Document wxCENTRE style for wxMessageDialog.
[wxWidgets.git] / interface / wx / msgdlg.h
1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: msgdlg.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxMessageDialog
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9 /**
10 @class wxMessageDialog
11
12 This class represents a dialog that shows a single or multi-line message,
13 with a choice of OK, Yes, No and Cancel buttons.
14
15 @beginStyleTable
16 @style{wxOK}
17 Puts an Ok button in the message box. May be combined with @c wxCANCEL.
18 @style{wxCANCEL}
19 Puts a Cancel button in the message box. Must be combined with
20 either @c wxOK or @c wxYES_NO.
21 @style{wxYES_NO}
22 Puts Yes and No buttons in the message box. May be combined with
23 @c wxCANCEL.
24 @style{wxNO_DEFAULT}
25 Makes the "No" button default, can only be used with @c wxYES_NO.
26 @style{wxCANCEL_DEFAULT}
27 Makes the "Cancel" button default, can only be used with @c wxCANCEL
28 @style{wxYES_DEFAULT}
29 Makes the "Yes" button default, this is the default behaviour and
30 this flag exists solely for symmetry with @c wxNO_DEFAULT.
31 @style{wxOK_DEFAULT}
32 Makes the "OK" button default, this is the default behaviour and
33 this flag exists solely for symmetry with @c wxCANCEL_DEFAULT.
34 @style{wxICON_NONE}
35 Displays no icon in the dialog if possible (an icon might still be
36 displayed if the current platform mandates its use). This style may be
37 used to prevent the dialog from using the default icon based on @c
38 wxYES_NO presence as explained in @c wxICON_QUESTION and @c
39 wxICON_INFORMATION documentation below.
40 @style{wxICON_EXCLAMATION}
41 Displays an exclamation, or warning, icon in the dialog.
42 @style{wxICON_ERROR}
43 Displays an error icon in the dialog.
44 @style{wxICON_HAND}
45 Displays an error symbol, this is a MSW-inspired synonym for @c wxICON_ERROR.
46 @style{wxICON_QUESTION}
47 Displays a question mark symbol. This icon is automatically used
48 with @c wxYES_NO so it's usually unnecessary to specify it explicitly.
49 @style{wxICON_INFORMATION}
50 Displays an information symbol. This icon is used by default if
51 @c wxYES_NO is not given so it is usually unnecessary to specify it
52 explicitly.
53 @style{wxSTAY_ON_TOP}
54 Makes the message box stay on top of all other windows and not only
55 just its parent (currently implemented only under MSW and GTK).
56 @style{wxCENTRE}
57 Centre the message box on its parent or on the screen if parent is not
58 specified (currently only implemented under MSW).
59 @endStyleTable
60
61 @library{wxcore}
62 @category{cmndlg}
63
64 @see @ref overview_cmndlg_msg
65 */
66 class wxMessageDialog : public wxDialog
67 {
68 public:
69 /**
70 Constructor specifying the message box properties.
71 Use ShowModal() to show the dialog.
72
73 @a style may be a bit list of the identifiers described above.
74
75 Notice that not all styles are compatible: only one of @c wxOK and
76 @c wxYES_NO may be specified (and one of them must be specified) and at
77 most one default button style can be used and it is only valid if the
78 corresponding button is shown in the message box.
79
80 @param parent
81 Parent window.
82 @param message
83 Message to show in the dialog.
84 @param caption
85 The dialog title.
86 @param style
87 Combination of style flags described above.
88 @param pos
89 Dialog position (ignored under MSW).
90 */
91 wxMessageDialog(wxWindow* parent, const wxString& message,
92 const wxString& caption = wxMessageBoxCaptionStr,
93 long style = wxOK | wxCENTRE,
94 const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition);
95
96 /**
97 Sets the extended message for the dialog: this message is usually an
98 extension of the short message specified in the constructor or set with
99 SetMessage().
100
101 If it is set, the main message appears highlighted -- if supported --
102 and this message appears beneath it in normal font. On the platforms
103 which don't support extended messages, it is simply appended to the
104 normal message with an empty line separating them.
105
106 @since 2.9.0
107 */
108 virtual void SetExtendedMessage(const wxString& extendedMessage);
109
110 /**
111 Sets the message shown by the dialog.
112
113 @since 2.9.0
114 */
115 virtual void SetMessage(const wxString& message);
116
117 /**
118 Overrides the default labels of the OK and Cancel buttons.
119
120 Please see the remarks in SetYesNoLabels() documentation.
121
122 @since 2.9.0
123 */
124 virtual bool SetOKCancelLabels(const ButtonLabel& ok,
125 const ButtonLabel& cancel);
126
127 /**
128 Overrides the default label of the OK button.
129
130 Please see the remarks in SetYesNoLabels() documentation.
131
132 @since 2.9.0
133 */
134 virtual bool SetOKLabel(const ButtonLabel& ok);
135
136 /**
137 Overrides the default labels of the Yes, No and Cancel buttons.
138
139 Please see the remarks in SetYesNoLabels() documentation.
140
141 @since 2.9.0
142 */
143 virtual bool SetYesNoCancelLabels(const ButtonLabel& yes,
144 const ButtonLabel& no,
145 const ButtonLabel& cancel);
146
147 /**
148 Overrides the default labels of the Yes and No buttons.
149
150 The arguments of this function can be either strings or one of the
151 standard identifiers, such as @c wxID_APPLY or @c wxID_OPEN. Notice
152 that even if the label is specified as an identifier, the return value
153 of the dialog ShowModal() method still remains one of @c wxID_OK, @c
154 wxID_CANCEL, @c wxID_YES or @c wxID_NO values, i.e. this identifier
155 changes only the label appearance but not the return code generated by
156 the button. It is possible to mix stock identifiers and string labels
157 in the same function call, for example:
158 @code
159 wxMessageDialog dlg(...);
160 dlg.SetYesNoLabels(wxID_SAVE, _("&Don't save"));
161 @endcode
162
163 Also notice that this function is not currently available on all
164 platforms (although as of wxWidgets 2.9.0 it is implemented in all
165 major ports), so it may return @false to indicate that the labels
166 couldn't be changed. If it returns @true, the labels were set
167 successfully.
168
169 Typically, if the function was used successfully, the main dialog
170 message may need to be changed, e.g.:
171 @code
172 wxMessageDialog dlg(...);
173 if ( dlg.SetYesNoLabels(_("&Quit"), _("&Don't quit")) )
174 dlg.SetMessage(_("What do you want to do?"));
175 else // buttons have standard "Yes"/"No" values, so rephrase the question
176 dlg.SetMessage(_("Do you really want to quit?"));
177 @endcode
178
179 @since 2.9.0
180 */
181 virtual bool SetYesNoLabels(const ButtonLabel& yes, const ButtonLabel& no);
182
183 /**
184 Shows the dialog, returning one of wxID_OK, wxID_CANCEL, wxID_YES, wxID_NO.
185
186 Notice that this method returns the identifier of the button which was
187 clicked unlike wxMessageBox() function.
188 */
189 virtual int ShowModal();
190 };
191
192
193
194 // ============================================================================
195 // Global functions/macros
196 // ============================================================================
197
198 /** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_dialog */
199 //@{
200
201 /**
202 Show a general purpose message dialog.
203
204 This is a convenient function which is usually used instead of using
205 wxMessageDialog directly. Notice however that some of the features, such as
206 extended text and custom labels for the message box buttons, are not
207 provided by this function but only by wxMessageDialog.
208
209 The return value is one of: @c wxYES, @c wxNO, @c wxCANCEL or @c wxOK
210 (notice that this return value is @b different from the return value of
211 wxMessageDialog::ShowModal()).
212
213 For example:
214 @code
215 int answer = wxMessageBox("Quit program?", "Confirm",
216 wxYES_NO | wxCANCEL, main_frame);
217 if (answer == wxYES)
218 main_frame->Close();
219 @endcode
220
221 @a message may contain newline characters, in which case the message will
222 be split into separate lines, to cater for large messages.
223
224 @param message
225 Message to show in the dialog.
226 @param caption
227 The dialog title.
228 @param parent
229 Parent window.
230 @param style
231 Combination of style flags described in wxMessageDialog documentation.
232 @param x
233 Horizontal dialog position (ignored under MSW). Use ::wxDefaultCoord
234 for @a x and @a y to let the system position the window.
235 @param y
236 Vertical dialog position (ignored under MSW).
237 @header{wx/msgdlg.h}
238 */
239 int wxMessageBox(const wxString& message,
240 const wxString& caption = "Message",
241 int style = wxOK,
242 wxWindow* parent = NULL,
243 int x = wxDefaultCoord,
244 int y = wxDefaultCoord);
245
246 //@}
247