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1 | ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// | |
2 | // Name: notifmsg.h | |
3 | // Purpose: interface of wxNotificationMessage | |
4 | // Author: wxWidgets team | |
5 | // Licence: wxWindows licence | |
6 | ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// | |
7 | ||
8 | /** | |
9 | @class wxNotificationMessage | |
10 | ||
11 | This class allows to show the user a message non intrusively. | |
12 | ||
13 | Currently it is implemented natively for Windows and GTK and uses | |
14 | (non-modal) dialogs for the display of the notifications under the other | |
15 | platforms. | |
16 | ||
17 | Notice that this class is not a window and so doesn't derive from wxWindow. | |
18 | ||
19 | @library{wxadv} | |
20 | @category{misc} | |
21 | */ | |
22 | class wxNotificationMessage : public wxEvtHandler | |
23 | { | |
24 | public: | |
25 | /// Possible values for Show() timeout. | |
26 | enum | |
27 | { | |
28 | Timeout_Auto = -1, ///< Notification will be hidden automatically. | |
29 | Timeout_Never = 0 ///< Notification will never time out. | |
30 | }; | |
31 | ||
32 | /** | |
33 | Default constructor, use SetParent(), SetTitle() and SetMessage() to | |
34 | initialize the object before showing it. | |
35 | */ | |
36 | wxNotificationMessage(); | |
37 | ||
38 | /** | |
39 | Create a notification object with the given attributes. | |
40 | ||
41 | See SetTitle(), SetMessage(), SetParent() and SetFlags() for the | |
42 | description of the corresponding parameters. | |
43 | */ | |
44 | wxNotificationMessage(const wxString& title, const wxString& message = wxEmptyString, | |
45 | wxWindow* parent = NULL, int flags = wxICON_INFORMATION); | |
46 | ||
47 | /** | |
48 | Destructor does not hide the notification. | |
49 | ||
50 | The notification can continue to be shown even after the C++ object was | |
51 | destroyed, call Close() explicitly if it needs to be hidden. | |
52 | */ | |
53 | virtual ~wxNotificationMessage(); | |
54 | ||
55 | /** | |
56 | Hides the notification. | |
57 | ||
58 | Returns @true if it was hidden or @false if it couldn't be done | |
59 | (e.g. on some systems automatically hidden notifications can't be | |
60 | hidden manually). | |
61 | */ | |
62 | virtual bool Close(); | |
63 | ||
64 | /** | |
65 | This parameter can be currently used to specify the icon to show in the | |
66 | notification. | |
67 | ||
68 | Valid values are @c wxICON_INFORMATION, @c wxICON_WARNING and | |
69 | @c wxICON_ERROR (notice that @c wxICON_QUESTION is not allowed here). | |
70 | Some implementations of this class may not support the icons. | |
71 | */ | |
72 | void SetFlags(int flags); | |
73 | ||
74 | /** | |
75 | Set the main text of the notification. | |
76 | ||
77 | This should be a more detailed description than the title but still limited | |
78 | to reasonable length (not more than 256 characters). | |
79 | */ | |
80 | void SetMessage(const wxString& message); | |
81 | ||
82 | /** | |
83 | Set the parent for this notification: the notification will be associated with | |
84 | the top level parent of this window or, if this method is not called, with the | |
85 | main application window by default. | |
86 | */ | |
87 | void SetParent(wxWindow* parent); | |
88 | ||
89 | /** | |
90 | Set the title, it must be a concise string (not more than 64 characters), use | |
91 | SetMessage() to give the user more details. | |
92 | */ | |
93 | void SetTitle(const wxString& title); | |
94 | ||
95 | /** | |
96 | Show the notification to the user and hides it after @a timeout seconds | |
97 | are elapsed. | |
98 | ||
99 | Special values @c Timeout_Auto and @c Timeout_Never can be used here, | |
100 | notice that you shouldn't rely on @a timeout being exactly respected | |
101 | because the current platform may only support default timeout value | |
102 | and also because the user may be able to close the notification. | |
103 | ||
104 | @note When using native notifications in wxGTK, the timeout is ignored | |
105 | for the notifications with @c wxICON_WARNING or @c wxICON_ERROR | |
106 | flags, they always remain shown unless they're explicitly hidden by | |
107 | the user, i.e. behave as if Timeout_Auto were given. | |
108 | ||
109 | @return @false if an error occurred. | |
110 | */ | |
111 | virtual bool Show(int timeout = Timeout_Auto); | |
112 | }; | |
113 |