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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: window.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxWindow
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows licence
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9
10 /**
11 Valid values for wxWindow::ShowWithEffect() and wxWindow::HideWithEffect().
12 */
13 enum wxShowEffect
14 {
15 /**
16 No effect, equivalent to normal wxWindow::Show() or Hide() call.
17
18 @since 2.9.1
19 */
20 wxSHOW_EFFECT_NONE,
21
22 /// Roll window to the left
23 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_LEFT,
24
25 /// Roll window to the right
26 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_RIGHT,
27
28 /// Roll window to the top
29 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_TOP,
30
31 /// Roll window to the bottom
32 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_BOTTOM,
33
34 /// Slide window to the left
35 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_LEFT,
36
37 /// Slide window to the right
38 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_RIGHT,
39
40 /// Slide window to the top
41 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_TOP,
42
43 /// Slide window to the bottom
44 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_BOTTOM,
45
46 /// Fade in or out effect
47 wxSHOW_EFFECT_BLEND,
48
49 /// Expanding or collapsing effect
50 wxSHOW_EFFECT_EXPAND
51 };
52
53
54
55 /**
56 Struct containing all the visual attributes of a control.
57 */
58 struct wxVisualAttributes
59 {
60 /// The font used for control label/text inside it.
61 wxFont font;
62
63 /// The foreground colour.
64 wxColour colFg;
65
66 /**
67 The background colour.
68
69 May be wxNullColour if the controls background colour is not solid.
70 */
71 wxColour colBg;
72 };
73
74
75 /**
76 Different window variants, on platforms like eg mac uses different
77 rendering sizes.
78 */
79 enum wxWindowVariant
80 {
81 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL, //!< Normal size
82 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_SMALL, //!< Smaller size (about 25 % smaller than normal)
83 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MINI, //!< Mini size (about 33 % smaller than normal)
84 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_LARGE, //!< Large size (about 25 % larger than normal)
85 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MAX
86 };
87
88
89 /**
90 @class wxWindow
91
92 wxWindow is the base class for all windows and represents any visible object
93 on screen. All controls, top level windows and so on are windows. Sizers and
94 device contexts are not, however, as they don't appear on screen themselves.
95
96 Please note that all children of the window will be deleted automatically by
97 the destructor before the window itself is deleted which means that you don't
98 have to worry about deleting them manually. Please see the @ref
99 overview_windowdeletion "window deletion overview" for more information.
100
101 Also note that in this, and many others, wxWidgets classes some
102 @c GetXXX() methods may be overloaded (as, for example,
103 wxWindow::GetSize or wxWindow::GetClientSize). In this case, the overloads
104 are non-virtual because having multiple virtual functions with the same name
105 results in a virtual function name hiding at the derived class level (in
106 English, this means that the derived class has to override all overloaded
107 variants if it overrides any of them). To allow overriding them in the derived
108 class, wxWidgets uses a unique protected virtual @c DoGetXXX() method
109 and all @c GetXXX() ones are forwarded to it, so overriding the former
110 changes the behaviour of the latter.
111
112 @beginStyleTable
113 @style{wxBORDER_DEFAULT}
114 The window class will decide the kind of border to show, if any.
115 @style{wxBORDER_SIMPLE}
116 Displays a thin border around the window. wxSIMPLE_BORDER is the
117 old name for this style.
118 @style{wxBORDER_SUNKEN}
119 Displays a sunken border. wxSUNKEN_BORDER is the old name for this
120 style.
121 @style{wxBORDER_RAISED}
122 Displays a raised border. wxRAISED_BORDER is the old name for this
123 style.
124 @style{wxBORDER_STATIC}
125 Displays a border suitable for a static control. wxSTATIC_BORDER
126 is the old name for this style. Windows only.
127 @style{wxBORDER_THEME}
128 Displays a native border suitable for a control, on the current
129 platform. On Windows XP or Vista, this will be a themed border; on
130 most other platforms a sunken border will be used. For more
131 information for themed borders on Windows, please see Themed
132 borders on Windows.
133 @style{wxBORDER_NONE}
134 Displays no border, overriding the default border style for the
135 window. wxNO_BORDER is the old name for this style.
136 @style{wxBORDER_DOUBLE}
137 This style is obsolete and should not be used.
138 @style{wxTRANSPARENT_WINDOW}
139 The window is transparent, that is, it will not receive paint
140 events. Windows only.
141 @style{wxTAB_TRAVERSAL}
142 Use this to enable tab traversal for non-dialog windows.
143 @style{wxWANTS_CHARS}
144 Use this to indicate that the window wants to get all char/key
145 events for all keys - even for keys like TAB or ENTER which are
146 usually used for dialog navigation and which wouldn't be generated
147 without this style. If you need to use this style in order to get
148 the arrows or etc., but would still like to have normal keyboard
149 navigation take place, you should call Navigate in response to the
150 key events for Tab and Shift-Tab.
151 @style{wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE}
152 On Windows, this style used to disable repainting the window
153 completely when its size is changed. Since this behaviour is now
154 the default, the style is now obsolete and no longer has an effect.
155 @style{wxVSCROLL}
156 Use this style to enable a vertical scrollbar. Notice that this
157 style cannot be used with native controls which don't support
158 scrollbars nor with top-level windows in most ports.
159 @style{wxHSCROLL}
160 Use this style to enable a horizontal scrollbar. The same
161 limitations as for wxVSCROLL apply to this style.
162 @style{wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB}
163 If a window has scrollbars, disable them instead of hiding them
164 when they are not needed (i.e. when the size of the window is big
165 enough to not require the scrollbars to navigate it). This style is
166 currently implemented for wxMSW, wxGTK and wxUniversal and does
167 nothing on the other platforms.
168 @style{wxCLIP_CHILDREN}
169 Use this style to eliminate flicker caused by the background being
170 repainted, then children being painted over them. Windows only.
171 @style{wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE}
172 Use this style to force a complete redraw of the window whenever it
173 is resized instead of redrawing just the part of the window
174 affected by resizing. Note that this was the behaviour by default
175 before 2.5.1 release and that if you experience redraw problems
176 with code which previously used to work you may want to try this.
177 Currently this style applies on GTK+ 2 and Windows only, and full
178 repainting is always done on other platforms.
179 @endStyleTable
180
181 @beginExtraStyleTable
182 @style{wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY}
183 By default, wxWindow::Validate(), wxWindow::TransferDataTo() and
184 wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow() only work on
185 direct children of the window (compatible behaviour).
186 Set this flag to make them recursively descend into all subwindows.
187 @style{wxWS_EX_BLOCK_EVENTS}
188 wxCommandEvents and the objects of the derived classes are
189 forwarded to the parent window and so on recursively by default.
190 Using this flag for the given window allows to block this
191 propagation at this window, i.e. prevent the events from being
192 propagated further upwards. Dialogs have this flag on by default
193 for the reasons explained in the @ref overview_events.
194 @style{wxWS_EX_TRANSIENT}
195 Don't use this window as an implicit parent for the other windows:
196 this must be used with transient windows as otherwise there is the
197 risk of creating a dialog/frame with this window as a parent, which
198 would lead to a crash if the parent were destroyed before the child.
199 @style{wxWS_EX_CONTEXTHELP}
200 Under Windows, puts a query button on the caption. When pressed,
201 Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWidgets
202 will send a @c wxEVT_HELP event if the user clicked on an application window.
203 This style cannot be used (because of the underlying native behaviour)
204 together with @c wxMAXIMIZE_BOX or @c wxMINIMIZE_BOX, so these two styles
205 are automatically turned off if this one is used.
206 @style{wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE}
207 This window should always process idle events, even if the mode set
208 by wxIdleEvent::SetMode is @c wxIDLE_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
209 @style{wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES}
210 This window should always process UI update events, even if the
211 mode set by wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode is @c wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
212 @endExtraStyleTable
213
214 @beginEventEmissionTable
215 @event{EVT_ACTIVATE(id, func)}
216 Process a @c wxEVT_ACTIVATE event. See wxActivateEvent.
217 @event{EVT_CHILD_FOCUS(func)}
218 Process a @c wxEVT_CHILD_FOCUS event. See wxChildFocusEvent.
219 @event{EVT_CONTEXT_MENU(func)}
220 A right click (or other context menu command depending on platform) has been detected.
221 See wxContextMenuEvent.
222 @event{EVT_HELP(id, func)}
223 Process a @c wxEVT_HELP event. See wxHelpEvent.
224 @event{EVT_HELP_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}
225 Process a @c wxEVT_HELP event for a range of ids. See wxHelpEvent.
226 @event{EVT_DROP_FILES(func)}
227 Process a @c wxEVT_DROP_FILES event. See wxDropFilesEvent.
228 @event{EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND(func)}
229 Process a @c wxEVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND event. See wxEraseEvent.
230 @event{EVT_SET_FOCUS(func)}
231 Process a @c wxEVT_SET_FOCUS event. See wxFocusEvent.
232 @event{EVT_KILL_FOCUS(func)}
233 Process a @c wxEVT_KILL_FOCUS event. See wxFocusEvent.
234 @event{EVT_IDLE(func)}
235 Process a @c wxEVT_IDLE event. See wxIdleEvent.
236 @event{EVT_JOY_*(func)}
237 Processes joystick events. See wxJoystickEvent.
238 @event{EVT_KEY_DOWN(func)}
239 Process a @c wxEVT_KEY_DOWN event (any key has been pressed).
240 See wxKeyEvent.
241 @event{EVT_KEY_UP(func)}
242 Process a @c wxEVT_KEY_UP event (any key has been released).
243 See wxKeyEvent.
244 @event{EVT_CHAR(func)}
245 Process a @c wxEVT_CHAR event.
246 See wxKeyEvent.
247 @event{EVT_CHAR_HOOK(func)}
248 Process a @c wxEVT_CHAR_HOOK event.
249 See wxKeyEvent.
250 @event{EVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST(func)}
251 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event. See wxMouseCaptureLostEvent.
252 @event{EVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_CHANGED(func)}
253 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_CHANGED event. See wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent.
254 @event{EVT_MOUSE_*(func)}
255 See wxMouseEvent.
256 @event{EVT_PAINT(func)}
257 Process a @c wxEVT_PAINT event. See wxPaintEvent.
258 @event{EVT_POWER_*(func)}
259 The system power state changed. See wxPowerEvent.
260 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_*(func)}
261 Process scroll events. See wxScrollWinEvent.
262 @event{EVT_SET_CURSOR(func)}
263 Process a @c wxEVT_SET_CURSOR event. See wxSetCursorEvent.
264 @event{EVT_SIZE(func)}
265 Process a @c wxEVT_SIZE event. See wxSizeEvent.
266 @event{EVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED(func)}
267 Process a @c wxEVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED event. See wxSysColourChangedEvent.
268 @endEventTable
269
270 @library{wxcore}
271 @category{miscwnd}
272
273 @see @ref overview_events, @ref overview_windowsizing
274 */
275 class wxWindow : public wxEvtHandler
276 {
277 public:
278 /**
279 Default constructor
280 */
281 wxWindow();
282
283 /**
284 Constructs a window, which can be a child of a frame, dialog or any other
285 non-control window.
286
287 @param parent
288 Pointer to a parent window.
289 @param id
290 Window identifier. If wxID_ANY, will automatically create an identifier.
291 @param pos
292 Window position. wxDefaultPosition indicates that wxWidgets
293 should generate a default position for the window.
294 If using the wxWindow class directly, supply an actual position.
295 @param size
296 Window size. wxDefaultSize indicates that wxWidgets should generate
297 a default size for the window. If no suitable size can be found, the
298 window will be sized to 20x20 pixels so that the window is visible but
299 obviously not correctly sized.
300 @param style
301 Window style. For generic window styles, please see wxWindow.
302 @param name
303 Window name.
304 */
305 wxWindow(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id,
306 const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
307 const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
308 long style = 0,
309 const wxString& name = wxPanelNameStr);
310
311 /**
312 Destructor.
313
314 Deletes all sub-windows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
315 the @b delete operator explicitly, you should normally use Destroy()
316 so that wxWidgets can delete a window only when it is safe to do so, in idle time.
317
318 @see @ref overview_windowdeletion "Window Deletion Overview",
319 Destroy(), wxCloseEvent
320 */
321 virtual ~wxWindow();
322
323
324 bool Create(wxWindow *parent,
325 wxWindowID id,
326 const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
327 const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
328 long style = 0,
329 const wxString& name = wxPanelNameStr);
330
331 /**
332 @name Focus functions
333
334 See also the static function FindFocus().
335 */
336 //@{
337
338 /**
339 This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return @false to
340 indicate that this control doesn't accept input at all (i.e. behaves like
341 e.g. wxStaticText) and so doesn't need focus.
342
343 @see AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard()
344 */
345 virtual bool AcceptsFocus() const;
346
347 /**
348 This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return @false to
349 indicate that while this control can, in principle, have focus if the user
350 clicks it with the mouse, it shouldn't be included in the TAB traversal chain
351 when using the keyboard.
352 */
353 virtual bool AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard() const;
354
355 /**
356 Overridden to indicate whether this window or one of its children accepts
357 focus. Usually it's the same as AcceptsFocus() but is overridden for
358 container windows.
359 */
360 virtual bool AcceptsFocusRecursively() const;
361
362 /**
363 Returns @true if the window (or in case of composite controls, its main
364 child window) has focus.
365
366 @see FindFocus()
367 */
368 virtual bool HasFocus() const;
369
370 /**
371 This method is only implemented by ports which have support for
372 native TAB traversal (such as GTK+ 2.0).
373
374 It is called by wxWidgets' container control code to give the native
375 system a hint when doing TAB traversal. A call to this does not disable
376 or change the effect of programmatically calling SetFocus().
377
378 @see wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus, wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
379 */
380 virtual void SetCanFocus(bool canFocus);
381
382 /**
383 This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
384
385 @see HasFocus(), wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus,
386 wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
387 */
388 virtual void SetFocus();
389
390 /**
391 This function is called by wxWidgets keyboard navigation code when the user
392 gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using @c TAB key).
393
394 By default this method simply calls SetFocus() but
395 can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
396 */
397 virtual void SetFocusFromKbd();
398
399 //@}
400
401
402 /**
403 @name Child management functions
404 */
405 //@{
406
407 /**
408 Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
409 functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
410 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
411 called by the user code.
412
413 @param child
414 Child window to add.
415 */
416 virtual void AddChild(wxWindow* child);
417
418 /**
419 Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
420 */
421 bool DestroyChildren();
422
423 /**
424 Find a child of this window, by @a id.
425 May return @a this if it matches itself.
426 */
427 wxWindow* FindWindow(long id) const;
428
429 /**
430 Find a child of this window, by name.
431 May return @a this if it matches itself.
432 */
433 wxWindow* FindWindow(const wxString& name) const;
434
435 /**
436 Returns a reference to the list of the window's children. @c wxWindowList
437 is a type-safe wxList-like class whose elements are of type @c wxWindow*.
438 */
439 wxWindowList& GetChildren();
440
441 /**
442 @overload
443 */
444 const wxWindowList& GetChildren() const;
445
446 /**
447 Removes a child window.
448
449 This is called automatically by window deletion functions so should not
450 be required by the application programmer.
451 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
452 called by the user code.
453
454 @param child
455 Child window to remove.
456 */
457 virtual void RemoveChild(wxWindow* child);
458
459 //@}
460
461
462 /**
463 @name Sibling and parent management functions
464 */
465 //@{
466
467 /**
468 Returns the grandparent of a window, or @NULL if there isn't one.
469 */
470 wxWindow* GetGrandParent() const;
471
472 /**
473 Returns the next window after this one among the parent's children or @NULL
474 if this window is the last child.
475
476 @since 2.8.8
477
478 @see GetPrevSibling()
479 */
480 wxWindow* GetNextSibling() const;
481
482 /**
483 Returns the parent of the window, or @NULL if there is no parent.
484 */
485 wxWindow* GetParent() const;
486
487 /**
488 Returns the previous window before this one among the parent's children or @c
489 @NULL if this window is the first child.
490
491 @since 2.8.8
492
493 @see GetNextSibling()
494 */
495 wxWindow* GetPrevSibling() const;
496
497 /**
498 Check if the specified window is a descendant of this one.
499
500 Returns @true if the window is a descendant (i.e. a child or
501 grand-child or grand-grand-child or ...) of this one.
502
503 Notice that a window can never be a descendant of another one if they
504 are in different top level windows, i.e. a child of a wxDialog is not
505 considered to be a descendant of dialogs parent wxFrame.
506
507 @param win Any window, possible @NULL (@false is always returned then).
508
509 @since 2.9.4
510 */
511 bool IsDescendant(wxWindowBase* win) const;
512
513 /**
514 Reparents the window, i.e. the window will be removed from its
515 current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
516 and then re-inserted into another.
517
518 Notice that currently you need to explicitly call
519 wxNotebook::RemovePage() before reparenting a notebook page.
520
521 @param newParent
522 New parent.
523 */
524 virtual bool Reparent(wxWindow* newParent);
525
526 //@}
527
528
529 /**
530 @name Scrolling and scrollbars functions
531
532 Note that these methods don't work with native controls which don't use
533 wxWidgets scrolling framework (i.e. don't derive from wxScrolledWindow).
534 */
535 //@{
536
537 /**
538 Call this function to force one or both scrollbars to be always shown, even if
539 the window is big enough to show its entire contents without scrolling.
540
541 @since 2.9.0
542
543 @param hflag
544 Whether the horizontal scroll bar should always be visible.
545 @param vflag
546 Whether the vertical scroll bar should always be visible.
547
548 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under Mac/Carbon.
549 */
550 virtual void AlwaysShowScrollbars(bool hflag = true, bool vflag = true);
551
552 /**
553 Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
554
555 @see SetScrollbar()
556 */
557 virtual int GetScrollPos(int orientation) const;
558
559 /**
560 Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
561
562 @see SetScrollbar()
563 */
564 virtual int GetScrollRange(int orientation) const;
565
566 /**
567 Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
568
569 @see SetScrollbar()
570 */
571 virtual int GetScrollThumb(int orientation) const;
572
573 /**
574 Returns @true if this window can have a scroll bar in this orientation.
575
576 @param orient
577 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
578
579 @since 2.9.1
580 */
581 bool CanScroll(int orient) const;
582
583 /**
584 Returns @true if this window currently has a scroll bar for this
585 orientation.
586
587 This method may return @false even when CanScroll() for the same
588 orientation returns @true, but if CanScroll() returns @false, i.e.
589 scrolling in this direction is not enabled at all, HasScrollbar()
590 always returns @false as well.
591
592 @param orient
593 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
594 */
595 bool HasScrollbar(int orient) const;
596
597 /**
598 Return whether a scrollbar is always shown.
599
600 @param orient
601 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
602
603 @see AlwaysShowScrollbars()
604 */
605 virtual bool IsScrollbarAlwaysShown(int orient) const;
606
607 /**
608 Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if @a lines is
609 positive) or up.
610
611 @return Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
612 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
613
614 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and
615 wxTextCtrl under wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolled classes
616 under all platforms).
617
618 @see ScrollPages()
619 */
620 virtual bool ScrollLines(int lines);
621
622 /**
623 Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if @a pages is
624 positive) or up.
625
626 @return Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
627 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
628
629 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxGTK.
630
631 @see ScrollLines()
632 */
633 virtual bool ScrollPages(int pages);
634
635 /**
636 Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
637
638 @param dx
639 Amount to scroll horizontally.
640 @param dy
641 Amount to scroll vertically.
642 @param rect
643 Rectangle to scroll, if it is @NULL, the whole window is
644 scrolled (this is always the case under wxGTK which doesn't support this
645 parameter)
646
647 @remarks Note that you can often use wxScrolled instead of using this
648 function directly.
649 */
650 virtual void ScrollWindow(int dx, int dy,
651 const wxRect* rect = NULL);
652
653 /**
654 Same as #ScrollLines (-1).
655 */
656 bool LineUp();
657
658 /**
659 Same as #ScrollLines (1).
660 */
661 bool LineDown();
662
663 /**
664 Same as #ScrollPages (-1).
665 */
666 bool PageUp();
667
668 /**
669 Same as #ScrollPages (1).
670 */
671 bool PageDown();
672
673 /**
674 Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
675
676 @param orientation
677 Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set.
678 May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
679 @param pos
680 Position in scroll units.
681 @param refresh
682 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
683
684 @remarks This function does not directly affect the contents of the
685 window: it is up to the application to take note of
686 scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
687
688 @see SetScrollbar(), GetScrollPos(), GetScrollThumb(), wxScrollBar,
689 wxScrolled
690 */
691 virtual void SetScrollPos(int orientation, int pos,
692 bool refresh = true);
693
694 /**
695 Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
696
697 @param orientation
698 Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set.
699 May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
700 @param position
701 The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.
702 @param thumbSize
703 The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.
704 @param range
705 The maximum position of the scrollbar. Value of -1 can be used to
706 ask for the scrollbar to be shown but in the disabled state: this
707 can be used to avoid removing the scrollbar even when it is not
708 needed (currently this is only implemented in wxMSW port).
709 @param refresh
710 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
711
712 @remarks
713 Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same font.
714 The window is sized so that you can only see 16 lines at a time.
715 You would use:
716 @code
717 SetScrollbar(wxVERTICAL, 0, 16, 50);
718 @endcode
719 Note that with the window at this size, the thumb position can never
720 go above 50 minus 16, or 34. You can determine how many lines are
721 currently visible by dividing the current view size by the character
722 height in pixels.
723 When defining your own scrollbar behaviour, you will always need
724 to recalculate the scrollbar settings when the window size changes.
725 You could therefore put your scrollbar calculations and SetScrollbar
726 call into a function named AdjustScrollbars, which can be called
727 initially and also from your wxSizeEvent handler function.
728
729 @see @ref overview_scrolling, wxScrollBar, wxScrolled, wxScrollWinEvent
730 */
731 virtual void SetScrollbar(int orientation, int position,
732 int thumbSize, int range,
733 bool refresh = true);
734 //@}
735
736
737 /**
738 @name Sizing functions
739
740 See also the protected functions DoGetBestSize() and
741 DoGetBestClientSize().
742 */
743 //@{
744
745 /**
746 Sets the cached best size value.
747
748 @see GetBestSize()
749 */
750 void CacheBestSize(const wxSize& size) const;
751
752 /**
753 Converts client area size @a size to corresponding window size.
754
755 In other words, the returned value is what would GetSize() return if this
756 window had client area of given size. Components with wxDefaultCoord
757 value are left unchanged. Note that the conversion is not always
758 exact, it assumes that non-client area doesn't change and so doesn't
759 take into account things like menu bar (un)wrapping or (dis)appearance
760 of the scrollbars.
761
762 @since 2.8.8
763
764 @see WindowToClientSize()
765 */
766 virtual wxSize ClientToWindowSize(const wxSize& size) const;
767
768 /**
769 Converts window size @a size to corresponding client area size
770 In other words, the returned value is what would GetClientSize() return if
771 this window had given window size. Components with wxDefaultCoord value
772 are left unchanged.
773
774 Note that the conversion is not always exact, it assumes that
775 non-client area doesn't change and so doesn't take into account things
776 like menu bar (un)wrapping or (dis)appearance of the scrollbars.
777
778 @since 2.8.8
779
780 @see ClientToWindowSize()
781 */
782 virtual wxSize WindowToClientSize(const wxSize& size) const;
783
784 /**
785 Sizes the window so that it fits around its subwindows.
786
787 This function won't do anything if there are no subwindows and will only really
788 work correctly if sizers are used for the subwindows layout.
789
790 Also, if the window has exactly one subwindow it is better (faster and the result
791 is more precise as Fit() adds some margin to account for fuzziness of its calculations)
792 to call:
793
794 @code
795 window->SetClientSize(child->GetSize());
796 @endcode
797
798 instead of calling Fit().
799
800 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
801 */
802 virtual void Fit();
803
804 /**
805 Similar to Fit(), but sizes the interior (virtual) size of a window.
806
807 Mainly useful with scrolled windows to reset scrollbars after sizing
808 changes that do not trigger a size event, and/or scrolled windows without
809 an interior sizer. This function similarly won't do anything if there are
810 no subwindows.
811 */
812 virtual void FitInside();
813
814 /**
815 This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window.
816
817 For example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
818 control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
819 wxPanel), the size returned by this function will be the same as the size
820 the window would have had after calling Fit().
821
822 Override virtual DoGetBestSize() or, better, because it's usually more
823 convenient, DoGetBestClientSize() when writing your own custom window
824 class to change the value returned by this public non-virtual method.
825
826 @see CacheBestSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
827 */
828 wxSize GetBestSize() const;
829
830 /**
831 Returns the size of the window 'client area' in pixels.
832
833 The client area is the area which may be drawn on by the programmer,
834 excluding title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
835 Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
836 return size is empty (both width and height are 0).
837
838 @beginWxPerlOnly
839 In wxPerl this method takes no parameters and returns
840 a 2-element list (width, height).
841 @endWxPerlOnly
842
843 @see GetSize(), GetVirtualSize()
844 */
845 void GetClientSize(int* width, int* height) const;
846
847 /**
848 @overload
849 */
850 wxSize GetClientSize() const;
851
852 /**
853 Merges the window's best size into the min size and returns the result.
854 This is the value used by sizers to determine the appropriate
855 amount of space to allocate for the widget.
856
857 This is the method called by a wxSizer when it queries the size
858 of a window or control.
859
860 @see GetBestSize(), SetInitialSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
861 */
862 virtual wxSize GetEffectiveMinSize() const;
863
864 /**
865 Returns the maximum size of window's client area.
866
867 This is an indication to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the maximum
868 possible size as well as the upper bound on window's size settable using
869 SetClientSize().
870
871 @see GetMaxSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
872 */
873 virtual wxSize GetMaxClientSize() const;
874
875 /**
876 Returns the maximum size of the window.
877
878 This is an indication to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the maximum
879 possible size as well as the upper bound on window's size settable using SetSize().
880
881 @see GetMaxClientSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
882 */
883 virtual wxSize GetMaxSize() const;
884
885 /**
886 Returns the minimum size of window's client area, an indication to the sizer
887 layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of its client area.
888
889 It normally just returns the value set by SetMinClientSize(), but it can be
890 overridden to do the calculation on demand.
891
892 @see GetMinSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
893 */
894 virtual wxSize GetMinClientSize() const;
895
896 /**
897 Returns the minimum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout
898 mechanism that this is the minimum required size.
899
900 This method normally just returns the value set by SetMinSize(), but it
901 can be overridden to do the calculation on demand.
902
903 @see GetMinClientSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
904 */
905 virtual wxSize GetMinSize() const;
906
907 int GetMinWidth() const;
908 int GetMinHeight() const;
909 int GetMaxWidth() const;
910 int GetMaxHeight() const;
911
912 /**
913 Returns the size of the entire window in pixels, including title bar, border,
914 scrollbars, etc.
915
916 Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
917 returned size is the restored window size, not the size of the window icon.
918
919 @param width
920 Receives the window width.
921 @param height
922 Receives the window height.
923
924 @beginWxPerlOnly
925 In wxPerl this method is implemented as GetSizeWH() returning
926 a 2-element list (width, height).
927 @endWxPerlOnly
928
929 @see GetClientSize(), GetVirtualSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
930 */
931 void GetSize(int* width, int* height) const;
932
933 /**
934 See the GetSize(int*,int*) overload for more info.
935 */
936 wxSize GetSize() const;
937
938 /**
939 This gets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
940 By default it returns the client size of the window, but after a call to
941 SetVirtualSize() it will return the size set with that method.
942
943 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
944 */
945 wxSize GetVirtualSize() const;
946
947 /**
948 Like the other GetVirtualSize() overload but uses pointers instead.
949
950 @param width
951 Receives the window virtual width.
952 @param height
953 Receives the window virtual height.
954 */
955 void GetVirtualSize(int* width, int* height) const;
956
957 /**
958 Return the largest of ClientSize and BestSize (as determined
959 by a sizer, interior children, or other means)
960 */
961 virtual wxSize GetBestVirtualSize() const;
962
963 /**
964 Returns the size of the left/right and top/bottom borders of this window in x
965 and y components of the result respectively.
966 */
967 virtual wxSize GetWindowBorderSize() const;
968
969 /**
970 wxSizer and friends use this to give a chance to a component to recalc
971 its min size once one of the final size components is known. Override
972 this function when that is useful (such as for wxStaticText which can
973 stretch over several lines). Parameter availableOtherDir
974 tells the item how much more space there is available in the opposite
975 direction (-1 if unknown).
976 */
977 virtual bool
978 InformFirstDirection(int direction,
979 int size,
980 int availableOtherDir);
981
982 /**
983 Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it
984 is needed.
985
986 @see CacheBestSize()
987 */
988 void InvalidateBestSize();
989
990 /**
991 Posts a size event to the window.
992
993 This is the same as SendSizeEvent() with @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST argument.
994 */
995 void PostSizeEvent();
996
997 /**
998 Posts a size event to the parent of this window.
999
1000 This is the same as SendSizeEventToParent() with @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST
1001 argument.
1002 */
1003 void PostSizeEventToParent();
1004
1005 /**
1006 This function sends a dummy @ref wxSizeEvent "size event" to
1007 the window allowing it to re-layout its children positions.
1008
1009 It is sometimes useful to call this function after adding or deleting a
1010 children after the frame creation or if a child size changes. Note that
1011 if the frame is using either sizers or constraints for the children
1012 layout, it is enough to call wxWindow::Layout() directly and this
1013 function should not be used in this case.
1014
1015 If @a flags includes @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST value, this function posts
1016 the event, i.e. schedules it for later processing, instead of
1017 dispatching it directly. You can also use PostSizeEvent() as a more
1018 readable equivalent of calling this function with this flag.
1019
1020 @param flags
1021 May include @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST. Default value is 0.
1022 */
1023 virtual void SendSizeEvent(int flags = 0);
1024
1025 /**
1026 Safe wrapper for GetParent()->SendSizeEvent().
1027
1028 This function simply checks that the window has a valid parent which is
1029 not in process of being deleted and calls SendSizeEvent() on it. It is
1030 used internally by windows such as toolbars changes to whose state
1031 should result in parent re-layout (e.g. when a toolbar is added to the
1032 top of the window, all the other windows must be shifted down).
1033
1034 @see PostSizeEventToParent()
1035
1036 @param flags
1037 See description of this parameter in SendSizeEvent() documentation.
1038 */
1039 void SendSizeEventToParent(int flags = 0);
1040
1041 /**
1042 This sets the size of the window client area in pixels.
1043
1044 Using this function to size a window tends to be more device-independent
1045 than SetSize(), since the application need not worry about what dimensions
1046 the border or title bar have when trying to fit the window around panel
1047 items, for example.
1048
1049 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
1050 */
1051 void SetClientSize(int width, int height);
1052
1053 /**
1054 @overload
1055 */
1056 void SetClientSize(const wxSize& size);
1057
1058 /**
1059 @overload
1060 */
1061 void SetClientSize(const wxRect& rect);
1062
1063 /**
1064 This normally does not need to be called by user code.
1065 It is called when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window
1066 can remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
1067 */
1068 void SetContainingSizer(wxSizer* sizer);
1069
1070 /**
1071 A @e smart SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
1072 window's @e best size values.
1073
1074 Also sets the window's minsize to the value passed in for use with sizers.
1075 This means that if a full or partial size is passed to this function then
1076 the sizers will use that size instead of the results of GetBestSize() to
1077 determine the minimum needs of the window for layout.
1078
1079 Most controls will use this to set their initial size, and their min
1080 size to the passed in value (if any.)
1081
1082 @see SetSize(), GetBestSize(), GetEffectiveMinSize(),
1083 @ref overview_windowsizing
1084 */
1085 void SetInitialSize(const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize);
1086
1087 /**
1088 Sets the maximum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
1089 layout mechanism that this is the maximum possible size of its client area.
1090
1091 Note that this method is just a shortcut for:
1092 @code
1093 SetMaxSize(ClientToWindowSize(size));
1094 @endcode
1095
1096 @see SetMaxSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1097 */
1098 virtual void SetMaxClientSize(const wxSize& size);
1099
1100 /**
1101 Sets the maximum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
1102 that this is the maximum possible size.
1103
1104 @see SetMaxClientSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1105 */
1106 virtual void SetMaxSize(const wxSize& size);
1107
1108 /**
1109 Sets the minimum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
1110 layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of window's client
1111 area.
1112
1113 You may need to call this if you change the window size after
1114 construction and before adding to its parent sizer.
1115
1116 Note, that just as with SetMinSize(), calling this method doesn't
1117 prevent the program from explicitly making the window smaller than the
1118 specified size.
1119
1120 Note that this method is just a shortcut for:
1121 @code
1122 SetMinSize(ClientToWindowSize(size));
1123 @endcode
1124
1125 @see SetMinSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1126 */
1127 virtual void SetMinClientSize(const wxSize& size);
1128
1129 /**
1130 Sets the minimum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout
1131 mechanism that this is the minimum required size.
1132
1133 You may need to call this if you change the window size after
1134 construction and before adding to its parent sizer.
1135
1136 Notice that calling this method doesn't prevent the program from making
1137 the window explicitly smaller than the specified size by calling
1138 SetSize(), it just ensures that it won't become smaller than this size
1139 during the automatic layout.
1140
1141 @see SetMinClientSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1142 */
1143 virtual void SetMinSize(const wxSize& size);
1144
1145 /**
1146 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
1147
1148 @param x
1149 Required x position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
1150 existing value should be used.
1151 @param y
1152 Required y position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
1153 existing value should be used.
1154 @param width
1155 Required width in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
1156 value should be used.
1157 @param height
1158 Required height position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
1159 existing value should be used.
1160 @param sizeFlags
1161 Indicates the interpretation of other parameters.
1162 It is a bit list of the following:
1163 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO_WIDTH: a wxDefaultCoord width value is taken to indicate
1164 a wxWidgets-supplied default width.
1165 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO_HEIGHT: a wxDefaultCoord height value is taken to indicate
1166 a wxWidgets-supplied default height.
1167 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO: wxDefaultCoord size values are taken to indicate
1168 a wxWidgets-supplied default size.
1169 - @c wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING: existing dimensions should be used
1170 if wxDefaultCoord values are supplied.
1171 - @c wxSIZE_ALLOW_MINUS_ONE: allow negative dimensions (i.e. value of
1172 wxDefaultCoord) to be interpreted as real
1173 dimensions, not default values.
1174 - @c wxSIZE_FORCE: normally, if the position and the size of the window are
1175 already the same as the parameters of this function,
1176 nothing is done. but with this flag a window resize may
1177 be forced even in this case (supported in wx 2.6.2 and
1178 later and only implemented for MSW and ignored elsewhere
1179 currently).
1180
1181 @remarks This overload sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
1182 Parameters may be wxDefaultCoord to indicate either that a default
1183 should be supplied by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the
1184 dimension should be used.
1185
1186 @see Move(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1187 */
1188 void SetSize(int x, int y, int width, int height,
1189 int sizeFlags = wxSIZE_AUTO);
1190
1191 /**
1192 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
1193 The size is specified using a wxRect, wxSize or by a couple of @c int objects.
1194
1195 @remarks This form must be used with non-default width and height values.
1196
1197 @see Move(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1198 */
1199 void SetSize(const wxRect& rect);
1200
1201 /**
1202 @overload
1203 */
1204 void SetSize(const wxSize& size);
1205
1206 /**
1207 @overload
1208 */
1209 void SetSize(int width, int height);
1210
1211 /**
1212 Use of this function for windows which are not toplevel windows
1213 (such as wxDialog or wxFrame) is discouraged.
1214 Please use SetMinSize() and SetMaxSize() instead.
1215
1216 @see wxTopLevelWindow::SetSizeHints, @ref overview_windowsizing
1217 */
1218 virtual void SetSizeHints( const wxSize& minSize,
1219 const wxSize& maxSize=wxDefaultSize,
1220 const wxSize& incSize=wxDefaultSize);
1221 virtual void SetSizeHints( int minW, int minH,
1222 int maxW = -1, int maxH = -1,
1223 int incW = -1, int incH = -1 );
1224
1225 /**
1226 Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
1227
1228 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
1229 */
1230 void SetVirtualSize(int width, int height);
1231
1232 /**
1233 @overload
1234 */
1235 void SetVirtualSize(const wxSize& size);
1236
1237 //@}
1238
1239
1240 /**
1241 @name Positioning functions
1242 */
1243 //@{
1244
1245 /**
1246 A synonym for Centre().
1247 */
1248 void Center(int dir = wxBOTH);
1249
1250 /**
1251 A synonym for CentreOnParent().
1252 */
1253 void CenterOnParent(int dir = wxBOTH);
1254
1255 /**
1256 Centres the window.
1257
1258 @param direction
1259 Specifies the direction for the centring. May be wxHORIZONTAL, wxVERTICAL
1260 or wxBOTH. It may also include the wxCENTRE_ON_SCREEN flag
1261 if you want to centre the window on the entire screen and not on its
1262 parent window.
1263
1264 @remarks If the window is a top level one (i.e. doesn't have a parent),
1265 it will be centred relative to the screen anyhow.
1266
1267 @see Center()
1268 */
1269 void Centre(int direction = wxBOTH);
1270
1271 /**
1272 Centres the window on its parent. This is a more readable synonym for Centre().
1273
1274 @param direction
1275 Specifies the direction for the centring. May be wxHORIZONTAL, wxVERTICAL
1276 or wxBOTH.
1277
1278 @remarks This methods provides for a way to centre top level windows over
1279 their parents instead of the entire screen. If there
1280 is no parent or if the window is not a top level
1281 window, then behaviour is the same as Centre().
1282
1283 @see wxTopLevelWindow::CentreOnScreen
1284 */
1285 void CentreOnParent(int direction = wxBOTH);
1286
1287 /**
1288 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
1289 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level windows.
1290
1291 @param x
1292 Receives the x position of the window if non-@NULL.
1293 @param y
1294 Receives the y position of the window if non-@NULL.
1295
1296 @beginWxPerlOnly
1297 In wxPerl this method is implemented as GetPositionXY() returning
1298 a 2-element list (x, y).
1299 @endWxPerlOnly
1300
1301 @see GetScreenPosition()
1302 */
1303 void GetPosition(int* x, int* y) const;
1304
1305 /**
1306 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
1307 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level windows.
1308
1309 @see GetScreenPosition()
1310 */
1311 wxPoint GetPosition() const;
1312
1313 /**
1314 Returns the position and size of the window as a wxRect object.
1315
1316 @see GetScreenRect()
1317 */
1318 wxRect GetRect() const;
1319
1320 /**
1321 Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
1322 child window or a top level one.
1323
1324 @param x
1325 Receives the x position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
1326 @param y
1327 Receives the y position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
1328
1329 @see GetPosition()
1330 */
1331 void GetScreenPosition(int* x, int* y) const;
1332
1333 /**
1334 Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
1335 child window or a top level one.
1336
1337 @see GetPosition()
1338 */
1339 wxPoint GetScreenPosition() const;
1340
1341 /**
1342 Returns the position and size of the window on the screen as a wxRect object.
1343
1344 @see GetRect()
1345 */
1346 wxRect GetScreenRect() const;
1347
1348 /**
1349 Get the origin of the client area of the window relative to the
1350 window top left corner (the client area may be shifted because of
1351 the borders, scrollbars, other decorations...)
1352 */
1353 virtual wxPoint GetClientAreaOrigin() const;
1354
1355 /**
1356 Get the client rectangle in window (i.e. client) coordinates
1357 */
1358 wxRect GetClientRect() const;
1359
1360
1361
1362 /**
1363 Moves the window to the given position.
1364
1365 @param x
1366 Required x position.
1367 @param y
1368 Required y position.
1369 @param flags
1370 See SetSize() for more info about this parameter.
1371
1372 @remarks Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1373 Move() function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class as the call:
1374 @code
1375 SetSize(x, y, wxDefaultCoord, wxDefaultCoord, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1376 @endcode
1377
1378 @see SetSize()
1379 */
1380 void Move(int x, int y, int flags = wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1381
1382 /**
1383 Moves the window to the given position.
1384
1385 @param pt
1386 wxPoint object representing the position.
1387 @param flags
1388 See SetSize() for more info about this parameter.
1389
1390 @remarks Implementations of SetSize() can also implicitly implement the
1391 Move() function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class as the call:
1392 @code
1393 SetSize(x, y, wxDefaultCoord, wxDefaultCoord, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1394 @endcode
1395
1396 @see SetSize()
1397 */
1398 void Move(const wxPoint& pt, int flags = wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1399
1400 void SetPosition(const wxPoint& pt);
1401
1402 //@}
1403
1404
1405 /**
1406 @name Coordinate conversion functions
1407 */
1408 //@{
1409
1410 /**
1411 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
1412
1413 @param x
1414 A pointer to a integer value for the x coordinate. Pass the client
1415 coordinate in, and a screen coordinate will be passed out.
1416 @param y
1417 A pointer to a integer value for the y coordinate. Pass the client
1418 coordinate in, and a screen coordinate will be passed out.
1419
1420 @beginWxPerlOnly
1421 In wxPerl this method returns a 2-element list instead of
1422 modifying its parameters.
1423 @endWxPerlOnly
1424 */
1425 void ClientToScreen(int* x, int* y) const;
1426
1427 /**
1428 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
1429
1430 @param pt
1431 The client position for the second form of the function.
1432 */
1433 wxPoint ClientToScreen(const wxPoint& pt) const;
1434
1435 /**
1436 Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
1437
1438 For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character
1439 width and then divided by 4.
1440 For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character
1441 height and then divided by 8.
1442
1443 @remarks Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions
1444 even if the font changes.
1445 You can also use these functions programmatically.
1446 A convenience macro is defined:
1447 @code
1448 #define wxDLG_UNIT(parent, pt) parent->ConvertDialogToPixels(pt)
1449 @endcode
1450
1451 @see ConvertPixelsToDialog()
1452 */
1453 wxPoint ConvertDialogToPixels(const wxPoint& pt) const;
1454
1455 /**
1456 @overload
1457 */
1458 wxSize ConvertDialogToPixels(const wxSize& sz) const;
1459
1460 /**
1461 Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
1462
1463 For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 4 and then divided by the
1464 average character width.
1465 For the y dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 8 and then divided by the
1466 average character height.
1467
1468 @remarks Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions
1469 even if the font changes.
1470
1471 @see ConvertDialogToPixels()
1472 */
1473 wxPoint ConvertPixelsToDialog(const wxPoint& pt) const;
1474
1475 /**
1476 @overload
1477 */
1478 wxSize ConvertPixelsToDialog(const wxSize& sz) const;
1479
1480 /**
1481 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
1482
1483 @param x
1484 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1485 @param y
1486 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1487 */
1488 void ScreenToClient(int* x, int* y) const;
1489
1490 /**
1491 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
1492
1493 @param pt
1494 The screen position.
1495 */
1496 wxPoint ScreenToClient(const wxPoint& pt) const;
1497
1498 //@}
1499
1500
1501 /**
1502 @name Drawing-related functions
1503 */
1504 //@{
1505
1506 /**
1507 Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour.
1508
1509 Does not cause an erase background event to be generated.
1510
1511 Notice that this uses wxClientDC to draw on the window and the results
1512 of doing it while also drawing on wxPaintDC for this window are
1513 undefined. Hence this method shouldn't be used from EVT_PAINT handlers,
1514 just use wxDC::Clear() on the wxPaintDC you already use there instead.
1515 */
1516 virtual void ClearBackground();
1517
1518 /**
1519 Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking
1520 place on screen, the window is not redrawn at all.
1521
1522 Thaw() must be called to reenable window redrawing. Calls to these two
1523 functions may be nested but to ensure that the window is properly
1524 repainted again, you must thaw it exactly as many times as you froze it.
1525
1526 If the window has any children, they are recursively frozen too.
1527
1528 This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example,
1529 it is a good idea to use it before doing many large text insertions in
1530 a row into a wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all
1531 platforms nor for all controls so it is mostly just a hint to wxWidgets
1532 and not a mandatory directive.
1533
1534 @see wxWindowUpdateLocker, Thaw(), IsFrozen()
1535 */
1536 void Freeze();
1537
1538 /**
1539 Re-enables window updating after a previous call to Freeze().
1540
1541 To really thaw the control, it must be called exactly the same number
1542 of times as Freeze().
1543
1544 If the window has any children, they are recursively thawed too.
1545
1546 @see wxWindowUpdateLocker, Freeze(), IsFrozen()
1547 */
1548 void Thaw();
1549
1550 /**
1551 Returns @true if the window is currently frozen by a call to Freeze().
1552
1553 @see Freeze(), Thaw()
1554 */
1555 bool IsFrozen() const;
1556
1557 /**
1558 Returns the background colour of the window.
1559
1560 @see SetBackgroundColour(), SetForegroundColour(), GetForegroundColour()
1561 */
1562 wxColour GetBackgroundColour() const;
1563
1564 /**
1565 Returns the background style of the window.
1566
1567 @see SetBackgroundColour(), GetForegroundColour(),
1568 SetBackgroundStyle(), SetTransparent()
1569 */
1570 virtual wxBackgroundStyle GetBackgroundStyle() const;
1571
1572 /**
1573 Returns the character height for this window.
1574 */
1575 virtual int GetCharHeight() const;
1576
1577 /**
1578 Returns the average character width for this window.
1579 */
1580 virtual int GetCharWidth() const;
1581
1582 /**
1583 Currently this is the same as calling
1584 wxWindow::GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindow::GetWindowVariant()).
1585
1586 One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
1587 the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
1588 virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
1589
1590 The other one is that in the future this function could return different
1591 results, for example it might return a different font for an "Ok" button
1592 than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
1593 in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
1594 function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
1595 version can be used without having to create an object first.
1596 */
1597 virtual wxVisualAttributes GetDefaultAttributes() const;
1598
1599 /**
1600 Returns the font for this window.
1601
1602 @see SetFont()
1603 */
1604 wxFont GetFont() const;
1605
1606 /**
1607 Returns the foreground colour of the window.
1608
1609 @remarks The meaning of foreground colour varies according to the window class;
1610 it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not be used at all.
1611
1612 @see SetForegroundColour(), SetBackgroundColour(),
1613 GetBackgroundColour()
1614 */
1615 wxColour GetForegroundColour() const;
1616
1617 /**
1618 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1619 window with the currently selected font.
1620
1621 The text extent is returned in the @a w and @a h pointers.
1622
1623 @param string
1624 String whose extent is to be measured.
1625 @param w
1626 Return value for width.
1627 @param h
1628 Return value for height.
1629 @param descent
1630 Return value for descent (optional).
1631 @param externalLeading
1632 Return value for external leading (optional).
1633 @param font
1634 Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).
1635
1636 @beginWxPerlOnly
1637 In wxPerl this method takes only the @a string and optionally
1638 @a font parameters, and returns a 4-element list
1639 (x, y, descent, externalLeading).
1640 @endWxPerlOnly
1641 */
1642 void GetTextExtent(const wxString& string,
1643 int* w, int* h,
1644 int* descent = NULL,
1645 int* externalLeading = NULL,
1646 const wxFont* font = NULL) const;
1647
1648 /**
1649 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1650 window with the currently selected font.
1651 */
1652 wxSize GetTextExtent(const wxString& string) const;
1653
1654 /**
1655 Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged.
1656 Should only be called within an wxPaintEvent handler.
1657
1658 @see wxRegion, wxRegionIterator
1659 */
1660 const wxRegion& GetUpdateRegion() const;
1661
1662 /**
1663 Get the update rectangle bounding box in client coords
1664 */
1665 wxRect GetUpdateClientRect() const;
1666
1667 /**
1668 Returns @true if this window background is transparent (as, for example,
1669 for wxStaticText) and should show the parent window background.
1670
1671 This method is mostly used internally by the library itself and you normally
1672 shouldn't have to call it. You may, however, have to override it in your
1673 wxWindow-derived class to ensure that background is painted correctly.
1674 */
1675 virtual bool HasTransparentBackground();
1676
1677 /**
1678 Causes this window, and all of its children recursively (except under wxGTK1
1679 where this is not implemented), to be repainted. Note that repainting doesn't
1680 happen immediately but only during the next event loop iteration, if you need
1681 to update the window immediately you should use Update() instead.
1682
1683 @param eraseBackground
1684 If @true, the background will be erased.
1685 @param rect
1686 If non-@NULL, only the given rectangle will be treated as damaged.
1687
1688 @see RefreshRect()
1689 */
1690 virtual void Refresh(bool eraseBackground = true,
1691 const wxRect* rect = NULL);
1692
1693 /**
1694 Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: only the area inside it will be
1695 repainted.
1696
1697 This is the same as Refresh() but has a nicer syntax as it can be called
1698 with a temporary wxRect object as argument like this @c RefreshRect(wxRect(x, y, w, h)).
1699 */
1700 void RefreshRect(const wxRect& rect, bool eraseBackground = true);
1701
1702 /**
1703 Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window and
1704 all of its children recursively (this normally only happens when the
1705 flow of control returns to the event loop).
1706
1707 Notice that this function doesn't invalidate any area of the window so
1708 nothing happens if nothing has been invalidated (i.e. marked as requiring
1709 a redraw). Use Refresh() first if you want to immediately redraw the
1710 window unconditionally.
1711 */
1712 virtual void Update();
1713
1714 /**
1715 Sets the background colour of the window.
1716
1717 Notice that as with SetForegroundColour(), setting the background
1718 colour of a native control may not affect the entire control and could
1719 be not supported at all depending on the control and platform.
1720
1721 Please see InheritAttributes() for explanation of the difference between
1722 this method and SetOwnBackgroundColour().
1723
1724 @param colour
1725 The colour to be used as the background colour; pass
1726 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
1727 Note that you may want to use wxSystemSettings::GetColour() to retrieve
1728 a suitable colour to use rather than setting an hard-coded one.
1729
1730 @remarks The background colour is usually painted by the default
1731 wxEraseEvent event handler function under Windows and
1732 automatically under GTK.
1733 Note that setting the background colour does not cause an
1734 immediate refresh, so you may wish to call wxWindow::ClearBackground
1735 or wxWindow::Refresh after calling this function.
1736 Using this function will disable attempts to use themes for
1737 this window, if the system supports them. Use with care since
1738 usually the themes represent the appearance chosen by the user
1739 to be used for all applications on the system.
1740
1741 @return @true if the colour was really changed, @false if it was already set
1742 to this colour and nothing was done.
1743
1744 @see GetBackgroundColour(), SetForegroundColour(),
1745 GetForegroundColour(), ClearBackground(),
1746 Refresh(), wxEraseEvent, wxSystemSettings
1747 */
1748 virtual bool SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour& colour);
1749
1750 /**
1751 Sets the background style of the window.
1752
1753 The default background style is @c wxBG_STYLE_ERASE which indicates that
1754 the window background may be erased in @c EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND handler.
1755 This is a safe, compatibility default; however you may want to change it
1756 to @c wxBG_STYLE_SYSTEM if you don't define any erase background event
1757 handlers at all, to avoid unnecessary generation of erase background
1758 events and always let system erase the background. And you should
1759 change the background style to @c wxBG_STYLE_PAINT if you define an
1760 @c EVT_PAINT handler which completely overwrites the window background as
1761 in this case erasing it previously, either in @c EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND
1762 handler or in the system default handler, would result in flicker as
1763 the background pixels will be repainted twice every time the window is
1764 redrawn. Do ensure that the background is entirely erased by your
1765 @c EVT_PAINT handler in this case however as otherwise garbage may be left
1766 on screen.
1767
1768 Notice that in previous versions of wxWidgets a common way to work
1769 around the above mentioned flickering problem was to define an empty
1770 @c EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND handler. Setting background style to
1771 @c wxBG_STYLE_PAINT is a simpler and more efficient solution to the same
1772 problem.
1773
1774
1775 Under wxGTK and wxOSX, you can use ::wxBG_STYLE_TRANSPARENT to obtain
1776 full transparency of the window background. Note that wxGTK supports
1777 this only since GTK 2.12 with a compositing manager enabled, call
1778 IsTransparentBackgroundSupported() to check whether this is the case.
1779
1780 Also, on order for @c SetBackgroundStyle(wxBG_STYLE_TRANSPARENT) to
1781 work, it must be called before Create(). If you're using your own
1782 wxWindow-derived class you should write your code in the following way:
1783 @code
1784 class MyWidget : public wxWindow
1785 {
1786 public:
1787 MyWidget(wxWindow* parent, ...)
1788 : wxWindow() // Use default ctor here!
1789 {
1790 // Do this first:
1791 SetBackgroundStyle(wxBG_STYLE_TRANSPARENT);
1792
1793 // And really create the window afterwards:
1794 Create(parent, ...);
1795 }
1796 };
1797 @endcode
1798
1799 @see SetBackgroundColour(), GetForegroundColour(),
1800 SetTransparent(), IsTransparentBackgroundSupported()
1801 */
1802 virtual bool SetBackgroundStyle(wxBackgroundStyle style);
1803
1804 /**
1805 Checks whether using transparent background might work.
1806
1807 If this function returns @false, calling SetBackgroundStyle() with
1808 ::wxBG_STYLE_TRANSPARENT is not going to work. If it returns @true,
1809 setting transparent style should normally succeed.
1810
1811 Notice that this function would typically be called on the parent of a
1812 window you want to set transparent background style for as the window
1813 for which this method is called must be fully created.
1814
1815 @param reason
1816 If not @NULL, a reason message is provided if transparency is not
1817 supported.
1818
1819 @return @true if background transparency is supported.
1820
1821 @since 2.9.4
1822 */
1823 virtual bool IsTransparentBackgroundSupported(wxString *reason = NULL) const;
1824
1825 /**
1826 Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
1827 parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
1828 use SetOwnFont() instead in this case and see InheritAttributes() for more
1829 explanations.
1830
1831 Please notice that the given font is not automatically used for
1832 wxPaintDC objects associated with this window, you need to
1833 call wxDC::SetFont too. However this font is used by
1834 any standard controls for drawing their text as well as by
1835 GetTextExtent().
1836
1837 @param font
1838 Font to associate with this window, pass
1839 wxNullFont to reset to the default font.
1840
1841 @return @true if the font was really changed, @false if it was already set
1842 to this font and nothing was done.
1843
1844 @see GetFont(), InheritAttributes()
1845 */
1846 virtual bool SetFont(const wxFont& font);
1847
1848 /**
1849 Sets the foreground colour of the window.
1850
1851 The meaning of foreground colour varies according to the window class;
1852 it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not be used at
1853 all. Additionally, not all native controls support changing their
1854 foreground colour so this method may change their colour only partially
1855 or even not at all.
1856
1857 Please see InheritAttributes() for explanation of the difference between
1858 this method and SetOwnForegroundColour().
1859
1860 @param colour
1861 The colour to be used as the foreground colour; pass
1862 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
1863
1864 @return @true if the colour was really changed, @false if it was already set
1865 to this colour and nothing was done.
1866
1867 @see GetForegroundColour(), SetBackgroundColour(),
1868 GetBackgroundColour(), ShouldInheritColours()
1869 */
1870 virtual bool SetForegroundColour(const wxColour& colour);
1871
1872 /**
1873 Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
1874 by the children of this window.
1875
1876 @see SetBackgroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
1877 */
1878 void SetOwnBackgroundColour(const wxColour& colour);
1879
1880 /**
1881 Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
1882 children of this window.
1883
1884 @see SetFont(), InheritAttributes()
1885 */
1886 void SetOwnFont(const wxFont& font);
1887
1888 /**
1889 Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
1890 by the children of this window.
1891
1892 @see SetForegroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
1893 */
1894 void SetOwnForegroundColour(const wxColour& colour);
1895
1896 /**
1897 @deprecated use wxDC::SetPalette instead.
1898 */
1899 void SetPalette(const wxPalette& pal);
1900
1901 /**
1902 Return @true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
1903 InheritAttributes(). Returning @false forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
1904
1905 The base class version returns @false, but this method is overridden in
1906 wxControl where it returns @true.
1907 */
1908 virtual bool ShouldInheritColours() const;
1909
1910 /**
1911 This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
1912 to draw the windows' background instead of its own background drawing
1913 code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
1914 obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
1915 One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
1916 defined by a user's selected theme.
1917
1918 Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to @true
1919 by default so that the default look and feel is simulated best.
1920 */
1921 virtual void SetThemeEnabled(bool enable);
1922
1923 /**
1924 */
1925 virtual bool GetThemeEnabled() const;
1926
1927 /**
1928 Returns @true if the system supports transparent windows and calling
1929 SetTransparent() may succeed. If this function returns @false, transparent
1930 windows are definitely not supported by the current system.
1931 */
1932 virtual bool CanSetTransparent();
1933
1934 /**
1935 Set the transparency of the window. If the system supports transparent windows,
1936 returns @true, otherwise returns @false and the window remains fully opaque.
1937 See also CanSetTransparent().
1938
1939 The parameter @a alpha is in the range 0..255 where 0 corresponds to a
1940 fully transparent window and 255 to the fully opaque one. The constants
1941 @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_TRANSPARENT and @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_OPAQUE can be used.
1942 */
1943 virtual bool SetTransparent(wxByte alpha);
1944
1945 //@}
1946
1947
1948 /**
1949 @name Event-handling functions
1950
1951 wxWindow allows you to build a (sort of) stack of event handlers which
1952 can be used to override the window's own event handling.
1953 */
1954 //@{
1955
1956 /**
1957 Returns the event handler for this window.
1958 By default, the window is its own event handler.
1959
1960 @see SetEventHandler(), PushEventHandler(),
1961 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
1962 */
1963 wxEvtHandler* GetEventHandler() const;
1964
1965 /**
1966 This function will generate the appropriate call to Navigate() if the key
1967 event is one normally used for keyboard navigation and return @true in this case.
1968
1969 @return Returns @true if the key pressed was for navigation and was
1970 handled, @false otherwise.
1971
1972 @see Navigate()
1973 */
1974 bool HandleAsNavigationKey(const wxKeyEvent& event);
1975
1976 /**
1977 Shorthand for:
1978 @code
1979 GetEventHandler()->SafelyProcessEvent(event);
1980 @endcode
1981
1982 @see ProcessWindowEvent()
1983 */
1984 bool HandleWindowEvent(wxEvent& event) const;
1985
1986 /**
1987 Convenient wrapper for ProcessEvent().
1988
1989 This is the same as writing @code GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
1990 @endcode but more convenient. Notice that ProcessEvent() itself can't
1991 be called for wxWindow objects as it ignores the event handlers
1992 associated with the window; use this function instead.
1993 */
1994 bool ProcessWindowEvent(wxEvent& event);
1995
1996 /**
1997 Wrapper for wxEvtHandler::ProcessEventLocally().
1998
1999 This method is similar to ProcessWindowEvent() but can be used to
2000 search for the event handler only in this window and any event handlers
2001 pushed on top of it. Unlike ProcessWindowEvent() it won't propagate the
2002 event upwards. But it will use the validator and event handlers
2003 associated with this window, if any.
2004
2005 @since 2.9.1
2006 */
2007 bool ProcessWindowEventLocally(wxEvent& event);
2008
2009 /**
2010 Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
2011
2012 E.g. in the case of:
2013 @image html overview_events_winstack.png
2014 when calling @c W->PopEventHandler(), the event handler @c A will be
2015 removed and @c B will be the first handler of the stack.
2016
2017 Note that it's an error to call this function when no event handlers
2018 were pushed on this window (i.e. when the window itself is its only
2019 event handler).
2020
2021 @param deleteHandler
2022 If this is @true, the handler will be deleted after it is removed
2023 (and the returned value will be @NULL).
2024
2025 @see @ref overview_events_processing
2026 */
2027 wxEvtHandler* PopEventHandler(bool deleteHandler = false);
2028
2029 /**
2030 Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
2031
2032 An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events sent
2033 to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but an application
2034 may wish to substitute another, for example to allow central implementation
2035 of event-handling for a variety of different window classes.
2036
2037 wxWindow::PushEventHandler allows an application to set up a @e stack
2038 of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2039 handed to the next one in the chain.
2040
2041 E.g. if you have two event handlers @c A and @c B and a wxWindow instance
2042 @c W and you call:
2043 @code
2044 W->PushEventHandler(A);
2045 W->PushEventHandler(B);
2046 @endcode
2047 you will end up with the following situation:
2048 @image html overview_events_winstack.png
2049
2050 Note that you can use wxWindow::PopEventHandler to remove the event handler.
2051
2052 @param handler
2053 Specifies the handler to be pushed.
2054 It must not be part of a wxEvtHandler chain; an assert will fail
2055 if it's not unlinked (see wxEvtHandler::IsUnlinked).
2056
2057 @see @ref overview_events_processing
2058 */
2059 void PushEventHandler(wxEvtHandler* handler);
2060
2061 /**
2062 Find the given @a handler in the windows event handler stack and
2063 removes (but does not delete) it from the stack.
2064
2065 See wxEvtHandler::Unlink() for more info.
2066
2067 @param handler
2068 The event handler to remove, must be non-@NULL and
2069 must be present in this windows event handlers stack.
2070
2071 @return Returns @true if it was found and @false otherwise (this also
2072 results in an assert failure so this function should
2073 only be called when the handler is supposed to be there).
2074
2075 @see PushEventHandler(), PopEventHandler()
2076 */
2077 bool RemoveEventHandler(wxEvtHandler* handler);
2078
2079 /**
2080 Sets the event handler for this window.
2081
2082 Note that if you use this function you may want to use as the "next" handler
2083 of @a handler the window itself; in this way when @a handler doesn't process
2084 an event, the window itself will have a chance to do it.
2085
2086 @param handler
2087 Specifies the handler to be set. Cannot be @NULL.
2088
2089 @see @ref overview_events_processing
2090 */
2091 void SetEventHandler(wxEvtHandler* handler);
2092
2093 /**
2094 wxWindows cannot be used to form event handler chains; this function
2095 thus will assert when called.
2096
2097 Note that instead you can use PushEventHandler() or SetEventHandler() to
2098 implement a stack of event handlers to override wxWindow's own
2099 event handling mechanism.
2100 */
2101 virtual void SetNextHandler(wxEvtHandler* handler);
2102
2103 /**
2104 wxWindows cannot be used to form event handler chains; this function
2105 thus will assert when called.
2106
2107 Note that instead you can use PushEventHandler() or SetEventHandler() to
2108 implement a stack of event handlers to override wxWindow's own
2109 event handling mechanism.
2110 */
2111 virtual void SetPreviousHandler(wxEvtHandler* handler);
2112
2113 //@}
2114
2115
2116
2117 /**
2118 @name Window styles functions
2119 */
2120 //@{
2121
2122 /**
2123 Returns the extra style bits for the window.
2124 */
2125 long GetExtraStyle() const;
2126
2127 /**
2128 Gets the window style that was passed to the constructor or Create()
2129 method. GetWindowStyle() is another name for the same function.
2130 */
2131 virtual long GetWindowStyleFlag() const;
2132
2133 /**
2134 See GetWindowStyleFlag() for more info.
2135 */
2136 long GetWindowStyle() const;
2137
2138 /**
2139 Returns @true if the window has the given @a exFlag bit set in its
2140 extra styles.
2141
2142 @see SetExtraStyle()
2143 */
2144 bool HasExtraStyle(int exFlag) const;
2145
2146 /**
2147 Returns @true if the window has the given @a flag bit set.
2148 */
2149 bool HasFlag(int flag) const;
2150
2151 /**
2152 Sets the extra style bits for the window.
2153 The currently defined extra style bits are reported in the class
2154 description.
2155 */
2156 virtual void SetExtraStyle(long exStyle);
2157
2158 /**
2159 Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
2160 after the window creation and that Refresh() might need to be called
2161 after changing the others for the change to take place immediately.
2162
2163 See @ref overview_windowstyles "Window styles" for more information about flags.
2164
2165 @see GetWindowStyleFlag()
2166 */
2167 virtual void SetWindowStyleFlag(long style);
2168
2169 /**
2170 See SetWindowStyleFlag() for more info.
2171 */
2172 void SetWindowStyle(long style);
2173
2174 /**
2175 Turns the given @a flag on if it's currently turned off and vice versa.
2176 This function cannot be used if the value of the flag is 0 (which is often
2177 the case for default flags).
2178
2179 Also, please notice that not all styles can be changed after the control
2180 creation.
2181
2182 @return Returns @true if the style was turned on by this function, @false
2183 if it was switched off.
2184
2185 @see SetWindowStyleFlag(), HasFlag()
2186 */
2187 bool ToggleWindowStyle(int flag);
2188
2189 //@}
2190
2191
2192 /**
2193 @name Tab order functions
2194 */
2195 //@{
2196
2197 /**
2198 Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified @e win.
2199 This means that when the user presses @c TAB key on that other window,
2200 the focus switches to this window.
2201
2202 Default tab order is the same as creation order, this function and
2203 MoveBeforeInTabOrder() allow to change
2204 it after creating all the windows.
2205
2206 @param win
2207 A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
2208 must not be @NULL
2209 */
2210 void MoveAfterInTabOrder(wxWindow* win);
2211
2212 /**
2213 Same as MoveAfterInTabOrder() except that it inserts this window just
2214 before @a win instead of putting it right after it.
2215 */
2216 void MoveBeforeInTabOrder(wxWindow* win);
2217
2218 /**
2219 Performs a keyboard navigation action starting from this window.
2220 This method is equivalent to calling NavigateIn() method on the
2221 parent window.
2222
2223 @param flags
2224 A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and
2225 wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.
2226
2227 @return Returns @true if the focus was moved to another window or @false
2228 if nothing changed.
2229
2230 @remarks You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress
2231 handler to do the default navigation behaviour for the
2232 tab key, since the standard default behaviour for a
2233 multiline text control with the wxTE_PROCESS_TAB style
2234 is to insert a tab and not navigate to the next
2235 control. See also wxNavigationKeyEvent and
2236 HandleAsNavigationKey.
2237 */
2238 bool Navigate(int flags = wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward);
2239
2240 /**
2241 Performs a keyboard navigation action inside this window.
2242 See Navigate() for more information.
2243 */
2244 bool NavigateIn(int flags = wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward);
2245
2246 //@}
2247
2248
2249
2250 /**
2251 @name Z order functions
2252 */
2253 //@{
2254
2255 /**
2256 Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
2257
2258 @remarks
2259 This function only works for wxTopLevelWindow-derived classes.
2260
2261 @see Raise()
2262 */
2263 virtual void Lower();
2264
2265 /**
2266 Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
2267
2268 Notice that this function only requests the window manager to raise
2269 this window to the top of Z-order. Depending on its configuration, the
2270 window manager may raise the window, not do it at all or indicate that
2271 a window requested to be raised in some other way, e.g. by flashing its
2272 icon if it is minimized.
2273
2274 @remarks
2275 This function only works for wxTopLevelWindow-derived classes.
2276
2277 @see Lower()
2278 */
2279 virtual void Raise();
2280
2281 //@}
2282
2283
2284 /**
2285 @name Window status functions
2286 */
2287 //@{
2288
2289
2290 /**
2291 Equivalent to calling wxWindow::Show(@false).
2292 */
2293 bool Hide();
2294
2295 /**
2296 This function hides a window, like Hide(), but using a special visual
2297 effect if possible.
2298
2299 The parameters of this function are the same as for ShowWithEffect(),
2300 please see their description there.
2301
2302 @since 2.9.0
2303 */
2304 virtual bool HideWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect,
2305 unsigned int timeout = 0);
2306 /**
2307 Returns @true if the window is enabled, i.e. if it accepts user input,
2308 @false otherwise.
2309
2310 Notice that this method can return @false even if this window itself hadn't
2311 been explicitly disabled when one of its parent windows is disabled.
2312 To get the intrinsic status of this window, use IsThisEnabled()
2313
2314 @see Enable()
2315 */
2316 bool IsEnabled() const;
2317
2318 /**
2319 Returns @true if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
2320 last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
2321 only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
2322 */
2323 bool IsExposed(int x, int y) const;
2324
2325 /**
2326 @overload
2327 */
2328 bool IsExposed(wxPoint& pt) const;
2329
2330 /**
2331 @overload
2332 */
2333 bool IsExposed(int x, int y, int w, int h) const;
2334
2335 /**
2336 @overload
2337 */
2338 bool IsExposed(wxRect& rect) const;
2339 /**
2340 Returns @true if the window is shown, @false if it has been hidden.
2341
2342 @see IsShownOnScreen()
2343 */
2344 virtual bool IsShown() const;
2345
2346 /**
2347 Returns @true if the window is physically visible on the screen, i.e. it
2348 is shown and all its parents up to the toplevel window are shown as well.
2349
2350 @see IsShown()
2351 */
2352 virtual bool IsShownOnScreen() const;
2353
2354 /**
2355 Disables the window. Same as @ref Enable() Enable(@false).
2356
2357 @return Returns @true if the window has been disabled, @false if it had
2358 been already disabled before the call to this function.
2359 */
2360 bool Disable();
2361
2362 /**
2363 Enable or disable the window for user input. Note that when a parent window is
2364 disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
2365 when the parent is.
2366
2367 @param enable
2368 If @true, enables the window for input. If @false, disables the window.
2369
2370 @return Returns @true if the window has been enabled or disabled, @false
2371 if nothing was done, i.e. if the window had already
2372 been in the specified state.
2373
2374 @see IsEnabled(), Disable(), wxRadioBox::Enable
2375 */
2376 virtual bool Enable(bool enable = true);
2377
2378 /**
2379 Shows or hides the window. You may need to call Raise()
2380 for a top level window if you want to bring it to top, although this is not
2381 needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
2382
2383 Notice that the default state of newly created top level windows is hidden
2384 (to allow you to create their contents without flicker) unlike for
2385 all the other, not derived from wxTopLevelWindow, windows that
2386 are by default created in the shown state.
2387
2388 @param show
2389 If @true displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.
2390
2391 @return @true if the window has been shown or hidden or @false if nothing
2392 was done because it already was in the requested state.
2393
2394 @see IsShown(), Hide(), wxRadioBox::Show, wxShowEvent.
2395 */
2396 virtual bool Show(bool show = true);
2397
2398 /**
2399 This function shows a window, like Show(), but using a special visual
2400 effect if possible.
2401
2402 @param effect
2403 The effect to use.
2404
2405 @param timeout
2406 The @a timeout parameter specifies the time of the animation, in
2407 milliseconds. If the default value of 0 is used, the default
2408 animation time for the current platform is used.
2409
2410 @note Currently this function is only implemented in wxMSW and wxOSX
2411 (for wxTopLevelWindows only in Carbon version and for any kind of
2412 windows in Cocoa) and does the same thing as Show() in the other
2413 ports.
2414
2415 @since 2.9.0
2416
2417 @see HideWithEffect()
2418 */
2419 virtual bool ShowWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect,
2420 unsigned int timeout = 0);
2421
2422 //@}
2423
2424
2425 /**
2426 @name Context-sensitive help functions
2427 */
2428 //@{
2429
2430 /**
2431 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2432 Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
2433 implementation, and not in the window object itself.
2434
2435 @see SetHelpText(), GetHelpTextAtPoint(), wxHelpProvider
2436 */
2437 wxString GetHelpText() const;
2438
2439 /**
2440 Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2441 Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
2442 implementation, and not in the window object itself.
2443
2444 @see GetHelpText(), wxHelpProvider::AddHelp()
2445 */
2446 void SetHelpText(const wxString& helpText);
2447
2448 /**
2449 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2450 This method should be overridden if the help message depends on the position
2451 inside the window, otherwise GetHelpText() can be used.
2452
2453 @param point
2454 Coordinates of the mouse at the moment of help event emission.
2455 @param origin
2456 Help event origin, see also wxHelpEvent::GetOrigin.
2457 */
2458 virtual wxString GetHelpTextAtPoint(const wxPoint& point,
2459 wxHelpEvent::Origin origin) const;
2460
2461 /**
2462 Get the associated tooltip or @NULL if none.
2463 */
2464 wxToolTip* GetToolTip() const;
2465
2466 /**
2467 Get the text of the associated tooltip or empty string if none.
2468 */
2469 wxString GetToolTipText() const;
2470
2471 /**
2472 Attach a tooltip to the window.
2473
2474 wxToolTip pointer can be @NULL in the overload taking the pointer,
2475 meaning to unset any existing tooltips; however UnsetToolTip() provides
2476 a more readable alternative to this operation.
2477
2478 Notice that these methods are always available, even if wxWidgets was
2479 compiled with @c wxUSE_TOOLTIPS set to 0, but don't do anything in this
2480 case.
2481
2482 @see GetToolTip(), wxToolTip
2483 */
2484 void SetToolTip(const wxString& tipString);
2485
2486 /**
2487 @overload
2488 */
2489 void SetToolTip(wxToolTip* tip);
2490
2491 /**
2492 Unset any existing tooltip.
2493
2494 @since 2.9.0
2495
2496 @see SetToolTip()
2497 */
2498 void UnsetToolTip();
2499
2500 //@}
2501
2502
2503 /**
2504 @name Popup/context menu functions
2505 */
2506 //@{
2507
2508 /**
2509 This function shows a popup menu at the given position in this window and
2510 returns the selected id.
2511
2512 It can be more convenient than the general purpose PopupMenu() function
2513 for simple menus proposing a choice in a list of strings to the user.
2514
2515 Notice that to avoid unexpected conflicts between the (usually
2516 consecutive range of) ids used by the menu passed to this function and
2517 the existing EVT_UPDATE_UI() handlers, this function temporarily
2518 disables UI updates for the window, so you need to manually disable
2519 (or toggle or ...) any items which should be disabled in the menu
2520 before showing it.
2521
2522 The parameter @a menu is the menu to show.
2523 The parameter @a pos (or the parameters @a x and @a y) is the
2524 position at which to show the menu in client coordinates.
2525 It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when
2526 calling this method in response to mouse click, because some of
2527 the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do a better job of positioning
2528 the menu in that case.
2529
2530 @return
2531 The selected menu item id or @c wxID_NONE if none selected or an
2532 error occurred.
2533
2534 @since 2.9.0
2535 */
2536 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu& menu,
2537 const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition);
2538
2539 /**
2540 @overload
2541 */
2542 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu& menu, int x, int y);
2543
2544 /**
2545 Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
2546 window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu.
2547
2548 If a menu item is selected, the corresponding menu event is generated and will be
2549 processed as usual. If coordinates are not specified, the current mouse
2550 cursor position is used.
2551
2552 @a menu is the menu to pop up.
2553
2554 The position where the menu will appear can be specified either as a
2555 wxPoint @a pos or by two integers (@a x and @a y).
2556
2557 @remarks Just before the menu is popped up, wxMenu::UpdateUI is called to
2558 ensure that the menu items are in the correct state.
2559 The menu does not get deleted by the window.
2560 It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when
2561 calling PopupMenu in response to mouse click, because some of
2562 the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do a better job of positioning
2563 the menu in that case.
2564
2565 @see wxMenu
2566 */
2567 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu* menu,
2568 const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition);
2569
2570 /**
2571 @overload
2572 */
2573 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu* menu, int x, int y);
2574
2575 //@}
2576
2577
2578 /**
2579 Validator functions
2580 */
2581 //@{
2582
2583 /**
2584 Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or @NULL if
2585 there is none.
2586 */
2587 virtual wxValidator* GetValidator();
2588
2589 /**
2590 Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having
2591 called wxValidator::Clone to create a new validator of this type.
2592 */
2593 virtual void SetValidator(const wxValidator& validator);
2594
2595 /**
2596 Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their
2597 validators. Returns @false if a transfer failed.
2598
2599 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2600 the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
2601
2602 @see TransferDataToWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2603 */
2604 virtual bool TransferDataFromWindow();
2605
2606 /**
2607 Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their
2608 validators.
2609
2610 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2611 the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
2612
2613 @return Returns @false if a transfer failed.
2614
2615 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2616 */
2617 virtual bool TransferDataToWindow();
2618
2619 /**
2620 Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
2621 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2622 the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
2623
2624 @return Returns @false if any of the validations failed.
2625
2626 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), TransferDataToWindow(),
2627 wxValidator
2628 */
2629 virtual bool Validate();
2630
2631 //@}
2632
2633
2634 /**
2635 @name wxWindow properties functions
2636 */
2637 //@{
2638
2639 /**
2640 Returns the identifier of the window.
2641
2642 @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application
2643 has not provided one (or the default wxID_ANY) a unique
2644 identifier with a negative value will be generated.
2645
2646 @see SetId(), @ref overview_windowids
2647 */
2648 wxWindowID GetId() const;
2649
2650 /**
2651 Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
2652 identification purposes.
2653
2654 @remarks The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
2655 For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the
2656 title. For buttons or static text controls, it is the
2657 button text. This function can be useful for
2658 meta-programs (such as testing tools or special-needs
2659 access programs) which need to identify windows by name.
2660 */
2661 virtual wxString GetLabel() const;
2662
2663 /**
2664 Returns the layout direction for this window,
2665 Note that @c wxLayout_Default is returned if layout direction is not supported.
2666 */
2667 virtual wxLayoutDirection GetLayoutDirection() const;
2668
2669 /**
2670 Returns the window's name.
2671
2672 @remarks This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the
2673 programmer to supply an appropriate name in the window
2674 constructor or via SetName().
2675
2676 @see SetName()
2677 */
2678 virtual wxString GetName() const;
2679
2680 /**
2681 Returns the value previously passed to SetWindowVariant().
2682 */
2683 wxWindowVariant GetWindowVariant() const;
2684
2685 /**
2686 Sets the identifier of the window.
2687
2688 @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has
2689 not provided one, an identifier will be generated.
2690 Normally, the identifier should be provided on creation
2691 and should not be modified subsequently.
2692
2693 @see GetId(), @ref overview_windowids
2694 */
2695 void SetId(wxWindowID winid);
2696
2697 /**
2698 Sets the window's label.
2699
2700 @param label
2701 The window label.
2702
2703 @see GetLabel()
2704 */
2705 virtual void SetLabel(const wxString& label);
2706
2707 /**
2708 Sets the layout direction for this window.
2709 */
2710 virtual void SetLayoutDirection(wxLayoutDirection dir);
2711
2712 /**
2713 Sets the window's name.
2714
2715 @param name
2716 A name to set for the window.
2717
2718 @see GetName()
2719 */
2720 virtual void SetName(const wxString& name);
2721
2722 /**
2723 This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
2724 Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
2725 exist in several sizes which correspond to the elements of wxWindowVariant enum.
2726
2727 By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
2728 be used to change this.
2729 */
2730 void SetWindowVariant(wxWindowVariant variant);
2731
2732 /**
2733 Gets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
2734 */
2735 wxAcceleratorTable* GetAcceleratorTable();
2736
2737 /**
2738 Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
2739 See also wxAccessible.
2740 */
2741 wxAccessible* GetAccessible();
2742
2743 /**
2744 Sets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
2745 */
2746 virtual void SetAcceleratorTable(const wxAcceleratorTable& accel);
2747
2748 /**
2749 Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
2750 will be deleted first, if not identical to @e accessible.
2751 See also wxAccessible.
2752 */
2753 void SetAccessible(wxAccessible* accessible);
2754
2755 //@}
2756
2757
2758 /**
2759 @name Window deletion functions
2760 */
2761 //@{
2762
2763 /**
2764 This function simply generates a wxCloseEvent whose handler usually tries
2765 to close the window. It doesn't close the window itself, however.
2766
2767 @param force
2768 @false if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
2769 of this window, @true if it cannot.
2770
2771 @remarks Close calls the close handler for the window, providing an
2772 opportunity for the window to choose whether to destroy
2773 the window. Usually it is only used with the top level
2774 windows (wxFrame and wxDialog classes) as the others
2775 are not supposed to have any special OnClose() logic.
2776 The close handler should check whether the window is being deleted
2777 forcibly, using wxCloseEvent::CanVeto, in which case it should
2778 destroy the window using wxWindow::Destroy.
2779 Note that calling Close does not guarantee that the window will
2780 be destroyed; but it provides a way to simulate a manual close
2781 of a window, which may or may not be implemented by destroying
2782 the window. The default implementation of wxDialog::OnCloseWindow
2783 does not necessarily delete the dialog, since it will simply
2784 simulate an wxID_CANCEL event which is handled by the appropriate
2785 button event handler and may do anything at all.
2786 To guarantee that the window will be destroyed, call
2787 wxWindow::Destroy instead
2788
2789 @see @ref overview_windowdeletion "Window Deletion Overview",
2790 Destroy(), wxCloseEvent
2791 */
2792 bool Close(bool force = false);
2793
2794 /**
2795 Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator,
2796 since different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
2797 are not destroyed immediately when this function is called -- they are added
2798 to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
2799 have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to
2800 non-existent windows.
2801
2802 @return @true if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it
2803 has been added to the list of windows pending real deletion.
2804 */
2805 virtual bool Destroy();
2806
2807 /**
2808 Returns true if this window is in process of being destroyed.
2809
2810 Top level windows are not deleted immediately but are rather
2811 scheduled for later destruction to give them time to process any
2812 pending messages; see Destroy() description.
2813
2814 This function returns @true if this window, or one of its parent
2815 windows, is scheduled for destruction and can be useful to avoid
2816 manipulating it as it's usually useless to do something with a window
2817 which is on the point of disappearing anyhow.
2818 */
2819 bool IsBeingDeleted() const;
2820
2821 //@}
2822
2823
2824
2825 /**
2826 @name Drag and drop functions
2827 */
2828 //@{
2829
2830 /**
2831 Returns the associated drop target, which may be @NULL.
2832
2833 @see SetDropTarget(), @ref overview_dnd
2834 */
2835 virtual wxDropTarget* GetDropTarget() const;
2836
2837 /**
2838 Associates a drop target with this window.
2839 If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
2840
2841 @see GetDropTarget(), @ref overview_dnd
2842 */
2843 virtual void SetDropTarget(wxDropTarget* target);
2844
2845 /**
2846 Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
2847
2848 @param accept
2849 If @true, the window is eligible for drop file events.
2850 If @false, the window will not accept drop file events.
2851
2852 @remarks Windows only until version 2.8.9, available on all platforms
2853 since 2.8.10. Cannot be used together with SetDropTarget() on
2854 non-Windows platforms.
2855
2856 @see SetDropTarget()
2857 */
2858 virtual void DragAcceptFiles(bool accept);
2859
2860 //@}
2861
2862
2863 /**
2864 @name Constraints, sizers and window layout functions
2865 */
2866 //@{
2867
2868 /**
2869 Returns the sizer of which this window is a member, if any, otherwise @NULL.
2870 */
2871 wxSizer* GetContainingSizer() const;
2872
2873 /**
2874 Returns the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
2875 SetSizer(), or @NULL.
2876 */
2877 wxSizer* GetSizer() const;
2878
2879 /**
2880 Sets the window to have the given layout sizer.
2881
2882 The window will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2883 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2884 window, it will be deleted if the @a deleteOld parameter is @true.
2885
2886 Note that this function will also call SetAutoLayout() implicitly with @true
2887 parameter if the @a sizer is non-@NULL and @false otherwise so that the
2888 sizer will be effectively used to layout the window children whenever
2889 it is resized.
2890
2891 @param sizer
2892 The sizer to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and conditionally delete
2893 the window's sizer. See below.
2894 @param deleteOld
2895 If @true (the default), this will delete any pre-existing sizer.
2896 Pass @false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself
2897 but remember to do it yourself in this case to avoid memory leaks.
2898
2899 @remarks SetSizer enables and disables Layout automatically.
2900 */
2901 void SetSizer(wxSizer* sizer, bool deleteOld = true);
2902
2903 /**
2904 This method calls SetSizer() and then wxSizer::SetSizeHints which sets the initial
2905 window size to the size needed to accommodate all sizer elements and sets the
2906 size hints which, if this window is a top level one, prevent the user from
2907 resizing it to be less than this minimal size.
2908 */
2909 void SetSizerAndFit(wxSizer* sizer, bool deleteOld = true);
2910
2911 /**
2912 Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or @NULL if there are none.
2913 */
2914 wxLayoutConstraints* GetConstraints() const;
2915
2916 /**
2917 Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
2918 will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2919 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2920 window, it will be deleted.
2921
2922 @param constraints
2923 The constraints to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
2924 constraints.
2925
2926 @remarks You must call SetAutoLayout() to tell a window to use
2927 the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you
2928 must override OnSize and call Layout() explicitly. When
2929 setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a wxSizer, only
2930 the sizer will have effect.
2931 */
2932 void SetConstraints(wxLayoutConstraints* constraints);
2933
2934 /**
2935 Invokes the constraint-based layout algorithm or the sizer-based algorithm
2936 for this window.
2937
2938 This function does not get called automatically when the window is resized
2939 because lots of windows deriving from wxWindow does not need this functionality.
2940 If you want to have Layout() called automatically, you should derive
2941 from wxPanel (see wxPanel::Layout).
2942
2943 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
2944 */
2945 virtual bool Layout();
2946
2947 /**
2948 Determines whether the Layout() function will be called automatically
2949 when the window is resized.
2950
2951 This method is called implicitly by SetSizer() but if you use SetConstraints()
2952 you should call it manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly
2953 updated when its size changes.
2954
2955 @param autoLayout
2956 Set this to @true if you wish the Layout() function to be called
2957 automatically when the window is resized.
2958
2959 @see SetSizer(), SetConstraints()
2960 */
2961 void SetAutoLayout(bool autoLayout);
2962
2963 bool GetAutoLayout() const;
2964
2965 //@}
2966
2967
2968
2969 /**
2970 @name Mouse functions
2971 */
2972 //@{
2973
2974 /**
2975 Directs all mouse input to this window.
2976 Call ReleaseMouse() to release the capture.
2977
2978 Note that wxWidgets maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
2979 and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
2980 captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
2981 window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
2982 as you capture it, unless the window receives the wxMouseCaptureLostEvent event.
2983
2984 Any application which captures the mouse in the beginning of some operation
2985 must handle wxMouseCaptureLostEvent and cancel this operation when it receives
2986 the event. The event handler must not recapture mouse.
2987
2988 @see ReleaseMouse(), wxMouseCaptureLostEvent
2989 */
2990 void CaptureMouse();
2991
2992 /**
2993 Returns the caret() associated with the window.
2994 */
2995 wxCaret* GetCaret() const;
2996
2997 /**
2998 Return the cursor associated with this window.
2999
3000 @see SetCursor()
3001 */
3002 const wxCursor& GetCursor() const;
3003
3004 /**
3005 Returns @true if this window has the current mouse capture.
3006
3007 @see CaptureMouse(), ReleaseMouse(), wxMouseCaptureLostEvent,
3008 wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
3009 */
3010 virtual bool HasCapture() const;
3011
3012 /**
3013 Releases mouse input captured with CaptureMouse().
3014
3015 @see CaptureMouse(), HasCapture(), ReleaseMouse(),
3016 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
3017 */
3018 void ReleaseMouse();
3019
3020 /**
3021 Sets the caret() associated with the window.
3022 */
3023 void SetCaret(wxCaret* caret);
3024
3025 /**
3026 Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
3027 children of the window implicitly.
3028
3029 The @a cursor may be @c wxNullCursor in which case the window cursor will
3030 be reset back to default.
3031
3032 @param cursor
3033 Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.
3034
3035 @see ::wxSetCursor, wxCursor
3036 */
3037 virtual bool SetCursor(const wxCursor& cursor);
3038
3039 /**
3040 Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
3041
3042 @note Apple Human Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor
3043 programmatically so you should avoid using this function in Mac
3044 applications (and probably avoid using it under the other
3045 platforms without good reason as well).
3046
3047 @param x
3048 The new x position for the cursor.
3049 @param y
3050 The new y position for the cursor.
3051 */
3052 virtual void WarpPointer(int x, int y);
3053
3054 //@}
3055
3056
3057
3058
3059 /**
3060 @name Miscellaneous functions
3061 */
3062 //@{
3063
3064 wxHitTest HitTest(wxCoord x, wxCoord y) const;
3065 wxHitTest HitTest(const wxPoint& pt) const;
3066
3067 /**
3068 Get the window border style from the given flags: this is different from
3069 simply doing flags & wxBORDER_MASK because it uses GetDefaultBorder() to
3070 translate wxBORDER_DEFAULT to something reasonable
3071 */
3072 wxBorder GetBorder(long flags) const;
3073
3074 /**
3075 Get border for the flags of this window
3076 */
3077 wxBorder GetBorder() const;
3078
3079
3080 /**
3081 Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
3082 This function is called by UpdateWindowUI() in order to check return
3083 values in the wxUpdateUIEvent and act appropriately.
3084 For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWidgets
3085 implements this function as follows:
3086
3087 @code
3088 // do the window-specific processing after processing the update event
3089 void wxTopLevelWindowBase::DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent& event)
3090 {
3091 if ( event.GetSetEnabled() )
3092 Enable(event.GetEnabled());
3093
3094 if ( event.GetSetText() )
3095 {
3096 if ( event.GetText() != GetTitle() )
3097 SetTitle(event.GetText());
3098 }
3099 }
3100 @endcode
3101 */
3102 virtual void DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent& event);
3103
3104 /**
3105 Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window.
3106 Cast it to an appropriate handle, such as @b HWND for Windows,
3107 @b Widget for Motif or @b GtkWidget for GTK.
3108
3109 @beginWxPerlOnly
3110 This method will return an integer in wxPerl.
3111 @endWxPerlOnly
3112 */
3113 virtual WXWidget GetHandle() const;
3114
3115 /**
3116 This method should be overridden to return @true if this window has
3117 multiple pages. All standard class with multiple pages such as
3118 wxNotebook, wxListbook and wxTreebook already override it to return @true
3119 and user-defined classes with similar behaviour should also do so, to
3120 allow the library to handle such windows appropriately.
3121 */
3122 virtual bool HasMultiplePages() const;
3123
3124 /**
3125 This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
3126 window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
3127 the font and the foreground and background colours.
3128
3129 By "intelligently" the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
3130 own @ref GetClassDefaultAttributes() default attributes.
3131 However if some of the parents attributes are explicitly (that is, using
3132 SetFont() and not wxWindow::SetOwnFont) changed and if the corresponding
3133 attribute hadn't been explicitly set for this window itself, then this
3134 window takes the same value as used by the parent.
3135 In addition, if the window overrides ShouldInheritColours() to return @false,
3136 the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the font might.
3137
3138 This rather complicated logic is necessary in order to accommodate the
3139 different usage scenarios. The most common one is when all default attributes
3140 are used and in this case, nothing should be inherited as in modern GUIs
3141 different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
3142 they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
3143 desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
3144 just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
3145 do inherit the parents attributes.
3146 */
3147 virtual void InheritAttributes();
3148
3149 /**
3150 Sends an @c wxEVT_INIT_DIALOG event, whose handler usually transfers data
3151 to the dialog via validators.
3152 */
3153 virtual void InitDialog();
3154
3155 /**
3156 Returns @true if the window contents is double-buffered by the system, i.e. if
3157 any drawing done on the window is really done on a temporary backing surface
3158 and transferred to the screen all at once later.
3159
3160 @see wxBufferedDC
3161 */
3162 virtual bool IsDoubleBuffered() const;
3163
3164 /**
3165 Turn on or off double buffering of the window if the system supports it.
3166 */
3167 void SetDoubleBuffered(bool on);
3168
3169 /**
3170 Returns @true if the window is retained, @false otherwise.
3171
3172 @remarks Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
3173 */
3174 virtual bool IsRetained() const;
3175
3176 /**
3177 Returns @true if this window is intrinsically enabled, @false otherwise,
3178 i.e. if @ref Enable() Enable(@false) had been called. This method is
3179 mostly used for wxWidgets itself, user code should normally use
3180 IsEnabled() instead.
3181 */
3182 bool IsThisEnabled() const;
3183
3184 /**
3185 Returns @true if the given window is a top-level one. Currently all frames and
3186 dialogs are considered to be top-level windows (even if they have a parent
3187 window).
3188 */
3189 virtual bool IsTopLevel() const;
3190
3191
3192 /**
3193 This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
3194 sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
3195 that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
3196 handler in a derived class.
3197
3198 This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
3199 and most implementations call UpdateWindowUI()
3200 in order to send update events to the window in idle time.
3201 */
3202 virtual void OnInternalIdle();
3203
3204 /**
3205 Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey
3206 registered here, this window will receive a hotkey event.
3207
3208 It will receive the event even if the application is in the background
3209 and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some
3210 other application.
3211
3212 @param hotkeyId
3213 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0
3214 and 0xBFFF. If this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a
3215 system wide unique identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
3216 This is a MSW specific detail.
3217 @param modifiers
3218 A bitwise combination of wxMOD_SHIFT, wxMOD_CONTROL, wxMOD_ALT
3219 or wxMOD_WIN specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along
3220 with the key.
3221 @param virtualKeyCode
3222 The virtual key code of the hotkey.
3223
3224 @return @true if the hotkey was registered successfully. @false if some
3225 other application already registered a hotkey with this
3226 modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
3227
3228 @remarks Use EVT_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the
3229 event. This function is currently only implemented
3230 under Windows. It is used in the Windows CE port for
3231 detecting hardware button presses.
3232
3233 @see UnregisterHotKey()
3234 */
3235 virtual bool RegisterHotKey(int hotkeyId, int modifiers,
3236 int virtualKeyCode);
3237
3238 /**
3239 Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
3240
3241 @param hotkeyId
3242 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to
3243 RegisterHotKey().
3244
3245 @return @true if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, @false if the
3246 id was invalid.
3247
3248 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
3249
3250 @see RegisterHotKey()
3251 */
3252 virtual bool UnregisterHotKey(int hotkeyId);
3253
3254 /**
3255 This function sends one or more wxUpdateUIEvent to the window.
3256 The particular implementation depends on the window; for example a
3257 wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
3258 and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
3259
3260 You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
3261 UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
3262 are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
3263 wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode() or wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval() to limit
3264 the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
3265 @a flags should be a bitlist of one or more of the ::wxUpdateUI enumeration.
3266
3267 If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
3268 function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE flag, since
3269 this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
3270 to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
3271 only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
3272 The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
3273 an idle function.
3274
3275 @code
3276 void MyWindow::OnInternalIdle()
3277 {
3278 if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this))
3279 UpdateWindowUI(wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE);
3280 }
3281 @endcode
3282
3283 @see wxUpdateUIEvent, DoUpdateWindowUI(), OnInternalIdle()
3284 */
3285 virtual void UpdateWindowUI(long flags = wxUPDATE_UI_NONE);
3286
3287 //@}
3288
3289
3290 // NOTE: static functions must have their own group or Doxygen will screw
3291 // up the ordering of the member groups
3292
3293 /**
3294 @name Miscellaneous static functions
3295 */
3296 //@{
3297
3298 /**
3299 Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control.
3300
3301 This is useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control
3302 as in a standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
3303 colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
3304 system, especially if it uses themes.
3305
3306 The @a variant parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
3307 ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
3308 returned font. See SetWindowVariant() for more about this.
3309
3310 This static method is "overridden" in many derived classes and so calling,
3311 for example, wxButton::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
3312 return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
3313 from those returned by, say, wxListCtrl::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
3314
3315 The @c wxVisualAttributes structure has at least the fields
3316 @c font, @c colFg and @c colBg. All of them may be invalid
3317 if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
3318 especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
3319 the case for @c colBg for the controls with themed background.
3320
3321 @see InheritAttributes()
3322 */
3323 static wxVisualAttributes GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindowVariant variant = wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL);
3324
3325 /**
3326 Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
3327
3328 @remarks Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without
3329 needing a wxWindow pointer.
3330
3331 @see SetFocus(), HasFocus()
3332 */
3333 static wxWindow* FindFocus();
3334
3335 /**
3336 Find the first window with the given @e id.
3337
3338 If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all top-level frames
3339 and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
3340 window hierarchy.
3341 The search is recursive in both cases.
3342
3343 @see FindWindow()
3344
3345 @return Window with the given @a id or @NULL if not found.
3346 */
3347 static wxWindow* FindWindowById(long id, const wxWindow* parent = 0);
3348
3349 /**
3350 Find a window by its label.
3351
3352 Depending on the type of window, the label may be a window title
3353 or panel item label. If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all
3354 top-level frames and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be
3355 limited to the given window hierarchy.
3356 The search is recursive in both cases.
3357
3358 @see FindWindow()
3359
3360 @return Window with the given @a label or @NULL if not found.
3361 */
3362 static wxWindow* FindWindowByLabel(const wxString& label,
3363 const wxWindow* parent = 0);
3364
3365 /**
3366 Find a window by its name (as given in a window constructor or Create()
3367 function call).
3368
3369 If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all top-level frames
3370 and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
3371 window hierarchy.
3372
3373 The search is recursive in both cases. If no window with such name is found,
3374 FindWindowByLabel() is called.
3375
3376 @see FindWindow()
3377
3378 @return Window with the given @a name or @NULL if not found.
3379 */
3380 static wxWindow* FindWindowByName(const wxString& name,
3381 const wxWindow* parent = 0);
3382
3383 /**
3384 Returns the currently captured window.
3385
3386 @see HasCapture(), CaptureMouse(), ReleaseMouse(),
3387 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
3388 */
3389 static wxWindow* GetCapture();
3390
3391 /**
3392 Create a new ID or range of IDs that are not currently in use.
3393 The IDs will be reserved until assigned to a wxWindow ID
3394 or unreserved with UnreserveControlId().
3395
3396 See @ref overview_windowids for more information.
3397
3398 @param count
3399 The number of sequential IDs to reserve.
3400
3401 @return Returns the ID or the first ID of the range (i.e. the most negative),
3402 or wxID_NONE if the specified number of identifiers couldn't be allocated.
3403
3404 @see UnreserveControlId(), wxIdManager,
3405 @ref overview_windowids
3406 */
3407 static wxWindowID NewControlId(int count = 1);
3408
3409 /**
3410 Unreserve an ID or range of IDs that was reserved by NewControlId().
3411 See @ref overview_windowids for more information.
3412
3413 @param id
3414 The starting ID of the range of IDs to unreserve.
3415 @param count
3416 The number of sequential IDs to unreserve.
3417
3418 @see NewControlId(), wxIdManager, @ref overview_windowids
3419 */
3420 static void UnreserveControlId(wxWindowID id, int count = 1);
3421
3422 //@}
3423
3424
3425
3426 protected:
3427
3428 /**
3429 Centres the window.
3430
3431 @param direction
3432 Specifies the direction for the centring. May be wxHORIZONTAL,
3433 wxVERTICAL or wxBOTH. It may also include the wxCENTRE_ON_SCREEN
3434 flag.
3435
3436 @remarks This function is not meant to be called directly by user code,
3437 but via Centre, Center, CentreOnParent, or CenterOnParent.
3438 This function can be overridden to fine-tune centring behaviour.
3439 */
3440 virtual void DoCentre(int direction);
3441
3442 /**
3443 Implementation of GetBestSize() that can be overridden.
3444
3445 Notice that it is usually more convenient to override
3446 DoGetBestClientSize() rather than this method itself as you need to
3447 explicitly account for the window borders size if you do the latter.
3448
3449 The default implementation of this function is designed for use in container
3450 windows, such as wxPanel, and works something like this:
3451 -# If the window has a sizer then it is used to calculate the best size.
3452 -# Otherwise if the window has layout constraints then those are used to
3453 calculate the best size.
3454 -# Otherwise if the window has children then the best size is set to be large
3455 enough to show all the children.
3456 -# Otherwise if there are no children then the window's minimal size will be
3457 used as its best size.
3458 -# Otherwise if there is no minimal size set, then the current size is used
3459 for the best size.
3460
3461 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
3462 */
3463 virtual wxSize DoGetBestSize() const;
3464
3465 /**
3466 Override this method to return the best size for a custom control.
3467
3468 A typical implementation of this method should compute the minimal size
3469 needed to fully display the control contents taking into account the
3470 current font size.
3471
3472 The default implementation simply returns ::wxDefaultSize and
3473 GetBestSize() returns an arbitrary hardcoded size for the window, so
3474 you must override it when implementing a custom window class.
3475
3476 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
3477
3478 @since 2.9.0
3479 */
3480 virtual wxSize DoGetBestClientSize() const;
3481
3482
3483 /**
3484 Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the
3485 components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord).
3486 @deprecated Use SetInitialSize() instead.
3487 */
3488 virtual void SetInitialBestSize(const wxSize& size);
3489
3490 /**
3491 Generate wxWindowDestroyEvent for this window.
3492
3493 This is called by the window itself when it is being destroyed and
3494 usually there is no need to call it but see wxWindowDestroyEvent for
3495 explanations of when you might want to do it.
3496 */
3497 void SendDestroyEvent();
3498
3499 /**
3500 This function is public in wxEvtHandler but protected in wxWindow
3501 because for wxWindows you should always call ProcessEvent() on the
3502 pointer returned by GetEventHandler() and not on the wxWindow object
3503 itself.
3504
3505 For convenience, a ProcessWindowEvent() method is provided as a synonym
3506 for @code GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent() @endcode
3507
3508 Note that it's still possible to call these functions directly on the
3509 wxWindow object (e.g. casting it to wxEvtHandler) but doing that will
3510 create subtle bugs when windows with event handlers pushed on them are
3511 involved.
3512
3513 This holds also for all other wxEvtHandler functions.
3514 */
3515 virtual bool ProcessEvent(wxEvent& event);
3516
3517 //@{
3518 /**
3519 See ProcessEvent() for more info about why you shouldn't use this function
3520 and the reason for making this function protected in wxWindow.
3521 */
3522 bool SafelyProcessEvent(wxEvent& event);
3523 virtual void QueueEvent(wxEvent *event);
3524 virtual void AddPendingEvent(const wxEvent& event);
3525 void ProcessPendingEvents();
3526 bool ProcessThreadEvent(const wxEvent& event);
3527 //@}
3528 };
3529
3530
3531
3532 // ============================================================================
3533 // Global functions/macros
3534 // ============================================================================
3535
3536 /** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_misc */
3537 //@{
3538
3539 /**
3540 Find the deepest window at the mouse pointer position, returning the window
3541 and current pointer position in screen coordinates.
3542
3543 @header{wx/window.h}
3544 */
3545 wxWindow* wxFindWindowAtPointer(wxPoint& pt);
3546
3547 /**
3548 Gets the currently active window (implemented for MSW and GTK only
3549 currently, always returns @NULL in the other ports).
3550
3551 @header{wx/window.h}
3552 */
3553 wxWindow* wxGetActiveWindow();
3554
3555 /**
3556 Returns the first top level parent of the given window, or in other words,
3557 the frame or dialog containing it, or @NULL.
3558
3559 @header{wx/window.h}
3560 */
3561 wxWindow* wxGetTopLevelParent(wxWindow* window);
3562
3563 //@}
3564