Mention status bar fields limits under pre-XP MSW systems.
[wxWidgets.git] / interface / wx / statusbr.h
1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: statusbr.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxStatusBar
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows licence
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9 /**
10 @class wxStatusBarPane
11
12 A status bar pane data container used by wxStatusBar.
13
14 @library{wxcore}
15 @category{data}
16
17 @see wxStatusBar
18 */
19 class wxStatusBarPane
20 {
21 public:
22 /**
23 Constructs the pane with the given @a style and @a width.
24 */
25 wxStatusBarPane(int style = wxSB_NORMAL, size_t width = 0);
26
27 /**
28 Returns the pane width; it maybe negative, indicating a variable-width field.
29 */
30 int GetWidth() const;
31
32 /**
33 Returns the pane style.
34 */
35 int GetStyle() const;
36
37 /**
38 Returns the text currently shown in this pane.
39 */
40 wxString GetText() const;
41 };
42
43 /**
44 @class wxStatusBar
45
46 A status bar is a narrow window that can be placed along the bottom of a frame
47 to give small amounts of status information. It can contain one or more fields,
48 one or more of which can be variable length according to the size of the window.
49
50 wxStatusBar also maintains an independent stack of status texts for each field
51 (see PushStatusText() and PopStatusText()).
52
53 Note that in wxStatusBar context, the terms @e pane and @e field are synonyms.
54
55 @beginStyleTable
56 @style{wxSTB_SIZEGRIP}
57 Displays a gripper at the right-hand side of the status bar which can be used
58 to resize the parent window.
59 @style{wxSTB_SHOW_TIPS}
60 Displays tooltips for those panes whose status text has been ellipsized/truncated
61 because the status text doesn't fit the pane width.
62 Note that this style has effect only on wxGTK (with GTK+ >= 2.12) currently.
63 @style{wxSTB_ELLIPSIZE_START}
64 Replace the beginning of the status texts with an ellipsis when the status text
65 widths exceed the status bar pane's widths (uses wxControl::Ellipsize).
66 @style{wxSTB_ELLIPSIZE_MIDDLE}
67 Replace the middle of the status texts with an ellipsis when the status text
68 widths exceed the status bar pane's widths (uses wxControl::Ellipsize).
69 @style{wxSTB_ELLIPSIZE_END}
70 Replace the end of the status texts with an ellipsis when the status text
71 widths exceed the status bar pane's widths (uses wxControl::Ellipsize).
72 @style{wxSTB_DEFAULT_STYLE}
73 The default style: includes
74 @c wxSTB_SIZEGRIP|wxSTB_SHOW_TIPS|wxSTB_ELLIPSIZE_END|wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE.
75 @endStyleTable
76
77 @remarks
78 It is possible to create controls and other windows on the status bar.
79 Position these windows from an OnSize() event handler.
80
81 @remarks
82 Notice that only the first 127 characters of a string will be shown in
83 status bar fields under pre-XP MSW systems (or even under later systems if
84 a proper manifest indicating that the program uses version 6 of common
85 controls library is not used). This is a limitation of the native control
86 on these platforms.
87
88 @library{wxcore}
89 @category{miscwnd}
90
91 @see wxStatusBarPane, wxFrame, @ref page_samples_statbar
92 */
93 class wxStatusBar : public wxControl
94 {
95 public:
96 /**
97 Default ctor.
98 */
99 wxStatusBar();
100
101 /**
102 Constructor, creating the window.
103
104 @param parent
105 The window parent, usually a frame.
106 @param id
107 The window identifier.
108 It may take a value of -1 to indicate a default value.
109 @param style
110 The window style. See wxStatusBar.
111 @param name
112 The name of the window. This parameter is used to associate a name with the
113 item, allowing the application user to set Motif resource values for
114 individual windows.
115
116 @see Create()
117 */
118 wxStatusBar(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id = wxID_ANY,
119 long style = wxSTB_DEFAULT_STYLE,
120 const wxString& name = wxStatusBarNameStr);
121
122 /**
123 Destructor.
124 */
125 virtual ~wxStatusBar();
126
127 /**
128 Creates the window, for two-step construction.
129 See wxStatusBar() for details.
130 */
131 bool Create(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id = wxID_ANY,
132 long style = wxSTB_DEFAULT_STYLE,
133 const wxString& name = wxStatusBarNameStr);
134
135 /**
136 Returns the size and position of a field's internal bounding rectangle.
137
138 @param i
139 The field in question.
140 @param rect
141 The rectangle values are placed in this variable.
142
143 @return @true if the field index is valid, @false otherwise.
144
145 @beginWxPerlOnly
146 In wxPerl this function returns a @c Wx::Rect if the field
147 index is valid, @c undef otherwise.
148 @endWxPerlOnly
149
150 @see wxRect
151 */
152 virtual bool GetFieldRect(int i, wxRect& rect) const;
153
154 /**
155 Returns the number of fields in the status bar.
156 */
157 int GetFieldsCount() const;
158
159 /**
160 Returns the wxStatusBarPane representing the @a n-th field.
161 */
162 const wxStatusBarPane& GetField(int n) const;
163
164 /**
165 Returns the horizontal and vertical borders used when rendering the field
166 text inside the field area.
167
168 Note that the rect returned by GetFieldRect() already accounts for the
169 presence of horizontal and vertical border returned by this function.
170 */
171 wxSize GetBorders() const;
172
173 /**
174 Returns the string associated with a status bar field.
175
176 @param i
177 The number of the status field to retrieve, starting from zero.
178
179 @return The status field string if the field is valid, otherwise the
180 empty string.
181
182 @see SetStatusText()
183 */
184 virtual wxString GetStatusText(int i = 0) const;
185
186 /**
187 Returns the width of the @a n-th field.
188
189 See wxStatusBarPane::GetWidth() for more info.
190 */
191 int GetStatusWidth(int n) const;
192
193 /**
194 Returns the style of the @a n-th field.
195
196 See wxStatusBarPane::GetStyle() for more info.
197 */
198 int GetStatusStyle(int n) const;
199
200 /**
201 Restores the text to the value it had before the last call to
202 PushStatusText().
203
204 Notice that if SetStatusText() had been called in the meanwhile,
205 PopStatusText() will not change the text, i.e. it does not override
206 explicit changes to status text but only restores the saved text if it
207 hadn't been changed since.
208
209 @see PushStatusText()
210 */
211 void PopStatusText(int field = 0);
212
213 /**
214 Saves the current field text in a per-field stack, and sets the field
215 text to the string passed as argument.
216
217 @see PopStatusText()
218 */
219 void PushStatusText(const wxString& string, int field = 0);
220
221 /**
222 Sets the number of fields, and optionally the field widths.
223
224 @param number
225 The number of fields. If this is greater than the previous number,
226 then new fields with empty strings will be added to the status bar.
227 @param widths
228 An array of n integers interpreted in the same way as
229 in SetStatusWidths().
230
231 @beginWxPerlOnly
232 In wxPerl this function accepts only the @a number parameter.
233 Use SetStatusWidths to set the field widths.
234 @endWxPerlOnly
235 */
236 virtual void SetFieldsCount(int number = 1, const int* widths = NULL);
237
238 /**
239 Sets the minimal possible height for the status bar.
240
241 The real height may be bigger than the height specified here depending
242 on the size of the font used by the status bar.
243 */
244 virtual void SetMinHeight(int height);
245
246 /**
247 Sets the styles of the fields in the status line which can make fields appear
248 flat or raised instead of the standard sunken 3D border.
249
250 @param n
251 The number of fields in the status bar. Must be equal to the
252 number passed to SetFieldsCount() the last time it was called.
253 @param styles
254 Contains an array of @a n integers with the styles for each field.
255 There are three possible styles:
256 - @c wxSB_NORMAL (default): The field appears sunken with a standard 3D border.
257 - @c wxSB_FLAT: No border is painted around the field so that it appears flat.
258 - @c wxSB_RAISED: A raised 3D border is painted around the field.
259 */
260 virtual void SetStatusStyles(int n, const int* styles);
261
262 /**
263 Sets the status text for the @a i-th field.
264
265 The given text will replace the current text.
266
267 Note that if PushStatusText() had been called before the new text will
268 also replace the last saved value to make sure that the next call to
269 PopStatusText() doesn't restore the old value, which was overwritten by
270 the call to this function.
271
272 @param text
273 The text to be set. Use an empty string ("") to clear the field.
274 @param i
275 The field to set, starting from zero.
276
277 @see GetStatusText(), wxFrame::SetStatusText
278 */
279 virtual void SetStatusText(const wxString& text, int i = 0);
280
281 /**
282 Sets the widths of the fields in the status line. There are two types of
283 fields: @b fixed widths and @b variable width fields. For the fixed width fields
284 you should specify their (constant) width in pixels. For the variable width
285 fields, specify a negative number which indicates how the field should expand:
286 the space left for all variable width fields is divided between them according
287 to the absolute value of this number. A variable width field with width of -2
288 gets twice as much of it as a field with width -1 and so on.
289
290 For example, to create one fixed width field of width 100 in the right part of
291 the status bar and two more fields which get 66% and 33% of the remaining
292 space correspondingly, you should use an array containing -2, -1 and 100.
293
294 @param n
295 The number of fields in the status bar. Must be equal to the
296 number passed to SetFieldsCount() the last time it was called.
297 @param widths_field
298 Contains an array of n integers, each of which is either an
299 absolute status field width in pixels if positive or indicates a
300 variable width field if negative.
301 The special value @NULL means that all fields should get the same width.
302
303 @remarks The widths of the variable fields are calculated from the total
304 width of all fields, minus the sum of widths of the
305 non-variable fields, divided by the number of variable fields.
306
307 @beginWxPerlOnly
308 In wxPerl this method takes as parameters the field widths.
309 @endWxPerlOnly
310
311 @see SetFieldsCount(), wxFrame::SetStatusWidths()
312 */
313 virtual void SetStatusWidths(int n, const int* widths_field);
314 };
315