interface/wx/control.h

   1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   2 // Name:        control.h
   3 // Purpose:     interface of wxControl
   4 // Author:      wxWidgets team
   5 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
   6 // Licence:     wxWindows license
   7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   8
   9 /**
  10     @class wxControl
  11
  12     This is the base class for a control or "widget".
  13
  14     A control is generally a small window which processes user input and/or
  15     displays one or more item of data.
  16
  17     @library{wxcore}
  18     @category{ctrl}
  19
  20     @see wxValidator
  21 */
  22 class wxControl : public wxWindow
  23 {
  24 public:
  25     /**
  26         Simulates the effect of the user issuing a command to the item.
  27
  28         @see wxCommandEvent
  29     */
  30     virtual void Command(wxCommandEvent& event);
  31
  32     /**
  33         Returns the control's text.
  34
  35         @note The returned string contains mnemonics ("&" characters) if it has
  36               any, use GetLabelText() if they are undesired.
  37     */
  38     wxString GetLabel() const;
  39
  40     /**
  41         Returns the control's label without mnemonics.
  42     */
  43     wxString GetLabelText() const;
  44
  45     /**
  46         Returns the given @a label string without mnemonics.
  47     */
  48     static wxString GetLabelText(const wxString& label);
  49
  50     /**
  51         Sets the item's text.
  52
  53         Any "&" characters in the @a label are special and indicate that the
  54         following character is a mnemonic for this control and can be used to
  55         activate it from the keyboard (typically by using @e Alt key in
  56         combination with it). To insert a literal ampersand character, you need
  57         to double it, i.e. use "&&".
  58     */
  59     void SetLabel(const wxString& label);
  60 };
  61