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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: interface of wxWindow
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
13 wxWindow is the base class for all windows and represents any visible object on
14 screen. All controls, top level windows and so on are windows. Sizers and
15 device contexts are not, however, as they don't appear on screen themselves.
17 Please note that all children of the window will be deleted automatically by
18 the destructor before the window itself is deleted which means that you don't
19 have to worry about deleting them manually. Please see the @ref
20 overview_windowdeletionoverview "window
21 deletion overview" for more information.
23 Also note that in this, and many others, wxWidgets classes some
24 @c GetXXX() methods may be overloaded (as, for example,
26 wxWindow::GetClientSize). In this case, the overloads
27 are non-virtual because having multiple virtual functions with the same name
28 results in a virtual function name hiding at the derived class level (in
29 English, this means that the derived class has to override all overloaded
30 variants if it overrides any of them). To allow overriding them in the derived
31 class, wxWidgets uses a unique protected virtual @c DoGetXXX() method
32 and all @c GetXXX() ones are forwarded to it, so overriding the former
33 changes the behaviour of the latter.
36 @style{wxBORDER_DEFAULT}:
37 The window class will decide the kind of border to show, if any.
38 @style{wxBORDER_SIMPLE}:
39 Displays a thin border around the window. wxSIMPLE_BORDER is the
40 old name for this style.
41 @style{wxBORDER_SUNKEN}:
42 Displays a sunken border. wxSUNKEN_BORDER is the old name for this
44 @style{wxBORDER_RAISED}:
45 Displays a raised border. wxRAISED_BORDER is the old name for this
47 @style{wxBORDER_STATIC}:
48 Displays a border suitable for a static control. wxSTATIC_BORDER
49 is the old name for this style. Windows only.
50 @style{wxBORDER_THEME}:
51 Displays a native border suitable for a control, on the current
52 platform. On Windows XP or Vista, this will be a themed border; on
53 most other platforms a sunken border will be used. For more
54 information for themed borders on Windows, please see Themed
56 @style{wxBORDER_NONE}:
57 Displays no border, overriding the default border style for the
58 window. wxNO_BORDER is the old name for this style.
59 @style{wxBORDER_DOUBLE}:
60 This style is obsolete and should not be used.
61 @style{wxTRANSPARENT_WINDOW}:
62 The window is transparent, that is, it will not receive paint
64 @style{wxTAB_TRAVERSAL}:
65 Use this to enable tab traversal for non-dialog windows.
66 @style{wxWANTS_CHARS}:
67 Use this to indicate that the window wants to get all char/key
68 events for all keys - even for keys like TAB or ENTER which are
69 usually used for dialog navigation and which wouldn't be generated
70 without this style. If you need to use this style in order to get
71 the arrows or etc., but would still like to have normal keyboard
72 navigation take place, you should call Navigate in response to the
73 key events for Tab and Shift-Tab.
74 @style{wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE}:
75 On Windows, this style used to disable repainting the window
76 completely when its size is changed. Since this behaviour is now
77 the default, the style is now obsolete and no longer has an effect.
79 Use this style to enable a vertical scrollbar. Notice that this
80 style cannot be used with native controls which don't support
81 scrollbars nor with top-level windows in most ports.
83 Use this style to enable a horizontal scrollbar. The same
84 limitations as for wxVSCROLL apply to this style.
85 @style{wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB}:
86 If a window has scrollbars, disable them instead of hiding them
87 when they are not needed (i.e. when the size of the window is big
88 enough to not require the scrollbars to navigate it). This style is
89 currently implemented for wxMSW, wxGTK and wxUniversal and does
90 nothing on the other platforms.
91 @style{wxCLIP_CHILDREN}:
92 Use this style to eliminate flicker caused by the background being
93 repainted, then children being painted over them. Windows only.
94 @style{wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE}:
95 Use this style to force a complete redraw of the window whenever it
96 is resized instead of redrawing just the part of the window
97 affected by resizing. Note that this was the behaviour by default
98 before 2.5.1 release and that if you experience redraw problems
99 with code which previously used to work you may want to try this.
100 Currently this style applies on GTK+ 2 and Windows only, and full
101 repainting is always done on other platforms.
104 @beginExtraStyleTable
105 @style{wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY}:
106 By default, Validate/TransferDataTo/FromWindow() only work on
107 direct children of the window (compatible behaviour). Set this flag
108 to make them recursively descend into all subwindows.
109 @style{wxWS_EX_BLOCK_EVENTS}:
110 wxCommandEvents and the objects of the derived classes are
111 forwarded to the parent window and so on recursively by default.
112 Using this flag for the given window allows to block this
113 propagation at this window, i.e. prevent the events from being
114 propagated further upwards. Dialogs have this flag on by default.
115 @style{wxWS_EX_TRANSIENT}:
116 Don't use this window as an implicit parent for the other windows:
117 this must be used with transient windows as otherwise there is the
118 risk of creating a dialog/frame with this window as a parent which
119 would lead to a crash if the parent is destroyed before the child.
120 @style{wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE}:
121 This window should always process idle events, even if the mode set
122 by wxIdleEvent::SetMode is wxIDLE_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
123 @style{wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES}:
124 This window should always process UI update events, even if the
125 mode set by wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode is
126 wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
132 @see @ref overview_eventhandlingoverview, @ref overview_windowsizingoverview
133 "Window sizing overview"
135 class wxWindow
: public wxEvtHandler
140 Constructs a window, which can be a child of a frame, dialog or any other
144 Pointer to a parent window.
146 Window identifier. If wxID_ANY, will automatically create an identifier.
148 Window position. wxDefaultPosition indicates that wxWidgets
149 should generate a default position for the window. If using the wxWindow
150 class directly, supply
153 Window size. wxDefaultSize indicates that wxWidgets
154 should generate a default size for the window. If no suitable size can be
156 window will be sized to 20x20 pixels so that the window is visible but
160 Window style. For generic window styles, please see wxWindow.
165 wxWindow(wxWindow
* parent
, wxWindowID id
,
166 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
,
167 const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
,
169 const wxString
& name
= wxPanelNameStr
);
173 Destructor. Deletes all sub-windows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
174 the @b delete operator explicitly, you should normally
175 use Destroy() so that wxWidgets
176 can delete a window only when it is safe to do so, in idle time.
178 @see @ref overview_windowdeletionoverview "Window deletion overview",
179 Destroy(), wxCloseEvent
184 This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return @false to
185 indicate that this control doesn't accept input at all (i.e. behaves like e.g.
186 wxStaticText) and so doesn't need focus.
188 @see AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard()
190 bool AcceptsFocus() const;
193 This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return @false to
194 indicate that while this control can, in principle, have focus if the user
195 clicks it with the mouse, it shouldn't be included in the TAB traversal chain
196 when using the keyboard.
198 bool AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard() const;
201 Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
202 functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
203 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
204 called by the user code.
209 virtual void AddChild(wxWindow
* child
);
212 Call this function to force one or both scrollbars to be always shown, even if
213 the window is big enough to show its entire contents without scrolling.
218 Whether the horizontal scroll bar should always be visible.
220 Whether the vertical scroll bar should always be visible.
222 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under Mac/Carbon.
224 void AlwaysShowScrollbars(bool hflag
, bool vflag
);
227 Sets the cached best size value.
229 void CacheBestSize(const wxSize
& size
) const;
232 Returns @true if the system supports transparent windows and calling
233 SetTransparent() may succeed. If this function
234 returns @false, transparent windows are definitely not supported by the
238 bool CanSetTransparent();
241 Directs all mouse input to this window. Call ReleaseMouse() to
243 Note that wxWidgets maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
244 and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
245 captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
246 window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
247 as you capture it, unless the window receives
248 the wxMouseCaptureLostEvent event.
249 Any application which captures the mouse in the beginning of some operation
250 must handle wxMouseCaptureLostEvent
251 and cancel this operation when it receives the event. The event handler must
254 @see ReleaseMouse(), wxMouseCaptureLostEvent
256 virtual void CaptureMouse();
259 A synonym for Centre().
261 void Center(int direction
);
264 A synonym for CentreOnParent().
266 void CenterOnParent(int direction
);
272 Specifies the direction for the centering. May be wxHORIZONTAL, wxVERTICAL
273 or wxBOTH. It may also include wxCENTRE_ON_SCREEN flag
274 if you want to center the window on the entire screen and not on its
277 @remarks If the window is a top level one (i.e. doesn't have a parent),
278 it will be centered relative to the screen anyhow.
282 void Centre(int direction
= wxBOTH
);
285 Centres the window on its parent. This is a more readable synonym for
289 Specifies the direction for the centering. May be wxHORIZONTAL, wxVERTICAL
292 @remarks This methods provides for a way to center top level windows over
293 their parents instead of the entire screen. If there
294 is no parent or if the window is not a top level
295 window, then behaviour is the same as Centre().
297 @see wxTopLevelWindow::CentreOnScreen
299 void CentreOnParent(int direction
= wxBOTH
);
302 Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour. Does not
303 cause an erase background event to be generated.
305 void ClearBackground();
309 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
312 A pointer to a integer value for the x coordinate. Pass the client
314 a screen coordinate will be passed out.
316 A pointer to a integer value for the y coordinate. Pass the client
318 a screen coordinate will be passed out.
320 The client position for the second form of the function.
322 virtual void ClientToScreen(int* x
, int* y
) const;
323 const virtual wxPoint
ClientToScreen(const wxPoint
& pt
) const;
327 Converts client area size @a size to corresponding window size. In other
328 words, the returned value is what would GetSize()
329 return if this window had client area of given size.
330 Components with wxDefaultCoord value are left unchanged.
331 Note that the conversion is not always exact, it assumes that non-client area
332 doesn't change and so doesn't take into account things like menu bar
333 (un)wrapping or (dis)appearance of the scrollbars.
335 @see WindowToClientSize()
337 virtual wxSize
ClientToWindowSize(const wxSize
& size
);
340 This function simply generates a wxCloseEvent whose
341 handler usually tries to close the window. It doesn't close the window itself,
345 @false if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
346 of this window, @true if it cannot.
348 @remarks Close calls the close handler for the window, providing an
349 opportunity for the window to choose whether to destroy
350 the window. Usually it is only used with the top level
351 windows (wxFrame and wxDialog classes) as the others
352 are not supposed to have any special OnClose() logic.
354 @see @ref overview_windowdeletionoverview "Window deletion overview",
355 Destroy(), wxCloseEvent
357 bool Close(bool force
= false);
361 Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
362 For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character
364 and then divided by 4.
365 For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character
367 and then divided by 8.
369 @remarks Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions
370 even if the font changes.
372 @see ConvertPixelsToDialog()
374 wxPoint
ConvertDialogToPixels(const wxPoint
& pt
);
375 wxSize
ConvertDialogToPixels(const wxSize
& sz
);
380 Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
381 For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 4 and then divided by the
384 For the y dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 8 and then divided by the
388 @remarks Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions
389 even if the font changes.
391 @see ConvertDialogToPixels()
393 wxPoint
ConvertPixelsToDialog(const wxPoint
& pt
);
394 wxSize
ConvertPixelsToDialog(const wxSize
& sz
);
398 Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator,
400 different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
401 are not destroyed immediately when this function is called -- they are added
402 to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
403 have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to
407 @returns @true if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it
408 has been added to the list of windows pending real
411 virtual bool Destroy();
414 Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
416 virtual void DestroyChildren();
419 Disables the window, same as @ref enable() Enable(@false).
421 @returns Returns @true if the window has been disabled, @false if it had
422 been already disabled before the call to this function.
427 Gets the size which best suits the window: for a control, it would be
428 the minimal size which doesn't truncate the control, for a panel - the
429 same size as it would have after a call to Fit().
431 virtual wxSize
DoGetBestSize() const;
434 Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
435 This function is called by UpdateWindowUI()
436 in order to check return values in the wxUpdateUIEvent and
437 act appropriately. For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating,
439 implements this function as follows:
441 virtual void DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent
& event
);
444 Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
447 If @true, the window is eligible for drop file events. If @false, the window
448 will not accept drop file events.
450 @remarks Windows only.
452 virtual void DragAcceptFiles(bool accept
);
455 Enable or disable the window for user input. Note that when a parent window is
456 disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
460 If @true, enables the window for input. If @false, disables the window.
462 @returns Returns @true if the window has been enabled or disabled, @false
463 if nothing was done, i.e. if the window had already
464 been in the specified state.
466 @see IsEnabled(), Disable(), wxRadioBox::Enable
468 virtual bool Enable(bool enable
= true);
471 Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
473 @remarks Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without
474 needing a wxWindow pointer.
476 @see SetFocus(), HasFocus()
478 static wxWindow
* FindFocus();
482 Find a child of this window, by name.
484 wxWindow
* FindWindow(long id
) const;
485 const wxWindow
* FindWindow(const wxString
& name
) const;
489 Find the first window with the given @e id.
490 If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all top-level
491 frames and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
493 The search is recursive in both cases.
497 static wxWindow
* FindWindowById(long id
, wxWindow
* parent
= NULL
);
500 Find a window by its label. Depending on the type of window, the label may be a
502 or panel item label. If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all
504 frames and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
506 The search is recursive in both cases.
510 static wxWindow
* FindWindowByLabel(const wxString
& label
,
511 wxWindow
* parent
= NULL
);
514 Find a window by its name (as given in a window constructor or @b Create
516 If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all top-level
517 frames and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
519 The search is recursive in both cases.
520 If no window with such name is found,
521 FindWindowByLabel() is called.
525 static wxWindow
* FindWindowByName(const wxString
& name
,
526 wxWindow
* parent
= NULL
);
529 Sizes the window so that it fits around its subwindows. This function won't do
530 anything if there are no subwindows and will only really work correctly if
531 sizers are used for the subwindows layout. Also, if the window has exactly one
532 subwindow it is better (faster and the result is more precise as Fit adds some
533 margin to account for fuzziness of its calculations) to call
535 instead of calling Fit.
540 Similar to Fit(), but sizes the interior (virtual) size
541 of a window. Mainly useful with scrolled windows to reset scrollbars after
542 sizing changes that do not trigger a size event, and/or scrolled windows without
543 an interior sizer. This function similarly won't do anything if there are no
546 virtual void FitInside();
549 Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking place
550 on screen, the window is not redrawn at all. Thaw() must
551 be called to reenable window redrawing. Calls to these two functions may be
552 nested but to ensure that the window is properly repainted again, you must thaw
553 it exactly as many times as you froze it.
554 This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example, it
555 is a good idea to use it before doing many large text insertions in a row into
556 a wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all platforms nor for all
557 controls so it is mostly just a hint to wxWidgets and not a mandatory
560 @see wxWindowUpdateLocker
562 virtual void Freeze();
565 Gets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
567 wxAcceleratorTable
* GetAcceleratorTable() const;
570 Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
571 See also wxAccessible.
573 wxAccessible
* GetAccessible();
576 This method is deprecated, use GetEffectiveMinSize()
579 wxSize
GetAdjustedBestSize() const;
582 Returns the background colour of the window.
584 @see SetBackgroundColour(), SetForegroundColour(),
585 GetForegroundColour()
587 virtual wxColour
GetBackgroundColour() const;
590 Returns the background style of the window. The background style can be one of:
594 Use the default background, as determined by
595 the system or the current theme.
599 Use a solid colour for the background, this
600 style is set automatically if you call
601 SetBackgroundColour() so you only need to
602 set it explicitly if you had changed the background style to something else
607 Don't draw the background at all, it's
608 supposed that it is drawn by the user-defined erase background event handler.
609 This style should be used to avoid flicker when the background is entirely
612 wxBG_STYLE_TRANSPARET
614 The background is (partially) transparent,
615 this style is automatically set if you call
616 SetTransparent() which is used to set the
619 @see SetBackgroundColour(), GetForegroundColour(),
620 SetBackgroundStyle(), SetTransparent()
622 virtual wxBackgroundStyle
GetBackgroundStyle() const;
625 This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window. For
626 example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
627 control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
628 wxPanel), the size returned by this function will be the
629 same as the size the window would have had after calling
632 wxSize
GetBestSize() const;
635 Returns the currently captured window.
637 @see HasCapture(), CaptureMouse(), ReleaseMouse(),
638 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
640 static wxWindow
* GetCapture();
643 Returns the caret() associated with the window.
645 wxCaret
* GetCaret() const;
648 Returns the character height for this window.
650 virtual int GetCharHeight() const;
653 Returns the average character width for this window.
655 virtual int GetCharWidth() const;
659 Returns a reference to the list of the window's children. @c wxWindowList
660 is a type-safe wxList-like class whose elements are of type
663 wxWindowList
GetChildren() const;
664 const wxWindowList
GetChildren() const;
668 Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control. This is
669 useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control as in a
670 standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
671 colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
672 system, especially if it uses themes.
673 The @a variant parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
674 ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
675 returned font. See SetWindowVariant()
677 This static method is "overridden'' in many derived classes and so calling,
678 for example, wxButton::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
679 return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
680 from those returned by, say, wxListCtrl::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
681 The @c wxVisualAttributes structure has at least the fields
682 @c font, @c colFg and @c colBg. All of them may be invalid
683 if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
684 especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
685 the case for @c colBg for the controls with themed background.
687 @see InheritAttributes()
689 static wxVisualAttributes
GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindowVariant variant
= wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL
);
693 Returns the size of the window 'client area' in pixels. The client area is the
694 area which may be drawn on by the programmer, excluding title bar, border,
696 Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
697 return size is empty (both width and height are 0).
700 Receives the client width in pixels.
702 Receives the client height in pixels.
704 @see GetSize(), GetVirtualSize()
706 void GetClientSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
707 const wxSize
GetClientSize() const;
711 Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or @NULL if there are none.
713 wxLayoutConstraints
* GetConstraints() const;
716 Return the sizer that this window is a member of, if any, otherwise
719 const wxSizer
* GetContainingSizer() const;
722 Return the cursor associated with this window.
726 const wxCursor
GetCursor() const;
729 Currently this is the same as calling
730 wxWindow::GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindow::GetWindowVariant()).
731 One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
732 the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
733 virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
734 The other one is that in the future this function could return different
735 results, for example it might return a different font for an "Ok'' button
736 than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
737 in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
738 function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
739 version can be used without having to create an object first.
741 virtual wxVisualAttributes
GetDefaultAttributes() const;
744 Returns the associated drop target, which may be @NULL.
746 @see SetDropTarget(), @ref overview_wxdndoverview
748 wxDropTarget
* GetDropTarget() const;
751 Merges the window's best size into the min size and returns the
752 result. This is the value used by sizers to determine the appropriate
753 ammount of space to allocate for the widget.
755 @see GetBestSize(), SetInitialSize()
757 wxSize
GetEffectiveMinSize() const;
760 Returns the event handler for this window. By default, the window is its
763 @see SetEventHandler(), PushEventHandler(),
764 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
766 wxEvtHandler
* GetEventHandler() const;
769 Returns the extra style bits for the window.
771 long GetExtraStyle() const;
774 Returns the font for this window.
778 wxFont
GetFont() const;
781 Returns the foreground colour of the window.
783 @remarks The interpretation of foreground colour is open to
784 interpretation according to the window class; it may be
785 the text colour or other colour, or it may not be used
788 @see SetForegroundColour(), SetBackgroundColour(),
789 GetBackgroundColour()
791 virtual wxColour
GetForegroundColour();
794 Returns the grandparent of a window, or @NULL if there isn't one.
796 wxWindow
* GetGrandParent() const;
799 Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window. Cast it to an
801 handle, such as @b HWND for Windows, @b Widget for Motif, @b GtkWidget for GTK
802 or @b WinHandle for PalmOS.
804 void* GetHandle() const;
807 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
808 Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
810 and not in the window object itself.
812 @see SetHelpText(), GetHelpTextAtPoint(), wxHelpProvider
814 virtual wxString
GetHelpText() const;
817 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window. This
818 method should be overridden if the help message depends on the position inside
819 the window, otherwise GetHelpText() can be used.
822 Coordinates of the mouse at the moment of help event emission.
824 Help event origin, see also wxHelpEvent::GetOrigin.
826 virtual wxString
GetHelpTextAtPoint(const wxPoint point
,
827 wxHelpEvent::Origin origin
) const;
830 Returns the identifier of the window.
832 @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has
833 not provided one (or the default wxID_ANY) an unique
834 identifier with a negative value will be generated.
836 @see SetId(), @ref overview_windowids "Window identifiers"
841 Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
842 identification purposes.
844 @remarks The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
845 For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the
846 title. For buttons or static text controls, it is the
847 button text. This function can be useful for
848 meta-programs (such as testing tools or special-needs
849 access programs) which need to identify windows by name.
851 virtual wxString
GetLabel() const;
854 Returns the maximum size of window's client area.
855 This is an indication to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the maximum
856 possible size as well as the upper bound on window's size settable using
861 wxSize
GetMaxClientSize() const;
864 Returns the maximum size of the window. This is an indication to the sizer
865 layout mechanism that this is the maximum possible size as well as the upper
866 bound on window's size settable using SetSize().
868 @see GetMaxClientSize()
870 wxSize
GetMaxSize() const;
873 Returns the minimum size of window's client area, an indication to the sizer
874 layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of its client area. It
875 normally just returns the value set by
876 SetMinClientSize(), but it can be overridden
877 to do the calculation on demand.
881 virtual wxSize
GetMinClientSize() const;
884 Returns the minimum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout
886 that this is the minimum required size. It normally just returns the value set
887 by SetMinSize(), but it can be overridden to do the
888 calculation on demand.
890 @see GetMinClientSize()
892 virtual wxSize
GetMinSize() const;
895 Returns the window's name.
897 @remarks This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the
898 programmer to supply an appropriate name in the window
899 constructor or via SetName().
903 virtual wxString
GetName() const;
906 Returns the next window after this one among the parent children or @NULL if
907 this window is the last child.
911 @see GetPrevSibling()
913 wxWindow
* GetNextSibling() const;
916 Returns the parent of the window, or @NULL if there is no parent.
918 virtual wxWindow
* GetParent() const;
922 This function shows a popup menu at the given position in this window and
923 returns the selected id. It can be more convenient than the general purpose
924 PopupMenu() function for simple menus proposing a
925 choice in a list of strings to the user.
930 The position at which to show the menu in client coordinates
932 The horizontal position of the menu
934 The vertical position of the menu
936 @returns The selected menu item id or wxID_NONE if none selected or an
939 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu
& menu
,
941 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu
& menu
, int x
, int y
);
946 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
947 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level
951 Receives the x position of the window if non-@NULL.
953 Receives the y position of the window if non-@NULL.
955 @see GetScreenPosition()
957 virtual void GetPosition(int* x
, int* y
) const;
958 const wxPoint
GetPosition() const;
962 Returns the previous window before this one among the parent children or @c
964 this window is the first child.
968 @see GetNextSibling()
970 wxWindow
* GetPrevSibling() const;
973 Returns the position and size of the window as a wxRect object.
977 virtual wxRect
GetRect() const;
981 Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
982 child window or a top level one.
985 Receives the x position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
987 Receives the y position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
991 virtual void GetScreenPosition(int* x
, int* y
) const;
992 const wxPoint
GetScreenPosition() const;
996 Returns the position and size of the window on the screen as a
1001 virtual wxRect
GetScreenRect() const;
1004 Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
1006 @see See SetScrollbar()
1008 virtual int GetScrollPos(int orientation
);
1011 Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
1015 virtual int GetScrollRange(int orientation
);
1018 Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
1022 virtual int GetScrollThumb(int orientation
);
1026 Returns the size of the entire window in pixels, including title bar, border,
1028 Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
1029 returned size is the restored window size, not the size of the window icon.
1032 Receives the window width.
1034 Receives the window height.
1036 @see GetClientSize(), GetVirtualSize()
1038 void GetSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
1039 const wxSize
GetSize() const;
1043 Return the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
1044 SetSizer() or @NULL.
1046 wxSizer
* GetSizer() const;
1050 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1051 window with the currently selected font.
1052 The text extent is returned in @a w and @a h pointers (first form) or as a
1053 wxSize object (second form).
1056 String whose extent is to be measured.
1058 Return value for width.
1060 Return value for height.
1062 Return value for descent (optional).
1063 @param externalLeading
1064 Return value for external leading (optional).
1066 Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).
1068 If @true, string contains 16-bit characters. The default is @false.
1070 virtual void GetTextExtent(const wxString
& string
, int* w
,
1072 int* descent
= NULL
,
1073 int* externalLeading
= NULL
,
1074 const wxFont
* font
= NULL
,
1075 bool use16
= false) const;
1076 const wxSize
GetTextExtent(const wxString
& string
) const;
1080 Get the associated tooltip or @NULL if none.
1082 wxToolTip
* GetToolTip() const;
1085 Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged.
1087 only be called within an wxPaintEvent handler.
1089 @see wxRegion, wxRegionIterator
1091 virtual wxRegion
GetUpdateRegion() const;
1094 Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or @NULL if there is
1097 wxValidator
* GetValidator() const;
1101 This gets the virtual size of the window in pixels. By default it
1102 returns the client size of the window, but after a call to
1103 SetVirtualSize() it will return
1107 Receives the window virtual width.
1109 Receives the window virtual height.
1111 void GetVirtualSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
1112 const wxSize
GetVirtualSize() const;
1116 Returns the size of the left/right and top/bottom borders of this window in x
1117 and y components of the result respectively.
1119 wxSize
GetWindowBorderSize() const;
1122 Gets the window style that was passed to the constructor or @b Create
1123 method. @b GetWindowStyle() is another name for the same function.
1125 long GetWindowStyleFlag() const;
1128 Returns the value previously passed to
1131 wxWindowVariant
GetWindowVariant() const;
1134 This function will generate the appropriate call to
1135 Navigate() if the key event is one normally used for
1136 keyboard navigation and return @true in this case.
1138 @returns Returns @true if the key pressed was for navigation and was
1139 handled, @false otherwise.
1143 bool HandleAsNavigationKey(const wxKeyEvent
& event
);
1147 wxWindow::GetEventHandler()-wxEvtHandler::SafelyProcessEvent(event).
1149 bool HandleWindowEvent(wxEvent
& event
);
1152 Returns @true if this window has the current mouse capture.
1154 @see CaptureMouse(), ReleaseMouse(), wxMouseCaptureLostEvent,
1155 wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1157 virtual bool HasCapture() const;
1160 Returns @true if the window has the given @a exFlag bit set in its
1163 @see SetExtraStyle()
1165 bool HasExtraStyle(int exFlag
) const;
1168 Returns @true if the window has the given @a flag bit set.
1170 bool HasFlag(int flag
) const;
1173 Returns @true if the window (or in case of composite controls, its main
1174 child window) has focus.
1178 virtual bool HasFocus() const;
1181 This method should be overridden to return @true if this window has
1182 multiple pages. All standard class with multiple pages such as
1183 wxNotebook, wxListbook and
1184 wxTreebook already override it to return @true
1185 and user-defined classes with similar behaviour should do it as well to allow
1186 the library to handle such windows appropriately.
1188 virtual bool HasMultiplePages() const;
1191 Returns @true if this window has a scroll bar for this orientation.
1194 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
1196 virtual bool HasScrollbar(int orient
) const;
1199 Returns @true if this window background is transparent (as, for example, for
1200 wxStaticText) and should show the parent window background.
1201 This method is mostly used internally by the library itself and you normally
1202 shouldn't have to call it. You may, however, have to override it in your
1203 wxWindow-derived class to ensure that background is painted correctly.
1205 virtual bool HasTransparentBackground() const;
1208 Equivalent to calling wxWindow::Show(@false).
1213 This function hides a window, like Hide(), but using a
1214 special visual effect if possible.
1215 The parameters of this function are the same as for
1216 ShowWithEffect(), please see their
1221 virtual bool HideWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect
,
1222 unsigned timeout
= 0,
1223 wxDirection dir
= wxBOTTOM
);
1226 This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
1227 window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
1228 the font and the foreground and background colours.
1229 By "intelligently'' the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
1230 own @ref getclassdefaultattributes() default attributes. However
1231 if some of the parents attributes are explicitly (that is, using
1233 wxWindow::SetOwnFont) changed and if the
1234 corresponding attribute hadn't been explicitly set for this window itself,
1235 then this window takes the same value as used by the parent. In addition, if
1236 the window overrides ShouldInheritColours()
1237 to return @false, the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the
1239 This rather complicated logic is necessary in order to accommodate the
1240 different usage scenarios. The most common one is when all default attributes
1241 are used and in this case, nothing should be inherited as in modern GUIs
1242 different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
1243 they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
1244 desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
1245 just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
1246 do inherit the parents attributes.
1248 void InheritAttributes();
1251 Sends an @c wxEVT_INIT_DIALOG event, whose handler usually transfers data
1252 to the dialog via validators.
1257 Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it
1260 void InvalidateBestSize();
1263 Returns @true if the window contents is double-buffered by the system, i.e. if
1264 any drawing done on the window is really done on a temporary backing surface
1265 and transferred to the screen all at once later.
1269 virtual bool IsDoubleBuffered() const;
1272 Returns @true if the window is enabled, i.e. if it accepts user input, @c
1275 Notice that this method can return @false even if this window itself hadn't
1276 been explicitly disabled when one of its parent windows is disabled. To get the
1277 intrinsic status of this window, use
1282 virtual bool IsEnabled() const;
1286 Returns @true if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
1287 last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
1288 only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
1290 bool IsExposed(int x
, int y
) const;
1291 const bool IsExposed(wxPoint amp
;pt
) const;
1292 const bool IsExposed(int x
, int y
, int w
, int h
) const;
1293 const bool IsExposed(wxRect amp
;rect
) const;
1297 Returns @true if the window is currently frozen by a call to
1302 virtual bool IsFrozen() const;
1305 Returns @true if the window is retained, @false otherwise.
1307 @remarks Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
1309 virtual bool IsRetained() const;
1312 Return whether a scrollbar is always shown.
1315 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
1317 @see AlwaysShowScrollbars()
1319 bool IsScrollbarAlwaysShown(int orient
);
1322 Returns @true if the window is shown, @false if it has been hidden.
1324 @see IsShownOnScreen()
1326 virtual bool IsShown() const;
1329 Returns @true if the window is physically visible on the screen, i.e. it
1330 is shown and all its parents up to the toplevel window are shown as well.
1334 virtual bool IsShownOnScreen() const;
1337 Returns @true if this window is intrinsically enabled, @false otherwise,
1339 if @ref enable() Enable(@false) had been called. This method is
1340 mostly used for wxWidgets itself, user code should normally use
1341 IsEnabled() instead.
1343 bool IsThisEnabled() const;
1346 Returns @true if the given window is a top-level one. Currently all frames and
1347 dialogs are considered to be top-level windows (even if they have a parent
1350 bool IsTopLevel() const;
1353 Invokes the constraint-based layout algorithm or the sizer-based algorithm
1355 See SetAutoLayout(): when auto
1356 layout is on, this function gets called automatically when the window is
1362 This is just a wrapper for wxWindow::ScrollLines(1).
1367 This is just a wrapper for wxWindow::ScrollLines(-1).
1372 Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
1379 Disables all other windows in the application so that
1380 the user can only interact with this window.
1383 If @true, this call disables all other windows in the application so that
1384 the user can only interact with this window. If @false, the effect is
1387 virtual void MakeModal(bool flag
);
1391 Moves the window to the given position.
1394 Required x position.
1396 Required y position.
1398 wxPoint object representing the position.
1400 @remarks Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1401 Move() function, which is defined in the base
1402 wxWindow class as the call:
1406 void Move(int x
, int y
);
1407 void Move(const wxPoint
& pt
);
1411 Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified @e win.
1412 This means that when the user presses @c TAB key on that other window,
1413 the focus switches to this window.
1414 Default tab order is the same as creation order, this function and
1415 MoveBeforeInTabOrder() allow to change
1416 it after creating all the windows.
1419 A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
1422 void MoveAfterInTabOrder(wxWindow
* win
);
1425 Same as MoveAfterInTabOrder() except that
1426 it inserts this window just before @a win instead of putting it right after
1429 void MoveBeforeInTabOrder(wxWindow
* win
);
1432 Performs a keyboard navigation action starting from this window. This method is
1433 equivalent to calling NavigateIn() method on the
1437 A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and
1438 wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.
1440 @returns Returns @true if the focus was moved to another window or @false
1443 @remarks You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress
1444 handler to do the default navigation behaviour for the
1445 tab key, since the standard default behaviour for a
1446 multiline text control with the wxTE_PROCESS_TAB style
1447 is to insert a tab and not navigate to the next
1448 control. See also wxNavigationKeyEvent and
1449 HandleAsNavigationKey.
1451 bool Navigate(int flags
= wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward
);
1454 Performs a keyboard navigation action inside this window.
1455 See Navigate() for more information.
1457 bool NavigateIn(int flags
= wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward
);
1460 Create a new ID or range of IDs that are not currently in use. The
1461 IDs will be reserved until assigned to a wxWindowIDRef()
1462 or unreserved with UnreserveControlId().
1463 See @ref overview_windowidsoverview "Window IDs overview" for more information.
1466 The number of sequential IDs to reserve.
1468 @returns Returns the ID or the first ID of the range, or wxID_NONE if the
1469 specified number of identifiers couldn't be allocated.
1471 @see UnreserveControlId(), wxIdManager, @ref overview_windowidsoverview
1472 "Window IDs overview"
1474 static wxWindowID
NewControlId(int count
= 1);
1477 This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
1478 sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
1479 that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
1480 handler in a derived class.
1481 This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
1482 and most implementations call UpdateWindowUI()
1483 in order to send update events to the window in idle time.
1485 virtual void OnInternalIdle();
1488 This is just a wrapper for wxWindow::ScrollPages(1).
1493 This is just a wrapper for wxWindow::ScrollPages(-1).
1498 Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
1500 @param deleteHandler
1501 If this is @true, the handler will be deleted after it is removed. The
1502 default value is @false.
1504 @see SetEventHandler(), GetEventHandler(),
1505 PushEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
1507 wxEvtHandler
* PopEventHandler(bool deleteHandler
= false) const;
1511 Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
1512 window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu. If a
1513 menu item is selected, the corresponding menu event is generated and will be
1514 processed as usually. If the coordinates are not specified, current mouse
1515 cursor position is used.
1520 The position where the menu will appear.
1522 Required x position for the menu to appear.
1524 Required y position for the menu to appear.
1526 @remarks Just before the menu is popped up, wxMenu::UpdateUI is called to
1527 ensure that the menu items are in the correct state.
1528 The menu does not get deleted by the window.
1532 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu
* menu
,
1533 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
);
1534 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu
* menu
, int x
, int y
);
1538 Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
1541 Specifies the handler to be pushed.
1543 @remarks An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the
1544 events sent to a window. By default, the window is its
1545 own event handler, but an application may wish to
1546 substitute another, for example to allow central
1547 implementation of event-handling for a variety of
1548 different window classes.
1550 @see SetEventHandler(), GetEventHandler(),
1551 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
1553 void PushEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
1556 Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
1557 In current version of wxWidgets this works both for managed and child windows.
1564 Causes this window, and all of its children recursively (except under wxGTK1
1565 where this is not implemented), to be repainted. Note that repainting doesn't
1566 happen immediately but only during the next event loop iteration, if you need
1567 to update the window immediately you should use Update()
1570 @param eraseBackground
1571 If @true, the background will be
1574 If non-@NULL, only the given rectangle will
1575 be treated as damaged.
1579 virtual void Refresh(bool eraseBackground
= true,
1580 const wxRect
* rect
= NULL
);
1583 Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: only the area inside it will be
1585 This is the same as Refresh() but has a nicer syntax
1586 as it can be called with a temporary wxRect object as argument like this
1587 @c RefreshRect(wxRect(x, y, w, h)).
1589 void RefreshRect(const wxRect
& rect
, bool eraseBackground
= true);
1592 Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey
1593 registered here, this window
1594 will receive a hotkey event. It will receive the event even if the application
1595 is in the background
1596 and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some other
1600 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0
1602 this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a system wide unique
1603 identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
1604 This is a MSW specific detail.
1606 A bitwise combination of wxMOD_SHIFT, wxMOD_CONTROL, wxMOD_ALT
1607 or wxMOD_WIN specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along
1609 @param virtualKeyCode
1610 The virtual key code of the hotkey.
1612 @returns @true if the hotkey was registered successfully. @false if some
1613 other application already registered a hotkey with this
1614 modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
1616 @remarks Use EVT_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the
1617 event. This function is currently only implemented
1618 under Windows. It is used in the Windows CE port for
1619 detecting hardware button presses.
1621 @see UnregisterHotKey()
1623 bool RegisterHotKey(int hotkeyId
, int modifiers
,
1624 int virtualKeyCode
);
1627 Releases mouse input captured with CaptureMouse().
1629 @see CaptureMouse(), HasCapture(), ReleaseMouse(),
1630 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1632 virtual void ReleaseMouse();
1635 Removes a child window. This is called automatically by window deletion
1636 functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
1637 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
1638 called by the user code.
1641 Child window to remove.
1643 virtual void RemoveChild(wxWindow
* child
);
1646 Find the given @a handler in the windows event handler chain and remove (but
1647 not delete) it from it.
1650 The event handler to remove, must be non-@NULL and
1651 must be present in this windows event handlers chain
1653 @returns Returns @true if it was found and @false otherwise (this also
1654 results in an assert failure so this function should
1655 only be called when the handler is supposed to be
1658 @see PushEventHandler(), PopEventHandler()
1660 bool RemoveEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
1663 Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
1664 current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
1665 and then re-inserted into another.
1670 virtual bool Reparent(wxWindow
* newParent
);
1674 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
1677 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1679 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1681 The screen position for the second form of the function.
1683 virtual void ScreenToClient(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1684 const virtual wxPoint
ScreenToClient(const wxPoint
& pt
) const;
1688 Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if @a lines is
1691 @returns Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
1692 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
1694 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and
1695 wxTextCtrl under wxGTK (it also works for
1696 wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all platforms).
1700 virtual bool ScrollLines(int lines
);
1703 Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if @a pages is
1706 @returns Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
1707 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
1709 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxGTK.
1713 virtual bool ScrollPages(int pages
);
1716 Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
1719 Amount to scroll horizontally.
1721 Amount to scroll vertically.
1723 Rectangle to scroll, if it is @NULL, the whole window is
1724 scrolled (this is always the case under wxGTK which doesn't support this
1727 @remarks Note that you can often use wxScrolledWindow instead of using
1728 this function directly.
1730 virtual void ScrollWindow(int dx
, int dy
,
1731 const wxRect
* rect
= NULL
);
1734 Sets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
1736 virtual void SetAcceleratorTable(const wxAcceleratorTable
& accel
);
1739 Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
1740 will be deleted first, if not identical to @e accessible.
1741 See also wxAccessible.
1743 void SetAccessible(wxAccessible
* accessible
);
1746 Determines whether the Layout() function will
1747 be called automatically when the window is resized. Please note that this only
1748 happens for the windows usually used to contain children, namely
1749 wxPanel and wxTopLevelWindow
1750 (and the classes deriving from them).
1751 This method is called implicitly by
1752 SetSizer() but if you use
1753 SetConstraints() you should call it
1754 manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly updated when its
1758 Set this to @true if you wish the Layout function to be
1759 called automatically when the window is resized.
1761 @see SetConstraints()
1763 void SetAutoLayout(bool autoLayout
);
1766 Sets the background colour of the window.
1767 Please see InheritAttributes() for
1768 explanation of the difference between this method and
1769 SetOwnBackgroundColour().
1772 The colour to be used as the background colour, pass
1773 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
1775 @remarks The background colour is usually painted by the default
1776 wxEraseEvent event handler function under Windows and
1777 automatically under GTK.
1779 @see GetBackgroundColour(), SetForegroundColour(),
1780 GetForegroundColour(), ClearBackground(),
1781 Refresh(), wxEraseEvent
1783 virtual bool SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
1786 Sets the background style of the window. see
1787 GetBackgroundStyle() for the description
1788 of the possible style values.
1790 @see SetBackgroundColour(), GetForegroundColour(),
1793 virtual void SetBackgroundStyle(wxBackgroundStyle style
);
1796 This method is only implemented by ports which have support for
1797 native TAB traversal (such as GTK+ 2.0). It is called by wxWidgets'
1798 container control code to give the native system a hint when
1799 doing TAB traversal. A call to this does not disable or change
1800 the effect of programmatically calling
1803 @see wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus, wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
1805 virtual void SetCanFocus(bool canFocus
);
1808 Sets the caret() associated with the window.
1810 void SetCaret(wxCaret
* caret
) const;
1814 This sets the size of the window client area in pixels. Using this function to
1816 tends to be more device-independent than SetSize(), since the application need
1818 worry about what dimensions the border or title bar have when trying to fit the
1820 around panel items, for example.
1823 The required client area width.
1825 The required client area height.
1827 The required client size.
1829 virtual void SetClientSize(int width
, int height
);
1830 virtual void SetClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
1834 Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
1835 will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
1836 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
1837 window, it will be deleted.
1840 The constraints to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
1843 @remarks You must call SetAutoLayout() to tell a window to use
1844 the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you
1845 must override OnSize and call Layout() explicitly. When
1846 setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a wxSizer, only
1847 the sizer will have effect.
1849 void SetConstraints(wxLayoutConstraints
* constraints
);
1852 This normally does not need to be called by user code. It is called
1853 when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window can
1854 remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
1856 void SetContainingSizer(wxSizer
* sizer
);
1859 Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
1860 children of the window implicitly.
1861 The @a cursor may be @c wxNullCursor in which case the window cursor will
1862 be reset back to default.
1865 Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.
1867 @see ::wxSetCursor, wxCursor
1869 virtual void SetCursor(const wxCursor
& cursor
);
1872 Associates a drop target with this window.
1873 If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
1875 @see GetDropTarget(), @ref overview_wxdndoverview
1877 void SetDropTarget(wxDropTarget
* target
);
1880 Sets the event handler for this window.
1883 Specifies the handler to be set.
1885 @remarks An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the
1886 events sent to a window. By default, the window is its
1887 own event handler, but an application may wish to
1888 substitute another, for example to allow central
1889 implementation of event-handling for a variety of
1890 different window classes.
1892 @see GetEventHandler(), PushEventHandler(),
1893 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
1895 void SetEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
1898 Sets the extra style bits for the window. The currently defined extra style
1901 @b wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY
1903 TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
1904 and Validate() methods will recursively descend into all children of the
1905 window if it has this style flag set.
1907 @b wxWS_EX_BLOCK_EVENTS
1909 Normally, the command
1910 events are propagated upwards to the window parent recursively until a handler
1911 for them is found. Using this style allows to prevent them from being
1912 propagated beyond this window. Notice that wxDialog has this style on by
1913 default for the reasons explained in the
1914 @ref overview_eventprocessing "event processing overview".
1916 @b wxWS_EX_TRANSIENT
1918 This can be used to prevent a
1919 window from being used as an implicit parent for the dialogs which were
1920 created without a parent. It is useful for the windows which can disappear at
1921 any moment as creating children of such windows results in fatal problems.
1923 @b wxWS_EX_CONTEXTHELP
1925 Under Windows, puts a query
1926 button on the caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive
1927 help mode and wxWidgets will send a wxEVT_HELP event if the user clicked on an
1929 This style cannot be used together with wxMAXIMIZE_BOX or wxMINIMIZE_BOX, so
1930 these two styles are automatically turned of if this one is used.
1932 @b wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE
1934 This window should always process idle events, even
1935 if the mode set by wxIdleEvent::SetMode is wxIDLE_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
1937 @b wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES
1939 This window should always process UI update events,
1940 even if the mode set by wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode is
1941 wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
1943 void SetExtraStyle(long exStyle
);
1946 This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
1948 @see HasFocus(), wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus,
1949 wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
1951 virtual void SetFocus();
1954 This function is called by wxWidgets keyboard navigation code when the user
1955 gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using @c TAB key).
1956 By default this method simply calls SetFocus() but
1957 can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
1959 virtual void SetFocusFromKbd();
1962 Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
1963 parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
1964 use SetOwnFont() instead in this case and
1965 see InheritAttributes() for more
1967 Please notice that the given font is not automatically used for
1968 wxPaintDC objects associated with this window, you need to
1969 call wxDC::SetFont too. However this font is used by
1970 any standard controls for drawing their text as well as by
1974 Font to associate with this window, pass
1975 wxNullFont to reset to the default font.
1977 @returns @true if the want was really changed, @false if it was already set
1978 to this font and so nothing was done.
1980 @see GetFont(), InheritAttributes()
1982 bool SetFont(const wxFont
& font
);
1985 Sets the foreground colour of the window.
1986 Please see InheritAttributes() for
1987 explanation of the difference between this method and
1988 SetOwnForegroundColour().
1991 The colour to be used as the foreground colour, pass
1992 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
1994 @remarks The interpretation of foreground colour is open to
1995 interpretation according to the window class; it may be
1996 the text colour or other colour, or it may not be used
1999 @see GetForegroundColour(), SetBackgroundColour(),
2000 GetBackgroundColour(), ShouldInheritColours()
2002 virtual void SetForegroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2005 Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2006 Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
2008 and not in the window object itself.
2010 @see GetHelpText(), wxHelpProvider
2012 virtual void SetHelpText(const wxString
& helpText
);
2015 Sets the identifier of the window.
2017 @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has
2018 not provided one, an identifier will be generated.
2019 Normally, the identifier should be provided on creation
2020 and should not be modified subsequently.
2022 @see GetId(), @ref overview_windowids "Window identifiers"
2027 Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the
2028 components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord).
2030 virtual void SetInitialBestSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2033 A @e smart SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
2034 window's @e best size values. Also sets the window's minsize to
2035 the value passed in for use with sizers. This means that if a full or
2036 partial size is passed to this function then the sizers will use that
2037 size instead of the results of GetBestSize to determine the minimum
2038 needs of the window for layout.
2039 Most controls will use this to set their initial size, and their min
2040 size to the passed in value (if any.)
2042 @see SetSize(), GetBestSize(), GetEffectiveMinSize()
2044 void SetInitialSize(const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
);
2047 Sets the window's label.
2054 virtual void SetLabel(const wxString
& label
);
2057 Sets the maximum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
2058 layout mechanism that this is the maximum possible size of its client area.
2062 void SetMaxClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2065 Sets the maximum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
2066 that this is the maximum possible size.
2068 @see SetMaxClientSize()
2070 void SetMaxSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2073 Sets the minimum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
2074 layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of window's client
2075 area. You may need to call this if you change the window size after
2076 construction and before adding to its parent sizer.
2080 void SetMinClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2083 Sets the minimum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
2084 that this is the minimum required size. You may need to call this
2085 if you change the window size after construction and before adding
2086 to its parent sizer.
2088 @see SetMinClientSize()
2090 void SetMinSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2093 Sets the window's name.
2096 A name to set for the window.
2100 virtual void SetName(const wxString
& name
);
2103 Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2104 by the children of this window.
2106 @see SetBackgroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
2108 void SetOwnBackgroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2111 Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
2112 children of this window.
2114 @see SetFont(), InheritAttributes()
2116 void SetOwnFont(const wxFont
& font
);
2119 Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2120 by the children of this window.
2122 @see SetForegroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
2124 void SetOwnForegroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2127 Obsolete - use wxDC::SetPalette instead.
2129 virtual void SetPalette(wxPalette
* palette
);
2132 Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2135 Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL
2138 Position in scroll units.
2140 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
2142 @remarks This function does not directly affect the contents of the
2143 window: it is up to the application to take note of
2144 scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
2146 @see SetScrollbar(), GetScrollPos(), GetScrollThumb(),
2147 wxScrollBar, wxScrolledWindow
2149 virtual void SetScrollPos(int orientation
, int pos
,
2150 bool refresh
= true);
2153 Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
2156 Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL
2159 The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.
2161 The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.
2163 The maximum position of the scrollbar.
2165 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
2167 @remarks Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same
2168 font. The window is sized so that you can only see 16
2171 @see @ref overview_scrollingoverview "Scrolling overview", wxScrollBar,
2172 wxScrolledWindow, wxScrollWinEvent
2174 virtual void SetScrollbar(int orientation
, int position
,
2177 bool refresh
= true);
2181 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
2184 Required x position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
2186 value should be used.
2188 Required y position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
2190 value should be used.
2192 Required width in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
2193 value should be used.
2195 Required height position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
2197 value should be used.
2199 wxSize object for setting the size.
2201 wxRect object for setting the position and size.
2203 Indicates the interpretation of other parameters. It is a bit list of the
2205 wxSIZE_AUTO_WIDTH: a wxDefaultCoord width value is taken to indicate
2206 a wxWidgets-supplied default width.
2208 wxSIZE_AUTO_HEIGHT: a wxDefaultCoord height value is taken to indicate
2209 a wxWidgets-supplied default height.
2211 wxSIZE_AUTO: wxDefaultCoord size values are taken to indicate
2212 a wxWidgets-supplied default size.
2214 wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING: existing dimensions should be used
2215 if wxDefaultCoord values are supplied.
2217 wxSIZE_ALLOW_MINUS_ONE: allow negative dimensions (i.e. value of
2218 wxDefaultCoord) to be interpreted
2219 as real dimensions, not default values.
2220 wxSIZE_FORCE: normally, if the position and the size of the window are
2221 already the same as the parameters of this function, nothing is done. but
2223 this flag a window resize may be forced even in this case (supported in wx
2224 2.6.2 and later and only implemented for MSW and ignored elsewhere
2227 @remarks The second form is a convenience for calling the first form with
2228 default x and y parameters, and must be used with
2229 non-default width and height values.
2233 virtual void SetSize(int x
, int y
, int width
, int height
,
2234 int sizeFlags
= wxSIZE_AUTO
);
2235 virtual void SetSize(const wxRect
& rect
);
2236 virtual void SetSize(int width
, int height
);
2237 virtual void SetSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2241 Use of this function for windows which are not toplevel windows
2242 (such as wxDialog or wxFrame) is discouraged. Please use
2243 SetMinSize() and SetMaxSize()
2246 @see wxTopLevelWindow::SetSizeHints.
2251 Sets the window to have the given layout sizer. The window
2252 will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2253 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2254 window, it will be deleted if the deleteOld parameter is @true.
2255 Note that this function will also call
2256 SetAutoLayout() implicitly with @true
2257 parameter if the @a sizer is non-@NULL and @false otherwise.
2260 The sizer to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and conditionally delete
2261 the window's sizer. See below.
2263 If @true (the default), this will delete any pre-existing sizer.
2264 Pass @false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself.
2266 @remarks SetSizer now enables and disables Layout automatically, but
2267 prior to wxWidgets 2.3.3 the following applied:
2269 void SetSizer(wxSizer
* sizer
, bool deleteOld
= true);
2272 This method calls SetSizer() and then
2273 wxSizer::SetSizeHints which sets the initial
2274 window size to the size needed to accommodate all sizer elements and sets the
2275 size hints which, if this window is a top level one, prevent the user from
2276 resizing it to be less than this minimial size.
2278 void SetSizerAndFit(wxSizer
* sizer
, bool deleteOld
= true);
2281 This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
2282 to draw the windows' background instead if its own background drawing
2283 code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
2284 obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
2285 One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
2286 defined by a user's selected theme.
2287 Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to @true
2288 by default so that the default look and feel is simulated best.
2290 virtual void SetThemeEnabled(bool enable
);
2294 Attach a tooltip to the window.
2295 See also: GetToolTip(),
2298 void SetToolTip(const wxString
& tip
);
2299 void SetToolTip(wxToolTip
* tip
);
2303 Set the transparency of the window. If the system supports transparent windows,
2304 returns @true, otherwise returns @false and the window remains fully opaque.
2305 See also CanSetTransparent().
2306 The parameter @a alpha is in the range 0..255 where 0 corresponds to a
2307 fully transparent window and 255 to the fully opaque one. The constants
2308 @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_TRANSPARENT and @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_OPAQUE can be
2311 bool SetTransparent(wxByte alpha
);
2314 Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having
2315 called wxValidator::Clone to
2316 create a new validator of this type.
2318 virtual void SetValidator(const wxValidator
& validator
);
2322 Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
2324 void SetVirtualSize(int width
, int height
);
2325 void SetVirtualSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2330 Allows specification of minimum and maximum virtual window sizes.
2331 If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values
2335 Specifies the minimum width allowable.
2337 Specifies the minimum height allowable.
2339 Specifies the maximum width allowable.
2341 Specifies the maximum height allowable.
2347 @remarks If this function is called, the user will not be able to size
2348 the virtual area of the window outside the given bounds.
2350 virtual void SetVirtualSizeHints(int minW
, int minH
, int maxW
= -1,
2352 void SetVirtualSizeHints(const wxSize
& minSize
= wxDefaultSize
,
2353 const wxSize
& maxSize
= wxDefaultSize
);
2357 Identical to SetWindowStyleFlag().
2359 void SetWindowStyle(long style
);
2362 Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
2363 after the window creation and that Refresh() might
2364 need to be be called after changing the others for the change to take place
2366 See @ref overview_windowstyles "Window styles" for more information about flags.
2368 @see GetWindowStyleFlag()
2370 virtual void SetWindowStyleFlag(long style
);
2373 This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
2374 Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
2375 exist in several sizes which correspond to the elements of wxWindowVariant
2378 By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
2379 be used to change this.
2381 void SetWindowVariant(wxWindowVariant variant
);
2384 Return @true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
2385 InheritAttributes(), returning @false
2386 forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
2387 The base class version returns @false, but this method is overridden in
2388 wxControl where it returns @true.
2390 virtual bool ShouldInheritColours();
2393 Shows or hides the window. You may need to call Raise()
2394 for a top level window if you want to bring it to top, although this is not
2395 needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
2398 If @true displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.
2400 @returns @true if the window has been shown or hidden or @false if nothing
2401 was done because it already was in the requested state.
2403 @see IsShown(), Hide(), wxRadioBox::Show
2405 virtual bool Show(bool show
= true);
2408 This function shows a window, like Show(), but using a
2409 special visual effect if possible.
2410 Possible values for @a effect are:
2418 Sliding window effect
2422 Fade in or out effect
2424 wxSHOW_EFFECT_EXPAND
2426 Expanding or collapsing effect
2428 For the roll and slide effects the @a dir parameter specifies the animation
2429 direction: it can be one of @c wxTOP, @c wxBOTTOM, @c wxLEFT
2430 or @c wxRIGHT. For the other effects, this parameter is unused.
2431 The @a timeout parameter specifies the time of the animation, in
2432 milliseconds. If the default value of 0 is used, the default animation time
2433 for the current platform is used.
2434 Currently this function is only implemented in wxMSW and does the same thing as
2435 Show() in the other ports.
2439 @see HideWithEffect()
2441 virtual bool ShowWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect
,
2442 unsigned timeout
= 0,
2443 wxDirection dir
= wxBOTTOM
);
2446 Reenables window updating after a previous call to
2447 Freeze(). To really thaw the control, it must be called
2448 exactly the same number of times as Freeze().
2450 @see wxWindowUpdateLocker
2452 virtual void Thaw();
2455 Turns the given @a flag on if it's currently turned off and vice versa.
2456 This function cannot be used if the value of the flag is 0 (which is often
2457 the case for default flags).
2458 Also, please notice that not all styles can be changed after the control
2461 @returns Returns @true if the style was turned on by this function, @false
2462 if it was switched off.
2464 @see SetWindowStyleFlag(), HasFlag()
2466 bool ToggleWindowStyle(int flag
);
2469 Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their
2471 @false if a transfer failed.
2472 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2473 the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
2475 @see TransferDataToWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2477 virtual bool TransferDataFromWindow();
2480 Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their
2482 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2483 the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
2485 @returns Returns @false if a transfer failed.
2487 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2489 virtual bool TransferDataToWindow();
2492 Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
2495 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to
2498 @returns @true if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, @false if the
2501 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
2503 @see RegisterHotKey()
2505 bool UnregisterHotKey(int hotkeyId
);
2508 Unreserve an ID or range of IDs that was reserved by NewControlId().
2509 See @ref overview_windowidsoverview "Window IDs overview" for more information.
2512 The starting ID of the range of IDs to unreserve.
2514 The number of sequential IDs to unreserve.
2516 @see NewControlId(), wxIdManager, @ref overview_windowidsoverview
2517 "Window IDs overview"
2519 static void UnreserveControlId(wxWindowID id
, int count
= 1);
2522 Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window and
2523 all of its children recursively while this would usually only happen when the
2524 flow of control returns to the event loop.
2525 Notice that this function doesn't invalidate any area of the window so
2526 nothing happens if nothing has been invalidated (i.e. marked as requiring
2527 a redraw). Use Refresh() first if you want to
2528 immediately redraw the window unconditionally.
2530 virtual void Update();
2533 This function sends wxUpdateUIEvents() to
2534 the window. The particular implementation depends on the window; for
2535 example a wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
2536 and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
2537 You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
2538 UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
2539 are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
2540 wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode or
2541 wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval to
2542 limit the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle
2544 @a flags should be a bitlist of one or more of the following values.
2546 If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
2547 function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE flag, since
2548 this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
2549 to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
2550 only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
2551 The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
2554 @see wxUpdateUIEvent, DoUpdateWindowUI(), OnInternalIdle()
2556 virtual void UpdateWindowUI(long flags
= wxUPDATE_UI_NONE
);
2559 Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
2560 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2561 the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
2563 @returns Returns @false if any of the validations failed.
2565 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), TransferDataToWindow(),
2568 virtual bool Validate();
2571 Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
2572 @b NB: This function is not supported under Mac because Apple Human
2573 Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor programmatically.
2576 The new x position for the cursor.
2578 The new y position for the cursor.
2580 void WarpPointer(int x
, int y
);
2585 // ============================================================================
2586 // Global functions/macros
2587 // ============================================================================
2590 Find the deepest window at the given mouse position in screen coordinates,
2591 returning the window if found, or @NULL if not.
2593 wxWindow
* wxFindWindowAtPoint(const wxPoint
& pt
);
2596 Find the deepest window at the mouse pointer position, returning the window
2597 and current pointer position in screen coordinates.
2599 wxWindow
* wxFindWindowAtPointer(wxPoint
& pt
);
2602 Gets the currently active window (implemented for MSW and GTK only currently,
2603 always returns @NULL in the other ports).
2605 wxWindow
* wxGetActiveWindow();
2608 Returns the first top level parent of the given window, or in other words, the
2609 frame or dialog containing it, or @NULL.
2611 wxWindow
* wxGetTopLevelParent(wxWindow win
);