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1 \section{\class{wxWindow}}\label{wxwindow}
2
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.
6
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.
11
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.
23
24 \wxheading{Derived from}
25
26 \helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\\
27 \helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
28
29 \wxheading{Include files}
30
31 <wx/window.h>
32
33 \wxheading{Window styles}
34
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.
37
38 \twocolwidtha{5cm}%
39 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
40 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSIMPLE\_BORDER}}{Displays a thin border around the window. wxBORDER is the old name
41 for this style. }
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
57 Shift-Tab.}
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
61 Windows.}
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.}
76 \end{twocollist}
77
78 See also \helpref{window styles overview}{windowstyles}.
79
80 \wxheading{Extra window styles}
81
82 The following are extra styles, set using \helpref{wxWindow::SetExtraStyle}{wxwindowsetextrastyle}.
83
84 \twocolwidtha{5cm}%
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
93 flag on by default.}
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.}
102 \end{twocollist}
103
104 \wxheading{See also}
105
106 \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
107
108 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
109
110
111 \membersection{wxWindow::wxWindow}\label{wxwindowctor}
112
113 \func{}{wxWindow}{\void}
114
115 Default constructor.
116
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}}
122
123 Constructs a window, which can be a child of a frame, dialog or any other non-control window.
124
125 \wxheading{Parameters}
126
127 \docparam{parent}{Pointer to a parent window.}
128
129 \docparam{id}{Window identifier. If -1, will automatically create an identifier.}
130
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
133 an actual position.}
134
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
138 correctly sized. }
139
140 \docparam{style}{Window style. For generic window styles, please see \helpref{wxWindow}{wxwindow}.}
141
142 \docparam{name}{Window name.}
143
144
145 \membersection{wxWindow::\destruct{wxWindow}}\label{wxwindowdtor}
146
147 \func{}{\destruct{wxWindow}}{\void}
148
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.
153
154 \wxheading{See also}
155
156 \helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
157 \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy},\rtfsp
158 \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
159
160
161 \membersection{wxWindow::AddChild}\label{wxwindowaddchild}
162
163 \func{virtual void}{AddChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
164
165 Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
166 functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
167
168 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
169 called by the user code.
170
171 \wxheading{Parameters}
172
173 \docparam{child}{Child window to add.}
174
175
176 \membersection{wxWindow::CacheBestSize}\label{wxwindowcachebestsize}
177
178 \constfunc{void}{CacheBestSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
179
180 Sets the cached best size value.
181
182
183 \membersection{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}\label{wxwindowcapturemouse}
184
185 \func{virtual void}{CaptureMouse}{\void}
186
187 Directs all mouse input to this window. Call \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse} to
188 release the capture.
189
190 Note that wxWidgets maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
191 and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
192 captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
193 window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
194 as you capture it.
195
196 \wxheading{See also}
197
198 \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse}
199
200
201 \membersection{wxWindow::Center}\label{wxwindowcenter}
202
203 \func{void}{Center}{\param{int}{ direction}}
204
205 A synonym for \helpref{Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
206
207
208 \membersection{wxWindow::CenterOnParent}\label{wxwindowcenteronparent}
209
210 \func{void}{CenterOnParent}{\param{int}{ direction}}
211
212 A synonym for \helpref{CentreOnParent}{wxwindowcentreonparent}.
213
214
215 \membersection{wxWindow::CenterOnScreen}\label{wxwindowcenteronscreen}
216
217 \func{void}{CenterOnScreen}{\param{int}{ direction}}
218
219 A synonym for \helpref{CentreOnScreen}{wxwindowcentreonscreen}.
220
221
222 \membersection{wxWindow::Centre}\label{wxwindowcentre}
223
224 \func{void}{Centre}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
225
226 Centres the window.
227
228 \wxheading{Parameters}
229
230 \docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
231 or {\tt wxBOTH}. It may also include {\tt wxCENTRE\_ON\_SCREEN} flag
232 if you want to center the window on the entire screen and not on its
233 parent window.}
234
235 The flag {\tt wxCENTRE\_FRAME} is obsolete and should not be used any longer
236 (it has no effect).
237
238 \wxheading{Remarks}
239
240 If the window is a top level one (i.e. doesn't have a parent), it will be
241 centered relative to the screen anyhow.
242
243 \wxheading{See also}
244
245 \helpref{wxWindow::Center}{wxwindowcenter}
246
247
248 \membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnParent}\label{wxwindowcentreonparent}
249
250 \func{void}{CentreOnParent}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
251
252 Centres the window on its parent. This is a more readable synonym for
253 \helpref{Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
254
255 \wxheading{Parameters}
256
257 \docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
258 or {\tt wxBOTH}.}
259
260 \wxheading{Remarks}
261
262 This methods provides for a way to center top level windows over their
263 parents instead of the entire screen. If there is no parent or if the
264 window is not a top level window, then behaviour is the same as
265 \helpref{wxWindow::Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
266
267 \wxheading{See also}
268
269 \helpref{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen}{wxwindowcenteronscreen}
270
271
272 \membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen}\label{wxwindowcentreonscreen}
273
274 \func{void}{CentreOnScreen}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
275
276 Centres the window on screen. This only works for top level windows -
277 otherwise, the window will still be centered on its parent.
278
279 \wxheading{Parameters}
280
281 \docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
282 or {\tt wxBOTH}.}
283
284 \wxheading{See also}
285
286 \helpref{wxWindow::CentreOnParent}{wxwindowcenteronparent}
287
288
289 \membersection{wxWindow::ClearBackground}\label{wxwindowclearbackground}
290
291 \func{void}{ClearBackground}{\void}
292
293 Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour. Does not
294 cause an erase background event to be generated.
295
296
297 \membersection{wxWindow::ClientToScreen}\label{wxwindowclienttoscreen}
298
299 \constfunc{virtual void}{ClientToScreen}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
300
301 \perlnote{In wxPerl this method returns a 2-element list instead of
302 modifying its parameters.}
303
304 \constfunc{virtual wxPoint}{ClientToScreen}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
305
306 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
307
308 \docparam{x}{A pointer to a integer value for the x coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
309 a screen coordinate will be passed out.}
310
311 \docparam{y}{A pointer to a integer value for the y coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
312 a screen coordinate will be passed out.}
313
314 \docparam{pt}{The client position for the second form of the function.}
315
316 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
317 implements the following methods:\par
318 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
319 \twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreen(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
320 \twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreenXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
321 \end{twocollist}}
322 }
323
324
325 \membersection{wxWindow::Close}\label{wxwindowclose}
326
327 \func{bool}{Close}{\param{bool}{ force = {\tt false}}}
328
329 This function simply generates a \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent} whose
330 handler usually tries to close the window. It doesn't close the window itself,
331 however.
332
333 \wxheading{Parameters}
334
335 \docparam{force}{{\tt false} if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
336 of this window, {\tt true} if it cannot.}
337
338 \wxheading{Remarks}
339
340 Close calls the \helpref{close handler}{wxcloseevent} for the window, providing
341 an opportunity for the window to choose whether to destroy the window.
342 Usually it is only used with the top level windows (wxFrame and wxDialog
343 classes) as the others are not supposed to have any special OnClose() logic.
344
345 The close handler should check whether the window is being deleted forcibly,
346 using \helpref{wxCloseEvent::GetForce}{wxcloseeventgetforce}, in which case it
347 should destroy the window using \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy}.
348
349 {\it Note} that calling Close does not guarantee that the window will be
350 destroyed; but it provides a way to simulate a manual close of a window, which
351 may or may not be implemented by destroying the window. The default
352 implementation of wxDialog::OnCloseWindow does not necessarily delete the
353 dialog, since it will simply simulate an wxID\_CANCEL event which is handled by
354 the appropriate button event handler and may do anything at all.
355
356 To guarantee that the window will be destroyed, call
357 \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} instead
358
359 \wxheading{See also}
360
361 \helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
362 \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy},\rtfsp
363 \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
364
365
366 \membersection{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}\label{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
367
368 \func{wxPoint}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
369
370 \func{wxSize}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
371
372 Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
373
374 For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character width
375 and then divided by 4.
376
377 For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character height
378 and then divided by 8.
379
380 \wxheading{Remarks}
381
382 Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
383
384 You can also use these functions programmatically. A convenience macro is defined:
385
386 {\small
387 \begin{verbatim}
388 #define wxDLG_UNIT(parent, pt) parent->ConvertDialogToPixels(pt)
389 \end{verbatim}
390 }
391
392 \wxheading{See also}
393
394 \helpref{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
395
396 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
397 implements the following methods:\par
398 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
399 \twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
400 \twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
401 \end{twocollist}}
402
403 Additionally, the following helper functions are defined:\par
404 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
405 \twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_PNT(win, point)}}{Converts a wxPoint from dialog
406 units to pixels}
407 \twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_SZE(win, size)}}{Converts a wxSize from dialog
408 units to pixels}
409 \end{twocollist}}
410 }
411
412
413
414 \membersection{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}\label{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
415
416 \func{wxPoint}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
417
418 \func{wxSize}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
419
420 Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
421
422 For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 4 and then divided by the average
423 character width.
424
425 For the y dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 8 and then divided by the average
426 character height.
427
428 \wxheading{Remarks}
429
430 Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
431
432 \wxheading{See also}
433
434 \helpref{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
435
436 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython implements the following methods:\par
437 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
438 \twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
439 \twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
440 \end{twocollist}}
441 }
442
443
444 \membersection{wxWindow::Destroy}\label{wxwindowdestroy}
445
446 \func{virtual bool}{Destroy}{\void}
447
448 Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator, since
449 different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
450 are not destroyed immediately when this function is called -- they are added
451 to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
452 have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to non-existent
453 windows.
454
455 \wxheading{Return value}
456
457 {\tt true} if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it has been added
458 to the list of windows pending real deletion.
459
460
461 \membersection{wxWindow::DestroyChildren}\label{wxwindowdestroychildren}
462
463 \func{virtual void}{DestroyChildren}{\void}
464
465 Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
466
467
468 \membersection{wxWindow::Disable}\label{wxwindowdisable}
469
470 \func{bool}{Disable}{\void}
471
472 Disables the window, same as \helpref{Enable({\tt false})}{wxwindowenable}.
473
474 \wxheading{Return value}
475
476 Returns {\tt true} if the window has been disabled, {\tt false} if it had been
477 already disabled before the call to this function.
478
479
480 \membersection{wxWindow::DoGetBestSize}\label{wxwindowdogetbestsize}
481
482 \constfunc{virtual wxSize}{DoGetBestSize}{\void}
483
484 Gets the size which best suits the window: for a control, it would be
485 the minimal size which doesn't truncate the control, for a panel - the
486 same size as it would have after a call to \helpref{Fit()}{wxwindowfit}.
487
488
489 \membersection{wxWindow::DoUpdateWindowUI}\label{wxwindowdoupdatewindowui}
490
491 \func{virtual void}{DoUpdateWindowUI}{\param{wxUpdateUIEvent\&}{ event}}
492
493 Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
494 This function is called by \helpref{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
495 in order to check return values in the \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent} and
496 act appropriately. For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWidgets
497 implements this function as follows:
498
499 \begin{verbatim}
500 // do the window-specific processing after processing the update event
501 void wxTopLevelWindowBase::DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent& event)
502 {
503 if ( event.GetSetEnabled() )
504 Enable(event.GetEnabled());
505
506 if ( event.GetSetText() )
507 {
508 if ( event.GetText() != GetTitle() )
509 SetTitle(event.GetText());
510 }
511 }
512 \end{verbatim}
513
514
515
516 \membersection{wxWindow::DragAcceptFiles}\label{wxwindowdragacceptfiles}
517
518 \func{virtual void}{DragAcceptFiles}{\param{bool}{ accept}}
519
520 Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
521
522 \wxheading{Parameters}
523
524 \docparam{accept}{If {\tt true}, the window is eligible for drop file events. If {\tt false}, the window
525 will not accept drop file events.}
526
527 \wxheading{Remarks}
528
529 Windows only.
530
531
532 \membersection{wxWindow::Enable}\label{wxwindowenable}
533
534 \func{virtual bool}{Enable}{\param{bool}{ enable = {\tt true}}}
535
536 Enable or disable the window for user input. Note that when a parent window is
537 disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
538 when the parent is.
539
540 \wxheading{Parameters}
541
542 \docparam{enable}{If {\tt true}, enables the window for input. If {\tt false}, disables the window.}
543
544 \wxheading{Return value}
545
546 Returns {\tt true} if the window has been enabled or disabled, {\tt false} if
547 nothing was done, i.e. if the window had already been in the specified state.
548
549 \wxheading{See also}
550
551 \helpref{wxWindow::IsEnabled}{wxwindowisenabled},\rtfsp
552 \helpref{wxWindow::Disable}{wxwindowdisable}
553
554
555 \membersection{wxWindow::FindFocus}\label{wxwindowfindfocus}
556
557 \func{static wxWindow*}{FindFocus}{\void}
558
559 Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
560
561 \wxheading{Remarks}
562
563 Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without needing a wxWindow pointer.
564
565 \wxheading{See also}
566
567 \helpref{wxWindow::SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus}
568
569
570
571 \membersection{wxWindow::FindWindow}\label{wxwindowfindwindow}
572
573 \func{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{long}{ id}}
574
575 Find a child of this window, by identifier.
576
577 \func{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}}
578
579 Find a child of this window, by name.
580
581 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
582 implements the following methods:\par
583 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
584 \twocolitem{{\bf FindWindowById(id)}}{Accepts an integer}
585 \twocolitem{{\bf FindWindowByName(name)}}{Accepts a string}
586 \end{twocollist}}
587 }
588
589
590 \membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowById}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbyid}
591
592 \func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowById}{\param{long}{ id}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
593
594 Find the first window with the given {\it id}.
595
596 If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
597 frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
598 The search is recursive in both cases.
599
600 \wxheading{See also}
601
602 \helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
603
604
605 \membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowByName}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbyname}
606
607 \func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowByName}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
608
609 Find a window by its name (as given in a window constructor or {\bf Create} function call).
610 If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
611 frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
612 The search is recursive in both cases.
613
614 If no window with such name is found,
615 \helpref{FindWindowByLabel}{wxwindowfindwindowbylabel} is called.
616
617 \wxheading{See also}
618
619 \helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
620
621
622 \membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowByLabel}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbylabel}
623
624 \func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowByLabel}{\param{const wxString\&}{ label}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
625
626 Find a window by its label. Depending on the type of window, the label may be a window title
627 or panel item label. If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
628 frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
629 The search is recursive in both cases.
630
631 \wxheading{See also}
632
633 \helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
634
635
636 \membersection{wxWindow::Fit}\label{wxwindowfit}
637
638 \func{virtual void}{Fit}{\void}
639
640 Sizes the window so that it fits around its subwindows. This function won't do
641 anything if there are no subwindows and will only really work correctly if the
642 sizers are used for the subwindows layout. Also, if the window has exactly one
643 subwindow it is better (faster and the result is more precise as Fit adds some
644 margin to account for fuzziness of its calculations) to call
645
646 \begin{verbatim}
647 window->SetClientSize(child->GetSize());
648 \end{verbatim}
649
650 instead of calling Fit.
651
652
653 \membersection{wxWindow::FitInside}\label{wxwindowfitinside}
654
655 \func{virtual void}{FitInside}{\void}
656
657 Similar to \helpref{Fit}{wxwindowfit}, but sizes the interior (virtual) size
658 of a window. Mainly useful with scrolled windows to reset scrollbars after
659 sizing changes that do not trigger a size event, and/or scrolled windows without
660 an interior sizer. This function similarly won't do anything if there are no
661 subwindows.
662
663
664 \membersection{wxWindow::Freeze}\label{wxwindowfreeze}
665
666 \func{virtual void}{Freeze}{\void}
667
668 Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking place
669 on screen, the window is not redrawn at all. \helpref{Thaw}{wxwindowthaw} must
670 be called to reenable window redrawing. Calls to these two functions may be
671 nested.
672
673 This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example, it
674 is a good idea to use it before doing many large text insertions in a row into
675 a wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all platforms nor for all
676 controls so it is mostly just a hint to wxWidgets and not a mandatory
677 directive.
678
679
680 \membersection{wxWindow::GetAcceleratorTable}\label{wxwindowgetacceleratortable}
681
682 \constfunc{wxAcceleratorTable*}{GetAcceleratorTable}{\void}
683
684 Gets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
685
686
687 \membersection{wxWindow::GetAccessible}\label{wxwindowgetaccessible}
688
689 \func{wxAccessible*}{GetAccessible}{\void}
690
691 Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
692
693 See also \helpref{wxAccessible}{wxaccessible}.
694
695
696 \membersection{wxWindow::GetAdjustedBestSize}\label{wxwindowgetadjustedbestsize}
697
698 \constfunc{wxSize}{GetAdjustedBestSize}{\void}
699
700 This method is similar to \helpref{GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize}, except
701 in one thing. GetBestSize should return the minimum untruncated size of the
702 window, while this method will return the largest of BestSize and any user
703 specified minimum size. ie. it is the minimum size the window should currently
704 be drawn at, not the minimal size it can possibly tolerate.
705
706
707 \membersection{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour}
708
709 \constfunc{virtual wxColour}{GetBackgroundColour}{\void}
710
711 Returns the background colour of the window.
712
713 \wxheading{See also}
714
715 \helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
716 \helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
717 \helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour}
718
719 \membersection{wxWindow::GetBackgroundStyle}\label{wxwindowgetbackgroundstyle}
720
721 \constfunc{virtual wxBackgroundStyle}{GetBackgroundStyle}{\void}
722
723 Returns the background style of the window. The background style indicates
724 whether background colour should be determined by the system (wxBG\_STYLE\_SYSTEM),
725 be set to a specific colour (wxBG\_STYLE\_COLOUR), or should be left to the
726 application to implement (wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM).
727
728 On GTK+, use of wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM allows the flicker-free drawing of a custom
729 background, such as a tiled bitmap. Currently the style has no effect on other platforms.
730
731 \wxheading{See also}
732
733 \helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
734 \helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
735 \helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundStyle}{wxwindowsetbackgroundstyle}
736
737 \membersection{wxWindow::GetBestFittingSize}\label{wxwindowgetbestfittingsize}
738
739 \constfunc{wxSize}{GetBestFittingSize}{\void}
740
741 Merges the window's best size into the min size and returns the result.
742
743 \wxheading{See also}
744
745 \helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
746 \helpref{wxWindow::SetBestFittingSize}{wxwindowsetbestfittingsize},\rtfsp
747 \helpref{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}{wxwindowsetsizehints}
748
749
750 \membersection{wxWindow::GetBestSize}\label{wxwindowgetbestsize}
751
752 \constfunc{wxSize}{GetBestSize}{\void}
753
754 This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window. For
755 example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
756 control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
757 \helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel}), the size returned by this function will be the
758 same as the size the window would have had after calling
759 \helpref{Fit}{wxwindowfit}.
760
761
762 \membersection{wxWindow::GetCaret}\label{wxwindowgetcaret}
763
764 \constfunc{wxCaret *}{GetCaret}{\void}
765
766 Returns the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
767
768
769 \membersection{wxWindow::GetCapture}\label{wxwindowgetcapture}
770
771 \func{static wxWindow *}{GetCapture}{\void}
772
773 Returns the currently captured window.
774
775 \wxheading{See also}
776
777 \helpref{wxWindow::HasCapture}{wxwindowhascapture},
778 \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
779 \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
780 \helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
781
782
783 \membersection{wxWindow::GetCharHeight}\label{wxwindowgetcharheight}
784
785 \constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharHeight}{\void}
786
787 Returns the character height for this window.
788
789
790 \membersection{wxWindow::GetCharWidth}\label{wxwindowgetcharwidth}
791
792 \constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharWidth}{\void}
793
794 Returns the average character width for this window.
795
796
797 \membersection{wxWindow::GetChildren}\label{wxwindowgetchildren}
798
799 \func{wxList\&}{GetChildren}{\void}
800
801 Returns a reference to the list of the window's children.
802
803
804 \membersection{wxWindow::GetClassDefaultAttributes}\label{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes}
805
806 \func{static wxVisualAttributes}{GetClassDefaultAttributes}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{ variant = \texttt{wxWINDOW\_VARIANT\_NORMAL}}}
807
808 Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control. This is
809 useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control as in a
810 standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
811 colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
812 system, especially if it uses themes.
813
814 The \arg{variant} parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
815 ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
816 returned font. See \helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
817 for more about this.
818
819 This static method is ``overridden'' in many derived classes and so calling,
820 for example, \helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
821 return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
822 from those returned by, say, \helpref{wxListCtrl}{wxlistctrl}::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
823
824 The \texttt{wxVisualAttributes} structure has at least the fields
825 \texttt{font}, \texttt{colFg} and \texttt{colBg}. All of them may be invalid
826 if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
827 especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
828 the case for \texttt{colBg} for the controls with themed background.
829
830 \wxheading{See also}
831
832 \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
833
834
835 \membersection{wxWindow::GetClientSize}\label{wxwindowgetclientsize}
836
837 \constfunc{void}{GetClientSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
838
839 \perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes no parameter and returns
840 a 2-element list {\tt (width, height)}.}
841
842 \constfunc{wxSize}{GetClientSize}{\void}
843
844 This gets the size of the window `client area' in pixels.
845 The client area is the area which may be drawn on by the programmer,
846 excluding title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
847
848 \wxheading{Parameters}
849
850 \docparam{width}{Receives the client width in pixels.}
851
852 \docparam{height}{Receives the client height in pixels.}
853
854 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
855 implements the following methods:\par
856 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
857 \twocolitem{{\bf GetClientSizeTuple()}}{Returns a 2-tuple of (width, height)}
858 \twocolitem{{\bf GetClientSize()}}{Returns a wxSize object}
859 \end{twocollist}}
860 }
861
862 \wxheading{See also}
863
864 \helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
865 \helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
866
867
868
869 \membersection{wxWindow::GetConstraints}\label{wxwindowgetconstraints}
870
871 \constfunc{wxLayoutConstraints*}{GetConstraints}{\void}
872
873 Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or NULL if there are none.
874
875
876 \membersection{wxWindow::GetContainingSizer}\label{wxwindowgetcontainingsizer}
877
878 \constfunc{const wxSizer *}{GetContainingSizer}{\void}
879
880 Return the sizer that this window is a member of, if any, otherwise
881 {\tt NULL}.
882
883
884 \membersection{wxWindow::GetCursor}\label{wxwindowgetcursor}
885
886 \constfunc{const wxCursor\&}{GetCursor}{\void}
887
888 Return the cursor associated with this window.
889
890 \wxheading{See also}
891
892 \helpref{wxWindow::SetCursor}{wxwindowsetcursor}
893
894
895 \membersection{wxWindow::GetDefaultAttributes}\label{wxwindowgetdefaultattributes}
896
897 \constfunc{virtual wxVisualAttributes}{GetDefaultAttributes}{\void}
898
899 Currently this is the same as calling
900 \helpref{GetClassDefaultAttributes}{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes}(\helpref{GetWindowVariant}{wxwindowgetwindowvariant}()).
901
902 One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
903 the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
904 virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
905
906 The other one is that in the future this function could return different
907 results, for example it might return a different font for an ``Ok'' button
908 than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
909 in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
910 function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
911 version can be used without having to create an object first.
912
913
914 \membersection{wxWindow::GetDropTarget}\label{wxwindowgetdroptarget}
915
916 \constfunc{wxDropTarget*}{GetDropTarget}{\void}
917
918 Returns the associated drop target, which may be NULL.
919
920 \wxheading{See also}
921
922 \helpref{wxWindow::SetDropTarget}{wxwindowsetdroptarget},
923 \helpref{Drag and drop overview}{wxdndoverview}
924
925
926 \membersection{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}\label{wxwindowgeteventhandler}
927
928 \constfunc{wxEvtHandler*}{GetEventHandler}{\void}
929
930 Returns the event handler for this window. By default, the window is its
931 own event handler.
932
933 \wxheading{See also}
934
935 \helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
936 \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
937 \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
938 \helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
939 \helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
940
941
942 \membersection{wxWindow::GetExtraStyle}\label{wxwindowgetextrastyle}
943
944 \constfunc{long}{GetExtraStyle}{\void}
945
946 Returns the extra style bits for the window.
947
948
949 \membersection{wxWindow::GetFont}\label{wxwindowgetfont}
950
951 \constfunc{wxFont}{GetFont}{\void}
952
953 Returns the font for this window.
954
955 \wxheading{See also}
956
957 \helpref{wxWindow::SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont}
958
959
960 \membersection{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour}
961
962 \func{virtual wxColour}{GetForegroundColour}{\void}
963
964 Returns the foreground colour of the window.
965
966 \wxheading{Remarks}
967
968 The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
969 to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
970 be used at all.
971
972 \wxheading{See also}
973
974 \helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
975 \helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
976 \helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour}
977
978
979 \membersection{wxWindow::GetGrandParent}\label{wxwindowgetgrandparent}
980
981 \constfunc{wxWindow*}{GetGrandParent}{\void}
982
983 Returns the grandparent of a window, or NULL if there isn't one.
984
985
986 \membersection{wxWindow::GetHandle}\label{wxwindowgethandle}
987
988 \constfunc{void*}{GetHandle}{\void}
989
990 Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window. Cast it to an appropriate
991 handle, such as {\bf HWND} for Windows, {\bf Widget} for Motif or {\bf GtkWidget} for GTK.
992
993 \pythonnote{This method will return an integer in wxPython.}
994
995 \perlnote{This method will return an integer in wxPerl.}
996
997
998 \membersection{wxWindow::GetHelpText}\label{wxwindowgethelptext}
999
1000 \constfunc{virtual wxString}{GetHelpText}{\void}
1001
1002 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
1003
1004 Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
1005 and not in the window object itself.
1006
1007 \wxheading{See also}
1008
1009 \helpref{SetHelpText}{wxwindowsethelptext}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
1010
1011
1012 \membersection{wxWindow::GetId}\label{wxwindowgetid}
1013
1014 \constfunc{int}{GetId}{\void}
1015
1016 Returns the identifier of the window.
1017
1018 \wxheading{Remarks}
1019
1020 Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has not provided one
1021 (or the default Id -1) an unique identifier with a negative value will be generated.
1022
1023 \wxheading{See also}
1024
1025 \helpref{wxWindow::SetId}{wxwindowsetid},\rtfsp
1026 \helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
1027
1028
1029 \membersection{wxWindow::GetLabel}\label{wxwindowgetlabel}
1030
1031 \constfunc{virtual wxString }{GetLabel}{\void}
1032
1033 Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
1034 identification purposes.
1035
1036 \wxheading{Remarks}
1037
1038 The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
1039 For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the title. For buttons or static text controls, it is
1040 the button text. This function can be useful for meta-programs (such as testing
1041 tools or special-needs access programs) which need to identify windows
1042 by name.
1043
1044 \membersection{wxWindow::GetMaxSize}\label{wxwindowgetmaxsize}
1045
1046 \constfunc{wxSize}{GetMaxSize}{\void}
1047
1048 Returns the maximum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout mechanism
1049 that this is the maximum possible size.
1050
1051 \membersection{wxWindow::GetMinSize}\label{wxwindowgetminsize}
1052
1053 \constfunc{wxSize}{GetMinSize}{\void}
1054
1055 Returns the minimum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout mechanism
1056 that this is the minimum required size.
1057
1058 \membersection{wxWindow::GetName}\label{wxwindowgetname}
1059
1060 \constfunc{virtual wxString }{GetName}{\void}
1061
1062 Returns the window's name.
1063
1064 \wxheading{Remarks}
1065
1066 This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the programmer to supply an appropriate
1067 name in the window constructor or via \helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}.
1068
1069 \wxheading{See also}
1070
1071 \helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}
1072
1073
1074 \membersection{wxWindow::GetParent}\label{wxwindowgetparent}
1075
1076 \constfunc{virtual wxWindow*}{GetParent}{\void}
1077
1078 Returns the parent of the window, or NULL if there is no parent.
1079
1080
1081 \membersection{wxWindow::GetPosition}\label{wxwindowgetposition}
1082
1083 \constfunc{virtual void}{GetPosition}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
1084
1085 \constfunc{wxPoint}{GetPosition}{\void}
1086
1087 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
1088 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level
1089 windows.
1090
1091 \wxheading{Parameters}
1092
1093 \docparam{x}{Receives the x position of the window.}
1094
1095 \docparam{y}{Receives the y position of the window.}
1096
1097 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1098 implements the following methods:\par
1099 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1100 \twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a wxPoint}
1101 \twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionTuple()}}{Returns a tuple (x, y)}
1102 \end{twocollist}}
1103 }
1104
1105 \perlnote{In wxPerl there are two methods instead of a single overloaded
1106 method:\par
1107 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1108 \twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a Wx::Point}
1109 \twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionXY()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1110 {\tt ( x, y )}}
1111 \end{twocollist}
1112 }}
1113
1114
1115 \membersection{wxWindow::GetRect}\label{wxwindowgetrect}
1116
1117 \constfunc{virtual wxRect}{GetRect}{\void}
1118
1119 Returns the size and position of the window as a \helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object.
1120
1121
1122 \membersection{wxWindow::GetScrollThumb}\label{wxwindowgetscrollthumb}
1123
1124 \func{virtual int}{GetScrollThumb}{\param{int }{orientation}}
1125
1126 Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
1127
1128 \wxheading{See also}
1129
1130 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1131
1132
1133 \membersection{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}\label{wxwindowgetscrollpos}
1134
1135 \func{virtual int}{GetScrollPos}{\param{int }{orientation}}
1136
1137 Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
1138
1139 \wxheading{See also}
1140
1141 See \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1142
1143
1144 \membersection{wxWindow::GetScrollRange}\label{wxwindowgetscrollrange}
1145
1146 \func{virtual int}{GetScrollRange}{\param{int }{orientation}}
1147
1148 Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
1149
1150 \wxheading{See also}
1151
1152 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1153
1154
1155 \membersection{wxWindow::GetSize}\label{wxwindowgetsize}
1156
1157 \constfunc{void}{GetSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
1158
1159 \constfunc{wxSize}{GetSize}{\void}
1160
1161 This gets the size of the entire window in pixels,
1162 including title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
1163
1164 \wxheading{Parameters}
1165
1166 \docparam{width}{Receives the window width.}
1167
1168 \docparam{height}{Receives the window height.}
1169
1170 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1171 implements the following methods:\par
1172 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1173 \twocolitem{{\bf GetSize()}}{Returns a wxSize}
1174 \twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeTuple()}}{Returns a 2-tuple (width, height)}
1175 \end{twocollist}}
1176 }
1177
1178 \perlnote{In wxPerl there are two methods instead of a single overloaded
1179 method:\par
1180 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1181 \twocolitem{{\bf GetSize()}}{Returns a Wx::Size}
1182 \twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeWH()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1183 {\tt ( width, height )}}
1184 \end{twocollist}
1185 }}
1186
1187 \wxheading{See also}
1188
1189 \helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize},\rtfsp
1190 \helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
1191
1192
1193 \membersection{wxWindow::GetSizer}\label{wxwindowgetsizer}
1194
1195 \constfunc{wxSizer *}{GetSizer}{\void}
1196
1197 Return the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
1198 \helpref{SetSizer()}{wxwindowsetsizer} or {\tt NULL}.
1199
1200
1201 \membersection{wxWindow::GetTextExtent}\label{wxwindowgettextextent}
1202
1203 \constfunc{virtual void}{GetTextExtent}{\param{const wxString\& }{string}, \param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y},
1204 \param{int* }{descent = NULL}, \param{int* }{externalLeading = NULL},
1205 \param{const wxFont* }{font = NULL}, \param{bool}{ use16 = {\tt false}}}
1206
1207 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1208 window with the currently selected font.
1209
1210 \wxheading{Parameters}
1211
1212 \docparam{string}{String whose extent is to be measured.}
1213
1214 \docparam{x}{Return value for width.}
1215
1216 \docparam{y}{Return value for height.}
1217
1218 \docparam{descent}{Return value for descent (optional).}
1219
1220 \docparam{externalLeading}{Return value for external leading (optional).}
1221
1222 \docparam{font}{Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).}
1223
1224 \docparam{use16}{If {\tt true}, {\it string} contains 16-bit characters. The default is {\tt false}.}
1225
1226 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1227 implements the following methods:\par
1228 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1229 \twocolitem{{\bf GetTextExtent(string)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (width, height)}
1230 \twocolitem{{\bf GetFullTextExtent(string, font=NULL)}}{Returns a
1231 4-tuple, (width, height, descent, externalLeading) }
1232 \end{twocollist}}
1233 }
1234
1235 \perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes only the {\tt string} and optionally
1236 {\tt font} parameters, and returns a 4-element list
1237 {\tt ( x, y, descent, externalLeading )}.}
1238
1239
1240 \membersection{wxWindow::GetTitle}\label{wxwindowgettitle}
1241
1242 \func{virtual wxString}{GetTitle}{\void}
1243
1244 Gets the window's title. Applicable only to frames and dialogs.
1245
1246 \wxheading{See also}
1247
1248 \helpref{wxWindow::SetTitle}{wxwindowsettitle}
1249
1250
1251 \membersection{wxWindow::GetToolTip}\label{wxwindowgettooltip}
1252
1253 \constfunc{wxToolTip*}{GetToolTip}{\void}
1254
1255 Get the associated tooltip or NULL if none.
1256
1257
1258 \membersection{wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion}\label{wxwindowgetupdateregion}
1259
1260 \constfunc{virtual wxRegion}{GetUpdateRegion}{\void}
1261
1262 Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged. Should
1263 only be called within an \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent} handler.
1264
1265 \wxheading{See also}
1266
1267 \helpref{wxRegion}{wxregion},\rtfsp
1268 \helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator}
1269
1270
1271 \membersection{wxWindow::GetValidator}\label{wxwindowgetvalidator}
1272
1273 \constfunc{wxValidator*}{GetValidator}{\void}
1274
1275 Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or NULL if there is none.
1276
1277
1278 \membersection{wxWindow::GetVirtualSize}\label{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
1279
1280 \constfunc{void}{GetVirtualSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
1281
1282 \constfunc{wxSize}{GetVirtualSize}{\void}
1283
1284 This gets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
1285
1286 \wxheading{Parameters}
1287
1288 \docparam{width}{Receives the window virtual width.}
1289
1290 \docparam{height}{Receives the window virtual height.}
1291
1292 \helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
1293 \helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize}
1294
1295
1296 \membersection{wxWindow::GetWindowStyleFlag}\label{wxwindowgetwindowstyleflag}
1297
1298 \constfunc{long}{GetWindowStyleFlag}{\void}
1299
1300 Gets the window style that was passed to the constructor or {\bf Create}
1301 method. {\bf GetWindowStyle()} is another name for the same function.
1302
1303
1304 \membersection{wxWindow::GetWindowVariant}\label{wxwindowgetwindowvariant}
1305
1306 \constfunc{wxWindowVariant}{GetWindowVariant}{\void}
1307
1308 Returns the value previous passed to
1309 \helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}.
1310
1311
1312 \membersection{wxWindow::HasCapture}\label{wxwindowhascapture}
1313
1314 \constfunc{virtual bool}{HasCapture}{\void}
1315
1316 Returns true if this window has the current mouse capture.
1317
1318 \wxheading{See also}
1319
1320 \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
1321 \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
1322 \helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
1323
1324
1325 \membersection{wxWindow::Hide}\label{wxwindowhide}
1326
1327 \func{bool}{Hide}{\void}
1328
1329 Equivalent to calling \helpref{Show}{wxwindowshow}({\tt false}).
1330
1331
1332 \membersection{wxWindow::InheritAttributes}\label{wxwindowinheritattributes}
1333
1334 \func{void}{InheritAttributes}{\void}
1335
1336 This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
1337 window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
1338 the font and the foreground and background colours.
1339
1340 By ``intelligently'' the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
1341 own \helpref{default}{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes} attributes. However
1342 if some of the parents attributes are explicitly (that is, using
1343 \helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont} and not
1344 \helpref{SetOwnFont}{wxwindowsetownfont}) changed \emph{and} if the
1345 corresponding attribute hadn't been explicitly set for this window itself,
1346 then this window takes the same value as used by the parent. In addition, if
1347 the window overrides \helpref{ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
1348 to return \false, the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the
1349 font might.
1350
1351 This rather complicated logic is necessary in order to accommodate the
1352 different usage scenarios. The most common one is when all default attributes
1353 are used and in this case, nothing should be inherited as in modern GUIs
1354 different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
1355 they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
1356 desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
1357 just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
1358 do inherit the parents attributes.
1359
1360
1361 \membersection{wxWindow::InitDialog}\label{wxwindowinitdialog}
1362
1363 \func{void}{InitDialog}{\void}
1364
1365 Sends an {\tt wxEVT\_INIT\_DIALOG} event, whose handler usually transfers data
1366 to the dialog via validators.
1367
1368
1369 \membersection{wxWindow::InvalidateBestSize}\label{wxwindowinvalidatebestsize}
1370
1371 \func{void}{InvalidateBestSize}{\void}
1372
1373 Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it is needed.
1374
1375
1376 \membersection{wxWindow::IsEnabled}\label{wxwindowisenabled}
1377
1378 \constfunc{virtual bool}{IsEnabled}{\void}
1379
1380 Returns {\tt true} if the window is enabled for input, {\tt false} otherwise.
1381
1382 \wxheading{See also}
1383
1384 \helpref{wxWindow::Enable}{wxwindowenable}
1385
1386
1387 \membersection{wxWindow::IsExposed}\label{wxwindowisexposed}
1388
1389 \constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
1390
1391 \constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{wxPoint }{\&pt}}
1392
1393 \constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}, \param{int }{w}, \param{int }{h}}
1394
1395 \constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{wxRect }{\&rect}}
1396
1397 Returns {\tt true} if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
1398 last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
1399 only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
1400
1401 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1402 implements the following methods:\par
1403 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1404 \twocolitem{{\bf IsExposed(x,y, w=0,h=0)}}{}
1405 \twocolitem{{\bf IsExposedPoint(pt)}}{}
1406 \twocolitem{{\bf IsExposedRect(rect)}}{}
1407 \end{twocollist}}}
1408
1409
1410 \membersection{wxWindow::IsRetained}\label{wxwindowisretained}
1411
1412 \constfunc{virtual bool}{IsRetained}{\void}
1413
1414 Returns {\tt true} if the window is retained, {\tt false} otherwise.
1415
1416 \wxheading{Remarks}
1417
1418 Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
1419
1420
1421 \membersection{wxWindow::IsShown}\label{wxwindowisshown}
1422
1423 \constfunc{virtual bool}{IsShown}{\void}
1424
1425 Returns {\tt true} if the window is shown, {\tt false} if it has been hidden.
1426
1427
1428 \membersection{wxWindow::IsTopLevel}\label{wxwindowistoplevel}
1429
1430 \constfunc{bool}{IsTopLevel}{\void}
1431
1432 Returns {\tt true} if the given window is a top-level one. Currently all frames and
1433 dialogs are considered to be top-level windows (even if they have a parent
1434 window).
1435
1436
1437 \membersection{wxWindow::Layout}\label{wxwindowlayout}
1438
1439 \func{void}{Layout}{\void}
1440
1441 Invokes the constraint-based layout algorithm or the sizer-based algorithm
1442 for this window.
1443
1444 See \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout}: when auto
1445 layout is on, this function gets called automatically when the window is resized.
1446
1447
1448 \membersection{wxWindow::LineDown}\label{wxwindowlinedown}
1449
1450 This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollLines()}{wxwindowscrolllines}$(1)$.
1451
1452
1453 \membersection{wxWindow::LineUp}\label{wxwindowlineup}
1454
1455 This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollLines()}{wxwindowscrolllines}$(-1)$.
1456
1457
1458 \membersection{wxWindow::Lower}\label{wxwindowlower}
1459
1460 \func{void}{Lower}{\void}
1461
1462 Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy if it is a managed window (dialog
1463 or frame).
1464
1465
1466 \membersection{wxWindow::MakeModal}\label{wxwindowmakemodal}
1467
1468 \func{virtual void}{MakeModal}{\param{bool }{flag}}
1469
1470 Disables all other windows in the application so that
1471 the user can only interact with this window.
1472
1473 \wxheading{Parameters}
1474
1475 \docparam{flag}{If {\tt true}, this call disables all other windows in the application so that
1476 the user can only interact with this window. If {\tt false}, the effect is reversed.}
1477
1478
1479 \membersection{wxWindow::Move}\label{wxwindowmove}
1480
1481 \func{void}{Move}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
1482
1483 \func{void}{Move}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
1484
1485 Moves the window to the given position.
1486
1487 \wxheading{Parameters}
1488
1489 \docparam{x}{Required x position.}
1490
1491 \docparam{y}{Required y position.}
1492
1493 \docparam{pt}{\helpref{wxPoint}{wxpoint} object representing the position.}
1494
1495 \wxheading{Remarks}
1496
1497 Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1498 wxWindow::Move function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class
1499 as the call:
1500
1501 \begin{verbatim}
1502 SetSize(x, y, -1, -1, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1503 \end{verbatim}
1504
1505 \wxheading{See also}
1506
1507 \helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}
1508
1509 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1510 implements the following methods:\par
1511 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1512 \twocolitem{{\bf Move(point)}}{Accepts a wxPoint}
1513 \twocolitem{{\bf MoveXY(x, y)}}{Accepts a pair of integers}
1514 \end{twocollist}}
1515 }
1516
1517
1518 \membersection{wxWindow::MoveAfterInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder}
1519
1520 \func{void}{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
1521
1522 Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified \arg{win}.
1523 This means that when the user presses \texttt{TAB} key on that other window,
1524 the focus switches to this window.
1525
1526 Default tab order is the same as creation order, this function and
1527 \helpref{MoveBeforeInTabOrder()}{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder} allow to change
1528 it after creating all the windows.
1529
1530 \wxheading{Parameters}
1531
1532 \docparam{win}{A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
1533 must not be NULL}
1534
1535
1536 \membersection{wxWindow::MoveBeforeInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder}
1537
1538 \func{void}{MoveBeforeInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
1539
1540 Same as \helpref{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder} except that
1541 it inserts this window just before \arg{win} instead of putting it right after
1542 it.
1543
1544
1545 \membersection{wxWindow::Navigate}\label{wxwindownavigate}
1546
1547 \func{bool}{Navigate}{\param{int}{ flags = wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward}}
1548
1549 Does keyboard navigation from this window to another, by sending
1550 a wxNavigationKeyEvent.
1551
1552 \wxheading{Parameters}
1553
1554 \docparam{flags}{A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.}
1555
1556 \wxheading{Remarks}
1557
1558 You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress handler to do the default
1559 navigation behaviour for the tab key, since the standard default behaviour for
1560 a multiline text control with the wxTE\_PROCESS\_TAB style is to insert a tab
1561 and not navigate to the next control.
1562
1563 %% VZ: wxWindow::OnXXX() functions should not be documented but I'm leaving
1564 %% the old docs here in case we want to move any still needed bits to
1565 %% the right location (i.e. probably the corresponding events docs)
1566 %%
1567 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnActivate}\label{wxwindowonactivate}
1568 %%
1569 %% \func{void}{OnActivate}{\param{wxActivateEvent\&}{ event}}
1570 %%
1571 %% Called when a window is activated or deactivated.
1572 %%
1573 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1574 %%
1575 %% \docparam{event}{Object containing activation information.}
1576 %%
1577 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1578 %%
1579 %% If the window is being activated, \helpref{wxActivateEvent::GetActive}{wxactivateeventgetactive} returns {\tt true},
1580 %% otherwise it returns {\tt false} (it is being deactivated).
1581 %%
1582 %% \wxheading{See also}
1583 %%
1584 %% \helpref{wxActivateEvent}{wxactivateevent},\rtfsp
1585 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1586 %%
1587 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnChar}\label{wxwindowonchar}
1588 %%
1589 %% \func{void}{OnChar}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1590 %%
1591 %% Called when the user has pressed a key that is not a modifier (SHIFT, CONTROL or ALT).
1592 %%
1593 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1594 %%
1595 %% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1596 %% details about this class.}
1597 %%
1598 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1599 %%
1600 %% This member function is called in response to a keypress. To intercept this event,
1601 %% use the EVT\_CHAR macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnChar} handler may call this
1602 %% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1603 %%
1604 %% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
1605 %% values.
1606 %%
1607 %% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept modifier
1608 %% keypresses, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1609 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1610 %%
1611 %% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
1612 %%
1613 %% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
1614 %% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1615 %%
1616 %% \wxheading{See also}
1617 %%
1618 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
1619 %% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1620 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1621 %%
1622 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCharHook}\label{wxwindowoncharhook}
1623 %%
1624 %% \func{void}{OnCharHook}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1625 %%
1626 %% This member is called to allow the window to intercept keyboard events
1627 %% before they are processed by child windows.
1628 %%
1629 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1630 %%
1631 %% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1632 %% details about this class.}
1633 %%
1634 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1635 %%
1636 %% This member function is called in response to a keypress, if the window is active. To intercept this event,
1637 %% use the EVT\_CHAR\_HOOK macro in an event table definition. If you do not process a particular
1638 %% keypress, call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip} to allow default processing.
1639 %%
1640 %% An example of using this function is in the implementation of escape-character processing for wxDialog,
1641 %% where pressing ESC dismisses the dialog by {\bf OnCharHook} 'forging' a cancel button press event.
1642 %%
1643 %% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
1644 %% values.
1645 %%
1646 %% This function is only relevant to top-level windows (frames and dialogs), and under
1647 %% Windows only. Under GTK the normal EVT\_CHAR\_ event has the functionality, i.e.
1648 %% you can intercept it, and if you don't call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip}
1649 %% the window won't get the event.
1650 %%
1651 %% \wxheading{See also}
1652 %%
1653 %% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent},\rtfsp
1654 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1655 %% %% GD: OnXXX functions are not documented
1656 %% %%\helpref{wxApp::OnCharHook}{wxapponcharhook},\rtfsp
1657 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1658 %%
1659 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCommand}\label{wxwindowoncommand}
1660 %%
1661 %% \func{virtual void}{OnCommand}{\param{wxEvtHandler\& }{object}, \param{wxCommandEvent\& }{event}}
1662 %%
1663 %% This virtual member function is called if the control does not handle the command event.
1664 %%
1665 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1666 %%
1667 %% \docparam{object}{Object receiving the command event.}
1668 %%
1669 %% \docparam{event}{Command event}
1670 %%
1671 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1672 %%
1673 %% This virtual function is provided mainly for backward compatibility. You can also intercept commands
1674 %% from child controls by using an event table, with identifiers or identifier ranges to identify
1675 %% the control(s) in question.
1676 %%
1677 %% \wxheading{See also}
1678 %%
1679 %% \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
1680 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1681 %%
1682 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnClose}\label{wxwindowonclose}
1683 %%
1684 %% \func{virtual bool}{OnClose}{\void}
1685 %%
1686 %% Called when the user has tried to close a a frame
1687 %% or dialog box using the window manager (X) or system menu (Windows).
1688 %%
1689 %% {\bf Note:} This is an obsolete function.
1690 %% It is superseded by the \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow} event
1691 %% handler.
1692 %%
1693 %% \wxheading{Return value}
1694 %%
1695 %% If {\tt true} is returned by OnClose, the window will be deleted by the system, otherwise the
1696 %% attempt will be ignored. Do not delete the window from within this handler, although
1697 %% you may delete other windows.
1698 %%
1699 %% \wxheading{See also}
1700 %%
1701 %% \helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
1702 %% \helpref{wxWindow::Close}{wxwindowclose},\rtfsp
1703 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow},\rtfsp
1704 %% \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
1705 %%
1706 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}\label{wxwindowonkeydown}
1707 %%
1708 %% \func{void}{OnKeyDown}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1709 %%
1710 %% Called when the user has pressed a key, before it is translated into an ASCII value using other
1711 %% modifier keys that might be pressed at the same time.
1712 %%
1713 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1714 %%
1715 %% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1716 %% details about this class.}
1717 %%
1718 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1719 %%
1720 %% This member function is called in response to a key down event. To intercept this event,
1721 %% use the EVT\_KEY\_DOWN macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyDown} handler may call this
1722 %% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1723 %%
1724 %% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
1725 %% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1726 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1727 %%
1728 %% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
1729 %%
1730 %% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
1731 %% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1732 %%
1733 %% \wxheading{See also}
1734 %%
1735 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
1736 %% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1737 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1738 %%
1739 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}\label{wxwindowonkeyup}
1740 %%
1741 %% \func{void}{OnKeyUp}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1742 %%
1743 %% Called when the user has released a key.
1744 %%
1745 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1746 %%
1747 %% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1748 %% details about this class.}
1749 %%
1750 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1751 %%
1752 %% This member function is called in response to a key up event. To intercept this event,
1753 %% use the EVT\_KEY\_UP macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyUp} handler may call this
1754 %% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1755 %%
1756 %% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
1757 %% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1758 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1759 %%
1760 %% Most, but not all, windows allow key up events to be intercepted.
1761 %%
1762 %% \wxheading{See also}
1763 %%
1764 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown},\rtfsp
1765 %% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1766 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1767 %%
1768 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnInitDialog}\label{wxwindowoninitdialog}
1769 %%
1770 %% \func{void}{OnInitDialog}{\param{wxInitDialogEvent\&}{ event}}
1771 %%
1772 %% Default handler for the wxEVT\_INIT\_DIALOG event. Calls \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}.
1773 %%
1774 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1775 %%
1776 %% \docparam{event}{Dialog initialisation event.}
1777 %%
1778 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1779 %%
1780 %% Gives the window the default behaviour of transferring data to child controls via
1781 %% the validator that each control has.
1782 %%
1783 %% \wxheading{See also}
1784 %%
1785 %% \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
1786 %%
1787 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMenuCommand}\label{wxwindowonmenucommand}
1788 %%
1789 %% \func{void}{OnMenuCommand}{\param{wxCommandEvent\& }{event}}
1790 %%
1791 %% Called when a menu command is received from a menu bar.
1792 %%
1793 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1794 %%
1795 %% \docparam{event}{The menu command event. For more information, see \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent}.}
1796 %%
1797 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1798 %%
1799 %% A function with this name doesn't actually exist; you can choose any member function to receive
1800 %% menu command events, using the EVT\_COMMAND macro for individual commands or EVT\_COMMAND\_RANGE for
1801 %% a range of commands.
1802 %%
1803 %% \wxheading{See also}
1804 %%
1805 %% \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
1806 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnMenuHighlight}{wxwindowonmenuhighlight},\rtfsp
1807 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1808 %%
1809 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMenuHighlight}\label{wxwindowonmenuhighlight}
1810 %%
1811 %% \func{void}{OnMenuHighlight}{\param{wxMenuEvent\& }{event}}
1812 %%
1813 %% Called when a menu select is received from a menu bar: that is, the
1814 %% mouse cursor is over a menu item, but the left mouse button has not been
1815 %% pressed.
1816 %%
1817 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1818 %%
1819 %% \docparam{event}{The menu highlight event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent}.}
1820 %%
1821 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1822 %%
1823 %% You can choose any member function to receive
1824 %% menu select events, using the EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT macro for individual menu items or EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT\_ALL macro
1825 %% for all menu items.
1826 %%
1827 %% The default implementation for \helpref{wxFrame::OnMenuHighlight}{wxframeonmenuhighlight} displays help
1828 %% text in the first field of the status bar.
1829 %%
1830 %% This function was known as {\bf OnMenuSelect} in earlier versions of wxWidgets, but this was confusing
1831 %% since a selection is normally a left-click action.
1832 %%
1833 %% \wxheading{See also}
1834 %%
1835 %% \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent},\rtfsp
1836 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnMenuCommand}{wxwindowonmenucommand},\rtfsp
1837 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1838 %%
1839 %%
1840 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMouseEvent}\label{wxwindowonmouseevent}
1841 %%
1842 %% \func{void}{OnMouseEvent}{\param{wxMouseEvent\&}{ event}}
1843 %%
1844 %% Called when the user has initiated an event with the
1845 %% mouse.
1846 %%
1847 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1848 %%
1849 %% \docparam{event}{The mouse event. See \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent} for
1850 %% more details.}
1851 %%
1852 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1853 %%
1854 %% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
1855 %%
1856 %% To intercept this event, use the EVT\_MOUSE\_EVENTS macro in an event table definition, or individual
1857 %% mouse event macros such as EVT\_LEFT\_DOWN.
1858 %%
1859 %% \wxheading{See also}
1860 %%
1861 %% \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent},\rtfsp
1862 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1863 %%
1864 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMove}\label{wxwindowonmove}
1865 %%
1866 %% \func{void}{OnMove}{\param{wxMoveEvent\& }{event}}
1867 %%
1868 %% Called when a window is moved.
1869 %%
1870 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1871 %%
1872 %% \docparam{event}{The move event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent}.}
1873 %%
1874 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1875 %%
1876 %% Use the EVT\_MOVE macro to intercept move events.
1877 %%
1878 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1879 %%
1880 %% Not currently implemented.
1881 %%
1882 %% \wxheading{See also}
1883 %%
1884 %% \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent},\rtfsp
1885 %% \helpref{wxFrame::OnSize}{wxframeonsize},\rtfsp
1886 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1887 %%
1888 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnPaint}\label{wxwindowonpaint}
1889 %%
1890 %% \func{void}{OnPaint}{\param{wxPaintEvent\& }{event}}
1891 %%
1892 %% Sent to the event handler when the window must be refreshed.
1893 %%
1894 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1895 %%
1896 %% \docparam{event}{Paint event. For more information, see \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent}.}
1897 %%
1898 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1899 %%
1900 %% Use the EVT\_PAINT macro in an event table definition to intercept paint events.
1901 %%
1902 %% Note that In a paint event handler, the application must {\it always} create a \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc} object,
1903 %% even if you do not use it. Otherwise, under MS Windows, refreshing for this and other windows will go wrong.
1904 %%
1905 %% For example:
1906 %%
1907 %% \small{%
1908 %% \begin{verbatim}
1909 %% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
1910 %% {
1911 %% wxPaintDC dc(this);
1912 %%
1913 %% DrawMyDocument(dc);
1914 %% }
1915 %% \end{verbatim}
1916 %% }%
1917 %%
1918 %% You can optimize painting by retrieving the rectangles
1919 %% that have been damaged and only repainting these. The rectangles are in
1920 %% terms of the client area, and are unscrolled, so you will need to do
1921 %% some calculations using the current view position to obtain logical,
1922 %% scrolled units.
1923 %%
1924 %% Here is an example of using the \helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator} class:
1925 %%
1926 %% {\small%
1927 %% \begin{verbatim}
1928 %% // Called when window needs to be repainted.
1929 %% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
1930 %% {
1931 %% wxPaintDC dc(this);
1932 %%
1933 %% // Find Out where the window is scrolled to
1934 %% int vbX,vbY; // Top left corner of client
1935 %% GetViewStart(&vbX,&vbY);
1936 %%
1937 %% int vX,vY,vW,vH; // Dimensions of client area in pixels
1938 %% wxRegionIterator upd(GetUpdateRegion()); // get the update rect list
1939 %%
1940 %% while (upd)
1941 %% {
1942 %% vX = upd.GetX();
1943 %% vY = upd.GetY();
1944 %% vW = upd.GetW();
1945 %% vH = upd.GetH();
1946 %%
1947 %% // Alternatively we can do this:
1948 %% // wxRect rect;
1949 %% // upd.GetRect(&rect);
1950 %%
1951 %% // Repaint this rectangle
1952 %% ...some code...
1953 %%
1954 %% upd ++ ;
1955 %% }
1956 %% }
1957 %% \end{verbatim}
1958 %% }%
1959 %%
1960 %% \wxheading{See also}
1961 %%
1962 %% \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent},\rtfsp
1963 %% \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc},\rtfsp
1964 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1965 %%
1966 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnScroll}\label{wxwindowonscroll}
1967 %%
1968 %% \func{void}{OnScroll}{\param{wxScrollWinEvent\& }{event}}
1969 %%
1970 %% Called when a scroll window event is received from one of the window's built-in scrollbars.
1971 %%
1972 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1973 %%
1974 %% \docparam{event}{Command event. Retrieve the new scroll position by
1975 %% calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetPosition}{wxscrolleventgetposition}, and the
1976 %% scrollbar orientation by calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetOrientation}{wxscrolleventgetorientation}.}
1977 %%
1978 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1979 %%
1980 %% Note that it is not possible to distinguish between horizontal and vertical scrollbars
1981 %% until the function is executing (you can't have one function for vertical, another
1982 %% for horizontal events).
1983 %%
1984 %% \wxheading{See also}
1985 %%
1986 %% \helpref{wxScrollWinEvent}{wxscrollwinevent},\rtfsp
1987 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1988 %%
1989 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSetFocus}\label{wxwindowonsetfocus}
1990 %%
1991 %% \func{void}{OnSetFocus}{\param{wxFocusEvent\& }{event}}
1992 %%
1993 %% Called when a window's focus is being set.
1994 %%
1995 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1996 %%
1997 %% \docparam{event}{The focus event. For more information, see \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}.}
1998 %%
1999 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
2000 %%
2001 %% To intercept this event, use the macro EVT\_SET\_FOCUS in an event table definition.
2002 %%
2003 %% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
2004 %%
2005 %% \wxheading{See also}
2006 %%
2007 %% \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKillFocus}{wxwindowonkillfocus},\rtfsp
2008 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2009 %%
2010 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSize}\label{wxwindowonsize}
2011 %%
2012 %% \func{void}{OnSize}{\param{wxSizeEvent\& }{event}}
2013 %%
2014 %% Called when the window has been resized. This is not a virtual function; you should
2015 %% provide your own non-virtual OnSize function and direct size events to it using EVT\_SIZE
2016 %% in an event table definition.
2017 %%
2018 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
2019 %%
2020 %% \docparam{event}{Size event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent}.}
2021 %%
2022 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
2023 %%
2024 %% You may wish to use this for frames to resize their child windows as appropriate.
2025 %%
2026 %% Note that the size passed is of
2027 %% the whole window: call \helpref{wxWindow::GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize} for the area which may be
2028 %% used by the application.
2029 %%
2030 %% When a window is resized, usually only a small part of the window is damaged and you
2031 %% may only need to repaint that area. However, if your drawing depends on the size of the window,
2032 %% you may need to clear the DC explicitly and repaint the whole window. In which case, you
2033 %% may need to call \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} to invalidate the entire window.
2034 %%
2035 %% \wxheading{See also}
2036 %%
2037 %% \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent},\rtfsp
2038 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2039 %%
2040 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSysColourChanged}\label{wxwindowonsyscolourchanged}
2041 %%
2042 %% \func{void}{OnSysColourChanged}{\param{wxOnSysColourChangedEvent\& }{event}}
2043 %%
2044 %% Called when the user has changed the system colours. Windows only.
2045 %%
2046 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
2047 %%
2048 %% \docparam{event}{System colour change event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent}.}
2049 %%
2050 %% \wxheading{See also}
2051 %%
2052 %% \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent},\rtfsp
2053 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2054
2055
2056 \membersection{wxWindow::OnInternalIdle}\label{wxwindowoninternalidle}
2057
2058 \func{virtual void}{OnInternalIdle}{\void}
2059
2060 This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
2061 sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
2062 that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
2063 handler in a derived class.
2064
2065 This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
2066 and most implementations call \helpref{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
2067 in order to send update events to the window in idle time.
2068
2069
2070 \membersection{wxWindow::PageDown}\label{wxwindowpagedown}
2071
2072 This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(1)$.
2073
2074
2075 \membersection{wxWindow::PageUp}\label{wxwindowpageup}
2076
2077 This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(-1)$.
2078
2079
2080 \membersection{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}\label{wxwindowpopeventhandler}
2081
2082 \constfunc{wxEvtHandler*}{PopEventHandler}{\param{bool }{deleteHandler = {\tt false}}}
2083
2084 Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
2085
2086 \wxheading{Parameters}
2087
2088 \docparam{deleteHandler}{If this is {\tt true}, the handler will be deleted after it is removed. The
2089 default value is {\tt false}.}
2090
2091 \wxheading{See also}
2092
2093 \helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
2094 \helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2095 \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2096 \helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2097 \helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
2098
2099
2100 \membersection{wxWindow::PopupMenu}\label{wxwindowpopupmenu}
2101
2102 \func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition}}
2103
2104 \func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
2105
2106 Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
2107 window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu. If a
2108 menu item is selected, the corresponding menu event is generated and will be
2109 processed as usually. If the coordinates are not specified, current mouse
2110 cursor position is used.
2111
2112 \wxheading{Parameters}
2113
2114 \docparam{menu}{Menu to pop up.}
2115
2116 \docparam{pos}{The position where the menu will appear.}
2117
2118 \docparam{x}{Required x position for the menu to appear.}
2119
2120 \docparam{y}{Required y position for the menu to appear.}
2121
2122 \wxheading{See also}
2123
2124 \helpref{wxMenu}{wxmenu}
2125
2126 \wxheading{Remarks}
2127
2128 Just before the menu is popped up, \helpref{wxMenu::UpdateUI}{wxmenuupdateui}
2129 is called to ensure that the menu items are in the correct state. The menu does
2130 not get deleted by the window.
2131
2132 It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when calling PopupMenu
2133 in response to mouse click, because some of the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do
2134 a better job of positioning the menu in that case.
2135
2136 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
2137 implements the following methods:\par
2138 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
2139 \twocolitem{{\bf PopupMenu(menu, point)}}{Specifies position with a wxPoint}
2140 \twocolitem{{\bf PopupMenuXY(menu, x, y)}}{Specifies position with two integers (x, y)}
2141 \end{twocollist}}
2142 }
2143
2144
2145 \membersection{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}\label{wxwindowpusheventhandler}
2146
2147 \func{void}{PushEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
2148
2149 Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
2150
2151 \wxheading{Parameters}
2152
2153 \docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be pushed.}
2154
2155 \wxheading{Remarks}
2156
2157 An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2158 sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2159 an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2160 central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2161 window classes.
2162
2163 \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} allows
2164 an application to set up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2165 handed to the next one in the chain. Use \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler} to
2166 remove the event handler.
2167
2168 \wxheading{See also}
2169
2170 \helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
2171 \helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2172 \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2173 \helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2174 \helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
2175
2176
2177 \membersection{wxWindow::Raise}\label{wxwindowraise}
2178
2179 \func{void}{Raise}{\void}
2180
2181 Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy if it is a managed window (dialog
2182 or frame).
2183
2184
2185 \membersection{wxWindow::Refresh}\label{wxwindowrefresh}
2186
2187 \func{virtual void}{Refresh}{\param{bool}{ eraseBackground = {\tt true}}, \param{const wxRect* }{rect
2188 = NULL}}
2189
2190 Causes an event to be generated to repaint the
2191 window.
2192
2193 \wxheading{Parameters}
2194
2195 \docparam{eraseBackground}{If {\tt true}, the background will be
2196 erased.}
2197
2198 \docparam{rect}{If non-NULL, only the given rectangle will
2199 be treated as damaged.}
2200
2201 \wxheading{See also}
2202
2203 \helpref{wxWindow::RefreshRect}{wxwindowrefreshrect}
2204
2205
2206 \membersection{wxWindow::RefreshRect}\label{wxwindowrefreshrect}
2207
2208 \func{void}{RefreshRect}{\param{const wxRect\& }{rect}}
2209
2210 Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: the area inside it will be
2211 repainted.
2212
2213 This is the same as \helpref{Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} but has a nicer syntax.
2214
2215
2216 \membersection{wxWindow::RegisterHotKey}\label{wxwindowregisterhotkey}
2217
2218 \func{bool}{RegisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}, \param{int}{ modifiers}, \param{int}{ virtualKeyCode}}
2219
2220 Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey registered here, this window
2221 will receive a hotkey event. It will receive the event even if the application is in the background
2222 and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some other application.
2223
2224 \wxheading{Parameters}
2225
2226 \docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0 and 0xBFFF. If
2227 this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a system wide unique identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
2228 This is a MSW specific detail.}
2229
2230 \docparam{modifiers}{A bitwise combination of {\tt wxMOD\_SHIFT}, {\tt wxMOD\_CONTROL}, {\tt wxMOD\_ALT}
2231 or {\tt wxMOD\_WIN} specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along with the key.}
2232
2233 \docparam{virtualKeyCode}{The virtual key code of the hotkey.}
2234
2235 \wxheading{Return value}
2236
2237 {\tt true} if the hotkey was registered successfully. {\tt false} if some other application already registered a
2238 hotkey with this modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
2239
2240 \wxheading{Remarks}
2241
2242 Use EVT\_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the event.
2243 This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
2244
2245 \wxheading{See also}
2246
2247 \helpref{wxWindow::UnregisterHotKey}{wxwindowunregisterhotkey}
2248
2249
2250 \membersection{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}\label{wxwindowreleasemouse}
2251
2252 \func{virtual void}{ReleaseMouse}{\void}
2253
2254 Releases mouse input captured with \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse}.
2255
2256 \wxheading{See also}
2257
2258 \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
2259 \helpref{wxWindow::HasCapture}{wxwindowhascapture},
2260 \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
2261 \helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
2262
2263
2264 \membersection{wxWindow::RemoveChild}\label{wxwindowremovechild}
2265
2266 \func{virtual void}{RemoveChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
2267
2268 Removes a child window. This is called automatically by window deletion
2269 functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
2270
2271 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
2272 called by the user code.
2273
2274 \wxheading{Parameters}
2275
2276 \docparam{child}{Child window to remove.}
2277
2278
2279 \membersection{wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler}\label{wxwindowremoveeventhandler}
2280
2281 \func{bool}{RemoveEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler *}{handler}}
2282
2283 Find the given {\it handler} in the windows event handler chain and remove (but
2284 not delete) it from it.
2285
2286 \wxheading{Parameters}
2287
2288 \docparam{handler}{The event handler to remove, must be non {\tt NULL} and
2289 must be present in this windows event handlers chain}
2290
2291 \wxheading{Return value}
2292
2293 Returns {\tt true} if it was found and {\tt false} otherwise (this also results
2294 in an assert failure so this function should only be called when the
2295 handler is supposed to be there).
2296
2297 \wxheading{See also}
2298
2299 \helpref{PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2300 \helpref{PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler}
2301
2302
2303 \membersection{wxWindow::Reparent}\label{wxwindowreparent}
2304
2305 \func{virtual bool}{Reparent}{\param{wxWindow* }{newParent}}
2306
2307 Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
2308 current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
2309 and then re-inserted into another. Available on Windows and GTK.
2310
2311 \wxheading{Parameters}
2312
2313 \docparam{newParent}{New parent.}
2314
2315
2316 \membersection{wxWindow::ScreenToClient}\label{wxwindowscreentoclient}
2317
2318 \constfunc{virtual void}{ScreenToClient}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
2319
2320 \constfunc{virtual wxPoint}{ScreenToClient}{\param{const wxPoint\& }{pt}}
2321
2322 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
2323
2324 \wxheading{Parameters}
2325
2326 \docparam{x}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2327
2328 \docparam{y}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2329
2330 \docparam{pt}{The screen position for the second form of the function.}
2331
2332 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
2333 implements the following methods:\par
2334 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
2335 \twocolitem{{\bf ScreenToClient(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
2336 \twocolitem{{\bf ScreenToClientXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
2337 \end{twocollist}}
2338 }
2339
2340
2341 \membersection{wxWindow::ScrollLines}\label{wxwindowscrolllines}
2342
2343 \func{virtual bool}{ScrollLines}{\param{int }{lines}}
2344
2345 Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if {\it lines} is
2346 positive) or up.
2347
2348 \wxheading{Return value}
2349
2350 Returns {\tt true} if the window was scrolled, {\tt false} if it was already
2351 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
2352
2353 \wxheading{Remarks}
2354
2355 This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxTextCtrl under
2356 wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all
2357 platforms).
2358
2359 \wxheading{See also}
2360
2361 \helpref{ScrollPages}{wxwindowscrollpages}
2362
2363
2364 \membersection{wxWindow::ScrollPages}\label{wxwindowscrollpages}
2365
2366 \func{virtual bool}{ScrollPages}{\param{int }{pages}}
2367
2368 Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if {\it pages} is
2369 positive) or up.
2370
2371 \wxheading{Return value}
2372
2373 Returns {\tt true} if the window was scrolled, {\tt false} if it was already
2374 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
2375
2376 \wxheading{Remarks}
2377
2378 This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxTextCtrl under
2379 wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all
2380 platforms).
2381
2382 \wxheading{See also}
2383
2384 \helpref{ScrollLines}{wxwindowscrolllines}
2385
2386
2387 \membersection{wxWindow::ScrollWindow}\label{wxwindowscrollwindow}
2388
2389 \func{virtual void}{ScrollWindow}{\param{int }{dx}, \param{int }{dy}, \param{const wxRect*}{ rect = NULL}}
2390
2391 Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
2392
2393 \wxheading{Parameters}
2394
2395 \docparam{dx}{Amount to scroll horizontally.}
2396
2397 \docparam{dy}{Amount to scroll vertically.}
2398
2399 \docparam{rect}{Rectangle to invalidate. If this is NULL, the whole window is invalidated. If you
2400 pass a rectangle corresponding to the area of the window exposed by the scroll, your painting handler
2401 can optimize painting by checking for the invalidated region. This parameter is ignored under GTK.}
2402
2403 \wxheading{Remarks}
2404
2405 Use this function to optimise your scrolling implementations, to minimise the area that must be
2406 redrawn. Note that it is rarely required to call this function from a user program.
2407
2408
2409 \membersection{wxWindow::SetAcceleratorTable}\label{wxwindowsetacceleratortable}
2410
2411 \func{virtual void}{SetAcceleratorTable}{\param{const wxAcceleratorTable\&}{ accel}}
2412
2413 Sets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
2414
2415
2416 \membersection{wxWindow::SetAccessible}\label{wxwindowsetaccessible}
2417
2418 \func{void}{SetAccessible}{\param{wxAccessible*}{ accessible}}
2419
2420 Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
2421 will be deleted first, if not identical to {\it accessible}.
2422
2423 See also \helpref{wxAccessible}{wxaccessible}.
2424
2425
2426 \membersection{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}\label{wxwindowsetautolayout}
2427
2428 \func{void}{SetAutoLayout}{\param{bool}{ autoLayout}}
2429
2430 Determines whether the \helpref{wxWindow::Layout}{wxwindowlayout} function will
2431 be called automatically when the window is resized. It is called implicitly by
2432 \helpref{wxWindow::SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer} but if you use
2433 \helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints}{wxwindowsetconstraints} you should call it
2434 manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly updated when its
2435 size changes.
2436
2437 \wxheading{Parameters}
2438
2439 \docparam{autoLayout}{Set this to {\tt true} if you wish the Layout function to be called
2440 from within wxWindow::OnSize functions.}
2441
2442 \wxheading{See also}
2443
2444 \helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints}{wxwindowsetconstraints}
2445
2446
2447 \membersection{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour}
2448
2449 \func{virtual bool}{SetBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2450
2451 Sets the background colour of the window.
2452
2453 Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
2454 explanation of the difference between this method and
2455 \helpref{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetownbackgroundcolour}.
2456
2457 \wxheading{Parameters}
2458
2459 \docparam{colour}{The colour to be used as the background colour, pass
2460 {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
2461
2462 \wxheading{Remarks}
2463
2464 The background colour is usually painted by the default\rtfsp
2465 \helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent} event handler function
2466 under Windows and automatically under GTK.
2467
2468 Note that setting the background colour does not cause an immediate refresh, so you
2469 may wish to call \helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground} or \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} after
2470 calling this function.
2471
2472 Using this function will disable attempts to use themes for this
2473 window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
2474 themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
2475 applications on the system.
2476
2477
2478 \wxheading{See also}
2479
2480 \helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2481 \helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2482 \helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2483 \helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground},\rtfsp
2484 \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh},\rtfsp
2485 \helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent}
2486
2487 \membersection{wxWindow::SetBackgroundStyle}\label{wxwindowsetbackgroundstyle}
2488
2489 \func{virtual void}{SetBackgroundStyle}{\param{wxBackgroundStyle}{ style}}
2490
2491 Sets the background style of the window. The background style indicates
2492 whether background colour should be determined by the system (wxBG\_STYLE\_SYSTEM),
2493 be set to a specific colour (wxBG\_STYLE\_COLOUR), or should be left to the
2494 application to implement (wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM).
2495
2496 On GTK+, use of wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM allows the flicker-free drawing of a custom
2497 background, such as a tiled bitmap. Currently the style has no effect on other platforms.
2498
2499 \wxheading{See also}
2500
2501 \helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2502 \helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2503 \helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundStyle}{wxwindowgetbackgroundstyle}
2504
2505
2506 \membersection{wxWindow::SetBestFittingSize}\label{wxwindowsetbestfittingsize}
2507
2508 \func{void}{SetBestFittingSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize}}
2509
2510 A {\it smart} SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
2511 window's {\it best} size values. Also sets the window's minsize to
2512 the value passed in for use with sizers. This means that if a full or
2513 partial size is passed to this function then the sizers will use that
2514 size instead of the results of GetBestSize to determine the minimum
2515 needs of the window for layout.
2516
2517 \wxheading{See also}
2518
2519 \helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize},\rtfsp
2520 \helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
2521 \helpref{wxWindow::GetBestFittingSize}{wxwindowgetbestfittingsize},\rtfsp
2522 \helpref{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}{wxwindowsetsizehints}
2523
2524
2525 \membersection{wxWindow::SetCaret}\label{wxwindowsetcaret}
2526
2527 \constfunc{void}{SetCaret}{\param{wxCaret *}{caret}}
2528
2529 Sets the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
2530
2531
2532 \membersection{wxWindow::SetClientSize}\label{wxwindowsetclientsize}
2533
2534 \func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
2535
2536 \func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
2537
2538 This sets the size of the window client area in pixels. Using this function to size a window
2539 tends to be more device-independent than \helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}, since the application need not
2540 worry about what dimensions the border or title bar have when trying to fit the window
2541 around panel items, for example.
2542
2543 \wxheading{Parameters}
2544
2545 \docparam{width}{The required client area width.}
2546
2547 \docparam{height}{The required client area height.}
2548
2549 \docparam{size}{The required client size.}
2550
2551 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
2552 implements the following methods:\par
2553 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
2554 \twocolitem{{\bf SetClientSize(size)}}{Accepts a wxSize}
2555 \twocolitem{{\bf SetClientSizeWH(width, height)}}{}
2556 \end{twocollist}}
2557 }
2558
2559
2560 \membersection{wxWindow::SetContainingSizer}\label{wxwindowsetcontainingsizer}
2561
2562 \func{void}{SetContainingSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}}
2563
2564 This normally does not need to be called by user code. It is called
2565 when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window can
2566 remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
2567
2568
2569 \membersection{wxWindow::SetCursor}\label{wxwindowsetcursor}
2570
2571 \func{virtual void}{SetCursor}{\param{const wxCursor\&}{cursor}}
2572
2573 % VZ: the docs are correct, if the code doesn't behave like this, it must be
2574 % changed
2575 Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
2576 children of the window implicitly.
2577
2578 The {\it cursor} may be {\tt wxNullCursor} in which case the window cursor will
2579 be reset back to default.
2580
2581 \wxheading{Parameters}
2582
2583 \docparam{cursor}{Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.}
2584
2585 \wxheading{See also}
2586
2587 \helpref{::wxSetCursor}{wxsetcursor}, \helpref{wxCursor}{wxcursor}
2588
2589
2590 \membersection{wxWindow::SetConstraints}\label{wxwindowsetconstraints}
2591
2592 \func{void}{SetConstraints}{\param{wxLayoutConstraints* }{constraints}}
2593
2594 Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
2595 will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2596 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2597 window, it will be deleted.
2598
2599 \wxheading{Parameters}
2600
2601 \docparam{constraints}{The constraints to set. Pass NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
2602 constraints.}
2603
2604 \wxheading{Remarks}
2605
2606 You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
2607 the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you must override OnSize and call Layout()
2608 explicitly. When setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a \helpref{wxSizer}{wxsizer}, only the
2609 sizer will have effect.
2610
2611 \membersection{wxWindow::SetInitialBestSize}\label{wxwindowsetinitialbestsize}
2612
2613 \func{virtual void}{SetInitialBestSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
2614
2615 Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the
2616 components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord).
2617
2618 \membersection{wxWindow::SetMaxSize}\label{wxwindowsetmaxsize}
2619
2620 \func{void}{SetMaxSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
2621
2622 Sets the maximum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
2623 that this is the maximum possible size.
2624
2625 \membersection{wxWindow::SetMinSize}\label{wxwindowsetminsize}
2626
2627 \func{void}{SetMinSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
2628
2629 Sets the minimum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
2630 that this is the minimum required size. You may need to call this
2631 if you change the window size after construction and before adding
2632 to its parent sizer.
2633
2634 \membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetownbackgroundcolour}
2635
2636 \func{void}{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2637
2638 Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2639 by the children of this window.
2640
2641 \wxheading{See also}
2642
2643 \helpref{SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2644 \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2645
2646
2647 \membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnFont}\label{wxwindowsetownfont}
2648
2649 \func{void}{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2650
2651 Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
2652 children of this window.
2653
2654 \wxheading{See also}
2655
2656 \helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont},\rtfsp
2657 \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2658
2659
2660 \membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}
2661
2662 \func{void}{SetOwnForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2663
2664 Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2665 by the children of this window.
2666
2667 \wxheading{See also}
2668
2669 \helpref{SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2670 \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2671
2672
2673 \membersection{wxWindow::SetDropTarget}\label{wxwindowsetdroptarget}
2674
2675 \func{void}{SetDropTarget}{\param{wxDropTarget*}{ target}}
2676
2677 Associates a drop target with this window.
2678
2679 If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
2680
2681 \wxheading{See also}
2682
2683 \helpref{wxWindow::GetDropTarget}{wxwindowgetdroptarget},
2684 \helpref{Drag and drop overview}{wxdndoverview}
2685
2686
2687
2688 \membersection{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}\label{wxwindowseteventhandler}
2689
2690 \func{void}{SetEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
2691
2692 Sets the event handler for this window.
2693
2694 \wxheading{Parameters}
2695
2696 \docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be set.}
2697
2698 \wxheading{Remarks}
2699
2700 An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2701 sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2702 an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2703 central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2704 window classes.
2705
2706 It is usually better to use \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} since
2707 this sets up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2708 handed to the next one in the chain.
2709
2710 \wxheading{See also}
2711
2712 \helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2713 \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2714 \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2715 \helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2716 \helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
2717
2718
2719 \membersection{wxWindow::SetExtraStyle}\label{wxwindowsetextrastyle}
2720
2721 \func{void}{SetExtraStyle}{\param{long }{exStyle}}
2722
2723 Sets the extra style bits for the window. The currently defined extra style
2724 bits are:
2725
2726 \twocolwidtha{5cm}%
2727 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
2728 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
2729 and Validate() methods will recursively descend into all children of the
2730 window if it has this style flag set.}
2731 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{Normally, the command
2732 events are propagated upwards to the window parent recursively until a handler
2733 for them is found. Using this style allows to prevent them from being
2734 propagated beyond this window. Notice that wxDialog has this style on by
2735 default for the reasons explained in the
2736 \helpref{event processing overview}{eventprocessing}.}
2737 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_TRANSIENT}}{This can be used to prevent a
2738 window from being used as an implicit parent for the dialogs which were
2739 created without a parent. It is useful for the windows which can disappear at
2740 any moment as creating children of such windows results in fatal problems.}
2741 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFRAME\_EX\_CONTEXTHELP}}{Under Windows, puts a query button on the
2742 caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWidgets will send
2743 a wxEVT\_HELP event if the user clicked on an application window.
2744 This style cannot be used together with wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX or wxMINIMIZE\_BOX, so
2745 you should use the style of
2746 {\tt wxDEFAULT\_FRAME\_STYLE \& \textasciitilde(wxMINIMIZE\_BOX | wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX)} for the
2747 frames having this style (the dialogs don't have minimize nor maximize box by
2748 default)}
2749 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_IDLE}}{This window should always process idle events, even
2750 if the mode set by \helpref{wxIdleEvent::SetMode}{wxidleeventsetmode} is wxIDLE\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
2751 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_UI\_UPDATES}}{This window should always process UI update events,
2752 even if the mode set by \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} is wxUPDATE\_UI\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
2753 \end{twocollist}
2754
2755
2756 \membersection{wxWindow::SetFocus}\label{wxwindowsetfocus}
2757
2758 \func{virtual void}{SetFocus}{\void}
2759
2760 This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
2761
2762 \wxheading{See also}
2763
2764 \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}
2765
2766
2767 \membersection{wxWindow::SetFocusFromKbd}\label{wxwindowsetfocusfromkbd}
2768
2769 \func{virtual void}{SetFocusFromKbd}{\void}
2770
2771 This function is called by wxWidgets keyboard navigation code when the user
2772 gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using {\tt TAB} key).
2773 By default this method simply calls \helpref{SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus} but
2774 can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
2775
2776
2777 \membersection{wxWindow::SetFont}\label{wxwindowsetfont}
2778
2779 \func{void}{SetFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}}
2780
2781 Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
2782 parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
2783 use \helpref{SetOwnFont}{wxwindowsetownfont} instead in this case and
2784 see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for more
2785 explanations.
2786
2787 \wxheading{Parameters}
2788
2789 \docparam{font}{Font to associate with this window, pass
2790 {\tt wxNullFont} to reset to the default font.}
2791
2792 \wxheading{See also}
2793
2794 \helpref{wxWindow::GetFont}{wxwindowgetfont},\\
2795 \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2796
2797
2798 \membersection{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour}
2799
2800 \func{virtual void}{SetForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2801
2802 Sets the foreground colour of the window.
2803
2804 Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
2805 explanation of the difference between this method and
2806 \helpref{SetOwnForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}.
2807
2808 \wxheading{Parameters}
2809
2810 \docparam{colour}{The colour to be used as the foreground colour, pass
2811 {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
2812
2813 \wxheading{Remarks}
2814
2815 The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
2816 to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
2817 be used at all.
2818
2819 Using this function will disable attempts to use themes for this
2820 window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
2821 themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
2822 applications on the system.
2823
2824 \wxheading{See also}
2825
2826 \helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2827 \helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2828 \helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2829 \helpref{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
2830
2831
2832 \membersection{wxWindow::SetHelpText}\label{wxwindowsethelptext}
2833
2834 \func{virtual void}{SetHelpText}{\param{const wxString\& }{helpText}}
2835
2836 Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2837
2838 Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
2839 and not in the window object itself.
2840
2841 \wxheading{See also}
2842
2843 \helpref{GetHelpText}{wxwindowgethelptext}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
2844
2845
2846 \membersection{wxWindow::SetId}\label{wxwindowsetid}
2847
2848 \func{void}{SetId}{\param{int}{ id}}
2849
2850 Sets the identifier of the window.
2851
2852 \wxheading{Remarks}
2853
2854 Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has not provided one,
2855 an identifier will be generated. Normally, the identifier should be provided
2856 on creation and should not be modified subsequently.
2857
2858 \wxheading{See also}
2859
2860 \helpref{wxWindow::GetId}{wxwindowgetid},\rtfsp
2861 \helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
2862
2863
2864
2865 \membersection{wxWindow::SetName}\label{wxwindowsetname}
2866
2867 \func{virtual void}{SetName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
2868
2869 Sets the window's name.
2870
2871 \wxheading{Parameters}
2872
2873 \docparam{name}{A name to set for the window.}
2874
2875 \wxheading{See also}
2876
2877 \helpref{wxWindow::GetName}{wxwindowgetname}
2878
2879
2880 \membersection{wxWindow::SetPalette}\label{wxwindowsetpalette}
2881
2882 \func{virtual void}{SetPalette}{\param{wxPalette* }{palette}}
2883
2884 Obsolete - use \helpref{wxDC::SetPalette}{wxdcsetpalette} instead.
2885
2886
2887 \membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}\label{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
2888
2889 \func{virtual void}{SetScrollbar}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{position},\rtfsp
2890 \param{int }{thumbSize}, \param{int }{range},\rtfsp
2891 \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
2892
2893 Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
2894
2895 \wxheading{Parameters}
2896
2897 \docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2898
2899 \docparam{position}{The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.}
2900
2901 \docparam{thumbSize}{The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.}
2902
2903 \docparam{range}{The maximum position of the scrollbar.}
2904
2905 \docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
2906
2907 \wxheading{Remarks}
2908
2909 Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same font.
2910 The window is sized so that you can only see 16 lines at a time.
2911
2912 You would use:
2913
2914 {\small%
2915 \begin{verbatim}
2916 SetScrollbar(wxVERTICAL, 0, 16, 50);
2917 \end{verbatim}
2918 }
2919
2920 Note that with the window at this size, the thumb position can never go
2921 above 50 minus 16, or 34.
2922
2923 You can determine how many lines are currently visible by dividing the current view
2924 size by the character height in pixels.
2925
2926 When defining your own scrollbar behaviour, you will always need to recalculate
2927 the scrollbar settings when the window size changes. You could therefore put your
2928 scrollbar calculations and SetScrollbar
2929 call into a function named AdjustScrollbars, which can be called initially and also
2930 from your \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent} handler function.
2931
2932 \wxheading{See also}
2933
2934 \helpref{Scrolling overview}{scrollingoverview},\rtfsp
2935 \helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
2936
2937 \begin{comment}
2938
2939
2940 \membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpage}
2941
2942 \func{virtual void}{SetScrollPage}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pageSize}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
2943
2944 Sets the page size of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2945
2946 \wxheading{Parameters}
2947
2948 \docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2949
2950 \docparam{pageSize}{Page size in scroll units.}
2951
2952 \docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
2953
2954 \wxheading{Remarks}
2955
2956 The page size of a scrollbar is the number of scroll units that the scroll thumb travels when you
2957 click on the area above/left of or below/right of the thumb. Normally you will want a whole visible
2958 page to be scrolled, i.e. the size of the current view (perhaps the window client size). This
2959 value has to be adjusted when the window is resized, since the page size will have changed.
2960
2961 In addition to specifying how far the scroll thumb travels when paging, in Motif and some versions of Windows
2962 the thumb changes size to reflect the page size relative to the length of the document. When the
2963 document size is only slightly bigger than the current view (window) size, almost all of the scrollbar
2964 will be taken up by the thumb. When the two values become the same, the scrollbar will (on some systems)
2965 disappear.
2966
2967 Currently, this function should be called before SetPageRange, because of a quirk in the Windows
2968 handling of pages and ranges.
2969
2970 \wxheading{See also}
2971
2972 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
2973 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
2974 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowsetscrollpage},\rtfsp
2975 \helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
2976 \end{comment}
2977
2978
2979 \membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpos}
2980
2981 \func{virtual void}{SetScrollPos}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pos}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
2982
2983 Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2984
2985 \wxheading{Parameters}
2986
2987 \docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2988
2989 \docparam{pos}{Position in scroll units.}
2990
2991 \docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
2992
2993 \wxheading{Remarks}
2994
2995 This function does not directly affect the contents of the window: it is up to the
2996 application to take note of scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
2997
2998 \wxheading{See also}
2999
3000 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar},\rtfsp
3001 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
3002 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollThumb}{wxwindowgetscrollthumb},\rtfsp
3003 \helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
3004
3005 \begin{comment}
3006
3007
3008 \membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollRange}\label{wxwindowsetscrollrange}
3009
3010 \func{virtual void}{SetScrollRange}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{range}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
3011
3012 Sets the range of one of the built-in scrollbars.
3013
3014 \wxheading{Parameters}
3015
3016 \docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose range is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
3017
3018 \docparam{range}{Scroll range.}
3019
3020 \docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
3021
3022 \wxheading{Remarks}
3023
3024 The range of a scrollbar is the number of steps that the thumb may travel, rather than the total
3025 object length of the scrollbar. If you are implementing a scrolling window, for example, you
3026 would adjust the scroll range when the window is resized, by subtracting the window view size from the
3027 total virtual window size. When the two sizes are the same (all the window is visible), the range goes to zero
3028 and usually the scrollbar will be automatically hidden.
3029
3030 \wxheading{See also}
3031
3032 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
3033 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}{wxwindowsetscrollpage},\rtfsp
3034 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
3035 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowsetscrollpage},\rtfsp
3036 \helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
3037 \end{comment}
3038
3039
3040 \membersection{wxWindow::SetSize}\label{wxwindowsetsize}
3041
3042 \func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}, \param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height},
3043 \param{int}{ sizeFlags = wxSIZE\_AUTO}}
3044
3045 \func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxRect\&}{ rect}}
3046
3047 Sets the size and position of the window in pixels.
3048
3049 \func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
3050
3051 \func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
3052
3053 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
3054
3055 \wxheading{Parameters}
3056
3057 \docparam{x}{Required x position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
3058 value should be used.}
3059
3060 \docparam{y}{Required y position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
3061 value should be used.}
3062
3063 \docparam{width}{Required width in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
3064 value should be used.}
3065
3066 \docparam{height}{Required height position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
3067 value should be used.}
3068
3069 \docparam{size}{\helpref{wxSize}{wxsize} object for setting the size.}
3070
3071 \docparam{rect}{\helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object for setting the position and size.}
3072
3073 \docparam{sizeFlags}{Indicates the interpretation of other parameters. It is a bit list of the following:
3074
3075 {\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_WIDTH}: a -1 width value is taken to indicate
3076 a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
3077 {\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_HEIGHT}: a -1 height value is taken to indicate
3078 a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
3079 {\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO}: -1 size values are taken to indicate
3080 a wxWidgets-supplied default size.\\
3081 {\bf wxSIZE\_USE\_EXISTING}: existing dimensions should be used
3082 if -1 values are supplied.\\
3083 {\bf wxSIZE\_ALLOW\_MINUS\_ONE}: allow dimensions of -1 and less to be interpreted
3084 as real dimensions, not default values.
3085 }
3086
3087 \wxheading{Remarks}
3088
3089 The second form is a convenience for calling the first form with default
3090 x and y parameters, and must be used with non-default width and height values.
3091
3092 The first form sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
3093 Parameters may be -1 to indicate either that a default should be supplied
3094 by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the dimension should be used.
3095
3096 \wxheading{See also}
3097
3098 \helpref{wxWindow::Move}{wxwindowmove}
3099
3100 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
3101 implements the following methods:\par
3102 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
3103 \twocolitem{{\bf SetDimensions(x, y, width, height, sizeFlags=wxSIZE\_AUTO)}}{}
3104 \twocolitem{{\bf SetSize(size)}}{}
3105 \twocolitem{{\bf SetPosition(point)}}{}
3106 \end{twocollist}}
3107 }
3108
3109
3110 \membersection{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}\label{wxwindowsetsizehints}
3111
3112 \func{virtual void}{SetSizeHints}{\param{int}{ minW=-1}, \param{int}{ minH=-1}, \param{int}{ maxW=-1}, \param{int}{ maxH=-1},
3113 \param{int}{ incW=-1}, \param{int}{ incH=-1}}
3114
3115 \func{void}{SetSizeHints}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ minSize},
3116 \param{const wxSize\&}{ maxSize=wxDefaultSize}, \param{const wxSize\&}{ incSize=wxDefaultSize}}
3117
3118
3119 Allows specification of minimum and maximum window sizes, and window size increments.
3120 If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values will be used.
3121
3122 \wxheading{Parameters}
3123
3124 \docparam{minW}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.}
3125
3126 \docparam{minH}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.}
3127
3128 \docparam{maxW}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.}
3129
3130 \docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
3131
3132 \docparam{incW}{Specifies the increment for sizing the width (Motif/Xt only).}
3133
3134 \docparam{incH}{Specifies the increment for sizing the height (Motif/Xt only).}
3135
3136 \docparam{minSize}{Minimum size.}
3137
3138 \docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
3139
3140 \docparam{incSize}{Increment size (Motif/Xt only).}
3141
3142 \wxheading{Remarks}
3143
3144 If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the window outside the
3145 given bounds.
3146
3147 The resizing increments are only significant under Motif or Xt.
3148
3149
3150 \membersection{wxWindow::SetSizer}\label{wxwindowsetsizer}
3151
3152 \func{void}{SetSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=true}}
3153
3154 Sets the window to have the given layout sizer. The window
3155 will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
3156 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
3157 window, it will be deleted if the deleteOld parameter is true.
3158
3159 Note that this function will also call
3160 \helpref{SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} implicitly with {\tt true}
3161 parameter if the {\it sizer}\/ is non-NULL and {\tt false} otherwise.
3162
3163 \wxheading{Parameters}
3164
3165 \docparam{sizer}{The sizer to set. Pass NULL to disassociate and conditionally delete
3166 the window's sizer. See below.}
3167
3168 \docparam{deleteOld}{If true (the default), this will delete any prexisting sizer.
3169 Pass false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself.}
3170
3171 \wxheading{Remarks}
3172
3173 SetSizer now enables and disables Layout automatically, but prior to wxWidgets 2.3.3
3174 the following applied:
3175
3176 You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
3177 the sizer automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you must override OnSize and call Layout()
3178 explicitly. When setting both a wxSizer and a \helpref{wxLayoutConstraints}{wxlayoutconstraints},
3179 only the sizer will have effect.
3180
3181
3182 \membersection{wxWindow::SetSizerAndFit}\label{wxwindowsetsizerandfit}
3183
3184 \func{void}{SetSizerAndFit}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=true}}
3185
3186 The same as \helpref{SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer}, except it also sets the size hints
3187 for the window based on the sizer's minimum size.
3188
3189
3190 \membersection{wxWindow::SetTitle}\label{wxwindowsettitle}
3191
3192 \func{virtual void}{SetTitle}{\param{const wxString\& }{title}}
3193
3194 Sets the window's title. Applicable only to frames and dialogs.
3195
3196 \wxheading{Parameters}
3197
3198 \docparam{title}{The window's title.}
3199
3200 \wxheading{See also}
3201
3202 \helpref{wxWindow::GetTitle}{wxwindowgettitle}
3203
3204
3205 \membersection{wxWindow::SetThemeEnabled}\label{wxwindowsetthemeenabled}
3206
3207 \func{virtual void}{SetThemeEnabled}{\param{bool }{enable}}
3208
3209 This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
3210 to draw the windows' background instead if its own background drawing
3211 code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
3212 obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
3213 One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
3214 defined by a user's selected theme.
3215
3216 Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to true
3217 by default so that the default look and feel is simulated best.
3218
3219
3220 \membersection{wxWindow::SetToolTip}\label{wxwindowsettooltip}
3221
3222 \func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{const wxString\& }{tip}}
3223
3224 \func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{wxToolTip* }{tip}}
3225
3226 Attach a tooltip to the window.
3227
3228 See also: \helpref{GetToolTip}{wxwindowgettooltip},
3229 \helpref{wxToolTip}{wxtooltip}
3230
3231
3232 \membersection{wxWindow::SetValidator}\label{wxwindowsetvalidator}
3233
3234 \func{virtual void}{SetValidator}{\param{const wxValidator\&}{ validator}}
3235
3236 Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having called wxValidator::Clone to
3237 create a new validator of this type.
3238
3239
3240 \membersection{wxWindow::SetVirtualSize}\label{wxwindowsetvirtualsize}
3241
3242 \func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
3243
3244 \func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
3245
3246 Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
3247
3248
3249 \membersection{wxWindow::SetVirtualSizeHints}\label{wxwindowsetvirtualsizehints}
3250
3251 \func{virtual void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{int}{ minW},\param{int}{ minH}, \param{int}{ maxW=-1}, \param{int}{ maxH=-1}}
3252
3253 \func{void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ minSize=wxDefaultSize},
3254 \param{const wxSize\&}{ maxSize=wxDefaultSize}}
3255
3256
3257 Allows specification of minimum and maximum virtual window sizes.
3258 If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values
3259 will be used.
3260
3261 \wxheading{Parameters}
3262
3263 \docparam{minW}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.}
3264
3265 \docparam{minH}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.}
3266
3267 \docparam{maxW}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.}
3268
3269 \docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
3270
3271 \docparam{minSize}{Minimum size.}
3272
3273 \docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
3274
3275 \wxheading{Remarks}
3276
3277 If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the virtual area
3278 of the window outside the given bounds.
3279
3280
3281 \membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyle}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyle}
3282
3283 \func{void}{SetWindowStyle}{\param{long}{ style}}
3284
3285 Identical to \helpref{SetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}.
3286
3287
3288 \membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyleFlag}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}
3289
3290 \func{virtual void}{SetWindowStyleFlag}{\param{long}{ style}}
3291
3292 Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
3293 after the window creation and that \helpref{Refresh()}{wxwindowrefresh} might
3294 be called after changing the others for the change to take place immediately.
3295
3296 See \helpref{Window styles}{windowstyles} for more information about flags.
3297
3298 \wxheading{See also}
3299
3300 \helpref{GetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowgetwindowstyleflag}
3301
3302
3303 \membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}\label{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
3304
3305 \func{void}{SetWindowVariant}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{variant}}
3306
3307 This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
3308 Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
3309 exist in several sizes which correspond to the elements of wxWindowVariant
3310 enum:
3311 \begin{verbatim}
3312 enum wxWindowVariant
3313 {
3314 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL, // Normal size
3315 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_SMALL, // Smaller size (about 25 % smaller than normal )
3316 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MINI, // Mini size (about 33 % smaller than normal )
3317 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_LARGE, // Large size (about 25 % larger than normal )
3318 };
3319 \end{verbatim}
3320
3321 By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
3322 be used to change this.
3323
3324
3325 \membersection{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}\label{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
3326
3327 \func{virtual bool}{ShouldInheritColours}{\void}
3328
3329 Return \true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
3330 \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}, returning \false
3331 forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
3332
3333 The base class version returns \false, but this method is overridden in
3334 \helpref{wxControl}{wxcontrol} where it returns \true.
3335
3336
3337 \membersection{wxWindow::Show}\label{wxwindowshow}
3338
3339 \func{virtual bool}{Show}{\param{bool}{ show = {\tt true}}}
3340
3341 Shows or hides the window. You may need to call \helpref{Raise}{wxwindowraise}
3342 for a top level window if you want to bring it to top, although this is not
3343 needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
3344
3345 \wxheading{Parameters}
3346
3347 \docparam{show}{If {\tt true} displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.}
3348
3349 \wxheading{Return value}
3350
3351 {\tt true} if the window has been shown or hidden or {\tt false} if nothing was
3352 done because it already was in the requested state.
3353
3354 \wxheading{See also}
3355
3356 \helpref{wxWindow::IsShown}{wxwindowisshown}
3357
3358
3359
3360 \membersection{wxWindow::Thaw}\label{wxwindowthaw}
3361
3362 \func{virtual void}{Thaw}{\void}
3363
3364 Reenables window updating after a previous call to
3365 \helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}. To really thaw the control, it must be called
3366 exactly the same number of times as \helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}.
3367
3368
3369 \membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow}
3370
3371 \func{virtual bool}{TransferDataFromWindow}{\void}
3372
3373 Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their validators. Returns
3374 {\tt false} if a transfer failed.
3375
3376 If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3377 the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
3378
3379 \wxheading{See also}
3380
3381 \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow},\rtfsp
3382 \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
3383
3384
3385 \membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
3386
3387 \func{virtual bool}{TransferDataToWindow}{\void}
3388
3389 Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their validators.
3390
3391 If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3392 the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
3393
3394 \wxheading{Return value}
3395
3396 Returns {\tt false} if a transfer failed.
3397
3398 \wxheading{See also}
3399
3400 \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3401 \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
3402
3403
3404 \membersection{wxWindow::UnregisterHotKey}\label{wxwindowunregisterhotkey}
3405
3406 \func{bool}{UnregisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}}
3407
3408 Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
3409
3410 \wxheading{Parameters}
3411
3412 \docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to RegisterHotKey.}
3413
3414 \wxheading{Return value}
3415
3416 {\tt true} if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, {\tt false} if the id was invalid.
3417
3418 \wxheading{Remarks}
3419
3420 This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
3421
3422 \wxheading{See also}
3423
3424 \helpref{wxWindow::RegisterHotKey}{wxwindowregisterhotkey}
3425
3426
3427 \membersection{wxWindow::Update}\label{wxwindowupdate}
3428
3429 \func{virtual void}{Update}{\void}
3430
3431 Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window
3432 while this would usually only happen when the flow of control returns to the
3433 event loop. Notice that this function doesn't refresh the window and does
3434 nothing if the window hadn't been already repainted. Use
3435 \helpref{Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} first if you want to immediately redraw the
3436 window unconditionally.
3437
3438
3439 \membersection{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}\label{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
3440
3441 \func{virtual void}{UpdateWindowUI}{\param{long}{ flags = wxUPDATE\_UI\_NONE}}
3442
3443 This function sends \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvents}{wxupdateuievent} to
3444 the window. The particular implementation depends on the window; for
3445 example a wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
3446 and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
3447 You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
3448 UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
3449 are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
3450 \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} or
3451 \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval}{wxupdateuieventsetupdateinterval} to
3452 limit the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
3453
3454 {\it flags} should be a bitlist of one or more of the following values.
3455
3456 \begin{verbatim}
3457 enum wxUpdateUI
3458 {
3459 wxUPDATE_UI_NONE = 0x0000, // No particular value
3460 wxUPDATE_UI_RECURSE = 0x0001, // Call the function for descendants
3461 wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE = 0x0002 // Invoked from On(Internal)Idle
3462 };
3463 \end{verbatim}
3464
3465 If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
3466 function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE\_UI\_FROMIDLE flag, since
3467 this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
3468 to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
3469 only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
3470 The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
3471 an idle function.
3472
3473 \begin{verbatim}
3474 void MyWindow::OnInternalIdle()
3475 {
3476 if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this))
3477 UpdateWindowUI(wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE);
3478 }
3479 \end{verbatim}
3480
3481 \wxheading{See also}
3482
3483 \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent},
3484 \helpref{wxWindow::DoUpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowdoupdatewindowui},
3485 \helpref{wxWindow::OnInternalIdle}{wxwindowoninternalidle}
3486
3487
3488 \membersection{wxWindow::Validate}\label{wxwindowvalidate}
3489
3490 \func{virtual bool}{Validate}{\void}
3491
3492 Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
3493
3494 If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3495 the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
3496
3497 \wxheading{Return value}
3498
3499 Returns {\tt false} if any of the validations failed.
3500
3501 \wxheading{See also}
3502
3503 \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3504 \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3505 \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}
3506
3507
3508 \membersection{wxWindow::WarpPointer}\label{wxwindowwarppointer}
3509
3510 \func{void}{WarpPointer}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
3511
3512 Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
3513
3514 {\bf NB: } This function is not supported under Mac because Apple Human
3515 Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor programmatically.
3516
3517 \wxheading{Parameters}
3518
3519 \docparam{x}{The new x position for the cursor.}
3520
3521 \docparam{y}{The new y position for the cursor.}
3522