interface/wx/msgdlg.h

   1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   2 // Name:        msgdlg.h
   3 // Purpose:     interface of wxMessageDialog
   4 // Author:      wxWidgets team
   5 // Licence:     wxWindows licence
   6 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   7
   8 /**
   9     Default message box caption string.
  10 */
  11 const char wxMessageBoxCaptionStr[] = "Message";
  12
  13
  14 /**
  15     @class wxMessageDialog
  16
  17     This class represents a dialog that shows a single or multi-line message,
  18     with a choice of OK, Yes, No and Cancel buttons.
  19
  20     @beginStyleTable
  21     @style{wxOK}
  22         Puts an Ok button in the message box. May be combined with @c wxCANCEL.
  23     @style{wxCANCEL}
  24         Puts a Cancel button in the message box. Must be combined with
  25         either @c wxOK or @c wxYES_NO.
  26     @style{wxYES_NO}
  27         Puts Yes and No buttons in the message box. It is recommended to always
  28         use @c wxCANCEL with this style as otherwise the message box won't have
  29         a close button under wxMSW and the user will be forced to answer it.
  30     @style{wxHELP}
  31         Puts a Help button to the message box. This button can have special
  32         appearance or be specially positioned if its label is not changed from
  33         the default one. Notice that using this button is not supported when
  34         showing a message box from non-main thread in wxOSX/Cocoa and it is not
  35         supported in wxOSX/Carbon at all. Available since wxWidgets 2.9.3.
  36     @style{wxNO_DEFAULT}
  37         Makes the "No" button default, can only be used with @c wxYES_NO.
  38     @style{wxCANCEL_DEFAULT}
  39         Makes the "Cancel" button default, can only be used with @c wxCANCEL
  40     @style{wxYES_DEFAULT}
  41         Makes the "Yes" button default, this is the default behaviour and
  42         this flag exists solely for symmetry with @c wxNO_DEFAULT.
  43     @style{wxOK_DEFAULT}
  44         Makes the "OK" button default, this is the default behaviour and
  45         this flag exists solely for symmetry with @c wxCANCEL_DEFAULT.
  46     @style{wxICON_NONE}
  47         Displays no icon in the dialog if possible (an icon might still be
  48         displayed if the current platform mandates its use). This style may be
  49         used to prevent the dialog from using the default icon based on @c
  50         wxYES_NO presence as explained in @c wxICON_QUESTION and @c
  51         wxICON_INFORMATION documentation below.
  52     @style{wxICON_EXCLAMATION}
  53         Displays an exclamation, or warning, icon in the dialog.
  54     @style{wxICON_ERROR}
  55         Displays an error icon in the dialog.
  56     @style{wxICON_HAND}
  57         Displays an error symbol, this is a MSW-inspired synonym for @c wxICON_ERROR.
  58     @style{wxICON_QUESTION}
  59         Displays a question mark symbol. This icon is automatically used
  60         with @c wxYES_NO so it's usually unnecessary to specify it explicitly.
  61         This style is not supported for message dialogs under wxMSW when a task
  62         dialog is used to implement them (i.e. when running under Windows Vista
  63         or later) because <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511273.aspx">Microsoft
  64         guidelines</a> indicate that no icon should be used for routine
  65         confirmations. If it is specified, no icon will be displayed.
  66     @style{wxICON_INFORMATION}
  67         Displays an information symbol. This icon is used by default if
  68         @c wxYES_NO is not given so it is usually unnecessary to specify it
  69         explicitly.
  70     @style{wxICON_AUTH_NEEDED}
  71         Displays an authentication needed symbol. This style is only supported
  72         for message dialogs under wxMSW when a task dialog is used to implement
  73         them (i.e. when running under Windows Vista or later). In other cases
  74         the default icon selection logic will be used. Note this can be
  75         combined with other styles to provide a fallback. For instance, using
  76         wxICON_AUTH_NEEDED | wxICON_QUESTION will show a shield symbol on
  77         Windows Vista or above and a question symbol on other platforms.
  78         Available since wxWidgets 2.9.5
  79     @style{wxSTAY_ON_TOP}
  80         Makes the message box stay on top of all other windows and not only
  81         just its parent (currently implemented only under MSW and GTK).
  82     @style{wxCENTRE}
  83         Centre the message box on its parent or on the screen if parent is not
  84         specified.
  85         Setting this style under MSW makes no differences as the dialog is
  86         always centered on the parent.
  87     @endStyleTable
  88
  89     @library{wxcore}
  90     @category{cmndlg}
  91
  92     @see @ref overview_cmndlg_msg
  93     @see wxRichMessageDialog
  94 */
  95 class wxMessageDialog : public wxDialog
  96 {
  97 public:
  98     /**
  99         Helper class allowing to use either stock id or string labels.
 100
 101         This class should never be used explicitly and is not really part of
 102         wxWidgets API but rather is just an implementation helper allowing the
 103         methods such as SetYesNoLabels() and SetOKCancelLabels() below to be
 104         callable with either stock ids (e.g. ::wxID_CLOSE) or strings
 105         ("&Close").
 106      */
 107     class ButtonLabel
 108     {
 109     public:
 110         /// Construct the label from a stock id.
 111         ButtonLabel(int stockId);
 112
 113         /// Construct the label from the specified string.
 114         ButtonLabel(const wxString& label);
 115
 116         /**
 117             Return the associated label as string.
 118
 119             Get the string label, whether it was originally specified directly
 120             or as a stock id -- this is only useful for platforms without native
 121             stock items id support
 122          */
 123         wxString GetAsString() const;
 124
 125         /**
 126             Return the stock id or wxID_NONE if this is not a stock label.
 127          */
 128         int GetStockId() const;
 129     };
 130
 131     /**
 132         Constructor specifying the message box properties.
 133         Use ShowModal() to show the dialog.
 134
 135         @a style may be a bit list of the identifiers described above.
 136
 137         Notice that not all styles are compatible: only one of @c wxOK and
 138         @c wxYES_NO may be specified (and one of them must be specified) and at
 139         most one default button style can be used and it is only valid if the
 140         corresponding button is shown in the message box.
 141
 142         @param parent
 143             Parent window.
 144         @param message
 145             Message to show in the dialog.
 146         @param caption
 147             The dialog title.
 148         @param style
 149             Combination of style flags described above.
 150         @param pos
 151             Dialog position (ignored under MSW).
 152     */
 153     wxMessageDialog(wxWindow* parent, const wxString& message,
 154                     const wxString& caption = wxMessageBoxCaptionStr,
 155                     long style = wxOK | wxCENTRE,
 156                     const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition);
 157
 158     /**
 159         Sets the extended message for the dialog: this message is usually an
 160         extension of the short message specified in the constructor or set with
 161         SetMessage().
 162
 163         If it is set, the main message appears highlighted -- if supported --
 164         and this message appears beneath it in normal font. On the platforms
 165         which don't support extended messages, it is simply appended to the
 166         normal message with an empty line separating them.
 167
 168         @since 2.9.0
 169     */
 170     virtual void SetExtendedMessage(const wxString& extendedMessage);
 171
 172     /**
 173         Sets the label for the Help button.
 174
 175         Please see the remarks in SetYesNoLabels() documentation.
 176
 177         Notice that changing the label of the help button resets its special
 178         status (if any, this depends on the platform) and it will be treated
 179         just like another button in this case.
 180
 181         @since 2.9.3
 182      */
 183     virtual bool SetHelpLabel(const ButtonLabel& help);
 184
 185     /**
 186         Sets the message shown by the dialog.
 187
 188         @since 2.9.0
 189     */
 190     virtual void SetMessage(const wxString& message);
 191
 192     /**
 193         Overrides the default labels of the OK and Cancel buttons.
 194
 195         Please see the remarks in SetYesNoLabels() documentation.
 196
 197         @since 2.9.0
 198     */
 199     virtual bool SetOKCancelLabels(const ButtonLabel& ok,
 200                                    const ButtonLabel& cancel);
 201
 202     /**
 203         Overrides the default label of the OK button.
 204
 205         Please see the remarks in SetYesNoLabels() documentation.
 206
 207         @since 2.9.0
 208     */
 209     virtual bool SetOKLabel(const ButtonLabel& ok);
 210
 211     /**
 212         Overrides the default labels of the Yes, No and Cancel buttons.
 213
 214         Please see the remarks in SetYesNoLabels() documentation.
 215
 216         @since 2.9.0
 217     */
 218     virtual bool SetYesNoCancelLabels(const ButtonLabel& yes,
 219                                       const ButtonLabel& no,
 220                                       const ButtonLabel& cancel);
 221
 222     /**
 223         Overrides the default labels of the Yes and No buttons.
 224
 225         The arguments of this function can be either strings or one of the
 226         standard identifiers, such as @c wxID_APPLY or @c wxID_OPEN. Notice
 227         that even if the label is specified as an identifier, the return value
 228         of the dialog ShowModal() method still remains one of @c wxID_OK, @c
 229         wxID_CANCEL, @c wxID_YES or @c wxID_NO values, i.e. this identifier
 230         changes only the label appearance but not the return code generated by
 231         the button. It is possible to mix stock identifiers and string labels
 232         in the same function call, for example:
 233         @code
 234         wxMessageDialog dlg(...);
 235         dlg.SetYesNoLabels(wxID_SAVE, _("&Don't save"));
 236         @endcode
 237
 238         Also notice that this function is not currently available on all
 239         platforms (although as of wxWidgets 2.9.0 it is implemented in all
 240         major ports), so it may return @false to indicate that the labels
 241         couldn't be changed. If it returns @true, the labels were set
 242         successfully.
 243
 244         Typically, if the function was used successfully, the main dialog
 245         message may need to be changed, e.g.:
 246         @code
 247         wxMessageDialog dlg(...);
 248         if ( dlg.SetYesNoLabels(_("&Quit"), _("&Don't quit")) )
 249             dlg.SetMessage(_("What do you want to do?"));
 250         else // buttons have standard "Yes"/"No" values, so rephrase the question
 251             dlg.SetMessage(_("Do you really want to quit?"));
 252         @endcode
 253
 254         @since 2.9.0
 255     */
 256     virtual bool SetYesNoLabels(const ButtonLabel& yes, const ButtonLabel& no);
 257
 258     /**
 259         Shows the dialog, returning one of wxID_OK, wxID_CANCEL, wxID_YES,
 260         wxID_NO or wxID_HELP.
 261
 262         Notice that this method returns the identifier of the button which was
 263         clicked unlike wxMessageBox() function.
 264     */
 265     virtual int ShowModal();
 266
 267
 268     wxString GetCaption() const;
 269     wxString GetMessage() const;
 270     wxString GetExtendedMessage() const;
 271     long GetMessageDialogStyle() const;
 272     bool HasCustomLabels() const;
 273     wxString GetYesLabel() const;
 274     wxString GetNoLabel() const;
 275     wxString GetOKLabel() const;
 276     wxString GetCancelLabel() const;
 277     wxString GetHelpLabel() const;
 278     long GetEffectiveIcon() const;
 279
 280 };
 281
 282
 283
 284 // ============================================================================
 285 // Global functions/macros
 286 // ============================================================================
 287
 288 /** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_dialog */
 289 //@{
 290
 291 /**
 292     Show a general purpose message dialog.
 293
 294     This is a convenient function which is usually used instead of using
 295     wxMessageDialog directly. Notice however that some of the features, such as
 296     extended text and custom labels for the message box buttons, are not
 297     provided by this function but only by wxMessageDialog.
 298
 299     The return value is one of: @c wxYES, @c wxNO, @c wxCANCEL, @c wxOK or @c
 300     wxHELP (notice that this return value is @b different from the return value
 301     of wxMessageDialog::ShowModal()).
 302
 303     For example:
 304     @code
 305     int answer = wxMessageBox("Quit program?", "Confirm",
 306                               wxYES_NO | wxCANCEL, main_frame);
 307     if (answer == wxYES)
 308         main_frame->Close();
 309     @endcode
 310
 311     @a message may contain newline characters, in which case the message will
 312     be split into separate lines, to cater for large messages.
 313
 314     @param message
 315         Message to show in the dialog.
 316     @param caption
 317         The dialog title.
 318     @param parent
 319         Parent window.
 320     @param style
 321         Combination of style flags described in wxMessageDialog documentation.
 322     @param x
 323         Horizontal dialog position (ignored under MSW). Use ::wxDefaultCoord
 324         for @a x and @a y to let the system position the window.
 325     @param y
 326         Vertical dialog position (ignored under MSW).
 327
 328     @header{wx/msgdlg.h}
 329 */
 330 int wxMessageBox(const wxString& message,
 331                  const wxString& caption = wxMessageBoxCaptionStr,
 332                  int style = wxOK | wxCENTRE,
 333                  wxWindow* parent = NULL,
 334                  int x = wxDefaultCoord,
 335                  int y = wxDefaultCoord);
 336
 337 //@}
 338