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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: window.h
3// Purpose: interface of wxWindow
4// Author: wxWidgets team
5// RCS-ID: $Id$
6// Licence: wxWindows license
7/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9
10/**
11 Valid values for wxWindow::ShowWithEffect() and wxWindow::HideWithEffect().
12*/
13enum wxShowEffect
14{
15 /**
16 No effect, equivalent to normal wxWindow::Show() or Hide() call.
17
18 @since 2.9.1
19 */
20 wxSHOW_EFFECT_NONE,
21
22 /// Roll window to the left
23 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_LEFT,
24
25 /// Roll window to the right
26 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_RIGHT,
27
28 /// Roll window to the top
29 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_TOP,
30
31 /// Roll window to the bottom
32 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_BOTTOM,
33
34 /// Slide window to the left
35 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_LEFT,
36
37 /// Slide window to the right
38 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_RIGHT,
39
40 /// Slide window to the top
41 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_TOP,
42
43 /// Slide window to the bottom
44 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_BOTTOM,
45
46 /// Fade in or out effect
47 wxSHOW_EFFECT_BLEND,
48
49 /// Expanding or collapsing effect
50 wxSHOW_EFFECT_EXPAND
51};
52
53/**
54 Different window variants, on platforms like eg mac uses different
55 rendering sizes.
56*/
57enum wxWindowVariant
58{
59 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL, //!< Normal size
60 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_SMALL, //!< Smaller size (about 25 % smaller than normal)
61 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MINI, //!< Mini size (about 33 % smaller than normal)
62 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_LARGE, //!< Large size (about 25 % larger than normal)
63 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MAX
64};
65
66
67/**
68 @class wxWindow
69
70 wxWindow is the base class for all windows and represents any visible object
71 on screen. All controls, top level windows and so on are windows. Sizers and
72 device contexts are not, however, as they don't appear on screen themselves.
73
74 Please note that all children of the window will be deleted automatically by
75 the destructor before the window itself is deleted which means that you don't
76 have to worry about deleting them manually. Please see the @ref
77 overview_windowdeletion "window deletion overview" for more information.
78
79 Also note that in this, and many others, wxWidgets classes some
80 @c GetXXX() methods may be overloaded (as, for example,
81 wxWindow::GetSize or wxWindow::GetClientSize). In this case, the overloads
82 are non-virtual because having multiple virtual functions with the same name
83 results in a virtual function name hiding at the derived class level (in
84 English, this means that the derived class has to override all overloaded
85 variants if it overrides any of them). To allow overriding them in the derived
86 class, wxWidgets uses a unique protected virtual @c DoGetXXX() method
87 and all @c GetXXX() ones are forwarded to it, so overriding the former
88 changes the behaviour of the latter.
89
90 @beginStyleTable
91 @style{wxBORDER_DEFAULT}
92 The window class will decide the kind of border to show, if any.
93 @style{wxBORDER_SIMPLE}
94 Displays a thin border around the window. wxSIMPLE_BORDER is the
95 old name for this style.
96 @style{wxBORDER_SUNKEN}
97 Displays a sunken border. wxSUNKEN_BORDER is the old name for this
98 style.
99 @style{wxBORDER_RAISED}
100 Displays a raised border. wxRAISED_BORDER is the old name for this
101 style.
102 @style{wxBORDER_STATIC}
103 Displays a border suitable for a static control. wxSTATIC_BORDER
104 is the old name for this style. Windows only.
105 @style{wxBORDER_THEME}
106 Displays a native border suitable for a control, on the current
107 platform. On Windows XP or Vista, this will be a themed border; on
108 most other platforms a sunken border will be used. For more
109 information for themed borders on Windows, please see Themed
110 borders on Windows.
111 @style{wxBORDER_NONE}
112 Displays no border, overriding the default border style for the
113 window. wxNO_BORDER is the old name for this style.
114 @style{wxBORDER_DOUBLE}
115 This style is obsolete and should not be used.
116 @style{wxTRANSPARENT_WINDOW}
117 The window is transparent, that is, it will not receive paint
118 events. Windows only.
119 @style{wxTAB_TRAVERSAL}
120 Use this to enable tab traversal for non-dialog windows.
121 @style{wxWANTS_CHARS}
122 Use this to indicate that the window wants to get all char/key
123 events for all keys - even for keys like TAB or ENTER which are
124 usually used for dialog navigation and which wouldn't be generated
125 without this style. If you need to use this style in order to get
126 the arrows or etc., but would still like to have normal keyboard
127 navigation take place, you should call Navigate in response to the
128 key events for Tab and Shift-Tab.
129 @style{wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE}
130 On Windows, this style used to disable repainting the window
131 completely when its size is changed. Since this behaviour is now
132 the default, the style is now obsolete and no longer has an effect.
133 @style{wxVSCROLL}
134 Use this style to enable a vertical scrollbar. Notice that this
135 style cannot be used with native controls which don't support
136 scrollbars nor with top-level windows in most ports.
137 @style{wxHSCROLL}
138 Use this style to enable a horizontal scrollbar. The same
139 limitations as for wxVSCROLL apply to this style.
140 @style{wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB}
141 If a window has scrollbars, disable them instead of hiding them
142 when they are not needed (i.e. when the size of the window is big
143 enough to not require the scrollbars to navigate it). This style is
144 currently implemented for wxMSW, wxGTK and wxUniversal and does
145 nothing on the other platforms.
146 @style{wxCLIP_CHILDREN}
147 Use this style to eliminate flicker caused by the background being
148 repainted, then children being painted over them. Windows only.
149 @style{wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE}
150 Use this style to force a complete redraw of the window whenever it
151 is resized instead of redrawing just the part of the window
152 affected by resizing. Note that this was the behaviour by default
153 before 2.5.1 release and that if you experience redraw problems
154 with code which previously used to work you may want to try this.
155 Currently this style applies on GTK+ 2 and Windows only, and full
156 repainting is always done on other platforms.
157 @endStyleTable
158
159 @beginExtraStyleTable
160 @style{wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY}
161 By default, wxWindow::Validate(), wxWindow::TransferDataTo() and
162 wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow() only work on
163 direct children of the window (compatible behaviour).
164 Set this flag to make them recursively descend into all subwindows.
165 @style{wxWS_EX_BLOCK_EVENTS}
166 wxCommandEvents and the objects of the derived classes are
167 forwarded to the parent window and so on recursively by default.
168 Using this flag for the given window allows to block this
169 propagation at this window, i.e. prevent the events from being
170 propagated further upwards. Dialogs have this flag on by default
171 for the reasons explained in the @ref overview_events.
172 @style{wxWS_EX_TRANSIENT}
173 Don't use this window as an implicit parent for the other windows:
174 this must be used with transient windows as otherwise there is the
175 risk of creating a dialog/frame with this window as a parent, which
176 would lead to a crash if the parent were destroyed before the child.
177 @style{wxWS_EX_CONTEXTHELP}
178 Under Windows, puts a query button on the caption. When pressed,
179 Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWidgets
180 will send a @c wxEVT_HELP event if the user clicked on an application window.
181 This style cannot be used (because of the underlying native behaviour)
182 together with @c wxMAXIMIZE_BOX or @c wxMINIMIZE_BOX, so these two styles
183 are automatically turned off if this one is used.
184 @style{wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE}
185 This window should always process idle events, even if the mode set
186 by wxIdleEvent::SetMode is @c wxIDLE_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
187 @style{wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES}
188 This window should always process UI update events, even if the
189 mode set by wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode is @c wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
190 @endExtraStyleTable
191
192 @beginEventEmissionTable
193 @event{EVT_ACTIVATE(id, func)}
194 Process a @c wxEVT_ACTIVATE event. See wxActivateEvent.
195 @event{EVT_CHILD_FOCUS(func)}
196 Process a @c wxEVT_CHILD_FOCUS event. See wxChildFocusEvent.
197 @event{EVT_CONTEXT_MENU(func)}
198 A right click (or other context menu command depending on platform) has been detected.
199 See wxContextMenuEvent.
200 @event{EVT_HELP(id, func)}
201 Process a @c wxEVT_HELP event. See wxHelpEvent.
202 @event{EVT_HELP_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}
203 Process a @c wxEVT_HELP event for a range of ids. See wxHelpEvent.
204 @event{EVT_DROP_FILES(func)}
205 Process a @c wxEVT_DROP_FILES event. See wxDropFilesEvent.
206 @event{EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND(func)}
207 Process a @c wxEVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND event. See wxEraseEvent.
208 @event{EVT_SET_FOCUS(func)}
209 Process a @c wxEVT_SET_FOCUS event. See wxFocusEvent.
210 @event{EVT_KILL_FOCUS(func)}
211 Process a @c wxEVT_KILL_FOCUS event. See wxFocusEvent.
212 @event{EVT_IDLE(func)}
213 Process a @c wxEVT_IDLE event. See wxIdleEvent.
214 @event{EVT_JOY_*(func)}
215 Processes joystick events. See wxJoystickEvent.
216 @event{EVT_KEY_DOWN(func)}
217 Process a @c wxEVT_KEY_DOWN event (any key has been pressed).
218 See wxKeyEvent.
219 @event{EVT_KEY_UP(func)}
220 Process a @c wxEVT_KEY_UP event (any key has been released).
221 @event{EVT_CHAR(func)}
222 Process a @c wxEVT_CHAR event.
223 See wxKeyEvent.
224 @event{EVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST(func)}
225 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event. See wxMouseCaptureLostEvent.
226 @event{EVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_CHANGED(func)}
227 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_CHANGED event. See wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent.
228 @event{EVT_MOUSE_*(func)}
229 See wxMouseEvent.
230 @event{EVT_PAINT(func)}
231 Process a @c wxEVT_PAINT event. See wxPaintEvent.
232 @event{EVT_POWER_*(func)}
233 The system power state changed. See wxPowerEvent.
234 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_*(func)}
235 Process scroll events. See wxScrollWinEvent.
236 @event{EVT_SET_CURSOR(func)}
237 Process a @c wxEVT_SET_CURSOR event. See wxSetCursorEvent.
238 @event{EVT_SHOW(func)}
239 Process a @c wxEVT_SHOW event. See wxShowEvent.
240 @event{EVT_SIZE(func)}
241 Process a @c wxEVT_SIZE event. See wxSizeEvent.
242 @event{EVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED(func)}
243 Process a @c wxEVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED event. See wxSysColourChangedEvent.
244 @endEventTable
245
246 @library{wxcore}
247 @category{miscwnd}
248
249 @see @ref overview_events, @ref overview_windowsizing
250*/
251class wxWindow : public wxEvtHandler
252{
253public:
254 /**
255 Default constructor
256 */
257 wxWindow();
258
259 /**
260 Constructs a window, which can be a child of a frame, dialog or any other
261 non-control window.
262
263 @param parent
264 Pointer to a parent window.
265 @param id
266 Window identifier. If wxID_ANY, will automatically create an identifier.
267 @param pos
268 Window position. wxDefaultPosition indicates that wxWidgets
269 should generate a default position for the window.
270 If using the wxWindow class directly, supply an actual position.
271 @param size
272 Window size. wxDefaultSize indicates that wxWidgets should generate
273 a default size for the window. If no suitable size can be found, the
274 window will be sized to 20x20 pixels so that the window is visible but
275 obviously not correctly sized.
276 @param style
277 Window style. For generic window styles, please see wxWindow.
278 @param name
279 Window name.
280 */
281 wxWindow(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id,
282 const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
283 const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
284 long style = 0,
285 const wxString& name = wxPanelNameStr);
286
287 /**
288 Destructor.
289
290 Deletes all sub-windows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
291 the @b delete operator explicitly, you should normally use Destroy()
292 so that wxWidgets can delete a window only when it is safe to do so, in idle time.
293
294 @see @ref overview_windowdeletion "Window Deletion Overview",
295 Destroy(), wxCloseEvent
296 */
297 virtual ~wxWindow();
298
299
300 /**
301 @name Focus functions
302
303 See also the static function FindFocus().
304 */
305 //@{
306
307 /**
308 This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return @false to
309 indicate that this control doesn't accept input at all (i.e. behaves like
310 e.g. wxStaticText) and so doesn't need focus.
311
312 @see AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard()
313 */
314 virtual bool AcceptsFocus() const;
315
316 /**
317 This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return @false to
318 indicate that while this control can, in principle, have focus if the user
319 clicks it with the mouse, it shouldn't be included in the TAB traversal chain
320 when using the keyboard.
321 */
322 virtual bool AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard() const;
323
324 /**
325 Overridden to indicate whether this window or one of its children accepts
326 focus. Usually it's the same as AcceptsFocus() but is overridden for
327 container windows.
328 */
329 virtual bool AcceptsFocusRecursively() const;
330
331 /**
332 Returns @true if the window (or in case of composite controls, its main
333 child window) has focus.
334
335 @see FindFocus()
336 */
337 virtual bool HasFocus() const;
338
339 /**
340 This method is only implemented by ports which have support for
341 native TAB traversal (such as GTK+ 2.0).
342
343 It is called by wxWidgets' container control code to give the native
344 system a hint when doing TAB traversal. A call to this does not disable
345 or change the effect of programmatically calling SetFocus().
346
347 @see wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus, wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
348 */
349 virtual void SetCanFocus(bool canFocus);
350
351 /**
352 This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
353
354 @see HasFocus(), wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus,
355 wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
356 */
357 virtual void SetFocus();
358
359 /**
360 This function is called by wxWidgets keyboard navigation code when the user
361 gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using @c TAB key).
362
363 By default this method simply calls SetFocus() but
364 can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
365 */
366 virtual void SetFocusFromKbd();
367
368 //@}
369
370
371 /**
372 @name Child management functions
373 */
374 //@{
375
376 /**
377 Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
378 functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
379 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
380 called by the user code.
381
382 @param child
383 Child window to add.
384 */
385 virtual void AddChild(wxWindow* child);
386
387 /**
388 Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
389 */
390 bool DestroyChildren();
391
392 /**
393 Find a child of this window, by @a id.
394 May return @a this if it matches itself.
395 */
396 wxWindow* FindWindow(long id) const;
397
398 /**
399 Find a child of this window, by name.
400 May return @a this if it matches itself.
401 */
402 wxWindow* FindWindow(const wxString& name) const;
403
404 /**
405 Returns a reference to the list of the window's children. @c wxWindowList
406 is a type-safe wxList-like class whose elements are of type @c wxWindow*.
407 */
408 wxWindowList& GetChildren();
409
410 /**
411 @overload
412 */
413 const wxWindowList& GetChildren() const;
414
415 /**
416 Removes a child window.
417
418 This is called automatically by window deletion functions so should not
419 be required by the application programmer.
420 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
421 called by the user code.
422
423 @param child
424 Child window to remove.
425 */
426 virtual void RemoveChild(wxWindow* child);
427
428 //@}
429
430
431 /**
432 @name Sibling and parent management functions
433 */
434 //@{
435
436 /**
437 Returns the grandparent of a window, or @NULL if there isn't one.
438 */
439 wxWindow* GetGrandParent() const;
440
441 /**
442 Returns the next window after this one among the parent's children or @NULL
443 if this window is the last child.
444
445 @since 2.8.8
446
447 @see GetPrevSibling()
448 */
449 wxWindow* GetNextSibling() const;
450
451 /**
452 Returns the parent of the window, or @NULL if there is no parent.
453 */
454 wxWindow* GetParent() const;
455
456 /**
457 Returns the previous window before this one among the parent's children or @c
458 @NULL if this window is the first child.
459
460 @since 2.8.8
461
462 @see GetNextSibling()
463 */
464 wxWindow* GetPrevSibling() const;
465 /**
466 Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
467 current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
468 and then re-inserted into another.
469
470 @param newParent
471 New parent.
472 */
473 virtual bool Reparent(wxWindow* newParent);
474
475 //@}
476
477
478 /**
479 @name Scrolling and scrollbars functions
480
481 Note that these methods don't work with native controls which don't use
482 wxWidgets scrolling framework (i.e. don't derive from wxScrolledWindow).
483 */
484 //@{
485
486 /**
487 Call this function to force one or both scrollbars to be always shown, even if
488 the window is big enough to show its entire contents without scrolling.
489
490 @since 2.9.0
491
492 @param hflag
493 Whether the horizontal scroll bar should always be visible.
494 @param vflag
495 Whether the vertical scroll bar should always be visible.
496
497 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under Mac/Carbon.
498 */
499 virtual void AlwaysShowScrollbars(bool hflag = true, bool vflag = true);
500
501 /**
502 Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
503
504 @see SetScrollbar()
505 */
506 virtual int GetScrollPos(int orientation) const;
507
508 /**
509 Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
510
511 @see SetScrollbar()
512 */
513 virtual int GetScrollRange(int orientation) const;
514
515 /**
516 Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
517
518 @see SetScrollbar()
519 */
520 virtual int GetScrollThumb(int orientation) const;
521
522 /**
523 Returns @true if this window can have a scroll bar in this orientation.
524
525 @param orient
526 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
527
528 @since 2.9.1
529 */
530 bool CanScroll(int orient) const;
531
532 /**
533 Returns @true if this window currently has a scroll bar for this
534 orientation.
535
536 This method may return @false even when CanScroll() for the same
537 orientation returns @true, but if CanScroll() returns @false, i.e.
538 scrolling in this direction is not enabled at all, HasScrollbar()
539 always returns @false as well.
540
541 @param orient
542 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
543 */
544 bool HasScrollbar(int orient) const;
545
546 /**
547 Return whether a scrollbar is always shown.
548
549 @param orient
550 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
551
552 @see AlwaysShowScrollbars()
553 */
554 virtual bool IsScrollbarAlwaysShown(int orient) const;
555
556 /**
557 Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if @a lines is
558 positive) or up.
559
560 @return Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
561 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
562
563 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and
564 wxTextCtrl under wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolled classes
565 under all platforms).
566
567 @see ScrollPages()
568 */
569 virtual bool ScrollLines(int lines);
570
571 /**
572 Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if @a pages is
573 positive) or up.
574
575 @return Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
576 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
577
578 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxGTK.
579
580 @see ScrollLines()
581 */
582 virtual bool ScrollPages(int pages);
583
584 /**
585 Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
586
587 @param dx
588 Amount to scroll horizontally.
589 @param dy
590 Amount to scroll vertically.
591 @param rect
592 Rectangle to scroll, if it is @NULL, the whole window is
593 scrolled (this is always the case under wxGTK which doesn't support this
594 parameter)
595
596 @remarks Note that you can often use wxScrolled instead of using this
597 function directly.
598 */
599 virtual void ScrollWindow(int dx, int dy,
600 const wxRect* rect = NULL);
601
602 /**
603 Same as #ScrollLines (-1).
604 */
605 bool LineUp();
606
607 /**
608 Same as #ScrollLines (1).
609 */
610 bool LineDown();
611
612 /**
613 Same as #ScrollPages (-1).
614 */
615 bool PageUp();
616
617 /**
618 Same as #ScrollPages (1).
619 */
620 bool PageDown();
621
622 /**
623 Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
624
625 @param orientation
626 Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set.
627 May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
628 @param pos
629 Position in scroll units.
630 @param refresh
631 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
632
633 @remarks This function does not directly affect the contents of the
634 window: it is up to the application to take note of
635 scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
636
637 @see SetScrollbar(), GetScrollPos(), GetScrollThumb(), wxScrollBar,
638 wxScrolled
639 */
640 virtual void SetScrollPos(int orientation, int pos,
641 bool refresh = true);
642
643 /**
644 Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
645
646 @param orientation
647 Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set.
648 May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
649 @param position
650 The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.
651 @param thumbSize
652 The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.
653 @param range
654 The maximum position of the scrollbar. Value of -1 can be used to
655 ask for the scrollbar to be shown but in the disabled state: this
656 can be used to avoid removing the scrollbar even when it is not
657 needed (currently this is only implemented in wxMSW port).
658 @param refresh
659 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
660
661 @remarks
662 Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same font.
663 The window is sized so that you can only see 16 lines at a time.
664 You would use:
665 @code
666 SetScrollbar(wxVERTICAL, 0, 16, 50);
667 @endcode
668 Note that with the window at this size, the thumb position can never
669 go above 50 minus 16, or 34. You can determine how many lines are
670 currently visible by dividing the current view size by the character
671 height in pixels.
672 When defining your own scrollbar behaviour, you will always need
673 to recalculate the scrollbar settings when the window size changes.
674 You could therefore put your scrollbar calculations and SetScrollbar
675 call into a function named AdjustScrollbars, which can be called
676 initially and also from your wxSizeEvent handler function.
677
678 @see @ref overview_scrolling, wxScrollBar, wxScrolled, wxScrollWinEvent
679 */
680 virtual void SetScrollbar(int orientation, int position,
681 int thumbSize, int range,
682 bool refresh = true);
683 //@}
684
685
686 /**
687 @name Sizing functions
688
689 See also the protected functions DoGetBestSize() and SetInitialBestSize().
690 */
691 //@{
692
693 /**
694 Sets the cached best size value.
695
696 @see GetBestSize()
697 */
698 void CacheBestSize(const wxSize& size) const;
699
700 /**
701 Converts client area size @a size to corresponding window size.
702
703 In other words, the returned value is what would GetSize() return if this
704 window had client area of given size. Components with wxDefaultCoord
705 value are left unchanged. Note that the conversion is not always
706 exact, it assumes that non-client area doesn't change and so doesn't
707 take into account things like menu bar (un)wrapping or (dis)appearance
708 of the scrollbars.
709
710 @since 2.8.8
711
712 @see WindowToClientSize()
713 */
714 virtual wxSize ClientToWindowSize(const wxSize& size) const;
715
716 /**
717 Converts window size @a size to corresponding client area size
718 In other words, the returned value is what would GetClientSize() return if
719 this window had given window size. Components with wxDefaultCoord value
720 are left unchanged.
721
722 Note that the conversion is not always exact, it assumes that
723 non-client area doesn't change and so doesn't take into account things
724 like menu bar (un)wrapping or (dis)appearance of the scrollbars.
725
726 @since 2.8.8
727
728 @see ClientToWindowSize()
729 */
730 virtual wxSize WindowToClientSize(const wxSize& size) const;
731
732 /**
733 Sizes the window so that it fits around its subwindows.
734
735 This function won't do anything if there are no subwindows and will only really
736 work correctly if sizers are used for the subwindows layout.
737
738 Also, if the window has exactly one subwindow it is better (faster and the result
739 is more precise as Fit() adds some margin to account for fuzziness of its calculations)
740 to call:
741
742 @code
743 window->SetClientSize(child->GetSize());
744 @endcode
745
746 instead of calling Fit().
747
748 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
749 */
750 virtual void Fit();
751
752 /**
753 Similar to Fit(), but sizes the interior (virtual) size of a window.
754
755 Mainly useful with scrolled windows to reset scrollbars after sizing
756 changes that do not trigger a size event, and/or scrolled windows without
757 an interior sizer. This function similarly won't do anything if there are
758 no subwindows.
759 */
760 virtual void FitInside();
761
762 /**
763 This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window.
764
765 For example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
766 control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
767 wxPanel), the size returned by this function will be the same as the size
768 the window would have had after calling Fit().
769
770 Note that when you write your own widget you need to overload the
771 DoGetBestSize() function instead of this (non-virtual!) function.
772
773 @see CacheBestSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
774 */
775 wxSize GetBestSize() const;
776
777 /**
778 Returns the size of the window 'client area' in pixels.
779
780 The client area is the area which may be drawn on by the programmer,
781 excluding title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
782 Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
783 return size is empty (both width and height are 0).
784
785 @beginWxPerlOnly
786 In wxPerl this method takes no parameters and returns
787 a 2-element list (width, height).
788 @endWxPerlOnly
789
790 @see GetSize(), GetVirtualSize()
791 */
792 void GetClientSize(int* width, int* height) const;
793
794 /**
795 @overload
796 */
797 wxSize GetClientSize() const;
798
799 /**
800 Merges the window's best size into the min size and returns the result.
801 This is the value used by sizers to determine the appropriate
802 amount of space to allocate for the widget.
803
804 This is the method called by a wxSizer when it queries the size
805 of a window or control.
806
807 @see GetBestSize(), SetInitialSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
808 */
809 virtual wxSize GetEffectiveMinSize() const;
810
811 /**
812 Returns the maximum size of window's client area.
813
814 This is an indication to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the maximum
815 possible size as well as the upper bound on window's size settable using
816 SetClientSize().
817
818 @see GetMaxSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
819 */
820 virtual wxSize GetMaxClientSize() const;
821
822 /**
823 Returns the maximum size of the window.
824
825 This is an indication to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the maximum
826 possible size as well as the upper bound on window's size settable using SetSize().
827
828 @see GetMaxClientSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
829 */
830 virtual wxSize GetMaxSize() const;
831
832 /**
833 Returns the minimum size of window's client area, an indication to the sizer
834 layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of its client area.
835
836 It normally just returns the value set by SetMinClientSize(), but it can be
837 overridden to do the calculation on demand.
838
839 @see GetMinSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
840 */
841 virtual wxSize GetMinClientSize() const;
842
843 /**
844 Returns the minimum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout
845 mechanism that this is the minimum required size.
846
847 This method normally just returns the value set by SetMinSize(), but it
848 can be overridden to do the calculation on demand.
849
850 @see GetMinClientSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
851 */
852 virtual wxSize GetMinSize() const;
853
854 /**
855 Returns the size of the entire window in pixels, including title bar, border,
856 scrollbars, etc.
857
858 Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
859 returned size is the restored window size, not the size of the window icon.
860
861 @param width
862 Receives the window width.
863 @param height
864 Receives the window height.
865
866 @beginWxPerlOnly
867 In wxPerl this method is implemented as GetSizeWH() returning
868 a 2-element list (width, height).
869 @endWxPerlOnly
870
871 @see GetClientSize(), GetVirtualSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
872 */
873 void GetSize(int* width, int* height) const;
874
875 /**
876 See the GetSize(int*,int*) overload for more info.
877 */
878 wxSize GetSize() const;
879
880 /**
881 This gets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
882 By default it returns the client size of the window, but after a call to
883 SetVirtualSize() it will return the size set with that method.
884
885 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
886 */
887 wxSize GetVirtualSize() const;
888
889 /**
890 Like the other GetVirtualSize() overload but uses pointers instead.
891
892 @param width
893 Receives the window virtual width.
894 @param height
895 Receives the window virtual height.
896 */
897 void GetVirtualSize(int* width, int* height) const;
898
899 /**
900 Returns the size of the left/right and top/bottom borders of this window in x
901 and y components of the result respectively.
902 */
903 virtual wxSize GetWindowBorderSize() const;
904
905 /**
906 Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it
907 is needed.
908
909 @see CacheBestSize()
910 */
911 void InvalidateBestSize();
912
913 /**
914 Posts a size event to the window.
915
916 This is the same as SendSizeEvent() with @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST argument.
917 */
918 void PostSizeEvent();
919
920 /**
921 Posts a size event to the parent of this window.
922
923 This is the same as SendSizeEventToParent() with @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST
924 argument.
925 */
926 void PostSizeEventToParent();
927
928 /**
929 This function sends a dummy @ref wxSizeEvent "size event" to
930 the window allowing it to re-layout its children positions.
931
932 It is sometimes useful to call this function after adding or deleting a
933 children after the frame creation or if a child size changes. Note that
934 if the frame is using either sizers or constraints for the children
935 layout, it is enough to call wxWindow::Layout() directly and this
936 function should not be used in this case.
937
938 If @a flags includes @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST value, this function posts
939 the event, i.e. schedules it for later processing, instead of
940 dispatching it directly. You can also use PostSizeEvent() as a more
941 readable equivalent of calling this function with this flag.
942
943 @param flags
944 May include @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST. Default value is 0.
945 */
946 virtual void SendSizeEvent(int flags = 0);
947
948 /**
949 Safe wrapper for GetParent()->SendSizeEvent().
950
951 This function simply checks that the window has a valid parent which is
952 not in process of being deleted and calls SendSizeEvent() on it. It is
953 used internally by windows such as toolbars changes to whose state
954 should result in parent re-layout (e.g. when a toolbar is added to the
955 top of the window, all the other windows must be shifted down).
956
957 @see PostSizeEventToParent()
958
959 @param flags
960 See description of this parameter in SendSizeEvent() documentation.
961 */
962 void SendSizeEventToParent(int flags = 0);
963
964 /**
965 This sets the size of the window client area in pixels.
966
967 Using this function to size a window tends to be more device-independent
968 than SetSize(), since the application need not worry about what dimensions
969 the border or title bar have when trying to fit the window around panel
970 items, for example.
971
972 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
973 */
974 virtual void SetClientSize(int width, int height);
975
976 /**
977 @overload
978 */
979 virtual void SetClientSize(const wxSize& size);
980
981 /**
982 This normally does not need to be called by user code.
983 It is called when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window
984 can remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
985 */
986 void SetContainingSizer(wxSizer* sizer);
987
988 /**
989 A @e smart SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
990 window's @e best size values.
991
992 Also sets the window's minsize to the value passed in for use with sizers.
993 This means that if a full or partial size is passed to this function then
994 the sizers will use that size instead of the results of GetBestSize() to
995 determine the minimum needs of the window for layout.
996
997 Most controls will use this to set their initial size, and their min
998 size to the passed in value (if any.)
999
1000 @see SetSize(), GetBestSize(), GetEffectiveMinSize(),
1001 @ref overview_windowsizing
1002 */
1003 void SetInitialSize(const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize);
1004
1005 /**
1006 Sets the maximum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
1007 layout mechanism that this is the maximum possible size of its client area.
1008
1009 Note that this method is just a shortcut for:
1010 @code
1011 SetMaxSize(ClientToWindowSize(size));
1012 @endcode
1013
1014 @see SetMaxSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1015 */
1016 virtual void SetMaxClientSize(const wxSize& size);
1017
1018 /**
1019 Sets the maximum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
1020 that this is the maximum possible size.
1021
1022 @see SetMaxClientSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1023 */
1024 virtual void SetMaxSize(const wxSize& size);
1025
1026 /**
1027 Sets the minimum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
1028 layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of window's client
1029 area.
1030
1031 You may need to call this if you change the window size after
1032 construction and before adding to its parent sizer.
1033
1034 Note, that just as with SetMinSize(), calling this method doesn't
1035 prevent the program from explicitly making the window smaller than the
1036 specified size.
1037
1038 Note that this method is just a shortcut for:
1039 @code
1040 SetMinSize(ClientToWindowSize(size));
1041 @endcode
1042
1043 @see SetMinSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1044 */
1045 virtual void SetMinClientSize(const wxSize& size);
1046
1047 /**
1048 Sets the minimum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout
1049 mechanism that this is the minimum required size.
1050
1051 You may need to call this if you change the window size after
1052 construction and before adding to its parent sizer.
1053
1054 Notice that calling this method doesn't prevent the program from making
1055 the window explicitly smaller than the specified size by calling
1056 SetSize(), it just ensures that it won't become smaller than this size
1057 during the automatic layout.
1058
1059 @see SetMinClientSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1060 */
1061 virtual void SetMinSize(const wxSize& size);
1062
1063 /**
1064 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
1065
1066 @param x
1067 Required x position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
1068 existing value should be used.
1069 @param y
1070 Required y position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
1071 existing value should be used.
1072 @param width
1073 Required width in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
1074 value should be used.
1075 @param height
1076 Required height position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
1077 existing value should be used.
1078 @param sizeFlags
1079 Indicates the interpretation of other parameters.
1080 It is a bit list of the following:
1081 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO_WIDTH: a wxDefaultCoord width value is taken to indicate
1082 a wxWidgets-supplied default width.
1083 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO_HEIGHT: a wxDefaultCoord height value is taken to indicate
1084 a wxWidgets-supplied default height.
1085 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO: wxDefaultCoord size values are taken to indicate
1086 a wxWidgets-supplied default size.
1087 - @c wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING: existing dimensions should be used
1088 if wxDefaultCoord values are supplied.
1089 - @c wxSIZE_ALLOW_MINUS_ONE: allow negative dimensions (i.e. value of
1090 wxDefaultCoord) to be interpreted as real
1091 dimensions, not default values.
1092 - @c wxSIZE_FORCE: normally, if the position and the size of the window are
1093 already the same as the parameters of this function,
1094 nothing is done. but with this flag a window resize may
1095 be forced even in this case (supported in wx 2.6.2 and
1096 later and only implemented for MSW and ignored elsewhere
1097 currently).
1098
1099 @remarks This overload sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
1100 Parameters may be wxDefaultCoord to indicate either that a default
1101 should be supplied by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the
1102 dimension should be used.
1103
1104 @see Move(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1105 */
1106 void SetSize(int x, int y, int width, int height,
1107 int sizeFlags = wxSIZE_AUTO);
1108
1109 /**
1110 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
1111 The size is specified using a wxRect, wxSize or by a couple of @c int objects.
1112
1113 @remarks This form must be used with non-default width and height values.
1114
1115 @see Move(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1116 */
1117 virtual void SetSize(const wxRect& rect);
1118
1119 /**
1120 @overload
1121 */
1122 virtual void SetSize(const wxSize& size);
1123
1124 /**
1125 @overload
1126 */
1127 virtual void SetSize(int width, int height);
1128
1129 /**
1130 Use of this function for windows which are not toplevel windows
1131 (such as wxDialog or wxFrame) is discouraged.
1132 Please use SetMinSize() and SetMaxSize() instead.
1133
1134 @see wxTopLevelWindow::SetSizeHints, @ref overview_windowsizing
1135 */
1136 void SetSizeHints( const wxSize& minSize,
1137 const wxSize& maxSize=wxDefaultSize,
1138 const wxSize& incSize=wxDefaultSize);
1139
1140 /**
1141 Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
1142
1143 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
1144 */
1145 void SetVirtualSize(int width, int height);
1146
1147 /**
1148 @overload
1149 */
1150 void SetVirtualSize(const wxSize& size);
1151
1152 //@}
1153
1154
1155 /**
1156 @name Positioning functions
1157 */
1158 //@{
1159
1160 /**
1161 A synonym for Centre().
1162 */
1163 void Center(int dir = wxBOTH);
1164
1165 /**
1166 A synonym for CentreOnParent().
1167 */
1168 void CenterOnParent(int dir = wxBOTH);
1169
1170 /**
1171 Centres the window.
1172
1173 @param direction
1174 Specifies the direction for the centring. May be wxHORIZONTAL, wxVERTICAL
1175 or wxBOTH. It may also include wxCENTRE_ON_SCREEN flag
1176 if you want to centre the window on the entire screen and not on its
1177 parent window.
1178
1179 @remarks If the window is a top level one (i.e. doesn't have a parent),
1180 it will be centred relative to the screen anyhow.
1181
1182 @see Center()
1183 */
1184 void Centre(int direction = wxBOTH);
1185
1186 /**
1187 Centres the window on its parent. This is a more readable synonym for Centre().
1188
1189 @param direction
1190 Specifies the direction for the centring. May be wxHORIZONTAL, wxVERTICAL
1191 or wxBOTH.
1192
1193 @remarks This methods provides for a way to centre top level windows over
1194 their parents instead of the entire screen. If there
1195 is no parent or if the window is not a top level
1196 window, then behaviour is the same as Centre().
1197
1198 @see wxTopLevelWindow::CentreOnScreen
1199 */
1200 void CentreOnParent(int direction = wxBOTH);
1201 /**
1202 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
1203 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level windows.
1204
1205 @param x
1206 Receives the x position of the window if non-@NULL.
1207 @param y
1208 Receives the y position of the window if non-@NULL.
1209
1210 @beginWxPerlOnly
1211 In wxPerl this method is implemented as GetPositionXY() returning
1212 a 2-element list (x, y).
1213 @endWxPerlOnly
1214
1215 @see GetScreenPosition()
1216 */
1217 void GetPosition(int* x, int* y) const;
1218
1219 /**
1220 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
1221 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level windows.
1222
1223 @see GetScreenPosition()
1224 */
1225 wxPoint GetPosition() const;
1226
1227 /**
1228 Returns the position and size of the window as a wxRect object.
1229
1230 @see GetScreenRect()
1231 */
1232 wxRect GetRect() const;
1233
1234 /**
1235 Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
1236 child window or a top level one.
1237
1238 @param x
1239 Receives the x position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
1240 @param y
1241 Receives the y position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
1242
1243 @see GetPosition()
1244 */
1245 void GetScreenPosition(int* x, int* y) const;
1246
1247 /**
1248 Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
1249 child window or a top level one.
1250
1251 @see GetPosition()
1252 */
1253 wxPoint GetScreenPosition() const;
1254
1255 /**
1256 Returns the position and size of the window on the screen as a wxRect object.
1257
1258 @see GetRect()
1259 */
1260 wxRect GetScreenRect() const;
1261
1262 /**
1263 Moves the window to the given position.
1264
1265 @param x
1266 Required x position.
1267 @param y
1268 Required y position.
1269 @param flags
1270 See SetSize() for more info about this parameter.
1271
1272 @remarks Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1273 Move() function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class as the call:
1274 @code
1275 SetSize(x, y, wxDefaultCoord, wxDefaultCoord, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1276 @endcode
1277
1278 @see SetSize()
1279 */
1280 void Move(int x, int y, int flags = wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1281
1282 /**
1283 Moves the window to the given position.
1284
1285 @param pt
1286 wxPoint object representing the position.
1287 @param flags
1288 See SetSize() for more info about this parameter.
1289
1290 @remarks Implementations of SetSize() can also implicitly implement the
1291 Move() function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class as the call:
1292 @code
1293 SetSize(x, y, wxDefaultCoord, wxDefaultCoord, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1294 @endcode
1295
1296 @see SetSize()
1297 */
1298 void Move(const wxPoint& pt, int flags = wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1299
1300 //@}
1301
1302
1303 /**
1304 @name Coordinate conversion functions
1305 */
1306 //@{
1307
1308 /**
1309 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
1310
1311 @param x
1312 A pointer to a integer value for the x coordinate. Pass the client
1313 coordinate in, and a screen coordinate will be passed out.
1314 @param y
1315 A pointer to a integer value for the y coordinate. Pass the client
1316 coordinate in, and a screen coordinate will be passed out.
1317
1318 @beginWxPythonOnly
1319 In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython implements the following methods:
1320 - ClientToScreen(point): Accepts and returns a wxPoint
1321 - ClientToScreenXY(x, y): Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)
1322 @endWxPythonOnly
1323
1324 @beginWxPerlOnly
1325 In wxPerl this method returns a 2-element list instead of
1326 modifying its parameters.
1327 @endWxPerlOnly
1328 */
1329 void ClientToScreen(int* x, int* y) const;
1330
1331 /**
1332 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
1333
1334 @param pt
1335 The client position for the second form of the function.
1336 */
1337 wxPoint ClientToScreen(const wxPoint& pt) const;
1338
1339 /**
1340 Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
1341
1342 For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character
1343 width and then divided by 4.
1344 For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character
1345 height and then divided by 8.
1346
1347 @remarks Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions
1348 even if the font changes.
1349 You can also use these functions programmatically.
1350 A convenience macro is defined:
1351 @code
1352 #define wxDLG_UNIT(parent, pt) parent->ConvertDialogToPixels(pt)
1353 @endcode
1354
1355 @see ConvertPixelsToDialog()
1356 */
1357 wxPoint ConvertDialogToPixels(const wxPoint& pt) const;
1358
1359 /**
1360 @overload
1361 */
1362 wxSize ConvertDialogToPixels(const wxSize& sz) const;
1363
1364 /**
1365 Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
1366
1367 For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 4 and then divided by the
1368 average character width.
1369 For the y dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 8 and then divided by the
1370 average character height.
1371
1372 @remarks Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions
1373 even if the font changes.
1374
1375 @see ConvertDialogToPixels()
1376 */
1377 wxPoint ConvertPixelsToDialog(const wxPoint& pt) const;
1378
1379 /**
1380 @overload
1381 */
1382 wxSize ConvertPixelsToDialog(const wxSize& sz) const;
1383
1384 /**
1385 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
1386
1387 @param x
1388 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1389 @param y
1390 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1391 */
1392 void ScreenToClient(int* x, int* y) const;
1393
1394 /**
1395 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
1396
1397 @param pt
1398 The screen position.
1399 */
1400 wxPoint ScreenToClient(const wxPoint& pt) const;
1401
1402 //@}
1403
1404
1405 /**
1406 @name Drawing-related functions
1407 */
1408 //@{
1409
1410 /**
1411 Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour. Does not
1412 cause an erase background event to be generated.
1413 */
1414 virtual void ClearBackground();
1415
1416 /**
1417 Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking
1418 place on screen, the window is not redrawn at all.
1419
1420 Thaw() must be called to reenable window redrawing. Calls to these two
1421 functions may be nested but to ensure that the window is properly
1422 repainted again, you must thaw it exactly as many times as you froze it.
1423
1424 If the window has any children, they are recursively frozen too.
1425
1426 This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example,
1427 it is a good idea to use it before doing many large text insertions in
1428 a row into a wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all
1429 platforms nor for all controls so it is mostly just a hint to wxWidgets
1430 and not a mandatory directive.
1431
1432 @see wxWindowUpdateLocker, Thaw(), IsFrozen()
1433 */
1434 void Freeze();
1435
1436 /**
1437 Re-enables window updating after a previous call to Freeze().
1438
1439 To really thaw the control, it must be called exactly the same number
1440 of times as Freeze().
1441
1442 If the window has any children, they are recursively thawed too.
1443
1444 @see wxWindowUpdateLocker, Freeze(), IsFrozen()
1445 */
1446 void Thaw();
1447
1448 /**
1449 Returns @true if the window is currently frozen by a call to Freeze().
1450
1451 @see Freeze(), Thaw()
1452 */
1453 bool IsFrozen() const;
1454
1455 /**
1456 Returns the background colour of the window.
1457
1458 @see SetBackgroundColour(), SetForegroundColour(), GetForegroundColour()
1459 */
1460 wxColour GetBackgroundColour() const;
1461
1462 /**
1463 Returns the background style of the window.
1464
1465 @see SetBackgroundColour(), GetForegroundColour(),
1466 SetBackgroundStyle(), SetTransparent()
1467 */
1468 virtual wxBackgroundStyle GetBackgroundStyle() const;
1469
1470 /**
1471 Returns the character height for this window.
1472 */
1473 virtual int GetCharHeight() const;
1474
1475 /**
1476 Returns the average character width for this window.
1477 */
1478 virtual int GetCharWidth() const;
1479
1480 /**
1481 Currently this is the same as calling
1482 wxWindow::GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindow::GetWindowVariant()).
1483
1484 One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
1485 the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
1486 virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
1487
1488 The other one is that in the future this function could return different
1489 results, for example it might return a different font for an "Ok" button
1490 than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
1491 in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
1492 function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
1493 version can be used without having to create an object first.
1494 */
1495 virtual wxVisualAttributes GetDefaultAttributes() const;
1496
1497 /**
1498 Returns the font for this window.
1499
1500 @see SetFont()
1501 */
1502 wxFont GetFont() const;
1503
1504 /**
1505 Returns the foreground colour of the window.
1506
1507 @remarks The meaning of foreground colour varies according to the window class;
1508 it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not be used at all.
1509
1510 @see SetForegroundColour(), SetBackgroundColour(),
1511 GetBackgroundColour()
1512 */
1513 wxColour GetForegroundColour() const;
1514
1515 /**
1516 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1517 window with the currently selected font.
1518
1519 The text extent is returned in the @a w and @a h pointers.
1520
1521 @param string
1522 String whose extent is to be measured.
1523 @param w
1524 Return value for width.
1525 @param h
1526 Return value for height.
1527 @param descent
1528 Return value for descent (optional).
1529 @param externalLeading
1530 Return value for external leading (optional).
1531 @param font
1532 Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).
1533
1534 @beginWxPerlOnly
1535 In wxPerl this method takes only the @a string and optionally
1536 @a font parameters, and returns a 4-element list
1537 (x, y, descent, externalLeading).
1538 @endWxPerlOnly
1539 */
1540 void GetTextExtent(const wxString& string,
1541 int* w, int* h,
1542 int* descent = NULL,
1543 int* externalLeading = NULL,
1544 const wxFont* font = NULL) const;
1545
1546 /**
1547 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1548 window with the currently selected font.
1549 */
1550 wxSize GetTextExtent(const wxString& string) const;
1551
1552 /**
1553 Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged.
1554 Should only be called within an wxPaintEvent handler.
1555
1556 @see wxRegion, wxRegionIterator
1557 */
1558 const wxRegion& GetUpdateRegion() const;
1559
1560 /**
1561 Returns @true if this window background is transparent (as, for example,
1562 for wxStaticText) and should show the parent window background.
1563
1564 This method is mostly used internally by the library itself and you normally
1565 shouldn't have to call it. You may, however, have to override it in your
1566 wxWindow-derived class to ensure that background is painted correctly.
1567 */
1568 virtual bool HasTransparentBackground();
1569
1570 /**
1571 Causes this window, and all of its children recursively (except under wxGTK1
1572 where this is not implemented), to be repainted. Note that repainting doesn't
1573 happen immediately but only during the next event loop iteration, if you need
1574 to update the window immediately you should use Update() instead.
1575
1576 @param eraseBackground
1577 If @true, the background will be erased.
1578 @param rect
1579 If non-@NULL, only the given rectangle will be treated as damaged.
1580
1581 @see RefreshRect()
1582 */
1583 virtual void Refresh(bool eraseBackground = true,
1584 const wxRect* rect = NULL);
1585
1586 /**
1587 Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: only the area inside it will be
1588 repainted.
1589
1590 This is the same as Refresh() but has a nicer syntax as it can be called
1591 with a temporary wxRect object as argument like this @c RefreshRect(wxRect(x, y, w, h)).
1592 */
1593 void RefreshRect(const wxRect& rect, bool eraseBackground = true);
1594
1595 /**
1596 Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window and
1597 all of its children recursively (this normally only happens when the
1598 flow of control returns to the event loop).
1599
1600 Notice that this function doesn't invalidate any area of the window so
1601 nothing happens if nothing has been invalidated (i.e. marked as requiring
1602 a redraw). Use Refresh() first if you want to immediately redraw the
1603 window unconditionally.
1604 */
1605 virtual void Update();
1606
1607 /**
1608 Sets the background colour of the window.
1609 Please see InheritAttributes() for explanation of the difference between
1610 this method and SetOwnBackgroundColour().
1611
1612 @param colour
1613 The colour to be used as the background colour; pass
1614 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
1615
1616 @remarks The background colour is usually painted by the default
1617 wxEraseEvent event handler function under Windows and
1618 automatically under GTK.
1619 Note that setting the background colour does not cause an
1620 immediate refresh, so you may wish to call wxWindow::ClearBackground
1621 or wxWindow::Refresh after calling this function.
1622 Using this function will disable attempts to use themes for
1623 this window, if the system supports them. Use with care since
1624 usually the themes represent the appearance chosen by the user
1625 to be used for all applications on the system.
1626
1627 @return @true if the colour was really changed, @false if it was already set
1628 to this colour and nothing was done.
1629
1630 @see GetBackgroundColour(), SetForegroundColour(),
1631 GetForegroundColour(), ClearBackground(),
1632 Refresh(), wxEraseEvent
1633 */
1634 virtual bool SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour& colour);
1635
1636 /**
1637 Sets the background style of the window.
1638
1639 The default background style is wxBG_STYLE_ERASE which indicates that
1640 the window background may be erased in EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND handler.
1641 This is a safe, compatibility default; however you may want to change it
1642 to wxBG_STYLE_SYSTEM if you don't define any erase background event
1643 handlers at all, to avoid unnecessary generation of erase background
1644 events and always let system erase the background. And you should
1645 change the background style to wxBG_STYLE_PAINT if you define an
1646 EVT_PAINT handler which completely overwrites the window background as
1647 in this case erasing it previously, either in EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND
1648 handler or in the system default handler, would result in flicker as
1649 the background pixels will be repainted twice every time the window is
1650 redrawn. Do ensure that the background is entirely erased by your
1651 EVT_PAINT handler in this case however as otherwise garbage may be left
1652 on screen.
1653
1654 Notice that in previous versions of wxWidgets a common way to work
1655 around the above mentioned flickering problem was to define an empty
1656 EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND handler. Setting background style to
1657 wxBG_STYLE_PAINT is a simpler and more efficient solution to the same
1658 problem.
1659
1660 @see SetBackgroundColour(), GetForegroundColour(),
1661 SetTransparent()
1662 */
1663 virtual bool SetBackgroundStyle(wxBackgroundStyle style);
1664
1665 /**
1666 Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
1667 parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
1668 use SetOwnFont() instead in this case and see InheritAttributes() for more
1669 explanations.
1670
1671 Please notice that the given font is not automatically used for
1672 wxPaintDC objects associated with this window, you need to
1673 call wxDC::SetFont too. However this font is used by
1674 any standard controls for drawing their text as well as by
1675 GetTextExtent().
1676
1677 @param font
1678 Font to associate with this window, pass
1679 wxNullFont to reset to the default font.
1680
1681 @return @true if the font was really changed, @false if it was already set
1682 to this font and nothing was done.
1683
1684 @see GetFont(), InheritAttributes()
1685 */
1686 virtual bool SetFont(const wxFont& font);
1687
1688 /**
1689 Sets the foreground colour of the window.
1690 Please see InheritAttributes() for explanation of the difference between
1691 this method and SetOwnForegroundColour().
1692
1693 @param colour
1694 The colour to be used as the foreground colour; pass
1695 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
1696
1697 @remarks The meaning of foreground colour varies according to the window class;
1698 it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not be used at all.
1699
1700 @return @true if the colour was really changed, @false if it was already set
1701 to this colour and nothing was done.
1702
1703 @see GetForegroundColour(), SetBackgroundColour(),
1704 GetBackgroundColour(), ShouldInheritColours()
1705 */
1706 virtual bool SetForegroundColour(const wxColour& colour);
1707
1708 /**
1709 Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
1710 by the children of this window.
1711
1712 @see SetBackgroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
1713 */
1714 void SetOwnBackgroundColour(const wxColour& colour);
1715
1716 /**
1717 Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
1718 children of this window.
1719
1720 @see SetFont(), InheritAttributes()
1721 */
1722 void SetOwnFont(const wxFont& font);
1723
1724 /**
1725 Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
1726 by the children of this window.
1727
1728 @see SetForegroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
1729 */
1730 void SetOwnForegroundColour(const wxColour& colour);
1731
1732 /**
1733 @deprecated use wxDC::SetPalette instead.
1734 */
1735 void SetPalette(const wxPalette& pal);
1736
1737 /**
1738 Return @true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
1739 InheritAttributes(). Returning @false forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
1740
1741 The base class version returns @false, but this method is overridden in
1742 wxControl where it returns @true.
1743 */
1744 virtual bool ShouldInheritColours() const;
1745
1746 /**
1747 This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
1748 to draw the windows' background instead of its own background drawing
1749 code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
1750 obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
1751 One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
1752 defined by a user's selected theme.
1753
1754 Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to @true
1755 by default so that the default look and feel is simulated best.
1756 */
1757 virtual void SetThemeEnabled(bool enable);
1758
1759 /**
1760 Returns @true if the system supports transparent windows and calling
1761 SetTransparent() may succeed. If this function returns @false, transparent
1762 windows are definitely not supported by the current system.
1763 */
1764 virtual bool CanSetTransparent();
1765
1766 /**
1767 Set the transparency of the window. If the system supports transparent windows,
1768 returns @true, otherwise returns @false and the window remains fully opaque.
1769 See also CanSetTransparent().
1770
1771 The parameter @a alpha is in the range 0..255 where 0 corresponds to a
1772 fully transparent window and 255 to the fully opaque one. The constants
1773 @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_TRANSPARENT and @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_OPAQUE can be used.
1774 */
1775 virtual bool SetTransparent(wxByte alpha);
1776
1777 //@}
1778
1779
1780 /**
1781 @name Event-handling functions
1782
1783 wxWindow allows you to build a (sort of) stack of event handlers which
1784 can be used to override the window's own event handling.
1785 */
1786 //@{
1787
1788 /**
1789 Returns the event handler for this window.
1790 By default, the window is its own event handler.
1791
1792 @see SetEventHandler(), PushEventHandler(),
1793 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
1794 */
1795 wxEvtHandler* GetEventHandler() const;
1796
1797 /**
1798 This function will generate the appropriate call to Navigate() if the key
1799 event is one normally used for keyboard navigation and return @true in this case.
1800
1801 @return Returns @true if the key pressed was for navigation and was
1802 handled, @false otherwise.
1803
1804 @see Navigate()
1805 */
1806 bool HandleAsNavigationKey(const wxKeyEvent& event);
1807
1808 /**
1809 Shorthand for:
1810 @code
1811 GetEventHandler()->SafelyProcessEvent(event);
1812 @endcode
1813
1814 @see ProcessWindowEvent()
1815 */
1816 bool HandleWindowEvent(wxEvent& event) const;
1817
1818 /**
1819 Convenient wrapper for ProcessEvent().
1820
1821 This is the same as writing @code GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
1822 @endcode but more convenient. Notice that ProcessEvent() itself can't
1823 be called for wxWindow objects as it ignores the event handlers
1824 associated with the window; use this function instead.
1825 */
1826 bool ProcessWindowEvent(wxEvent& event);
1827
1828 /**
1829 Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
1830
1831 E.g. in the case of:
1832 @image html overview_events_winstack.png
1833 when calling @c W->PopEventHandler(), the event handler @c A will be
1834 removed and @c B will be the first handler of the stack.
1835
1836 Note that it's an error to call this function when no event handlers
1837 were pushed on this window (i.e. when the window itself is its only
1838 event handler).
1839
1840 @param deleteHandler
1841 If this is @true, the handler will be deleted after it is removed
1842 (and the returned value will be @NULL).
1843
1844 @see @ref overview_events_processing
1845 */
1846 wxEvtHandler* PopEventHandler(bool deleteHandler = false);
1847
1848 /**
1849 Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
1850
1851 An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events sent
1852 to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but an application
1853 may wish to substitute another, for example to allow central implementation
1854 of event-handling for a variety of different window classes.
1855
1856 wxWindow::PushEventHandler allows an application to set up a @e stack
1857 of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
1858 handed to the next one in the chain.
1859
1860 E.g. if you have two event handlers @c A and @c B and a wxWindow instance
1861 @c W and you call:
1862 @code
1863 W->PushEventHandler(A);
1864 W->PushEventHandler(B);
1865 @endcode
1866 you will end up with the following situation:
1867 @image html overview_events_winstack.png
1868
1869 Note that you can use wxWindow::PopEventHandler to remove the event handler.
1870
1871 @param handler
1872 Specifies the handler to be pushed.
1873 It must not be part of a wxEvtHandler chain; an assert will fail
1874 if it's not unlinked (see wxEvtHandler::IsUnlinked).
1875
1876 @see @ref overview_events_processing
1877 */
1878 void PushEventHandler(wxEvtHandler* handler);
1879
1880 /**
1881 Find the given @a handler in the windows event handler stack and
1882 removes (but does not delete) it from the stack.
1883
1884 See wxEvtHandler::Unlink() for more info.
1885
1886 @param handler
1887 The event handler to remove, must be non-@NULL and
1888 must be present in this windows event handlers stack.
1889
1890 @return Returns @true if it was found and @false otherwise (this also
1891 results in an assert failure so this function should
1892 only be called when the handler is supposed to be there).
1893
1894 @see PushEventHandler(), PopEventHandler()
1895 */
1896 bool RemoveEventHandler(wxEvtHandler* handler);
1897
1898 /**
1899 Sets the event handler for this window.
1900
1901 Note that if you use this function you may want to use as the "next" handler
1902 of @a handler the window itself; in this way when @a handler doesn't process
1903 an event, the window itself will have a chance to do it.
1904
1905 @param handler
1906 Specifies the handler to be set. Cannot be @NULL.
1907
1908 @see @ref overview_events_processing
1909 */
1910 void SetEventHandler(wxEvtHandler* handler);
1911
1912 /**
1913 wxWindows cannot be used to form event handler chains; this function
1914 thus will assert when called.
1915
1916 Note that instead you can use PushEventHandler() or SetEventHandler() to
1917 implement a stack of event handlers to override wxWindow's own
1918 event handling mechanism.
1919 */
1920 virtual void SetNextHandler(wxEvtHandler* handler);
1921
1922 /**
1923 wxWindows cannot be used to form event handler chains; this function
1924 thus will assert when called.
1925
1926 Note that instead you can use PushEventHandler() or SetEventHandler() to
1927 implement a stack of event handlers to override wxWindow's own
1928 event handling mechanism.
1929 */
1930 virtual void SetPreviousHandler(wxEvtHandler* handler);
1931
1932 //@}
1933
1934
1935
1936 /**
1937 @name Window styles functions
1938 */
1939 //@{
1940
1941 /**
1942 Returns the extra style bits for the window.
1943 */
1944 long GetExtraStyle() const;
1945
1946 /**
1947 Gets the window style that was passed to the constructor or Create()
1948 method. GetWindowStyle() is another name for the same function.
1949 */
1950 virtual long GetWindowStyleFlag() const;
1951
1952 /**
1953 See GetWindowStyleFlag() for more info.
1954 */
1955 long GetWindowStyle() const;
1956
1957 /**
1958 Returns @true if the window has the given @a exFlag bit set in its
1959 extra styles.
1960
1961 @see SetExtraStyle()
1962 */
1963 bool HasExtraStyle(int exFlag) const;
1964
1965 /**
1966 Returns @true if the window has the given @a flag bit set.
1967 */
1968 bool HasFlag(int flag) const;
1969
1970 /**
1971 Sets the extra style bits for the window.
1972 The currently defined extra style bits are reported in the class
1973 description.
1974 */
1975 virtual void SetExtraStyle(long exStyle);
1976
1977 /**
1978 Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
1979 after the window creation and that Refresh() might need to be be called
1980 after changing the others for the change to take place immediately.
1981
1982 See @ref overview_windowstyles "Window styles" for more information about flags.
1983
1984 @see GetWindowStyleFlag()
1985 */
1986 virtual void SetWindowStyleFlag(long style);
1987
1988 /**
1989 See SetWindowStyleFlag() for more info.
1990 */
1991 void SetWindowStyle(long style);
1992
1993 /**
1994 Turns the given @a flag on if it's currently turned off and vice versa.
1995 This function cannot be used if the value of the flag is 0 (which is often
1996 the case for default flags).
1997
1998 Also, please notice that not all styles can be changed after the control
1999 creation.
2000
2001 @return Returns @true if the style was turned on by this function, @false
2002 if it was switched off.
2003
2004 @see SetWindowStyleFlag(), HasFlag()
2005 */
2006 bool ToggleWindowStyle(int flag);
2007
2008 //@}
2009
2010
2011 /**
2012 @name Tab order functions
2013 */
2014 //@{
2015
2016 /**
2017 Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified @e win.
2018 This means that when the user presses @c TAB key on that other window,
2019 the focus switches to this window.
2020
2021 Default tab order is the same as creation order, this function and
2022 MoveBeforeInTabOrder() allow to change
2023 it after creating all the windows.
2024
2025 @param win
2026 A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
2027 must not be @NULL
2028 */
2029 void MoveAfterInTabOrder(wxWindow* win);
2030
2031 /**
2032 Same as MoveAfterInTabOrder() except that it inserts this window just
2033 before @a win instead of putting it right after it.
2034 */
2035 void MoveBeforeInTabOrder(wxWindow* win);
2036
2037 /**
2038 Performs a keyboard navigation action starting from this window.
2039 This method is equivalent to calling NavigateIn() method on the
2040 parent window.
2041
2042 @param flags
2043 A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and
2044 wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.
2045
2046 @return Returns @true if the focus was moved to another window or @false
2047 if nothing changed.
2048
2049 @remarks You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress
2050 handler to do the default navigation behaviour for the
2051 tab key, since the standard default behaviour for a
2052 multiline text control with the wxTE_PROCESS_TAB style
2053 is to insert a tab and not navigate to the next
2054 control. See also wxNavigationKeyEvent and
2055 HandleAsNavigationKey.
2056 */
2057 bool Navigate(int flags = IsForward);
2058
2059 /**
2060 Performs a keyboard navigation action inside this window.
2061 See Navigate() for more information.
2062 */
2063 bool NavigateIn(int flags = IsForward);
2064
2065 //@}
2066
2067
2068
2069 /**
2070 @name Z order functions
2071 */
2072 //@{
2073
2074 /**
2075 Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
2076
2077 @remarks
2078 This function only works for wxTopLevelWindow-derived classes.
2079
2080 @see Raise()
2081 */
2082 virtual void Lower();
2083
2084 /**
2085 Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
2086
2087 @remarks
2088 This function only works for wxTopLevelWindow-derived classes.
2089
2090 @see Lower()
2091 */
2092 virtual void Raise();
2093
2094 //@}
2095
2096
2097 /**
2098 @name Window status functions
2099 */
2100 //@{
2101
2102
2103 /**
2104 Equivalent to calling wxWindow::Show(@false).
2105 */
2106 bool Hide();
2107
2108 /**
2109 This function hides a window, like Hide(), but using a special visual
2110 effect if possible.
2111
2112 The parameters of this function are the same as for ShowWithEffect(),
2113 please see their description there.
2114
2115 @since 2.9.0
2116 */
2117 virtual bool HideWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect,
2118 unsigned int timeout = 0);
2119 /**
2120 Returns @true if the window is enabled, i.e. if it accepts user input,
2121 @false otherwise.
2122
2123 Notice that this method can return @false even if this window itself hadn't
2124 been explicitly disabled when one of its parent windows is disabled.
2125 To get the intrinsic status of this window, use IsThisEnabled()
2126
2127 @see Enable()
2128 */
2129 bool IsEnabled() const;
2130
2131 /**
2132 Returns @true if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
2133 last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
2134 only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
2135 */
2136 bool IsExposed(int x, int y) const;
2137
2138 /**
2139 @overload
2140 */
2141 bool IsExposed(wxPoint& pt) const;
2142
2143 /**
2144 @overload
2145 */
2146 bool IsExposed(int x, int y, int w, int h) const;
2147
2148 /**
2149 @overload
2150 */
2151 bool IsExposed(wxRect& rect) const;
2152 /**
2153 Returns @true if the window is shown, @false if it has been hidden.
2154
2155 @see IsShownOnScreen()
2156 */
2157 virtual bool IsShown() const;
2158
2159 /**
2160 Returns @true if the window is physically visible on the screen, i.e. it
2161 is shown and all its parents up to the toplevel window are shown as well.
2162
2163 @see IsShown()
2164 */
2165 virtual bool IsShownOnScreen() const;
2166
2167 /**
2168 Disables the window. Same as @ref Enable() Enable(@false).
2169
2170 @return Returns @true if the window has been disabled, @false if it had
2171 been already disabled before the call to this function.
2172 */
2173 bool Disable();
2174
2175 /**
2176 Enable or disable the window for user input. Note that when a parent window is
2177 disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
2178 when the parent is.
2179
2180 @param enable
2181 If @true, enables the window for input. If @false, disables the window.
2182
2183 @return Returns @true if the window has been enabled or disabled, @false
2184 if nothing was done, i.e. if the window had already
2185 been in the specified state.
2186
2187 @see IsEnabled(), Disable(), wxRadioBox::Enable
2188 */
2189 virtual bool Enable(bool enable = true);
2190
2191 /**
2192 Shows or hides the window. You may need to call Raise()
2193 for a top level window if you want to bring it to top, although this is not
2194 needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
2195
2196 @param show
2197 If @true displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.
2198
2199 @return @true if the window has been shown or hidden or @false if nothing
2200 was done because it already was in the requested state.
2201
2202 @see IsShown(), Hide(), wxRadioBox::Show, wxShowEvent.
2203 */
2204 virtual bool Show(bool show = true);
2205
2206 /**
2207 This function shows a window, like Show(), but using a special visual
2208 effect if possible.
2209
2210 @param effect
2211 The effect to use.
2212
2213 @param timeout
2214 The @a timeout parameter specifies the time of the animation, in
2215 milliseconds. If the default value of 0 is used, the default
2216 animation time for the current platform is used.
2217
2218 @note Currently this function is only implemented in wxMSW and wxOSX
2219 (for wxTopLevelWindows only in Carbon version and for any kind of
2220 windows in Cocoa) and does the same thing as Show() in the other
2221 ports.
2222
2223 @since 2.9.0
2224
2225 @see HideWithEffect()
2226 */
2227 virtual bool ShowWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect,
2228 unsigned int timeout = 0);
2229
2230 //@}
2231
2232
2233 /**
2234 @name Context-sensitive help functions
2235 */
2236 //@{
2237
2238 /**
2239 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2240 Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
2241 implementation, and not in the window object itself.
2242
2243 @see SetHelpText(), GetHelpTextAtPoint(), wxHelpProvider
2244 */
2245 wxString GetHelpText() const;
2246
2247 /**
2248 Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2249 Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
2250 implementation, and not in the window object itself.
2251
2252 @see GetHelpText(), wxHelpProvider::AddHelp()
2253 */
2254 void SetHelpText(const wxString& helpText);
2255
2256 /**
2257 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2258 This method should be overridden if the help message depends on the position
2259 inside the window, otherwise GetHelpText() can be used.
2260
2261 @param point
2262 Coordinates of the mouse at the moment of help event emission.
2263 @param origin
2264 Help event origin, see also wxHelpEvent::GetOrigin.
2265 */
2266 virtual wxString GetHelpTextAtPoint(const wxPoint& point,
2267 wxHelpEvent::Origin origin) const;
2268
2269 /**
2270 Get the associated tooltip or @NULL if none.
2271 */
2272 wxToolTip* GetToolTip() const;
2273
2274 /**
2275 Get the text of the associated tooltip or empty string if none.
2276 */
2277 wxString GetToolTipText() const;
2278
2279 /**
2280 Attach a tooltip to the window.
2281
2282 wxToolTip pointer can be @NULL in the overload taking the pointer,
2283 meaning to unset any existing tooltips; however UnsetToolTip() provides
2284 a more readable alternative to this operation.
2285
2286 Notice that these methods are always available, even if wxWidgets was
2287 compiled with @c wxUSE_TOOLTIPS set to 0, but don't do anything in this
2288 case.
2289
2290 @see GetToolTip(), wxToolTip
2291 */
2292 void SetToolTip(const wxString& tip);
2293
2294 /**
2295 @overload
2296 */
2297 void SetToolTip(wxToolTip* tip);
2298
2299 /**
2300 Unset any existing tooltip.
2301
2302 @since 2.9.0
2303
2304 @see SetToolTip()
2305 */
2306 void UnsetToolTip();
2307
2308 //@}
2309
2310
2311 /**
2312 @name Popup/context menu functions
2313 */
2314 //@{
2315
2316 /**
2317 This function shows a popup menu at the given position in this window and
2318 returns the selected id.
2319
2320 It can be more convenient than the general purpose PopupMenu() function
2321 for simple menus proposing a choice in a list of strings to the user.
2322
2323 Notice that to avoid unexpected conflicts between the (usually
2324 consecutive range of) ids used by the menu passed to this function and
2325 the existing EVT_UPDATE_UI() handlers, this function temporarily
2326 disables UI updates for the window, so you need to manually disable
2327 (or toggle or ...) any items which should be disabled in the menu
2328 before showing it.
2329
2330 The parameter @a menu is the menu to show.
2331 The parameter @a pos (or the parameters @a x and @a y) is the
2332 position at which to show the menu in client coordinates.
2333
2334 @return
2335 The selected menu item id or @c wxID_NONE if none selected or an
2336 error occurred.
2337
2338 @since 2.9.0
2339 */
2340 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu& menu, const wxPoint& pos);
2341
2342 /**
2343 @overload
2344 */
2345 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu& menu, int x, int y);
2346
2347 /**
2348 Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
2349 window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu.
2350
2351 If a menu item is selected, the corresponding menu event is generated and will be
2352 processed as usual. If coordinates are not specified, the current mouse
2353 cursor position is used.
2354
2355 @a menu is the menu to pop up.
2356
2357 The position where the menu will appear can be specified either as a
2358 wxPoint @a pos or by two integers (@a x and @a y).
2359
2360 @remarks Just before the menu is popped up, wxMenu::UpdateUI is called to
2361 ensure that the menu items are in the correct state.
2362 The menu does not get deleted by the window.
2363 It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when
2364 calling PopupMenu in response to mouse click, because some of
2365 the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do a better job of positioning
2366 the menu in that case.
2367
2368 @see wxMenu
2369 */
2370 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu* menu,
2371 const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition);
2372
2373 /**
2374 @overload
2375 */
2376 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu* menu, int x, int y);
2377
2378 //@}
2379
2380
2381 /**
2382 Validator functions
2383 */
2384 //@{
2385
2386 /**
2387 Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or @NULL if
2388 there is none.
2389 */
2390 virtual wxValidator* GetValidator();
2391
2392 /**
2393 Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having
2394 called wxValidator::Clone to create a new validator of this type.
2395 */
2396 virtual void SetValidator(const wxValidator& validator);
2397
2398 /**
2399 Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their
2400 validators. Returns @false if a transfer failed.
2401
2402 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2403 the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
2404
2405 @see TransferDataToWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2406 */
2407 virtual bool TransferDataFromWindow();
2408
2409 /**
2410 Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their
2411 validators.
2412
2413 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2414 the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
2415
2416 @return Returns @false if a transfer failed.
2417
2418 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2419 */
2420 virtual bool TransferDataToWindow();
2421
2422 /**
2423 Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
2424 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2425 the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
2426
2427 @return Returns @false if any of the validations failed.
2428
2429 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), TransferDataToWindow(),
2430 wxValidator
2431 */
2432 virtual bool Validate();
2433
2434 //@}
2435
2436
2437 /**
2438 @name wxWindow properties functions
2439 */
2440 //@{
2441
2442 /**
2443 Returns the identifier of the window.
2444
2445 @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application
2446 has not provided one (or the default wxID_ANY) a unique
2447 identifier with a negative value will be generated.
2448
2449 @see SetId(), @ref overview_windowids
2450 */
2451 wxWindowID GetId() const;
2452
2453 /**
2454 Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
2455 identification purposes.
2456
2457 @remarks The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
2458 For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the
2459 title. For buttons or static text controls, it is the
2460 button text. This function can be useful for
2461 meta-programs (such as testing tools or special-needs
2462 access programs) which need to identify windows by name.
2463 */
2464 virtual wxString GetLabel() const;
2465
2466 /**
2467 Returns the layout direction for this window,
2468 Note that @c wxLayout_Default is returned if layout direction is not supported.
2469 */
2470 virtual wxLayoutDirection GetLayoutDirection() const;
2471
2472 /**
2473 Returns the window's name.
2474
2475 @remarks This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the
2476 programmer to supply an appropriate name in the window
2477 constructor or via SetName().
2478
2479 @see SetName()
2480 */
2481 virtual wxString GetName() const;
2482
2483 /**
2484 Returns the value previously passed to SetWindowVariant().
2485 */
2486 wxWindowVariant GetWindowVariant() const;
2487
2488 /**
2489 Sets the identifier of the window.
2490
2491 @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has
2492 not provided one, an identifier will be generated.
2493 Normally, the identifier should be provided on creation
2494 and should not be modified subsequently.
2495
2496 @see GetId(), @ref overview_windowids
2497 */
2498 void SetId(wxWindowID winid);
2499
2500 /**
2501 Sets the window's label.
2502
2503 @param label
2504 The window label.
2505
2506 @see GetLabel()
2507 */
2508 virtual void SetLabel(const wxString& label);
2509
2510 /**
2511 Sets the layout direction for this window.
2512 */
2513 virtual void SetLayoutDirection(wxLayoutDirection dir);
2514
2515 /**
2516 Sets the window's name.
2517
2518 @param name
2519 A name to set for the window.
2520
2521 @see GetName()
2522 */
2523 virtual void SetName(const wxString& name);
2524
2525 /**
2526 This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
2527 Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
2528 exist in several sizes which correspond to the elements of wxWindowVariant enum.
2529
2530 By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
2531 be used to change this.
2532 */
2533 void SetWindowVariant(wxWindowVariant variant);
2534
2535 /**
2536 Gets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
2537 */
2538 wxAcceleratorTable* GetAcceleratorTable();
2539
2540 /**
2541 Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
2542 See also wxAccessible.
2543 */
2544 wxAccessible* GetAccessible();
2545
2546 /**
2547 Sets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
2548 */
2549 virtual void SetAcceleratorTable(const wxAcceleratorTable& accel);
2550
2551 /**
2552 Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
2553 will be deleted first, if not identical to @e accessible.
2554 See also wxAccessible.
2555 */
2556 void SetAccessible(wxAccessible* accessible);
2557
2558 //@}
2559
2560
2561 /**
2562 @name Window deletion functions
2563 */
2564 //@{
2565
2566 /**
2567 This function simply generates a wxCloseEvent whose handler usually tries
2568 to close the window. It doesn't close the window itself, however.
2569
2570 @param force
2571 @false if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
2572 of this window, @true if it cannot.
2573
2574 @remarks Close calls the close handler for the window, providing an
2575 opportunity for the window to choose whether to destroy
2576 the window. Usually it is only used with the top level
2577 windows (wxFrame and wxDialog classes) as the others
2578 are not supposed to have any special OnClose() logic.
2579 The close handler should check whether the window is being deleted
2580 forcibly, using wxCloseEvent::CanVeto, in which case it should
2581 destroy the window using wxWindow::Destroy.
2582 Note that calling Close does not guarantee that the window will
2583 be destroyed; but it provides a way to simulate a manual close
2584 of a window, which may or may not be implemented by destroying
2585 the window. The default implementation of wxDialog::OnCloseWindow
2586 does not necessarily delete the dialog, since it will simply
2587 simulate an wxID_CANCEL event which is handled by the appropriate
2588 button event handler and may do anything at all.
2589 To guarantee that the window will be destroyed, call
2590 wxWindow::Destroy instead
2591
2592 @see @ref overview_windowdeletion "Window Deletion Overview",
2593 Destroy(), wxCloseEvent
2594 */
2595 bool Close(bool force = false);
2596
2597 /**
2598 Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator,
2599 since different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
2600 are not destroyed immediately when this function is called -- they are added
2601 to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
2602 have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to
2603 non-existent windows.
2604
2605 @return @true if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it
2606 has been added to the list of windows pending real deletion.
2607 */
2608 virtual bool Destroy();
2609
2610 /**
2611 Returns true if this window is in process of being destroyed.
2612
2613 Top level windows are not deleted immediately but are rather
2614 scheduled for later destruction to give them time to process any
2615 pending messages; see Destroy() description.
2616
2617 This function returns @true if this window, or one of its parent
2618 windows, is scheduled for destruction and can be useful to avoid
2619 manipulating it as it's usually useless to do something with a window
2620 which is on the point of disappearing anyhow.
2621 */
2622 bool IsBeingDeleted() const;
2623
2624 //@}
2625
2626
2627
2628 /**
2629 @name Drag and drop functions
2630 */
2631 //@{
2632
2633 /**
2634 Returns the associated drop target, which may be @NULL.
2635
2636 @see SetDropTarget(), @ref overview_dnd
2637 */
2638 virtual wxDropTarget* GetDropTarget() const;
2639
2640 /**
2641 Associates a drop target with this window.
2642 If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
2643
2644 @see GetDropTarget(), @ref overview_dnd
2645 */
2646 virtual void SetDropTarget(wxDropTarget* target);
2647
2648 /**
2649 Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
2650
2651 @param accept
2652 If @true, the window is eligible for drop file events.
2653 If @false, the window will not accept drop file events.
2654
2655 @remarks Windows only until version 2.8.9, available on all platforms
2656 since 2.8.10. Cannot be used together with SetDropTarget() on
2657 non-Windows platforms.
2658
2659 @see SetDropTarget()
2660 */
2661 virtual void DragAcceptFiles(bool accept);
2662
2663 //@}
2664
2665
2666 /**
2667 @name Constraints, sizers and window layouting functions
2668 */
2669 //@{
2670
2671 /**
2672 Returns the sizer of which this window is a member, if any, otherwise @NULL.
2673 */
2674 wxSizer* GetContainingSizer() const;
2675
2676 /**
2677 Returns the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
2678 SetSizer(), or @NULL.
2679 */
2680 wxSizer* GetSizer() const;
2681
2682 /**
2683 Sets the window to have the given layout sizer.
2684
2685 The window will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2686 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2687 window, it will be deleted if the @a deleteOld parameter is @true.
2688
2689 Note that this function will also call SetAutoLayout() implicitly with @true
2690 parameter if the @a sizer is non-@NULL and @false otherwise so that the
2691 sizer will be effectively used to layout the window children whenever
2692 it is resized.
2693
2694 @param sizer
2695 The sizer to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and conditionally delete
2696 the window's sizer. See below.
2697 @param deleteOld
2698 If @true (the default), this will delete any pre-existing sizer.
2699 Pass @false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself
2700 but remember to do it yourself in this case to avoid memory leaks.
2701
2702 @remarks SetSizer enables and disables Layout automatically.
2703 */
2704 void SetSizer(wxSizer* sizer, bool deleteOld = true);
2705
2706 /**
2707 This method calls SetSizer() and then wxSizer::SetSizeHints which sets the initial
2708 window size to the size needed to accommodate all sizer elements and sets the
2709 size hints which, if this window is a top level one, prevent the user from
2710 resizing it to be less than this minimial size.
2711 */
2712 void SetSizerAndFit(wxSizer* sizer, bool deleteOld = true);
2713
2714 /**
2715 Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or @NULL if there are none.
2716 */
2717 wxLayoutConstraints* GetConstraints() const;
2718
2719 /**
2720 Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
2721 will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2722 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2723 window, it will be deleted.
2724
2725 @param constraints
2726 The constraints to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
2727 constraints.
2728
2729 @remarks You must call SetAutoLayout() to tell a window to use
2730 the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you
2731 must override OnSize and call Layout() explicitly. When
2732 setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a wxSizer, only
2733 the sizer will have effect.
2734 */
2735 void SetConstraints(wxLayoutConstraints* constraints);
2736
2737
2738 /**
2739 Invokes the constraint-based layout algorithm or the sizer-based algorithm
2740 for this window.
2741
2742 This function does not get called automatically when the window is resized
2743 because lots of windows deriving from wxWindow does not need this functionality.
2744 If you want to have Layout() called automatically, you should derive
2745 from wxPanel (see wxPanel::Layout).
2746
2747 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
2748 */
2749 virtual bool Layout();
2750
2751 /**
2752 Determines whether the Layout() function will be called automatically
2753 when the window is resized.
2754
2755 This method is called implicitly by SetSizer() but if you use SetConstraints()
2756 you should call it manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly
2757 updated when its size changes.
2758
2759 @param autoLayout
2760 Set this to @true if you wish the Layout() function to be called
2761 automatically when the window is resized.
2762
2763 @see SetSizer(), SetConstraints()
2764 */
2765 void SetAutoLayout(bool autoLayout);
2766
2767 //@}
2768
2769
2770
2771 /**
2772 @name Mouse functions
2773 */
2774 //@{
2775
2776 /**
2777 Directs all mouse input to this window.
2778 Call ReleaseMouse() to release the capture.
2779
2780 Note that wxWidgets maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
2781 and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
2782 captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
2783 window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
2784 as you capture it, unless the window receives the wxMouseCaptureLostEvent event.
2785
2786 Any application which captures the mouse in the beginning of some operation
2787 must handle wxMouseCaptureLostEvent and cancel this operation when it receives
2788 the event. The event handler must not recapture mouse.
2789
2790 @see ReleaseMouse(), wxMouseCaptureLostEvent
2791 */
2792 void CaptureMouse();
2793
2794 /**
2795 Returns the caret() associated with the window.
2796 */
2797 wxCaret* GetCaret() const;
2798
2799 /**
2800 Return the cursor associated with this window.
2801
2802 @see SetCursor()
2803 */
2804 const wxCursor& GetCursor() const;
2805
2806 /**
2807 Returns @true if this window has the current mouse capture.
2808
2809 @see CaptureMouse(), ReleaseMouse(), wxMouseCaptureLostEvent,
2810 wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
2811 */
2812 virtual bool HasCapture() const;
2813
2814 /**
2815 Releases mouse input captured with CaptureMouse().
2816
2817 @see CaptureMouse(), HasCapture(), ReleaseMouse(),
2818 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
2819 */
2820 void ReleaseMouse();
2821
2822 /**
2823 Sets the caret() associated with the window.
2824 */
2825 void SetCaret(wxCaret* caret);
2826
2827 /**
2828 Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
2829 children of the window implicitly.
2830
2831 The @a cursor may be @c wxNullCursor in which case the window cursor will
2832 be reset back to default.
2833
2834 @param cursor
2835 Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.
2836
2837 @see ::wxSetCursor, wxCursor
2838 */
2839 virtual bool SetCursor(const wxCursor& cursor);
2840
2841 /**
2842 Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
2843
2844 @note Apple Human Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor
2845 programmatically so you should avoid using this function in Mac
2846 applications (and probably avoid using it under the other
2847 platforms without good reason as well).
2848
2849 @param x
2850 The new x position for the cursor.
2851 @param y
2852 The new y position for the cursor.
2853 */
2854 virtual void WarpPointer(int x, int y);
2855
2856 //@}
2857
2858
2859
2860
2861 /**
2862 @name Miscellaneous functions
2863 */
2864 //@{
2865
2866 /**
2867 Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
2868 This function is called by UpdateWindowUI() in order to check return
2869 values in the wxUpdateUIEvent and act appropriately.
2870 For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWidgets
2871 implements this function as follows:
2872
2873 @code
2874 // do the window-specific processing after processing the update event
2875 void wxTopLevelWindowBase::DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent& event)
2876 {
2877 if ( event.GetSetEnabled() )
2878 Enable(event.GetEnabled());
2879
2880 if ( event.GetSetText() )
2881 {
2882 if ( event.GetText() != GetTitle() )
2883 SetTitle(event.GetText());
2884 }
2885 }
2886 @endcode
2887 */
2888 virtual void DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent& event);
2889
2890 /**
2891 Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window.
2892 Cast it to an appropriate handle, such as @b HWND for Windows,
2893 @b Widget for Motif, @b GtkWidget for GTK or @b WinHandle for PalmOS.
2894
2895 @beginWxPerlOnly
2896 This method will return an integer in wxPerl.
2897 @endWxPerlOnly
2898 */
2899 virtual WXWidget GetHandle() const;
2900
2901 /**
2902 This method should be overridden to return @true if this window has
2903 multiple pages. All standard class with multiple pages such as
2904 wxNotebook, wxListbook and wxTreebook already override it to return @true
2905 and user-defined classes with similar behaviour should also do so, to
2906 allow the library to handle such windows appropriately.
2907 */
2908 virtual bool HasMultiplePages() const;
2909
2910 /**
2911 This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
2912 window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
2913 the font and the foreground and background colours.
2914
2915 By "intelligently" the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
2916 own @ref GetClassDefaultAttributes() default attributes.
2917 However if some of the parents attributes are explicitly (that is, using
2918 SetFont() and not wxWindow::SetOwnFont) changed and if the corresponding
2919 attribute hadn't been explicitly set for this window itself, then this
2920 window takes the same value as used by the parent.
2921 In addition, if the window overrides ShouldInheritColours() to return @false,
2922 the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the font might.
2923
2924 This rather complicated logic is necessary in order to accommodate the
2925 different usage scenarios. The most common one is when all default attributes
2926 are used and in this case, nothing should be inherited as in modern GUIs
2927 different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
2928 they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
2929 desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
2930 just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
2931 do inherit the parents attributes.
2932 */
2933 virtual void InheritAttributes();
2934
2935 /**
2936 Sends an @c wxEVT_INIT_DIALOG event, whose handler usually transfers data
2937 to the dialog via validators.
2938 */
2939 virtual void InitDialog();
2940
2941 /**
2942 Returns @true if the window contents is double-buffered by the system, i.e. if
2943 any drawing done on the window is really done on a temporary backing surface
2944 and transferred to the screen all at once later.
2945
2946 @see wxBufferedDC
2947 */
2948 virtual bool IsDoubleBuffered() const;
2949
2950 /**
2951 Returns @true if the window is retained, @false otherwise.
2952
2953 @remarks Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
2954 */
2955 virtual bool IsRetained() const;
2956
2957 /**
2958 Returns @true if this window is intrinsically enabled, @false otherwise,
2959 i.e. if @ref Enable() Enable(@false) had been called. This method is
2960 mostly used for wxWidgets itself, user code should normally use
2961 IsEnabled() instead.
2962 */
2963 bool IsThisEnabled() const;
2964
2965 /**
2966 Returns @true if the given window is a top-level one. Currently all frames and
2967 dialogs are considered to be top-level windows (even if they have a parent
2968 window).
2969 */
2970 virtual bool IsTopLevel() const;
2971
2972 /**
2973 Disables all other windows in the application so that
2974 the user can only interact with this window.
2975
2976 @param modal
2977 If @true, this call disables all other windows in the application so that
2978 the user can only interact with this window. If @false, the effect is
2979 reversed.
2980 */
2981 virtual void MakeModal(bool modal = true);
2982
2983 /**
2984 This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
2985 sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
2986 that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
2987 handler in a derived class.
2988
2989 This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
2990 and most implementations call UpdateWindowUI()
2991 in order to send update events to the window in idle time.
2992 */
2993 virtual void OnInternalIdle();
2994
2995 /**
2996 Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey
2997 registered here, this window will receive a hotkey event.
2998
2999 It will receive the event even if the application is in the background
3000 and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some
3001 other application.
3002
3003 @param hotkeyId
3004 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0
3005 and 0xBFFF. If this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a
3006 system wide unique identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
3007 This is a MSW specific detail.
3008 @param modifiers
3009 A bitwise combination of wxMOD_SHIFT, wxMOD_CONTROL, wxMOD_ALT
3010 or wxMOD_WIN specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along
3011 with the key.
3012 @param virtualKeyCode
3013 The virtual key code of the hotkey.
3014
3015 @return @true if the hotkey was registered successfully. @false if some
3016 other application already registered a hotkey with this
3017 modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
3018
3019 @remarks Use EVT_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the
3020 event. This function is currently only implemented
3021 under Windows. It is used in the Windows CE port for
3022 detecting hardware button presses.
3023
3024 @see UnregisterHotKey()
3025 */
3026 virtual bool RegisterHotKey(int hotkeyId, int modifiers,
3027 int virtualKeyCode);
3028
3029 /**
3030 Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
3031
3032 @param hotkeyId
3033 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to
3034 RegisterHotKey().
3035
3036 @return @true if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, @false if the
3037 id was invalid.
3038
3039 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
3040
3041 @see RegisterHotKey()
3042 */
3043 virtual bool UnregisterHotKey(int hotkeyId);
3044
3045 /**
3046 This function sends one or more wxUpdateUIEvent to the window.
3047 The particular implementation depends on the window; for example a
3048 wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
3049 and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
3050
3051 You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
3052 UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
3053 are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
3054 wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode() or wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval() to limit
3055 the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
3056 @a flags should be a bitlist of one or more of the ::wxUpdateUI enumeration.
3057
3058 If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
3059 function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE flag, since
3060 this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
3061 to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
3062 only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
3063 The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
3064 an idle function.
3065
3066 @code
3067 void MyWindow::OnInternalIdle()
3068 {
3069 if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this))
3070 UpdateWindowUI(wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE);
3071 }
3072 @endcode
3073
3074 @see wxUpdateUIEvent, DoUpdateWindowUI(), OnInternalIdle()
3075 */
3076 virtual void UpdateWindowUI(long flags = wxUPDATE_UI_NONE);
3077
3078 //@}
3079
3080
3081 // NOTE: static functions must have their own group or Doxygen will screw
3082 // up the ordering of the member groups
3083
3084 /**
3085 @name Miscellaneous static functions
3086 */
3087 //@{
3088
3089 /**
3090 Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control.
3091
3092 This is useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control
3093 as in a standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
3094 colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
3095 system, especially if it uses themes.
3096
3097 The @a variant parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
3098 ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
3099 returned font. See SetWindowVariant() for more about this.
3100
3101 This static method is "overridden" in many derived classes and so calling,
3102 for example, wxButton::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
3103 return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
3104 from those returned by, say, wxListCtrl::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
3105
3106 The @c wxVisualAttributes structure has at least the fields
3107 @c font, @c colFg and @c colBg. All of them may be invalid
3108 if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
3109 especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
3110 the case for @c colBg for the controls with themed background.
3111
3112 @see InheritAttributes()
3113 */
3114 static wxVisualAttributes GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindowVariant variant = wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL);
3115
3116 /**
3117 Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
3118
3119 @remarks Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without
3120 needing a wxWindow pointer.
3121
3122 @see SetFocus(), HasFocus()
3123 */
3124 static wxWindow* FindFocus();
3125
3126 /**
3127 Find the first window with the given @e id.
3128
3129 If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all top-level frames
3130 and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
3131 window hierarchy.
3132 The search is recursive in both cases.
3133
3134 @see FindWindow()
3135 */
3136 static wxWindow* FindWindowById(long id, const wxWindow* parent = 0);
3137
3138 /**
3139 Find a window by its label.
3140
3141 Depending on the type of window, the label may be a window title
3142 or panel item label. If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all
3143 top-level frames and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be
3144 limited to the given window hierarchy.
3145 The search is recursive in both cases.
3146
3147 @see FindWindow()
3148 */
3149 static wxWindow* FindWindowByLabel(const wxString& label,
3150 const wxWindow* parent = 0);
3151
3152 /**
3153 Find a window by its name (as given in a window constructor or Create()
3154 function call).
3155
3156 If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all top-level frames
3157 and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
3158 window hierarchy.
3159
3160 The search is recursive in both cases. If no window with such name is found,
3161 FindWindowByLabel() is called.
3162
3163 @see FindWindow()
3164 */
3165 static wxWindow* FindWindowByName(const wxString& name,
3166 const wxWindow* parent = 0);
3167
3168 /**
3169 Returns the currently captured window.
3170
3171 @see HasCapture(), CaptureMouse(), ReleaseMouse(),
3172 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
3173 */
3174 static wxWindow* GetCapture();
3175
3176 /**
3177 Create a new ID or range of IDs that are not currently in use.
3178 The IDs will be reserved until assigned to a wxWindow ID
3179 or unreserved with UnreserveControlId().
3180
3181 See @ref overview_windowids for more information.
3182
3183 @param count
3184 The number of sequential IDs to reserve.
3185
3186 @return Returns the ID or the first ID of the range (i.e. the most negative),
3187 or wxID_NONE if the specified number of identifiers couldn't be allocated.
3188
3189 @see UnreserveControlId(), wxIdManager,
3190 @ref overview_windowids
3191 */
3192 static wxWindowID NewControlId(int count = 1);
3193
3194 /**
3195 Unreserve an ID or range of IDs that was reserved by NewControlId().
3196 See @ref overview_windowids for more information.
3197
3198 @param id
3199 The starting ID of the range of IDs to unreserve.
3200 @param count
3201 The number of sequential IDs to unreserve.
3202
3203 @see NewControlId(), wxIdManager, @ref overview_windowids
3204 */
3205 static void UnreserveControlId(wxWindowID id, int count = 1);
3206
3207 //@}
3208
3209
3210
3211protected:
3212
3213 /**
3214 Gets the size which best suits the window: for a control, it would be
3215 the minimal size which doesn't truncate the control, for a panel - the
3216 same size as it would have after a call to Fit().
3217
3218 The default implementation of this function is designed for use in container
3219 windows, such as wxPanel, and works something like this:
3220 -# If the window has a sizer then it is used to calculate the best size.
3221 -# Otherwise if the window has layout constraints then those are used to
3222 calculate the best size.
3223 -# Otherwise if the window has children then the best size is set to be large
3224 enough to show all the children.
3225 -# Otherwise if there are no children then the window's minimal size will be
3226 used as its best size.
3227 -# Otherwise if there is no minimal size set, then the current size is used
3228 for the best size.
3229
3230 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
3231 */
3232 virtual wxSize DoGetBestSize() const;
3233
3234
3235 /**
3236 Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the
3237 components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord).
3238 @deprecated @todo provide deprecation description
3239 */
3240 virtual void SetInitialBestSize(const wxSize& size);
3241
3242 /**
3243 Generate wxWindowDestroyEvent for this window.
3244
3245 This is called by the window itself when it is being destroyed and
3246 usually there is no need to call it but see wxWindowDestroyEvent for
3247 explanations of when you might want to do it.
3248 */
3249 void SendDestroyEvent();
3250
3251 /**
3252 This function is public in wxEvtHandler but protected in wxWindow
3253 because for wxWindows you should always call ProcessEvent() on the
3254 pointer returned by GetEventHandler() and not on the wxWindow object
3255 itself.
3256
3257 For convenience, a ProcessWindowEvent() method is provided as a synonym
3258 for @code GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent() @endcode
3259
3260 Note that it's still possible to call these functions directly on the
3261 wxWindow object (e.g. casting it to wxEvtHandler) but doing that will
3262 create subtle bugs when windows with event handlers pushed on them are
3263 involved.
3264
3265 This holds also for all other wxEvtHandler functions.
3266 */
3267 virtual bool ProcessEvent(wxEvent& event);
3268
3269 //@{
3270 /**
3271 See ProcessEvent() for more info about why you shouldn't use this function
3272 and the reason for making this function protected in wxWindow.
3273 */
3274 bool SafelyProcessEvent(wxEvent& event);
3275 virtual void QueueEvent(wxEvent *event);
3276 virtual void AddPendingEvent(const wxEvent& event);
3277 void ProcessPendingEvents();
3278 bool ProcessThreadEvent(const wxEvent& event);
3279 //@}
3280};
3281
3282
3283
3284// ============================================================================
3285// Global functions/macros
3286// ============================================================================
3287
3288/** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_misc */
3289//@{
3290
3291/**
3292 Find the deepest window at the mouse pointer position, returning the window
3293 and current pointer position in screen coordinates.
3294
3295 @header{wx/window.h}
3296*/
3297wxWindow* wxFindWindowAtPointer(wxPoint& pt);
3298
3299/**
3300 Gets the currently active window (implemented for MSW and GTK only
3301 currently, always returns @NULL in the other ports).
3302
3303 @header{wx/window.h}
3304*/
3305wxWindow* wxGetActiveWindow();
3306
3307/**
3308 Returns the first top level parent of the given window, or in other words,
3309 the frame or dialog containing it, or @NULL.
3310
3311 @header{wx/window.h}
3312*/
3313wxWindow* wxGetTopLevelParent(wxWindow* window);
3314
3315//@}
3316