1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: interface of wxWindow
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
6 // Licence: wxWindows licence
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11 Valid values for wxWindow::ShowWithEffect() and wxWindow::HideWithEffect().
16 No effect, equivalent to normal wxWindow::Show() or Hide() call.
22 /// Roll window to the left
23 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_LEFT
,
25 /// Roll window to the right
26 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_RIGHT
,
28 /// Roll window to the top
29 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_TOP
,
31 /// Roll window to the bottom
32 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_BOTTOM
,
34 /// Slide window to the left
35 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_LEFT
,
37 /// Slide window to the right
38 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_RIGHT
,
40 /// Slide window to the top
41 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_TOP
,
43 /// Slide window to the bottom
44 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_BOTTOM
,
46 /// Fade in or out effect
49 /// Expanding or collapsing effect
56 struct containing all the visual attributes of a control
58 struct wxVisualAttributes
60 // the font used for control label/text inside it
63 // the foreground colour
66 // the background colour, may be wxNullColour if the controls background
67 // colour is not solid
73 Different window variants, on platforms like eg mac uses different
78 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL
, //!< Normal size
79 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_SMALL
, //!< Smaller size (about 25 % smaller than normal)
80 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MINI
, //!< Mini size (about 33 % smaller than normal)
81 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_LARGE
, //!< Large size (about 25 % larger than normal)
89 wxWindow is the base class for all windows and represents any visible object
90 on screen. All controls, top level windows and so on are windows. Sizers and
91 device contexts are not, however, as they don't appear on screen themselves.
93 Please note that all children of the window will be deleted automatically by
94 the destructor before the window itself is deleted which means that you don't
95 have to worry about deleting them manually. Please see the @ref
96 overview_windowdeletion "window deletion overview" for more information.
98 Also note that in this, and many others, wxWidgets classes some
99 @c GetXXX() methods may be overloaded (as, for example,
100 wxWindow::GetSize or wxWindow::GetClientSize). In this case, the overloads
101 are non-virtual because having multiple virtual functions with the same name
102 results in a virtual function name hiding at the derived class level (in
103 English, this means that the derived class has to override all overloaded
104 variants if it overrides any of them). To allow overriding them in the derived
105 class, wxWidgets uses a unique protected virtual @c DoGetXXX() method
106 and all @c GetXXX() ones are forwarded to it, so overriding the former
107 changes the behaviour of the latter.
110 @style{wxBORDER_DEFAULT}
111 The window class will decide the kind of border to show, if any.
112 @style{wxBORDER_SIMPLE}
113 Displays a thin border around the window. wxSIMPLE_BORDER is the
114 old name for this style.
115 @style{wxBORDER_SUNKEN}
116 Displays a sunken border. wxSUNKEN_BORDER is the old name for this
118 @style{wxBORDER_RAISED}
119 Displays a raised border. wxRAISED_BORDER is the old name for this
121 @style{wxBORDER_STATIC}
122 Displays a border suitable for a static control. wxSTATIC_BORDER
123 is the old name for this style. Windows only.
124 @style{wxBORDER_THEME}
125 Displays a native border suitable for a control, on the current
126 platform. On Windows XP or Vista, this will be a themed border; on
127 most other platforms a sunken border will be used. For more
128 information for themed borders on Windows, please see Themed
130 @style{wxBORDER_NONE}
131 Displays no border, overriding the default border style for the
132 window. wxNO_BORDER is the old name for this style.
133 @style{wxBORDER_DOUBLE}
134 This style is obsolete and should not be used.
135 @style{wxTRANSPARENT_WINDOW}
136 The window is transparent, that is, it will not receive paint
137 events. Windows only.
138 @style{wxTAB_TRAVERSAL}
139 Use this to enable tab traversal for non-dialog windows.
140 @style{wxWANTS_CHARS}
141 Use this to indicate that the window wants to get all char/key
142 events for all keys - even for keys like TAB or ENTER which are
143 usually used for dialog navigation and which wouldn't be generated
144 without this style. If you need to use this style in order to get
145 the arrows or etc., but would still like to have normal keyboard
146 navigation take place, you should call Navigate in response to the
147 key events for Tab and Shift-Tab.
148 @style{wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE}
149 On Windows, this style used to disable repainting the window
150 completely when its size is changed. Since this behaviour is now
151 the default, the style is now obsolete and no longer has an effect.
153 Use this style to enable a vertical scrollbar. Notice that this
154 style cannot be used with native controls which don't support
155 scrollbars nor with top-level windows in most ports.
157 Use this style to enable a horizontal scrollbar. The same
158 limitations as for wxVSCROLL apply to this style.
159 @style{wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB}
160 If a window has scrollbars, disable them instead of hiding them
161 when they are not needed (i.e. when the size of the window is big
162 enough to not require the scrollbars to navigate it). This style is
163 currently implemented for wxMSW, wxGTK and wxUniversal and does
164 nothing on the other platforms.
165 @style{wxCLIP_CHILDREN}
166 Use this style to eliminate flicker caused by the background being
167 repainted, then children being painted over them. Windows only.
168 @style{wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE}
169 Use this style to force a complete redraw of the window whenever it
170 is resized instead of redrawing just the part of the window
171 affected by resizing. Note that this was the behaviour by default
172 before 2.5.1 release and that if you experience redraw problems
173 with code which previously used to work you may want to try this.
174 Currently this style applies on GTK+ 2 and Windows only, and full
175 repainting is always done on other platforms.
178 @beginExtraStyleTable
179 @style{wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY}
180 By default, wxWindow::Validate(), wxWindow::TransferDataTo() and
181 wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow() only work on
182 direct children of the window (compatible behaviour).
183 Set this flag to make them recursively descend into all subwindows.
184 @style{wxWS_EX_BLOCK_EVENTS}
185 wxCommandEvents and the objects of the derived classes are
186 forwarded to the parent window and so on recursively by default.
187 Using this flag for the given window allows to block this
188 propagation at this window, i.e. prevent the events from being
189 propagated further upwards. Dialogs have this flag on by default
190 for the reasons explained in the @ref overview_events.
191 @style{wxWS_EX_TRANSIENT}
192 Don't use this window as an implicit parent for the other windows:
193 this must be used with transient windows as otherwise there is the
194 risk of creating a dialog/frame with this window as a parent, which
195 would lead to a crash if the parent were destroyed before the child.
196 @style{wxWS_EX_CONTEXTHELP}
197 Under Windows, puts a query button on the caption. When pressed,
198 Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWidgets
199 will send a @c wxEVT_HELP event if the user clicked on an application window.
200 This style cannot be used (because of the underlying native behaviour)
201 together with @c wxMAXIMIZE_BOX or @c wxMINIMIZE_BOX, so these two styles
202 are automatically turned off if this one is used.
203 @style{wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE}
204 This window should always process idle events, even if the mode set
205 by wxIdleEvent::SetMode is @c wxIDLE_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
206 @style{wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES}
207 This window should always process UI update events, even if the
208 mode set by wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode is @c wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
211 @beginEventEmissionTable
212 @event{EVT_ACTIVATE(id, func)}
213 Process a @c wxEVT_ACTIVATE event. See wxActivateEvent.
214 @event{EVT_CHILD_FOCUS(func)}
215 Process a @c wxEVT_CHILD_FOCUS event. See wxChildFocusEvent.
216 @event{EVT_CONTEXT_MENU(func)}
217 A right click (or other context menu command depending on platform) has been detected.
218 See wxContextMenuEvent.
219 @event{EVT_HELP(id, func)}
220 Process a @c wxEVT_HELP event. See wxHelpEvent.
221 @event{EVT_HELP_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}
222 Process a @c wxEVT_HELP event for a range of ids. See wxHelpEvent.
223 @event{EVT_DROP_FILES(func)}
224 Process a @c wxEVT_DROP_FILES event. See wxDropFilesEvent.
225 @event{EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND(func)}
226 Process a @c wxEVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND event. See wxEraseEvent.
227 @event{EVT_SET_FOCUS(func)}
228 Process a @c wxEVT_SET_FOCUS event. See wxFocusEvent.
229 @event{EVT_KILL_FOCUS(func)}
230 Process a @c wxEVT_KILL_FOCUS event. See wxFocusEvent.
231 @event{EVT_IDLE(func)}
232 Process a @c wxEVT_IDLE event. See wxIdleEvent.
233 @event{EVT_JOY_*(func)}
234 Processes joystick events. See wxJoystickEvent.
235 @event{EVT_KEY_DOWN(func)}
236 Process a @c wxEVT_KEY_DOWN event (any key has been pressed).
238 @event{EVT_KEY_UP(func)}
239 Process a @c wxEVT_KEY_UP event (any key has been released).
241 @event{EVT_CHAR(func)}
242 Process a @c wxEVT_CHAR event.
244 @event{EVT_CHAR_HOOK(func)}
245 Process a @c wxEVT_CHAR_HOOK event.
247 @event{EVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST(func)}
248 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event. See wxMouseCaptureLostEvent.
249 @event{EVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_CHANGED(func)}
250 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_CHANGED event. See wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent.
251 @event{EVT_MOUSE_*(func)}
253 @event{EVT_PAINT(func)}
254 Process a @c wxEVT_PAINT event. See wxPaintEvent.
255 @event{EVT_POWER_*(func)}
256 The system power state changed. See wxPowerEvent.
257 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_*(func)}
258 Process scroll events. See wxScrollWinEvent.
259 @event{EVT_SET_CURSOR(func)}
260 Process a @c wxEVT_SET_CURSOR event. See wxSetCursorEvent.
261 @event{EVT_SIZE(func)}
262 Process a @c wxEVT_SIZE event. See wxSizeEvent.
263 @event{EVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED(func)}
264 Process a @c wxEVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED event. See wxSysColourChangedEvent.
270 @see @ref overview_events, @ref overview_windowsizing
272 class wxWindow
: public wxEvtHandler
281 Constructs a window, which can be a child of a frame, dialog or any other
285 Pointer to a parent window.
287 Window identifier. If wxID_ANY, will automatically create an identifier.
289 Window position. wxDefaultPosition indicates that wxWidgets
290 should generate a default position for the window.
291 If using the wxWindow class directly, supply an actual position.
293 Window size. wxDefaultSize indicates that wxWidgets should generate
294 a default size for the window. If no suitable size can be found, the
295 window will be sized to 20x20 pixels so that the window is visible but
296 obviously not correctly sized.
298 Window style. For generic window styles, please see wxWindow.
302 wxWindow(wxWindow
* parent
, wxWindowID id
,
303 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
,
304 const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
,
306 const wxString
& name
= wxPanelNameStr
);
311 Deletes all sub-windows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
312 the @b delete operator explicitly, you should normally use Destroy()
313 so that wxWidgets can delete a window only when it is safe to do so, in idle time.
315 @see @ref overview_windowdeletion "Window Deletion Overview",
316 Destroy(), wxCloseEvent
321 bool Create(wxWindow
*parent
,
323 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
,
324 const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
,
326 const wxString
& name
= wxPanelNameStr
);
329 @name Focus functions
331 See also the static function FindFocus().
336 This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return @false to
337 indicate that this control doesn't accept input at all (i.e. behaves like
338 e.g. wxStaticText) and so doesn't need focus.
340 @see AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard()
342 virtual bool AcceptsFocus() const;
345 This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return @false to
346 indicate that while this control can, in principle, have focus if the user
347 clicks it with the mouse, it shouldn't be included in the TAB traversal chain
348 when using the keyboard.
350 virtual bool AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard() const;
353 Overridden to indicate whether this window or one of its children accepts
354 focus. Usually it's the same as AcceptsFocus() but is overridden for
357 virtual bool AcceptsFocusRecursively() const;
360 Returns @true if the window (or in case of composite controls, its main
361 child window) has focus.
365 virtual bool HasFocus() const;
368 This method is only implemented by ports which have support for
369 native TAB traversal (such as GTK+ 2.0).
371 It is called by wxWidgets' container control code to give the native
372 system a hint when doing TAB traversal. A call to this does not disable
373 or change the effect of programmatically calling SetFocus().
375 @see wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus, wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
377 virtual void SetCanFocus(bool canFocus
);
380 This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
382 @see HasFocus(), wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus,
383 wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
385 virtual void SetFocus();
388 This function is called by wxWidgets keyboard navigation code when the user
389 gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using @c TAB key).
391 By default this method simply calls SetFocus() but
392 can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
394 virtual void SetFocusFromKbd();
400 @name Child management functions
405 Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
406 functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
407 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
408 called by the user code.
413 virtual void AddChild(wxWindow
* child
);
416 Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
418 bool DestroyChildren();
421 Find a child of this window, by @a id.
422 May return @a this if it matches itself.
424 wxWindow
* FindWindow(long id
) const;
427 Find a child of this window, by name.
428 May return @a this if it matches itself.
430 wxWindow
* FindWindow(const wxString
& name
) const;
433 Returns a reference to the list of the window's children. @c wxWindowList
434 is a type-safe wxList-like class whose elements are of type @c wxWindow*.
436 wxWindowList
& GetChildren();
441 const wxWindowList
& GetChildren() const;
444 Removes a child window.
446 This is called automatically by window deletion functions so should not
447 be required by the application programmer.
448 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
449 called by the user code.
452 Child window to remove.
454 virtual void RemoveChild(wxWindow
* child
);
460 @name Sibling and parent management functions
465 Returns the grandparent of a window, or @NULL if there isn't one.
467 wxWindow
* GetGrandParent() const;
470 Returns the next window after this one among the parent's children or @NULL
471 if this window is the last child.
475 @see GetPrevSibling()
477 wxWindow
* GetNextSibling() const;
480 Returns the parent of the window, or @NULL if there is no parent.
482 wxWindow
* GetParent() const;
485 Returns the previous window before this one among the parent's children or @c
486 @NULL if this window is the first child.
490 @see GetNextSibling()
492 wxWindow
* GetPrevSibling() const;
494 Reparents the window, i.e. the window will be removed from its
495 current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
496 and then re-inserted into another.
498 Notice that currently you need to explicitly call
499 wxNotebook::RemovePage() before reparenting a notebook page.
504 virtual bool Reparent(wxWindow
* newParent
);
510 @name Scrolling and scrollbars functions
512 Note that these methods don't work with native controls which don't use
513 wxWidgets scrolling framework (i.e. don't derive from wxScrolledWindow).
518 Call this function to force one or both scrollbars to be always shown, even if
519 the window is big enough to show its entire contents without scrolling.
524 Whether the horizontal scroll bar should always be visible.
526 Whether the vertical scroll bar should always be visible.
528 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under Mac/Carbon.
530 virtual void AlwaysShowScrollbars(bool hflag
= true, bool vflag
= true);
533 Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
537 virtual int GetScrollPos(int orientation
) const;
540 Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
544 virtual int GetScrollRange(int orientation
) const;
547 Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
551 virtual int GetScrollThumb(int orientation
) const;
554 Returns @true if this window can have a scroll bar in this orientation.
557 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
561 bool CanScroll(int orient
) const;
564 Returns @true if this window currently has a scroll bar for this
567 This method may return @false even when CanScroll() for the same
568 orientation returns @true, but if CanScroll() returns @false, i.e.
569 scrolling in this direction is not enabled at all, HasScrollbar()
570 always returns @false as well.
573 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
575 bool HasScrollbar(int orient
) const;
578 Return whether a scrollbar is always shown.
581 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
583 @see AlwaysShowScrollbars()
585 virtual bool IsScrollbarAlwaysShown(int orient
) const;
588 Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if @a lines is
591 @return Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
592 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
594 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and
595 wxTextCtrl under wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolled classes
596 under all platforms).
600 virtual bool ScrollLines(int lines
);
603 Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if @a pages is
606 @return Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
607 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
609 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxGTK.
613 virtual bool ScrollPages(int pages
);
616 Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
619 Amount to scroll horizontally.
621 Amount to scroll vertically.
623 Rectangle to scroll, if it is @NULL, the whole window is
624 scrolled (this is always the case under wxGTK which doesn't support this
627 @remarks Note that you can often use wxScrolled instead of using this
630 virtual void ScrollWindow(int dx
, int dy
,
631 const wxRect
* rect
= NULL
);
634 Same as #ScrollLines (-1).
639 Same as #ScrollLines (1).
644 Same as #ScrollPages (-1).
649 Same as #ScrollPages (1).
654 Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
657 Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set.
658 May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
660 Position in scroll units.
662 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
664 @remarks This function does not directly affect the contents of the
665 window: it is up to the application to take note of
666 scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
668 @see SetScrollbar(), GetScrollPos(), GetScrollThumb(), wxScrollBar,
671 virtual void SetScrollPos(int orientation
, int pos
,
672 bool refresh
= true);
675 Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
678 Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set.
679 May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
681 The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.
683 The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.
685 The maximum position of the scrollbar. Value of -1 can be used to
686 ask for the scrollbar to be shown but in the disabled state: this
687 can be used to avoid removing the scrollbar even when it is not
688 needed (currently this is only implemented in wxMSW port).
690 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
693 Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same font.
694 The window is sized so that you can only see 16 lines at a time.
697 SetScrollbar(wxVERTICAL, 0, 16, 50);
699 Note that with the window at this size, the thumb position can never
700 go above 50 minus 16, or 34. You can determine how many lines are
701 currently visible by dividing the current view size by the character
703 When defining your own scrollbar behaviour, you will always need
704 to recalculate the scrollbar settings when the window size changes.
705 You could therefore put your scrollbar calculations and SetScrollbar
706 call into a function named AdjustScrollbars, which can be called
707 initially and also from your wxSizeEvent handler function.
709 @see @ref overview_scrolling, wxScrollBar, wxScrolled, wxScrollWinEvent
711 virtual void SetScrollbar(int orientation
, int position
,
712 int thumbSize
, int range
,
713 bool refresh
= true);
718 @name Sizing functions
720 See also the protected functions DoGetBestSize() and SetInitialBestSize().
725 Sets the cached best size value.
729 void CacheBestSize(const wxSize
& size
) const;
732 Converts client area size @a size to corresponding window size.
734 In other words, the returned value is what would GetSize() return if this
735 window had client area of given size. Components with wxDefaultCoord
736 value are left unchanged. Note that the conversion is not always
737 exact, it assumes that non-client area doesn't change and so doesn't
738 take into account things like menu bar (un)wrapping or (dis)appearance
743 @see WindowToClientSize()
745 virtual wxSize
ClientToWindowSize(const wxSize
& size
) const;
748 Converts window size @a size to corresponding client area size
749 In other words, the returned value is what would GetClientSize() return if
750 this window had given window size. Components with wxDefaultCoord value
753 Note that the conversion is not always exact, it assumes that
754 non-client area doesn't change and so doesn't take into account things
755 like menu bar (un)wrapping or (dis)appearance of the scrollbars.
759 @see ClientToWindowSize()
761 virtual wxSize
WindowToClientSize(const wxSize
& size
) const;
764 Sizes the window so that it fits around its subwindows.
766 This function won't do anything if there are no subwindows and will only really
767 work correctly if sizers are used for the subwindows layout.
769 Also, if the window has exactly one subwindow it is better (faster and the result
770 is more precise as Fit() adds some margin to account for fuzziness of its calculations)
774 window->SetClientSize(child->GetSize());
777 instead of calling Fit().
779 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
784 Similar to Fit(), but sizes the interior (virtual) size of a window.
786 Mainly useful with scrolled windows to reset scrollbars after sizing
787 changes that do not trigger a size event, and/or scrolled windows without
788 an interior sizer. This function similarly won't do anything if there are
791 virtual void FitInside();
794 This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window.
796 For example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
797 control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
798 wxPanel), the size returned by this function will be the same as the size
799 the window would have had after calling Fit().
801 Note that when you write your own widget you need to override the
802 DoGetBestSize() function instead of this (non-virtual!) function.
804 @see CacheBestSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
806 wxSize
GetBestSize() const;
809 Returns the size of the window 'client area' in pixels.
811 The client area is the area which may be drawn on by the programmer,
812 excluding title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
813 Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
814 return size is empty (both width and height are 0).
817 In wxPerl this method takes no parameters and returns
818 a 2-element list (width, height).
821 @see GetSize(), GetVirtualSize()
823 void GetClientSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
828 wxSize
GetClientSize() const;
831 Merges the window's best size into the min size and returns the result.
832 This is the value used by sizers to determine the appropriate
833 amount of space to allocate for the widget.
835 This is the method called by a wxSizer when it queries the size
836 of a window or control.
838 @see GetBestSize(), SetInitialSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
840 virtual wxSize
GetEffectiveMinSize() const;
843 Returns the maximum size of window's client area.
845 This is an indication to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the maximum
846 possible size as well as the upper bound on window's size settable using
849 @see GetMaxSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
851 virtual wxSize
GetMaxClientSize() const;
854 Returns the maximum size of the window.
856 This is an indication to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the maximum
857 possible size as well as the upper bound on window's size settable using SetSize().
859 @see GetMaxClientSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
861 virtual wxSize
GetMaxSize() const;
864 Returns the minimum size of window's client area, an indication to the sizer
865 layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of its client area.
867 It normally just returns the value set by SetMinClientSize(), but it can be
868 overridden to do the calculation on demand.
870 @see GetMinSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
872 virtual wxSize
GetMinClientSize() const;
875 Returns the minimum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout
876 mechanism that this is the minimum required size.
878 This method normally just returns the value set by SetMinSize(), but it
879 can be overridden to do the calculation on demand.
881 @see GetMinClientSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
883 virtual wxSize
GetMinSize() const;
885 int GetMinWidth() const;
886 int GetMinHeight() const;
887 int GetMaxWidth() const;
888 int GetMaxHeight() const;
891 Returns the size of the entire window in pixels, including title bar, border,
894 Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
895 returned size is the restored window size, not the size of the window icon.
898 Receives the window width.
900 Receives the window height.
903 In wxPerl this method is implemented as GetSizeWH() returning
904 a 2-element list (width, height).
907 @see GetClientSize(), GetVirtualSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
909 void GetSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
912 See the GetSize(int*,int*) overload for more info.
914 wxSize
GetSize() const;
917 This gets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
918 By default it returns the client size of the window, but after a call to
919 SetVirtualSize() it will return the size set with that method.
921 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
923 wxSize
GetVirtualSize() const;
926 Like the other GetVirtualSize() overload but uses pointers instead.
929 Receives the window virtual width.
931 Receives the window virtual height.
933 void GetVirtualSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
936 Return the largest of ClientSize and BestSize (as determined
937 by a sizer, interior children, or other means)
939 virtual wxSize
GetBestVirtualSize() const;
942 Returns the size of the left/right and top/bottom borders of this window in x
943 and y components of the result respectively.
945 virtual wxSize
GetWindowBorderSize() const;
948 wxSizer and friends use this to give a chance to a component to recalc
949 its min size once one of the final size components is known. Override
950 this function when that is useful (such as for wxStaticText which can
951 stretch over several lines). Parameter availableOtherDir
952 tells the item how much more space there is available in the opposite
953 direction (-1 if unknown).
956 InformFirstDirection(int direction
,
958 int availableOtherDir
);
961 Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it
966 void InvalidateBestSize();
969 Posts a size event to the window.
971 This is the same as SendSizeEvent() with @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST argument.
973 void PostSizeEvent();
976 Posts a size event to the parent of this window.
978 This is the same as SendSizeEventToParent() with @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST
981 void PostSizeEventToParent();
984 This function sends a dummy @ref wxSizeEvent "size event" to
985 the window allowing it to re-layout its children positions.
987 It is sometimes useful to call this function after adding or deleting a
988 children after the frame creation or if a child size changes. Note that
989 if the frame is using either sizers or constraints for the children
990 layout, it is enough to call wxWindow::Layout() directly and this
991 function should not be used in this case.
993 If @a flags includes @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST value, this function posts
994 the event, i.e. schedules it for later processing, instead of
995 dispatching it directly. You can also use PostSizeEvent() as a more
996 readable equivalent of calling this function with this flag.
999 May include @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST. Default value is 0.
1001 virtual void SendSizeEvent(int flags
= 0);
1004 Safe wrapper for GetParent()->SendSizeEvent().
1006 This function simply checks that the window has a valid parent which is
1007 not in process of being deleted and calls SendSizeEvent() on it. It is
1008 used internally by windows such as toolbars changes to whose state
1009 should result in parent re-layout (e.g. when a toolbar is added to the
1010 top of the window, all the other windows must be shifted down).
1012 @see PostSizeEventToParent()
1015 See description of this parameter in SendSizeEvent() documentation.
1017 void SendSizeEventToParent(int flags
= 0);
1020 This sets the size of the window client area in pixels.
1022 Using this function to size a window tends to be more device-independent
1023 than SetSize(), since the application need not worry about what dimensions
1024 the border or title bar have when trying to fit the window around panel
1027 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
1029 void SetClientSize(int width
, int height
);
1034 void SetClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
1039 void SetClientSize(const wxRect
& rect
);
1042 This normally does not need to be called by user code.
1043 It is called when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window
1044 can remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
1046 void SetContainingSizer(wxSizer
* sizer
);
1049 A @e smart SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
1050 window's @e best size values.
1052 Also sets the window's minsize to the value passed in for use with sizers.
1053 This means that if a full or partial size is passed to this function then
1054 the sizers will use that size instead of the results of GetBestSize() to
1055 determine the minimum needs of the window for layout.
1057 Most controls will use this to set their initial size, and their min
1058 size to the passed in value (if any.)
1060 @see SetSize(), GetBestSize(), GetEffectiveMinSize(),
1061 @ref overview_windowsizing
1063 void SetInitialSize(const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
);
1066 Sets the maximum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
1067 layout mechanism that this is the maximum possible size of its client area.
1069 Note that this method is just a shortcut for:
1071 SetMaxSize(ClientToWindowSize(size));
1074 @see SetMaxSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1076 virtual void SetMaxClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
1079 Sets the maximum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
1080 that this is the maximum possible size.
1082 @see SetMaxClientSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1084 virtual void SetMaxSize(const wxSize
& size
);
1087 Sets the minimum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
1088 layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of window's client
1091 You may need to call this if you change the window size after
1092 construction and before adding to its parent sizer.
1094 Note, that just as with SetMinSize(), calling this method doesn't
1095 prevent the program from explicitly making the window smaller than the
1098 Note that this method is just a shortcut for:
1100 SetMinSize(ClientToWindowSize(size));
1103 @see SetMinSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1105 virtual void SetMinClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
1108 Sets the minimum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout
1109 mechanism that this is the minimum required size.
1111 You may need to call this if you change the window size after
1112 construction and before adding to its parent sizer.
1114 Notice that calling this method doesn't prevent the program from making
1115 the window explicitly smaller than the specified size by calling
1116 SetSize(), it just ensures that it won't become smaller than this size
1117 during the automatic layout.
1119 @see SetMinClientSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1121 virtual void SetMinSize(const wxSize
& size
);
1124 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
1127 Required x position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
1128 existing value should be used.
1130 Required y position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
1131 existing value should be used.
1133 Required width in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
1134 value should be used.
1136 Required height position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
1137 existing value should be used.
1139 Indicates the interpretation of other parameters.
1140 It is a bit list of the following:
1141 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO_WIDTH: a wxDefaultCoord width value is taken to indicate
1142 a wxWidgets-supplied default width.
1143 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO_HEIGHT: a wxDefaultCoord height value is taken to indicate
1144 a wxWidgets-supplied default height.
1145 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO: wxDefaultCoord size values are taken to indicate
1146 a wxWidgets-supplied default size.
1147 - @c wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING: existing dimensions should be used
1148 if wxDefaultCoord values are supplied.
1149 - @c wxSIZE_ALLOW_MINUS_ONE: allow negative dimensions (i.e. value of
1150 wxDefaultCoord) to be interpreted as real
1151 dimensions, not default values.
1152 - @c wxSIZE_FORCE: normally, if the position and the size of the window are
1153 already the same as the parameters of this function,
1154 nothing is done. but with this flag a window resize may
1155 be forced even in this case (supported in wx 2.6.2 and
1156 later and only implemented for MSW and ignored elsewhere
1159 @remarks This overload sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
1160 Parameters may be wxDefaultCoord to indicate either that a default
1161 should be supplied by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the
1162 dimension should be used.
1164 @see Move(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1166 void SetSize(int x
, int y
, int width
, int height
,
1167 int sizeFlags
= wxSIZE_AUTO
);
1170 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
1171 The size is specified using a wxRect, wxSize or by a couple of @c int objects.
1173 @remarks This form must be used with non-default width and height values.
1175 @see Move(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1177 void SetSize(const wxRect
& rect
);
1182 void SetSize(const wxSize
& size
);
1187 void SetSize(int width
, int height
);
1190 Use of this function for windows which are not toplevel windows
1191 (such as wxDialog or wxFrame) is discouraged.
1192 Please use SetMinSize() and SetMaxSize() instead.
1194 @see wxTopLevelWindow::SetSizeHints, @ref overview_windowsizing
1196 virtual void SetSizeHints( const wxSize
& minSize
,
1197 const wxSize
& maxSize
=wxDefaultSize
,
1198 const wxSize
& incSize
=wxDefaultSize
);
1199 virtual void SetSizeHints( int minW
, int minH
,
1200 int maxW
= -1, int maxH
= -1,
1201 int incW
= -1, int incH
= -1 );
1204 Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
1206 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
1208 void SetVirtualSize(int width
, int height
);
1213 void SetVirtualSize(const wxSize
& size
);
1219 @name Positioning functions
1224 A synonym for Centre().
1226 void Center(int dir
= wxBOTH
);
1229 A synonym for CentreOnParent().
1231 void CenterOnParent(int dir
= wxBOTH
);
1237 Specifies the direction for the centring. May be wxHORIZONTAL, wxVERTICAL
1238 or wxBOTH. It may also include the wxCENTRE_ON_SCREEN flag
1239 if you want to centre the window on the entire screen and not on its
1242 @remarks If the window is a top level one (i.e. doesn't have a parent),
1243 it will be centred relative to the screen anyhow.
1247 void Centre(int direction
= wxBOTH
);
1250 Centres the window on its parent. This is a more readable synonym for Centre().
1253 Specifies the direction for the centring. May be wxHORIZONTAL, wxVERTICAL
1256 @remarks This methods provides for a way to centre top level windows over
1257 their parents instead of the entire screen. If there
1258 is no parent or if the window is not a top level
1259 window, then behaviour is the same as Centre().
1261 @see wxTopLevelWindow::CentreOnScreen
1263 void CentreOnParent(int direction
= wxBOTH
);
1266 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
1267 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level windows.
1270 Receives the x position of the window if non-@NULL.
1272 Receives the y position of the window if non-@NULL.
1275 In wxPerl this method is implemented as GetPositionXY() returning
1276 a 2-element list (x, y).
1279 @see GetScreenPosition()
1281 void GetPosition(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1284 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
1285 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level windows.
1287 @see GetScreenPosition()
1289 wxPoint
GetPosition() const;
1292 Returns the position and size of the window as a wxRect object.
1294 @see GetScreenRect()
1296 wxRect
GetRect() const;
1299 Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
1300 child window or a top level one.
1303 Receives the x position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
1305 Receives the y position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
1309 void GetScreenPosition(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1312 Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
1313 child window or a top level one.
1317 wxPoint
GetScreenPosition() const;
1320 Returns the position and size of the window on the screen as a wxRect object.
1324 wxRect
GetScreenRect() const;
1327 Get the origin of the client area of the window relative to the
1328 window top left corner (the client area may be shifted because of
1329 the borders, scrollbars, other decorations...)
1331 virtual wxPoint
GetClientAreaOrigin() const;
1334 Get the client rectangle in window (i.e. client) coordinates
1336 wxRect
GetClientRect() const;
1341 Moves the window to the given position.
1344 Required x position.
1346 Required y position.
1348 See SetSize() for more info about this parameter.
1350 @remarks Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1351 Move() function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class as the call:
1353 SetSize(x, y, wxDefaultCoord, wxDefaultCoord, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1358 void Move(int x
, int y
, int flags
= wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING
);
1361 Moves the window to the given position.
1364 wxPoint object representing the position.
1366 See SetSize() for more info about this parameter.
1368 @remarks Implementations of SetSize() can also implicitly implement the
1369 Move() function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class as the call:
1371 SetSize(x, y, wxDefaultCoord, wxDefaultCoord, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1376 void Move(const wxPoint
& pt
, int flags
= wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING
);
1378 void SetPosition(const wxPoint
& pt
);
1384 @name Coordinate conversion functions
1389 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
1392 A pointer to a integer value for the x coordinate. Pass the client
1393 coordinate in, and a screen coordinate will be passed out.
1395 A pointer to a integer value for the y coordinate. Pass the client
1396 coordinate in, and a screen coordinate will be passed out.
1399 In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython implements the following methods:
1400 - ClientToScreen(point): Accepts and returns a wxPoint
1401 - ClientToScreenXY(x, y): Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)
1405 In wxPerl this method returns a 2-element list instead of
1406 modifying its parameters.
1409 void ClientToScreen(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1412 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
1415 The client position for the second form of the function.
1417 wxPoint
ClientToScreen(const wxPoint
& pt
) const;
1420 Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
1422 For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character
1423 width and then divided by 4.
1424 For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character
1425 height and then divided by 8.
1427 @remarks Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions
1428 even if the font changes.
1429 You can also use these functions programmatically.
1430 A convenience macro is defined:
1432 #define wxDLG_UNIT(parent, pt) parent->ConvertDialogToPixels(pt)
1435 @see ConvertPixelsToDialog()
1437 wxPoint
ConvertDialogToPixels(const wxPoint
& pt
) const;
1442 wxSize
ConvertDialogToPixels(const wxSize
& sz
) const;
1445 Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
1447 For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 4 and then divided by the
1448 average character width.
1449 For the y dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 8 and then divided by the
1450 average character height.
1452 @remarks Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions
1453 even if the font changes.
1455 @see ConvertDialogToPixels()
1457 wxPoint
ConvertPixelsToDialog(const wxPoint
& pt
) const;
1462 wxSize
ConvertPixelsToDialog(const wxSize
& sz
) const;
1465 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
1468 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1470 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1472 void ScreenToClient(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1475 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
1478 The screen position.
1480 wxPoint
ScreenToClient(const wxPoint
& pt
) const;
1486 @name Drawing-related functions
1491 Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour.
1493 Does not cause an erase background event to be generated.
1495 Notice that this uses wxClientDC to draw on the window and the results
1496 of doing it while also drawing on wxPaintDC for this window are
1497 undefined. Hence this method shouldn't be used from EVT_PAINT handlers,
1498 just use wxDC::Clear() on the wxPaintDC you already use there instead.
1500 virtual void ClearBackground();
1503 Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking
1504 place on screen, the window is not redrawn at all.
1506 Thaw() must be called to reenable window redrawing. Calls to these two
1507 functions may be nested but to ensure that the window is properly
1508 repainted again, you must thaw it exactly as many times as you froze it.
1510 If the window has any children, they are recursively frozen too.
1512 This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example,
1513 it is a good idea to use it before doing many large text insertions in
1514 a row into a wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all
1515 platforms nor for all controls so it is mostly just a hint to wxWidgets
1516 and not a mandatory directive.
1518 @see wxWindowUpdateLocker, Thaw(), IsFrozen()
1523 Re-enables window updating after a previous call to Freeze().
1525 To really thaw the control, it must be called exactly the same number
1526 of times as Freeze().
1528 If the window has any children, they are recursively thawed too.
1530 @see wxWindowUpdateLocker, Freeze(), IsFrozen()
1535 Returns @true if the window is currently frozen by a call to Freeze().
1537 @see Freeze(), Thaw()
1539 bool IsFrozen() const;
1542 Returns the background colour of the window.
1544 @see SetBackgroundColour(), SetForegroundColour(), GetForegroundColour()
1546 wxColour
GetBackgroundColour() const;
1549 Returns the background style of the window.
1551 @see SetBackgroundColour(), GetForegroundColour(),
1552 SetBackgroundStyle(), SetTransparent()
1554 virtual wxBackgroundStyle
GetBackgroundStyle() const;
1557 Returns the character height for this window.
1559 virtual int GetCharHeight() const;
1562 Returns the average character width for this window.
1564 virtual int GetCharWidth() const;
1567 Currently this is the same as calling
1568 wxWindow::GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindow::GetWindowVariant()).
1570 One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
1571 the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
1572 virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
1574 The other one is that in the future this function could return different
1575 results, for example it might return a different font for an "Ok" button
1576 than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
1577 in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
1578 function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
1579 version can be used without having to create an object first.
1581 virtual wxVisualAttributes
GetDefaultAttributes() const;
1584 Returns the font for this window.
1588 wxFont
GetFont() const;
1591 Returns the foreground colour of the window.
1593 @remarks The meaning of foreground colour varies according to the window class;
1594 it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not be used at all.
1596 @see SetForegroundColour(), SetBackgroundColour(),
1597 GetBackgroundColour()
1599 wxColour
GetForegroundColour() const;
1602 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1603 window with the currently selected font.
1605 The text extent is returned in the @a w and @a h pointers.
1608 String whose extent is to be measured.
1610 Return value for width.
1612 Return value for height.
1614 Return value for descent (optional).
1615 @param externalLeading
1616 Return value for external leading (optional).
1618 Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).
1621 In wxPerl this method takes only the @a string and optionally
1622 @a font parameters, and returns a 4-element list
1623 (x, y, descent, externalLeading).
1626 void GetTextExtent(const wxString
& string
,
1628 int* descent
= NULL
,
1629 int* externalLeading
= NULL
,
1630 const wxFont
* font
= NULL
) const;
1633 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1634 window with the currently selected font.
1636 wxSize
GetTextExtent(const wxString
& string
) const;
1639 Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged.
1640 Should only be called within an wxPaintEvent handler.
1642 @see wxRegion, wxRegionIterator
1644 const wxRegion
& GetUpdateRegion() const;
1647 Get the update rectangle bounding box in client coords
1649 wxRect
GetUpdateClientRect() const;
1652 Returns @true if this window background is transparent (as, for example,
1653 for wxStaticText) and should show the parent window background.
1655 This method is mostly used internally by the library itself and you normally
1656 shouldn't have to call it. You may, however, have to override it in your
1657 wxWindow-derived class to ensure that background is painted correctly.
1659 virtual bool HasTransparentBackground();
1662 Causes this window, and all of its children recursively (except under wxGTK1
1663 where this is not implemented), to be repainted. Note that repainting doesn't
1664 happen immediately but only during the next event loop iteration, if you need
1665 to update the window immediately you should use Update() instead.
1667 @param eraseBackground
1668 If @true, the background will be erased.
1670 If non-@NULL, only the given rectangle will be treated as damaged.
1674 virtual void Refresh(bool eraseBackground
= true,
1675 const wxRect
* rect
= NULL
);
1678 Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: only the area inside it will be
1681 This is the same as Refresh() but has a nicer syntax as it can be called
1682 with a temporary wxRect object as argument like this @c RefreshRect(wxRect(x, y, w, h)).
1684 void RefreshRect(const wxRect
& rect
, bool eraseBackground
= true);
1687 Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window and
1688 all of its children recursively (this normally only happens when the
1689 flow of control returns to the event loop).
1691 Notice that this function doesn't invalidate any area of the window so
1692 nothing happens if nothing has been invalidated (i.e. marked as requiring
1693 a redraw). Use Refresh() first if you want to immediately redraw the
1694 window unconditionally.
1696 virtual void Update();
1699 Sets the background colour of the window.
1700 Please see InheritAttributes() for explanation of the difference between
1701 this method and SetOwnBackgroundColour().
1704 The colour to be used as the background colour; pass
1705 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
1706 Note that you may want to use wxSystemSettings::GetColour() to retrieve
1707 a suitable colour to use rather than setting an hard-coded one.
1709 @remarks The background colour is usually painted by the default
1710 wxEraseEvent event handler function under Windows and
1711 automatically under GTK.
1712 Note that setting the background colour does not cause an
1713 immediate refresh, so you may wish to call wxWindow::ClearBackground
1714 or wxWindow::Refresh after calling this function.
1715 Using this function will disable attempts to use themes for
1716 this window, if the system supports them. Use with care since
1717 usually the themes represent the appearance chosen by the user
1718 to be used for all applications on the system.
1720 @return @true if the colour was really changed, @false if it was already set
1721 to this colour and nothing was done.
1723 @see GetBackgroundColour(), SetForegroundColour(),
1724 GetForegroundColour(), ClearBackground(),
1725 Refresh(), wxEraseEvent, wxSystemSettings
1727 virtual bool SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
1730 Sets the background style of the window.
1732 The default background style is @c wxBG_STYLE_ERASE which indicates that
1733 the window background may be erased in @c EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND handler.
1734 This is a safe, compatibility default; however you may want to change it
1735 to @c wxBG_STYLE_SYSTEM if you don't define any erase background event
1736 handlers at all, to avoid unnecessary generation of erase background
1737 events and always let system erase the background. And you should
1738 change the background style to @c wxBG_STYLE_PAINT if you define an
1739 @c EVT_PAINT handler which completely overwrites the window background as
1740 in this case erasing it previously, either in @c EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND
1741 handler or in the system default handler, would result in flicker as
1742 the background pixels will be repainted twice every time the window is
1743 redrawn. Do ensure that the background is entirely erased by your
1744 @c EVT_PAINT handler in this case however as otherwise garbage may be left
1747 Notice that in previous versions of wxWidgets a common way to work
1748 around the above mentioned flickering problem was to define an empty
1749 @c EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND handler. Setting background style to
1750 @c wxBG_STYLE_PAINT is a simpler and more efficient solution to the same
1753 @see SetBackgroundColour(), GetForegroundColour(),
1756 virtual bool SetBackgroundStyle(wxBackgroundStyle style
);
1759 Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
1760 parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
1761 use SetOwnFont() instead in this case and see InheritAttributes() for more
1764 Please notice that the given font is not automatically used for
1765 wxPaintDC objects associated with this window, you need to
1766 call wxDC::SetFont too. However this font is used by
1767 any standard controls for drawing their text as well as by
1771 Font to associate with this window, pass
1772 wxNullFont to reset to the default font.
1774 @return @true if the font was really changed, @false if it was already set
1775 to this font and nothing was done.
1777 @see GetFont(), InheritAttributes()
1779 virtual bool SetFont(const wxFont
& font
);
1782 Sets the foreground colour of the window.
1783 Please see InheritAttributes() for explanation of the difference between
1784 this method and SetOwnForegroundColour().
1787 The colour to be used as the foreground colour; pass
1788 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
1790 @remarks The meaning of foreground colour varies according to the window class;
1791 it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not be used at all.
1793 @return @true if the colour was really changed, @false if it was already set
1794 to this colour and nothing was done.
1796 @see GetForegroundColour(), SetBackgroundColour(),
1797 GetBackgroundColour(), ShouldInheritColours()
1799 virtual bool SetForegroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
1802 Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
1803 by the children of this window.
1805 @see SetBackgroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
1807 void SetOwnBackgroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
1810 Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
1811 children of this window.
1813 @see SetFont(), InheritAttributes()
1815 void SetOwnFont(const wxFont
& font
);
1818 Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
1819 by the children of this window.
1821 @see SetForegroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
1823 void SetOwnForegroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
1826 @deprecated use wxDC::SetPalette instead.
1828 void SetPalette(const wxPalette
& pal
);
1831 Return @true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
1832 InheritAttributes(). Returning @false forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
1834 The base class version returns @false, but this method is overridden in
1835 wxControl where it returns @true.
1837 virtual bool ShouldInheritColours() const;
1840 This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
1841 to draw the windows' background instead of its own background drawing
1842 code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
1843 obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
1844 One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
1845 defined by a user's selected theme.
1847 Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to @true
1848 by default so that the default look and feel is simulated best.
1850 virtual void SetThemeEnabled(bool enable
);
1854 virtual bool GetThemeEnabled() const;
1857 Returns @true if the system supports transparent windows and calling
1858 SetTransparent() may succeed. If this function returns @false, transparent
1859 windows are definitely not supported by the current system.
1861 virtual bool CanSetTransparent();
1864 Set the transparency of the window. If the system supports transparent windows,
1865 returns @true, otherwise returns @false and the window remains fully opaque.
1866 See also CanSetTransparent().
1868 The parameter @a alpha is in the range 0..255 where 0 corresponds to a
1869 fully transparent window and 255 to the fully opaque one. The constants
1870 @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_TRANSPARENT and @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_OPAQUE can be used.
1872 virtual bool SetTransparent(wxByte alpha
);
1878 @name Event-handling functions
1880 wxWindow allows you to build a (sort of) stack of event handlers which
1881 can be used to override the window's own event handling.
1886 Returns the event handler for this window.
1887 By default, the window is its own event handler.
1889 @see SetEventHandler(), PushEventHandler(),
1890 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
1892 wxEvtHandler
* GetEventHandler() const;
1895 This function will generate the appropriate call to Navigate() if the key
1896 event is one normally used for keyboard navigation and return @true in this case.
1898 @return Returns @true if the key pressed was for navigation and was
1899 handled, @false otherwise.
1903 bool HandleAsNavigationKey(const wxKeyEvent
& event
);
1908 GetEventHandler()->SafelyProcessEvent(event);
1911 @see ProcessWindowEvent()
1913 bool HandleWindowEvent(wxEvent
& event
) const;
1916 Convenient wrapper for ProcessEvent().
1918 This is the same as writing @code GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
1919 @endcode but more convenient. Notice that ProcessEvent() itself can't
1920 be called for wxWindow objects as it ignores the event handlers
1921 associated with the window; use this function instead.
1923 bool ProcessWindowEvent(wxEvent
& event
);
1926 Wrapper for wxEvtHandler::ProcessEventLocally().
1928 This method is similar to ProcessWindowEvent() but can be used to
1929 search for the event handler only in this window and any event handlers
1930 pushed on top of it. Unlike ProcessWindowEvent() it won't propagate the
1931 event upwards. But it will use the validator and event handlers
1932 associated with this window, if any.
1936 bool ProcessWindowEventLocally(wxEvent
& event
);
1939 Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
1941 E.g. in the case of:
1942 @image html overview_events_winstack.png
1943 when calling @c W->PopEventHandler(), the event handler @c A will be
1944 removed and @c B will be the first handler of the stack.
1946 Note that it's an error to call this function when no event handlers
1947 were pushed on this window (i.e. when the window itself is its only
1950 @param deleteHandler
1951 If this is @true, the handler will be deleted after it is removed
1952 (and the returned value will be @NULL).
1954 @see @ref overview_events_processing
1956 wxEvtHandler
* PopEventHandler(bool deleteHandler
= false);
1959 Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
1961 An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events sent
1962 to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but an application
1963 may wish to substitute another, for example to allow central implementation
1964 of event-handling for a variety of different window classes.
1966 wxWindow::PushEventHandler allows an application to set up a @e stack
1967 of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
1968 handed to the next one in the chain.
1970 E.g. if you have two event handlers @c A and @c B and a wxWindow instance
1973 W->PushEventHandler(A);
1974 W->PushEventHandler(B);
1976 you will end up with the following situation:
1977 @image html overview_events_winstack.png
1979 Note that you can use wxWindow::PopEventHandler to remove the event handler.
1982 Specifies the handler to be pushed.
1983 It must not be part of a wxEvtHandler chain; an assert will fail
1984 if it's not unlinked (see wxEvtHandler::IsUnlinked).
1986 @see @ref overview_events_processing
1988 void PushEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
1991 Find the given @a handler in the windows event handler stack and
1992 removes (but does not delete) it from the stack.
1994 See wxEvtHandler::Unlink() for more info.
1997 The event handler to remove, must be non-@NULL and
1998 must be present in this windows event handlers stack.
2000 @return Returns @true if it was found and @false otherwise (this also
2001 results in an assert failure so this function should
2002 only be called when the handler is supposed to be there).
2004 @see PushEventHandler(), PopEventHandler()
2006 bool RemoveEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
2009 Sets the event handler for this window.
2011 Note that if you use this function you may want to use as the "next" handler
2012 of @a handler the window itself; in this way when @a handler doesn't process
2013 an event, the window itself will have a chance to do it.
2016 Specifies the handler to be set. Cannot be @NULL.
2018 @see @ref overview_events_processing
2020 void SetEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
2023 wxWindows cannot be used to form event handler chains; this function
2024 thus will assert when called.
2026 Note that instead you can use PushEventHandler() or SetEventHandler() to
2027 implement a stack of event handlers to override wxWindow's own
2028 event handling mechanism.
2030 virtual void SetNextHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
2033 wxWindows cannot be used to form event handler chains; this function
2034 thus will assert when called.
2036 Note that instead you can use PushEventHandler() or SetEventHandler() to
2037 implement a stack of event handlers to override wxWindow's own
2038 event handling mechanism.
2040 virtual void SetPreviousHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
2047 @name Window styles functions
2052 Returns the extra style bits for the window.
2054 long GetExtraStyle() const;
2057 Gets the window style that was passed to the constructor or Create()
2058 method. GetWindowStyle() is another name for the same function.
2060 virtual long GetWindowStyleFlag() const;
2063 See GetWindowStyleFlag() for more info.
2065 long GetWindowStyle() const;
2068 Returns @true if the window has the given @a exFlag bit set in its
2071 @see SetExtraStyle()
2073 bool HasExtraStyle(int exFlag
) const;
2076 Returns @true if the window has the given @a flag bit set.
2078 bool HasFlag(int flag
) const;
2081 Sets the extra style bits for the window.
2082 The currently defined extra style bits are reported in the class
2085 virtual void SetExtraStyle(long exStyle
);
2088 Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
2089 after the window creation and that Refresh() might need to be called
2090 after changing the others for the change to take place immediately.
2092 See @ref overview_windowstyles "Window styles" for more information about flags.
2094 @see GetWindowStyleFlag()
2096 virtual void SetWindowStyleFlag(long style
);
2099 See SetWindowStyleFlag() for more info.
2101 void SetWindowStyle(long style
);
2104 Turns the given @a flag on if it's currently turned off and vice versa.
2105 This function cannot be used if the value of the flag is 0 (which is often
2106 the case for default flags).
2108 Also, please notice that not all styles can be changed after the control
2111 @return Returns @true if the style was turned on by this function, @false
2112 if it was switched off.
2114 @see SetWindowStyleFlag(), HasFlag()
2116 bool ToggleWindowStyle(int flag
);
2122 @name Tab order functions
2127 Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified @e win.
2128 This means that when the user presses @c TAB key on that other window,
2129 the focus switches to this window.
2131 Default tab order is the same as creation order, this function and
2132 MoveBeforeInTabOrder() allow to change
2133 it after creating all the windows.
2136 A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
2139 void MoveAfterInTabOrder(wxWindow
* win
);
2142 Same as MoveAfterInTabOrder() except that it inserts this window just
2143 before @a win instead of putting it right after it.
2145 void MoveBeforeInTabOrder(wxWindow
* win
);
2148 Performs a keyboard navigation action starting from this window.
2149 This method is equivalent to calling NavigateIn() method on the
2153 A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and
2154 wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.
2156 @return Returns @true if the focus was moved to another window or @false
2159 @remarks You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress
2160 handler to do the default navigation behaviour for the
2161 tab key, since the standard default behaviour for a
2162 multiline text control with the wxTE_PROCESS_TAB style
2163 is to insert a tab and not navigate to the next
2164 control. See also wxNavigationKeyEvent and
2165 HandleAsNavigationKey.
2167 bool Navigate(int flags
= wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward
);
2170 Performs a keyboard navigation action inside this window.
2171 See Navigate() for more information.
2173 bool NavigateIn(int flags
= wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward
);
2180 @name Z order functions
2185 Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
2188 This function only works for wxTopLevelWindow-derived classes.
2192 virtual void Lower();
2195 Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
2197 Notice that this function only requests the window manager to raise
2198 this window to the top of Z-order. Depending on its configuration, the
2199 window manager may raise the window, not do it at all or indicate that
2200 a window requested to be raised in some other way, e.g. by flashing its
2201 icon if it is minimized.
2204 This function only works for wxTopLevelWindow-derived classes.
2208 virtual void Raise();
2214 @name Window status functions
2220 Equivalent to calling wxWindow::Show(@false).
2225 This function hides a window, like Hide(), but using a special visual
2228 The parameters of this function are the same as for ShowWithEffect(),
2229 please see their description there.
2233 virtual bool HideWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect
,
2234 unsigned int timeout
= 0);
2236 Returns @true if the window is enabled, i.e. if it accepts user input,
2239 Notice that this method can return @false even if this window itself hadn't
2240 been explicitly disabled when one of its parent windows is disabled.
2241 To get the intrinsic status of this window, use IsThisEnabled()
2245 bool IsEnabled() const;
2248 Returns @true if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
2249 last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
2250 only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
2252 bool IsExposed(int x
, int y
) const;
2257 bool IsExposed(wxPoint
& pt
) const;
2262 bool IsExposed(int x
, int y
, int w
, int h
) const;
2267 bool IsExposed(wxRect
& rect
) const;
2269 Returns @true if the window is shown, @false if it has been hidden.
2271 @see IsShownOnScreen()
2273 virtual bool IsShown() const;
2276 Returns @true if the window is physically visible on the screen, i.e. it
2277 is shown and all its parents up to the toplevel window are shown as well.
2281 virtual bool IsShownOnScreen() const;
2284 Disables the window. Same as @ref Enable() Enable(@false).
2286 @return Returns @true if the window has been disabled, @false if it had
2287 been already disabled before the call to this function.
2292 Enable or disable the window for user input. Note that when a parent window is
2293 disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
2297 If @true, enables the window for input. If @false, disables the window.
2299 @return Returns @true if the window has been enabled or disabled, @false
2300 if nothing was done, i.e. if the window had already
2301 been in the specified state.
2303 @see IsEnabled(), Disable(), wxRadioBox::Enable
2305 virtual bool Enable(bool enable
= true);
2308 Shows or hides the window. You may need to call Raise()
2309 for a top level window if you want to bring it to top, although this is not
2310 needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
2312 Notice that the default state of newly created top level windows is hidden
2313 (to allow you to create their contents without flicker) unlike for
2314 all the other, not derived from wxTopLevelWindow, windows that
2315 are by default created in the shown state.
2318 If @true displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.
2320 @return @true if the window has been shown or hidden or @false if nothing
2321 was done because it already was in the requested state.
2323 @see IsShown(), Hide(), wxRadioBox::Show, wxShowEvent.
2325 virtual bool Show(bool show
= true);
2328 This function shows a window, like Show(), but using a special visual
2335 The @a timeout parameter specifies the time of the animation, in
2336 milliseconds. If the default value of 0 is used, the default
2337 animation time for the current platform is used.
2339 @note Currently this function is only implemented in wxMSW and wxOSX
2340 (for wxTopLevelWindows only in Carbon version and for any kind of
2341 windows in Cocoa) and does the same thing as Show() in the other
2346 @see HideWithEffect()
2348 virtual bool ShowWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect
,
2349 unsigned int timeout
= 0);
2355 @name Context-sensitive help functions
2360 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2361 Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
2362 implementation, and not in the window object itself.
2364 @see SetHelpText(), GetHelpTextAtPoint(), wxHelpProvider
2366 wxString
GetHelpText() const;
2369 Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2370 Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
2371 implementation, and not in the window object itself.
2373 @see GetHelpText(), wxHelpProvider::AddHelp()
2375 void SetHelpText(const wxString
& helpText
);
2378 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2379 This method should be overridden if the help message depends on the position
2380 inside the window, otherwise GetHelpText() can be used.
2383 Coordinates of the mouse at the moment of help event emission.
2385 Help event origin, see also wxHelpEvent::GetOrigin.
2387 virtual wxString
GetHelpTextAtPoint(const wxPoint
& point
,
2388 wxHelpEvent::Origin origin
) const;
2391 Get the associated tooltip or @NULL if none.
2393 wxToolTip
* GetToolTip() const;
2396 Get the text of the associated tooltip or empty string if none.
2398 wxString
GetToolTipText() const;
2401 Attach a tooltip to the window.
2403 wxToolTip pointer can be @NULL in the overload taking the pointer,
2404 meaning to unset any existing tooltips; however UnsetToolTip() provides
2405 a more readable alternative to this operation.
2407 Notice that these methods are always available, even if wxWidgets was
2408 compiled with @c wxUSE_TOOLTIPS set to 0, but don't do anything in this
2411 @see GetToolTip(), wxToolTip
2413 void SetToolTip(const wxString
& tipString
);
2418 void SetToolTip(wxToolTip
* tip
);
2421 Unset any existing tooltip.
2427 void UnsetToolTip();
2433 @name Popup/context menu functions
2438 This function shows a popup menu at the given position in this window and
2439 returns the selected id.
2441 It can be more convenient than the general purpose PopupMenu() function
2442 for simple menus proposing a choice in a list of strings to the user.
2444 Notice that to avoid unexpected conflicts between the (usually
2445 consecutive range of) ids used by the menu passed to this function and
2446 the existing EVT_UPDATE_UI() handlers, this function temporarily
2447 disables UI updates for the window, so you need to manually disable
2448 (or toggle or ...) any items which should be disabled in the menu
2451 The parameter @a menu is the menu to show.
2452 The parameter @a pos (or the parameters @a x and @a y) is the
2453 position at which to show the menu in client coordinates.
2454 It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when
2455 calling this method in response to mouse click, because some of
2456 the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do a better job of positioning
2457 the menu in that case.
2460 The selected menu item id or @c wxID_NONE if none selected or an
2465 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu
& menu
,
2466 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
);
2471 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu
& menu
, int x
, int y
);
2474 Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
2475 window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu.
2477 If a menu item is selected, the corresponding menu event is generated and will be
2478 processed as usual. If coordinates are not specified, the current mouse
2479 cursor position is used.
2481 @a menu is the menu to pop up.
2483 The position where the menu will appear can be specified either as a
2484 wxPoint @a pos or by two integers (@a x and @a y).
2486 @remarks Just before the menu is popped up, wxMenu::UpdateUI is called to
2487 ensure that the menu items are in the correct state.
2488 The menu does not get deleted by the window.
2489 It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when
2490 calling PopupMenu in response to mouse click, because some of
2491 the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do a better job of positioning
2492 the menu in that case.
2496 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu
* menu
,
2497 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
);
2502 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu
* menu
, int x
, int y
);
2513 Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or @NULL if
2516 virtual wxValidator
* GetValidator();
2519 Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having
2520 called wxValidator::Clone to create a new validator of this type.
2522 virtual void SetValidator(const wxValidator
& validator
);
2525 Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their
2526 validators. Returns @false if a transfer failed.
2528 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2529 the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
2531 @see TransferDataToWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2533 virtual bool TransferDataFromWindow();
2536 Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their
2539 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2540 the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
2542 @return Returns @false if a transfer failed.
2544 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2546 virtual bool TransferDataToWindow();
2549 Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
2550 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2551 the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
2553 @return Returns @false if any of the validations failed.
2555 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), TransferDataToWindow(),
2558 virtual bool Validate();
2564 @name wxWindow properties functions
2569 Returns the identifier of the window.
2571 @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application
2572 has not provided one (or the default wxID_ANY) a unique
2573 identifier with a negative value will be generated.
2575 @see SetId(), @ref overview_windowids
2577 wxWindowID
GetId() const;
2580 Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
2581 identification purposes.
2583 @remarks The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
2584 For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the
2585 title. For buttons or static text controls, it is the
2586 button text. This function can be useful for
2587 meta-programs (such as testing tools or special-needs
2588 access programs) which need to identify windows by name.
2590 virtual wxString
GetLabel() const;
2593 Returns the layout direction for this window,
2594 Note that @c wxLayout_Default is returned if layout direction is not supported.
2596 virtual wxLayoutDirection
GetLayoutDirection() const;
2599 Returns the window's name.
2601 @remarks This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the
2602 programmer to supply an appropriate name in the window
2603 constructor or via SetName().
2607 virtual wxString
GetName() const;
2610 Returns the value previously passed to SetWindowVariant().
2612 wxWindowVariant
GetWindowVariant() const;
2615 Sets the identifier of the window.
2617 @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has
2618 not provided one, an identifier will be generated.
2619 Normally, the identifier should be provided on creation
2620 and should not be modified subsequently.
2622 @see GetId(), @ref overview_windowids
2624 void SetId(wxWindowID winid
);
2627 Sets the window's label.
2634 virtual void SetLabel(const wxString
& label
);
2637 Sets the layout direction for this window.
2639 virtual void SetLayoutDirection(wxLayoutDirection dir
);
2642 Sets the window's name.
2645 A name to set for the window.
2649 virtual void SetName(const wxString
& name
);
2652 This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
2653 Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
2654 exist in several sizes which correspond to the elements of wxWindowVariant enum.
2656 By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
2657 be used to change this.
2659 void SetWindowVariant(wxWindowVariant variant
);
2662 Gets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
2664 wxAcceleratorTable
* GetAcceleratorTable();
2667 Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
2668 See also wxAccessible.
2670 wxAccessible
* GetAccessible();
2673 Sets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
2675 virtual void SetAcceleratorTable(const wxAcceleratorTable
& accel
);
2678 Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
2679 will be deleted first, if not identical to @e accessible.
2680 See also wxAccessible.
2682 void SetAccessible(wxAccessible
* accessible
);
2688 @name Window deletion functions
2693 This function simply generates a wxCloseEvent whose handler usually tries
2694 to close the window. It doesn't close the window itself, however.
2697 @false if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
2698 of this window, @true if it cannot.
2700 @remarks Close calls the close handler for the window, providing an
2701 opportunity for the window to choose whether to destroy
2702 the window. Usually it is only used with the top level
2703 windows (wxFrame and wxDialog classes) as the others
2704 are not supposed to have any special OnClose() logic.
2705 The close handler should check whether the window is being deleted
2706 forcibly, using wxCloseEvent::CanVeto, in which case it should
2707 destroy the window using wxWindow::Destroy.
2708 Note that calling Close does not guarantee that the window will
2709 be destroyed; but it provides a way to simulate a manual close
2710 of a window, which may or may not be implemented by destroying
2711 the window. The default implementation of wxDialog::OnCloseWindow
2712 does not necessarily delete the dialog, since it will simply
2713 simulate an wxID_CANCEL event which is handled by the appropriate
2714 button event handler and may do anything at all.
2715 To guarantee that the window will be destroyed, call
2716 wxWindow::Destroy instead
2718 @see @ref overview_windowdeletion "Window Deletion Overview",
2719 Destroy(), wxCloseEvent
2721 bool Close(bool force
= false);
2724 Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator,
2725 since different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
2726 are not destroyed immediately when this function is called -- they are added
2727 to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
2728 have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to
2729 non-existent windows.
2731 @return @true if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it
2732 has been added to the list of windows pending real deletion.
2734 virtual bool Destroy();
2737 Returns true if this window is in process of being destroyed.
2739 Top level windows are not deleted immediately but are rather
2740 scheduled for later destruction to give them time to process any
2741 pending messages; see Destroy() description.
2743 This function returns @true if this window, or one of its parent
2744 windows, is scheduled for destruction and can be useful to avoid
2745 manipulating it as it's usually useless to do something with a window
2746 which is on the point of disappearing anyhow.
2748 bool IsBeingDeleted() const;
2755 @name Drag and drop functions
2760 Returns the associated drop target, which may be @NULL.
2762 @see SetDropTarget(), @ref overview_dnd
2764 virtual wxDropTarget
* GetDropTarget() const;
2767 Associates a drop target with this window.
2768 If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
2770 @see GetDropTarget(), @ref overview_dnd
2772 virtual void SetDropTarget(wxDropTarget
* target
);
2775 Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
2778 If @true, the window is eligible for drop file events.
2779 If @false, the window will not accept drop file events.
2781 @remarks Windows only until version 2.8.9, available on all platforms
2782 since 2.8.10. Cannot be used together with SetDropTarget() on
2783 non-Windows platforms.
2785 @see SetDropTarget()
2787 virtual void DragAcceptFiles(bool accept
);
2793 @name Constraints, sizers and window layout functions
2798 Returns the sizer of which this window is a member, if any, otherwise @NULL.
2800 wxSizer
* GetContainingSizer() const;
2803 Returns the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
2804 SetSizer(), or @NULL.
2806 wxSizer
* GetSizer() const;
2809 Sets the window to have the given layout sizer.
2811 The window will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2812 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2813 window, it will be deleted if the @a deleteOld parameter is @true.
2815 Note that this function will also call SetAutoLayout() implicitly with @true
2816 parameter if the @a sizer is non-@NULL and @false otherwise so that the
2817 sizer will be effectively used to layout the window children whenever
2821 The sizer to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and conditionally delete
2822 the window's sizer. See below.
2824 If @true (the default), this will delete any pre-existing sizer.
2825 Pass @false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself
2826 but remember to do it yourself in this case to avoid memory leaks.
2828 @remarks SetSizer enables and disables Layout automatically.
2830 void SetSizer(wxSizer
* sizer
, bool deleteOld
= true);
2833 This method calls SetSizer() and then wxSizer::SetSizeHints which sets the initial
2834 window size to the size needed to accommodate all sizer elements and sets the
2835 size hints which, if this window is a top level one, prevent the user from
2836 resizing it to be less than this minimal size.
2838 void SetSizerAndFit(wxSizer
* sizer
, bool deleteOld
= true);
2841 Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or @NULL if there are none.
2843 wxLayoutConstraints
* GetConstraints() const;
2846 Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
2847 will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2848 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2849 window, it will be deleted.
2852 The constraints to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
2855 @remarks You must call SetAutoLayout() to tell a window to use
2856 the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you
2857 must override OnSize and call Layout() explicitly. When
2858 setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a wxSizer, only
2859 the sizer will have effect.
2861 void SetConstraints(wxLayoutConstraints
* constraints
);
2864 Invokes the constraint-based layout algorithm or the sizer-based algorithm
2867 This function does not get called automatically when the window is resized
2868 because lots of windows deriving from wxWindow does not need this functionality.
2869 If you want to have Layout() called automatically, you should derive
2870 from wxPanel (see wxPanel::Layout).
2872 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
2874 virtual bool Layout();
2877 Determines whether the Layout() function will be called automatically
2878 when the window is resized.
2880 This method is called implicitly by SetSizer() but if you use SetConstraints()
2881 you should call it manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly
2882 updated when its size changes.
2885 Set this to @true if you wish the Layout() function to be called
2886 automatically when the window is resized.
2888 @see SetSizer(), SetConstraints()
2890 void SetAutoLayout(bool autoLayout
);
2892 bool GetAutoLayout() const;
2899 @name Mouse functions
2904 Directs all mouse input to this window.
2905 Call ReleaseMouse() to release the capture.
2907 Note that wxWidgets maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
2908 and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
2909 captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
2910 window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
2911 as you capture it, unless the window receives the wxMouseCaptureLostEvent event.
2913 Any application which captures the mouse in the beginning of some operation
2914 must handle wxMouseCaptureLostEvent and cancel this operation when it receives
2915 the event. The event handler must not recapture mouse.
2917 @see ReleaseMouse(), wxMouseCaptureLostEvent
2919 void CaptureMouse();
2922 Returns the caret() associated with the window.
2924 wxCaret
* GetCaret() const;
2927 Return the cursor associated with this window.
2931 const wxCursor
& GetCursor() const;
2934 Returns @true if this window has the current mouse capture.
2936 @see CaptureMouse(), ReleaseMouse(), wxMouseCaptureLostEvent,
2937 wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
2939 virtual bool HasCapture() const;
2942 Releases mouse input captured with CaptureMouse().
2944 @see CaptureMouse(), HasCapture(), ReleaseMouse(),
2945 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
2947 void ReleaseMouse();
2950 Sets the caret() associated with the window.
2952 void SetCaret(wxCaret
* caret
);
2955 Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
2956 children of the window implicitly.
2958 The @a cursor may be @c wxNullCursor in which case the window cursor will
2959 be reset back to default.
2962 Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.
2964 @see ::wxSetCursor, wxCursor
2966 virtual bool SetCursor(const wxCursor
& cursor
);
2969 Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
2971 @note Apple Human Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor
2972 programmatically so you should avoid using this function in Mac
2973 applications (and probably avoid using it under the other
2974 platforms without good reason as well).
2977 The new x position for the cursor.
2979 The new y position for the cursor.
2981 virtual void WarpPointer(int x
, int y
);
2989 @name Miscellaneous functions
2993 wxHitTest
HitTest(wxCoord x
, wxCoord y
) const;
2994 wxHitTest
HitTest(const wxPoint
& pt
) const;
2997 Get the window border style from the given flags: this is different from
2998 simply doing flags & wxBORDER_MASK because it uses GetDefaultBorder() to
2999 translate wxBORDER_DEFAULT to something reasonable
3001 wxBorder
GetBorder(long flags
) const;
3004 Get border for the flags of this window
3006 wxBorder
GetBorder() const;
3010 Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
3011 This function is called by UpdateWindowUI() in order to check return
3012 values in the wxUpdateUIEvent and act appropriately.
3013 For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWidgets
3014 implements this function as follows:
3017 // do the window-specific processing after processing the update event
3018 void wxTopLevelWindowBase::DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent& event)
3020 if ( event.GetSetEnabled() )
3021 Enable(event.GetEnabled());
3023 if ( event.GetSetText() )
3025 if ( event.GetText() != GetTitle() )
3026 SetTitle(event.GetText());
3031 virtual void DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent
& event
);
3034 Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window.
3035 Cast it to an appropriate handle, such as @b HWND for Windows,
3036 @b Widget for Motif, @b GtkWidget for GTK or @b WinHandle for PalmOS.
3039 This method will return an integer in wxPerl.
3042 virtual WXWidget
GetHandle() const;
3045 This method should be overridden to return @true if this window has
3046 multiple pages. All standard class with multiple pages such as
3047 wxNotebook, wxListbook and wxTreebook already override it to return @true
3048 and user-defined classes with similar behaviour should also do so, to
3049 allow the library to handle such windows appropriately.
3051 virtual bool HasMultiplePages() const;
3054 This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
3055 window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
3056 the font and the foreground and background colours.
3058 By "intelligently" the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
3059 own @ref GetClassDefaultAttributes() default attributes.
3060 However if some of the parents attributes are explicitly (that is, using
3061 SetFont() and not wxWindow::SetOwnFont) changed and if the corresponding
3062 attribute hadn't been explicitly set for this window itself, then this
3063 window takes the same value as used by the parent.
3064 In addition, if the window overrides ShouldInheritColours() to return @false,
3065 the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the font might.
3067 This rather complicated logic is necessary in order to accommodate the
3068 different usage scenarios. The most common one is when all default attributes
3069 are used and in this case, nothing should be inherited as in modern GUIs
3070 different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
3071 they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
3072 desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
3073 just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
3074 do inherit the parents attributes.
3076 virtual void InheritAttributes();
3079 Sends an @c wxEVT_INIT_DIALOG event, whose handler usually transfers data
3080 to the dialog via validators.
3082 virtual void InitDialog();
3085 Returns @true if the window contents is double-buffered by the system, i.e. if
3086 any drawing done on the window is really done on a temporary backing surface
3087 and transferred to the screen all at once later.
3091 virtual bool IsDoubleBuffered() const;
3093 void SetDoubleBuffered(bool on
);
3096 Returns @true if the window is retained, @false otherwise.
3098 @remarks Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
3100 virtual bool IsRetained() const;
3103 Returns @true if this window is intrinsically enabled, @false otherwise,
3104 i.e. if @ref Enable() Enable(@false) had been called. This method is
3105 mostly used for wxWidgets itself, user code should normally use
3106 IsEnabled() instead.
3108 bool IsThisEnabled() const;
3111 Returns @true if the given window is a top-level one. Currently all frames and
3112 dialogs are considered to be top-level windows (even if they have a parent
3115 virtual bool IsTopLevel() const;
3118 Disables all other windows in the application so that
3119 the user can only interact with this window.
3122 If @true, this call disables all other windows in the application so that
3123 the user can only interact with this window. If @false, the effect is
3126 virtual void MakeModal(bool modal
= true);
3130 This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
3131 sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
3132 that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
3133 handler in a derived class.
3135 This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
3136 and most implementations call UpdateWindowUI()
3137 in order to send update events to the window in idle time.
3139 virtual void OnInternalIdle();
3142 Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey
3143 registered here, this window will receive a hotkey event.
3145 It will receive the event even if the application is in the background
3146 and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some
3150 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0
3151 and 0xBFFF. If this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a
3152 system wide unique identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
3153 This is a MSW specific detail.
3155 A bitwise combination of wxMOD_SHIFT, wxMOD_CONTROL, wxMOD_ALT
3156 or wxMOD_WIN specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along
3158 @param virtualKeyCode
3159 The virtual key code of the hotkey.
3161 @return @true if the hotkey was registered successfully. @false if some
3162 other application already registered a hotkey with this
3163 modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
3165 @remarks Use EVT_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the
3166 event. This function is currently only implemented
3167 under Windows. It is used in the Windows CE port for
3168 detecting hardware button presses.
3170 @see UnregisterHotKey()
3172 virtual bool RegisterHotKey(int hotkeyId
, int modifiers
,
3173 int virtualKeyCode
);
3176 Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
3179 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to
3182 @return @true if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, @false if the
3185 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
3187 @see RegisterHotKey()
3189 virtual bool UnregisterHotKey(int hotkeyId
);
3192 This function sends one or more wxUpdateUIEvent to the window.
3193 The particular implementation depends on the window; for example a
3194 wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
3195 and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
3197 You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
3198 UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
3199 are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
3200 wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode() or wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval() to limit
3201 the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
3202 @a flags should be a bitlist of one or more of the ::wxUpdateUI enumeration.
3204 If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
3205 function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE flag, since
3206 this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
3207 to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
3208 only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
3209 The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
3213 void MyWindow::OnInternalIdle()
3215 if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this))
3216 UpdateWindowUI(wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE);
3220 @see wxUpdateUIEvent, DoUpdateWindowUI(), OnInternalIdle()
3222 virtual void UpdateWindowUI(long flags
= wxUPDATE_UI_NONE
);
3227 // NOTE: static functions must have their own group or Doxygen will screw
3228 // up the ordering of the member groups
3231 @name Miscellaneous static functions
3236 Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control.
3238 This is useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control
3239 as in a standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
3240 colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
3241 system, especially if it uses themes.
3243 The @a variant parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
3244 ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
3245 returned font. See SetWindowVariant() for more about this.
3247 This static method is "overridden" in many derived classes and so calling,
3248 for example, wxButton::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
3249 return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
3250 from those returned by, say, wxListCtrl::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
3252 The @c wxVisualAttributes structure has at least the fields
3253 @c font, @c colFg and @c colBg. All of them may be invalid
3254 if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
3255 especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
3256 the case for @c colBg for the controls with themed background.
3258 @see InheritAttributes()
3260 static wxVisualAttributes
GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindowVariant variant
= wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL
);
3263 Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
3265 @remarks Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without
3266 needing a wxWindow pointer.
3268 @see SetFocus(), HasFocus()
3270 static wxWindow
* FindFocus();
3273 Find the first window with the given @e id.
3275 If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all top-level frames
3276 and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
3278 The search is recursive in both cases.
3282 @return Window with the given @a id or @NULL if not found.
3284 static wxWindow
* FindWindowById(long id
, const wxWindow
* parent
= 0);
3287 Find a window by its label.
3289 Depending on the type of window, the label may be a window title
3290 or panel item label. If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all
3291 top-level frames and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be
3292 limited to the given window hierarchy.
3293 The search is recursive in both cases.
3297 @return Window with the given @a label or @NULL if not found.
3299 static wxWindow
* FindWindowByLabel(const wxString
& label
,
3300 const wxWindow
* parent
= 0);
3303 Find a window by its name (as given in a window constructor or Create()
3306 If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all top-level frames
3307 and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
3310 The search is recursive in both cases. If no window with such name is found,
3311 FindWindowByLabel() is called.
3315 @return Window with the given @a name or @NULL if not found.
3317 static wxWindow
* FindWindowByName(const wxString
& name
,
3318 const wxWindow
* parent
= 0);
3321 Returns the currently captured window.
3323 @see HasCapture(), CaptureMouse(), ReleaseMouse(),
3324 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
3326 static wxWindow
* GetCapture();
3329 Create a new ID or range of IDs that are not currently in use.
3330 The IDs will be reserved until assigned to a wxWindow ID
3331 or unreserved with UnreserveControlId().
3333 See @ref overview_windowids for more information.
3336 The number of sequential IDs to reserve.
3338 @return Returns the ID or the first ID of the range (i.e. the most negative),
3339 or wxID_NONE if the specified number of identifiers couldn't be allocated.
3341 @see UnreserveControlId(), wxIdManager,
3342 @ref overview_windowids
3344 static wxWindowID
NewControlId(int count
= 1);
3347 Unreserve an ID or range of IDs that was reserved by NewControlId().
3348 See @ref overview_windowids for more information.
3351 The starting ID of the range of IDs to unreserve.
3353 The number of sequential IDs to unreserve.
3355 @see NewControlId(), wxIdManager, @ref overview_windowids
3357 static void UnreserveControlId(wxWindowID id
, int count
= 1);
3369 Specifies the direction for the centring. May be wxHORIZONTAL,
3370 wxVERTICAL or wxBOTH. It may also include the wxCENTRE_ON_SCREEN
3373 @remarks This function is not meant to be called directly by user code,
3374 but via Centre, Center, CentreOnParent, or CenterOnParent.
3375 This function can be overridden to fine-tune centring behaviour.
3377 virtual void DoCentre(int direction
);
3380 Gets the size which best suits the window: for a control, it would be
3381 the minimal size which doesn't truncate the control, for a panel - the
3382 same size as it would have after a call to Fit().
3384 The default implementation of this function is designed for use in container
3385 windows, such as wxPanel, and works something like this:
3386 -# If the window has a sizer then it is used to calculate the best size.
3387 -# Otherwise if the window has layout constraints then those are used to
3388 calculate the best size.
3389 -# Otherwise if the window has children then the best size is set to be large
3390 enough to show all the children.
3391 -# Otherwise if there are no children then the window's minimal size will be
3392 used as its best size.
3393 -# Otherwise if there is no minimal size set, then the current size is used
3396 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
3398 virtual wxSize
DoGetBestSize() const;
3402 Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the
3403 components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord).
3404 @deprecated @todo provide deprecation description
3406 virtual void SetInitialBestSize(const wxSize
& size
);
3409 Generate wxWindowDestroyEvent for this window.
3411 This is called by the window itself when it is being destroyed and
3412 usually there is no need to call it but see wxWindowDestroyEvent for
3413 explanations of when you might want to do it.
3415 void SendDestroyEvent();
3418 This function is public in wxEvtHandler but protected in wxWindow
3419 because for wxWindows you should always call ProcessEvent() on the
3420 pointer returned by GetEventHandler() and not on the wxWindow object
3423 For convenience, a ProcessWindowEvent() method is provided as a synonym
3424 for @code GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent() @endcode
3426 Note that it's still possible to call these functions directly on the
3427 wxWindow object (e.g. casting it to wxEvtHandler) but doing that will
3428 create subtle bugs when windows with event handlers pushed on them are
3431 This holds also for all other wxEvtHandler functions.
3433 virtual bool ProcessEvent(wxEvent
& event
);
3437 See ProcessEvent() for more info about why you shouldn't use this function
3438 and the reason for making this function protected in wxWindow.
3440 bool SafelyProcessEvent(wxEvent
& event
);
3441 virtual void QueueEvent(wxEvent
*event
);
3442 virtual void AddPendingEvent(const wxEvent
& event
);
3443 void ProcessPendingEvents();
3444 bool ProcessThreadEvent(const wxEvent
& event
);
3450 // ============================================================================
3451 // Global functions/macros
3452 // ============================================================================
3454 /** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_misc */
3458 Find the deepest window at the mouse pointer position, returning the window
3459 and current pointer position in screen coordinates.
3461 @header{wx/window.h}
3463 wxWindow
* wxFindWindowAtPointer(wxPoint
& pt
);
3466 Gets the currently active window (implemented for MSW and GTK only
3467 currently, always returns @NULL in the other ports).
3469 @header{wx/window.h}
3471 wxWindow
* wxGetActiveWindow();
3474 Returns the first top level parent of the given window, or in other words,
3475 the frame or dialog containing it, or @NULL.
3477 @header{wx/window.h}
3479 wxWindow
* wxGetTopLevelParent(wxWindow
* window
);