1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: interface of wxPropertyGrid
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11 @section propgrid_window_styles wxPropertyGrid Window Styles
13 SetWindowStyleFlag method can be used to modify some of these at run-time.
16 enum wxPG_WINDOW_STYLES
20 This will cause Sort() automatically after an item is added.
21 When inserting a lot of items in this mode, it may make sense to
22 use Freeze() before operations and Thaw() afterwards to increase
25 wxPG_AUTO_SORT
= 0x00000010,
28 Categories are not initially shown (even if added).
29 IMPORTANT NOTE: If you do not plan to use categories, then this
30 style will waste resources.
31 This flag can also be changed using wxPropertyGrid::EnableCategories method.
33 wxPG_HIDE_CATEGORIES
= 0x00000020,
36 This style combines non-categoric mode and automatic sorting.
38 wxPG_ALPHABETIC_MODE
= (wxPG_HIDE_CATEGORIES
|wxPG_AUTO_SORT
),
41 Modified values are shown in bold font. Changing this requires Refresh()
44 wxPG_BOLD_MODIFIED
= 0x00000040,
47 When wxPropertyGrid is resized, splitter moves to the center. This
48 behavior stops once the user manually moves the splitter.
50 wxPG_SPLITTER_AUTO_CENTER
= 0x00000080,
53 Display tool tips for cell text that cannot be shown completely. If
54 wxUSE_TOOLTIPS is 0, then this doesn't have any effect.
56 wxPG_TOOLTIPS
= 0x00000100,
59 Disables margin and hides all expand/collapse buttons that would appear
60 outside the margin (for sub-properties). Toggling this style automatically
61 expands all collapsed items.
63 wxPG_HIDE_MARGIN
= 0x00000200,
66 This style prevents user from moving the splitter.
68 wxPG_STATIC_SPLITTER
= 0x00000400,
71 Combination of other styles that make it impossible for user to modify
74 wxPG_STATIC_LAYOUT
= (wxPG_HIDE_MARGIN
|wxPG_STATIC_SPLITTER
),
77 Disables wxTextCtrl based editors for properties which
78 can be edited in another way. Equals calling
79 wxPropertyGrid::LimitPropertyEditing() for all added properties.
81 wxPG_LIMITED_EDITING
= 0x00000800,
84 wxPropertyGridManager only: Show tool bar for mode and page selection.
86 wxPG_TOOLBAR
= 0x00001000,
89 wxPropertyGridManager only: Show adjustable text box showing description
90 or help text, if available, for currently selected property.
92 wxPG_DESCRIPTION
= 0x00002000
96 enum wxPG_EX_WINDOW_STYLES
100 NOTE: wxPG_EX_xxx are extra window styles and must be set using SetExtraStyle()
103 Speeds up switching to wxPG_HIDE_CATEGORIES mode. Initially, if
104 wxPG_HIDE_CATEGORIES is not defined, the non-categorized data storage is not
105 activated, and switching the mode first time becomes somewhat slower.
106 wxPG_EX_INIT_NOCAT activates the non-categorized data storage right away.
108 NOTE: If you do plan not switching to non-categoric mode, or if
109 you don't plan to use categories at all, then using this style will result
110 in waste of resources.
112 wxPG_EX_INIT_NOCAT
= 0x00001000,
115 Extended window style that sets wxPropertyGridManager tool bar to not
118 wxPG_EX_NO_FLAT_TOOLBAR
= 0x00002000,
121 Shows alphabetic/categoric mode buttons from tool bar.
123 wxPG_EX_MODE_BUTTONS
= 0x00008000,
126 Show property help strings as tool tips instead as text on the status bar.
127 You can set the help strings using SetPropertyHelpString member function.
129 wxPG_EX_HELP_AS_TOOLTIPS
= 0x00010000,
132 Allows relying on native double-buffering.
134 wxPG_EX_NATIVE_DOUBLE_BUFFERING
= 0x00080000,
137 Set this style to let user have ability to set values of properties to
138 unspecified state. Same as setting wxPG_PROP_AUTO_UNSPECIFIED for
141 wxPG_EX_AUTO_UNSPECIFIED_VALUES
= 0x00200000,
144 If this style is used, built-in attributes (such as wxPG_FLOAT_PRECISION and
145 wxPG_STRING_PASSWORD) are not stored into property's attribute storage (thus
146 they are not readable).
148 Note that this option is global, and applies to all wxPG property containers.
150 wxPG_EX_WRITEONLY_BUILTIN_ATTRIBUTES
= 0x00400000,
153 Hides page selection buttons from tool bar.
155 wxPG_EX_HIDE_PAGE_BUTTONS
= 0x01000000
159 /** Combines various styles.
161 #define wxPG_DEFAULT_STYLE (0)
163 /** Combines various styles.
165 #define wxPGMAN_DEFAULT_STYLE (0)
170 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
173 @section propgrid_vfbflags wxPropertyGrid Validation Failure Behavior Flags
177 enum wxPG_VALIDATION_FAILURE_BEHAVIOR_FLAGS
181 Prevents user from leaving property unless value is valid. If this
182 behavior flag is not used, then value change is instead cancelled.
184 wxPG_VFB_STAY_IN_PROPERTY
= 0x01,
187 Calls wxBell() on validation failure.
189 wxPG_VFB_BEEP
= 0x02,
192 Cell with invalid value will be marked (with red colour).
194 wxPG_VFB_MARK_CELL
= 0x04,
197 Display customizable text message explaining the situation.
199 wxPG_VFB_SHOW_MESSAGE
= 0x08,
204 wxPG_VFB_DEFAULT
= wxPG_VFB_STAY_IN_PROPERTY
|wxPG_VFB_BEEP
,
210 typedef wxByte wxPGVFBFlags
;
215 Used to convey validation information to and from functions that
216 actually perform validation. Mostly used in custom property classes.
218 class wxPGValidationInfo
222 @return Returns failure behavior which is a combination of
223 @ref propgrid_vfbflags.
225 wxPGVFBFlags
GetFailureBehavior();
228 Returns current failure message.
230 const wxString
& GetFailureMessage() const;
233 Returns reference to pending value.
235 const wxVariant
& GetValue() const;
237 /** Set validation failure behavior
239 @param failureBehavior
240 Mixture of @ref propgrid_vfbflags.
242 void SetFailureBehavior(wxPGVFBFlags failureBehavior
);
245 Set current failure message.
247 void SetFailureMessage(const wxString
& message
);
250 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
253 @section propgrid_keyboard_actions wxPropertyGrid Action Identifiers
255 These are used with wxPropertyGrid::AddActionTrigger() and
256 wxPropertyGrid::ClearActionTriggers().
260 enum wxPG_KEYBOARD_ACTIONS
262 wxPG_ACTION_INVALID
= 0,
263 wxPG_ACTION_NEXT_PROPERTY
,
264 wxPG_ACTION_PREV_PROPERTY
,
265 wxPG_ACTION_EXPAND_PROPERTY
,
266 wxPG_ACTION_COLLAPSE_PROPERTY
,
267 wxPG_ACTION_CANCEL_EDIT
,
274 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
277 @class wxPropertyGrid
279 wxPropertyGrid is a specialized grid for editing properties - in other
280 words name = value pairs. List of ready-to-use property classes include
281 strings, numbers, flag sets, fonts, colours and many others. It is possible,
282 for example, to categorize properties, set up a complete tree-hierarchy,
283 add more than two columns, and set arbitrary per-property attributes.
285 Please note that most member functions are inherited and as such not
286 documented on this page. This means you will probably also want to read
287 wxPropertyGridInterface class reference.
289 See also @ref overview_propgrid.
291 @section propgrid_window_styles_ Window Styles
293 See @ref propgrid_window_styles.
295 @section propgrid_event_handling Event Handling
297 To process input from a property grid control, use these event handler macros
298 to direct input to member functions that take a wxPropertyGridEvent argument.
300 @beginEventTable{wxPropertyGridEvent}
301 @event{EVT_PG_SELECTED (id, func)}
302 Respond to wxEVT_PG_SELECTED event, generated when property value
303 has been changed by user.
304 @event{EVT_PG_CHANGING(id, func)}
305 Respond to wxEVT_PG_CHANGING event, generated when property value
306 is about to be changed by user. Use wxPropertyGridEvent::GetValue()
307 to take a peek at the pending value, and wxPropertyGridEvent::Veto()
308 to prevent change from taking place, if necessary.
309 @event{EVT_PG_HIGHLIGHTED(id, func)}
310 Respond to wxEVT_PG_HIGHLIGHTED event, which occurs when mouse
311 moves over a property. Event's property is NULL if hovered area does
312 not belong to any property.
313 @event{EVT_PG_RIGHT_CLICK(id, func)}
314 Respond to wxEVT_PG_RIGHT_CLICK event, which occurs when property is
315 clicked on with right mouse button.
316 @event{EVT_PG_DOUBLE_CLICK(id, func)}
317 Respond to wxEVT_PG_DOUBLE_CLICK event, which occurs when property is
318 double-clicked on with left mouse button.
319 @event{EVT_PG_ITEM_COLLAPSED(id, func)}
320 Respond to wxEVT_PG_ITEM_COLLAPSED event, generated when user collapses
321 a property or category.
322 @event{EVT_PG_ITEM_EXPANDED(id, func)}
323 Respond to wxEVT_PG_ITEM_EXPANDED event, generated when user expands
324 a property or category.
328 Use Freeze() and Thaw() respectively to disable and enable drawing.
329 This will also delay sorting etc. miscellaneous calculations to the last
334 @appearance{propertygrid.png}
336 class wxPropertyGrid
: public wxScrolledWindow
, public wxPropertyGridInterface
340 Two step constructor.
341 Call Create() when this constructor is called to build up the wxPropertyGrid
347 The styles to be used are styles valid for the wxWindow and wxScrolledWindow.
349 @see @ref propgrid_window_styles.
351 wxPropertyGrid( wxWindow
*parent
, wxWindowID id
= wxID_ANY
,
352 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
,
353 const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
,
354 long style
= wxPG_DEFAULT_STYLE
,
355 const wxChar
* name
= wxPropertyGridNameStr
);
358 virtual ~wxPropertyGrid();
361 Adds given key combination to trigger given action.
364 Which action to trigger. See @ref propgrid_keyboard_actions.
366 Which keycode triggers the action.
368 Which key event modifiers, in addition to keycode, are needed to
371 void AddActionTrigger( int action
, int keycode
, int modifiers
= 0 );
374 This static function enables or disables automatic use of
375 wxGetTranslation() for following strings: wxEnumProperty list labels,
376 wxFlagsProperty child property labels.
380 static void AutoGetTranslation( bool enable
);
383 Changes value of a property, as if from an editor. Use this instead of
384 SetPropertyValue() if you need the value to run through validation
385 process, and also send the property change event.
387 @return Returns true if value was successfully changed.
389 bool ChangePropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, wxVariant newValue
);
392 Centers the splitter. If argument is true, automatic splitter centering
393 is enabled (only applicable if style wxPG_SPLITTER_AUTO_CENTER was
396 void CenterSplitter( bool enable_auto_centering
= false );
399 Deletes all properties.
401 virtual void Clear();
404 Clears action triggers for given action.
407 Which action to trigger. @ref propgrid_keyboard_actions.
409 void ClearActionTriggers( int action
);
412 Forces updating the value of property from the editor control.
413 Note that wxEVT_PG_CHANGING and wxEVT_PG_CHANGED are dispatched using
414 ProcessEvent, meaning your event handlers will be called immediately.
416 @return Returns @true if anything was changed.
418 virtual bool CommitChangesFromEditor( wxUint32 flags
= 0 );
421 Two step creation. Whenever the control is created without any
422 parameters, use Create to actually create it. Don't access the control's
423 public methods before this is called
425 @see @ref propgrid_window_styles.
427 bool Create( wxWindow
*parent
, wxWindowID id
= wxID_ANY
,
428 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
,
429 const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
,
430 long style
= wxPG_DEFAULT_STYLE
,
431 const wxChar
* name
= wxPropertyGridNameStr
);
434 Call when editor widget's contents is modified. For example, this is
435 called when changes text in wxTextCtrl (used in wxStringProperty and
438 @remarks This function should only be called by custom properties.
440 @see wxPGProperty::OnEvent()
442 void EditorsValueWasModified();
445 Reverse of EditorsValueWasModified().
447 @remarks This function should only be called by custom properties.
449 void EditorsValueWasNotModified();
452 Enables or disables (shows/hides) categories according to parameter
455 bool EnableCategories( bool enable
);
458 Scrolls and/or expands items to ensure that the given item is visible.
460 @return Returns @true if something was actually done.
462 bool EnsureVisible( wxPGPropArg id
);
465 Reduces column sizes to minimum possible, while still retaining
466 fully visible grid contents (labels, images).
468 @return Minimum size for the grid to still display everything.
470 @remarks Does not work well with wxPG_SPLITTER_AUTO_CENTER window style.
472 This function only works properly if grid size prior to call was
473 already fairly large.
475 Note that you can also get calculated column widths by calling
476 GetState->GetColumnWidth() immediately after this function
482 Returns wxWindow that the properties are painted on, and which should be
483 used as the parent for editor controls.
485 wxPanel
* GetPanel() const;
488 Returns current category caption background colour.
490 wxColour
GetCaptionBackgroundColour() const;
493 Returns current category caption font.
495 wxFont
& GetCaptionFont();
498 Returns current category caption text colour.
500 wxColour
GetCaptionForegroundColour() const;
503 Returns current cell background colour.
505 wxColour
GetCellBackgroundColour() const;
508 Returns current cell text colour when disabled.
510 wxColour
GetCellDisabledTextColour() const;
513 Returns current cell text colour.
515 wxColour
GetCellTextColour() const;
518 Returns number of columns currently on grid.
520 unsigned int GetColumnCount() const;
523 Returns colour of empty space below properties.
525 wxColour
GetEmptySpaceColour() const;
528 Returns height of highest characters of used font.
530 int GetFontHeight() const;
533 Returns pointer to itself. Dummy function that enables same kind
534 of code to use wxPropertyGrid and wxPropertyGridManager.
536 wxPropertyGrid
* GetGrid();
539 Returns rectangle of custom paint image.
542 Return image rectangle for this property.
545 Which choice of property to use (each choice may have
548 wxRect
GetImageRect( wxPGProperty
* property
, int item
) const;
551 Returns size of the custom paint image in front of property.
554 Return image rectangle for this property.
555 If this argument is NULL, then preferred size is returned.
558 Which choice of property to use (each choice may have
561 wxSize
GetImageSize( wxPGProperty
* property
= NULL
, int item
= -1 ) const;
564 Returns last item which could be iterated using given flags.
567 See @ref propgrid_iterator_flags.
569 wxPGProperty
* GetLastItem( int flags
= wxPG_ITERATE_DEFAULT
);
572 Returns colour of lines between cells.
574 wxColour
GetLineColour() const;
577 Returns background colour of margin.
579 wxColour
GetMarginColour() const;
582 Returns most up-to-date value of selected property. This will return
583 value different from GetSelectedProperty()->GetValue() only when text
584 editor is activate and string edited by user represents valid,
585 uncommitted property value.
587 wxVariant
GetUncommittedPropertyValue();
590 Returns cell background colour of a property.
592 wxColour
GetPropertyBackgroundColour( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
595 Returns cell background colour of a property.
597 wxColour
GetPropertyTextColour( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
600 Returns "root property". It does not have name, etc. and it is not
601 visible. It is only useful for accessing its children.
603 wxPGProperty
* GetRoot() const;
606 Returns height of a single grid row (in pixels).
608 int GetRowHeight() const;
611 Returns currently selected property.
613 wxPGProperty
* GetSelectedProperty() const;
616 Returns currently selected property.
618 wxPGProperty
* GetSelection() const;
621 Returns current selection background colour.
623 wxColour
GetSelectionBackgroundColour() const;
626 Returns current selection text colour.
628 wxColour
GetSelectionForegroundColour() const;
631 Returns current splitter x position.
633 int GetSplitterPosition() const;
636 Returns wxTextCtrl active in currently selected property, if any. Takes
637 wxOwnerDrawnComboBox into account.
639 wxTextCtrl
* GetEditorTextCtrl() const;
642 Returns current vertical spacing.
644 int GetVerticalSpacing() const;
647 Returns true if editor's value was marked modified.
649 bool IsEditorsValueModified() const;
652 Returns information about arbitrary position in the grid.
654 wxPropertyGridHitTestResult
HitTest( const wxPoint
& pt
) const;
657 Returns true if any property has been modified by the user.
659 bool IsAnyModified() const;
662 Returns true if updating is frozen (ie. Freeze() called but not
665 bool IsFrozen() const;
668 When creating custom property editors, connect required editor events to
669 this function. For instance:
672 control->Connect(control->GetId(), wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED,
673 wxEventHandler(wxPropertyGrid::OnCustomEditorEvent),
677 @remarks You should never need to call this function directly!
679 @see wxPGEditor::CreateControls(), wxEvtHandler::Connect()
681 void OnCustomEditorEvent( wxEvent
&event
);
684 Redraws given property.
686 virtual void RefreshProperty( wxPGProperty
* p
);
689 Registers a new editor class.
691 @return Returns pointer to the editor class instance that should be used.
693 static wxPGEditor
* RegisterEditorClass( wxPGEditor
* editor
,
694 const wxString
& name
,
695 bool noDefCheck
= false );
698 Resets all colours to the original system values.
703 Selects a property. Editor widget is automatically created, but
704 not focused unless focus is true. This will generate wxEVT_PG_SELECT
708 Property to select (name or pointer).
711 If @true, move keyboard focus to the created editor right away.
713 @return returns @true if selection finished successfully. Usually only
714 fails if current value in editor is not valid.
716 @see wxPropertyGrid::ClearSelection()
718 bool SelectProperty( wxPGPropArg id
, bool focus
= false );
721 Changes keyboard shortcut to push the editor button.
723 @remarks You can set default with keycode 0. Good value for the platform
724 is guessed, but don't expect it to be very accurate.
726 void SetButtonShortcut( int keycode
, bool ctrlDown
= false, bool altDown
= false );
729 Sets category caption background colour.
731 void SetCaptionBackgroundColour(const wxColour
& col
);
734 Sets category caption text colour.
736 void SetCaptionTextColour(const wxColour
& col
);
739 Sets default cell background colour - applies to property cells.
740 Note that appearance of editor widgets may not be affected.
742 void SetCellBackgroundColour(const wxColour
& col
);
745 Sets cell text colour for disabled properties.
747 void SetCellDisabledTextColour(const wxColour
& col
);
750 Sets default cell text colour - applies to property name and value text.
751 Note that appearance of editor widgets may not be affected.
753 void SetCellTextColour(const wxColour
& col
);
756 Set number of columns (2 or more).
758 void SetColumnCount( int colCount
);
761 Sets the 'current' category - Append will add non-category properties
764 void SetCurrentCategory( wxPGPropArg id
);
767 Sets colour of empty space below properties.
769 void SetEmptySpaceColour(const wxColour
& col
);
772 Sets colour of lines between cells.
774 void SetLineColour(const wxColour
& col
);
777 Sets background colour of margin.
779 void SetMarginColour(const wxColour
& col
);
782 Sets background colour of property and all its children. Colours of
783 captions are not affected. Background brush cache is optimized for often
784 set colours to be set last.
786 void SetPropertyBackgroundColour( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxColour
& col
);
789 Resets text and background colours of given property.
791 void SetPropertyColoursToDefault( wxPGPropArg id
);
794 Sets text colour of property and all its children.
796 void SetPropertyTextColour( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxColour
& col
,
797 bool recursively
= true );
800 Sets selection background colour - applies to selected property name
803 void SetSelectionBackgroundColour(const wxColour
& col
);
806 Sets selection foreground colour - applies to selected property name text.
808 void SetSelectionTextColour(const wxColour
& col
);
811 Sets x coordinate of the splitter.
813 @remarks Splitter position cannot exceed grid size, and therefore setting
814 it during form creation may fail as initial grid size is often
815 smaller than desired splitter position, especially when sizers
818 void SetSplitterPosition( int newxpos
, int col
= 0 );
821 Moves splitter as left as possible, while still allowing all
822 labels to be shown in full.
824 @param privateChildrenToo
825 If @false, will still allow private children to be cropped.
827 void SetSplitterLeft( bool privateChildrenToo
= false );
830 Sets vertical spacing. Can be 1, 2, or 3 - a value relative to font
831 height. Value of 2 should be default on most platforms.
833 void SetVerticalSpacing( int vspacing
);
836 Shows an brief error message that is related to a property.
838 void ShowPropertyError( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxString
& msg
);
841 Sorts all items at all levels (except private children).
846 Sorts children of a property.
848 void SortChildren( wxPGPropArg id
);
853 @class wxPropertyGridEvent
855 A property grid event holds information about events associated with
856 wxPropertyGrid objects.
861 class wxPropertyGridEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
866 wxPropertyGridEvent(wxEventType commandType
=0, int id
=0);
868 /** Copy constructor. */
869 wxPropertyGridEvent(const wxPropertyGridEvent
& event
);
872 ~wxPropertyGridEvent();
875 Returns true if you can veto the action that the event is signaling.
877 bool CanVeto() const;
880 virtual wxEvent
* Clone() const;
883 Returns highest level non-category, non-root parent of property for
884 which event occurred. Useful when you have nested properties with
887 @remarks If immediate parent is root or category, this will return the
890 wxPGProperty
* GetMainParent() const;
893 Returns property associated with this event.
895 wxPGProperty
* GetProperty() const;
898 Returns current validation failure flags.
900 wxPGVFBFlags
GetValidationFailureBehavior() const;
903 Returns value that is about to be set for wxEVT_PG_CHANGING.
905 const wxVariant
& GetValue() const;
908 Set if event can be vetoed.
910 void SetCanVeto( bool canVeto
);
912 /** Changes the property associated with this event. */
913 void SetProperty( wxPGProperty
* p
);
916 Set override validation failure behavior. Only effective if Veto() was
917 also called, and only allowed if event type is wxEVT_PG_CHANGING.
919 void SetValidationFailureBehavior( wxPGVFBFlags flags
);
922 Sets custom failure message for this time only. Only applies if
923 wxPG_VFB_SHOW_MESSAGE is set in validation failure flags.
925 void SetValidationFailureMessage( const wxString
& message
);
928 Call this from your event handler to veto action that the event is
929 signaling. You can only veto a shutdown if wxPropertyGridEvent::CanVeto()
932 @remarks Currently only wxEVT_PG_CHANGING supports vetoing.
934 void Veto( bool veto
= true );
937 Returns @true if event was vetoed.
939 bool WasVetoed() const;