1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: interface of wxControlWithItems
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
6 // Licence: wxWindows licence
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11 @class wxItemContainerImmutable
13 wxItemContainer defines an interface which is implemented by all controls
14 which have string subitems each of which may be selected.
16 It is decomposed in wxItemContainerImmutable which omits all methods
17 adding/removing items and is used by wxRadioBox and wxItemContainer itself.
19 Note that this is not a control, it's a mixin interface that classes
20 have to derive from in addition to wxControl or wxWindow.
22 Examples: wxListBox, wxCheckListBox, wxChoice and wxComboBox (which
23 implements an extended interface deriving from this one)
28 @see wxControlWithItems, wxItemContainer
30 class wxItemContainerImmutable
34 wxItemContainerImmutable();
39 Returns the number of items in the control.
43 virtual unsigned int GetCount() const = 0;
46 Returns @true if the control is empty or @false if it has some items.
53 Returns the label of the item with the given index.
58 @return The label of the item or an empty string if the position was
61 virtual wxString
GetString(unsigned int n
) const = 0;
64 Returns the array of the labels of all items in the control.
66 wxArrayString
GetStrings() const;
69 Sets the label for the given item.
72 The zero-based item index.
76 virtual void SetString(unsigned int n
, const wxString
& string
) = 0;
79 Finds an item whose label matches the given string.
84 Whether search is case sensitive (default is not).
86 @return The zero-based position of the item, or wxNOT_FOUND if the
89 virtual int FindString(const wxString
& string
, bool caseSensitive
= false) const;
97 Sets the selection to the given item @a n or removes the selection
98 entirely if @a n == @c wxNOT_FOUND.
100 Note that this does not cause any command events to be emitted nor does
101 it deselect any other items in the controls which support multiple
105 The string position to select, starting from zero.
107 @see SetString(), SetStringSelection()
109 virtual void SetSelection(int n
) = 0;
112 Returns the index of the selected item or @c wxNOT_FOUND if no item is
115 @return The position of the current selection.
117 @remarks This method can be used with single selection list boxes only,
118 you should use wxListBox::GetSelections() for the list
119 boxes with wxLB_MULTIPLE style.
121 @see SetSelection(), GetStringSelection()
123 virtual int GetSelection() const = 0;
126 Selects the item with the specified string in the control. This doesn't
127 cause any command events to be emitted.
130 The string to select.
132 @return @true if the specified string has been selected, @false if it
133 wasn't found in the control.
135 bool SetStringSelection(const wxString
& string
);
138 Returns the label of the selected item or an empty string if no item is
143 virtual wxString
GetStringSelection() const;
146 This is the same as SetSelection() and exists only because it is
147 slightly more natural for controls which support multiple selection.
156 @class wxItemContainer
158 This class is an abstract base class for some wxWidgets controls which
159 contain several items such as wxListBox, wxCheckListBox, wxComboBox or
160 wxChoice. It defines an interface which is implemented by all controls
161 which have string subitems each of which may be selected.
163 wxItemContainer extends wxItemContainerImmutable interface with methods
164 for adding/removing items.
166 It defines the methods for accessing the controls items and although each
167 of the derived classes implements them differently, they still all conform
168 to the same interface.
170 The items in a wxItemContainer have (non-empty) string labels and,
171 optionally, client data associated with them. Client data may be of two
172 different kinds: either simple untyped (@c void *) pointers which are
173 simply stored by the control but not used in any way by it, or typed
174 pointers (wxClientData*) which are owned by the control meaning that the
175 typed client data (and only it) will be deleted when an item is deleted
176 using Delete() or the entire control is cleared using Clear(), which also
177 happens when it is destroyed.
179 Finally note that in the same control all items must have client data of
180 the same type (typed or untyped), if any. This type is determined by the
181 first call to Append() (the version with client data pointer) or
184 Note that this is not a control, it's a mixin interface that classes
185 have to derive from in addition to wxControl or wxWindow. Convenience
186 class wxControlWithItems is provided for this purpose.
191 @see wxControlWithItems, wxItemContainerImmutable
193 class wxItemContainer
: public wxItemContainerImmutable
199 Appends item into the control.
204 @return The return value is the index of the newly inserted item.
205 Note that this may be different from the last one if the
206 control is sorted (e.g. has @c wxLB_SORT or @c wxCB_SORT
209 int Append(const wxString
& item
);
212 Appends item into the control.
217 Pointer to client data to associate with the new item.
219 @return The return value is the index of the newly inserted item.
220 Note that this may be different from the last one if the
221 control is sorted (e.g. has @c wxLB_SORT or @c wxCB_SORT
224 int Append(const wxString
& item
, void* clientData
);
227 Appends item into the control.
232 Pointer to client data to associate with the new item.
234 @return The return value is the index of the newly inserted item.
235 Note that this may be different from the last one if the
236 control is sorted (e.g. has @c wxLB_SORT or @c wxCB_SORT
239 int Append(const wxString
& item
, wxClientData
* clientData
);
242 Appends several items at once into the control.
244 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
245 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
248 Array of strings to insert.
250 int Append(const wxArrayString
& items
);
253 Appends several items at once into the control.
255 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
256 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
259 Array of strings to insert.
261 Array of client data pointers of the same size as @a items to
262 associate with the new items.
264 int Append(const wxArrayString
& items
, void **clientData
);
267 Appends several items at once into the control.
269 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
270 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
273 Array of strings to insert.
275 Array of client data pointers of the same size as @a items to
276 associate with the new items.
278 int Append(const wxArrayString
& items
, wxClientData
**clientData
);
281 Appends several items at once into the control.
283 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
284 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
287 Number of items in the @a items array.
289 Array of strings of size @a n.
291 int Append(unsigned int n
, const wxString
* items
);
294 Appends several items at once into the control.
296 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
297 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
300 Number of items in the @a items array.
302 Array of strings of size @a n.
304 Array of client data pointers of size @a n to associate with the
307 int Append(unsigned int n
, const wxString
* items
,
311 Appends several items at once into the control.
313 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
314 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
317 Number of items in the @a items array.
319 Array of strings of size @a n.
321 Array of client data pointers of size @a n to associate with the
324 int Append(unsigned int n
, const wxString
* items
,
325 wxClientData
** clientData
);
329 Removes all items from the control.
330 Clear() also deletes the client data of the existing items if it is
331 owned by the control.
336 Deletes an item from the control.
338 The client data associated with the item will be also deleted if it is
339 owned by the control. Note that it is an error (signalled by an assert
340 failure in debug builds) to remove an item with the index negative or
341 greater or equal than the number of items in the control.
344 The zero-based item index.
348 void Delete(unsigned int n
);
352 Returns true, if either untyped data (@c void*) or object data (wxClientData*)
353 is associated with the items of the control.
355 bool HasClientData() const;
358 Returns true, if object data (wxClientData*)
359 is associated with the items of the control.
361 bool HasClientObjectData() const;
364 Returns true, if untyped data (@c void*)
365 is associated with the items of the control.
367 bool HasClientUntypedData() const;
373 Returns a pointer to the client data associated with the given item (if
374 any). It is an error to call this function for a control which doesn't
375 have untyped client data at all although it is OK to call it even if
376 the given item doesn't have any client data associated with it (but
380 The zero-based position of the item.
382 @return A pointer to the client data, or @NULL if not present.
384 void* GetClientData(unsigned int n
) const;
387 Returns a pointer to the client data associated with the given item (if
388 any). It is an error to call this function for a control which doesn't
389 have typed client data at all although it is OK to call it even if the
390 given item doesn't have any client data associated with it (but other
394 The zero-based position of the item.
396 @return A pointer to the client data, or @NULL if not present.
398 wxClientData
* GetClientObject(unsigned int n
) const;
401 Associates the given untyped client data pointer with the given item.
402 Note that it is an error to call this function if any typed client data
403 pointers had been associated with the control items before.
406 The zero-based item index.
408 The client data to associate with the item.
410 void SetClientData(unsigned int n
, void* data
);
413 Associates the given typed client data pointer with the given item: the
414 @a data object will be deleted when the item is deleted (either
415 explicitly by using Delete() or implicitly when the control itself is
416 destroyed). Note that it is an error to call this function if any
417 untyped client data pointers had been associated with the control items
421 The zero-based item index.
423 The client data to associate with the item.
425 void SetClientObject(unsigned int n
, wxClientData
* data
);
432 Inserts item into the control.
437 Position to insert item before, zero based.
439 @return The return value is the index of the newly inserted item.
440 If the insertion failed for some reason, -1 is returned.
442 int Insert(const wxString
& item
, unsigned int pos
);
445 Inserts item into the control.
450 Position to insert item before, zero based.
452 Pointer to client data to associate with the new item.
454 @return The return value is the index of the newly inserted item.
455 If the insertion failed for some reason, -1 is returned.
457 int Insert(const wxString
& item
, unsigned int pos
, void* clientData
);
460 Inserts item into the control.
465 Position to insert item before, zero based.
467 Pointer to client data to associate with the new item.
469 @return The return value is the index of the newly inserted item.
470 If the insertion failed for some reason, -1 is returned.
472 int Insert(const wxString
& item
, unsigned int pos
,
473 wxClientData
* clientData
);
476 Inserts several items at once into the control.
478 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than inserting
479 them one by one if you need to insert a lot of items.
482 Array of strings to insert.
484 Position to insert the items before, zero based.
486 int Insert(const wxArrayString
& items
, unsigned int pos
);
489 Inserts several items at once into the control.
491 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than inserting
492 them one by one if you need to insert a lot of items.
495 Array of strings to insert.
497 Position to insert the items before, zero based.
499 Array of client data pointers of the same size as @a items to
500 associate with the new items.
502 int Insert(const wxArrayString
& items
, unsigned int pos
,
506 Inserts several items at once into the control.
508 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than inserting
509 them one by one if you need to insert a lot of items.
512 Array of strings to insert.
514 Position to insert the items before, zero based.
516 Array of client data pointers of the same size as @a items to
517 associate with the new items.
519 int Insert(const wxArrayString
& items
, unsigned int pos
,
520 wxClientData
**clientData
);
523 Inserts several items at once into the control.
525 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than inserting
526 them one by one if you need to insert a lot of items.
529 Number of items in the @a items array.
531 Array of strings of size @a n.
533 Position to insert the items before, zero based.
535 int Insert(unsigned int n
, const wxString
* items
,
539 Inserts several items at once into the control.
541 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than inserting
542 them one by one if you need to insert a lot of items.
545 Number of items in the @a items array.
547 Array of strings of size @a n.
549 Position to insert the new items before, zero based.
551 Array of client data pointers of size @a n to associate with the
554 int Insert(unsigned int n
, const wxString
* items
,
559 Inserts several items at once into the control.
561 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than inserting
562 them one by one if you need to insert a lot of items.
565 Number of items in the @a items array.
567 Array of strings of size @a n.
569 Position to insert the new items before, zero based.
571 Array of client data pointers of size @a n to associate with the
574 int Insert(unsigned int n
, const wxString
* items
,
576 wxClientData
** clientData
);
581 Replaces the current control contents with the given items.
583 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
584 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
587 Array of strings to insert.
589 void Set(const wxArrayString
& items
);
592 Replaces the current control contents with the given items.
594 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
595 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
598 Array of strings to insert.
600 Array of client data pointers of the same size as @a items to
601 associate with the new items.
603 void Set(const wxArrayString
& items
, void **clientData
);
606 Replaces the current control contents with the given items.
608 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
609 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
612 Array of strings to insert.
614 Array of client data pointers of the same size as @a items to
615 associate with the new items.
617 void Set(const wxArrayString
& items
, wxClientData
**clientData
);
620 Replaces the current control contents with the given items.
622 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
623 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
626 Number of items in the @a items array.
628 Array of strings of size @a n.
630 void Set(unsigned int n
, const wxString
* items
);
633 Replaces the current control contents with the given items.
635 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
636 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
639 Number of items in the @a items array.
641 Array of strings of size @a n.
643 Array of client data pointers of size @a n to associate with the
646 void Set(unsigned int n
, const wxString
* items
, void** clientData
);
649 Replaces the current control contents with the given items.
651 Notice that calling this method is usually much faster than appending
652 them one by one if you need to add a lot of items.
655 Number of items in the @a items array.
657 Array of strings of size @a n.
659 Array of client data pointers of size @a n to associate with the
662 void Set(unsigned int n
, const wxString
* items
, wxClientData
** clientData
);
668 @class wxControlWithItems
670 This is convenience class that derives from both wxControl and
671 wxItemContainer. It is used as basis for some wxWidgets controls
672 (wxChoice and wxListBox).
677 @see wxItemContainer, wxItemContainerImmutable
679 class wxControlWithItems
: public wxControl
, public wxItemContainer