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1\section{\class{wxHelpEvent}}\label{wxhelpevent}
2
3A help event is sent when the user has requested context-sensitive help.
4This can either be caused by the application requesting
5context-sensitive help mode via \helpref{wxContextHelp}{wxcontexthelp}, or
6(on MS Windows) by the system generating a WM\_HELP message when the user pressed F1 or clicked
7on the query button in a dialog caption.
8
9A help event is sent to the window that the user clicked on, and is propagated up the
10window hierarchy until the event is processed or there are no more event handlers.
11The application should call wxEvent::GetId to check the identity of the clicked-on window,
12and then either show some suitable help or call wxEvent::Skip if the identifier is unrecognised.
13Calling Skip is important because it allows wxWidgets to generate further events for ancestors
14of the clicked-on window. Otherwise it would be impossible to show help for container windows,
15since processing would stop after the first window found.
16
17\wxheading{Derived from}
18
19\helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent}\\
20\helpref{wxEvent}{wxevent}\\
21\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
22
23\wxheading{Include files}
24
25<wx/event.h>
26
27\wxheading{Library}
28
29\helpref{wxCore}{librarieslist}
30
31\wxheading{Event table macros}
32
33To process an activate event, use these event handler macros to direct input to a member
34function that takes a wxHelpEvent argument.
35
36\twocolwidtha{7cm}
37\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
38\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_HELP(id, func)}}{Process a wxEVT\_HELP event.}
39\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_HELP\_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}}{Process a wxEVT\_HELP event for a range of ids.}
40\end{twocollist}%
41
42\wxheading{See also}
43
44\helpref{wxContextHelp}{wxcontexthelp},\rtfsp
45\helpref{wxDialog}{wxdialog},\rtfsp
46\helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
47
48\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
49
50\membersection{wxHelpEvent::wxHelpEvent}\label{wxhelpeventctor}
51
52\func{}{wxHelpEvent}{\param{WXTYPE }{eventType = 0}, \param{wxWindowID }{id = 0},
53 \param{const wxPoint\& }{point}}
54
55Constructor.
56
57\membersection{wxHelpEvent::GetOrigin}\label{wxhelpeventgetorigin}
58
59\constfunc{wxHelpEvent::Origin }{GetOrigin}{\void}
60
61Returns the origin of the help event which is one of the following values:
62
63\twocolwidtha{7cm}
64\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
65\twocolitem{{\bf Origin\_Unknown}}{Unrecognized event source.}
66\twocolitem{{\bf Origin\_Keyboard}}{Event generated by \texttt{F1} key press.}
67\twocolitem{{\bf Origin\_HelpButton}}{Event generated by
68\helpref{wxContextHelp}{wxcontexthelp} or using the "?" title bur button under
69MS Windows.}
70\end{twocollist}
71
72The application may handle events generated using the keyboard or mouse
73differently, e.g. by using \helpref{wxGetMousePosition()}{wxgetmouseposition}
74for the mouse events.
75
76\wxheading{See also}
77
78\helpref{wxHelpEvent::SetOrigin}{wxhelpeventsetorigin}
79
80
81\membersection{wxHelpEvent::GetPosition}\label{wxhelpeventgetposition}
82
83\constfunc{const wxPoint\&}{GetPosition}{\void}
84
85Returns the left-click position of the mouse, in screen coordinates. This allows
86the application to position the help appropriately.
87
88\membersection{wxHelpEvent::SetOrigin}\label{wxhelpeventsetorigin}
89
90\func{void}{SetOrigin}{\param{wxHelpEvent::Origin }{origin}}
91
92Set the help event origin, only used internally by wxWidgets normally.
93
94\wxheading{See also}
95
96\helpref{wxHelpEvent::GetOrigin}{wxhelpeventgetorigin}
97
98
99\membersection{wxHelpEvent::SetPosition}\label{wxhelpeventsetposition}
100
101\func{void}{SetPosition}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
102
103Sets the left-click position of the mouse, in screen coordinates.
104