1 \section{\class{wxWindow
}}\label{wxwindow
}
3 wxWindow is the base class for all windows and represents any visible object on
4 screen. All controls, top level windows and so on are windows. Sizers and
5 device contexts are not, however, as they don't appear on screen themselves.
7 Please note that all children of the window will be deleted automatically by
8 the destructor before the window itself is deleted which means that you don't
9 have to worry about deleting them manually. Please see the
\helpref{window
10 deletion overview
}{windowdeletionoverview
} for more information.
12 Also note that in this, and many others, wxWidgets classes some
13 \texttt{GetXXX()
} methods may be overloaded (as, for example,
14 \helpref{GetSize
}{wxwindowgetsize
} or
15 \helpref{GetClientSize
}{wxwindowgetclientsize
}). In this case, the overloads
16 are non-virtual because having multiple virtual functions with the same name
17 results in a virtual function name hiding at the derived class level (in
18 English, this means that the derived class has to override all overloaded
19 variants if it overrides any of them). To allow overriding them in the derived
20 class, wxWidgets uses a unique protected virtual
\texttt{DoGetXXX()
} method
21 and all
\texttt{GetXXX()
} ones are forwarded to it, so overriding the former
22 changes the behaviour of the latter.
24 \wxheading{Derived from
}
26 \helpref{wxEvtHandler
}{wxevthandler
}\\
27 \helpref{wxObject
}{wxobject
}
29 \wxheading{Include files
}
33 \wxheading{Window styles
}
35 The following styles can apply to all windows, although they will not always make sense for a particular
36 window class or on all platforms.
39 \begin{twocollist
}\itemsep=
0pt
40 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSIMPLE
\_BORDER}}{Displays a thin border around the window. wxBORDER is the old name
42 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxDOUBLE
\_BORDER}}{Displays a double border. Windows and Mac only.
}
43 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSUNKEN
\_BORDER}}{Displays a sunken border.
}
44 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxRAISED
\_BORDER}}{Displays a raised border.
}
45 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSTATIC
\_BORDER}}{Displays a border suitable for a static control. Windows only.
}
46 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxNO
\_BORDER}}{Displays no border, overriding the default border style for the window.
}
47 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTRANSPARENT
\_WINDOW}}{The window is transparent, that is, it will not receive paint
48 events. Windows only.
}
49 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTAB
\_TRAVERSAL}}{Use this to enable tab traversal for non-dialog windows.
}
50 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWANTS
\_CHARS}}{Use this to indicate that
51 the window wants to get all char/key events for all keys - even for
52 keys like TAB or ENTER which are usually used for dialog navigation
53 and which wouldn't be generated without this style. If you need to
54 use this style in order to get the arrows or etc., but would still like to have
55 normal keyboard navigation take place, you should create and send a
56 wxNavigationKeyEvent in response to the key events for Tab and
58 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxNO
\_FULL\_REPAINT\_ON\_RESIZE}}{Disables repainting
59 the window completely when its size is changed - you will have to repaint the
60 new window area manually if you use this style. Currently only has an effect for
62 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxVSCROLL
}}{Use this style to enable a vertical scrollbar.
}
63 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHSCROLL
}}{Use this style to enable a horizontal scrollbar.
}
64 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxALWAYS
\_SHOW\_SB}}{If a window has scrollbars,
65 disable them instead of hiding them when they are not needed (i.e. when the
66 size of the window is big enough to not require the scrollbars to navigate it).
67 This style is currently only implemented for wxMSW and wxUniversal and does
68 nothing on the other platforms.
}
69 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxCLIP
\_CHILDREN}}{Use this style to eliminate flicker caused by the background being
70 repainted, then children being painted over them. Windows only.
}
71 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFULL
\_REPAINT\_ON\_RESIZE}}{Use this style to force
72 a complete redraw of the window whenever it is resized instead of redrawing
73 just the part of the window affected by resizing. Note that this was the
74 behaviour by default before
2.5.1 release and that if you experience redraw
75 problems with the code which previously used to work you may want to try this.
}
78 See also
\helpref{window styles overview
}{windowstyles
}.
80 \wxheading{Extra window styles
}
82 The following are extra styles, set using
\helpref{wxWindow::SetExtraStyle
}{wxwindowsetextrastyle
}.
85 \begin{twocollist
}\itemsep=
0pt
86 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS
\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{By default, Validate/TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
87 only work on direct children of the window (compatible behaviour). Set this flag to make them recursively
88 descend into all subwindows.
}
89 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS
\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{wxCommandEvents and the objects of the derived classes are forwarded to the
90 parent window and so on recursively by default. Using this flag for the
91 given window allows to block this propagation at this window, i.e. prevent
92 the events from being propagated further upwards. Dialogs have this
94 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS
\_EX\_TRANSIENT}}{Don't use this window as an implicit parent for the other windows: this must
95 be used with transient windows as otherwise there is the risk of creating a
96 dialog/frame with this window as a parent which would lead to a crash if the
97 parent is destroyed before the child.
}
98 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS
\_EX\_PROCESS\_IDLE}}{This window should always process idle events, even
99 if the mode set by
\helpref{wxIdleEvent::SetMode
}{wxidleeventsetmode
} is wxIDLE
\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.
}
100 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS
\_EX\_PROCESS\_UI\_UPDATES}}{This window should always process UI update events,
101 even if the mode set by
\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode
}{wxupdateuieventsetmode
} is wxUPDATE
\_UI\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.
}
106 \helpref{Event handling overview
}{eventhandlingoverview
}
108 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members
}}}
111 \membersection{wxWindow::wxWindow
}\label{wxwindowctor
}
113 \func{}{wxWindow
}{\void}
117 \func{}{wxWindow
}{\param{wxWindow*
}{ parent
},
\param{wxWindowID
}{id
},
118 \param{const wxPoint\&
}{pos = wxDefaultPosition
},
119 \param{const wxSize\&
}{size = wxDefaultSize
},
120 \param{long
}{style =
0},
121 \param{const wxString\&
}{name = wxPanelNameStr
}}
123 Constructs a window, which can be a child of a frame, dialog or any other non-control window.
125 \wxheading{Parameters
}
127 \docparam{parent
}{Pointer to a parent window.
}
129 \docparam{id
}{Window identifier. If -
1, will automatically create an identifier.
}
131 \docparam{pos
}{Window position. wxDefaultPosition is (-
1, -
1) which indicates that wxWidgets
132 should generate a default position for the window. If using the wxWindow class directly, supply
135 \docparam{size
}{Window size. wxDefaultSize is (-
1, -
1) which indicates that wxWidgets
136 should generate a default size for the window. If no suitable size can be found, the
137 window will be sized to
20x20 pixels so that the window is visible but obviously not
140 \docparam{style
}{Window style. For generic window styles, please see
\helpref{wxWindow
}{wxwindow
}.
}
142 \docparam{name
}{Window name.
}
145 \membersection{wxWindow::
\destruct{wxWindow
}}\label{wxwindowdtor
}
147 \func{}{\destruct{wxWindow
}}{\void}
149 Destructor. Deletes all subwindows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
150 the
{\bf delete
} operator explicitly, you should normally
151 use
\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy
}{wxwindowdestroy
} so that wxWidgets
152 can delete a window only when it is safe to do so, in idle time.
156 \helpref{Window deletion overview
}{windowdeletionoverview
},
\rtfsp
157 \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy
}{wxwindowdestroy
},
\rtfsp
158 \helpref{wxCloseEvent
}{wxcloseevent
}
161 \membersection{wxWindow::AddChild
}\label{wxwindowaddchild
}
163 \func{virtual void
}{AddChild
}{\param{wxWindow*
}{child
}}
165 Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
166 functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
168 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
169 called by the user code.
171 \wxheading{Parameters
}
173 \docparam{child
}{Child window to add.
}
176 \membersection{wxWindow::CaptureMouse
}\label{wxwindowcapturemouse
}
178 \func{virtual void
}{CaptureMouse
}{\void}
180 Directs all mouse input to this window. Call
\helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse
}{wxwindowreleasemouse
} to
183 Note that wxWidgets maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
184 and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
185 captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
186 window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
191 \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse
}{wxwindowreleasemouse
}
194 \membersection{wxWindow::Center
}\label{wxwindowcenter
}
196 \func{void
}{Center
}{\param{int
}{ direction
}}
198 A synonym for
\helpref{Centre
}{wxwindowcentre
}.
201 \membersection{wxWindow::CenterOnParent
}\label{wxwindowcenteronparent
}
203 \func{void
}{CenterOnParent
}{\param{int
}{ direction
}}
205 A synonym for
\helpref{CentreOnParent
}{wxwindowcentreonparent
}.
208 \membersection{wxWindow::CenterOnScreen
}\label{wxwindowcenteronscreen
}
210 \func{void
}{CenterOnScreen
}{\param{int
}{ direction
}}
212 A synonym for
\helpref{CentreOnScreen
}{wxwindowcentreonscreen
}.
215 \membersection{wxWindow::Centre
}\label{wxwindowcentre
}
217 \func{void
}{Centre
}{\param{int
}{ direction = wxBOTH
}}
221 \wxheading{Parameters
}
223 \docparam{direction
}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be
{\tt wxHORIZONTAL
},
{\tt wxVERTICAL
}\rtfsp
224 or
{\tt wxBOTH
}. It may also include
{\tt wxCENTRE
\_ON\_SCREEN} flag
225 if you want to center the window on the entire screen and not on its
228 The flag
{\tt wxCENTRE
\_FRAME} is obsolete and should not be used any longer
233 If the window is a top level one (i.e. doesn't have a parent), it will be
234 centered relative to the screen anyhow.
238 \helpref{wxWindow::Center
}{wxwindowcenter
}
241 \membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnParent
}\label{wxwindowcentreonparent
}
243 \func{void
}{CentreOnParent
}{\param{int
}{ direction = wxBOTH
}}
245 Centres the window on its parent. This is a more readable synonym for
246 \helpref{Centre
}{wxwindowcentre
}.
248 \wxheading{Parameters
}
250 \docparam{direction
}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be
{\tt wxHORIZONTAL
},
{\tt wxVERTICAL
}\rtfsp
255 This methods provides for a way to center top level windows over their
256 parents instead of the entire screen. If there is no parent or if the
257 window is not a top level window, then behaviour is the same as
258 \helpref{wxWindow::Centre
}{wxwindowcentre
}.
262 \helpref{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen
}{wxwindowcenteronscreen
}
265 \membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen
}\label{wxwindowcentreonscreen
}
267 \func{void
}{CentreOnScreen
}{\param{int
}{ direction = wxBOTH
}}
269 Centres the window on screen. This only works for top level windows -
270 otherwise, the window will still be centered on its parent.
272 \wxheading{Parameters
}
274 \docparam{direction
}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be
{\tt wxHORIZONTAL
},
{\tt wxVERTICAL
}\rtfsp
279 \helpref{wxWindow::CentreOnParent
}{wxwindowcenteronparent
}
282 \membersection{wxWindow::ClearBackground
}\label{wxwindowclearbackground
}
284 \func{void
}{ClearBackground
}{\void}
286 Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour. Does not
287 cause an erase background event to be generated.
290 \membersection{wxWindow::ClientToScreen
}\label{wxwindowclienttoscreen
}
292 \constfunc{virtual void
}{ClientToScreen
}{\param{int*
}{x
},
\param{int*
}{y
}}
294 \perlnote{In wxPerl this method returns a
2-element list instead of
295 modifying its parameters.
}
297 \constfunc{virtual wxPoint
}{ClientToScreen
}{\param{const wxPoint\&
}{ pt
}}
299 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
301 \docparam{x
}{A pointer to a integer value for the x coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
302 a screen coordinate will be passed out.
}
304 \docparam{y
}{A pointer to a integer value for the y coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
305 a screen coordinate will be passed out.
}
307 \docparam{pt
}{The client position for the second form of the function.
}
309 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
310 implements the following methods:
\par
311 \indented{2cm
}{\begin{twocollist
}
312 \twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreen(point)
}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint
}
313 \twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreenXY(x, y)
}}{Returns a
2-tuple, (x, y)
}
318 \membersection{wxWindow::Close
}\label{wxwindowclose
}
320 \func{bool
}{Close
}{\param{bool
}{ force =
{\tt false
}}}
322 This function simply generates a
\helpref{wxCloseEvent
}{wxcloseevent
} whose
323 handler usually tries to close the window. It doesn't close the window itself,
326 \wxheading{Parameters
}
328 \docparam{force
}{{\tt false
} if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
329 of this window,
{\tt true
} if it cannot.
}
333 Close calls the
\helpref{close handler
}{wxcloseevent
} for the window, providing
334 an opportunity for the window to choose whether to destroy the window.
335 Usually it is only used with the top level windows (wxFrame and wxDialog
336 classes) as the others are not supposed to have any special OnClose() logic.
338 The close handler should check whether the window is being deleted forcibly,
339 using
\helpref{wxCloseEvent::GetForce
}{wxcloseeventgetforce
}, in which case it
340 should destroy the window using
\helpref{wxWindow::Destroy
}{wxwindowdestroy
}.
342 {\it Note
} that calling Close does not guarantee that the window will be
343 destroyed; but it provides a way to simulate a manual close of a window, which
344 may or may not be implemented by destroying the window. The default
345 implementation of wxDialog::OnCloseWindow does not necessarily delete the
346 dialog, since it will simply simulate an wxID
\_CANCEL event which is handled by
347 the appropriate button event handler and may do anything at all.
349 To guarantee that the window will be destroyed, call
350 \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy
}{wxwindowdestroy
} instead
354 \helpref{Window deletion overview
}{windowdeletionoverview
},
\rtfsp
355 \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy
}{wxwindowdestroy
},
\rtfsp
356 \helpref{wxCloseEvent
}{wxcloseevent
}
359 \membersection{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels
}\label{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels
}
361 \func{wxPoint
}{ConvertDialogToPixels
}{\param{const wxPoint\&
}{ pt
}}
363 \func{wxSize
}{ConvertDialogToPixels
}{\param{const wxSize\&
}{ sz
}}
365 Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
367 For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character width
368 and then divided by
4.
370 For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character height
371 and then divided by
8.
375 Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
377 You can also use these functions programmatically. A convenience macro is defined:
381 #define wxDLG_UNIT(parent, pt) parent->ConvertDialogToPixels(pt)
387 \helpref{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog
}{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog
}
389 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
390 implements the following methods:
\par
391 \indented{2cm
}{\begin{twocollist
}
392 \twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)
}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint
}
393 \twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)
}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize
}
396 Additionally, the following helper functions are defined:
\par
397 \indented{2cm
}{\begin{twocollist
}
398 \twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG
\_PNT(win, point)
}}{Converts a wxPoint from dialog
400 \twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG
\_SZE(win, size)
}}{Converts a wxSize from dialog
407 \membersection{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog
}\label{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog
}
409 \func{wxPoint
}{ConvertPixelsToDialog
}{\param{const wxPoint\&
}{ pt
}}
411 \func{wxSize
}{ConvertPixelsToDialog
}{\param{const wxSize\&
}{ sz
}}
413 Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
415 For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by
4 and then divided by the average
418 For the y dimension, the pixels are multiplied by
8 and then divided by the average
423 Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
427 \helpref{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels
}{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels
}
429 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPythonimplements the following methods:
\par
430 \indented{2cm
}{\begin{twocollist
}
431 \twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)
}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint
}
432 \twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)
}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize
}
437 \membersection{wxWindow::Destroy
}\label{wxwindowdestroy
}
439 \func{virtual bool
}{Destroy
}{\void}
441 Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator, since
442 different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
443 are not destroyed immediately when this function is called -- they are added
444 to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
445 have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to non-existent
448 \wxheading{Return value
}
450 {\tt true
} if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it has been added
451 to the list of windows pending real deletion.
454 \membersection{wxWindow::DestroyChildren
}\label{wxwindowdestroychildren
}
456 \func{virtual void
}{DestroyChildren
}{\void}
458 Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
461 \membersection{wxWindow::Disable
}\label{wxwindowdisable
}
463 \func{bool
}{Disable
}{\void}
465 Disables the window, same as
\helpref{Enable(
{\tt false
})
}{wxwindowenable
}.
467 \wxheading{Return value
}
469 Returns
{\tt true
} if the window has been disabled,
{\tt false
} if it had been
470 already disabled before the call to this function.
473 \membersection{wxWindow::DoUpdateWindowUI
}\label{wxwindowdoupdatewindowui
}
475 \func{virtual void
}{DoUpdateWindowUI
}{\param{wxUpdateUIEvent\&
}{ event
}}
477 Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
478 This function is called by
\helpref{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI
}{wxwindowupdatewindowui
}
479 in order to check return values in the
\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent
}{wxupdateuievent
} and
480 act appropriately. For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWidgets
481 implements this function as follows:
484 // do the window-specific processing after processing the update event
485 void wxTopLevelWindowBase::DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent& event)
487 if ( event.GetSetEnabled() )
488 Enable(event.GetEnabled());
490 if ( event.GetSetText() )
492 if ( event.GetText() != GetTitle() )
493 SetTitle(event.GetText());
500 \membersection{wxWindow::DragAcceptFiles
}\label{wxwindowdragacceptfiles
}
502 \func{virtual void
}{DragAcceptFiles
}{\param{bool
}{ accept
}}
504 Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
506 \wxheading{Parameters
}
508 \docparam{accept
}{If
{\tt true
}, the window is eligible for drop file events. If
{\tt false
}, the window
509 will not accept drop file events.
}
516 \membersection{wxWindow::Enable
}\label{wxwindowenable
}
518 \func{virtual bool
}{Enable
}{\param{bool
}{ enable =
{\tt true
}}}
520 Enable or disable the window for user input. Note that when a parent window is
521 disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
524 \wxheading{Parameters
}
526 \docparam{enable
}{If
{\tt true
}, enables the window for input. If
{\tt false
}, disables the window.
}
528 \wxheading{Return value
}
530 Returns
{\tt true
} if the window has been enabled or disabled,
{\tt false
} if
531 nothing was done, i.e. if the window had already been in the specified state.
535 \helpref{wxWindow::IsEnabled
}{wxwindowisenabled
},
\rtfsp
536 \helpref{wxWindow::Disable
}{wxwindowdisable
}
539 \membersection{wxWindow::FindFocus
}\label{wxwindowfindfocus
}
541 \func{static wxWindow*
}{FindFocus
}{\void}
543 Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
547 Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without needing a wxWindow pointer.
551 \helpref{wxWindow::SetFocus
}{wxwindowsetfocus
}
555 \membersection{wxWindow::FindWindow
}\label{wxwindowfindwindow
}
557 \func{wxWindow*
}{FindWindow
}{\param{long
}{ id
}}
559 Find a child of this window, by identifier.
561 \func{wxWindow*
}{FindWindow
}{\param{const wxString\&
}{ name
}}
563 Find a child of this window, by name.
565 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
566 implements the following methods:
\par
567 \indented{2cm
}{\begin{twocollist
}
568 \twocolitem{{\bf FindWindowById(id)
}}{Accepts an integer
}
569 \twocolitem{{\bf FindWindowByName(name)
}}{Accepts a string
}
574 \membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowById
}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbyid
}
576 \func{static wxWindow*
}{FindWindowById
}{\param{long
}{ id
},
\param{wxWindow*
}{ parent = NULL
}}
578 Find the first window with the given
{\it id
}.
580 If
{\it parent
} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
581 frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
582 The search is recursive in both cases.
586 \helpref{FindWindow
}{wxwindowfindwindow
}
589 \membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowByName
}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbyname
}
591 \func{static wxWindow*
}{FindWindowByName
}{\param{const wxString\&
}{ name
},
\param{wxWindow*
}{ parent = NULL
}}
593 Find a window by its name (as given in a window constructor or
{\bf Create
} function call).
594 If
{\it parent
} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
595 frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
596 The search is recursive in both cases.
598 If no window with such name is found,
599 \helpref{FindWindowByLabel
}{wxwindowfindwindowbylabel
} is called.
603 \helpref{FindWindow
}{wxwindowfindwindow
}
606 \membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowByLabel
}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbylabel
}
608 \func{static wxWindow*
}{FindWindowByLabel
}{\param{const wxString\&
}{ label
},
\param{wxWindow*
}{ parent = NULL
}}
610 Find a window by its label. Depending on the type of window, the label may be a window title
611 or panel item label. If
{\it parent
} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
612 frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
613 The search is recursive in both cases.
617 \helpref{FindWindow
}{wxwindowfindwindow
}
620 \membersection{wxWindow::Fit
}\label{wxwindowfit
}
622 \func{virtual void
}{Fit
}{\void}
624 Sizes the window so that it fits around its subwindows. This function won't do
625 anything if there are no subwindows and will only really work correctly if the
626 sizers are used for the subwindows layout. Also, if the window has exactly one
627 subwindow it is better (faster and the result is more precise as Fit adds some
628 margin to account for fuzziness of its calculations) to call
631 window->SetClientSize(child->GetSize());
634 instead of calling Fit.
637 \membersection{wxWindow::FitInside
}\label{wxwindowfitinside
}
639 \func{virtual void
}{FitInside
}{\void}
641 Similar to
\helpref{Fit
}{wxwindowfit
}, but sizes the interior (virtual) size
642 of a window. Mainly useful with scrolled windows to reset scrollbars after
643 sizing changes that do not trigger a size event, and/or scrolled windows without
644 an interior sizer. This function similarly won't do anything if there are no
648 \membersection{wxWindow::Freeze
}\label{wxwindowfreeze
}
650 \func{virtual void
}{Freeze
}{\void}
652 Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking place
653 on screen, the window is not redrawn at all.
\helpref{Thaw
}{wxwindowthaw
} must
654 be called to reenable window redrawing. Calls to these two functions may be
657 This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example, it
658 is a good idea to use it before inserting large amount of text into a
659 wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all platforms nor for all
660 controls so it is mostly just a hint to wxWidgets and not a mandatory
664 \membersection{wxWindow::GetAcceleratorTable
}\label{wxwindowgetacceleratortable
}
666 \constfunc{wxAcceleratorTable*
}{GetAcceleratorTable
}{\void}
668 Gets the accelerator table for this window. See
\helpref{wxAcceleratorTable
}{wxacceleratortable
}.
671 \membersection{wxWindow::GetAccessible
}\label{wxwindowgetaccessible
}
673 \func{wxAccessibile*
}{GetAccessible
}{\void}
675 Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
677 See also
\helpref{wxAccessible
}{wxaccessible
}.
680 \membersection{wxWindow::GetAdjustedBestSize
}\label{wxwindowgetadjustedbestsize
}
682 \constfunc{wxSize
}{GetAdjustedBestSize
}{\void}
684 This method is similar to
\helpref{GetBestSize
}{wxwindowgetbestsize
}, except
685 in one thing. GetBestSize should return the minimum untruncated size of the
686 window, while this method will return the largest of BestSize and any user
687 specified minimum size. ie. it is the minimum size the window should currently
688 be drawn at, not the minimal size it can possibly tolerate.
691 \membersection{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour
}\label{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour
}
693 \constfunc{virtual wxColour
}{GetBackgroundColour
}{\void}
695 Returns the background colour of the window.
699 \helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour
}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour
},
\rtfsp
700 \helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour
}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour
},
\rtfsp
701 \helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour
}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour
}
703 \membersection{wxWindow::GetBackgroundStyle
}\label{wxwindowgetbackgroundstyle
}
705 \constfunc{virtual wxBackgroundStyle
}{GetBackgroundStyle
}{\void}
707 Returns the background style of the window. The background style indicates
708 whether background colour should be determined by the system (wxBG
\_STYLE\_SYSTEM),
709 be set to a specific colour (wxBG
\_STYLE\_COLOUR), or should be left to the
710 application to implement (wxBG
\_STYLE\_CUSTOM).
712 On GTK+, use of wxBG
\_STYLE\_CUSTOM allows the flicker-free drawing of a custom
713 background, such as a tiled bitmap. Currently the style has no effect on other platforms.
717 \helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour
}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour
},
\rtfsp
718 \helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour
}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour
},
\rtfsp
719 \helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundStyle
}{wxwindowsetbackgroundstyle
}
721 \membersection{wxWindow::GetBestFittingSize
}\label{wxwindowgetbestfittingsize
}
723 \constfunc{wxSize
}{GetBestFittingSize
}{\void}
725 Merges the window's best size into the min size and returns the result.
729 \helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize
}{wxwindowgetbestsize
},
\rtfsp
730 \helpref{wxWindow::SetBestFittingSize
}{wxwindowsetbestfittingsize
},
\rtfsp
731 \helpref{wxWindow::SetSizeHints
}{wxwindowsetsizehints
}
734 \membersection{wxWindow::GetBestSize
}\label{wxwindowgetbestsize
}
736 \constfunc{wxSize
}{GetBestSize
}{\void}
738 This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window. For
739 example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
740 control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
741 \helpref{wxPanel
}{wxpanel
}), the size returned by this function will be the
742 same as the size the window would have had after calling
743 \helpref{Fit
}{wxwindowfit
}.
746 \membersection{wxWindow::GetCaret
}\label{wxwindowgetcaret
}
748 \constfunc{wxCaret *
}{GetCaret
}{\void}
750 Returns the
\helpref{caret
}{wxcaret
} associated with the window.
753 \membersection{wxWindow::GetCapture
}\label{wxwindowgetcapture
}
755 \func{static wxWindow *
}{GetCapture
}{\void}
757 Returns the currently captured window.
761 \helpref{wxWindow::HasCapture
}{wxwindowhascapture
},
762 \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse
}{wxwindowcapturemouse
},
763 \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse
}{wxwindowreleasemouse
},
764 \helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
}{wxmousecapturechangedevent
}
767 \membersection{wxWindow::GetCharHeight
}\label{wxwindowgetcharheight
}
769 \constfunc{virtual int
}{GetCharHeight
}{\void}
771 Returns the character height for this window.
774 \membersection{wxWindow::GetCharWidth
}\label{wxwindowgetcharwidth
}
776 \constfunc{virtual int
}{GetCharWidth
}{\void}
778 Returns the average character width for this window.
781 \membersection{wxWindow::GetChildren
}\label{wxwindowgetchildren
}
783 \func{wxList\&
}{GetChildren
}{\void}
785 Returns a reference to the list of the window's children.
788 \membersection{wxWindow::GetClassDefaultAttributes
}\label{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes
}
790 \func{static wxVisualAttributes
}{GetClassDefaultAttributes
}{\param{wxWindowVariant
}{ variant =
\texttt{wxWINDOW
\_VARIANT\_NORMAL}}}
792 Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control. This is
793 useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control as in a
794 standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
795 colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
796 system, especially if it uses themes.
798 The
\arg{variant
} parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
799 ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
800 returned font. See
\helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant
}{wxwindowsetwindowvariant
}
803 This static method is ``overridden'' in many derived classes and so calling,
804 for example,
\helpref{wxButton
}{wxbutton
}::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
805 return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
806 from those returned by, say,
\helpref{wxListCtrl
}{wxlistctrl
}::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
808 The
\texttt{wxVisualAttributes
} structure has at least the fields
809 \texttt{font
},
\texttt{colFg
} and
\texttt{colBg
}. All of them may be invalid
810 if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
811 especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
812 the case for
\texttt{colBg
} for the controls with themed background.
816 \helpref{InheritAttributes
}{wxwindowinheritattributes
}
819 \membersection{wxWindow::GetClientSize
}\label{wxwindowgetclientsize
}
821 \constfunc{void
}{GetClientSize
}{\param{int*
}{width
},
\param{int*
}{height
}}
823 \perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes no parameter and returns
824 a
2-element list
{\tt (width, height)
}.
}
826 \constfunc{wxSize
}{GetClientSize
}{\void}
828 This gets the size of the window `client area' in pixels.
829 The client area is the area which may be drawn on by the programmer,
830 excluding title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
832 \wxheading{Parameters
}
834 \docparam{width
}{Receives the client width in pixels.
}
836 \docparam{height
}{Receives the client height in pixels.
}
838 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
839 implements the following methods:
\par
840 \indented{2cm
}{\begin{twocollist
}
841 \twocolitem{{\bf GetClientSizeTuple()
}}{Returns a
2-tuple of (width, height)
}
842 \twocolitem{{\bf GetClientSize()
}}{Returns a wxSize object
}
848 \helpref{GetSize
}{wxwindowgetsize
},
\rtfsp
849 \helpref{GetVirtualSize
}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize
}
853 \membersection{wxWindow::GetConstraints
}\label{wxwindowgetconstraints
}
855 \constfunc{wxLayoutConstraints*
}{GetConstraints
}{\void}
857 Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or NULL if there are none.
860 \membersection{wxWindow::GetContainingSizer
}\label{wxwindowgetcontainingsizer
}
862 \constfunc{const wxSizer *
}{GetContainingSizer
}{\void}
864 Return the sizer that this window is a member of, if any, otherwise
868 \membersection{wxWindow::GetCursor
}\label{wxwindowgetcursor
}
870 \constfunc{const wxCursor\&
}{GetCursor
}{\void}
872 Return the cursor associated with this window.
876 \helpref{wxWindow::SetCursor
}{wxwindowsetcursor
}
879 \membersection{wxWindow::GetDefaultAttributes
}\label{wxwindowgetdefaultattributes
}
881 \constfunc{virtual wxVisualAttributes
}{GetDefaultAttributes
}{\void}
883 Currently this is the same as calling
884 \helpref{GetClassDefaultAttributes
}{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes
}(
\helpref{GetWindowVariant
}{wxwindowgetwindowvariant
}()).
886 One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
887 the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
888 virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
890 The other one is that in the future this function could return different
891 results, for example it might return a different font for an ``Ok'' button
892 than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
893 in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
894 function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
895 version can be used without having to create an object first.
898 \membersection{wxWindow::GetDropTarget
}\label{wxwindowgetdroptarget
}
900 \constfunc{wxDropTarget*
}{GetDropTarget
}{\void}
902 Returns the associated drop target, which may be NULL.
906 \helpref{wxWindow::SetDropTarget
}{wxwindowsetdroptarget
},
907 \helpref{Drag and drop overview
}{wxdndoverview
}
910 \membersection{wxWindow::GetEventHandler
}\label{wxwindowgeteventhandler
}
912 \constfunc{wxEvtHandler*
}{GetEventHandler
}{\void}
914 Returns the event handler for this window. By default, the window is its
919 \helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler
}{wxwindowseteventhandler
},
\rtfsp
920 \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler
}{wxwindowpusheventhandler
},
\rtfsp
921 \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler
}{wxwindowpusheventhandler
},
\rtfsp
922 \helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent
}{wxevthandlerprocessevent
},
\rtfsp
923 \helpref{wxEvtHandler
}{wxevthandler
}\rtfsp
926 \membersection{wxWindow::GetExtraStyle
}\label{wxwindowgetextrastyle
}
928 \constfunc{long
}{GetExtraStyle
}{\void}
930 Returns the extra style bits for the window.
933 \membersection{wxWindow::GetFont
}\label{wxwindowgetfont
}
935 \constfunc{wxFont
}{GetFont
}{\void}
937 Returns the font for this window.
941 \helpref{wxWindow::SetFont
}{wxwindowsetfont
}
944 \membersection{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour
}\label{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour
}
946 \func{virtual wxColour
}{GetForegroundColour
}{\void}
948 Returns the foreground colour of the window.
952 The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
953 to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
958 \helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour
}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour
},
\rtfsp
959 \helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour
}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour
},
\rtfsp
960 \helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour
}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour
}
963 \membersection{wxWindow::GetGrandParent
}\label{wxwindowgetgrandparent
}
965 \constfunc{wxWindow*
}{GetGrandParent
}{\void}
967 Returns the grandparent of a window, or NULL if there isn't one.
970 \membersection{wxWindow::GetHandle
}\label{wxwindowgethandle
}
972 \constfunc{void*
}{GetHandle
}{\void}
974 Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window. Cast it to an appropriate
975 handle, such as
{\bf HWND
} for Windows,
{\bf Widget
} for Motif or
{\bf GtkWidget
} for GTK.
977 \pythonnote{This method will return an integer in wxPython.
}
979 \perlnote{This method will return an integer in wxPerl.
}
982 \membersection{wxWindow::GetHelpText
}\label{wxwindowgethelptext
}
984 \constfunc{virtual wxString
}{GetHelpText
}{\void}
986 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
988 Note that the text is actually stored by the current
\helpref{wxHelpProvider
}{wxhelpprovider
} implementation,
989 and not in the window object itself.
993 \helpref{SetHelpText
}{wxwindowsethelptext
},
\helpref{wxHelpProvider
}{wxhelpprovider
}
996 \membersection{wxWindow::GetId
}\label{wxwindowgetid
}
998 \constfunc{int
}{GetId
}{\void}
1000 Returns the identifier of the window.
1004 Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has not provided one
1005 (or the default Id -
1) an unique identifier with a negative value will be generated.
1007 \wxheading{See also
}
1009 \helpref{wxWindow::SetId
}{wxwindowsetid
},
\rtfsp
1010 \helpref{Window identifiers
}{windowids
}
1013 \membersection{wxWindow::GetLabel
}\label{wxwindowgetlabel
}
1015 \constfunc{virtual wxString
}{GetLabel
}{\void}
1017 Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
1018 identification purposes.
1022 The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
1023 For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the title. For buttons or static text controls, it is
1024 the button text. This function can be useful for meta-programs (such as testing
1025 tools or special-needs access programs) which need to identify windows
1029 \membersection{wxWindow::GetName
}\label{wxwindowgetname
}
1031 \constfunc{virtual wxString
}{GetName
}{\void}
1033 Returns the window's name.
1037 This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the programmer to supply an appropriate
1038 name in the window constructor or via
\helpref{wxWindow::SetName
}{wxwindowsetname
}.
1040 \wxheading{See also
}
1042 \helpref{wxWindow::SetName
}{wxwindowsetname
}
1045 \membersection{wxWindow::GetParent
}\label{wxwindowgetparent
}
1047 \constfunc{virtual wxWindow*
}{GetParent
}{\void}
1049 Returns the parent of the window, or NULL if there is no parent.
1052 \membersection{wxWindow::GetPosition
}\label{wxwindowgetposition
}
1054 \constfunc{virtual void
}{GetPosition
}{\param{int*
}{x
},
\param{int*
}{y
}}
1056 \constfunc{wxPoint
}{GetPosition
}{\void}
1058 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
1059 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level
1062 \wxheading{Parameters
}
1064 \docparam{x
}{Receives the x position of the window.
}
1066 \docparam{y
}{Receives the y position of the window.
}
1068 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1069 implements the following methods:
\par
1070 \indented{2cm
}{\begin{twocollist
}
1071 \twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()
}}{Returns a wxPoint
}
1072 \twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionTuple()
}}{Returns a tuple (x, y)
}
1076 \perlnote{In wxPerl there are two methods instead of a single overloaded
1078 \indented{2cm
}{\begin{twocollist
}
1079 \twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()
}}{Returns a Wx::Point
}
1080 \twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionXY()
}}{Returns a
2-element list
1086 \membersection{wxWindow::GetRect
}\label{wxwindowgetrect
}
1088 \constfunc{virtual wxRect
}{GetRect
}{\void}
1090 Returns the size and position of the window as a
\helpref{wxRect
}{wxrect
} object.
1093 \membersection{wxWindow::GetScrollThumb
}\label{wxwindowgetscrollthumb
}
1095 \func{virtual int
}{GetScrollThumb
}{\param{int
}{orientation
}}
1097 Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
1099 \wxheading{See also
}
1101 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar
}{wxwindowsetscrollbar
}
1104 \membersection{wxWindow::GetScrollPos
}\label{wxwindowgetscrollpos
}
1106 \func{virtual int
}{GetScrollPos
}{\param{int
}{orientation
}}
1108 Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
1110 \wxheading{See also
}
1112 See
\helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar
}{wxwindowsetscrollbar
}
1115 \membersection{wxWindow::GetScrollRange
}\label{wxwindowgetscrollrange
}
1117 \func{virtual int
}{GetScrollRange
}{\param{int
}{orientation
}}
1119 Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
1121 \wxheading{See also
}
1123 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar
}{wxwindowsetscrollbar
}
1126 \membersection{wxWindow::GetSize
}\label{wxwindowgetsize
}
1128 \constfunc{void
}{GetSize
}{\param{int*
}{width
},
\param{int*
}{height
}}
1130 \constfunc{wxSize
}{GetSize
}{\void}
1132 This gets the size of the entire window in pixels,
1133 including title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
1135 \wxheading{Parameters
}
1137 \docparam{width
}{Receives the window width.
}
1139 \docparam{height
}{Receives the window height.
}
1141 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1142 implements the following methods:
\par
1143 \indented{2cm
}{\begin{twocollist
}
1144 \twocolitem{{\bf GetSize()
}}{Returns a wxSize
}
1145 \twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeTuple()
}}{Returns a
2-tuple (width, height)
}
1149 \perlnote{In wxPerl there are two methods instead of a single overloaded
1151 \indented{2cm
}{\begin{twocollist
}
1152 \twocolitem{{\bf GetSize()
}}{Returns a Wx::Size
}
1153 \twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeWH()
}}{Returns a
2-element list
1154 {\tt ( width, height )
}}
1158 \wxheading{See also
}
1160 \helpref{GetClientSize
}{wxwindowgetclientsize
},
\rtfsp
1161 \helpref{GetVirtualSize
}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize
}
1164 \membersection{wxWindow::GetSizer
}\label{wxwindowgetsizer
}
1166 \constfunc{wxSizer *
}{GetSizer
}{\void}
1168 Return the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
1169 \helpref{SetSizer()
}{wxwindowsetsizer
} or
{\tt NULL
}.
1172 \membersection{wxWindow::GetTextExtent
}\label{wxwindowgettextextent
}
1174 \constfunc{virtual void
}{GetTextExtent
}{\param{const wxString\&
}{string
},
\param{int*
}{x
},
\param{int*
}{y
},
1175 \param{int*
}{descent = NULL
},
\param{int*
}{externalLeading = NULL
},
1176 \param{const wxFont*
}{font = NULL
},
\param{bool
}{ use16 =
{\tt false
}}}
1178 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1179 window with the currently selected font.
1181 \wxheading{Parameters
}
1183 \docparam{string
}{String whose extent is to be measured.
}
1185 \docparam{x
}{Return value for width.
}
1187 \docparam{y
}{Return value for height.
}
1189 \docparam{descent
}{Return value for descent (optional).
}
1191 \docparam{externalLeading
}{Return value for external leading (optional).
}
1193 \docparam{font
}{Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).
}
1195 \docparam{use16
}{If
{\tt true
},
{\it string
} contains
16-bit characters. The default is
{\tt false
}.
}
1197 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1198 implements the following methods:
\par
1199 \indented{2cm
}{\begin{twocollist
}
1200 \twocolitem{{\bf GetTextExtent(string)
}}{Returns a
2-tuple, (width, height)
}
1201 \twocolitem{{\bf GetFullTextExtent(string, font=NULL)
}}{Returns a
1202 4-tuple, (width, height, descent, externalLeading)
}
1206 \perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes only the
{\tt string
} and optionally
1207 {\tt font
} parameters, and returns a
4-element list
1208 {\tt ( x, y, descent, externalLeading )
}.
}
1211 \membersection{wxWindow::GetTitle
}\label{wxwindowgettitle
}
1213 \func{virtual wxString
}{GetTitle
}{\void}
1215 Gets the window's title. Applicable only to frames and dialogs.
1217 \wxheading{See also
}
1219 \helpref{wxWindow::SetTitle
}{wxwindowsettitle
}
1222 \membersection{wxWindow::GetToolTip
}\label{wxwindowgettooltip
}
1224 \constfunc{wxToolTip*
}{GetToolTip
}{\void}
1226 Get the associated tooltip or NULL if none.
1229 \membersection{wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion
}\label{wxwindowgetupdateregion
}
1231 \constfunc{virtual wxRegion
}{GetUpdateRegion
}{\void}
1233 Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged. Should
1234 only be called within an
\helpref{wxPaintEvent
}{wxpaintevent
} handler.
1236 \wxheading{See also
}
1238 \helpref{wxRegion
}{wxregion
},
\rtfsp
1239 \helpref{wxRegionIterator
}{wxregioniterator
}
1242 \membersection{wxWindow::GetValidator
}\label{wxwindowgetvalidator
}
1244 \constfunc{wxValidator*
}{GetValidator
}{\void}
1246 Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or NULL if there is none.
1249 \membersection{wxWindow::GetVirtualSize
}\label{wxwindowgetvirtualsize
}
1251 \constfunc{void
}{GetVirtualSize
}{\param{int*
}{width
},
\param{int*
}{height
}}
1253 \constfunc{wxSize
}{GetVirtualSize
}{\void}
1255 This gets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
1257 \wxheading{Parameters
}
1259 \docparam{width
}{Receives the window virtual width.
}
1261 \docparam{height
}{Receives the window virtual height.
}
1263 \helpref{GetSize
}{wxwindowgetsize
},
\rtfsp
1264 \helpref{GetClientSize
}{wxwindowgetclientsize
}
1267 \membersection{wxWindow::GetWindowStyleFlag
}\label{wxwindowgetwindowstyleflag
}
1269 \constfunc{long
}{GetWindowStyleFlag
}{\void}
1271 Gets the window style that was passed to the constructor or
{\bf Create
}
1272 method.
{\bf GetWindowStyle()
} is another name for the same function.
1275 \membersection{wxWindow::GetWindowVariant
}\label{wxwindowgetwindowvariant
}
1277 \constfunc{wxWindowVariant
}{GetWindowVariant
}{\void}
1279 Returns the value previous passed to
1280 \helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant
}{wxwindowsetwindowvariant
}.
1283 \membersection{wxWindow::HasCapture
}\label{wxwindowhascapture
}
1285 \constfunc{virtual bool
}{HasCapture
}{\void}
1287 Returns true if this window has the current mouse capture.
1289 \wxheading{See also
}
1291 \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse
}{wxwindowcapturemouse
},
1292 \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse
}{wxwindowreleasemouse
},
1293 \helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
}{wxmousecapturechangedevent
}
1296 \membersection{wxWindow::Hide
}\label{wxwindowhide
}
1298 \func{bool
}{Hide
}{\void}
1300 Equivalent to calling
\helpref{Show
}{wxwindowshow
}(
{\tt false
}).
1303 \membersection{wxWindow::InheritAttributes
}\label{wxwindowinheritattributes
}
1305 \func{void
}{InheritAttributes
}{\void}
1307 This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
1308 window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
1309 the font and the foreground and background colours.
1311 By ``intelligently'' the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
1312 own
\helpref{default
}{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes
} attributes. However
1313 if some of the parents attributes are explicitly (that is, using
1314 \helpref{SetFont
}{wxwindowsetfont
} and not
1315 \helpref{SetOwnFont
}{wxwindowsetownfont
}) changed
\emph{and
} if the
1316 corresponding attribute hadn't been explicitly set for this window itself,
1317 then this window takes the same value as used by the parent. In addition, if
1318 the window overrides
\helpref{ShouldInheritColours
}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours
}
1319 to return
\false, the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the
1322 This rather complicated logic is necessary in order to accomodate the
1323 different usage scenarius. The most common one is when all default attributes
1324 are used and in this case, nothing should be inherited as in modern GUIs
1325 different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
1326 they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
1327 desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
1328 just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
1329 do inherit the parents attributes.
1332 \membersection{wxWindow::InitDialog
}\label{wxwindowinitdialog
}
1334 \func{void
}{InitDialog
}{\void}
1336 Sends an
{\tt wxEVT
\_INIT\_DIALOG} event, whose handler usually transfers data
1337 to the dialog via validators.
1340 \membersection{wxWindow::IsEnabled
}\label{wxwindowisenabled
}
1342 \constfunc{virtual bool
}{IsEnabled
}{\void}
1344 Returns
{\tt true
} if the window is enabled for input,
{\tt false
} otherwise.
1346 \wxheading{See also
}
1348 \helpref{wxWindow::Enable
}{wxwindowenable
}
1351 \membersection{wxWindow::IsExposed
}\label{wxwindowisexposed
}
1353 \constfunc{bool
}{IsExposed
}{\param{int
}{x
},
\param{int
}{y
}}
1355 \constfunc{bool
}{IsExposed
}{\param{wxPoint
}{\&pt
}}
1357 \constfunc{bool
}{IsExposed
}{\param{int
}{x
},
\param{int
}{y
},
\param{int
}{w
},
\param{int
}{h
}}
1359 \constfunc{bool
}{IsExposed
}{\param{wxRect
}{\&rect
}}
1361 Returns
{\tt true
} if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
1362 last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
1363 only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
1365 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1366 implements the following methods:
\par
1367 \indented{2cm
}{\begin{twocollist
}
1368 \twocolitem{{\bf IsExposed(x,y, w=
0,h=
0)
}}{}
1369 \twocolitem{{\bf IsExposedPoint(pt)
}}{}
1370 \twocolitem{{\bf IsExposedRect(rect)
}}{}
1374 \membersection{wxWindow::IsRetained
}\label{wxwindowisretained
}
1376 \constfunc{virtual bool
}{IsRetained
}{\void}
1378 Returns
{\tt true
} if the window is retained,
{\tt false
} otherwise.
1382 Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
1385 \membersection{wxWindow::IsShown
}\label{wxwindowisshown
}
1387 \constfunc{virtual bool
}{IsShown
}{\void}
1389 Returns
{\tt true
} if the window is shown,
{\tt false
} if it has been hidden.
1392 \membersection{wxWindow::IsTopLevel
}\label{wxwindowistoplevel
}
1394 \constfunc{bool
}{IsTopLevel
}{\void}
1396 Returns
{\tt true
} if the given window is a top-level one. Currently all frames and
1397 dialogs are considered to be top-level windows (even if they have a parent
1401 \membersection{wxWindow::Layout
}\label{wxwindowlayout
}
1403 \func{void
}{Layout
}{\void}
1405 Invokes the constraint-based layout algorithm or the sizer-based algorithm
1408 See
\helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout
}{wxwindowsetautolayout
}: when auto
1409 layout is on, this function gets called automatically when the window is resized.
1412 \membersection{wxWindow::LineDown
}\label{wxwindowlinedown
}
1414 This is just a wrapper for
\helpref{ScrollLines()
}{wxwindowscrolllines
}$(
1)$.
1417 \membersection{wxWindow::LineUp
}\label{wxwindowlineup
}
1419 This is just a wrapper for
\helpref{ScrollLines()
}{wxwindowscrolllines
}$(-
1)$.
1422 \membersection{wxWindow::Lower
}\label{wxwindowlower
}
1424 \func{void
}{Lower
}{\void}
1426 Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy if it is a managed window (dialog
1430 \membersection{wxWindow::MakeModal
}\label{wxwindowmakemodal
}
1432 \func{virtual void
}{MakeModal
}{\param{bool
}{flag
}}
1434 Disables all other windows in the application so that
1435 the user can only interact with this window.
1437 \wxheading{Parameters
}
1439 \docparam{flag
}{If
{\tt true
}, this call disables all other windows in the application so that
1440 the user can only interact with this window. If
{\tt false
}, the effect is reversed.
}
1443 \membersection{wxWindow::Move
}\label{wxwindowmove
}
1445 \func{void
}{Move
}{\param{int
}{ x
},
\param{int
}{ y
}}
1447 \func{void
}{Move
}{\param{const wxPoint\&
}{ pt
}}
1449 Moves the window to the given position.
1451 \wxheading{Parameters
}
1453 \docparam{x
}{Required x position.
}
1455 \docparam{y
}{Required y position.
}
1457 \docparam{pt
}{\helpref{wxPoint
}{wxpoint
} object representing the position.
}
1461 Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1462 wxWindow::Move function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class
1466 SetSize(x, y, -
1, -
1, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1469 \wxheading{See also
}
1471 \helpref{wxWindow::SetSize
}{wxwindowsetsize
}
1473 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1474 implements the following methods:
\par
1475 \indented{2cm
}{\begin{twocollist
}
1476 \twocolitem{{\bf Move(point)
}}{Accepts a wxPoint
}
1477 \twocolitem{{\bf MoveXY(x, y)
}}{Accepts a pair of integers
}
1482 \membersection{wxWindow::MoveAfterInTabOrder
}\label{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder
}
1484 \func{void
}{MoveAfterInTabOrder
}{\param{wxWindow *
}{win
}}
1486 Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified
\arg{win
}.
1487 This means that when the user presses
\texttt{TAB
} key on that other window,
1488 the focus switches to this window.
1490 Default tab order is the same as creation order, this function and
1491 \helpref{MoveBeforeInTabOrder()
}{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder
} allow to change
1492 it after creating all the windows.
1494 \wxheading{Parameters
}
1496 \docparam{win
}{A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
1500 \membersection{wxWindow::MoveBeforeInTabOrder
}\label{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder
}
1502 \func{void
}{MoveBeforeInTabOrder
}{\param{wxWindow *
}{win
}}
1504 Same as
\helpref{MoveAfterInTabOrder
}{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder
} except that
1505 it inserts this window just before
\arg{win
} instead of putting it right after
1509 \membersection{wxWindow::Navigate
}\label{wxwindownavigate
}
1511 \func{bool
}{Navigate
}{\param{int
}{ flags = wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward
}}
1513 Does keyboard navigation from this window to another, by sending
1514 a wxNavigationKeyEvent.
1516 \wxheading{Parameters
}
1518 \docparam{flags
}{A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.
}
1522 You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress handler to do the default
1523 navigation behaviour for the tab key, since the standard default behaviour for
1524 a multiline text control with the wxTE
\_PROCESS\_TAB style is to insert a tab
1525 and not navigate to the next control.
1527 %% VZ: wxWindow::OnXXX() functions should not be documented but I'm leaving
1528 %% the old docs here in case we want to move any still needed bits to
1529 %% the right location (i.e. probably the corresponding events docs)
1531 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnActivate}\label{wxwindowonactivate}
1533 %% \func{void}{OnActivate}{\param{wxActivateEvent\&}{ event}}
1535 %% Called when a window is activated or deactivated.
1537 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1539 %% \docparam{event}{Object containing activation information.}
1541 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1543 %% If the window is being activated, \helpref{wxActivateEvent::GetActive}{wxactivateeventgetactive} returns {\tt true},
1544 %% otherwise it returns {\tt false} (it is being deactivated).
1546 %% \wxheading{See also}
1548 %% \helpref{wxActivateEvent}{wxactivateevent},\rtfsp
1549 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1551 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnChar}\label{wxwindowonchar}
1553 %% \func{void}{OnChar}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1555 %% Called when the user has pressed a key that is not a modifier (SHIFT, CONTROL or ALT).
1557 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1559 %% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1560 %% details about this class.}
1562 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1564 %% This member function is called in response to a keypress. To intercept this event,
1565 %% use the EVT\_CHAR macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnChar} handler may call this
1566 %% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1568 %% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
1571 %% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept modifier
1572 %% keypresses, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1573 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1575 %% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
1577 %% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
1578 %% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1580 %% \wxheading{See also}
1582 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
1583 %% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1584 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1586 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCharHook}\label{wxwindowoncharhook}
1588 %% \func{void}{OnCharHook}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1590 %% This member is called to allow the window to intercept keyboard events
1591 %% before they are processed by child windows.
1593 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1595 %% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1596 %% details about this class.}
1598 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1600 %% This member function is called in response to a keypress, if the window is active. To intercept this event,
1601 %% use the EVT\_CHAR\_HOOK macro in an event table definition. If you do not process a particular
1602 %% keypress, call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip} to allow default processing.
1604 %% An example of using this function is in the implementation of escape-character processing for wxDialog,
1605 %% where pressing ESC dismisses the dialog by {\bf OnCharHook} 'forging' a cancel button press event.
1607 %% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
1610 %% This function is only relevant to top-level windows (frames and dialogs), and under
1611 %% Windows only. Under GTK the normal EVT\_CHAR\_ event has the functionality, i.e.
1612 %% you can intercept it, and if you don't call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip}
1613 %% the window won't get the event.
1615 %% \wxheading{See also}
1617 %% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent},\rtfsp
1618 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1619 %% %% GD: OnXXX functions are not documented
1620 %% %%\helpref{wxApp::OnCharHook}{wxapponcharhook},\rtfsp
1621 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1623 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCommand}\label{wxwindowoncommand}
1625 %% \func{virtual void}{OnCommand}{\param{wxEvtHandler\& }{object}, \param{wxCommandEvent\& }{event}}
1627 %% This virtual member function is called if the control does not handle the command event.
1629 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1631 %% \docparam{object}{Object receiving the command event.}
1633 %% \docparam{event}{Command event}
1635 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1637 %% This virtual function is provided mainly for backward compatibility. You can also intercept commands
1638 %% from child controls by using an event table, with identifiers or identifier ranges to identify
1639 %% the control(s) in question.
1641 %% \wxheading{See also}
1643 %% \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
1644 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1646 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnClose}\label{wxwindowonclose}
1648 %% \func{virtual bool}{OnClose}{\void}
1650 %% Called when the user has tried to close a a frame
1651 %% or dialog box using the window manager (X) or system menu (Windows).
1653 %% {\bf Note:} This is an obsolete function.
1654 %% It is superseded by the \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow} event
1657 %% \wxheading{Return value}
1659 %% If {\tt true} is returned by OnClose, the window will be deleted by the system, otherwise the
1660 %% attempt will be ignored. Do not delete the window from within this handler, although
1661 %% you may delete other windows.
1663 %% \wxheading{See also}
1665 %% \helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
1666 %% \helpref{wxWindow::Close}{wxwindowclose},\rtfsp
1667 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow},\rtfsp
1668 %% \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
1670 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}\label{wxwindowonkeydown}
1672 %% \func{void}{OnKeyDown}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1674 %% Called when the user has pressed a key, before it is translated into an ASCII value using other
1675 %% modifier keys that might be pressed at the same time.
1677 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1679 %% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1680 %% details about this class.}
1682 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1684 %% This member function is called in response to a key down event. To intercept this event,
1685 %% use the EVT\_KEY\_DOWN macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyDown} handler may call this
1686 %% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1688 %% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
1689 %% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1690 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1692 %% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
1694 %% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
1695 %% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1697 %% \wxheading{See also}
1699 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
1700 %% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1701 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1703 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}\label{wxwindowonkeyup}
1705 %% \func{void}{OnKeyUp}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1707 %% Called when the user has released a key.
1709 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1711 %% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1712 %% details about this class.}
1714 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1716 %% This member function is called in response to a key up event. To intercept this event,
1717 %% use the EVT\_KEY\_UP macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyUp} handler may call this
1718 %% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1720 %% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
1721 %% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1722 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1724 %% Most, but not all, windows allow key up events to be intercepted.
1726 %% \wxheading{See also}
1728 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown},\rtfsp
1729 %% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1730 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1732 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnInitDialog}\label{wxwindowoninitdialog}
1734 %% \func{void}{OnInitDialog}{\param{wxInitDialogEvent\&}{ event}}
1736 %% Default handler for the wxEVT\_INIT\_DIALOG event. Calls \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}.
1738 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1740 %% \docparam{event}{Dialog initialisation event.}
1742 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1744 %% Gives the window the default behaviour of transferring data to child controls via
1745 %% the validator that each control has.
1747 %% \wxheading{See also}
1749 %% \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
1751 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMenuCommand}\label{wxwindowonmenucommand}
1753 %% \func{void}{OnMenuCommand}{\param{wxCommandEvent\& }{event}}
1755 %% Called when a menu command is received from a menu bar.
1757 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1759 %% \docparam{event}{The menu command event. For more information, see \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent}.}
1761 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1763 %% A function with this name doesn't actually exist; you can choose any member function to receive
1764 %% menu command events, using the EVT\_COMMAND macro for individual commands or EVT\_COMMAND\_RANGE for
1765 %% a range of commands.
1767 %% \wxheading{See also}
1769 %% \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
1770 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnMenuHighlight}{wxwindowonmenuhighlight},\rtfsp
1771 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1773 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMenuHighlight}\label{wxwindowonmenuhighlight}
1775 %% \func{void}{OnMenuHighlight}{\param{wxMenuEvent\& }{event}}
1777 %% Called when a menu select is received from a menu bar: that is, the
1778 %% mouse cursor is over a menu item, but the left mouse button has not been
1781 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1783 %% \docparam{event}{The menu highlight event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent}.}
1785 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1787 %% You can choose any member function to receive
1788 %% menu select events, using the EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT macro for individual menu items or EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT\_ALL macro
1789 %% for all menu items.
1791 %% The default implementation for \helpref{wxFrame::OnMenuHighlight}{wxframeonmenuhighlight} displays help
1792 %% text in the first field of the status bar.
1794 %% This function was known as {\bf OnMenuSelect} in earlier versions of wxWidgets, but this was confusing
1795 %% since a selection is normally a left-click action.
1797 %% \wxheading{See also}
1799 %% \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent},\rtfsp
1800 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnMenuCommand}{wxwindowonmenucommand},\rtfsp
1801 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1804 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMouseEvent}\label{wxwindowonmouseevent}
1806 %% \func{void}{OnMouseEvent}{\param{wxMouseEvent\&}{ event}}
1808 %% Called when the user has initiated an event with the
1811 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1813 %% \docparam{event}{The mouse event. See \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent} for
1816 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1818 %% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
1820 %% To intercept this event, use the EVT\_MOUSE\_EVENTS macro in an event table definition, or individual
1821 %% mouse event macros such as EVT\_LEFT\_DOWN.
1823 %% \wxheading{See also}
1825 %% \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent},\rtfsp
1826 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1828 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMove}\label{wxwindowonmove}
1830 %% \func{void}{OnMove}{\param{wxMoveEvent\& }{event}}
1832 %% Called when a window is moved.
1834 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1836 %% \docparam{event}{The move event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent}.}
1838 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1840 %% Use the EVT\_MOVE macro to intercept move events.
1842 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1844 %% Not currently implemented.
1846 %% \wxheading{See also}
1848 %% \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent},\rtfsp
1849 %% \helpref{wxFrame::OnSize}{wxframeonsize},\rtfsp
1850 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1852 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnPaint}\label{wxwindowonpaint}
1854 %% \func{void}{OnPaint}{\param{wxPaintEvent\& }{event}}
1856 %% Sent to the event handler when the window must be refreshed.
1858 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1860 %% \docparam{event}{Paint event. For more information, see \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent}.}
1862 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1864 %% Use the EVT\_PAINT macro in an event table definition to intercept paint events.
1866 %% Note that In a paint event handler, the application must {\it always} create a \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc} object,
1867 %% even if you do not use it. Otherwise, under MS Windows, refreshing for this and other windows will go wrong.
1873 %% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
1875 %% wxPaintDC dc(this);
1877 %% DrawMyDocument(dc);
1882 %% You can optimize painting by retrieving the rectangles
1883 %% that have been damaged and only repainting these. The rectangles are in
1884 %% terms of the client area, and are unscrolled, so you will need to do
1885 %% some calculations using the current view position to obtain logical,
1888 %% Here is an example of using the \helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator} class:
1892 %% // Called when window needs to be repainted.
1893 %% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
1895 %% wxPaintDC dc(this);
1897 %% // Find Out where the window is scrolled to
1898 %% int vbX,vbY; // Top left corner of client
1899 %% GetViewStart(&vbX,&vbY);
1901 %% int vX,vY,vW,vH; // Dimensions of client area in pixels
1902 %% wxRegionIterator upd(GetUpdateRegion()); // get the update rect list
1911 %% // Alternatively we can do this:
1913 %% // upd.GetRect(&rect);
1915 %% // Repaint this rectangle
1924 %% \wxheading{See also}
1926 %% \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent},\rtfsp
1927 %% \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc},\rtfsp
1928 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1930 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnScroll}\label{wxwindowonscroll}
1932 %% \func{void}{OnScroll}{\param{wxScrollWinEvent\& }{event}}
1934 %% Called when a scroll window event is received from one of the window's built-in scrollbars.
1936 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1938 %% \docparam{event}{Command event. Retrieve the new scroll position by
1939 %% calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetPosition}{wxscrolleventgetposition}, and the
1940 %% scrollbar orientation by calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetOrientation}{wxscrolleventgetorientation}.}
1942 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1944 %% Note that it is not possible to distinguish between horizontal and vertical scrollbars
1945 %% until the function is executing (you can't have one function for vertical, another
1946 %% for horizontal events).
1948 %% \wxheading{See also}
1950 %% \helpref{wxScrollWinEvent}{wxscrollwinevent},\rtfsp
1951 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1953 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSetFocus}\label{wxwindowonsetfocus}
1955 %% \func{void}{OnSetFocus}{\param{wxFocusEvent\& }{event}}
1957 %% Called when a window's focus is being set.
1959 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1961 %% \docparam{event}{The focus event. For more information, see \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}.}
1963 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1965 %% To intercept this event, use the macro EVT\_SET\_FOCUS in an event table definition.
1967 %% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
1969 %% \wxheading{See also}
1971 %% \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKillFocus}{wxwindowonkillfocus},\rtfsp
1972 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1974 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSize}\label{wxwindowonsize}
1976 %% \func{void}{OnSize}{\param{wxSizeEvent\& }{event}}
1978 %% Called when the window has been resized. This is not a virtual function; you should
1979 %% provide your own non-virtual OnSize function and direct size events to it using EVT\_SIZE
1980 %% in an event table definition.
1982 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1984 %% \docparam{event}{Size event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent}.}
1986 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1988 %% You may wish to use this for frames to resize their child windows as appropriate.
1990 %% Note that the size passed is of
1991 %% the whole window: call \helpref{wxWindow::GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize} for the area which may be
1992 %% used by the application.
1994 %% When a window is resized, usually only a small part of the window is damaged and you
1995 %% may only need to repaint that area. However, if your drawing depends on the size of the window,
1996 %% you may need to clear the DC explicitly and repaint the whole window. In which case, you
1997 %% may need to call \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} to invalidate the entire window.
1999 %% \wxheading{See also}
2001 %% \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent},\rtfsp
2002 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2004 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSysColourChanged}\label{wxwindowonsyscolourchanged}
2006 %% \func{void}{OnSysColourChanged}{\param{wxOnSysColourChangedEvent\& }{event}}
2008 %% Called when the user has changed the system colours. Windows only.
2010 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
2012 %% \docparam{event}{System colour change event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent}.}
2014 %% \wxheading{See also}
2016 %% \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent},\rtfsp
2017 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2020 \membersection{wxWindow::OnInternalIdle
}\label{wxwindowoninternalidle
}
2022 \func{virtual void
}{OnInternalIdle
}{\void}
2024 This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
2025 sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
2026 that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
2027 handler in a derived class.
2029 This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
2030 and most implementations call
\helpref{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI
}{wxwindowupdatewindowui
}
2031 in order to send update events to the window in idle time.
2034 \membersection{wxWindow::PageDown
}\label{wxwindowpagedown
}
2036 This is just a wrapper for
\helpref{ScrollPages()
}{wxwindowscrollpages
}$(
1)$.
2039 \membersection{wxWindow::PageUp
}\label{wxwindowpageup
}
2041 This is just a wrapper for
\helpref{ScrollPages()
}{wxwindowscrollpages
}$(-
1)$.
2044 \membersection{wxWindow::PopEventHandler
}\label{wxwindowpopeventhandler
}
2046 \constfunc{wxEvtHandler*
}{PopEventHandler
}{\param{bool
}{deleteHandler =
{\tt false
}}}
2048 Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
2050 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2052 \docparam{deleteHandler
}{If this is
{\tt true
}, the handler will be deleted after it is removed. The
2053 default value is
{\tt false
}.
}
2055 \wxheading{See also
}
2057 \helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler
}{wxwindowseteventhandler
},
\rtfsp
2058 \helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler
}{wxwindowgeteventhandler
},
\rtfsp
2059 \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler
}{wxwindowpusheventhandler
},
\rtfsp
2060 \helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent
}{wxevthandlerprocessevent
},
\rtfsp
2061 \helpref{wxEvtHandler
}{wxevthandler
}\rtfsp
2064 \membersection{wxWindow::PopupMenu
}\label{wxwindowpopupmenu
}
2066 \func{bool
}{PopupMenu
}{\param{wxMenu*
}{menu
},
\param{const wxPoint\&
}{pos = wxDefaultPosition
}}
2068 \func{bool
}{PopupMenu
}{\param{wxMenu*
}{menu
},
\param{int
}{x
},
\param{int
}{y
}}
2070 Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
2071 window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu. If a
2072 menu item is selected, the corresponding menu event is generated and will be
2073 processed as usually. If the coordinates are not specified, current mouse
2074 cursor position is used.
2076 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2078 \docparam{menu
}{Menu to pop up.
}
2080 \docparam{pos
}{The position where the menu will appear.
}
2082 \docparam{x
}{Required x position for the menu to appear.
}
2084 \docparam{y
}{Required y position for the menu to appear.
}
2086 \wxheading{See also
}
2088 \helpref{wxMenu
}{wxmenu
}
2092 Just before the menu is popped up,
\helpref{wxMenu::UpdateUI
}{wxmenuupdateui
}
2093 is called to ensure that the menu items are in the correct state. The menu does
2094 not get deleted by the window.
2096 It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when calling PopupMenu
2097 in response to mouse click, because some of the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do
2098 a better job of positioning the menu in that case.
2100 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
2101 implements the following methods:
\par
2102 \indented{2cm
}{\begin{twocollist
}
2103 \twocolitem{{\bf PopupMenu(menu, point)
}}{Specifies position with a wxPoint
}
2104 \twocolitem{{\bf PopupMenuXY(menu, x, y)
}}{Specifies position with two integers (x, y)
}
2109 \membersection{wxWindow::PushEventHandler
}\label{wxwindowpusheventhandler
}
2111 \func{void
}{PushEventHandler
}{\param{wxEvtHandler*
}{handler
}}
2113 Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
2115 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2117 \docparam{handler
}{Specifies the handler to be pushed.
}
2121 An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2122 sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2123 an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2124 central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2127 \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler
}{wxwindowpusheventhandler
} allows
2128 an application to set up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2129 handed to the next one in the chain. Use
\helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler
}{wxwindowpopeventhandler
} to
2130 remove the event handler.
2132 \wxheading{See also
}
2134 \helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler
}{wxwindowseteventhandler
},
\rtfsp
2135 \helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler
}{wxwindowgeteventhandler
},
\rtfsp
2136 \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler
}{wxwindowpusheventhandler
},
\rtfsp
2137 \helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent
}{wxevthandlerprocessevent
},
\rtfsp
2138 \helpref{wxEvtHandler
}{wxevthandler
}
2141 \membersection{wxWindow::Raise
}\label{wxwindowraise
}
2143 \func{void
}{Raise
}{\void}
2145 Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy if it is a managed window (dialog
2149 \membersection{wxWindow::Refresh
}\label{wxwindowrefresh
}
2151 \func{virtual void
}{Refresh
}{\param{bool
}{ eraseBackground =
{\tt true
}},
\param{const wxRect*
}{rect
2154 Causes an event to be generated to repaint the
2157 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2159 \docparam{eraseBackground
}{If
{\tt true
}, the background will be
2162 \docparam{rect
}{If non-NULL, only the given rectangle will
2163 be treated as damaged.
}
2165 \wxheading{See also
}
2167 \helpref{wxWindow::RefreshRect
}{wxwindowrefreshrect
}
2170 \membersection{wxWindow::RefreshRect
}\label{wxwindowrefreshrect
}
2172 \func{void
}{RefreshRect
}{\param{const wxRect\&
}{rect
}}
2174 Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: the area inside it will be
2177 This is the same as
\helpref{Refresh
}{wxwindowrefresh
} but has a nicer syntax.
2180 \membersection{wxWindow::RegisterHotKey
}\label{wxwindowregisterhotkey
}
2182 \func{bool
}{RegisterHotKey
}{\param{int
}{ hotkeyId
},
\param{int
}{ modifiers
},
\param{int
}{ virtualKeyCode
}}
2184 Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey registered here, this window
2185 will receive a hotkey event. It will receive the event even if the application is in the background
2186 and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some other application.
2188 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2190 \docparam{hotkeyId
}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between
0 and
0xBFFF. If
2191 this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a system wide unique identifier between
0xC000 and
0xFFFF.
2192 This is a MSW specific detail.
}
2194 \docparam{modifiers
}{A bitwise combination of
{\tt wxMOD
\_SHIFT},
{\tt wxMOD
\_CONTROL},
{\tt wxMOD
\_ALT}
2195 or
{\tt wxMOD
\_WIN} specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along with the key.
}
2197 \docparam{virtualKeyCode
}{The virtual key code of the hotkey.
}
2199 \wxheading{Return value
}
2201 {\tt true
} if the hotkey was registered successfully.
{\tt false
} if some other application already registered a
2202 hotkey with this modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
2206 Use EVT
\_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the event.
2207 This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
2209 \wxheading{See also
}
2211 \helpref{wxWindow::UnregisterHotKey
}{wxwindowunregisterhotkey
}
2214 \membersection{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse
}\label{wxwindowreleasemouse
}
2216 \func{virtual void
}{ReleaseMouse
}{\void}
2218 Releases mouse input captured with
\helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse
}{wxwindowcapturemouse
}.
2220 \wxheading{See also
}
2222 \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse
}{wxwindowcapturemouse
},
2223 \helpref{wxWindow::HasCapture
}{wxwindowhascapture
},
2224 \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse
}{wxwindowreleasemouse
},
2225 \helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
}{wxmousecapturechangedevent
}
2228 \membersection{wxWindow::RemoveChild
}\label{wxwindowremovechild
}
2230 \func{virtual void
}{RemoveChild
}{\param{wxWindow*
}{child
}}
2232 Removes a child window. This is called automatically by window deletion
2233 functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
2235 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
2236 called by the user code.
2238 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2240 \docparam{child
}{Child window to remove.
}
2243 \membersection{wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler
}\label{wxwindowremoveeventhandler
}
2245 \func{bool
}{RemoveEventHandler
}{\param{wxEvtHandler *
}{handler
}}
2247 Find the given
{\it handler
} in the windows event handler chain and remove (but
2248 not delete) it from it.
2250 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2252 \docparam{handler
}{The event handler to remove, must be non
{\tt NULL
} and
2253 must be present in this windows event handlers chain
}
2255 \wxheading{Return value
}
2257 Returns
{\tt true
} if it was found and
{\tt false
} otherwise (this also results
2258 in an assert failure so this function should only be called when the
2259 handler is supposed to be there).
2261 \wxheading{See also
}
2263 \helpref{PushEventHandler
}{wxwindowpusheventhandler
},
\rtfsp
2264 \helpref{PopEventHandler
}{wxwindowpopeventhandler
}
2267 \membersection{wxWindow::Reparent
}\label{wxwindowreparent
}
2269 \func{virtual bool
}{Reparent
}{\param{wxWindow*
}{newParent
}}
2271 Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
2272 current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
2273 and then re-inserted into another. Available on Windows and GTK.
2275 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2277 \docparam{newParent
}{New parent.
}
2280 \membersection{wxWindow::ScreenToClient
}\label{wxwindowscreentoclient
}
2282 \constfunc{virtual void
}{ScreenToClient
}{\param{int*
}{x
},
\param{int*
}{y
}}
2284 \constfunc{virtual wxPoint
}{ScreenToClient
}{\param{const wxPoint\&
}{pt
}}
2286 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
2288 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2290 \docparam{x
}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
}
2292 \docparam{y
}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
}
2294 \docparam{pt
}{The screen position for the second form of the function.
}
2296 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
2297 implements the following methods:
\par
2298 \indented{2cm
}{\begin{twocollist
}
2299 \twocolitem{{\bf ScreenToClient(point)
}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint
}
2300 \twocolitem{{\bf ScreenToClientXY(x, y)
}}{Returns a
2-tuple, (x, y)
}
2305 \membersection{wxWindow::ScrollLines
}\label{wxwindowscrolllines
}
2307 \func{virtual bool
}{ScrollLines
}{\param{int
}{lines
}}
2309 Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if
{\it lines
} is
2312 \wxheading{Return value
}
2314 Returns
{\tt true
} if the window was scrolled,
{\tt false
} if it was already
2315 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
2319 This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxTextCtrl under
2320 wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all
2323 \wxheading{See also
}
2325 \helpref{ScrollPages
}{wxwindowscrollpages
}
2328 \membersection{wxWindow::ScrollPages
}\label{wxwindowscrollpages
}
2330 \func{virtual bool
}{ScrollPages
}{\param{int
}{pages
}}
2332 Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if
{\it pages
} is
2335 \wxheading{Return value
}
2337 Returns
{\tt true
} if the window was scrolled,
{\tt false
} if it was already
2338 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
2342 This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxTextCtrl under
2343 wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all
2346 \wxheading{See also
}
2348 \helpref{ScrollLines
}{wxwindowscrolllines
}
2351 \membersection{wxWindow::ScrollWindow
}\label{wxwindowscrollwindow
}
2353 \func{virtual void
}{ScrollWindow
}{\param{int
}{dx
},
\param{int
}{dy
},
\param{const wxRect*
}{ rect = NULL
}}
2355 Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
2357 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2359 \docparam{dx
}{Amount to scroll horizontally.
}
2361 \docparam{dy
}{Amount to scroll vertically.
}
2363 \docparam{rect
}{Rectangle to invalidate. If this is NULL, the whole window is invalidated. If you
2364 pass a rectangle corresponding to the area of the window exposed by the scroll, your painting handler
2365 can optimize painting by checking for the invalidated region. This parameter is ignored under GTK.
}
2369 Use this function to optimise your scrolling implementations, to minimise the area that must be
2370 redrawn. Note that it is rarely required to call this function from a user program.
2373 \membersection{wxWindow::SetAcceleratorTable
}\label{wxwindowsetacceleratortable
}
2375 \func{virtual void
}{SetAcceleratorTable
}{\param{const wxAcceleratorTable\&
}{ accel
}}
2377 Sets the accelerator table for this window. See
\helpref{wxAcceleratorTable
}{wxacceleratortable
}.
2380 \membersection{wxWindow::SetAccessible
}\label{wxwindowsetaccessible
}
2382 \func{void
}{SetAccessible
}{\param{wxAccessibile*
}{ accessible
}}
2384 Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
2385 will be deleted first, if not identical to
{\it accessible
}.
2387 See also
\helpref{wxAccessible
}{wxaccessible
}.
2390 \membersection{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout
}\label{wxwindowsetautolayout
}
2392 \func{void
}{SetAutoLayout
}{\param{bool
}{ autoLayout
}}
2394 Determines whether the
\helpref{wxWindow::Layout
}{wxwindowlayout
} function will
2395 be called automatically when the window is resized. It is called implicitly by
2396 \helpref{wxWindow::SetSizer
}{wxwindowsetsizer
} but if you use
2397 \helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints
}{wxwindowsetconstraints
} you should call it
2398 manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly updated when its
2401 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2403 \docparam{autoLayout
}{Set this to
{\tt true
} if you wish the Layout function to be called
2404 from within wxWindow::OnSize functions.
}
2406 \wxheading{See also
}
2408 \helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints
}{wxwindowsetconstraints
}
2411 \membersection{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour
}\label{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour
}
2413 \func{virtual bool
}{SetBackgroundColour
}{\param{const wxColour\&
}{colour
}}
2415 Sets the background colour of the window.
2417 Please see
\helpref{InheritAttributes
}{wxwindowinheritattributes
} for
2418 explanation of the difference between this method and
2419 \helpref{SetOwnBackgroundColour
}{wxwindowsetownbackgroundcolour
}.
2421 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2423 \docparam{colour
}{The colour to be used as the background colour, pass
2424 {\tt wxNullColour
} to reset to the default colour.
}
2428 The background colour is usually painted by the default
\rtfsp
2429 \helpref{wxEraseEvent
}{wxeraseevent
} event handler function
2430 under Windows and automatically under GTK.
2432 Note that setting the background colour does not cause an immediate refresh, so you
2433 may wish to call
\helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground
}{wxwindowclearbackground
} or
\helpref{wxWindow::Refresh
}{wxwindowrefresh
} after
2434 calling this function.
2436 Using this function will disable attempts to use themes for this
2437 window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
2438 themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
2439 applications on the system.
2442 \wxheading{See also
}
2444 \helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour
}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour
},
\rtfsp
2445 \helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour
}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour
},
\rtfsp
2446 \helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour
}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour
},
\rtfsp
2447 \helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground
}{wxwindowclearbackground
},
\rtfsp
2448 \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh
}{wxwindowrefresh
},
\rtfsp
2449 \helpref{wxEraseEvent
}{wxeraseevent
}
2451 \membersection{wxWindow::SetBackgroundStyle
}\label{wxwindowsetbackgroundstyle
}
2453 \func{virtual void
}{SetBackgroundStyle
}{\param{wxBackgroundStyle
}{ style
}}
2455 Sets the background style of the window. The background style indicates
2456 whether background colour should be determined by the system (wxBG
\_STYLE\_SYSTEM),
2457 be set to a specific colour (wxBG
\_STYLE\_COLOUR), or should be left to the
2458 application to implement (wxBG
\_STYLE\_CUSTOM).
2460 On GTK+, use of wxBG
\_STYLE\_CUSTOM allows the flicker-free drawing of a custom
2461 background, such as a tiled bitmap. Currently the style has no effect on other platforms.
2463 \wxheading{See also
}
2465 \helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour
}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour
},
\rtfsp
2466 \helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour
}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour
},
\rtfsp
2467 \helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundStyle
}{wxwindowgetbackgroundstyle
}
2470 \membersection{wxWindow::SetBestFittingSize
}\label{wxwindowsetbestfittingsize
}
2472 \func{void
}{SetBestFittingSize
}{\param{const wxSize&
}{size = wxDefaultSize
}}
2474 A
{\it smart
} SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
2475 window's
{\it best
} size values. Also sets the window's minsize to
2476 the value passed in for use with sizers. This means that if a full or
2477 partial size is passed to this function then the sizers will use that
2478 size instead of the results of GetBestSize to determine the minimum
2479 needs of the window for layout.
2481 \wxheading{See also
}
2483 \helpref{wxWindow::SetSize
}{wxwindowsetsize
},
\rtfsp
2484 \helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize
}{wxwindowgetbestsize
},
\rtfsp
2485 \helpref{wxWindow::GetBestFittingSize
}{wxwindowgetbestfittingsize
},
\rtfsp
2486 \helpref{wxWindow::SetSizeHints
}{wxwindowsetsizehints
}
2489 \membersection{wxWindow::SetCaret
}\label{wxwindowsetcaret
}
2491 \constfunc{void
}{SetCaret
}{\param{wxCaret *
}{caret
}}
2493 Sets the
\helpref{caret
}{wxcaret
} associated with the window.
2496 \membersection{wxWindow::SetClientSize
}\label{wxwindowsetclientsize
}
2498 \func{virtual void
}{SetClientSize
}{\param{int
}{ width
},
\param{int
}{ height
}}
2500 \func{virtual void
}{SetClientSize
}{\param{const wxSize\&
}{ size
}}
2502 This sets the size of the window client area in pixels. Using this function to size a window
2503 tends to be more device-independent than
\helpref{wxWindow::SetSize
}{wxwindowsetsize
}, since the application need not
2504 worry about what dimensions the border or title bar have when trying to fit the window
2505 around panel items, for example.
2507 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2509 \docparam{width
}{The required client area width.
}
2511 \docparam{height
}{The required client area height.
}
2513 \docparam{size
}{The required client size.
}
2515 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
2516 implements the following methods:
\par
2517 \indented{2cm
}{\begin{twocollist
}
2518 \twocolitem{{\bf SetClientSize(size)
}}{Accepts a wxSize
}
2519 \twocolitem{{\bf SetClientSizeWH(width, height)
}}{}
2524 \membersection{wxWindow::SetContainingSizer
}\label{wxwindowsetcontainingsizer
}
2526 \func{void
}{SetContainingSizer
}{\param{wxSizer*
}{sizer
}}
2528 This normally does not need to be called by user code. It is called
2529 when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window can
2530 remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
2533 \membersection{wxWindow::SetCursor
}\label{wxwindowsetcursor
}
2535 \func{virtual void
}{SetCursor
}{\param{const wxCursor\&
}{cursor
}}
2537 % VZ: the docs are correct, if the code doesn't behave like this, it must be
2539 Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
2540 children of the window implicitly.
2542 The
{\it cursor
} may be
{\tt wxNullCursor
} in which case the window cursor will
2543 be reset back to default.
2545 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2547 \docparam{cursor
}{Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.
}
2549 \wxheading{See also
}
2551 \helpref{::wxSetCursor
}{wxsetcursor
},
\helpref{wxCursor
}{wxcursor
}
2554 \membersection{wxWindow::SetConstraints
}\label{wxwindowsetconstraints
}
2556 \func{void
}{SetConstraints
}{\param{wxLayoutConstraints*
}{constraints
}}
2558 Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
2559 will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2560 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2561 window, it will be deleted.
2563 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2565 \docparam{constraints
}{The constraints to set. Pass NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
2570 You must call
\helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout
}{wxwindowsetautolayout
} to tell a window to use
2571 the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you must override OnSize and call Layout()
2572 explicitly. When setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a
\helpref{wxSizer
}{wxsizer
}, only the
2573 sizer will have effect.
2576 \membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnBackgroundColour
}\label{wxwindowsetownbackgroundcolour
}
2578 \func{void
}{SetOwnBackgroundColour
}{\param{const wxColour\&
}{colour
}}
2580 Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2581 by the children of this window.
2583 \wxheading{See also
}
2585 \helpref{SetBackgroundColour
}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour
},
\rtfsp
2586 \helpref{InheritAttributes
}{wxwindowinheritattributes
}
2589 \membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnFont
}\label{wxwindowsetownfont
}
2591 \func{void
}{SetOwnBackgroundColour
}{\param{const wxColour\&
}{colour
}}
2593 Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
2594 children of this window.
2596 \wxheading{See also
}
2598 \helpref{SetFont
}{wxwindowsetfont
},
\rtfsp
2599 \helpref{InheritAttributes
}{wxwindowinheritattributes
}
2602 \membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnForegroundColour
}\label{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour
}
2604 \func{void
}{SetOwnForegroundColour
}{\param{const wxColour\&
}{colour
}}
2606 Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2607 by the children of this window.
2609 \wxheading{See also
}
2611 \helpref{SetForegroundColour
}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour
},
\rtfsp
2612 \helpref{InheritAttributes
}{wxwindowinheritattributes
}
2615 \membersection{wxWindow::SetDropTarget
}\label{wxwindowsetdroptarget
}
2617 \func{void
}{SetDropTarget
}{\param{wxDropTarget*
}{ target
}}
2619 Associates a drop target with this window.
2621 If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
2623 \wxheading{See also
}
2625 \helpref{wxWindow::GetDropTarget
}{wxwindowgetdroptarget
},
2626 \helpref{Drag and drop overview
}{wxdndoverview
}
2630 \membersection{wxWindow::SetEventHandler
}\label{wxwindowseteventhandler
}
2632 \func{void
}{SetEventHandler
}{\param{wxEvtHandler*
}{handler
}}
2634 Sets the event handler for this window.
2636 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2638 \docparam{handler
}{Specifies the handler to be set.
}
2642 An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2643 sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2644 an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2645 central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2648 It is usually better to use
\helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler
}{wxwindowpusheventhandler
} since
2649 this sets up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2650 handed to the next one in the chain.
2652 \wxheading{See also
}
2654 \helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler
}{wxwindowgeteventhandler
},
\rtfsp
2655 \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler
}{wxwindowpusheventhandler
},
\rtfsp
2656 \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler
}{wxwindowpusheventhandler
},
\rtfsp
2657 \helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent
}{wxevthandlerprocessevent
},
\rtfsp
2658 \helpref{wxEvtHandler
}{wxevthandler
}
2661 \membersection{wxWindow::SetExtraStyle
}\label{wxwindowsetextrastyle
}
2663 \func{void
}{SetExtraStyle
}{\param{long
}{exStyle
}}
2665 Sets the extra style bits for the window. The currently defined extra style
2669 \begin{twocollist
}\itemsep=
0pt
2670 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS
\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
2671 and Validate() methods will recursively descend into all children of the
2672 window if it has this style flag set.
}
2673 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS
\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{Normally, the command
2674 events are propagated upwards to the window parent recursively until a handler
2675 for them is found. Using this style allows to prevent them from being
2676 propagated beyond this window. Notice that wxDialog has this style on by
2677 default for the reasons explained in the
2678 \helpref{event processing overview
}{eventprocessing
}.
}
2679 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS
\_EX\_TRANSIENT}}{This can be used to prevent a
2680 window from being used as an implicit parent for the dialogs which were
2681 created without a parent. It is useful for the windows which can disappear at
2682 any moment as creating children of such windows results in fatal problems.
}
2683 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFRAME
\_EX\_CONTEXTHELP}}{Under Windows, puts a query button on the
2684 caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWidgets will send
2685 a wxEVT
\_HELP event if the user clicked on an application window.
2686 This style cannot be used together with wxMAXIMIZE
\_BOX or wxMINIMIZE
\_BOX, so
2687 you should use the style of
2688 {\tt wxDEFAULT
\_FRAME\_STYLE \&
\textasciitilde(wxMINIMIZE
\_BOX | wxMAXIMIZE
\_BOX)
} for the
2689 frames having this style (the dialogs don't have minimize nor maximize box by
2691 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS
\_EX\_PROCESS\_IDLE}}{This window should always process idle events, even
2692 if the mode set by
\helpref{wxIdleEvent::SetMode
}{wxidleeventsetmode
} is wxIDLE
\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.
}
2693 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS
\_EX\_PROCESS\_UI\_UPDATES}}{This window should always process UI update events,
2694 even if the mode set by
\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode
}{wxupdateuieventsetmode
} is wxUPDATE
\_UI\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.
}
2698 \membersection{wxWindow::SetFocus
}\label{wxwindowsetfocus
}
2700 \func{virtual void
}{SetFocus
}{\void}
2702 This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
2704 \wxheading{See also
}
2706 \helpref{wxFocusEvent
}{wxfocusevent
}
2709 \membersection{wxWindow::SetFocusFromKbd
}\label{wxwindowsetfocusfromkbd
}
2711 \func{virtual void
}{SetFocusFromKbd
}{\void}
2713 This function is called by wxWidgets keyboard navigation code when the user
2714 gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using
{\tt TAB
} key).
2715 By default this method simply calls
\helpref{SetFocus
}{wxwindowsetfocus
} but
2716 can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
2719 \membersection{wxWindow::SetFont
}\label{wxwindowsetfont
}
2721 \func{void
}{SetFont
}{\param{const wxFont\&
}{font
}}
2723 Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
2724 parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
2725 use
\helpref{SetOwnFont
}{wxwindowsetownfont
} instead in this case and
2726 see
\helpref{InheritAttributes
}{wxwindowinheritattributes
} for more
2729 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2731 \docparam{font
}{Font to associate with this window, pass
2732 {\tt wxNullFont
} to reset to the default font.
}
2734 \wxheading{See also
}
2736 \helpref{wxWindow::GetFont
}{wxwindowgetfont
},\\
2737 \helpref{InheritAttributes
}{wxwindowinheritattributes
}
2740 \membersection{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour
}\label{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour
}
2742 \func{virtual void
}{SetForegroundColour
}{\param{const wxColour\&
}{colour
}}
2744 Sets the foreground colour of the window.
2746 Please see
\helpref{InheritAttributes
}{wxwindowinheritattributes
} for
2747 explanation of the difference between this method and
2748 \helpref{SetOwnForegroundColour
}{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour
}.
2750 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2752 \docparam{colour
}{The colour to be used as the foreground colour, pass
2753 {\tt wxNullColour
} to reset to the default colour.
}
2757 The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
2758 to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
2761 Using this function will disable attempts to use themes for this
2762 window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
2763 themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
2764 applications on the system.
2766 \wxheading{See also
}
2768 \helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour
}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour
},
\rtfsp
2769 \helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour
}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour
},
\rtfsp
2770 \helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour
}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour
},
\rtfsp
2771 \helpref{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours
}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours
}
2774 \membersection{wxWindow::SetHelpText
}\label{wxwindowsethelptext
}
2776 \func{virtual void
}{SetHelpText
}{\param{const wxString\&
}{helpText
}}
2778 Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2780 Note that the text is actually stored by the current
\helpref{wxHelpProvider
}{wxhelpprovider
} implementation,
2781 and not in the window object itself.
2783 \wxheading{See also
}
2785 \helpref{GetHelpText
}{wxwindowgethelptext
},
\helpref{wxHelpProvider
}{wxhelpprovider
}
2788 \membersection{wxWindow::SetId
}\label{wxwindowsetid
}
2790 \func{void
}{SetId
}{\param{int
}{ id
}}
2792 Sets the identifier of the window.
2796 Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has not provided one,
2797 an identifier will be generated. Normally, the identifier should be provided
2798 on creation and should not be modified subsequently.
2800 \wxheading{See also
}
2802 \helpref{wxWindow::GetId
}{wxwindowgetid
},
\rtfsp
2803 \helpref{Window identifiers
}{windowids
}
2807 \membersection{wxWindow::SetName
}\label{wxwindowsetname
}
2809 \func{virtual void
}{SetName
}{\param{const wxString\&
}{name
}}
2811 Sets the window's name.
2813 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2815 \docparam{name
}{A name to set for the window.
}
2817 \wxheading{See also
}
2819 \helpref{wxWindow::GetName
}{wxwindowgetname
}
2822 \membersection{wxWindow::SetPalette
}\label{wxwindowsetpalette
}
2824 \func{virtual void
}{SetPalette
}{\param{wxPalette*
}{palette
}}
2826 Obsolete - use
\helpref{wxDC::SetPalette
}{wxdcsetpalette
} instead.
2829 \membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollbar
}\label{wxwindowsetscrollbar
}
2831 \func{virtual void
}{SetScrollbar
}{\param{int
}{orientation
},
\param{int
}{position
},
\rtfsp
2832 \param{int
}{thumbSize
},
\param{int
}{range
},
\rtfsp
2833 \param{bool
}{refresh =
{\tt true
}}}
2835 Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
2837 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2839 \docparam{orientation
}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
}
2841 \docparam{position
}{The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.
}
2843 \docparam{thumbSize
}{The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.
}
2845 \docparam{range
}{The maximum position of the scrollbar.
}
2847 \docparam{refresh
}{{\tt true
} to redraw the scrollbar,
{\tt false
} otherwise.
}
2851 Let's say you wish to display
50 lines of text, using the same font.
2852 The window is sized so that you can only see
16 lines at a time.
2858 SetScrollbar(wxVERTICAL,
0,
16,
50);
2862 Note that with the window at this size, the thumb position can never go
2863 above
50 minus
16, or
34.
2865 You can determine how many lines are currently visible by dividing the current view
2866 size by the character height in pixels.
2868 When defining your own scrollbar behaviour, you will always need to recalculate
2869 the scrollbar settings when the window size changes. You could therefore put your
2870 scrollbar calculations and SetScrollbar
2871 call into a function named AdjustScrollbars, which can be called initially and also
2872 from your
\helpref{wxSizeEvent
}{wxsizeevent
} handler function.
2874 \wxheading{See also
}
2876 \helpref{Scrolling overview
}{scrollingoverview
},
\rtfsp
2877 \helpref{wxScrollBar
}{wxscrollbar
},
\helpref{wxScrolledWindow
}{wxscrolledwindow
}
2882 \membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPage
}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpage
}
2884 \func{virtual void
}{SetScrollPage
}{\param{int
}{orientation
},
\param{int
}{pageSize
},
\param{bool
}{refresh =
{\tt true
}}}
2886 Sets the page size of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2888 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2890 \docparam{orientation
}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
}
2892 \docparam{pageSize
}{Page size in scroll units.
}
2894 \docparam{refresh
}{{\tt true
} to redraw the scrollbar,
{\tt false
} otherwise.
}
2898 The page size of a scrollbar is the number of scroll units that the scroll thumb travels when you
2899 click on the area above/left of or below/right of the thumb. Normally you will want a whole visible
2900 page to be scrolled, i.e. the size of the current view (perhaps the window client size). This
2901 value has to be adjusted when the window is resized, since the page size will have changed.
2903 In addition to specifying how far the scroll thumb travels when paging, in Motif and some versions of Windows
2904 the thumb changes size to reflect the page size relative to the length of the
document. When the
2905 document size is only slightly bigger than the current view (window) size, almost all of the scrollbar
2906 will be taken up by the thumb. When the two values become the same, the scrollbar will (on some systems)
2909 Currently, this function should be called before SetPageRange, because of a quirk in the Windows
2910 handling of pages and ranges.
2912 \wxheading{See also
}
2914 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos
}{wxwindowsetscrollpos
},
\rtfsp
2915 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos
}{wxwindowsetscrollpos
},
\rtfsp
2916 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage
}{wxwindowsetscrollpage
},
\rtfsp
2917 \helpref{wxScrollBar
}{wxscrollbar
},
\helpref{wxScrolledWindow
}{wxscrolledwindow
}
2921 \membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPos
}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpos
}
2923 \func{virtual void
}{SetScrollPos
}{\param{int
}{orientation
},
\param{int
}{pos
},
\param{bool
}{refresh =
{\tt true
}}}
2925 Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2927 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2929 \docparam{orientation
}{Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
}
2931 \docparam{pos
}{Position in scroll units.
}
2933 \docparam{refresh
}{{\tt true
} to redraw the scrollbar,
{\tt false
} otherwise.
}
2937 This function does not directly affect the contents of the window: it is up to the
2938 application to take note of scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
2940 \wxheading{See also
}
2942 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar
}{wxwindowsetscrollbar
},
\rtfsp
2943 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos
}{wxwindowsetscrollpos
},
\rtfsp
2944 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollThumb
}{wxwindowgetscrollthumb
},
\rtfsp
2945 \helpref{wxScrollBar
}{wxscrollbar
},
\helpref{wxScrolledWindow
}{wxscrolledwindow
}
2950 \membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollRange
}\label{wxwindowsetscrollrange
}
2952 \func{virtual void
}{SetScrollRange
}{\param{int
}{orientation
},
\param{int
}{range
},
\param{bool
}{refresh =
{\tt true
}}}
2954 Sets the range of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2956 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2958 \docparam{orientation
}{Determines the scrollbar whose range is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
}
2960 \docparam{range
}{Scroll range.
}
2962 \docparam{refresh
}{{\tt true
} to redraw the scrollbar,
{\tt false
} otherwise.
}
2966 The range of a scrollbar is the number of steps that the thumb may travel, rather than the total
2967 object length of the scrollbar. If you are implementing a scrolling window, for example, you
2968 would adjust the scroll range when the window is resized, by subtracting the window view size from the
2969 total virtual window size. When the two sizes are the same (all the window is visible), the range goes to zero
2970 and usually the scrollbar will be automatically hidden.
2972 \wxheading{See also
}
2974 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos
}{wxwindowsetscrollpos
},
\rtfsp
2975 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPage
}{wxwindowsetscrollpage
},
\rtfsp
2976 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos
}{wxwindowsetscrollpos
},
\rtfsp
2977 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage
}{wxwindowsetscrollpage
},
\rtfsp
2978 \helpref{wxScrollBar
}{wxscrollbar
},
\helpref{wxScrolledWindow
}{wxscrolledwindow
}
2982 \membersection{wxWindow::SetSize
}\label{wxwindowsetsize
}
2984 \func{virtual void
}{SetSize
}{\param{int
}{ x
},
\param{int
}{ y
},
\param{int
}{ width
},
\param{int
}{ height
},
2985 \param{int
}{ sizeFlags = wxSIZE
\_AUTO}}
2987 \func{virtual void
}{SetSize
}{\param{const wxRect\&
}{ rect
}}
2989 Sets the size and position of the window in pixels.
2991 \func{virtual void
}{SetSize
}{\param{int
}{ width
},
\param{int
}{ height
}}
2993 \func{virtual void
}{SetSize
}{\param{const wxSize\&
}{ size
}}
2995 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
2997 \wxheading{Parameters
}
2999 \docparam{x
}{Required x position in pixels, or -
1 to indicate that the existing
3000 value should be used.
}
3002 \docparam{y
}{Required y position in pixels, or -
1 to indicate that the existing
3003 value should be used.
}
3005 \docparam{width
}{Required width in pixels, or -
1 to indicate that the existing
3006 value should be used.
}
3008 \docparam{height
}{Required height position in pixels, or -
1 to indicate that the existing
3009 value should be used.
}
3011 \docparam{size
}{\helpref{wxSize
}{wxsize
} object for setting the size.
}
3013 \docparam{rect
}{\helpref{wxRect
}{wxrect
} object for setting the position and size.
}
3015 \docparam{sizeFlags
}{Indicates the interpretation of other parameters. It is a bit list of the following:
3017 {\bf wxSIZE
\_AUTO\_WIDTH}: a -
1 width value is taken to indicate
3018 a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
3019 {\bf wxSIZE
\_AUTO\_HEIGHT}: a -
1 height value is taken to indicate
3020 a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
3021 {\bf wxSIZE
\_AUTO}: -
1 size values are taken to indicate
3022 a wxWidgets-supplied default size.\\
3023 {\bf wxSIZE
\_USE\_EXISTING}: existing dimensions should be used
3024 if -
1 values are supplied.\\
3025 {\bf wxSIZE
\_ALLOW\_MINUS\_ONE}: allow dimensions of -
1 and less to be interpreted
3026 as real dimensions, not default values.
3031 The second form is a convenience for calling the first form with default
3032 x and y parameters, and must be used with non-default width and height values.
3034 The first form sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
3035 Parameters may be -
1 to indicate either that a default should be supplied
3036 by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the dimension should be used.
3038 \wxheading{See also
}
3040 \helpref{wxWindow::Move
}{wxwindowmove
}
3042 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
3043 implements the following methods:
\par
3044 \indented{2cm
}{\begin{twocollist
}
3045 \twocolitem{{\bf SetDimensions(x, y, width, height, sizeFlags=wxSIZE
\_AUTO)
}}{}
3046 \twocolitem{{\bf SetSize(size)
}}{}
3047 \twocolitem{{\bf SetPosition(point)
}}{}
3052 \membersection{wxWindow::SetSizeHints
}\label{wxwindowsetsizehints
}
3054 \func{virtual void
}{SetSizeHints
}{\param{int
}{ minW=-
1},
\param{int
}{ minH=-
1},
\param{int
}{ maxW=-
1},
\param{int
}{ maxH=-
1},
3055 \param{int
}{ incW=-
1},
\param{int
}{ incH=-
1}}
3057 \func{void
}{SetSizeHints
}{\param{const wxSize\&
}{ minSize
},
3058 \param{const wxSize\&
}{ maxSize=wxDefaultSize
},
\param{const wxSize\&
}{ incSize=wxDefaultSize
}}
3061 Allows specification of minimum and maximum window sizes, and window size increments.
3062 If a pair of values is not set (or set to -
1), the default values will be used.
3064 \wxheading{Parameters
}
3066 \docparam{minW
}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.
}
3068 \docparam{minH
}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.
}
3070 \docparam{maxW
}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.
}
3072 \docparam{maxH
}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.
}
3074 \docparam{incW
}{Specifies the increment for sizing the width (Motif/Xt only).
}
3076 \docparam{incH
}{Specifies the increment for sizing the height (Motif/Xt only).
}
3078 \docparam{minSize
}{Minimum size.
}
3080 \docparam{maxSize
}{Maximum size.
}
3082 \docparam{incSize
}{Increment size (Motif/Xt only).
}
3086 If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the window outside the
3089 The resizing increments are only significant under Motif or Xt.
3092 \membersection{wxWindow::SetSizer
}\label{wxwindowsetsizer
}
3094 \func{void
}{SetSizer
}{\param{wxSizer*
}{sizer
},
\param{bool
}{deleteOld=true
}}
3096 Sets the window to have the given layout sizer. The window
3097 will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
3098 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
3099 window, it will be deleted if the deleteOld parameter is true.
3101 Note that this function will also call
3102 \helpref{SetAutoLayout
}{wxwindowsetautolayout
} implicitly with
{\tt true
}
3103 parameter if the
{\it sizer
}\/ is non-NULL and
{\tt false
} otherwise.
3105 \wxheading{Parameters
}
3107 \docparam{sizer
}{The sizer to set. Pass NULL to disassociate and conditionally delete
3108 the window's sizer. See below.
}
3110 \docparam{deleteOld
}{If true (the default), this will delete any prexisting sizer.
3111 Pass false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself.
}
3115 SetSizer now enables and disables Layout automatically, but prior to wxWidgets
2.3.3
3116 the following applied:
3118 You must call
\helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout
}{wxwindowsetautolayout
} to tell a window to use
3119 the sizer automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you must override OnSize and call Layout()
3120 explicitly. When setting both a wxSizer and a
\helpref{wxLayoutConstraints
}{wxlayoutconstraints
},
3121 only the sizer will have effect.
3124 \membersection{wxWindow::SetSizerAndFit
}\label{wxwindowsetsizerandfit
}
3126 \func{void
}{SetSizerAndFit
}{\param{wxSizer*
}{sizer
},
\param{bool
}{deleteOld=true
}}
3128 The same as
\helpref{SetSizer
}{wxwindowsetsizer
}, except it also sets the size hints
3129 for the window based on the sizer's minimum size.
3132 \membersection{wxWindow::SetTitle
}\label{wxwindowsettitle
}
3134 \func{virtual void
}{SetTitle
}{\param{const wxString\&
}{title
}}
3136 Sets the window's title. Applicable only to frames and dialogs.
3138 \wxheading{Parameters
}
3140 \docparam{title
}{The window's title.
}
3142 \wxheading{See also
}
3144 \helpref{wxWindow::GetTitle
}{wxwindowgettitle
}
3147 \membersection{wxWindow::SetThemeEnabled
}\label{wxwindowsetthemeenabled
}
3149 \func{virtual void
}{SetThemeEnabled
}{\param{bool
}{enable
}}
3151 This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
3152 to draw the windows' background instead if its own background drawing
3153 code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
3154 obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
3155 One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
3156 defined by a user's selected theme.
3158 Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to true
3159 by default so that the default look and feel is simulated best.
3162 \membersection{wxWindow::SetToolTip
}\label{wxwindowsettooltip
}
3164 \func{void
}{SetToolTip
}{\param{const wxString\&
}{tip
}}
3166 \func{void
}{SetToolTip
}{\param{wxToolTip*
}{tip
}}
3168 Attach a tooltip to the window.
3170 See also:
\helpref{GetToolTip
}{wxwindowgettooltip
},
3171 \helpref{wxToolTip
}{wxtooltip
}
3174 \membersection{wxWindow::SetValidator
}\label{wxwindowsetvalidator
}
3176 \func{virtual void
}{SetValidator
}{\param{const wxValidator\&
}{ validator
}}
3178 Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having called wxValidator::Clone to
3179 create a new validator of this type.
3182 \membersection{wxWindow::SetVirtualSize
}\label{wxwindowsetvirtualsize
}
3184 \func{void
}{SetVirtualSize
}{\param{int
}{ width
},
\param{int
}{ height
}}
3186 \func{void
}{SetVirtualSize
}{\param{const wxSize\&
}{ size
}}
3188 Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
3191 \membersection{wxWindow::SetVirtualSizeHints
}\label{wxwindowsetvirtualsizehints
}
3193 \func{virtual void
}{SetVirtualSizeHints
}{\param{int
}{ minW
},
\param{int
}{ minH
},
\param{int
}{ maxW=-
1},
\param{int
}{ maxH=-
1}}
3195 \func{void
}{SetVirtualSizeHints
}{\param{const wxSize\&
}{ minSize=wxDefaultSize
},
3196 \param{const wxSize\&
}{ maxSize=wxDefaultSize
}}
3199 Allows specification of minimum and maximum virtual window sizes.
3200 If a pair of values is not set (or set to -
1), the default values
3203 \wxheading{Parameters
}
3205 \docparam{minW
}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.
}
3207 \docparam{minH
}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.
}
3209 \docparam{maxW
}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.
}
3211 \docparam{maxH
}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.
}
3213 \docparam{minSize
}{Minimum size.
}
3215 \docparam{maxSize
}{Maximum size.
}
3219 If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the virtual area
3220 of the window outside the given bounds.
3223 \membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyle
}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyle
}
3225 \func{void
}{SetWindowStyle
}{\param{long
}{ style
}}
3227 Identical to
\helpref{SetWindowStyleFlag
}{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag
}.
3230 \membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyleFlag
}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag
}
3232 \func{virtual void
}{SetWindowStyleFlag
}{\param{long
}{ style
}}
3234 Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
3235 after the window creation and that
\helpref{Refresh()
}{wxwindowrefresh
} might
3236 be called after changing the others for the change to take place immediately.
3238 See
\helpref{Window styles
}{windowstyles
} for more information about flags.
3240 \wxheading{See also
}
3242 \helpref{GetWindowStyleFlag
}{wxwindowgetwindowstyleflag
}
3245 \membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant
}\label{wxwindowsetwindowvariant
}
3247 \func{void
}{SetWindowVariant
}{\param{wxWindowVariant
}{variant
}}
3249 This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
3250 Mac OS X
10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
3251 exist in several sizes which correpond to the elements of wxWindowVariant
3254 enum wxWindowVariant
3256 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL, // Normal size
3257 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_SMALL, // Smaller size (about
25 % smaller than normal )
3258 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MINI, // Mini size (about
33 % smaller than normal )
3259 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_LARGE, // Large size (about
25 % larger than normal )
3263 By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
3264 be used to change this.
3267 \membersection{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours
}\label{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours
}
3269 \func{virtual bool
}{ShouldInheritColours
}{\void}
3271 Return
\true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
3272 \helpref{InheritAttributes
}{wxwindowinheritattributes
}, returning
\false
3273 forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
3275 The base class version returns
\false, but this method is overridden in
3276 \helpref{wxControl
}{wxcontrol
} where it returns
\true.
3279 \membersection{wxWindow::Show
}\label{wxwindowshow
}
3281 \func{virtual bool
}{Show
}{\param{bool
}{ show =
{\tt true
}}}
3283 Shows or hides the window. You may need to call
\helpref{Raise
}{wxwindowraise
}
3284 for a top level window if you want to bring it to top, although this is not
3285 needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
3287 \wxheading{Parameters
}
3289 \docparam{show
}{If
{\tt true
} displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.
}
3291 \wxheading{Return value
}
3293 {\tt true
} if the window has been shown or hidden or
{\tt false
} if nothing was
3294 done because it already was in the requested state.
3296 \wxheading{See also
}
3298 \helpref{wxWindow::IsShown
}{wxwindowisshown
}
3302 \membersection{wxWindow::Thaw
}\label{wxwindowthaw
}
3304 \func{virtual void
}{Thaw
}{\void}
3306 Reenables window updating after a previous call to
3307 \helpref{Freeze
}{wxwindowfreeze
}. To really thaw the control, it must be called
3308 exactly the same number of times as
\helpref{Freeze
}{wxwindowfreeze
}.
3311 \membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow
}\label{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow
}
3313 \func{virtual bool
}{TransferDataFromWindow
}{\void}
3315 Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their validators. Returns
3316 {\tt false
} if a transfer failed.
3318 If the window has
{\tt wxWS
\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3319 the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
3321 \wxheading{See also
}
3323 \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow
}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow
},
\rtfsp
3324 \helpref{wxValidator
}{wxvalidator
},
\helpref{wxWindow::Validate
}{wxwindowvalidate
}
3327 \membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow
}\label{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow
}
3329 \func{virtual bool
}{TransferDataToWindow
}{\void}
3331 Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their validators.
3333 If the window has
{\tt wxWS
\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3334 the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
3336 \wxheading{Return value
}
3338 Returns
{\tt false
} if a transfer failed.
3340 \wxheading{See also
}
3342 \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow
}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow
},
\rtfsp
3343 \helpref{wxValidator
}{wxvalidator
},
\helpref{wxWindow::Validate
}{wxwindowvalidate
}
3346 \membersection{wxWindow::UnregisterHotKey
}\label{wxwindowunregisterhotkey
}
3348 \func{bool
}{UnregisterHotKey
}{\param{int
}{ hotkeyId
}}
3350 Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
3352 \wxheading{Parameters
}
3354 \docparam{hotkeyId
}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to RegisterHotKey.
}
3356 \wxheading{Return value
}
3358 {\tt true
} if the hotkey was unregistered successfully,
{\tt false
} if the id was invalid.
3362 This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
3364 \wxheading{See also
}
3366 \helpref{wxWindow::RegisterHotKey
}{wxwindowregisterhotkey
}
3369 \membersection{wxWindow::Update
}\label{wxwindowupdate
}
3371 \func{virtual void
}{Update
}{\void}
3373 Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window
3374 while this would usually only happen when the flow of control returns to the
3375 event loop. Notice that this function doesn't refresh the window and does
3376 nothing if the window hadn't been already repainted. Use
3377 \helpref{Refresh
}{wxwindowrefresh
} first if you want to immediately redraw the
3378 window unconditionally.
3381 \membersection{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI
}\label{wxwindowupdatewindowui
}
3383 \func{virtual void
}{UpdateWindowUI
}{\param{long
}{ flags = wxUPDATE
\_UI\_NONE}}
3385 This function sends
\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvents
}{wxupdateuievent
} to
3386 the window. The particular implementation depends on the window; for
3387 example a wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
3388 and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
3389 You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
3390 UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
3391 are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
3392 \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode
}{wxupdateuieventsetmode
} or
3393 \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval
}{wxupdateuieventsetupdateinterval
} to
3394 limit the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
3396 {\it flags
} should be a bitlist of one or more of the following values.
3401 wxUPDATE_UI_NONE =
0x0000, // No particular value
3402 wxUPDATE_UI_RECURSE =
0x0001, // Call the function for descendants
3403 wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE =
0x0002 // Invoked from On(Internal)Idle
3407 If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
3408 function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE
\_UI\_FROMIDLE flag, since
3409 this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
3410 to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
3411 only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
3412 The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
3416 void MyWindow::OnInternalIdle()
3418 if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this))
3419 UpdateWindowUI(wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE);
3423 \wxheading{See also
}
3425 \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent
}{wxupdateuievent
},
3426 \helpref{wxWindow::DoUpdateWindowUI
}{wxwindowdoupdatewindowui
},
3427 \helpref{wxWindow::OnInternalIdle
}{wxwindowoninternalidle
}
3430 \membersection{wxWindow::Validate
}\label{wxwindowvalidate
}
3432 \func{virtual bool
}{Validate
}{\void}
3434 Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
3436 If the window has
{\tt wxWS
\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3437 the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
3439 \wxheading{Return value
}
3441 Returns
{\tt false
} if any of the validations failed.
3443 \wxheading{See also
}
3445 \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow
}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow
},
\rtfsp
3446 \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow
}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow
},
\rtfsp
3447 \helpref{wxValidator
}{wxvalidator
}
3450 \membersection{wxWindow::WarpPointer
}\label{wxwindowwarppointer
}
3452 \func{void
}{WarpPointer
}{\param{int
}{ x
},
\param{int
}{ y
}}
3454 Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
3456 {\bf NB:
} This function is not supported under Mac because Apple Human
3457 Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor programmatically.
3459 \wxheading{Parameters
}
3461 \docparam{x
}{The new x position for the cursor.
}
3463 \docparam{y
}{The new y position for the cursor.
}