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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: statusbr.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxStatusBar
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9 /**
10 @class wxStatusBarPane
11
12 A status bar pane data container used by wxStatusBar.
13
14 @library{wxcore}
15 @category{data}
16
17 @see wxStatusBar
18 */
19 class wxStatusBarPane
20 {
21 public:
22 /**
23 Constructs the pane with the given @a style and @a width.
24 */
25 wxStatusBarPane(int style = wxSB_NORMAL, size_t width = 0);
26
27 /**
28 Returns the pane width; it maybe negative, indicating a variable-width field.
29 */
30 int GetWidth() const;
31
32 /**
33 Returns the pane style.
34 */
35 int GetStyle() const;
36
37 /**
38 Returns the text currently shown in this pane.
39 */
40 wxString GetText() const;
41 };
42
43 /**
44 @class wxStatusBar
45
46 A status bar is a narrow window that can be placed along the bottom of a frame
47 to give small amounts of status information. It can contain one or more fields,
48 one or more of which can be variable length according to the size of the window.
49
50 wxStatusBar also maintains an independent stack of status texts for each field
51 (see PushStatusText() and PopStatusText()).
52
53 Note that in wxStatusBar context, the terms @e pane and @e field are synonyms.
54
55 @beginStyleTable
56 @style{wxSTB_SIZEGRIP}
57 Displays a gripper at the right-hand side of the status bar which can be used
58 to resize the parent window.
59 @style{wxSTB_SHOW_TIPS}
60 Displays tooltips for those panes whose status text has been ellipsized/truncated
61 because the status text doesn't fit the pane width.
62 Note that this style has effect only on wxGTK (with GTK+ >= 2.12) currently.
63 @style{wxSTB_ELLIPSIZE_START}
64 Replace the beginning of the status texts with an ellipsis when the status text
65 widths exceed the status bar pane's widths (uses wxControl::Ellipsize).
66 @style{wxSTB_ELLIPSIZE_MIDDLE}
67 Replace the middle of the status texts with an ellipsis when the status text
68 widths exceed the status bar pane's widths (uses wxControl::Ellipsize).
69 @style{wxSTB_ELLIPSIZE_END}
70 Replace the end of the status texts with an ellipsis when the status text
71 widths exceed the status bar pane's widths (uses wxControl::Ellipsize).
72 @style{wxSTB_DEFAULT_STYLE}
73 The default style: includes
74 @c wxSTB_SIZEGRIP|wxSTB_SHOW_TIPS|wxSTB_ELLIPSIZE_END|wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE.
75 @endStyleTable
76
77 @remarks
78 It is possible to create controls and other windows on the status bar.
79 Position these windows from an OnSize() event handler.
80
81 @library{wxcore}
82 @category{miscwnd}
83
84 @see wxStatusBarPane, wxFrame, @ref page_samples_statbar
85 */
86 class wxStatusBar : public wxWindow
87 {
88 public:
89 /**
90 Default ctor.
91 */
92 wxStatusBar();
93
94 /**
95 Constructor, creating the window.
96
97 @param parent
98 The window parent, usually a frame.
99 @param id
100 The window identifier.
101 It may take a value of -1 to indicate a default value.
102 @param style
103 The window style. See wxStatusBar.
104 @param name
105 The name of the window. This parameter is used to associate a name with the
106 item, allowing the application user to set Motif resource values for
107 individual windows.
108
109 @see Create()
110 */
111 wxStatusBar(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id = wxID_ANY,
112 long style = wxSTB_DEFAULT_STYLE,
113 const wxString& name = wxStatusBarNameStr);
114
115 /**
116 Destructor.
117 */
118 virtual ~wxStatusBar();
119
120 /**
121 Creates the window, for two-step construction.
122 See wxStatusBar() for details.
123 */
124 bool Create(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id = wxID_ANY,
125 long style = wxSTB_DEFAULT_STYLE,
126 const wxString& name = wxStatusBarNameStr);
127
128 /**
129 Returns the size and position of a field's internal bounding rectangle.
130
131 @param i
132 The field in question.
133 @param rect
134 The rectangle values are placed in this variable.
135
136 @return @true if the field index is valid, @false otherwise.
137
138 @beginWxPerlOnly
139 In wxPerl this function returns a @c Wx::Rect if the field
140 index is valid, @c undef otherwise.
141 @endWxPerlOnly
142
143 @see wxRect
144 */
145 virtual bool GetFieldRect(int i, wxRect& rect) const;
146
147 /**
148 Returns the number of fields in the status bar.
149 */
150 int GetFieldsCount() const;
151
152 /**
153 Returns the wxStatusBarPane representing the @a n-th field.
154 */
155 const wxStatusBarPane& GetField(int n) const;
156
157 /**
158 Returns the horizontal and vertical borders used when rendering the field
159 text inside the field area.
160
161 Note that the rect returned by GetFieldRect() already accounts for the
162 presence of horizontal and vertical border returned by this function.
163 */
164 wxSize GetBorders() const;
165
166 /**
167 Returns the string associated with a status bar field.
168
169 @param i
170 The number of the status field to retrieve, starting from zero.
171
172 @return The status field string if the field is valid, otherwise the
173 empty string.
174
175 @see SetStatusText()
176 */
177 virtual wxString GetStatusText(int i = 0) const;
178
179 /**
180 Returns the width of the @a n-th field.
181
182 See wxStatusBarPane::GetWidth() for more info.
183 */
184 int GetStatusWidth(int n) const;
185
186 /**
187 Returns the style of the @a n-th field.
188
189 See wxStatusBarPane::GetStyle() for more info.
190 */
191 int GetStatusStyle(int n) const;
192
193 /**
194 Restores the text to the value it had before the last call to
195 PushStatusText().
196
197 Notice that if SetStatusText() had been called in the meanwhile,
198 PopStatusText() will not change the text, i.e. it does not override
199 explicit changes to status text but only restores the saved text if it
200 hadn't been changed since.
201
202 @see PushStatusText()
203 */
204 void PopStatusText(int field = 0);
205
206 /**
207 Saves the current field text in a per-field stack, and sets the field
208 text to the string passed as argument.
209
210 @see PopStatusText()
211 */
212 void PushStatusText(const wxString& string, int field = 0);
213
214 /**
215 Sets the number of fields, and optionally the field widths.
216
217 @param number
218 The number of fields. If this is greater than the previous number,
219 then new fields with empty strings will be added to the status bar.
220 @param widths
221 An array of n integers interpreted in the same way as
222 in SetStatusWidths().
223
224 @beginWxPerlOnly
225 In wxPerl this function accepts only the @a number parameter.
226 Use SetStatusWidths to set the field widths.
227 @endWxPerlOnly
228 */
229 virtual void SetFieldsCount(int number = 1, const int* widths = NULL);
230
231 /**
232 Sets the minimal possible height for the status bar.
233
234 The real height may be bigger than the height specified here depending
235 on the size of the font used by the status bar.
236 */
237 virtual void SetMinHeight(int height);
238
239 /**
240 Sets the styles of the fields in the status line which can make fields appear
241 flat or raised instead of the standard sunken 3D border.
242
243 @param n
244 The number of fields in the status bar. Must be equal to the
245 number passed to SetFieldsCount() the last time it was called.
246 @param styles
247 Contains an array of @a n integers with the styles for each field.
248 There are three possible styles:
249 - @c wxSB_NORMAL (default): The field appears sunken with a standard 3D border.
250 - @c wxSB_FLAT: No border is painted around the field so that it appears flat.
251 - @c wxSB_RAISED: A raised 3D border is painted around the field.
252 */
253 virtual void SetStatusStyles(int n, const int* styles);
254
255 /**
256 Sets the status text for the @a i-th field.
257
258 The given text will replace the current text.
259
260 Note that if PushStatusText() had been called before the new text will
261 also replace the last saved value to make sure that the next call to
262 PopStatusText() doesn't restore the old value, which was overwritten by
263 the call to this function.
264
265 @param text
266 The text to be set. Use an empty string ("") to clear the field.
267 @param i
268 The field to set, starting from zero.
269
270 @see GetStatusText(), wxFrame::SetStatusText
271 */
272 virtual void SetStatusText(const wxString& text, int i = 0);
273
274 /**
275 Sets the widths of the fields in the status line. There are two types of
276 fields: @b fixed widths and @b variable width fields. For the fixed width fields
277 you should specify their (constant) width in pixels. For the variable width
278 fields, specify a negative number which indicates how the field should expand:
279 the space left for all variable width fields is divided between them according
280 to the absolute value of this number. A variable width field with width of -2
281 gets twice as much of it as a field with width -1 and so on.
282
283 For example, to create one fixed width field of width 100 in the right part of
284 the status bar and two more fields which get 66% and 33% of the remaining
285 space correspondingly, you should use an array containing -2, -1 and 100.
286
287 @param n
288 The number of fields in the status bar. Must be equal to the
289 number passed to SetFieldsCount() the last time it was called.
290 @param widths_field
291 Contains an array of n integers, each of which is either an
292 absolute status field width in pixels if positive or indicates a
293 variable width field if negative.
294 The special value @NULL means that all fields should get the same width.
295
296 @remarks The widths of the variable fields are calculated from the total
297 width of all fields, minus the sum of widths of the
298 non-variable fields, divided by the number of variable fields.
299
300 @beginWxPerlOnly
301 In wxPerl this method takes as parameters the field widths.
302 @endWxPerlOnly
303
304 @see SetFieldsCount(), wxFrame::SetStatusWidths()
305 */
306 virtual void SetStatusWidths(int n, const int* widths_field);
307 };
308