1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: interface of wxDC
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
6 // Licence: wxWindows licence
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11 Logical raster operations which can be used with wxDC::SetLogicalFunction
12 and some other wxDC functions (e.g. wxDC::Blit and wxDC::StretchBlit).
14 The description of the values below refer to how a generic @e src source pixel
15 and the corresponding @e dst destination pixel gets combined together to produce
16 the final pixel. E.g. @c wxCLEAR and @c wxSET completely ignore the source
17 and the destination pixel and always put zeroes or ones in the final surface.
19 enum wxRasterOperationMode
22 wxXOR
, //!< @e src XOR @e dst
23 wxINVERT
, //!< NOT @e dst
24 wxOR_REVERSE
, //!< @e src OR (NOT @e dst)
25 wxAND_REVERSE
, //!< @e src AND (NOT @e dst)
27 wxAND
, //!< @e src AND @e dst
28 wxAND_INVERT
, //!< (NOT @e src) AND @e dst
30 wxNOR
, //!< (NOT @e src) AND (NOT @e dst)
31 wxEQUIV
, //!< (NOT @e src) XOR @e dst
32 wxSRC_INVERT
, //!< (NOT @e src)
33 wxOR_INVERT
, //!< (NOT @e src) OR @e dst
34 wxNAND
, //!< (NOT @e src) OR (NOT @e dst)
35 wxOR
, //!< @e src OR @e dst
40 Flood styles used by wxDC::FloodFill.
44 /** The flooding occurs until a colour other than the given colour is encountered. */
47 /** The area to be flooded is bounded by the given colour. */
52 The mapping used to transform @e logical units to @e device units.
58 Each logical unit is 1 device pixel.
59 This is the default mapping mode for all wxDC-derived classes.
63 /** Each logical unit is 1 millimeter. */
66 /** Each logical unit is 1/10 of a millimeter. */
70 Each logical unit is 1/20 of a @e "printer point", or 1/1440 of an inch
71 (also known as "twip"). Equivalent to about 17.64 micrometers.
76 Each logical unit is a @e "printer point" i.e. 1/72 of an inch.
77 Equivalent to about 353 micrometers.
87 A wxDC is a @e "device context" onto which graphics and text can be drawn.
88 It is intended to represent different output devices and offers a common
89 abstract API for drawing on any of them.
91 wxWidgets offers an alternative drawing API based on the modern drawing
92 backends GDI+, CoreGraphics and Cairo. See wxGraphicsContext, wxGraphicsRenderer
93 and related classes. There is also a wxGCDC linking the APIs by offering
94 the wxDC API ontop of a wxGraphicsContext.
96 wxDC is an abstract base class and cannot be created directly.
97 Use wxPaintDC, wxClientDC, wxWindowDC, wxScreenDC, wxMemoryDC or
98 wxPrinterDC. Notice that device contexts which are associated with windows
99 (i.e. wxClientDC, wxWindowDC and wxPaintDC) use the window font and colours
100 by default (starting with wxWidgets 2.9.0) but the other device context
101 classes use system-default values so you always must set the appropriate
102 fonts and colours before using them.
104 In addition to the versions of the methods documented below, there
105 are also versions which accept single wxPoint parameter instead
106 of the two wxCoord ones or wxPoint and wxSize instead of the four
109 Beginning with wxWidgets 2.9.0 the entire wxDC code has been
110 reorganized. All platform dependent code (actually all drawing code)
111 has been moved into backend classes which derive from a common
112 wxDCImpl class. The user-visible classes such as wxClientDC and
113 wxPaintDC merely forward all calls to the backend implementation.
116 @section dc_units Device and logical units
118 In the wxDC context there is a distinction between @e logical units and @e device units.
120 @b Device units are the units native to the particular device; e.g. for a screen,
121 a device unit is a @e pixel. For a printer, the device unit is defined by the
122 resolution of the printer (usually given in @c DPI: dot-per-inch).
124 All wxDC functions use instead @b logical units, unless where explicitely
125 stated. Logical units are arbitrary units mapped to device units using
126 the current mapping mode (see wxDC::SetMapMode).
128 This mechanism allows to reuse the same code which prints on e.g. a window
129 on the screen to print on e.g. a paper.
132 @section dc_alpha_support Support for Transparency / Alpha Channel
134 On Mac OS X colours with alpha channel are supported. Instances of wxPen
135 or wxBrush that are built from wxColour use the colour's alpha values
136 when stroking or filling.
142 @see @ref overview_dc, wxGraphicsContext, wxDCFontChanger, wxDCTextColourChanger,
143 wxDCPenChanger, wxDCBrushChanger, wxDCClipper
145 @todo Precise definition of default/initial state.
146 @todo Pixelwise definition of operations (e.g. last point of a line not
149 class wxDC
: public wxObject
153 @name Coordinate conversion functions
158 Convert @e device X coordinate to logical coordinate, using the current
159 mapping mode, user scale factor, device origin and axis orientation.
161 wxCoord
DeviceToLogicalX(wxCoord x
) const;
164 Convert @e device X coordinate to relative logical coordinate, using the
165 current mapping mode and user scale factor but ignoring the
166 axis orientation. Use this for converting a width, for example.
168 wxCoord
DeviceToLogicalXRel(wxCoord x
) const;
171 Converts @e device Y coordinate to logical coordinate, using the current
172 mapping mode, user scale factor, device origin and axis orientation.
174 wxCoord
DeviceToLogicalY(wxCoord y
) const;
177 Convert @e device Y coordinate to relative logical coordinate, using the
178 current mapping mode and user scale factor but ignoring the
179 axis orientation. Use this for converting a height, for example.
181 wxCoord
DeviceToLogicalYRel(wxCoord y
) const;
184 Converts logical X coordinate to device coordinate, using the current
185 mapping mode, user scale factor, device origin and axis orientation.
187 wxCoord
LogicalToDeviceX(wxCoord x
) const;
190 Converts logical X coordinate to relative device coordinate, using the
191 current mapping mode and user scale factor but ignoring the
192 axis orientation. Use this for converting a width, for example.
194 wxCoord
LogicalToDeviceXRel(wxCoord x
) const;
197 Converts logical Y coordinate to device coordinate, using the current
198 mapping mode, user scale factor, device origin and axis orientation.
200 wxCoord
LogicalToDeviceY(wxCoord y
) const;
203 Converts logical Y coordinate to relative device coordinate, using the
204 current mapping mode and user scale factor but ignoring the
205 axis orientation. Use this for converting a height, for example.
207 wxCoord
LogicalToDeviceYRel(wxCoord y
) const;
214 @name Drawing functions
219 Clears the device context using the current background brush.
224 Draws an arc of a circle, centred on (@a xc, @a yc), with starting
225 point (@a xStart, @a yStart) and ending at (@a xEnd, @a yEnd).
226 The current pen is used for the outline and the current brush for
229 The arc is drawn in a counter-clockwise direction from the start point
232 void DrawArc(wxCoord xStart
, wxCoord yStart
, wxCoord xEnd
, wxCoord yEnd
,
233 wxCoord xc
, wxCoord yc
);
238 void DrawArc(const wxPoint
& ptStart
, const wxPoint
& ptEnd
, const wxPoint
& centre
);
241 Draw a bitmap on the device context at the specified point. If
242 @a transparent is @true and the bitmap has a transparency mask, the
243 bitmap will be drawn transparently.
245 When drawing a mono-bitmap, the current text foreground colour will be
246 used to draw the foreground of the bitmap (all bits set to 1), and the
247 current text background colour to draw the background (all bits set to
250 @see SetTextForeground(), SetTextBackground(), wxMemoryDC
252 void DrawBitmap(const wxBitmap
& bitmap
, wxCoord x
, wxCoord y
,
253 bool useMask
= false);
258 void DrawBitmap(const wxBitmap
&bmp
, const wxPoint
& pt
,
259 bool useMask
= false);
262 Draws a check mark inside the given rectangle.
264 void DrawCheckMark(wxCoord x
, wxCoord y
, wxCoord width
, wxCoord height
);
269 void DrawCheckMark(const wxRect
& rect
);
272 Draws a circle with the given centre and radius.
276 void DrawCircle(wxCoord x
, wxCoord y
, wxCoord radius
);
281 void DrawCircle(const wxPoint
& pt
, wxCoord radius
);
284 Draws an ellipse contained in the rectangle specified either with the
285 given top left corner and the given size or directly. The current pen
286 is used for the outline and the current brush for filling the shape.
290 void DrawEllipse(wxCoord x
, wxCoord y
, wxCoord width
, wxCoord height
);
295 void DrawEllipse(const wxPoint
& pt
, const wxSize
& size
);
300 void DrawEllipse(const wxRect
& rect
);
303 Draws an arc of an ellipse. The current pen is used for drawing the arc
304 and the current brush is used for drawing the pie.
306 @a x and @a y specify the x and y coordinates of the upper-left corner
307 of the rectangle that contains the ellipse.
309 @a width and @a height specify the width and height of the rectangle
310 that contains the ellipse.
312 @a start and @a end specify the start and end of the arc relative to
313 the three-o'clock position from the center of the rectangle. Angles are
314 specified in degrees (360 is a complete circle). Positive values mean
315 counter-clockwise motion. If @a start is equal to @e end, a complete
316 ellipse will be drawn.
318 void DrawEllipticArc(wxCoord x
, wxCoord y
, wxCoord width
, wxCoord height
,
319 double start
, double end
);
324 void DrawEllipticArc(const wxPoint
& pt
, const wxSize
& sz
,
325 double sa
, double ea
);
328 Draw an icon on the display (does nothing if the device context is
329 PostScript). This can be the simplest way of drawing bitmaps on a
332 void DrawIcon(const wxIcon
& icon
, wxCoord x
, wxCoord y
);
337 void DrawIcon(const wxIcon
& icon
, const wxPoint
& pt
);
340 Draw optional bitmap and the text into the given rectangle and aligns
341 it as specified by alignment parameter; it also will emphasize the
342 character with the given index if it is != -1 and return the bounding
343 rectangle if required.
345 void DrawLabel(const wxString
& text
, const wxBitmap
& image
,
347 int alignment
= wxALIGN_LEFT
| wxALIGN_TOP
,
348 int indexAccel
= -1, wxRect
* rectBounding
= NULL
);
353 void DrawLabel(const wxString
& text
, const wxRect
& rect
,
354 int alignment
= wxALIGN_LEFT
| wxALIGN_TOP
,
355 int indexAccel
= -1);
358 Draws a line from the first point to the second. The current pen is
359 used for drawing the line. Note that the point (@a x2, @a y2) is not
360 part of the line and is not drawn by this function (this is consistent
361 with the behaviour of many other toolkits).
363 void DrawLine(wxCoord x1
, wxCoord y1
, wxCoord x2
, wxCoord y2
);
368 void DrawLine(const wxPoint
& pt1
, const wxPoint
& pt2
);
371 Draws lines using an array of points of size @a n adding the optional
372 offset coordinate. The current pen is used for drawing the lines.
375 The wxPython version of this method accepts a Python list of wxPoint
380 Not supported by wxPerl.
383 void DrawLines(int n
, wxPoint points
[], wxCoord xoffset
= 0,
384 wxCoord yoffset
= 0);
386 This method uses a list of wxPoints, adding the optional offset
387 coordinate. The programmer is responsible for deleting the list of
391 The wxPython version of this method accepts a Python list of wxPoint
396 The wxPerl version of this method accepts
397 as its first parameter a reference to an array
401 void DrawLines(const wxPointList
* points
,
402 wxCoord xoffset
= 0, wxCoord yoffset
= 0);
405 Draws a point using the color of the current pen. Note that the other
406 properties of the pen are not used, such as width.
408 void DrawPoint(wxCoord x
, wxCoord y
);
413 void DrawPoint(const wxPoint
& pt
);
416 Draws a filled polygon using an array of points of size @a n, adding
417 the optional offset coordinate. The first and last points are
418 automatically closed.
420 The last argument specifies the fill rule: @b wxODDEVEN_RULE (the
421 default) or @b wxWINDING_RULE.
423 The current pen is used for drawing the outline, and the current brush
424 for filling the shape. Using a transparent brush suppresses filling.
427 Not supported by wxPerl.
430 void DrawPolygon(int n
, wxPoint points
[], wxCoord xoffset
= 0,
432 wxPolygonFillMode fill_style
= wxODDEVEN_RULE
);
434 This method draws a filled polygon using a list of wxPoints, adding the
435 optional offset coordinate. The first and last points are automatically
438 The last argument specifies the fill rule: @b wxODDEVEN_RULE (the
439 default) or @b wxWINDING_RULE.
441 The current pen is used for drawing the outline, and the current brush
442 for filling the shape. Using a transparent brush suppresses filling.
444 The programmer is responsible for deleting the list of points.
447 The wxPython version of this method accepts a Python list of wxPoint
452 The wxPerl version of this method accepts
453 as its first parameter a reference to an array
457 void DrawPolygon(const wxPointList
* points
,
458 wxCoord xoffset
= 0, wxCoord yoffset
= 0,
459 wxPolygonFillMode fill_style
= wxODDEVEN_RULE
);
462 Draws two or more filled polygons using an array of @a points, adding
463 the optional offset coordinates.
465 Notice that for the platforms providing a native implementation of this
466 function (Windows and PostScript-based wxDC currently), this is more
467 efficient than using DrawPolygon() in a loop.
469 @a n specifies the number of polygons to draw, the array @e count of
470 size @a n specifies the number of points in each of the polygons in the
473 The last argument specifies the fill rule: @b wxODDEVEN_RULE (the
474 default) or @b wxWINDING_RULE.
476 The current pen is used for drawing the outline, and the current brush
477 for filling the shape. Using a transparent brush suppresses filling.
479 The polygons maybe disjoint or overlapping. Each polygon specified in a
480 call to DrawPolyPolygon() must be closed. Unlike polygons created by
481 the DrawPolygon() member function, the polygons created by this
482 method are not closed automatically.
488 void DrawPolyPolygon(int n
, int count
[], wxPoint points
[],
489 wxCoord xoffset
= 0, wxCoord yoffset
= 0,
490 wxPolygonFillMode fill_style
= wxODDEVEN_RULE
);
493 Draws a rectangle with the given top left corner, and with the given
494 size. The current pen is used for the outline and the current brush
495 for filling the shape.
497 void DrawRectangle(wxCoord x
, wxCoord y
, wxCoord width
, wxCoord height
);
502 void DrawRectangle(const wxPoint
& pt
, const wxSize
& sz
);
507 void DrawRectangle(const wxRect
& rect
);
510 Draws the text rotated by @a angle degrees
511 (positive angles are counterclockwise; the full angle is 360 degrees).
513 @note Under Win9x only TrueType fonts can be drawn by this function. In
514 particular, a font different from @c wxNORMAL_FONT should be used
515 as the latter is not a TrueType font. @c wxSWISS_FONT is an
516 example of a font which is.
520 void DrawRotatedText(const wxString
& text
, wxCoord x
, wxCoord y
,
526 void DrawRotatedText(const wxString
& text
, const wxPoint
&,
530 Draws a rectangle with the given top left corner, and with the given
531 size. The corners are quarter-circles using the given radius. The
532 current pen is used for the outline and the current brush for filling
535 If @a radius is positive, the value is assumed to be the radius of the
536 rounded corner. If @a radius is negative, the absolute value is assumed
537 to be the @e proportion of the smallest dimension of the rectangle.
538 This means that the corner can be a sensible size relative to the size
539 of the rectangle, and also avoids the strange effects X produces when
540 the corners are too big for the rectangle.
542 void DrawRoundedRectangle(wxCoord x
, wxCoord y
, wxCoord width
,
543 wxCoord height
, double radius
);
548 void DrawRoundedRectangle(const wxPoint
& pt
, const wxSize
& sz
,
554 void DrawRoundedRectangle(const wxRect
& rect
, double radius
);
557 Draws a spline between all given points using the current pen.
560 The wxPython version of this method accepts a Python list of wxPoint
565 Not supported by wxPerl.
568 void DrawSpline(int n
, wxPoint points
[]);
575 The wxPerl version of this method accepts
576 as its first parameter a reference to an array
580 void DrawSpline(const wxPointList
* points
);
587 Not supported by wxPerl.
590 void DrawSpline(wxCoord x1
, wxCoord y1
, wxCoord x2
, wxCoord y2
,
591 wxCoord x3
, wxCoord y3
);
594 Draws a text string at the specified point, using the current text
595 font, and the current text foreground and background colours.
597 The coordinates refer to the top-left corner of the rectangle bounding
598 the string. See GetTextExtent() for how to get the dimensions of a text
599 string, which can be used to position the text more precisely and
600 DrawLabel() if you need to align the string differently.
602 Starting from wxWidgets 2.9.2 @a text parameter can be a multi-line
603 string, i.e. contain new line characters, and will be rendered
606 @note The current @ref GetLogicalFunction() "logical function" is
607 ignored by this function.
609 void DrawText(const wxString
& text
, wxCoord x
, wxCoord y
);
614 void DrawText(const wxString
& text
, const wxPoint
& pt
);
617 Fill the area specified by rect with a radial gradient, starting from
618 @a initialColour at the centre of the circle and fading to
619 @a destColour on the circle outside.
621 The circle is placed at the centre of @a rect.
623 @note Currently this function is very slow, don't use it for real-time
626 void GradientFillConcentric(const wxRect
& rect
,
627 const wxColour
& initialColour
,
628 const wxColour
& destColour
);
631 Fill the area specified by rect with a radial gradient, starting from
632 @a initialColour at the centre of the circle and fading to
633 @a destColour on the circle outside.
635 @a circleCenter are the relative coordinates of centre of the circle in
636 the specified @a rect.
638 @note Currently this function is very slow, don't use it for real-time
641 void GradientFillConcentric(const wxRect
& rect
,
642 const wxColour
& initialColour
,
643 const wxColour
& destColour
,
644 const wxPoint
& circleCenter
);
647 Fill the area specified by @a rect with a linear gradient, starting
648 from @a initialColour and eventually fading to @e destColour.
650 The @a nDirection specifies the direction of the colour change, default is
651 to use @a initialColour on the left part of the rectangle and
652 @a destColour on the right one.
654 void GradientFillLinear(const wxRect
& rect
, const wxColour
& initialColour
,
655 const wxColour
& destColour
,
656 wxDirection nDirection
= wxRIGHT
);
659 Flood fills the device context starting from the given point, using
660 the current brush colour, and using a style:
662 - wxFLOOD_SURFACE: The flooding occurs until a colour other than the
663 given colour is encountered.
664 - wxFLOOD_BORDER: The area to be flooded is bounded by the given
667 @return @false if the operation failed.
669 @note The present implementation for non-Windows platforms may fail to
670 find colour borders if the pixels do not match the colour
671 exactly. However the function will still return @true.
673 bool FloodFill(wxCoord x
, wxCoord y
, const wxColour
& colour
,
674 wxFloodFillStyle style
= wxFLOOD_SURFACE
);
679 bool FloodFill(const wxPoint
& pt
, const wxColour
& col
,
680 int style
= wxFLOOD_SURFACE
);
683 Displays a cross hair using the current pen. This is a vertical and
684 horizontal line the height and width of the window, centred on the
687 void CrossHair(wxCoord x
, wxCoord y
);
692 void CrossHair(const wxPoint
& pt
);
698 @name Clipping region functions
703 Destroys the current clipping region so that none of the DC is clipped.
705 @see SetClippingRegion()
707 void DestroyClippingRegion();
710 Gets the rectangle surrounding the current clipping region.
713 No arguments are required and the four values defining the rectangle
714 are returned as a tuple.
717 void GetClippingBox(wxCoord
*x
, wxCoord
*y
, wxCoord
*width
, wxCoord
*height
) const;
720 Sets the clipping region for this device context to the intersection of
721 the given region described by the parameters of this method and the
722 previously set clipping region.
724 The clipping region is an area to which drawing is restricted. Possible
725 uses for the clipping region are for clipping text or for speeding up
726 window redraws when only a known area of the screen is damaged.
728 Notice that you need to call DestroyClippingRegion() if you want to set
729 the clipping region exactly to the region specified.
731 Also note that if the clipping region is empty, any previously set
732 clipping region is destroyed, i.e. it is equivalent to calling
733 DestroyClippingRegion(), and not to clipping out all drawing on the DC
734 as might be expected.
736 @see DestroyClippingRegion(), wxRegion
738 void SetClippingRegion(wxCoord x
, wxCoord y
, wxCoord width
, wxCoord height
);
743 void SetClippingRegion(const wxPoint
& pt
, const wxSize
& sz
);
748 void SetClippingRegion(const wxRect
& rect
);
751 Sets the clipping region for this device context.
753 Unlike SetClippingRegion(), this function works with physical
754 coordinates and not with the logical ones.
756 void SetDeviceClippingRegion(const wxRegion
& region
);
762 @name Text/character extent functions
767 Gets the character height of the currently set font.
769 wxCoord
GetCharHeight() const;
772 Gets the average character width of the currently set font.
774 wxCoord
GetCharWidth() const;
777 Gets the dimensions of the string using the currently selected font.
778 @a string is the text string to measure, @e heightLine, if non @NULL,
779 is where to store the height of a single line.
781 The text extent is set in the given @a w and @a h pointers.
783 If the optional parameter @a font is specified and valid, then it is
784 used for the text extent calculation, otherwise the currently selected
787 @note This function works with both single-line and multi-line strings.
790 In wxPerl this method is implemented as
791 GetMultiLineTextExtent(string, font = undef) returning a
792 3-element list (width, height, line_height)
795 @see wxFont, SetFont(), GetPartialTextExtents(), GetTextExtent()
797 void GetMultiLineTextExtent(const wxString
& string
, wxCoord
* w
,
799 wxCoord
* heightLine
= NULL
,
800 const wxFont
* font
= NULL
) const;
802 Gets the dimensions of the string using the currently selected font.
803 @a string is the text string to measure, @e heightLine, if non @NULL,
804 is where to store the height of a single line.
806 @return The text extent as a wxSize object.
808 @note This function works with both single-line and multi-line strings.
811 Not supported by wxPerl.
814 @see wxFont, SetFont(), GetPartialTextExtents(), GetTextExtent()
816 wxSize
GetMultiLineTextExtent(const wxString
& string
) const;
819 Fills the @a widths array with the widths from the beginning of @a text
820 to the corresponding character of @a text. The generic version simply
821 builds a running total of the widths of each character using
822 GetTextExtent(), however if the various platforms have a native API
823 function that is faster or more accurate than the generic
824 implementation then it should be used instead.
827 This method only takes the @a text parameter and returns a Python list
832 In wxPerl this method only takes the @a text parameter and
833 returns the widths as a list of integers.
836 @see GetMultiLineTextExtent(), GetTextExtent()
838 bool GetPartialTextExtents(const wxString
& text
,
839 wxArrayInt
& widths
) const;
842 Gets the dimensions of the string using the currently selected font.
843 @a string is the text string to measure, @a descent is the dimension
844 from the baseline of the font to the bottom of the descender, and
845 @a externalLeading is any extra vertical space added to the font by the
846 font designer (usually is zero).
848 The text extent is returned in @a w and @a h pointers or as a wxSize
849 object depending on which version of this function is used.
851 If the optional parameter @a font is specified and valid, then it is
852 used for the text extent calculation. Otherwise the currently selected
855 @note This function only works with single-line strings.
858 The following methods are implemented in wxPython:
859 - GetTextExtent(string) - Returns a 2-tuple, (width, height).
860 - GetFullTextExtent(string, font=NULL) -
861 Returns a 4-tuple, (width, height, descent, externalLeading).
865 In wxPerl this method is implemented as GetTextExtent(string,
866 font = undef) returning a 4-element list (width, height,
867 descent, externalLeading)
870 @see wxFont, SetFont(), GetPartialTextExtents(),
871 GetMultiLineTextExtent()
873 void GetTextExtent(const wxString
& string
, wxCoord
* w
, wxCoord
* h
,
874 wxCoord
* descent
= NULL
,
875 wxCoord
* externalLeading
= NULL
,
876 const wxFont
* font
= NULL
) const;
883 Not supported by wxPerl.
886 wxSize
GetTextExtent(const wxString
& string
) const;
892 @name Text properties functions
897 Returns the current background mode: @c wxSOLID or @c wxTRANSPARENT.
899 @see SetBackgroundMode()
901 int GetBackgroundMode() const;
904 Gets the current font.
906 Notice that even although each device context object has some default font
907 after creation, this method would return a ::wxNullFont initially and only
908 after calling SetFont() a valid font is returned.
910 const wxFont
& GetFont() const;
913 Gets the current layout direction of the device context. On platforms
914 where RTL layout is supported, the return value will either be
915 @c wxLayout_LeftToRight or @c wxLayout_RightToLeft. If RTL layout is
916 not supported, the return value will be @c wxLayout_Default.
918 @see SetLayoutDirection()
920 wxLayoutDirection
GetLayoutDirection() const;
923 Gets the current text background colour.
925 @see SetTextBackground()
927 const wxColour
& GetTextBackground() const;
930 Gets the current text foreground colour.
932 @see SetTextForeground()
934 const wxColour
& GetTextForeground() const;
937 @a mode may be one of @c wxSOLID and @c wxTRANSPARENT.
939 This setting determines whether text will be drawn with a background
942 void SetBackgroundMode(int mode
);
945 Sets the current font for the DC.
947 If the argument is ::wxNullFont (or another invalid font; see wxFont::IsOk),
948 the current font is selected out of the device context (leaving wxDC without
949 any valid font), allowing the current font to be destroyed safely.
953 void SetFont(const wxFont
& font
);
956 Sets the current text background colour for the DC.
958 void SetTextBackground(const wxColour
& colour
);
961 Sets the current text foreground colour for the DC.
963 @see wxMemoryDC for the interpretation of colours when drawing into a
966 void SetTextForeground(const wxColour
& colour
);
969 Sets the current layout direction for the device context.
972 May be either @c wxLayout_Default, @c wxLayout_LeftToRight or
973 @c wxLayout_RightToLeft.
975 @see GetLayoutDirection()
977 void SetLayoutDirection(wxLayoutDirection dir
);
983 @name Bounding box functions
988 Adds the specified point to the bounding box which can be retrieved
989 with MinX(), MaxX() and MinY(), MaxY() functions.
991 @see ResetBoundingBox()
993 void CalcBoundingBox(wxCoord x
, wxCoord y
);
996 Gets the maximum horizontal extent used in drawing commands so far.
998 wxCoord
MaxX() const;
1001 Gets the maximum vertical extent used in drawing commands so far.
1003 wxCoord
MaxY() const;
1006 Gets the minimum horizontal extent used in drawing commands so far.
1008 wxCoord
MinX() const;
1011 Gets the minimum vertical extent used in drawing commands so far.
1013 wxCoord
MinY() const;
1016 Resets the bounding box: after a call to this function, the bounding
1017 box doesn't contain anything.
1019 @see CalcBoundingBox()
1021 void ResetBoundingBox();
1027 @name Page and document start/end functions
1032 Starts a document (only relevant when outputting to a printer).
1033 @a message is a message to show while printing.
1035 bool StartDoc(const wxString
& message
);
1038 Starts a document page (only relevant when outputting to a printer).
1043 Ends a document (only relevant when outputting to a printer).
1048 Ends a document page (only relevant when outputting to a printer).
1056 @name Bit-Block Transfer operations (blit)
1061 Copy from a source DC to this DC, specifying the destination
1062 coordinates, size of area to copy, source DC, source coordinates,
1063 logical function, whether to use a bitmap mask, and mask source
1067 Destination device context x position.
1069 Destination device context y position.
1071 Width of source area to be copied.
1073 Height of source area to be copied.
1075 Source device context.
1077 Source device context x position.
1079 Source device context y position.
1081 Logical function to use, see SetLogicalFunction().
1083 If @true, Blit does a transparent blit using the mask that is
1084 associated with the bitmap selected into the source device context.
1085 The Windows implementation does the following if MaskBlt cannot be
1088 <li>Creates a temporary bitmap and copies the destination area into
1090 <li>Copies the source area into the temporary bitmap using the
1091 specified logical function.</li>
1092 <li>Sets the masked area in the temporary bitmap to BLACK by ANDing
1093 the mask bitmap with the temp bitmap with the foreground colour
1094 set to WHITE and the bg colour set to BLACK.</li>
1095 <li>Sets the unmasked area in the destination area to BLACK by
1096 ANDing the mask bitmap with the destination area with the
1097 foreground colour set to BLACK and the background colour set to
1099 <li>ORs the temporary bitmap with the destination area.</li>
1100 <li>Deletes the temporary bitmap.</li>
1102 This sequence of operations ensures that the source's transparent
1103 area need not be black, and logical functions are supported.
1104 @n @b Note: on Windows, blitting with masks can be speeded up
1105 considerably by compiling wxWidgets with the wxUSE_DC_CACHE option
1106 enabled. You can also influence whether MaskBlt or the explicit
1107 mask blitting code above is used, by using wxSystemOptions and
1108 setting the @c no-maskblt option to 1.
1110 Source x position on the mask. If both xsrcMask and ysrcMask are
1111 @c -1, xsrc and ysrc will be assumed for the mask source position.
1112 Currently only implemented on Windows.
1114 Source y position on the mask. If both xsrcMask and ysrcMask are
1115 @c -1, xsrc and ysrc will be assumed for the mask source position.
1116 Currently only implemented on Windows.
1118 @remarks There is partial support for Blit() in wxPostScriptDC, under X.
1120 @see StretchBlit(), wxMemoryDC, wxBitmap, wxMask
1122 bool Blit(wxCoord xdest
, wxCoord ydest
, wxCoord width
,
1123 wxCoord height
, wxDC
* source
, wxCoord xsrc
, wxCoord ysrc
,
1124 wxRasterOperationMode logicalFunc
= wxCOPY
, bool useMask
= false,
1125 wxCoord xsrcMask
= wxDefaultCoord
, wxCoord ysrcMask
= wxDefaultCoord
);
1128 Copy from a source DC to this DC, specifying the destination
1129 coordinates, destination size, source DC, source coordinates, size of
1130 source area to copy, logical function, whether to use a bitmap mask,
1131 and mask source position.
1134 Destination device context x position.
1136 Destination device context y position.
1138 Width of destination area.
1140 Height of destination area.
1142 Source device context.
1144 Source device context x position.
1146 Source device context y position.
1148 Width of source area to be copied.
1150 Height of source area to be copied.
1152 Logical function to use, see SetLogicalFunction().
1154 If @true, Blit does a transparent blit using the mask that is
1155 associated with the bitmap selected into the source device context.
1156 The Windows implementation does the following if MaskBlt cannot be
1159 <li>Creates a temporary bitmap and copies the destination area into
1161 <li>Copies the source area into the temporary bitmap using the
1162 specified logical function.</li>
1163 <li>Sets the masked area in the temporary bitmap to BLACK by ANDing
1164 the mask bitmap with the temp bitmap with the foreground colour
1165 set to WHITE and the bg colour set to BLACK.</li>
1166 <li>Sets the unmasked area in the destination area to BLACK by
1167 ANDing the mask bitmap with the destination area with the
1168 foreground colour set to BLACK and the background colour set to
1170 <li>ORs the temporary bitmap with the destination area.</li>
1171 <li>Deletes the temporary bitmap.</li>
1173 This sequence of operations ensures that the source's transparent
1174 area need not be black, and logical functions are supported.
1175 @n @b Note: on Windows, blitting with masks can be speeded up
1176 considerably by compiling wxWidgets with the wxUSE_DC_CACHE option
1177 enabled. You can also influence whether MaskBlt or the explicit
1178 mask blitting code above is used, by using wxSystemOptions and
1179 setting the @c no-maskblt option to 1.
1181 Source x position on the mask. If both xsrcMask and ysrcMask are
1182 wxDefaultCoord, @a xsrc and @a ysrc will be assumed for the mask
1183 source position. Currently only implemented on Windows.
1185 Source y position on the mask. If both xsrcMask and ysrcMask are
1186 wxDefaultCoord, @a xsrc and @a ysrc will be assumed for the mask
1187 source position. Currently only implemented on Windows.
1189 There is partial support for Blit() in wxPostScriptDC, under X.
1191 StretchBlit() is only implemented under wxMAC and wxMSW.
1193 See wxMemoryDC for typical usage.
1197 @see Blit(), wxMemoryDC, wxBitmap, wxMask
1199 bool StretchBlit(wxCoord xdest
, wxCoord ydest
,
1200 wxCoord dstWidth
, wxCoord dstHeight
,
1201 wxDC
* source
, wxCoord xsrc
, wxCoord ysrc
,
1202 wxCoord srcWidth
, wxCoord srcHeight
,
1203 wxRasterOperationMode logicalFunc
= wxCOPY
,
1204 bool useMask
= false,
1205 wxCoord xsrcMask
= wxDefaultCoord
,
1206 wxCoord ysrcMask
= wxDefaultCoord
);
1211 @name Background/foreground brush and pen
1216 Gets the brush used for painting the background.
1218 @see wxDC::SetBackground()
1220 const wxBrush
& GetBackground() const;
1223 Gets the current brush.
1225 @see wxDC::SetBrush()
1227 const wxBrush
& GetBrush() const;
1230 Gets the current pen.
1234 const wxPen
& GetPen() const;
1237 Sets the current background brush for the DC.
1239 void SetBackground(const wxBrush
& brush
);
1242 Sets the current brush for the DC.
1244 If the argument is ::wxNullBrush (or another invalid brush; see wxBrush::IsOk),
1245 the current brush is selected out of the device context (leaving wxDC without
1246 any valid brush), allowing the current brush to be destroyed safely.
1248 @see wxBrush, wxMemoryDC (for the interpretation of colours when
1249 drawing into a monochrome bitmap)
1251 void SetBrush(const wxBrush
& brush
);
1254 Sets the current pen for the DC.
1256 If the argument is ::wxNullPen (or another invalid pen; see wxPen::IsOk),
1257 the current pen is selected out of the device context (leaving wxDC without any
1258 valid pen), allowing the current pen to be destroyed safely.
1260 @see wxMemoryDC for the interpretation of colours when drawing into a
1263 void SetPen(const wxPen
& pen
);
1269 Copy attributes from another DC.
1271 The copied attributes currently are:
1273 - Text foreground and background colours
1278 A valid (i.e. its IsOk() must return @true) source device context.
1280 void CopyAttributes(const wxDC
& dc
);
1283 Returns the depth (number of bits/pixel) of this DC.
1285 @see wxDisplayDepth()
1287 int GetDepth() const;
1290 Returns the current device origin.
1292 @see SetDeviceOrigin()
1294 wxPoint
GetDeviceOrigin() const;
1297 Gets the current logical function.
1299 @see SetLogicalFunction()
1301 wxRasterOperationMode
GetLogicalFunction() const;
1304 Gets the current mapping mode for the device context.
1308 wxMappingMode
GetMapMode() const;
1311 Gets in @a colour the colour at the specified location. Not available
1312 for wxPostScriptDC or wxMetafileDC.
1314 @note Setting a pixel can be done using DrawPoint().
1317 The wxColour value is returned and is not required as a parameter.
1320 bool GetPixel(wxCoord x
, wxCoord y
, wxColour
* colour
) const;
1323 Returns the resolution of the device in pixels per inch.
1325 wxSize
GetPPI() const;
1328 Gets the horizontal and vertical extent of this device context in @e device units.
1329 It can be used to scale graphics to fit the page.
1331 For example, if @e maxX and @e maxY represent the maximum horizontal
1332 and vertical 'pixel' values used in your application, the following
1333 code will scale the graphic to fit on the printer page:
1338 double scaleX = (double)(maxX / w);
1339 double scaleY = (double)(maxY / h);
1340 dc.SetUserScale(min(scaleX, scaleY),min(scaleX, scaleY));
1344 In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython implements the
1346 - GetSize() - Returns a wxSize.
1347 - GetSizeWH() - Returns a 2-tuple (width, height).
1351 In wxPerl there are two methods instead of a single overloaded
1353 - GetSize(): returns a Wx::Size object.
1354 - GetSizeWH(): returns a 2-element list (width, height).
1357 void GetSize(wxCoord
* width
, wxCoord
* height
) const;
1362 wxSize
GetSize() const;
1365 Returns the horizontal and vertical resolution in millimetres.
1367 void GetSizeMM(wxCoord
* width
, wxCoord
* height
) const;
1372 wxSize
GetSizeMM() const;
1375 Gets the current user scale factor.
1378 In wxPerl this method takes no arguments and return a two
1379 element array (x, y).
1384 void GetUserScale(double* x
, double* y
) const;
1387 Returns @true if the DC is ok to use.
1392 Sets the x and y axis orientation (i.e., the direction from lowest to
1393 highest values on the axis). The default orientation is x axis from
1394 left to right and y axis from top down.
1397 True to set the x axis orientation to the natural left to right
1398 orientation, @false to invert it.
1400 True to set the y axis orientation to the natural bottom up
1401 orientation, @false to invert it.
1403 void SetAxisOrientation(bool xLeftRight
, bool yBottomUp
);
1406 Sets the device origin (i.e., the origin in pixels after scaling has
1407 been applied). This function may be useful in Windows printing
1408 operations for placing a graphic on a page.
1410 void SetDeviceOrigin(wxCoord x
, wxCoord y
);
1413 Sets the current logical function for the device context.
1414 It determines how a @e source pixel (from a pen or brush colour, or source
1415 device context if using Blit()) combines with a @e destination pixel in
1416 the current device context.
1417 Text drawing is not affected by this function.
1419 See ::wxRasterOperationMode enumeration values for more info.
1421 The default is @c wxCOPY, which simply draws with the current colour.
1422 The others combine the current colour and the background using a logical
1423 operation. @c wxINVERT is commonly used for drawing rubber bands or moving
1424 outlines, since drawing twice reverts to the original colour.
1426 void SetLogicalFunction(wxRasterOperationMode function
);
1429 The mapping mode of the device context defines the unit of measurement
1430 used to convert @e logical units to @e device units.
1432 Note that in X, text drawing isn't handled consistently with the mapping mode;
1433 a font is always specified in point size. However, setting the user scale (see
1434 SetUserScale()) scales the text appropriately. In Windows, scalable
1435 TrueType fonts are always used; in X, results depend on availability of
1436 fonts, but usually a reasonable match is found.
1438 The coordinate origin is always at the top left of the screen/printer.
1440 Drawing to a Windows printer device context uses the current mapping
1441 mode, but mapping mode is currently ignored for PostScript output.
1443 void SetMapMode(wxMappingMode mode
);
1446 If this is a window DC or memory DC, assigns the given palette to the
1447 window or bitmap associated with the DC. If the argument is
1448 ::wxNullPalette, the current palette is selected out of the device
1449 context, and the original palette restored.
1453 void SetPalette(const wxPalette
& palette
);
1456 Sets the user scaling factor, useful for applications which require
1459 void SetUserScale(double xScale
, double yScale
);
1467 wxDCClipper is a small helper class for setting a clipping region on a wxDC
1468 and unsetting it automatically. An object of wxDCClipper class is typically
1469 created on the stack so that it is automatically destroyed when the object
1470 goes out of scope. A typical usage example:
1473 void MyFunction(wxDC& dc)
1475 wxDCClipper clip(dc, rect);
1476 // ... drawing functions here are affected by clipping rect ...
1479 void OtherFunction()
1483 // ... drawing functions here are not affected by clipping rect ...
1490 @see wxDC::SetClippingRegion(), wxDCFontChanger, wxDCTextColourChanger, wxDCPenChanger,
1498 Sets the clipping region to the specified region/coordinates.
1500 The clipping region is automatically unset when this object is destroyed.
1502 wxDCClipper(wxDC
& dc
, const wxRegion
& r
);
1503 wxDCClipper(wxDC
& dc
, const wxRect
& rect
);
1504 wxDCClipper(wxDC
& dc
, wxCoord x
, wxCoord y
, wxCoord w
, wxCoord h
);
1508 Destroys the clipping region associated with the DC passed to the ctor.
1515 @class wxDCBrushChanger
1517 wxDCBrushChanger is a small helper class for setting a brush on a wxDC
1518 and unsetting it automatically in the destructor, restoring the previous one.
1523 @see wxDC::SetBrush(), wxDCFontChanger, wxDCTextColourChanger, wxDCPenChanger,
1526 class wxDCBrushChanger
1530 Sets @a brush on the given @a dc, storing the old one.
1533 The DC where the brush must be temporary set.
1537 wxDCBrushChanger(wxDC
& dc
, const wxBrush
& brush
);
1540 Restores the brush originally selected in the DC passed to the ctor.
1542 ~wxDCBrushChanger();
1547 @class wxDCPenChanger
1549 wxDCPenChanger is a small helper class for setting a pen on a wxDC
1550 and unsetting it automatically in the destructor, restoring the previous one.
1555 @see wxDC::SetPen(), wxDCFontChanger, wxDCTextColourChanger, wxDCBrushChanger,
1558 class wxDCPenChanger
1562 Sets @a pen on the given @a dc, storing the old one.
1565 The DC where the pen must be temporary set.
1569 wxDCPenChanger(wxDC
& dc
, const wxPen
& pen
);
1572 Restores the pen originally selected in the DC passed to the ctor.
1580 @class wxDCTextColourChanger
1582 wxDCTextColourChanger is a small helper class for setting a foreground
1583 text colour on a wxDC and unsetting it automatically in the destructor,
1584 restoring the previous one.
1589 @see wxDC::SetTextForeground(), wxDCFontChanger, wxDCPenChanger, wxDCBrushChanger,
1592 class wxDCTextColourChanger
1596 Trivial constructor not changing anything.
1598 This constructor is useful if you don't know beforehand if the colour
1599 needs to be changed or not. It simply creates the object which won't do
1600 anything in its destructor unless Set() is called -- in which case it
1601 would reset the previous colour.
1603 wxDCTextColourChanger(wxDC
& dc
);
1606 Sets @a col on the given @a dc, storing the old one.
1609 The DC where the colour must be temporary set.
1613 wxDCTextColourChanger(wxDC
& dc
, const wxColour
& col
);
1616 Set the colour to use.
1618 This method is meant to be called once only and only on the objects
1619 created with the constructor overload not taking wxColour argument and
1620 has the same effect as the other constructor, i.e. sets the colour to
1621 the given @a col and ensures that the old value is restored when this
1622 object is destroyed.
1624 void Set(const wxColour
& col
);
1627 Restores the colour originally selected in the DC passed to the ctor.
1629 ~wxDCTextColourChanger();
1635 @class wxDCFontChanger
1637 wxDCFontChanger is a small helper class for setting a font on a wxDC and
1638 unsetting it automatically in the destructor, restoring the previous one.
1645 @see wxDC::SetFont(), wxDCTextColourChanger, wxDCPenChanger, wxDCBrushChanger,
1648 class wxDCFontChanger
1652 Trivial constructor not changing anything.
1654 This constructor is useful if you don't know beforehand if the font
1655 needs to be changed or not. It simply creates the object which won't do
1656 anything in its destructor unless Set() is called -- in which case it
1657 would reset the previous font.
1661 wxDCFontChanger(wxDC
& dc
);
1664 Sets @a font on the given @a dc, storing the old one.
1667 The DC where the font must be temporary set.
1671 wxDCFontChanger(wxDC
& dc
, const wxFont
& font
);
1674 Set the font to use.
1676 This method is meant to be called once only and only on the objects
1677 created with the constructor overload not taking wxColour argument and
1678 has the same effect as the other constructor, i.e. sets the font to
1679 the given @a font and ensures that the old value is restored when this
1680 object is destroyed.
1682 void Set(const wxFont
& font
);
1685 Restores the font originally selected in the DC passed to the ctor.