interface/wx/settings.h

   1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   2 // Name:        settings.h
   3 // Purpose:     interface of wxSystemSettings
   4 // Author:      wxWidgets team
   5 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
   6 // Licence:     wxWindows licence
   7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   8
   9
  10 /**
  11     Possible values for wxSystemSettings::GetFont() parameter.
  12
  13     These values map 1:1 the native values supported by the Windows' @c GetStockObject
  14     function. Note that other ports (other than wxMSW) will try to provide meaningful
  15     fonts but they usually map the same font to various @c wxSYS_*_FONT values.
  16 */
  17 enum wxSystemFont
  18 {
  19     /// Original equipment manufacturer dependent fixed-pitch font.
  20     wxSYS_OEM_FIXED_FONT = 10,
  21
  22     /// Windows fixed-pitch (monospaced) font.
  23     wxSYS_ANSI_FIXED_FONT,
  24
  25     /// Windows variable-pitch (proportional) font.
  26     wxSYS_ANSI_VAR_FONT,
  27
  28     /// System font. By default, the system uses the system font to draw menus,
  29     /// dialog box controls, and text.
  30     wxSYS_SYSTEM_FONT,
  31
  32     /// Device-dependent font (Windows NT and later only).
  33     wxSYS_DEVICE_DEFAULT_FONT,
  34
  35     /**
  36         Default font for user interface objects such as menus and dialog boxes.
  37         Note that with modern GUIs nothing guarantees that the same font is used
  38         for all GUI elements, so some controls might use a different font by default.
  39     */
  40     wxSYS_DEFAULT_GUI_FONT
  41 };
  42
  43
  44 /**
  45     Possible values for wxSystemSettings::GetColour() parameter.
  46
  47     These values map 1:1 the native values supported by the Windows' @c GetSysColor
  48     function. Note that other ports (other than wxMSW) will try to provide meaningful
  49     colours but they usually map the same colour to various @c wxSYS_COLOUR_* values.
  50 */
  51 enum wxSystemColour
  52 {
  53     wxSYS_COLOUR_SCROLLBAR,           //!< The scrollbar grey area.
  54     wxSYS_COLOUR_DESKTOP,             //!< The desktop colour.
  55     wxSYS_COLOUR_ACTIVECAPTION,       //!< Active window caption colour.
  56     wxSYS_COLOUR_INACTIVECAPTION,     //!< Inactive window caption colour.
  57     wxSYS_COLOUR_MENU,                //!< Menu background colour.
  58     wxSYS_COLOUR_WINDOW,              //!< Window background colour.
  59     wxSYS_COLOUR_WINDOWFRAME,         //!< Window frame colour.
  60     wxSYS_COLOUR_MENUTEXT,            //!< Colour of the text used in the menus.
  61     wxSYS_COLOUR_WINDOWTEXT,          //!< Colour of the text used in generic windows.
  62     wxSYS_COLOUR_CAPTIONTEXT,         //!< Colour of the text used in captions, size boxes and scrollbar arrow boxes.
  63     wxSYS_COLOUR_ACTIVEBORDER,        //!< Active window border colour.
  64     wxSYS_COLOUR_INACTIVEBORDER,      //!< Inactive window border colour.
  65     wxSYS_COLOUR_APPWORKSPACE,        //!< Background colour for MDI applications.
  66     wxSYS_COLOUR_HIGHLIGHT,           //!< Colour of item(s) selected in a control.
  67     wxSYS_COLOUR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT,       //!< Colour of the text of item(s) selected in a control.
  68     wxSYS_COLOUR_BTNFACE,             //!< Face shading colour on push buttons.
  69     wxSYS_COLOUR_BTNSHADOW,           //!< Edge shading colour on push buttons.
  70     wxSYS_COLOUR_GRAYTEXT,            //!< Colour of greyed (disabled) text.
  71     wxSYS_COLOUR_BTNTEXT,             //!< Colour of the text on push buttons.
  72     wxSYS_COLOUR_INACTIVECAPTIONTEXT, //!< Colour of the text in active captions.
  73     wxSYS_COLOUR_BTNHIGHLIGHT,        //!< Highlight colour for buttons.
  74     wxSYS_COLOUR_3DDKSHADOW,          //!< Dark shadow colour for three-dimensional display elements.
  75     wxSYS_COLOUR_3DLIGHT,             //!< Light colour for three-dimensional display elements.
  76     wxSYS_COLOUR_INFOTEXT,            //!< Text colour for tooltip controls.
  77     wxSYS_COLOUR_INFOBK,              //!< Background colour for tooltip controls.
  78     wxSYS_COLOUR_LISTBOX,             //!< Background colour for list-like contols.
  79     wxSYS_COLOUR_HOTLIGHT,            //!< Colour for a hyperlink or hot-tracked item.
  80
  81     /**
  82         Right side colour in the color gradient of an active window's title bar.
  83         @c wxSYS_COLOUR_ACTIVECAPTION specifies the left side color.
  84     */
  85     wxSYS_COLOUR_GRADIENTACTIVECAPTION,
  86
  87     /**
  88         Right side colour in the color gradient of an inactive window's title bar.
  89         @c wxSYS_COLOUR_INACTIVECAPTION specifies the left side color.
  90     */
  91     wxSYS_COLOUR_GRADIENTINACTIVECAPTION,
  92
  93     /**
  94         The colour used to highlight menu items when the menu appears as a flat menu.
  95         The highlighted menu item is outlined with @c wxSYS_COLOUR_HIGHLIGHT.
  96     */
  97     wxSYS_COLOUR_MENUHILIGHT,
  98
  99     /**
 100         The background colour for the menu bar when menus appear as flat menus.
 101         However, @c wxSYS_COLOUR_MENU continues to specify the background color of the menu popup.
 102     */
 103     wxSYS_COLOUR_MENUBAR,
 104
 105     /**
 106         Text colour for list-like controls.
 107
 108         @since 2.9.0
 109      */
 110     wxSYS_COLOUR_LISTBOXTEXT,
 111
 112     /**
 113         Text colour for the unfocused selection of list-like controls.
 114
 115         @since 2.9.1
 116      */
 117     wxSYS_COLOUR_LISTBOXHIGHLIGHTTEXT,
 118
 119     wxSYS_COLOUR_MAX
 120
 121
 122
 123     // synonyms:
 124
 125     wxSYS_COLOUR_BACKGROUND = wxSYS_COLOUR_DESKTOP,
 126         //!< Synonym for @c wxSYS_COLOUR_DESKTOP.
 127     wxSYS_COLOUR_3DFACE = wxSYS_COLOUR_BTNFACE,
 128         //!< Synonym for @c wxSYS_COLOUR_BTNFACE.
 129     wxSYS_COLOUR_3DSHADOW = wxSYS_COLOUR_BTNSHADOW,
 130         //!< Synonym for @c wxSYS_COLOUR_BTNSHADOW.
 131     wxSYS_COLOUR_BTNHILIGHT = wxSYS_COLOUR_BTNHIGHLIGHT,
 132         //!< Synonym for @c wxSYS_COLOUR_BTNHIGHLIGHT.
 133     wxSYS_COLOUR_3DHIGHLIGHT = wxSYS_COLOUR_BTNHIGHLIGHT,
 134         //!< Synonym for @c wxSYS_COLOUR_BTNHIGHLIGHT.
 135     wxSYS_COLOUR_3DHILIGHT = wxSYS_COLOUR_BTNHIGHLIGHT,
 136         //!< Synonym for @c wxSYS_COLOUR_BTNHIGHLIGHT.
 137
 138     /**
 139         Synonim for @c wxSYS_COLOUR_BTNFACE.
 140
 141         On wxMSW this colour should be used as the background colour of
 142         wxFrames which are used as containers of controls; this is in fact the
 143         same colour used for the borders of controls like e.g. wxNotebook or
 144         for the background of e.g. wxPanel.
 145
 146         @since 2.9.0
 147     */
 148     wxSYS_COLOUR_FRAMEBK = wxSYS_COLOUR_BTNFACE
 149 };
 150
 151 /**
 152     Possible values for wxSystemSettings::GetMetric() index parameter.
 153 */
 154 enum wxSystemMetric
 155 {
 156     wxSYS_MOUSE_BUTTONS,      //!< Number of buttons on mouse, or zero if no mouse was installed.
 157     wxSYS_BORDER_X,           //!< Width of single border.
 158     wxSYS_BORDER_Y,           //!< Height of single border.
 159     wxSYS_CURSOR_X,           //!< Width of cursor.
 160     wxSYS_CURSOR_Y,           //!< Height of cursor.
 161     wxSYS_DCLICK_X,           //!< Width in pixels of rectangle within which two successive mouse clicks must fall to generate a double-click.
 162     wxSYS_DCLICK_Y,           //!< Height in pixels of rectangle within which two successive mouse clicks must fall to generate a double-click.
 163     wxSYS_DCLICK_MSEC,        //!< Maximal time, in milliseconds, which may pass between subsequent clicks for a double click to be generated.
 164     wxSYS_DRAG_X,             //!< Width in pixels of a rectangle centered on a drag point to allow for limited movement of the mouse pointer before a drag operation begins.
 165     wxSYS_DRAG_Y,             //!< Height in pixels of a rectangle centered on a drag point to allow for limited movement of the mouse pointer before a drag operation begins.
 166     wxSYS_EDGE_X,             //!< Width of a 3D border, in pixels.
 167     wxSYS_EDGE_Y,             //!< Height of a 3D border, in pixels.
 168     wxSYS_HSCROLL_ARROW_X,    //!< Width of arrow bitmap on horizontal scrollbar.
 169     wxSYS_HSCROLL_ARROW_Y,    //!< Height of arrow bitmap on horizontal scrollbar.
 170     wxSYS_HTHUMB_X,           //!< Width of horizontal scrollbar thumb.
 171     wxSYS_ICON_X,             //!< The default width of an icon.
 172     wxSYS_ICON_Y,             //!< The default height of an icon.
 173     wxSYS_ICONSPACING_X,      //!< Width of a grid cell for items in large icon view, in pixels. Each item fits into a rectangle of this size when arranged.
 174     wxSYS_ICONSPACING_Y,      //!< Height of a grid cell for items in large icon view, in pixels. Each item fits into a rectangle of this size when arranged.
 175     wxSYS_WINDOWMIN_X,        //!< Minimum width of a window.
 176     wxSYS_WINDOWMIN_Y,        //!< Minimum height of a window.
 177     wxSYS_SCREEN_X,           //!< Width of the screen in pixels.
 178     wxSYS_SCREEN_Y,           //!< Height of the screen in pixels.
 179     wxSYS_FRAMESIZE_X,        //!< Width of the window frame for a wxTHICK_FRAME window.
 180     wxSYS_FRAMESIZE_Y,        //!< Height of the window frame for a wxTHICK_FRAME window.
 181     wxSYS_SMALLICON_X,        //!< Recommended width of a small icon (in window captions, and small icon view).
 182     wxSYS_SMALLICON_Y,        //!< Recommended height of a small icon (in window captions, and small icon view).
 183     wxSYS_HSCROLL_Y,          //!< Height of horizontal scrollbar in pixels.
 184     wxSYS_VSCROLL_X,          //!< Width of vertical scrollbar in pixels.
 185     wxSYS_VSCROLL_ARROW_X,    //!< Width of arrow bitmap on a vertical scrollbar.
 186     wxSYS_VSCROLL_ARROW_Y,    //!< Height of arrow bitmap on a vertical scrollbar.
 187     wxSYS_VTHUMB_Y,           //!< Height of vertical scrollbar thumb.
 188     wxSYS_CAPTION_Y,          //!< Height of normal caption area.
 189     wxSYS_MENU_Y,             //!< Height of single-line menu bar.
 190     wxSYS_NETWORK_PRESENT,    //!< 1 if there is a network present, 0 otherwise.
 191     wxSYS_PENWINDOWS_PRESENT, //!< 1 if PenWindows is installed, 0 otherwise.
 192     wxSYS_SHOW_SOUNDS,        //!< Non-zero if the user requires an application to present information
 193                               //!< visually in situations where it would otherwise present the information
 194                               //!< only in audible form; zero otherwise.
 195     wxSYS_SWAP_BUTTONS,       //!< Non-zero if the meanings of the left and right mouse buttons are swapped; zero otherwise.
 196     wxSYS_DCLICK_MSEC
 197 };
 198
 199 /**
 200     Possible values for wxSystemSettings::HasFeature() parameter.
 201 */
 202 enum wxSystemFeature
 203 {
 204     wxSYS_CAN_DRAW_FRAME_DECORATIONS = 1,
 205     wxSYS_CAN_ICONIZE_FRAME,
 206     wxSYS_TABLET_PRESENT
 207 };
 208
 209 /**
 210     Values for different screen designs. See wxSystemSettings::GetScreenType().
 211 */
 212 enum wxSystemScreenType
 213 {
 214     wxSYS_SCREEN_NONE = 0,  //!< Undefined screen type.
 215
 216     wxSYS_SCREEN_TINY,      //!< Tiny screen, less than 320x240
 217     wxSYS_SCREEN_PDA,       //!< PDA screen, 320x240 or more but less than 640x480
 218     wxSYS_SCREEN_SMALL,     //!< Small screen, 640x480 or more but less than 800x600
 219     wxSYS_SCREEN_DESKTOP    //!< Desktop screen, 800x600 or more
 220 };
 221
 222
 223 /**
 224     @class wxSystemSettings
 225
 226     wxSystemSettings allows the application to ask for details about the system.
 227
 228     This can include settings such as standard colours, fonts, and user interface
 229     element sizes.
 230
 231     @library{wxcore}
 232     @category{cfg}
 233
 234     @see wxFont, wxColour, wxSystemOptions
 235 */
 236 class wxSystemSettings : public wxObject
 237 {
 238 public:
 239     /**
 240         Default constructor.
 241
 242         You don't need to create an instance of wxSystemSettings
 243         since all of its functions are static.
 244     */
 245     wxSystemSettings();
 246
 247     /**
 248         Returns a system colour.
 249
 250         @param index
 251             Can be one of the ::wxSystemColour enum values.
 252
 253         @return
 254             The returned colour is always valid.
 255     */
 256     static wxColour GetColour(wxSystemColour index);
 257
 258     /**
 259         Returns a system font.
 260
 261         @param index
 262             Can be one of the ::wxSystemFont enum values.
 263
 264         @return
 265             The returned font is always valid.
 266     */
 267     static wxFont GetFont(wxSystemFont index);
 268
 269     /**
 270         Returns the value of a system metric, or -1 if the metric is not supported on
 271         the current system.
 272
 273         The value of @a win determines if the metric returned is a global value or
 274         a wxWindow based value, in which case it might determine the widget, the
 275         display the window is on, or something similar. The window given should be as
 276         close to the metric as possible (e.g a wxTopLevelWindow in case of the
 277         wxSYS_CAPTION_Y metric).
 278
 279         @a index can be one of the ::wxSystemMetric enum values.
 280
 281         @a win is a pointer to the window for which the metric is requested.
 282         Specifying the @a win parameter is encouraged, because some metrics on some
 283         ports are not supported without one,or they might be capable of reporting
 284         better values if given one. If a window does not make sense for a metric,
 285         one should still be given, as for example it might determine which displays
 286         cursor width is requested with wxSYS_CURSOR_X.
 287     */
 288     static int GetMetric(wxSystemMetric index, wxWindow* win = NULL);
 289
 290     /**
 291         Returns the screen type.
 292         The return value is one of the ::wxSystemScreenType enum values.
 293     */
 294     static wxSystemScreenType GetScreenType();
 295
 296     /**
 297         Returns @true if the port has certain feature.
 298         See the ::wxSystemFeature enum values.
 299     */
 300     static bool HasFeature(wxSystemFeature index);
 301 };
 302