1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: interface of wxWindow
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11 Background styles. See wxWindow::SetBackgroundStyle().
13 enum wxBackgroundStyle
15 /// Use the default background, as determined by
16 /// the system or the current theme.
19 /// Use a solid colour for the background, this style is set automatically if you call
20 /// SetBackgroundColour() so you only need to set it explicitly if you had
21 /// changed the background style to something else before.
24 /// Don't draw the background at all, it's supposed that it is drawn by
25 /// the user-defined erase background event handler.
26 /// This style should be used to avoid flicker when the background is entirely
30 /// The background is (partially) transparent,this style is automatically set if you call
31 /// SetTransparent() which is used to set the transparency level.
32 wxBG_STYLE_TRANSPARENT
37 Valid values for wxWindow::ShowWithEffect() and wxWindow::HideWithEffect().
41 /// Roll window to the left
42 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_LEFT
,
44 /// Roll window to the right
45 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_RIGHT
,
47 /// Roll window to the top
48 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_TOP
,
50 /// Roll window to the bottom
51 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_BOTTOM
,
53 /// Slide window to the left
54 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_LEFT
,
56 /// Slide window to the right
57 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_RIGHT
,
59 /// Slide window to the top
60 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_TOP
,
62 /// Slide window to the bottom
63 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_BOTTOM
,
65 /// Fade in or out effect
68 /// Expanding or collapsing effect
73 Different window variants, on platforms like eg mac uses different
78 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL
, //!< Normal size
79 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_SMALL
, //!< Smaller size (about 25 % smaller than normal)
80 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MINI
, //!< Mini size (about 33 % smaller than normal)
81 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_LARGE
, //!< Large size (about 25 % larger than normal)
87 Flags which can be used in wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI().
93 wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE
/**< Invoked from On(Internal)Idle */
100 wxWindow is the base class for all windows and represents any visible object
101 om screen. All controls, top level windows and so on are windows. Sizers and
102 device contexts are not, however, as they don't appear on screen themselves.
104 Please note that all children of the window will be deleted automatically by
105 the destructor before the window itself is deleted which means that you don't
106 have to worry about deleting them manually. Please see the @ref
107 overview_windowdeletion "window deletion overview" for more information.
109 Also note that in this, and many others, wxWidgets classes some
110 @c GetXXX() methods may be overloaded (as, for example,
111 wxWindow::GetSize or wxWindow::GetClientSize). In this case, the overloads
112 are non-virtual because having multiple virtual functions with the same name
113 results in a virtual function name hiding at the derived class level (in
114 English, this means that the derived class has to override all overloaded
115 variants if it overrides any of them). To allow overriding them in the derived
116 class, wxWidgets uses a unique protected virtual @c DoGetXXX() method
117 and all @c GetXXX() ones are forwarded to it, so overriding the former
118 changes the behaviour of the latter.
121 @style{wxBORDER_DEFAULT}
122 The window class will decide the kind of border to show, if any.
123 @style{wxBORDER_SIMPLE}
124 Displays a thin border around the window. wxSIMPLE_BORDER is the
125 old name for this style.
126 @style{wxBORDER_SUNKEN}
127 Displays a sunken border. wxSUNKEN_BORDER is the old name for this
129 @style{wxBORDER_RAISED}
130 Displays a raised border. wxRAISED_BORDER is the old name for this
132 @style{wxBORDER_STATIC}
133 Displays a border suitable for a static control. wxSTATIC_BORDER
134 is the old name for this style. Windows only.
135 @style{wxBORDER_THEME}
136 Displays a native border suitable for a control, on the current
137 platform. On Windows XP or Vista, this will be a themed border; on
138 most other platforms a sunken border will be used. For more
139 information for themed borders on Windows, please see Themed
141 @style{wxBORDER_NONE}
142 Displays no border, overriding the default border style for the
143 window. wxNO_BORDER is the old name for this style.
144 @style{wxBORDER_DOUBLE}
145 This style is obsolete and should not be used.
146 @style{wxTRANSPARENT_WINDOW}
147 The window is transparent, that is, it will not receive paint
148 events. Windows only.
149 @style{wxTAB_TRAVERSAL}
150 Use this to enable tab traversal for non-dialog windows.
151 @style{wxWANTS_CHARS}
152 Use this to indicate that the window wants to get all char/key
153 events for all keys - even for keys like TAB or ENTER which are
154 usually used for dialog navigation and which wouldn't be generated
155 without this style. If you need to use this style in order to get
156 the arrows or etc., but would still like to have normal keyboard
157 navigation take place, you should call Navigate in response to the
158 key events for Tab and Shift-Tab.
159 @style{wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE}
160 On Windows, this style used to disable repainting the window
161 completely when its size is changed. Since this behaviour is now
162 the default, the style is now obsolete and no longer has an effect.
164 Use this style to enable a vertical scrollbar. Notice that this
165 style cannot be used with native controls which don't support
166 scrollbars nor with top-level windows in most ports.
168 Use this style to enable a horizontal scrollbar. The same
169 limitations as for wxVSCROLL apply to this style.
170 @style{wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB}
171 If a window has scrollbars, disable them instead of hiding them
172 when they are not needed (i.e. when the size of the window is big
173 enough to not require the scrollbars to navigate it). This style is
174 currently implemented for wxMSW, wxGTK and wxUniversal and does
175 nothing on the other platforms.
176 @style{wxCLIP_CHILDREN}
177 Use this style to eliminate flicker caused by the background being
178 repainted, then children being painted over them. Windows only.
179 @style{wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE}
180 Use this style to force a complete redraw of the window whenever it
181 is resized instead of redrawing just the part of the window
182 affected by resizing. Note that this was the behaviour by default
183 before 2.5.1 release and that if you experience redraw problems
184 with code which previously used to work you may want to try this.
185 Currently this style applies on GTK+ 2 and Windows only, and full
186 repainting is always done on other platforms.
189 @beginExtraStyleTable
190 @style{wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY}
191 By default, Validate/TransferDataTo/FromWindow() only work on
192 direct children of the window (compatible behaviour). Set this flag
193 to make them recursively descend into all subwindows.
194 @style{wxWS_EX_BLOCK_EVENTS}
195 wxCommandEvents and the objects of the derived classes are
196 forwarded to the parent window and so on recursively by default.
197 Using this flag for the given window allows to block this
198 propagation at this window, i.e. prevent the events from being
199 propagated further upwards. Dialogs have this flag on by default
200 for the reasons explained in the @ref overview_eventhandling "Event Handling Overview".
201 @style{wxWS_EX_TRANSIENT}
202 Don't use this window as an implicit parent for the other windows:
203 this must be used with transient windows as otherwise there is the
204 risk of creating a dialog/frame with this window as a parent which
205 would lead to a crash if the parent is destroyed before the child.
206 @style{wxWS_EX_CONTEXTHELP}
207 Under Windows, puts a query button on the caption. When pressed,
208 Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWidgets
209 will send a wxEVT_HELP event if the user clicked on an application window.
210 This style cannot be used (because of the underlying native behaviour)
211 together with @c wxMAXIMIZE_BOX or @c wxMINIMIZE_BOX, so these two styles
212 are automatically turned off if this one is used.
213 @style{wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE}
214 This window should always process idle events, even if the mode set
215 by wxIdleEvent::SetMode is wxIDLE_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
216 @style{wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES}
217 This window should always process UI update events, even if the
218 mode set by wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode is wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
224 @see @ref overview_eventhandling "Event handling overview",
225 @ref overview_windowsizing "Window sizing overview"
227 class wxWindow
: public wxEvtHandler
236 Constructs a window, which can be a child of a frame, dialog or any other
240 Pointer to a parent window.
242 Window identifier. If wxID_ANY, will automatically create an identifier.
244 Window position. wxDefaultPosition indicates that wxWidgets
245 should generate a default position for the window.
246 If using the wxWindow class directly, supply an actual position.
248 Window size. wxDefaultSize indicates that wxWidgets should generate
249 a default size for the window. If no suitable size can be found, the
250 window will be sized to 20x20 pixels so that the window is visible but
251 obviously not correctly sized.
253 Window style. For generic window styles, please see wxWindow.
257 wxWindow(wxWindow
* parent
, wxWindowID id
,
258 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
,
259 const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
,
261 const wxString
& name
= wxPanelNameStr
);
266 Deletes all sub-windows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
267 the @b delete operator explicitly, you should normally use Destroy()
268 so that wxWidgets can delete a window only when it is safe to do so, in idle time.
270 @see @ref overview_windowdeletion "Window Deletion Overview",
271 Destroy(), wxCloseEvent
276 This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return @false to
277 indicate that this control doesn't accept input at all (i.e. behaves like
278 e.g. wxStaticText) and so doesn't need focus.
280 @see AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard()
282 virtual bool AcceptsFocus() const;
285 This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return @false to
286 indicate that while this control can, in principle, have focus if the user
287 clicks it with the mouse, it shouldn't be included in the TAB traversal chain
288 when using the keyboard.
290 virtual bool AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard() const;
293 Overridden to indicate wehter this window or one of its children accepts
294 focus. Usually it's the same as AcceptsFocus() but is overridden for
297 virtual bool AcceptsFocusRecursively() const;
300 Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
301 functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
302 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
303 called by the user code.
308 virtual void AddChild(wxWindow
* child
);
311 Call this function to force one or both scrollbars to be always shown, even if
312 the window is big enough to show its entire contents without scrolling.
317 Whether the horizontal scroll bar should always be visible.
319 Whether the vertical scroll bar should always be visible.
321 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under Mac/Carbon.
323 virtual void AlwaysShowScrollbars(bool hflag
= true, bool vflag
= true);
326 Sets the cached best size value.
328 void CacheBestSize(const wxSize
& size
) const;
331 Returns @true if the system supports transparent windows and calling
332 SetTransparent() may succeed. If this function returns @false, transparent
333 windows are definitely not supported by the current system.
335 virtual bool CanSetTransparent();
338 Directs all mouse input to this window.
339 Call ReleaseMouse() to release the capture.
341 Note that wxWidgets maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
342 and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
343 captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
344 window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
345 as you capture it, unless the window receives the wxMouseCaptureLostEvent event.
347 Any application which captures the mouse in the beginning of some operation
348 must handle wxMouseCaptureLostEvent and cancel this operation when it receives
349 the event. The event handler must not recapture mouse.
351 @see ReleaseMouse(), wxMouseCaptureLostEvent
356 A synonym for Centre().
358 void Center(int dir
= wxBOTH
);
361 A synonym for CentreOnParent().
363 void CenterOnParent(int dir
= wxBOTH
);
369 Specifies the direction for the centering. May be wxHORIZONTAL, wxVERTICAL
370 or wxBOTH. It may also include wxCENTRE_ON_SCREEN flag
371 if you want to center the window on the entire screen and not on its
374 @remarks If the window is a top level one (i.e. doesn't have a parent),
375 it will be centered relative to the screen anyhow.
379 void Centre(int direction
= wxBOTH
);
382 Centres the window on its parent. This is a more readable synonym for Centre().
385 Specifies the direction for the centering. May be wxHORIZONTAL, wxVERTICAL
388 @remarks This methods provides for a way to center top level windows over
389 their parents instead of the entire screen. If there
390 is no parent or if the window is not a top level
391 window, then behaviour is the same as Centre().
393 @see wxTopLevelWindow::CentreOnScreen
395 void CentreOnParent(int direction
= wxBOTH
);
398 Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour. Does not
399 cause an erase background event to be generated.
401 virtual void ClearBackground();
404 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
407 A pointer to a integer value for the x coordinate. Pass the client
408 coordinate in, and a screen coordinate will be passed out.
410 A pointer to a integer value for the y coordinate. Pass the client
411 coordinate in, and a screen coordinate will be passed out.
414 In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython implements the following methods:
415 - ClientToScreen(point): Accepts and returns a wxPoint
416 - ClientToScreenXY(x, y): Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)
419 void ClientToScreen(int* x
, int* y
) const;
422 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
425 The client position for the second form of the function.
427 wxPoint
ClientToScreen(const wxPoint
& pt
) const;
430 Converts client area size @a size to corresponding window size.
432 In other words, the returned value is what would GetSize() return if this
433 window had client area of given size. Components with wxDefaultCoord
434 value are left unchanged. Note that the conversion is not always
435 exact, it assumes that non-client area doesn't change and so doesn't
436 take into account things like menu bar (un)wrapping or (dis)appearance
441 @see WindowToClientSize()
443 virtual wxSize
ClientToWindowSize(const wxSize
& size
) const;
446 Converts window size @a size to corresponding client area size
447 In other words, the returned value is what would GetClientSize() return if
448 this window had given window size. Components with wxDefaultCoord value
451 Note that the conversion is not always exact, it assumes that
452 non-client area doesn't change and so doesn't take into account things
453 like menu bar (un)wrapping or (dis)appearance of the scrollbars.
457 @see ClientToWindowSize()
459 virtual wxSize
WindowToClientSize(const wxSize
& size
) const;
462 This function simply generates a wxCloseEvent whose handler usually tries
463 to close the window. It doesn't close the window itself, however.
466 @false if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
467 of this window, @true if it cannot.
469 @remarks Close calls the close handler for the window, providing an
470 opportunity for the window to choose whether to destroy
471 the window. Usually it is only used with the top level
472 windows (wxFrame and wxDialog classes) as the others
473 are not supposed to have any special OnClose() logic.
474 The close handler should check whether the window is being deleted
475 forcibly, using wxCloseEvent::CanVeto, in which case it should
476 destroy the window using wxWindow::Destroy.
477 Note that calling Close does not guarantee that the window will
478 be destroyed; but it provides a way to simulate a manual close
479 of a window, which may or may not be implemented by destroying
480 the window. The default implementation of wxDialog::OnCloseWindow
481 does not necessarily delete the dialog, since it will simply
482 simulate an wxID_CANCEL event which is handled by the appropriate
483 button event handler and may do anything at all.
484 To guarantee that the window will be destroyed, call
485 wxWindow::Destroy instead
487 @see @ref overview_windowdeletion "Window Deletion Overview",
488 Destroy(), wxCloseEvent
490 bool Close(bool force
= false);
494 Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
496 For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character
497 width and then divided by 4.
498 For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character
499 height and then divided by 8.
501 @remarks Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions
502 even if the font changes.
503 You can also use these functions programmatically.
504 A convenience macro is defined:
506 #define wxDLG_UNIT(parent, pt) parent->ConvertDialogToPixels(pt)
509 @see ConvertPixelsToDialog()
511 wxPoint
ConvertDialogToPixels(const wxPoint
& pt
);
512 wxSize
ConvertDialogToPixels(const wxSize
& sz
);
517 Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
519 For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 4 and then divided by the
520 average character width.
521 For the y dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 8 and then divided by the
522 average character height.
524 @remarks Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions
525 even if the font changes.
527 @see ConvertDialogToPixels()
529 wxPoint
ConvertPixelsToDialog(const wxPoint
& pt
);
530 wxSize
ConvertPixelsToDialog(const wxSize
& sz
);
534 Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator,
535 since different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
536 are not destroyed immediately when this function is called -- they are added
537 to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
538 have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to
539 non-existent windows.
541 @return @true if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it
542 has been added to the list of windows pending real deletion.
544 virtual bool Destroy();
547 Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
549 bool DestroyChildren();
552 Returns true if this window is in process of being destroyed.
554 The top level windows are not deleted immediately but are rather
555 scheduled for later destruction to give them time to process any
556 pending messages, see Destroy() description.
558 This function returns @true if this window, or one of its parent
559 windows, is scheduled for destruction and can be useful to avoid
560 manipulating it as it's usually useless to do something with a window
561 which is on the point of disappearing anyhow.
563 bool IsBeingDeleted() const;
566 Disables the window. Same as @ref Enable() Enable(@false).
568 @return Returns @true if the window has been disabled, @false if it had
569 been already disabled before the call to this function.
574 Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
575 This function is called by UpdateWindowUI() in order to check return
576 values in the wxUpdateUIEvent and act appropriately.
577 For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWidgets
578 implements this function as follows:
581 // do the window-specific processing after processing the update event
582 void wxTopLevelWindowBase::DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent& event)
584 if ( event.GetSetEnabled() )
585 Enable(event.GetEnabled());
587 if ( event.GetSetText() )
589 if ( event.GetText() != GetTitle() )
590 SetTitle(event.GetText());
595 virtual void DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent
& event
);
598 Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
601 If @true, the window is eligible for drop file events.
602 If @false, the window will not accept drop file events.
604 @remarks Windows only until version 2.8.9, available on all platforms
605 since 2.8.10. Cannot be used together with SetDropTarget() on
606 non-Windows platforms.
610 virtual void DragAcceptFiles(bool accept
);
613 Enable or disable the window for user input. Note that when a parent window is
614 disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
618 If @true, enables the window for input. If @false, disables the window.
620 @return Returns @true if the window has been enabled or disabled, @false
621 if nothing was done, i.e. if the window had already
622 been in the specified state.
624 @see IsEnabled(), Disable(), wxRadioBox::Enable
626 virtual bool Enable(bool enable
= true);
629 Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
631 @remarks Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without
632 needing a wxWindow pointer.
634 @see SetFocus(), HasFocus()
636 static wxWindow
* FindFocus();
639 Find a child of this window, by @a id.
640 May return @a this if it matches itself.
642 wxWindow
* FindWindow(long id
) const;
645 Find a child of this window, by name.
646 May return @a this if it matches itself.
648 wxWindow
* FindWindow(const wxString
& name
) const;
651 Find the first window with the given @e id.
653 If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all top-level frames
654 and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
656 The search is recursive in both cases.
660 static wxWindow
* FindWindowById(long id
, wxWindow
* parent
= NULL
);
663 Find a window by its label.
665 Depending on the type of window, the label may be a window title
666 or panel item label. If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all
667 top-level frames and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be
668 limited to the given window hierarchy.
669 The search is recursive in both cases.
673 static wxWindow
* FindWindowByLabel(const wxString
& label
,
674 wxWindow
* parent
= NULL
);
677 Find a window by its name (as given in a window constructor or @b Create
680 If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all top-level frames
681 and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
684 The search is recursive in both cases. If no window with such name is found,
685 FindWindowByLabel() is called.
689 static wxWindow
* FindWindowByName(const wxString
& name
,
690 wxWindow
* parent
= NULL
);
693 Sizes the window so that it fits around its subwindows.
695 This function won't do anything if there are no subwindows and will only really
696 work correctly if sizers are used for the subwindows layout.
698 Also, if the window has exactly one subwindow it is better (faster and the result
699 is more precise as Fit() adds some margin to account for fuzziness of its calculations)
703 window->SetClientSize(child->GetSize());
706 instead of calling Fit().
708 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
713 Similar to Fit(), but sizes the interior (virtual) size of a window.
715 Mainly useful with scrolled windows to reset scrollbars after sizing
716 changes that do not trigger a size event, and/or scrolled windows without
717 an interior sizer. This function similarly won't do anything if there are
720 virtual void FitInside();
723 Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking
724 place on screen, the window is not redrawn at all.
726 Thaw() must be called to reenable window redrawing. Calls to these two
727 functions may be nested but to ensure that the window is properly
728 repainted again, you must thaw it exactly as many times as you froze it.
730 If the window has any children, they are recursively frozen too.
732 This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example,
733 it is a good idea to use it before doing many large text insertions in
734 a row into a wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all
735 platforms nor for all controls so it is mostly just a hint to wxWidgets
736 and not a mandatory directive.
738 @see wxWindowUpdateLocker, Thaw(), IsFrozen()
743 Gets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
745 wxAcceleratorTable
* GetAcceleratorTable();
748 Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
749 See also wxAccessible.
751 wxAccessible
* GetAccessible();
754 Returns the background colour of the window.
756 @see SetBackgroundColour(), SetForegroundColour(), GetForegroundColour()
758 wxColour
GetBackgroundColour() const;
761 Returns the background style of the window.
762 The background style can be one of the wxBackgroundStyle.
764 @see SetBackgroundColour(), GetForegroundColour(),
765 SetBackgroundStyle(), SetTransparent()
767 virtual wxBackgroundStyle
GetBackgroundStyle() const;
770 This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window.
772 For example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
773 control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
774 wxPanel), the size returned by this function will be the same as the size
775 the window would have had after calling Fit().
777 wxSize
GetBestSize() const;
780 Returns the currently captured window.
782 @see HasCapture(), CaptureMouse(), ReleaseMouse(),
783 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
785 static wxWindow
* GetCapture();
788 Returns the caret() associated with the window.
790 wxCaret
* GetCaret() const;
793 Returns the character height for this window.
795 virtual int GetCharHeight() const;
798 Returns the average character width for this window.
800 virtual int GetCharWidth() const;
804 Returns a reference to the list of the window's children. @c wxWindowList
805 is a type-safe wxList-like class whose elements are of type @c wxWindow*.
807 wxWindowList
& GetChildren();
808 const wxWindowList
& GetChildren() const;
812 Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control.
814 This is useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control
815 as in a standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
816 colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
817 system, especially if it uses themes.
819 The @a variant parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
820 ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
821 returned font. See SetWindowVariant() for more about this.
823 This static method is "overridden" in many derived classes and so calling,
824 for example, wxButton::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
825 return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
826 from those returned by, say, wxListCtrl::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
828 The @c wxVisualAttributes structure has at least the fields
829 @c font, @c colFg and @c colBg. All of them may be invalid
830 if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
831 especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
832 the case for @c colBg for the controls with themed background.
834 @see InheritAttributes()
836 static wxVisualAttributes
GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindowVariant variant
= wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL
);
840 Returns the size of the window 'client area' in pixels.
842 The client area is the area which may be drawn on by the programmer,
843 excluding title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
844 Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
845 return size is empty (both width and height are 0).
847 @see GetSize(), GetVirtualSize()
849 void GetClientSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
850 wxSize
GetClientSize() const;
854 Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or @NULL if there are none.
856 wxLayoutConstraints
* GetConstraints() const;
859 Return the sizer that this window is a member of, if any, otherwise @NULL.
861 wxSizer
* GetContainingSizer() const;
864 Return the cursor associated with this window.
868 const wxCursor
& GetCursor() const;
871 Currently this is the same as calling
872 wxWindow::GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindow::GetWindowVariant()).
874 One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
875 the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
876 virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
878 The other one is that in the future this function could return different
879 results, for example it might return a different font for an "Ok" button
880 than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
881 in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
882 function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
883 version can be used without having to create an object first.
885 virtual wxVisualAttributes
GetDefaultAttributes() const;
888 Returns the associated drop target, which may be @NULL.
890 @see SetDropTarget(), @ref overview_dnd
892 virtual wxDropTarget
* GetDropTarget() const;
895 Merges the window's best size into the min size and returns the result.
896 This is the value used by sizers to determine the appropriate
897 ammount of space to allocate for the widget.
899 @see GetBestSize(), SetInitialSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
901 wxSize
GetEffectiveMinSize() const;
904 Returns the event handler for this window.
905 By default, the window is its own event handler.
907 @see SetEventHandler(), PushEventHandler(),
908 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
910 wxEvtHandler
* GetEventHandler() const;
913 Returns the extra style bits for the window.
915 long GetExtraStyle() const;
918 Returns the font for this window.
922 wxFont
GetFont() const;
925 Returns the foreground colour of the window.
927 @remarks The interpretation of foreground colour is open to
928 interpretation according to the window class; it may be
929 the text colour or other colour, or it may not be used at all.
931 @see SetForegroundColour(), SetBackgroundColour(),
932 GetBackgroundColour()
934 wxColour
GetForegroundColour() const;
937 Returns the grandparent of a window, or @NULL if there isn't one.
939 wxWindow
* GetGrandParent() const;
942 Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window.
943 Cast it to an appropriate handle, such as @b HWND for Windows,
944 @b Widget for Motif, @b GtkWidget for GTK or @b WinHandle for PalmOS.
946 virtual WXWidget
GetHandle() const;
949 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
950 Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
951 implementation, and not in the window object itself.
953 @see SetHelpText(), GetHelpTextAtPoint(), wxHelpProvider
955 wxString
GetHelpText() const;
958 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
959 This method should be overridden if the help message depends on the position
960 inside the window, otherwise GetHelpText() can be used.
963 Coordinates of the mouse at the moment of help event emission.
965 Help event origin, see also wxHelpEvent::GetOrigin.
967 virtual wxString
GetHelpTextAtPoint(const wxPoint
& point
,
968 wxHelpEvent::Origin origin
) const;
971 Returns the identifier of the window.
973 @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application
974 has not provided one (or the default wxID_ANY) an unique
975 identifier with a negative value will be generated.
977 @see SetId(), @ref overview_windowids
979 wxWindowID
GetId() const;
982 Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
983 identification purposes.
985 @remarks The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
986 For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the
987 title. For buttons or static text controls, it is the
988 button text. This function can be useful for
989 meta-programs (such as testing tools or special-needs
990 access programs) which need to identify windows by name.
992 virtual wxString
GetLabel() const;
995 Returns the maximum size of window's client area.
997 This is an indication to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the maximum
998 possible size as well as the upper bound on window's size settable using
1003 virtual wxSize
GetMaxClientSize() const;
1006 Returns the maximum size of the window.
1008 This is an indication to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the maximum
1009 possible size as well as the upper bound on window's size settable using SetSize().
1011 @see GetMaxClientSize()
1013 virtual wxSize
GetMaxSize() const;
1016 Returns the minimum size of window's client area, an indication to the sizer
1017 layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of its client area.
1019 It normally just returns the value set by SetMinClientSize(), but it can be
1020 overridden to do the calculation on demand.
1024 virtual wxSize
GetMinClientSize() const;
1027 Returns the minimum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout
1028 mechanism that this is the minimum required size.
1030 This method normally just returns the value set by SetMinSize(), but it
1031 can be overridden to do the calculation on demand.
1033 @see GetMinClientSize()
1035 virtual wxSize
GetMinSize() const;
1038 Returns the window's name.
1040 @remarks This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the
1041 programmer to supply an appropriate name in the window
1042 constructor or via SetName().
1046 virtual wxString
GetName() const;
1049 Returns the next window after this one among the parent children or @NULL
1050 if this window is the last child.
1054 @see GetPrevSibling()
1056 wxWindow
* GetNextSibling() const;
1059 Returns the parent of the window, or @NULL if there is no parent.
1061 wxWindow
* GetParent() const;
1065 This function shows a popup menu at the given position in this window and
1066 returns the selected id.
1068 It can be more convenient than the general purpose PopupMenu() function
1069 for simple menus proposing a choice in a list of strings to the user.
1071 Notice that to avoid unexpected conflicts between the (usually
1072 consecutive range of) ids used by the menu passed to this function and
1073 the existing EVT_UPDATE_UI() handlers, this function temporarily
1074 disables UI updates for the window, so you need to manually disable
1075 (or toggle or ...) any items which should be disabled in the menu
1081 The position at which to show the menu in client coordinates.
1084 The selected menu item id or @c wxID_NONE if none selected or an
1089 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu
& menu
, const wxPoint
& pos
);
1090 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu
& menu
, int x
, int y
);
1094 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
1095 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level windows.
1098 Receives the x position of the window if non-@NULL.
1100 Receives the y position of the window if non-@NULL.
1102 @see GetScreenPosition()
1104 void GetPosition(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1107 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
1108 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level windows.
1110 @see GetScreenPosition()
1112 wxPoint
GetPosition() const;
1115 Returns the previous window before this one among the parent children or @c
1116 @NULL if this window is the first child.
1120 @see GetNextSibling()
1122 wxWindow
* GetPrevSibling() const;
1125 Returns the position and size of the window as a wxRect object.
1127 @see GetScreenRect()
1129 wxRect
GetRect() const;
1132 Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
1133 child window or a top level one.
1136 Receives the x position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
1138 Receives the y position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
1142 void GetScreenPosition(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1145 Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
1146 child window or a top level one.
1150 wxPoint
GetScreenPosition() const;
1153 Returns the position and size of the window on the screen as a wxRect object.
1157 wxRect
GetScreenRect() const;
1160 Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
1162 @see See SetScrollbar()
1164 virtual int GetScrollPos(int orientation
) const;
1167 Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
1171 virtual int GetScrollRange(int orientation
) const;
1174 Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
1178 virtual int GetScrollThumb(int orientation
) const;
1181 Returns the size of the entire window in pixels, including title bar, border,
1184 Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
1185 returned size is the restored window size, not the size of the window icon.
1188 Receives the window width.
1190 Receives the window height.
1192 @see GetClientSize(), GetVirtualSize()
1194 void GetSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
1197 See the GetSize(int*,int*) overload for more info.
1199 wxSize
GetSize() const;
1202 Return the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
1203 SetSizer() or @NULL.
1205 wxSizer
* GetSizer() const;
1208 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1209 window with the currently selected font.
1211 The text extent is returned in @a w and @a h pointers.
1214 String whose extent is to be measured.
1216 Return value for width.
1218 Return value for height.
1220 Return value for descent (optional).
1221 @param externalLeading
1222 Return value for external leading (optional).
1224 Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).
1226 virtual void GetTextExtent(const wxString
& string
, int* w
, int* h
,
1227 int* descent
= NULL
,
1228 int* externalLeading
= NULL
,
1229 const wxFont
* font
= NULL
) const;
1232 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1233 window with the currently selected font.
1235 wxSize
GetTextExtent(const wxString
& string
) const;
1238 Get the associated tooltip or @NULL if none.
1240 wxToolTip
* GetToolTip() const;
1243 Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged.
1244 Should only be called within an wxPaintEvent handler.
1246 @see wxRegion, wxRegionIterator
1248 const wxRegion
& GetUpdateRegion() const;
1251 Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or @NULL if
1254 virtual wxValidator
* GetValidator();
1258 This gets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
1259 By default it returns the client size of the window, but after a call to
1260 SetVirtualSize() it will return the size set with that method.
1262 wxSize
GetVirtualSize() const;
1265 Like the other GetVirtualSize() overload but uses pointers instead.
1268 Receives the window virtual width.
1270 Receives the window virtual height.
1272 void GetVirtualSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
1276 Returns the size of the left/right and top/bottom borders of this window in x
1277 and y components of the result respectively.
1279 virtual wxSize
GetWindowBorderSize() const;
1282 Gets the window style that was passed to the constructor or @b Create
1283 method. @b GetWindowStyle() is another name for the same function.
1285 virtual long GetWindowStyleFlag() const;
1288 Returns the value previously passed to SetWindowVariant().
1290 wxWindowVariant
GetWindowVariant() const;
1293 This function will generate the appropriate call to
1294 Navigate() if the key event is one normally used for
1295 keyboard navigation and return @true in this case.
1297 @return Returns @true if the key pressed was for navigation and was
1298 handled, @false otherwise.
1302 bool HandleAsNavigationKey(const wxKeyEvent
& event
);
1307 GetEventHandler()->SafelyProcessEvent(event);
1310 bool HandleWindowEvent(wxEvent
& event
) const;
1313 Returns @true if this window has the current mouse capture.
1315 @see CaptureMouse(), ReleaseMouse(), wxMouseCaptureLostEvent,
1316 wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1318 virtual bool HasCapture() const;
1321 Returns @true if the window has the given @a exFlag bit set in its
1324 @see SetExtraStyle()
1326 bool HasExtraStyle(int exFlag
) const;
1329 Returns @true if the window has the given @a flag bit set.
1331 bool HasFlag(int flag
) const;
1334 Returns @true if the window (or in case of composite controls, its main
1335 child window) has focus.
1339 virtual bool HasFocus() const;
1342 This method should be overridden to return @true if this window has
1343 multiple pages. All standard class with multiple pages such as
1344 wxNotebook, wxListbook and wxTreebook already override it to return @true
1345 and user-defined classes with similar behaviour should do it as well to
1346 allow the library to handle such windows appropriately.
1348 virtual bool HasMultiplePages() const;
1351 Returns @true if this window has a scroll bar for this orientation.
1354 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
1356 bool HasScrollbar(int orient
) const;
1359 Returns @true if this window background is transparent (as, for example,
1360 for wxStaticText) and should show the parent window background.
1362 This method is mostly used internally by the library itself and you normally
1363 shouldn't have to call it. You may, however, have to override it in your
1364 wxWindow-derived class to ensure that background is painted correctly.
1366 virtual bool HasTransparentBackground();
1369 Equivalent to calling wxWindow::Show(@false).
1374 This function hides a window, like Hide(), but using a special visual
1377 The parameters of this function are the same as for ShowWithEffect(),
1378 please see their description there.
1382 virtual bool HideWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect
,
1383 unsigned int timeout
= 0);
1386 This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
1387 window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
1388 the font and the foreground and background colours.
1390 By "intelligently" the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
1391 own @ref GetClassDefaultAttributes() default attributes.
1392 However if some of the parents attributes are explicitly (that is, using
1393 SetFont() and not wxWindow::SetOwnFont) changed and if the corresponding
1394 attribute hadn't been explicitly set for this window itself, then this
1395 window takes the same value as used by the parent.
1396 In addition, if the window overrides ShouldInheritColours() to return @false,
1397 the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the font might.
1399 This rather complicated logic is necessary in order to accommodate the
1400 different usage scenarios. The most common one is when all default attributes
1401 are used and in this case, nothing should be inherited as in modern GUIs
1402 different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
1403 they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
1404 desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
1405 just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
1406 do inherit the parents attributes.
1408 virtual void InheritAttributes();
1411 Sends an @c wxEVT_INIT_DIALOG event, whose handler usually transfers data
1412 to the dialog via validators.
1414 virtual void InitDialog();
1417 Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it
1420 void InvalidateBestSize();
1423 Returns @true if the window contents is double-buffered by the system, i.e. if
1424 any drawing done on the window is really done on a temporary backing surface
1425 and transferred to the screen all at once later.
1429 virtual bool IsDoubleBuffered() const;
1432 Returns @true if the window is enabled, i.e. if it accepts user input,
1435 Notice that this method can return @false even if this window itself hadn't
1436 been explicitly disabled when one of its parent windows is disabled.
1437 To get the intrinsic status of this window, use IsThisEnabled()
1441 bool IsEnabled() const;
1445 Returns @true if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
1446 last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
1447 only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
1449 bool IsExposed(int x
, int y
) const;
1450 bool IsExposed(wxPoint
& pt
) const;
1451 bool IsExposed(int x
, int y
, int w
, int h
) const;
1452 bool IsExposed(wxRect
& rect
) const;
1456 Returns @true if the window is currently frozen by a call to Freeze().
1458 @see Freeze(), Thaw()
1460 bool IsFrozen() const;
1463 Returns @true if the window is retained, @false otherwise.
1465 @remarks Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
1467 virtual bool IsRetained() const;
1470 Return whether a scrollbar is always shown.
1473 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
1475 @see AlwaysShowScrollbars()
1477 virtual bool IsScrollbarAlwaysShown(int orient
) const;
1480 Returns @true if the window is shown, @false if it has been hidden.
1482 @see IsShownOnScreen()
1484 virtual bool IsShown() const;
1487 Returns @true if the window is physically visible on the screen, i.e. it
1488 is shown and all its parents up to the toplevel window are shown as well.
1492 virtual bool IsShownOnScreen() const;
1495 Returns @true if this window is intrinsically enabled, @false otherwise,
1496 i.e. if @ref Enable() Enable(@false) had been called. This method is
1497 mostly used for wxWidgets itself, user code should normally use
1498 IsEnabled() instead.
1500 bool IsThisEnabled() const;
1503 Returns @true if the given window is a top-level one. Currently all frames and
1504 dialogs are considered to be top-level windows (even if they have a parent
1507 virtual bool IsTopLevel() const;
1510 Invokes the constraint-based layout algorithm or the sizer-based algorithm
1513 This function does not get called automatically when the window is resized
1514 because lots of windows deriving from wxWindow does not need this functionality.
1515 If you want to have Layout() called automatically, you should derive
1516 from wxPanel (see wxPanel::Layout).
1518 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
1520 virtual bool Layout();
1523 Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
1526 This function only works for wxTopLevelWindow-derived classes.
1530 virtual void Lower();
1533 Disables all other windows in the application so that
1534 the user can only interact with this window.
1537 If @true, this call disables all other windows in the application so that
1538 the user can only interact with this window. If @false, the effect is
1541 virtual void MakeModal(bool modal
= true);
1544 Moves the window to the given position.
1547 Required x position.
1549 Required y position.
1551 See SetSize() for more info about this parameter.
1553 @remarks Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1554 Move() function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class as the call:
1556 SetSize(x, y, wxDefaultCoord, wxDefaultCoord, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1561 void Move(int x
, int y
, int flags
= wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING
);
1564 Moves the window to the given position.
1567 wxPoint object representing the position.
1569 See SetSize() for more info about this parameter.
1571 @remarks Implementations of SetSize() can also implicitly implement the
1572 Move() function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class as the call:
1574 SetSize(x, y, wxDefaultCoord, wxDefaultCoord, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1579 void Move(const wxPoint
& pt
, int flags
= wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING
);
1582 Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified @e win.
1583 This means that when the user presses @c TAB key on that other window,
1584 the focus switches to this window.
1586 Default tab order is the same as creation order, this function and
1587 MoveBeforeInTabOrder() allow to change
1588 it after creating all the windows.
1591 A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
1594 void MoveAfterInTabOrder(wxWindow
* win
);
1597 Same as MoveAfterInTabOrder() except that it inserts this window just
1598 before @a win instead of putting it right after it.
1600 void MoveBeforeInTabOrder(wxWindow
* win
);
1603 Performs a keyboard navigation action starting from this window.
1604 This method is equivalent to calling NavigateIn() method on the
1608 A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and
1609 wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.
1611 @return Returns @true if the focus was moved to another window or @false
1614 @remarks You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress
1615 handler to do the default navigation behaviour for the
1616 tab key, since the standard default behaviour for a
1617 multiline text control with the wxTE_PROCESS_TAB style
1618 is to insert a tab and not navigate to the next
1619 control. See also wxNavigationKeyEvent and
1620 HandleAsNavigationKey.
1622 bool Navigate(int flags
= IsForward
);
1625 Performs a keyboard navigation action inside this window.
1626 See Navigate() for more information.
1628 bool NavigateIn(int flags
= IsForward
);
1631 Create a new ID or range of IDs that are not currently in use.
1632 The IDs will be reserved until assigned to a wxWindow ID
1633 or unreserved with UnreserveControlId().
1635 See @ref overview_windowids for more information.
1638 The number of sequential IDs to reserve.
1640 @return Returns the ID or the first ID of the range, or wxID_NONE if the
1641 specified number of identifiers couldn't be allocated.
1643 @see UnreserveControlId(), wxIdManager,
1644 @ref overview_windowids
1646 static wxWindowID
NewControlId(int count
= 1);
1649 This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
1650 sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
1651 that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
1652 handler in a derived class.
1654 This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
1655 and most implementations call UpdateWindowUI()
1656 in order to send update events to the window in idle time.
1658 virtual void OnInternalIdle();
1661 Same as #ScrollLines (-1).
1666 Same as #ScrollLines (1).
1671 Same as #ScrollPages (-1).
1676 Same as #ScrollPages (1).
1682 Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
1684 @param deleteHandler
1685 If this is @true, the handler will be deleted after it is removed.
1686 The default value is @false.
1688 @see SetEventHandler(), GetEventHandler(),
1689 PushEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
1691 wxEvtHandler
* PopEventHandler(bool deleteHandler
= false);
1695 Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
1696 window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu.
1698 If a menu item is selected, the corresponding menu event is generated and will be
1699 processed as usually. If the coordinates are not specified, current mouse
1700 cursor position is used.
1702 @a menu is the menu to pop up.
1704 The position where the menu will appear can be specified either as a
1705 wxPoint @a pos or by two integers (@a x and @a y).
1707 @remarks Just before the menu is popped up, wxMenu::UpdateUI is called to
1708 ensure that the menu items are in the correct state.
1709 The menu does not get deleted by the window.
1710 It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when
1711 calling PopupMenu in response to mouse click, because some of
1712 the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do a better job of positioning
1713 the menu in that case.
1717 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu
* menu
,
1718 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
);
1719 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu
* menu
, int x
, int y
);
1723 Posts a size event to the window.
1725 This is the same as SendSizeEvent() with @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST argument.
1727 void PostSizeEvent();
1730 Posts a size event to the parent of this window.
1732 This is the same as SendSizeEventToParent() with @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST
1735 void PostSizeEventToParent();
1738 Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
1741 Specifies the handler to be pushed.
1743 @remarks An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the
1744 events sent to a window. By default, the window is its
1745 own event handler, but an application may wish to
1746 substitute another, for example to allow central
1747 implementation of event-handling for a variety of
1748 different window classes.
1749 wxWindow::PushEventHandler allows an application to set up a
1750 chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event
1751 handler is handed to the next one in the chain.
1752 Use wxWindow::PopEventHandler to remove the event handler.
1754 @see SetEventHandler(), GetEventHandler(),
1755 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
1757 void PushEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
1760 Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
1763 This function only works for wxTopLevelWindow-derived classes.
1767 virtual void Raise();
1770 Causes this window, and all of its children recursively (except under wxGTK1
1771 where this is not implemented), to be repainted. Note that repainting doesn't
1772 happen immediately but only during the next event loop iteration, if you need
1773 to update the window immediately you should use Update() instead.
1775 @param eraseBackground
1776 If @true, the background will be erased.
1778 If non-@NULL, only the given rectangle will be treated as damaged.
1782 virtual void Refresh(bool eraseBackground
= true,
1783 const wxRect
* rect
= NULL
);
1786 Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: only the area inside it will be
1789 This is the same as Refresh() but has a nicer syntax as it can be called
1790 with a temporary wxRect object as argument like this @c RefreshRect(wxRect(x, y, w, h)).
1792 void RefreshRect(const wxRect
& rect
, bool eraseBackground
= true);
1795 Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey
1796 registered here, this window will receive a hotkey event.
1798 It will receive the event even if the application is in the background
1799 and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some
1803 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0
1804 and 0xBFFF. If this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a
1805 system wide unique identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
1806 This is a MSW specific detail.
1808 A bitwise combination of wxMOD_SHIFT, wxMOD_CONTROL, wxMOD_ALT
1809 or wxMOD_WIN specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along
1811 @param virtualKeyCode
1812 The virtual key code of the hotkey.
1814 @return @true if the hotkey was registered successfully. @false if some
1815 other application already registered a hotkey with this
1816 modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
1818 @remarks Use EVT_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the
1819 event. This function is currently only implemented
1820 under Windows. It is used in the Windows CE port for
1821 detecting hardware button presses.
1823 @see UnregisterHotKey()
1825 virtual bool RegisterHotKey(int hotkeyId
, int modifiers
,
1826 int virtualKeyCode
);
1829 Releases mouse input captured with CaptureMouse().
1831 @see CaptureMouse(), HasCapture(), ReleaseMouse(),
1832 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1834 void ReleaseMouse();
1837 Removes a child window.
1839 This is called automatically by window deletion functions so should not
1840 be required by the application programmer.
1841 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
1842 called by the user code.
1845 Child window to remove.
1847 virtual void RemoveChild(wxWindow
* child
);
1850 Find the given @a handler in the windows event handler chain and remove
1851 (but not delete) it from it.
1854 The event handler to remove, must be non-@NULL and
1855 must be present in this windows event handlers chain
1857 @return Returns @true if it was found and @false otherwise (this also
1858 results in an assert failure so this function should
1859 only be called when the handler is supposed to be there).
1861 @see PushEventHandler(), PopEventHandler()
1863 bool RemoveEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
1866 Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
1867 current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
1868 and then re-inserted into another.
1873 virtual bool Reparent(wxWindow
* newParent
);
1876 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
1879 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1881 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1883 void ScreenToClient(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1886 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
1889 The screen position.
1891 wxPoint
ScreenToClient(const wxPoint
& pt
) const;
1894 Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if @a lines is
1897 @return Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
1898 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
1900 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and
1901 wxTextCtrl under wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolled classes
1902 under all platforms).
1906 virtual bool ScrollLines(int lines
);
1909 Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if @a pages is
1912 @return Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
1913 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
1915 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxGTK.
1919 virtual bool ScrollPages(int pages
);
1922 Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
1925 Amount to scroll horizontally.
1927 Amount to scroll vertically.
1929 Rectangle to scroll, if it is @NULL, the whole window is
1930 scrolled (this is always the case under wxGTK which doesn't support this
1933 @remarks Note that you can often use wxScrolled instead of using this
1936 virtual void ScrollWindow(int dx
, int dy
,
1937 const wxRect
* rect
= NULL
);
1940 This function sends a dummy @ref wxSizeEvent "size event" to
1941 the window allowing it to re-layout its children positions.
1943 It is sometimes useful to call this function after adding or deleting a
1944 children after the frame creation or if a child size changes. Note that
1945 if the frame is using either sizers or constraints for the children
1946 layout, it is enough to call wxWindow::Layout() directly and this
1947 function should not be used in this case.
1949 If @a flags includes @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST value, this function posts
1950 the event, i.e. schedules it for later processing, instead of
1951 dispatching it directly. You can also use PostSizeEvent() as a more
1952 readable equivalent of calling this function with this flag.
1955 May include @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST. Default value is 0.
1957 virtual void SendSizeEvent(int flags
= 0);
1960 Safe wrapper for GetParent()->SendSizeEvent().
1962 This function simply checks that the window has a valid parent which is
1963 not in process of being deleted and calls SendSizeEvent() on it. It is
1964 used internally by windows such as toolbars changes to whose state
1965 should result in parent re-layout (e.g. when a toolbar is added to the
1966 top of the window, all the other windows must be shifted down).
1968 @see PostSizeEventToParent()
1971 See description of this parameter in SendSizeEvent() documentation.
1973 void SendSizeEventToParent(int flags
= 0);
1976 Sets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
1978 virtual void SetAcceleratorTable(const wxAcceleratorTable
& accel
);
1981 Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
1982 will be deleted first, if not identical to @e accessible.
1983 See also wxAccessible.
1985 void SetAccessible(wxAccessible
* accessible
);
1988 Determines whether the Layout() function will be called automatically
1989 when the window is resized. Please note that this only happens for the
1990 windows usually used to contain children, namely wxPanel and wxTopLevelWindow
1991 (and the classes deriving from them).
1993 This method is called implicitly by SetSizer() but if you use SetConstraints()
1994 you should call it manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly
1995 updated when its size changes.
1998 Set this to @true if you wish the Layout() function to be
1999 called automatically when the window is resized
2000 (really happens only if you derive from wxPanel or wxTopLevelWindow).
2002 @see SetConstraints()
2004 void SetAutoLayout(bool autoLayout
);
2007 Sets the background colour of the window.
2008 Please see InheritAttributes() for explanation of the difference between
2009 this method and SetOwnBackgroundColour().
2012 The colour to be used as the background colour, pass
2013 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
2015 @remarks The background colour is usually painted by the default
2016 wxEraseEvent event handler function under Windows and
2017 automatically under GTK.
2018 Note that setting the background colour does not cause an
2019 immediate refresh, so you may wish to call wxWindow::ClearBackground
2020 or wxWindow::Refresh after calling this function.
2021 Using this function will disable attempts to use themes for
2022 this window, if the system supports them. Use with care since
2023 usually the themes represent the appearance chosen by the user
2024 to be used for all applications on the system.
2026 @see GetBackgroundColour(), SetForegroundColour(),
2027 GetForegroundColour(), ClearBackground(),
2028 Refresh(), wxEraseEvent
2030 virtual bool SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2033 Sets the background style of the window. see GetBackgroundStyle() for
2034 the description of the possible style values.
2036 @see SetBackgroundColour(), GetForegroundColour(),
2039 virtual bool SetBackgroundStyle(wxBackgroundStyle style
);
2042 This method is only implemented by ports which have support for
2043 native TAB traversal (such as GTK+ 2.0).
2045 It is called by wxWidgets' container control code to give the native
2046 system a hint when doing TAB traversal. A call to this does not disable
2047 or change the effect of programmatically calling SetFocus().
2049 @see wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus, wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
2051 virtual void SetCanFocus(bool canFocus
);
2054 Sets the caret() associated with the window.
2056 void SetCaret(wxCaret
* caret
);
2060 This sets the size of the window client area in pixels.
2062 Using this function to size a window tends to be more device-independent
2063 than SetSize(), since the application need not worry about what dimensions
2064 the border or title bar have when trying to fit the window around panel
2067 virtual void SetClientSize(int width
, int height
);
2068 virtual void SetClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2072 Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
2073 will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2074 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2075 window, it will be deleted.
2078 The constraints to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
2081 @remarks You must call SetAutoLayout() to tell a window to use
2082 the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you
2083 must override OnSize and call Layout() explicitly. When
2084 setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a wxSizer, only
2085 the sizer will have effect.
2087 void SetConstraints(wxLayoutConstraints
* constraints
);
2090 This normally does not need to be called by user code.
2091 It is called when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window
2092 can remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
2094 void SetContainingSizer(wxSizer
* sizer
);
2097 Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
2098 children of the window implicitly.
2100 The @a cursor may be @c wxNullCursor in which case the window cursor will
2101 be reset back to default.
2104 Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.
2106 @see ::wxSetCursor, wxCursor
2108 virtual bool SetCursor(const wxCursor
& cursor
);
2111 Associates a drop target with this window.
2112 If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
2114 @see GetDropTarget(), @ref overview_dnd
2116 virtual void SetDropTarget(wxDropTarget
* target
);
2119 Sets the event handler for this window.
2122 Specifies the handler to be set.
2124 @remarks An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the
2125 events sent to a window. By default, the window is its
2126 own event handler, but an application may wish to
2127 substitute another, for example to allow central
2128 implementation of event-handling for a variety of
2129 different window classes.
2130 It is usually better to use wxWindow::PushEventHandler since
2131 this sets up a chain of event handlers, where an event not
2132 handled by one event handler is handed to the next one in the chain.
2134 @see GetEventHandler(), PushEventHandler(),
2135 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
2137 void SetEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
2140 Sets the extra style bits for the window.
2141 The currently defined extra style bits are reported in the class
2144 virtual void SetExtraStyle(long exStyle
);
2147 This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
2149 @see HasFocus(), wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus,
2150 wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
2152 virtual void SetFocus();
2155 This function is called by wxWidgets keyboard navigation code when the user
2156 gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using @c TAB key).
2158 By default this method simply calls SetFocus() but
2159 can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
2161 virtual void SetFocusFromKbd();
2164 Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
2165 parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
2166 use SetOwnFont() instead in this case and see InheritAttributes() for more
2169 Please notice that the given font is not automatically used for
2170 wxPaintDC objects associated with this window, you need to
2171 call wxDC::SetFont too. However this font is used by
2172 any standard controls for drawing their text as well as by
2176 Font to associate with this window, pass
2177 wxNullFont to reset to the default font.
2179 @return @true if the want was really changed, @false if it was already set
2180 to this font and so nothing was done.
2182 @see GetFont(), InheritAttributes()
2184 virtual bool SetFont(const wxFont
& font
);
2187 Sets the foreground colour of the window.
2188 Please see InheritAttributes() for explanation of the difference between
2189 this method and SetOwnForegroundColour().
2192 The colour to be used as the foreground colour, pass
2193 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
2195 @remarks The interpretation of foreground colour is open to
2196 interpretation according to the window class; it may be
2197 the text colour or other colour, or it may not be used at all.
2199 @see GetForegroundColour(), SetBackgroundColour(),
2200 GetBackgroundColour(), ShouldInheritColours()
2202 virtual bool SetForegroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2205 Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2206 Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
2207 implementation, and not in the window object itself.
2209 @see GetHelpText(), wxHelpProvider::AddHelp()
2211 void SetHelpText(const wxString
& helpText
);
2214 Sets the identifier of the window.
2216 @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has
2217 not provided one, an identifier will be generated.
2218 Normally, the identifier should be provided on creation
2219 and should not be modified subsequently.
2221 @see GetId(), @ref overview_windowids
2223 void SetId(wxWindowID winid
);
2226 A @e smart SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
2227 window's @e best size values.
2229 Also sets the window's minsize to the value passed in for use with sizers.
2230 This means that if a full or partial size is passed to this function then
2231 the sizers will use that size instead of the results of GetBestSize() to
2232 determine the minimum needs of the window for layout.
2234 Most controls will use this to set their initial size, and their min
2235 size to the passed in value (if any.)
2237 @see SetSize(), GetBestSize(), GetEffectiveMinSize(),
2238 @ref overview_windowsizing
2240 void SetInitialSize(const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
);
2243 Sets the window's label.
2250 virtual void SetLabel(const wxString
& label
);
2253 Sets the maximum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
2254 layout mechanism that this is the maximum possible size of its client area.
2258 virtual void SetMaxClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2261 Sets the maximum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
2262 that this is the maximum possible size.
2264 @see SetMaxClientSize()
2266 virtual void SetMaxSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2269 Sets the minimum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
2270 layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of window's client
2273 You may need to call this if you change the window size after
2274 construction and before adding to its parent sizer.
2276 Note, that just as with SetMinSize(), calling this method doesn't
2277 prevent the program from explicitly making the window smaller than the
2282 virtual void SetMinClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2285 Sets the minimum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout
2286 mechanism that this is the minimum required size.
2288 You may need to call this if you change the window size after
2289 construction and before adding to its parent sizer.
2291 Notice that calling this method doesn't prevent the program from making
2292 the window explicitly smaller than the specified size by calling
2293 SetSize(), it just ensures that it won't become smaller than this size
2294 during the automatic layout.
2296 @see SetMinClientSize()
2298 virtual void SetMinSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2301 Sets the window's name.
2304 A name to set for the window.
2308 virtual void SetName(const wxString
& name
);
2311 Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2312 by the children of this window.
2314 @see SetBackgroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
2316 void SetOwnBackgroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2319 Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
2320 children of this window.
2322 @see SetFont(), InheritAttributes()
2324 void SetOwnFont(const wxFont
& font
);
2327 Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2328 by the children of this window.
2330 @see SetForegroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
2332 void SetOwnForegroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2335 @deprecated use wxDC::SetPalette instead.
2337 void SetPalette(const wxPalette
& pal
);
2340 Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2343 Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set.
2344 May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
2346 Position in scroll units.
2348 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
2350 @remarks This function does not directly affect the contents of the
2351 window: it is up to the application to take note of
2352 scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
2354 @see SetScrollbar(), GetScrollPos(), GetScrollThumb(), wxScrollBar,
2357 virtual void SetScrollPos(int orientation
, int pos
,
2358 bool refresh
= true);
2361 Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
2364 Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set.
2365 May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
2367 The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.
2369 The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.
2371 The maximum position of the scrollbar.
2373 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
2376 Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same font.
2377 The window is sized so that you can only see 16 lines at a time.
2380 SetScrollbar(wxVERTICAL, 0, 16, 50);
2382 Note that with the window at this size, the thumb position can never
2383 go above 50 minus 16, or 34. You can determine how many lines are
2384 currently visible by dividing the current view size by the character
2386 When defining your own scrollbar behaviour, you will always need
2387 to recalculate the scrollbar settings when the window size changes.
2388 You could therefore put your scrollbar calculations and SetScrollbar
2389 call into a function named AdjustScrollbars, which can be called
2390 initially and also from your wxSizeEvent handler function.
2392 @see @ref overview_scrolling, wxScrollBar, wxScrolled, wxScrollWinEvent
2394 virtual void SetScrollbar(int orientation
, int position
,
2395 int thumbSize
, int range
,
2396 bool refresh
= true);
2399 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
2402 Required x position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
2403 existing value should be used.
2405 Required y position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
2406 existing value should be used.
2408 Required width in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
2409 value should be used.
2411 Required height position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
2412 existing value should be used.
2414 Indicates the interpretation of other parameters.
2415 It is a bit list of the following:
2416 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO_WIDTH: a wxDefaultCoord width value is taken to indicate
2417 a wxWidgets-supplied default width.
2418 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO_HEIGHT: a wxDefaultCoord height value is taken to indicate
2419 a wxWidgets-supplied default height.
2420 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO: wxDefaultCoord size values are taken to indicate
2421 a wxWidgets-supplied default size.
2422 - @c wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING: existing dimensions should be used
2423 if wxDefaultCoord values are supplied.
2424 - @c wxSIZE_ALLOW_MINUS_ONE: allow negative dimensions (i.e. value of
2425 wxDefaultCoord) to be interpreted as real
2426 dimensions, not default values.
2427 - @c wxSIZE_FORCE: normally, if the position and the size of the window are
2428 already the same as the parameters of this function,
2429 nothing is done. but with this flag a window resize may
2430 be forced even in this case (supported in wx 2.6.2 and
2431 later and only implemented for MSW and ignored elsewhere
2434 @remarks This overload sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
2435 Parameters may be wxDefaultCoord to indicate either that a default
2436 should be supplied by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the
2437 dimension should be used.
2441 void SetSize(int x
, int y
, int width
, int height
,
2442 int sizeFlags
= wxSIZE_AUTO
);
2446 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
2447 The size is specified using a wxRect, wxSize or by a couple of @c int objects.
2449 @remarks This form must be used with non-default width and height values.
2453 virtual void SetSize(const wxRect
& rect
);
2454 virtual void SetSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2455 virtual void SetSize(int width
, int height
);
2459 Use of this function for windows which are not toplevel windows
2460 (such as wxDialog or wxFrame) is discouraged.
2461 Please use SetMinSize() and SetMaxSize() instead.
2463 @see wxTopLevelWindow::SetSizeHints
2465 void SetSizeHints( const wxSize
& minSize
,
2466 const wxSize
& maxSize
=wxDefaultSize
,
2467 const wxSize
& incSize
=wxDefaultSize
);
2470 Sets the window to have the given layout sizer.
2471 The window will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2472 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2473 window, it will be deleted if the deleteOld parameter is @true.
2475 Note that this function will also call SetAutoLayout() implicitly with @true
2476 parameter if the @a sizer is non-@NULL and @false otherwise.
2479 The sizer to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and conditionally delete
2480 the window's sizer. See below.
2482 If @true (the default), this will delete any pre-existing sizer.
2483 Pass @false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself.
2485 @remarks SetSizer enables and disables Layout automatically.
2487 void SetSizer(wxSizer
* sizer
, bool deleteOld
= true);
2490 This method calls SetSizer() and then wxSizer::SetSizeHints which sets the initial
2491 window size to the size needed to accommodate all sizer elements and sets the
2492 size hints which, if this window is a top level one, prevent the user from
2493 resizing it to be less than this minimial size.
2495 void SetSizerAndFit(wxSizer
* sizer
, bool deleteOld
= true);
2498 This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
2499 to draw the windows' background instead if its own background drawing
2500 code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
2501 obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
2502 One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
2503 defined by a user's selected theme.
2505 Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to @true
2506 by default so that the default look and feel is simulated best.
2508 virtual void SetThemeEnabled(bool enable
);
2512 Attach a tooltip to the window.
2514 wxToolTip pointer can be @NULL in the overload taking the pointer,
2515 meaning to unset any existing tooltips, however UnsetToolTip() provides
2516 a more readable alternative to this operation.
2518 Notice that these methods are always available, even if wxWidgets was
2519 compiled with @c wxUSE_TOOLTIPS set to 0, but don't do anything in this
2522 @see GetToolTip(), wxToolTip
2524 void SetToolTip(const wxString
& tip
);
2525 void SetToolTip(wxToolTip
* tip
);
2529 Set the transparency of the window. If the system supports transparent windows,
2530 returns @true, otherwise returns @false and the window remains fully opaque.
2531 See also CanSetTransparent().
2533 The parameter @a alpha is in the range 0..255 where 0 corresponds to a
2534 fully transparent window and 255 to the fully opaque one. The constants
2535 @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_TRANSPARENT and @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_OPAQUE can be used.
2537 virtual bool SetTransparent(wxByte alpha
);
2540 Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having
2541 called wxValidator::Clone to create a new validator of this type.
2543 virtual void SetValidator(const wxValidator
& validator
);
2547 Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
2549 void SetVirtualSize(int width
, int height
);
2550 void SetVirtualSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2554 Identical to SetWindowStyleFlag().
2556 void SetWindowStyle(long style
);
2559 Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
2560 after the window creation and that Refresh() might need to be be called
2561 after changing the others for the change to take place immediately.
2563 See @ref overview_windowstyles "Window styles" for more information about flags.
2565 @see GetWindowStyleFlag()
2567 virtual void SetWindowStyleFlag(long style
);
2570 This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
2571 Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
2572 exist in several sizes which correspond to the elements of wxWindowVariant enum.
2574 By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
2575 be used to change this.
2577 void SetWindowVariant(wxWindowVariant variant
);
2580 Return @true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
2581 InheritAttributes(), returning @false forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
2583 The base class version returns @false, but this method is overridden in
2584 wxControl where it returns @true.
2586 virtual bool ShouldInheritColours() const;
2589 Shows or hides the window. You may need to call Raise()
2590 for a top level window if you want to bring it to top, although this is not
2591 needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
2594 If @true displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.
2596 @return @true if the window has been shown or hidden or @false if nothing
2597 was done because it already was in the requested state.
2599 @see IsShown(), Hide(), wxRadioBox::Show, wxShowEvent.
2601 virtual bool Show(bool show
= true);
2604 This function shows a window, like Show(), but using a special visual
2611 The @a timeout parameter specifies the time of the animation, in
2612 milliseconds. If the default value of 0 is used, the default
2613 animation time for the current platform is used.
2615 @note Currently this function is only implemented in wxMSW and does the
2616 same thing as Show() in the other ports.
2620 @see HideWithEffect()
2622 virtual bool ShowWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect
,
2623 unsigned int timeout
= 0);
2626 Reenables window updating after a previous call to Freeze().
2628 To really thaw the control, it must be called exactly the same number
2629 of times as Freeze().
2631 If the window has any children, they are recursively thawn too.
2633 @see wxWindowUpdateLocker, Freeze(), IsFrozen()
2638 Turns the given @a flag on if it's currently turned off and vice versa.
2639 This function cannot be used if the value of the flag is 0 (which is often
2640 the case for default flags).
2642 Also, please notice that not all styles can be changed after the control
2645 @return Returns @true if the style was turned on by this function, @false
2646 if it was switched off.
2648 @see SetWindowStyleFlag(), HasFlag()
2650 bool ToggleWindowStyle(int flag
);
2653 Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their
2654 validators. Returns @false if a transfer failed.
2656 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2657 the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
2659 @see TransferDataToWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2661 virtual bool TransferDataFromWindow();
2664 Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their
2667 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2668 the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
2670 @return Returns @false if a transfer failed.
2672 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2674 virtual bool TransferDataToWindow();
2677 Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
2680 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to
2683 @return @true if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, @false if the
2686 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
2688 @see RegisterHotKey()
2690 virtual bool UnregisterHotKey(int hotkeyId
);
2693 Unreserve an ID or range of IDs that was reserved by NewControlId().
2694 See @ref overview_windowids for more information.
2697 The starting ID of the range of IDs to unreserve.
2699 The number of sequential IDs to unreserve.
2701 @see NewControlId(), wxIdManager, @ref overview_windowids
2703 static void UnreserveControlId(wxWindowID id
, int count
= 1);
2706 Unset any existing tooltip.
2712 void UnsetToolTip();
2715 Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window and
2716 all of its children recursively while this would usually only happen when the
2717 flow of control returns to the event loop.
2719 Notice that this function doesn't invalidate any area of the window so
2720 nothing happens if nothing has been invalidated (i.e. marked as requiring
2721 a redraw). Use Refresh() first if you want to immediately redraw the
2722 window unconditionally.
2724 virtual void Update();
2727 This function sends one or more wxUpdateUIEvent to the window.
2728 The particular implementation depends on the window; for example a
2729 wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
2730 and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
2732 You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
2733 UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
2734 are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
2735 wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode() or wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval() to limit
2736 the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
2737 @a flags should be a bitlist of one or more of the wxUpdateUI enumeration.
2739 If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
2740 function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE flag, since
2741 this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
2742 to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
2743 only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
2744 The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
2748 void MyWindow::OnInternalIdle()
2750 if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this))
2751 UpdateWindowUI(wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE);
2755 @see wxUpdateUIEvent, DoUpdateWindowUI(), OnInternalIdle()
2757 virtual void UpdateWindowUI(long flags
= wxUPDATE_UI_NONE
);
2760 Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
2761 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2762 the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
2764 @return Returns @false if any of the validations failed.
2766 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), TransferDataToWindow(),
2769 virtual bool Validate();
2772 Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
2774 @note This function is not supported under Mac because Apple Human
2775 Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor programmatically.
2778 The new x position for the cursor.
2780 The new y position for the cursor.
2782 virtual void WarpPointer(int x
, int y
);
2788 Gets the size which best suits the window: for a control, it would be
2789 the minimal size which doesn't truncate the control, for a panel - the
2790 same size as it would have after a call to Fit().
2792 The default implementation of this function is designed for use in container
2793 windows, such as wxPanel, and works something like this:
2794 -# If the window has a sizer then it is used to calculate the best size.
2795 -# Otherwise if the window has layout constraints then those are used to
2796 calculate the best size.
2797 -# Otherwise if the window has children then the best size is set to be large
2798 enough to show all the children.
2799 -# Otherwise if there are no children then the window's minimal size will be
2800 used as its best size.
2801 -# Otherwise if there is no minimal size set, then the current size is used
2804 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
2806 virtual wxSize
DoGetBestSize() const;
2810 Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the
2811 components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord).
2812 @deprecated @todo provide deprecation description
2814 virtual void SetInitialBestSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2819 // ============================================================================
2820 // Global functions/macros
2821 // ============================================================================
2823 /** @ingroup group_funcmacro_misc */
2827 Find the deepest window at the mouse pointer position, returning the window
2828 and current pointer position in screen coordinates.
2830 @header{wx/window.h}
2832 wxWindow
* wxFindWindowAtPointer(wxPoint
& pt
);
2835 Gets the currently active window (implemented for MSW and GTK only
2836 currently, always returns @NULL in the other ports).
2838 @header{wx/window.h}
2840 wxWindow
* wxGetActiveWindow();
2843 Returns the first top level parent of the given window, or in other words,
2844 the frame or dialog containing it, or @NULL.
2846 @header{wx/window.h}
2848 wxWindow
* wxGetTopLevelParent(wxWindow
* window
);