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1 \section{\class{wxWindow}}\label{wxwindow}
2
3 wxWindow is the base class for all windows. Any children of the window will be deleted
4 automatically by the destructor before the window itself is deleted.
5
6 Please note that we documented a number of handler functions (OnChar(), OnMouse() etc.) in this
7 help text. These must not be called by a user program and are documented only for illustration.
8 On several platforms, only a few of these handlers are actually written (they are not always
9 needed) and if you are uncertain on how to add a certain behaviour to a window class, intercept
10 the respective event as usual and call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip} so that the native
11 platform can implement its native behaviour or just ignore the event if nothing needs to be
12 done.
13
14 \wxheading{Derived from}
15
16 \helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\\
17 \helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
18
19 \wxheading{Include files}
20
21 <wx/window.h>
22
23 \wxheading{Window styles}
24
25 The following styles can apply to all windows, although they will not always make sense for a particular
26 window class or on all platforms.
27
28 \twocolwidtha{5cm}%
29 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
30 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSIMPLE\_BORDER}}{Displays a thin border around the window. wxBORDER is the old name
31 for this style. }
32 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxDOUBLE\_BORDER}}{Displays a double border. Windows only.}
33 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSUNKEN\_BORDER}}{Displays a sunken border.}
34 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxRAISED\_BORDER}}{Displays a raised border. GTK only. }
35 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSTATIC\_BORDER}}{Displays a border suitable for a static control. Windows only. }
36 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTRANSPARENT\_WINDOW}}{The window is transparent, that is, it will not receive paint
37 events. Windows only.}
38 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxNO\_3D}}{Prevents the children of this window taking on 3D styles, even though
39 the application-wide policy is for 3D controls. Windows only.}
40 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTAB\_TRAVERSAL}}{Use this to enable tab traversal for non-dialog windows.}
41 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWANTS\_CHARS}}{Use this to indicate that the window
42 wants to get all char events - even for keys like TAB or ENTER which are
43 usually used for dialog navigation and which wouldn't be generated without
44 this style}
45 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxNO\_FULL\_REPAINT\_ON\_RESIZE}}{Disables repainting
46 the window completely when its size is changed - you will have to repaint the
47 new window area manually if you use this style. Currently only has an effect for
48 Windows.}
49 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxVSCROLL}}{Use this style to enable a vertical scrollbar. (Still used?) }
50 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHSCROLL}}{Use this style to enable a horizontal scrollbar. (Still used?) }
51 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxCLIP\_CHILDREN}}{Use this style to eliminate flicker caused by the background being
52 repainted, then children being painted over them. Windows only.}
53 \end{twocollist}
54
55 See also \helpref{window styles overview}{windowstyles}.
56
57 \wxheading{See also}
58
59 \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
60
61 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
62
63 \membersection{wxWindow::wxWindow}\label{wxwindowctor}
64
65 \func{}{wxWindow}{\void}
66
67 Default constructor.
68
69 \func{}{wxWindow}{\param{wxWindow*}{ parent}, \param{wxWindowID }{id},
70 \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition},
71 \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize},
72 \param{long }{style = 0},
73 \param{const wxString\& }{name = wxPanelNameStr}}
74
75 Constructs a window, which can be a child of a frame, dialog or any other non-control window.
76
77 \wxheading{Parameters}
78
79 \docparam{parent}{Pointer to a parent window.}
80
81 \docparam{id}{Window identifier. If -1, will automatically create an identifier.}
82
83 \docparam{pos}{Window position. wxDefaultPosition is (-1, -1) which indicates that wxWindows
84 should generate a default position for the window. If using the wxWindow class directly, supply
85 an actual position.}
86
87 \docparam{size}{Window size. wxDefaultSize is (-1, -1) which indicates that wxWindows
88 should generate a default size for the window. If no suitable size can be found, the
89 window will be sized to 20x20 pixels so that the window is visible but obviously not
90 correctly sized. }
91
92 \docparam{style}{Window style. For generic window styles, please see \helpref{wxWindow}{wxwindow}.}
93
94 \docparam{name}{Window name.}
95
96 \membersection{wxWindow::\destruct{wxWindow}}
97
98 \func{}{\destruct{wxWindow}}{\void}
99
100 Destructor. Deletes all subwindows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
101 the {\bf delete} operator explicitly, you should normally
102 use \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} so that wxWindows
103 can delete a window only when it is safe to do so, in idle time.
104
105 \wxheading{See also}
106
107 \helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
108 \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy},\rtfsp
109 \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
110
111 \membersection{wxWindow::AddChild}
112
113 \func{virtual void}{AddChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
114
115 Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
116 functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
117
118 \wxheading{Parameters}
119
120 \docparam{child}{Child window to add.}
121
122 \membersection{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}\label{wxwindowcapturemouse}
123
124 \func{virtual void}{CaptureMouse}{\void}
125
126 Directs all mouse input to this window. Call \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse} to
127 release the capture.
128
129 Note that wxWindows maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
130 and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
131 captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
132 window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
133 as you capture it.
134
135 \wxheading{See also}
136
137 \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse}
138
139 \membersection{wxWindow::Center}\label{wxwindowcenter}
140
141 \func{void}{Center}{\param{int}{ direction}}
142
143 A synonym for \helpref{Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
144
145 \membersection{wxWindow::CenterOnParent}\label{wxwindowcenteronparent}
146
147 \func{void}{CenterOnParent}{\param{int}{ direction}}
148
149 A synonym for \helpref{CentreOnParent}{wxwindowcentreonparent}.
150
151 \membersection{wxWindow::CenterOnScreen}\label{wxwindowcenteronscreen}
152
153 \func{void}{CenterOnScreen}{\param{int}{ direction}}
154
155 A synonym for \helpref{CentreOnScreen}{wxwindowcentreonscreen}.
156
157 \membersection{wxWindow::Centre}\label{wxwindowcentre}
158
159 \func{void}{Centre}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
160
161 Centres the window.
162
163 \wxheading{Parameters}
164
165 \docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
166 or {\tt wxBOTH}. It may also include {\tt wxCENTRE\_ON\_SCREEN} flag
167 if you want to center the window on the entire screen and not on its
168 parent window.}
169
170 The flag {\tt wxCENTRE\_FRAME} is obsolete and should not be used any longer
171 (it has no effect).
172
173 \wxheading{Remarks}
174
175 If the window is a top level one (i.e. doesn't have a parent), it will be
176 centered relative to the screen anyhow.
177
178 \wxheading{See also}
179
180 \helpref{wxWindow::Center}{wxwindowcenter}
181
182 \membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnParent}\label{wxwindowcentreonparent}
183
184 \func{void}{CentreOnParent}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
185
186 Centres the window on its parent. This is a more readable synonym for
187 \helpref{Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
188
189 \wxheading{Parameters}
190
191 \docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
192 or {\tt wxBOTH}.}
193
194 \wxheading{Remarks}
195
196 This methods provides for a way to center top level windows over their
197 parents instead of the entire screen. If there is no parent or if the
198 window is not a top level window, then behaviour is the same as
199 \helpref{wxWindow::Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
200
201 \wxheading{See also}
202
203 \helpref{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen}{wxwindowcenteronscreen}
204
205 \membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen}\label{wxwindowcentreonscreen}
206
207 \func{void}{CentreOnScreen}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
208
209 Centres the window on screen. This only works for top level windows -
210 otherwise, the window will still be centered on its parent.
211
212 \wxheading{Parameters}
213
214 \docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
215 or {\tt wxBOTH}.}
216
217 \wxheading{See also}
218
219 \helpref{wxWindow::CentreOnParent}{wxwindowcenteronparent}
220
221 \membersection{wxWindow::Clear}\label{wxwindowclear}
222
223 \func{void}{Clear}{\void}
224
225 Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour. Does not
226 cause an erase background event to be generated.
227
228 \membersection{wxWindow::ClientToScreen}
229
230 \constfunc{virtual void}{ClientToScreen}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
231
232 \perlnote{In wxPerl this method returns a 2-element list instead of
233 modifying its parameters.}
234
235 \constfunc{virtual wxPoint}{ClientToScreen}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
236
237 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
238
239 \docparam{x}{A pointer to a integer value for the x coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
240 a screen coordinate will be passed out.}
241
242 \docparam{y}{A pointer to a integer value for the y coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
243 a screen coordinate will be passed out.}
244
245 \docparam{pt}{The client position for the second form of the function.}
246
247 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
248 implements the following methods:\par
249 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
250 \twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreen(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
251 \twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreenXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
252 \end{twocollist}}
253 }
254
255 \membersection{wxWindow::Close}\label{wxwindowclose}
256
257 \func{virtual bool}{Close}{\param{bool}{ force = {\tt FALSE}}}
258
259 The purpose of this call is to provide a safer way of destroying a window than using
260 the {\it delete} operator.
261
262 \wxheading{Parameters}
263
264 \docparam{force}{{\tt FALSE} if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
265 of this window, {\tt TRUE} if it cannot.}
266
267 \wxheading{Remarks}
268
269 Close calls the \helpref{close handler}{wxcloseevent} for the window, providing an opportunity for the window to
270 choose whether to destroy the window.
271
272 The close handler should check whether the window is being deleted forcibly,
273 using \helpref{wxCloseEvent::GetForce}{wxcloseeventgetforce}, in which case it should
274 destroy the window using \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy}.
275
276 Applies to managed windows (wxFrame and wxDialog classes) only.
277
278 {\it Note} that calling Close does not guarantee that the window will be destroyed; but it
279 provides a way to simulate a manual close of a window, which may or may not be implemented by
280 destroying the window. The default implementation of wxDialog::OnCloseWindow does not
281 necessarily delete the dialog, since it will simply simulate an wxID\_CANCEL event which
282 itself only hides the dialog.
283
284 To guarantee that the window will be destroyed, call \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} instead.
285
286 \wxheading{See also}
287
288 \helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
289 \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy},\rtfsp
290 \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
291
292 \membersection{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}\label{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
293
294 \func{wxPoint}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
295
296 \func{wxSize}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
297
298 Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
299
300 For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character width
301 and then divided by 4.
302
303 For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character height
304 and then divided by 8.
305
306 \wxheading{Remarks}
307
308 Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
309 Dialogs created using Dialog Editor optionally use dialog units.
310
311 You can also use these functions programmatically. A convenience macro is defined:
312
313 {\small
314 \begin{verbatim}
315 #define wxDLG_UNIT(parent, pt) parent->ConvertDialogToPixels(pt)
316 \end{verbatim}
317 }
318
319 \wxheading{See also}
320
321 \helpref{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
322
323 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
324 implements the following methods:\par
325 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
326 \twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
327 \twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
328 \end{twocollist}}
329
330 Additionally, the following helper functions are defined:\par
331 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
332 \twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_PNT(win, point)}}{Converts a wxPoint from dialog
333 units to pixels}
334 \twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_SZE(win, size)}}{Converts a wxSize from dialog
335 units to pixels}
336 \end{twocollist}}
337 }
338
339
340 \membersection{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}\label{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
341
342 \func{wxPoint}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
343
344 \func{wxSize}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
345
346 Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
347
348 For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 4 and then divided by the average
349 character width.
350
351 For the y dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 8 and then divided by the average
352 character height.
353
354 \wxheading{Remarks}
355
356 Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
357 Dialogs created using Dialog Editor optionally use dialog units.
358
359 \wxheading{See also}
360
361 \helpref{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
362
363
364 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
365 implements the following methods:\par
366 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
367 \twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
368 \twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
369 \end{twocollist}}
370 }
371
372 \membersection{wxWindow::Destroy}\label{wxwindowdestroy}
373
374 \func{virtual bool}{Destroy}{\void}
375
376 Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator, since
377 different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
378 are not destroyed immediately when this function is called - they are added
379 to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
380 have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to non-existent
381 windows.
382
383 \wxheading{Return value}
384
385 {\tt TRUE} if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it has been added
386 to the list of windows pending real deletion.
387
388 \membersection{wxWindow::DestroyChildren}
389
390 \func{virtual void}{DestroyChildren}{\void}
391
392 Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
393
394 \membersection{wxWindow::Disable}\label{wxwindowdisable}
395
396 \func{void}{Disable}{\void}
397
398 Disables the window, same as \helpref{Enable({\tt FALSE})}{wxwindowenable}.
399
400 \wxheading{Return value}
401
402 Returns {\tt TRUE} if the window has been disabled, {\tt FALSE} if it had been
403 already disabled before the call to this function.
404
405 \membersection{wxWindow::DragAcceptFiles}\label{wxwindowdragacceptfiles}
406
407 \func{virtual void}{DragAcceptFiles}{\param{bool}{ accept}}
408
409 Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
410
411 \wxheading{Parameters}
412
413 \docparam{accept}{If {\tt TRUE}, the window is eligible for drop file events. If {\tt FALSE}, the window
414 will not accept drop file events.}
415
416 \wxheading{Remarks}
417
418 Windows only.
419
420 \membersection{wxWindow::Enable}\label{wxwindowenable}
421
422 \func{virtual bool}{Enable}{\param{bool}{ enable = {\tt TRUE}}}
423
424 Enable or disable the window for user input. Note that when a parent window is
425 disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
426 when the parent is.
427
428 \wxheading{Parameters}
429
430 \docparam{enable}{If {\tt TRUE}, enables the window for input. If {\tt FALSE}, disables the window.}
431
432 \wxheading{Return value}
433
434 Returns {\tt TRUE} if the window has been enabled or disabled, {\tt FALSE} if
435 nothing was done, i.e. if the window had already been in the specified state.
436
437 \wxheading{See also}
438
439 \helpref{wxWindow::IsEnabled}{wxwindowisenabled},\rtfsp
440 \helpref{wxWindow::Disable}{wxwindowdisable}
441
442 \membersection{wxWindow::FindFocus}\label{wxwindowfindfocus}
443
444 \func{static wxWindow*}{FindFocus}{\void}
445
446 Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
447
448 \wxheading{Remarks}
449
450 Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without needing a wxWindow pointer.
451
452 \wxheading{See also}
453
454 \helpref{wxWindow::SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus}
455
456 \membersection{wxWindow::FindWindow}\label{wxwindowfindwindow}
457
458 \func{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{long}{ id}}
459
460 Find a child of this window, by identifier.
461
462 \func{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}}
463
464 Find a child of this window, by name.
465
466 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
467 implements the following methods:\par
468 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
469 \twocolitem{{\bf FindWindowById(id)}}{Accepts an integer}
470 \twocolitem{{\bf FindWindowByName(name)}}{Accepts a string}
471 \end{twocollist}}
472 }
473
474 \membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowById}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbyid}
475
476 \func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowById}{\param{long}{ id}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
477
478 Find the first window with the given {\it id}.
479
480 If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
481 frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
482 The search is recursive in both cases.
483
484 \wxheading{See also}
485
486 \helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
487
488 \membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowByName}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbyname}
489
490 \func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowByName}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
491
492 Find a window by its name (as given in a window constructor or {\bf Create} function call).
493 If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
494 frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
495 The search is recursive in both cases.
496
497 If no window with such name is found,
498 \helpref{FindWindowByLabel}{wxwindowfindwindowbylabel} is called.
499
500 \wxheading{See also}
501
502 \helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
503
504 \membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowByLabel}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbylabel}
505
506 \func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowByLabel}{\param{const wxString\&}{ label}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
507
508 Find a window by its label. Depending on the type of window, the label may be a window title
509 or panel item label. If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
510 frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
511 The search is recursive in both cases.
512
513 \wxheading{See also}
514
515 \helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
516
517 \membersection{wxWindow::Fit}\label{wxwindowfit}
518
519 \func{virtual void}{Fit}{\void}
520
521 Sizes the window so that it fits around its subwindows. This function won't do
522 anything if there are no subwindows.
523
524 \membersection{wxWindow::Freeze}\label{wxwindowfreeze}
525
526 \func{virtual void}{Freeze}{\void}
527
528 Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking place
529 on screen, the window is not redrawn at all. \helpref{Thaw}{wxwindowthaw} must
530 be called to reenable window redrawing.
531
532 This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example, it
533 is a good idea to use it before inserting large amount of text into a
534 wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all platforms nor for all
535 controls so it is mostly just a hint to wxWindows and not a mandatory
536 directive.
537
538 \membersection{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour}
539
540 \constfunc{virtual wxColour}{GetBackgroundColour}{\void}
541
542 Returns the background colour of the window.
543
544 \wxheading{See also}
545
546 \helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
547 \helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
548 \helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour}
549
550 \membersection{wxWindow::GetBestSize}\label{wxwindowgetbestsize}
551
552 \constfunc{virtual wxSize}{GetBestSize}{\void}
553
554 This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window. For
555 example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
556 control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
557 \helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel}), the size returned by this function will be the
558 same as the size the window would have had after calling
559 \helpref{Fit}{wxwindowfit}.
560
561 \membersection{wxWindow::GetCaret}\label{wxwindowgetcaret}
562
563 \constfunc{wxCaret *}{GetCaret}{\void}
564
565 Returns the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
566
567 \membersection{wxWindow::GetCapture}\label{wxwindowgetcapture}
568
569 \func{static wxWindow *}{GetCapture}{\void}
570
571 Returns the currently captured window.
572
573 \wxheading{See also}
574
575 \helpref{wxWindow::HasCapture}{wxwindowhascapture},
576 \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
577 \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
578 \helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
579
580 \membersection{wxWindow::GetCharHeight}
581
582 \constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharHeight}{\void}
583
584 Returns the character height for this window.
585
586 \membersection{wxWindow::GetCharWidth}
587
588 \constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharWidth}{\void}
589
590 Returns the average character width for this window.
591
592 \membersection{wxWindow::GetChildren}
593
594 \func{wxList\&}{GetChildren}{\void}
595
596 Returns a reference to the list of the window's children.
597
598 \membersection{wxWindow::GetClientSize}\label{wxwindowgetclientsize}
599
600 \constfunc{virtual void}{GetClientSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
601
602 \perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes no parameter and returns
603 a 2-element list {\tt ( width, height )}.}
604
605 \constfunc{virtual wxSize}{GetClientSize}{\void}
606
607 This gets the size of the window `client area' in pixels.
608 The client area is the area which may be drawn on by the programmer,
609 excluding title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
610
611 \wxheading{Parameters}
612
613 \docparam{width}{Receives the client width in pixels.}
614
615 \docparam{height}{Receives the client height in pixels.}
616
617 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
618 implements the following methods:\par
619 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
620 \twocolitem{{\bf GetClientSizeTuple()}}{Returns a 2-tuple of (width, height)}
621 \twocolitem{{\bf GetClientSize()}}{Returns a wxSize object}
622 \end{twocollist}}
623 }
624
625 \wxheading{See also}
626
627 \helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize}
628 \helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
629
630 \membersection{wxWindow::GetConstraints}\label{wxwindowgetconstraints}
631
632 \constfunc{wxLayoutConstraints*}{GetConstraints}{\void}
633
634 Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or NULL if there are none.
635
636 \membersection{wxWindow::GetContainingSizer}\label{wxwindowgetcontainingsizer}
637
638 \constfunc{const wxSizer *}{GetContainingSizer}{\void}
639
640 Return the sizer that this window is a member of, if any, otherwise
641 {\tt NULL}.
642
643 \membersection{wxWindow::GetDropTarget}\label{wxwindowgetdroptarget}
644
645 \constfunc{wxDropTarget*}{GetDropTarget}{\void}
646
647 Returns the associated drop target, which may be NULL.
648
649 \wxheading{See also}
650
651 \helpref{wxWindow::SetDropTarget}{wxwindowsetdroptarget},
652 \helpref{Drag and drop overview}{wxdndoverview}
653
654 \membersection{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}\label{wxwindowgeteventhandler}
655
656 \constfunc{wxEvtHandler*}{GetEventHandler}{\void}
657
658 Returns the event handler for this window. By default, the window is its
659 own event handler.
660
661 \wxheading{See also}
662
663 \helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
664 \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
665 \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
666 \helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
667 \helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
668
669 \membersection{wxWindow::GetExtraStyle}\label{wxwindowgetextrastyle}
670
671 \constfunc{long}{GetExtraStyle}{\void}
672
673 Returns the extra style bits for the window.
674
675 \membersection{wxWindow::GetFont}\label{wxwindowgetfont}
676
677 \constfunc{wxFont\&}{GetFont}{\void}
678
679 Returns a reference to the font for this window.
680
681 \wxheading{See also}
682
683 \helpref{wxWindow::SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont}
684
685 \membersection{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour}
686
687 \func{virtual wxColour}{GetForegroundColour}{\void}
688
689 Returns the foreground colour of the window.
690
691 \wxheading{Remarks}
692
693 The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
694 to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
695 be used at all.
696
697 \wxheading{See also}
698
699 \helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
700 \helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
701 \helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour}
702
703 \membersection{wxWindow::GetGrandParent}
704
705 \constfunc{wxWindow*}{GetGrandParent}{\void}
706
707 Returns the grandparent of a window, or NULL if there isn't one.
708
709 \membersection{wxWindow::GetHandle}\label{wxwindowgethandle}
710
711 \constfunc{void*}{GetHandle}{\void}
712
713 Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window. Cast it to an appropriate
714 handle, such as {\bf HWND} for Windows, {\bf Widget} for Motif or {\bf GtkWidget} for GTK.
715
716 \pythonnote{This method will return an integer in wxPython.}
717
718 \perlnote{This method will return an integer in wxPerl.}
719
720 \membersection{wxWindow::GetHelpText}\label{wxwindowgethelptext}
721
722 \constfunc{virtual wxString}{GetHelpText}{\void}
723
724 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
725
726 Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
727 and not in the window object itself.
728
729 \wxheading{See also}
730
731 \helpref{SetHelpText}{wxwindowsethelptext}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
732
733 \membersection{wxWindow::GetId}\label{wxwindowgetid}
734
735 \constfunc{int}{GetId}{\void}
736
737 Returns the identifier of the window.
738
739 \wxheading{Remarks}
740
741 Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has not provided one
742 (or the default Id -1) an unique identifier with a negative value will be generated.
743
744 \wxheading{See also}
745
746 \helpref{wxWindow::SetId}{wxwindowsetid},\rtfsp
747 \helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
748
749 \membersection{wxWindow::GetLabel}
750
751 \constfunc{virtual wxString }{GetLabel}{\void}
752
753 Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
754 identification purposes.
755
756 \wxheading{Remarks}
757
758 The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
759 For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the title. For buttons or static text controls, it is
760 the button text. This function can be useful for meta-programs (such as testing
761 tools or special-needs access programs) which need to identify windows
762 by name.
763
764 \membersection{wxWindow::GetName}\label{wxwindowgetname}
765
766 \constfunc{virtual wxString }{GetName}{\void}
767
768 Returns the window's name.
769
770 \wxheading{Remarks}
771
772 This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the programmer to supply an appropriate
773 name in the window constructor or via \helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}.
774
775 \wxheading{See also}
776
777 \helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}
778
779 \membersection{wxWindow::GetParent}
780
781 \constfunc{virtual wxWindow*}{GetParent}{\void}
782
783 Returns the parent of the window, or NULL if there is no parent.
784
785 \membersection{wxWindow::GetPosition}\label{wxwindowgetposition}
786
787 \constfunc{virtual void}{GetPosition}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
788
789 \constfunc{wxPoint}{GetPosition}{\void}
790
791 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
792 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level
793 windows.
794
795 \wxheading{Parameters}
796
797 \docparam{x}{Receives the x position of the window.}
798
799 \docparam{y}{Receives the y position of the window.}
800
801 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
802 implements the following methods:\par
803 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
804 \twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a wxPoint}
805 \twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionTuple()}}{Returns a tuple (x, y)}
806 \end{twocollist}}
807 }
808
809 \perlnote{In wxPerl there are two methods instead of a single overloaded
810 method:\par
811 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
812 \twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a Wx::Point}
813 \twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionXY()}}{Returns a 2-element list
814 {\tt ( x, y )}}
815 \end{twocollist}
816 }}
817
818 \membersection{wxWindow::GetRect}\label{wxwindowgetrect}
819
820 \constfunc{virtual wxRect}{GetRect}{\void}
821
822 Returns the size and position of the window as a \helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object.
823
824 \membersection{wxWindow::GetScrollThumb}\label{wxwindowgetscrollthumb}
825
826 \func{virtual int}{GetScrollThumb}{\param{int }{orientation}}
827
828 Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
829
830 \wxheading{See also}
831
832 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
833
834 \membersection{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}\label{wxwindowgetscrollpos}
835
836 \func{virtual int}{GetScrollPos}{\param{int }{orientation}}
837
838 Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
839
840 \wxheading{See also}
841
842 See \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
843
844 \membersection{wxWindow::GetScrollRange}\label{wxwindowgetscrollrange}
845
846 \func{virtual int}{GetScrollRange}{\param{int }{orientation}}
847
848 Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
849
850 \wxheading{See also}
851
852 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
853
854 \membersection{wxWindow::GetSize}\label{wxwindowgetsize}
855
856 \constfunc{virtual void}{GetSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
857
858 \constfunc{virtual wxSize}{GetSize}{\void}
859
860 This gets the size of the entire window in pixels,
861 including title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
862
863 \wxheading{Parameters}
864
865 \docparam{width}{Receives the window width.}
866
867 \docparam{height}{Receives the window height.}
868
869 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
870 implements the following methods:\par
871 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
872 \twocolitem{{\bf GetSize()}}{Returns a wxSize}
873 \twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeTuple()}}{Returns a 2-tuple (width, height)}
874 \end{twocollist}}
875 }
876
877 \perlnote{In wxPerl there are two methods instead of a single overloaded
878 method:\par
879 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
880 \twocolitem{{\bf GetSize()}}{Returns a Wx::Size}
881 \twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeWH()}}{Returns a 2-element list
882 {\tt ( width, height )}}
883 \end{twocollist}
884 }}
885
886 \wxheading{See also}
887
888 \helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize},\rtfsp
889 \helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
890
891 \membersection{wxWindow::GetSizer}\label{wxwindowgetsizer}
892
893 \constfunc{wxSizer *}{GetSizer}{\void}
894
895 Return the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
896 \helpref{SetSizer()}{wxwindowsetsizer} or {\tt NULL}.
897
898 \membersection{wxWindow::GetTextExtent}\label{wxwindowgettextextent}
899
900 \constfunc{virtual void}{GetTextExtent}{\param{const wxString\& }{string}, \param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y},
901 \param{int* }{descent = NULL}, \param{int* }{externalLeading = NULL},
902 \param{const wxFont* }{font = NULL}, \param{bool}{ use16 = {\tt FALSE}}}
903
904 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
905 window with the currently selected font.
906
907 \wxheading{Parameters}
908
909 \docparam{string}{String whose extent is to be measured.}
910
911 \docparam{x}{Return value for width.}
912
913 \docparam{y}{Return value for height.}
914
915 \docparam{descent}{Return value for descent (optional).}
916
917 \docparam{externalLeading}{Return value for external leading (optional).}
918
919 \docparam{font}{Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).}
920
921 \docparam{use16}{If {\tt TRUE}, {\it string} contains 16-bit characters. The default is {\tt FALSE}.}
922
923
924 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
925 implements the following methods:\par
926 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
927 \twocolitem{{\bf GetTextExtent(string)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (width, height)}
928 \twocolitem{{\bf GetFullTextExtent(string, font=NULL)}}{Returns a
929 4-tuple, (width, height, descent, externalLeading) }
930 \end{twocollist}}
931 }
932
933 \perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes only the {\tt string} and optionally
934 {\tt font} parameters, and returns a 4-element list
935 {\tt ( x, y, descent, externalLeading )}.}
936
937 \membersection{wxWindow::GetTitle}\label{wxwindowgettitle}
938
939 \func{virtual wxString}{GetTitle}{\void}
940
941 Gets the window's title. Applicable only to frames and dialogs.
942
943 \wxheading{See also}
944
945 \helpref{wxWindow::SetTitle}{wxwindowsettitle}
946
947 \membersection{wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion}\label{wxwindowgetupdateregion}
948
949 \constfunc{virtual wxRegion}{GetUpdateRegion}{\void}
950
951 Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged. Should
952 only be called within an \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent} handler.
953
954 \wxheading{See also}
955
956 \helpref{wxRegion}{wxregion},\rtfsp
957 \helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator}
958
959 \membersection{wxWindow::GetValidator}\label{wxwindowgetvalidator}
960
961 \constfunc{wxValidator*}{GetValidator}{\void}
962
963 Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or NULL if there is none.
964
965 \membersection{wxWindow::GetVirtualSize}\label{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
966
967 \constfunc{void}{GetVirtualSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
968
969 \constfunc{wxSize}{GetVirtualSize}{\void}
970
971 This gets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
972
973 \wxheading{Parameters}
974
975 \docparam{width}{Receives the window virtual width.}
976
977 \docparam{height}{Receives the window virtual height.}
978
979 \helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
980 \helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize}
981
982 \membersection{wxWindow::GetWindowStyleFlag}\label{wxwindowgetwindowstyleflag}
983
984 \constfunc{long}{GetWindowStyleFlag}{\void}
985
986 Gets the window style that was passed to the constructor or {\bf Create}
987 method. {\bf GetWindowStyle()} is another name for the same function.
988
989 \membersection{wxWindow::HasCapture}\label{wxwindowhascapture}
990
991 \constfunc{virtual bool}{HasCapture}{\void}
992
993 Returns TRUE if this window has the current mouse capture.
994
995 \wxheading{See also}
996
997 \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
998 \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
999 \helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
1000
1001 \membersection{wxWindow::Hide}\label{wxwindowhide}
1002
1003 \func{bool}{Hide}{\void}
1004
1005 Equivalent to calling \helpref{Show}{wxwindowshow}({\tt FALSE}).
1006
1007 \membersection{wxWindow::InitDialog}\label{wxwindowinitdialog}
1008
1009 \func{void}{InitDialog}{\void}
1010
1011 Sends an {\tt wxEVT\_INIT\_DIALOG} event, whose handler usually transfers data
1012 to the dialog via validators.
1013
1014 \membersection{wxWindow::IsEnabled}\label{wxwindowisenabled}
1015
1016 \constfunc{virtual bool}{IsEnabled}{\void}
1017
1018 Returns {\tt TRUE} if the window is enabled for input, {\tt FALSE} otherwise.
1019
1020 \wxheading{See also}
1021
1022 \helpref{wxWindow::Enable}{wxwindowenable}
1023
1024 \membersection{wxWindow:IsExposed}\label{wxwindowisexposed}
1025
1026 \constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
1027
1028 \constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{wxPoint }{\&pt}}
1029
1030 \constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}, \param{int }{w}, \param{int }{h}}
1031
1032 \constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{wxRect }{\&rect}}
1033
1034 Returns {\tt TRUE} if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
1035 last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
1036 only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
1037
1038 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1039 implements the following methods:\par
1040 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1041 \twocolitem{{\bf IsExposed(x,y, w=0,h=0}}{}
1042 \twocolitem{{\bf IsExposedPoint(pt)}}{}
1043 \twocolitem{{\bf IsExposedRect(rect)}}{}
1044 \end{twocollist}}}
1045
1046 \membersection{wxWindow::IsRetained}\label{wxwindowisretained}
1047
1048 \constfunc{virtual bool}{IsRetained}{\void}
1049
1050 Returns {\tt TRUE} if the window is retained, {\tt FALSE} otherwise.
1051
1052 \wxheading{Remarks}
1053
1054 Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
1055
1056 \membersection{wxWindow::IsShown}\label{wxwindowisshown}
1057
1058 \constfunc{virtual bool}{IsShown}{\void}
1059
1060 Returns {\tt TRUE} if the window is shown, {\tt FALSE} if it has been hidden.
1061
1062 \membersection{wxWindow::IsTopLevel}\label{wxwindowistoplevel}
1063
1064 \constfunc{bool}{IsTopLevel}{\void}
1065
1066 Returns {\tt TRUE} if the given window is a top-level one. Currently all frames and
1067 dialogs are considered to be top-level windows (even if they have a parent
1068 window).
1069
1070 \membersection{wxWindow::Layout}\label{wxwindowlayout}
1071
1072 \func{void}{Layout}{\void}
1073
1074 Invokes the constraint-based layout algorithm or the sizer-based algorithm
1075 for this window.
1076
1077 See \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} on when
1078 this function gets called automatically using auto layout.
1079
1080 \membersection{wxWindow::LoadFromResource}\label{wxwindowloadfromresource}
1081
1082 \func{virtual bool}{LoadFromResource}{\param{wxWindow* }{parent},\rtfsp
1083 \param{const wxString\& }{resourceName}, \param{const wxResourceTable* }{resourceTable = NULL}}
1084
1085 Loads a panel or dialog from a resource file.
1086
1087 \wxheading{Parameters}
1088
1089 \docparam{parent}{Parent window.}
1090
1091 \docparam{resourceName}{The name of the resource to load.}
1092
1093 \docparam{resourceTable}{The resource table to load it from. If this is NULL, the
1094 default resource table will be used.}
1095
1096 \wxheading{Return value}
1097
1098 {\tt TRUE} if the operation succeeded, otherwise {\tt FALSE}.
1099
1100 \membersection{wxWindow::Lower}\label{wxwindowlower}
1101
1102 \func{void}{Lower}{\void}
1103
1104 Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy if it is a managed window (dialog
1105 or frame).
1106
1107 \membersection{wxWindow::MakeModal}\label{wxwindowmakemodal}
1108
1109 \func{virtual void}{MakeModal}{\param{bool }{flag}}
1110
1111 Disables all other windows in the application so that
1112 the user can only interact with this window. (This function
1113 is not implemented anywhere).
1114
1115 \wxheading{Parameters}
1116
1117 \docparam{flag}{If {\tt TRUE}, this call disables all other windows in the application so that
1118 the user can only interact with this window. If {\tt FALSE}, the effect is reversed.}
1119
1120 \membersection{wxWindow::Move}\label{wxwindowmove}
1121
1122 \func{void}{Move}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
1123
1124 \func{void}{Move}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
1125
1126 Moves the window to the given position.
1127
1128 \wxheading{Parameters}
1129
1130 \docparam{x}{Required x position.}
1131
1132 \docparam{y}{Required y position.}
1133
1134 \docparam{pt}{\helpref{wxPoint}{wxpoint} object representing the position.}
1135
1136 \wxheading{Remarks}
1137
1138 Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1139 wxWindow::Move function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class
1140 as the call:
1141
1142 \begin{verbatim}
1143 SetSize(x, y, -1, -1, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1144 \end{verbatim}
1145
1146 \wxheading{See also}
1147
1148 \helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}
1149
1150 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1151 implements the following methods:\par
1152 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1153 \twocolitem{{\bf Move(point)}}{Accepts a wxPoint}
1154 \twocolitem{{\bf MoveXY(x, y)}}{Accepts a pair of integers}
1155 \end{twocollist}}
1156 }
1157
1158 %% VZ: wxWindow::OnXXX() functions should not be documented but I'm leaving
1159 %% the old docs here in case we want to move any still needed bits to
1160 %% the right location (i.e. probably the corresponding events docs)
1161 %%
1162 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnActivate}\label{wxwindowonactivate}
1163 %%
1164 %% \func{void}{OnActivate}{\param{wxActivateEvent\&}{ event}}
1165 %%
1166 %% Called when a window is activated or deactivated.
1167 %%
1168 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1169 %%
1170 %% \docparam{event}{Object containing activation information.}
1171 %%
1172 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1173 %%
1174 %% If the window is being activated, \helpref{wxActivateEvent::GetActive}{wxactivateeventgetactive} returns {\tt TRUE},
1175 %% otherwise it returns {\tt FALSE} (it is being deactivated).
1176 %%
1177 %% \wxheading{See also}
1178 %%
1179 %% \helpref{wxActivateEvent}{wxactivateevent},\rtfsp
1180 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1181 %%
1182 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnChar}\label{wxwindowonchar}
1183 %%
1184 %% \func{void}{OnChar}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1185 %%
1186 %% Called when the user has pressed a key that is not a modifier (SHIFT, CONTROL or ALT).
1187 %%
1188 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1189 %%
1190 %% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1191 %% details about this class.}
1192 %%
1193 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1194 %%
1195 %% This member function is called in response to a keypress. To intercept this event,
1196 %% use the EVT\_CHAR macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnChar} handler may call this
1197 %% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1198 %%
1199 %% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
1200 %% values.
1201 %%
1202 %% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept modifier
1203 %% keypresses, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1204 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1205 %%
1206 %% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
1207 %%
1208 %% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
1209 %% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1210 %%
1211 %% \wxheading{See also}
1212 %%
1213 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
1214 %% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1215 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1216 %%
1217 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCharHook}\label{wxwindowoncharhook}
1218 %%
1219 %% \func{void}{OnCharHook}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1220 %%
1221 %% This member is called to allow the window to intercept keyboard events
1222 %% before they are processed by child windows.
1223 %%
1224 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1225 %%
1226 %% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1227 %% details about this class.}
1228 %%
1229 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1230 %%
1231 %% This member function is called in response to a keypress, if the window is active. To intercept this event,
1232 %% use the EVT\_CHAR\_HOOK macro in an event table definition. If you do not process a particular
1233 %% keypress, call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip} to allow default processing.
1234 %%
1235 %% An example of using this function is in the implementation of escape-character processing for wxDialog,
1236 %% where pressing ESC dismisses the dialog by {\bf OnCharHook} 'forging' a cancel button press event.
1237 %%
1238 %% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
1239 %% values.
1240 %%
1241 %% This function is only relevant to top-level windows (frames and dialogs), and under
1242 %% Windows only. Under GTK the normal EVT\_CHAR\_ event has the functionality, i.e.
1243 %% you can intercepts it and if you don't call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip}
1244 %% the window won't get the event.
1245 %%
1246 %% \wxheading{See also}
1247 %%
1248 %% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent},\rtfsp
1249 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1250 %% %% GD: OnXXX functions are not documented
1251 %% %%\helpref{wxApp::OnCharHook}{wxapponcharhook},\rtfsp
1252 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1253 %%
1254 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCommand}\label{wxwindowoncommand}
1255 %%
1256 %% \func{virtual void}{OnCommand}{\param{wxEvtHandler\& }{object}, \param{wxCommandEvent\& }{event}}
1257 %%
1258 %% This virtual member function is called if the control does not handle the command event.
1259 %%
1260 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1261 %%
1262 %% \docparam{object}{Object receiving the command event.}
1263 %%
1264 %% \docparam{event}{Command event}
1265 %%
1266 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1267 %%
1268 %% This virtual function is provided mainly for backward compatibility. You can also intercept commands
1269 %% from child controls by using an event table, with identifiers or identifier ranges to identify
1270 %% the control(s) in question.
1271 %%
1272 %% \wxheading{See also}
1273 %%
1274 %% \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
1275 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1276 %%
1277 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnClose}\label{wxwindowonclose}
1278 %%
1279 %% \func{virtual bool}{OnClose}{\void}
1280 %%
1281 %% Called when the user has tried to close a a frame
1282 %% or dialog box using the window manager (X) or system menu (Windows).
1283 %%
1284 %% {\bf Note:} This is an obsolete function.
1285 %% It is superseded by the \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow} event
1286 %% handler.
1287 %%
1288 %% \wxheading{Return value}
1289 %%
1290 %% If {\tt TRUE} is returned by OnClose, the window will be deleted by the system, otherwise the
1291 %% attempt will be ignored. Do not delete the window from within this handler, although
1292 %% you may delete other windows.
1293 %%
1294 %% \wxheading{See also}
1295 %%
1296 %% \helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
1297 %% \helpref{wxWindow::Close}{wxwindowclose},\rtfsp
1298 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow},\rtfsp
1299 %% \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
1300 %%
1301 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}\label{wxwindowonkeydown}
1302 %%
1303 %% \func{void}{OnKeyDown}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1304 %%
1305 %% Called when the user has pressed a key, before it is translated into an ASCII value using other
1306 %% modifier keys that might be pressed at the same time.
1307 %%
1308 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1309 %%
1310 %% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1311 %% details about this class.}
1312 %%
1313 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1314 %%
1315 %% This member function is called in response to a key down event. To intercept this event,
1316 %% use the EVT\_KEY\_DOWN macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyDown} handler may call this
1317 %% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1318 %%
1319 %% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
1320 %% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1321 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1322 %%
1323 %% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
1324 %%
1325 %% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
1326 %% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1327 %%
1328 %% \wxheading{See also}
1329 %%
1330 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
1331 %% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1332 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1333 %%
1334 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}\label{wxwindowonkeyup}
1335 %%
1336 %% \func{void}{OnKeyUp}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1337 %%
1338 %% Called when the user has released a key.
1339 %%
1340 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1341 %%
1342 %% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1343 %% details about this class.}
1344 %%
1345 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1346 %%
1347 %% This member function is called in response to a key up event. To intercept this event,
1348 %% use the EVT\_KEY\_UP macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyUp} handler may call this
1349 %% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1350 %%
1351 %% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
1352 %% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1353 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1354 %%
1355 %% Most, but not all, windows allow key up events to be intercepted.
1356 %%
1357 %% \wxheading{See also}
1358 %%
1359 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown},\rtfsp
1360 %% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1361 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1362 %%
1363 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnInitDialog}\label{wxwindowoninitdialog}
1364 %%
1365 %% \func{void}{OnInitDialog}{\param{wxInitDialogEvent\&}{ event}}
1366 %%
1367 %% Default handler for the wxEVT\_INIT\_DIALOG event. Calls \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}.
1368 %%
1369 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1370 %%
1371 %% \docparam{event}{Dialog initialisation event.}
1372 %%
1373 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1374 %%
1375 %% Gives the window the default behaviour of transferring data to child controls via
1376 %% the validator that each control has.
1377 %%
1378 %% \wxheading{See also}
1379 %%
1380 %% \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
1381 %%
1382 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMenuCommand}\label{wxwindowonmenucommand}
1383 %%
1384 %% \func{void}{OnMenuCommand}{\param{wxCommandEvent\& }{event}}
1385 %%
1386 %% Called when a menu command is received from a menu bar.
1387 %%
1388 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1389 %%
1390 %% \docparam{event}{The menu command event. For more information, see \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent}.}
1391 %%
1392 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1393 %%
1394 %% A function with this name doesn't actually exist; you can choose any member function to receive
1395 %% menu command events, using the EVT\_COMMAND macro for individual commands or EVT\_COMMAND\_RANGE for
1396 %% a range of commands.
1397 %%
1398 %% \wxheading{See also}
1399 %%
1400 %% \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
1401 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnMenuHighlight}{wxwindowonmenuhighlight},\rtfsp
1402 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1403 %%
1404 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMenuHighlight}\label{wxwindowonmenuhighlight}
1405 %%
1406 %% \func{void}{OnMenuHighlight}{\param{wxMenuEvent\& }{event}}
1407 %%
1408 %% Called when a menu select is received from a menu bar: that is, the
1409 %% mouse cursor is over a menu item, but the left mouse button has not been
1410 %% pressed.
1411 %%
1412 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1413 %%
1414 %% \docparam{event}{The menu highlight event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent}.}
1415 %%
1416 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1417 %%
1418 %% You can choose any member function to receive
1419 %% menu select events, using the EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT macro for individual menu items or EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT\_ALL macro
1420 %% for all menu items.
1421 %%
1422 %% The default implementation for \helpref{wxFrame::OnMenuHighlight}{wxframeonmenuhighlight} displays help
1423 %% text in the first field of the status bar.
1424 %%
1425 %% This function was known as {\bf OnMenuSelect} in earlier versions of wxWindows, but this was confusing
1426 %% since a selection is normally a left-click action.
1427 %%
1428 %% \wxheading{See also}
1429 %%
1430 %% \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent},\rtfsp
1431 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnMenuCommand}{wxwindowonmenucommand},\rtfsp
1432 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1433 %%
1434 %%
1435 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMouseEvent}\label{wxwindowonmouseevent}
1436 %%
1437 %% \func{void}{OnMouseEvent}{\param{wxMouseEvent\&}{ event}}
1438 %%
1439 %% Called when the user has initiated an event with the
1440 %% mouse.
1441 %%
1442 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1443 %%
1444 %% \docparam{event}{The mouse event. See \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent} for
1445 %% more details.}
1446 %%
1447 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1448 %%
1449 %% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
1450 %%
1451 %% To intercept this event, use the EVT\_MOUSE\_EVENTS macro in an event table definition, or individual
1452 %% mouse event macros such as EVT\_LEFT\_DOWN.
1453 %%
1454 %% \wxheading{See also}
1455 %%
1456 %% \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent},\rtfsp
1457 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1458 %%
1459 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMove}\label{wxwindowonmove}
1460 %%
1461 %% \func{void}{OnMove}{\param{wxMoveEvent\& }{event}}
1462 %%
1463 %% Called when a window is moved.
1464 %%
1465 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1466 %%
1467 %% \docparam{event}{The move event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent}.}
1468 %%
1469 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1470 %%
1471 %% Use the EVT\_MOVE macro to intercept move events.
1472 %%
1473 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1474 %%
1475 %% Not currently implemented.
1476 %%
1477 %% \wxheading{See also}
1478 %%
1479 %% \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent},\rtfsp
1480 %% \helpref{wxFrame::OnSize}{wxframeonsize},\rtfsp
1481 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1482 %%
1483 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnPaint}\label{wxwindowonpaint}
1484 %%
1485 %% \func{void}{OnPaint}{\param{wxPaintEvent\& }{event}}
1486 %%
1487 %% Sent to the event handler when the window must be refreshed.
1488 %%
1489 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1490 %%
1491 %% \docparam{event}{Paint event. For more information, see \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent}.}
1492 %%
1493 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1494 %%
1495 %% Use the EVT\_PAINT macro in an event table definition to intercept paint events.
1496 %%
1497 %% Note that In a paint event handler, the application must {\it always} create a \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc} object,
1498 %% even if you do not use it. Otherwise, under MS Windows, refreshing for this and other windows will go wrong.
1499 %%
1500 %% For example:
1501 %%
1502 %% \small{%
1503 %% \begin{verbatim}
1504 %% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
1505 %% {
1506 %% wxPaintDC dc(this);
1507 %%
1508 %% DrawMyDocument(dc);
1509 %% }
1510 %% \end{verbatim}
1511 %% }%
1512 %%
1513 %% You can optimize painting by retrieving the rectangles
1514 %% that have been damaged and only repainting these. The rectangles are in
1515 %% terms of the client area, and are unscrolled, so you will need to do
1516 %% some calculations using the current view position to obtain logical,
1517 %% scrolled units.
1518 %%
1519 %% Here is an example of using the \helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator} class:
1520 %%
1521 %% {\small%
1522 %% \begin{verbatim}
1523 %% // Called when window needs to be repainted.
1524 %% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
1525 %% {
1526 %% wxPaintDC dc(this);
1527 %%
1528 %% // Find Out where the window is scrolled to
1529 %% int vbX,vbY; // Top left corner of client
1530 %% GetViewStart(&vbX,&vbY);
1531 %%
1532 %% int vX,vY,vW,vH; // Dimensions of client area in pixels
1533 %% wxRegionIterator upd(GetUpdateRegion()); // get the update rect list
1534 %%
1535 %% while (upd)
1536 %% {
1537 %% vX = upd.GetX();
1538 %% vY = upd.GetY();
1539 %% vW = upd.GetW();
1540 %% vH = upd.GetH();
1541 %%
1542 %% // Alternatively we can do this:
1543 %% // wxRect rect;
1544 %% // upd.GetRect(&rect);
1545 %%
1546 %% // Repaint this rectangle
1547 %% ...some code...
1548 %%
1549 %% upd ++ ;
1550 %% }
1551 %% }
1552 %% \end{verbatim}
1553 %% }%
1554 %%
1555 %% \wxheading{See also}
1556 %%
1557 %% \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent},\rtfsp
1558 %% \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc},\rtfsp
1559 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1560 %%
1561 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnScroll}\label{wxwindowonscroll}
1562 %%
1563 %% \func{void}{OnScroll}{\param{wxScrollWinEvent\& }{event}}
1564 %%
1565 %% Called when a scroll window event is received from one of the window's built-in scrollbars.
1566 %%
1567 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1568 %%
1569 %% \docparam{event}{Command event. Retrieve the new scroll position by
1570 %% calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetPosition}{wxscrolleventgetposition}, and the
1571 %% scrollbar orientation by calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetOrientation}{wxscrolleventgetorientation}.}
1572 %%
1573 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1574 %%
1575 %% Note that it is not possible to distinguish between horizontal and vertical scrollbars
1576 %% until the function is executing (you can't have one function for vertical, another
1577 %% for horizontal events).
1578 %%
1579 %% \wxheading{See also}
1580 %%
1581 %% \helpref{wxScrollWinEvent}{wxscrollwinevent},\rtfsp
1582 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1583 %%
1584 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSetFocus}\label{wxwindowonsetfocus}
1585 %%
1586 %% \func{void}{OnSetFocus}{\param{wxFocusEvent\& }{event}}
1587 %%
1588 %% Called when a window's focus is being set.
1589 %%
1590 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1591 %%
1592 %% \docparam{event}{The focus event. For more information, see \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}.}
1593 %%
1594 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1595 %%
1596 %% To intercept this event, use the macro EVT\_SET\_FOCUS in an event table definition.
1597 %%
1598 %% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
1599 %%
1600 %% \wxheading{See also}
1601 %%
1602 %% \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKillFocus}{wxwindowonkillfocus},\rtfsp
1603 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1604 %%
1605 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSize}\label{wxwindowonsize}
1606 %%
1607 %% \func{void}{OnSize}{\param{wxSizeEvent\& }{event}}
1608 %%
1609 %% Called when the window has been resized. This is not a virtual function; you should
1610 %% provide your own non-virtual OnSize function and direct size events to it using EVT\_SIZE
1611 %% in an event table definition.
1612 %%
1613 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1614 %%
1615 %% \docparam{event}{Size event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent}.}
1616 %%
1617 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1618 %%
1619 %% You may wish to use this for frames to resize their child windows as appropriate.
1620 %%
1621 %% Note that the size passed is of
1622 %% the whole window: call \helpref{wxWindow::GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize} for the area which may be
1623 %% used by the application.
1624 %%
1625 %% When a window is resized, usually only a small part of the window is damaged and you
1626 %% may only need to repaint that area. However, if your drawing depends on the size of the window,
1627 %% you may need to clear the DC explicitly and repaint the whole window. In which case, you
1628 %% may need to call \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} to invalidate the entire window.
1629 %%
1630 %% \wxheading{See also}
1631 %%
1632 %% \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent},\rtfsp
1633 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1634 %%
1635 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSysColourChanged}\label{wxwindowonsyscolourchanged}
1636 %%
1637 %% \func{void}{OnSysColourChanged}{\param{wxOnSysColourChangedEvent\& }{event}}
1638 %%
1639 %% Called when the user has changed the system colours. Windows only.
1640 %%
1641 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1642 %%
1643 %% \docparam{event}{System colour change event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent}.}
1644 %%
1645 %% \wxheading{See also}
1646 %%
1647 %% \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent},\rtfsp
1648 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1649
1650 \membersection{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}\label{wxwindowpopeventhandler}
1651
1652 \constfunc{wxEvtHandler*}{PopEventHandler}{\param{bool }{deleteHandler = {\tt FALSE}}}
1653
1654 Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
1655
1656 \wxheading{Parameters}
1657
1658 \docparam{deleteHandler}{If this is {\tt TRUE}, the handler will be deleted after it is removed. The
1659 default value is {\tt FALSE}.}
1660
1661 \wxheading{See also}
1662
1663 \helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
1664 \helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
1665 \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
1666 \helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
1667 \helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
1668
1669 \membersection{wxWindow::PopupMenu}\label{wxwindowpopupmenu}
1670
1671 \func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos}}
1672
1673 \func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
1674
1675 Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
1676 window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu. If a
1677 menu item is selected, the corresponding menu event is generated and will be
1678 processed as usually.
1679
1680 \wxheading{Parameters}
1681
1682 \docparam{menu}{Menu to pop up.}
1683
1684 \docparam{pos}{The position where the menu will appear.}
1685
1686 \docparam{x}{Required x position for the menu to appear.}
1687
1688 \docparam{y}{Required y position for the menu to appear.}
1689
1690 \wxheading{See also}
1691
1692 \helpref{wxMenu}{wxmenu}
1693
1694 \wxheading{Remarks}
1695
1696 Just before the menu is popped up, \helpref{wxMenu::UpdateUI}{wxmenuupdateui} is called
1697 to ensure that the menu items are in the correct state. The menu does not get deleted
1698 by the window.
1699
1700 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1701 implements the following methods:\par
1702 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1703 \twocolitem{{\bf PopupMenu(menu, point)}}{Specifies position with a wxPoint}
1704 \twocolitem{{\bf PopupMenuXY(menu, x, y)}}{Specifies position with two integers (x, y)}
1705 \end{twocollist}}
1706 }
1707
1708 \membersection{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}\label{wxwindowpusheventhandler}
1709
1710 \func{void}{PushEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
1711
1712 Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
1713
1714 \wxheading{Parameters}
1715
1716 \docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be pushed.}
1717
1718 \wxheading{Remarks}
1719
1720 An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
1721 sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
1722 an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
1723 central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
1724 window classes.
1725
1726 \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} allows
1727 an application to set up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
1728 handed to the next one in the chain. Use \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler} to
1729 remove the event handler.
1730
1731 \wxheading{See also}
1732
1733 \helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
1734 \helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
1735 \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
1736 \helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
1737 \helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
1738
1739 \membersection{wxWindow::Raise}\label{wxwindowraise}
1740
1741 \func{void}{Raise}{\void}
1742
1743 Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy if it is a managed window (dialog
1744 or frame).
1745
1746 \membersection{wxWindow::Refresh}\label{wxwindowrefresh}
1747
1748 \func{virtual void}{Refresh}{\param{bool}{ eraseBackground = {\tt TRUE}}, \param{const wxRect* }{rect
1749 = NULL}}
1750
1751 Causes a message or event to be generated to repaint the
1752 window.
1753
1754 \wxheading{Parameters}
1755
1756 \docparam{eraseBackground}{If {\tt TRUE}, the background will be
1757 erased.}
1758
1759 \docparam{rect}{If non-NULL, only the given rectangle will
1760 be treated as damaged.}
1761
1762 \membersection{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}\label{wxwindowreleasemouse}
1763
1764 \func{virtual void}{ReleaseMouse}{\void}
1765
1766 Releases mouse input captured with \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse}.
1767
1768 \wxheading{See also}
1769
1770 \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
1771 \helpref{wxWindow::HasCapture}{wxwindowhascapture},
1772 \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
1773 \helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
1774
1775 \membersection{wxWindow::RemoveChild}\label{wxwindowremovechild}
1776
1777 \func{virtual void}{RemoveChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
1778
1779 Removes a child window. This is called automatically by window deletion
1780 functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
1781
1782 \wxheading{Parameters}
1783
1784 \docparam{child}{Child window to remove.}
1785
1786 \membersection{wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler}\label{wxwindowremoveeventhandler}
1787
1788 \func{bool}{RemoveEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler *}{handler}}
1789
1790 Find the given {\it handler} in the windows event handler chain and remove (but
1791 not delete) it from it.
1792
1793 \wxheading{Parameters}
1794
1795 \docparam{handler}{The event handler to remove, must be non {\tt NULL} and
1796 must be present in this windows event handlers chain}
1797
1798 \wxheading{Return value}
1799
1800 Returns {\tt TRUE} if it was found and {\tt FALSE} otherwise (this also results
1801 in an assert failure so this function should only be called when the
1802 handler is supposed to be there).
1803
1804 \wxheading{See also}
1805
1806 \helpref{PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
1807 \helpref{PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler}
1808
1809 \membersection{wxWindow::Reparent}\label{wxwindowreparent}
1810
1811 \func{virtual bool}{Reparent}{\param{wxWindow* }{newParent}}
1812
1813 Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
1814 current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
1815 and then re-inserted into another. Available on Windows and GTK.
1816
1817 \wxheading{Parameters}
1818
1819 \docparam{newParent}{New parent.}
1820
1821 \membersection{wxWindow::ScreenToClient}\label{wxwindowscreentoclient}
1822
1823 \constfunc{virtual void}{ScreenToClient}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
1824
1825 \constfunc{virtual wxPoint}{ScreenToClient}{\param{const wxPoint\& }{pt}}
1826
1827 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
1828
1829 \wxheading{Parameters}
1830
1831 \docparam{x}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
1832
1833 \docparam{y}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
1834
1835 \docparam{pt}{The screen position for the second form of the function.}
1836
1837 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1838 implements the following methods:\par
1839 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1840 \twocolitem{{\bf ScreenToClient(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
1841 \twocolitem{{\bf ScreenToClientXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
1842 \end{twocollist}}
1843 }
1844
1845 \membersection{wxWindow::ScrollLines}\label{wxwindowscrolllines}
1846
1847 \func{virtual bool}{ScrollLines}{\param{int }{lines}}
1848
1849 Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if {\it lines} is
1850 positive) or up.
1851
1852 \wxheading{Return value}
1853
1854 Returns {\tt TRUE} if the window was scrolled, {\tt FALSE} if it was already
1855 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
1856
1857 \wxheading{Remarks}
1858
1859 This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxTextCtrl under
1860 wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all
1861 platforms).
1862
1863 \wxheading{See also}
1864
1865 \helpref{ScrollPages}{wxwindowscrollpages}
1866
1867 \membersection{wxWindow::ScrollPages}\label{wxwindowscrollpages}
1868
1869 \func{virtual bool}{ScrollPages}{\param{int }{pages}}
1870
1871 Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if {\it pages} is
1872 positive) or up.
1873
1874 \wxheading{Return value}
1875
1876 Returns {\tt TRUE} if the window was scrolled, {\tt FALSE} if it was already
1877 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
1878
1879 \wxheading{Remarks}
1880
1881 This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxTextCtrl under
1882 wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all
1883 platforms).
1884
1885 \wxheading{See also}
1886
1887 \helpref{ScrollLines}{wxwindowscrolllines}
1888
1889 \membersection{wxWindow::ScrollWindow}\label{wxwindowscrollwindow}
1890
1891 \func{virtual void}{ScrollWindow}{\param{int }{dx}, \param{int }{dy}, \param{const wxRect*}{ rect = NULL}}
1892
1893 Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
1894
1895 \wxheading{Parameters}
1896
1897 \docparam{dx}{Amount to scroll horizontally.}
1898
1899 \docparam{dy}{Amount to scroll vertically.}
1900
1901 \docparam{rect}{Rectangle to invalidate. If this is NULL, the whole window is invalidated. If you
1902 pass a rectangle corresponding to the area of the window exposed by the scroll, your painting handler
1903 can optimize painting by checking for the invalidated region. This parameter is ignored under GTK.}
1904
1905 \wxheading{Remarks}
1906
1907 Use this function to optimise your scrolling implementations, to minimise the area that must be
1908 redrawn. Note that it is rarely required to call this function from a user program.
1909
1910 \membersection{wxWindow::SetAcceleratorTable}\label{wxwindowsetacceleratortable}
1911
1912 \func{virtual void}{SetAcceleratorTable}{\param{const wxAcceleratorTable\&}{ accel}}
1913
1914 Sets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
1915
1916 \membersection{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}\label{wxwindowsetautolayout}
1917
1918 \func{void}{SetAutoLayout}{\param{bool}{ autoLayout}}
1919
1920 Determines whether the \helpref{wxWindow::Layout}{wxwindowlayout} function will
1921 be called automatically when the window is resized. It is called implicitly by
1922 \helpref{wxWindow::SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer} but if you use
1923 \helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints}{wxwindowsetconstraints} you should call it
1924 manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly updated when its
1925 size changes.
1926
1927 \wxheading{Parameters}
1928
1929 \docparam{autoLayout}{Set this to {\tt TRUE} if you wish the Layout function to be called
1930 from within wxWindow::OnSize functions.}
1931
1932 \wxheading{See also}
1933
1934 \helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints}{wxwindowsetconstraints}
1935
1936 \membersection{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour}
1937
1938 \func{virtual void}{SetBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
1939
1940 Sets the background colour of the window.
1941
1942 \wxheading{Parameters}
1943
1944 \docparam{colour}{The colour to be used as the background colour.}
1945
1946 \wxheading{Remarks}
1947
1948 The background colour is usually painted by the default\rtfsp
1949 \helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent} event handler function
1950 under Windows and automatically under GTK.
1951
1952 Note that setting the background colour does not cause an immediate refresh, so you
1953 may wish to call \helpref{wxWindow::Clear}{wxwindowclear} or \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} after
1954 calling this function.
1955
1956 Use this function with care under GTK as the new appearance of the window might
1957 not look equally well when used with "Themes", i.e GTK's ability to change its
1958 look as the user wishes with run-time loadable modules.
1959
1960 \wxheading{See also}
1961
1962 \helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
1963 \helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
1964 \helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
1965 \helpref{wxWindow::Clear}{wxwindowclear},\rtfsp
1966 \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh},\rtfsp
1967 \helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent}
1968
1969 \membersection{wxWindow::SetCaret}\label{wxwindowsetcaret}
1970
1971 \constfunc{void}{SetCaret}{\param{wxCaret *}{caret}}
1972
1973 Sets the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
1974
1975 \membersection{wxWindow::SetClientSize}\label{wxwindowsetclientsize}
1976
1977 \func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
1978
1979 \func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
1980
1981 This sets the size of the window client area in pixels. Using this function to size a window
1982 tends to be more device-independent than \helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}, since the application need not
1983 worry about what dimensions the border or title bar have when trying to fit the window
1984 around panel items, for example.
1985
1986 \wxheading{Parameters}
1987
1988 \docparam{width}{The required client area width.}
1989
1990 \docparam{height}{The required client area height.}
1991
1992 \docparam{size}{The required client size.}
1993
1994 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1995 implements the following methods:\par
1996 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1997 \twocolitem{{\bf SetClientSize(size)}}{Accepts a wxSize}
1998 \twocolitem{{\bf SetClientSizeWH(width, height)}}{}
1999 \end{twocollist}}
2000 }
2001
2002 \membersection{wxWindow::SetContainingSizer}\label{wxwindowsetcontainingsizer}
2003
2004 \func{void}{SetContainingSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}}
2005
2006 This normally does not need to be called by user code. It is called
2007 when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window can
2008 remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
2009
2010 \membersection{wxWindow::SetCursor}\label{wxwindowsetcursor}
2011
2012 \func{virtual void}{SetCursor}{\param{const wxCursor\&}{cursor}}
2013
2014 % VZ: the docs are correct, if the code doesn't behave like this, it must be
2015 % changed
2016 Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
2017 children of the window implicitly.
2018
2019 The {\it cursor} may be {\tt wxNullCursor} in which case the window cursor will
2020 be reset back to default.
2021
2022 \wxheading{Parameters}
2023
2024 \docparam{cursor}{Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.}
2025
2026 \wxheading{See also}
2027
2028 \helpref{::wxSetCursor}{wxsetcursor}, \helpref{wxCursor}{wxcursor}
2029
2030 \membersection{wxWindow::SetConstraints}\label{wxwindowsetconstraints}
2031
2032 \func{void}{SetConstraints}{\param{wxLayoutConstraints* }{constraints}}
2033
2034 Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
2035 will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2036 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2037 window, it will be deleted.
2038
2039 \wxheading{Parameters}
2040
2041 \docparam{constraints}{The constraints to set. Pass NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
2042 constraints.}
2043
2044 \wxheading{Remarks}
2045
2046 You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
2047 the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you must override OnSize and call Layout()
2048 explicitly. When setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a \helpref{wxSizer}{wxsizer}, only the
2049 sizer will have effect.
2050
2051 \membersection{wxWindow::SetDropTarget}\label{wxwindowsetdroptarget}
2052
2053 \func{void}{SetDropTarget}{\param{wxDropTarget*}{ target}}
2054
2055 Associates a drop target with this window.
2056
2057 If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
2058
2059 \wxheading{See also}
2060
2061 \helpref{wxWindow::GetDropTarget}{wxwindowgetdroptarget},
2062 \helpref{Drag and drop overview}{wxdndoverview}
2063
2064 \membersection{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}\label{wxwindowseteventhandler}
2065
2066 \func{void}{SetEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
2067
2068 Sets the event handler for this window.
2069
2070 \wxheading{Parameters}
2071
2072 \docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be set.}
2073
2074 \wxheading{Remarks}
2075
2076 An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2077 sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2078 an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2079 central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2080 window classes.
2081
2082 It is usually better to use \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} since
2083 this sets up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2084 handed to the next one in the chain.
2085
2086 \wxheading{See also}
2087
2088 \helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2089 \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2090 \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2091 \helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2092 \helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
2093
2094 \membersection{wxWindow::SetExtraStyle}\label{wxwindowsetextrastyle}
2095
2096 \func{void}{SetExtraStyle}{\param{long }{exStyle}}
2097
2098 Sets the extra style bits for the window. The currently defined extra style
2099 bits are:
2100
2101 \twocolwidtha{5cm}%
2102 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
2103 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
2104 and Validate() methods will recursively descend into all children of the
2105 window if it has this style flag set.}
2106 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{Normally, the command
2107 events are propagated upwards to the window parent recursively until a handler
2108 for them is found. Using this style allows to prevent them from being
2109 propagated beyond this window. Notice that wxDialog has this style on by
2110 default for the reasons explained in the
2111 \helpref{event processing overview}{eventprocessing}.}
2112 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_TRANSIENT}}{This can be used to prevent a
2113 window from being used as an implicit parent for the dialogs which were
2114 created without a parent. It is useful for the windows which can disappear at
2115 any moment as creating children of such windows results in fatal problems.}
2116 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFRAME\_EX\_CONTEXTHELP}}{Under Windows, puts a query button on the
2117 caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWindows will send
2118 a wxEVT\_HELP event if the user clicked on an application window.
2119 This style cannot be used together with wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX or wxMINIMIZE\_BOX, so
2120 you should use the style of
2121 {\tt wxDEFAULT\_FRAME\_STYLE \& \textasciitilde(wxMINIMIZE\_BOX | wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX)} for the
2122 frames having this style (the dialogs don't have minimize nor maximize box by
2123 default)}
2124 \end{twocollist}
2125
2126 \membersection{wxWindow::SetFocus}\label{wxwindowsetfocus}
2127
2128 \func{virtual void}{SetFocus}{\void}
2129
2130 This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
2131
2132 \wxheading{See also}
2133
2134 \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}
2135
2136 \membersection{wxWindow::SetFocusFromKbd}\label{wxwindowsetfocusfromkbd}
2137
2138 \func{virtual void}{SetFocusFromKbd}{\void}
2139
2140 This function is called by wxWindows keyboard navigation code when the user
2141 gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using {\tt TAB} key).
2142 By default this method simply calls \helpref{SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus} but
2143 can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
2144
2145 \membersection{wxWindow::SetFont}\label{wxwindowsetfont}
2146
2147 \func{void}{SetFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}}
2148
2149 Sets the font for this window.
2150
2151 \wxheading{Parameters}
2152
2153 \docparam{font}{Font to associate with this window.}
2154
2155 \wxheading{See also}
2156
2157 \helpref{wxWindow::GetFont}{wxwindowgetfont}
2158
2159 \membersection{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour}
2160
2161 \func{virtual void}{SetForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2162
2163 Sets the foreground colour of the window.
2164
2165 \wxheading{Parameters}
2166
2167 \docparam{colour}{The colour to be used as the foreground colour.}
2168
2169 \wxheading{Remarks}
2170
2171 The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
2172 to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
2173 be used at all.
2174
2175 Note that when using this functions under GTK, you will disable the so called "themes",
2176 i.e. the user chosen appearance of windows and controls, including the themes of
2177 their parent windows.
2178
2179 \wxheading{See also}
2180
2181 \helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2182 \helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2183 \helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour}
2184
2185 \membersection{wxWindow::SetHelpText}\label{wxwindowsethelptext}
2186
2187 \func{virtual void}{SetHelpText}{\param{const wxString\& }{helpText}}
2188
2189 Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2190
2191 Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
2192 and not in the window object itself.
2193
2194 \wxheading{See also}
2195
2196 \helpref{GetHelpText}{wxwindowgethelptext}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
2197
2198 \membersection{wxWindow::SetId}\label{wxwindowsetid}
2199
2200 \func{void}{SetId}{\param{int}{ id}}
2201
2202 Sets the identifier of the window.
2203
2204 \wxheading{Remarks}
2205
2206 Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has not provided one,
2207 an identifier will be generated. Normally, the identifier should be provided
2208 on creation and should not be modified subsequently.
2209
2210 \wxheading{See also}
2211
2212 \helpref{wxWindow::GetId}{wxwindowgetid},\rtfsp
2213 \helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
2214
2215 \membersection{wxWindow::SetName}\label{wxwindowsetname}
2216
2217 \func{virtual void}{SetName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
2218
2219 Sets the window's name.
2220
2221 \wxheading{Parameters}
2222
2223 \docparam{name}{A name to set for the window.}
2224
2225 \wxheading{See also}
2226
2227 \helpref{wxWindow::GetName}{wxwindowgetname}
2228
2229 \membersection{wxWindow::SetPalette}\label{wxwindowsetpalette}
2230
2231 \func{virtual void}{SetPalette}{\param{wxPalette* }{palette}}
2232
2233 Obsolete - use \helpref{wxDC::SetPalette}{wxdcsetpalette} instead.
2234
2235 \membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}\label{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
2236
2237 \func{virtual void}{SetScrollbar}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{position},\rtfsp
2238 \param{int }{thumbSize}, \param{int }{range},\rtfsp
2239 \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt TRUE}}}
2240
2241 Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
2242
2243 \wxheading{Parameters}
2244
2245 \docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2246
2247 \docparam{position}{The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.}
2248
2249 \docparam{thumbSize}{The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.}
2250
2251 \docparam{range}{The maximum position of the scrollbar.}
2252
2253 \docparam{refresh}{{\tt TRUE} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt FALSE} otherwise.}
2254
2255 \wxheading{Remarks}
2256
2257 Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same font.
2258 The window is sized so that you can only see 16 lines at a time.
2259
2260 You would use:
2261
2262 {\small%
2263 \begin{verbatim}
2264 SetScrollbar(wxVERTICAL, 0, 16, 50);
2265 \end{verbatim}
2266 }
2267
2268 Note that with the window at this size, the thumb position can never go
2269 above 50 minus 16, or 34.
2270
2271 You can determine how many lines are currently visible by dividing the current view
2272 size by the character height in pixels.
2273
2274 When defining your own scrollbar behaviour, you will always need to recalculate
2275 the scrollbar settings when the window size changes. You could therefore put your
2276 scrollbar calculations and SetScrollbar
2277 call into a function named AdjustScrollbars, which can be called initially and also
2278 from your \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent} handler function.
2279
2280 \wxheading{See also}
2281
2282 \helpref{Scrolling overview}{scrollingoverview},\rtfsp
2283 \helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
2284
2285 \begin{comment}
2286 \membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpage}
2287
2288 \func{virtual void}{SetScrollPage}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pageSize}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt TRUE}}}
2289
2290 Sets the page size of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2291
2292 \wxheading{Parameters}
2293
2294 \docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2295
2296 \docparam{pageSize}{Page size in scroll units.}
2297
2298 \docparam{refresh}{{\tt TRUE} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt FALSE} otherwise.}
2299
2300 \wxheading{Remarks}
2301
2302 The page size of a scrollbar is the number of scroll units that the scroll thumb travels when you
2303 click on the area above/left of or below/right of the thumb. Normally you will want a whole visible
2304 page to be scrolled, i.e. the size of the current view (perhaps the window client size). This
2305 value has to be adjusted when the window is resized, since the page size will have changed.
2306
2307 In addition to specifying how far the scroll thumb travels when paging, in Motif and some versions of Windows
2308 the thumb changes size to reflect the page size relative to the length of the document. When the
2309 document size is only slightly bigger than the current view (window) size, almost all of the scrollbar
2310 will be taken up by the thumb. When the two values become the same, the scrollbar will (on some systems)
2311 disappear.
2312
2313 Currently, this function should be called before SetPageRange, because of a quirk in the Windows
2314 handling of pages and ranges.
2315
2316 \wxheading{See also}
2317
2318 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
2319 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
2320 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowsetscrollpage},\rtfsp
2321 \helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
2322 \end{comment}
2323
2324 \membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpos}
2325
2326 \func{virtual void}{SetScrollPos}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pos}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt TRUE}}}
2327
2328 Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2329
2330 \wxheading{Parameters}
2331
2332 \docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2333
2334 \docparam{pos}{Position in scroll units.}
2335
2336 \docparam{refresh}{{\tt TRUE} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt FALSE} otherwise.}
2337
2338 \wxheading{Remarks}
2339
2340 This function does not directly affect the contents of the window: it is up to the
2341 application to take note of scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
2342
2343 \wxheading{See also}
2344
2345 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar},\rtfsp
2346 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
2347 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollThumb}{wxwindowgetscrollthumb},\rtfsp
2348 \helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
2349
2350 \begin{comment}
2351 \membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollRange}\label{wxwindowsetscrollrange}
2352
2353 \func{virtual void}{SetScrollRange}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{range}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt TRUE}}}
2354
2355 Sets the range of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2356
2357 \wxheading{Parameters}
2358
2359 \docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose range is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2360
2361 \docparam{range}{Scroll range.}
2362
2363 \docparam{refresh}{{\tt TRUE} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt FALSE} otherwise.}
2364
2365 \wxheading{Remarks}
2366
2367 The range of a scrollbar is the number of steps that the thumb may travel, rather than the total
2368 object length of the scrollbar. If you are implementing a scrolling window, for example, you
2369 would adjust the scroll range when the window is resized, by subtracting the window view size from the
2370 total virtual window size. When the two sizes are the same (all the window is visible), the range goes to zero
2371 and usually the scrollbar will be automatically hidden.
2372
2373 \wxheading{See also}
2374
2375 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
2376 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}{wxwindowsetscrollpage},\rtfsp
2377 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
2378 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowsetscrollpage},\rtfsp
2379 \helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
2380 \end{comment}
2381
2382 \membersection{wxWindow::SetSize}\label{wxwindowsetsize}
2383
2384 \func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}, \param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height},
2385 \param{int}{ sizeFlags = wxSIZE\_AUTO}}
2386
2387 \func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxRect\&}{ rect}}
2388
2389 Sets the size and position of the window in pixels.
2390
2391 \func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
2392
2393 \func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
2394
2395 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
2396
2397 \wxheading{Parameters}
2398
2399 \docparam{x}{Required x position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
2400 value should be used.}
2401
2402 \docparam{y}{Required y position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
2403 value should be used.}
2404
2405 \docparam{width}{Required width in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
2406 value should be used.}
2407
2408 \docparam{height}{Required height position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
2409 value should be used.}
2410
2411 \docparam{size}{\helpref{wxSize}{wxsize} object for setting the size.}
2412
2413 \docparam{rect}{\helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object for setting the position and size.}
2414
2415 \docparam{sizeFlags}{Indicates the interpretation of other parameters. It is a bit list of the following:
2416
2417 {\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_WIDTH}: a -1 width value is taken to indicate
2418 a wxWindows-supplied default width.\\
2419 {\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_HEIGHT}: a -1 height value is taken to indicate
2420 a wxWindows-supplied default width.\\
2421 {\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO}: -1 size values are taken to indicate
2422 a wxWindows-supplied default size.\\
2423 {\bf wxSIZE\_USE\_EXISTING}: existing dimensions should be used
2424 if -1 values are supplied.\\
2425 {\bf wxSIZE\_ALLOW\_MINUS\_ONE}: allow dimensions of -1 and less to be interpreted
2426 as real dimensions, not default values.
2427 }
2428
2429 \wxheading{Remarks}
2430
2431 The second form is a convenience for calling the first form with default
2432 x and y parameters, and must be used with non-default width and height values.
2433
2434 The first form sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
2435 Parameters may be -1 to indicate either that a default should be supplied
2436 by wxWindows, or that the current value of the dimension should be used.
2437
2438 \wxheading{See also}
2439
2440 \helpref{wxWindow::Move}{wxwindowmove}
2441
2442 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
2443 implements the following methods:\par
2444 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
2445 \twocolitem{{\bf SetDimensions(x, y, width, height, sizeFlags=wxSIZE\_AUTO)}}{}
2446 \twocolitem{{\bf SetSize(size)}}{}
2447 \twocolitem{{\bf SetPosition(point)}}{}
2448 \end{twocollist}}
2449 }
2450
2451 \membersection{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}\label{wxwindowsetsizehints}
2452
2453 \func{virtual void}{SetSizeHints}{\param{int}{ minW=-1}, \param{int}{ minH=-1}, \param{int}{ maxW=-1}, \param{int}{ maxH=-1},
2454 \param{int}{ incW=-1}, \param{int}{ incH=-1}}
2455
2456 Allows specification of minimum and maximum window sizes, and window size increments.
2457 If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values will be used.
2458
2459 \wxheading{Parameters}
2460
2461 \docparam{minW}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.}
2462
2463 \docparam{minH}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.}
2464
2465 \docparam{maxW}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.}
2466
2467 \docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
2468
2469 \docparam{incW}{Specifies the increment for sizing the width (Motif/Xt only).}
2470
2471 \docparam{incH}{Specifies the increment for sizing the height (Motif/Xt only).}
2472
2473 \wxheading{Remarks}
2474
2475 If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the window outside the
2476 given bounds.
2477
2478 The resizing increments are only significant under Motif or Xt.
2479
2480 \membersection{wxWindow::SetSizer}\label{wxwindowsetsizer}
2481
2482 \func{void}{SetSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=TRUE}}
2483
2484 Sets the window to have the given layout sizer. The window
2485 will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2486 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2487 window, it will be deleted if the deleteOld parameter is TRUE.
2488
2489 Note that this function will also call
2490 \helpref{SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} implicitly with {\tt TRUE}
2491 parameter if the {\it sizer}\/ is non-NULL and {\tt FALSE} otherwise.
2492
2493 \wxheading{Parameters}
2494
2495 \docparam{sizer}{The sizer to set. Pass NULL to disassociate and conditionally delete
2496 the window's sizer. See below.}
2497
2498 \docparam{deleteOld}{If TRUE (the default), this will delete any prexisting sizer.
2499 Pass FALSE if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself.}
2500
2501 \wxheading{Remarks}
2502
2503 SetSizer now enables and disables Layout automatically, but prior to wxWindows 2.3.3
2504 the following applied:
2505
2506 You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
2507 the sizer automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you must override OnSize and call Layout()
2508 explicitly. When setting both a wxSizer and a \helpref{wxLayoutConstraints}{wxlayoutconstraints},
2509 only the sizer will have effect.
2510
2511 \membersection{wxWindow::SetSizerAndFit}\label{wxwindowsetsizerandfit}
2512
2513 \func{void}{SetSizerAndFit}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=TRUE}}
2514
2515 The same as \helpref{SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer}, except it also sets the size hints
2516 for the window based on the sizer's minimum size.
2517
2518 \membersection{wxWindow::SetTitle}\label{wxwindowsettitle}
2519
2520 \func{virtual void}{SetTitle}{\param{const wxString\& }{title}}
2521
2522 Sets the window's title. Applicable only to frames and dialogs.
2523
2524 \wxheading{Parameters}
2525
2526 \docparam{title}{The window's title.}
2527
2528 \wxheading{See also}
2529
2530 \helpref{wxWindow::GetTitle}{wxwindowgettitle}
2531
2532 \membersection{wxWindow::SetThemeEnabled}\label{wxwindowsetthemeenabled}
2533
2534 \func{virtual void}{SetThemeEnabled}{\param{bool }{enable}}
2535
2536 This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
2537 to draw the windows' background instead if its own background drawing
2538 code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
2539 obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
2540 One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
2541 defined by a user's selected theme.
2542
2543 Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to TRUE
2544 by default so that the default look and feel is simulated best.
2545
2546 \membersection{wxWindow::SetValidator}\label{wxwindowsetvalidator}
2547
2548 \func{virtual void}{SetValidator}{\param{const wxValidator\&}{ validator}}
2549
2550 Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having called wxValidator::Clone to
2551 create a new validator of this type.
2552
2553 \membersection{wxWindow::SetToolTip}\label{wxwindowsettooltip}
2554
2555 \func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{const wxString\& }{tip}}
2556
2557 \func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{wxToolTip* }{tip}}
2558
2559 Attach a tooltip to the window.
2560
2561 See also: \helpref{GetToolTip}{wxwindowgettooltip},
2562 \helpref{wxToolTip}{wxtooltip}
2563
2564
2565 \membersection{wxWindow::GetToolTip}\label{wxwindowgettooltip}
2566
2567 \constfunc{wxToolTip*}{GetToolTip}{\void}
2568
2569 Get the associated tooltip or NULL if none.
2570
2571
2572 \membersection{wxWindow::SetVirtualSize}\label{wxwindowsetvirtualsize}
2573
2574 \func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
2575
2576 \func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
2577
2578 Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
2579
2580
2581 \membersection{wxWindow::SetVirtualSizeHints}\label{wxwindowsetvirtualsizehints}
2582
2583 \func{virtual void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{int}{ minW},\param{int}{ minH}, \param{int}{ maxW=-1}, \param{int}{ maxH=-1}}
2584
2585 Allows specification of minimum and maximum virtual window sizes.
2586 If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values
2587 will be used.
2588
2589 \wxheading{Parameters}
2590
2591 \docparam{minW}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.}
2592
2593 \docparam{minH}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.}
2594
2595 \docparam{maxW}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.}
2596
2597 \docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
2598
2599 \wxheading{Remarks}
2600
2601 If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the virtual area
2602 of the window outside the given bounds.
2603
2604 \membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyle}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyle}
2605
2606 \func{void}{SetWindowStyle}{\param{long}{ style}}
2607
2608 Identical to \helpref{SetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}.
2609
2610 \membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyleFlag}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}
2611
2612 \func{virtual void}{SetWindowStyleFlag}{\param{long}{ style}}
2613
2614 Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
2615 after the window creation and that \helpref{Refresh()}{wxwindowrefresh} might
2616 be called after changing the others for the change to take place immediately.
2617
2618 See \helpref{Window styles}{windowstyles} for more information about flags.
2619
2620 \wxheading{See also}
2621
2622 \helpref{GetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowgetwindowstyleflag}
2623
2624 \membersection{wxWindow::Show}\label{wxwindowshow}
2625
2626 \func{virtual bool}{Show}{\param{bool}{ show = {\tt TRUE}}}
2627
2628 Shows or hides the window. You may need to call \helpref{Raise}{wxwindowraise}
2629 for a top level window if you want to bring it to top, although this is not
2630 needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
2631
2632 \wxheading{Parameters}
2633
2634 \docparam{show}{If {\tt TRUE} displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.}
2635
2636 \wxheading{Return value}
2637
2638 {\tt TRUE} if the window has been shown or hidden or {\tt FALSE} if nothing was
2639 done because it already was in the requested state.
2640
2641 \wxheading{See also}
2642
2643 \helpref{wxWindow::IsShown}{wxwindowisshown}
2644
2645 \membersection{wxWindow::Thaw}\label{wxwindowthaw}
2646
2647 \func{virtual void}{Thaw}{\void}
2648
2649 Reenables window updating after a previous call to
2650 \helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}.
2651
2652 \membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow}
2653
2654 \func{virtual bool}{TransferDataFromWindow}{\void}
2655
2656 Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their validators. Returns
2657 {\tt FALSE} if a transfer failed.
2658
2659 If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
2660 the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
2661
2662 \wxheading{See also}
2663
2664 \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow},\rtfsp
2665 \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
2666
2667 \membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
2668
2669 \func{virtual bool}{TransferDataToWindow}{\void}
2670
2671 Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their validators.
2672
2673 If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
2674 the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
2675
2676 \wxheading{Return value}
2677
2678 Returns {\tt FALSE} if a transfer failed.
2679
2680 \wxheading{See also}
2681
2682 \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
2683 \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
2684
2685 \membersection{wxWindow::Validate}\label{wxwindowvalidate}
2686
2687 \func{virtual bool}{Validate}{\void}
2688
2689 Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
2690
2691 If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
2692 the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
2693
2694 \wxheading{Return value}
2695
2696 Returns {\tt FALSE} if any of the validations failed.
2697
2698 \wxheading{See also}
2699
2700 \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
2701 \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
2702 \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}
2703
2704 \membersection{wxWindow::WarpPointer}\label{wxwindowwarppointer}
2705
2706 \func{void}{WarpPointer}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
2707
2708 Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
2709
2710 \wxheading{Parameters}
2711
2712 \docparam{x}{The new x position for the cursor.}
2713
2714 \docparam{y}{The new y position for the cursor.}
2715