1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: interface of wxEvtHandler, wxEventBlocker and many
4 // wxEvent-derived classes
5 // Author: wxWidgets team
7 // Licence: wxWindows license
8 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11 The predefined constants for the number of times we propagate event
12 upwards window child-parent chain.
14 enum wxEventPropagation
16 /// don't propagate it at all
17 wxEVENT_PROPAGATE_NONE
= 0,
19 /// propagate it until it is processed
20 wxEVENT_PROPAGATE_MAX
= INT_MAX
24 The different categories for a wxEvent; see wxEvent::GetEventCategory.
26 @note They are used as OR-combinable flags by wxEventLoopBase::YieldFor.
31 This is the category for those events which are generated to update
32 the appearance of the GUI but which (usually) do not comport data
33 processing, i.e. which do not provide input or output data
34 (e.g. size events, scroll events, etc).
35 They are events NOT directly generated by the user's input devices.
37 wxEVT_CATEGORY_UI
= 1,
40 This category groups those events which are generated directly from the
41 user through input devices like mouse and keyboard and usually result in
42 data to be processed from the application
43 (e.g. mouse clicks, key presses, etc).
45 wxEVT_CATEGORY_USER_INPUT
= 2,
47 /// This category is for wxSocketEvent
48 wxEVT_CATEGORY_SOCKET
= 4,
50 /// This category is for wxTimerEvent
51 wxEVT_CATEGORY_TIMER
= 8,
54 This category is for any event used to send notifications from the
55 secondary threads to the main one or in general for notifications among
56 different threads (which may or may not be user-generated).
57 See e.g. wxThreadEvent.
59 wxEVT_CATEGORY_THREAD
= 16,
62 This mask is used in wxEventLoopBase::YieldFor to specify that all event
63 categories should be processed.
66 wxEVT_CATEGORY_UI
|wxEVT_CATEGORY_USER_INPUT
|wxEVT_CATEGORY_SOCKET
| \
67 wxEVT_CATEGORY_TIMER
|wxEVT_CATEGORY_THREAD
73 An event is a structure holding information about an event passed to a
74 callback or member function.
76 wxEvent used to be a multipurpose event object, and is an abstract base class
77 for other event classes (see below).
79 For more information about events, see the @ref overview_events overview.
82 In wxPerl custom event classes should be derived from
83 @c Wx::PlEvent and @c Wx::PlCommandEvent.
89 @see wxCommandEvent, wxMouseEvent
91 class wxEvent
: public wxObject
97 Notice that events are usually created by wxWidgets itself and creating
98 e.g. a wxPaintEvent in your code and sending it to e.g. a wxTextCtrl
99 will not usually affect it at all as native controls have no specific
100 knowledge about wxWidgets events. However you may construct objects of
101 specific types and pass them to wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent() if you
102 want to create your own custom control and want to process its events
103 in the same manner as the standard ones.
105 Also please notice that the order of parameters in this constructor is
106 different from almost all the derived classes which specify the event
107 type as the first argument.
110 The identifier of the object (window, timer, ...) which generated
113 The unique type of event, e.g. wxEVT_PAINT, wxEVT_SIZE or
114 wxEVT_COMMAND_BUTTON_CLICKED.
116 wxEvent(int id
= 0, wxEventType eventType
= wxEVT_NULL
);
119 Returns a copy of the event.
121 Any event that is posted to the wxWidgets event system for later action
122 (via wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent, wxEvtHandler::QueueEvent or wxPostEvent())
123 must implement this method.
125 All wxWidgets events fully implement this method, but any derived events
126 implemented by the user should also implement this method just in case they
127 (or some event derived from them) are ever posted.
129 All wxWidgets events implement a copy constructor, so the easiest way of
130 implementing the Clone function is to implement a copy constructor for
131 a new event (call it MyEvent) and then define the Clone function like this:
134 wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }
137 virtual wxEvent
* Clone() const = 0;
140 Returns the object (usually a window) associated with the event, if any.
142 wxObject
* GetEventObject() const;
145 Returns the identifier of the given event type, such as @c wxEVT_COMMAND_BUTTON_CLICKED.
147 wxEventType
GetEventType() const;
150 Returns a generic category for this event.
151 wxEvent implementation returns @c wxEVT_CATEGORY_UI by default.
153 This function is used to selectively process events in wxEventLoopBase::YieldFor.
155 virtual wxEventCategory
GetEventCategory() const;
158 Returns the identifier associated with this event, such as a button command id.
163 Returns @true if the event handler should be skipped, @false otherwise.
165 bool GetSkipped() const;
168 Gets the timestamp for the event. The timestamp is the time in milliseconds
169 since some fixed moment (not necessarily the standard Unix Epoch, so only
170 differences between the timestamps and not their absolute values usually make sense).
173 wxWidgets returns a non-NULL timestamp only for mouse and key events
174 (see wxMouseEvent and wxKeyEvent).
176 long GetTimestamp() const;
179 Returns @true if the event is or is derived from wxCommandEvent else it returns @false.
181 @note exists only for optimization purposes.
183 bool IsCommandEvent() const;
186 Sets the propagation level to the given value (for example returned from an
187 earlier call to wxEvent::StopPropagation).
189 void ResumePropagation(int propagationLevel
);
192 Sets the originating object.
194 void SetEventObject(wxObject
* object
);
199 void SetEventType(wxEventType type
);
202 Sets the identifier associated with this event, such as a button command id.
207 Sets the timestamp for the event.
209 void SetTimestamp(long timeStamp
= 0);
212 Test if this event should be propagated or not, i.e. if the propagation level
213 is currently greater than 0.
215 bool ShouldPropagate() const;
218 This method can be used inside an event handler to control whether further
219 event handlers bound to this event will be called after the current one returns.
221 Without Skip() (or equivalently if Skip(@false) is used), the event will not
222 be processed any more. If Skip(@true) is called, the event processing system
223 continues searching for a further handler function for this event, even though
224 it has been processed already in the current handler.
226 In general, it is recommended to skip all non-command events to allow the
227 default handling to take place. The command events are, however, normally not
228 skipped as usually a single command such as a button click or menu item
229 selection must only be processed by one handler.
231 void Skip(bool skip
= true);
234 Stop the event from propagating to its parent window.
236 Returns the old propagation level value which may be later passed to
237 ResumePropagation() to allow propagating the event again.
239 int StopPropagation();
243 Indicates how many levels the event can propagate.
245 This member is protected and should typically only be set in the constructors
246 of the derived classes. It may be temporarily changed by StopPropagation()
247 and ResumePropagation() and tested with ShouldPropagate().
249 The initial value is set to either @c wxEVENT_PROPAGATE_NONE (by default)
250 meaning that the event shouldn't be propagated at all or to
251 @c wxEVENT_PROPAGATE_MAX (for command events) meaning that it should be
252 propagated as much as necessary.
254 Any positive number means that the event should be propagated but no more than
255 the given number of times. E.g. the propagation level may be set to 1 to
256 propagate the event to its parent only, but not to its grandparent.
258 int m_propagationLevel
;
262 @class wxEventBlocker
264 This class is a special event handler which allows to discard
265 any event (or a set of event types) directed to a specific window.
270 void MyWindow::DoSomething()
273 // block all events directed to this window while
274 // we do the 1000 FunctionWhichSendsEvents() calls
275 wxEventBlocker blocker(this);
277 for ( int i = 0; i 1000; i++ )
278 FunctionWhichSendsEvents(i);
280 } // ~wxEventBlocker called, old event handler is restored
282 // the event generated by this call will be processed:
283 FunctionWhichSendsEvents(0)
290 @see @ref overview_events_processing, wxEvtHandler
292 class wxEventBlocker
: public wxEvtHandler
296 Constructs the blocker for the given window and for the given event type.
298 If @a type is @c wxEVT_ANY, then all events for that window are blocked.
299 You can call Block() after creation to add other event types to the list
302 Note that the @a win window @b must remain alive until the
303 wxEventBlocker object destruction.
305 wxEventBlocker(wxWindow
* win
, wxEventType type
= -1);
308 Destructor. The blocker will remove itself from the chain of event handlers for
309 the window provided in the constructor, thus restoring normal processing of events.
311 virtual ~wxEventBlocker();
314 Adds to the list of event types which should be blocked the given @a eventType.
316 void Block(wxEventType eventType
);
324 A class that can handle events from the windowing system.
325 wxWindow is (and therefore all window classes are) derived from this class.
327 When events are received, wxEvtHandler invokes the method listed in the
328 event table using itself as the object. When using multiple inheritance
329 <b>it is imperative that the wxEvtHandler(-derived) class is the first
330 class inherited</b> such that the @c this pointer for the overall object
331 will be identical to the @c this pointer of the wxEvtHandler portion.
336 @see @ref overview_events_processing, wxEventBlocker, wxEventLoopBase
338 class wxEvtHandler
: public wxObject
, public wxTrackable
349 If the handler is part of a chain, the destructor will unlink itself
352 virtual ~wxEvtHandler();
356 @name Event queuing and processing
361 Queue event for a later processing.
363 This method is similar to ProcessEvent() but while the latter is
364 synchronous, i.e. the event is processed immediately, before the
365 function returns, this one is asynchronous and returns immediately
366 while the event will be processed at some later time (usually during
367 the next event loop iteration).
369 Another important difference is that this method takes ownership of the
370 @a event parameter, i.e. it will delete it itself. This implies that
371 the event should be allocated on the heap and that the pointer can't be
372 used any more after the function returns (as it can be deleted at any
375 QueueEvent() can be used for inter-thread communication from the worker
376 threads to the main thread, it is safe in the sense that it uses
377 locking internally and avoids the problem mentioned in AddPendingEvent()
378 documentation by ensuring that the @a event object is not used by the
379 calling thread any more. Care should still be taken to avoid that some
380 fields of this object are used by it, notably any wxString members of
381 the event object must not be shallow copies of another wxString object
382 as this would result in them still using the same string buffer behind
383 the scenes. For example:
385 void FunctionInAWorkerThread(const wxString& str)
387 wxCommandEvent* evt = new wxCommandEvent;
389 // NOT evt->SetString(str) as this would be a shallow copy
390 evt->SetString(str.c_str()); // make a deep copy
392 wxTheApp->QueueEvent( evt );
396 Note that you can use wxThreadEvent instead of wxCommandEvent
397 to avoid this problem:
399 void FunctionInAWorkerThread(const wxString& str)
404 // wxThreadEvent::Clone() makes sure that the internal wxString
405 // member is not shared by other wxString instances:
406 wxTheApp->QueueEvent( evt.Clone() );
410 Finally notice that this method automatically wakes up the event loop
411 if it is currently idle by calling ::wxWakeUpIdle() so there is no need
412 to do it manually when using it.
417 A heap-allocated event to be queued, QueueEvent() takes ownership
418 of it. This parameter shouldn't be @c NULL.
420 virtual void QueueEvent(wxEvent
*event
);
423 Post an event to be processed later.
425 This function is similar to QueueEvent() but can't be used to post
426 events from worker threads for the event objects with wxString fields
427 (i.e. in practice most of them) because of an unsafe use of the same
428 wxString object which happens because the wxString field in the
429 original @a event object and its copy made internally by this function
430 share the same string buffer internally. Use QueueEvent() to avoid
433 A copy of @a event is made by the function, so the original can be deleted
434 as soon as function returns (it is common that the original is created
435 on the stack). This requires that the wxEvent::Clone() method be
436 implemented by event so that it can be duplicated and stored until it
440 Event to add to the pending events queue.
442 virtual void AddPendingEvent(const wxEvent
& event
);
445 Processes an event, searching event tables and calling zero or more suitable
446 event handler function(s).
448 Normally, your application would not call this function: it is called in the
449 wxWidgets implementation to dispatch incoming user interface events to the
450 framework (and application).
452 However, you might need to call it if implementing new functionality
453 (such as a new control) where you define new event types, as opposed to
454 allowing the user to override virtual functions.
456 Notice that you don't usually need to override ProcessEvent() to
457 customize the event handling, overriding the specially provided
458 TryBefore() and TryAfter() functions is usually enough. For example,
459 wxMDIParentFrame may override TryBefore() to ensure that the menu
460 events are processed in the active child frame before being processed
461 in the parent frame itself.
463 The normal order of event table searching is as follows:
464 -# wxApp::FilterEvent() is called. If it returns anything but @c -1
465 (default) the processing stops here.
466 -# If the object is disabled (via a call to wxEvtHandler::SetEvtHandlerEnabled)
467 the function skips to step (7).
468 -# TryBefore() is called (this is where wxValidator are taken into
469 account for wxWindow objects). If this returns @true, the function exits.
470 -# Dynamic event table of the handlers binded using Bind<>() is
471 searched. If a handler is found, it is executed and the function
472 returns @true unless the handler used wxEvent::Skip() to indicate
473 that it didn't handle the event in which case the search continues.
474 -# Static events table of the handlers binded using event table
475 macros is searched for this event handler. If this fails, the base
476 class event table table is tried, and so on until no more tables
477 exist or an appropriate function was found. If a handler is found,
478 the same logic as in the previous step applies.
479 -# The search is applied down the entire chain of event handlers (usually the
480 chain has a length of one). This chain can be formed using wxEvtHandler::SetNextHandler():
481 @image html overview_events_chain.png
482 (referring to the image, if @c A->ProcessEvent is called and it doesn't handle
483 the event, @c B->ProcessEvent will be called and so on...).
484 Note that in the case of wxWindow you can build a stack of event handlers
485 (see wxWindow::PushEventHandler() for more info).
486 If any of the handlers of the chain return @true, the function exits.
487 -# TryAfter() is called: for the wxWindow object this may propagate the
488 event to the window parent (recursively). If the event is still not
489 processed, ProcessEvent() on wxTheApp object is called as the last
492 Notice that steps (2)-(6) are performed in ProcessEventHere() which is
493 called by this function.
498 @true if a suitable event handler function was found and executed,
499 and the function did not call wxEvent::Skip.
501 @see SearchEventTable()
503 virtual bool ProcessEvent(wxEvent
& event
);
506 Try to process the event in this event handler.
508 This method is called from ProcessEvent(), please see the detailed
509 description of the event processing logic there.
511 It is @em not virtual and so may not be overridden but it does call
512 virtual TryBefore() which may be overridden.
517 @true if this object itself defines a handler for this event and
518 the handler didn't skip the event.
520 bool ProcessEventHere(wxEvent
& event
);
523 Processes an event by calling ProcessEvent() and handles any exceptions
524 that occur in the process.
525 If an exception is thrown in event handler, wxApp::OnExceptionInMainLoop is called.
530 @return @true if the event was processed, @false if no handler was found
531 or an exception was thrown.
533 @see wxWindow::HandleWindowEvent
535 bool SafelyProcessEvent(wxEvent
& event
);
538 Processes the pending events previously queued using QueueEvent() or
539 AddPendingEvent(); you must call this function only if you are sure
540 there are pending events for this handler, otherwise a @c wxCHECK
543 The real processing still happens in ProcessEvent() which is called by this
546 Note that this function needs a valid application object (see
547 wxAppConsole::GetInstance()) because wxApp holds the list of the event
548 handlers with pending events and this function manipulates that list.
550 void ProcessPendingEvents();
553 Deletes all events queued on this event handler using QueueEvent() or
556 Use with care because the events which are deleted are (obviously) not
557 processed and this may have unwanted consequences (e.g. user actions events
560 void DeletePendingEvents();
563 Searches the event table, executing an event handler function if an appropriate
567 Event table to be searched.
569 Event to be matched against an event table entry.
571 @return @true if a suitable event handler function was found and
572 executed, and the function did not call wxEvent::Skip.
574 @remarks This function looks through the object's event table and tries
575 to find an entry that will match the event.
576 An entry will match if:
577 @li The event type matches, and
578 @li the identifier or identifier range matches, or the event table
579 entry's identifier is zero.
581 If a suitable function is called but calls wxEvent::Skip, this
582 function will fail, and searching will continue.
584 @todo this function in the header is listed as an "implementation only" function;
585 are we sure we want to document it?
589 virtual bool SearchEventTable(wxEventTable
& table
,
596 @name Connecting and disconnecting
601 Connects the given function dynamically with the event handler, id and
604 Notice that Bind() provides a more flexible and safer way to do the
605 same thing as Connect(), please use it in any new code -- while
606 Connect() is not formally deprecated due to its existing widespread
607 usage, it has no advantages compared to Bind().
609 This is an alternative to the use of static event tables. It is more
610 flexible as it allows to connect events generated by some object to an
611 event handler defined in a different object of a different class (which
612 is impossible to do directly with the event tables -- the events can be
613 only handled in another object if they are propagated upwards to it).
614 Do make sure to specify the correct @a eventSink when connecting to an
615 event of a different object.
617 See @ref overview_events_bind for more detailed explanation
618 of this function and the @ref page_samples_event sample for usage
621 This specific overload allows you to connect an event handler to a @e range
623 Do not confuse @e source IDs with event @e types: source IDs identify the
624 event generator objects (typically wxMenuItem or wxWindow objects) while the
625 event @e type identify which type of events should be handled by the
626 given @e function (an event generator object may generate many different
630 The first ID of the identifier range to be associated with the event
633 The last ID of the identifier range to be associated with the event
636 The event type to be associated with this event handler.
638 The event handler function. Note that this function should
639 be explicitly converted to the correct type which can be done using a macro
640 called @c wxFooEventHandler for the handler for any @c wxFooEvent.
642 Data to be associated with the event table entry.
644 Object whose member function should be called. It must be specified
645 when connecting an event generated by one object to a member
646 function of a different object. If it is omitted, @c this is used.
650 void Connect(int id
, int lastId
, wxEventType eventType
,
651 wxObjectEventFunction function
,
652 wxObject
* userData
= NULL
,
653 wxEvtHandler
* eventSink
= NULL
);
656 See the Connect(int, int, wxEventType, wxObjectEventFunction, wxObject*, wxEvtHandler*)
657 overload for more info.
659 This overload can be used to attach an event handler to a single source ID:
663 frame->Connect( wxID_EXIT,
664 wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED,
665 wxCommandEventHandler(MyFrame::OnQuit) );
668 void Connect(int id
, wxEventType eventType
,
669 wxObjectEventFunction function
,
670 wxObject
* userData
= NULL
,
671 wxEvtHandler
* eventSink
= NULL
);
674 See the Connect(int, int, wxEventType, wxObjectEventFunction, wxObject*, wxEvtHandler*)
675 overload for more info.
677 This overload will connect the given event handler so that regardless of the
678 ID of the event source, the handler will be called.
680 void Connect(wxEventType eventType
,
681 wxObjectEventFunction function
,
682 wxObject
* userData
= NULL
,
683 wxEvtHandler
* eventSink
= NULL
);
686 Disconnects the given function dynamically from the event handler, using the
687 specified parameters as search criteria and returning @true if a matching
688 function has been found and removed.
690 This method can only disconnect functions which have been added using the
691 Connect() method. There is no way to disconnect functions connected using
692 the (static) event tables.
695 The event type associated with this event handler.
697 The event handler function.
699 Data associated with the event table entry.
701 Object whose member function should be called.
703 bool Disconnect(wxEventType eventType
,
704 wxObjectEventFunction function
,
705 wxObject
* userData
= NULL
,
706 wxEvtHandler
* eventSink
= NULL
);
709 See the Disconnect(wxEventType, wxObjectEventFunction, wxObject*, wxEvtHandler*)
710 overload for more info.
712 This overload takes the additional @a id parameter.
714 bool Disconnect(int id
= wxID_ANY
,
715 wxEventType eventType
= wxEVT_NULL
,
716 wxObjectEventFunction function
= NULL
,
717 wxObject
* userData
= NULL
,
718 wxEvtHandler
* eventSink
= NULL
);
721 See the Disconnect(wxEventType, wxObjectEventFunction, wxObject*, wxEvtHandler*)
722 overload for more info.
724 This overload takes an additional range of source IDs.
726 bool Disconnect(int id
, int lastId
,
727 wxEventType eventType
,
728 wxObjectEventFunction function
= NULL
,
729 wxObject
* userData
= NULL
,
730 wxEvtHandler
* eventSink
= NULL
);
735 @name Binding and Unbinding
740 Binds the given function, functor or method dynamically with the event.
742 This offers basically the same functionality as Connect(), but it is
743 more flexible as it also allows you to use ordinary functions and
744 arbitrary functors as event handlers. It is also less restrictive then
745 Connect() because you can use an arbitrary method as an event handler,
746 where as Connect() requires a wxEvtHandler derived handler.
748 See @ref overview_events_bind for more detailed explanation
749 of this function and the @ref page_samples_event sample for usage
753 The event type to be associated with this event handler.
755 The event handler functor. This can be an ordinary function but also
756 an arbitrary functor like boost::function<>.
758 The first ID of the identifier range to be associated with the event
761 The last ID of the identifier range to be associated with the event
764 Data to be associated with the event table entry.
768 template <typename EventTag
, typename Functor
>
769 void Bind(const EventTag
& eventType
,
772 int lastId
= wxID_ANY
,
773 wxObject
*userData
= NULL
);
776 See the Bind<>(const EventTag&, Functor, int, int, wxObject*) overload for
779 This overload will bind the given method as the event handler.
782 The event type to be associated with this event handler.
784 The event handler method. This can be an arbitrary method (doesn't need
785 to be from a wxEvtHandler derived class).
787 Object whose method should be called. It must always be specified
788 so it can be checked at compile time whether the given method is an
789 actual member of the given handler.
791 The first ID of the identifier range to be associated with the event
794 The last ID of the identifier range to be associated with the event
797 Data to be associated with the event table entry.
801 template <typename EventTag
, typename Class
, typename EventArg
, typename EventHandler
>
802 void Bind(const EventTag
&eventType
,
803 void (Class::*method
)(EventArg
&),
804 EventHandler
*handler
,
806 int lastId
= wxID_ANY
,
807 wxObject
*userData
= NULL
);
809 Unbinds the given function, functor or method dynamically from the
810 event handler, using the specified parameters as search criteria and
811 returning @true if a matching function has been found and removed.
813 This method can only unbind functions, functors or methods which have
814 been added using the Bind<>() method. There is no way to unbind
815 functions binded using the (static) event tables.
818 The event type associated with this event handler.
820 The event handler functor. This can be an ordinary function but also
821 an arbitrary functor like boost::function<>.
823 The first ID of the identifier range associated with the event
826 The last ID of the identifier range associated with the event
829 Data associated with the event table entry.
833 template <typename EventTag
, typename Functor
>
834 bool Unbind(const EventTag
& eventType
,
837 int lastId
= wxID_ANY
,
838 wxObject
*userData
= NULL
);
841 See the Unbind<>(const EventTag&, Functor, int, int, wxObject*)
842 overload for more info.
844 This overload unbinds the given method from the event..
847 The event type associated with this event handler.
849 The event handler method associated with this event.
851 Object whose method was called.
853 The first ID of the identifier range associated with the event
856 The last ID of the identifier range associated with the event
859 Data associated with the event table entry.
863 template <typename EventTag
, typename Class
, typename EventArg
, typename EventHandler
>
864 bool Unbind(const EventTag
&eventType
,
865 void (Class::*method
)(EventArg
&),
866 EventHandler
*handler
,
868 int lastId
= wxID_ANY
,
869 wxObject
*userData
= NULL
);
872 @name User-supplied data
877 Returns user-supplied client data.
879 @remarks Normally, any extra data the programmer wishes to associate with
880 the object should be made available by deriving a new class with
885 void* GetClientData() const;
888 Returns a pointer to the user-supplied client data object.
890 @see SetClientObject(), wxClientData
892 wxClientData
* GetClientObject() const;
895 Sets user-supplied client data.
898 Data to be associated with the event handler.
900 @remarks Normally, any extra data the programmer wishes to associate
901 with the object should be made available by deriving a new
902 class with new data members. You must not call this method
903 and SetClientObject on the same class - only one of them.
907 void SetClientData(void* data
);
910 Set the client data object. Any previous object will be deleted.
912 @see GetClientObject(), wxClientData
914 void SetClientObject(wxClientData
* data
);
920 @name Event handler chaining
922 wxEvtHandler can be arranged in a double-linked list of handlers
923 which is automatically iterated by ProcessEvent() if needed.
928 Returns @true if the event handler is enabled, @false otherwise.
930 @see SetEvtHandlerEnabled()
932 bool GetEvtHandlerEnabled() const;
935 Returns the pointer to the next handler in the chain.
937 @see SetNextHandler(), GetPreviousHandler(), SetPreviousHandler(),
938 wxWindow::PushEventHandler, wxWindow::PopEventHandler
940 wxEvtHandler
* GetNextHandler() const;
943 Returns the pointer to the previous handler in the chain.
945 @see SetPreviousHandler(), GetNextHandler(), SetNextHandler(),
946 wxWindow::PushEventHandler, wxWindow::PopEventHandler
948 wxEvtHandler
* GetPreviousHandler() const;
951 Enables or disables the event handler.
954 @true if the event handler is to be enabled, @false if it is to be disabled.
956 @remarks You can use this function to avoid having to remove the event
957 handler from the chain, for example when implementing a
958 dialog editor and changing from edit to test mode.
960 @see GetEvtHandlerEnabled()
962 void SetEvtHandlerEnabled(bool enabled
);
965 Sets the pointer to the next handler.
968 See ProcessEvent() for more info about how the chains of event handlers
970 Also remember that wxEvtHandler uses double-linked lists and thus if you
971 use this function, you should also call SetPreviousHandler() on the
972 argument passed to this function:
974 handlerA->SetNextHandler(handlerB);
975 handlerB->SetPreviousHandler(handlerA);
979 The event handler to be set as the next handler.
982 @see @ref overview_events_processing
984 virtual void SetNextHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
987 Sets the pointer to the previous handler.
988 All remarks about SetNextHandler() apply to this function as well.
991 The event handler to be set as the previous handler.
994 @see @ref overview_events_processing
996 virtual void SetPreviousHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
999 Unlinks this event handler from the chain it's part of (if any);
1000 then links the "previous" event handler to the "next" one
1001 (so that the chain won't be interrupted).
1003 E.g. if before calling Unlink() you have the following chain:
1004 @image html evthandler_unlink_before.png
1005 then after calling @c B->Unlink() you'll have:
1006 @image html evthandler_unlink_after.png
1013 Returns @true if the next and the previous handler pointers of this
1014 event handler instance are @NULL.
1018 @see SetPreviousHandler(), SetNextHandler()
1020 bool IsUnlinked() const;
1026 Method called by ProcessEvent() before examining this object event
1029 This method can be overridden to hook into the event processing logic
1030 as early as possible. You should usually call the base class version
1031 when overriding this method, even if wxEvtHandler itself does nothing
1032 here, some derived classes do use this method, e.g. wxWindow implements
1033 support for wxValidator in it.
1037 class MyClass : public BaseClass // inheriting from wxEvtHandler
1041 virtual bool TryBefore(wxEvent& event)
1043 if ( MyPreProcess(event) )
1046 return BaseClass::TryBefore(event);
1051 @see ProcessEvent(), ProcessEventHere()
1053 virtual bool TryBefore(wxEvent
& event
);
1056 Method called by ProcessEvent() as last resort.
1058 This method can be overridden to implement post-processing for the
1059 events which were not processed anywhere else.
1061 The base class version handles forwarding the unprocessed events to
1062 wxApp at wxEvtHandler level and propagating them upwards the window
1063 child-parent chain at wxWindow level and so should usually be called
1064 when overriding this method:
1066 class MyClass : public BaseClass // inheriting from wxEvtHandler
1070 virtual bool TryAfter(wxEvent& event)
1072 if ( BaseClass::TryAfter(event) )
1075 return MyPostProcess(event);
1080 @see ProcessEvent(), ProcessEventHere()
1082 virtual bool TryAfter(wxEvent
& event
);
1089 This event class contains information about keypress (character) events.
1091 Notice that there are three different kinds of keyboard events in wxWidgets:
1092 key down and up events and char events. The difference between the first two
1093 is clear - the first corresponds to a key press and the second to a key
1094 release - otherwise they are identical. Just note that if the key is
1095 maintained in a pressed state you will typically get a lot of (automatically
1096 generated) down events but only one up so it is wrong to assume that there is
1097 one up event corresponding to each down one.
1099 Both key events provide untranslated key codes while the char event carries
1100 the translated one. The untranslated code for alphanumeric keys is always
1101 an upper case value. For the other keys it is one of @c WXK_XXX values
1102 from the ::wxKeyCode enumeration.
1103 The translated key is, in general, the character the user expects to appear
1104 as the result of the key combination when typing the text into a text entry
1107 A few examples to clarify this (all assume that CAPS LOCK is unpressed
1108 and the standard US keyboard): when the @c 'A' key is pressed, the key down
1109 event key code is equal to @c ASCII A == 65. But the char event key code
1110 is @c ASCII a == 97. On the other hand, if you press both SHIFT and
1111 @c 'A' keys simultaneously , the key code in key down event will still be
1112 just @c 'A' while the char event key code parameter will now be @c 'A'
1115 Although in this simple case it is clear that the correct key code could be
1116 found in the key down event handler by checking the value returned by
1117 wxKeyEvent::ShiftDown(), in general you should use @c EVT_CHAR for this as
1118 for non-alphanumeric keys the translation is keyboard-layout dependent and
1119 can only be done properly by the system itself.
1121 Another kind of translation is done when the control key is pressed: for
1122 example, for CTRL-A key press the key down event still carries the
1123 same key code @c 'a' as usual but the char event will have key code of 1,
1124 the ASCII value of this key combination.
1126 You may discover how the other keys on your system behave interactively by
1127 running the @ref page_samples_text wxWidgets sample and pressing some keys
1128 in any of the text controls shown in it.
1130 @b Tip: be sure to call @c event.Skip() for events that you don't process in
1131 key event function, otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1133 @note If a key down (@c EVT_KEY_DOWN) event is caught and the event handler
1134 does not call @c event.Skip() then the corresponding char event
1135 (@c EVT_CHAR) will not happen.
1136 This is by design and enables the programs that handle both types of
1137 events to be a bit simpler.
1139 @note For Windows programmers: The key and char events in wxWidgets are
1140 similar to but slightly different from Windows @c WM_KEYDOWN and
1141 @c WM_CHAR events. In particular, Alt-x combination will generate a
1142 char event in wxWidgets (unless it is used as an accelerator).
1145 @beginEventTable{wxKeyEvent}
1146 @event{EVT_KEY_DOWN(func)}
1147 Process a @c wxEVT_KEY_DOWN event (any key has been pressed).
1148 @event{EVT_KEY_UP(func)}
1149 Process a @c wxEVT_KEY_UP event (any key has been released).
1150 @event{EVT_CHAR(func)}
1151 Process a @c wxEVT_CHAR event.
1154 @see wxKeyboardState
1159 class wxKeyEvent
: public wxEvent
,
1160 public wxKeyboardState
1165 Currently, the only valid event types are @c wxEVT_CHAR and @c wxEVT_CHAR_HOOK.
1167 wxKeyEvent(wxEventType keyEventType
= wxEVT_NULL
);
1170 Returns the virtual key code. ASCII events return normal ASCII values,
1171 while non-ASCII events return values such as @b WXK_LEFT for the left cursor
1172 key. See ::wxKeyCode for a full list of the virtual key codes.
1174 Note that in Unicode build, the returned value is meaningful only if the
1175 user entered a character that can be represented in current locale's default
1176 charset. You can obtain the corresponding Unicode character using GetUnicodeKey().
1178 int GetKeyCode() const;
1182 Obtains the position (in client coordinates) at which the key was pressed.
1184 wxPoint
GetPosition() const;
1185 void GetPosition(long* x
, long* y
) const;
1189 Returns the raw key code for this event. This is a platform-dependent scan code
1190 which should only be used in advanced applications.
1192 @note Currently the raw key codes are not supported by all ports, use
1193 @ifdef_ wxHAS_RAW_KEY_CODES to determine if this feature is available.
1195 wxUint32
GetRawKeyCode() const;
1198 Returns the low level key flags for this event. The flags are
1199 platform-dependent and should only be used in advanced applications.
1201 @note Currently the raw key flags are not supported by all ports, use
1202 @ifdef_ wxHAS_RAW_KEY_CODES to determine if this feature is available.
1204 wxUint32
GetRawKeyFlags() const;
1207 Returns the Unicode character corresponding to this key event.
1209 This function is only available in Unicode build, i.e. when
1210 @c wxUSE_UNICODE is 1.
1212 wxChar
GetUnicodeKey() const;
1215 Returns the X position (in client coordinates) of the event.
1217 wxCoord
GetX() const;
1220 Returns the Y position (in client coordinates) of the event.
1222 wxCoord
GetY() const;
1228 @class wxJoystickEvent
1230 This event class contains information about joystick events, particularly
1231 events received by windows.
1233 @beginEventTable{wxJoystickEvent}
1234 @event{EVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN(func)}
1235 Process a @c wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN event.
1236 @event{EVT_JOY_BUTTON_UP(func)}
1237 Process a @c wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_UP event.
1238 @event{EVT_JOY_MOVE(func)}
1239 Process a @c wxEVT_JOY_MOVE event.
1240 @event{EVT_JOY_ZMOVE(func)}
1241 Process a @c wxEVT_JOY_ZMOVE event.
1242 @event{EVT_JOYSTICK_EVENTS(func)}
1243 Processes all joystick events.
1251 class wxJoystickEvent
: public wxEvent
1257 wxJoystickEvent(wxEventType eventType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int state
= 0,
1258 int joystick
= wxJOYSTICK1
,
1262 Returns @true if the event was a down event from the specified button
1266 Can be @c wxJOY_BUTTONn where @c n is 1, 2, 3 or 4; or @c wxJOY_BUTTON_ANY to
1267 indicate any button down event.
1269 bool ButtonDown(int button
= wxJOY_BUTTON_ANY
) const;
1272 Returns @true if the specified button (or any button) was in a down state.
1275 Can be @c wxJOY_BUTTONn where @c n is 1, 2, 3 or 4; or @c wxJOY_BUTTON_ANY to
1276 indicate any button down event.
1278 bool ButtonIsDown(int button
= wxJOY_BUTTON_ANY
) const;
1281 Returns @true if the event was an up event from the specified button
1285 Can be @c wxJOY_BUTTONn where @c n is 1, 2, 3 or 4; or @c wxJOY_BUTTON_ANY to
1286 indicate any button down event.
1288 bool ButtonUp(int button
= wxJOY_BUTTON_ANY
) const;
1291 Returns the identifier of the button changing state.
1293 This is a @c wxJOY_BUTTONn identifier, where @c n is one of 1, 2, 3, 4.
1295 int GetButtonChange() const;
1298 Returns the down state of the buttons.
1300 This is a @c wxJOY_BUTTONn identifier, where @c n is one of 1, 2, 3, 4.
1302 int GetButtonState() const;
1305 Returns the identifier of the joystick generating the event - one of
1306 wxJOYSTICK1 and wxJOYSTICK2.
1308 int GetJoystick() const;
1311 Returns the x, y position of the joystick event.
1313 wxPoint
GetPosition() const;
1316 Returns the z position of the joystick event.
1318 int GetZPosition() const;
1321 Returns @true if this was a button up or down event
1322 (@e not 'is any button down?').
1324 bool IsButton() const;
1327 Returns @true if this was an x, y move event.
1329 bool IsMove() const;
1332 Returns @true if this was a z move event.
1334 bool IsZMove() const;
1340 @class wxScrollWinEvent
1342 A scroll event holds information about events sent from scrolling windows.
1344 Note that you can use the EVT_SCROLLWIN* macros for intercepting scroll window events
1345 from the receiving window.
1347 @beginEventTable{wxScrollWinEvent}
1348 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN(func)}
1349 Process all scroll events.
1350 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_TOP(func)}
1351 Process wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_TOP scroll-to-top events.
1352 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_BOTTOM(func)}
1353 Process wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_BOTTOM scroll-to-bottom events.
1354 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEUP(func)}
1355 Process wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEUP line up events.
1356 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEDOWN(func)}
1357 Process wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEDOWN line down events.
1358 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_PAGEUP(func)}
1359 Process wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_PAGEUP page up events.
1360 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_PAGEDOWN(func)}
1361 Process wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_PAGEDOWN page down events.
1362 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBTRACK(func)}
1363 Process wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBTRACK thumbtrack events
1364 (frequent events sent as the user drags the thumbtrack).
1365 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE(func)}
1366 Process wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE thumb release events.
1373 @see wxScrollEvent, @ref overview_events
1375 class wxScrollWinEvent
: public wxEvent
1381 wxScrollWinEvent(wxEventType commandType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int pos
= 0,
1382 int orientation
= 0);
1385 Returns wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL, depending on the orientation of the
1388 @todo wxHORIZONTAL and wxVERTICAL should go in their own enum
1390 int GetOrientation() const;
1393 Returns the position of the scrollbar for the thumb track and release events.
1395 Note that this field can't be used for the other events, you need to query
1396 the window itself for the current position in that case.
1398 int GetPosition() const;
1404 @class wxSysColourChangedEvent
1406 This class is used for system colour change events, which are generated
1407 when the user changes the colour settings using the control panel.
1408 This is only appropriate under Windows.
1411 The default event handler for this event propagates the event to child windows,
1412 since Windows only sends the events to top-level windows.
1413 If intercepting this event for a top-level window, remember to call the base
1414 class handler, or to pass the event on to the window's children explicitly.
1416 @beginEventTable{wxSysColourChangedEvent}
1417 @event{EVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED(func)}
1418 Process a @c wxEVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED event.
1424 @see @ref overview_events
1426 class wxSysColourChangedEvent
: public wxEvent
1432 wxSysColourChangedEvent();
1438 @class wxWindowCreateEvent
1440 This event is sent just after the actual window associated with a wxWindow
1441 object has been created.
1443 Since it is derived from wxCommandEvent, the event propagates up
1444 the window hierarchy.
1446 @beginEventTable{wxWindowCreateEvent}
1447 @event{EVT_WINDOW_CREATE(func)}
1448 Process a @c wxEVT_CREATE event.
1454 @see @ref overview_events, wxWindowDestroyEvent
1456 class wxWindowCreateEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
1462 wxWindowCreateEvent(wxWindow
* win
= NULL
);
1464 /// Retutn the window being created.
1465 wxWindow
*GetWindow() const;
1473 A paint event is sent when a window's contents needs to be repainted.
1475 Please notice that in general it is impossible to change the drawing of a
1476 standard control (such as wxButton) and so you shouldn't attempt to handle
1477 paint events for them as even if it might work on some platforms, this is
1478 inherently not portable and won't work everywhere.
1481 Note that in a paint event handler, the application must always create a
1482 wxPaintDC object, even if you do not use it. Otherwise, under MS Windows,
1483 refreshing for this and other windows will go wrong.
1486 void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent& event)
1493 You can optimize painting by retrieving the rectangles that have been damaged
1494 and only repainting these. The rectangles are in terms of the client area,
1495 and are unscrolled, so you will need to do some calculations using the current
1496 view position to obtain logical, scrolled units.
1497 Here is an example of using the wxRegionIterator class:
1499 // Called when window needs to be repainted.
1500 void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent& event)
1504 // Find Out where the window is scrolled to
1505 int vbX,vbY; // Top left corner of client
1506 GetViewStart(&vbX,&vbY);
1508 int vX,vY,vW,vH; // Dimensions of client area in pixels
1509 wxRegionIterator upd(GetUpdateRegion()); // get the update rect list
1518 // Alternatively we can do this:
1519 // wxRect rect(upd.GetRect());
1521 // Repaint this rectangle
1530 @beginEventTable{wxPaintEvent}
1531 @event{EVT_PAINT(func)}
1532 Process a @c wxEVT_PAINT event.
1538 @see @ref overview_events
1540 class wxPaintEvent
: public wxEvent
1546 wxPaintEvent(int id
= 0);
1552 @class wxMaximizeEvent
1554 An event being sent when a top level window is maximized. Notice that it is
1555 not sent when the window is restored to its original size after it had been
1556 maximized, only a normal wxSizeEvent is generated in this case.
1558 @beginEventTable{wxMaximizeEvent}
1559 @event{EVT_MAXIMIZE(func)}
1560 Process a @c wxEVT_MAXIMIZE event.
1566 @see @ref overview_events, wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize,
1567 wxTopLevelWindow::IsMaximized
1569 class wxMaximizeEvent
: public wxEvent
1573 Constructor. Only used by wxWidgets internally.
1575 wxMaximizeEvent(int id
= 0);
1579 The possibles modes to pass to wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode().
1583 /** Send UI update events to all windows. */
1584 wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_ALL
,
1586 /** Send UI update events to windows that have
1587 the wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES flag specified. */
1588 wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_SPECIFIED
1593 @class wxUpdateUIEvent
1595 This class is used for pseudo-events which are called by wxWidgets
1596 to give an application the chance to update various user interface elements.
1598 Without update UI events, an application has to work hard to check/uncheck,
1599 enable/disable, show/hide, and set the text for elements such as menu items
1600 and toolbar buttons. The code for doing this has to be mixed up with the code
1601 that is invoked when an action is invoked for a menu item or button.
1603 With update UI events, you define an event handler to look at the state of the
1604 application and change UI elements accordingly. wxWidgets will call your member
1605 functions in idle time, so you don't have to worry where to call this code.
1607 In addition to being a clearer and more declarative method, it also means you don't
1608 have to worry whether you're updating a toolbar or menubar identifier. The same
1609 handler can update a menu item and toolbar button, if the identifier is the same.
1610 Instead of directly manipulating the menu or button, you call functions in the event
1611 object, such as wxUpdateUIEvent::Check. wxWidgets will determine whether such a
1612 call has been made, and which UI element to update.
1614 These events will work for popup menus as well as menubars. Just before a menu is
1615 popped up, wxMenu::UpdateUI is called to process any UI events for the window that
1618 If you find that the overhead of UI update processing is affecting your application,
1619 you can do one or both of the following:
1620 @li Call wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode with a value of wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_SPECIFIED,
1621 and set the extra style wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES for every window that should
1622 receive update events. No other windows will receive update events.
1623 @li Call wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval with a millisecond value to set the delay
1624 between updates. You may need to call wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI at critical points,
1625 for example when a dialog is about to be shown, in case the user sees a slight
1626 delay before windows are updated.
1628 Note that although events are sent in idle time, defining a wxIdleEvent handler
1629 for a window does not affect this because the events are sent from wxWindow::OnInternalIdle
1630 which is always called in idle time.
1632 wxWidgets tries to optimize update events on some platforms.
1633 On Windows and GTK+, events for menubar items are only sent when the menu is about
1634 to be shown, and not in idle time.
1637 @beginEventTable{wxUpdateUIEvent}
1638 @event{EVT_UPDATE_UI(id, func)}
1639 Process a @c wxEVT_UPDATE_UI event for the command with the given id.
1640 @event{EVT_UPDATE_UI_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}
1641 Process a @c wxEVT_UPDATE_UI event for any command with id included in the given range.
1647 @see @ref overview_events
1649 class wxUpdateUIEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
1655 wxUpdateUIEvent(wxWindowID commandId
= 0);
1658 Returns @true if it is appropriate to update (send UI update events to)
1661 This function looks at the mode used (see wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode),
1662 the wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES flag in @a window, the time update events
1663 were last sent in idle time, and the update interval, to determine whether
1664 events should be sent to this window now. By default this will always
1665 return @true because the update mode is initially wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_ALL
1666 and the interval is set to 0; so update events will be sent as often as
1667 possible. You can reduce the frequency that events are sent by changing the
1668 mode and/or setting an update interval.
1670 @see ResetUpdateTime(), SetUpdateInterval(), SetMode()
1672 static bool CanUpdate(wxWindow
* window
);
1675 Check or uncheck the UI element.
1677 void Check(bool check
);
1680 Enable or disable the UI element.
1682 void Enable(bool enable
);
1685 Returns @true if the UI element should be checked.
1687 bool GetChecked() const;
1690 Returns @true if the UI element should be enabled.
1692 bool GetEnabled() const;
1695 Static function returning a value specifying how wxWidgets will send update
1696 events: to all windows, or only to those which specify that they will process
1701 static wxUpdateUIMode
GetMode();
1704 Returns @true if the application has called Check().
1705 For wxWidgets internal use only.
1707 bool GetSetChecked() const;
1710 Returns @true if the application has called Enable().
1711 For wxWidgets internal use only.
1713 bool GetSetEnabled() const;
1716 Returns @true if the application has called Show().
1717 For wxWidgets internal use only.
1719 bool GetSetShown() const;
1722 Returns @true if the application has called SetText().
1723 For wxWidgets internal use only.
1725 bool GetSetText() const;
1728 Returns @true if the UI element should be shown.
1730 bool GetShown() const;
1733 Returns the text that should be set for the UI element.
1735 wxString
GetText() const;
1738 Returns the current interval between updates in milliseconds.
1739 The value -1 disables updates, 0 updates as frequently as possible.
1741 @see SetUpdateInterval().
1743 static long GetUpdateInterval();
1746 Used internally to reset the last-updated time to the current time.
1748 It is assumed that update events are normally sent in idle time, so this
1749 is called at the end of idle processing.
1751 @see CanUpdate(), SetUpdateInterval(), SetMode()
1753 static void ResetUpdateTime();
1756 Specify how wxWidgets will send update events: to all windows, or only to
1757 those which specify that they will process the events.
1760 this parameter may be one of the ::wxUpdateUIMode enumeration values.
1761 The default mode is wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_ALL.
1763 static void SetMode(wxUpdateUIMode mode
);
1766 Sets the text for this UI element.
1768 void SetText(const wxString
& text
);
1771 Sets the interval between updates in milliseconds.
1773 Set to -1 to disable updates, or to 0 to update as frequently as possible.
1776 Use this to reduce the overhead of UI update events if your application
1777 has a lot of windows. If you set the value to -1 or greater than 0,
1778 you may also need to call wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI at appropriate points
1779 in your application, such as when a dialog is about to be shown.
1781 static void SetUpdateInterval(long updateInterval
);
1784 Show or hide the UI element.
1786 void Show(bool show
);
1792 @class wxClipboardTextEvent
1794 This class represents the events generated by a control (typically a
1795 wxTextCtrl but other windows can generate these events as well) when its
1796 content gets copied or cut to, or pasted from the clipboard.
1798 There are three types of corresponding events wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY,
1799 wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_CUT and wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_PASTE.
1801 If any of these events is processed (without being skipped) by an event
1802 handler, the corresponding operation doesn't take place which allows to
1803 prevent the text from being copied from or pasted to a control. It is also
1804 possible to examine the clipboard contents in the PASTE event handler and
1805 transform it in some way before inserting in a control -- for example,
1806 changing its case or removing invalid characters.
1808 Finally notice that a CUT event is always preceded by the COPY event which
1809 makes it possible to only process the latter if it doesn't matter if the
1810 text was copied or cut.
1813 These events are currently only generated by wxTextCtrl under GTK+.
1814 They are generated by all controls under Windows.
1816 @beginEventTable{wxClipboardTextEvent}
1817 @event{EVT_TEXT_COPY(id, func)}
1818 Some or all of the controls content was copied to the clipboard.
1819 @event{EVT_TEXT_CUT(id, func)}
1820 Some or all of the controls content was cut (i.e. copied and
1822 @event{EVT_TEXT_PASTE(id, func)}
1823 Clipboard content was pasted into the control.
1832 class wxClipboardTextEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
1838 wxClipboardTextEvent(wxEventType commandType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0);
1846 This event class contains information about the events generated by the mouse:
1847 they include mouse buttons press and release events and mouse move events.
1849 All mouse events involving the buttons use @c wxMOUSE_BTN_LEFT for the
1850 left mouse button, @c wxMOUSE_BTN_MIDDLE for the middle one and
1851 @c wxMOUSE_BTN_RIGHT for the right one. And if the system supports more
1852 buttons, the @c wxMOUSE_BTN_AUX1 and @c wxMOUSE_BTN_AUX2 events
1853 can also be generated. Note that not all mice have even a middle button so a
1854 portable application should avoid relying on the events from it (but the right
1855 button click can be emulated using the left mouse button with the control key
1856 under Mac platforms with a single button mouse).
1858 For the @c wxEVT_ENTER_WINDOW and @c wxEVT_LEAVE_WINDOW events
1859 purposes, the mouse is considered to be inside the window if it is in the
1860 window client area and not inside one of its children. In other words, the
1861 parent window receives @c wxEVT_LEAVE_WINDOW event not only when the
1862 mouse leaves the window entirely but also when it enters one of its children.
1864 The position associated with a mouse event is expressed in the window
1865 coordinates of the window which generated the event, you can use
1866 wxWindow::ClientToScreen() to convert it to screen coordinates and possibly
1867 call wxWindow::ScreenToClient() next to convert it to window coordinates of
1870 @note Note that under Windows CE mouse enter and leave events are not natively
1871 supported by the system but are generated by wxWidgets itself. This has several
1872 drawbacks: the LEAVE_WINDOW event might be received some time after the mouse
1873 left the window and the state variables for it may have changed during this time.
1875 @note Note the difference between methods like wxMouseEvent::LeftDown and
1876 the inherited wxMouseState::LeftIsDown: the former returns @true when
1877 the event corresponds to the left mouse button click while the latter
1878 returns @true if the left mouse button is currently being pressed.
1879 For example, when the user is dragging the mouse you can use
1880 wxMouseEvent::LeftIsDown to test whether the left mouse button is
1881 (still) depressed. Also, by convention, if wxMouseEvent::LeftDown
1882 returns @true, wxMouseEvent::LeftIsDown will also return @true in
1883 wxWidgets whatever the underlying GUI behaviour is (which is
1884 platform-dependent). The same applies, of course, to other mouse
1888 @beginEventTable{wxMouseEvent}
1889 @event{EVT_LEFT_DOWN(func)}
1890 Process a @c wxEVT_LEFT_DOWN event. The handler of this event should normally
1891 call event.Skip() to allow the default processing to take place as otherwise
1892 the window under mouse wouldn't get the focus.
1893 @event{EVT_LEFT_UP(func)}
1894 Process a @c wxEVT_LEFT_UP event.
1895 @event{EVT_LEFT_DCLICK(func)}
1896 Process a @c wxEVT_LEFT_DCLICK event.
1897 @event{EVT_MIDDLE_DOWN(func)}
1898 Process a @c wxEVT_MIDDLE_DOWN event.
1899 @event{EVT_MIDDLE_UP(func)}
1900 Process a @c wxEVT_MIDDLE_UP event.
1901 @event{EVT_MIDDLE_DCLICK(func)}
1902 Process a @c wxEVT_MIDDLE_DCLICK event.
1903 @event{EVT_RIGHT_DOWN(func)}
1904 Process a @c wxEVT_RIGHT_DOWN event.
1905 @event{EVT_RIGHT_UP(func)}
1906 Process a @c wxEVT_RIGHT_UP event.
1907 @event{EVT_RIGHT_DCLICK(func)}
1908 Process a @c wxEVT_RIGHT_DCLICK event.
1909 @event{EVT_MOUSE_AUX1_DOWN(func)}
1910 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX1_DOWN event.
1911 @event{EVT_MOUSE_AUX1_UP(func)}
1912 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX1_UP event.
1913 @event{EVT_MOUSE_AUX1_DCLICK(func)}
1914 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX1_DCLICK event.
1915 @event{EVT_MOUSE_AUX2_DOWN(func)}
1916 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX2_DOWN event.
1917 @event{EVT_MOUSE_AUX2_UP(func)}
1918 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX2_UP event.
1919 @event{EVT_MOUSE_AUX2_DCLICK(func)}
1920 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX2_DCLICK event.
1921 @event{EVT_MOTION(func)}
1922 Process a @c wxEVT_MOTION event.
1923 @event{EVT_ENTER_WINDOW(func)}
1924 Process a @c wxEVT_ENTER_WINDOW event.
1925 @event{EVT_LEAVE_WINDOW(func)}
1926 Process a @c wxEVT_LEAVE_WINDOW event.
1927 @event{EVT_MOUSEWHEEL(func)}
1928 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL event.
1929 @event{EVT_MOUSE_EVENTS(func)}
1930 Process all mouse events.
1938 class wxMouseEvent
: public wxEvent
,
1943 Constructor. Valid event types are:
1945 @li wxEVT_ENTER_WINDOW
1946 @li wxEVT_LEAVE_WINDOW
1949 @li wxEVT_LEFT_DCLICK
1950 @li wxEVT_MIDDLE_DOWN
1952 @li wxEVT_MIDDLE_DCLICK
1953 @li wxEVT_RIGHT_DOWN
1955 @li wxEVT_RIGHT_DCLICK
1956 @li wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX1_DOWN
1957 @li wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX1_UP
1958 @li wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX1_DCLICK
1959 @li wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX2_DOWN
1960 @li wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX2_UP
1961 @li wxEVT_MOUSE_AUX2_DCLICK
1963 @li wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL
1965 wxMouseEvent(wxEventType mouseEventType
= wxEVT_NULL
);
1968 Returns @true if the event was a first extra button double click.
1970 bool Aux1DClick() const;
1973 Returns @true if the first extra button mouse button changed to down.
1975 bool Aux1Down() const;
1978 Returns @true if the first extra button mouse button changed to up.
1980 bool Aux1Up() const;
1983 Returns @true if the event was a second extra button double click.
1985 bool Aux2DClick() const;
1988 Returns @true if the second extra button mouse button changed to down.
1990 bool Aux2Down() const;
1993 Returns @true if the second extra button mouse button changed to up.
1995 bool Aux2Up() const;
1998 Returns @true if the event was generated by the specified button.
2000 @see wxMouseState::ButtoinIsDown()
2002 bool Button(wxMouseButton but
) const;
2005 If the argument is omitted, this returns @true if the event was a mouse
2006 double click event. Otherwise the argument specifies which double click event
2007 was generated (see Button() for the possible values).
2009 bool ButtonDClick(wxMouseButton but
= wxMOUSE_BTN_ANY
) const;
2012 If the argument is omitted, this returns @true if the event was a mouse
2013 button down event. Otherwise the argument specifies which button-down event
2014 was generated (see Button() for the possible values).
2016 bool ButtonDown(wxMouseButton but
= wxMOUSE_BTN_ANY
) const;
2019 If the argument is omitted, this returns @true if the event was a mouse
2020 button up event. Otherwise the argument specifies which button-up event
2021 was generated (see Button() for the possible values).
2023 bool ButtonUp(wxMouseButton but
= wxMOUSE_BTN_ANY
) const;
2026 Returns @true if this was a dragging event (motion while a button is depressed).
2030 bool Dragging() const;
2033 Returns @true if the mouse was entering the window.
2037 bool Entering() const;
2040 Returns the mouse button which generated this event or @c wxMOUSE_BTN_NONE
2041 if no button is involved (for mouse move, enter or leave event, for example).
2042 Otherwise @c wxMOUSE_BTN_LEFT is returned for the left button down, up and
2043 double click events, @c wxMOUSE_BTN_MIDDLE and @c wxMOUSE_BTN_RIGHT
2044 for the same events for the middle and the right buttons respectively.
2046 int GetButton() const;
2049 Returns the number of mouse clicks for this event: 1 for a simple click, 2
2050 for a double-click, 3 for a triple-click and so on.
2052 Currently this function is implemented only in wxMac and returns -1 for the
2053 other platforms (you can still distinguish simple clicks from double-clicks as
2054 they generate different kinds of events however).
2058 int GetClickCount() const;
2061 Returns the configured number of lines (or whatever) to be scrolled per
2062 wheel action. Defaults to three.
2064 int GetLinesPerAction() const;
2067 Returns the logical mouse position in pixels (i.e. translated according to the
2068 translation set for the DC, which usually indicates that the window has been
2071 wxPoint
GetLogicalPosition(const wxDC
& dc
) const;
2074 Get wheel delta, normally 120.
2076 This is the threshold for action to be taken, and one such action
2077 (for example, scrolling one increment) should occur for each delta.
2079 int GetWheelDelta() const;
2082 Get wheel rotation, positive or negative indicates direction of rotation.
2084 Current devices all send an event when rotation is at least +/-WheelDelta, but
2085 finer resolution devices can be created in the future.
2087 Because of this you shouldn't assume that one event is equal to 1 line, but you
2088 should be able to either do partial line scrolling or wait until several
2089 events accumulate before scrolling.
2091 int GetWheelRotation() const;
2094 Gets the axis the wheel operation concerns; @c 0 is the Y axis as on
2095 most mouse wheels, @c 1 is the X axis.
2097 Note that only some models of mouse have horizontal wheel axis.
2099 int GetWheelAxis() const;
2102 Returns @true if the event was a mouse button event (not necessarily a button
2103 down event - that may be tested using ButtonDown()).
2105 bool IsButton() const;
2108 Returns @true if the system has been setup to do page scrolling with
2109 the mouse wheel instead of line scrolling.
2111 bool IsPageScroll() const;
2114 Returns @true if the mouse was leaving the window.
2118 bool Leaving() const;
2121 Returns @true if the event was a left double click.
2123 bool LeftDClick() const;
2126 Returns @true if the left mouse button changed to down.
2128 bool LeftDown() const;
2131 Returns @true if the left mouse button changed to up.
2133 bool LeftUp() const;
2136 Returns @true if the Meta key was down at the time of the event.
2138 bool MetaDown() const;
2141 Returns @true if the event was a middle double click.
2143 bool MiddleDClick() const;
2146 Returns @true if the middle mouse button changed to down.
2148 bool MiddleDown() const;
2151 Returns @true if the middle mouse button changed to up.
2153 bool MiddleUp() const;
2156 Returns @true if this was a motion event and no mouse buttons were pressed.
2157 If any mouse button is held pressed, then this method returns @false and
2158 Dragging() returns @true.
2160 bool Moving() const;
2163 Returns @true if the event was a right double click.
2165 bool RightDClick() const;
2168 Returns @true if the right mouse button changed to down.
2170 bool RightDown() const;
2173 Returns @true if the right mouse button changed to up.
2175 bool RightUp() const;
2181 @class wxDropFilesEvent
2183 This class is used for drop files events, that is, when files have been dropped
2184 onto the window. This functionality is currently only available under Windows.
2186 The window must have previously been enabled for dropping by calling
2187 wxWindow::DragAcceptFiles().
2189 Important note: this is a separate implementation to the more general drag and drop
2190 implementation documented in the @ref overview_dnd. It uses the older, Windows
2191 message-based approach of dropping files.
2193 @beginEventTable{wxDropFilesEvent}
2194 @event{EVT_DROP_FILES(func)}
2195 Process a @c wxEVT_DROP_FILES event.
2203 @see @ref overview_events
2205 class wxDropFilesEvent
: public wxEvent
2211 wxDropFilesEvent(wxEventType id
= 0, int noFiles
= 0,
2212 wxString
* files
= NULL
);
2215 Returns an array of filenames.
2217 wxString
* GetFiles() const;
2220 Returns the number of files dropped.
2222 int GetNumberOfFiles() const;
2225 Returns the position at which the files were dropped.
2226 Returns an array of filenames.
2228 wxPoint
GetPosition() const;
2234 @class wxCommandEvent
2236 This event class contains information about command events, which originate
2237 from a variety of simple controls.
2239 Note that wxCommandEvents and wxCommandEvent-derived event classes by default
2240 and unlike other wxEvent-derived classes propagate upward from the source
2241 window (the window which emits the event) up to the first parent which processes
2242 the event. Be sure to read @ref overview_events_propagation.
2244 More complex controls, such as wxTreeCtrl, have separate command event classes.
2246 @beginEventTable{wxCommandEvent}
2247 @event{EVT_COMMAND(id, event, func)}
2248 Process a command, supplying the window identifier, command event identifier,
2249 and member function.
2250 @event{EVT_COMMAND_RANGE(id1, id2, event, func)}
2251 Process a command for a range of window identifiers, supplying the minimum and
2252 maximum window identifiers, command event identifier, and member function.
2253 @event{EVT_BUTTON(id, func)}
2254 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_BUTTON_CLICKED command, which is generated by a wxButton control.
2255 @event{EVT_CHECKBOX(id, func)}
2256 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_CHECKBOX_CLICKED command, which is generated by a wxCheckBox control.
2257 @event{EVT_CHOICE(id, func)}
2258 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_CHOICE_SELECTED command, which is generated by a wxChoice control.
2259 @event{EVT_COMBOBOX(id, func)}
2260 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED command, which is generated by a wxComboBox control.
2261 @event{EVT_LISTBOX(id, func)}
2262 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_LISTBOX_SELECTED command, which is generated by a wxListBox control.
2263 @event{EVT_LISTBOX_DCLICK(id, func)}
2264 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_LISTBOX_DOUBLECLICKED command, which is generated by a wxListBox control.
2265 @event{EVT_CHECKLISTBOX(id, func)}
2266 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLED command, which is generated by a wxCheckListBox control.
2267 @event{EVT_MENU(id, func)}
2268 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED command, which is generated by a menu item.
2269 @event{EVT_MENU_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}
2270 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_RANGE command, which is generated by a range of menu items.
2271 @event{EVT_CONTEXT_MENU(func)}
2272 Process the event generated when the user has requested a popup menu to appear by
2273 pressing a special keyboard key (under Windows) or by right clicking the mouse.
2274 @event{EVT_RADIOBOX(id, func)}
2275 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_RADIOBOX_SELECTED command, which is generated by a wxRadioBox control.
2276 @event{EVT_RADIOBUTTON(id, func)}
2277 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_RADIOBUTTON_SELECTED command, which is generated by a wxRadioButton control.
2278 @event{EVT_SCROLLBAR(id, func)}
2279 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_SCROLLBAR_UPDATED command, which is generated by a wxScrollBar
2280 control. This is provided for compatibility only; more specific scrollbar event macros
2281 should be used instead (see wxScrollEvent).
2282 @event{EVT_SLIDER(id, func)}
2283 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_SLIDER_UPDATED command, which is generated by a wxSlider control.
2284 @event{EVT_TEXT(id, func)}
2285 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED command, which is generated by a wxTextCtrl control.
2286 @event{EVT_TEXT_ENTER(id, func)}
2287 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_ENTER command, which is generated by a wxTextCtrl control.
2288 Note that you must use wxTE_PROCESS_ENTER flag when creating the control if you want it
2289 to generate such events.
2290 @event{EVT_TEXT_MAXLEN(id, func)}
2291 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_MAXLEN command, which is generated by a wxTextCtrl control
2292 when the user tries to enter more characters into it than the limit previously set
2293 with SetMaxLength().
2294 @event{EVT_TOGGLEBUTTON(id, func)}
2295 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TOGGLEBUTTON_CLICKED event.
2296 @event{EVT_TOOL(id, func)}
2297 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TOOL_CLICKED event (a synonym for @c wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED).
2298 Pass the id of the tool.
2299 @event{EVT_TOOL_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}
2300 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TOOL_CLICKED event for a range of identifiers. Pass the ids of the tools.
2301 @event{EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED(id, func)}
2302 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TOOL_RCLICKED event. Pass the id of the tool.
2303 @event{EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}
2304 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TOOL_RCLICKED event for a range of ids. Pass the ids of the tools.
2305 @event{EVT_TOOL_ENTER(id, func)}
2306 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TOOL_ENTER event. Pass the id of the toolbar itself.
2307 The value of wxCommandEvent::GetSelection() is the tool id, or -1 if the mouse cursor
2308 has moved off a tool.
2309 @event{EVT_COMMAND_LEFT_CLICK(id, func)}
2310 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_LEFT_CLICK command, which is generated by a control (wxMSW only).
2311 @event{EVT_COMMAND_LEFT_DCLICK(id, func)}
2312 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_LEFT_DCLICK command, which is generated by a control (wxMSW only).
2313 @event{EVT_COMMAND_RIGHT_CLICK(id, func)}
2314 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_RIGHT_CLICK command, which is generated by a control (wxMSW only).
2315 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SET_FOCUS(id, func)}
2316 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_SET_FOCUS command, which is generated by a control (wxMSW only).
2317 @event{EVT_COMMAND_KILL_FOCUS(id, func)}
2318 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_KILL_FOCUS command, which is generated by a control (wxMSW only).
2319 @event{EVT_COMMAND_ENTER(id, func)}
2320 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_ENTER command, which is generated by a control.
2326 class wxCommandEvent
: public wxEvent
2332 wxCommandEvent(wxEventType commandEventType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0);
2335 Returns client data pointer for a listbox or choice selection event
2336 (not valid for a deselection).
2338 void* GetClientData() const;
2341 Returns client object pointer for a listbox or choice selection event
2342 (not valid for a deselection).
2344 wxClientData
* GetClientObject() const;
2347 Returns extra information dependant on the event objects type.
2349 If the event comes from a listbox selection, it is a boolean
2350 determining whether the event was a selection (@true) or a
2351 deselection (@false). A listbox deselection only occurs for
2352 multiple-selection boxes, and in this case the index and string values
2353 are indeterminate and the listbox must be examined by the application.
2355 long GetExtraLong() const;
2358 Returns the integer identifier corresponding to a listbox, choice or
2359 radiobox selection (only if the event was a selection, not a deselection),
2360 or a boolean value representing the value of a checkbox.
2365 Returns item index for a listbox or choice selection event (not valid for
2368 int GetSelection() const;
2371 Returns item string for a listbox or choice selection event. If one
2372 or several items have been deselected, returns the index of the first
2373 deselected item. If some items have been selected and others deselected
2374 at the same time, it will return the index of the first selected item.
2376 wxString
GetString() const;
2379 This method can be used with checkbox and menu events: for the checkboxes, the
2380 method returns @true for a selection event and @false for a deselection one.
2381 For the menu events, this method indicates if the menu item just has become
2382 checked or unchecked (and thus only makes sense for checkable menu items).
2384 Notice that this method can not be used with wxCheckListBox currently.
2386 bool IsChecked() const;
2389 For a listbox or similar event, returns @true if it is a selection, @false
2390 if it is a deselection. If some items have been selected and others deselected
2391 at the same time, it will return @true.
2393 bool IsSelection() const;
2396 Sets the client data for this event.
2398 void SetClientData(void* clientData
);
2401 Sets the client object for this event. The client object is not owned by the
2402 event object and the event object will not delete the client object in its destructor.
2404 The client object must be owned and deleted by another object (e.g. a control)
2405 that has longer life time than the event object.
2407 void SetClientObject(wxClientData
* clientObject
);
2410 Sets the @b m_extraLong member.
2412 void SetExtraLong(long extraLong
);
2415 Sets the @b m_commandInt member.
2417 void SetInt(int intCommand
);
2420 Sets the @b m_commandString member.
2422 void SetString(const wxString
& string
);
2428 @class wxActivateEvent
2430 An activate event is sent when a window or application is being activated
2433 @beginEventTable{wxActivateEvent}
2434 @event{EVT_ACTIVATE(func)}
2435 Process a @c wxEVT_ACTIVATE event.
2436 @event{EVT_ACTIVATE_APP(func)}
2437 Process a @c wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP event.
2438 This event is received by the wxApp-derived instance only.
2439 @event{EVT_HIBERNATE(func)}
2440 Process a hibernate event, supplying the member function. This event applies
2441 to wxApp only, and only on Windows SmartPhone and PocketPC.
2442 It is generated when the system is low on memory; the application should free
2443 up as much memory as possible, and restore full working state when it receives
2444 a wxEVT_ACTIVATE or wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP event.
2450 @see @ref overview_events, wxApp::IsActive
2452 class wxActivateEvent
: public wxEvent
2458 wxActivateEvent(wxEventType eventType
= wxEVT_NULL
, bool active
= true,
2462 Returns @true if the application or window is being activated, @false otherwise.
2464 bool GetActive() const;
2470 @class wxContextMenuEvent
2472 This class is used for context menu events, sent to give
2473 the application a chance to show a context (popup) menu for a wxWindow.
2475 Note that if wxContextMenuEvent::GetPosition returns wxDefaultPosition, this
2476 means that the event originated from a keyboard context button event, and you
2477 should compute a suitable position yourself, for example by calling wxGetMousePosition().
2479 When a keyboard context menu button is pressed on Windows, a right-click event
2480 with default position is sent first, and if this event is not processed, the
2481 context menu event is sent. So if you process mouse events and you find your
2482 context menu event handler is not being called, you could call wxEvent::Skip()
2483 for mouse right-down events.
2485 @beginEventTable{wxContextMenuEvent}
2486 @event{EVT_CONTEXT_MENU(func)}
2487 A right click (or other context menu command depending on platform) has been detected.
2494 @see wxCommandEvent, @ref overview_events
2496 class wxContextMenuEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
2502 wxContextMenuEvent(wxEventType id
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0,
2503 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
);
2506 Returns the position in screen coordinates at which the menu should be shown.
2507 Use wxWindow::ScreenToClient to convert to client coordinates.
2509 You can also omit a position from wxWindow::PopupMenu in order to use
2510 the current mouse pointer position.
2512 If the event originated from a keyboard event, the value returned from this
2513 function will be wxDefaultPosition.
2515 const wxPoint
& GetPosition() const;
2518 Sets the position at which the menu should be shown.
2520 void SetPosition(const wxPoint
& point
);
2528 An erase event is sent when a window's background needs to be repainted.
2530 On some platforms, such as GTK+, this event is simulated (simply generated just
2531 before the paint event) and may cause flicker. It is therefore recommended that
2532 you set the text background colour explicitly in order to prevent flicker.
2533 The default background colour under GTK+ is grey.
2535 To intercept this event, use the EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND macro in an event table
2538 You must call wxEraseEvent::GetDC and use the returned device context if it is
2539 non-@NULL. If it is @NULL, create your own temporary wxClientDC object.
2542 Use the device context returned by GetDC to draw on, don't create
2543 a wxPaintDC in the event handler.
2545 @beginEventTable{wxEraseEvent}
2546 @event{EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND(func)}
2547 Process a @c wxEVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND event.
2553 @see @ref overview_events
2555 class wxEraseEvent
: public wxEvent
2561 wxEraseEvent(int id
= 0, wxDC
* dc
= NULL
);
2564 Returns the device context associated with the erase event to draw on.
2566 wxDC
* GetDC() const;
2574 A focus event is sent when a window's focus changes. The window losing focus
2575 receives a "kill focus" event while the window gaining it gets a "set focus" one.
2577 Notice that the set focus event happens both when the user gives focus to the
2578 window (whether using the mouse or keyboard) and when it is done from the
2579 program itself using wxWindow::SetFocus.
2581 @beginEventTable{wxFocusEvent}
2582 @event{EVT_SET_FOCUS(func)}
2583 Process a @c wxEVT_SET_FOCUS event.
2584 @event{EVT_KILL_FOCUS(func)}
2585 Process a @c wxEVT_KILL_FOCUS event.
2591 @see @ref overview_events
2593 class wxFocusEvent
: public wxEvent
2599 wxFocusEvent(wxEventType eventType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0);
2602 Returns the window associated with this event, that is the window which had the
2603 focus before for the @c wxEVT_SET_FOCUS event and the window which is
2604 going to receive focus for the @c wxEVT_KILL_FOCUS one.
2606 Warning: the window pointer may be @NULL!
2608 wxWindow
*GetWindow() const;
2614 @class wxChildFocusEvent
2616 A child focus event is sent to a (parent-)window when one of its child windows
2617 gains focus, so that the window could restore the focus back to its corresponding
2618 child if it loses it now and regains later.
2620 Notice that child window is the direct child of the window receiving event.
2621 Use wxWindow::FindFocus() to retreive the window which is actually getting focus.
2623 @beginEventTable{wxChildFocusEvent}
2624 @event{EVT_CHILD_FOCUS(func)}
2625 Process a @c wxEVT_CHILD_FOCUS event.
2631 @see @ref overview_events
2633 class wxChildFocusEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
2640 The direct child which is (or which contains the window which is) receiving
2643 wxChildFocusEvent(wxWindow
* win
= NULL
);
2646 Returns the direct child which receives the focus, or a (grand-)parent of the
2647 control receiving the focus.
2649 To get the actually focused control use wxWindow::FindFocus.
2651 wxWindow
*GetWindow() const;
2657 @class wxMouseCaptureLostEvent
2659 An mouse capture lost event is sent to a window that obtained mouse capture,
2660 which was subsequently loss due to "external" event, for example when a dialog
2661 box is shown or if another application captures the mouse.
2663 If this happens, this event is sent to all windows that are on capture stack
2664 (i.e. called CaptureMouse, but didn't call ReleaseMouse yet). The event is
2665 not sent if the capture changes because of a call to CaptureMouse or
2668 This event is currently emitted under Windows only.
2670 @beginEventTable{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}
2671 @event{EVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST(func)}
2672 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event.
2680 @see wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent, @ref overview_events,
2681 wxWindow::CaptureMouse, wxWindow::ReleaseMouse, wxWindow::GetCapture
2683 class wxMouseCaptureLostEvent
: public wxEvent
2689 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent(wxWindowID windowId
= 0);
2695 @class wxNotifyEvent
2697 This class is not used by the event handlers by itself, but is a base class
2698 for other event classes (such as wxBookCtrlEvent).
2700 It (or an object of a derived class) is sent when the controls state is being
2701 changed and allows the program to wxNotifyEvent::Veto() this change if it wants
2702 to prevent it from happening.
2707 @see wxBookCtrlEvent
2709 class wxNotifyEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
2713 Constructor (used internally by wxWidgets only).
2715 wxNotifyEvent(wxEventType eventType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0);
2718 This is the opposite of Veto(): it explicitly allows the event to be processed.
2719 For most events it is not necessary to call this method as the events are allowed
2720 anyhow but some are forbidden by default (this will be mentioned in the corresponding
2726 Returns @true if the change is allowed (Veto() hasn't been called) or @false
2727 otherwise (if it was).
2729 bool IsAllowed() const;
2732 Prevents the change announced by this event from happening.
2734 It is in general a good idea to notify the user about the reasons for vetoing
2735 the change because otherwise the applications behaviour (which just refuses to
2736 do what the user wants) might be quite surprising.
2743 @class wxThreadEvent
2745 This class adds some simple functionalities to wxCommandEvent coinceived
2746 for inter-threads communications.
2748 This event is not natively emitted by any control/class: this is just
2749 an helper class for the user.
2750 Its most important feature is the GetEventCategory() implementation which
2751 allows thread events to @b NOT be processed by wxEventLoopBase::YieldFor calls
2752 (unless the @c wxEVT_CATEGORY_THREAD is specified - which is never in wx code).
2755 @category{events,threading}
2757 @see @ref overview_thread, wxEventLoopBase::YieldFor
2759 class wxThreadEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
2765 wxThreadEvent(wxEventType eventType
= wxEVT_COMMAND_THREAD
, int id
= wxID_ANY
);
2768 Clones this event making sure that all internal members which use
2769 COW (only @c m_commandString for now; see @ref overview_refcount)
2770 are unshared (see wxObject::UnShare).
2772 virtual wxEvent
*Clone() const;
2775 Returns @c wxEVT_CATEGORY_THREAD.
2777 This is important to avoid unwanted processing of thread events
2778 when calling wxEventLoopBase::YieldFor().
2780 virtual wxEventCategory
GetEventCategory() const;
2787 A help event is sent when the user has requested context-sensitive help.
2788 This can either be caused by the application requesting context-sensitive help mode
2789 via wxContextHelp, or (on MS Windows) by the system generating a WM_HELP message when
2790 the user pressed F1 or clicked on the query button in a dialog caption.
2792 A help event is sent to the window that the user clicked on, and is propagated
2793 up the window hierarchy until the event is processed or there are no more event
2796 The application should call wxEvent::GetId to check the identity of the
2797 clicked-on window, and then either show some suitable help or call wxEvent::Skip()
2798 if the identifier is unrecognised.
2800 Calling Skip is important because it allows wxWidgets to generate further
2801 events for ancestors of the clicked-on window. Otherwise it would be impossible to
2802 show help for container windows, since processing would stop after the first window
2805 @beginEventTable{wxHelpEvent}
2806 @event{EVT_HELP(id, func)}
2807 Process a @c wxEVT_HELP event.
2808 @event{EVT_HELP_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}
2809 Process a @c wxEVT_HELP event for a range of ids.
2815 @see wxContextHelp, wxDialog, @ref overview_events
2817 class wxHelpEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
2821 Indicates how a wxHelpEvent was generated.
2825 Origin_Unknown
, /**< unrecognized event source. */
2826 Origin_Keyboard
, /**< event generated from F1 key press. */
2828 /** event generated by wxContextHelp or from the [?] button on
2829 the title bar (Windows). */
2836 wxHelpEvent(wxEventType type
= wxEVT_NULL
,
2837 wxWindowID winid
= 0,
2838 const wxPoint
& pt
= wxDefaultPosition
,
2839 wxHelpEvent::Origin origin
= Origin_Unknown
);
2842 Returns the origin of the help event which is one of the ::wxHelpEventOrigin
2845 The application may handle events generated using the keyboard or mouse
2846 differently, e.g. by using wxGetMousePosition() for the mouse events.
2850 wxHelpEvent::Origin
GetOrigin() const;
2853 Returns the left-click position of the mouse, in screen coordinates.
2854 This allows the application to position the help appropriately.
2856 const wxPoint
& GetPosition() const;
2859 Set the help event origin, only used internally by wxWidgets normally.
2863 void SetOrigin(wxHelpEvent::Origin origin
);
2866 Sets the left-click position of the mouse, in screen coordinates.
2868 void SetPosition(const wxPoint
& pt
);
2874 @class wxScrollEvent
2876 A scroll event holds information about events sent from stand-alone
2877 scrollbars (see wxScrollBar) and sliders (see wxSlider).
2879 Note that scrolled windows send the wxScrollWinEvent which does not derive from
2880 wxCommandEvent, but from wxEvent directly - don't confuse these two kinds of
2881 events and use the event table macros mentioned below only for the scrollbar-like
2884 @section scrollevent_diff The difference between EVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and EVT_SCROLL_CHANGED
2886 The EVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE event is only emitted when actually dragging the thumb
2887 using the mouse and releasing it (This EVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE event is also followed
2888 by an EVT_SCROLL_CHANGED event).
2890 The EVT_SCROLL_CHANGED event also occurs when using the keyboard to change the thumb
2891 position, and when clicking next to the thumb (In all these cases the EVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE
2892 event does not happen).
2894 In short, the EVT_SCROLL_CHANGED event is triggered when scrolling/ moving has finished
2895 independently of the way it had started. Please see the widgets sample ("Slider" page)
2896 to see the difference between EVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and EVT_SCROLL_CHANGED in action.
2899 Note that unless specifying a scroll control identifier, you will need to test for scrollbar
2900 orientation with wxScrollEvent::GetOrientation, since horizontal and vertical scroll events
2901 are processed using the same event handler.
2903 @beginEventTable{wxScrollEvent}
2904 You can use EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL... macros with window IDs for when intercepting
2905 scroll events from controls, or EVT_SCROLL... macros without window IDs for
2906 intercepting scroll events from the receiving window -- except for this, the
2907 macros behave exactly the same.
2908 @event{EVT_SCROLL(func)}
2909 Process all scroll events.
2910 @event{EVT_SCROLL_TOP(func)}
2911 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_TOP scroll-to-top events (minimum position).
2912 @event{EVT_SCROLL_BOTTOM(func)}
2913 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_BOTTOM scroll-to-bottom events (maximum position).
2914 @event{EVT_SCROLL_LINEUP(func)}
2915 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_LINEUP line up events.
2916 @event{EVT_SCROLL_LINEDOWN(func)}
2917 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_LINEDOWN line down events.
2918 @event{EVT_SCROLL_PAGEUP(func)}
2919 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_PAGEUP page up events.
2920 @event{EVT_SCROLL_PAGEDOWN(func)}
2921 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_PAGEDOWN page down events.
2922 @event{EVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK(func)}
2923 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK thumbtrack events (frequent events sent as the
2924 user drags the thumbtrack).
2925 @event{EVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE(func)}
2926 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE thumb release events.
2927 @event{EVT_SCROLL_CHANGED(func)}
2928 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED end of scrolling events (MSW only).
2929 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL(id, func)}
2930 Process all scroll events.
2931 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_TOP(id, func)}
2932 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_TOP scroll-to-top events (minimum position).
2933 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_BOTTOM(id, func)}
2934 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_BOTTOM scroll-to-bottom events (maximum position).
2935 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_LINEUP(id, func)}
2936 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_LINEUP line up events.
2937 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_LINEDOWN(id, func)}
2938 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_LINEDOWN line down events.
2939 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_PAGEUP(id, func)}
2940 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_PAGEUP page up events.
2941 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_PAGEDOWN(id, func)}
2942 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_PAGEDOWN page down events.
2943 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK(id, func)}
2944 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK thumbtrack events (frequent events sent
2945 as the user drags the thumbtrack).
2946 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE(func)}
2947 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE thumb release events.
2948 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_CHANGED(func)}
2949 Process wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED end of scrolling events (MSW only).
2955 @see wxScrollBar, wxSlider, wxSpinButton, wxScrollWinEvent, @ref overview_events
2957 class wxScrollEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
2963 wxScrollEvent(wxEventType commandType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0, int pos
= 0,
2964 int orientation
= 0);
2967 Returns wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL, depending on the orientation of the
2970 int GetOrientation() const;
2973 Returns the position of the scrollbar.
2975 int GetPosition() const;
2979 See wxIdleEvent::SetMode() for more info.
2983 /** Send idle events to all windows */
2986 /** Send idle events to windows that have the wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE flag specified */
2987 wxIDLE_PROCESS_SPECIFIED
2994 This class is used for idle events, which are generated when the system becomes
2995 idle. Note that, unless you do something specifically, the idle events are not
2996 sent if the system remains idle once it has become it, e.g. only a single idle
2997 event will be generated until something else resulting in more normal events
2998 happens and only then is the next idle event sent again.
3000 If you need to ensure a continuous stream of idle events, you can either use
3001 wxIdleEvent::RequestMore method in your handler or call wxWakeUpIdle() periodically
3002 (for example from a timer event handler), but note that both of these approaches
3003 (and especially the first one) increase the system load and so should be avoided
3006 By default, idle events are sent to all windows (and also wxApp, as usual).
3007 If this is causing a significant overhead in your application, you can call
3008 wxIdleEvent::SetMode with the value wxIDLE_PROCESS_SPECIFIED, and set the
3009 wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE extra window style for every window which should receive
3012 @beginEventTable{wxIdleEvent}
3013 @event{EVT_IDLE(func)}
3014 Process a @c wxEVT_IDLE event.
3020 @see @ref overview_events, wxUpdateUIEvent, wxWindow::OnInternalIdle
3022 class wxIdleEvent
: public wxEvent
3031 Returns @true if it is appropriate to send idle events to this window.
3033 This function looks at the mode used (see wxIdleEvent::SetMode),
3034 and the wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE style in @a window to determine whether idle
3035 events should be sent to this window now.
3037 By default this will always return @true because the update mode is initially
3038 wxIDLE_PROCESS_ALL. You can change the mode to only send idle events to
3039 windows with the wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE extra window style set.
3043 static bool CanSend(wxWindow
* window
);
3046 Static function returning a value specifying how wxWidgets will send idle
3047 events: to all windows, or only to those which specify that they
3048 will process the events.
3052 static wxIdleMode
GetMode();
3055 Returns @true if the OnIdle function processing this event requested more
3060 bool MoreRequested() const;
3063 Tells wxWidgets that more processing is required.
3065 This function can be called by an OnIdle handler for a window or window event
3066 handler to indicate that wxApp::OnIdle should forward the OnIdle event once
3067 more to the application windows.
3069 If no window calls this function during OnIdle, then the application will
3070 remain in a passive event loop (not calling OnIdle) until a new event is
3071 posted to the application by the windowing system.
3073 @see MoreRequested()
3075 void RequestMore(bool needMore
= true);
3078 Static function for specifying how wxWidgets will send idle events: to
3079 all windows, or only to those which specify that they will process the events.
3082 Can be one of the ::wxIdleMode values.
3083 The default is wxIDLE_PROCESS_ALL.
3085 static void SetMode(wxIdleMode mode
);
3091 @class wxInitDialogEvent
3093 A wxInitDialogEvent is sent as a dialog or panel is being initialised.
3094 Handlers for this event can transfer data to the window.
3096 The default handler calls wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow.
3098 @beginEventTable{wxInitDialogEvent}
3099 @event{EVT_INIT_DIALOG(func)}
3100 Process a @c wxEVT_INIT_DIALOG event.
3106 @see @ref overview_events
3108 class wxInitDialogEvent
: public wxEvent
3114 wxInitDialogEvent(int id
= 0);
3120 @class wxWindowDestroyEvent
3122 This event is sent as early as possible during the window destruction
3125 For the top level windows, as early as possible means that this is done by
3126 wxFrame or wxDialog destructor, i.e. after the destructor of the derived
3127 class was executed and so any methods specific to the derived class can't
3128 be called any more from this event handler. If you need to do this, you
3129 must call wxWindow::SendDestroyEvent() from your derived class destructor.
3131 For the child windows, this event is generated just before deleting the
3132 window from wxWindow::Destroy() (which is also called when the parent
3133 window is deleted) or from the window destructor if operator @c delete was
3134 used directly (which is not recommended for this very reason).
3136 It is usually pointless to handle this event in the window itself but it ca
3137 be very useful to receive notifications about the window destruction in the
3138 parent window or in any other object interested in this window.
3143 @see @ref overview_events, wxWindowCreateEvent
3145 class wxWindowDestroyEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
3151 wxWindowDestroyEvent(wxWindow
* win
= NULL
);
3153 /// Retutn the window being destroyed.
3154 wxWindow
*GetWindow() const;
3159 @class wxNavigationKeyEvent
3161 This event class contains information about navigation events,
3162 generated by navigation keys such as tab and page down.
3164 This event is mainly used by wxWidgets implementations.
3165 A wxNavigationKeyEvent handler is automatically provided by wxWidgets
3166 when you make a class into a control container with the macro
3167 WX_DECLARE_CONTROL_CONTAINER.
3169 @beginEventTable{wxNavigationKeyEvent}
3170 @event{EVT_NAVIGATION_KEY(func)}
3171 Process a navigation key event.
3177 @see wxWindow::Navigate, wxWindow::NavigateIn
3179 class wxNavigationKeyEvent
: public wxEvent
3183 Flags which can be used with wxNavigationKeyEvent.
3185 enum wxNavigationKeyEventFlags
3187 IsBackward
= 0x0000,
3193 wxNavigationKeyEvent();
3194 wxNavigationKeyEvent(const wxNavigationKeyEvent
& event
);
3197 Returns the child that has the focus, or @NULL.
3199 wxWindow
* GetCurrentFocus() const;
3202 Returns @true if the navigation was in the forward direction.
3204 bool GetDirection() const;
3207 Returns @true if the navigation event was from a tab key.
3208 This is required for proper navigation over radio buttons.
3210 bool IsFromTab() const;
3213 Returns @true if the navigation event represents a window change
3214 (for example, from Ctrl-Page Down in a notebook).
3216 bool IsWindowChange() const;
3219 Sets the current focus window member.
3221 void SetCurrentFocus(wxWindow
* currentFocus
);
3224 Sets the direction to forward if @a direction is @true, or backward
3227 void SetDirection(bool direction
);
3230 Sets the flags for this event.
3231 The @a flags can be a combination of the ::wxNavigationKeyEventFlags values.
3233 void SetFlags(long flags
);
3236 Marks the navigation event as from a tab key.
3238 void SetFromTab(bool fromTab
);
3241 Marks the event as a window change event.
3243 void SetWindowChange(bool windowChange
);
3249 @class wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
3251 An mouse capture changed event is sent to a window that loses its
3252 mouse capture. This is called even if wxWindow::ReleaseMouse
3253 was called by the application code. Handling this event allows
3254 an application to cater for unexpected capture releases which
3255 might otherwise confuse mouse handling code.
3259 @beginEventTable{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}
3260 @event{EVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_CHANGED(func)}
3261 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_CHANGED event.
3267 @see wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, @ref overview_events,
3268 wxWindow::CaptureMouse, wxWindow::ReleaseMouse, wxWindow::GetCapture
3270 class wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
: public wxEvent
3276 wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent(wxWindowID windowId
= 0,
3277 wxWindow
* gainedCapture
= NULL
);
3280 Returns the window that gained the capture, or @NULL if it was a
3281 non-wxWidgets window.
3283 wxWindow
* GetCapturedWindow() const;
3291 This event class contains information about window and session close events.
3293 The handler function for EVT_CLOSE is called when the user has tried to close a
3294 a frame or dialog box using the window manager (X) or system menu (Windows).
3295 It can also be invoked by the application itself programmatically, for example by
3296 calling the wxWindow::Close function.
3298 You should check whether the application is forcing the deletion of the window
3299 using wxCloseEvent::CanVeto. If this is @false, you @e must destroy the window
3300 using wxWindow::Destroy.
3302 If the return value is @true, it is up to you whether you respond by destroying
3305 If you don't destroy the window, you should call wxCloseEvent::Veto to
3306 let the calling code know that you did not destroy the window.
3307 This allows the wxWindow::Close function to return @true or @false depending
3308 on whether the close instruction was honoured or not.
3310 Example of a wxCloseEvent handler:
3313 void MyFrame::OnClose(wxCloseEvent& event)
3315 if ( event.CanVeto() && m_bFileNotSaved )
3317 if ( wxMessageBox("The file has not been saved... continue closing?",
3319 wxICON_QUESTION | wxYES_NO) != wxYES )
3326 Destroy(); // you may also do: event.Skip();
3327 // since the default event handler does call Destroy(), too
3331 The EVT_END_SESSION event is slightly different as it is sent by the system
3332 when the user session is ending (e.g. because of log out or shutdown) and
3333 so all windows are being forcefully closed. At least under MSW, after the
3334 handler for this event is executed the program is simply killed by the
3335 system. Because of this, the default handler for this event provided by
3336 wxWidgets calls all the usual cleanup code (including wxApp::OnExit()) so
3337 that it could still be executed and exit()s the process itself, without
3338 waiting for being killed. If this behaviour is for some reason undesirable,
3339 make sure that you define a handler for this event in your wxApp-derived
3340 class and do not call @c event.Skip() in it (but be aware that the system
3341 will still kill your application).
3343 @beginEventTable{wxCloseEvent}
3344 @event{EVT_CLOSE(func)}
3345 Process a close event, supplying the member function.
3346 This event applies to wxFrame and wxDialog classes.
3347 @event{EVT_QUERY_END_SESSION(func)}
3348 Process a query end session event, supplying the member function.
3349 This event can be handled in wxApp-derived class only.
3350 @event{EVT_END_SESSION(func)}
3351 Process an end session event, supplying the member function.
3352 This event can be handled in wxApp-derived class only.
3358 @see wxWindow::Close, @ref overview_windowdeletion
3360 class wxCloseEvent
: public wxEvent
3366 wxCloseEvent(wxEventType commandEventType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0);
3369 Returns @true if you can veto a system shutdown or a window close event.
3370 Vetoing a window close event is not possible if the calling code wishes to
3371 force the application to exit, and so this function must be called to check this.
3373 bool CanVeto() const;
3376 Returns @true if the user is just logging off or @false if the system is
3377 shutting down. This method can only be called for end session and query end
3378 session events, it doesn't make sense for close window event.
3380 bool GetLoggingOff() const;
3383 Sets the 'can veto' flag.
3385 void SetCanVeto(bool canVeto
);
3388 Sets the 'logging off' flag.
3390 void SetLoggingOff(bool loggingOff
);
3393 Call this from your event handler to veto a system shutdown or to signal
3394 to the calling application that a window close did not happen.
3396 You can only veto a shutdown if CanVeto() returns @true.
3398 void Veto(bool veto
= true);
3406 This class is used for a variety of menu-related events. Note that
3407 these do not include menu command events, which are
3408 handled using wxCommandEvent objects.
3410 The default handler for @c wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT displays help
3411 text in the first field of the status bar.
3413 @beginEventTable{wxMenuEvent}
3414 @event{EVT_MENU_OPEN(func)}
3415 A menu is about to be opened. On Windows, this is only sent once for each
3416 navigation of the menubar (up until all menus have closed).
3417 @event{EVT_MENU_CLOSE(func)}
3418 A menu has been just closed.
3419 @event{EVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT(id, func)}
3420 The menu item with the specified id has been highlighted: used to show
3421 help prompts in the status bar by wxFrame
3422 @event{EVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT_ALL(func)}
3423 A menu item has been highlighted, i.e. the currently selected menu item has changed.
3429 @see wxCommandEvent, @ref overview_events
3431 class wxMenuEvent
: public wxEvent
3437 wxMenuEvent(wxEventType id
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0, wxMenu
* menu
= NULL
);
3440 Returns the menu which is being opened or closed. This method should only be
3441 used with the @c OPEN and @c CLOSE events and even for them the
3442 returned pointer may be @NULL in some ports.
3444 wxMenu
* GetMenu() const;
3447 Returns the menu identifier associated with the event.
3448 This method should be only used with the @c HIGHLIGHT events.
3450 int GetMenuId() const;
3453 Returns @true if the menu which is being opened or closed is a popup menu,
3454 @false if it is a normal one.
3456 This method should only be used with the @c OPEN and @c CLOSE events.
3458 bool IsPopup() const;
3464 An event being sent when the window is shown or hidden.
3466 Currently only wxMSW, wxGTK and wxOS2 generate such events.
3468 @onlyfor{wxmsw,wxgtk,wxos2}
3470 @beginEventTable{wxShowEvent}
3471 @event{EVT_SHOW(func)}
3472 Process a @c wxEVT_SHOW event.
3478 @see @ref overview_events, wxWindow::Show,
3482 class wxShowEvent
: public wxEvent
3488 wxShowEvent(int winid
= 0, bool show
= false);
3491 Set whether the windows was shown or hidden.
3493 void SetShow(bool show
);
3496 Return @true if the window has been shown, @false if it has been
3499 bool IsShown() const;
3502 @deprecated This function is deprecated in favour of IsShown().
3504 bool GetShow() const;
3510 @class wxIconizeEvent
3512 An event being sent when the frame is iconized (minimized) or restored.
3514 Currently only wxMSW and wxGTK generate such events.
3516 @onlyfor{wxmsw,wxgtk}
3518 @beginEventTable{wxIconizeEvent}
3519 @event{EVT_ICONIZE(func)}
3520 Process a @c wxEVT_ICONIZE event.
3526 @see @ref overview_events, wxTopLevelWindow::Iconize,
3527 wxTopLevelWindow::IsIconized
3529 class wxIconizeEvent
: public wxEvent
3535 wxIconizeEvent(int id
= 0, bool iconized
= true);
3538 Returns @true if the frame has been iconized, @false if it has been
3541 bool IsIconized() const;
3544 @deprecated This function is deprecated in favour of IsIconized().
3546 bool Iconized() const;
3554 A move event holds information about wxTopLevelWindow move change events.
3556 @beginEventTable{wxMoveEvent}
3557 @event{EVT_MOVE(func)}
3558 Process a @c wxEVT_MOVE event, which is generated when a window is moved.
3559 @event{EVT_MOVE_START(func)}
3560 Process a @c wxEVT_MOVE_START event, which is generated when the user starts
3561 to move or size a window. wxMSW only.
3562 @event{EVT_MOVE_END(func)}
3563 Process a @c wxEVT_MOVE_END event, which is generated when the user stops
3564 moving or sizing a window. wxMSW only.
3570 @see wxPoint, @ref overview_events
3572 class wxMoveEvent
: public wxEvent
3578 wxMoveEvent(const wxPoint
& pt
, int id
= 0);
3581 Returns the position of the window generating the move change event.
3583 wxPoint
GetPosition() const;
3590 A size event holds information about size change events of wxWindow.
3592 The EVT_SIZE handler function will be called when the window has been resized.
3594 You may wish to use this for frames to resize their child windows as appropriate.
3596 Note that the size passed is of the whole window: call wxWindow::GetClientSize
3597 for the area which may be used by the application.
3599 When a window is resized, usually only a small part of the window is damaged
3600 and you may only need to repaint that area. However, if your drawing depends on the
3601 size of the window, you may need to clear the DC explicitly and repaint the whole window.
3602 In which case, you may need to call wxWindow::Refresh to invalidate the entire window.
3604 @beginEventTable{wxSizeEvent}
3605 @event{EVT_SIZE(func)}
3606 Process a @c wxEVT_SIZE event.
3612 @see wxSize, @ref overview_events
3614 class wxSizeEvent
: public wxEvent
3620 wxSizeEvent(const wxSize
& sz
, int id
= 0);
3623 Returns the entire size of the window generating the size change event.
3625 wxSize
GetSize() const;
3631 @class wxSetCursorEvent
3633 A wxSetCursorEvent is generated from wxWindow when the mouse cursor is about
3634 to be set as a result of mouse motion.
3636 This event gives the application the chance to perform specific mouse cursor
3637 processing based on the current position of the mouse within the window.
3638 Use wxSetCursorEvent::SetCursor to specify the cursor you want to be displayed.
3640 @beginEventTable{wxSetCursorEvent}
3641 @event{EVT_SET_CURSOR(func)}
3642 Process a @c wxEVT_SET_CURSOR event.
3648 @see ::wxSetCursor, wxWindow::wxSetCursor
3650 class wxSetCursorEvent
: public wxEvent
3654 Constructor, used by the library itself internally to initialize the event
3657 wxSetCursorEvent(wxCoord x
= 0, wxCoord y
= 0);
3660 Returns a reference to the cursor specified by this event.
3662 const wxCursor
& GetCursor() const;
3665 Returns the X coordinate of the mouse in client coordinates.
3667 wxCoord
GetX() const;
3670 Returns the Y coordinate of the mouse in client coordinates.
3672 wxCoord
GetY() const;
3675 Returns @true if the cursor specified by this event is a valid cursor.
3677 @remarks You cannot specify wxNullCursor with this event, as it is not
3678 considered a valid cursor.
3680 bool HasCursor() const;
3683 Sets the cursor associated with this event.
3685 void SetCursor(const wxCursor
& cursor
);
3690 // ============================================================================
3691 // Global functions/macros
3692 // ============================================================================
3694 /** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_events */
3698 A value uniquely identifying the type of the event.
3700 The values of this type should only be created using wxNewEventType().
3702 See the macro DEFINE_EVENT_TYPE() for more info.
3704 @see @ref overview_events_introduction
3706 typedef int wxEventType
;
3709 A special event type usually used to indicate that some wxEvent has yet
3712 wxEventType wxEVT_NULL
;
3715 Initializes a new event type using wxNewEventType().
3717 @deprecated Use wxDEFINE_EVENT() instead
3719 #define DEFINE_EVENT_TYPE(name) const wxEventType name = wxNewEventType();
3722 Generates a new unique event type.
3724 Usually this function is only used by wxDEFINE_EVENT() and not called
3727 wxEventType
wxNewEventType();
3730 Define a new event type associated with the specified event class.
3732 This macro defines a new unique event type @a name associated with the
3737 wxDEFINE_EVENT(MY_COMMAND_EVENT, wxCommandEvent);
3739 class MyCustomEvent : public wxEvent { ... };
3740 wxDEFINE_EVENT(MY_CUSTOM_EVENT, MyCustomEvent);
3743 @see wxDECLARE_EVENT(), @ref overview_events_custom
3745 #define wxDEFINE_EVENT(name, cls) \
3746 const wxEventTypeTag< cls > name(wxNewEventType())
3749 Declares a custom event type.
3751 This macro declares a variable called @a name which must be defined
3752 elsewhere using wxDEFINE_EVENT().
3754 The class @a cls must be the wxEvent-derived class associated with the
3755 events of this type and its full declaration must be visible from the point
3756 of use of this macro.
3760 wxDECLARE_EVENT(MY_COMMAND_EVENT, wxCommandEvent);
3762 class MyCustomEvent : public wxEvent { ... };
3763 wxDECLARE_EVENT(MY_CUSTOM_EVENT, MyCustomEvent);
3766 #define wxDECLARE_EVENT(name, cls) \
3767 wxDECLARE_EXPORTED_EVENT(wxEMPTY_PARAMETER_VALUE, name, cls)
3770 Variant of wxDECLARE_EVENT() used for event types defined inside a shared
3773 This is mostly used by wxWidgets internally, e.g.
3775 wxDECLARE_EXPORTED_EVENT(WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE, wxEVT_COMMAND_BUTTON_CLICKED, wxCommandEvent)
3778 #define wxDECLARE_EXPORTED_EVENT( expdecl, name, cls ) \
3779 extern const expdecl wxEventTypeTag< cls > name;
3782 Helper macro for definition of custom event table macros.
3784 This macro must only be used if wxEVENTS_COMPATIBILITY_2_8 is 1, otherwise
3785 it is better and more clear to just use the address of the function
3786 directly as this is all this macro does in this case. However it needs to
3787 explicitly cast @a func to @a functype, which is the type of wxEvtHandler
3788 member function taking the custom event argument when
3789 wxEVENTS_COMPATIBILITY_2_8 is 0.
3791 See wx__DECLARE_EVT0 for an example of use.
3793 @see @ref overview_events_custom_ownclass
3795 #define wxEVENT_HANDLER_CAST(functype, func) (&func)
3798 This macro is used to define event table macros for handling custom
3803 class MyEvent : public wxEvent { ... };
3805 // note that this is not necessary unless using old compilers: for the
3806 // reasonably new ones just use &func instead of MyEventHandler(func)
3807 typedef void (wxEvtHandler::*MyEventFunction)(MyEvent&);
3808 #define MyEventHandler(func) wxEVENT_HANDLER_CAST(MyEventFunction, func)
3810 wxDEFINE_EVENT(MY_EVENT_TYPE, MyEvent);
3812 #define EVT_MY(id, func) \
3813 wx__DECLARE_EVT1(MY_EVENT_TYPE, id, MyEventHandler(func))
3817 BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MyFrame, wxFrame)
3818 EVT_MY(wxID_ANY, MyFrame::OnMyEvent)
3823 The event type to handle.
3825 The identifier of events to handle.
3827 The event handler method.
3829 #define wx__DECLARE_EVT1(evt, id, fn) \
3830 wx__DECLARE_EVT2(evt, id, wxID_ANY, fn)
3833 Generalized version of the wx__DECLARE_EVT1() macro taking a range of
3834 IDs instead of a single one.
3835 Argument @a id1 is the first identifier of the range, @a id2 is the
3836 second identifier of the range.
3838 #define wx__DECLARE_EVT2(evt, id1, id2, fn) \
3839 DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE_ENTRY(evt, id1, id2, fn, NULL),
3842 Simplified version of the wx__DECLARE_EVT1() macro, to be used when the
3843 event type must be handled regardless of the ID associated with the
3844 specific event instances.
3846 #define wx__DECLARE_EVT0(evt, fn) \
3847 wx__DECLARE_EVT1(evt, wxID_ANY, fn)
3851 Use this macro inside a class declaration to declare a @e static event table
3854 In the implementation file you'll need to use the BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE()
3855 and the END_EVENT_TABLE() macros, plus some additional @c EVT_xxx macro
3858 @see @ref overview_events_eventtables
3860 #define DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
3863 Use this macro in a source file to start listing @e static event handlers
3864 for a specific class.
3866 Use END_EVENT_TABLE() to terminate the event-declaration block.
3868 @see @ref overview_events_eventtables
3870 #define BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(theClass, baseClass)
3873 Use this macro in a source file to end listing @e static event handlers
3874 for a specific class.
3876 Use BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE() to start the event-declaration block.
3878 @see @ref overview_events_eventtables
3880 #define END_EVENT_TABLE()
3883 In a GUI application, this function posts @a event to the specified @e dest
3884 object using wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent().
3886 Otherwise, it dispatches @a event immediately using
3887 wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent(). See the respective documentation for details
3888 (and caveats). Because of limitation of wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent()
3889 this function is not thread-safe for event objects having wxString fields,
3890 use wxQueueEvent() instead.
3894 void wxPostEvent(wxEvtHandler
* dest
, const wxEvent
& event
);
3897 Queue an event for processing on the given object.
3899 This is a wrapper around wxEvtHandler::QueueEvent(), see its documentation
3905 The object to queue the event on, can't be @c NULL.
3907 The heap-allocated and non-@c NULL event to queue, the function takes
3910 void wxQueueEvent(wxEvtHandler
* dest
, wxEvent
*event
);