1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: interface of wxWindow
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11 Background styles. See wxWindow::SetBackgroundStyle().
13 enum wxBackgroundStyle
15 /// Use the default background, as determined by
16 /// the system or the current theme.
19 /// Use a solid colour for the background, this style is set automatically if you call
20 /// SetBackgroundColour() so you only need to set it explicitly if you had
21 /// changed the background style to something else before.
24 /// Don't draw the background at all, it's supposed that it is drawn by
25 /// the user-defined erase background event handler.
26 /// This style should be used to avoid flicker when the background is entirely
30 /// The background is (partially) transparent,this style is automatically set if you call
31 /// SetTransparent() which is used to set the transparency level.
32 wxBG_STYLE_TRANSPARENT
37 Valid values for wxWindow::ShowWithEffect() and wxWindow::HideWithEffect().
41 /// Roll window to the left
42 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_LEFT
,
44 /// Roll window to the right
45 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_RIGHT
,
47 /// Roll window to the top
48 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_TOP
,
50 /// Roll window to the bottom
51 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_BOTTOM
,
53 /// Slide window to the left
54 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_LEFT
,
56 /// Slide window to the right
57 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_RIGHT
,
59 /// Slide window to the top
60 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_TOP
,
62 /// Slide window to the bottom
63 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_BOTTOM
,
65 /// Fade in or out effect
68 /// Expanding or collapsing effect
73 Different window variants, on platforms like eg mac uses different
78 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL
, //!< Normal size
79 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_SMALL
, //!< Smaller size (about 25 % smaller than normal)
80 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MINI
, //!< Mini size (about 33 % smaller than normal)
81 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_LARGE
, //!< Large size (about 25 % larger than normal)
87 Flags which can be used in wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI().
93 wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE
/**< Invoked from On(Internal)Idle */
100 wxWindow is the base class for all windows and represents any visible object
101 om screen. All controls, top level windows and so on are windows. Sizers and
102 device contexts are not, however, as they don't appear on screen themselves.
104 Please note that all children of the window will be deleted automatically by
105 the destructor before the window itself is deleted which means that you don't
106 have to worry about deleting them manually. Please see the @ref
107 overview_windowdeletion "window deletion overview" for more information.
109 Also note that in this, and many others, wxWidgets classes some
110 @c GetXXX() methods may be overloaded (as, for example,
111 wxWindow::GetSize or wxWindow::GetClientSize). In this case, the overloads
112 are non-virtual because having multiple virtual functions with the same name
113 results in a virtual function name hiding at the derived class level (in
114 English, this means that the derived class has to override all overloaded
115 variants if it overrides any of them). To allow overriding them in the derived
116 class, wxWidgets uses a unique protected virtual @c DoGetXXX() method
117 and all @c GetXXX() ones are forwarded to it, so overriding the former
118 changes the behaviour of the latter.
121 @style{wxBORDER_DEFAULT}
122 The window class will decide the kind of border to show, if any.
123 @style{wxBORDER_SIMPLE}
124 Displays a thin border around the window. wxSIMPLE_BORDER is the
125 old name for this style.
126 @style{wxBORDER_SUNKEN}
127 Displays a sunken border. wxSUNKEN_BORDER is the old name for this
129 @style{wxBORDER_RAISED}
130 Displays a raised border. wxRAISED_BORDER is the old name for this
132 @style{wxBORDER_STATIC}
133 Displays a border suitable for a static control. wxSTATIC_BORDER
134 is the old name for this style. Windows only.
135 @style{wxBORDER_THEME}
136 Displays a native border suitable for a control, on the current
137 platform. On Windows XP or Vista, this will be a themed border; on
138 most other platforms a sunken border will be used. For more
139 information for themed borders on Windows, please see Themed
141 @style{wxBORDER_NONE}
142 Displays no border, overriding the default border style for the
143 window. wxNO_BORDER is the old name for this style.
144 @style{wxBORDER_DOUBLE}
145 This style is obsolete and should not be used.
146 @style{wxTRANSPARENT_WINDOW}
147 The window is transparent, that is, it will not receive paint
148 events. Windows only.
149 @style{wxTAB_TRAVERSAL}
150 Use this to enable tab traversal for non-dialog windows.
151 @style{wxWANTS_CHARS}
152 Use this to indicate that the window wants to get all char/key
153 events for all keys - even for keys like TAB or ENTER which are
154 usually used for dialog navigation and which wouldn't be generated
155 without this style. If you need to use this style in order to get
156 the arrows or etc., but would still like to have normal keyboard
157 navigation take place, you should call Navigate in response to the
158 key events for Tab and Shift-Tab.
159 @style{wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE}
160 On Windows, this style used to disable repainting the window
161 completely when its size is changed. Since this behaviour is now
162 the default, the style is now obsolete and no longer has an effect.
164 Use this style to enable a vertical scrollbar. Notice that this
165 style cannot be used with native controls which don't support
166 scrollbars nor with top-level windows in most ports.
168 Use this style to enable a horizontal scrollbar. The same
169 limitations as for wxVSCROLL apply to this style.
170 @style{wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB}
171 If a window has scrollbars, disable them instead of hiding them
172 when they are not needed (i.e. when the size of the window is big
173 enough to not require the scrollbars to navigate it). This style is
174 currently implemented for wxMSW, wxGTK and wxUniversal and does
175 nothing on the other platforms.
176 @style{wxCLIP_CHILDREN}
177 Use this style to eliminate flicker caused by the background being
178 repainted, then children being painted over them. Windows only.
179 @style{wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE}
180 Use this style to force a complete redraw of the window whenever it
181 is resized instead of redrawing just the part of the window
182 affected by resizing. Note that this was the behaviour by default
183 before 2.5.1 release and that if you experience redraw problems
184 with code which previously used to work you may want to try this.
185 Currently this style applies on GTK+ 2 and Windows only, and full
186 repainting is always done on other platforms.
189 @beginExtraStyleTable
190 @style{wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY}
191 By default, Validate/TransferDataTo/FromWindow() only work on
192 direct children of the window (compatible behaviour). Set this flag
193 to make them recursively descend into all subwindows.
194 @style{wxWS_EX_BLOCK_EVENTS}
195 wxCommandEvents and the objects of the derived classes are
196 forwarded to the parent window and so on recursively by default.
197 Using this flag for the given window allows to block this
198 propagation at this window, i.e. prevent the events from being
199 propagated further upwards. Dialogs have this flag on by default
200 for the reasons explained in the @ref overview_eventhandling "Event Handling Overview".
201 @style{wxWS_EX_TRANSIENT}
202 Don't use this window as an implicit parent for the other windows:
203 this must be used with transient windows as otherwise there is the
204 risk of creating a dialog/frame with this window as a parent which
205 would lead to a crash if the parent is destroyed before the child.
206 @style{wxWS_EX_CONTEXTHELP}
207 Under Windows, puts a query button on the caption. When pressed,
208 Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWidgets
209 will send a wxEVT_HELP event if the user clicked on an application window.
210 This style cannot be used together with wxMAXIMIZE_BOX or wxMINIMIZE_BOX, so
211 these two styles are automatically turned of if this one is used.
212 @style{wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE}
213 This window should always process idle events, even if the mode set
214 by wxIdleEvent::SetMode is wxIDLE_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
215 @style{wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES}
216 This window should always process UI update events, even if the
217 mode set by wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode is wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
223 @see @ref overview_eventhandling "Event handling overview",
224 @ref overview_windowsizing "Window sizing overview"
226 class wxWindow
: public wxEvtHandler
235 Constructs a window, which can be a child of a frame, dialog or any other
239 Pointer to a parent window.
241 Window identifier. If wxID_ANY, will automatically create an identifier.
243 Window position. wxDefaultPosition indicates that wxWidgets
244 should generate a default position for the window.
245 If using the wxWindow class directly, supply an actual position.
247 Window size. wxDefaultSize indicates that wxWidgets should generate
248 a default size for the window. If no suitable size can be found, the
249 window will be sized to 20x20 pixels so that the window is visible but
250 obviously not correctly sized.
252 Window style. For generic window styles, please see wxWindow.
256 wxWindow(wxWindow
* parent
, wxWindowID id
,
257 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
,
258 const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
,
260 const wxString
& name
= wxPanelNameStr
);
265 Deletes all sub-windows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
266 the @b delete operator explicitly, you should normally use Destroy()
267 so that wxWidgets can delete a window only when it is safe to do so, in idle time.
269 @see @ref overview_windowdeletion "Window Deletion Overview",
270 Destroy(), wxCloseEvent
275 This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return @false to
276 indicate that this control doesn't accept input at all (i.e. behaves like
277 e.g. wxStaticText) and so doesn't need focus.
279 @see AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard()
281 virtual bool AcceptsFocus() const;
284 This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return @false to
285 indicate that while this control can, in principle, have focus if the user
286 clicks it with the mouse, it shouldn't be included in the TAB traversal chain
287 when using the keyboard.
289 virtual bool AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard() const;
292 Overridden to indicate wehter this window or one of its children accepts
293 focus. Usually it's the same as AcceptsFocus() but is overridden for
296 virtual bool AcceptsFocusRecursively() const;
299 Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
300 functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
301 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
302 called by the user code.
307 virtual void AddChild(wxWindow
* child
);
310 Call this function to force one or both scrollbars to be always shown, even if
311 the window is big enough to show its entire contents without scrolling.
316 Whether the horizontal scroll bar should always be visible.
318 Whether the vertical scroll bar should always be visible.
320 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under Mac/Carbon.
322 virtual void AlwaysShowScrollbars(bool hflag
= true, bool vflag
= true);
325 Sets the cached best size value.
327 void CacheBestSize(const wxSize
& size
) const;
330 Returns @true if the system supports transparent windows and calling
331 SetTransparent() may succeed. If this function returns @false, transparent
332 windows are definitely not supported by the current system.
334 virtual bool CanSetTransparent();
337 Directs all mouse input to this window.
338 Call ReleaseMouse() to release the capture.
340 Note that wxWidgets maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
341 and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
342 captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
343 window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
344 as you capture it, unless the window receives the wxMouseCaptureLostEvent event.
346 Any application which captures the mouse in the beginning of some operation
347 must handle wxMouseCaptureLostEvent and cancel this operation when it receives
348 the event. The event handler must not recapture mouse.
350 @see ReleaseMouse(), wxMouseCaptureLostEvent
355 A synonym for Centre().
357 void Center(int dir
= wxBOTH
);
360 A synonym for CentreOnParent().
362 void CenterOnParent(int dir
= wxBOTH
);
368 Specifies the direction for the centering. May be wxHORIZONTAL, wxVERTICAL
369 or wxBOTH. It may also include wxCENTRE_ON_SCREEN flag
370 if you want to center the window on the entire screen and not on its
373 @remarks If the window is a top level one (i.e. doesn't have a parent),
374 it will be centered relative to the screen anyhow.
378 void Centre(int direction
= wxBOTH
);
381 Centres the window on its parent. This is a more readable synonym for Centre().
384 Specifies the direction for the centering. May be wxHORIZONTAL, wxVERTICAL
387 @remarks This methods provides for a way to center top level windows over
388 their parents instead of the entire screen. If there
389 is no parent or if the window is not a top level
390 window, then behaviour is the same as Centre().
392 @see wxTopLevelWindow::CentreOnScreen
394 void CentreOnParent(int direction
= wxBOTH
);
397 Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour. Does not
398 cause an erase background event to be generated.
400 virtual void ClearBackground();
403 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
406 A pointer to a integer value for the x coordinate. Pass the client
407 coordinate in, and a screen coordinate will be passed out.
409 A pointer to a integer value for the y coordinate. Pass the client
410 coordinate in, and a screen coordinate will be passed out.
413 In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython implements the following methods:
414 - ClientToScreen(point): Accepts and returns a wxPoint
415 - ClientToScreenXY(x, y): Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)
418 void ClientToScreen(int* x
, int* y
) const;
421 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
424 The client position for the second form of the function.
426 wxPoint
ClientToScreen(const wxPoint
& pt
) const;
429 Converts client area size @a size to corresponding window size.
431 In other words, the returned value is what would GetSize() return if this
432 window had client area of given size. Components with wxDefaultCoord
433 value are left unchanged. Note that the conversion is not always
434 exact, it assumes that non-client area doesn't change and so doesn't
435 take into account things like menu bar (un)wrapping or (dis)appearance
440 @see WindowToClientSize()
442 virtual wxSize
ClientToWindowSize(const wxSize
& size
) const;
445 Converts window size @a size to corresponding client area size
446 In other words, the returned value is what would GetClientSize() return if
447 this window had given window size. Components with wxDefaultCoord value
450 Note that the conversion is not always exact, it assumes that
451 non-client area doesn't change and so doesn't take into account things
452 like menu bar (un)wrapping or (dis)appearance of the scrollbars.
456 @see ClientToWindowSize()
458 virtual wxSize
WindowToClientSize(const wxSize
& size
) const;
461 This function simply generates a wxCloseEvent whose handler usually tries
462 to close the window. It doesn't close the window itself, however.
465 @false if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
466 of this window, @true if it cannot.
468 @remarks Close calls the close handler for the window, providing an
469 opportunity for the window to choose whether to destroy
470 the window. Usually it is only used with the top level
471 windows (wxFrame and wxDialog classes) as the others
472 are not supposed to have any special OnClose() logic.
473 The close handler should check whether the window is being deleted
474 forcibly, using wxCloseEvent::CanVeto, in which case it should
475 destroy the window using wxWindow::Destroy.
476 Note that calling Close does not guarantee that the window will
477 be destroyed; but it provides a way to simulate a manual close
478 of a window, which may or may not be implemented by destroying
479 the window. The default implementation of wxDialog::OnCloseWindow
480 does not necessarily delete the dialog, since it will simply
481 simulate an wxID_CANCEL event which is handled by the appropriate
482 button event handler and may do anything at all.
483 To guarantee that the window will be destroyed, call
484 wxWindow::Destroy instead
486 @see @ref overview_windowdeletion "Window Deletion Overview",
487 Destroy(), wxCloseEvent
489 bool Close(bool force
= false);
493 Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
495 For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character
496 width and then divided by 4.
497 For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character
498 height and then divided by 8.
500 @remarks Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions
501 even if the font changes.
502 You can also use these functions programmatically.
503 A convenience macro is defined:
505 #define wxDLG_UNIT(parent, pt) parent->ConvertDialogToPixels(pt)
508 @see ConvertPixelsToDialog()
510 wxPoint
ConvertDialogToPixels(const wxPoint
& pt
);
511 wxSize
ConvertDialogToPixels(const wxSize
& sz
);
516 Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
518 For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 4 and then divided by the
519 average character width.
520 For the y dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 8 and then divided by the
521 average character height.
523 @remarks Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions
524 even if the font changes.
526 @see ConvertDialogToPixels()
528 wxPoint
ConvertPixelsToDialog(const wxPoint
& pt
);
529 wxSize
ConvertPixelsToDialog(const wxSize
& sz
);
533 Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator,
534 since different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
535 are not destroyed immediately when this function is called -- they are added
536 to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
537 have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to
538 non-existent windows.
540 @return @true if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it
541 has been added to the list of windows pending real deletion.
543 virtual bool Destroy();
546 Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
548 bool DestroyChildren();
551 Returns true if this window is in process of being destroyed.
553 The top level windows are not deleted immediately but are rather
554 scheduled for later destruction to give them time to process any
555 pending messages, see Destroy() description.
557 This function returns @true if this window, or one of its parent
558 windows, is scheduled for destruction and can be useful to avoid
559 manipulating it as it's usually useless to do something with a window
560 which is on the point of disappearing anyhow.
562 bool IsBeingDeleted() const;
565 Disables the window. Same as @ref Enable() Enable(@false).
567 @return Returns @true if the window has been disabled, @false if it had
568 been already disabled before the call to this function.
573 Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
574 This function is called by UpdateWindowUI() in order to check return
575 values in the wxUpdateUIEvent and act appropriately.
576 For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWidgets
577 implements this function as follows:
580 // do the window-specific processing after processing the update event
581 void wxTopLevelWindowBase::DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent& event)
583 if ( event.GetSetEnabled() )
584 Enable(event.GetEnabled());
586 if ( event.GetSetText() )
588 if ( event.GetText() != GetTitle() )
589 SetTitle(event.GetText());
594 virtual void DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent
& event
);
597 Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
600 If @true, the window is eligible for drop file events.
601 If @false, the window will not accept drop file events.
603 @remarks Windows only until version 2.8.9, available on all platforms
604 since 2.8.10. Cannot be used together with SetDropTarget() on
605 non-Windows platforms.
609 virtual void DragAcceptFiles(bool accept
);
612 Enable or disable the window for user input. Note that when a parent window is
613 disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
617 If @true, enables the window for input. If @false, disables the window.
619 @return Returns @true if the window has been enabled or disabled, @false
620 if nothing was done, i.e. if the window had already
621 been in the specified state.
623 @see IsEnabled(), Disable(), wxRadioBox::Enable
625 virtual bool Enable(bool enable
= true);
628 Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
630 @remarks Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without
631 needing a wxWindow pointer.
633 @see SetFocus(), HasFocus()
635 static wxWindow
* FindFocus();
638 Find a child of this window, by @a id.
639 May return @a this if it matches itself.
641 wxWindow
* FindWindow(long id
) const;
644 Find a child of this window, by name.
645 May return @a this if it matches itself.
647 wxWindow
* FindWindow(const wxString
& name
) const;
650 Find the first window with the given @e id.
652 If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all top-level frames
653 and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
655 The search is recursive in both cases.
659 static wxWindow
* FindWindowById(long id
, wxWindow
* parent
= NULL
);
662 Find a window by its label.
664 Depending on the type of window, the label may be a window title
665 or panel item label. If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all
666 top-level frames and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be
667 limited to the given window hierarchy.
668 The search is recursive in both cases.
672 static wxWindow
* FindWindowByLabel(const wxString
& label
,
673 wxWindow
* parent
= NULL
);
676 Find a window by its name (as given in a window constructor or @b Create
679 If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all top-level frames
680 and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
683 The search is recursive in both cases. If no window with such name is found,
684 FindWindowByLabel() is called.
688 static wxWindow
* FindWindowByName(const wxString
& name
,
689 wxWindow
* parent
= NULL
);
692 Sizes the window so that it fits around its subwindows.
694 This function won't do anything if there are no subwindows and will only really
695 work correctly if sizers are used for the subwindows layout.
697 Also, if the window has exactly one subwindow it is better (faster and the result
698 is more precise as Fit() adds some margin to account for fuzziness of its calculations)
702 window->SetClientSize(child->GetSize());
705 instead of calling Fit().
707 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
712 Similar to Fit(), but sizes the interior (virtual) size of a window.
714 Mainly useful with scrolled windows to reset scrollbars after sizing
715 changes that do not trigger a size event, and/or scrolled windows without
716 an interior sizer. This function similarly won't do anything if there are
719 virtual void FitInside();
722 Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking
723 place on screen, the window is not redrawn at all.
725 Thaw() must be called to reenable window redrawing. Calls to these two
726 functions may be nested but to ensure that the window is properly
727 repainted again, you must thaw it exactly as many times as you froze it.
729 If the window has any children, they are recursively frozen too.
731 This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example,
732 it is a good idea to use it before doing many large text insertions in
733 a row into a wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all
734 platforms nor for all controls so it is mostly just a hint to wxWidgets
735 and not a mandatory directive.
737 @see wxWindowUpdateLocker, Thaw(), IsFrozen()
742 Gets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
744 wxAcceleratorTable
* GetAcceleratorTable();
747 Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
748 See also wxAccessible.
750 wxAccessible
* GetAccessible();
753 Returns the background colour of the window.
755 @see SetBackgroundColour(), SetForegroundColour(), GetForegroundColour()
757 wxColour
GetBackgroundColour() const;
760 Returns the background style of the window.
761 The background style can be one of the wxBackgroundStyle.
763 @see SetBackgroundColour(), GetForegroundColour(),
764 SetBackgroundStyle(), SetTransparent()
766 virtual wxBackgroundStyle
GetBackgroundStyle() const;
769 This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window.
771 For example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
772 control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
773 wxPanel), the size returned by this function will be the same as the size
774 the window would have had after calling Fit().
776 wxSize
GetBestSize() const;
779 Returns the currently captured window.
781 @see HasCapture(), CaptureMouse(), ReleaseMouse(),
782 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
784 static wxWindow
* GetCapture();
787 Returns the caret() associated with the window.
789 wxCaret
* GetCaret() const;
792 Returns the character height for this window.
794 virtual int GetCharHeight() const;
797 Returns the average character width for this window.
799 virtual int GetCharWidth() const;
803 Returns a reference to the list of the window's children. @c wxWindowList
804 is a type-safe wxList-like class whose elements are of type @c wxWindow*.
806 wxWindowList
& GetChildren();
807 const wxWindowList
& GetChildren() const;
811 Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control.
813 This is useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control
814 as in a standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
815 colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
816 system, especially if it uses themes.
818 The @a variant parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
819 ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
820 returned font. See SetWindowVariant() for more about this.
822 This static method is "overridden" in many derived classes and so calling,
823 for example, wxButton::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
824 return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
825 from those returned by, say, wxListCtrl::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
827 The @c wxVisualAttributes structure has at least the fields
828 @c font, @c colFg and @c colBg. All of them may be invalid
829 if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
830 especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
831 the case for @c colBg for the controls with themed background.
833 @see InheritAttributes()
835 static wxVisualAttributes
GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindowVariant variant
= wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL
);
839 Returns the size of the window 'client area' in pixels.
841 The client area is the area which may be drawn on by the programmer,
842 excluding title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
843 Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
844 return size is empty (both width and height are 0).
846 @see GetSize(), GetVirtualSize()
848 void GetClientSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
849 wxSize
GetClientSize() const;
853 Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or @NULL if there are none.
855 wxLayoutConstraints
* GetConstraints() const;
858 Return the sizer that this window is a member of, if any, otherwise @NULL.
860 wxSizer
* GetContainingSizer() const;
863 Return the cursor associated with this window.
867 const wxCursor
& GetCursor() const;
870 Currently this is the same as calling
871 wxWindow::GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindow::GetWindowVariant()).
873 One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
874 the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
875 virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
877 The other one is that in the future this function could return different
878 results, for example it might return a different font for an "Ok" button
879 than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
880 in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
881 function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
882 version can be used without having to create an object first.
884 virtual wxVisualAttributes
GetDefaultAttributes() const;
887 Returns the associated drop target, which may be @NULL.
889 @see SetDropTarget(), @ref overview_dnd
891 virtual wxDropTarget
* GetDropTarget() const;
894 Merges the window's best size into the min size and returns the result.
895 This is the value used by sizers to determine the appropriate
896 ammount of space to allocate for the widget.
898 @see GetBestSize(), SetInitialSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
900 wxSize
GetEffectiveMinSize() const;
903 Returns the event handler for this window.
904 By default, the window is its own event handler.
906 @see SetEventHandler(), PushEventHandler(),
907 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
909 wxEvtHandler
* GetEventHandler() const;
912 Returns the extra style bits for the window.
914 long GetExtraStyle() const;
917 Returns the font for this window.
921 wxFont
GetFont() const;
924 Returns the foreground colour of the window.
926 @remarks The interpretation of foreground colour is open to
927 interpretation according to the window class; it may be
928 the text colour or other colour, or it may not be used at all.
930 @see SetForegroundColour(), SetBackgroundColour(),
931 GetBackgroundColour()
933 wxColour
GetForegroundColour() const;
936 Returns the grandparent of a window, or @NULL if there isn't one.
938 wxWindow
* GetGrandParent() const;
941 Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window.
942 Cast it to an appropriate handle, such as @b HWND for Windows,
943 @b Widget for Motif, @b GtkWidget for GTK or @b WinHandle for PalmOS.
945 virtual WXWidget
GetHandle() const;
948 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
949 Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
950 implementation, and not in the window object itself.
952 @see SetHelpText(), GetHelpTextAtPoint(), wxHelpProvider
954 wxString
GetHelpText() const;
957 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
958 This method should be overridden if the help message depends on the position
959 inside the window, otherwise GetHelpText() can be used.
962 Coordinates of the mouse at the moment of help event emission.
964 Help event origin, see also wxHelpEvent::GetOrigin.
966 virtual wxString
GetHelpTextAtPoint(const wxPoint
& point
,
967 wxHelpEvent::Origin origin
) const;
970 Returns the identifier of the window.
972 @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application
973 has not provided one (or the default wxID_ANY) an unique
974 identifier with a negative value will be generated.
976 @see SetId(), @ref overview_windowids
978 wxWindowID
GetId() const;
981 Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
982 identification purposes.
984 @remarks The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
985 For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the
986 title. For buttons or static text controls, it is the
987 button text. This function can be useful for
988 meta-programs (such as testing tools or special-needs
989 access programs) which need to identify windows by name.
991 virtual wxString
GetLabel() const;
994 Returns the maximum size of window's client area.
996 This is an indication to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the maximum
997 possible size as well as the upper bound on window's size settable using
1002 virtual wxSize
GetMaxClientSize() const;
1005 Returns the maximum size of the window.
1007 This is an indication to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the maximum
1008 possible size as well as the upper bound on window's size settable using SetSize().
1010 @see GetMaxClientSize()
1012 virtual wxSize
GetMaxSize() const;
1015 Returns the minimum size of window's client area, an indication to the sizer
1016 layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of its client area.
1018 It normally just returns the value set by SetMinClientSize(), but it can be
1019 overridden to do the calculation on demand.
1023 virtual wxSize
GetMinClientSize() const;
1026 Returns the minimum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout
1027 mechanism that this is the minimum required size.
1029 This method normally just returns the value set by SetMinSize(), but it
1030 can be overridden to do the calculation on demand.
1032 @see GetMinClientSize()
1034 virtual wxSize
GetMinSize() const;
1037 Returns the window's name.
1039 @remarks This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the
1040 programmer to supply an appropriate name in the window
1041 constructor or via SetName().
1045 virtual wxString
GetName() const;
1048 Returns the next window after this one among the parent children or @NULL
1049 if this window is the last child.
1053 @see GetPrevSibling()
1055 wxWindow
* GetNextSibling() const;
1058 Returns the parent of the window, or @NULL if there is no parent.
1060 wxWindow
* GetParent() const;
1063 This function shows a popup menu at the given position in this window and
1064 returns the selected id. It can be more convenient than the general purpose
1065 PopupMenu() function for simple menus proposing a choice in a list of
1066 strings to the user.
1071 The position at which to show the menu in client coordinates
1073 @return The selected menu item id or wxID_NONE if none selected or an
1076 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu
& menu
, const wxPoint
& pos
);
1079 See the GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu&, const wxPoint&) overload.
1080 This overload differs only because it takes two integers for the
1081 menu position instead of a wxPoint.
1083 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu
& menu
, int x
, int y
);
1086 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
1087 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level windows.
1090 Receives the x position of the window if non-@NULL.
1092 Receives the y position of the window if non-@NULL.
1094 @see GetScreenPosition()
1096 void GetPosition(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1099 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
1100 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level windows.
1102 @see GetScreenPosition()
1104 wxPoint
GetPosition() const;
1107 Returns the previous window before this one among the parent children or @c
1108 @NULL if this window is the first child.
1112 @see GetNextSibling()
1114 wxWindow
* GetPrevSibling() const;
1117 Returns the position and size of the window as a wxRect object.
1119 @see GetScreenRect()
1121 wxRect
GetRect() const;
1124 Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
1125 child window or a top level one.
1128 Receives the x position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
1130 Receives the y position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
1134 void GetScreenPosition(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1137 Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
1138 child window or a top level one.
1142 wxPoint
GetScreenPosition() const;
1145 Returns the position and size of the window on the screen as a wxRect object.
1149 wxRect
GetScreenRect() const;
1152 Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
1154 @see See SetScrollbar()
1156 virtual int GetScrollPos(int orientation
) const;
1159 Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
1163 virtual int GetScrollRange(int orientation
) const;
1166 Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
1170 virtual int GetScrollThumb(int orientation
) const;
1173 Returns the size of the entire window in pixels, including title bar, border,
1176 Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
1177 returned size is the restored window size, not the size of the window icon.
1180 Receives the window width.
1182 Receives the window height.
1184 @see GetClientSize(), GetVirtualSize()
1186 void GetSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
1189 See the GetSize(int*,int*) overload for more info.
1191 wxSize
GetSize() const;
1194 Return the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
1195 SetSizer() or @NULL.
1197 wxSizer
* GetSizer() const;
1200 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1201 window with the currently selected font.
1203 The text extent is returned in @a w and @a h pointers.
1206 String whose extent is to be measured.
1208 Return value for width.
1210 Return value for height.
1212 Return value for descent (optional).
1213 @param externalLeading
1214 Return value for external leading (optional).
1216 Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).
1218 virtual void GetTextExtent(const wxString
& string
, int* w
, int* h
,
1219 int* descent
= NULL
,
1220 int* externalLeading
= NULL
,
1221 const wxFont
* font
= NULL
) const;
1224 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1225 window with the currently selected font.
1227 wxSize
GetTextExtent(const wxString
& string
) const;
1230 Get the associated tooltip or @NULL if none.
1232 wxToolTip
* GetToolTip() const;
1235 Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged.
1236 Should only be called within an wxPaintEvent handler.
1238 @see wxRegion, wxRegionIterator
1240 const wxRegion
& GetUpdateRegion() const;
1243 Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or @NULL if
1246 virtual wxValidator
* GetValidator();
1250 This gets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
1251 By default it returns the client size of the window, but after a call to
1252 SetVirtualSize() it will return the size set with that method.
1254 wxSize
GetVirtualSize() const;
1257 Like the other GetVirtualSize() overload but uses pointers instead.
1260 Receives the window virtual width.
1262 Receives the window virtual height.
1264 void GetVirtualSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
1268 Returns the size of the left/right and top/bottom borders of this window in x
1269 and y components of the result respectively.
1271 virtual wxSize
GetWindowBorderSize() const;
1274 Gets the window style that was passed to the constructor or @b Create
1275 method. @b GetWindowStyle() is another name for the same function.
1277 virtual long GetWindowStyleFlag() const;
1280 Returns the value previously passed to SetWindowVariant().
1282 wxWindowVariant
GetWindowVariant() const;
1285 This function will generate the appropriate call to
1286 Navigate() if the key event is one normally used for
1287 keyboard navigation and return @true in this case.
1289 @return Returns @true if the key pressed was for navigation and was
1290 handled, @false otherwise.
1294 bool HandleAsNavigationKey(const wxKeyEvent
& event
);
1299 GetEventHandler()->SafelyProcessEvent(event);
1302 bool HandleWindowEvent(wxEvent
& event
) const;
1305 Returns @true if this window has the current mouse capture.
1307 @see CaptureMouse(), ReleaseMouse(), wxMouseCaptureLostEvent,
1308 wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1310 virtual bool HasCapture() const;
1313 Returns @true if the window has the given @a exFlag bit set in its
1316 @see SetExtraStyle()
1318 bool HasExtraStyle(int exFlag
) const;
1321 Returns @true if the window has the given @a flag bit set.
1323 bool HasFlag(int flag
) const;
1326 Returns @true if the window (or in case of composite controls, its main
1327 child window) has focus.
1331 virtual bool HasFocus() const;
1334 This method should be overridden to return @true if this window has
1335 multiple pages. All standard class with multiple pages such as
1336 wxNotebook, wxListbook and wxTreebook already override it to return @true
1337 and user-defined classes with similar behaviour should do it as well to
1338 allow the library to handle such windows appropriately.
1340 virtual bool HasMultiplePages() const;
1343 Returns @true if this window has a scroll bar for this orientation.
1346 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
1348 bool HasScrollbar(int orient
) const;
1351 Returns @true if this window background is transparent (as, for example,
1352 for wxStaticText) and should show the parent window background.
1354 This method is mostly used internally by the library itself and you normally
1355 shouldn't have to call it. You may, however, have to override it in your
1356 wxWindow-derived class to ensure that background is painted correctly.
1358 virtual bool HasTransparentBackground();
1361 Equivalent to calling wxWindow::Show(@false).
1366 This function hides a window, like Hide(), but using a special visual
1369 The parameters of this function are the same as for ShowWithEffect(),
1370 please see their description there.
1374 virtual bool HideWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect
,
1375 unsigned int timeout
= 0);
1378 This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
1379 window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
1380 the font and the foreground and background colours.
1382 By "intelligently" the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
1383 own @ref GetClassDefaultAttributes() default attributes.
1384 However if some of the parents attributes are explicitly (that is, using
1385 SetFont() and not wxWindow::SetOwnFont) changed and if the corresponding
1386 attribute hadn't been explicitly set for this window itself, then this
1387 window takes the same value as used by the parent.
1388 In addition, if the window overrides ShouldInheritColours() to return @false,
1389 the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the font might.
1391 This rather complicated logic is necessary in order to accommodate the
1392 different usage scenarios. The most common one is when all default attributes
1393 are used and in this case, nothing should be inherited as in modern GUIs
1394 different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
1395 they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
1396 desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
1397 just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
1398 do inherit the parents attributes.
1400 virtual void InheritAttributes();
1403 Sends an @c wxEVT_INIT_DIALOG event, whose handler usually transfers data
1404 to the dialog via validators.
1406 virtual void InitDialog();
1409 Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it
1412 void InvalidateBestSize();
1415 Returns @true if the window contents is double-buffered by the system, i.e. if
1416 any drawing done on the window is really done on a temporary backing surface
1417 and transferred to the screen all at once later.
1421 virtual bool IsDoubleBuffered() const;
1424 Returns @true if the window is enabled, i.e. if it accepts user input,
1427 Notice that this method can return @false even if this window itself hadn't
1428 been explicitly disabled when one of its parent windows is disabled.
1429 To get the intrinsic status of this window, use IsThisEnabled()
1433 bool IsEnabled() const;
1437 Returns @true if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
1438 last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
1439 only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
1441 bool IsExposed(int x
, int y
) const;
1442 bool IsExposed(wxPoint
& pt
) const;
1443 bool IsExposed(int x
, int y
, int w
, int h
) const;
1444 bool IsExposed(wxRect
& rect
) const;
1448 Returns @true if the window is currently frozen by a call to Freeze().
1450 @see Freeze(), Thaw()
1452 bool IsFrozen() const;
1455 Returns @true if the window is retained, @false otherwise.
1457 @remarks Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
1459 virtual bool IsRetained() const;
1462 Return whether a scrollbar is always shown.
1465 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
1467 @see AlwaysShowScrollbars()
1469 virtual bool IsScrollbarAlwaysShown(int orient
) const;
1472 Returns @true if the window is shown, @false if it has been hidden.
1474 @see IsShownOnScreen()
1476 virtual bool IsShown() const;
1479 Returns @true if the window is physically visible on the screen, i.e. it
1480 is shown and all its parents up to the toplevel window are shown as well.
1484 virtual bool IsShownOnScreen() const;
1487 Returns @true if this window is intrinsically enabled, @false otherwise,
1488 i.e. if @ref Enable() Enable(@false) had been called. This method is
1489 mostly used for wxWidgets itself, user code should normally use
1490 IsEnabled() instead.
1492 bool IsThisEnabled() const;
1495 Returns @true if the given window is a top-level one. Currently all frames and
1496 dialogs are considered to be top-level windows (even if they have a parent
1499 virtual bool IsTopLevel() const;
1502 Invokes the constraint-based layout algorithm or the sizer-based algorithm
1505 See SetAutoLayout(): when auto layout is on, this function gets called automatically
1506 when the window is resized.
1508 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
1510 virtual bool Layout();
1513 Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
1517 virtual void Lower();
1520 Disables all other windows in the application so that
1521 the user can only interact with this window.
1524 If @true, this call disables all other windows in the application so that
1525 the user can only interact with this window. If @false, the effect is
1528 virtual void MakeModal(bool modal
= true);
1531 Moves the window to the given position.
1534 Required x position.
1536 Required y position.
1538 See SetSize() for more info about this parameter.
1540 @remarks Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1541 Move() function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class as the call:
1543 SetSize(x, y, wxDefaultCoord, wxDefaultCoord, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1548 void Move(int x
, int y
, int flags
= wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING
);
1551 Moves the window to the given position.
1554 wxPoint object representing the position.
1556 See SetSize() for more info about this parameter.
1558 @remarks Implementations of SetSize() can also implicitly implement the
1559 Move() function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class as the call:
1561 SetSize(x, y, wxDefaultCoord, wxDefaultCoord, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1566 void Move(const wxPoint
& pt
, int flags
= wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING
);
1569 Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified @e win.
1570 This means that when the user presses @c TAB key on that other window,
1571 the focus switches to this window.
1573 Default tab order is the same as creation order, this function and
1574 MoveBeforeInTabOrder() allow to change
1575 it after creating all the windows.
1578 A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
1581 void MoveAfterInTabOrder(wxWindow
* win
);
1584 Same as MoveAfterInTabOrder() except that it inserts this window just
1585 before @a win instead of putting it right after it.
1587 void MoveBeforeInTabOrder(wxWindow
* win
);
1590 Performs a keyboard navigation action starting from this window.
1591 This method is equivalent to calling NavigateIn() method on the
1595 A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and
1596 wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.
1598 @return Returns @true if the focus was moved to another window or @false
1601 @remarks You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress
1602 handler to do the default navigation behaviour for the
1603 tab key, since the standard default behaviour for a
1604 multiline text control with the wxTE_PROCESS_TAB style
1605 is to insert a tab and not navigate to the next
1606 control. See also wxNavigationKeyEvent and
1607 HandleAsNavigationKey.
1609 bool Navigate(int flags
= IsForward
);
1612 Performs a keyboard navigation action inside this window.
1613 See Navigate() for more information.
1615 bool NavigateIn(int flags
= IsForward
);
1618 Create a new ID or range of IDs that are not currently in use.
1619 The IDs will be reserved until assigned to a wxWindow ID
1620 or unreserved with UnreserveControlId().
1622 See @ref overview_windowids for more information.
1625 The number of sequential IDs to reserve.
1627 @return Returns the ID or the first ID of the range, or wxID_NONE if the
1628 specified number of identifiers couldn't be allocated.
1630 @see UnreserveControlId(), wxIdManager,
1631 @ref overview_windowids
1633 static wxWindowID
NewControlId(int count
= 1);
1636 This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
1637 sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
1638 that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
1639 handler in a derived class.
1641 This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
1642 and most implementations call UpdateWindowUI()
1643 in order to send update events to the window in idle time.
1645 virtual void OnInternalIdle();
1648 Same as #ScrollLines (-1).
1653 Same as #ScrollLines (1).
1658 Same as #ScrollPages (-1).
1663 Same as #ScrollPages (1).
1669 Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
1671 @param deleteHandler
1672 If this is @true, the handler will be deleted after it is removed.
1673 The default value is @false.
1675 @see SetEventHandler(), GetEventHandler(),
1676 PushEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
1678 wxEvtHandler
* PopEventHandler(bool deleteHandler
= false);
1682 Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
1683 window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu.
1685 If a menu item is selected, the corresponding menu event is generated and will be
1686 processed as usually. If the coordinates are not specified, current mouse
1687 cursor position is used.
1689 @a menu is the menu to pop up.
1691 The position where the menu will appear can be specified either as a
1692 wxPoint @a pos or by two integers (@a x and @a y).
1694 @remarks Just before the menu is popped up, wxMenu::UpdateUI is called to
1695 ensure that the menu items are in the correct state.
1696 The menu does not get deleted by the window.
1697 It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when
1698 calling PopupMenu in response to mouse click, because some of
1699 the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do a better job of positioning
1700 the menu in that case.
1704 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu
* menu
,
1705 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
);
1706 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu
* menu
, int x
, int y
);
1710 Posts a size event to the window.
1712 This is the same as SendSizeEvent() with @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST argument.
1714 void PostSizeEvent();
1717 Posts a size event to the parent of this window.
1719 This is the same as SendSizeEventToParent() with @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST
1722 void PostSizeEventToParent();
1725 Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
1728 Specifies the handler to be pushed.
1730 @remarks An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the
1731 events sent to a window. By default, the window is its
1732 own event handler, but an application may wish to
1733 substitute another, for example to allow central
1734 implementation of event-handling for a variety of
1735 different window classes.
1736 wxWindow::PushEventHandler allows an application to set up a
1737 chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event
1738 handler is handed to the next one in the chain.
1739 Use wxWindow::PopEventHandler to remove the event handler.
1741 @see SetEventHandler(), GetEventHandler(),
1742 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
1744 void PushEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
1747 Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
1748 In current version of wxWidgets this works both for managed and child windows.
1752 virtual void Raise();
1755 Causes this window, and all of its children recursively (except under wxGTK1
1756 where this is not implemented), to be repainted. Note that repainting doesn't
1757 happen immediately but only during the next event loop iteration, if you need
1758 to update the window immediately you should use Update() instead.
1760 @param eraseBackground
1761 If @true, the background will be erased.
1763 If non-@NULL, only the given rectangle will be treated as damaged.
1767 virtual void Refresh(bool eraseBackground
= true,
1768 const wxRect
* rect
= NULL
);
1771 Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: only the area inside it will be
1774 This is the same as Refresh() but has a nicer syntax as it can be called
1775 with a temporary wxRect object as argument like this @c RefreshRect(wxRect(x, y, w, h)).
1777 void RefreshRect(const wxRect
& rect
, bool eraseBackground
= true);
1780 Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey
1781 registered here, this window will receive a hotkey event.
1783 It will receive the event even if the application is in the background
1784 and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some
1788 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0
1789 and 0xBFFF. If this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a
1790 system wide unique identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
1791 This is a MSW specific detail.
1793 A bitwise combination of wxMOD_SHIFT, wxMOD_CONTROL, wxMOD_ALT
1794 or wxMOD_WIN specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along
1796 @param virtualKeyCode
1797 The virtual key code of the hotkey.
1799 @return @true if the hotkey was registered successfully. @false if some
1800 other application already registered a hotkey with this
1801 modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
1803 @remarks Use EVT_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the
1804 event. This function is currently only implemented
1805 under Windows. It is used in the Windows CE port for
1806 detecting hardware button presses.
1808 @see UnregisterHotKey()
1810 virtual bool RegisterHotKey(int hotkeyId
, int modifiers
,
1811 int virtualKeyCode
);
1814 Releases mouse input captured with CaptureMouse().
1816 @see CaptureMouse(), HasCapture(), ReleaseMouse(),
1817 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1819 void ReleaseMouse();
1822 Removes a child window.
1824 This is called automatically by window deletion functions so should not
1825 be required by the application programmer.
1826 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
1827 called by the user code.
1830 Child window to remove.
1832 virtual void RemoveChild(wxWindow
* child
);
1835 Find the given @a handler in the windows event handler chain and remove
1836 (but not delete) it from it.
1839 The event handler to remove, must be non-@NULL and
1840 must be present in this windows event handlers chain
1842 @return Returns @true if it was found and @false otherwise (this also
1843 results in an assert failure so this function should
1844 only be called when the handler is supposed to be there).
1846 @see PushEventHandler(), PopEventHandler()
1848 bool RemoveEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
1851 Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
1852 current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
1853 and then re-inserted into another.
1858 virtual bool Reparent(wxWindow
* newParent
);
1861 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
1864 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1866 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1868 void ScreenToClient(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1871 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
1874 The screen position.
1876 wxPoint
ScreenToClient(const wxPoint
& pt
) const;
1879 Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if @a lines is
1882 @return Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
1883 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
1885 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and
1886 wxTextCtrl under wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolled classes
1887 under all platforms).
1891 virtual bool ScrollLines(int lines
);
1894 Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if @a pages is
1897 @return Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
1898 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
1900 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxGTK.
1904 virtual bool ScrollPages(int pages
);
1907 Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
1910 Amount to scroll horizontally.
1912 Amount to scroll vertically.
1914 Rectangle to scroll, if it is @NULL, the whole window is
1915 scrolled (this is always the case under wxGTK which doesn't support this
1918 @remarks Note that you can often use wxScrolled instead of using this
1921 virtual void ScrollWindow(int dx
, int dy
,
1922 const wxRect
* rect
= NULL
);
1925 This function sends a dummy @ref wxSizeEvent "size event" to
1926 the window allowing it to re-layout its children positions.
1928 It is sometimes useful to call this function after adding or deleting a
1929 children after the frame creation or if a child size changes. Note that
1930 if the frame is using either sizers or constraints for the children
1931 layout, it is enough to call wxWindow::Layout() directly and this
1932 function should not be used in this case.
1934 If @a flags includes @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST value, this function posts
1935 the event, i.e. schedules it for later processing, instead of
1936 dispatching it directly. You can also use PostSizeEvent() as a more
1937 readable equivalent of calling this function with this flag.
1940 May include @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST. Default value is 0.
1942 virtual void SendSizeEvent(int flags
= 0);
1945 Safe wrapper for GetParent()->SendSizeEvent().
1947 This function simply checks that the window has a valid parent which is
1948 not in process of being deleted and calls SendSizeEvent() on it. It is
1949 used internally by windows such as toolbars changes to whose state
1950 should result in parent re-layout (e.g. when a toolbar is added to the
1951 top of the window, all the other windows must be shifted down).
1953 @see PostSizeEventToParent()
1956 See description of this parameter in SendSizeEvent() documentation.
1958 void SendSizeEventToParent(int flags
= 0);
1961 Sets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
1963 virtual void SetAcceleratorTable(const wxAcceleratorTable
& accel
);
1966 Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
1967 will be deleted first, if not identical to @e accessible.
1968 See also wxAccessible.
1970 void SetAccessible(wxAccessible
* accessible
);
1973 Determines whether the Layout() function will be called automatically
1974 when the window is resized. Please note that this only happens for the
1975 windows usually used to contain children, namely wxPanel and wxTopLevelWindow
1976 (and the classes deriving from them).
1978 This method is called implicitly by SetSizer() but if you use SetConstraints()
1979 you should call it manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly
1980 updated when its size changes.
1983 Set this to @true if you wish the Layout function to be
1984 called automatically when the window is resized.
1986 @see SetConstraints()
1988 void SetAutoLayout(bool autoLayout
);
1991 Sets the background colour of the window.
1992 Please see InheritAttributes() for explanation of the difference between
1993 this method and SetOwnBackgroundColour().
1996 The colour to be used as the background colour, pass
1997 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
1999 @remarks The background colour is usually painted by the default
2000 wxEraseEvent event handler function under Windows and
2001 automatically under GTK.
2002 Note that setting the background colour does not cause an
2003 immediate refresh, so you may wish to call wxWindow::ClearBackground
2004 or wxWindow::Refresh after calling this function.
2005 Using this function will disable attempts to use themes for
2006 this window, if the system supports them. Use with care since
2007 usually the themes represent the appearance chosen by the user
2008 to be used for all applications on the system.
2010 @see GetBackgroundColour(), SetForegroundColour(),
2011 GetForegroundColour(), ClearBackground(),
2012 Refresh(), wxEraseEvent
2014 virtual bool SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2017 Sets the background style of the window. see GetBackgroundStyle() for
2018 the description of the possible style values.
2020 @see SetBackgroundColour(), GetForegroundColour(),
2023 virtual bool SetBackgroundStyle(wxBackgroundStyle style
);
2026 This method is only implemented by ports which have support for
2027 native TAB traversal (such as GTK+ 2.0).
2029 It is called by wxWidgets' container control code to give the native
2030 system a hint when doing TAB traversal. A call to this does not disable
2031 or change the effect of programmatically calling SetFocus().
2033 @see wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus, wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
2035 virtual void SetCanFocus(bool canFocus
);
2038 Sets the caret() associated with the window.
2040 void SetCaret(wxCaret
* caret
);
2044 This sets the size of the window client area in pixels.
2046 Using this function to size a window tends to be more device-independent
2047 than SetSize(), since the application need not worry about what dimensions
2048 the border or title bar have when trying to fit the window around panel
2051 virtual void SetClientSize(int width
, int height
);
2052 virtual void SetClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2056 Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
2057 will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2058 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2059 window, it will be deleted.
2062 The constraints to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
2065 @remarks You must call SetAutoLayout() to tell a window to use
2066 the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you
2067 must override OnSize and call Layout() explicitly. When
2068 setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a wxSizer, only
2069 the sizer will have effect.
2071 void SetConstraints(wxLayoutConstraints
* constraints
);
2074 This normally does not need to be called by user code.
2075 It is called when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window
2076 can remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
2078 void SetContainingSizer(wxSizer
* sizer
);
2081 Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
2082 children of the window implicitly.
2084 The @a cursor may be @c wxNullCursor in which case the window cursor will
2085 be reset back to default.
2088 Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.
2090 @see ::wxSetCursor, wxCursor
2092 virtual bool SetCursor(const wxCursor
& cursor
);
2095 Associates a drop target with this window.
2096 If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
2098 @see GetDropTarget(), @ref overview_dnd
2100 virtual void SetDropTarget(wxDropTarget
* target
);
2103 Sets the event handler for this window.
2106 Specifies the handler to be set.
2108 @remarks An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the
2109 events sent to a window. By default, the window is its
2110 own event handler, but an application may wish to
2111 substitute another, for example to allow central
2112 implementation of event-handling for a variety of
2113 different window classes.
2114 It is usually better to use wxWindow::PushEventHandler since
2115 this sets up a chain of event handlers, where an event not
2116 handled by one event handler is handed to the next one in the chain.
2118 @see GetEventHandler(), PushEventHandler(),
2119 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
2121 void SetEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
2124 Sets the extra style bits for the window.
2125 The currently defined extra style bits are reported in the class
2128 virtual void SetExtraStyle(long exStyle
);
2131 This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
2133 @see HasFocus(), wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus,
2134 wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
2136 virtual void SetFocus();
2139 This function is called by wxWidgets keyboard navigation code when the user
2140 gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using @c TAB key).
2142 By default this method simply calls SetFocus() but
2143 can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
2145 virtual void SetFocusFromKbd();
2148 Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
2149 parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
2150 use SetOwnFont() instead in this case and see InheritAttributes() for more
2153 Please notice that the given font is not automatically used for
2154 wxPaintDC objects associated with this window, you need to
2155 call wxDC::SetFont too. However this font is used by
2156 any standard controls for drawing their text as well as by
2160 Font to associate with this window, pass
2161 wxNullFont to reset to the default font.
2163 @return @true if the want was really changed, @false if it was already set
2164 to this font and so nothing was done.
2166 @see GetFont(), InheritAttributes()
2168 virtual bool SetFont(const wxFont
& font
);
2171 Sets the foreground colour of the window.
2172 Please see InheritAttributes() for explanation of the difference between
2173 this method and SetOwnForegroundColour().
2176 The colour to be used as the foreground colour, pass
2177 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
2179 @remarks The interpretation of foreground colour is open to
2180 interpretation according to the window class; it may be
2181 the text colour or other colour, or it may not be used at all.
2183 @see GetForegroundColour(), SetBackgroundColour(),
2184 GetBackgroundColour(), ShouldInheritColours()
2186 virtual bool SetForegroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2189 Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2190 Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
2191 implementation, and not in the window object itself.
2193 @see GetHelpText(), wxHelpProvider::AddHelp()
2195 void SetHelpText(const wxString
& helpText
);
2198 Sets the identifier of the window.
2200 @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has
2201 not provided one, an identifier will be generated.
2202 Normally, the identifier should be provided on creation
2203 and should not be modified subsequently.
2205 @see GetId(), @ref overview_windowids
2207 void SetId(wxWindowID winid
);
2210 A @e smart SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
2211 window's @e best size values.
2213 Also sets the window's minsize to the value passed in for use with sizers.
2214 This means that if a full or partial size is passed to this function then
2215 the sizers will use that size instead of the results of GetBestSize() to
2216 determine the minimum needs of the window for layout.
2218 Most controls will use this to set their initial size, and their min
2219 size to the passed in value (if any.)
2221 @see SetSize(), GetBestSize(), GetEffectiveMinSize(),
2222 @ref overview_windowsizing
2224 void SetInitialSize(const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
);
2227 Sets the window's label.
2234 virtual void SetLabel(const wxString
& label
);
2237 Sets the maximum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
2238 layout mechanism that this is the maximum possible size of its client area.
2242 virtual void SetMaxClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2245 Sets the maximum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
2246 that this is the maximum possible size.
2248 @see SetMaxClientSize()
2250 virtual void SetMaxSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2253 Sets the minimum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
2254 layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of window's client
2257 You may need to call this if you change the window size after
2258 construction and before adding to its parent sizer.
2260 Note, that just as with SetMinSize(), calling this method doesn't
2261 prevent the program from explicitly making the window smaller than the
2266 virtual void SetMinClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2269 Sets the minimum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout
2270 mechanism that this is the minimum required size.
2272 You may need to call this if you change the window size after
2273 construction and before adding to its parent sizer.
2275 Notice that calling this method doesn't prevent the program from making
2276 the window explicitly smaller than the specified size by calling
2277 SetSize(), it just ensures that it won't become smaller than this size
2278 during the automatic layout.
2280 @see SetMinClientSize()
2282 virtual void SetMinSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2285 Sets the window's name.
2288 A name to set for the window.
2292 virtual void SetName(const wxString
& name
);
2295 Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2296 by the children of this window.
2298 @see SetBackgroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
2300 void SetOwnBackgroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2303 Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
2304 children of this window.
2306 @see SetFont(), InheritAttributes()
2308 void SetOwnFont(const wxFont
& font
);
2311 Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2312 by the children of this window.
2314 @see SetForegroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
2316 void SetOwnForegroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2319 @deprecated use wxDC::SetPalette instead.
2321 void SetPalette(const wxPalette
& pal
);
2324 Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2327 Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set.
2328 May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
2330 Position in scroll units.
2332 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
2334 @remarks This function does not directly affect the contents of the
2335 window: it is up to the application to take note of
2336 scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
2338 @see SetScrollbar(), GetScrollPos(), GetScrollThumb(), wxScrollBar,
2341 virtual void SetScrollPos(int orientation
, int pos
,
2342 bool refresh
= true);
2345 Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
2348 Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set.
2349 May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
2351 The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.
2353 The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.
2355 The maximum position of the scrollbar.
2357 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
2360 Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same font.
2361 The window is sized so that you can only see 16 lines at a time.
2364 SetScrollbar(wxVERTICAL, 0, 16, 50);
2366 Note that with the window at this size, the thumb position can never
2367 go above 50 minus 16, or 34. You can determine how many lines are
2368 currently visible by dividing the current view size by the character
2370 When defining your own scrollbar behaviour, you will always need
2371 to recalculate the scrollbar settings when the window size changes.
2372 You could therefore put your scrollbar calculations and SetScrollbar
2373 call into a function named AdjustScrollbars, which can be called
2374 initially and also from your wxSizeEvent handler function.
2376 @see @ref overview_scrolling, wxScrollBar, wxScrolled, wxScrollWinEvent
2378 virtual void SetScrollbar(int orientation
, int position
,
2379 int thumbSize
, int range
,
2380 bool refresh
= true);
2383 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
2386 Required x position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
2387 existing value should be used.
2389 Required y position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
2390 existing value should be used.
2392 Required width in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
2393 value should be used.
2395 Required height position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
2396 existing value should be used.
2398 Indicates the interpretation of other parameters.
2399 It is a bit list of the following:
2400 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO_WIDTH: a wxDefaultCoord width value is taken to indicate
2401 a wxWidgets-supplied default width.
2402 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO_HEIGHT: a wxDefaultCoord height value is taken to indicate
2403 a wxWidgets-supplied default height.
2404 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO: wxDefaultCoord size values are taken to indicate
2405 a wxWidgets-supplied default size.
2406 - @c wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING: existing dimensions should be used
2407 if wxDefaultCoord values are supplied.
2408 - @c wxSIZE_ALLOW_MINUS_ONE: allow negative dimensions (i.e. value of
2409 wxDefaultCoord) to be interpreted as real
2410 dimensions, not default values.
2411 - @c wxSIZE_FORCE: normally, if the position and the size of the window are
2412 already the same as the parameters of this function,
2413 nothing is done. but with this flag a window resize may
2414 be forced even in this case (supported in wx 2.6.2 and
2415 later and only implemented for MSW and ignored elsewhere
2418 @remarks This overload sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
2419 Parameters may be wxDefaultCoord to indicate either that a default
2420 should be supplied by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the
2421 dimension should be used.
2425 void SetSize(int x
, int y
, int width
, int height
,
2426 int sizeFlags
= wxSIZE_AUTO
);
2430 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
2431 The size is specified using a wxRect, wxSize or by a couple of @c int objects.
2433 @remarks This form must be used with non-default width and height values.
2437 virtual void SetSize(const wxRect
& rect
);
2438 virtual void SetSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2439 virtual void SetSize(int width
, int height
);
2443 Sets the window to have the given layout sizer.
2444 The window will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2445 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2446 window, it will be deleted if the deleteOld parameter is @true.
2448 Note that this function will also call SetAutoLayout() implicitly with @true
2449 parameter if the @a sizer is non-@NULL and @false otherwise.
2452 The sizer to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and conditionally delete
2453 the window's sizer. See below.
2455 If @true (the default), this will delete any pre-existing sizer.
2456 Pass @false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself.
2458 @remarks SetSizer enables and disables Layout automatically.
2460 void SetSizer(wxSizer
* sizer
, bool deleteOld
= true);
2463 This method calls SetSizer() and then wxSizer::SetSizeHints which sets the initial
2464 window size to the size needed to accommodate all sizer elements and sets the
2465 size hints which, if this window is a top level one, prevent the user from
2466 resizing it to be less than this minimial size.
2468 void SetSizerAndFit(wxSizer
* sizer
, bool deleteOld
= true);
2471 This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
2472 to draw the windows' background instead if its own background drawing
2473 code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
2474 obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
2475 One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
2476 defined by a user's selected theme.
2478 Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to @true
2479 by default so that the default look and feel is simulated best.
2481 virtual void SetThemeEnabled(bool enable
);
2485 Attach a tooltip to the window.
2487 wxToolTip pointer can be @NULL in the overload taking the pointer,
2488 meaning to unset any existing tooltips, however UnsetToolTip() provides
2489 a more readable alternative to this operation.
2491 Notice that these methods are always available, even if wxWidgets was
2492 compiled with @c wxUSE_TOOLTIPS set to 0, but don't do anything in this
2495 @see GetToolTip(), wxToolTip
2497 void SetToolTip(const wxString
& tip
);
2498 void SetToolTip(wxToolTip
* tip
);
2502 Set the transparency of the window. If the system supports transparent windows,
2503 returns @true, otherwise returns @false and the window remains fully opaque.
2504 See also CanSetTransparent().
2506 The parameter @a alpha is in the range 0..255 where 0 corresponds to a
2507 fully transparent window and 255 to the fully opaque one. The constants
2508 @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_TRANSPARENT and @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_OPAQUE can be used.
2510 virtual bool SetTransparent(wxByte alpha
);
2513 Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having
2514 called wxValidator::Clone to create a new validator of this type.
2516 virtual void SetValidator(const wxValidator
& validator
);
2520 Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
2522 void SetVirtualSize(int width
, int height
);
2523 void SetVirtualSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2527 Identical to SetWindowStyleFlag().
2529 void SetWindowStyle(long style
);
2532 Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
2533 after the window creation and that Refresh() might need to be be called
2534 after changing the others for the change to take place immediately.
2536 See @ref overview_windowstyles "Window styles" for more information about flags.
2538 @see GetWindowStyleFlag()
2540 virtual void SetWindowStyleFlag(long style
);
2543 This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
2544 Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
2545 exist in several sizes which correspond to the elements of wxWindowVariant enum.
2547 By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
2548 be used to change this.
2550 void SetWindowVariant(wxWindowVariant variant
);
2553 Return @true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
2554 InheritAttributes(), returning @false forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
2556 The base class version returns @false, but this method is overridden in
2557 wxControl where it returns @true.
2559 virtual bool ShouldInheritColours() const;
2562 Shows or hides the window. You may need to call Raise()
2563 for a top level window if you want to bring it to top, although this is not
2564 needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
2567 If @true displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.
2569 @return @true if the window has been shown or hidden or @false if nothing
2570 was done because it already was in the requested state.
2572 @see IsShown(), Hide(), wxRadioBox::Show, wxShowEvent.
2574 virtual bool Show(bool show
= true);
2577 This function shows a window, like Show(), but using a special visual
2584 The @a timeout parameter specifies the time of the animation, in
2585 milliseconds. If the default value of 0 is used, the default
2586 animation time for the current platform is used.
2588 @note Currently this function is only implemented in wxMSW and does the
2589 same thing as Show() in the other ports.
2593 @see HideWithEffect()
2595 virtual bool ShowWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect
,
2596 unsigned int timeout
= 0);
2599 Reenables window updating after a previous call to Freeze().
2601 To really thaw the control, it must be called exactly the same number
2602 of times as Freeze().
2604 If the window has any children, they are recursively thawn too.
2606 @see wxWindowUpdateLocker, Freeze(), IsFrozen()
2611 Turns the given @a flag on if it's currently turned off and vice versa.
2612 This function cannot be used if the value of the flag is 0 (which is often
2613 the case for default flags).
2615 Also, please notice that not all styles can be changed after the control
2618 @return Returns @true if the style was turned on by this function, @false
2619 if it was switched off.
2621 @see SetWindowStyleFlag(), HasFlag()
2623 bool ToggleWindowStyle(int flag
);
2626 Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their
2627 validators. Returns @false if a transfer failed.
2629 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2630 the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
2632 @see TransferDataToWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2634 virtual bool TransferDataFromWindow();
2637 Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their
2640 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2641 the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
2643 @return Returns @false if a transfer failed.
2645 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2647 virtual bool TransferDataToWindow();
2650 Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
2653 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to
2656 @return @true if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, @false if the
2659 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
2661 @see RegisterHotKey()
2663 virtual bool UnregisterHotKey(int hotkeyId
);
2666 Unreserve an ID or range of IDs that was reserved by NewControlId().
2667 See @ref overview_windowids for more information.
2670 The starting ID of the range of IDs to unreserve.
2672 The number of sequential IDs to unreserve.
2674 @see NewControlId(), wxIdManager, @ref overview_windowids
2676 static void UnreserveControlId(wxWindowID id
, int count
= 1);
2679 Unset any existing tooltip.
2685 void UnsetToolTip();
2688 Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window and
2689 all of its children recursively while this would usually only happen when the
2690 flow of control returns to the event loop.
2692 Notice that this function doesn't invalidate any area of the window so
2693 nothing happens if nothing has been invalidated (i.e. marked as requiring
2694 a redraw). Use Refresh() first if you want to immediately redraw the
2695 window unconditionally.
2697 virtual void Update();
2700 This function sends one or more wxUpdateUIEvent to the window.
2701 The particular implementation depends on the window; for example a
2702 wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
2703 and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
2705 You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
2706 UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
2707 are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
2708 wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode() or wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval() to limit
2709 the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
2710 @a flags should be a bitlist of one or more of the wxUpdateUI enumeration.
2712 If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
2713 function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE flag, since
2714 this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
2715 to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
2716 only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
2717 The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
2721 void MyWindow::OnInternalIdle()
2723 if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this))
2724 UpdateWindowUI(wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE);
2728 @see wxUpdateUIEvent, DoUpdateWindowUI(), OnInternalIdle()
2730 virtual void UpdateWindowUI(long flags
= wxUPDATE_UI_NONE
);
2733 Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
2734 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2735 the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
2737 @return Returns @false if any of the validations failed.
2739 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), TransferDataToWindow(),
2742 virtual bool Validate();
2745 Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
2747 @note This function is not supported under Mac because Apple Human
2748 Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor programmatically.
2751 The new x position for the cursor.
2753 The new y position for the cursor.
2755 virtual void WarpPointer(int x
, int y
);
2761 Gets the size which best suits the window: for a control, it would be
2762 the minimal size which doesn't truncate the control, for a panel - the
2763 same size as it would have after a call to Fit().
2765 The default implementation of this function is designed for use in container
2766 windows, such as wxPanel, and works something like this:
2767 -# If the window has a sizer then it is used to calculate the best size.
2768 -# Otherwise if the window has layout constraints then those are used to
2769 calculate the best size.
2770 -# Otherwise if the window has children then the best size is set to be large
2771 enough to show all the children.
2772 -# Otherwise if there are no children then the window's minimal size will be
2773 used as its best size.
2774 -# Otherwise if there is no minimal size set, then the current size is used
2777 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
2779 virtual wxSize
DoGetBestSize() const;
2783 Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the
2784 components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord).
2785 @deprecated @todo provide deprecation description
2787 virtual void SetInitialBestSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2792 // ============================================================================
2793 // Global functions/macros
2794 // ============================================================================
2796 /** @ingroup group_funcmacro_misc */
2800 Find the deepest window at the mouse pointer position, returning the window
2801 and current pointer position in screen coordinates.
2803 @header{wx/window.h}
2805 wxWindow
* wxFindWindowAtPointer(wxPoint
& pt
);
2808 Gets the currently active window (implemented for MSW and GTK only
2809 currently, always returns @NULL in the other ports).
2811 @header{wx/window.h}
2813 wxWindow
* wxGetActiveWindow();
2816 Returns the first top level parent of the given window, or in other words,
2817 the frame or dialog containing it, or @NULL.
2819 @header{wx/window.h}
2821 wxWindow
* wxGetTopLevelParent(wxWindow
* window
);