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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
328 other words, the returned value is what would GetSize() return if this
329 window had client area of given size. Components with wxDefaultCoord
330 value are left unchanged. Note that the conversion is not always
331 exact, it assumes that non-client area doesn't change and so doesn't
332 take into account things like menu bar (un)wrapping or (dis)appearance
337 @see WindowToClientSize()
339 virtual wxSize
ClientToWindowSize(const wxSize
& size
);
342 Converts window size @a size to corresponding client area size. In
343 other words, the returned value is what would GetClientSize() return if
344 this window had given window size. Components with wxDefaultCoord value
347 Note that the conversion is not always exact, it assumes that
348 non-client area doesn't change and so doesn't take into account things
349 like menu bar (un)wrapping or (dis)appearance of the scrollbars.
353 @see ClientToWindowSize()
355 virtual wxSize
WindowToClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
358 This function simply generates a wxCloseEvent whose
359 handler usually tries to close the window. It doesn't close the window
363 @false if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
364 of this window, @true if it cannot.
366 @remarks Close calls the close handler for the window, providing an
367 opportunity for the window to choose whether to destroy
368 the window. Usually it is only used with the top level
369 windows (wxFrame and wxDialog classes) as the others
370 are not supposed to have any special OnClose() logic.
372 @see @ref overview_windowdeletionoverview "Window deletion overview",
373 Destroy(), wxCloseEvent
375 bool Close(bool force
= false);
379 Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
380 For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character
382 and then divided by 4.
383 For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character
385 and then divided by 8.
387 @remarks Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions
388 even if the font changes.
390 @see ConvertPixelsToDialog()
392 wxPoint
ConvertDialogToPixels(const wxPoint
& pt
);
393 wxSize
ConvertDialogToPixels(const wxSize
& sz
);
398 Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
399 For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 4 and then divided by the
402 For the y dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 8 and then divided by the
406 @remarks Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions
407 even if the font changes.
409 @see ConvertDialogToPixels()
411 wxPoint
ConvertPixelsToDialog(const wxPoint
& pt
);
412 wxSize
ConvertPixelsToDialog(const wxSize
& sz
);
416 Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator,
418 different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
419 are not destroyed immediately when this function is called -- they are added
420 to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
421 have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to
425 @returns @true if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it
426 has been added to the list of windows pending real
429 virtual bool Destroy();
432 Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
434 virtual void DestroyChildren();
437 Disables the window, same as @ref enable() Enable(@false).
439 @returns Returns @true if the window has been disabled, @false if it had
440 been already disabled before the call to this function.
445 Gets the size which best suits the window: for a control, it would be
446 the minimal size which doesn't truncate the control, for a panel - the
447 same size as it would have after a call to Fit().
449 virtual wxSize
DoGetBestSize() const;
452 Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
453 This function is called by UpdateWindowUI()
454 in order to check return values in the wxUpdateUIEvent and
455 act appropriately. For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating,
457 implements this function as follows:
459 virtual void DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent
& event
);
462 Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
465 If @true, the window is eligible for drop file events. If @false, the window
466 will not accept drop file events.
468 @remarks Windows only.
470 virtual void DragAcceptFiles(bool accept
);
473 Enable or disable the window for user input. Note that when a parent window is
474 disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
478 If @true, enables the window for input. If @false, disables the window.
480 @returns Returns @true if the window has been enabled or disabled, @false
481 if nothing was done, i.e. if the window had already
482 been in the specified state.
484 @see IsEnabled(), Disable(), wxRadioBox::Enable
486 virtual bool Enable(bool enable
= true);
489 Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
491 @remarks Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without
492 needing a wxWindow pointer.
494 @see SetFocus(), HasFocus()
496 static wxWindow
* FindFocus();
500 Find a child of this window, by name.
502 wxWindow
* FindWindow(long id
) const;
503 const wxWindow
* FindWindow(const wxString
& name
) const;
507 Find the first window with the given @e id.
508 If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all top-level
509 frames and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
511 The search is recursive in both cases.
515 static wxWindow
* FindWindowById(long id
, wxWindow
* parent
= NULL
);
518 Find a window by its label. Depending on the type of window, the label may be a
520 or panel item label. If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all
522 frames and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
524 The search is recursive in both cases.
528 static wxWindow
* FindWindowByLabel(const wxString
& label
,
529 wxWindow
* parent
= NULL
);
532 Find a window by its name (as given in a window constructor or @b Create
534 If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all top-level
535 frames and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
537 The search is recursive in both cases.
538 If no window with such name is found,
539 FindWindowByLabel() is called.
543 static wxWindow
* FindWindowByName(const wxString
& name
,
544 wxWindow
* parent
= NULL
);
547 Sizes the window so that it fits around its subwindows. This function won't do
548 anything if there are no subwindows and will only really work correctly if
549 sizers are used for the subwindows layout. Also, if the window has exactly one
550 subwindow it is better (faster and the result is more precise as Fit adds some
551 margin to account for fuzziness of its calculations) to call
553 instead of calling Fit.
558 Similar to Fit(), but sizes the interior (virtual) size
559 of a window. Mainly useful with scrolled windows to reset scrollbars after
560 sizing changes that do not trigger a size event, and/or scrolled windows without
561 an interior sizer. This function similarly won't do anything if there are no
564 virtual void FitInside();
567 Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking place
568 on screen, the window is not redrawn at all. Thaw() must
569 be called to reenable window redrawing. Calls to these two functions may be
570 nested but to ensure that the window is properly repainted again, you must thaw
571 it exactly as many times as you froze it.
572 This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example, it
573 is a good idea to use it before doing many large text insertions in a row into
574 a wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all platforms nor for all
575 controls so it is mostly just a hint to wxWidgets and not a mandatory
578 @see wxWindowUpdateLocker
580 virtual void Freeze();
583 Gets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
585 wxAcceleratorTable
* GetAcceleratorTable() const;
588 Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
589 See also wxAccessible.
591 wxAccessible
* GetAccessible();
594 This method is deprecated, use GetEffectiveMinSize()
597 wxSize
GetAdjustedBestSize() const;
600 Returns the background colour of the window.
602 @see SetBackgroundColour(), SetForegroundColour(),
603 GetForegroundColour()
605 virtual wxColour
GetBackgroundColour() const;
608 Returns the background style of the window. The background style can be one of:
612 Use the default background, as determined by
613 the system or the current theme.
617 Use a solid colour for the background, this
618 style is set automatically if you call
619 SetBackgroundColour() so you only need to
620 set it explicitly if you had changed the background style to something else
625 Don't draw the background at all, it's
626 supposed that it is drawn by the user-defined erase background event handler.
627 This style should be used to avoid flicker when the background is entirely
630 wxBG_STYLE_TRANSPARET
632 The background is (partially) transparent,
633 this style is automatically set if you call
634 SetTransparent() which is used to set the
637 @see SetBackgroundColour(), GetForegroundColour(),
638 SetBackgroundStyle(), SetTransparent()
640 virtual wxBackgroundStyle
GetBackgroundStyle() const;
643 This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window. For
644 example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
645 control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
646 wxPanel), the size returned by this function will be the
647 same as the size the window would have had after calling
650 wxSize
GetBestSize() const;
653 Returns the currently captured window.
655 @see HasCapture(), CaptureMouse(), ReleaseMouse(),
656 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
658 static wxWindow
* GetCapture();
661 Returns the caret() associated with the window.
663 wxCaret
* GetCaret() const;
666 Returns the character height for this window.
668 virtual int GetCharHeight() const;
671 Returns the average character width for this window.
673 virtual int GetCharWidth() const;
677 Returns a reference to the list of the window's children. @c wxWindowList
678 is a type-safe wxList-like class whose elements are of type
681 wxWindowList
GetChildren() const;
682 const wxWindowList
GetChildren() const;
686 Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control. This is
687 useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control as in a
688 standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
689 colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
690 system, especially if it uses themes.
691 The @a variant parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
692 ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
693 returned font. See SetWindowVariant()
695 This static method is "overridden'' in many derived classes and so calling,
696 for example, wxButton::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
697 return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
698 from those returned by, say, wxListCtrl::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
699 The @c wxVisualAttributes structure has at least the fields
700 @c font, @c colFg and @c colBg. All of them may be invalid
701 if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
702 especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
703 the case for @c colBg for the controls with themed background.
705 @see InheritAttributes()
707 static wxVisualAttributes
GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindowVariant variant
= wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL
);
711 Returns the size of the window 'client area' in pixels. The client area is the
712 area which may be drawn on by the programmer, excluding title bar, border,
714 Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
715 return size is empty (both width and height are 0).
718 Receives the client width in pixels.
720 Receives the client height in pixels.
722 @see GetSize(), GetVirtualSize()
724 void GetClientSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
725 const wxSize
GetClientSize() const;
729 Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or @NULL if there are none.
731 wxLayoutConstraints
* GetConstraints() const;
734 Return the sizer that this window is a member of, if any, otherwise
737 const wxSizer
* GetContainingSizer() const;
740 Return the cursor associated with this window.
744 const wxCursor
GetCursor() const;
747 Currently this is the same as calling
748 wxWindow::GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindow::GetWindowVariant()).
749 One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
750 the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
751 virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
752 The other one is that in the future this function could return different
753 results, for example it might return a different font for an "Ok'' button
754 than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
755 in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
756 function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
757 version can be used without having to create an object first.
759 virtual wxVisualAttributes
GetDefaultAttributes() const;
762 Returns the associated drop target, which may be @NULL.
764 @see SetDropTarget(), @ref overview_wxdndoverview
766 wxDropTarget
* GetDropTarget() const;
769 Merges the window's best size into the min size and returns the
770 result. This is the value used by sizers to determine the appropriate
771 ammount of space to allocate for the widget.
773 @see GetBestSize(), SetInitialSize()
775 wxSize
GetEffectiveMinSize() const;
778 Returns the event handler for this window. By default, the window is its
781 @see SetEventHandler(), PushEventHandler(),
782 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
784 wxEvtHandler
* GetEventHandler() const;
787 Returns the extra style bits for the window.
789 long GetExtraStyle() const;
792 Returns the font for this window.
796 wxFont
GetFont() const;
799 Returns the foreground colour of the window.
801 @remarks The interpretation of foreground colour is open to
802 interpretation according to the window class; it may be
803 the text colour or other colour, or it may not be used
806 @see SetForegroundColour(), SetBackgroundColour(),
807 GetBackgroundColour()
809 virtual wxColour
GetForegroundColour();
812 Returns the grandparent of a window, or @NULL if there isn't one.
814 wxWindow
* GetGrandParent() const;
817 Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window. Cast it to an
819 handle, such as @b HWND for Windows, @b Widget for Motif, @b GtkWidget for GTK
820 or @b WinHandle for PalmOS.
822 void* GetHandle() const;
825 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
826 Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
828 and not in the window object itself.
830 @see SetHelpText(), GetHelpTextAtPoint(), wxHelpProvider
832 virtual wxString
GetHelpText() const;
835 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window. This
836 method should be overridden if the help message depends on the position inside
837 the window, otherwise GetHelpText() can be used.
840 Coordinates of the mouse at the moment of help event emission.
842 Help event origin, see also wxHelpEvent::GetOrigin.
844 virtual wxString
GetHelpTextAtPoint(const wxPoint point
,
845 wxHelpEvent::Origin origin
) const;
848 Returns the identifier of the window.
850 @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has
851 not provided one (or the default wxID_ANY) an unique
852 identifier with a negative value will be generated.
854 @see SetId(), @ref overview_windowids "Window identifiers"
859 Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
860 identification purposes.
862 @remarks The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
863 For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the
864 title. For buttons or static text controls, it is the
865 button text. This function can be useful for
866 meta-programs (such as testing tools or special-needs
867 access programs) which need to identify windows by name.
869 virtual wxString
GetLabel() const;
872 Returns the maximum size of window's client area.
873 This is an indication to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the maximum
874 possible size as well as the upper bound on window's size settable using
879 wxSize
GetMaxClientSize() const;
882 Returns the maximum size of the window. This is an indication to the sizer
883 layout mechanism that this is the maximum possible size as well as the upper
884 bound on window's size settable using SetSize().
886 @see GetMaxClientSize()
888 wxSize
GetMaxSize() const;
891 Returns the minimum size of window's client area, an indication to the sizer
892 layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of its client area. It
893 normally just returns the value set by
894 SetMinClientSize(), but it can be overridden
895 to do the calculation on demand.
899 virtual wxSize
GetMinClientSize() const;
902 Returns the minimum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout
904 that this is the minimum required size. It normally just returns the value set
905 by SetMinSize(), but it can be overridden to do the
906 calculation on demand.
908 @see GetMinClientSize()
910 virtual wxSize
GetMinSize() const;
913 Returns the window's name.
915 @remarks This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the
916 programmer to supply an appropriate name in the window
917 constructor or via SetName().
921 virtual wxString
GetName() const;
924 Returns the next window after this one among the parent children or @NULL if
925 this window is the last child.
929 @see GetPrevSibling()
931 wxWindow
* GetNextSibling() const;
934 Returns the parent of the window, or @NULL if there is no parent.
936 virtual wxWindow
* GetParent() const;
940 This function shows a popup menu at the given position in this window and
941 returns the selected id. It can be more convenient than the general purpose
942 PopupMenu() function for simple menus proposing a
943 choice in a list of strings to the user.
948 The position at which to show the menu in client coordinates
950 The horizontal position of the menu
952 The vertical position of the menu
954 @returns The selected menu item id or wxID_NONE if none selected or an
957 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu
& menu
,
959 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu
& menu
, int x
, int y
);
964 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
965 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level
969 Receives the x position of the window if non-@NULL.
971 Receives the y position of the window if non-@NULL.
973 @see GetScreenPosition()
975 virtual void GetPosition(int* x
, int* y
) const;
976 const wxPoint
GetPosition() const;
980 Returns the previous window before this one among the parent children or @c
982 this window is the first child.
986 @see GetNextSibling()
988 wxWindow
* GetPrevSibling() const;
991 Returns the position and size of the window as a wxRect object.
995 virtual wxRect
GetRect() const;
999 Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
1000 child window or a top level one.
1003 Receives the x position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
1005 Receives the y position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
1009 virtual void GetScreenPosition(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1010 const wxPoint
GetScreenPosition() const;
1014 Returns the position and size of the window on the screen as a
1019 virtual wxRect
GetScreenRect() const;
1022 Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
1024 @see See SetScrollbar()
1026 virtual int GetScrollPos(int orientation
);
1029 Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
1033 virtual int GetScrollRange(int orientation
);
1036 Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
1040 virtual int GetScrollThumb(int orientation
);
1044 Returns the size of the entire window in pixels, including title bar, border,
1046 Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
1047 returned size is the restored window size, not the size of the window icon.
1050 Receives the window width.
1052 Receives the window height.
1054 @see GetClientSize(), GetVirtualSize()
1056 void GetSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
1057 const wxSize
GetSize() const;
1061 Return the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
1062 SetSizer() or @NULL.
1064 wxSizer
* GetSizer() const;
1068 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1069 window with the currently selected font.
1070 The text extent is returned in @a w and @a h pointers (first form) or as a
1071 wxSize object (second form).
1074 String whose extent is to be measured.
1076 Return value for width.
1078 Return value for height.
1080 Return value for descent (optional).
1081 @param externalLeading
1082 Return value for external leading (optional).
1084 Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).
1086 If @true, string contains 16-bit characters. The default is @false.
1088 virtual void GetTextExtent(const wxString
& string
, int* w
,
1090 int* descent
= NULL
,
1091 int* externalLeading
= NULL
,
1092 const wxFont
* font
= NULL
,
1093 bool use16
= false) const;
1094 const wxSize
GetTextExtent(const wxString
& string
) const;
1098 Get the associated tooltip or @NULL if none.
1100 wxToolTip
* GetToolTip() const;
1103 Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged.
1105 only be called within an wxPaintEvent handler.
1107 @see wxRegion, wxRegionIterator
1109 virtual wxRegion
GetUpdateRegion() const;
1112 Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or @NULL if there is
1115 wxValidator
* GetValidator() const;
1119 This gets the virtual size of the window in pixels. By default it
1120 returns the client size of the window, but after a call to
1121 SetVirtualSize() it will return
1125 Receives the window virtual width.
1127 Receives the window virtual height.
1129 void GetVirtualSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
1130 const wxSize
GetVirtualSize() const;
1134 Returns the size of the left/right and top/bottom borders of this window in x
1135 and y components of the result respectively.
1137 wxSize
GetWindowBorderSize() const;
1140 Gets the window style that was passed to the constructor or @b Create
1141 method. @b GetWindowStyle() is another name for the same function.
1143 long GetWindowStyleFlag() const;
1146 Returns the value previously passed to
1149 wxWindowVariant
GetWindowVariant() const;
1152 This function will generate the appropriate call to
1153 Navigate() if the key event is one normally used for
1154 keyboard navigation and return @true in this case.
1156 @returns Returns @true if the key pressed was for navigation and was
1157 handled, @false otherwise.
1161 bool HandleAsNavigationKey(const wxKeyEvent
& event
);
1165 wxWindow::GetEventHandler()-wxEvtHandler::SafelyProcessEvent(event).
1167 bool HandleWindowEvent(wxEvent
& event
);
1170 Returns @true if this window has the current mouse capture.
1172 @see CaptureMouse(), ReleaseMouse(), wxMouseCaptureLostEvent,
1173 wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1175 virtual bool HasCapture() const;
1178 Returns @true if the window has the given @a exFlag bit set in its
1181 @see SetExtraStyle()
1183 bool HasExtraStyle(int exFlag
) const;
1186 Returns @true if the window has the given @a flag bit set.
1188 bool HasFlag(int flag
) const;
1191 Returns @true if the window (or in case of composite controls, its main
1192 child window) has focus.
1196 virtual bool HasFocus() const;
1199 This method should be overridden to return @true if this window has
1200 multiple pages. All standard class with multiple pages such as
1201 wxNotebook, wxListbook and
1202 wxTreebook already override it to return @true
1203 and user-defined classes with similar behaviour should do it as well to allow
1204 the library to handle such windows appropriately.
1206 virtual bool HasMultiplePages() const;
1209 Returns @true if this window has a scroll bar for this orientation.
1212 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
1214 virtual bool HasScrollbar(int orient
) const;
1217 Returns @true if this window background is transparent (as, for example, for
1218 wxStaticText) and should show the parent window background.
1219 This method is mostly used internally by the library itself and you normally
1220 shouldn't have to call it. You may, however, have to override it in your
1221 wxWindow-derived class to ensure that background is painted correctly.
1223 virtual bool HasTransparentBackground() const;
1226 Equivalent to calling wxWindow::Show(@false).
1231 This function hides a window, like Hide(), but using a
1232 special visual effect if possible.
1233 The parameters of this function are the same as for
1234 ShowWithEffect(), please see their
1239 virtual bool HideWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect
,
1240 unsigned timeout
= 0,
1241 wxDirection dir
= wxBOTTOM
);
1244 This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
1245 window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
1246 the font and the foreground and background colours.
1247 By "intelligently'' the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
1248 own @ref getclassdefaultattributes() default attributes. However
1249 if some of the parents attributes are explicitly (that is, using
1251 wxWindow::SetOwnFont) changed and if the
1252 corresponding attribute hadn't been explicitly set for this window itself,
1253 then this window takes the same value as used by the parent. In addition, if
1254 the window overrides ShouldInheritColours()
1255 to return @false, the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the
1257 This rather complicated logic is necessary in order to accommodate the
1258 different usage scenarios. The most common one is when all default attributes
1259 are used and in this case, nothing should be inherited as in modern GUIs
1260 different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
1261 they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
1262 desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
1263 just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
1264 do inherit the parents attributes.
1266 void InheritAttributes();
1269 Sends an @c wxEVT_INIT_DIALOG event, whose handler usually transfers data
1270 to the dialog via validators.
1275 Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it
1278 void InvalidateBestSize();
1281 Returns @true if the window contents is double-buffered by the system, i.e. if
1282 any drawing done on the window is really done on a temporary backing surface
1283 and transferred to the screen all at once later.
1287 virtual bool IsDoubleBuffered() const;
1290 Returns @true if the window is enabled, i.e. if it accepts user input, @c
1293 Notice that this method can return @false even if this window itself hadn't
1294 been explicitly disabled when one of its parent windows is disabled. To get the
1295 intrinsic status of this window, use
1300 virtual bool IsEnabled() const;
1304 Returns @true if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
1305 last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
1306 only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
1308 bool IsExposed(int x
, int y
) const;
1309 const bool IsExposed(wxPoint amp
;pt
) const;
1310 const bool IsExposed(int x
, int y
, int w
, int h
) const;
1311 const bool IsExposed(wxRect amp
;rect
) const;
1315 Returns @true if the window is currently frozen by a call to
1320 virtual bool IsFrozen() const;
1323 Returns @true if the window is retained, @false otherwise.
1325 @remarks Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
1327 virtual bool IsRetained() const;
1330 Return whether a scrollbar is always shown.
1333 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
1335 @see AlwaysShowScrollbars()
1337 bool IsScrollbarAlwaysShown(int orient
);
1340 Returns @true if the window is shown, @false if it has been hidden.
1342 @see IsShownOnScreen()
1344 virtual bool IsShown() const;
1347 Returns @true if the window is physically visible on the screen, i.e. it
1348 is shown and all its parents up to the toplevel window are shown as well.
1352 virtual bool IsShownOnScreen() const;
1355 Returns @true if this window is intrinsically enabled, @false otherwise,
1357 if @ref enable() Enable(@false) had been called. This method is
1358 mostly used for wxWidgets itself, user code should normally use
1359 IsEnabled() instead.
1361 bool IsThisEnabled() const;
1364 Returns @true if the given window is a top-level one. Currently all frames and
1365 dialogs are considered to be top-level windows (even if they have a parent
1368 bool IsTopLevel() const;
1371 Invokes the constraint-based layout algorithm or the sizer-based algorithm
1373 See SetAutoLayout(): when auto
1374 layout is on, this function gets called automatically when the window is
1380 This is just a wrapper for wxWindow::ScrollLines(1).
1385 This is just a wrapper for wxWindow::ScrollLines(-1).
1390 Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
1397 Disables all other windows in the application so that
1398 the user can only interact with this window.
1401 If @true, this call disables all other windows in the application so that
1402 the user can only interact with this window. If @false, the effect is
1405 virtual void MakeModal(bool flag
);
1409 Moves the window to the given position.
1412 Required x position.
1414 Required y position.
1416 wxPoint object representing the position.
1418 @remarks Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1419 Move() function, which is defined in the base
1420 wxWindow class as the call:
1424 void Move(int x
, int y
);
1425 void Move(const wxPoint
& pt
);
1429 Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified @e win.
1430 This means that when the user presses @c TAB key on that other window,
1431 the focus switches to this window.
1432 Default tab order is the same as creation order, this function and
1433 MoveBeforeInTabOrder() allow to change
1434 it after creating all the windows.
1437 A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
1440 void MoveAfterInTabOrder(wxWindow
* win
);
1443 Same as MoveAfterInTabOrder() except that
1444 it inserts this window just before @a win instead of putting it right after
1447 void MoveBeforeInTabOrder(wxWindow
* win
);
1450 Performs a keyboard navigation action starting from this window. This method is
1451 equivalent to calling NavigateIn() method on the
1455 A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and
1456 wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.
1458 @returns Returns @true if the focus was moved to another window or @false
1461 @remarks You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress
1462 handler to do the default navigation behaviour for the
1463 tab key, since the standard default behaviour for a
1464 multiline text control with the wxTE_PROCESS_TAB style
1465 is to insert a tab and not navigate to the next
1466 control. See also wxNavigationKeyEvent and
1467 HandleAsNavigationKey.
1469 bool Navigate(int flags
= wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward
);
1472 Performs a keyboard navigation action inside this window.
1473 See Navigate() for more information.
1475 bool NavigateIn(int flags
= wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward
);
1478 Create a new ID or range of IDs that are not currently in use. The
1479 IDs will be reserved until assigned to a wxWindowIDRef()
1480 or unreserved with UnreserveControlId().
1481 See @ref overview_windowidsoverview "Window IDs overview" for more information.
1484 The number of sequential IDs to reserve.
1486 @returns Returns the ID or the first ID of the range, or wxID_NONE if the
1487 specified number of identifiers couldn't be allocated.
1489 @see UnreserveControlId(), wxIdManager, @ref overview_windowidsoverview
1490 "Window IDs overview"
1492 static wxWindowID
NewControlId(int count
= 1);
1495 This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
1496 sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
1497 that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
1498 handler in a derived class.
1499 This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
1500 and most implementations call UpdateWindowUI()
1501 in order to send update events to the window in idle time.
1503 virtual void OnInternalIdle();
1506 This is just a wrapper for wxWindow::ScrollPages(1).
1511 This is just a wrapper for wxWindow::ScrollPages(-1).
1516 Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
1518 @param deleteHandler
1519 If this is @true, the handler will be deleted after it is removed. The
1520 default value is @false.
1522 @see SetEventHandler(), GetEventHandler(),
1523 PushEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
1525 wxEvtHandler
* PopEventHandler(bool deleteHandler
= false) const;
1529 Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
1530 window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu. If a
1531 menu item is selected, the corresponding menu event is generated and will be
1532 processed as usually. If the coordinates are not specified, current mouse
1533 cursor position is used.
1538 The position where the menu will appear.
1540 Required x position for the menu to appear.
1542 Required y position for the menu to appear.
1544 @remarks Just before the menu is popped up, wxMenu::UpdateUI is called to
1545 ensure that the menu items are in the correct state.
1546 The menu does not get deleted by the window.
1550 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu
* menu
,
1551 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
);
1552 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu
* menu
, int x
, int y
);
1556 Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
1559 Specifies the handler to be pushed.
1561 @remarks An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the
1562 events sent to a window. By default, the window is its
1563 own event handler, but an application may wish to
1564 substitute another, for example to allow central
1565 implementation of event-handling for a variety of
1566 different window classes.
1568 @see SetEventHandler(), GetEventHandler(),
1569 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
1571 void PushEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
1574 Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
1575 In current version of wxWidgets this works both for managed and child windows.
1582 Causes this window, and all of its children recursively (except under wxGTK1
1583 where this is not implemented), to be repainted. Note that repainting doesn't
1584 happen immediately but only during the next event loop iteration, if you need
1585 to update the window immediately you should use Update()
1588 @param eraseBackground
1589 If @true, the background will be
1592 If non-@NULL, only the given rectangle will
1593 be treated as damaged.
1597 virtual void Refresh(bool eraseBackground
= true,
1598 const wxRect
* rect
= NULL
);
1601 Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: only the area inside it will be
1603 This is the same as Refresh() but has a nicer syntax
1604 as it can be called with a temporary wxRect object as argument like this
1605 @c RefreshRect(wxRect(x, y, w, h)).
1607 void RefreshRect(const wxRect
& rect
, bool eraseBackground
= true);
1610 Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey
1611 registered here, this window
1612 will receive a hotkey event. It will receive the event even if the application
1613 is in the background
1614 and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some other
1618 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0
1620 this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a system wide unique
1621 identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
1622 This is a MSW specific detail.
1624 A bitwise combination of wxMOD_SHIFT, wxMOD_CONTROL, wxMOD_ALT
1625 or wxMOD_WIN specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along
1627 @param virtualKeyCode
1628 The virtual key code of the hotkey.
1630 @returns @true if the hotkey was registered successfully. @false if some
1631 other application already registered a hotkey with this
1632 modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
1634 @remarks Use EVT_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the
1635 event. This function is currently only implemented
1636 under Windows. It is used in the Windows CE port for
1637 detecting hardware button presses.
1639 @see UnregisterHotKey()
1641 bool RegisterHotKey(int hotkeyId
, int modifiers
,
1642 int virtualKeyCode
);
1645 Releases mouse input captured with CaptureMouse().
1647 @see CaptureMouse(), HasCapture(), ReleaseMouse(),
1648 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1650 virtual void ReleaseMouse();
1653 Removes a child window. This is called automatically by window deletion
1654 functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
1655 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
1656 called by the user code.
1659 Child window to remove.
1661 virtual void RemoveChild(wxWindow
* child
);
1664 Find the given @a handler in the windows event handler chain and remove (but
1665 not delete) it from it.
1668 The event handler to remove, must be non-@NULL and
1669 must be present in this windows event handlers chain
1671 @returns Returns @true if it was found and @false otherwise (this also
1672 results in an assert failure so this function should
1673 only be called when the handler is supposed to be
1676 @see PushEventHandler(), PopEventHandler()
1678 bool RemoveEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
1681 Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
1682 current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
1683 and then re-inserted into another.
1688 virtual bool Reparent(wxWindow
* newParent
);
1692 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
1695 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1697 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1699 The screen position for the second form of the function.
1701 virtual void ScreenToClient(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1702 const virtual wxPoint
ScreenToClient(const wxPoint
& pt
) const;
1706 Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if @a lines is
1709 @returns Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
1710 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
1712 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and
1713 wxTextCtrl under wxGTK (it also works for
1714 wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all platforms).
1718 virtual bool ScrollLines(int lines
);
1721 Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if @a pages is
1724 @returns Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
1725 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
1727 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxGTK.
1731 virtual bool ScrollPages(int pages
);
1734 Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
1737 Amount to scroll horizontally.
1739 Amount to scroll vertically.
1741 Rectangle to scroll, if it is @NULL, the whole window is
1742 scrolled (this is always the case under wxGTK which doesn't support this
1745 @remarks Note that you can often use wxScrolledWindow instead of using
1746 this function directly.
1748 virtual void ScrollWindow(int dx
, int dy
,
1749 const wxRect
* rect
= NULL
);
1752 Sets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
1754 virtual void SetAcceleratorTable(const wxAcceleratorTable
& accel
);
1757 Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
1758 will be deleted first, if not identical to @e accessible.
1759 See also wxAccessible.
1761 void SetAccessible(wxAccessible
* accessible
);
1764 Determines whether the Layout() function will
1765 be called automatically when the window is resized. Please note that this only
1766 happens for the windows usually used to contain children, namely
1767 wxPanel and wxTopLevelWindow
1768 (and the classes deriving from them).
1769 This method is called implicitly by
1770 SetSizer() but if you use
1771 SetConstraints() you should call it
1772 manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly updated when its
1776 Set this to @true if you wish the Layout function to be
1777 called automatically when the window is resized.
1779 @see SetConstraints()
1781 void SetAutoLayout(bool autoLayout
);
1784 Sets the background colour of the window.
1785 Please see InheritAttributes() for
1786 explanation of the difference between this method and
1787 SetOwnBackgroundColour().
1790 The colour to be used as the background colour, pass
1791 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
1793 @remarks The background colour is usually painted by the default
1794 wxEraseEvent event handler function under Windows and
1795 automatically under GTK.
1797 @see GetBackgroundColour(), SetForegroundColour(),
1798 GetForegroundColour(), ClearBackground(),
1799 Refresh(), wxEraseEvent
1801 virtual bool SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
1804 Sets the background style of the window. see
1805 GetBackgroundStyle() for the description
1806 of the possible style values.
1808 @see SetBackgroundColour(), GetForegroundColour(),
1811 virtual void SetBackgroundStyle(wxBackgroundStyle style
);
1814 This method is only implemented by ports which have support for
1815 native TAB traversal (such as GTK+ 2.0). It is called by wxWidgets'
1816 container control code to give the native system a hint when
1817 doing TAB traversal. A call to this does not disable or change
1818 the effect of programmatically calling
1821 @see wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus, wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
1823 virtual void SetCanFocus(bool canFocus
);
1826 Sets the caret() associated with the window.
1828 void SetCaret(wxCaret
* caret
) const;
1832 This sets the size of the window client area in pixels. Using this function to
1834 tends to be more device-independent than SetSize(), since the application need
1836 worry about what dimensions the border or title bar have when trying to fit the
1838 around panel items, for example.
1841 The required client area width.
1843 The required client area height.
1845 The required client size.
1847 virtual void SetClientSize(int width
, int height
);
1848 virtual void SetClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
1852 Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
1853 will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
1854 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
1855 window, it will be deleted.
1858 The constraints to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
1861 @remarks You must call SetAutoLayout() to tell a window to use
1862 the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you
1863 must override OnSize and call Layout() explicitly. When
1864 setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a wxSizer, only
1865 the sizer will have effect.
1867 void SetConstraints(wxLayoutConstraints
* constraints
);
1870 This normally does not need to be called by user code. It is called
1871 when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window can
1872 remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
1874 void SetContainingSizer(wxSizer
* sizer
);
1877 Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
1878 children of the window implicitly.
1879 The @a cursor may be @c wxNullCursor in which case the window cursor will
1880 be reset back to default.
1883 Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.
1885 @see ::wxSetCursor, wxCursor
1887 virtual void SetCursor(const wxCursor
& cursor
);
1890 Associates a drop target with this window.
1891 If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
1893 @see GetDropTarget(), @ref overview_wxdndoverview
1895 void SetDropTarget(wxDropTarget
* target
);
1898 Sets the event handler for this window.
1901 Specifies the handler to be set.
1903 @remarks An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the
1904 events sent to a window. By default, the window is its
1905 own event handler, but an application may wish to
1906 substitute another, for example to allow central
1907 implementation of event-handling for a variety of
1908 different window classes.
1910 @see GetEventHandler(), PushEventHandler(),
1911 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
1913 void SetEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
1916 Sets the extra style bits for the window. The currently defined extra style
1919 @b wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY
1921 TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
1922 and Validate() methods will recursively descend into all children of the
1923 window if it has this style flag set.
1925 @b wxWS_EX_BLOCK_EVENTS
1927 Normally, the command
1928 events are propagated upwards to the window parent recursively until a handler
1929 for them is found. Using this style allows to prevent them from being
1930 propagated beyond this window. Notice that wxDialog has this style on by
1931 default for the reasons explained in the
1932 @ref overview_eventprocessing "event processing overview".
1934 @b wxWS_EX_TRANSIENT
1936 This can be used to prevent a
1937 window from being used as an implicit parent for the dialogs which were
1938 created without a parent. It is useful for the windows which can disappear at
1939 any moment as creating children of such windows results in fatal problems.
1941 @b wxWS_EX_CONTEXTHELP
1943 Under Windows, puts a query
1944 button on the caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive
1945 help mode and wxWidgets will send a wxEVT_HELP event if the user clicked on an
1947 This style cannot be used together with wxMAXIMIZE_BOX or wxMINIMIZE_BOX, so
1948 these two styles are automatically turned of if this one is used.
1950 @b wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE
1952 This window should always process idle events, even
1953 if the mode set by wxIdleEvent::SetMode is wxIDLE_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
1955 @b wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES
1957 This window should always process UI update events,
1958 even if the mode set by wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode is
1959 wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
1961 void SetExtraStyle(long exStyle
);
1964 This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
1966 @see HasFocus(), wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus,
1967 wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
1969 virtual void SetFocus();
1972 This function is called by wxWidgets keyboard navigation code when the user
1973 gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using @c TAB key).
1974 By default this method simply calls SetFocus() but
1975 can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
1977 virtual void SetFocusFromKbd();
1980 Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
1981 parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
1982 use SetOwnFont() instead in this case and
1983 see InheritAttributes() for more
1985 Please notice that the given font is not automatically used for
1986 wxPaintDC objects associated with this window, you need to
1987 call wxDC::SetFont too. However this font is used by
1988 any standard controls for drawing their text as well as by
1992 Font to associate with this window, pass
1993 wxNullFont to reset to the default font.
1995 @returns @true if the want was really changed, @false if it was already set
1996 to this font and so nothing was done.
1998 @see GetFont(), InheritAttributes()
2000 bool SetFont(const wxFont
& font
);
2003 Sets the foreground colour of the window.
2004 Please see InheritAttributes() for
2005 explanation of the difference between this method and
2006 SetOwnForegroundColour().
2009 The colour to be used as the foreground colour, pass
2010 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
2012 @remarks The interpretation of foreground colour is open to
2013 interpretation according to the window class; it may be
2014 the text colour or other colour, or it may not be used
2017 @see GetForegroundColour(), SetBackgroundColour(),
2018 GetBackgroundColour(), ShouldInheritColours()
2020 virtual void SetForegroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2023 Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2024 Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
2026 and not in the window object itself.
2028 @see GetHelpText(), wxHelpProvider
2030 virtual void SetHelpText(const wxString
& helpText
);
2033 Sets the identifier of the window.
2035 @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has
2036 not provided one, an identifier will be generated.
2037 Normally, the identifier should be provided on creation
2038 and should not be modified subsequently.
2040 @see GetId(), @ref overview_windowids "Window identifiers"
2045 Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the
2046 components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord).
2048 virtual void SetInitialBestSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2051 A @e smart SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
2052 window's @e best size values. Also sets the window's minsize to
2053 the value passed in for use with sizers. This means that if a full or
2054 partial size is passed to this function then the sizers will use that
2055 size instead of the results of GetBestSize to determine the minimum
2056 needs of the window for layout.
2057 Most controls will use this to set their initial size, and their min
2058 size to the passed in value (if any.)
2060 @see SetSize(), GetBestSize(), GetEffectiveMinSize()
2062 void SetInitialSize(const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
);
2065 Sets the window's label.
2072 virtual void SetLabel(const wxString
& label
);
2075 Sets the maximum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
2076 layout mechanism that this is the maximum possible size of its client area.
2080 void SetMaxClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2083 Sets the maximum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
2084 that this is the maximum possible size.
2086 @see SetMaxClientSize()
2088 void SetMaxSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2091 Sets the minimum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
2092 layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of window's client
2093 area. You may need to call this if you change the window size after
2094 construction and before adding to its parent sizer.
2098 void SetMinClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2101 Sets the minimum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
2102 that this is the minimum required size. You may need to call this
2103 if you change the window size after construction and before adding
2104 to its parent sizer.
2106 @see SetMinClientSize()
2108 void SetMinSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2111 Sets the window's name.
2114 A name to set for the window.
2118 virtual void SetName(const wxString
& name
);
2121 Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2122 by the children of this window.
2124 @see SetBackgroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
2126 void SetOwnBackgroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2129 Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
2130 children of this window.
2132 @see SetFont(), InheritAttributes()
2134 void SetOwnFont(const wxFont
& font
);
2137 Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2138 by the children of this window.
2140 @see SetForegroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
2142 void SetOwnForegroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2145 Obsolete - use wxDC::SetPalette instead.
2147 virtual void SetPalette(wxPalette
* palette
);
2150 Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2153 Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL
2156 Position in scroll units.
2158 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
2160 @remarks This function does not directly affect the contents of the
2161 window: it is up to the application to take note of
2162 scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
2164 @see SetScrollbar(), GetScrollPos(), GetScrollThumb(),
2165 wxScrollBar, wxScrolledWindow
2167 virtual void SetScrollPos(int orientation
, int pos
,
2168 bool refresh
= true);
2171 Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
2174 Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL
2177 The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.
2179 The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.
2181 The maximum position of the scrollbar.
2183 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
2185 @remarks Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same
2186 font. The window is sized so that you can only see 16
2189 @see @ref overview_scrollingoverview "Scrolling overview", wxScrollBar,
2190 wxScrolledWindow, wxScrollWinEvent
2192 virtual void SetScrollbar(int orientation
, int position
,
2195 bool refresh
= true);
2199 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
2202 Required x position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
2204 value should be used.
2206 Required y position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
2208 value should be used.
2210 Required width in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
2211 value should be used.
2213 Required height position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
2215 value should be used.
2217 wxSize object for setting the size.
2219 wxRect object for setting the position and size.
2221 Indicates the interpretation of other parameters. It is a bit list of the
2223 wxSIZE_AUTO_WIDTH: a wxDefaultCoord width value is taken to indicate
2224 a wxWidgets-supplied default width.
2226 wxSIZE_AUTO_HEIGHT: a wxDefaultCoord height value is taken to indicate
2227 a wxWidgets-supplied default height.
2229 wxSIZE_AUTO: wxDefaultCoord size values are taken to indicate
2230 a wxWidgets-supplied default size.
2232 wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING: existing dimensions should be used
2233 if wxDefaultCoord values are supplied.
2235 wxSIZE_ALLOW_MINUS_ONE: allow negative dimensions (i.e. value of
2236 wxDefaultCoord) to be interpreted
2237 as real dimensions, not default values.
2238 wxSIZE_FORCE: normally, if the position and the size of the window are
2239 already the same as the parameters of this function, nothing is done. but
2241 this flag a window resize may be forced even in this case (supported in wx
2242 2.6.2 and later and only implemented for MSW and ignored elsewhere
2245 @remarks The second form is a convenience for calling the first form with
2246 default x and y parameters, and must be used with
2247 non-default width and height values.
2251 virtual void SetSize(int x
, int y
, int width
, int height
,
2252 int sizeFlags
= wxSIZE_AUTO
);
2253 virtual void SetSize(const wxRect
& rect
);
2254 virtual void SetSize(int width
, int height
);
2255 virtual void SetSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2259 Use of this function for windows which are not toplevel windows
2260 (such as wxDialog or wxFrame) is discouraged. Please use
2261 SetMinSize() and SetMaxSize()
2264 @see wxTopLevelWindow::SetSizeHints.
2269 Sets the window to have the given layout sizer. The window
2270 will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2271 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2272 window, it will be deleted if the deleteOld parameter is @true.
2273 Note that this function will also call
2274 SetAutoLayout() implicitly with @true
2275 parameter if the @a sizer is non-@NULL and @false otherwise.
2278 The sizer to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and conditionally delete
2279 the window's sizer. See below.
2281 If @true (the default), this will delete any pre-existing sizer.
2282 Pass @false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself.
2284 @remarks SetSizer now enables and disables Layout automatically, but
2285 prior to wxWidgets 2.3.3 the following applied:
2287 void SetSizer(wxSizer
* sizer
, bool deleteOld
= true);
2290 This method calls SetSizer() and then
2291 wxSizer::SetSizeHints which sets the initial
2292 window size to the size needed to accommodate all sizer elements and sets the
2293 size hints which, if this window is a top level one, prevent the user from
2294 resizing it to be less than this minimial size.
2296 void SetSizerAndFit(wxSizer
* sizer
, bool deleteOld
= true);
2299 This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
2300 to draw the windows' background instead if its own background drawing
2301 code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
2302 obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
2303 One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
2304 defined by a user's selected theme.
2305 Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to @true
2306 by default so that the default look and feel is simulated best.
2308 virtual void SetThemeEnabled(bool enable
);
2312 Attach a tooltip to the window.
2313 See also: GetToolTip(),
2316 void SetToolTip(const wxString
& tip
);
2317 void SetToolTip(wxToolTip
* tip
);
2321 Set the transparency of the window. If the system supports transparent windows,
2322 returns @true, otherwise returns @false and the window remains fully opaque.
2323 See also CanSetTransparent().
2324 The parameter @a alpha is in the range 0..255 where 0 corresponds to a
2325 fully transparent window and 255 to the fully opaque one. The constants
2326 @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_TRANSPARENT and @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_OPAQUE can be
2329 bool SetTransparent(wxByte alpha
);
2332 Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having
2333 called wxValidator::Clone to
2334 create a new validator of this type.
2336 virtual void SetValidator(const wxValidator
& validator
);
2340 Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
2342 void SetVirtualSize(int width
, int height
);
2343 void SetVirtualSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2348 Allows specification of minimum and maximum virtual window sizes.
2349 If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values
2353 Specifies the minimum width allowable.
2355 Specifies the minimum height allowable.
2357 Specifies the maximum width allowable.
2359 Specifies the maximum height allowable.
2365 @remarks If this function is called, the user will not be able to size
2366 the virtual area of the window outside the given bounds.
2368 virtual void SetVirtualSizeHints(int minW
, int minH
, int maxW
= -1,
2370 void SetVirtualSizeHints(const wxSize
& minSize
= wxDefaultSize
,
2371 const wxSize
& maxSize
= wxDefaultSize
);
2375 Identical to SetWindowStyleFlag().
2377 void SetWindowStyle(long style
);
2380 Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
2381 after the window creation and that Refresh() might
2382 need to be be called after changing the others for the change to take place
2384 See @ref overview_windowstyles "Window styles" for more information about flags.
2386 @see GetWindowStyleFlag()
2388 virtual void SetWindowStyleFlag(long style
);
2391 This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
2392 Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
2393 exist in several sizes which correspond to the elements of wxWindowVariant
2396 By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
2397 be used to change this.
2399 void SetWindowVariant(wxWindowVariant variant
);
2402 Return @true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
2403 InheritAttributes(), returning @false
2404 forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
2405 The base class version returns @false, but this method is overridden in
2406 wxControl where it returns @true.
2408 virtual bool ShouldInheritColours();
2411 Shows or hides the window. You may need to call Raise()
2412 for a top level window if you want to bring it to top, although this is not
2413 needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
2416 If @true displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.
2418 @returns @true if the window has been shown or hidden or @false if nothing
2419 was done because it already was in the requested state.
2421 @see IsShown(), Hide(), wxRadioBox::Show
2423 virtual bool Show(bool show
= true);
2426 This function shows a window, like Show(), but using a
2427 special visual effect if possible.
2428 Possible values for @a effect are:
2436 Sliding window effect
2440 Fade in or out effect
2442 wxSHOW_EFFECT_EXPAND
2444 Expanding or collapsing effect
2446 For the roll and slide effects the @a dir parameter specifies the animation
2447 direction: it can be one of @c wxTOP, @c wxBOTTOM, @c wxLEFT
2448 or @c wxRIGHT. For the other effects, this parameter is unused.
2449 The @a timeout parameter specifies the time of the animation, in
2450 milliseconds. If the default value of 0 is used, the default animation time
2451 for the current platform is used.
2452 Currently this function is only implemented in wxMSW and does the same thing as
2453 Show() in the other ports.
2457 @see HideWithEffect()
2459 virtual bool ShowWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect
,
2460 unsigned timeout
= 0,
2461 wxDirection dir
= wxBOTTOM
);
2464 Reenables window updating after a previous call to
2465 Freeze(). To really thaw the control, it must be called
2466 exactly the same number of times as Freeze().
2468 @see wxWindowUpdateLocker
2470 virtual void Thaw();
2473 Turns the given @a flag on if it's currently turned off and vice versa.
2474 This function cannot be used if the value of the flag is 0 (which is often
2475 the case for default flags).
2476 Also, please notice that not all styles can be changed after the control
2479 @returns Returns @true if the style was turned on by this function, @false
2480 if it was switched off.
2482 @see SetWindowStyleFlag(), HasFlag()
2484 bool ToggleWindowStyle(int flag
);
2487 Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their
2489 @false if a transfer failed.
2490 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2491 the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
2493 @see TransferDataToWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2495 virtual bool TransferDataFromWindow();
2498 Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their
2500 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2501 the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
2503 @returns Returns @false if a transfer failed.
2505 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2507 virtual bool TransferDataToWindow();
2510 Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
2513 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to
2516 @returns @true if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, @false if the
2519 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
2521 @see RegisterHotKey()
2523 bool UnregisterHotKey(int hotkeyId
);
2526 Unreserve an ID or range of IDs that was reserved by NewControlId().
2527 See @ref overview_windowidsoverview "Window IDs overview" for more information.
2530 The starting ID of the range of IDs to unreserve.
2532 The number of sequential IDs to unreserve.
2534 @see NewControlId(), wxIdManager, @ref overview_windowidsoverview
2535 "Window IDs overview"
2537 static void UnreserveControlId(wxWindowID id
, int count
= 1);
2540 Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window and
2541 all of its children recursively while this would usually only happen when the
2542 flow of control returns to the event loop.
2543 Notice that this function doesn't invalidate any area of the window so
2544 nothing happens if nothing has been invalidated (i.e. marked as requiring
2545 a redraw). Use Refresh() first if you want to
2546 immediately redraw the window unconditionally.
2548 virtual void Update();
2551 This function sends wxUpdateUIEvents() to
2552 the window. The particular implementation depends on the window; for
2553 example a wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
2554 and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
2555 You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
2556 UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
2557 are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
2558 wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode or
2559 wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval to
2560 limit the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle
2562 @a flags should be a bitlist of one or more of the following values.
2564 If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
2565 function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE flag, since
2566 this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
2567 to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
2568 only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
2569 The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
2572 @see wxUpdateUIEvent, DoUpdateWindowUI(), OnInternalIdle()
2574 virtual void UpdateWindowUI(long flags
= wxUPDATE_UI_NONE
);
2577 Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
2578 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2579 the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
2581 @returns Returns @false if any of the validations failed.
2583 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), TransferDataToWindow(),
2586 virtual bool Validate();
2589 Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
2590 @b NB: This function is not supported under Mac because Apple Human
2591 Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor programmatically.
2594 The new x position for the cursor.
2596 The new y position for the cursor.
2598 void WarpPointer(int x
, int y
);
2603 // ============================================================================
2604 // Global functions/macros
2605 // ============================================================================
2608 Find the deepest window at the given mouse position in screen coordinates,
2609 returning the window if found, or @NULL if not.
2611 wxWindow
* wxFindWindowAtPoint(const wxPoint
& pt
);
2614 Find the deepest window at the mouse pointer position, returning the window
2615 and current pointer position in screen coordinates.
2617 wxWindow
* wxFindWindowAtPointer(wxPoint
& pt
);
2620 Gets the currently active window (implemented for MSW and GTK only currently,
2621 always returns @NULL in the other ports).
2623 wxWindow
* wxGetActiveWindow();
2626 Returns the first top level parent of the given window, or in other words, the
2627 frame or dialog containing it, or @NULL.
2629 wxWindow
* wxGetTopLevelParent(wxWindow win
);