interface/wx/mdi.h

   1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   2 // Name:        mdi.h
   3 // Purpose:     interface of wxMDIClientWindow
   4 // Author:      wxWidgets team
   5 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
   6 // Licence:     wxWindows license
   7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   8
   9 /**
  10     @class wxMDIClientWindow
  11
  12     An MDI client window is a child of wxMDIParentFrame, and manages zero or
  13     more wxMDIChildFrame objects.
  14
  15     @remarks
  16
  17     The client window is the area where MDI child windows exist. It doesn't have to
  18     cover the whole parent frame; other windows such as toolbars and a help window
  19     might coexist with it. There can be scrollbars on a client window, which are
  20     controlled by the parent window style.
  21
  22     The wxMDIClientWindow class is usually adequate without further derivation, and
  23     it is created automatically when the MDI parent frame is created. If the application
  24     needs to derive a new class, the function wxMDIParentFrame::OnCreateClient() must
  25     be overridden in order to give an opportunity to use a different class of client
  26     window.
  27
  28     Under Windows 95, the client window will automatically have a sunken border style
  29     when the active child is not maximized, and no border style when a child is maximized.
  30
  31     @library{wxcore}
  32     @category{managedwnd}
  33
  34     @see wxMDIChildFrame, wxMDIParentFrame, wxFrame
  35 */
  36 class wxMDIClientWindow : public wxWindow
  37 {
  38 public:
  39     /**
  40         Default constructor.
  41
  42         Objects of this class are only created by wxMDIParentFrame which uses
  43         the default constructor and calls CreateClient() immediately
  44         afterwards.
  45      */
  46     wxMDIClientWindow();
  47
  48     /**
  49         Called by wxMDIParentFrame immediately after creating the client
  50         window.
  51
  52         This function may be overridden in the derived class but the base class
  53         version must usually be called first to really create the window.
  54
  55         @param parent
  56             The window parent.
  57         @param style
  58             The window style. Only wxHSCROLL and wxVSCROLL bits are meaningful
  59             here.
  60
  61     */
  62     virtual bool CreateClient(wxMDIParentFrame* parent, long style = 0);
  63 };
  64
  65
  66
  67 /**
  68     @class wxMDIParentFrame
  69
  70     An MDI (Multiple Document Interface) parent frame is a window which can
  71     contain MDI child frames in its client area which emulates the full
  72     desktop.
  73
  74     MDI is a user-interface model in which all the window reside inside the
  75     single parent window as opposed to being separate from each other. It
  76     remains popular despite dire warnings from Microsoft itself (which
  77     popularized this model in the first model) that MDI is obsolete.
  78
  79     An MDI parent frame always has a wxMDIClientWindow associated with it,
  80     which is the parent for MDI child frames. In the simplest case, the client
  81     window takes up the entire parent frame area but it is also possible to
  82     resize it to be smaller in order to have other windows in the frame, a
  83     typical example is using a sidebar along one of the window edges.
  84
  85     The appearance of MDI applications differs between different ports. The
  86     classic MDI model, with child windows which can be independently moved,
  87     resized etc, is only available under MSW, which provides native support for
  88     it. In Mac ports, multiple top level windows are used for the MDI children
  89     too and the MDI parent frame itself is invisible, to accommodate the native
  90     look and feel requirements. In all the other ports, a tab-based MDI
  91     implementation (sometimes called TDI) is used and so at most one MDI child
  92     is visible at any moment (child frames are always maximized).
  93
  94     @remarks
  95
  96     Although it is possible to have multiple MDI parent frames, a typical MDI
  97     application has a single MDI parent frame window inside which multiple MDI
  98     child frames, i.e. objects of class wxMDIChildFrame, can be created.
  99
 100
 101     @beginStyleTable
 102
 103     There are no special styles for this class, all wxFrame styles apply to it
 104     in the usual way. The only exception is that wxHSCROLL and wxVSCROLL styles
 105     apply not to the frame itself but to the client window, so that using them
 106     enables horizontal and vertical scrollbars for this window and not the
 107     frame.
 108
 109     @endStyleTable
 110
 111     @library{wxcore}
 112     @category{managedwnd}
 113
 114     @see wxMDIChildFrame, wxMDIClientWindow, wxFrame, wxDialog
 115 */
 116 class wxMDIParentFrame : public wxFrame
 117 {
 118 public:
 119
 120     /**
 121         Default constructor.
 122
 123         Use Create() for the objects created using this constructor.
 124     */
 125     wxMDIParentFrame();
 126
 127     /**
 128         Constructor, creating the window.
 129
 130         Notice that if you override virtual OnCreateClient() method you
 131         shouldn't be using this constructor but the default constructor and
 132         Create() as otherwise your overridden method is never going to be
 133         called because of the usual C++ virtual call resolution rules.
 134
 135         @param parent
 136             The window parent. Usually is @NULL.
 137         @param id
 138             The window identifier. It may take a value of @c wxID_ANY to
 139             indicate a default value.
 140         @param title
 141             The caption to be displayed on the frame's title bar.
 142         @param pos
 143             The window position. The value @c wxDefaultPosition indicates a
 144             default position, chosen by either the windowing system or
 145             wxWidgets, depending on platform.
 146         @param size
 147             The window size. The value @c wxDefaultSize indicates a default
 148             size, chosen by either the windowing system or wxWidgets, depending
 149             on platform.
 150         @param style
 151             The window style. Default value includes wxHSCROLL and wxVSCROLL
 152             styles.
 153         @param name
 154             The name of the window. This parameter is used to associate a name
 155             with the item, allowing the application user to set Motif resource
 156             values for individual windows.
 157
 158         @remarks
 159
 160         Under Windows 95, the client window will automatically have a sunken
 161         border style when the active child is not maximized, and no border
 162         style when a child is maximized.
 163
 164         @see Create(), OnCreateClient()
 165     */
 166     wxMDIParentFrame(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id,
 167                      const wxString& title,
 168                      const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
 169                      const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
 170                      long style = wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE | wxVSCROLL | wxHSCROLL,
 171                      const wxString& name = wxFrameNameStr);
 172
 173     /**
 174         Destructor.
 175
 176         Destroys all child windows and menu bar if present.
 177     */
 178     virtual ~wxMDIParentFrame();
 179
 180     /**
 181         Activates the MDI child following the currently active one.
 182
 183         The MDI children are maintained in an ordered list and this function
 184         switches to the next element in this list, wrapping around the end of
 185         it if the currently active child is the last one.
 186
 187         @see ActivatePrevious()
 188     */
 189     virtual void ActivateNext();
 190
 191     /**
 192         Activates the MDI child preceding the currently active one.
 193
 194         @see ActivateNext()
 195     */
 196     virtual void ActivatePrevious();
 197
 198     /**
 199         Arranges any iconized (minimized) MDI child windows.
 200
 201         This method is only implemented in MSW MDI implementation and does
 202         nothing under the other platforms.
 203
 204         @see Cascade(), Tile()
 205     */
 206     virtual void ArrangeIcons();
 207
 208     /**
 209         Arranges the MDI child windows in a cascade.
 210
 211         This method is only implemented in MSW MDI implementation and does
 212         nothing under the other platforms.
 213
 214         @see Tile(), ArrangeIcons()
 215     */
 216     virtual void Cascade();
 217
 218     /**
 219         Used in two-step frame construction.
 220
 221         See wxMDIParentFrame() for further details.
 222     */
 223     bool Create(wxWindow* parent,
 224                 wxWindowID id,
 225                 const wxString& title,
 226                 const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
 227                 const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
 228                 long style = wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE | wxVSCROLL | wxHSCROLL,
 229                 const wxString& name = wxFrameNameStr);
 230
 231     /**
 232         Returns a pointer to the active MDI child, if there is one.
 233
 234         If there are any children at all this function returns a non-@NULL
 235         pointer.
 236     */
 237     wxMDIChildFrame* GetActiveChild() const;
 238
 239     /**
 240         Returns a pointer to the client window.
 241
 242         @see OnCreateClient()
 243     */
 244     wxWindow *GetClientWindow() const;
 245
 246     /**
 247         Returns the current MDI Window menu.
 248
 249         Unless wxFRAME_NO_WINDOW_MENU style was used, a default menu listing
 250         all the currently active children and providing the usual operations
 251         (tile, cascade, ...) on them is created automatically by the library
 252         and this function can be used to retrieve it. Notice that the default
 253         menu can be replaced by calling SetWindowMenu().
 254
 255         This function is currently not available under OS X.
 256
 257         @return The current Window menu or @NULL.
 258     */
 259     wxMenu *GetWindowMenu() const;
 260
 261     /**
 262         Returns whether the MDI implementation is tab-based.
 263
 264         Currently only the MSW port uses the real MDI. In Mac ports the usual
 265         SDI is used, as common under this platforms, and all the other ports
 266         use TDI implementation.
 267
 268         TDI-based MDI applications have different appearance and functionality
 269         (e.g. child frames can't be minimized and only one of them is visible
 270         at any given time) so the application may need to adapt its interface
 271         somewhat depending on the return value of this function.
 272      */
 273     static bool IsTDI();
 274
 275     /**
 276         Override this to return a different kind of client window.
 277
 278         If you override this function, you must create your parent frame in two
 279         stages, or your function will never be called, due to the way C++
 280         treats virtual functions called from constructors. For example:
 281
 282         @code
 283         frame = new MyParentFrame;
 284         frame->Create(parent, myParentFrameId, wxT("My Parent Frame"));
 285         @endcode
 286
 287         @remarks
 288
 289         You might wish to derive from wxMDIClientWindow in order to implement
 290         different erase behaviour, for example, such as painting a bitmap on
 291         the background.
 292
 293         Note that it is probably impossible to have a client window that scrolls
 294         as well as painting a bitmap or pattern, since in @b OnScroll, the scrollbar
 295         positions always return zero.
 296
 297         @see GetClientWindow(), wxMDIClientWindow
 298     */
 299     virtual wxMDIClientWindow* OnCreateClient();
 300
 301     /**
 302         Replace the current MDI Window menu.
 303
 304         Ownership of the menu object passes to the frame when you call this
 305         function, i.e. the menu will be deleted by it when it's no longer
 306         needed (usually when the frame itself is deleted or when
 307         SetWindowMenu() is called again).
 308
 309         To remove the window completely, you can use the wxFRAME_NO_WINDOW_MENU
 310         window style but this function also allows to do it by passing @NULL
 311         pointer as @a menu.
 312
 313         This function is currently not available under OS X.
 314
 315         @param menu
 316             The menu to be used instead of the standard MDI Window menu or @NULL.
 317     */
 318     void SetWindowMenu(wxMenu *menu);
 319
 320     /**
 321         Tiles the MDI child windows either horizontally or vertically depending
 322         on whether @a orient is @c wxHORIZONTAL or @c wxVERTICAL.
 323
 324         This method is only implemented in MSW MDI implementation and does
 325         nothing under the other platforms.
 326
 327     */
 328     virtual void Tile(wxOrientation orient = wxHORIZONTAL);
 329 };
 330
 331
 332
 333 /**
 334     @class wxMDIChildFrame
 335
 336     An MDI child frame is a frame that can only exist inside a
 337     wxMDIClientWindow, which is itself a child of wxMDIParentFrame.
 338
 339     @beginStyleTable
 340     All of the standard wxFrame styles can be used but most of them are ignored
 341     by TDI-based MDI implementations.
 342     @endStyleTable
 343
 344     @remarks
 345     Although internally an MDI child frame is a child of the MDI client window,
 346     in wxWidgets you create it as a child of wxMDIParentFrame. In fact, you can
 347     usually forget that the client window exists. MDI child frames are clipped
 348     to the area of the MDI client window, and may be iconized on the client
 349     window. You can associate a menubar with a child frame as usual, although
 350     an MDI child doesn't display its menubar under its own title bar. The MDI
 351     parent frame's menubar will be changed to reflect the currently active
 352     child frame. If there are currently no children, the parent frame's own
 353     menubar will be displayed.
 354
 355     @library{wxcore}
 356     @category{managedwnd}
 357
 358     @see wxMDIClientWindow, wxMDIParentFrame, wxFrame
 359 */
 360 class wxMDIChildFrame : public wxFrame
 361 {
 362 public:
 363     /**
 364         Default constructor.
 365     */
 366     wxMDIChildFrame();
 367
 368     /**
 369         Constructor, creating the window.
 370
 371         @param parent
 372             The window parent. This should not be @NULL.
 373         @param id
 374             The window identifier. It may take a value of -1 to indicate a default
 375             value.
 376         @param title
 377             The caption to be displayed on the frame's title bar.
 378         @param pos
 379             The window position. The value @c wxDefaultPosition indicates a default position,
 380             chosen by either the windowing system or wxWidgets, depending on platform.
 381         @param size
 382             The window size. The value @c wxDefaultSize indicates a default size, chosen by
 383             either the windowing system or wxWidgets, depending on platform.
 384         @param style
 385             The window style. See wxMDIChildFrame.
 386         @param name
 387             The name of the window. This parameter is used to associate a name with the
 388             item, allowing the application user to set Motif resource values for individual
 389             windows.
 390
 391         @see Create()
 392     */
 393     wxMDIChildFrame(wxMDIParentFrame* parent, wxWindowID id,
 394                     const wxString& title,
 395                     const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
 396                     const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
 397                     long style = wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE,
 398                     const wxString& name = wxFrameNameStr);
 399
 400     /**
 401         Destructor. Destroys all child windows and menu bar if present.
 402     */
 403     virtual ~wxMDIChildFrame();
 404
 405     /**
 406         Activates this MDI child frame.
 407
 408         @see Maximize(), Restore()
 409     */
 410     virtual void Activate();
 411
 412     /**
 413         Used in two-step frame construction.
 414         See wxMDIChildFrame() for further details.
 415     */
 416     bool Create(wxMDIParentFrame* parent, wxWindowID id, const wxString& title,
 417                 const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
 418                 const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
 419                 long style = wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE,
 420                 const wxString& name = wxFrameNameStr);
 421
 422     /**
 423         Returns the MDI parent frame containing this child.
 424
 425         Notice that this may return a different object than GetParent() as the
 426         child frames may be created as children of the client window
 427         internally.
 428      */
 429     wxMDIParentFrame *GetMDIParent() const;
 430
 431     /**
 432         Returns true for MDI children in TDI implementations.
 433
 434         TDI-based implementations represent MDI children as pages in a
 435         wxNotebook and so they are always maximized and can't be restored or
 436         iconized.
 437
 438         @see wxMDIParentFrame::IsTDI().
 439      */
 440     virtual bool IsAlwaysMaximized() const;
 441
 442     /**
 443         Maximizes this MDI child frame.
 444
 445         This function doesn't do anything if IsAlwaysMaximized() returns @true.
 446
 447         @see Activate(), Restore()
 448     */
 449     virtual void Maximize(bool maximize = true);
 450
 451     /**
 452         Restores this MDI child frame (unmaximizes).
 453
 454         This function doesn't do anything if IsAlwaysMaximized() returns @true.
 455
 456         @see Activate(), Maximize()
 457     */
 458     virtual void Restore();
 459 };
 460