docs/latex/wx/settings.tex

   1 \section{\class{wxSystemSettings}}\label{wxsystemsettings}
   2
   3 wxSystemSettings allows the application to ask for details about
   4 the system. This can include settings such as standard colours, fonts,
   5 and user interface element sizes.
   6
   7 \wxheading{Derived from}
   8
   9 \helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
  10
  11 \wxheading{See also}
  12
  13 \helpref{wxFont}{wxfont}, \helpref{wxColour}{wxcolour}
  14
  15 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
  16
  17 \membersection{wxSystemSettings::wxSystemSettings}
  18
  19 \func{}{wxSystemSettings}{\void}
  20
  21 Default constructor. You don't need to create an instance of wxSystemSettings
  22 since all of its functions are static.
  23
  24 \membersection{wxSystemSettings::GetSystemColour}\label{wxsystemsettingsgetsystemcolour}
  25
  26 \func{static wxColour}{GetSystemColour}{\param{int}{ index}}
  27
  28 Returns a system colour.
  29
  30 {\it index} can be one of:
  31
  32 \twocolwidtha{7cm}
  33 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
  34 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_SCROLLBAR}}{The scrollbar grey area.}
  35 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_BACKGROUND}}{The desktop colour.}
  36 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_ACTIVECAPTION}}{Active window caption.}
  37 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_INACTIVECAPTION}}{Inactive window caption.}
  38 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_MENU}}{Menu background.}
  39 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_WINDOW}}{Window background.}
  40 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_WINDOWFRAME}}{Window frame.}
  41 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_MENUTEXT}}{Menu text.}
  42 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_WINDOWTEXT}}{Text in windows.}
  43 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_CAPTIONTEXT}}{Text in caption, size box and scrollbar arrow box.}
  44 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_ACTIVEBORDER}}{Active window border.}
  45 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_INACTIVEBORDER}}{Inactive window border.}
  46 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_APPWORKSPACE}}{Background colour MDI applications.}
  47 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_HIGHLIGHT}}{Item(s) selected in a control.}
  48 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_HIGHLIGHTTEXT}}{Text of item(s) selected in a control.}
  49 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_BTNFACE}}{Face shading on push buttons.}
  50 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_BTNSHADOW}}{Edge shading on push buttons.}
  51 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_GRAYTEXT}}{Greyed (disabled) text.}
  52 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_BTNTEXT}}{Text on push buttons.}
  53 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_INACTIVECAPTIONTEXT}}{Colour of text in active captions.}
  54 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_BTNHIGHLIGHT}}{Highlight colour for buttons (same as wxSYS\_COLOUR\_3DHILIGHT).}
  55 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_3DDKSHADOW}}{Dark shadow for three-dimensional dispaly elements.}
  56 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_3DLIGHT}}{Light colour for three-dimensional display elements.}
  57 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_INFOTEXT}}{Text colour for tooltip controls.}
  58 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_INFOBK}}{Background colour for tooltip controls.}
  59 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_DESKTOP}}{Same as wxSYS\_COLOUR\_BACKGROUND.}
  60 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_3DFACE}}{Same as wxSYS\_COLOUR\_BTNFACE.}
  61 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_3DSHADOW}}{Same as wxSYS\_COLOUR\_BTNSHADOW.}
  62 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_3DHIGHLIGHT}}{Same as wxSYS\_COLOUR\_BTNHIGHLIGHT.}
  63 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_3DHILIGHT}}{Same as wxSYS\_COLOUR\_BTNHIGHLIGHT.}
  64 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_COLOUR\_BTNHILIGHT}}{Same as wxSYS\_COLOUR\_BTNHIGHLIGHT.}
  65 \end{twocollist}
  66
  67 \membersection{wxSystemSettings::GetSystemFont}\label{wxsystemsettingsgetsystemfont}
  68
  69 \func{static wxFont}{GetSystemFont}{\param{int}{ index}}
  70
  71 Returns a system font.
  72
  73 {\it index} can be one of:
  74
  75 \twocolwidtha{7cm}
  76 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
  77 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_OEM\_FIXED\_FONT}}{Original equipment manufacturer dependent fixed-pitch font.}
  78 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_ANSI\_FIXED\_FONT}}{Windows fixed-pitch font.}
  79 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_ANSI\_VAR\_FONT}}{Windows variable-pitch (proportional) font.}
  80 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_SYSTEM\_FONT}}{System font.}
  81 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_DEVICE\_DEFAULT\_FONT}}{Device-dependent font (Windows NT only).}
  82 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_DEFAULT\_GUI\_FONT}}{Default font for user interface objects such as menus and dialog boxes.
  83 Not available in versions of Windows earlier than Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0.}
  84 \end{twocollist}
  85
  86 \membersection{wxSystemSettings::GetSystemMetric}\label{wxsystemsettingsgetsystemmetric}
  87
  88 \func{static int}{GetSystemMetric}{\param{int}{ index}}
  89
  90 Returns a system metric.
  91
  92 {\it index} can be one of:
  93
  94 \twocolwidtha{7cm}
  95 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
  96 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_MOUSE\_BUTTONS}}{Number of buttons on mouse, or zero if no mouse was installed.}
  97 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_BORDER\_X}}{Width of single border.}
  98 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_BORDER\_Y}}{Height of single border.}
  99 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_CURSOR\_X}}{Width of cursor.}
 100 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_CURSOR\_Y}}{Height of cursor.}
 101 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_DCLICK\_X}}{Width in pixels of rectangle within which two successive mouse
 102 clicks must fall to generate a double-click.}
 103 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_DCLICK\_Y}}{Height in pixels of rectangle within which two successive mouse
 104 clicks must fall to generate a double-click.}
 105 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_DRAG\_X}}{Width in pixels of a rectangle centered on a drag point
 106 to allow for limited movement of the mouse pointer before a drag operation begins.}
 107 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_DRAG\_Y}}{Height in pixels of a rectangle centered on a drag point
 108 to allow for limited movement of the mouse pointer before a drag operation begins.}
 109 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_EDGE\_X}}{Width of a 3D border, in pixels. }
 110 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_EDGE\_Y}}{Height of a 3D border, in pixels. }
 111 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_HSCROLL\_ARROW\_X}}{Width of arrow bitmap on horizontal scrollbar.}
 112 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_HSCROLL\_ARROW\_Y}}{Height of arrow bitmap on horizontal scrollbar.}
 113 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_HTHUMB\_X}}{Width of horizontal scrollbar thumb.}
 114 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_ICON\_X}}{The default width of an icon.}
 115 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_ICON\_Y}}{The default height of an icon.}
 116 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_ICONSPACING\_X}}{Width of a grid cell for items in large icon view,
 117 in pixels. Each item fits into a rectangle of this size when arranged.}
 118 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_ICONSPACING\_Y}}{Height of a grid cell for items in large icon view,
 119 in pixels. Each item fits into a rectangle of this size when arranged.}
 120 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_WINDOWMIN\_X}}{Minimum width of a window.}
 121 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_WINDOWMIN\_Y}}{Minimum height of a window.}
 122 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_SCREEN\_X}}{Width of the screen in pixels.}
 123 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_SCREEN\_Y}}{Height of the screen in pixels.}
 124 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_FRAMESIZE\_X}}{Width of the window frame for a wxTHICK\_FRAME window.}
 125 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_FRAMESIZE\_Y}}{Height of the window frame for a wxTHICK\_FRAME window.}
 126 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_SMALLICON\_X}}{Recommended width of a small icon (in window captions, and small icon view).}
 127 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_SMALLICON\_Y}}{Recommended height of a small icon (in window captions, and small icon view).}
 128 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_HSCROLL\_Y}}{Height of horizontal scrollbar in pixels.}
 129 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_VSCROLL\_X}}{Width of vertical scrollbar in pixels.}
 130 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_VSCROLL\_ARROW\_X}}{Width of arrow bitmap on a vertical scrollbar.}
 131 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_VSCROLL\_ARROW\_Y}}{Height of arrow bitmap on a vertical scrollbar.}
 132 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_VTHUMB\_Y}}{Height of vertical scrollbar thumb.}
 133 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_CAPTION\_Y}}{Height of normal caption area.}
 134 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_MENU\_Y}}{Height of single-line menu bar.}
 135 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_NETWORK\_PRESENT}}{1 if there is a network present, 0 otherwise.}
 136 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_PENWINDOWS\_PRESENT}}{1 if PenWindows is installed, 0 otherwise.}
 137 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_SHOW\_SOUNDS}}{Non-zero if the user requires an application to present information visually in situations
 138 where it would otherwise present the information only in audible form; zero otherwise.}
 139 \twocolitem{{\bf wxSYS\_SWAP\_BUTTONS}}{Non-zero if the meanings of the left and right mouse buttons are swapped; zero otherwise.}
 140 \end{twocollist}
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