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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: cursor.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxCursor
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9 /**
10 @class wxCursor
11
12 A cursor is a small bitmap usually used for denoting where the mouse
13 pointer is, with a picture that might indicate the interpretation of a
14 mouse click. As with icons, cursors in X and MS Windows are created in a
15 different manner. Therefore, separate cursors will be created for the
16 different environments. Platform-specific methods for creating a wxCursor
17 object are catered for, and this is an occasion where conditional
18 compilation will probably be required (see wxIcon for an example).
19
20 A single cursor object may be used in many windows (any subwindow type).
21 The wxWidgets convention is to set the cursor for a window, as in X, rather
22 than to set it globally as in MS Windows, although a global wxSetCursor()
23 function is also available for MS Windows use.
24
25 @section cursor_custom Creating a Custom Cursor
26
27 The following is an example of creating a cursor from 32x32 bitmap data
28 (down_bits) and a mask (down_mask) where 1 is black and 0 is white for the
29 bits, and 1 is opaque and 0 is transparent for the mask.
30 It works on Windows and GTK+.
31
32 @code
33 static char down_bits[] = { 255, 255, 255, 255, 31,
34 255, 255, 255, 31, 255, 255, 255, 31, 255, 255, 255,
35 31, 255, 255, 255, 31, 255, 255, 255, 31, 255, 255,
36 255, 31, 255, 255, 255, 31, 255, 255, 255, 25, 243,
37 255, 255, 19, 249, 255, 255, 7, 252, 255, 255, 15, 254,
38 255, 255, 31, 255, 255, 255, 191, 255, 255, 255, 255,
39 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
40 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
41 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
42 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
43 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
44 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
45 255 };
46
47 static char down_mask[] = { 240, 1, 0, 0, 240, 1,
48 0, 0, 240, 1, 0, 0, 240, 1, 0, 0, 240, 1, 0, 0, 240, 1,
49 0, 0, 240, 1, 0, 0, 240, 1, 0, 0, 255, 31, 0, 0, 255,
50 31, 0, 0, 254, 15, 0, 0, 252, 7, 0, 0, 248, 3, 0, 0,
51 240, 1, 0, 0, 224, 0, 0, 0, 64, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
52 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
53 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
54 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
55 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
56
57 #ifdef __WXMSW__
58 wxBitmap down_bitmap(down_bits, 32, 32);
59 wxBitmap down_mask_bitmap(down_mask, 32, 32);
60
61 down_bitmap.SetMask(new wxMask(down_mask_bitmap));
62 wxImage down_image = down_bitmap.ConvertToImage();
63 down_image.SetOption(wxIMAGE_OPTION_CUR_HOTSPOT_X, 6);
64 down_image.SetOption(wxIMAGE_OPTION_CUR_HOTSPOT_Y, 14);
65 wxCursor down_cursor = wxCursor(down_image);
66 #elif defined(__WXGTK__) or defined(__WXMOTIF__)
67 wxCursor down_cursor = wxCursor(down_bits, 32, 32, 6, 14,
68 down_mask, wxWHITE, wxBLACK);
69 #endif
70 @endcode
71
72 @library{wxcore}
73 @category{gdi}
74
75 @stdobjects
76 - ::wxNullCursor
77 - ::wxSTANDARD_CURSOR
78 - ::wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR
79 - ::wxCROSS_CURSOR
80
81 @see wxBitmap, wxIcon, wxWindow::SetCursor(), wxSetCursor(), ::wxStockCursor
82 */
83 class wxCursor : public wxGDIObject
84 {
85 public:
86 /**
87 Default constructor.
88 */
89 wxCursor();
90
91 /**
92 Constructs a cursor by passing an array of bits (XBM data).
93
94 The parameters @a fg and @a bg have an effect only on GTK+, and force
95 the cursor to use particular background and foreground colours.
96
97 If either @a hotSpotX or @a hotSpotY is -1, the hotspot will be the
98 centre of the cursor image (Motif only).
99
100 @param bits
101 An array of XBM data bits.
102 @param width
103 Cursor width.
104 @param height
105 Cursor height.
106 @param hotSpotX
107 Hotspot x coordinate (relative to the top left of the image).
108 @param hotSpotY
109 Hotspot y coordinate (relative to the top left of the image).
110 @param maskBits
111 Bits for a mask bitmap.
112
113 @onlyfor{wxgtk,wxmotif}
114
115 @beginWxPerlOnly
116 In wxPerl use Wx::Cursor->newData(bits, width, height, hotSpotX = -1, hotSpotY = -1, maskBits = 0).
117 @endWxPerlOnly
118 */
119 wxCursor(const char bits[], int width, int height,
120 int hotSpotX = -1, int hotSpotY = -1,
121 const char maskBits[] = NULL);
122
123 /**
124 Constructs a cursor by passing a string resource name or filename.
125
126 The arguments @a hotSpotX and @a hotSpotY are only used when there's no
127 hotspot info in the resource/image-file to load (e.g. when using
128 @c wxBITMAP_TYPE_ICO under wxMSW or @c wxBITMAP_TYPE_XPM under wxGTK).
129
130 @param cursorName
131 The name of the resource or the image file to load.
132 @param type
133 Icon type to load. It defaults to @c wxCURSOR_DEFAULT_TYPE,
134 which is a @#define associated to different values on different
135 platforms:
136 - under Windows, it defaults to @c wxBITMAP_TYPE_CUR_RESOURCE.
137 Other permitted types under Windows are @c wxBITMAP_TYPE_CUR
138 (to load a cursor from a .cur cursor file) and @c wxBITMAP_TYPE_ICO
139 (to load a cursor from a .ico icon file).
140 - under MacOS, it defaults to @c wxBITMAP_TYPE_MACCURSOR_RESOURCE;
141 when specifying a string resource name, first the color cursors 'crsr'
142 and then the black/white cursors 'CURS' in the resource chain are scanned
143 through.
144 - under GTK, it defaults to @c wxBITMAP_TYPE_XPM.
145 See the wxCursor(const wxImage& image) ctor for more info.
146 - under X11, it defaults to @c wxBITMAP_TYPE_XPM.
147 - under Motif, it defaults to @c wxBITMAP_TYPE_XBM.
148 @param hotSpotX
149 Hotspot x coordinate (relative to the top left of the image).
150 @param hotSpotY
151 Hotspot y coordinate (relative to the top left of the image).
152 */
153 wxCursor(const wxString& cursorName,
154 wxBitmapType type = wxCURSOR_DEFAULT_TYPE,
155 int hotSpotX = 0, int hotSpotY = 0);
156
157 /**
158 Constructs a cursor using a cursor identifier.
159
160 @param cursorId
161 A stock cursor identifier. See ::wxStockCursor.
162 */
163 wxCursor(wxStockCursor cursorId);
164
165 /**
166 Constructs a cursor from a wxImage. If cursor are monochrome on the
167 current platform, colors with the RGB elements all greater than 127
168 will be foreground, colors less than this background. The mask (if any)
169 will be used to specify the transparent area.
170
171 In wxMSW the foreground will be white and the background black.
172 If the cursor is larger than 32x32 it is resized.
173
174 In wxGTK, colour cursors and alpha channel are supported (starting from
175 GTK+ 2.2). Otherwise the two most frequent colors will be used for
176 foreground and background. In any case, the cursor will be displayed
177 at the size of the image.
178
179 In wxMac, if the cursor is larger than 16x16 it is resized and
180 currently only shown as black/white (mask respected).
181 */
182 wxCursor(const wxImage& image);
183
184 /**
185 Copy constructor, uses @ref overview_refcount "reference counting".
186
187 @param cursor
188 Pointer or reference to a cursor to copy.
189 */
190 wxCursor(const wxCursor& cursor);
191
192 /**
193 Destroys the cursor. See
194 @ref overview_refcount_destruct "reference-counted object destruction"
195 for more info.
196
197 A cursor can be reused for more than one window, and does not get
198 destroyed when the window is destroyed. wxWidgets destroys all cursors
199 on application exit, although it is best to clean them up explicitly.
200 */
201 virtual ~wxCursor();
202
203 /**
204 Returns @true if cursor data is present.
205 */
206 virtual bool IsOk() const;
207
208 /**
209 Assignment operator, using @ref overview_refcount "reference counting".
210 */
211 wxCursor& operator =(const wxCursor& cursor);
212 };
213
214
215 /**
216 @name Predefined cursors.
217
218 @see wxStockCursor
219 */
220 //@{
221 wxCursor wxNullCursor;
222 wxCursor* wxSTANDARD_CURSOR;
223 wxCursor* wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR;
224 wxCursor* wxCROSS_CURSOR;
225 //@}
226