1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: interface of wxWindow
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11 Background styles. See wxWindow::SetBackgroundStyle().
13 enum wxBackgroundStyle
15 /// Use the default background, as determined by
16 /// the system or the current theme.
19 /// Use a solid colour for the background, this style is set automatically if you call
20 /// SetBackgroundColour() so you only need to set it explicitly if you had
21 /// changed the background style to something else before.
24 /// Don't draw the background at all, it's supposed that it is drawn by
25 /// the user-defined erase background event handler.
26 /// This style should be used to avoid flicker when the background is entirely
30 /// The background is (partially) transparent,this style is automatically set if you call
31 /// SetTransparent() which is used to set the transparency level.
32 wxBG_STYLE_TRANSPARENT
37 Valid values for wxWindow::ShowWithEffect() and wxWindow::HideWithEffect().
41 /// Roll window to the left
42 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_LEFT
,
44 /// Roll window to the right
45 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_RIGHT
,
47 /// Roll window to the top
48 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_TOP
,
50 /// Roll window to the bottom
51 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_BOTTOM
,
53 /// Slide window to the left
54 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_LEFT
,
56 /// Slide window to the right
57 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_RIGHT
,
59 /// Slide window to the top
60 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_TOP
,
62 /// Slide window to the bottom
63 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_BOTTOM
,
65 /// Fade in or out effect
68 /// Expanding or collapsing effect
73 Different window variants, on platforms like eg mac uses different
78 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL
, //!< Normal size
79 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_SMALL
, //!< Smaller size (about 25 % smaller than normal)
80 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MINI
, //!< Mini size (about 33 % smaller than normal)
81 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_LARGE
, //!< Large size (about 25 % larger than normal)
87 Flags which can be used in wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI().
93 wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE
/**< Invoked from On(Internal)Idle */
100 wxWindow is the base class for all windows and represents any visible object
101 om screen. All controls, top level windows and so on are windows. Sizers and
102 device contexts are not, however, as they don't appear on screen themselves.
104 Please note that all children of the window will be deleted automatically by
105 the destructor before the window itself is deleted which means that you don't
106 have to worry about deleting them manually. Please see the @ref
107 overview_windowdeletion "window deletion overview" for more information.
109 Also note that in this, and many others, wxWidgets classes some
110 @c GetXXX() methods may be overloaded (as, for example,
111 wxWindow::GetSize or wxWindow::GetClientSize). In this case, the overloads
112 are non-virtual because having multiple virtual functions with the same name
113 results in a virtual function name hiding at the derived class level (in
114 English, this means that the derived class has to override all overloaded
115 variants if it overrides any of them). To allow overriding them in the derived
116 class, wxWidgets uses a unique protected virtual @c DoGetXXX() method
117 and all @c GetXXX() ones are forwarded to it, so overriding the former
118 changes the behaviour of the latter.
121 @style{wxBORDER_DEFAULT}
122 The window class will decide the kind of border to show, if any.
123 @style{wxBORDER_SIMPLE}
124 Displays a thin border around the window. wxSIMPLE_BORDER is the
125 old name for this style.
126 @style{wxBORDER_SUNKEN}
127 Displays a sunken border. wxSUNKEN_BORDER is the old name for this
129 @style{wxBORDER_RAISED}
130 Displays a raised border. wxRAISED_BORDER is the old name for this
132 @style{wxBORDER_STATIC}
133 Displays a border suitable for a static control. wxSTATIC_BORDER
134 is the old name for this style. Windows only.
135 @style{wxBORDER_THEME}
136 Displays a native border suitable for a control, on the current
137 platform. On Windows XP or Vista, this will be a themed border; on
138 most other platforms a sunken border will be used. For more
139 information for themed borders on Windows, please see Themed
141 @style{wxBORDER_NONE}
142 Displays no border, overriding the default border style for the
143 window. wxNO_BORDER is the old name for this style.
144 @style{wxBORDER_DOUBLE}
145 This style is obsolete and should not be used.
146 @style{wxTRANSPARENT_WINDOW}
147 The window is transparent, that is, it will not receive paint
148 events. Windows only.
149 @style{wxTAB_TRAVERSAL}
150 Use this to enable tab traversal for non-dialog windows.
151 @style{wxWANTS_CHARS}
152 Use this to indicate that the window wants to get all char/key
153 events for all keys - even for keys like TAB or ENTER which are
154 usually used for dialog navigation and which wouldn't be generated
155 without this style. If you need to use this style in order to get
156 the arrows or etc., but would still like to have normal keyboard
157 navigation take place, you should call Navigate in response to the
158 key events for Tab and Shift-Tab.
159 @style{wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE}
160 On Windows, this style used to disable repainting the window
161 completely when its size is changed. Since this behaviour is now
162 the default, the style is now obsolete and no longer has an effect.
164 Use this style to enable a vertical scrollbar. Notice that this
165 style cannot be used with native controls which don't support
166 scrollbars nor with top-level windows in most ports.
168 Use this style to enable a horizontal scrollbar. The same
169 limitations as for wxVSCROLL apply to this style.
170 @style{wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB}
171 If a window has scrollbars, disable them instead of hiding them
172 when they are not needed (i.e. when the size of the window is big
173 enough to not require the scrollbars to navigate it). This style is
174 currently implemented for wxMSW, wxGTK and wxUniversal and does
175 nothing on the other platforms.
176 @style{wxCLIP_CHILDREN}
177 Use this style to eliminate flicker caused by the background being
178 repainted, then children being painted over them. Windows only.
179 @style{wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE}
180 Use this style to force a complete redraw of the window whenever it
181 is resized instead of redrawing just the part of the window
182 affected by resizing. Note that this was the behaviour by default
183 before 2.5.1 release and that if you experience redraw problems
184 with code which previously used to work you may want to try this.
185 Currently this style applies on GTK+ 2 and Windows only, and full
186 repainting is always done on other platforms.
189 @beginExtraStyleTable
190 @style{wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY}
191 By default, Validate/TransferDataTo/FromWindow() only work on
192 direct children of the window (compatible behaviour). Set this flag
193 to make them recursively descend into all subwindows.
194 @style{wxWS_EX_BLOCK_EVENTS}
195 wxCommandEvents and the objects of the derived classes are
196 forwarded to the parent window and so on recursively by default.
197 Using this flag for the given window allows to block this
198 propagation at this window, i.e. prevent the events from being
199 propagated further upwards. Dialogs have this flag on by default
200 for the reasons explained in the @ref overview_eventhandling "Event Handling Overview".
201 @style{wxWS_EX_TRANSIENT}
202 Don't use this window as an implicit parent for the other windows:
203 this must be used with transient windows as otherwise there is the
204 risk of creating a dialog/frame with this window as a parent which
205 would lead to a crash if the parent is destroyed before the child.
206 @style{wxWS_EX_CONTEXTHELP}
207 Under Windows, puts a query button on the caption. When pressed,
208 Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWidgets
209 will send a wxEVT_HELP event if the user clicked on an application window.
210 This style cannot be used together with wxMAXIMIZE_BOX or wxMINIMIZE_BOX, so
211 these two styles are automatically turned of if this one is used.
212 @style{wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE}
213 This window should always process idle events, even if the mode set
214 by wxIdleEvent::SetMode is wxIDLE_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
215 @style{wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES}
216 This window should always process UI update events, even if the
217 mode set by wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode is wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
223 @see @ref overview_eventhandling "Event handling overview",
224 @ref overview_windowsizing "Window sizing overview"
226 class wxWindow
: public wxEvtHandler
235 Constructs a window, which can be a child of a frame, dialog or any other
239 Pointer to a parent window.
241 Window identifier. If wxID_ANY, will automatically create an identifier.
243 Window position. wxDefaultPosition indicates that wxWidgets
244 should generate a default position for the window.
245 If using the wxWindow class directly, supply an actual position.
247 Window size. wxDefaultSize indicates that wxWidgets should generate
248 a default size for the window. If no suitable size can be found, the
249 window will be sized to 20x20 pixels so that the window is visible but
250 obviously not correctly sized.
252 Window style. For generic window styles, please see wxWindow.
256 wxWindow(wxWindow
* parent
, wxWindowID id
,
257 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
,
258 const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
,
260 const wxString
& name
= wxPanelNameStr
);
265 Deletes all sub-windows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
266 the @b delete operator explicitly, you should normally use Destroy()
267 so that wxWidgets can delete a window only when it is safe to do so, in idle time.
269 @see @ref overview_windowdeletion "Window Deletion Overview",
270 Destroy(), wxCloseEvent
275 This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return @false to
276 indicate that this control doesn't accept input at all (i.e. behaves like
277 e.g. wxStaticText) and so doesn't need focus.
279 @see AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard()
281 virtual bool AcceptsFocus() const;
284 This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return @false to
285 indicate that while this control can, in principle, have focus if the user
286 clicks it with the mouse, it shouldn't be included in the TAB traversal chain
287 when using the keyboard.
289 virtual bool AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard() const;
292 Overridden to indicate wehter this window or one of its children accepts
293 focus. Usually it's the same as AcceptsFocus() but is overridden for
296 virtual bool AcceptsFocusRecursively() const;
299 Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
300 functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
301 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
302 called by the user code.
307 virtual void AddChild(wxWindow
* child
);
310 Call this function to force one or both scrollbars to be always shown, even if
311 the window is big enough to show its entire contents without scrolling.
316 Whether the horizontal scroll bar should always be visible.
318 Whether the vertical scroll bar should always be visible.
320 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under Mac/Carbon.
322 void AlwaysShowScrollbars(bool hflag
, bool vflag
);
325 Sets the cached best size value.
327 void CacheBestSize(const wxSize
& size
) const;
330 Returns @true if the system supports transparent windows and calling
331 SetTransparent() may succeed. If this function returns @false, transparent
332 windows are definitely not supported by the current system.
334 bool CanSetTransparent();
337 Directs all mouse input to this window.
338 Call ReleaseMouse() to release the capture.
340 Note that wxWidgets maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
341 and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
342 captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
343 window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
344 as you capture it, unless the window receives the wxMouseCaptureLostEvent event.
346 Any application which captures the mouse in the beginning of some operation
347 must handle wxMouseCaptureLostEvent and cancel this operation when it receives
348 the event. The event handler must not recapture mouse.
350 @see ReleaseMouse(), wxMouseCaptureLostEvent
352 virtual void CaptureMouse();
355 A synonym for Centre().
357 void Center(int direction
);
360 A synonym for CentreOnParent().
362 void CenterOnParent(int direction
);
368 Specifies the direction for the centering. May be wxHORIZONTAL, wxVERTICAL
369 or wxBOTH. It may also include wxCENTRE_ON_SCREEN flag
370 if you want to center the window on the entire screen and not on its
373 @remarks If the window is a top level one (i.e. doesn't have a parent),
374 it will be centered relative to the screen anyhow.
378 void Centre(int direction
= wxBOTH
);
381 Centres the window on its parent. This is a more readable synonym for Centre().
384 Specifies the direction for the centering. May be wxHORIZONTAL, wxVERTICAL
387 @remarks This methods provides for a way to center top level windows over
388 their parents instead of the entire screen. If there
389 is no parent or if the window is not a top level
390 window, then behaviour is the same as Centre().
392 @see wxTopLevelWindow::CentreOnScreen
394 void CentreOnParent(int direction
= wxBOTH
);
397 Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour. Does not
398 cause an erase background event to be generated.
400 void ClearBackground();
404 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
407 A pointer to a integer value for the x coordinate. Pass the client
408 coordinate in, and a screen coordinate will be passed out.
410 A pointer to a integer value for the y coordinate. Pass the client
411 coordinate in, and a screen coordinate will be passed out.
413 The client position for the second form of the function.
416 In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython implements the following methods:
417 - ClientToScreen(point): Accepts and returns a wxPoint
418 - ClientToScreenXY(x, y): Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)
421 void ClientToScreen(int* x
, int* y
) const;
422 wxPoint
ClientToScreen(const wxPoint
& pt
) const;
426 Converts client area size @a size to corresponding window size.
428 In other words, the returned value is what would GetSize() return if this
429 window had client area of given size. Components with wxDefaultCoord
430 value are left unchanged. Note that the conversion is not always
431 exact, it assumes that non-client area doesn't change and so doesn't
432 take into account things like menu bar (un)wrapping or (dis)appearance
437 @see WindowToClientSize()
439 virtual wxSize
ClientToWindowSize(const wxSize
& size
);
442 Converts window size @a size to corresponding client area size
443 In other words, the returned value is what would GetClientSize() return if
444 this window had given window size. Components with wxDefaultCoord value
447 Note that the conversion is not always exact, it assumes that
448 non-client area doesn't change and so doesn't take into account things
449 like menu bar (un)wrapping or (dis)appearance of the scrollbars.
453 @see ClientToWindowSize()
455 virtual wxSize
WindowToClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
458 This function simply generates a wxCloseEvent whose handler usually tries
459 to close the window. It doesn't close the window itself, however.
462 @false if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
463 of this window, @true if it cannot.
465 @remarks Close calls the close handler for the window, providing an
466 opportunity for the window to choose whether to destroy
467 the window. Usually it is only used with the top level
468 windows (wxFrame and wxDialog classes) as the others
469 are not supposed to have any special OnClose() logic.
470 The close handler should check whether the window is being deleted
471 forcibly, using wxCloseEvent::CanVeto, in which case it should
472 destroy the window using wxWindow::Destroy.
473 Note that calling Close does not guarantee that the window will
474 be destroyed; but it provides a way to simulate a manual close
475 of a window, which may or may not be implemented by destroying
476 the window. The default implementation of wxDialog::OnCloseWindow
477 does not necessarily delete the dialog, since it will simply
478 simulate an wxID_CANCEL event which is handled by the appropriate
479 button event handler and may do anything at all.
480 To guarantee that the window will be destroyed, call
481 wxWindow::Destroy instead
483 @see @ref overview_windowdeletion "Window Deletion Overview",
484 Destroy(), wxCloseEvent
486 bool Close(bool force
= false);
490 Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
492 For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character
493 width and then divided by 4.
494 For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character
495 height and then divided by 8.
497 @remarks Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions
498 even if the font changes.
499 You can also use these functions programmatically.
500 A convenience macro is defined:
502 #define wxDLG_UNIT(parent, pt) parent->ConvertDialogToPixels(pt)
505 @see ConvertPixelsToDialog()
507 wxPoint
ConvertDialogToPixels(const wxPoint
& pt
);
508 wxSize
ConvertDialogToPixels(const wxSize
& sz
);
513 Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
515 For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 4 and then divided by the
516 average character width.
517 For the y dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 8 and then divided by the
518 average character height.
520 @remarks Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions
521 even if the font changes.
523 @see ConvertDialogToPixels()
525 wxPoint
ConvertPixelsToDialog(const wxPoint
& pt
);
526 wxSize
ConvertPixelsToDialog(const wxSize
& sz
);
530 Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator,
531 since different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
532 are not destroyed immediately when this function is called -- they are added
533 to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
534 have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to
535 non-existent windows.
537 @return @true if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it
538 has been added to the list of windows pending real deletion.
540 virtual bool Destroy();
543 Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
545 virtual void DestroyChildren();
548 Returns true if this window is in process of being destroyed.
550 The top level windows are not deleted immediately but are rather
551 scheduled for later destruction to give them time to process any
552 pending messages, see Destroy() description.
554 This function returns @true if this window, or one of its parent
555 windows, is scheduled for destruction and can be useful to avoid
556 manipulating it as it's usually useless to do something with a window
557 which is on the point of disappearing anyhow.
559 bool IsBeingDeleted() const;
562 Disables the window. Same as @ref Enable() Enable(@false).
564 @return Returns @true if the window has been disabled, @false if it had
565 been already disabled before the call to this function.
570 Gets the size which best suits the window: for a control, it would be
571 the minimal size which doesn't truncate the control, for a panel - the
572 same size as it would have after a call to Fit().
574 The default implementation of this function is designed for use in container
575 windows, such as wxPanel, and works something like this:
576 -# If the window has a sizer then it is used to calculate the best size.
577 -# Otherwise if the window has layout constraints then those are used to
578 calculate the best size.
579 -# Otherwise if the window has children then the best size is set to be large
580 enough to show all the children.
581 -# Otherwise if there are no children then the window's minimal size will be
582 used as its best size.
583 -# Otherwise if there is no minimal size set, then the current size is used
586 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
588 virtual wxSize
DoGetBestSize() const;
591 Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
592 This function is called by UpdateWindowUI() in order to check return
593 values in the wxUpdateUIEvent and act appropriately.
594 For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWidgets
595 implements this function as follows:
598 // do the window-specific processing after processing the update event
599 void wxTopLevelWindowBase::DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent& event)
601 if ( event.GetSetEnabled() )
602 Enable(event.GetEnabled());
604 if ( event.GetSetText() )
606 if ( event.GetText() != GetTitle() )
607 SetTitle(event.GetText());
612 virtual void DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent
& event
);
615 Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
618 If @true, the window is eligible for drop file events.
619 If @false, the window will not accept drop file events.
621 @remarks Windows only.
623 virtual void DragAcceptFiles(bool accept
);
626 Enable or disable the window for user input. Note that when a parent window is
627 disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
631 If @true, enables the window for input. If @false, disables the window.
633 @return Returns @true if the window has been enabled or disabled, @false
634 if nothing was done, i.e. if the window had already
635 been in the specified state.
637 @see IsEnabled(), Disable(), wxRadioBox::Enable
639 virtual bool Enable(bool enable
= true);
642 Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
644 @remarks Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without
645 needing a wxWindow pointer.
647 @see SetFocus(), HasFocus()
649 static wxWindow
* FindFocus();
652 Find a child of this window, by @a id.
653 May return @a this if it matches itself.
655 wxWindow
* FindWindow(long id
) const;
658 Find a child of this window, by name.
659 May return @a this if it matches itself.
661 wxWindow
* FindWindow(const wxString
& name
) const;
664 Find the first window with the given @e id.
666 If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all top-level frames
667 and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
669 The search is recursive in both cases.
673 static wxWindow
* FindWindowById(long id
, wxWindow
* parent
= NULL
);
676 Find a window by its label.
678 Depending on the type of window, the label may be a window title
679 or panel item label. If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all
680 top-level frames and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be
681 limited to the given window hierarchy.
682 The search is recursive in both cases.
686 static wxWindow
* FindWindowByLabel(const wxString
& label
,
687 wxWindow
* parent
= NULL
);
690 Find a window by its name (as given in a window constructor or @b Create
693 If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all top-level frames
694 and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
697 The search is recursive in both cases. If no window with such name is found,
698 FindWindowByLabel() is called.
702 static wxWindow
* FindWindowByName(const wxString
& name
,
703 wxWindow
* parent
= NULL
);
706 Sizes the window so that it fits around its subwindows.
708 This function won't do anything if there are no subwindows and will only really
709 work correctly if sizers are used for the subwindows layout.
711 Also, if the window has exactly one subwindow it is better (faster and the result
712 is more precise as Fit() adds some margin to account for fuzziness of its calculations)
716 window->SetClientSize(child->GetSize());
719 instead of calling Fit().
721 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
726 Similar to Fit(), but sizes the interior (virtual) size of a window.
728 Mainly useful with scrolled windows to reset scrollbars after sizing
729 changes that do not trigger a size event, and/or scrolled windows without
730 an interior sizer. This function similarly won't do anything if there are
733 virtual void FitInside();
736 Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking
737 place on screen, the window is not redrawn at all.
739 Thaw() must be called to reenable window redrawing. Calls to these two
740 functions may be nested but to ensure that the window is properly
741 repainted again, you must thaw it exactly as many times as you froze it.
743 If the window has any children, they are recursively frozen too.
745 This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example,
746 it is a good idea to use it before doing many large text insertions in
747 a row into a wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all
748 platforms nor for all controls so it is mostly just a hint to wxWidgets
749 and not a mandatory directive.
751 @see wxWindowUpdateLocker, Thaw(), IsFrozen()
753 virtual void Freeze();
756 Gets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
758 wxAcceleratorTable
* GetAcceleratorTable() const;
761 Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
762 See also wxAccessible.
764 wxAccessible
* GetAccessible();
768 This method is deprecated, use GetEffectiveMinSize() instead.
770 wxSize
GetAdjustedBestSize() const;
773 Returns the background colour of the window.
775 @see SetBackgroundColour(), SetForegroundColour(), GetForegroundColour()
777 wxColour
GetBackgroundColour() const;
780 Returns the background style of the window.
781 The background style can be one of the wxBackgroundStyle.
783 @see SetBackgroundColour(), GetForegroundColour(),
784 SetBackgroundStyle(), SetTransparent()
786 virtual wxBackgroundStyle
GetBackgroundStyle() const;
789 This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window.
791 For example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
792 control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
793 wxPanel), the size returned by this function will be the same as the size
794 the window would have had after calling Fit().
796 wxSize
GetBestSize() const;
799 Returns the currently captured window.
801 @see HasCapture(), CaptureMouse(), ReleaseMouse(),
802 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
804 static wxWindow
* GetCapture();
807 Returns the caret() associated with the window.
809 wxCaret
* GetCaret() const;
812 Returns the character height for this window.
814 virtual int GetCharHeight() const;
817 Returns the average character width for this window.
819 virtual int GetCharWidth() const;
823 Returns a reference to the list of the window's children. @c wxWindowList
824 is a type-safe wxList-like class whose elements are of type @c wxWindow*.
826 wxWindowList
& GetChildren();
827 const wxWindowList
& GetChildren() const;
831 Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control.
833 This is useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control
834 as in a standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
835 colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
836 system, especially if it uses themes.
838 The @a variant parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
839 ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
840 returned font. See SetWindowVariant() for more about this.
842 This static method is "overridden" in many derived classes and so calling,
843 for example, wxButton::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
844 return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
845 from those returned by, say, wxListCtrl::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
847 The @c wxVisualAttributes structure has at least the fields
848 @c font, @c colFg and @c colBg. All of them may be invalid
849 if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
850 especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
851 the case for @c colBg for the controls with themed background.
853 @see InheritAttributes()
855 static wxVisualAttributes
GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindowVariant variant
= wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL
);
859 Returns the size of the window 'client area' in pixels.
860 The client area is the area which may be drawn on by the programmer,
861 excluding title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
862 Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
863 return size is empty (both width and height are 0).
866 Receives the client width in pixels.
868 Receives the client height in pixels.
870 @see GetSize(), GetVirtualSize()
872 void GetClientSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
873 wxSize
GetClientSize() const;
877 Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or @NULL if there are none.
879 wxLayoutConstraints
* GetConstraints() const;
882 Return the sizer that this window is a member of, if any, otherwise @NULL.
884 wxSizer
* GetContainingSizer() const;
887 Return the cursor associated with this window.
891 const wxCursor
& GetCursor() const;
894 Currently this is the same as calling
895 wxWindow::GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindow::GetWindowVariant()).
897 One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
898 the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
899 virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
901 The other one is that in the future this function could return different
902 results, for example it might return a different font for an "Ok" button
903 than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
904 in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
905 function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
906 version can be used without having to create an object first.
908 virtual wxVisualAttributes
GetDefaultAttributes() const;
911 Returns the associated drop target, which may be @NULL.
913 @see SetDropTarget(), @ref overview_dnd
915 wxDropTarget
* GetDropTarget() const;
918 Merges the window's best size into the min size and returns the result.
919 This is the value used by sizers to determine the appropriate
920 ammount of space to allocate for the widget.
922 @see GetBestSize(), SetInitialSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
924 wxSize
GetEffectiveMinSize() const;
927 Returns the event handler for this window.
928 By default, the window is its own event handler.
930 @see SetEventHandler(), PushEventHandler(),
931 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
933 wxEvtHandler
* GetEventHandler() const;
936 Returns the extra style bits for the window.
938 long GetExtraStyle() const;
941 Returns the font for this window.
945 wxFont
GetFont() const;
948 Returns the foreground colour of the window.
950 @remarks The interpretation of foreground colour is open to
951 interpretation according to the window class; it may be
952 the text colour or other colour, or it may not be used at all.
954 @see SetForegroundColour(), SetBackgroundColour(),
955 GetBackgroundColour()
957 wxColour
GetForegroundColour();
960 Returns the grandparent of a window, or @NULL if there isn't one.
962 wxWindow
* GetGrandParent() const;
965 Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window.
966 Cast it to an appropriate handle, such as @b HWND for Windows,
967 @b Widget for Motif, @b GtkWidget for GTK or @b WinHandle for PalmOS.
969 void* GetHandle() const;
972 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
973 Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
974 implementation, and not in the window object itself.
976 @see SetHelpText(), GetHelpTextAtPoint(), wxHelpProvider
978 virtual wxString
GetHelpText() const;
981 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
982 This method should be overridden if the help message depends on the position
983 inside the window, otherwise GetHelpText() can be used.
986 Coordinates of the mouse at the moment of help event emission.
988 Help event origin, see also wxHelpEvent::GetOrigin.
990 virtual wxString
GetHelpTextAtPoint(const wxPoint point
,
991 wxHelpEvent::Origin origin
) const;
994 Returns the identifier of the window.
996 @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application
997 has not provided one (or the default wxID_ANY) an unique
998 identifier with a negative value will be generated.
1000 @see SetId(), @ref overview_windowids
1005 Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
1006 identification purposes.
1008 @remarks The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
1009 For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the
1010 title. For buttons or static text controls, it is the
1011 button text. This function can be useful for
1012 meta-programs (such as testing tools or special-needs
1013 access programs) which need to identify windows by name.
1015 virtual wxString
GetLabel() const;
1018 Returns the maximum size of window's client area.
1020 This is an indication to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the maximum
1021 possible size as well as the upper bound on window's size settable using
1026 wxSize
GetMaxClientSize() const;
1029 Returns the maximum size of the window.
1031 This is an indication to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the maximum
1032 possible size as well as the upper bound on window's size settable using SetSize().
1034 @see GetMaxClientSize()
1036 wxSize
GetMaxSize() const;
1039 Returns the minimum size of window's client area, an indication to the sizer
1040 layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of its client area.
1042 It normally just returns the value set by SetMinClientSize(), but it can be
1043 overridden to do the calculation on demand.
1047 virtual wxSize
GetMinClientSize() const;
1050 Returns the minimum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout
1051 mechanism that this is the minimum required size.
1053 This method normally just returns the value set by SetMinSize(), but it
1054 can be overridden to do the calculation on demand.
1056 @see GetMinClientSize()
1058 virtual wxSize
GetMinSize() const;
1061 Returns the window's name.
1063 @remarks This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the
1064 programmer to supply an appropriate name in the window
1065 constructor or via SetName().
1069 virtual wxString
GetName() const;
1072 Returns the next window after this one among the parent children or @NULL
1073 if this window is the last child.
1077 @see GetPrevSibling()
1079 wxWindow
* GetNextSibling() const;
1082 Returns the parent of the window, or @NULL if there is no parent.
1084 virtual wxWindow
* GetParent() const;
1088 This function shows a popup menu at the given position in this window and
1089 returns the selected id. It can be more convenient than the general purpose
1090 PopupMenu() function for simple menus proposing a choice in a list of
1091 strings to the user.
1096 The position at which to show the menu in client coordinates
1098 The horizontal position of the menu
1100 The vertical position of the menu
1102 @return The selected menu item id or wxID_NONE if none selected or an
1105 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu
& menu
, const wxPoint
& pos
);
1106 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu
& menu
, int x
, int y
);
1111 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
1112 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level windows.
1115 Receives the x position of the window if non-@NULL.
1117 Receives the y position of the window if non-@NULL.
1119 @see GetScreenPosition()
1121 void GetPosition(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1122 wxPoint
GetPosition() const;
1126 Returns the previous window before this one among the parent children or @c
1127 @NULL if this window is the first child.
1131 @see GetNextSibling()
1133 wxWindow
* GetPrevSibling() const;
1136 Returns the position and size of the window as a wxRect object.
1138 @see GetScreenRect()
1140 wxRect
GetRect() const;
1144 Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
1145 child window or a top level one.
1148 Receives the x position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
1150 Receives the y position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
1154 void GetScreenPosition(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1155 wxPoint
GetScreenPosition() const;
1159 Returns the position and size of the window on the screen as a wxRect object.
1163 wxRect
GetScreenRect() const;
1166 Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
1168 @see See SetScrollbar()
1170 virtual int GetScrollPos(int orientation
);
1173 Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
1177 virtual int GetScrollRange(int orientation
);
1180 Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
1184 virtual int GetScrollThumb(int orientation
);
1188 Returns the size of the entire window in pixels, including title bar, border,
1191 Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
1192 returned size is the restored window size, not the size of the window icon.
1195 Receives the window width.
1197 Receives the window height.
1199 @see GetClientSize(), GetVirtualSize()
1201 void GetSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
1202 wxSize
GetSize() const;
1206 Return the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
1207 SetSizer() or @NULL.
1209 wxSizer
* GetSizer() const;
1213 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1214 window with the currently selected font.
1216 The text extent is returned in @a w and @a h pointers.
1219 String whose extent is to be measured.
1221 Return value for width.
1223 Return value for height.
1225 Return value for descent (optional).
1226 @param externalLeading
1227 Return value for external leading (optional).
1229 Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).
1231 If @true, string contains 16-bit characters. The default is @false.
1233 virtual void GetTextExtent(const wxString
& string
, int* w
, int* h
,
1234 int* descent
= NULL
,
1235 int* externalLeading
= NULL
,
1236 const wxFont
* font
= NULL
,
1237 bool use16
= false) const;
1240 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1241 window with the currently selected font.
1243 wxSize
GetTextExtent(const wxString
& string
) const;
1247 Get the associated tooltip or @NULL if none.
1249 wxToolTip
* GetToolTip() const;
1252 Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged.
1253 Should only be called within an wxPaintEvent handler.
1255 @see wxRegion, wxRegionIterator
1257 virtual wxRegion
GetUpdateRegion() const;
1260 Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or @NULL if
1263 wxValidator
* GetValidator() const;
1267 This gets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
1268 By default it returns the client size of the window, but after a call to
1269 SetVirtualSize() it will return that size.
1272 Receives the window virtual width.
1274 Receives the window virtual height.
1276 void GetVirtualSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
1277 wxSize
GetVirtualSize() const;
1281 Returns the size of the left/right and top/bottom borders of this window in x
1282 and y components of the result respectively.
1284 wxSize
GetWindowBorderSize() const;
1287 Gets the window style that was passed to the constructor or @b Create
1288 method. @b GetWindowStyle() is another name for the same function.
1290 long GetWindowStyleFlag() const;
1293 Returns the value previously passed to SetWindowVariant().
1295 wxWindowVariant
GetWindowVariant() const;
1298 This function will generate the appropriate call to
1299 Navigate() if the key event is one normally used for
1300 keyboard navigation and return @true in this case.
1302 @return Returns @true if the key pressed was for navigation and was
1303 handled, @false otherwise.
1307 bool HandleAsNavigationKey(const wxKeyEvent
& event
);
1312 GetEventHandler()->SafelyProcessEvent(event);
1315 bool HandleWindowEvent(wxEvent
& event
);
1318 Returns @true if this window has the current mouse capture.
1320 @see CaptureMouse(), ReleaseMouse(), wxMouseCaptureLostEvent,
1321 wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1323 virtual bool HasCapture() const;
1326 Returns @true if the window has the given @a exFlag bit set in its
1329 @see SetExtraStyle()
1331 bool HasExtraStyle(int exFlag
) const;
1334 Returns @true if the window has the given @a flag bit set.
1336 bool HasFlag(int flag
) const;
1339 Returns @true if the window (or in case of composite controls, its main
1340 child window) has focus.
1344 virtual bool HasFocus() const;
1347 This method should be overridden to return @true if this window has
1348 multiple pages. All standard class with multiple pages such as
1349 wxNotebook, wxListbook and wxTreebook already override it to return @true
1350 and user-defined classes with similar behaviour should do it as well to
1351 allow the library to handle such windows appropriately.
1353 virtual bool HasMultiplePages() const;
1356 Returns @true if this window has a scroll bar for this orientation.
1359 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
1361 virtual bool HasScrollbar(int orient
) const;
1364 Returns @true if this window background is transparent (as, for example,
1365 for wxStaticText) and should show the parent window background.
1367 This method is mostly used internally by the library itself and you normally
1368 shouldn't have to call it. You may, however, have to override it in your
1369 wxWindow-derived class to ensure that background is painted correctly.
1371 virtual bool HasTransparentBackground() const;
1374 Equivalent to calling wxWindow::Show(@false).
1379 This function hides a window, like Hide(), but using a special visual
1382 The parameters of this function are the same as for ShowWithEffect(),
1383 please see their description there.
1387 virtual bool HideWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect
,
1388 unsigned timeout
= 0);
1391 This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
1392 window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
1393 the font and the foreground and background colours.
1395 By "intelligently" the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
1396 own @ref GetClassDefaultAttributes() default attributes.
1397 However if some of the parents attributes are explicitly (that is, using
1398 SetFont() and not wxWindow::SetOwnFont) changed and if the corresponding
1399 attribute hadn't been explicitly set for this window itself, then this
1400 window takes the same value as used by the parent.
1401 In addition, if the window overrides ShouldInheritColours() to return @false,
1402 the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the font might.
1404 This rather complicated logic is necessary in order to accommodate the
1405 different usage scenarios. The most common one is when all default attributes
1406 are used and in this case, nothing should be inherited as in modern GUIs
1407 different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
1408 they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
1409 desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
1410 just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
1411 do inherit the parents attributes.
1413 void InheritAttributes();
1416 Sends an @c wxEVT_INIT_DIALOG event, whose handler usually transfers data
1417 to the dialog via validators.
1422 Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it
1425 void InvalidateBestSize();
1428 Returns @true if the window contents is double-buffered by the system, i.e. if
1429 any drawing done on the window is really done on a temporary backing surface
1430 and transferred to the screen all at once later.
1434 virtual bool IsDoubleBuffered() const;
1437 Returns @true if the window is enabled, i.e. if it accepts user input,
1440 Notice that this method can return @false even if this window itself hadn't
1441 been explicitly disabled when one of its parent windows is disabled.
1442 To get the intrinsic status of this window, use IsThisEnabled()
1446 virtual bool IsEnabled() const;
1450 Returns @true if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
1451 last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
1452 only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
1454 bool IsExposed(int x
, int y
) const;
1455 const bool IsExposed(wxPoint amp
;pt
) const;
1456 const bool IsExposed(int x
, int y
, int w
, int h
) const;
1457 const bool IsExposed(wxRect amp
;rect
) const;
1461 Returns @true if the window is currently frozen by a call to Freeze().
1463 @see Freeze(), Thaw()
1465 virtual bool IsFrozen() const;
1468 Returns @true if the window is retained, @false otherwise.
1470 @remarks Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
1472 virtual bool IsRetained() const;
1475 Return whether a scrollbar is always shown.
1478 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
1480 @see AlwaysShowScrollbars()
1482 bool IsScrollbarAlwaysShown(int orient
);
1485 Returns @true if the window is shown, @false if it has been hidden.
1487 @see IsShownOnScreen()
1489 virtual bool IsShown() const;
1492 Returns @true if the window is physically visible on the screen, i.e. it
1493 is shown and all its parents up to the toplevel window are shown as well.
1497 virtual bool IsShownOnScreen() const;
1500 Returns @true if this window is intrinsically enabled, @false otherwise,
1501 i.e. if @ref Enable() Enable(@false) had been called. This method is
1502 mostly used for wxWidgets itself, user code should normally use
1503 IsEnabled() instead.
1505 bool IsThisEnabled() const;
1508 Returns @true if the given window is a top-level one. Currently all frames and
1509 dialogs are considered to be top-level windows (even if they have a parent
1512 bool IsTopLevel() const;
1515 Invokes the constraint-based layout algorithm or the sizer-based algorithm
1518 See SetAutoLayout(): when auto layout is on, this function gets called automatically
1519 when the window is resized.
1521 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
1526 Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
1533 Disables all other windows in the application so that
1534 the user can only interact with this window.
1537 If @true, this call disables all other windows in the application so that
1538 the user can only interact with this window. If @false, the effect is
1541 virtual void MakeModal(bool flag
);
1544 Moves the window to the given position.
1547 Required x position.
1549 Required y position.
1551 @remarks Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1552 Move() function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class as the call:
1554 SetSize(x, y, wxDefaultCoord, wxDefaultCoord, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1559 void Move(int x
, int y
);
1562 Moves the window to the given position.
1565 wxPoint object representing the position.
1567 @remarks Implementations of SetSize() can also implicitly implement the
1568 Move() function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class as the call:
1570 SetSize(x, y, wxDefaultCoord, wxDefaultCoord, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1575 void Move(const wxPoint
& pt
);
1578 Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified @e win.
1579 This means that when the user presses @c TAB key on that other window,
1580 the focus switches to this window.
1582 Default tab order is the same as creation order, this function and
1583 MoveBeforeInTabOrder() allow to change
1584 it after creating all the windows.
1587 A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
1590 void MoveAfterInTabOrder(wxWindow
* win
);
1593 Same as MoveAfterInTabOrder() except that it inserts this window just
1594 before @a win instead of putting it right after it.
1596 void MoveBeforeInTabOrder(wxWindow
* win
);
1599 Performs a keyboard navigation action starting from this window.
1600 This method is equivalent to calling NavigateIn() method on the
1604 A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and
1605 wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.
1607 @return Returns @true if the focus was moved to another window or @false
1610 @remarks You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress
1611 handler to do the default navigation behaviour for the
1612 tab key, since the standard default behaviour for a
1613 multiline text control with the wxTE_PROCESS_TAB style
1614 is to insert a tab and not navigate to the next
1615 control. See also wxNavigationKeyEvent and
1616 HandleAsNavigationKey.
1618 bool Navigate(int flags
= wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward
);
1621 Performs a keyboard navigation action inside this window.
1622 See Navigate() for more information.
1624 bool NavigateIn(int flags
= wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward
);
1627 Create a new ID or range of IDs that are not currently in use.
1628 The IDs will be reserved until assigned to a wxWindow ID
1629 or unreserved with UnreserveControlId().
1631 See @ref overview_windowids for more information.
1634 The number of sequential IDs to reserve.
1636 @return Returns the ID or the first ID of the range, or wxID_NONE if the
1637 specified number of identifiers couldn't be allocated.
1639 @see UnreserveControlId(), wxIdManager,
1640 @ref overview_windowids
1642 static wxWindowID
NewControlId(int count
= 1);
1645 This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
1646 sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
1647 that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
1648 handler in a derived class.
1650 This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
1651 and most implementations call UpdateWindowUI()
1652 in order to send update events to the window in idle time.
1654 virtual void OnInternalIdle();
1657 Same as #ScrollLines (-1).
1662 Same as #ScrollLines (1).
1667 Same as #ScrollPages (-1).
1672 Same as #ScrollPages (1).
1678 Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
1680 @param deleteHandler
1681 If this is @true, the handler will be deleted after it is removed.
1682 The default value is @false.
1684 @see SetEventHandler(), GetEventHandler(),
1685 PushEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
1687 wxEvtHandler
* PopEventHandler(bool deleteHandler
= false) const;
1691 Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
1692 window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu.
1694 If a menu item is selected, the corresponding menu event is generated and will be
1695 processed as usually. If the coordinates are not specified, current mouse
1696 cursor position is used.
1701 The position where the menu will appear.
1703 Required x position for the menu to appear.
1705 Required y position for the menu to appear.
1707 @remarks Just before the menu is popped up, wxMenu::UpdateUI is called to
1708 ensure that the menu items are in the correct state.
1709 The menu does not get deleted by the window.
1710 It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when
1711 calling PopupMenu in response to mouse click, because some of
1712 the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do a better job of positioning
1713 the menu in that case.
1717 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu
* menu
,
1718 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
);
1719 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu
* menu
, int x
, int y
);
1723 Posts a size event to the window.
1725 This is the same as SendSizeEvent() with @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST argument.
1727 void PostSizeEvent();
1730 Posts a size event to the parent of this window.
1732 This is the same as SendSizeEventToParent() with @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST
1735 void PostSizeEventToParent();
1738 Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
1741 Specifies the handler to be pushed.
1743 @remarks An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the
1744 events sent to a window. By default, the window is its
1745 own event handler, but an application may wish to
1746 substitute another, for example to allow central
1747 implementation of event-handling for a variety of
1748 different window classes.
1749 wxWindow::PushEventHandler allows an application to set up a
1750 chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event
1751 handler is handed to the next one in the chain.
1752 Use wxWindow::PopEventHandler to remove the event handler.
1754 @see SetEventHandler(), GetEventHandler(),
1755 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
1757 void PushEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
1760 Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
1761 In current version of wxWidgets this works both for managed and child windows.
1768 Causes this window, and all of its children recursively (except under wxGTK1
1769 where this is not implemented), to be repainted. Note that repainting doesn't
1770 happen immediately but only during the next event loop iteration, if you need
1771 to update the window immediately you should use Update() instead.
1773 @param eraseBackground
1774 If @true, the background will be erased.
1776 If non-@NULL, only the given rectangle will be treated as damaged.
1780 virtual void Refresh(bool eraseBackground
= true,
1781 const wxRect
* rect
= NULL
);
1784 Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: only the area inside it will be
1787 This is the same as Refresh() but has a nicer syntax as it can be called
1788 with a temporary wxRect object as argument like this @c RefreshRect(wxRect(x, y, w, h)).
1790 void RefreshRect(const wxRect
& rect
, bool eraseBackground
= true);
1793 Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey
1794 registered here, this window will receive a hotkey event.
1796 It will receive the event even if the application is in the background
1797 and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some
1801 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0
1802 and 0xBFFF. If this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a
1803 system wide unique identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
1804 This is a MSW specific detail.
1806 A bitwise combination of wxMOD_SHIFT, wxMOD_CONTROL, wxMOD_ALT
1807 or wxMOD_WIN specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along
1809 @param virtualKeyCode
1810 The virtual key code of the hotkey.
1812 @return @true if the hotkey was registered successfully. @false if some
1813 other application already registered a hotkey with this
1814 modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
1816 @remarks Use EVT_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the
1817 event. This function is currently only implemented
1818 under Windows. It is used in the Windows CE port for
1819 detecting hardware button presses.
1821 @see UnregisterHotKey()
1823 bool RegisterHotKey(int hotkeyId
, int modifiers
,
1824 int virtualKeyCode
);
1827 Releases mouse input captured with CaptureMouse().
1829 @see CaptureMouse(), HasCapture(), ReleaseMouse(),
1830 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1832 virtual void ReleaseMouse();
1835 Removes a child window.
1837 This is called automatically by window deletion functions so should not
1838 be required by the application programmer.
1839 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
1840 called by the user code.
1843 Child window to remove.
1845 virtual void RemoveChild(wxWindow
* child
);
1848 Find the given @a handler in the windows event handler chain and remove
1849 (but not delete) it from it.
1852 The event handler to remove, must be non-@NULL and
1853 must be present in this windows event handlers chain
1855 @return Returns @true if it was found and @false otherwise (this also
1856 results in an assert failure so this function should
1857 only be called when the handler is supposed to be there).
1859 @see PushEventHandler(), PopEventHandler()
1861 bool RemoveEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
1864 Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
1865 current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
1866 and then re-inserted into another.
1871 virtual bool Reparent(wxWindow
* newParent
);
1875 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
1878 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1880 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1882 The screen position for the second form of the function.
1884 virtual void ScreenToClient(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1885 virtual wxPoint
ScreenToClient(const wxPoint
& pt
) const;
1889 Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if @a lines is
1892 @return Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
1893 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
1895 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and
1896 wxTextCtrl under wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolled classes
1897 under all platforms).
1901 virtual bool ScrollLines(int lines
);
1904 Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if @a pages is
1907 @return Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
1908 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
1910 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxGTK.
1914 virtual bool ScrollPages(int pages
);
1917 Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
1920 Amount to scroll horizontally.
1922 Amount to scroll vertically.
1924 Rectangle to scroll, if it is @NULL, the whole window is
1925 scrolled (this is always the case under wxGTK which doesn't support this
1928 @remarks Note that you can often use wxScrolled instead of using this
1931 virtual void ScrollWindow(int dx
, int dy
,
1932 const wxRect
* rect
= NULL
);
1935 This function sends a dummy @ref overview_wxsizeevent "size event" to
1936 the window allowing it to re-layout its children positions.
1938 It is sometimes useful to call this function after adding or deleting a
1939 children after the frame creation or if a child size changes. Note that
1940 if the frame is using either sizers or constraints for the children
1941 layout, it is enough to call wxWindow::Layout() directly and this
1942 function should not be used in this case.
1944 If @a flags includes @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST value, this function posts
1945 the event, i.e. schedules it for later processing, instead of
1946 dispatching it directly. You can also use PostSizeEvent() as a more
1947 readable equivalent of calling this function with this flag.
1950 May include @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST. Default value is 0.
1952 void SendSizeEvent(int flags
= 0);
1955 Safe wrapper for GetParent()->SendSizeEvent().
1957 This function simply checks that the window has a valid parent which is
1958 not in process of being deleted and calls SendSizeEvent() on it. It is
1959 used internally by windows such as toolbars changes to whose state
1960 should result in parent re-layout (e.g. when a toolbar is added to the
1961 top of the window, all the other windows must be shifted down).
1963 @see PostSizeEventToParent()
1966 See description of this parameter in SendSizeEvent() documentation.
1968 void SendSizeEventToParent(int flags
= 0);
1971 Sets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
1973 virtual void SetAcceleratorTable(const wxAcceleratorTable
& accel
);
1976 Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
1977 will be deleted first, if not identical to @e accessible.
1978 See also wxAccessible.
1980 void SetAccessible(wxAccessible
* accessible
);
1983 Determines whether the Layout() function will be called automatically
1984 when the window is resized. Please note that this only happens for the
1985 windows usually used to contain children, namely wxPanel and wxTopLevelWindow
1986 (and the classes deriving from them).
1988 This method is called implicitly by SetSizer() but if you use SetConstraints()
1989 you should call it manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly
1990 updated when its size changes.
1993 Set this to @true if you wish the Layout function to be
1994 called automatically when the window is resized.
1996 @see SetConstraints()
1998 void SetAutoLayout(bool autoLayout
);
2001 Sets the background colour of the window.
2002 Please see InheritAttributes() for explanation of the difference between
2003 this method and SetOwnBackgroundColour().
2006 The colour to be used as the background colour, pass
2007 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
2009 @remarks The background colour is usually painted by the default
2010 wxEraseEvent event handler function under Windows and
2011 automatically under GTK.
2012 Note that setting the background colour does not cause an
2013 immediate refresh, so you may wish to call wxWindow::ClearBackground
2014 or wxWindow::Refresh after calling this function.
2015 Using this function will disable attempts to use themes for
2016 this window, if the system supports them. Use with care since
2017 usually the themes represent the appearance chosen by the user
2018 to be used for all applications on the system.
2020 @see GetBackgroundColour(), SetForegroundColour(),
2021 GetForegroundColour(), ClearBackground(),
2022 Refresh(), wxEraseEvent
2024 virtual bool SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2027 Sets the background style of the window. see GetBackgroundStyle() for
2028 the description of the possible style values.
2030 @see SetBackgroundColour(), GetForegroundColour(),
2033 virtual void SetBackgroundStyle(wxBackgroundStyle style
);
2036 This method is only implemented by ports which have support for
2037 native TAB traversal (such as GTK+ 2.0).
2039 It is called by wxWidgets' container control code to give the native
2040 system a hint when doing TAB traversal. A call to this does not disable
2041 or change the effect of programmatically calling SetFocus().
2043 @see wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus, wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
2045 virtual void SetCanFocus(bool canFocus
);
2048 Sets the caret() associated with the window.
2050 void SetCaret(wxCaret
* caret
) const;
2054 This sets the size of the window client area in pixels.
2056 Using this function to size a window tends to be more device-independent
2057 than SetSize(), since the application need not worry about what dimensions
2058 the border or title bar have when trying to fit the window around panel
2062 The required client area width.
2064 The required client area height.
2066 The required client size.
2068 virtual void SetClientSize(int width
, int height
);
2069 virtual void SetClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2073 Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
2074 will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2075 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2076 window, it will be deleted.
2079 The constraints to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
2082 @remarks You must call SetAutoLayout() to tell a window to use
2083 the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you
2084 must override OnSize and call Layout() explicitly. When
2085 setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a wxSizer, only
2086 the sizer will have effect.
2088 void SetConstraints(wxLayoutConstraints
* constraints
);
2091 This normally does not need to be called by user code.
2092 It is called when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window
2093 can remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
2095 void SetContainingSizer(wxSizer
* sizer
);
2098 Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
2099 children of the window implicitly.
2101 The @a cursor may be @c wxNullCursor in which case the window cursor will
2102 be reset back to default.
2105 Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.
2107 @see ::wxSetCursor, wxCursor
2109 virtual void SetCursor(const wxCursor
& cursor
);
2112 Associates a drop target with this window.
2113 If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
2115 @see GetDropTarget(), @ref overview_dnd
2117 void SetDropTarget(wxDropTarget
* target
);
2120 Sets the event handler for this window.
2123 Specifies the handler to be set.
2125 @remarks An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the
2126 events sent to a window. By default, the window is its
2127 own event handler, but an application may wish to
2128 substitute another, for example to allow central
2129 implementation of event-handling for a variety of
2130 different window classes.
2131 It is usually better to use wxWindow::PushEventHandler since
2132 this sets up a chain of event handlers, where an event not
2133 handled by one event handler is handed to the next one in the chain.
2135 @see GetEventHandler(), PushEventHandler(),
2136 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
2138 void SetEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
2141 Sets the extra style bits for the window.
2142 The currently defined extra style bits are reported in the class
2145 void SetExtraStyle(long exStyle
);
2148 This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
2150 @see HasFocus(), wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus,
2151 wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
2153 virtual void SetFocus();
2156 This function is called by wxWidgets keyboard navigation code when the user
2157 gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using @c TAB key).
2159 By default this method simply calls SetFocus() but
2160 can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
2162 virtual void SetFocusFromKbd();
2165 Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
2166 parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
2167 use SetOwnFont() instead in this case and see InheritAttributes() for more
2170 Please notice that the given font is not automatically used for
2171 wxPaintDC objects associated with this window, you need to
2172 call wxDC::SetFont too. However this font is used by
2173 any standard controls for drawing their text as well as by
2177 Font to associate with this window, pass
2178 wxNullFont to reset to the default font.
2180 @return @true if the want was really changed, @false if it was already set
2181 to this font and so nothing was done.
2183 @see GetFont(), InheritAttributes()
2185 bool SetFont(const wxFont
& font
);
2188 Sets the foreground colour of the window.
2189 Please see InheritAttributes() for explanation of the difference between
2190 this method and SetOwnForegroundColour().
2193 The colour to be used as the foreground colour, pass
2194 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
2196 @remarks The interpretation of foreground colour is open to
2197 interpretation according to the window class; it may be
2198 the text colour or other colour, or it may not be used at all.
2200 @see GetForegroundColour(), SetBackgroundColour(),
2201 GetBackgroundColour(), ShouldInheritColours()
2203 virtual void SetForegroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2206 Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2207 Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
2208 implementation, and not in the window object itself.
2210 @see GetHelpText(), wxHelpProvider::AddHelp()
2212 virtual void SetHelpText(const wxString
& helpText
);
2215 Sets the identifier of the window.
2217 @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has
2218 not provided one, an identifier will be generated.
2219 Normally, the identifier should be provided on creation
2220 and should not be modified subsequently.
2222 @see GetId(), @ref overview_windowids
2227 Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the
2228 components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord).
2230 virtual void SetInitialBestSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2233 A @e smart SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
2234 window's @e best size values.
2236 Also sets the window's minsize to the value passed in for use with sizers.
2237 This means that if a full or partial size is passed to this function then
2238 the sizers will use that size instead of the results of GetBestSize() to
2239 determine the minimum needs of the window for layout.
2241 Most controls will use this to set their initial size, and their min
2242 size to the passed in value (if any.)
2244 @see SetSize(), GetBestSize(), GetEffectiveMinSize(),
2245 @ref overview_windowsizing
2247 void SetInitialSize(const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
);
2250 Sets the window's label.
2257 virtual void SetLabel(const wxString
& label
);
2260 Sets the maximum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
2261 layout mechanism that this is the maximum possible size of its client area.
2265 void SetMaxClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2268 Sets the maximum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
2269 that this is the maximum possible size.
2271 @see SetMaxClientSize()
2273 void SetMaxSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2276 Sets the minimum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
2277 layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of window's client
2280 You may need to call this if you change the window size after
2281 construction and before adding to its parent sizer.
2283 Note, that just as with SetMinSize(), calling this method doesn't
2284 prevent the program from explicitly making the window smaller than the
2289 void SetMinClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2292 Sets the minimum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout
2293 mechanism that this is the minimum required size.
2295 You may need to call this if you change the window size after
2296 construction and before adding to its parent sizer.
2298 Notice that calling this method doesn't prevent the program from making
2299 the window explicitly smaller than the specified size by calling
2300 SetSize(), it just ensures that it won't become smaller than this size
2301 during the automatic layout.
2303 @see SetMinClientSize()
2305 void SetMinSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2308 Sets the window's name.
2311 A name to set for the window.
2315 virtual void SetName(const wxString
& name
);
2318 Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2319 by the children of this window.
2321 @see SetBackgroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
2323 void SetOwnBackgroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2326 Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
2327 children of this window.
2329 @see SetFont(), InheritAttributes()
2331 void SetOwnFont(const wxFont
& font
);
2334 Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2335 by the children of this window.
2337 @see SetForegroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
2339 void SetOwnForegroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2342 @deprecated use wxDC::SetPalette instead.
2344 virtual void SetPalette(wxPalette
* palette
);
2347 Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2350 Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set.
2351 May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
2353 Position in scroll units.
2355 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
2357 @remarks This function does not directly affect the contents of the
2358 window: it is up to the application to take note of
2359 scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
2361 @see SetScrollbar(), GetScrollPos(), GetScrollThumb(), wxScrollBar,
2364 virtual void SetScrollPos(int orientation
, int pos
,
2365 bool refresh
= true);
2368 Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
2371 Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set.
2372 May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
2374 The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.
2376 The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.
2378 The maximum position of the scrollbar.
2380 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
2382 @remarks Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same
2383 font. The window is sized so that you can only see 16
2387 SetScrollbar(wxVERTICAL, 0, 16, 50);
2389 Note that with the window at this size, the thumb position can never
2390 go above 50 minus 16, or 34. You can determine how many lines are
2391 currently visible by dividing the current view size by the character
2393 When defining your own scrollbar behaviour, you will always need
2394 to recalculate the scrollbar settings when the window size changes.
2395 You could therefore put your scrollbar calculations and SetScrollbar
2396 call into a function named AdjustScrollbars, which can be called
2397 initially and also from your wxSizeEvent handler function.
2399 @see @ref overview_scrolling, wxScrollBar, wxScrolled, wxScrollWinEvent
2401 virtual void SetScrollbar(int orientation
, int position
,
2404 bool refresh
= true);
2408 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
2411 Required x position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
2412 existing value should be used.
2414 Required y position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
2415 existing value should be used.
2417 Required width in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
2418 value should be used.
2420 Required height position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
2421 existing value should be used.
2423 wxSize object for setting the size.
2425 wxRect object for setting the position and size.
2427 Indicates the interpretation of other parameters.
2428 It is a bit list of the following:
2429 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO_WIDTH: a wxDefaultCoord width value is taken to indicate
2430 a wxWidgets-supplied default width.
2431 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO_HEIGHT: a wxDefaultCoord height value is taken to indicate
2432 a wxWidgets-supplied default height.
2433 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO: wxDefaultCoord size values are taken to indicate
2434 a wxWidgets-supplied default size.
2435 - @c wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING: existing dimensions should be used
2436 if wxDefaultCoord values are supplied.
2437 - @c wxSIZE_ALLOW_MINUS_ONE: allow negative dimensions (i.e. value of
2438 wxDefaultCoord) to be interpreted as real
2439 dimensions, not default values.
2440 - @c wxSIZE_FORCE: normally, if the position and the size of the window are
2441 already the same as the parameters of this function,
2442 nothing is done. but with this flag a window resize may
2443 be forced even in this case (supported in wx 2.6.2 and
2444 later and only implemented for MSW and ignored elsewhere
2447 @remarks The second form is a convenience for calling the first form with
2448 default x and y parameters, and must be used with
2449 non-default width and height values.
2450 The first form sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
2451 Parameters may be wxDefaultCoord to indicate either that a default
2452 should be supplied by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the
2453 dimension should be used.
2457 virtual void SetSize(int x
, int y
, int width
, int height
,
2458 int sizeFlags
= wxSIZE_AUTO
);
2459 virtual void SetSize(const wxRect
& rect
);
2460 virtual void SetSize(int width
, int height
);
2461 virtual void SetSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2465 Sets the window to have the given layout sizer.
2466 The window will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2467 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2468 window, it will be deleted if the deleteOld parameter is @true.
2470 Note that this function will also call SetAutoLayout() implicitly with @true
2471 parameter if the @a sizer is non-@NULL and @false otherwise.
2474 The sizer to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and conditionally delete
2475 the window's sizer. See below.
2477 If @true (the default), this will delete any pre-existing sizer.
2478 Pass @false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself.
2480 @remarks SetSizer enables and disables Layout automatically.
2482 void SetSizer(wxSizer
* sizer
, bool deleteOld
= true);
2485 This method calls SetSizer() and then wxSizer::SetSizeHints which sets the initial
2486 window size to the size needed to accommodate all sizer elements and sets the
2487 size hints which, if this window is a top level one, prevent the user from
2488 resizing it to be less than this minimial size.
2490 void SetSizerAndFit(wxSizer
* sizer
, bool deleteOld
= true);
2493 This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
2494 to draw the windows' background instead if its own background drawing
2495 code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
2496 obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
2497 One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
2498 defined by a user's selected theme.
2500 Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to @true
2501 by default so that the default look and feel is simulated best.
2503 virtual void SetThemeEnabled(bool enable
);
2507 Attach a tooltip to the window.
2509 wxToolTip pointer can be @NULL in the overload taking the pointer,
2510 meaning to unset any existing tooltips, however UnsetToolTip() provides
2511 a more readable alternative to this operation.
2513 Notice that these methods are always available, even if wxWidgets was
2514 compiled with @c wxUSE_TOOLTIPS set to 0, but don't do anything in this
2517 @see GetToolTip(), wxToolTip
2519 void SetToolTip(const wxString
& tip
);
2520 void SetToolTip(wxToolTip
* tip
);
2524 Set the transparency of the window. If the system supports transparent windows,
2525 returns @true, otherwise returns @false and the window remains fully opaque.
2526 See also CanSetTransparent().
2528 The parameter @a alpha is in the range 0..255 where 0 corresponds to a
2529 fully transparent window and 255 to the fully opaque one. The constants
2530 @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_TRANSPARENT and @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_OPAQUE can be used.
2532 bool SetTransparent(wxByte alpha
);
2535 Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having
2536 called wxValidator::Clone to create a new validator of this type.
2538 virtual void SetValidator(const wxValidator
& validator
);
2542 Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
2544 void SetVirtualSize(int width
, int height
);
2545 void SetVirtualSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2549 Identical to SetWindowStyleFlag().
2551 void SetWindowStyle(long style
);
2554 Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
2555 after the window creation and that Refresh() might need to be be called
2556 after changing the others for the change to take place immediately.
2558 See @ref overview_windowstyles "Window styles" for more information about flags.
2560 @see GetWindowStyleFlag()
2562 virtual void SetWindowStyleFlag(long style
);
2565 This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
2566 Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
2567 exist in several sizes which correspond to the elements of wxWindowVariant enum.
2569 By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
2570 be used to change this.
2572 void SetWindowVariant(wxWindowVariant variant
);
2575 Return @true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
2576 InheritAttributes(), returning @false forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
2578 The base class version returns @false, but this method is overridden in
2579 wxControl where it returns @true.
2581 virtual bool ShouldInheritColours();
2584 Shows or hides the window. You may need to call Raise()
2585 for a top level window if you want to bring it to top, although this is not
2586 needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
2589 If @true displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.
2591 @return @true if the window has been shown or hidden or @false if nothing
2592 was done because it already was in the requested state.
2594 @see IsShown(), Hide(), wxRadioBox::Show, wxShowEvent.
2596 virtual bool Show(bool show
= true);
2599 This function shows a window, like Show(), but using a special visual
2606 The @a timeout parameter specifies the time of the animation, in
2607 milliseconds. If the default value of 0 is used, the default
2608 animation time for the current platform is used.
2610 @note Currently this function is only implemented in wxMSW and does the
2611 same thing as Show() in the other ports.
2615 @see HideWithEffect()
2617 virtual bool ShowWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect
,
2618 unsigned timeout
= 0);
2621 Reenables window updating after a previous call to Freeze().
2623 To really thaw the control, it must be called exactly the same number
2624 of times as Freeze().
2626 If the window has any children, they are recursively thawn too.
2628 @see wxWindowUpdateLocker, Freeze(), IsFrozen()
2630 virtual void Thaw();
2633 Turns the given @a flag on if it's currently turned off and vice versa.
2634 This function cannot be used if the value of the flag is 0 (which is often
2635 the case for default flags).
2637 Also, please notice that not all styles can be changed after the control
2640 @return Returns @true if the style was turned on by this function, @false
2641 if it was switched off.
2643 @see SetWindowStyleFlag(), HasFlag()
2645 bool ToggleWindowStyle(int flag
);
2648 Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their
2649 validators. Returns @false if a transfer failed.
2651 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2652 the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
2654 @see TransferDataToWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2656 virtual bool TransferDataFromWindow();
2659 Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their
2662 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2663 the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
2665 @return Returns @false if a transfer failed.
2667 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2669 virtual bool TransferDataToWindow();
2672 Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
2675 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to
2678 @return @true if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, @false if the
2681 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
2683 @see RegisterHotKey()
2685 bool UnregisterHotKey(int hotkeyId
);
2688 Unreserve an ID or range of IDs that was reserved by NewControlId().
2689 See @ref overview_windowids for more information.
2692 The starting ID of the range of IDs to unreserve.
2694 The number of sequential IDs to unreserve.
2696 @see NewControlId(), wxIdManager, @ref overview_windowids
2698 static void UnreserveControlId(wxWindowID id
, int count
= 1);
2701 Unset any existing tooltip.
2707 void UnsetToolTip();
2710 Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window and
2711 all of its children recursively while this would usually only happen when the
2712 flow of control returns to the event loop.
2714 Notice that this function doesn't invalidate any area of the window so
2715 nothing happens if nothing has been invalidated (i.e. marked as requiring
2716 a redraw). Use Refresh() first if you want to immediately redraw the
2717 window unconditionally.
2719 virtual void Update();
2722 This function sends one or more wxUpdateUIEvent to the window.
2723 The particular implementation depends on the window; for example a
2724 wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
2725 and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
2727 You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
2728 UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
2729 are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
2730 wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode() or wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval() to limit
2731 the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
2732 @a flags should be a bitlist of one or more of the wxUpdateUI enumeration.
2734 If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
2735 function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE flag, since
2736 this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
2737 to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
2738 only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
2739 The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
2743 void MyWindow::OnInternalIdle()
2745 if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this))
2746 UpdateWindowUI(wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE);
2750 @see wxUpdateUIEvent, DoUpdateWindowUI(), OnInternalIdle()
2752 virtual void UpdateWindowUI(long flags
= wxUPDATE_UI_NONE
);
2755 Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
2756 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2757 the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
2759 @return Returns @false if any of the validations failed.
2761 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), TransferDataToWindow(),
2764 virtual bool Validate();
2767 Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
2769 @note This function is not supported under Mac because Apple Human
2770 Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor programmatically.
2773 The new x position for the cursor.
2775 The new y position for the cursor.
2777 void WarpPointer(int x
, int y
);
2782 // ============================================================================
2783 // Global functions/macros
2784 // ============================================================================
2786 /** @ingroup group_funcmacro_misc */
2790 Find the deepest window at the mouse pointer position, returning the window
2791 and current pointer position in screen coordinates.
2793 @header{wx/window.h}
2795 wxWindow
* wxFindWindowAtPointer(wxPoint
& pt
);
2798 Gets the currently active window (implemented for MSW and GTK only
2799 currently, always returns @NULL in the other ports).
2801 @header{wx/window.h}
2803 wxWindow
* wxGetActiveWindow();
2806 Returns the first top level parent of the given window, or in other words,
2807 the frame or dialog containing it, or @NULL.
2809 @header{wx/window.h}
2811 wxWindow
* wxGetTopLevelParent(wxWindow
* window
);