1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: interface of wxEvtHandler, wxEventBlocker and many
4 // wxEvent-derived classes
5 // Author: wxWidgets team
7 // Licence: wxWindows license
8 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11 The predefined constants for the number of times we propagate event
12 upwards window child-parent chain.
14 enum wxEventPropagation
16 /// don't propagate it at all
17 wxEVENT_PROPAGATE_NONE
= 0,
19 /// propagate it until it is processed
20 wxEVENT_PROPAGATE_MAX
= INT_MAX
24 The different categories for a wxEvent; see wxEvent::GetEventCategory.
26 @note They are used as OR-combinable flags by wxEventLoopBase::YieldFor.
31 This is the category for those events which are generated to update
32 the appearance of the GUI but which (usually) do not comport data
33 processing, i.e. which do not provide input or output data
34 (e.g. size events, scroll events, etc).
35 They are events NOT directly generated by the user's input devices.
37 wxEVT_CATEGORY_UI
= 1,
40 This category groups those events which are generated directly from the
41 user through input devices like mouse and keyboard and usually result in
42 data to be processed from the application
43 (e.g. mouse clicks, key presses, etc).
45 wxEVT_CATEGORY_USER_INPUT
= 2,
47 /// This category is for wxSocketEvent
48 wxEVT_CATEGORY_SOCKET
= 4,
50 /// This category is for wxTimerEvent
51 wxEVT_CATEGORY_TIMER
= 8,
54 This category is for any event used to send notifications from the
55 secondary threads to the main one or in general for notifications among
56 different threads (which may or may not be user-generated).
57 See e.g. wxThreadEvent.
59 wxEVT_CATEGORY_THREAD
= 16,
62 This mask is used in wxEventLoopBase::YieldFor to specify that all event
63 categories should be processed.
66 wxEVT_CATEGORY_UI
|wxEVT_CATEGORY_USER_INPUT
|wxEVT_CATEGORY_SOCKET
| \
67 wxEVT_CATEGORY_TIMER
|wxEVT_CATEGORY_THREAD
73 An event is a structure holding information about an event passed to a
74 callback or member function.
76 wxEvent used to be a multipurpose event object, and is an abstract base class
77 for other event classes (see below).
79 For more information about events, see the @ref overview_events overview.
82 In wxPerl custom event classes should be derived from
83 @c Wx::PlEvent and @c Wx::PlCommandEvent.
89 @see wxCommandEvent, wxMouseEvent
91 class wxEvent
: public wxObject
97 Notice that events are usually created by wxWidgets itself and creating
98 e.g. a wxPaintEvent in your code and sending it to e.g. a wxTextCtrl
99 will not usually affect it at all as native controls have no specific
100 knowledge about wxWidgets events. However you may construct objects of
101 specific types and pass them to wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent() if you
102 want to create your own custom control and want to process its events
103 in the same manner as the standard ones.
105 Also please notice that the order of parameters in this constructor is
106 different from almost all the derived classes which specify the event
107 type as the first argument.
110 The identifier of the object (window, timer, ...) which generated
113 The unique type of event, e.g. wxEVT_PAINT, wxEVT_SIZE or
114 wxEVT_COMMAND_BUTTON_CLICKED.
116 wxEvent(int id
= 0, wxEventType eventType
= wxEVT_NULL
);
119 Returns a copy of the event.
121 Any event that is posted to the wxWidgets event system for later action
122 (via wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent, wxEvtHandler::QueueEvent or wxPostEvent())
123 must implement this method.
125 All wxWidgets events fully implement this method, but any derived events
126 implemented by the user should also implement this method just in case they
127 (or some event derived from them) are ever posted.
129 All wxWidgets events implement a copy constructor, so the easiest way of
130 implementing the Clone function is to implement a copy constructor for
131 a new event (call it MyEvent) and then define the Clone function like this:
134 wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }
137 virtual wxEvent
* Clone() const = 0;
140 Returns the object (usually a window) associated with the event, if any.
142 wxObject
* GetEventObject() const;
145 Returns the identifier of the given event type, such as @c wxEVT_COMMAND_BUTTON_CLICKED.
147 wxEventType
GetEventType() const;
150 Returns a generic category for this event.
151 wxEvent implementation returns @c wxEVT_CATEGORY_UI by default.
153 This function is used to selectively process events in wxEventLoopBase::YieldFor.
155 virtual wxEventCategory
GetEventCategory() const;
158 Returns the identifier associated with this event, such as a button command id.
163 Returns @true if the event handler should be skipped, @false otherwise.
165 bool GetSkipped() const;
168 Gets the timestamp for the event. The timestamp is the time in milliseconds
169 since some fixed moment (not necessarily the standard Unix Epoch, so only
170 differences between the timestamps and not their absolute values usually make sense).
173 wxWidgets returns a non-NULL timestamp only for mouse and key events
174 (see wxMouseEvent and wxKeyEvent).
176 long GetTimestamp() const;
179 Returns @true if the event is or is derived from wxCommandEvent else it returns @false.
181 @note exists only for optimization purposes.
183 bool IsCommandEvent() const;
186 Sets the propagation level to the given value (for example returned from an
187 earlier call to wxEvent::StopPropagation).
189 void ResumePropagation(int propagationLevel
);
192 Sets the originating object.
194 void SetEventObject(wxObject
* object
);
199 void SetEventType(wxEventType type
);
202 Sets the identifier associated with this event, such as a button command id.
207 Sets the timestamp for the event.
209 void SetTimestamp(long timeStamp
= 0);
212 Test if this event should be propagated or not, i.e. if the propagation level
213 is currently greater than 0.
215 bool ShouldPropagate() const;
218 This method can be used inside an event handler to control whether further
219 event handlers bound to this event will be called after the current one returns.
221 Without Skip() (or equivalently if Skip(@false) is used), the event will not
222 be processed any more. If Skip(@true) is called, the event processing system
223 continues searching for a further handler function for this event, even though
224 it has been processed already in the current handler.
226 In general, it is recommended to skip all non-command events to allow the
227 default handling to take place. The command events are, however, normally not
228 skipped as usually a single command such as a button click or menu item
229 selection must only be processed by one handler.
231 void Skip(bool skip
= true);
234 Stop the event from propagating to its parent window.
236 Returns the old propagation level value which may be later passed to
237 ResumePropagation() to allow propagating the event again.
239 int StopPropagation();
243 Indicates how many levels the event can propagate.
245 This member is protected and should typically only be set in the constructors
246 of the derived classes. It may be temporarily changed by StopPropagation()
247 and ResumePropagation() and tested with ShouldPropagate().
249 The initial value is set to either @c wxEVENT_PROPAGATE_NONE (by default)
250 meaning that the event shouldn't be propagated at all or to
251 @c wxEVENT_PROPAGATE_MAX (for command events) meaning that it should be
252 propagated as much as necessary.
254 Any positive number means that the event should be propagated but no more than
255 the given number of times. E.g. the propagation level may be set to 1 to
256 propagate the event to its parent only, but not to its grandparent.
258 int m_propagationLevel
;
262 @class wxEventBlocker
264 This class is a special event handler which allows to discard
265 any event (or a set of event types) directed to a specific window.
270 void MyWindow::DoSomething()
273 // block all events directed to this window while
274 // we do the 1000 FunctionWhichSendsEvents() calls
275 wxEventBlocker blocker(this);
277 for ( int i = 0; i 1000; i++ )
278 FunctionWhichSendsEvents(i);
280 } // ~wxEventBlocker called, old event handler is restored
282 // the event generated by this call will be processed:
283 FunctionWhichSendsEvents(0)
290 @see @ref overview_events_processing, wxEvtHandler
292 class wxEventBlocker
: public wxEvtHandler
296 Constructs the blocker for the given window and for the given event type.
298 If @a type is @c wxEVT_ANY, then all events for that window are blocked.
299 You can call Block() after creation to add other event types to the list
302 Note that the @a win window @b must remain alive until the
303 wxEventBlocker object destruction.
305 wxEventBlocker(wxWindow
* win
, wxEventType type
= -1);
308 Destructor. The blocker will remove itself from the chain of event handlers for
309 the window provided in the constructor, thus restoring normal processing of events.
311 virtual ~wxEventBlocker();
314 Adds to the list of event types which should be blocked the given @a eventType.
316 void Block(wxEventType eventType
);
324 A class that can handle events from the windowing system.
325 wxWindow is (and therefore all window classes are) derived from this class.
327 When events are received, wxEvtHandler invokes the method listed in the
328 event table using itself as the object. When using multiple inheritance
329 <b>it is imperative that the wxEvtHandler(-derived) class is the first
330 class inherited</b> such that the @c this pointer for the overall object
331 will be identical to the @c this pointer of the wxEvtHandler portion.
336 @see @ref overview_events_processing, wxEventBlocker, wxEventLoopBase
338 class wxEvtHandler
: public wxObject
, public wxTrackable
349 If the handler is part of a chain, the destructor will unlink itself
352 virtual ~wxEvtHandler();
356 @name Event queuing and processing
361 Queue event for a later processing.
363 This method is similar to ProcessEvent() but while the latter is
364 synchronous, i.e. the event is processed immediately, before the
365 function returns, this one is asynchronous and returns immediately
366 while the event will be processed at some later time (usually during
367 the next event loop iteration).
369 Another important difference is that this method takes ownership of the
370 @a event parameter, i.e. it will delete it itself. This implies that
371 the event should be allocated on the heap and that the pointer can't be
372 used any more after the function returns (as it can be deleted at any
375 QueueEvent() can be used for inter-thread communication from the worker
376 threads to the main thread, it is safe in the sense that it uses
377 locking internally and avoids the problem mentioned in AddPendingEvent()
378 documentation by ensuring that the @a event object is not used by the
379 calling thread any more. Care should still be taken to avoid that some
380 fields of this object are used by it, notably any wxString members of
381 the event object must not be shallow copies of another wxString object
382 as this would result in them still using the same string buffer behind
383 the scenes. For example:
385 void FunctionInAWorkerThread(const wxString& str)
387 wxCommandEvent* evt = new wxCommandEvent;
389 // NOT evt->SetString(str) as this would be a shallow copy
390 evt->SetString(str.c_str()); // make a deep copy
392 wxTheApp->QueueEvent( evt );
396 Note that you can use wxThreadEvent instead of wxCommandEvent
397 to avoid this problem:
399 void FunctionInAWorkerThread(const wxString& str)
404 // wxThreadEvent::Clone() makes sure that the internal wxString
405 // member is not shared by other wxString instances:
406 wxTheApp->QueueEvent( evt.Clone() );
410 Finally notice that this method automatically wakes up the event loop
411 if it is currently idle by calling ::wxWakeUpIdle() so there is no need
412 to do it manually when using it.
417 A heap-allocated event to be queued, QueueEvent() takes ownership
418 of it. This parameter shouldn't be @c NULL.
420 virtual void QueueEvent(wxEvent
*event
);
423 Post an event to be processed later.
425 This function is similar to QueueEvent() but can't be used to post
426 events from worker threads for the event objects with wxString fields
427 (i.e. in practice most of them) because of an unsafe use of the same
428 wxString object which happens because the wxString field in the
429 original @a event object and its copy made internally by this function
430 share the same string buffer internally. Use QueueEvent() to avoid
433 A copy of @a event is made by the function, so the original can be deleted
434 as soon as function returns (it is common that the original is created
435 on the stack). This requires that the wxEvent::Clone() method be
436 implemented by event so that it can be duplicated and stored until it
440 Event to add to the pending events queue.
442 virtual void AddPendingEvent(const wxEvent
& event
);
445 Processes an event, searching event tables and calling zero or more suitable
446 event handler function(s).
448 Normally, your application would not call this function: it is called in the
449 wxWidgets implementation to dispatch incoming user interface events to the
450 framework (and application).
452 However, you might need to call it if implementing new functionality
453 (such as a new control) where you define new event types, as opposed to
454 allowing the user to override virtual functions.
456 Notice that you don't usually need to override ProcessEvent() to
457 customize the event handling, overriding the specially provided
458 TryBefore() and TryAfter() functions is usually enough. For example,
459 wxMDIParentFrame may override TryBefore() to ensure that the menu
460 events are processed in the active child frame before being processed
461 in the parent frame itself.
463 The normal order of event table searching is as follows:
464 -# wxApp::FilterEvent() is called. If it returns anything but @c -1
465 (default) the processing stops here.
466 -# TryBefore() is called (this is where wxValidator are taken into
467 account for wxWindow objects). If this returns @true, the function exits.
468 -# If the object is disabled (via a call to wxEvtHandler::SetEvtHandlerEnabled)
469 the function skips to step (7).
470 -# Dynamic event table of the handlers bound using Bind<>() is
471 searched. If a handler is found, it is executed and the function
472 returns @true unless the handler used wxEvent::Skip() to indicate
473 that it didn't handle the event in which case the search continues.
474 -# Static events table of the handlers bound using event table
475 macros is searched for this event handler. If this fails, the base
476 class event table table is tried, and so on until no more tables
477 exist or an appropriate function was found. If a handler is found,
478 the same logic as in the previous step applies.
479 -# The search is applied down the entire chain of event handlers (usually the
480 chain has a length of one). This chain can be formed using wxEvtHandler::SetNextHandler():
481 @image html overview_events_chain.png
482 (referring to the image, if @c A->ProcessEvent is called and it doesn't handle
483 the event, @c B->ProcessEvent will be called and so on...).
484 Note that in the case of wxWindow you can build a stack of event handlers
485 (see wxWindow::PushEventHandler() for more info).
486 If any of the handlers of the chain return @true, the function exits.
487 -# TryAfter() is called: for the wxWindow object this may propagate the
488 event to the window parent (recursively). If the event is still not
489 processed, ProcessEvent() on wxTheApp object is called as the last
492 Notice that steps (2)-(6) are performed in ProcessEventLocally()
493 which is called by this function.
498 @true if a suitable event handler function was found and executed,
499 and the function did not call wxEvent::Skip.
501 @see SearchEventTable()
503 virtual bool ProcessEvent(wxEvent
& event
);
506 Try to process the event in this handler and all those chained to it.
508 As explained in ProcessEvent() documentation, the event handlers may be
509 chained in a doubly-linked list. This function tries to process the
510 event in this handler (including performing any pre-processing done in
511 TryBefore(), e.g. applying validators) and all those following it in
512 the chain until the event is processed or the chain is exhausted.
514 This function is called from ProcessEvent() and, in turn, calls
515 TryThis() for each handler in turn. It is not virtual and so cannot be
516 overridden but can, and should, be called to forward an event to
517 another handler instead of ProcessEvent() which would result in a
518 duplicate call to TryAfter(), e.g. resulting in all unprocessed events
519 being sent to the application object multiple times.
526 @true if this handler of one of those chained to it processed the
529 bool ProcessEventLocally(wxEvent
& event
);
532 Processes an event by calling ProcessEvent() and handles any exceptions
533 that occur in the process.
534 If an exception is thrown in event handler, wxApp::OnExceptionInMainLoop is called.
539 @return @true if the event was processed, @false if no handler was found
540 or an exception was thrown.
542 @see wxWindow::HandleWindowEvent
544 bool SafelyProcessEvent(wxEvent
& event
);
547 Processes the pending events previously queued using QueueEvent() or
548 AddPendingEvent(); you must call this function only if you are sure
549 there are pending events for this handler, otherwise a @c wxCHECK
552 The real processing still happens in ProcessEvent() which is called by this
555 Note that this function needs a valid application object (see
556 wxAppConsole::GetInstance()) because wxApp holds the list of the event
557 handlers with pending events and this function manipulates that list.
559 void ProcessPendingEvents();
562 Deletes all events queued on this event handler using QueueEvent() or
565 Use with care because the events which are deleted are (obviously) not
566 processed and this may have unwanted consequences (e.g. user actions events
569 void DeletePendingEvents();
572 Searches the event table, executing an event handler function if an appropriate
576 Event table to be searched.
578 Event to be matched against an event table entry.
580 @return @true if a suitable event handler function was found and
581 executed, and the function did not call wxEvent::Skip.
583 @remarks This function looks through the object's event table and tries
584 to find an entry that will match the event.
585 An entry will match if:
586 @li The event type matches, and
587 @li the identifier or identifier range matches, or the event table
588 entry's identifier is zero.
590 If a suitable function is called but calls wxEvent::Skip, this
591 function will fail, and searching will continue.
593 @todo this function in the header is listed as an "implementation only" function;
594 are we sure we want to document it?
598 virtual bool SearchEventTable(wxEventTable
& table
,
605 @name Connecting and disconnecting
610 Connects the given function dynamically with the event handler, id and
613 Notice that Bind() provides a more flexible and safer way to do the
614 same thing as Connect(), please use it in any new code -- while
615 Connect() is not formally deprecated due to its existing widespread
616 usage, it has no advantages compared to Bind().
618 This is an alternative to the use of static event tables. It is more
619 flexible as it allows to connect events generated by some object to an
620 event handler defined in a different object of a different class (which
621 is impossible to do directly with the event tables -- the events can be
622 only handled in another object if they are propagated upwards to it).
623 Do make sure to specify the correct @a eventSink when connecting to an
624 event of a different object.
626 See @ref overview_events_bind for more detailed explanation
627 of this function and the @ref page_samples_event sample for usage
630 This specific overload allows you to connect an event handler to a @e range
632 Do not confuse @e source IDs with event @e types: source IDs identify the
633 event generator objects (typically wxMenuItem or wxWindow objects) while the
634 event @e type identify which type of events should be handled by the
635 given @e function (an event generator object may generate many different
639 The first ID of the identifier range to be associated with the event
642 The last ID of the identifier range to be associated with the event
645 The event type to be associated with this event handler.
647 The event handler function. Note that this function should
648 be explicitly converted to the correct type which can be done using a macro
649 called @c wxFooEventHandler for the handler for any @c wxFooEvent.
651 Data to be associated with the event table entry.
653 Object whose member function should be called. It must be specified
654 when connecting an event generated by one object to a member
655 function of a different object. If it is omitted, @c this is used.
658 In wxPerl this function takes 4 arguments: @a id, @a lastid,
659 @a type, @a method; if @a method is undef, the handler is
665 void Connect(int id
, int lastId
, wxEventType eventType
,
666 wxObjectEventFunction function
,
667 wxObject
* userData
= NULL
,
668 wxEvtHandler
* eventSink
= NULL
);
671 See the Connect(int, int, wxEventType, wxObjectEventFunction, wxObject*, wxEvtHandler*)
672 overload for more info.
674 This overload can be used to attach an event handler to a single source ID:
678 frame->Connect( wxID_EXIT,
679 wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED,
680 wxCommandEventHandler(MyFrame::OnQuit) );
684 Not supported by wxPerl.
687 void Connect(int id
, wxEventType eventType
,
688 wxObjectEventFunction function
,
689 wxObject
* userData
= NULL
,
690 wxEvtHandler
* eventSink
= NULL
);
693 See the Connect(int, int, wxEventType, wxObjectEventFunction, wxObject*, wxEvtHandler*)
694 overload for more info.
696 This overload will connect the given event handler so that regardless of the
697 ID of the event source, the handler will be called.
700 Not supported by wxPerl.
703 void Connect(wxEventType eventType
,
704 wxObjectEventFunction function
,
705 wxObject
* userData
= NULL
,
706 wxEvtHandler
* eventSink
= NULL
);
709 Disconnects the given function dynamically from the event handler, using the
710 specified parameters as search criteria and returning @true if a matching
711 function has been found and removed.
713 This method can only disconnect functions which have been added using the
714 Connect() method. There is no way to disconnect functions connected using
715 the (static) event tables.
718 The event type associated with this event handler.
720 The event handler function.
722 Data associated with the event table entry.
724 Object whose member function should be called.
727 Not supported by wxPerl.
730 bool Disconnect(wxEventType eventType
,
731 wxObjectEventFunction function
,
732 wxObject
* userData
= NULL
,
733 wxEvtHandler
* eventSink
= NULL
);
736 See the Disconnect(wxEventType, wxObjectEventFunction, wxObject*, wxEvtHandler*)
737 overload for more info.
739 This overload takes the additional @a id parameter.
742 Not supported by wxPerl.
745 bool Disconnect(int id
= wxID_ANY
,
746 wxEventType eventType
= wxEVT_NULL
,
747 wxObjectEventFunction function
= NULL
,
748 wxObject
* userData
= NULL
,
749 wxEvtHandler
* eventSink
= NULL
);
752 See the Disconnect(wxEventType, wxObjectEventFunction, wxObject*, wxEvtHandler*)
753 overload for more info.
755 This overload takes an additional range of source IDs.
758 In wxPerl this function takes 3 arguments: @a id,
762 bool Disconnect(int id
, int lastId
,
763 wxEventType eventType
,
764 wxObjectEventFunction function
= NULL
,
765 wxObject
* userData
= NULL
,
766 wxEvtHandler
* eventSink
= NULL
);
771 @name Binding and Unbinding
776 Binds the given function, functor or method dynamically with the event.
778 This offers basically the same functionality as Connect(), but it is
779 more flexible as it also allows you to use ordinary functions and
780 arbitrary functors as event handlers. It is also less restrictive then
781 Connect() because you can use an arbitrary method as an event handler,
782 where as Connect() requires a wxEvtHandler derived handler.
784 See @ref overview_events_bind for more detailed explanation
785 of this function and the @ref page_samples_event sample for usage
789 The event type to be associated with this event handler.
791 The event handler functor. This can be an ordinary function but also
792 an arbitrary functor like boost::function<>.
794 The first ID of the identifier range to be associated with the event
797 The last ID of the identifier range to be associated with the event
800 Data to be associated with the event table entry.
802 @see @ref overview_cpp_rtti_disabled
806 template <typename EventTag
, typename Functor
>
807 void Bind(const EventTag
& eventType
,
810 int lastId
= wxID_ANY
,
811 wxObject
*userData
= NULL
);
814 See the Bind<>(const EventTag&, Functor, int, int, wxObject*) overload for
817 This overload will bind the given method as the event handler.
820 The event type to be associated with this event handler.
822 The event handler method. This can be an arbitrary method (doesn't need
823 to be from a wxEvtHandler derived class).
825 Object whose method should be called. It must always be specified
826 so it can be checked at compile time whether the given method is an
827 actual member of the given handler.
829 The first ID of the identifier range to be associated with the event
832 The last ID of the identifier range to be associated with the event
835 Data to be associated with the event table entry.
837 @see @ref overview_cpp_rtti_disabled
841 template <typename EventTag
, typename Class
, typename EventArg
, typename EventHandler
>
842 void Bind(const EventTag
&eventType
,
843 void (Class::*method
)(EventArg
&),
844 EventHandler
*handler
,
846 int lastId
= wxID_ANY
,
847 wxObject
*userData
= NULL
);
849 Unbinds the given function, functor or method dynamically from the
850 event handler, using the specified parameters as search criteria and
851 returning @true if a matching function has been found and removed.
853 This method can only unbind functions, functors or methods which have
854 been added using the Bind<>() method. There is no way to unbind
855 functions bound using the (static) event tables.
858 The event type associated with this event handler.
860 The event handler functor. This can be an ordinary function but also
861 an arbitrary functor like boost::function<>.
863 The first ID of the identifier range associated with the event
866 The last ID of the identifier range associated with the event
869 Data associated with the event table entry.
871 @see @ref overview_cpp_rtti_disabled
875 template <typename EventTag
, typename Functor
>
876 bool Unbind(const EventTag
& eventType
,
879 int lastId
= wxID_ANY
,
880 wxObject
*userData
= NULL
);
883 See the Unbind<>(const EventTag&, Functor, int, int, wxObject*)
884 overload for more info.
886 This overload unbinds the given method from the event..
889 The event type associated with this event handler.
891 The event handler method associated with this event.
893 Object whose method was called.
895 The first ID of the identifier range associated with the event
898 The last ID of the identifier range associated with the event
901 Data associated with the event table entry.
903 @see @ref overview_cpp_rtti_disabled
907 template <typename EventTag
, typename Class
, typename EventArg
, typename EventHandler
>
908 bool Unbind(const EventTag
&eventType
,
909 void (Class::*method
)(EventArg
&),
910 EventHandler
*handler
,
912 int lastId
= wxID_ANY
,
913 wxObject
*userData
= NULL
);
916 @name User-supplied data
921 Returns user-supplied client data.
923 @remarks Normally, any extra data the programmer wishes to associate with
924 the object should be made available by deriving a new class with
929 void* GetClientData() const;
932 Returns a pointer to the user-supplied client data object.
934 @see SetClientObject(), wxClientData
936 wxClientData
* GetClientObject() const;
939 Sets user-supplied client data.
942 Data to be associated with the event handler.
944 @remarks Normally, any extra data the programmer wishes to associate
945 with the object should be made available by deriving a new
946 class with new data members. You must not call this method
947 and SetClientObject on the same class - only one of them.
951 void SetClientData(void* data
);
954 Set the client data object. Any previous object will be deleted.
956 @see GetClientObject(), wxClientData
958 void SetClientObject(wxClientData
* data
);
964 @name Event handler chaining
966 wxEvtHandler can be arranged in a double-linked list of handlers
967 which is automatically iterated by ProcessEvent() if needed.
972 Returns @true if the event handler is enabled, @false otherwise.
974 @see SetEvtHandlerEnabled()
976 bool GetEvtHandlerEnabled() const;
979 Returns the pointer to the next handler in the chain.
981 @see SetNextHandler(), GetPreviousHandler(), SetPreviousHandler(),
982 wxWindow::PushEventHandler, wxWindow::PopEventHandler
984 wxEvtHandler
* GetNextHandler() const;
987 Returns the pointer to the previous handler in the chain.
989 @see SetPreviousHandler(), GetNextHandler(), SetNextHandler(),
990 wxWindow::PushEventHandler, wxWindow::PopEventHandler
992 wxEvtHandler
* GetPreviousHandler() const;
995 Enables or disables the event handler.
998 @true if the event handler is to be enabled, @false if it is to be disabled.
1000 @remarks You can use this function to avoid having to remove the event
1001 handler from the chain, for example when implementing a
1002 dialog editor and changing from edit to test mode.
1004 @see GetEvtHandlerEnabled()
1006 void SetEvtHandlerEnabled(bool enabled
);
1009 Sets the pointer to the next handler.
1012 See ProcessEvent() for more info about how the chains of event handlers
1013 are internally used.
1014 Also remember that wxEvtHandler uses double-linked lists and thus if you
1015 use this function, you should also call SetPreviousHandler() on the
1016 argument passed to this function:
1018 handlerA->SetNextHandler(handlerB);
1019 handlerB->SetPreviousHandler(handlerA);
1023 The event handler to be set as the next handler.
1026 @see @ref overview_events_processing
1028 virtual void SetNextHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
1031 Sets the pointer to the previous handler.
1032 All remarks about SetNextHandler() apply to this function as well.
1035 The event handler to be set as the previous handler.
1038 @see @ref overview_events_processing
1040 virtual void SetPreviousHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
1043 Unlinks this event handler from the chain it's part of (if any);
1044 then links the "previous" event handler to the "next" one
1045 (so that the chain won't be interrupted).
1047 E.g. if before calling Unlink() you have the following chain:
1048 @image html evthandler_unlink_before.png
1049 then after calling @c B->Unlink() you'll have:
1050 @image html evthandler_unlink_after.png
1057 Returns @true if the next and the previous handler pointers of this
1058 event handler instance are @NULL.
1062 @see SetPreviousHandler(), SetNextHandler()
1064 bool IsUnlinked() const;
1070 Method called by ProcessEvent() before examining this object event
1073 This method can be overridden to hook into the event processing logic
1074 as early as possible. You should usually call the base class version
1075 when overriding this method, even if wxEvtHandler itself does nothing
1076 here, some derived classes do use this method, e.g. wxWindow implements
1077 support for wxValidator in it.
1081 class MyClass : public BaseClass // inheriting from wxEvtHandler
1085 virtual bool TryBefore(wxEvent& event)
1087 if ( MyPreProcess(event) )
1090 return BaseClass::TryBefore(event);
1097 virtual bool TryBefore(wxEvent
& event
);
1100 Try to process the event in this event handler.
1102 This method is called from ProcessEventLocally() and thus, indirectly,
1103 from ProcessEvent(), please see the detailed description of the event
1104 processing logic there.
1106 It is currently @em not virtual and so may not be overridden.
1113 @true if this object itself defines a handler for this event and
1114 the handler didn't skip the event.
1116 bool TryThis(wxEvent
& event
);
1119 Method called by ProcessEvent() as last resort.
1121 This method can be overridden to implement post-processing for the
1122 events which were not processed anywhere else.
1124 The base class version handles forwarding the unprocessed events to
1125 wxApp at wxEvtHandler level and propagating them upwards the window
1126 child-parent chain at wxWindow level and so should usually be called
1127 when overriding this method:
1129 class MyClass : public BaseClass // inheriting from wxEvtHandler
1133 virtual bool TryAfter(wxEvent& event)
1135 if ( BaseClass::TryAfter(event) )
1138 return MyPostProcess(event);
1145 virtual bool TryAfter(wxEvent
& event
);
1150 Flags for categories of keys.
1152 These values are used by wxKeyEvent::IsKeyInCategory(). They may be
1153 combined via the bitwise operators |, &, and ~.
1157 enum wxKeyCategoryFlags
1159 /// arrow keys, on and off numeric keypads
1162 /// page up and page down keys, on and off numeric keypads
1163 WXK_CATEGORY_PAGING
,
1165 /// home and end keys, on and off numeric keypads
1168 /// tab key, on and off numeric keypads
1171 /// backspace and delete keys, on and off numeric keypads
1174 /// union of WXK_CATEGORY_ARROW, WXK_CATEGORY_PAGING, and WXK_CATEGORY_JUMP categories
1175 WXK_CATEGORY_NAVIGATION
1182 This event class contains information about keypress (character) events.
1184 Notice that there are three different kinds of keyboard events in wxWidgets:
1185 key down and up events and char events. The difference between the first two
1186 is clear - the first corresponds to a key press and the second to a key
1187 release - otherwise they are identical. Just note that if the key is
1188 maintained in a pressed state you will typically get a lot of (automatically
1189 generated) down events but only one up so it is wrong to assume that there is
1190 one up event corresponding to each down one.
1192 Both key events provide untranslated key codes while the char event carries
1193 the translated one. The untranslated code for alphanumeric keys is always
1194 an upper case value. For the other keys it is one of @c WXK_XXX values
1195 from the ::wxKeyCode enumeration.
1196 The translated key is, in general, the character the user expects to appear
1197 as the result of the key combination when typing the text into a text entry
1200 A few examples to clarify this (all assume that CAPS LOCK is unpressed
1201 and the standard US keyboard): when the @c 'A' key is pressed, the key down
1202 event key code is equal to @c ASCII A == 65. But the char event key code
1203 is @c ASCII a == 97. On the other hand, if you press both SHIFT and
1204 @c 'A' keys simultaneously , the key code in key down event will still be
1205 just @c 'A' while the char event key code parameter will now be @c 'A'
1208 Although in this simple case it is clear that the correct key code could be
1209 found in the key down event handler by checking the value returned by
1210 wxKeyEvent::ShiftDown(), in general you should use @c EVT_CHAR for this as
1211 for non-alphanumeric keys the translation is keyboard-layout dependent and
1212 can only be done properly by the system itself.
1214 Another kind of translation is done when the control key is pressed: for
1215 example, for CTRL-A key press the key down event still carries the
1216 same key code @c 'a' as usual but the char event will have key code of 1,
1217 the ASCII value of this key combination.
1219 You may discover how the other keys on your system behave interactively by
1220 running the @ref page_samples_text wxWidgets sample and pressing some keys
1221 in any of the text controls shown in it.
1223 @b Tip: be sure to call @c event.Skip() for events that you don't process in
1224 key event function, otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1226 @note If a key down (@c EVT_KEY_DOWN) event is caught and the event handler
1227 does not call @c event.Skip() then the corresponding char event
1228 (@c EVT_CHAR) will not happen.
1229 This is by design and enables the programs that handle both types of
1230 events to be a bit simpler.
1232 @note For Windows programmers: The key and char events in wxWidgets are
1233 similar to but slightly different from Windows @c WM_KEYDOWN and
1234 @c WM_CHAR events. In particular, Alt-x combination will generate a
1235 char event in wxWidgets (unless it is used as an accelerator).
1238 @beginEventTable{wxKeyEvent}
1239 @event{EVT_KEY_DOWN(func)}
1240 Process a @c wxEVT_KEY_DOWN event (any key has been pressed).
1241 @event{EVT_KEY_UP(func)}
1242 Process a @c wxEVT_KEY_UP event (any key has been released).
1243 @event{EVT_CHAR(func)}
1244 Process a @c wxEVT_CHAR event.
1247 @see wxKeyboardState
1252 class wxKeyEvent
: public wxEvent
,
1253 public wxKeyboardState
1258 Currently, the only valid event types are @c wxEVT_CHAR and @c wxEVT_CHAR_HOOK.
1260 wxKeyEvent(wxEventType keyEventType
= wxEVT_NULL
);
1263 Returns the virtual key code. ASCII events return normal ASCII values,
1264 while non-ASCII events return values such as @b WXK_LEFT for the left cursor
1265 key. See ::wxKeyCode for a full list of the virtual key codes.
1267 Note that in Unicode build, the returned value is meaningful only if the
1268 user entered a character that can be represented in current locale's default
1269 charset. You can obtain the corresponding Unicode character using GetUnicodeKey().
1271 int GetKeyCode() const;
1274 Returns true if the key is in the given key category.
1277 A bitwise combination of named ::wxKeyCategoryFlags constants.
1281 bool IsKeyInCategory(int category
) const;
1285 Obtains the position (in client coordinates) at which the key was pressed.
1287 wxPoint
GetPosition() const;
1288 void GetPosition(long* x
, long* y
) const;
1292 Returns the raw key code for this event. This is a platform-dependent scan code
1293 which should only be used in advanced applications.
1295 @note Currently the raw key codes are not supported by all ports, use
1296 @ifdef_ wxHAS_RAW_KEY_CODES to determine if this feature is available.
1298 wxUint32
GetRawKeyCode() const;
1301 Returns the low level key flags for this event. The flags are
1302 platform-dependent and should only be used in advanced applications.
1304 @note Currently the raw key flags are not supported by all ports, use
1305 @ifdef_ wxHAS_RAW_KEY_CODES to determine if this feature is available.
1307 wxUint32
GetRawKeyFlags() const;
1310 Returns the Unicode character corresponding to this key event.
1312 This function is only available in Unicode build, i.e. when
1313 @c wxUSE_UNICODE is 1.
1315 wxChar
GetUnicodeKey() const;
1318 Returns the X position (in client coordinates) of the event.
1320 wxCoord
GetX() const;
1323 Returns the Y position (in client coordinates) of the event.
1325 wxCoord
GetY() const;
1331 @class wxJoystickEvent
1333 This event class contains information about joystick events, particularly
1334 events received by windows.
1336 @beginEventTable{wxJoystickEvent}
1337 @event{EVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN(func)}
1338 Process a @c wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN event.
1339 @event{EVT_JOY_BUTTON_UP(func)}
1340 Process a @c wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_UP event.
1341 @event{EVT_JOY_MOVE(func)}
1342 Process a @c wxEVT_JOY_MOVE event.
1343 @event{EVT_JOY_ZMOVE(func)}
1344 Process a @c wxEVT_JOY_ZMOVE event.
1345 @event{EVT_JOYSTICK_EVENTS(func)}
1346 Processes all joystick events.
1354 class wxJoystickEvent
: public wxEvent
1360 wxJoystickEvent(wxEventType eventType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int state
= 0,
1361 int joystick
= wxJOYSTICK1
,
1365 Returns @true if the event was a down event from the specified button
1369 Can be @c wxJOY_BUTTONn where @c n is 1, 2, 3 or 4; or @c wxJOY_BUTTON_ANY to
1370 indicate any button down event.
1372 bool ButtonDown(int button
= wxJOY_BUTTON_ANY
) const;
1375 Returns @true if the specified button (or any button) was in a down state.
1378 Can be @c wxJOY_BUTTONn where @c n is 1, 2, 3 or 4; or @c wxJOY_BUTTON_ANY to
1379 indicate any button down event.
1381 bool ButtonIsDown(int button
= wxJOY_BUTTON_ANY
) const;
1384 Returns @true if the event was an up event from the specified button
1388 Can be @c wxJOY_BUTTONn where @c n is 1, 2, 3 or 4; or @c wxJOY_BUTTON_ANY to
1389 indicate any button down event.
1391 bool ButtonUp(int button
= wxJOY_BUTTON_ANY
) const;
1394 Returns the identifier of the button changing state.
1396 This is a @c wxJOY_BUTTONn identifier, where @c n is one of 1, 2, 3, 4.
1398 int GetButtonChange() const;
1401 Returns the down state of the buttons.
1403 This is a @c wxJOY_BUTTONn identifier, where @c n is one of 1, 2, 3, 4.
1405 int GetButtonState() const;
1408 Returns the identifier of the joystick generating the event - one of
1409 wxJOYSTICK1 and wxJOYSTICK2.
1411 int GetJoystick() const;
1414 Returns the x, y position of the joystick event.
1416 wxPoint
GetPosition() const;
1419 Returns the z position of the joystick event.
1421 int GetZPosition() const;
1424 Returns @true if this was a button up or down event
1425 (@e not 'is any button down?').
1427 bool IsButton() const;
1430 Returns @true if this was an x, y move event.
1432 bool IsMove() const;
1435 Returns @true if this was a z move event.
1437 bool IsZMove() const;
1443 @class wxScrollWinEvent
1445 A scroll event holds information about events sent from scrolling windows.
1447 Note that you can use the EVT_SCROLLWIN* macros for intercepting scroll window events
1448 from the receiving window.
1450 @beginEventTable{wxScrollWinEvent}
1451 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN(func)}
1452 Process all scroll events.
1453 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_TOP(func)}
1454 Process wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_TOP scroll-to-top events.
1455 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_BOTTOM(func)}
1456 Process wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_BOTTOM scroll-to-bottom events.
1457 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEUP(func)}
1458 Process wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEUP line up events.
1459 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEDOWN(func)}
1460 Process wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEDOWN line down events.
1461 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_PAGEUP(func)}
1462 Process wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_PAGEUP page up events.
1463 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_PAGEDOWN(func)}
1464 Process wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_PAGEDOWN page down events.
1465 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBTRACK(func)}
1466 Process wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBTRACK thumbtrack events
1467 (frequent events sent as the user drags the thumbtrack).
1468 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE(func)}
1469 Process wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE thumb release events.
1476 @see wxScrollEvent, @ref overview_events
1478 class wxScrollWinEvent
: public wxEvent
1484 wxScrollWinEvent(wxEventType commandType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int pos
= 0,
1485 int orientation
= 0);
1488 Returns wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL, depending on the orientation of the
1491 @todo wxHORIZONTAL and wxVERTICAL should go in their own enum
1493 int GetOrientation() const;
1496 Returns the position of the scrollbar for the thumb track and release events.
1498 Note that this field can't be used for the other events, you need to query
1499 the window itself for the current position in that case.
1501 int GetPosition() const;
1507 @class wxSysColourChangedEvent
1509 This class is used for system colour change events, which are generated
1510 when the user changes the colour settings using the control panel.
1511 This is only appropriate under Windows.
1514 The default event handler for this event propagates the event to child windows,
1515 since Windows only sends the events to top-level windows.
1516 If intercepting this event for a top-level window, remember to call the base
1517 class handler, or to pass the event on to the window's children explicitly.
1519 @beginEventTable{wxSysColourChangedEvent}
1520 @event{EVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED(func)}
1521 Process a @c wxEVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED event.
1527 @see @ref overview_events
1529 class wxSysColourChangedEvent
: public wxEvent
1535 wxSysColourChangedEvent();
1541 @class wxWindowCreateEvent
1543 This event is sent just after the actual window associated with a wxWindow
1544 object has been created.
1546 Since it is derived from wxCommandEvent, the event propagates up
1547 the window hierarchy.
1549 @beginEventTable{wxWindowCreateEvent}
1550 @event{EVT_WINDOW_CREATE(func)}
1551 Process a @c wxEVT_CREATE event.
1557 @see @ref overview_events, wxWindowDestroyEvent
1559 class wxWindowCreateEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
1565 wxWindowCreateEvent(wxWindow
* win
= NULL
);
1567 /// Retutn the window being created.
1568 wxWindow
*GetWindow() const;
1576 A paint event is sent when a window's contents needs to be repainted.
1578 The handler of this event must create a wxPaintDC object and use it for
1579 painting the window contents. For example:
1581 void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent& event)
1589 Notice that you must @e not create other kinds of wxDC (e.g. wxClientDC or
1590 wxWindowDC) in EVT_PAINT handlers and also don't create wxPaintDC outside
1591 of this event handlers.
1594 You can optimize painting by retrieving the rectangles that have been damaged
1595 and only repainting these. The rectangles are in terms of the client area,
1596 and are unscrolled, so you will need to do some calculations using the current
1597 view position to obtain logical, scrolled units.
1598 Here is an example of using the wxRegionIterator class:
1600 // Called when window needs to be repainted.
1601 void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent& event)
1605 // Find Out where the window is scrolled to
1606 int vbX,vbY; // Top left corner of client
1607 GetViewStart(&vbX,&vbY);
1609 int vX,vY,vW,vH; // Dimensions of client area in pixels
1610 wxRegionIterator upd(GetUpdateRegion()); // get the update rect list
1619 // Alternatively we can do this:
1620 // wxRect rect(upd.GetRect());
1622 // Repaint this rectangle
1631 Please notice that in general it is impossible to change the drawing of a
1632 standard control (such as wxButton) and so you shouldn't attempt to handle
1633 paint events for them as even if it might work on some platforms, this is
1634 inherently not portable and won't work everywhere.
1637 @beginEventTable{wxPaintEvent}
1638 @event{EVT_PAINT(func)}
1639 Process a @c wxEVT_PAINT event.
1645 @see @ref overview_events
1647 class wxPaintEvent
: public wxEvent
1653 wxPaintEvent(int id
= 0);
1659 @class wxMaximizeEvent
1661 An event being sent when a top level window is maximized. Notice that it is
1662 not sent when the window is restored to its original size after it had been
1663 maximized, only a normal wxSizeEvent is generated in this case.
1665 @beginEventTable{wxMaximizeEvent}
1666 @event{EVT_MAXIMIZE(func)}
1667 Process a @c wxEVT_MAXIMIZE event.
1673 @see @ref overview_events, wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize,
1674 wxTopLevelWindow::IsMaximized
1676 class wxMaximizeEvent
: public wxEvent
1680 Constructor. Only used by wxWidgets internally.
1682 wxMaximizeEvent(int id
= 0);
1686 The possibles modes to pass to wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode().
1690 /** Send UI update events to all windows. */
1691 wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_ALL
,
1693 /** Send UI update events to windows that have
1694 the wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES flag specified. */
1695 wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_SPECIFIED
1700 @class wxUpdateUIEvent
1702 This class is used for pseudo-events which are called by wxWidgets
1703 to give an application the chance to update various user interface elements.
1705 Without update UI events, an application has to work hard to check/uncheck,
1706 enable/disable, show/hide, and set the text for elements such as menu items
1707 and toolbar buttons. The code for doing this has to be mixed up with the code
1708 that is invoked when an action is invoked for a menu item or button.
1710 With update UI events, you define an event handler to look at the state of the
1711 application and change UI elements accordingly. wxWidgets will call your member
1712 functions in idle time, so you don't have to worry where to call this code.
1714 In addition to being a clearer and more declarative method, it also means you don't
1715 have to worry whether you're updating a toolbar or menubar identifier. The same
1716 handler can update a menu item and toolbar button, if the identifier is the same.
1717 Instead of directly manipulating the menu or button, you call functions in the event
1718 object, such as wxUpdateUIEvent::Check. wxWidgets will determine whether such a
1719 call has been made, and which UI element to update.
1721 These events will work for popup menus as well as menubars. Just before a menu is
1722 popped up, wxMenu::UpdateUI is called to process any UI events for the window that
1725 If you find that the overhead of UI update processing is affecting your application,
1726 you can do one or both of the following:
1727 @li Call wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode with a value of wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_SPECIFIED,
1728 and set the extra style wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES for every window that should
1729 receive update events. No other windows will receive update events.
1730 @li Call wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval with a millisecond value to set the delay
1731 between updates. You may need to call wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI at critical points,
1732 for example when a dialog is about to be shown, in case the user sees a slight
1733 delay before windows are updated.
1735 Note that although events are sent in idle time, defining a wxIdleEvent handler
1736 for a window does not affect this because the events are sent from wxWindow::OnInternalIdle
1737 which is always called in idle time.
1739 wxWidgets tries to optimize update events on some platforms.
1740 On Windows and GTK+, events for menubar items are only sent when the menu is about
1741 to be shown, and not in idle time.
1744 @beginEventTable{wxUpdateUIEvent}
1745 @event{EVT_UPDATE_UI(id, func)}
1746 Process a @c wxEVT_UPDATE_UI event for the command with the given id.
1747 @event{EVT_UPDATE_UI_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}
1748 Process a @c wxEVT_UPDATE_UI event for any command with id included in the given range.
1754 @see @ref overview_events
1756 class wxUpdateUIEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
1762 wxUpdateUIEvent(wxWindowID commandId
= 0);
1765 Returns @true if it is appropriate to update (send UI update events to)
1768 This function looks at the mode used (see wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode),
1769 the wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES flag in @a window, the time update events
1770 were last sent in idle time, and the update interval, to determine whether
1771 events should be sent to this window now. By default this will always
1772 return @true because the update mode is initially wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_ALL
1773 and the interval is set to 0; so update events will be sent as often as
1774 possible. You can reduce the frequency that events are sent by changing the
1775 mode and/or setting an update interval.
1777 @see ResetUpdateTime(), SetUpdateInterval(), SetMode()
1779 static bool CanUpdate(wxWindow
* window
);
1782 Check or uncheck the UI element.
1784 void Check(bool check
);
1787 Enable or disable the UI element.
1789 void Enable(bool enable
);
1792 Returns @true if the UI element should be checked.
1794 bool GetChecked() const;
1797 Returns @true if the UI element should be enabled.
1799 bool GetEnabled() const;
1802 Static function returning a value specifying how wxWidgets will send update
1803 events: to all windows, or only to those which specify that they will process
1808 static wxUpdateUIMode
GetMode();
1811 Returns @true if the application has called Check().
1812 For wxWidgets internal use only.
1814 bool GetSetChecked() const;
1817 Returns @true if the application has called Enable().
1818 For wxWidgets internal use only.
1820 bool GetSetEnabled() const;
1823 Returns @true if the application has called Show().
1824 For wxWidgets internal use only.
1826 bool GetSetShown() const;
1829 Returns @true if the application has called SetText().
1830 For wxWidgets internal use only.
1832 bool GetSetText() const;
1835 Returns @true if the UI element should be shown.
1837 bool GetShown() const;
1840 Returns the text that should be set for the UI element.
1842 wxString
GetText() const;
1845 Returns the current interval between updates in milliseconds.
1846 The value -1 disables updates, 0 updates as frequently as possible.
1848 @see SetUpdateInterval().
1850 static long GetUpdateInterval();
1853 Used internally to reset the last-updated time to the current time.
1855 It is assumed that update events are normally sent in idle time, so this
1856 is called at the end of idle processing.
1858 @see CanUpdate(), SetUpdateInterval(), SetMode()
1860 static void ResetUpdateTime();
1863 Specify how wxWidgets will send update events: to all windows, or only to
1864 those which specify that they will process the events.
1867 this parameter may be one of the ::wxUpdateUIMode enumeration values.
1868 The default mode is wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_ALL.
1870 static void SetMode(wxUpdateUIMode mode
);
1873 Sets the text for this UI element.
1875 void SetText(const wxString
& text
);
1878 Sets the interval between updates in milliseconds.
1880 Set to -1 to disable updates, or to 0 to update as frequently as possible.
1883 Use this to reduce the overhead of UI update events if your application
1884 has a lot of windows. If you set the value to -1 or greater than 0,
1885 you may also need to call wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI at appropriate points
1886 in your application, such as when a dialog is about to be shown.
1888 static void SetUpdateInterval(long updateInterval
);
1891 Show or hide the UI element.
1893 void Show(bool show
);
1899 @class wxClipboardTextEvent
1901 This class represents the events generated by a control (typically a
1902 wxTextCtrl but other windows can generate these events as well) when its
1903 content gets copied or cut to, or pasted from the clipboard.
1905 There are three types of corresponding events wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY,
1906 wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_CUT and wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_PASTE.
1908 If any of these events is processed (without being skipped) by an event
1909 handler, the corresponding operation doesn't take place which allows to
1910 prevent the text from being copied from or pasted to a control. It is also
1911 possible to examine the clipboard contents in the PASTE event handler and
1912 transform it in some way before inserting in a control -- for example,
1913 changing its case or removing invalid characters.
1915 Finally notice that a CUT event is always preceded by the COPY event which
1916 makes it possible to only process the latter if it doesn't matter if the
1917 text was copied or cut.
1920 These events are currently only generated by wxTextCtrl under GTK+.
1921 They are generated by all controls under Windows.
1923 @beginEventTable{wxClipboardTextEvent}
1924 @event{EVT_TEXT_COPY(id, func)}
1925 Some or all of the controls content was copied to the clipboard.
1926 @event{EVT_TEXT_CUT(id, func)}
1927 Some or all of the controls content was cut (i.e. copied and
1929 @event{EVT_TEXT_PASTE(id, func)}
1930 Clipboard content was pasted into the control.
1939 class wxClipboardTextEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
1945 wxClipboardTextEvent(wxEventType commandType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0);
1953 This event class contains information about the events generated by the mouse:
1954 they include mouse buttons press and release events and mouse move events.
1956 All mouse events involving the buttons use @c wxMOUSE_BTN_LEFT for the
1957 left mouse button, @c wxMOUSE_BTN_MIDDLE for the middle one and
1958 @c wxMOUSE_BTN_RIGHT for the right one. And if the system supports more
1959 buttons, the @c wxMOUSE_BTN_AUX1 and @c wxMOUSE_BTN_AUX2 events
1960 can also be generated. Note that not all mice have even a middle button so a
1961 portable application should avoid relying on the events from it (but the right
1962 button click can be emulated using the left mouse button with the control key
1963 under Mac platforms with a single button mouse).
1965 For the @c wxEVT_ENTER_WINDOW and @c wxEVT_LEAVE_WINDOW events
1966 purposes, the mouse is considered to be inside the window if it is in the
1967 window client area and not inside one of its children. In other words, the
1968 parent window receives @c wxEVT_LEAVE_WINDOW event not only when the
1969 mouse leaves the window entirely but also when it enters one of its children.
1971 The position associated with a mouse event is expressed in the window
1972 coordinates of the window which generated the event, you can use
1973 wxWindow::ClientToScreen() to convert it to screen coordinates and possibly
1974 call wxWindow::ScreenToClient() next to convert it to window coordinates of
1977 @note Note that under Windows CE mouse enter and leave events are not natively
1978 supported by the system but are generated by wxWidgets itself. This has several
1979 drawbacks: the LEAVE_WINDOW event might be received some time after the mouse
1980 left the window and the state variables for it may have changed during this time.
1982 @note Note the difference between methods like wxMouseEvent::LeftDown and
1983 the inherited wxMouseState::LeftIsDown: the former returns @true when
1984 the event corresponds to the left mouse button click while the latter
1985 returns @true if the left mouse button is currently being pressed.
1986 For example, when the user is dragging the mouse you can use
1987 wxMouseEvent::LeftIsDown to test whether the left mouse button is
1988 (still) depressed. Also, by convention, if wxMouseEvent::LeftDown
1989 returns @true, wxMouseEvent::LeftIsDown will also return @true in
1990 wxWidgets whatever the underlying GUI behaviour is (which is
1991 platform-dependent). The same applies, of course, to other mouse
1995 @beginEventTable{wxMouseEvent}
1996 @event{EVT_LEFT_DOWN(func)}
1997 Process a @c wxEVT_LEFT_DOWN event. The handler of this event should normally
1998 call event.Skip() to allow the default processing to take place as otherwise
1999 the window under mouse wouldn't get the focus.
2000 @event{EVT_LEFT_UP(func)}
2001 Process a @c wxEVT_LEFT_UP event.
2002 @event{EVT_LEFT_DCLICK(func)}
2003 Process a @c wxEVT_LEFT_DCLICK event.
2004 @event{EVT_MIDDLE_DOWN(func)}
2005 Process a @c wxEVT_MIDDLE_DOWN event.
2006 @event{EVT_MIDDLE_UP(func)}
2007 Process a @c wxEVT_MIDDLE_UP event.
2008 @event{EVT_MIDDLE_DCLICK(func)}
2009 Process a @c wxEVT_MIDDLE_DCLICK event.
2010 @event{EVT_RIGHT_DOWN(func)}
2011 Process a @c wxEVT_RIGHT_DOWN event.
2012 @event{EVT_RIGHT_UP(func)}
2013 Process a @c wxEVT_RIGHT_UP event.
2014 @event{EVT_RIGHT_DCLICK(func)}
2015 Process a @c wxEVT_RIGHT_DCLICK event.
2016 @event{EVT_MOUSE_AUX1_DOWN(func)}
2017 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX1_DOWN event.
2018 @event{EVT_MOUSE_AUX1_UP(func)}
2019 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX1_UP event.
2020 @event{EVT_MOUSE_AUX1_DCLICK(func)}
2021 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX1_DCLICK event.
2022 @event{EVT_MOUSE_AUX2_DOWN(func)}
2023 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX2_DOWN event.
2024 @event{EVT_MOUSE_AUX2_UP(func)}
2025 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX2_UP event.
2026 @event{EVT_MOUSE_AUX2_DCLICK(func)}
2027 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX2_DCLICK event.
2028 @event{EVT_MOTION(func)}
2029 Process a @c wxEVT_MOTION event.
2030 @event{EVT_ENTER_WINDOW(func)}
2031 Process a @c wxEVT_ENTER_WINDOW event.
2032 @event{EVT_LEAVE_WINDOW(func)}
2033 Process a @c wxEVT_LEAVE_WINDOW event.
2034 @event{EVT_MOUSEWHEEL(func)}
2035 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL event.
2036 @event{EVT_MOUSE_EVENTS(func)}
2037 Process all mouse events.
2045 class wxMouseEvent
: public wxEvent
,
2050 Constructor. Valid event types are:
2052 @li wxEVT_ENTER_WINDOW
2053 @li wxEVT_LEAVE_WINDOW
2056 @li wxEVT_LEFT_DCLICK
2057 @li wxEVT_MIDDLE_DOWN
2059 @li wxEVT_MIDDLE_DCLICK
2060 @li wxEVT_RIGHT_DOWN
2062 @li wxEVT_RIGHT_DCLICK
2063 @li wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX1_DOWN
2064 @li wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX1_UP
2065 @li wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX1_DCLICK
2066 @li wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX2_DOWN
2067 @li wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX2_UP
2068 @li wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX2_DCLICK
2070 @li wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL
2072 wxMouseEvent(wxEventType mouseEventType
= wxEVT_NULL
);
2075 Returns @true if the event was a first extra button double click.
2077 bool Aux1DClick() const;
2080 Returns @true if the first extra button mouse button changed to down.
2082 bool Aux1Down() const;
2085 Returns @true if the first extra button mouse button changed to up.
2087 bool Aux1Up() const;
2090 Returns @true if the event was a second extra button double click.
2092 bool Aux2DClick() const;
2095 Returns @true if the second extra button mouse button changed to down.
2097 bool Aux2Down() const;
2100 Returns @true if the second extra button mouse button changed to up.
2102 bool Aux2Up() const;
2105 Returns @true if the event was generated by the specified button.
2107 @see wxMouseState::ButtoinIsDown()
2109 bool Button(wxMouseButton but
) const;
2112 If the argument is omitted, this returns @true if the event was a mouse
2113 double click event. Otherwise the argument specifies which double click event
2114 was generated (see Button() for the possible values).
2116 bool ButtonDClick(wxMouseButton but
= wxMOUSE_BTN_ANY
) const;
2119 If the argument is omitted, this returns @true if the event was a mouse
2120 button down event. Otherwise the argument specifies which button-down event
2121 was generated (see Button() for the possible values).
2123 bool ButtonDown(wxMouseButton but
= wxMOUSE_BTN_ANY
) const;
2126 If the argument is omitted, this returns @true if the event was a mouse
2127 button up event. Otherwise the argument specifies which button-up event
2128 was generated (see Button() for the possible values).
2130 bool ButtonUp(wxMouseButton but
= wxMOUSE_BTN_ANY
) const;
2133 Returns @true if this was a dragging event (motion while a button is depressed).
2137 bool Dragging() const;
2140 Returns @true if the mouse was entering the window.
2144 bool Entering() const;
2147 Returns the mouse button which generated this event or @c wxMOUSE_BTN_NONE
2148 if no button is involved (for mouse move, enter or leave event, for example).
2149 Otherwise @c wxMOUSE_BTN_LEFT is returned for the left button down, up and
2150 double click events, @c wxMOUSE_BTN_MIDDLE and @c wxMOUSE_BTN_RIGHT
2151 for the same events for the middle and the right buttons respectively.
2153 int GetButton() const;
2156 Returns the number of mouse clicks for this event: 1 for a simple click, 2
2157 for a double-click, 3 for a triple-click and so on.
2159 Currently this function is implemented only in wxMac and returns -1 for the
2160 other platforms (you can still distinguish simple clicks from double-clicks as
2161 they generate different kinds of events however).
2165 int GetClickCount() const;
2168 Returns the configured number of lines (or whatever) to be scrolled per
2169 wheel action. Defaults to three.
2171 int GetLinesPerAction() const;
2174 Returns the logical mouse position in pixels (i.e. translated according to the
2175 translation set for the DC, which usually indicates that the window has been
2178 wxPoint
GetLogicalPosition(const wxDC
& dc
) const;
2181 Get wheel delta, normally 120.
2183 This is the threshold for action to be taken, and one such action
2184 (for example, scrolling one increment) should occur for each delta.
2186 int GetWheelDelta() const;
2189 Get wheel rotation, positive or negative indicates direction of rotation.
2191 Current devices all send an event when rotation is at least +/-WheelDelta, but
2192 finer resolution devices can be created in the future.
2194 Because of this you shouldn't assume that one event is equal to 1 line, but you
2195 should be able to either do partial line scrolling or wait until several
2196 events accumulate before scrolling.
2198 int GetWheelRotation() const;
2201 Gets the axis the wheel operation concerns; @c 0 is the Y axis as on
2202 most mouse wheels, @c 1 is the X axis.
2204 Note that only some models of mouse have horizontal wheel axis.
2206 int GetWheelAxis() const;
2209 Returns @true if the event was a mouse button event (not necessarily a button
2210 down event - that may be tested using ButtonDown()).
2212 bool IsButton() const;
2215 Returns @true if the system has been setup to do page scrolling with
2216 the mouse wheel instead of line scrolling.
2218 bool IsPageScroll() const;
2221 Returns @true if the mouse was leaving the window.
2225 bool Leaving() const;
2228 Returns @true if the event was a left double click.
2230 bool LeftDClick() const;
2233 Returns @true if the left mouse button changed to down.
2235 bool LeftDown() const;
2238 Returns @true if the left mouse button changed to up.
2240 bool LeftUp() const;
2243 Returns @true if the Meta key was down at the time of the event.
2245 bool MetaDown() const;
2248 Returns @true if the event was a middle double click.
2250 bool MiddleDClick() const;
2253 Returns @true if the middle mouse button changed to down.
2255 bool MiddleDown() const;
2258 Returns @true if the middle mouse button changed to up.
2260 bool MiddleUp() const;
2263 Returns @true if this was a motion event and no mouse buttons were pressed.
2264 If any mouse button is held pressed, then this method returns @false and
2265 Dragging() returns @true.
2267 bool Moving() const;
2270 Returns @true if the event was a right double click.
2272 bool RightDClick() const;
2275 Returns @true if the right mouse button changed to down.
2277 bool RightDown() const;
2280 Returns @true if the right mouse button changed to up.
2282 bool RightUp() const;
2288 @class wxDropFilesEvent
2290 This class is used for drop files events, that is, when files have been dropped
2291 onto the window. This functionality is currently only available under Windows.
2293 The window must have previously been enabled for dropping by calling
2294 wxWindow::DragAcceptFiles().
2296 Important note: this is a separate implementation to the more general drag and drop
2297 implementation documented in the @ref overview_dnd. It uses the older, Windows
2298 message-based approach of dropping files.
2300 @beginEventTable{wxDropFilesEvent}
2301 @event{EVT_DROP_FILES(func)}
2302 Process a @c wxEVT_DROP_FILES event.
2310 @see @ref overview_events
2312 class wxDropFilesEvent
: public wxEvent
2318 wxDropFilesEvent(wxEventType id
= 0, int noFiles
= 0,
2319 wxString
* files
= NULL
);
2322 Returns an array of filenames.
2324 wxString
* GetFiles() const;
2327 Returns the number of files dropped.
2329 int GetNumberOfFiles() const;
2332 Returns the position at which the files were dropped.
2333 Returns an array of filenames.
2335 wxPoint
GetPosition() const;
2341 @class wxCommandEvent
2343 This event class contains information about command events, which originate
2344 from a variety of simple controls.
2346 Note that wxCommandEvents and wxCommandEvent-derived event classes by default
2347 and unlike other wxEvent-derived classes propagate upward from the source
2348 window (the window which emits the event) up to the first parent which processes
2349 the event. Be sure to read @ref overview_events_propagation.
2351 More complex controls, such as wxTreeCtrl, have separate command event classes.
2353 @beginEventTable{wxCommandEvent}
2354 @event{EVT_COMMAND(id, event, func)}
2355 Process a command, supplying the window identifier, command event identifier,
2356 and member function.
2357 @event{EVT_COMMAND_RANGE(id1, id2, event, func)}
2358 Process a command for a range of window identifiers, supplying the minimum and
2359 maximum window identifiers, command event identifier, and member function.
2360 @event{EVT_BUTTON(id, func)}
2361 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_BUTTON_CLICKED command, which is generated by a wxButton control.
2362 @event{EVT_CHECKBOX(id, func)}
2363 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_CHECKBOX_CLICKED command, which is generated by a wxCheckBox control.
2364 @event{EVT_CHOICE(id, func)}
2365 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_CHOICE_SELECTED command, which is generated by a wxChoice control.
2366 @event{EVT_COMBOBOX(id, func)}
2367 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED command, which is generated by a wxComboBox control.
2368 @event{EVT_LISTBOX(id, func)}
2369 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_LISTBOX_SELECTED command, which is generated by a wxListBox control.
2370 @event{EVT_LISTBOX_DCLICK(id, func)}
2371 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_LISTBOX_DOUBLECLICKED command, which is generated by a wxListBox control.
2372 @event{EVT_CHECKLISTBOX(id, func)}
2373 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLED command, which is generated by a wxCheckListBox control.
2374 @event{EVT_MENU(id, func)}
2375 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED command, which is generated by a menu item.
2376 @event{EVT_MENU_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}
2377 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_RANGE command, which is generated by a range of menu items.
2378 @event{EVT_CONTEXT_MENU(func)}
2379 Process the event generated when the user has requested a popup menu to appear by
2380 pressing a special keyboard key (under Windows) or by right clicking the mouse.
2381 @event{EVT_RADIOBOX(id, func)}
2382 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_RADIOBOX_SELECTED command, which is generated by a wxRadioBox control.
2383 @event{EVT_RADIOBUTTON(id, func)}
2384 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_RADIOBUTTON_SELECTED command, which is generated by a wxRadioButton control.
2385 @event{EVT_SCROLLBAR(id, func)}
2386 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_SCROLLBAR_UPDATED command, which is generated by a wxScrollBar
2387 control. This is provided for compatibility only; more specific scrollbar event macros
2388 should be used instead (see wxScrollEvent).
2389 @event{EVT_SLIDER(id, func)}
2390 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_SLIDER_UPDATED command, which is generated by a wxSlider control.
2391 @event{EVT_TEXT(id, func)}
2392 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED command, which is generated by a wxTextCtrl control.
2393 @event{EVT_TEXT_ENTER(id, func)}
2394 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_ENTER command, which is generated by a wxTextCtrl control.
2395 Note that you must use wxTE_PROCESS_ENTER flag when creating the control if you want it
2396 to generate such events.
2397 @event{EVT_TEXT_MAXLEN(id, func)}
2398 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_MAXLEN command, which is generated by a wxTextCtrl control
2399 when the user tries to enter more characters into it than the limit previously set
2400 with SetMaxLength().
2401 @event{EVT_TOGGLEBUTTON(id, func)}
2402 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TOGGLEBUTTON_CLICKED event.
2403 @event{EVT_TOOL(id, func)}
2404 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TOOL_CLICKED event (a synonym for @c wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED).
2405 Pass the id of the tool.
2406 @event{EVT_TOOL_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}
2407 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TOOL_CLICKED event for a range of identifiers. Pass the ids of the tools.
2408 @event{EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED(id, func)}
2409 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TOOL_RCLICKED event. Pass the id of the tool. (Not available on wxOSX.)
2410 @event{EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}
2411 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TOOL_RCLICKED event for a range of ids. Pass the ids of the tools. (Not available on wxOSX.)
2412 @event{EVT_TOOL_ENTER(id, func)}
2413 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TOOL_ENTER event. Pass the id of the toolbar itself.
2414 The value of wxCommandEvent::GetSelection() is the tool id, or -1 if the mouse cursor
2415 has moved off a tool. (Not available on wxOSX.)
2416 @event{EVT_COMMAND_LEFT_CLICK(id, func)}
2417 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_LEFT_CLICK command, which is generated by a control (wxMSW only).
2418 @event{EVT_COMMAND_LEFT_DCLICK(id, func)}
2419 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_LEFT_DCLICK command, which is generated by a control (wxMSW only).
2420 @event{EVT_COMMAND_RIGHT_CLICK(id, func)}
2421 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_RIGHT_CLICK command, which is generated by a control (wxMSW only).
2422 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SET_FOCUS(id, func)}
2423 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_SET_FOCUS command, which is generated by a control (wxMSW only).
2424 @event{EVT_COMMAND_KILL_FOCUS(id, func)}
2425 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_KILL_FOCUS command, which is generated by a control (wxMSW only).
2426 @event{EVT_COMMAND_ENTER(id, func)}
2427 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_ENTER command, which is generated by a control.
2433 class wxCommandEvent
: public wxEvent
2439 wxCommandEvent(wxEventType commandEventType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0);
2442 Returns client data pointer for a listbox or choice selection event
2443 (not valid for a deselection).
2445 void* GetClientData() const;
2448 Returns client object pointer for a listbox or choice selection event
2449 (not valid for a deselection).
2451 wxClientData
* GetClientObject() const;
2454 Returns extra information dependant on the event objects type.
2456 If the event comes from a listbox selection, it is a boolean
2457 determining whether the event was a selection (@true) or a
2458 deselection (@false). A listbox deselection only occurs for
2459 multiple-selection boxes, and in this case the index and string values
2460 are indeterminate and the listbox must be examined by the application.
2462 long GetExtraLong() const;
2465 Returns the integer identifier corresponding to a listbox, choice or
2466 radiobox selection (only if the event was a selection, not a deselection),
2467 or a boolean value representing the value of a checkbox.
2472 Returns item index for a listbox or choice selection event (not valid for
2475 int GetSelection() const;
2478 Returns item string for a listbox or choice selection event. If one
2479 or several items have been deselected, returns the index of the first
2480 deselected item. If some items have been selected and others deselected
2481 at the same time, it will return the index of the first selected item.
2483 wxString
GetString() const;
2486 This method can be used with checkbox and menu events: for the checkboxes, the
2487 method returns @true for a selection event and @false for a deselection one.
2488 For the menu events, this method indicates if the menu item just has become
2489 checked or unchecked (and thus only makes sense for checkable menu items).
2491 Notice that this method can not be used with wxCheckListBox currently.
2493 bool IsChecked() const;
2496 For a listbox or similar event, returns @true if it is a selection, @false
2497 if it is a deselection. If some items have been selected and others deselected
2498 at the same time, it will return @true.
2500 bool IsSelection() const;
2503 Sets the client data for this event.
2505 void SetClientData(void* clientData
);
2508 Sets the client object for this event. The client object is not owned by the
2509 event object and the event object will not delete the client object in its destructor.
2511 The client object must be owned and deleted by another object (e.g. a control)
2512 that has longer life time than the event object.
2514 void SetClientObject(wxClientData
* clientObject
);
2517 Sets the @b m_extraLong member.
2519 void SetExtraLong(long extraLong
);
2522 Sets the @b m_commandInt member.
2524 void SetInt(int intCommand
);
2527 Sets the @b m_commandString member.
2529 void SetString(const wxString
& string
);
2535 @class wxActivateEvent
2537 An activate event is sent when a window or application is being activated
2540 @beginEventTable{wxActivateEvent}
2541 @event{EVT_ACTIVATE(func)}
2542 Process a @c wxEVT_ACTIVATE event.
2543 @event{EVT_ACTIVATE_APP(func)}
2544 Process a @c wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP event.
2545 This event is received by the wxApp-derived instance only.
2546 @event{EVT_HIBERNATE(func)}
2547 Process a hibernate event, supplying the member function. This event applies
2548 to wxApp only, and only on Windows SmartPhone and PocketPC.
2549 It is generated when the system is low on memory; the application should free
2550 up as much memory as possible, and restore full working state when it receives
2551 a wxEVT_ACTIVATE or wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP event.
2557 @see @ref overview_events, wxApp::IsActive
2559 class wxActivateEvent
: public wxEvent
2565 wxActivateEvent(wxEventType eventType
= wxEVT_NULL
, bool active
= true,
2569 Returns @true if the application or window is being activated, @false otherwise.
2571 bool GetActive() const;
2577 @class wxContextMenuEvent
2579 This class is used for context menu events, sent to give
2580 the application a chance to show a context (popup) menu for a wxWindow.
2582 Note that if wxContextMenuEvent::GetPosition returns wxDefaultPosition, this
2583 means that the event originated from a keyboard context button event, and you
2584 should compute a suitable position yourself, for example by calling wxGetMousePosition().
2586 When a keyboard context menu button is pressed on Windows, a right-click event
2587 with default position is sent first, and if this event is not processed, the
2588 context menu event is sent. So if you process mouse events and you find your
2589 context menu event handler is not being called, you could call wxEvent::Skip()
2590 for mouse right-down events.
2592 @beginEventTable{wxContextMenuEvent}
2593 @event{EVT_CONTEXT_MENU(func)}
2594 A right click (or other context menu command depending on platform) has been detected.
2601 @see wxCommandEvent, @ref overview_events
2603 class wxContextMenuEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
2609 wxContextMenuEvent(wxEventType id
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0,
2610 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
);
2613 Returns the position in screen coordinates at which the menu should be shown.
2614 Use wxWindow::ScreenToClient to convert to client coordinates.
2616 You can also omit a position from wxWindow::PopupMenu in order to use
2617 the current mouse pointer position.
2619 If the event originated from a keyboard event, the value returned from this
2620 function will be wxDefaultPosition.
2622 const wxPoint
& GetPosition() const;
2625 Sets the position at which the menu should be shown.
2627 void SetPosition(const wxPoint
& point
);
2635 An erase event is sent when a window's background needs to be repainted.
2637 On some platforms, such as GTK+, this event is simulated (simply generated just
2638 before the paint event) and may cause flicker. It is therefore recommended that
2639 you set the text background colour explicitly in order to prevent flicker.
2640 The default background colour under GTK+ is grey.
2642 To intercept this event, use the EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND macro in an event table
2645 You must call wxEraseEvent::GetDC and use the returned device context if it is
2646 non-@NULL. If it is @NULL, create your own temporary wxClientDC object.
2649 Use the device context returned by GetDC to draw on, don't create
2650 a wxPaintDC in the event handler.
2652 @beginEventTable{wxEraseEvent}
2653 @event{EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND(func)}
2654 Process a @c wxEVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND event.
2660 @see @ref overview_events
2662 class wxEraseEvent
: public wxEvent
2668 wxEraseEvent(int id
= 0, wxDC
* dc
= NULL
);
2671 Returns the device context associated with the erase event to draw on.
2673 wxDC
* GetDC() const;
2681 A focus event is sent when a window's focus changes. The window losing focus
2682 receives a "kill focus" event while the window gaining it gets a "set focus" one.
2684 Notice that the set focus event happens both when the user gives focus to the
2685 window (whether using the mouse or keyboard) and when it is done from the
2686 program itself using wxWindow::SetFocus.
2688 @beginEventTable{wxFocusEvent}
2689 @event{EVT_SET_FOCUS(func)}
2690 Process a @c wxEVT_SET_FOCUS event.
2691 @event{EVT_KILL_FOCUS(func)}
2692 Process a @c wxEVT_KILL_FOCUS event.
2698 @see @ref overview_events
2700 class wxFocusEvent
: public wxEvent
2706 wxFocusEvent(wxEventType eventType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0);
2709 Returns the window associated with this event, that is the window which had the
2710 focus before for the @c wxEVT_SET_FOCUS event and the window which is
2711 going to receive focus for the @c wxEVT_KILL_FOCUS one.
2713 Warning: the window pointer may be @NULL!
2715 wxWindow
*GetWindow() const;
2721 @class wxChildFocusEvent
2723 A child focus event is sent to a (parent-)window when one of its child windows
2724 gains focus, so that the window could restore the focus back to its corresponding
2725 child if it loses it now and regains later.
2727 Notice that child window is the direct child of the window receiving event.
2728 Use wxWindow::FindFocus() to retreive the window which is actually getting focus.
2730 @beginEventTable{wxChildFocusEvent}
2731 @event{EVT_CHILD_FOCUS(func)}
2732 Process a @c wxEVT_CHILD_FOCUS event.
2738 @see @ref overview_events
2740 class wxChildFocusEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
2747 The direct child which is (or which contains the window which is) receiving
2750 wxChildFocusEvent(wxWindow
* win
= NULL
);
2753 Returns the direct child which receives the focus, or a (grand-)parent of the
2754 control receiving the focus.
2756 To get the actually focused control use wxWindow::FindFocus.
2758 wxWindow
*GetWindow() const;
2764 @class wxMouseCaptureLostEvent
2766 An mouse capture lost event is sent to a window that obtained mouse capture,
2767 which was subsequently loss due to "external" event, for example when a dialog
2768 box is shown or if another application captures the mouse.
2770 If this happens, this event is sent to all windows that are on capture stack
2771 (i.e. called CaptureMouse, but didn't call ReleaseMouse yet). The event is
2772 not sent if the capture changes because of a call to CaptureMouse or
2775 This event is currently emitted under Windows only.
2777 @beginEventTable{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}
2778 @event{EVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST(func)}
2779 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event.
2787 @see wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent, @ref overview_events,
2788 wxWindow::CaptureMouse, wxWindow::ReleaseMouse, wxWindow::GetCapture
2790 class wxMouseCaptureLostEvent
: public wxEvent
2796 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent(wxWindowID windowId
= 0);
2802 @class wxNotifyEvent
2804 This class is not used by the event handlers by itself, but is a base class
2805 for other event classes (such as wxBookCtrlEvent).
2807 It (or an object of a derived class) is sent when the controls state is being
2808 changed and allows the program to wxNotifyEvent::Veto() this change if it wants
2809 to prevent it from happening.
2814 @see wxBookCtrlEvent
2816 class wxNotifyEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
2820 Constructor (used internally by wxWidgets only).
2822 wxNotifyEvent(wxEventType eventType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0);
2825 This is the opposite of Veto(): it explicitly allows the event to be processed.
2826 For most events it is not necessary to call this method as the events are allowed
2827 anyhow but some are forbidden by default (this will be mentioned in the corresponding
2833 Returns @true if the change is allowed (Veto() hasn't been called) or @false
2834 otherwise (if it was).
2836 bool IsAllowed() const;
2839 Prevents the change announced by this event from happening.
2841 It is in general a good idea to notify the user about the reasons for vetoing
2842 the change because otherwise the applications behaviour (which just refuses to
2843 do what the user wants) might be quite surprising.
2850 @class wxThreadEvent
2852 This class adds some simple functionalities to wxCommandEvent coinceived
2853 for inter-threads communications.
2855 This event is not natively emitted by any control/class: this is just
2856 an helper class for the user.
2857 Its most important feature is the GetEventCategory() implementation which
2858 allows thread events to @b NOT be processed by wxEventLoopBase::YieldFor calls
2859 (unless the @c wxEVT_CATEGORY_THREAD is specified - which is never in wx code).
2862 @category{events,threading}
2864 @see @ref overview_thread, wxEventLoopBase::YieldFor
2866 class wxThreadEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
2872 wxThreadEvent(wxEventType eventType
= wxEVT_COMMAND_THREAD
, int id
= wxID_ANY
);
2875 Clones this event making sure that all internal members which use
2876 COW (only @c m_commandString for now; see @ref overview_refcount)
2877 are unshared (see wxObject::UnShare).
2879 virtual wxEvent
*Clone() const;
2882 Returns @c wxEVT_CATEGORY_THREAD.
2884 This is important to avoid unwanted processing of thread events
2885 when calling wxEventLoopBase::YieldFor().
2887 virtual wxEventCategory
GetEventCategory() const;
2890 Sets custom data payload.
2892 The @a payload argument may be of any type that wxAny can handle
2893 (i.e. pretty much anything). Note that T's copy constructor must be
2894 thread-safe, i.e. create a copy that doesn't share anything with
2895 the original (see Clone()).
2897 @note This method is not available with Visual C++ 6.
2901 @see GetPayload(), wxAny
2903 template<typename T
>
2904 void SetPayload(const T
& payload
);
2907 Get custom data payload.
2909 Correct type is checked in debug builds.
2911 @note This method is not available with Visual C++ 6.
2915 @see SetPayload(), wxAny
2917 template<typename T
>
2918 T
GetPayload() const;
2925 A help event is sent when the user has requested context-sensitive help.
2926 This can either be caused by the application requesting context-sensitive help mode
2927 via wxContextHelp, or (on MS Windows) by the system generating a WM_HELP message when
2928 the user pressed F1 or clicked on the query button in a dialog caption.
2930 A help event is sent to the window that the user clicked on, and is propagated
2931 up the window hierarchy until the event is processed or there are no more event
2934 The application should call wxEvent::GetId to check the identity of the
2935 clicked-on window, and then either show some suitable help or call wxEvent::Skip()
2936 if the identifier is unrecognised.
2938 Calling Skip is important because it allows wxWidgets to generate further
2939 events for ancestors of the clicked-on window. Otherwise it would be impossible to
2940 show help for container windows, since processing would stop after the first window
2943 @beginEventTable{wxHelpEvent}
2944 @event{EVT_HELP(id, func)}
2945 Process a @c wxEVT_HELP event.
2946 @event{EVT_HELP_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}
2947 Process a @c wxEVT_HELP event for a range of ids.
2953 @see wxContextHelp, wxDialog, @ref overview_events
2955 class wxHelpEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
2959 Indicates how a wxHelpEvent was generated.
2963 Origin_Unknown
, /**< unrecognized event source. */
2964 Origin_Keyboard
, /**< event generated from F1 key press. */
2966 /** event generated by wxContextHelp or from the [?] button on
2967 the title bar (Windows). */
2974 wxHelpEvent(wxEventType type
= wxEVT_NULL
,
2975 wxWindowID winid
= 0,
2976 const wxPoint
& pt
= wxDefaultPosition
,
2977 wxHelpEvent::Origin origin
= Origin_Unknown
);
2980 Returns the origin of the help event which is one of the ::wxHelpEventOrigin
2983 The application may handle events generated using the keyboard or mouse
2984 differently, e.g. by using wxGetMousePosition() for the mouse events.
2988 wxHelpEvent::Origin
GetOrigin() const;
2991 Returns the left-click position of the mouse, in screen coordinates.
2992 This allows the application to position the help appropriately.
2994 const wxPoint
& GetPosition() const;
2997 Set the help event origin, only used internally by wxWidgets normally.
3001 void SetOrigin(wxHelpEvent::Origin origin
);
3004 Sets the left-click position of the mouse, in screen coordinates.
3006 void SetPosition(const wxPoint
& pt
);
3012 @class wxScrollEvent
3014 A scroll event holds information about events sent from stand-alone
3015 scrollbars (see wxScrollBar) and sliders (see wxSlider).
3017 Note that scrolled windows send the wxScrollWinEvent which does not derive from
3018 wxCommandEvent, but from wxEvent directly - don't confuse these two kinds of
3019 events and use the event table macros mentioned below only for the scrollbar-like
3022 @section scrollevent_diff The difference between EVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and EVT_SCROLL_CHANGED
3024 The EVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE event is only emitted when actually dragging the thumb
3025 using the mouse and releasing it (This EVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE event is also followed
3026 by an EVT_SCROLL_CHANGED event).
3028 The EVT_SCROLL_CHANGED event also occurs when using the keyboard to change the thumb
3029 position, and when clicking next to the thumb (In all these cases the EVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE
3030 event does not happen).
3032 In short, the EVT_SCROLL_CHANGED event is triggered when scrolling/ moving has finished
3033 independently of the way it had started. Please see the widgets sample ("Slider" page)
3034 to see the difference between EVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and EVT_SCROLL_CHANGED in action.
3037 Note that unless specifying a scroll control identifier, you will need to test for scrollbar
3038 orientation with wxScrollEvent::GetOrientation, since horizontal and vertical scroll events
3039 are processed using the same event handler.
3041 @beginEventTable{wxScrollEvent}
3042 You can use EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL... macros with window IDs for when intercepting
3043 scroll events from controls, or EVT_SCROLL... macros without window IDs for
3044 intercepting scroll events from the receiving window -- except for this, the
3045 macros behave exactly the same.
3046 @event{EVT_SCROLL(func)}
3047 Process all scroll events.
3048 @event{EVT_SCROLL_TOP(func)}
3049 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_TOP scroll-to-top events (minimum position).
3050 @event{EVT_SCROLL_BOTTOM(func)}
3051 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_BOTTOM scroll-to-bottom events (maximum position).
3052 @event{EVT_SCROLL_LINEUP(func)}
3053 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_LINEUP line up events.
3054 @event{EVT_SCROLL_LINEDOWN(func)}
3055 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_LINEDOWN line down events.
3056 @event{EVT_SCROLL_PAGEUP(func)}
3057 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_PAGEUP page up events.
3058 @event{EVT_SCROLL_PAGEDOWN(func)}
3059 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_PAGEDOWN page down events.
3060 @event{EVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK(func)}
3061 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK thumbtrack events (frequent events sent as the
3062 user drags the thumbtrack).
3063 @event{EVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE(func)}
3064 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE thumb release events.
3065 @event{EVT_SCROLL_CHANGED(func)}
3066 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED end of scrolling events (MSW only).
3067 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL(id, func)}
3068 Process all scroll events.
3069 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_TOP(id, func)}
3070 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_TOP scroll-to-top events (minimum position).
3071 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_BOTTOM(id, func)}
3072 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_BOTTOM scroll-to-bottom events (maximum position).
3073 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_LINEUP(id, func)}
3074 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_LINEUP line up events.
3075 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_LINEDOWN(id, func)}
3076 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_LINEDOWN line down events.
3077 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_PAGEUP(id, func)}
3078 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_PAGEUP page up events.
3079 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_PAGEDOWN(id, func)}
3080 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_PAGEDOWN page down events.
3081 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK(id, func)}
3082 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK thumbtrack events (frequent events sent
3083 as the user drags the thumbtrack).
3084 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE(func)}
3085 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE thumb release events.
3086 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_CHANGED(func)}
3087 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED end of scrolling events (MSW only).
3093 @see wxScrollBar, wxSlider, wxSpinButton, wxScrollWinEvent, @ref overview_events
3095 class wxScrollEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
3101 wxScrollEvent(wxEventType commandType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0, int pos
= 0,
3102 int orientation
= 0);
3105 Returns wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL, depending on the orientation of the
3108 int GetOrientation() const;
3111 Returns the position of the scrollbar.
3113 int GetPosition() const;
3117 See wxIdleEvent::SetMode() for more info.
3121 /** Send idle events to all windows */
3124 /** Send idle events to windows that have the wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE flag specified */
3125 wxIDLE_PROCESS_SPECIFIED
3132 This class is used for idle events, which are generated when the system becomes
3133 idle. Note that, unless you do something specifically, the idle events are not
3134 sent if the system remains idle once it has become it, e.g. only a single idle
3135 event will be generated until something else resulting in more normal events
3136 happens and only then is the next idle event sent again.
3138 If you need to ensure a continuous stream of idle events, you can either use
3139 wxIdleEvent::RequestMore method in your handler or call wxWakeUpIdle() periodically
3140 (for example from a timer event handler), but note that both of these approaches
3141 (and especially the first one) increase the system load and so should be avoided
3144 By default, idle events are sent to all windows (and also wxApp, as usual).
3145 If this is causing a significant overhead in your application, you can call
3146 wxIdleEvent::SetMode with the value wxIDLE_PROCESS_SPECIFIED, and set the
3147 wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE extra window style for every window which should receive
3150 @beginEventTable{wxIdleEvent}
3151 @event{EVT_IDLE(func)}
3152 Process a @c wxEVT_IDLE event.
3158 @see @ref overview_events, wxUpdateUIEvent, wxWindow::OnInternalIdle
3160 class wxIdleEvent
: public wxEvent
3169 Returns @true if it is appropriate to send idle events to this window.
3171 This function looks at the mode used (see wxIdleEvent::SetMode),
3172 and the wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE style in @a window to determine whether idle
3173 events should be sent to this window now.
3175 By default this will always return @true because the update mode is initially
3176 wxIDLE_PROCESS_ALL. You can change the mode to only send idle events to
3177 windows with the wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE extra window style set.
3181 static bool CanSend(wxWindow
* window
);
3184 Static function returning a value specifying how wxWidgets will send idle
3185 events: to all windows, or only to those which specify that they
3186 will process the events.
3190 static wxIdleMode
GetMode();
3193 Returns @true if the OnIdle function processing this event requested more
3198 bool MoreRequested() const;
3201 Tells wxWidgets that more processing is required.
3203 This function can be called by an OnIdle handler for a window or window event
3204 handler to indicate that wxApp::OnIdle should forward the OnIdle event once
3205 more to the application windows.
3207 If no window calls this function during OnIdle, then the application will
3208 remain in a passive event loop (not calling OnIdle) until a new event is
3209 posted to the application by the windowing system.
3211 @see MoreRequested()
3213 void RequestMore(bool needMore
= true);
3216 Static function for specifying how wxWidgets will send idle events: to
3217 all windows, or only to those which specify that they will process the events.
3220 Can be one of the ::wxIdleMode values.
3221 The default is wxIDLE_PROCESS_ALL.
3223 static void SetMode(wxIdleMode mode
);
3229 @class wxInitDialogEvent
3231 A wxInitDialogEvent is sent as a dialog or panel is being initialised.
3232 Handlers for this event can transfer data to the window.
3234 The default handler calls wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow.
3236 @beginEventTable{wxInitDialogEvent}
3237 @event{EVT_INIT_DIALOG(func)}
3238 Process a @c wxEVT_INIT_DIALOG event.
3244 @see @ref overview_events
3246 class wxInitDialogEvent
: public wxEvent
3252 wxInitDialogEvent(int id
= 0);
3258 @class wxWindowDestroyEvent
3260 This event is sent as early as possible during the window destruction
3263 For the top level windows, as early as possible means that this is done by
3264 wxFrame or wxDialog destructor, i.e. after the destructor of the derived
3265 class was executed and so any methods specific to the derived class can't
3266 be called any more from this event handler. If you need to do this, you
3267 must call wxWindow::SendDestroyEvent() from your derived class destructor.
3269 For the child windows, this event is generated just before deleting the
3270 window from wxWindow::Destroy() (which is also called when the parent
3271 window is deleted) or from the window destructor if operator @c delete was
3272 used directly (which is not recommended for this very reason).
3274 It is usually pointless to handle this event in the window itself but it ca
3275 be very useful to receive notifications about the window destruction in the
3276 parent window or in any other object interested in this window.
3281 @see @ref overview_events, wxWindowCreateEvent
3283 class wxWindowDestroyEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
3289 wxWindowDestroyEvent(wxWindow
* win
= NULL
);
3291 /// Retutn the window being destroyed.
3292 wxWindow
*GetWindow() const;
3297 @class wxNavigationKeyEvent
3299 This event class contains information about navigation events,
3300 generated by navigation keys such as tab and page down.
3302 This event is mainly used by wxWidgets implementations.
3303 A wxNavigationKeyEvent handler is automatically provided by wxWidgets
3304 when you make a class into a control container with the macro
3305 WX_DECLARE_CONTROL_CONTAINER.
3307 @beginEventTable{wxNavigationKeyEvent}
3308 @event{EVT_NAVIGATION_KEY(func)}
3309 Process a navigation key event.
3315 @see wxWindow::Navigate, wxWindow::NavigateIn
3317 class wxNavigationKeyEvent
: public wxEvent
3321 Flags which can be used with wxNavigationKeyEvent.
3323 enum wxNavigationKeyEventFlags
3325 IsBackward
= 0x0000,
3331 wxNavigationKeyEvent();
3332 wxNavigationKeyEvent(const wxNavigationKeyEvent
& event
);
3335 Returns the child that has the focus, or @NULL.
3337 wxWindow
* GetCurrentFocus() const;
3340 Returns @true if the navigation was in the forward direction.
3342 bool GetDirection() const;
3345 Returns @true if the navigation event was from a tab key.
3346 This is required for proper navigation over radio buttons.
3348 bool IsFromTab() const;
3351 Returns @true if the navigation event represents a window change
3352 (for example, from Ctrl-Page Down in a notebook).
3354 bool IsWindowChange() const;
3357 Sets the current focus window member.
3359 void SetCurrentFocus(wxWindow
* currentFocus
);
3362 Sets the direction to forward if @a direction is @true, or backward
3365 void SetDirection(bool direction
);
3368 Sets the flags for this event.
3369 The @a flags can be a combination of the ::wxNavigationKeyEventFlags values.
3371 void SetFlags(long flags
);
3374 Marks the navigation event as from a tab key.
3376 void SetFromTab(bool fromTab
);
3379 Marks the event as a window change event.
3381 void SetWindowChange(bool windowChange
);
3387 @class wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
3389 An mouse capture changed event is sent to a window that loses its
3390 mouse capture. This is called even if wxWindow::ReleaseMouse
3391 was called by the application code. Handling this event allows
3392 an application to cater for unexpected capture releases which
3393 might otherwise confuse mouse handling code.
3397 @beginEventTable{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}
3398 @event{EVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_CHANGED(func)}
3399 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_CHANGED event.
3405 @see wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, @ref overview_events,
3406 wxWindow::CaptureMouse, wxWindow::ReleaseMouse, wxWindow::GetCapture
3408 class wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
: public wxEvent
3414 wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent(wxWindowID windowId
= 0,
3415 wxWindow
* gainedCapture
= NULL
);
3418 Returns the window that gained the capture, or @NULL if it was a
3419 non-wxWidgets window.
3421 wxWindow
* GetCapturedWindow() const;
3429 This event class contains information about window and session close events.
3431 The handler function for EVT_CLOSE is called when the user has tried to close a
3432 a frame or dialog box using the window manager (X) or system menu (Windows).
3433 It can also be invoked by the application itself programmatically, for example by
3434 calling the wxWindow::Close function.
3436 You should check whether the application is forcing the deletion of the window
3437 using wxCloseEvent::CanVeto. If this is @false, you @e must destroy the window
3438 using wxWindow::Destroy.
3440 If the return value is @true, it is up to you whether you respond by destroying
3443 If you don't destroy the window, you should call wxCloseEvent::Veto to
3444 let the calling code know that you did not destroy the window.
3445 This allows the wxWindow::Close function to return @true or @false depending
3446 on whether the close instruction was honoured or not.
3448 Example of a wxCloseEvent handler:
3451 void MyFrame::OnClose(wxCloseEvent& event)
3453 if ( event.CanVeto() && m_bFileNotSaved )
3455 if ( wxMessageBox("The file has not been saved... continue closing?",
3457 wxICON_QUESTION | wxYES_NO) != wxYES )
3464 Destroy(); // you may also do: event.Skip();
3465 // since the default event handler does call Destroy(), too
3469 The EVT_END_SESSION event is slightly different as it is sent by the system
3470 when the user session is ending (e.g. because of log out or shutdown) and
3471 so all windows are being forcefully closed. At least under MSW, after the
3472 handler for this event is executed the program is simply killed by the
3473 system. Because of this, the default handler for this event provided by
3474 wxWidgets calls all the usual cleanup code (including wxApp::OnExit()) so
3475 that it could still be executed and exit()s the process itself, without
3476 waiting for being killed. If this behaviour is for some reason undesirable,
3477 make sure that you define a handler for this event in your wxApp-derived
3478 class and do not call @c event.Skip() in it (but be aware that the system
3479 will still kill your application).
3481 @beginEventTable{wxCloseEvent}
3482 @event{EVT_CLOSE(func)}
3483 Process a @c wxEVT_CLOSE_WINDOW command event, supplying the member function.
3484 This event applies to wxFrame and wxDialog classes.
3485 @event{EVT_QUERY_END_SESSION(func)}
3486 Process a @c wxEVT_QUERY_END_SESSION session event, supplying the member function.
3487 This event can be handled in wxApp-derived class only.
3488 @event{EVT_END_SESSION(func)}
3489 Process a @c wxEVT_END_SESSION session event, supplying the member function.
3490 This event can be handled in wxApp-derived class only.
3496 @see wxWindow::Close, @ref overview_windowdeletion
3498 class wxCloseEvent
: public wxEvent
3504 wxCloseEvent(wxEventType commandEventType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0);
3507 Returns @true if you can veto a system shutdown or a window close event.
3508 Vetoing a window close event is not possible if the calling code wishes to
3509 force the application to exit, and so this function must be called to check this.
3511 bool CanVeto() const;
3514 Returns @true if the user is just logging off or @false if the system is
3515 shutting down. This method can only be called for end session and query end
3516 session events, it doesn't make sense for close window event.
3518 bool GetLoggingOff() const;
3521 Sets the 'can veto' flag.
3523 void SetCanVeto(bool canVeto
);
3526 Sets the 'logging off' flag.
3528 void SetLoggingOff(bool loggingOff
);
3531 Call this from your event handler to veto a system shutdown or to signal
3532 to the calling application that a window close did not happen.
3534 You can only veto a shutdown if CanVeto() returns @true.
3536 void Veto(bool veto
= true);
3544 This class is used for a variety of menu-related events. Note that
3545 these do not include menu command events, which are
3546 handled using wxCommandEvent objects.
3548 The default handler for @c wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT displays help
3549 text in the first field of the status bar.
3551 @beginEventTable{wxMenuEvent}
3552 @event{EVT_MENU_OPEN(func)}
3553 A menu is about to be opened. On Windows, this is only sent once for each
3554 navigation of the menubar (up until all menus have closed).
3555 @event{EVT_MENU_CLOSE(func)}
3556 A menu has been just closed.
3557 @event{EVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT(id, func)}
3558 The menu item with the specified id has been highlighted: used to show
3559 help prompts in the status bar by wxFrame
3560 @event{EVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT_ALL(func)}
3561 A menu item has been highlighted, i.e. the currently selected menu item has changed.
3567 @see wxCommandEvent, @ref overview_events
3569 class wxMenuEvent
: public wxEvent
3575 wxMenuEvent(wxEventType id
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0, wxMenu
* menu
= NULL
);
3578 Returns the menu which is being opened or closed. This method should only be
3579 used with the @c OPEN and @c CLOSE events and even for them the
3580 returned pointer may be @NULL in some ports.
3582 wxMenu
* GetMenu() const;
3585 Returns the menu identifier associated with the event.
3586 This method should be only used with the @c HIGHLIGHT events.
3588 int GetMenuId() const;
3591 Returns @true if the menu which is being opened or closed is a popup menu,
3592 @false if it is a normal one.
3594 This method should only be used with the @c OPEN and @c CLOSE events.
3596 bool IsPopup() const;
3602 An event being sent when the window is shown or hidden.
3604 Currently only wxMSW, wxGTK and wxOS2 generate such events.
3606 @onlyfor{wxmsw,wxgtk,wxos2}
3608 @beginEventTable{wxShowEvent}
3609 @event{EVT_SHOW(func)}
3610 Process a @c wxEVT_SHOW event.
3616 @see @ref overview_events, wxWindow::Show,
3620 class wxShowEvent
: public wxEvent
3626 wxShowEvent(int winid
= 0, bool show
= false);
3629 Set whether the windows was shown or hidden.
3631 void SetShow(bool show
);
3634 Return @true if the window has been shown, @false if it has been
3637 bool IsShown() const;
3640 @deprecated This function is deprecated in favour of IsShown().
3642 bool GetShow() const;
3648 @class wxIconizeEvent
3650 An event being sent when the frame is iconized (minimized) or restored.
3652 Currently only wxMSW and wxGTK generate such events.
3654 @onlyfor{wxmsw,wxgtk}
3656 @beginEventTable{wxIconizeEvent}
3657 @event{EVT_ICONIZE(func)}
3658 Process a @c wxEVT_ICONIZE event.
3664 @see @ref overview_events, wxTopLevelWindow::Iconize,
3665 wxTopLevelWindow::IsIconized
3667 class wxIconizeEvent
: public wxEvent
3673 wxIconizeEvent(int id
= 0, bool iconized
= true);
3676 Returns @true if the frame has been iconized, @false if it has been
3679 bool IsIconized() const;
3682 @deprecated This function is deprecated in favour of IsIconized().
3684 bool Iconized() const;
3692 A move event holds information about wxTopLevelWindow move change events.
3694 @beginEventTable{wxMoveEvent}
3695 @event{EVT_MOVE(func)}
3696 Process a @c wxEVT_MOVE event, which is generated when a window is moved.
3697 @event{EVT_MOVE_START(func)}
3698 Process a @c wxEVT_MOVE_START event, which is generated when the user starts
3699 to move or size a window. wxMSW only.
3700 @event{EVT_MOVE_END(func)}
3701 Process a @c wxEVT_MOVE_END event, which is generated when the user stops
3702 moving or sizing a window. wxMSW only.
3708 @see wxPoint, @ref overview_events
3710 class wxMoveEvent
: public wxEvent
3716 wxMoveEvent(const wxPoint
& pt
, int id
= 0);
3719 Returns the position of the window generating the move change event.
3721 wxPoint
GetPosition() const;
3728 A size event holds information about size change events of wxWindow.
3730 The EVT_SIZE handler function will be called when the window has been resized.
3732 You may wish to use this for frames to resize their child windows as appropriate.
3734 Note that the size passed is of the whole window: call wxWindow::GetClientSize()
3735 for the area which may be used by the application.
3737 When a window is resized, usually only a small part of the window is damaged
3738 and you may only need to repaint that area. However, if your drawing depends on the
3739 size of the window, you may need to clear the DC explicitly and repaint the whole window.
3740 In which case, you may need to call wxWindow::Refresh to invalidate the entire window.
3742 @beginEventTable{wxSizeEvent}
3743 @event{EVT_SIZE(func)}
3744 Process a @c wxEVT_SIZE event.
3750 @see wxSize, @ref overview_events
3752 class wxSizeEvent
: public wxEvent
3758 wxSizeEvent(const wxSize
& sz
, int id
= 0);
3761 Returns the entire size of the window generating the size change event.
3763 This is the new total size of the window, i.e. the same size as would
3764 be returned by wxWindow::GetSize() if it were called now. Use
3765 wxWindow::GetClientSize() if you catch this event in a top level window
3766 such as wxFrame to find the size available for the window contents.
3768 wxSize
GetSize() const;
3774 @class wxSetCursorEvent
3776 A wxSetCursorEvent is generated from wxWindow when the mouse cursor is about
3777 to be set as a result of mouse motion.
3779 This event gives the application the chance to perform specific mouse cursor
3780 processing based on the current position of the mouse within the window.
3781 Use wxSetCursorEvent::SetCursor to specify the cursor you want to be displayed.
3783 @beginEventTable{wxSetCursorEvent}
3784 @event{EVT_SET_CURSOR(func)}
3785 Process a @c wxEVT_SET_CURSOR event.
3791 @see ::wxSetCursor, wxWindow::wxSetCursor
3793 class wxSetCursorEvent
: public wxEvent
3797 Constructor, used by the library itself internally to initialize the event
3800 wxSetCursorEvent(wxCoord x
= 0, wxCoord y
= 0);
3803 Returns a reference to the cursor specified by this event.
3805 const wxCursor
& GetCursor() const;
3808 Returns the X coordinate of the mouse in client coordinates.
3810 wxCoord
GetX() const;
3813 Returns the Y coordinate of the mouse in client coordinates.
3815 wxCoord
GetY() const;
3818 Returns @true if the cursor specified by this event is a valid cursor.
3820 @remarks You cannot specify wxNullCursor with this event, as it is not
3821 considered a valid cursor.
3823 bool HasCursor() const;
3826 Sets the cursor associated with this event.
3828 void SetCursor(const wxCursor
& cursor
);
3833 // ============================================================================
3834 // Global functions/macros
3835 // ============================================================================
3837 /** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_events */
3841 A value uniquely identifying the type of the event.
3843 The values of this type should only be created using wxNewEventType().
3845 See the macro DEFINE_EVENT_TYPE() for more info.
3847 @see @ref overview_events_introduction
3849 typedef int wxEventType
;
3852 A special event type usually used to indicate that some wxEvent has yet
3855 wxEventType wxEVT_NULL
;
3858 Initializes a new event type using wxNewEventType().
3860 @deprecated Use wxDEFINE_EVENT() instead
3862 #define DEFINE_EVENT_TYPE(name) const wxEventType name = wxNewEventType();
3865 Generates a new unique event type.
3867 Usually this function is only used by wxDEFINE_EVENT() and not called
3870 wxEventType
wxNewEventType();
3873 Define a new event type associated with the specified event class.
3875 This macro defines a new unique event type @a name associated with the
3880 wxDEFINE_EVENT(MY_COMMAND_EVENT, wxCommandEvent);
3882 class MyCustomEvent : public wxEvent { ... };
3883 wxDEFINE_EVENT(MY_CUSTOM_EVENT, MyCustomEvent);
3886 @see wxDECLARE_EVENT(), @ref overview_events_custom
3888 #define wxDEFINE_EVENT(name, cls) \
3889 const wxEventTypeTag< cls > name(wxNewEventType())
3892 Declares a custom event type.
3894 This macro declares a variable called @a name which must be defined
3895 elsewhere using wxDEFINE_EVENT().
3897 The class @a cls must be the wxEvent-derived class associated with the
3898 events of this type and its full declaration must be visible from the point
3899 of use of this macro.
3903 wxDECLARE_EVENT(MY_COMMAND_EVENT, wxCommandEvent);
3905 class MyCustomEvent : public wxEvent { ... };
3906 wxDECLARE_EVENT(MY_CUSTOM_EVENT, MyCustomEvent);
3909 #define wxDECLARE_EVENT(name, cls) \
3910 wxDECLARE_EXPORTED_EVENT(wxEMPTY_PARAMETER_VALUE, name, cls)
3913 Variant of wxDECLARE_EVENT() used for event types defined inside a shared
3916 This is mostly used by wxWidgets internally, e.g.
3918 wxDECLARE_EXPORTED_EVENT(WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE, wxEVT_COMMAND_BUTTON_CLICKED, wxCommandEvent)
3921 #define wxDECLARE_EXPORTED_EVENT( expdecl, name, cls ) \
3922 extern const expdecl wxEventTypeTag< cls > name;
3925 Helper macro for definition of custom event table macros.
3927 This macro must only be used if wxEVENTS_COMPATIBILITY_2_8 is 1, otherwise
3928 it is better and more clear to just use the address of the function
3929 directly as this is all this macro does in this case. However it needs to
3930 explicitly cast @a func to @a functype, which is the type of wxEvtHandler
3931 member function taking the custom event argument when
3932 wxEVENTS_COMPATIBILITY_2_8 is 0.
3934 See wx__DECLARE_EVT0 for an example of use.
3936 @see @ref overview_events_custom_ownclass
3938 #define wxEVENT_HANDLER_CAST(functype, func) (&func)
3941 This macro is used to define event table macros for handling custom
3946 class MyEvent : public wxEvent { ... };
3948 // note that this is not necessary unless using old compilers: for the
3949 // reasonably new ones just use &func instead of MyEventHandler(func)
3950 typedef void (wxEvtHandler::*MyEventFunction)(MyEvent&);
3951 #define MyEventHandler(func) wxEVENT_HANDLER_CAST(MyEventFunction, func)
3953 wxDEFINE_EVENT(MY_EVENT_TYPE, MyEvent);
3955 #define EVT_MY(id, func) \
3956 wx__DECLARE_EVT1(MY_EVENT_TYPE, id, MyEventHandler(func))
3960 BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MyFrame, wxFrame)
3961 EVT_MY(wxID_ANY, MyFrame::OnMyEvent)
3966 The event type to handle.
3968 The identifier of events to handle.
3970 The event handler method.
3972 #define wx__DECLARE_EVT1(evt, id, fn) \
3973 wx__DECLARE_EVT2(evt, id, wxID_ANY, fn)
3976 Generalized version of the wx__DECLARE_EVT1() macro taking a range of
3977 IDs instead of a single one.
3978 Argument @a id1 is the first identifier of the range, @a id2 is the
3979 second identifier of the range.
3981 #define wx__DECLARE_EVT2(evt, id1, id2, fn) \
3982 DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE_ENTRY(evt, id1, id2, fn, NULL),
3985 Simplified version of the wx__DECLARE_EVT1() macro, to be used when the
3986 event type must be handled regardless of the ID associated with the
3987 specific event instances.
3989 #define wx__DECLARE_EVT0(evt, fn) \
3990 wx__DECLARE_EVT1(evt, wxID_ANY, fn)
3994 Use this macro inside a class declaration to declare a @e static event table
3997 In the implementation file you'll need to use the BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE()
3998 and the END_EVENT_TABLE() macros, plus some additional @c EVT_xxx macro
4001 @see @ref overview_events_eventtables
4003 #define DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
4006 Use this macro in a source file to start listing @e static event handlers
4007 for a specific class.
4009 Use END_EVENT_TABLE() to terminate the event-declaration block.
4011 @see @ref overview_events_eventtables
4013 #define BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(theClass, baseClass)
4016 Use this macro in a source file to end listing @e static event handlers
4017 for a specific class.
4019 Use BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE() to start the event-declaration block.
4021 @see @ref overview_events_eventtables
4023 #define END_EVENT_TABLE()
4026 In a GUI application, this function posts @a event to the specified @e dest
4027 object using wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent().
4029 Otherwise, it dispatches @a event immediately using
4030 wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent(). See the respective documentation for details
4031 (and caveats). Because of limitation of wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent()
4032 this function is not thread-safe for event objects having wxString fields,
4033 use wxQueueEvent() instead.
4037 void wxPostEvent(wxEvtHandler
* dest
, const wxEvent
& event
);
4040 Queue an event for processing on the given object.
4042 This is a wrapper around wxEvtHandler::QueueEvent(), see its documentation
4048 The object to queue the event on, can't be @c NULL.
4050 The heap-allocated and non-@c NULL event to queue, the function takes
4053 void wxQueueEvent(wxEvtHandler
* dest
, wxEvent
*event
);