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 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
1078 The parameter @a menu is the menu to show.
1079 The parameter @a pos (or the parameters @a x and @a y) is the
1080 position at which to show the menu in client coordinates.
1083 The selected menu item id or @c wxID_NONE if none selected or an
1088 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu
& menu
, const wxPoint
& pos
);
1089 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu
& menu
, int x
, int y
);
1093 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
1094 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level windows.
1097 Receives the x position of the window if non-@NULL.
1099 Receives the y position of the window if non-@NULL.
1101 @see GetScreenPosition()
1103 void GetPosition(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1106 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
1107 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level windows.
1109 @see GetScreenPosition()
1111 wxPoint
GetPosition() const;
1114 Returns the previous window before this one among the parent children or @c
1115 @NULL if this window is the first child.
1119 @see GetNextSibling()
1121 wxWindow
* GetPrevSibling() const;
1124 Returns the position and size of the window as a wxRect object.
1126 @see GetScreenRect()
1128 wxRect
GetRect() const;
1131 Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
1132 child window or a top level one.
1135 Receives the x position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
1137 Receives the y position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
1141 void GetScreenPosition(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1144 Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
1145 child window or a top level one.
1149 wxPoint
GetScreenPosition() const;
1152 Returns the position and size of the window on the screen as a wxRect object.
1156 wxRect
GetScreenRect() const;
1159 Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
1161 @see See SetScrollbar()
1163 virtual int GetScrollPos(int orientation
) const;
1166 Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
1170 virtual int GetScrollRange(int orientation
) const;
1173 Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
1177 virtual int GetScrollThumb(int orientation
) const;
1180 Returns the size of the entire window in pixels, including title bar, border,
1183 Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
1184 returned size is the restored window size, not the size of the window icon.
1187 Receives the window width.
1189 Receives the window height.
1191 @see GetClientSize(), GetVirtualSize()
1193 void GetSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
1196 See the GetSize(int*,int*) overload for more info.
1198 wxSize
GetSize() const;
1201 Return the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
1202 SetSizer() or @NULL.
1204 wxSizer
* GetSizer() const;
1207 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1208 window with the currently selected font.
1210 The text extent is returned in @a w and @a h pointers.
1213 String whose extent is to be measured.
1215 Return value for width.
1217 Return value for height.
1219 Return value for descent (optional).
1220 @param externalLeading
1221 Return value for external leading (optional).
1223 Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).
1225 virtual void GetTextExtent(const wxString
& string
, int* w
, int* h
,
1226 int* descent
= NULL
,
1227 int* externalLeading
= NULL
,
1228 const wxFont
* font
= NULL
) const;
1231 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1232 window with the currently selected font.
1234 wxSize
GetTextExtent(const wxString
& string
) const;
1237 Get the associated tooltip or @NULL if none.
1239 wxToolTip
* GetToolTip() const;
1242 Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged.
1243 Should only be called within an wxPaintEvent handler.
1245 @see wxRegion, wxRegionIterator
1247 const wxRegion
& GetUpdateRegion() const;
1250 Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or @NULL if
1253 virtual wxValidator
* GetValidator();
1257 This gets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
1258 By default it returns the client size of the window, but after a call to
1259 SetVirtualSize() it will return the size set with that method.
1261 wxSize
GetVirtualSize() const;
1264 Like the other GetVirtualSize() overload but uses pointers instead.
1267 Receives the window virtual width.
1269 Receives the window virtual height.
1271 void GetVirtualSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
1275 Returns the size of the left/right and top/bottom borders of this window in x
1276 and y components of the result respectively.
1278 virtual wxSize
GetWindowBorderSize() const;
1282 Gets the window style that was passed to the constructor or Create()
1283 method. GetWindowStyle() is another name for the same function.
1285 virtual long GetWindowStyleFlag() const;
1286 long GetWindowStyle() const;
1290 Returns the value previously passed to SetWindowVariant().
1292 wxWindowVariant
GetWindowVariant() const;
1295 This function will generate the appropriate call to
1296 Navigate() if the key event is one normally used for
1297 keyboard navigation and return @true in this case.
1299 @return Returns @true if the key pressed was for navigation and was
1300 handled, @false otherwise.
1304 bool HandleAsNavigationKey(const wxKeyEvent
& event
);
1309 GetEventHandler()->SafelyProcessEvent(event);
1312 bool HandleWindowEvent(wxEvent
& event
) const;
1315 Returns @true if this window has the current mouse capture.
1317 @see CaptureMouse(), ReleaseMouse(), wxMouseCaptureLostEvent,
1318 wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1320 virtual bool HasCapture() const;
1323 Returns @true if the window has the given @a exFlag bit set in its
1326 @see SetExtraStyle()
1328 bool HasExtraStyle(int exFlag
) const;
1331 Returns @true if the window has the given @a flag bit set.
1333 bool HasFlag(int flag
) const;
1336 Returns @true if the window (or in case of composite controls, its main
1337 child window) has focus.
1341 virtual bool HasFocus() const;
1344 This method should be overridden to return @true if this window has
1345 multiple pages. All standard class with multiple pages such as
1346 wxNotebook, wxListbook and wxTreebook already override it to return @true
1347 and user-defined classes with similar behaviour should do it as well to
1348 allow the library to handle such windows appropriately.
1350 virtual bool HasMultiplePages() const;
1353 Returns @true if this window has a scroll bar for this orientation.
1356 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
1358 bool HasScrollbar(int orient
) const;
1361 Returns @true if this window background is transparent (as, for example,
1362 for wxStaticText) and should show the parent window background.
1364 This method is mostly used internally by the library itself and you normally
1365 shouldn't have to call it. You may, however, have to override it in your
1366 wxWindow-derived class to ensure that background is painted correctly.
1368 virtual bool HasTransparentBackground();
1371 Equivalent to calling wxWindow::Show(@false).
1376 This function hides a window, like Hide(), but using a special visual
1379 The parameters of this function are the same as for ShowWithEffect(),
1380 please see their description there.
1384 virtual bool HideWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect
,
1385 unsigned int timeout
= 0);
1388 This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
1389 window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
1390 the font and the foreground and background colours.
1392 By "intelligently" the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
1393 own @ref GetClassDefaultAttributes() default attributes.
1394 However if some of the parents attributes are explicitly (that is, using
1395 SetFont() and not wxWindow::SetOwnFont) changed and if the corresponding
1396 attribute hadn't been explicitly set for this window itself, then this
1397 window takes the same value as used by the parent.
1398 In addition, if the window overrides ShouldInheritColours() to return @false,
1399 the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the font might.
1401 This rather complicated logic is necessary in order to accommodate the
1402 different usage scenarios. The most common one is when all default attributes
1403 are used and in this case, nothing should be inherited as in modern GUIs
1404 different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
1405 they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
1406 desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
1407 just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
1408 do inherit the parents attributes.
1410 virtual void InheritAttributes();
1413 Sends an @c wxEVT_INIT_DIALOG event, whose handler usually transfers data
1414 to the dialog via validators.
1416 virtual void InitDialog();
1419 Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it
1422 void InvalidateBestSize();
1425 Returns @true if the window contents is double-buffered by the system, i.e. if
1426 any drawing done on the window is really done on a temporary backing surface
1427 and transferred to the screen all at once later.
1431 virtual bool IsDoubleBuffered() const;
1434 Returns @true if the window is enabled, i.e. if it accepts user input,
1437 Notice that this method can return @false even if this window itself hadn't
1438 been explicitly disabled when one of its parent windows is disabled.
1439 To get the intrinsic status of this window, use IsThisEnabled()
1443 bool IsEnabled() const;
1447 Returns @true if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
1448 last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
1449 only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
1451 bool IsExposed(int x
, int y
) const;
1452 bool IsExposed(wxPoint
& pt
) const;
1453 bool IsExposed(int x
, int y
, int w
, int h
) const;
1454 bool IsExposed(wxRect
& rect
) const;
1458 Returns @true if the window is currently frozen by a call to Freeze().
1460 @see Freeze(), Thaw()
1462 bool IsFrozen() const;
1465 Returns @true if the window is retained, @false otherwise.
1467 @remarks Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
1469 virtual bool IsRetained() const;
1472 Return whether a scrollbar is always shown.
1475 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
1477 @see AlwaysShowScrollbars()
1479 virtual bool IsScrollbarAlwaysShown(int orient
) const;
1482 Returns @true if the window is shown, @false if it has been hidden.
1484 @see IsShownOnScreen()
1486 virtual bool IsShown() const;
1489 Returns @true if the window is physically visible on the screen, i.e. it
1490 is shown and all its parents up to the toplevel window are shown as well.
1494 virtual bool IsShownOnScreen() const;
1497 Returns @true if this window is intrinsically enabled, @false otherwise,
1498 i.e. if @ref Enable() Enable(@false) had been called. This method is
1499 mostly used for wxWidgets itself, user code should normally use
1500 IsEnabled() instead.
1502 bool IsThisEnabled() const;
1505 Returns @true if the given window is a top-level one. Currently all frames and
1506 dialogs are considered to be top-level windows (even if they have a parent
1509 virtual bool IsTopLevel() const;
1512 Invokes the constraint-based layout algorithm or the sizer-based algorithm
1515 This function does not get called automatically when the window is resized
1516 because lots of windows deriving from wxWindow does not need this functionality.
1517 If you want to have Layout() called automatically, you should derive
1518 from wxPanel (see wxPanel::Layout).
1520 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
1522 virtual bool Layout();
1525 Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
1528 This function only works for wxTopLevelWindow-derived classes.
1532 virtual void Lower();
1535 Disables all other windows in the application so that
1536 the user can only interact with this window.
1539 If @true, this call disables all other windows in the application so that
1540 the user can only interact with this window. If @false, the effect is
1543 virtual void MakeModal(bool modal
= true);
1546 Moves the window to the given position.
1549 Required x position.
1551 Required y position.
1553 See SetSize() for more info about this parameter.
1555 @remarks Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1556 Move() function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class as the call:
1558 SetSize(x, y, wxDefaultCoord, wxDefaultCoord, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1563 void Move(int x
, int y
, int flags
= wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING
);
1566 Moves the window to the given position.
1569 wxPoint object representing the position.
1571 See SetSize() for more info about this parameter.
1573 @remarks Implementations of SetSize() can also implicitly implement the
1574 Move() function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class as the call:
1576 SetSize(x, y, wxDefaultCoord, wxDefaultCoord, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1581 void Move(const wxPoint
& pt
, int flags
= wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING
);
1584 Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified @e win.
1585 This means that when the user presses @c TAB key on that other window,
1586 the focus switches to this window.
1588 Default tab order is the same as creation order, this function and
1589 MoveBeforeInTabOrder() allow to change
1590 it after creating all the windows.
1593 A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
1596 void MoveAfterInTabOrder(wxWindow
* win
);
1599 Same as MoveAfterInTabOrder() except that it inserts this window just
1600 before @a win instead of putting it right after it.
1602 void MoveBeforeInTabOrder(wxWindow
* win
);
1605 Performs a keyboard navigation action starting from this window.
1606 This method is equivalent to calling NavigateIn() method on the
1610 A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and
1611 wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.
1613 @return Returns @true if the focus was moved to another window or @false
1616 @remarks You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress
1617 handler to do the default navigation behaviour for the
1618 tab key, since the standard default behaviour for a
1619 multiline text control with the wxTE_PROCESS_TAB style
1620 is to insert a tab and not navigate to the next
1621 control. See also wxNavigationKeyEvent and
1622 HandleAsNavigationKey.
1624 bool Navigate(int flags
= IsForward
);
1627 Performs a keyboard navigation action inside this window.
1628 See Navigate() for more information.
1630 bool NavigateIn(int flags
= IsForward
);
1633 Create a new ID or range of IDs that are not currently in use.
1634 The IDs will be reserved until assigned to a wxWindow ID
1635 or unreserved with UnreserveControlId().
1637 See @ref overview_windowids for more information.
1640 The number of sequential IDs to reserve.
1642 @return Returns the ID or the first ID of the range, or wxID_NONE if the
1643 specified number of identifiers couldn't be allocated.
1645 @see UnreserveControlId(), wxIdManager,
1646 @ref overview_windowids
1648 static wxWindowID
NewControlId(int count
= 1);
1651 This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
1652 sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
1653 that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
1654 handler in a derived class.
1656 This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
1657 and most implementations call UpdateWindowUI()
1658 in order to send update events to the window in idle time.
1660 virtual void OnInternalIdle();
1663 Same as #ScrollLines (-1).
1668 Same as #ScrollLines (1).
1673 Same as #ScrollPages (-1).
1678 Same as #ScrollPages (1).
1684 Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
1686 @param deleteHandler
1687 If this is @true, the handler will be deleted after it is removed.
1688 The default value is @false.
1690 @see SetEventHandler(), GetEventHandler(),
1691 PushEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
1693 wxEvtHandler
* PopEventHandler(bool deleteHandler
= false);
1697 Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
1698 window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu.
1700 If a menu item is selected, the corresponding menu event is generated and will be
1701 processed as usually. If the coordinates are not specified, current mouse
1702 cursor position is used.
1704 @a menu is the menu to pop up.
1706 The position where the menu will appear can be specified either as a
1707 wxPoint @a pos or by two integers (@a x and @a y).
1709 @remarks Just before the menu is popped up, wxMenu::UpdateUI is called to
1710 ensure that the menu items are in the correct state.
1711 The menu does not get deleted by the window.
1712 It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when
1713 calling PopupMenu in response to mouse click, because some of
1714 the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do a better job of positioning
1715 the menu in that case.
1719 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu
* menu
,
1720 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
);
1721 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu
* menu
, int x
, int y
);
1725 Posts a size event to the window.
1727 This is the same as SendSizeEvent() with @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST argument.
1729 void PostSizeEvent();
1732 Posts a size event to the parent of this window.
1734 This is the same as SendSizeEventToParent() with @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST
1737 void PostSizeEventToParent();
1740 Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
1743 Specifies the handler to be pushed.
1745 @remarks An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the
1746 events sent to a window. By default, the window is its
1747 own event handler, but an application may wish to
1748 substitute another, for example to allow central
1749 implementation of event-handling for a variety of
1750 different window classes.
1751 wxWindow::PushEventHandler allows an application to set up a
1752 chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event
1753 handler is handed to the next one in the chain.
1754 Use wxWindow::PopEventHandler to remove the event handler.
1756 @see SetEventHandler(), GetEventHandler(),
1757 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
1759 void PushEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
1762 Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
1765 This function only works for wxTopLevelWindow-derived classes.
1769 virtual void Raise();
1772 Causes this window, and all of its children recursively (except under wxGTK1
1773 where this is not implemented), to be repainted. Note that repainting doesn't
1774 happen immediately but only during the next event loop iteration, if you need
1775 to update the window immediately you should use Update() instead.
1777 @param eraseBackground
1778 If @true, the background will be erased.
1780 If non-@NULL, only the given rectangle will be treated as damaged.
1784 virtual void Refresh(bool eraseBackground
= true,
1785 const wxRect
* rect
= NULL
);
1788 Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: only the area inside it will be
1791 This is the same as Refresh() but has a nicer syntax as it can be called
1792 with a temporary wxRect object as argument like this @c RefreshRect(wxRect(x, y, w, h)).
1794 void RefreshRect(const wxRect
& rect
, bool eraseBackground
= true);
1797 Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey
1798 registered here, this window will receive a hotkey event.
1800 It will receive the event even if the application is in the background
1801 and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some
1805 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0
1806 and 0xBFFF. If this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a
1807 system wide unique identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
1808 This is a MSW specific detail.
1810 A bitwise combination of wxMOD_SHIFT, wxMOD_CONTROL, wxMOD_ALT
1811 or wxMOD_WIN specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along
1813 @param virtualKeyCode
1814 The virtual key code of the hotkey.
1816 @return @true if the hotkey was registered successfully. @false if some
1817 other application already registered a hotkey with this
1818 modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
1820 @remarks Use EVT_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the
1821 event. This function is currently only implemented
1822 under Windows. It is used in the Windows CE port for
1823 detecting hardware button presses.
1825 @see UnregisterHotKey()
1827 virtual bool RegisterHotKey(int hotkeyId
, int modifiers
,
1828 int virtualKeyCode
);
1831 Releases mouse input captured with CaptureMouse().
1833 @see CaptureMouse(), HasCapture(), ReleaseMouse(),
1834 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1836 void ReleaseMouse();
1839 Removes a child window.
1841 This is called automatically by window deletion functions so should not
1842 be required by the application programmer.
1843 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
1844 called by the user code.
1847 Child window to remove.
1849 virtual void RemoveChild(wxWindow
* child
);
1852 Find the given @a handler in the windows event handler chain and remove
1853 (but not delete) it from it.
1856 The event handler to remove, must be non-@NULL and
1857 must be present in this windows event handlers chain
1859 @return Returns @true if it was found and @false otherwise (this also
1860 results in an assert failure so this function should
1861 only be called when the handler is supposed to be there).
1863 @see PushEventHandler(), PopEventHandler()
1865 bool RemoveEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
1868 Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
1869 current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
1870 and then re-inserted into another.
1875 virtual bool Reparent(wxWindow
* newParent
);
1878 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
1881 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1883 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1885 void ScreenToClient(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1888 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
1891 The screen position.
1893 wxPoint
ScreenToClient(const wxPoint
& pt
) const;
1896 Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if @a lines is
1899 @return Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
1900 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
1902 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and
1903 wxTextCtrl under wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolled classes
1904 under all platforms).
1908 virtual bool ScrollLines(int lines
);
1911 Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if @a pages is
1914 @return Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
1915 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
1917 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxGTK.
1921 virtual bool ScrollPages(int pages
);
1924 Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
1927 Amount to scroll horizontally.
1929 Amount to scroll vertically.
1931 Rectangle to scroll, if it is @NULL, the whole window is
1932 scrolled (this is always the case under wxGTK which doesn't support this
1935 @remarks Note that you can often use wxScrolled instead of using this
1938 virtual void ScrollWindow(int dx
, int dy
,
1939 const wxRect
* rect
= NULL
);
1942 This function sends a dummy @ref wxSizeEvent "size event" to
1943 the window allowing it to re-layout its children positions.
1945 It is sometimes useful to call this function after adding or deleting a
1946 children after the frame creation or if a child size changes. Note that
1947 if the frame is using either sizers or constraints for the children
1948 layout, it is enough to call wxWindow::Layout() directly and this
1949 function should not be used in this case.
1951 If @a flags includes @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST value, this function posts
1952 the event, i.e. schedules it for later processing, instead of
1953 dispatching it directly. You can also use PostSizeEvent() as a more
1954 readable equivalent of calling this function with this flag.
1957 May include @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST. Default value is 0.
1959 virtual void SendSizeEvent(int flags
= 0);
1962 Safe wrapper for GetParent()->SendSizeEvent().
1964 This function simply checks that the window has a valid parent which is
1965 not in process of being deleted and calls SendSizeEvent() on it. It is
1966 used internally by windows such as toolbars changes to whose state
1967 should result in parent re-layout (e.g. when a toolbar is added to the
1968 top of the window, all the other windows must be shifted down).
1970 @see PostSizeEventToParent()
1973 See description of this parameter in SendSizeEvent() documentation.
1975 void SendSizeEventToParent(int flags
= 0);
1978 Sets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
1980 virtual void SetAcceleratorTable(const wxAcceleratorTable
& accel
);
1983 Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
1984 will be deleted first, if not identical to @e accessible.
1985 See also wxAccessible.
1987 void SetAccessible(wxAccessible
* accessible
);
1990 Determines whether the Layout() function will be called automatically
1991 when the window is resized. Please note that this only happens for the
1992 windows usually used to contain children, namely wxPanel and wxTopLevelWindow
1993 (and the classes deriving from them).
1995 This method is called implicitly by SetSizer() but if you use SetConstraints()
1996 you should call it manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly
1997 updated when its size changes.
2000 Set this to @true if you wish the Layout() function to be
2001 called automatically when the window is resized
2002 (really happens only if you derive from wxPanel or wxTopLevelWindow).
2004 @see SetConstraints()
2006 void SetAutoLayout(bool autoLayout
);
2009 Sets the background colour of the window.
2010 Please see InheritAttributes() for explanation of the difference between
2011 this method and SetOwnBackgroundColour().
2014 The colour to be used as the background colour, pass
2015 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
2017 @remarks The background colour is usually painted by the default
2018 wxEraseEvent event handler function under Windows and
2019 automatically under GTK.
2020 Note that setting the background colour does not cause an
2021 immediate refresh, so you may wish to call wxWindow::ClearBackground
2022 or wxWindow::Refresh after calling this function.
2023 Using this function will disable attempts to use themes for
2024 this window, if the system supports them. Use with care since
2025 usually the themes represent the appearance chosen by the user
2026 to be used for all applications on the system.
2028 @see GetBackgroundColour(), SetForegroundColour(),
2029 GetForegroundColour(), ClearBackground(),
2030 Refresh(), wxEraseEvent
2032 virtual bool SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2035 Sets the background style of the window. see GetBackgroundStyle() for
2036 the description of the possible style values.
2038 @see SetBackgroundColour(), GetForegroundColour(),
2041 virtual bool SetBackgroundStyle(wxBackgroundStyle style
);
2044 This method is only implemented by ports which have support for
2045 native TAB traversal (such as GTK+ 2.0).
2047 It is called by wxWidgets' container control code to give the native
2048 system a hint when doing TAB traversal. A call to this does not disable
2049 or change the effect of programmatically calling SetFocus().
2051 @see wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus, wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
2053 virtual void SetCanFocus(bool canFocus
);
2056 Sets the caret() associated with the window.
2058 void SetCaret(wxCaret
* caret
);
2062 This sets the size of the window client area in pixels.
2064 Using this function to size a window tends to be more device-independent
2065 than SetSize(), since the application need not worry about what dimensions
2066 the border or title bar have when trying to fit the window around panel
2069 virtual void SetClientSize(int width
, int height
);
2070 virtual void SetClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2074 Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
2075 will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2076 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2077 window, it will be deleted.
2080 The constraints to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
2083 @remarks You must call SetAutoLayout() to tell a window to use
2084 the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you
2085 must override OnSize and call Layout() explicitly. When
2086 setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a wxSizer, only
2087 the sizer will have effect.
2089 void SetConstraints(wxLayoutConstraints
* constraints
);
2092 This normally does not need to be called by user code.
2093 It is called when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window
2094 can remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
2096 void SetContainingSizer(wxSizer
* sizer
);
2099 Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
2100 children of the window implicitly.
2102 The @a cursor may be @c wxNullCursor in which case the window cursor will
2103 be reset back to default.
2106 Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.
2108 @see ::wxSetCursor, wxCursor
2110 virtual bool SetCursor(const wxCursor
& cursor
);
2113 Associates a drop target with this window.
2114 If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
2116 @see GetDropTarget(), @ref overview_dnd
2118 virtual void SetDropTarget(wxDropTarget
* target
);
2121 Sets the event handler for this window.
2124 Specifies the handler to be set.
2126 @remarks An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the
2127 events sent to a window. By default, the window is its
2128 own event handler, but an application may wish to
2129 substitute another, for example to allow central
2130 implementation of event-handling for a variety of
2131 different window classes.
2132 It is usually better to use wxWindow::PushEventHandler since
2133 this sets up a chain of event handlers, where an event not
2134 handled by one event handler is handed to the next one in the chain.
2136 @see GetEventHandler(), PushEventHandler(),
2137 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
2139 void SetEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
2142 Sets the extra style bits for the window.
2143 The currently defined extra style bits are reported in the class
2146 virtual void SetExtraStyle(long exStyle
);
2149 This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
2151 @see HasFocus(), wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus,
2152 wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
2154 virtual void SetFocus();
2157 This function is called by wxWidgets keyboard navigation code when the user
2158 gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using @c TAB key).
2160 By default this method simply calls SetFocus() but
2161 can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
2163 virtual void SetFocusFromKbd();
2166 Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
2167 parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
2168 use SetOwnFont() instead in this case and see InheritAttributes() for more
2171 Please notice that the given font is not automatically used for
2172 wxPaintDC objects associated with this window, you need to
2173 call wxDC::SetFont too. However this font is used by
2174 any standard controls for drawing their text as well as by
2178 Font to associate with this window, pass
2179 wxNullFont to reset to the default font.
2181 @return @true if the want was really changed, @false if it was already set
2182 to this font and so nothing was done.
2184 @see GetFont(), InheritAttributes()
2186 virtual bool SetFont(const wxFont
& font
);
2189 Sets the foreground colour of the window.
2190 Please see InheritAttributes() for explanation of the difference between
2191 this method and SetOwnForegroundColour().
2194 The colour to be used as the foreground colour, pass
2195 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
2197 @remarks The interpretation of foreground colour is open to
2198 interpretation according to the window class; it may be
2199 the text colour or other colour, or it may not be used at all.
2201 @see GetForegroundColour(), SetBackgroundColour(),
2202 GetBackgroundColour(), ShouldInheritColours()
2204 virtual bool SetForegroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2207 Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2208 Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
2209 implementation, and not in the window object itself.
2211 @see GetHelpText(), wxHelpProvider::AddHelp()
2213 void SetHelpText(const wxString
& helpText
);
2216 Sets the identifier of the window.
2218 @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has
2219 not provided one, an identifier will be generated.
2220 Normally, the identifier should be provided on creation
2221 and should not be modified subsequently.
2223 @see GetId(), @ref overview_windowids
2225 void SetId(wxWindowID winid
);
2228 A @e smart SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
2229 window's @e best size values.
2231 Also sets the window's minsize to the value passed in for use with sizers.
2232 This means that if a full or partial size is passed to this function then
2233 the sizers will use that size instead of the results of GetBestSize() to
2234 determine the minimum needs of the window for layout.
2236 Most controls will use this to set their initial size, and their min
2237 size to the passed in value (if any.)
2239 @see SetSize(), GetBestSize(), GetEffectiveMinSize(),
2240 @ref overview_windowsizing
2242 void SetInitialSize(const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
);
2245 Sets the window's label.
2252 virtual void SetLabel(const wxString
& label
);
2255 Sets the maximum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
2256 layout mechanism that this is the maximum possible size of its client area.
2260 virtual void SetMaxClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2263 Sets the maximum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
2264 that this is the maximum possible size.
2266 @see SetMaxClientSize()
2268 virtual void SetMaxSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2271 Sets the minimum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
2272 layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of window's client
2275 You may need to call this if you change the window size after
2276 construction and before adding to its parent sizer.
2278 Note, that just as with SetMinSize(), calling this method doesn't
2279 prevent the program from explicitly making the window smaller than the
2284 virtual void SetMinClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2287 Sets the minimum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout
2288 mechanism that this is the minimum required size.
2290 You may need to call this if you change the window size after
2291 construction and before adding to its parent sizer.
2293 Notice that calling this method doesn't prevent the program from making
2294 the window explicitly smaller than the specified size by calling
2295 SetSize(), it just ensures that it won't become smaller than this size
2296 during the automatic layout.
2298 @see SetMinClientSize()
2300 virtual void SetMinSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2303 Sets the window's name.
2306 A name to set for the window.
2310 virtual void SetName(const wxString
& name
);
2313 Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2314 by the children of this window.
2316 @see SetBackgroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
2318 void SetOwnBackgroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2321 Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
2322 children of this window.
2324 @see SetFont(), InheritAttributes()
2326 void SetOwnFont(const wxFont
& font
);
2329 Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2330 by the children of this window.
2332 @see SetForegroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
2334 void SetOwnForegroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2337 @deprecated use wxDC::SetPalette instead.
2339 void SetPalette(const wxPalette
& pal
);
2342 Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2345 Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set.
2346 May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
2348 Position in scroll units.
2350 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
2352 @remarks This function does not directly affect the contents of the
2353 window: it is up to the application to take note of
2354 scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
2356 @see SetScrollbar(), GetScrollPos(), GetScrollThumb(), wxScrollBar,
2359 virtual void SetScrollPos(int orientation
, int pos
,
2360 bool refresh
= true);
2363 Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
2366 Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set.
2367 May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
2369 The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.
2371 The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.
2373 The maximum position of the scrollbar. Value of -1 can be used to
2374 ask for the scrollbar to be shown but in the disabled state: this
2375 can be used to avoid removing the scrollbar even when it is not
2376 needed (currently this is only implemented in wxMSW port).
2378 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
2381 Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same font.
2382 The window is sized so that you can only see 16 lines at a time.
2385 SetScrollbar(wxVERTICAL, 0, 16, 50);
2387 Note that with the window at this size, the thumb position can never
2388 go above 50 minus 16, or 34. You can determine how many lines are
2389 currently visible by dividing the current view size by the character
2391 When defining your own scrollbar behaviour, you will always need
2392 to recalculate the scrollbar settings when the window size changes.
2393 You could therefore put your scrollbar calculations and SetScrollbar
2394 call into a function named AdjustScrollbars, which can be called
2395 initially and also from your wxSizeEvent handler function.
2397 @see @ref overview_scrolling, wxScrollBar, wxScrolled, wxScrollWinEvent
2399 virtual void SetScrollbar(int orientation
, int position
,
2400 int thumbSize
, int range
,
2401 bool refresh
= true);
2404 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
2407 Required x position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
2408 existing value should be used.
2410 Required y position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
2411 existing value should be used.
2413 Required width in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
2414 value should be used.
2416 Required height position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
2417 existing value should be used.
2419 Indicates the interpretation of other parameters.
2420 It is a bit list of the following:
2421 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO_WIDTH: a wxDefaultCoord width value is taken to indicate
2422 a wxWidgets-supplied default width.
2423 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO_HEIGHT: a wxDefaultCoord height value is taken to indicate
2424 a wxWidgets-supplied default height.
2425 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO: wxDefaultCoord size values are taken to indicate
2426 a wxWidgets-supplied default size.
2427 - @c wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING: existing dimensions should be used
2428 if wxDefaultCoord values are supplied.
2429 - @c wxSIZE_ALLOW_MINUS_ONE: allow negative dimensions (i.e. value of
2430 wxDefaultCoord) to be interpreted as real
2431 dimensions, not default values.
2432 - @c wxSIZE_FORCE: normally, if the position and the size of the window are
2433 already the same as the parameters of this function,
2434 nothing is done. but with this flag a window resize may
2435 be forced even in this case (supported in wx 2.6.2 and
2436 later and only implemented for MSW and ignored elsewhere
2439 @remarks This overload sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
2440 Parameters may be wxDefaultCoord to indicate either that a default
2441 should be supplied by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the
2442 dimension should be used.
2446 void SetSize(int x
, int y
, int width
, int height
,
2447 int sizeFlags
= wxSIZE_AUTO
);
2451 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
2452 The size is specified using a wxRect, wxSize or by a couple of @c int objects.
2454 @remarks This form must be used with non-default width and height values.
2458 virtual void SetSize(const wxRect
& rect
);
2459 virtual void SetSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2460 virtual void SetSize(int width
, int height
);
2464 Use of this function for windows which are not toplevel windows
2465 (such as wxDialog or wxFrame) is discouraged.
2466 Please use SetMinSize() and SetMaxSize() instead.
2468 @see wxTopLevelWindow::SetSizeHints
2470 void SetSizeHints( const wxSize
& minSize
,
2471 const wxSize
& maxSize
=wxDefaultSize
,
2472 const wxSize
& incSize
=wxDefaultSize
);
2475 Sets the window to have the given layout sizer.
2476 The window will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2477 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2478 window, it will be deleted if the deleteOld parameter is @true.
2480 Note that this function will also call SetAutoLayout() implicitly with @true
2481 parameter if the @a sizer is non-@NULL and @false otherwise.
2484 The sizer to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and conditionally delete
2485 the window's sizer. See below.
2487 If @true (the default), this will delete any pre-existing sizer.
2488 Pass @false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself.
2490 @remarks SetSizer enables and disables Layout automatically.
2492 void SetSizer(wxSizer
* sizer
, bool deleteOld
= true);
2495 This method calls SetSizer() and then wxSizer::SetSizeHints which sets the initial
2496 window size to the size needed to accommodate all sizer elements and sets the
2497 size hints which, if this window is a top level one, prevent the user from
2498 resizing it to be less than this minimial size.
2500 void SetSizerAndFit(wxSizer
* sizer
, bool deleteOld
= true);
2503 This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
2504 to draw the windows' background instead if its own background drawing
2505 code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
2506 obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
2507 One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
2508 defined by a user's selected theme.
2510 Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to @true
2511 by default so that the default look and feel is simulated best.
2513 virtual void SetThemeEnabled(bool enable
);
2517 Attach a tooltip to the window.
2519 wxToolTip pointer can be @NULL in the overload taking the pointer,
2520 meaning to unset any existing tooltips, however UnsetToolTip() provides
2521 a more readable alternative to this operation.
2523 Notice that these methods are always available, even if wxWidgets was
2524 compiled with @c wxUSE_TOOLTIPS set to 0, but don't do anything in this
2527 @see GetToolTip(), wxToolTip
2529 void SetToolTip(const wxString
& tip
);
2530 void SetToolTip(wxToolTip
* tip
);
2534 Set the transparency of the window. If the system supports transparent windows,
2535 returns @true, otherwise returns @false and the window remains fully opaque.
2536 See also CanSetTransparent().
2538 The parameter @a alpha is in the range 0..255 where 0 corresponds to a
2539 fully transparent window and 255 to the fully opaque one. The constants
2540 @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_TRANSPARENT and @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_OPAQUE can be used.
2542 virtual bool SetTransparent(wxByte alpha
);
2545 Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having
2546 called wxValidator::Clone to create a new validator of this type.
2548 virtual void SetValidator(const wxValidator
& validator
);
2552 Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
2554 void SetVirtualSize(int width
, int height
);
2555 void SetVirtualSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2560 Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
2561 after the window creation and that Refresh() might need to be be called
2562 after changing the others for the change to take place immediately.
2564 See @ref overview_windowstyles "Window styles" for more information about flags.
2566 @see GetWindowStyleFlag()
2568 virtual void SetWindowStyleFlag(long style
);
2569 void SetWindowStyle(long style
);
2573 This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
2574 Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
2575 exist in several sizes which correspond to the elements of wxWindowVariant enum.
2577 By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
2578 be used to change this.
2580 void SetWindowVariant(wxWindowVariant variant
);
2583 Return @true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
2584 InheritAttributes(), returning @false forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
2586 The base class version returns @false, but this method is overridden in
2587 wxControl where it returns @true.
2589 virtual bool ShouldInheritColours() const;
2592 Shows or hides the window. You may need to call Raise()
2593 for a top level window if you want to bring it to top, although this is not
2594 needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
2597 If @true displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.
2599 @return @true if the window has been shown or hidden or @false if nothing
2600 was done because it already was in the requested state.
2602 @see IsShown(), Hide(), wxRadioBox::Show, wxShowEvent.
2604 virtual bool Show(bool show
= true);
2607 This function shows a window, like Show(), but using a special visual
2614 The @a timeout parameter specifies the time of the animation, in
2615 milliseconds. If the default value of 0 is used, the default
2616 animation time for the current platform is used.
2618 @note Currently this function is only implemented in wxMSW and does the
2619 same thing as Show() in the other ports.
2623 @see HideWithEffect()
2625 virtual bool ShowWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect
,
2626 unsigned int timeout
= 0);
2629 Reenables window updating after a previous call to Freeze().
2631 To really thaw the control, it must be called exactly the same number
2632 of times as Freeze().
2634 If the window has any children, they are recursively thawn too.
2636 @see wxWindowUpdateLocker, Freeze(), IsFrozen()
2641 Turns the given @a flag on if it's currently turned off and vice versa.
2642 This function cannot be used if the value of the flag is 0 (which is often
2643 the case for default flags).
2645 Also, please notice that not all styles can be changed after the control
2648 @return Returns @true if the style was turned on by this function, @false
2649 if it was switched off.
2651 @see SetWindowStyleFlag(), HasFlag()
2653 bool ToggleWindowStyle(int flag
);
2656 Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their
2657 validators. Returns @false if a transfer failed.
2659 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2660 the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
2662 @see TransferDataToWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2664 virtual bool TransferDataFromWindow();
2667 Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their
2670 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2671 the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
2673 @return Returns @false if a transfer failed.
2675 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2677 virtual bool TransferDataToWindow();
2680 Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
2683 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to
2686 @return @true if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, @false if the
2689 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
2691 @see RegisterHotKey()
2693 virtual bool UnregisterHotKey(int hotkeyId
);
2696 Unreserve an ID or range of IDs that was reserved by NewControlId().
2697 See @ref overview_windowids for more information.
2700 The starting ID of the range of IDs to unreserve.
2702 The number of sequential IDs to unreserve.
2704 @see NewControlId(), wxIdManager, @ref overview_windowids
2706 static void UnreserveControlId(wxWindowID id
, int count
= 1);
2709 Unset any existing tooltip.
2715 void UnsetToolTip();
2718 Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window and
2719 all of its children recursively while this would usually only happen when the
2720 flow of control returns to the event loop.
2722 Notice that this function doesn't invalidate any area of the window so
2723 nothing happens if nothing has been invalidated (i.e. marked as requiring
2724 a redraw). Use Refresh() first if you want to immediately redraw the
2725 window unconditionally.
2727 virtual void Update();
2730 This function sends one or more wxUpdateUIEvent to the window.
2731 The particular implementation depends on the window; for example a
2732 wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
2733 and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
2735 You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
2736 UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
2737 are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
2738 wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode() or wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval() to limit
2739 the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
2740 @a flags should be a bitlist of one or more of the wxUpdateUI enumeration.
2742 If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
2743 function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE flag, since
2744 this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
2745 to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
2746 only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
2747 The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
2751 void MyWindow::OnInternalIdle()
2753 if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this))
2754 UpdateWindowUI(wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE);
2758 @see wxUpdateUIEvent, DoUpdateWindowUI(), OnInternalIdle()
2760 virtual void UpdateWindowUI(long flags
= wxUPDATE_UI_NONE
);
2763 Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
2764 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2765 the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
2767 @return Returns @false if any of the validations failed.
2769 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), TransferDataToWindow(),
2772 virtual bool Validate();
2775 Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
2777 @note This function is not supported under Mac because Apple Human
2778 Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor programmatically.
2781 The new x position for the cursor.
2783 The new y position for the cursor.
2785 virtual void WarpPointer(int x
, int y
);
2791 Gets the size which best suits the window: for a control, it would be
2792 the minimal size which doesn't truncate the control, for a panel - the
2793 same size as it would have after a call to Fit().
2795 The default implementation of this function is designed for use in container
2796 windows, such as wxPanel, and works something like this:
2797 -# If the window has a sizer then it is used to calculate the best size.
2798 -# Otherwise if the window has layout constraints then those are used to
2799 calculate the best size.
2800 -# Otherwise if the window has children then the best size is set to be large
2801 enough to show all the children.
2802 -# Otherwise if there are no children then the window's minimal size will be
2803 used as its best size.
2804 -# Otherwise if there is no minimal size set, then the current size is used
2807 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
2809 virtual wxSize
DoGetBestSize() const;
2813 Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the
2814 components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord).
2815 @deprecated @todo provide deprecation description
2817 virtual void SetInitialBestSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2822 // ============================================================================
2823 // Global functions/macros
2824 // ============================================================================
2826 /** @ingroup group_funcmacro_misc */
2830 Find the deepest window at the mouse pointer position, returning the window
2831 and current pointer position in screen coordinates.
2833 @header{wx/window.h}
2835 wxWindow
* wxFindWindowAtPointer(wxPoint
& pt
);
2838 Gets the currently active window (implemented for MSW and GTK only
2839 currently, always returns @NULL in the other ports).
2841 @header{wx/window.h}
2843 wxWindow
* wxGetActiveWindow();
2846 Returns the first top level parent of the given window, or in other words,
2847 the frame or dialog containing it, or @NULL.
2849 @header{wx/window.h}
2851 wxWindow
* wxGetTopLevelParent(wxWindow
* window
);