211 virtual void OnDraw(wxDC& dc);
212};
213
214// this class does "smart" redrawing - only redraws the lines which must be
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215// redrawn and sets the scroll rate and virtual size to affect the
216// scrollbars.
217//
218// Note that this class should produce identical results to the one above.
219
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220class MyScrolledWindowSmart : public MyScrolledWindowBase
221{
222public:
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223 MyScrolledWindowSmart(wxWindow *parent) : MyScrolledWindowBase(parent)
224 {
225 // no horz scrolling
226 SetScrollRate( 0, m_hLine );
4e04f777 227 SetVirtualSize( wxDefaultCoord, ( m_nLines + 1 ) * m_hLine );
2b5f62a0 228 }
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229
230 virtual void OnDraw(wxDC& dc);
231};
232
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233// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
234// MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow: implements a text viewer with simple blocksize
235// selection to test auto-scrolling functionality
236// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
237
238class MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow : public wxScrolledWindow
239{
240protected: // member data
241 // test data variables
242 static const wxChar* sm_testData;
243 static const int sm_lineCnt; // line count
244 static const int sm_lineLen; // line length in characters
245 // sizes for graphical data
246 wxCoord m_fontH, m_fontW;
247 // selection tracking
248 wxPoint m_selStart; // beginning of blockwise selection
249 wxPoint m_cursor; // end of blockwise selection (mouse position)
250
251protected: // gui stuff
252 wxFont m_font;
253
254public: // interface
255 MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow( wxWindow* parent );
256 wxRect DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars(wxRect updRect) const;
257 wxPoint DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars(wxPoint pos) const;
258 wxPoint GraphicalCharToDeviceCoords(wxPoint pos) const;
259 wxRect LogicalCoordsToGraphicalChars(wxRect updRect) const;
260 wxPoint LogicalCoordsToGraphicalChars(wxPoint pos) const;
261 wxPoint GraphicalCharToLogicalCoords(wxPoint pos) const;
262 void MyRefresh();
263 bool IsSelected(int chX, int chY) const;
264 static bool IsInside(int k, int bound1, int bound2);
265 static wxRect DCNormalize(wxCoord x, wxCoord y, wxCoord w, wxCoord h);
266
267protected: // event stuff
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268 void OnDraw(wxDC& dc);
269 void OnMouseLeftDown(wxMouseEvent& event);
270 void OnMouseLeftUp(wxMouseEvent& event);
271 void OnMouseMove(wxMouseEvent& event);
e0666bdc 272 void OnMouseCaptureLost(wxMouseCaptureLostEvent& event);
57ac1a56 273 void OnScroll(wxScrollWinEvent& event);
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274
275 DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
57ac1a56 276};
2b5f62a0 277
8a73bf3d 278// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fdd3ed7a 279// MyFrame
8a73bf3d 280// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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281
282class MyFrame: public wxFrame
283{
284public:
285 MyFrame();
286
287 void OnAbout( wxCommandEvent &event );
288 void OnQuit( wxCommandEvent &event );
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289 void OnDeleteAll( wxCommandEvent &event );
290 void OnInsertNew( wxCommandEvent &event );
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291
292 MyCanvas *m_canvas;
ed673c6a 293 wxTextCtrl *m_log;
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294
295 DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MyFrame)
296 DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
297};
298
57ac1a56 299// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fdd3ed7a 300// MyApp
57ac1a56 301// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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302
303class MyApp: public wxApp
304{
305public:
306 virtual bool OnInit();
307};
308
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309
310// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fdd3ed7a 311// main program
57ac1a56 312// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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313
314IMPLEMENT_APP(MyApp)
315
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316// ids
317
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318const long ID_ADDBUTTON = wxNewId();
319const long ID_DELBUTTON = wxNewId();
320const long ID_MOVEBUTTON = wxNewId();
321const long ID_SCROLLWIN = wxNewId();
322const long ID_QUERYPOS = wxNewId();
ed673c6a 323
2b5f62a0 324const long ID_NEWBUTTON = wxNewId();
ed673c6a 325
57ac1a56 326// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fdd3ed7a 327// MyCanvas
57ac1a56 328// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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329
330IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(MyCanvas, wxScrolledWindow)
331
332BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MyCanvas, wxScrolledWindow)
307f16e8 333 EVT_PAINT( MyCanvas::OnPaint)
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334 EVT_RIGHT_DOWN( MyCanvas::OnMouseRightDown)
335 EVT_MOUSEWHEEL( MyCanvas::OnMouseWheel)
307f16e8 336 EVT_BUTTON( ID_QUERYPOS, MyCanvas::OnQueryPosition)
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337 EVT_BUTTON( ID_ADDBUTTON, MyCanvas::OnAddButton)
338 EVT_BUTTON( ID_DELBUTTON, MyCanvas::OnDeleteButton)
339 EVT_BUTTON( ID_MOVEBUTTON, MyCanvas::OnMoveButton)
340 EVT_BUTTON( ID_SCROLLWIN, MyCanvas::OnScrollWin)
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341END_EVENT_TABLE()
342
343MyCanvas::MyCanvas( wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id,
344 const wxPoint &pos, const wxSize &size )
2b5f62a0 345 : wxScrolledWindow( parent, id, pos, size, wxSUNKEN_BORDER | wxTAB_TRAVERSAL, _T("test canvas") )
fdd3ed7a 346{
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347 SetScrollRate( 10, 10 );
348 SetVirtualSize( 500, 1000 );
349
350 (void) new wxButton( this, ID_ADDBUTTON, _T("add button"), wxPoint(10,10) );
351 (void) new wxButton( this, ID_DELBUTTON, _T("del button"), wxPoint(10,40) );
352 (void) new wxButton( this, ID_MOVEBUTTON, _T("move button"), wxPoint(150,10) );
353 (void) new wxButton( this, ID_SCROLLWIN, _T("scroll win"), wxPoint(250,10) );
ed673c6a 354
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355#if 0
356
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357 wxString choices[] =
358 {
359 "This",
360 "is one of my",
361 "really",
362 "wonderful",
363 "examples."
364 };
aa06a8fd 365
307f16e8 366 m_button = new wxButton( this, ID_QUERYPOS, "Query position", wxPoint(10,110) );
aa06a8fd 367
422d0ff0 368 (void) new wxTextCtrl( this, wxID_ANY, "wxTextCtrl", wxPoint(10,150), wxSize(80,wxDefaultCoord) );
aa06a8fd 369
b62ca03d 370 (void) new wxRadioButton( this, wxID_ANY, "Disable", wxPoint(10,190) );
aa06a8fd 371
b62ca03d 372 (void) new wxComboBox( this, wxID_ANY, "This", wxPoint(10,230), wxDefaultSize, 5, choices );
aa06a8fd 373
b62ca03d 374 (void) new wxRadioBox( this, wxID_ANY, "This", wxPoint(10,310), wxDefaultSize, 5, choices, 2, wxRA_SPECIFY_COLS );
053f9cc1 375
b62ca03d 376 (void) new wxRadioBox( this, wxID_ANY, "This", wxPoint(10,440), wxDefaultSize, 5, choices, 2, wxRA_SPECIFY_ROWS );
e9158f7d 377
ed673c6a 378 wxListCtrl *m_listCtrl = new wxListCtrl(
b62ca03d 379 this, wxID_ANY, wxPoint(200, 110), wxSize(180, 120),
8a73bf3d 380 wxLC_REPORT | wxSIMPLE_BORDER | wxLC_SINGLE_SEL );
053f9cc1 381
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382 m_listCtrl->InsertColumn(0, "First", wxLIST_FORMAT_LEFT, 90);
383 m_listCtrl->InsertColumn(1, "Last", wxLIST_FORMAT_LEFT, 90);
053f9cc1 384
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385 for ( int i=0; i < 30; i++)
386 {
387 char buf[20];
388 sprintf(buf, "Item %d", i);
389 m_listCtrl->InsertItem(i, buf);
390 }
391 m_listCtrl->SetItemState( 3, wxLIST_STATE_SELECTED, wxLIST_STATE_SELECTED );
053f9cc1 392
b62ca03d 393 (void) new wxListBox( this, wxID_ANY, wxPoint(260,280), wxSize(120,120), 5, choices, wxLB_ALWAYS_SB );
5e014a0c 394
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395#endif
396
b62ca03d 397 wxPanel *test = new wxPanel( this, wxID_ANY, wxPoint(10, 110), wxSize(130,50), wxSIMPLE_BORDER | wxTAB_TRAVERSAL );
a60b1f5d 398 test->SetBackgroundColour( wxT("WHEAT") );
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399
400#if 0
401
b62ca03d 402 wxButton *test2 = new wxButton( test, wxID_ANY, "Hallo", wxPoint(10,10) );
aa06a8fd 403
b62ca03d 404 test = new wxPanel( this, wxID_ANY, wxPoint(160, 530), wxSize(130,120), wxSUNKEN_BORDER | wxTAB_TRAVERSAL );
a60b1f5d 405 test->SetBackgroundColour( wxT("WHEAT") );
ed673c6a 406 test->SetCursor( wxCursor( wxCURSOR_NO_ENTRY ) );
b62ca03d 407 test2 = new wxButton( test, wxID_ANY, "Hallo", wxPoint(10,10) );
ed673c6a 408 test2->SetCursor( wxCursor( wxCURSOR_PENCIL ) );
aa06a8fd 409
b62ca03d 410 test = new wxPanel( this, wxID_ANY, wxPoint(310, 530), wxSize(130,120), wxRAISED_BORDER | wxTAB_TRAVERSAL );
a60b1f5d 411 test->SetBackgroundColour( wxT("WHEAT") );
ed673c6a 412 test->SetCursor( wxCursor( wxCURSOR_PENCIL ) );
b62ca03d 413 test2 = new wxButton( test, wxID_ANY, "Hallo", wxPoint(10,10) );
ed673c6a 414 test2->SetCursor( wxCursor( wxCURSOR_NO_ENTRY ) );
5e014a0c 415
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416#endif
417
a60b1f5d 418 SetBackgroundColour( wxT("BLUE") );
aa06a8fd 419
ed673c6a 420 SetCursor( wxCursor( wxCURSOR_IBEAM ) );
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421}
422
4686e0f6 423void MyCanvas::OnMouseRightDown( wxMouseEvent &event )
bf0c00c6 424{
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425 wxPoint pt( event.GetPosition() );
426 int x,y;
427 CalcUnscrolledPosition( pt.x, pt.y, &x, &y );
428 wxLogMessage( wxT("Mouse down event at: %d %d, scrolled: %d %d"), pt.x, pt.y, x, y );
429}
f6bcfd97 430
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431void MyCanvas::OnMouseWheel( wxMouseEvent &event )
432{
433 wxPoint pt( event.GetPosition() );
434 int x,y;
435 CalcUnscrolledPosition( pt.x, pt.y, &x, &y );
436 wxLogMessage( wxT("Mouse wheel event at: %d %d, scrolled: %d %d\n")
437 wxT("Rotation: %d, delta = %d"),
438 pt.x, pt.y, x, y,
439 event.GetWheelRotation(), event.GetWheelDelta() );
440
441 event.Skip();
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442}
443
444void MyCanvas::OnPaint( wxPaintEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
445{
446 wxPaintDC dc( this );
447 PrepareDC( dc );
448
2b5f62a0 449 dc.DrawText( _T("Press mouse button to test calculations!"), 160, 50 );
bf0c00c6 450
2b5f62a0 451 dc.DrawText( _T("Some text"), 140, 140 );
aa06a8fd 452
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453 dc.DrawRectangle( 100, 160, 200, 200 );
454}
455
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456void MyCanvas::OnQueryPosition( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
457{
458 wxPoint pt( m_button->GetPosition() );
4693b20c 459 wxLogMessage( wxT("Position of \"Query position\" is %d %d"), pt.x, pt.y );
bf0c00c6 460 pt = ClientToScreen( pt );
4693b20c 461 wxLogMessage( wxT("Position of \"Query position\" on screen is %d %d"), pt.x, pt.y );
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462}
463
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464void MyCanvas::OnAddButton( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
465{
4693b20c 466 wxLogMessage( wxT("Inserting button at position 10,70...") );
2b5f62a0 467 wxButton *button = new wxButton( this, ID_NEWBUTTON, wxT("new button"), wxPoint(10,70), wxSize(80,25) );
bf0c00c6 468 wxPoint pt( button->GetPosition() );
4693b20c 469 wxLogMessage( wxT("-> Position after inserting %d %d"), pt.x, pt.y );
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470}
471
256b8649 472void MyCanvas::OnDeleteButton( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
ed673c6a 473{
4693b20c 474 wxLogMessage( wxT("Deleting button inserted with \"Add button\"...") );
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475 wxWindow *win = FindWindow( ID_NEWBUTTON );
476 if (win)
477 win->Destroy();
478 else
4693b20c 479 wxLogMessage( wxT("-> No window with id = ID_NEWBUTTON found.") );
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480}
481
482void MyCanvas::OnMoveButton( wxCommandEvent &event )
483{
4693b20c 484 wxLogMessage( wxT("Moving button 10 pixels downward..") );
ed673c6a 485 wxWindow *win = FindWindow( event.GetId() );
bf0c00c6 486 wxPoint pt( win->GetPosition() );
4693b20c 487 wxLogMessage( wxT("-> Position before move is %d %d"), pt.x, pt.y );
422d0ff0 488 win->Move( wxDefaultCoord, pt.y + 10 );
bf0c00c6 489 pt = win->GetPosition();
4693b20c 490 wxLogMessage( wxT("-> Position after move is %d %d"), pt.x, pt.y );
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491}
492
493void MyCanvas::OnScrollWin( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
494{
4693b20c 495 wxLogMessage( wxT("Scrolling 2 units up.\nThe white square and the controls should move equally!") );
ed673c6a 496 int x,y;
8073eb40 497 GetViewStart( &x, &y );
4e04f777 498 Scroll( wxDefaultCoord, y+2 );
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499}
500
57ac1a56 501// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2b5f62a0 502// MyAutoScrollWindow
57ac1a56 503// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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504
505const long ID_RESIZEBUTTON = wxNewId();
506const wxSize SMALL_BUTTON( 100, 50 );
507const wxSize LARGE_BUTTON( 300, 100 );
508
509BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE( MyAutoScrollWindow, wxScrolledWindow)
510 EVT_BUTTON( ID_RESIZEBUTTON, MyAutoScrollWindow::OnResizeClick)
511END_EVENT_TABLE()
512
513MyAutoScrollWindow::MyAutoScrollWindow( wxWindow *parent )
c5a3900a 514 : wxScrolledWindow( parent, -1, wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize,
3fa5153e 515 wxSUNKEN_BORDER|wxScrolledWindowStyle )
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516{
517 SetBackgroundColour( wxT("GREEN") );
518
519 // Set the rate we'd like for scrolling.
520
521 SetScrollRate( 5, 5 );
522
523 // Populate a sizer with a 'resizing' button and some
524 // other static decoration
525
526 wxFlexGridSizer *innersizer = new wxFlexGridSizer( 2, 2 );
527
528 m_button = new wxButton( this,
529 ID_RESIZEBUTTON,
530 _T("Press me"),
531 wxDefaultPosition,
532 SMALL_BUTTON );
533
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534 m_button->SetSizeHints( SMALL_BUTTON.GetWidth(), SMALL_BUTTON.GetHeight() );
535
536 innersizer->Add( m_button,
537 0,
69ce77e2 538 wxALIGN_CENTER | wxALL,
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539 20 );
540
b62ca03d 541 innersizer->Add( new wxStaticText( this, wxID_ANY, _T("This is just") ),
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542 0,
543 wxALIGN_CENTER );
544
b62ca03d 545 innersizer->Add( new wxStaticText( this, wxID_ANY, _T("some decoration") ),
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546 0,
547 wxALIGN_CENTER );
548
b62ca03d 549 innersizer->Add( new wxStaticText( this, wxID_ANY, _T("for you to scroll...") ),
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550 0,
551 wxALIGN_CENTER );
552
553 // Then use the sizer to set the scrolled region size.
554
555 SetSizer( innersizer );
556}
557
558void MyAutoScrollWindow::OnResizeClick( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED( event ) )
559{
560 // Arbitrarily resize the button to change the minimum size of
561 // the (scrolled) sizer.
562
563 if( m_button->GetSize() == SMALL_BUTTON )
564 m_button->SetSizeHints( LARGE_BUTTON.GetWidth(), LARGE_BUTTON.GetHeight() );
565 else
566 m_button->SetSizeHints( SMALL_BUTTON.GetWidth(), SMALL_BUTTON.GetHeight() );
567
568 // Force update layout and scrollbars, since nothing we do here
569 // necessarily generates a size event which would do it for us.
570
571 FitInside();
572}
573
57ac1a56 574// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fdd3ed7a 575// MyFrame
57ac1a56 576// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fdd3ed7a 577
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578IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS( MyFrame, wxFrame )
579
580BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MyFrame,wxFrame)
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581 EVT_MENU (ID_DELETE_ALL, MyFrame::OnDeleteAll)
582 EVT_MENU (ID_INSERT_NEW, MyFrame::OnInsertNew)
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584 EVT_MENU (ID_QUIT, MyFrame::OnQuit)
585END_EVENT_TABLE()
586
587MyFrame::MyFrame()
b62ca03d 588 : wxFrame( (wxFrame *)NULL, wxID_ANY, _T("wxScrolledWindow sample"),
57ac1a56 589 wxPoint(20,20), wxSize(800,500) )
fdd3ed7a 590{
ed673c6a 591 wxMenu *file_menu = new wxMenu();
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593 file_menu->Append( ID_INSERT_NEW, _T("Insert new"));
594 file_menu->Append( ID_ABOUT, _T("&About.."));
595 file_menu->Append( ID_QUIT, _T("E&xit\tAlt-X"));
fdd3ed7a 596
ed673c6a 597 wxMenuBar *menu_bar = new wxMenuBar();
2b5f62a0 598 menu_bar->Append(file_menu, _T("&File"));
fdd3ed7a 599
ed673c6a 600 SetMenuBar( menu_bar );
fdd3ed7a 601
8520f137 602#if wxUSE_STATUSBAR
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604 int widths[] = { -1, 100 };
605 SetStatusWidths( 2, widths );
8520f137 606#endif // wxUSE_STATUSBAR
fdd3ed7a 607
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608 wxBoxSizer *topsizer = new wxBoxSizer( wxHORIZONTAL );
609 // subsizer splits topsizer down the middle
610 wxBoxSizer *subsizer = new wxBoxSizer( wxVERTICAL );
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612 // Setting an explicit size here is superfluous, it will be overridden
613 // by the sizer in any case.
b62ca03d 614 m_canvas = new MyCanvas( this, wxID_ANY, wxPoint(0,0), wxSize(100,100) );
8a73bf3d 615
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616 // This is done with ScrollRate/VirtualSize in MyCanvas ctor now,
617 // both should produce identical results.
618 //m_canvas->SetScrollbars( 10, 10, 50, 100 );
4e04f777 619
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620 subsizer->Add( m_canvas, 1, wxEXPAND );
621 subsizer->Add( new MyAutoScrollWindow( this ), 1, wxEXPAND );
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623 wxSizer *sizerBtm = new wxBoxSizer(wxHORIZONTAL);
624 sizerBtm->Add( new MyScrolledWindowDumb(this), 1, wxEXPAND );
625 sizerBtm->Add( new MyScrolledWindowSmart(this), 1, wxEXPAND );
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626 subsizer->Add( sizerBtm, 1, wxEXPAND );
627
628 topsizer->Add( subsizer, 1, wxEXPAND );
629 topsizer->Add( new MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow( this ), 1, wxEXPAND );
ed673c6a 630
ed673c6a 631 SetSizer( topsizer );
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632}
633
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634void MyFrame::OnDeleteAll( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
635{
636 m_canvas->DestroyChildren();
637}
638
639void MyFrame::OnInsertNew( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
640{
b62ca03d 641 (void)new wxButton( m_canvas, wxID_ANY, _T("Hello"), wxPoint(100,100) );
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642}
643
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644void MyFrame::OnQuit( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
645{
b62ca03d 646 Close( true );
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647}
648
649void MyFrame::OnAbout( wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event) )
650{
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651 (void)wxMessageBox( _T("wxScroll demo\n")
652 _T("Robert Roebling (c) 1998\n")
653 _T("Autoscrolling examples\n")
654 _T("Ron Lee (c) 2002\n")
655 _T("Auto-timed-scrolling example\n")
656 _T("Matt Gregory (c) 2003\n"),
657 _T("About wxScroll Demo"),
658 wxICON_INFORMATION | wxOK );
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660
661//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
662// MyApp
663//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
664
665bool MyApp::OnInit()
666{
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668 return false;
669
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670 wxFrame *frame = new MyFrame();
671 frame->Show( true );
672
673 frame = new MySimpleFrame();
674 frame->Show();
fdd3ed7a 675
db4ad642 676 return true;
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678
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679// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
680// MyScrolledWindowXXX
681// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
682
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683void MyScrolledWindowDumb::OnDraw(wxDC& dc)
684{
685 // this is useful to see which lines are redrawn
686 static size_t s_redrawCount = 0;
687 dc.SetTextForeground(s_redrawCount++ % 2 ? *wxRED : *wxBLUE);
688
689 wxCoord y = 0;
690 for ( size_t line = 0; line < m_nLines; line++ )
691 {
692 wxCoord yPhys;
693 CalcScrolledPosition(0, y, NULL, &yPhys);
694
695 dc.DrawText(wxString::Format(_T("Line %u (logical %d, physical %d)"),
b143cf70 696 unsigned(line), y, yPhys), 0, y);
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698 }
699}
700
701void MyScrolledWindowSmart::OnDraw(wxDC& dc)
702{
703 // this is useful to see which lines are redrawn
704 static size_t s_redrawCount = 0;
705 dc.SetTextForeground(s_redrawCount++ % 2 ? *wxRED : *wxBLUE);
706
707 // update region is always in device coords, translate to logical ones
708 wxRect rectUpdate = GetUpdateRegion().GetBox();
709 CalcUnscrolledPosition(rectUpdate.x, rectUpdate.y,
710 &rectUpdate.x, &rectUpdate.y);
711
712 size_t lineFrom = rectUpdate.y / m_hLine,
713 lineTo = rectUpdate.GetBottom() / m_hLine;
714
715 if ( lineTo > m_nLines - 1)
716 lineTo = m_nLines - 1;
717
718 wxCoord y = lineFrom*m_hLine;
719 for ( size_t line = lineFrom; line <= lineTo; line++ )
720 {
721 wxCoord yPhys;
722 CalcScrolledPosition(0, y, NULL, &yPhys);
723
724 dc.DrawText(wxString::Format(_T("Line %u (logical %d, physical %d)"),
b143cf70 725 unsigned(line), y, yPhys), 0, y);
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727 }
728}
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730// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
731// MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow
732// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
733
734BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow, wxScrolledWindow)
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736 EVT_LEFT_UP(MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnMouseLeftUp)
737 EVT_MOTION(MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnMouseMove)
e0666bdc 738 EVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST(MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnMouseCaptureLost)
4ba64bde 739 EVT_SCROLLWIN(MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnScroll)
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741
742MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow(wxWindow* parent)
4e04f777 743 : wxScrolledWindow(parent, wxID_ANY, wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize
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745 , wxVSCROLL | wxHSCROLL | wxSUNKEN_BORDER)
746 , m_selStart(-1, -1), m_cursor(-1, -1)
747 , m_font(9, wxFONTFAMILY_TELETYPE, wxFONTSTYLE_NORMAL
748 , wxFONTWEIGHT_NORMAL)
749{
750 wxClientDC dc(this);
751 // query dc for text size
752 dc.SetFont(m_font);
753 dc.GetTextExtent(wxString(_T("A")), &m_fontW, &m_fontH);
754 // set up the virtual window
755 SetScrollbars(m_fontW, m_fontH, sm_lineLen, sm_lineCnt);
756}
757
758wxRect MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars
759 (wxRect updRect) const
760{
761 wxPoint pos(updRect.GetPosition());
762 pos = DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars(pos);
763 updRect.x = pos.x;
764 updRect.y = pos.y;
765 updRect.width /= m_fontW;
766 updRect.height /= m_fontH;
767 // the *CoordsToGraphicalChars() funcs round down to upper-left corner,
768 // so an off-by-one correction is needed
769 ++updRect.width; // kludge
770 ++updRect.height; // kludge
771 return updRect;
772}
773
774wxPoint MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars
775 (wxPoint pos) const
776{
777 pos.x /= m_fontW;
778 pos.y /= m_fontH;
779 int vX, vY;
780 GetViewStart(&vX, &vY);
781 pos.x += vX;
782 pos.y += vY;
783 return pos;
784}
785
786wxPoint MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::GraphicalCharToDeviceCoords
787 (wxPoint pos) const
788{
789 int vX, vY;
790 GetViewStart(&vX, &vY);
791 pos.x -= vX;
792 pos.y -= vY;
793 pos.x *= m_fontW;
794 pos.y *= m_fontH;
795 return pos;
796}
797
798wxRect MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::LogicalCoordsToGraphicalChars
799 (wxRect updRect) const
800{
801 wxPoint pos(updRect.GetPosition());
802 pos = LogicalCoordsToGraphicalChars(pos);
803 updRect.x = pos.x;
804 updRect.y = pos.y;
805 updRect.width /= m_fontW;
806 updRect.height /= m_fontH;
807 // the *CoordsToGraphicalChars() funcs round down to upper-left corner,
808 // so an off-by-one correction is needed
809 ++updRect.width; // kludge
810 ++updRect.height; // kludge
811 return updRect;
812}
813
814wxPoint MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::LogicalCoordsToGraphicalChars
815 (wxPoint pos) const
816{
817 pos.x /= m_fontW;
818 pos.y /= m_fontH;
819 return pos;
820}
821
822wxPoint MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::GraphicalCharToLogicalCoords
823 (wxPoint pos) const
824{
825 pos.x *= m_fontW;
826 pos.y *= m_fontH;
827 return pos;
828}
829
830void MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::MyRefresh()
831{
832 static wxPoint lastSelStart(-1, -1), lastCursor(-1, -1);
833 // refresh last selected area (to deselect previously selected text)
834 wxRect lastUpdRect(
835 GraphicalCharToDeviceCoords(lastSelStart),
836 GraphicalCharToDeviceCoords(lastCursor)
837 );
838 // off-by-one corrections, necessary because it's not possible to know
839 // when to round up until rect is normalized by lastUpdRect constructor
840 lastUpdRect.width += m_fontW; // kludge
841 lastUpdRect.height += m_fontH; // kludge
842 // refresh currently selected (to select previously unselected text)
843 wxRect updRect(
844 GraphicalCharToDeviceCoords(m_selStart),
845 GraphicalCharToDeviceCoords(m_cursor)
846 );
847 // off-by-one corrections
848 updRect.width += m_fontW; // kludge
849 updRect.height += m_fontH; // kludge
850 // find necessary refresh areas
851 wxCoord rx = lastUpdRect.x;
852 wxCoord ry = lastUpdRect.y;
853 wxCoord rw = updRect.x - lastUpdRect.x;
854 wxCoord rh = lastUpdRect.height;
855 if (rw && rh) {
856 RefreshRect(DCNormalize(rx, ry, rw, rh));
857 }
858 rx = updRect.x;
859 ry = updRect.y + updRect.height;
860 rw= updRect.width;
861 rh = (lastUpdRect.y + lastUpdRect.height) - (updRect.y + updRect.height);
862 if (rw && rh) {
863 RefreshRect(DCNormalize(rx, ry, rw, rh));
864 }
865 rx = updRect.x + updRect.width;
866 ry = lastUpdRect.y;
867 rw = (lastUpdRect.x + lastUpdRect.width) - (updRect.x + updRect.width);
868 rh = lastUpdRect.height;
869 if (rw && rh) {
870 RefreshRect(DCNormalize(rx, ry, rw, rh));
871 }
872 rx = updRect.x;
873 ry = lastUpdRect.y;
874 rw = updRect.width;
875 rh = updRect.y - lastUpdRect.y;
876 if (rw && rh) {
877 RefreshRect(DCNormalize(rx, ry, rw, rh));
878 }
879 // update last
880 lastSelStart = m_selStart;
881 lastCursor = m_cursor;
882}
883
884bool MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::IsSelected(int chX, int chY) const
885{
886 if (IsInside(chX, m_selStart.x, m_cursor.x)
887 && IsInside(chY, m_selStart.y, m_cursor.y)) {
4e04f777 888 return true;
57ac1a56 889 }
4e04f777 890 return false;
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892
893bool MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::IsInside(int k, int bound1, int bound2)
894{
895 if ((k >= bound1 && k <= bound2) || (k >= bound2 && k <= bound1)) {
4e04f777 896 return true;
57ac1a56 897 }
4e04f777 898 return false;
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900
901wxRect MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::DCNormalize(wxCoord x, wxCoord y
902 , wxCoord w, wxCoord h)
903{
904 // this is needed to get rid of the graphical remnants from the selection
905 // I think it's because DrawRectangle() excludes a pixel in either direction
906 const int kludge = 1;
907 // make (x, y) the top-left corner
908 if (w < 0) {
909 w = -w + kludge;
910 x -= w;
911 } else {
912 x -= kludge;
913 w += kludge;
914 }
915 if (h < 0) {
916 h = -h + kludge;
917 y -= h;
918 } else {
919 y -= kludge;
920 h += kludge;
921 }
922 return wxRect(x, y, w, h);
923}
924
925void MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnDraw(wxDC& dc)
926{
927 dc.SetFont(m_font);
928 wxBrush normBrush(wxSystemSettings::GetColour(wxSYS_COLOUR_WINDOW)
929 , wxSOLID);
930 wxBrush selBrush(wxSystemSettings::GetColour(wxSYS_COLOUR_HIGHLIGHT)
931 , wxSOLID);
932 dc.SetPen(*wxTRANSPARENT_PEN);
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934 size_t strLength = str.length();
935 wxString::const_iterator str_i;
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938 // 1. for each update region
939 for (wxRegionIterator upd(GetUpdateRegion()); upd; ++upd) {
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941 wxRect updRectInGChars(DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars(updRect));
942 // 2. for each row of chars in the update region
943 for (int chY = updRectInGChars.y
944 ; chY <= updRectInGChars.y + updRectInGChars.height; ++chY) {
945 // 3. for each character in the row
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948 ; chX <= updRectInGChars.x + updRectInGChars.width
949 ; ++chX) {
950 // 4. set up dc
951 if (IsSelected(chX, chY)) {
952 dc.SetBrush(selBrush);
953 dc.SetTextForeground( wxSystemSettings::GetColour
954 (wxSYS_COLOUR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT));
955 } else {
956 dc.SetBrush(normBrush);
957 dc.SetTextForeground( wxSystemSettings::GetColour
958 (wxSYS_COLOUR_WINDOWTEXT));
959 }
960 // 5. find position info
961 wxPoint charPos = GraphicalCharToLogicalCoords(wxPoint
962 (chX, chY));
963 // 6. draw!
964 dc.DrawRectangle(charPos.x, charPos.y, m_fontW, m_fontH);
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966 if (chY < sm_lineCnt &&
967 chX < sm_lineLen &&
1663ec5f 968 charIndex < strLength)
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971 {
972 str_i = str.begin() + charIndex;
973 isFirstX = false;
974 }
975 dc.DrawText(*str_i, charPos.x, charPos.y);
976 ++str_i;
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978 }
979 }
980 }
981}
982
983void MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnMouseLeftDown(wxMouseEvent& event)
984{
985 // initial press of mouse button sets the beginning of the selection
986 m_selStart = DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars(event.GetPosition());
987 // set the cursor to the same position
988 m_cursor = m_selStart;
989 // draw/erase selection
990 MyRefresh();
991}
992
993void MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnMouseLeftUp(wxMouseEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
994{
995 // this test is necessary
996 if (HasCapture()) {
997 // uncapture mouse
998 ReleaseMouse();
999 }
1000}
1001
1002void MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::OnMouseMove(wxMouseEvent& event)
1003{
1004 // if user is dragging
1005 if (event.Dragging() && event.LeftIsDown()) {
1006 // set the new cursor position
1007 m_cursor = DeviceCoordsToGraphicalChars(event.GetPosition());
1008 // draw/erase selection
1009 MyRefresh();
1010 // capture mouse to activate auto-scrolling
1011 if (!HasCapture()) {
1012 CaptureMouse();
1013 }
1014 }
1015}
1016
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1018{
1019 // we only capture mouse for timed scrolling, so nothing is needed here
1020 // other than making sure to not call event.Skip()
1021}
1022
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1024{
1025 // need to move the cursor when autoscrolling
1026 // FIXME: the cursor also moves when the scrollbar arrows are clicked
1027 if (HasCapture()) {
1028 if (event.GetOrientation() == wxHORIZONTAL) {
687706f5 1029 if (event.GetEventType() == wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEUP) {
57ac1a56 1030 --m_cursor.x;
687706f5 1031 } else if (event.GetEventType() == wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEDOWN) {
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1033 }
1034 } else if (event.GetOrientation() == wxVERTICAL) {
687706f5 1035 if (event.GetEventType() == wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEUP) {
57ac1a56 1036 --m_cursor.y;
687706f5 1037 } else if (event.GetEventType() == wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEDOWN) {
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1039 }
1040 }
1041 }
1042 MyRefresh();
1043 event.Skip();
1044}
1045
1046const int MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::sm_lineCnt = 125;
1047const int MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::sm_lineLen = 79;
4e04f777 1048const wxChar* MyAutoTimedScrollingWindow::sm_testData =
49e7b7a2 1049_T("162 Cult of the genius out of vanity. Because we think well of ourselves, but ")
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1050_T("nonetheless never suppose ourselves capable of producing a painting like one of ")
1051_T("Raphael's or a dramatic scene like one of Shakespeare's, we convince ourselves ")
1052_T("that the capacity to do so is quite extraordinarily marvelous, a wholly ")
1053_T("uncommon accident, or, if we are still religiously inclined, a mercy from on ")
1054_T("high. Thus our vanity, our self-love, promotes the cult of the genius: for only ")
1055_T("if we think of him as being very remote from us, as a miraculum, does he not ")
1056_T("aggrieve us (even Goethe, who was without envy, called Shakespeare his star of ")
49e7b7a2 1057_T("the most distant heights [\"William! Stern der schonsten Ferne\": from Goethe's, ")
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1058_T("\"Between Two Worlds\"]; in regard to which one might recall the lines: \"the ")
1059_T("stars, these we do not desire\" [from Goethe's, \"Comfort in Tears\"]). But, aside ")
1060_T("from these suggestions of our vanity, the activity of the genius seems in no ")
1061_T("way fundamentally different from the activity of the inventor of machines, the ")
1062_T("scholar of astronomy or history, the master of tactics. All these activities ")
1063_T("are explicable if one pictures to oneself people whose thinking is active in ")
1064_T("one direction, who employ everything as material, who always zealously observe ")
1065_T("their own inner life and that of others, who perceive everywhere models and ")
1066_T("incentives, who never tire of combining together the means available to them. ")
1067_T("Genius too does nothing except learn first how to lay bricks then how to build, ")
1068_T("except continually seek for material and continually form itself around it. ")
1069_T("Every activity of man is amazingly complicated, not only that of the genius: ")
49e7b7a2 1070_T("but none is a \"miracle.\" Whence, then, the belief that genius exists only in ")
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1071_T("the artist, orator and philosopher? that only they have \"intuition\"? (Whereby ")
1072_T("they are supposed to possess a kind of miraculous eyeglass with which they can ")
1073_T("see directly into \"the essence of the thing\"!) It is clear that people speak of ")
1074_T("genius only where the effects of the great intellect are most pleasant to them ")
1075_T("and where they have no desire to feel envious. To call someone \"divine\" means: ")
1076_T("\"here there is no need for us to compete.\" Then, everything finished and ")
1077_T("complete is regarded with admiration, everything still becoming is undervalued. ")
1078_T("But no one can see in the work of the artist how it has become; that is its ")
1079_T("advantage, for wherever one can see the act of becoming one grows somewhat ")
1080_T("cool. The finished and perfect art of representation repulses all thinking as ")
1081_T("to how it has become; it tyrannizes as present completeness and perfection. ")
1082_T("That is why the masters of the art of representation count above all as gifted ")
1083_T("with genius and why men of science do not. In reality, this evaluation of the ")
1084_T("former and undervaluation of the latter is only a piece of childishness in the ")
1085_T("realm of reason. ")
1086_T("\n\n")
49e7b7a2 1087_T("163 The serious workman. Do not talk about giftedness, inborn talents! One can ")
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1088_T("name great men of all kinds who were very little gifted. The acquired ")
1089_T("greatness, became \"geniuses\" (as we put it), through qualities the lack of ")
1090_T("which no one who knew what they were would boast of: they all possessed that ")
1091_T("seriousness of the efficient workman which first learns to construct the parts ")
1092_T("properly before it ventures to fashion a great whole; they allowed themselves ")
1093_T("time for it, because they took more pleasure in making the little, secondary ")
1094_T("things well than in the effect of a dazzling whole. the recipe for becoming a ")
1095_T("good novelist, for example, is easy to give, but to carry it out presupposes ")
1096_T("qualities one is accustomed to overlook when one says \"I do not have enough ")
1097_T("talent.\" One has only to make a hundred or so sketches for novels, none longer ")
1098_T("than two pages but of such distinctness that every word in them is necessary; ")
1099_T("one should write down anecdotes each day until one has learned how to give them ")
1100_T("the most pregnant and effective form; one should be tireless in collecting and ")
1101_T("describing human types and characters; one should above all relate things to ")
1102_T("others and listen to others relate, keeping one's eyes and ears open for the ")
1103_T("effect produced on those present, one should travel like a landscape painter or ")
1104_T("costume designer; one should excerpt for oneself out of the individual sciences ")
1105_T("everything that will produce an artistic effect when it is well described, one ")
1106_T("should, finally, reflect on the motives of human actions, disdain no signpost ")
1107_T("to instruction about them and be a collector of these things by day and night. ")
1108_T("One should continue in this many-sided exercise some ten years: what is then ")
49e7b7a2 1109_T("created in the workshop, however, will be fit to go out into the world. What, ")
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1110_T("however, do most people do? They begin, not with the parts, but with the whole. ")
1111_T("Perhaps they chance to strike a right note, excite attention and from then on ")
49e7b7a2 1112_T("strike worse and worse notes, for good, natural reasons. Sometimes, when the ")
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1113_T("character and intellect needed to formulate such a life-plan are lacking, fate ")
1114_T("and need take their place and lead the future master step by step through all ")
1115_T("the stipulations of his trade. ")
1116_T("\n\n")
49e7b7a2 1117_T("164 Peril and profit in the cult of the genius. The belief in great, superior, ")
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1118_T("fruitful spirits is not necessarily, yet nonetheless is very frequently ")
1119_T("associated with that religious or semi-religious superstition that these ")
1120_T("spirits are of supra-human origin and possess certain miraculous abilities by ")
1121_T("virtue of which they acquire their knowledge by quite other means than the rest ")
1122_T("of mankind. One ascribes to them, it seems, a direct view of the nature of the ")
1123_T("world, as it were a hole in the cloak of appearance, and believes that, by ")
1124_T("virtue of this miraculous seer's vision, they are able to communicate something ")
1125_T("conclusive and decisive about man and the world without the toil and ")
1126_T("rigorousness required by science. As long as there continue to be those who ")
1127_T("believe in the miraculous in the domain of knowledge one can perhaps concede ")
1128_T("that these people themselves derive some benefit from their belief, inasmuch as ")
1129_T("through their unconditional subjection to the great spirits they create for ")
1130_T("their own spirit during its time of development the finest form of discipline ")
1131_T("and schooling. On the other hand, it is at least questionable whether the ")
1132_T("superstitious belief in genius, in its privileges and special abilities, is of ")
1133_T("benefit to the genius himself if it takes root in him. It is in any event a ")
1134_T("dangerous sign when a man is assailed by awe of himself, whether it be the ")
1135_T("celebrated Caesar's awe of Caesar or the awe of one's own genius now under ")
1136_T("consideration; when the sacrificial incense which is properly rendered only to ")
1137_T("a god penetrates the brain of the genius, so that his head begins to swim and ")
1138_T("he comes to regard himself as something supra-human. The consequences that ")
1139_T("slowly result are: the feeling of irresponsibility, of exceptional rights, the ")
1140_T("belief that he confers a favor by his mere presence, insane rage when anyone ")
1141_T("attempts even to compare him with others, let alone to rate him beneath them, ")
1142_T("or to draw attention to lapses in his work. Because he ceases to practice ")
1143_T("criticism of himself, at last one pinion after the other falls out of his ")
1144_T("plumage: that superstitious eats at the roots of his powers and perhaps even ")
1145_T("turns him into a hypocrite after his powers have fled from him. For the great ")
1146_T("spirits themselves it is therefore probably more beneficial if they acquire an ")
1147_T("insight into the nature and origin of their powers, if they grasp, that is to ")
1148_T("say, what purely human qualities have come together in them and what fortunate ")
1149_T("circumstances attended them: in the first place undiminished energy, resolute ")
1150_T("application to individual goals, great personal courage, then the good fortune ")
1151_T("to receive an upbringing which offered in the early years the finest teachers, ")
1152_T("models and methods. To be sure, when their goal is the production of the ")
1153_T("greatest possible effect, unclarity with regard to oneself and that ")
1154_T("semi-insanity superadded to it has always achieved much; for what has been ")
1155_T("admired and envied at all times has been that power in them by virtue of which ")
1156_T("they render men will-less and sweep them away into the delusion that the ")
1157_T("leaders they are following are supra-natural. Indeed, it elevates and inspires ")
1158_T("men to believe that someone is in possession of supra-natural powers: to this ")
1159_T("extent Plato was right to say [Plato: Phaedrus, 244a] that madness has brought ")
49e7b7a2 1160_T("the greatest of blessings upon mankind. In rare individual cases this portion ")
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1161_T("of madness may, indeed, actually have been the means by which such a nature, ")
1162_T("excessive in all directions, was held firmly together: in the life of ")
1163_T("individuals, too, illusions that are in themselves poisons often play the role ")
1164_T("of healers; yet, in the end, in the case of every \"genius\" who believes in his ")
1165_T("own divinity the poison shows itself to the same degree as his \"genius\" grows ")
1166_T("old: one may recall, for example, the case of Napoleon, whose nature certainly ")
1167_T("grew into the mighty unity that sets him apart from all men of modern times ")
1168_T("precisely through his belief in himself and his star and through the contempt ")
1169_T("for men that flowed from it; until in the end, however, this same belief went ")
1170_T("over into an almost insane fatalism, robbed him of his acuteness and swiftness ")
1171_T("of perception, and became the cause of his destruction.");