wxCursor derives (on almost all ports) from wxGDIObject (closes #3711)
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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: cursor.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxCursor
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9 /**
10 @class wxCursor
11
12 A cursor is a small bitmap usually used for denoting where the mouse
13 pointer is, with a picture that might indicate the interpretation of a
14 mouse click. As with icons, cursors in X and MS Windows are created in a
15 different manner. Therefore, separate cursors will be created for the
16 different environments. Platform-specific methods for creating a wxCursor
17 object are catered for, and this is an occasion where conditional
18 compilation will probably be required (see wxIcon for an example).
19
20 A single cursor object may be used in many windows (any subwindow type).
21 The wxWidgets convention is to set the cursor for a window, as in X, rather
22 than to set it globally as in MS Windows, although a global wxSetCursor()
23 function is also available for MS Windows use.
24
25 @section cursor_custom Creating a Custom Cursor
26
27 The following is an example of creating a cursor from 32x32 bitmap data
28 (down_bits) and a mask (down_mask) where 1 is black and 0 is white for the
29 bits, and 1 is opaque and 0 is transparent for the mask.
30 It works on Windows and GTK+.
31
32 @code
33 static char down_bits[] = { 255, 255, 255, 255, 31,
34 255, 255, 255, 31, 255, 255, 255, 31, 255, 255, 255,
35 31, 255, 255, 255, 31, 255, 255, 255, 31, 255, 255,
36 255, 31, 255, 255, 255, 31, 255, 255, 255, 25, 243,
37 255, 255, 19, 249, 255, 255, 7, 252, 255, 255, 15, 254,
38 255, 255, 31, 255, 255, 255, 191, 255, 255, 255, 255,
39 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
40 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
41 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
42 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
43 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
44 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,
45 255 };
46
47 static char down_mask[] = { 240, 1, 0, 0, 240, 1,
48 0, 0, 240, 1, 0, 0, 240, 1, 0, 0, 240, 1, 0, 0, 240, 1,
49 0, 0, 240, 1, 0, 0, 240, 1, 0, 0, 255, 31, 0, 0, 255,
50 31, 0, 0, 254, 15, 0, 0, 252, 7, 0, 0, 248, 3, 0, 0,
51 240, 1, 0, 0, 224, 0, 0, 0, 64, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
52 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
53 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
54 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
55 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
56
57 #ifdef __WXMSW__
58 wxBitmap down_bitmap(down_bits, 32, 32);
59 wxBitmap down_mask_bitmap(down_mask, 32, 32);
60
61 down_bitmap.SetMask(new wxMask(down_mask_bitmap));
62 wxImage down_image = down_bitmap.ConvertToImage();
63 down_image.SetOption(wxIMAGE_OPTION_CUR_HOTSPOT_X, 6);
64 down_image.SetOption(wxIMAGE_OPTION_CUR_HOTSPOT_Y, 14);
65 wxCursor down_cursor = wxCursor(down_image);
66 #elif defined(__WXGTK__) or defined(__WXMOTIF__)
67 wxCursor down_cursor = wxCursor(down_bits, 32, 32, 6, 14,
68 down_mask, wxWHITE, wxBLACK);
69 #endif
70 @endcode
71
72 @library{wxcore}
73 @category{gdi}
74
75 @stdobjects
76 - ::wxNullCursor
77 - ::wxSTANDARD_CURSOR
78 - ::wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR
79 - ::wxCROSS_CURSOR
80
81 @see wxBitmap, wxIcon, wxWindow::SetCursor(), wxSetCursor(), ::wxStockCursor
82 */
83 class wxCursor : public wxGDIObject
84 {
85 public:
86 /**
87 Default constructor.
88 */
89 wxCursor();
90
91 /**
92 Constructs a cursor by passing an array of bits (XBM data).
93
94 The parameters @a fg and @a bg have an effect only on GTK+, and force
95 the cursor to use particular background and foreground colours.
96
97 If either @a hotSpotX or @a hotSpotY is -1, the hotspot will be the
98 centre of the cursor image (Motif only).
99
100 @param bits
101 An array of XBM data bits.
102 @param width
103 Cursor width.
104 @param height
105 Cursor height.
106 @param hotSpotX
107 Hotspot x coordinate.
108 @param hotSpotY
109 Hotspot y coordinate.
110 @param maskBits
111 Bits for a mask bitmap.
112
113 @onlyfor{wxgtk,wxmotif}
114 */
115 wxCursor(const char bits[], int width, int height,
116 int hotSpotX = -1, int hotSpotY = -1,
117 const char maskBits[] = NULL);
118
119 /**
120 Constructs a cursor by passing a string resource name or filename.
121
122 @note
123 On MacOS when specifying a string resource name, first the color
124 cursors 'crsr' and then the black/white cursors 'CURS' in the resource
125 chain are scanned through.
126
127 @a hotSpotX and @a hotSpotY are currently only used under Windows when
128 loading from an icon file, to specify the cursor hotspot relative to
129 the top left of the image.
130
131 @param cursorName
132 The name of the resource or the image file to load.
133 @param type
134 Icon type to load. It defaults to wxCURSOR_DEFAULT_TYPE,
135 which is a @#define associated to different values on different
136 platforms:
137 - under Windows, it defaults to wxBITMAP_TYPE_CUR_RESOURCE.
138 - under MacOS, it defaults to wxBITMAP_TYPE_MACCURSOR_RESOURCE.
139 - under GTK, it defaults to wxBITMAP_TYPE_XPM.
140 - under X11, it defaults to wxBITMAP_TYPE_XPM.
141 - under Motif, type defaults to wxBITMAP_TYPE_XBM.
142 Under Windows, the permitted types are:
143 - wxBITMAP_TYPE_CUR - Load a cursor from a .cur cursor file (only
144 if USE_RESOURCE_LOADING_IN_MSW is enabled in
145 setup.h).
146 - wxBITMAP_TYPE_CUR_RESOURCE - Load a Windows resource
147 (as specified in the .rc file).
148 - wxBITMAP_TYPE_ICO - Load a cursor from a .ico icon file (only if
149 USE_RESOURCE_LOADING_IN_MSW is enabled in
150 setup.h). Specify @a hotSpotX and @a hotSpotY.
151 @param hotSpotX
152 Hotspot x coordinate.
153 @param hotSpotY
154 Hotspot y coordinate.
155 */
156 wxCursor(const wxString& cursorName,
157 wxBitmapType type = wxCURSOR_DEFAULT_TYPE,
158 int hotSpotX = 0, int hotSpotY = 0);
159
160 /**
161 Constructs a cursor using a cursor identifier.
162
163 @param cursorId
164 A stock cursor identifier. See ::wxStockCursor.
165 */
166 wxCursor(wxStockCursor cursorId);
167
168 /**
169 Constructs a cursor from a wxImage. If cursor are monochrome on the
170 current platform, colors with the RGB elements all greater than 127
171 will be foreground, colors less than this background. The mask (if any)
172 will be used to specify the transparent area.
173
174 In wxMSW the foreground will be white and the background black.
175 If the cursor is larger than 32x32 it is resized.
176
177 In wxGTK, colour cursors and alpha channel are supported (starting from
178 GTK+ 2.2). Otherwise the two most frequent colors will be used for
179 foreground and background. In any case, the cursor will be displayed
180 at the size of the image.
181
182 In wxMac, if the cursor is larger than 16x16 it is resized and
183 currently only shown as black/white (mask respected).
184 */
185 wxCursor(const wxImage& image);
186
187 /**
188 Copy constructor, uses @ref overview_refcount "reference counting".
189
190 @param cursor
191 Pointer or reference to a cursor to copy.
192 */
193 wxCursor(const wxCursor& cursor);
194
195 /**
196 Destroys the cursor. See
197 @ref overview_refcount_destruct "reference-counted object destruction"
198 for more info.
199
200 A cursor can be reused for more than one window, and does not get
201 destroyed when the window is destroyed. wxWidgets destroys all cursors
202 on application exit, although it is best to clean them up explicitly.
203 */
204 virtual ~wxCursor();
205
206 /**
207 Returns @true if cursor data is present.
208 */
209 virtual bool IsOk() const;
210
211 /**
212 Assignment operator, using @ref overview_refcount "reference counting".
213 */
214 wxCursor& operator =(const wxCursor& cursor);
215 };
216
217
218 /**
219 @name Predefined cursors.
220
221 @see wxStockCursor
222 */
223 //@{
224 wxCursor wxNullCursor;
225 wxCursor* wxSTANDARD_CURSOR;
226 wxCursor* wxHOURGLASS_CURSOR;
227 wxCursor* wxCROSS_CURSOR;
228 //@}
229