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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: toplevel.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxTopLevelWindow
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9 /**
10 @class wxTopLevelWindow
11 @wxheader{toplevel.h}
12
13 wxTopLevelWindow is a common base class for wxDialog and
14 wxFrame. It is an abstract base class meaning that you never
15 work with objects of this class directly, but all of its methods are also
16 applicable for the two classes above.
17
18 @library{wxcore}
19 @category{managedwnd}
20
21 @see wxTopLevelWindow::SetTransparent
22 */
23 class wxTopLevelWindow : public wxWindow
24 {
25 public:
26 /**
27 Returns @true if the platform supports making the window translucent.
28
29 @see SetTransparent()
30 */
31 virtual bool CanSetTransparent();
32
33 /**
34 A synonym for CentreOnScreen().
35 */
36 void CenterOnScreen(int direction);
37
38 /**
39 Centres the window on screen.
40
41 @param direction
42 Specifies the direction for the centering. May be wxHORIZONTAL, wxVERTICAL
43 or wxBOTH.
44
45 @see wxWindow::CentreOnParent
46 */
47 void CentreOnScreen(int direction = wxBOTH);
48
49 /**
50 Enables or disables the Close button (most often in the right
51 upper corner of a dialog) and the Close entry of the system
52 menu (most often in the left upper corner of the dialog).
53 Currently only implemented for wxMSW and wxGTK. Returns
54 @true if operation was successful. This may be wrong on
55 X11 (including GTK+) where the window manager may not support
56 this operation and there is no way to find out.
57 */
58 bool EnableCloseButton(bool enable = true);
59
60 /**
61 Returns a pointer to the button which is the default for this window, or @c
62 @NULL.
63 The default button is the one activated by pressing the Enter key.
64 */
65 wxWindow* GetDefaultItem() const;
66
67 /**
68 Returns the standard icon of the window. The icon will be invalid if it hadn't
69 been previously set by SetIcon().
70
71 @see GetIcons()
72 */
73 const wxIcon GetIcon() const;
74
75 /**
76 Returns all icons associated with the window, there will be none of them if
77 neither SetIcon() nor
78 SetIcons() had been called before.
79 Use GetIcon() to get the main icon of the
80 window.
81
82 @see wxIconBundle
83 */
84 const wxIconBundle GetIcons() const;
85
86 /**
87 Gets a string containing the window title.
88
89 @see SetTitle()
90 */
91 wxString GetTitle() const;
92
93 /**
94 Unique to the wxWinCE port. Responds to showing/hiding SIP (soft input panel)
95 area and resize
96 window accordingly. Override this if you want to avoid resizing or do additional
97 operations.
98 */
99 virtual bool HandleSettingChange(WXWPARAM wParam,
100 WXLPARAM lParam);
101
102 /**
103 Iconizes or restores the window.
104
105 @param iconize
106 If @true, iconizes the window; if @false, shows and restores it.
107
108 @see IsIconized(), Maximize().
109 */
110 void Iconize(bool iconize);
111
112 /**
113 Returns @true if this window is currently active, i.e. if the user is
114 currently
115 working with it.
116 */
117 bool IsActive() const;
118
119 /**
120 Returns @true if this window is expected to be always maximized, either due
121 to platform policy
122 or due to local policy regarding particular class.
123 */
124 virtual bool IsAlwaysMaximized() const;
125
126 /**
127 Returns @true if the window is in fullscreen mode.
128
129 @see ShowFullScreen()
130 */
131 bool IsFullScreen();
132
133 /**
134 Returns @true if the window is iconized.
135 */
136 bool IsIconized() const;
137
138 /**
139 Returns @true if the window is maximized.
140 */
141 bool IsMaximized() const;
142
143 /**
144 @b @c This method is specific to wxUniversal port
145 Returns @true if this window is using native decorations, @false if we draw
146 them ourselves.
147
148 @see UseNativeDecorations(),
149 UseNativeDecorationsByDefault()
150 */
151 bool IsUsingNativeDecorations() const;
152
153 /**
154 Maximizes or restores the window.
155
156 @param maximize
157 If @true, maximizes the window, otherwise it restores it.
158
159 @see Iconize()
160 */
161 void Maximize(bool maximize);
162
163 /**
164 Use a system-dependent way to attract users attention to the window when it is
165 in background.
166 @a flags may have the value of either @c wxUSER_ATTENTION_INFO
167 (default) or @c wxUSER_ATTENTION_ERROR which results in a more drastic
168 action. When in doubt, use the default value.
169 Note that this function should normally be only used when the application is
170 not already in foreground.
171 This function is currently implemented for Win32 where it flashes the
172 window icon in the taskbar, and for wxGTK with task bars supporting it.
173 */
174 void RequestUserAttention(int flags = wxUSER_ATTENTION_INFO);
175
176 /**
177 Changes the default item for the panel, usually @a win is a button.
178
179 @see GetDefaultItem()
180 */
181 void SetDefaultItem(wxWindow win);
182
183 /**
184 Sets the icon for this window.
185
186 @param icon
187 The icon to associate with this window.
188
189 @remarks The window takes a 'copy' of icon, but since it uses reference
190 counting, the copy is very quick. It is safe to delete
191 icon after calling this function.
192 */
193 void SetIcon(const wxIcon& icon);
194
195 /**
196 Sets several icons of different sizes for this window: this allows to use
197 different icons for different situations (e.g. task switching bar, taskbar,
198 window title bar) instead of scaling, with possibly bad looking results, the
199 only icon set by SetIcon().
200
201 @param icons
202 The icons to associate with this window.
203
204 @see wxIconBundle.
205 */
206 void SetIcons(const wxIconBundle& icons);
207
208 /**
209 Sets action or menu activated by pressing left hardware button on the smart
210 phones.
211 Unavailable on full keyboard machines.
212
213 @param id
214 Identifier for this button.
215 @param label
216 Text to be displayed on the screen area dedicated to this hardware button.
217 @param subMenu
218 The menu to be opened after pressing this hardware button.
219
220 @see SetRightMenu().
221 */
222 void SetLeftMenu(int id = wxID_ANY,
223 const wxString& label = wxEmptyString,
224 wxMenu* subMenu = NULL);
225
226 /**
227 A simpler interface for setting the size hints than
228 SetSizeHints().
229 */
230 void SetMaxSize(const wxSize& size);
231
232 /**
233 A simpler interface for setting the size hints than
234 SetSizeHints().
235 */
236 void SetMinSize(const wxSize& size);
237
238 /**
239 Sets action or menu activated by pressing right hardware button on the smart
240 phones.
241 Unavailable on full keyboard machines.
242
243 @param id
244 Identifier for this button.
245 @param label
246 Text to be displayed on the screen area dedicated to this hardware button.
247 @param subMenu
248 The menu to be opened after pressing this hardware button.
249
250 @see SetLeftMenu().
251 */
252 void SetRightMenu(int id = wxID_ANY,
253 const wxString& label = wxEmptyString,
254 wxMenu* subMenu = NULL);
255
256 /**
257 If the platform supports it, sets the shape of the window to that
258 depicted by @e region. The system will not display or
259 respond to any mouse event for the pixels that lie outside of the
260 region. To reset the window to the normal rectangular shape simply
261 call @e SetShape again with an empty region. Returns @true if the
262 operation is successful.
263 */
264 bool SetShape(const wxRegion& region);
265
266 //@{
267 /**
268 Allows specification of minimum and maximum window sizes, and window size
269 increments.
270 If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), no constraints will be used.
271
272 @param incW
273 Specifies the increment for sizing the width (GTK/Motif/Xt only).
274 @param incH
275 Specifies the increment for sizing the height (GTK/Motif/Xt only).
276 @param incSize
277 Increment size (only taken into account under X11-based
278 ports such as wxGTK/wxMotif/wxX11).
279
280 @remarks Notice that this function not only prevents the user from
281 resizing the window outside the given bounds but it
282 also prevents the program itself from doing it using
283 SetSize.
284 */
285 virtual void SetSizeHints(int minW, int minH, int maxW = -1,
286 int maxH = -1,
287 int incW = -1,
288 int incH = -1);
289 void SetSizeHints(const wxSize& minSize,
290 const wxSize& maxSize = wxDefaultSize,
291 const wxSize& incSize = wxDefaultSize);
292 //@}
293
294 /**
295 Sets the window title.
296
297 @param title
298 The window title.
299
300 @see GetTitle()
301 */
302 virtual void SetTitle(const wxString& title);
303
304 /**
305 If the platform supports it will set the window to be translucent
306
307 @param alpha
308 Determines how opaque or transparent the window will
309 be, if the platform supports the opreration. A value of 0 sets the
310 window to be fully transparent, and a value of 255 sets the window
311 to be fully opaque.
312 */
313 virtual bool SetTransparent(int alpha);
314
315 /**
316 This virtual function is not meant to be called directly but can be overridden
317 to return @false (it returns @true by default) to allow the application to
318 close even if this, presumably not very important, window is still opened.
319 By default, the application stays alive as long as there are any open top level
320 windows.
321 */
322 virtual bool ShouldPreventAppExit() const;
323
324 /**
325 Depending on the value of @a show parameter the window is either shown full
326 screen or restored to its normal state. @a style is a bit list containing
327 some or all of the following values, which indicate what elements of the window
328 to hide in full-screen mode:
329 wxFULLSCREEN_NOMENUBAR
330 wxFULLSCREEN_NOTOOLBAR
331 wxFULLSCREEN_NOSTATUSBAR
332 wxFULLSCREEN_NOBORDER
333 wxFULLSCREEN_NOCAPTION
334 wxFULLSCREEN_ALL (all of the above)
335 This function has not been tested with MDI frames.
336 Note that showing a window full screen also actually
337 @ref wxWindow::show Show()s if it hadn't been shown yet.
338
339 @see IsFullScreen()
340 */
341 bool ShowFullScreen(bool show, long style = wxFULLSCREEN_ALL);
342
343 /**
344 @b @c This method is specific to wxUniversal port
345 Use native or custom-drawn decorations for this window only. Notice that to
346 have any effect this method must be called before really creating the window,
347 i.e. two step creation must be used:
348
349 @see UseNativeDecorationsByDefault(),
350 IsUsingNativeDecorations()
351 */
352 void UseNativeDecorations(bool native = true);
353
354 /**
355 @b @c This method is specific to wxUniversal port
356 Top level windows in wxUniversal port can use either system-provided window
357 decorations (i.e. title bar and various icons, buttons and menus in it) or draw
358 the decorations themselves. By default the system decorations are used if they
359 are available, but this method can be called with @a native set to @false to
360 change this for all windows created after this point.
361 Also note that if @c WXDECOR environment variable is set, then custom
362 decorations are used by default and so it may make sense to call this method
363 with default argument if the application can't use custom decorations at all
364 for some reason.
365 */
366 void UseNativeDecorationsByDefault(bool native = true);
367 };
368