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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: caret.h
3// Purpose: interface of wxCaret
4// Author: wxWidgets team
5// RCS-ID: $Id$
6// Licence: wxWindows license
7/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9/**
10 @class wxCaret
11
12 A caret is a blinking cursor showing the position where the typed text will
13 appear. Text controls usually have their own caret but wxCaret provides a
14 way to use a caret in other windows.
15
16 Currently, the caret appears as a rectangle of the given size. In the
17 future, it will be possible to specify a bitmap to be used for the caret
18 shape.
19
20 A caret is always associated with a window and the current caret can be
21 retrieved using wxWindow::GetCaret(). The same caret can't be reused in two
22 different windows.
23
24 @library{wxcore}
25 @category{misc}
26*/
27class wxCaret
28{
29public:
30 /**
31 Default constructor.
32 */
33 wxCaret();
34
35 //@{
36 /**
37 Creates a caret with the given size (in pixels) and associates it with
38 the @a window.
39 */
40 wxCaret(wxWindow* window, int width, int height);
41 wxCaret(wxWindowBase* window, const wxSize& size);
42 //@}
43
44 //@{
45 /**
46 Creates a caret with the given size (in pixels) and associates it with
47 the @a window (same as the equivalent constructors).
48 */
49 bool Create(wxWindowBase* window, int width, int height);
50 bool Create(wxWindowBase* window, const wxSize& size);
51 //@}
52
53 /**
54 Returns the blink time which is measured in milliseconds and is the
55 time elapsed between 2 inversions of the caret (blink time of the caret
56 is the same for all carets, so this functions is static).
57 */
58 static int GetBlinkTime();
59
60 //@{
61 /**
62 Get the caret position (in pixels).
63
64 @beginWxPerlOnly
65 In wxPerl there are two methods instead of a single overloaded
66 method:
67 - GetPosition(): returns a Wx::Point object.
68 - GetPositionXY(): returns a 2-element list (x, y).
69 @endWxPerlOnly
70 */
71 void GetPosition(int* x, int* y) const;
72 wxPoint GetPosition() const;
73 //@}
74
75 //@{
76 /**
77 Get the caret size.
78
79 @beginWxPerlOnly
80 In wxPerl there are two methods instead of a single overloaded
81 method:
82 - GetSize(): returns a Wx::Size object.
83 - GetSizeWH(): returns a 2-element list (width, height).
84 @endWxPerlOnly
85 */
86 void GetSize(int* width, int* height) const;
87 wxSize GetSize() const;
88 //@}
89
90 /**
91 Get the window the caret is associated with.
92 */
93 wxWindow* GetWindow() const;
94
95 /**
96 Hides the caret, same as Show(@false).
97 */
98 virtual void Hide();
99
100 /**
101 Returns @true if the caret was created successfully.
102 */
103 bool IsOk() const;
104
105 /**
106 Returns @true if the caret is visible and @false if it is permanently
107 hidden (if it is is blinking and not shown currently but will be after
108 the next blink, this method still returns @true).
109 */
110 bool IsVisible() const;
111
112 //@{
113 /**
114 Move the caret to given position (in logical coordinates).
115 */
116 void Move(int x, int y);
117 void Move(const wxPoint& pt);
118 //@}
119
120 /**
121 Sets the blink time for all the carets.
122
123 @warning Under Windows, this function will change the blink time for
124 all carets permanently (until the next time it is called),
125 even for carets in other applications.
126
127 @see GetBlinkTime()
128 */
129 static void SetBlinkTime(int milliseconds);
130
131 //@{
132 /**
133 Changes the size of the caret.
134 */
135 void SetSize(int width, int height);
136 void SetSize(const wxSize& size);
137 //@}
138
139 /**
140 Shows or hides the caret. Notice that if the caret was hidden N times,
141 it must be shown N times as well to reappear on the screen.
142 */
143 virtual void Show(bool show = true);
144};
145