1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: interface of wxPGProperty
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
9 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
12 @class wxPropertyGridInterface
14 Most of the shared property manipulation interface shared by wxPropertyGrid,
15 wxPropertyGridPage, and wxPropertyGridManager is defined in this class.
18 - In separate wxPropertyGrid component this class was known as
19 wxPropertyContainerMethods.
21 - wxPropertyGridInterface's property operation member functions all accept
22 a special wxPGPropArg id argument, using which you can refer to properties
23 either by their pointer (for performance) or by their name (for conveniency).
28 class WXDLLIMPEXP_PROPGRID wxPropertyGridInterface
33 virtual ~wxPropertyGridInterface() { }
36 Appends property to the list. wxPropertyGrid assumes ownership of the
37 object. Becomes child of most recently added category.
40 - wxPropertyGrid takes the ownership of the property pointer.
41 - If appending a category with name identical to a category already in
42 the wxPropertyGrid, then newly created category is deleted, and most
43 recently added category (under which properties are appended) is set
44 to the one with same name. This allows easier adding of items to same
45 categories in multiple passes.
46 - Does not automatically redraw the control, so you may need to call
47 Refresh() when calling this function after control has been shown for
50 wxPGProperty
* Append( wxPGProperty
* property
);
53 Same as Append(), but appends under given parent property.
56 Name or pointer to parent property.
61 wxPGProperty
* AppendIn( wxPGPropArg id
, wxPGProperty
* newProperty
);
64 In order to add new items into a property with private children (for
65 instance, wxFlagsProperty), you need to call this method. After
66 populating has been finished, you need to call EndAddChildren().
70 void BeginAddChildren( wxPGPropArg id
);
73 Deletes all properties.
75 virtual void Clear() = 0;
78 Deselect current selection, if any.
80 @return Returns @true if success (ie. validator did not intercept).
82 bool ClearSelection();
85 Resets modified status of all properties.
87 void ClearModifiedStatus();
90 Collapses given category or property with children.
92 @return Returns @true if actually collapsed.
94 bool Collapse( wxPGPropArg id
);
97 Collapses all items that can be collapsed.
99 @return Returns @false if failed (may fail if value in active
100 editor cannot be validated).
105 Changes value of a property, as if by user. Use this instead of
106 SetPropertyValue() if you need the value to run through validation
107 process, and also send the property change event.
109 @return Returns @true if value was successfully changed.
111 bool ChangePropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, wxVariant newValue
);
116 void DeleteProperty( wxPGPropArg id
);
121 bool DisableProperty( wxPGPropArg id
);
124 Returns true if all property grid data changes have been committed. Usually
125 only returns false if value in active editor has been invalidated by a
128 bool EditorValidate();
131 Enables or disables property.
134 Name or pointer to a property.
137 If @false, property is disabled instead.
139 bool EnableProperty( wxPGPropArg id
, bool enable
= true );
142 Called after population of property with fixed children has finished.
144 @see BeginAddChildren()
146 void EndAddChildren( wxPGPropArg id
);
149 Expands given category or property with children.
151 @return Returns @true if actually expanded.
153 bool Expand( wxPGPropArg id
);
156 Expands all items that can be expanded.
158 bool ExpandAll( bool expand
= true );
161 Returns list of expanded properties.
163 wxArrayPGProperty
GetExpandedProperties() const;
166 Returns id of first child of given property.
168 @remarks Does not return private children!
170 wxPGProperty
* GetFirstChild( wxPGPropArg id
);
173 /** Returns iterator class instance.
176 See @ref propgrid_iterator_flags. Value wxPG_ITERATE_DEFAULT causes
177 iteration over everything except private child properties.
180 Property to start iteration from. If NULL, then first child of root
184 Either wxTOP or wxBOTTOM. wxTOP will indicate that iterations start
185 from the first property from the top, and wxBOTTOM means that the
186 iteration will instead begin from bottommost valid item.
188 <b>wxPython Note:</b> Instead of ++ operator, use Next() method, and
189 instead of * operator, use GetProperty() method.
191 wxPropertyGridIterator
GetIterator( int flags
= wxPG_ITERATE_DEFAULT
,
192 wxPGProperty
* firstProp
= NULL
);
193 wxPropertyGridConstIterator
GetIterator( int flags
= wxPG_ITERATE_DEFAULT
,
194 wxPGProperty
* firstProp
= NULL
) const;
195 wxPropertyGridIterator
GetIterator( int flags
, int startPos
);
196 wxPropertyGridConstIterator
GetIterator( int flags
, int startPos
) const;
200 Returns id of first item that matches given criteria.
203 See @ref propgrid_iterator_flags.
205 wxPGProperty
* GetFirst( int flags
= wxPG_ITERATE_ALL
);
208 Returns id of property with given name (case-sensitive).
210 wxPGProperty
* GetProperty( const wxString
& name
) const
212 return GetPropertyByName(name
);
216 Adds to 'targetArr' pointers to properties that have given
217 flags 'flags' set. However, if 'inverse' is set to true, then
218 only properties without given flags are stored.
221 Property flags to use.
224 Iterator flags to use. Default is everything expect private children.
225 See @ref propgrid_iterator_flags.
227 void GetPropertiesWithFlag( wxArrayPGProperty
* targetArr
,
228 wxPGProperty::FlagType flags
,
229 bool inverse
= false,
230 int iterFlags
= (wxPG_ITERATE_PROPERTIES
|wxPG_ITERATE_HIDDEN
|wxPG_ITERATE_CATEGORIES
) ) const;
233 Returns value of given attribute. If none found, returns wxNullVariant.
235 wxVariant
GetPropertyAttribute( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxString
& attrName
) const;
238 Returns pointer of property's nearest parent category. If no category
241 wxPropertyCategory
* GetPropertyCategory( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
243 /** Returns client data (void*) of a property. */
244 void* GetPropertyClientData( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
247 Returns first property which label matches given string. NULL if none
248 found. Note that this operation is very slow when compared to
251 wxPGProperty
* GetPropertyByLabel( const wxString
& label
) const;
254 Returns property with given name. NULL if none found.
256 wxPGProperty
* GetPropertyByName( const wxString
& name
) const;
259 Returns child property 'subname' of property 'name'. Same as
260 calling GetPropertyByName("name.subname"), albeit slightly faster.
262 wxPGProperty
* GetPropertyByName( const wxString
& name
,
263 const wxString
& subname
) const;
266 Returns property's editor.
268 const wxPGEditor
* GetPropertyEditor( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
271 Returns help string associated with a property.
273 wxString
GetPropertyHelpString( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
276 Returns property's custom value image (NULL of none).
278 wxBitmap
* GetPropertyImage( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
280 /** Returns label of a property. */
281 const wxString
& GetPropertyLabel( wxPGPropArg id
);
283 /** Returns property's name, by which it is globally accessible. */
284 wxString
GetPropertyName( wxPGProperty
* property
);
287 Returns validator of a property as a reference, which you
288 can pass to any number of SetPropertyValidator.
290 wxValidator
* GetPropertyValidator( wxPGPropArg id
);
293 Returns property's value as wxVariant.
295 If property value is unspecified, Null variant is returned.
297 wxVariant
GetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
);
299 /** Return's property's value as wxArrayInt. */
300 wxArrayInt
GetPropertyValueAsArrayInt( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
302 /** Returns property's value as wxArrayString. */
303 wxArrayString
GetPropertyValueAsArrayString( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
305 /** Returns property's value as bool */
306 bool GetPropertyValueAsBool( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
308 /** Return's property's value as wxDateTime. */
309 wxDateTime
GetPropertyValueAsDateTime( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
311 /** Returns property's value as double-precision floating point number. */
312 double GetPropertyValueAsDouble( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
314 /** Returns property's value as integer */
315 int GetPropertyValueAsInt( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
317 /** Returns property's value as integer */
318 long GetPropertyValueAsLong( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
320 /** Returns property's value as native signed 64-bit integer. */
321 wxLongLong_t
GetPropertyValueAsLongLong( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
324 Returns property's value as wxString. If property does not
325 use string value type, then its value is converted using
326 wxPGProperty::GetValueAsString().
328 wxString
GetPropertyValueAsString( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
330 /** Returns property's value as unsigned integer */
331 unsigned long GetPropertyValueAsULong( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
333 /** Returns property's value as native unsigned 64-bit integer. */
334 wxULongLong_t
GetPropertyValueAsULongLong( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
337 Returns a wxVariant list containing wxVariant versions of all
338 property values. Order is not guaranteed.
341 Use wxPG_KEEP_STRUCTURE to retain category structure; each sub
342 category will be its own wxVariantList of wxVariant.
344 Use wxPG_INC_ATTRIBUTES to include property attributes as well.
345 Each attribute will be stored as list variant named
346 "@@<propname>@@attr."
348 wxVariant
GetPropertyValues( const wxString
& listname
= wxEmptyString
,
349 wxPGProperty
* baseparent
= NULL
, long flags
= 0 ) const;
351 /** Returns currently selected property. */
352 wxPGProperty
* GetSelection() const;
355 Similar to GetIterator(), but instead returns wxPGVIterator instance,
356 which can be useful for forward-iterating through arbitrary property
360 See @ref propgrid_iterator_flags.
362 <b>wxPython Note:</b> Instead of ++ operator, use Next() method, and
363 instead of * operator, use GetProperty() method.
365 virtual wxPGVIterator
GetVIterator( int flags
) const;
368 Hides or reveals a property.
371 If @true, hides property, otherwise reveals it.
374 By default changes are applied recursively. Set this parameter
375 wxPG_DONT_RECURSE to prevent this.
377 bool HideProperty( wxPGPropArg id
, bool hide
= true, int flags
= wxPG_RECURSE
);
380 Initializes *all* property types. Causes references to most object
381 files in the library, so calling this may cause significant increase
382 in executable size when linking with static library.
384 static void InitAllTypeHandlers();
387 /** Inserts property to the property container.
390 New property is inserted just prior to this. Available only
391 in the first variant. There are two versions of this function
392 to allow this parameter to be either an id or name to
396 Pointer to the inserted property. wxPropertyGrid will take
397 ownership of this object.
400 New property is inserted under this category. Available only
401 in the second variant. There are two versions of this function
402 to allow this parameter to be either an id or name to
406 Index under category. Available only in the second variant.
407 If index is < 0, property is appended in category.
409 @return Returns newProperty.
413 - wxPropertyGrid takes the ownership of the property pointer.
415 - While Append may be faster way to add items, make note that when
416 both types of data storage (categoric and
417 non-categoric) are active, Insert becomes even more slow. This is
418 especially true if current mode is non-categoric.
425 wxPGProperty* my_cat_id = propertygrid->Append( new wxPropertyCategory("My Category") );
429 // insert into category - using second variant
430 wxPGProperty* my_item_id_1 = propertygrid->Insert( my_cat_id, 0, new wxStringProperty("My String 1") );
432 // insert before to first item - using first variant
433 wxPGProperty* my_item_id_2 = propertygrid->Insert( my_item_id, new wxStringProperty("My String 2") );
438 wxPGProperty
* Insert( wxPGPropArg priorThis
, wxPGProperty
* newProperty
);
439 wxPGProperty
* Insert( wxPGPropArg parent
, int index
, wxPGProperty
* newProperty
);
442 /** Returns @true if property is a category. */
443 bool IsPropertyCategory( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
445 /** Returns @true if property is enabled. */
446 bool IsPropertyEnabled( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
449 Returns true if given property is expanded. Naturally, always returns
450 @false for properties that cannot be expanded.
452 bool IsPropertyExpanded( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
455 Returns @true if property has been modified after value set or modify
456 flag clear by software.
458 bool IsPropertyModified( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
461 Returns true if property is shown (ie. HideProperty() with @true not
464 bool IsPropertyShown( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
467 Returns true if property value is set to unspecified.
469 bool IsPropertyValueUnspecified( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
472 Disables (limit = @true) or enables (limit = @false) wxTextCtrl editor
473 of a property, if it is not the sole mean to edit the value.
475 void LimitPropertyEditing( wxPGPropArg id
, bool limit
= true );
478 Initializes additional property editors (SpinCtrl etc.). Causes
479 references to most object files in the library, so calling this may
480 cause significant increase in executable size when linking with static
483 static void RegisterAdditionalEditors();
486 Replaces property with id with newly created one. For example,
487 this code replaces existing property named "Flags" with one that
488 will have different set of items:
491 pg->ReplaceProperty("Flags",
492 wxFlagsProperty("Flags", wxPG_LABEL, newItems))
497 wxPGProperty
* ReplaceProperty( wxPGPropArg id
, wxPGProperty
* property
);
500 @anchor propgridinterface_editablestate_flags
502 Flags for wxPropertyGridInterface::SaveEditableState() and
503 wxPropertyGridInterface::RestoreEditableState().
505 enum EditableStateFlags
507 /** Include selected property. */
508 SelectionState
= 0x01,
509 /** Include expanded/collapsed property information. */
510 ExpandedState
= 0x02,
511 /** Include scrolled position. */
512 ScrollPosState
= 0x04,
513 /** Include selected page information. Only applies to
514 wxPropertyGridManager. */
516 /** Include splitter position. Stored for each page. */
517 SplitterPosState
= 0x10,
518 /** Include description box size.
519 Only applies to wxPropertyGridManager. */
523 Include all supported user editable state information.
524 This is usually the default value. */
525 AllStates
= SelectionState
|
534 Restores user-editable state. See also wxPropertyGridInterface::SaveEditableState().
537 String generated by SaveEditableState.
540 Which parts to restore from source string. See @ref propgridinterface_editablestate_flags
541 "list of editable state flags".
543 @return Returns @false if there was problem reading the string.
545 @remarks If some parts of state (such as scrolled or splitter position)
546 fail to restore correctly, please make sure that you call this
547 function after wxPropertyGrid size has been set (this may
548 sometimes be tricky when sizers are used).
550 bool RestoreEditableState( const wxString
& src
,
551 int restoreStates
= AllStates
);
554 Used to acquire user-editable state (selected property, expanded
555 properties, scrolled position, splitter positions).
557 @param includedStates
558 Which parts of state to include. See @ref propgridinterface_editablestate_flags
559 "list of editable state flags".
561 wxString
SaveEditableState( int includedStates
= AllStates
) const;
564 Sets strings listed in the choice dropdown of a wxBoolProperty.
566 Defaults are "True" and "False", so changing them to, say, "Yes" and
567 "No" may be useful in some less technical applications.
569 static void SetBoolChoices( const wxString
& trueChoice
,
570 const wxString
& falseChoice
);
573 Sets or clears flag(s) of all properties in given array.
576 Property flags to set or clear.
579 Set to true if you want to clear flag instead of setting them.
581 void SetPropertiesFlag( const wxArrayPGProperty
& srcArr
, wxPGProperty::FlagType flags
,
582 bool inverse
= false );
585 Sets an attribute for this property.
588 Text identifier of attribute. See @ref propgrid_property_attributes.
594 Optional. Use wxPG_RECURSE to set the attribute to child properties
597 @remarks Setting attribute's value to Null variant will simply remove it
598 from property's set of attributes.
600 void SetPropertyAttribute( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxString
& attrName
,
601 wxVariant value
, long argFlags
= 0 );
604 Sets property attribute for all applicapple properties.
605 Be sure to use this method only after all properties have been
608 void SetPropertyAttributeAll( const wxString
& attrName
, wxVariant value
);
611 Sets text, bitmap, and colours for given column's cell.
614 - You can set label cell by using column 0.
615 - You can use wxPG_LABEL as text to use default text for column.
617 void SetPropertyCell( wxPGPropArg id
,
619 const wxString
& text
= wxEmptyString
,
620 const wxBitmap
& bitmap
= wxNullBitmap
,
621 const wxColour
& fgCol
= wxNullColour
,
622 const wxColour
& bgCol
= wxNullColour
);
625 Sets client data (void*) of a property.
628 This untyped client data has to be deleted manually.
630 void SetPropertyClientData( wxPGPropArg id
, void* clientData
);
633 Sets editor for a property.
636 For builtin editors, use wxPGEditor_X, where X is builtin editor's
637 name (TextCtrl, Choice, etc. see wxPGEditor documentation for full
640 For custom editors, use pointer you received from wxPropertyGrid::RegisterEditorClass().
642 void SetPropertyEditor( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxPGEditor
* editor
);
645 Sets editor control of a property. As editor argument, use
646 editor name string, such as "TextCtrl" or "Choice".
648 void SetPropertyEditor( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxString
& editorName
);
651 Sets label of a property.
654 - Properties under same parent may have same labels. However,
655 property names must still remain unique.
657 void SetPropertyLabel( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxString
& newproplabel
);
660 Sets name of a property.
663 Name or pointer of property which name to change.
666 New name for property.
668 void SetPropertyName( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxString
& newName
);
671 Sets property (and, recursively, its children) to have read-only value.
672 In other words, user cannot change the value in the editor, but they can
675 @remarks This is mainly for use with textctrl editor. Only some other
676 editors fully support it.
679 Property name or pointer.
682 Use @true to enable read-only, @false to disable it.
685 By default changes are applied recursively. Set this parameter
686 wxPG_DONT_RECURSE to prevent this.
688 void SetPropertyReadOnly( wxPGPropArg id
, bool set
= true,
689 int flags
= wxPG_RECURSE
);
692 Sets property's value to unspecified. If it has children (it may be
693 category), then the same thing is done to them.
695 void SetPropertyValueUnspecified( wxPGPropArg id
);
698 Sets various property values from a list of wxVariants. If property with
699 name is missing from the grid, new property is created under given
700 default category (or root if omitted).
702 void SetPropertyValues( const wxVariantList
& list
,
703 wxPGPropArg defaultCategory
= wxNullProperty
);
705 void SetPropertyValues( const wxVariant
& list
,
706 wxPGPropArg defaultCategory
= wxNullProperty
);
709 Associates the help string with property.
711 @remarks By default, text is shown either in the manager's "description"
712 text box or in the status bar. If extra window style
713 wxPG_EX_HELP_AS_TOOLTIPS is used, then the text will appear as
716 void SetPropertyHelpString( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxString
& helpString
);
719 Set wxBitmap in front of the value.
721 @remarks Bitmap will be scaled to a size returned by
722 wxPropertyGrid::GetImageSize();
724 void SetPropertyImage( wxPGPropArg id
, wxBitmap
& bmp
);
727 Sets max length of property's text.
729 bool SetPropertyMaxLength( wxPGPropArg id
, int maxLen
);
732 Sets validator of a property.
734 void SetPropertyValidator( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxValidator
& validator
);
736 /** Sets value (integer) of a property. */
737 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, long value
);
739 /** Sets value (integer) of a property. */
740 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, int value
);
742 /** Sets value (floating point) of a property. */
743 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, double value
);
745 /** Sets value (bool) of a property. */
746 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, bool value
);
748 /** Sets value (string) of a property. */
749 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxString
& value
);
751 /** Sets value (wxArrayString) of a property. */
752 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxArrayString
& value
);
754 /** Sets value (wxDateTime) of a property. */
755 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxDateTime
& value
);
757 /** Sets value (wxObject*) of a property. */
758 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, wxObject
* value
);
760 /** Sets value (wxObject&) of a property. */
761 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, wxObject
& value
);
763 /** Sets value (native 64-bit int) of a property. */
764 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, wxLongLong_t value
);
766 /** Sets value (native 64-bit unsigned int) of a property. */
767 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, wxULongLong_t value
);
769 /** Sets value (wxArrayInt&) of a property. */
770 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxArrayInt
& value
);
773 Sets value (wxString) of a property.
775 @remarks This method uses wxPGProperty::SetValueFromString(), which all
776 properties should implement. This means that there should not be
777 a type error, and instead the string is converted to property's
780 void SetPropertyValueString( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxString
& value
);
783 Sets value (wxVariant&) of a property.
785 @remarks Use wxPropertyGrid::ChangePropertyValue() instead if you need to
786 run through validation process and send property change event.
788 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, wxVariant value
);
791 Adjusts how wxPropertyGrid behaves when invalid value is entered
795 See @ref propgrid_vfbflags for possible values.
797 void SetValidationFailureBehavior( int vfbFlags
);
800 Returns editor pointer of editor with given name;
802 static wxPGEditor
* GetEditorByName( const wxString
& editorName
);