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
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.
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
144 Constructs a window, which can be a child of a frame, dialog or any other
148 Pointer to a parent window.
150 Window identifier. If wxID_ANY, will automatically create an identifier.
152 Window position. wxDefaultPosition indicates that wxWidgets
153 should generate a default position for the window. If using the wxWindow
154 class directly, supply
157 Window size. wxDefaultSize indicates that wxWidgets
158 should generate a default size for the window. If no suitable size can be
160 window will be sized to 20x20 pixels so that the window is visible but
164 Window style. For generic window styles, please see wxWindow.
168 wxWindow(wxWindow
* parent
, wxWindowID id
,
169 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
,
170 const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
,
172 const wxString
& name
= wxPanelNameStr
);
175 Destructor. Deletes all sub-windows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
176 the @b delete operator explicitly, you should normally
177 use Destroy() so that wxWidgets
178 can delete a window only when it is safe to do so, in idle time.
180 @see @ref overview_windowdeletionoverview "Window deletion overview",
181 Destroy(), wxCloseEvent
186 This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return @false to
187 indicate that this control doesn't accept input at all (i.e. behaves like e.g.
188 wxStaticText) and so doesn't need focus.
190 @see AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard()
192 bool AcceptsFocus() const;
195 This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return @false to
196 indicate that while this control can, in principle, have focus if the user
197 clicks it with the mouse, it shouldn't be included in the TAB traversal chain
198 when using the keyboard.
200 bool AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard() const;
203 Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
204 functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
205 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
206 called by the user code.
211 virtual void AddChild(wxWindow
* child
);
214 Call this function to force one or both scrollbars to be always shown, even if
215 the window is big enough to show its entire contents without scrolling.
220 Whether the horizontal scroll bar should always be visible.
222 Whether the vertical scroll bar should always be visible.
224 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under Mac/Carbon.
226 void AlwaysShowScrollbars(bool hflag
, bool vflag
);
229 Sets the cached best size value.
231 void CacheBestSize(const wxSize
& size
) const;
234 Returns @true if the system supports transparent windows and calling
235 SetTransparent() may succeed. If this function
236 returns @false, transparent windows are definitely not supported by the
240 bool CanSetTransparent();
243 Directs all mouse input to this window. Call ReleaseMouse() to
245 Note that wxWidgets maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
246 and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
247 captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
248 window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
249 as you capture it, unless the window receives
250 the wxMouseCaptureLostEvent event.
251 Any application which captures the mouse in the beginning of some operation
252 must handle wxMouseCaptureLostEvent
253 and cancel this operation when it receives the event. The event handler must
256 @see ReleaseMouse(), wxMouseCaptureLostEvent
258 virtual void CaptureMouse();
261 A synonym for Centre().
263 void Center(int direction
);
266 A synonym for CentreOnParent().
268 void CenterOnParent(int direction
);
274 Specifies the direction for the centering. May be wxHORIZONTAL, wxVERTICAL
275 or wxBOTH. It may also include wxCENTRE_ON_SCREEN flag
276 if you want to center the window on the entire screen and not on its
279 @remarks If the window is a top level one (i.e. doesn't have a parent),
280 it will be centered relative to the screen anyhow.
284 void Centre(int direction
= wxBOTH
);
287 Centres the window on its parent. This is a more readable synonym for
291 Specifies the direction for the centering. May be wxHORIZONTAL, wxVERTICAL
294 @remarks This methods provides for a way to center top level windows over
295 their parents instead of the entire screen. If there
296 is no parent or if the window is not a top level
297 window, then behaviour is the same as Centre().
299 @see wxTopLevelWindow::CentreOnScreen
301 void CentreOnParent(int direction
= wxBOTH
);
304 Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour. Does not
305 cause an erase background event to be generated.
307 void ClearBackground();
311 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
314 A pointer to a integer value for the x coordinate. Pass the client
316 a screen coordinate will be passed out.
318 A pointer to a integer value for the y coordinate. Pass the client
320 a screen coordinate will be passed out.
322 The client position for the second form of the function.
324 virtual void ClientToScreen(int* x
, int* y
) const;
325 virtual wxPoint
ClientToScreen(const wxPoint
& pt
) const;
329 Converts client area size @a size to corresponding window size. In
330 other words, the returned value is what would GetSize() return if this
331 window had client area of given size. Components with wxDefaultCoord
332 value are left unchanged. Note that the conversion is not always
333 exact, it assumes that non-client area doesn't change and so doesn't
334 take into account things like menu bar (un)wrapping or (dis)appearance
339 @see WindowToClientSize()
341 virtual wxSize
ClientToWindowSize(const wxSize
& size
);
344 Converts window size @a size to corresponding client area size. In
345 other words, the returned value is what would GetClientSize() return if
346 this window had given window size. Components with wxDefaultCoord value
349 Note that the conversion is not always exact, it assumes that
350 non-client area doesn't change and so doesn't take into account things
351 like menu bar (un)wrapping or (dis)appearance of the scrollbars.
355 @see ClientToWindowSize()
357 virtual wxSize
WindowToClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
360 This function simply generates a wxCloseEvent whose
361 handler usually tries to close the window. It doesn't close the window
365 @false if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
366 of this window, @true if it cannot.
368 @remarks Close calls the close handler for the window, providing an
369 opportunity for the window to choose whether to destroy
370 the window. Usually it is only used with the top level
371 windows (wxFrame and wxDialog classes) as the others
372 are not supposed to have any special OnClose() logic.
374 @see @ref overview_windowdeletionoverview "Window deletion overview",
375 Destroy(), wxCloseEvent
377 bool Close(bool force
= false);
381 Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
382 For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character
384 and then divided by 4.
385 For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character
387 and then divided by 8.
389 @remarks Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions
390 even if the font changes.
392 @see ConvertPixelsToDialog()
394 wxPoint
ConvertDialogToPixels(const wxPoint
& pt
);
395 wxSize
ConvertDialogToPixels(const wxSize
& sz
);
400 Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
401 For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 4 and then divided by the
404 For the y dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 8 and then divided by the
408 @remarks Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions
409 even if the font changes.
411 @see ConvertDialogToPixels()
413 wxPoint
ConvertPixelsToDialog(const wxPoint
& pt
);
414 wxSize
ConvertPixelsToDialog(const wxSize
& sz
);
418 Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator,
420 different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
421 are not destroyed immediately when this function is called -- they are added
422 to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
423 have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to
427 @return @true if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it
428 has been added to the list of windows pending real
431 virtual bool Destroy();
434 Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
436 virtual void DestroyChildren();
439 Disables the window, same as @ref enable() Enable(@false).
441 @return Returns @true if the window has been disabled, @false if it had
442 been already disabled before the call to this function.
447 Gets the size which best suits the window: for a control, it would be
448 the minimal size which doesn't truncate the control, for a panel - the
449 same size as it would have after a call to Fit().
451 The default implementation of this function is designed for use in container
452 windows, such as wxPanel, and works something like this:
453 -# If the window has a sizer then it is used to calculate the best size.
454 -# Otherwise if the window has layout constraints then those are used to
455 calculate the best size.
456 -# Otherwise if the window has children then the best size is set to be large
457 enough to show all the children.
458 -# Otherwise if there are no children then the window's minimal size will be
459 used as its best size.
460 -# Otherwise if there is no minimal size set, then the current size is used
463 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
465 virtual wxSize
DoGetBestSize() const;
468 Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
469 This function is called by UpdateWindowUI()
470 in order to check return values in the wxUpdateUIEvent and
471 act appropriately. For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating,
473 implements this function as follows:
475 virtual void DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent
& event
);
478 Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
481 If @true, the window is eligible for drop file events. If @false, the window
482 will not accept drop file events.
484 @remarks Windows only.
486 virtual void DragAcceptFiles(bool accept
);
489 Enable or disable the window for user input. Note that when a parent window is
490 disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
494 If @true, enables the window for input. If @false, disables the window.
496 @return Returns @true if the window has been enabled or disabled, @false
497 if nothing was done, i.e. if the window had already
498 been in the specified state.
500 @see IsEnabled(), Disable(), wxRadioBox::Enable
502 virtual bool Enable(bool enable
= true);
505 Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
507 @remarks Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without
508 needing a wxWindow pointer.
510 @see SetFocus(), HasFocus()
512 static wxWindow
* FindFocus();
515 Find a child of this window, by @a id. May return @a this if
518 wxWindow
* FindWindow(long id
) const;
522 Find a child of this window, by name. May return @a this if
525 wxWindow
* FindWindow(const wxString
& name
) const;
528 Find the first window with the given @e id.
529 If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all top-level
530 frames and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
532 The search is recursive in both cases.
536 static wxWindow
* FindWindowById(long id
, wxWindow
* parent
= NULL
);
539 Find a window by its label. Depending on the type of window, the label may be a
541 or panel item label. If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all
543 frames and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
545 The search is recursive in both cases.
549 static wxWindow
* FindWindowByLabel(const wxString
& label
,
550 wxWindow
* parent
= NULL
);
553 Find a window by its name (as given in a window constructor or @b Create
555 If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all top-level
556 frames and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
558 The search is recursive in both cases.
559 If no window with such name is found,
560 FindWindowByLabel() is called.
564 static wxWindow
* FindWindowByName(const wxString
& name
,
565 wxWindow
* parent
= NULL
);
568 Sizes the window so that it fits around its subwindows.
570 This function won't do anything if there are no subwindows and will only really
571 work correctly if sizers are used for the subwindows layout.
573 Also, if the window has exactly one subwindow it is better (faster and the result
574 is more precise as Fit() adds some margin to account for fuzziness of its calculations)
578 window->SetClientSize(child->GetSize());
581 instead of calling Fit().
583 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
588 Similar to Fit(), but sizes the interior (virtual) size
589 of a window. Mainly useful with scrolled windows to reset scrollbars after
590 sizing changes that do not trigger a size event, and/or scrolled windows without
591 an interior sizer. This function similarly won't do anything if there are no
594 virtual void FitInside();
597 Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking
598 place on screen, the window is not redrawn at all.
600 Thaw() must be called to reenable window redrawing. Calls to these two
601 functions may be nested but to ensure that the window is properly
602 repainted again, you must thaw it exactly as many times as you froze
605 If the window has any children, they are recursively frozen too.
607 This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example,
608 it is a good idea to use it before doing many large text insertions in
609 a row into a wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all
610 platforms nor for all controls so it is mostly just a hint to wxWidgets
611 and not a mandatory directive.
613 @see wxWindowUpdateLocker, Thaw(), IsFrozen()
615 virtual void Freeze();
618 Gets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
620 wxAcceleratorTable
* GetAcceleratorTable() const;
623 Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
624 See also wxAccessible.
626 wxAccessible
* GetAccessible();
629 This method is deprecated, use GetEffectiveMinSize() instead.
631 wxSize
GetAdjustedBestSize() const;
634 Returns the background colour of the window.
636 @see SetBackgroundColour(), SetForegroundColour(),
637 GetForegroundColour()
639 virtual wxColour
GetBackgroundColour() const;
642 Returns the background style of the window. The background style can be one of:
646 Use the default background, as determined by
647 the system or the current theme.
651 Use a solid colour for the background, this
652 style is set automatically if you call
653 SetBackgroundColour() so you only need to
654 set it explicitly if you had changed the background style to something else
659 Don't draw the background at all, it's
660 supposed that it is drawn by the user-defined erase background event handler.
661 This style should be used to avoid flicker when the background is entirely
664 wxBG_STYLE_TRANSPARET
666 The background is (partially) transparent,
667 this style is automatically set if you call
668 SetTransparent() which is used to set the
671 @see SetBackgroundColour(), GetForegroundColour(),
672 SetBackgroundStyle(), SetTransparent()
674 virtual wxBackgroundStyle
GetBackgroundStyle() const;
677 This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window. For
678 example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
679 control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
680 wxPanel), the size returned by this function will be the
681 same as the size the window would have had after calling
684 wxSize
GetBestSize() const;
687 Returns the currently captured window.
689 @see HasCapture(), CaptureMouse(), ReleaseMouse(),
690 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
692 static wxWindow
* GetCapture();
695 Returns the caret() associated with the window.
697 wxCaret
* GetCaret() const;
700 Returns the character height for this window.
702 virtual int GetCharHeight() const;
705 Returns the average character width for this window.
707 virtual int GetCharWidth() const;
711 Returns a reference to the list of the window's children. @c wxWindowList
712 is a type-safe wxList-like class whose elements are of type @c wxWindow*.
714 wxWindowList
& GetChildren();
715 const wxWindowList
& GetChildren() const;
719 Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control. This is
720 useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control as in a
721 standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
722 colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
723 system, especially if it uses themes.
724 The @a variant parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
725 ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
726 returned font. See SetWindowVariant()
728 This static method is "overridden" in many derived classes and so calling,
729 for example, wxButton::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
730 return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
731 from those returned by, say, wxListCtrl::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
732 The @c wxVisualAttributes structure has at least the fields
733 @c font, @c colFg and @c colBg. All of them may be invalid
734 if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
735 especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
736 the case for @c colBg for the controls with themed background.
738 @see InheritAttributes()
740 static wxVisualAttributes
GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindowVariant variant
= wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL
);
744 Returns the size of the window 'client area' in pixels. The client area is the
745 area which may be drawn on by the programmer, excluding title bar, border,
747 Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
748 return size is empty (both width and height are 0).
751 Receives the client width in pixels.
753 Receives the client height in pixels.
755 @see GetSize(), GetVirtualSize()
757 void GetClientSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
758 wxSize
GetClientSize() const;
762 Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or @NULL if there are none.
764 wxLayoutConstraints
* GetConstraints() const;
767 Return the sizer that this window is a member of, if any, otherwise
770 const wxSizer
* GetContainingSizer() const;
773 Return the cursor associated with this window.
777 const wxCursor
& GetCursor() const;
780 Currently this is the same as calling
781 wxWindow::GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindow::GetWindowVariant()).
782 One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
783 the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
784 virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
785 The other one is that in the future this function could return different
786 results, for example it might return a different font for an "Ok" button
787 than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
788 in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
789 function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
790 version can be used without having to create an object first.
792 virtual wxVisualAttributes
GetDefaultAttributes() const;
795 Returns the associated drop target, which may be @NULL.
797 @see SetDropTarget(), @ref overview_wxdndoverview
799 wxDropTarget
* GetDropTarget() const;
802 Merges the window's best size into the min size and returns the result.
803 This is the value used by sizers to determine the appropriate
804 ammount of space to allocate for the widget.
806 @see GetBestSize(), SetInitialSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
808 wxSize
GetEffectiveMinSize() const;
811 Returns the event handler for this window. By default, the window is its
814 @see SetEventHandler(), PushEventHandler(),
815 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
817 wxEvtHandler
* GetEventHandler() const;
820 Returns the extra style bits for the window.
822 long GetExtraStyle() const;
825 Returns the font for this window.
829 wxFont
GetFont() const;
832 Returns the foreground colour of the window.
834 @remarks The interpretation of foreground colour is open to
835 interpretation according to the window class; it may be
836 the text colour or other colour, or it may not be used
839 @see SetForegroundColour(), SetBackgroundColour(),
840 GetBackgroundColour()
842 virtual wxColour
GetForegroundColour();
845 Returns the grandparent of a window, or @NULL if there isn't one.
847 wxWindow
* GetGrandParent() const;
850 Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window. Cast it to an
852 handle, such as @b HWND for Windows, @b Widget for Motif, @b GtkWidget for GTK
853 or @b WinHandle for PalmOS.
855 void* GetHandle() const;
858 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
859 Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
861 and not in the window object itself.
863 @see SetHelpText(), GetHelpTextAtPoint(), wxHelpProvider
865 virtual wxString
GetHelpText() const;
868 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window. This
869 method should be overridden if the help message depends on the position inside
870 the window, otherwise GetHelpText() can be used.
873 Coordinates of the mouse at the moment of help event emission.
875 Help event origin, see also wxHelpEvent::GetOrigin.
877 virtual wxString
GetHelpTextAtPoint(const wxPoint point
,
878 wxHelpEvent::Origin origin
) const;
881 Returns the identifier of the window.
883 @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has
884 not provided one (or the default wxID_ANY) an unique
885 identifier with a negative value will be generated.
887 @see SetId(), @ref overview_windowids "Window identifiers"
892 Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
893 identification purposes.
895 @remarks The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
896 For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the
897 title. For buttons or static text controls, it is the
898 button text. This function can be useful for
899 meta-programs (such as testing tools or special-needs
900 access programs) which need to identify windows by name.
902 virtual wxString
GetLabel() const;
905 Returns the maximum size of window's client area.
906 This is an indication to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the maximum
907 possible size as well as the upper bound on window's size settable using
912 wxSize
GetMaxClientSize() const;
915 Returns the maximum size of the window. This is an indication to the sizer
916 layout mechanism that this is the maximum possible size as well as the upper
917 bound on window's size settable using SetSize().
919 @see GetMaxClientSize()
921 wxSize
GetMaxSize() const;
924 Returns the minimum size of window's client area, an indication to the sizer
925 layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of its client area. It
926 normally just returns the value set by
927 SetMinClientSize(), but it can be overridden
928 to do the calculation on demand.
932 virtual wxSize
GetMinClientSize() const;
935 Returns the minimum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout
936 mechanism that this is the minimum required size.
938 This method normally just returns the value set by SetMinSize(), but it
939 can be overridden to do the calculation on demand.
941 @see GetMinClientSize()
943 virtual wxSize
GetMinSize() const;
946 Returns the window's name.
948 @remarks This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the
949 programmer to supply an appropriate name in the window
950 constructor or via SetName().
954 virtual wxString
GetName() const;
957 Returns the next window after this one among the parent children or @NULL if
958 this window is the last child.
962 @see GetPrevSibling()
964 wxWindow
* GetNextSibling() const;
967 Returns the parent of the window, or @NULL if there is no parent.
969 virtual wxWindow
* GetParent() const;
973 This function shows a popup menu at the given position in this window and
974 returns the selected id. It can be more convenient than the general purpose
975 PopupMenu() function for simple menus proposing a
976 choice in a list of strings to the user.
981 The position at which to show the menu in client coordinates
983 The horizontal position of the menu
985 The vertical position of the menu
987 @return The selected menu item id or wxID_NONE if none selected or an
990 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu
& menu
,
992 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu
& menu
, int x
, int y
);
997 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
998 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level
1002 Receives the x position of the window if non-@NULL.
1004 Receives the y position of the window if non-@NULL.
1006 @see GetScreenPosition()
1008 virtual void GetPosition(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1009 wxPoint
GetPosition() const;
1013 Returns the previous window before this one among the parent children or @c
1015 this window is the first child.
1019 @see GetNextSibling()
1021 wxWindow
* GetPrevSibling() const;
1024 Returns the position and size of the window as a wxRect object.
1026 @see GetScreenRect()
1028 virtual wxRect
GetRect() const;
1032 Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
1033 child window or a top level one.
1036 Receives the x position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
1038 Receives the y position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
1042 virtual void GetScreenPosition(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1043 const wxPoint
GetScreenPosition() const;
1047 Returns the position and size of the window on the screen as a
1052 virtual wxRect
GetScreenRect() const;
1055 Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
1057 @see See SetScrollbar()
1059 virtual int GetScrollPos(int orientation
);
1062 Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
1066 virtual int GetScrollRange(int orientation
);
1069 Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
1073 virtual int GetScrollThumb(int orientation
);
1077 Returns the size of the entire window in pixels, including title bar, border,
1079 Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
1080 returned size is the restored window size, not the size of the window icon.
1083 Receives the window width.
1085 Receives the window height.
1087 @see GetClientSize(), GetVirtualSize()
1089 void GetSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
1090 const wxSize
GetSize() const;
1094 Return the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
1095 SetSizer() or @NULL.
1097 wxSizer
* GetSizer() const;
1101 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1102 window with the currently selected font.
1103 The text extent is returned in @a w and @a h pointers (first form) or as a
1104 wxSize object (second form).
1107 String whose extent is to be measured.
1109 Return value for width.
1111 Return value for height.
1113 Return value for descent (optional).
1114 @param externalLeading
1115 Return value for external leading (optional).
1117 Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).
1119 If @true, string contains 16-bit characters. The default is @false.
1121 virtual void GetTextExtent(const wxString
& string
, int* w
,
1123 int* descent
= NULL
,
1124 int* externalLeading
= NULL
,
1125 const wxFont
* font
= NULL
,
1126 bool use16
= false) const;
1127 const wxSize
GetTextExtent(const wxString
& string
) const;
1131 Get the associated tooltip or @NULL if none.
1133 wxToolTip
* GetToolTip() const;
1136 Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged.
1138 only be called within an wxPaintEvent handler.
1140 @see wxRegion, wxRegionIterator
1142 virtual wxRegion
GetUpdateRegion() const;
1145 Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or @NULL if there is
1148 wxValidator
* GetValidator() const;
1152 This gets the virtual size of the window in pixels. By default it
1153 returns the client size of the window, but after a call to
1154 SetVirtualSize() it will return
1158 Receives the window virtual width.
1160 Receives the window virtual height.
1162 void GetVirtualSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
1163 const wxSize
GetVirtualSize() const;
1167 Returns the size of the left/right and top/bottom borders of this window in x
1168 and y components of the result respectively.
1170 wxSize
GetWindowBorderSize() const;
1173 Gets the window style that was passed to the constructor or @b Create
1174 method. @b GetWindowStyle() is another name for the same function.
1176 long GetWindowStyleFlag() const;
1179 Returns the value previously passed to
1182 wxWindowVariant
GetWindowVariant() const;
1185 This function will generate the appropriate call to
1186 Navigate() if the key event is one normally used for
1187 keyboard navigation and return @true in this case.
1189 @return Returns @true if the key pressed was for navigation and was
1190 handled, @false otherwise.
1194 bool HandleAsNavigationKey(const wxKeyEvent
& event
);
1198 wxWindow::GetEventHandler()-wxEvtHandler::SafelyProcessEvent(event).
1200 bool HandleWindowEvent(wxEvent
& event
);
1203 Returns @true if this window has the current mouse capture.
1205 @see CaptureMouse(), ReleaseMouse(), wxMouseCaptureLostEvent,
1206 wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1208 virtual bool HasCapture() const;
1211 Returns @true if the window has the given @a exFlag bit set in its
1214 @see SetExtraStyle()
1216 bool HasExtraStyle(int exFlag
) const;
1219 Returns @true if the window has the given @a flag bit set.
1221 bool HasFlag(int flag
) const;
1224 Returns @true if the window (or in case of composite controls, its main
1225 child window) has focus.
1229 virtual bool HasFocus() const;
1232 This method should be overridden to return @true if this window has
1233 multiple pages. All standard class with multiple pages such as
1234 wxNotebook, wxListbook and
1235 wxTreebook already override it to return @true
1236 and user-defined classes with similar behaviour should do it as well to allow
1237 the library to handle such windows appropriately.
1239 virtual bool HasMultiplePages() const;
1242 Returns @true if this window has a scroll bar for this orientation.
1245 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
1247 virtual bool HasScrollbar(int orient
) const;
1250 Returns @true if this window background is transparent (as, for example, for
1251 wxStaticText) and should show the parent window background.
1252 This method is mostly used internally by the library itself and you normally
1253 shouldn't have to call it. You may, however, have to override it in your
1254 wxWindow-derived class to ensure that background is painted correctly.
1256 virtual bool HasTransparentBackground() const;
1259 Equivalent to calling wxWindow::Show(@false).
1264 This function hides a window, like Hide(), but using a special visual
1267 The parameters of this function are the same as for ShowWithEffect(),
1268 please see their description there.
1272 virtual bool HideWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect
,
1273 unsigned timeout
= 0);
1276 This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
1277 window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
1278 the font and the foreground and background colours.
1279 By "intelligently" the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
1280 own @ref getclassdefaultattributes() default attributes. However
1281 if some of the parents attributes are explicitly (that is, using
1283 wxWindow::SetOwnFont) changed and if the
1284 corresponding attribute hadn't been explicitly set for this window itself,
1285 then this window takes the same value as used by the parent. In addition, if
1286 the window overrides ShouldInheritColours()
1287 to return @false, the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the
1289 This rather complicated logic is necessary in order to accommodate the
1290 different usage scenarios. The most common one is when all default attributes
1291 are used and in this case, nothing should be inherited as in modern GUIs
1292 different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
1293 they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
1294 desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
1295 just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
1296 do inherit the parents attributes.
1298 void InheritAttributes();
1301 Sends an @c wxEVT_INIT_DIALOG event, whose handler usually transfers data
1302 to the dialog via validators.
1307 Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it
1310 void InvalidateBestSize();
1313 Returns @true if the window contents is double-buffered by the system, i.e. if
1314 any drawing done on the window is really done on a temporary backing surface
1315 and transferred to the screen all at once later.
1319 virtual bool IsDoubleBuffered() const;
1322 Returns @true if the window is enabled, i.e. if it accepts user input, @c
1325 Notice that this method can return @false even if this window itself hadn't
1326 been explicitly disabled when one of its parent windows is disabled. To get the
1327 intrinsic status of this window, use
1332 virtual bool IsEnabled() const;
1336 Returns @true if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
1337 last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
1338 only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
1340 bool IsExposed(int x
, int y
) const;
1341 const bool IsExposed(wxPoint amp
;pt
) const;
1342 const bool IsExposed(int x
, int y
, int w
, int h
) const;
1343 const bool IsExposed(wxRect amp
;rect
) const;
1347 Returns @true if the window is currently frozen by a call to
1350 @see Freeze(), Thaw()
1352 virtual bool IsFrozen() const;
1355 Returns @true if the window is retained, @false otherwise.
1357 @remarks Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
1359 virtual bool IsRetained() const;
1362 Return whether a scrollbar is always shown.
1365 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
1367 @see AlwaysShowScrollbars()
1369 bool IsScrollbarAlwaysShown(int orient
);
1372 Returns @true if the window is shown, @false if it has been hidden.
1374 @see IsShownOnScreen()
1376 virtual bool IsShown() const;
1379 Returns @true if the window is physically visible on the screen, i.e. it
1380 is shown and all its parents up to the toplevel window are shown as well.
1384 virtual bool IsShownOnScreen() const;
1387 Returns @true if this window is intrinsically enabled, @false otherwise,
1389 if @ref enable() Enable(@false) had been called. This method is
1390 mostly used for wxWidgets itself, user code should normally use
1391 IsEnabled() instead.
1393 bool IsThisEnabled() const;
1396 Returns @true if the given window is a top-level one. Currently all frames and
1397 dialogs are considered to be top-level windows (even if they have a parent
1400 bool IsTopLevel() const;
1403 Invokes the constraint-based layout algorithm or the sizer-based algorithm
1406 See SetAutoLayout(): when auto layout is on, this function gets called automatically
1407 when the window is resized.
1409 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
1414 Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
1421 Disables all other windows in the application so that
1422 the user can only interact with this window.
1425 If @true, this call disables all other windows in the application so that
1426 the user can only interact with this window. If @false, the effect is
1429 virtual void MakeModal(bool flag
);
1433 Moves the window to the given position.
1436 Required x position.
1438 Required y position.
1440 wxPoint object representing the position.
1442 @remarks Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1443 Move() function, which is defined in the base
1444 wxWindow class as the call:
1448 void Move(int x
, int y
);
1449 void Move(const wxPoint
& pt
);
1453 Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified @e win.
1454 This means that when the user presses @c TAB key on that other window,
1455 the focus switches to this window.
1456 Default tab order is the same as creation order, this function and
1457 MoveBeforeInTabOrder() allow to change
1458 it after creating all the windows.
1461 A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
1464 void MoveAfterInTabOrder(wxWindow
* win
);
1467 Same as MoveAfterInTabOrder() except that
1468 it inserts this window just before @a win instead of putting it right after
1471 void MoveBeforeInTabOrder(wxWindow
* win
);
1474 Performs a keyboard navigation action starting from this window. This method is
1475 equivalent to calling NavigateIn() method on the
1479 A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and
1480 wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.
1482 @return Returns @true if the focus was moved to another window or @false
1485 @remarks You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress
1486 handler to do the default navigation behaviour for the
1487 tab key, since the standard default behaviour for a
1488 multiline text control with the wxTE_PROCESS_TAB style
1489 is to insert a tab and not navigate to the next
1490 control. See also wxNavigationKeyEvent and
1491 HandleAsNavigationKey.
1493 bool Navigate(int flags
= wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward
);
1496 Performs a keyboard navigation action inside this window.
1497 See Navigate() for more information.
1499 bool NavigateIn(int flags
= wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward
);
1502 Create a new ID or range of IDs that are not currently in use. The
1503 IDs will be reserved until assigned to a wxWindowIDRef()
1504 or unreserved with UnreserveControlId().
1505 See @ref overview_windowidsoverview "Window IDs overview" for more information.
1508 The number of sequential IDs to reserve.
1510 @return Returns the ID or the first ID of the range, or wxID_NONE if the
1511 specified number of identifiers couldn't be allocated.
1513 @see UnreserveControlId(), wxIdManager, @ref overview_windowidsoverview
1514 "Window IDs overview"
1516 static wxWindowID
NewControlId(int count
= 1);
1519 This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
1520 sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
1521 that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
1522 handler in a derived class.
1523 This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
1524 and most implementations call UpdateWindowUI()
1525 in order to send update events to the window in idle time.
1527 virtual void OnInternalIdle();
1530 Same as #ScrollLines (-1).
1535 Same as #ScrollLines (1).
1540 Same as #ScrollPages (-1).
1545 Same as #ScrollPages (1).
1551 Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
1553 @param deleteHandler
1554 If this is @true, the handler will be deleted after it is removed. The
1555 default value is @false.
1557 @see SetEventHandler(), GetEventHandler(),
1558 PushEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
1560 wxEvtHandler
* PopEventHandler(bool deleteHandler
= false) const;
1564 Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
1565 window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu. If a
1566 menu item is selected, the corresponding menu event is generated and will be
1567 processed as usually. If the coordinates are not specified, current mouse
1568 cursor position is used.
1573 The position where the menu will appear.
1575 Required x position for the menu to appear.
1577 Required y position for the menu to appear.
1579 @remarks Just before the menu is popped up, wxMenu::UpdateUI is called to
1580 ensure that the menu items are in the correct state.
1581 The menu does not get deleted by the window.
1585 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu
* menu
,
1586 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
);
1587 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu
* menu
, int x
, int y
);
1591 Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
1594 Specifies the handler to be pushed.
1596 @remarks An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the
1597 events sent to a window. By default, the window is its
1598 own event handler, but an application may wish to
1599 substitute another, for example to allow central
1600 implementation of event-handling for a variety of
1601 different window classes.
1603 @see SetEventHandler(), GetEventHandler(),
1604 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
1606 void PushEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
1609 Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
1610 In current version of wxWidgets this works both for managed and child windows.
1617 Causes this window, and all of its children recursively (except under wxGTK1
1618 where this is not implemented), to be repainted. Note that repainting doesn't
1619 happen immediately but only during the next event loop iteration, if you need
1620 to update the window immediately you should use Update()
1623 @param eraseBackground
1624 If @true, the background will be
1627 If non-@NULL, only the given rectangle will
1628 be treated as damaged.
1632 virtual void Refresh(bool eraseBackground
= true,
1633 const wxRect
* rect
= NULL
);
1636 Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: only the area inside it will be
1638 This is the same as Refresh() but has a nicer syntax
1639 as it can be called with a temporary wxRect object as argument like this
1640 @c RefreshRect(wxRect(x, y, w, h)).
1642 void RefreshRect(const wxRect
& rect
, bool eraseBackground
= true);
1645 Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey
1646 registered here, this window
1647 will receive a hotkey event. It will receive the event even if the application
1648 is in the background
1649 and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some other
1653 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0
1655 this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a system wide unique
1656 identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
1657 This is a MSW specific detail.
1659 A bitwise combination of wxMOD_SHIFT, wxMOD_CONTROL, wxMOD_ALT
1660 or wxMOD_WIN specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along
1662 @param virtualKeyCode
1663 The virtual key code of the hotkey.
1665 @return @true if the hotkey was registered successfully. @false if some
1666 other application already registered a hotkey with this
1667 modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
1669 @remarks Use EVT_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the
1670 event. This function is currently only implemented
1671 under Windows. It is used in the Windows CE port for
1672 detecting hardware button presses.
1674 @see UnregisterHotKey()
1676 bool RegisterHotKey(int hotkeyId
, int modifiers
,
1677 int virtualKeyCode
);
1680 Releases mouse input captured with CaptureMouse().
1682 @see CaptureMouse(), HasCapture(), ReleaseMouse(),
1683 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
1685 virtual void ReleaseMouse();
1688 Removes a child window. This is called automatically by window deletion
1689 functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
1690 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
1691 called by the user code.
1694 Child window to remove.
1696 virtual void RemoveChild(wxWindow
* child
);
1699 Find the given @a handler in the windows event handler chain and remove (but
1700 not delete) it from it.
1703 The event handler to remove, must be non-@NULL and
1704 must be present in this windows event handlers chain
1706 @return Returns @true if it was found and @false otherwise (this also
1707 results in an assert failure so this function should
1708 only be called when the handler is supposed to be
1711 @see PushEventHandler(), PopEventHandler()
1713 bool RemoveEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
1716 Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
1717 current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
1718 and then re-inserted into another.
1723 virtual bool Reparent(wxWindow
* newParent
);
1727 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
1730 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1732 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1734 The screen position for the second form of the function.
1736 virtual void ScreenToClient(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1737 const virtual wxPoint
ScreenToClient(const wxPoint
& pt
) const;
1741 Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if @a lines is
1744 @return Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
1745 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
1747 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and
1748 wxTextCtrl under wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolled classes
1749 under all platforms).
1753 virtual bool ScrollLines(int lines
);
1756 Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if @a pages is
1759 @return Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
1760 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
1762 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxGTK.
1766 virtual bool ScrollPages(int pages
);
1769 Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
1772 Amount to scroll horizontally.
1774 Amount to scroll vertically.
1776 Rectangle to scroll, if it is @NULL, the whole window is
1777 scrolled (this is always the case under wxGTK which doesn't support this
1780 @remarks Note that you can often use wxScrolled instead of using this
1783 virtual void ScrollWindow(int dx
, int dy
,
1784 const wxRect
* rect
= NULL
);
1787 Sets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
1789 virtual void SetAcceleratorTable(const wxAcceleratorTable
& accel
);
1792 Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
1793 will be deleted first, if not identical to @e accessible.
1794 See also wxAccessible.
1796 void SetAccessible(wxAccessible
* accessible
);
1799 Determines whether the Layout() function will
1800 be called automatically when the window is resized. Please note that this only
1801 happens for the windows usually used to contain children, namely
1802 wxPanel and wxTopLevelWindow
1803 (and the classes deriving from them).
1804 This method is called implicitly by
1805 SetSizer() but if you use
1806 SetConstraints() you should call it
1807 manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly updated when its
1811 Set this to @true if you wish the Layout function to be
1812 called automatically when the window is resized.
1814 @see SetConstraints()
1816 void SetAutoLayout(bool autoLayout
);
1819 Sets the background colour of the window.
1820 Please see InheritAttributes() for
1821 explanation of the difference between this method and
1822 SetOwnBackgroundColour().
1825 The colour to be used as the background colour, pass
1826 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
1828 @remarks The background colour is usually painted by the default
1829 wxEraseEvent event handler function under Windows and
1830 automatically under GTK.
1832 @see GetBackgroundColour(), SetForegroundColour(),
1833 GetForegroundColour(), ClearBackground(),
1834 Refresh(), wxEraseEvent
1836 virtual bool SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
1839 Sets the background style of the window. see
1840 GetBackgroundStyle() for the description
1841 of the possible style values.
1843 @see SetBackgroundColour(), GetForegroundColour(),
1846 virtual void SetBackgroundStyle(wxBackgroundStyle style
);
1849 This method is only implemented by ports which have support for
1850 native TAB traversal (such as GTK+ 2.0). It is called by wxWidgets'
1851 container control code to give the native system a hint when
1852 doing TAB traversal. A call to this does not disable or change
1853 the effect of programmatically calling
1856 @see wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus, wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
1858 virtual void SetCanFocus(bool canFocus
);
1861 Sets the caret() associated with the window.
1863 void SetCaret(wxCaret
* caret
) const;
1867 This sets the size of the window client area in pixels. Using this function to
1869 tends to be more device-independent than SetSize(), since the application need
1871 worry about what dimensions the border or title bar have when trying to fit the
1873 around panel items, for example.
1876 The required client area width.
1878 The required client area height.
1880 The required client size.
1882 virtual void SetClientSize(int width
, int height
);
1883 virtual void SetClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
1887 Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
1888 will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
1889 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
1890 window, it will be deleted.
1893 The constraints to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
1896 @remarks You must call SetAutoLayout() to tell a window to use
1897 the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you
1898 must override OnSize and call Layout() explicitly. When
1899 setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a wxSizer, only
1900 the sizer will have effect.
1902 void SetConstraints(wxLayoutConstraints
* constraints
);
1905 This normally does not need to be called by user code. It is called
1906 when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window can
1907 remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
1909 void SetContainingSizer(wxSizer
* sizer
);
1912 Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
1913 children of the window implicitly.
1914 The @a cursor may be @c wxNullCursor in which case the window cursor will
1915 be reset back to default.
1918 Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.
1920 @see ::wxSetCursor, wxCursor
1922 virtual void SetCursor(const wxCursor
& cursor
);
1925 Associates a drop target with this window.
1926 If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
1928 @see GetDropTarget(), @ref overview_wxdndoverview
1930 void SetDropTarget(wxDropTarget
* target
);
1933 Sets the event handler for this window.
1936 Specifies the handler to be set.
1938 @remarks An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the
1939 events sent to a window. By default, the window is its
1940 own event handler, but an application may wish to
1941 substitute another, for example to allow central
1942 implementation of event-handling for a variety of
1943 different window classes.
1945 @see GetEventHandler(), PushEventHandler(),
1946 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
1948 void SetEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
1951 Sets the extra style bits for the window. The currently defined extra style
1954 @b wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY
1956 TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
1957 and Validate() methods will recursively descend into all children of the
1958 window if it has this style flag set.
1960 @b wxWS_EX_BLOCK_EVENTS
1962 Normally, the command
1963 events are propagated upwards to the window parent recursively until a handler
1964 for them is found. Using this style allows to prevent them from being
1965 propagated beyond this window. Notice that wxDialog has this style on by
1966 default for the reasons explained in the
1967 @ref overview_eventprocessing "event processing overview".
1969 @b wxWS_EX_TRANSIENT
1971 This can be used to prevent a
1972 window from being used as an implicit parent for the dialogs which were
1973 created without a parent. It is useful for the windows which can disappear at
1974 any moment as creating children of such windows results in fatal problems.
1976 @b wxWS_EX_CONTEXTHELP
1978 Under Windows, puts a query
1979 button on the caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive
1980 help mode and wxWidgets will send a wxEVT_HELP event if the user clicked on an
1982 This style cannot be used together with wxMAXIMIZE_BOX or wxMINIMIZE_BOX, so
1983 these two styles are automatically turned of if this one is used.
1985 @b wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE
1987 This window should always process idle events, even
1988 if the mode set by wxIdleEvent::SetMode is wxIDLE_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
1990 @b wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES
1992 This window should always process UI update events,
1993 even if the mode set by wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode is
1994 wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
1996 void SetExtraStyle(long exStyle
);
1999 This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
2001 @see HasFocus(), wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus,
2002 wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
2004 virtual void SetFocus();
2007 This function is called by wxWidgets keyboard navigation code when the user
2008 gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using @c TAB key).
2009 By default this method simply calls SetFocus() but
2010 can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
2012 virtual void SetFocusFromKbd();
2015 Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
2016 parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
2017 use SetOwnFont() instead in this case and
2018 see InheritAttributes() for more
2020 Please notice that the given font is not automatically used for
2021 wxPaintDC objects associated with this window, you need to
2022 call wxDC::SetFont too. However this font is used by
2023 any standard controls for drawing their text as well as by
2027 Font to associate with this window, pass
2028 wxNullFont to reset to the default font.
2030 @return @true if the want was really changed, @false if it was already set
2031 to this font and so nothing was done.
2033 @see GetFont(), InheritAttributes()
2035 bool SetFont(const wxFont
& font
);
2038 Sets the foreground colour of the window.
2039 Please see InheritAttributes() for
2040 explanation of the difference between this method and
2041 SetOwnForegroundColour().
2044 The colour to be used as the foreground colour, pass
2045 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
2047 @remarks The interpretation of foreground colour is open to
2048 interpretation according to the window class; it may be
2049 the text colour or other colour, or it may not be used
2052 @see GetForegroundColour(), SetBackgroundColour(),
2053 GetBackgroundColour(), ShouldInheritColours()
2055 virtual void SetForegroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2058 Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2059 Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
2061 and not in the window object itself.
2063 @see GetHelpText(), wxHelpProvider::AddHelp()
2065 virtual void SetHelpText(const wxString
& helpText
);
2068 Sets the identifier of the window.
2070 @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has
2071 not provided one, an identifier will be generated.
2072 Normally, the identifier should be provided on creation
2073 and should not be modified subsequently.
2075 @see GetId(), @ref overview_windowids "Window identifiers"
2080 Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the
2081 components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord).
2083 virtual void SetInitialBestSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2086 A @e smart SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
2087 window's @e best size values.
2089 Also sets the window's minsize to the value passed in for use with sizers.
2090 This means that if a full or partial size is passed to this function then
2091 the sizers will use that size instead of the results of GetBestSize() to
2092 determine the minimum needs of the window for layout.
2094 Most controls will use this to set their initial size, and their min
2095 size to the passed in value (if any.)
2097 @see SetSize(), GetBestSize(), GetEffectiveMinSize(),
2098 @ref overview_windowsizing
2100 void SetInitialSize(const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
);
2103 Sets the window's label.
2110 virtual void SetLabel(const wxString
& label
);
2113 Sets the maximum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
2114 layout mechanism that this is the maximum possible size of its client area.
2118 void SetMaxClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2121 Sets the maximum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
2122 that this is the maximum possible size.
2124 @see SetMaxClientSize()
2126 void SetMaxSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2129 Sets the minimum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
2130 layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of window's client
2133 You may need to call this if you change the window size after
2134 construction and before adding to its parent sizer.
2136 Note, that just as with SetMinSize(), calling this method doesn't
2137 prevent the program from explicitly making the window smaller than the
2142 void SetMinClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2145 Sets the minimum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout
2146 mechanism that this is the minimum required size.
2148 You may need to call this if you change the window size after
2149 construction and before adding to its parent sizer.
2151 Notice that calling this method doesn't prevent the program from making
2152 the window explicitly smaller than the specified size by calling
2153 SetSize(), it just ensures that it won't become smaller than this size
2154 during the automatic layout.
2156 @see SetMinClientSize()
2158 void SetMinSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2161 Sets the window's name.
2164 A name to set for the window.
2168 virtual void SetName(const wxString
& name
);
2171 Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2172 by the children of this window.
2174 @see SetBackgroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
2176 void SetOwnBackgroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2179 Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
2180 children of this window.
2182 @see SetFont(), InheritAttributes()
2184 void SetOwnFont(const wxFont
& font
);
2187 Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2188 by the children of this window.
2190 @see SetForegroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
2192 void SetOwnForegroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
2195 Obsolete - use wxDC::SetPalette instead.
2197 virtual void SetPalette(wxPalette
* palette
);
2200 Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2203 Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL
2206 Position in scroll units.
2208 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
2210 @remarks This function does not directly affect the contents of the
2211 window: it is up to the application to take note of
2212 scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
2214 @see SetScrollbar(), GetScrollPos(), GetScrollThumb(), wxScrollBar,
2217 virtual void SetScrollPos(int orientation
, int pos
,
2218 bool refresh
= true);
2221 Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
2224 Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL
2227 The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.
2229 The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.
2231 The maximum position of the scrollbar.
2233 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
2235 @remarks Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same
2236 font. The window is sized so that you can only see 16
2239 @see @ref overview_scrolling, wxScrollBar, wxScrolled, wxScrollWinEvent
2241 virtual void SetScrollbar(int orientation
, int position
,
2244 bool refresh
= true);
2248 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
2251 Required x position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
2253 value should be used.
2255 Required y position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
2257 value should be used.
2259 Required width in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
2260 value should be used.
2262 Required height position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
2264 value should be used.
2266 wxSize object for setting the size.
2268 wxRect object for setting the position and size.
2270 Indicates the interpretation of other parameters. It is a bit list of the
2272 wxSIZE_AUTO_WIDTH: a wxDefaultCoord width value is taken to indicate
2273 a wxWidgets-supplied default width.
2275 wxSIZE_AUTO_HEIGHT: a wxDefaultCoord height value is taken to indicate
2276 a wxWidgets-supplied default height.
2278 wxSIZE_AUTO: wxDefaultCoord size values are taken to indicate
2279 a wxWidgets-supplied default size.
2281 wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING: existing dimensions should be used
2282 if wxDefaultCoord values are supplied.
2284 wxSIZE_ALLOW_MINUS_ONE: allow negative dimensions (i.e. value of
2285 wxDefaultCoord) to be interpreted
2286 as real dimensions, not default values.
2287 wxSIZE_FORCE: normally, if the position and the size of the window are
2288 already the same as the parameters of this function, nothing is done. but
2290 this flag a window resize may be forced even in this case (supported in wx
2291 2.6.2 and later and only implemented for MSW and ignored elsewhere
2294 @remarks The second form is a convenience for calling the first form with
2295 default x and y parameters, and must be used with
2296 non-default width and height values.
2300 virtual void SetSize(int x
, int y
, int width
, int height
,
2301 int sizeFlags
= wxSIZE_AUTO
);
2302 virtual void SetSize(const wxRect
& rect
);
2303 virtual void SetSize(int width
, int height
);
2304 virtual void SetSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2308 Use of this function for windows which are not toplevel windows
2309 (such as wxDialog or wxFrame) is discouraged. Please use
2310 SetMinSize() and SetMaxSize()
2313 @see wxTopLevelWindow::SetSizeHints.
2318 Sets the window to have the given layout sizer. The window
2319 will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2320 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2321 window, it will be deleted if the deleteOld parameter is @true.
2322 Note that this function will also call
2323 SetAutoLayout() implicitly with @true
2324 parameter if the @a sizer is non-@NULL and @false otherwise.
2327 The sizer to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and conditionally delete
2328 the window's sizer. See below.
2330 If @true (the default), this will delete any pre-existing sizer.
2331 Pass @false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself.
2333 @remarks SetSizer now enables and disables Layout automatically, but
2334 prior to wxWidgets 2.3.3 the following applied:
2336 void SetSizer(wxSizer
* sizer
, bool deleteOld
= true);
2339 This method calls SetSizer() and then
2340 wxSizer::SetSizeHints which sets the initial
2341 window size to the size needed to accommodate all sizer elements and sets the
2342 size hints which, if this window is a top level one, prevent the user from
2343 resizing it to be less than this minimial size.
2345 void SetSizerAndFit(wxSizer
* sizer
, bool deleteOld
= true);
2348 This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
2349 to draw the windows' background instead if its own background drawing
2350 code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
2351 obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
2352 One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
2353 defined by a user's selected theme.
2354 Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to @true
2355 by default so that the default look and feel is simulated best.
2357 virtual void SetThemeEnabled(bool enable
);
2361 Attach a tooltip to the window.
2362 See also: GetToolTip(),
2365 void SetToolTip(const wxString
& tip
);
2366 void SetToolTip(wxToolTip
* tip
);
2370 Set the transparency of the window. If the system supports transparent windows,
2371 returns @true, otherwise returns @false and the window remains fully opaque.
2372 See also CanSetTransparent().
2373 The parameter @a alpha is in the range 0..255 where 0 corresponds to a
2374 fully transparent window and 255 to the fully opaque one. The constants
2375 @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_TRANSPARENT and @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_OPAQUE can be
2378 bool SetTransparent(wxByte alpha
);
2381 Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having
2382 called wxValidator::Clone to
2383 create a new validator of this type.
2385 virtual void SetValidator(const wxValidator
& validator
);
2389 Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
2391 void SetVirtualSize(int width
, int height
);
2392 void SetVirtualSize(const wxSize
& size
);
2397 Allows specification of minimum and maximum virtual window sizes.
2398 If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values
2402 Specifies the minimum width allowable.
2404 Specifies the minimum height allowable.
2406 Specifies the maximum width allowable.
2408 Specifies the maximum height allowable.
2414 @remarks If this function is called, the user will not be able to size
2415 the virtual area of the window outside the given bounds.
2417 virtual void SetVirtualSizeHints(int minW
, int minH
, int maxW
= -1,
2419 void SetVirtualSizeHints(const wxSize
& minSize
= wxDefaultSize
,
2420 const wxSize
& maxSize
= wxDefaultSize
);
2424 Identical to SetWindowStyleFlag().
2426 void SetWindowStyle(long style
);
2429 Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
2430 after the window creation and that Refresh() might
2431 need to be be called after changing the others for the change to take place
2433 See @ref overview_windowstyles "Window styles" for more information about flags.
2435 @see GetWindowStyleFlag()
2437 virtual void SetWindowStyleFlag(long style
);
2440 This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
2441 Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
2442 exist in several sizes which correspond to the elements of wxWindowVariant
2445 By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
2446 be used to change this.
2448 void SetWindowVariant(wxWindowVariant variant
);
2451 Return @true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
2452 InheritAttributes(), returning @false
2453 forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
2454 The base class version returns @false, but this method is overridden in
2455 wxControl where it returns @true.
2457 virtual bool ShouldInheritColours();
2460 Shows or hides the window. You may need to call Raise()
2461 for a top level window if you want to bring it to top, although this is not
2462 needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
2465 If @true displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.
2467 @return @true if the window has been shown or hidden or @false if nothing
2468 was done because it already was in the requested state.
2470 @see IsShown(), Hide(), wxRadioBox::Show
2472 virtual bool Show(bool show
= true);
2475 This function shows a window, like Show(), but using a special visual
2482 The @a timeout parameter specifies the time of the animation, in
2483 milliseconds. If the default value of 0 is used, the default
2484 animation time for the current platform is used.
2486 @note Currently this function is only implemented in wxMSW and does the
2487 same thing as Show() in the other ports.
2491 @see HideWithEffect()
2493 virtual bool ShowWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect
,
2494 unsigned timeout
= 0);
2497 Reenables window updating after a previous call to Freeze().
2499 To really thaw the control, it must be called exactly the same number
2500 of times as Freeze().
2502 If the window has any children, they are recursively thawn too.
2504 @see wxWindowUpdateLocker, Freeze(), IsFrozen()
2506 virtual void Thaw();
2509 Turns the given @a flag on if it's currently turned off and vice versa.
2510 This function cannot be used if the value of the flag is 0 (which is often
2511 the case for default flags).
2512 Also, please notice that not all styles can be changed after the control
2515 @return Returns @true if the style was turned on by this function, @false
2516 if it was switched off.
2518 @see SetWindowStyleFlag(), HasFlag()
2520 bool ToggleWindowStyle(int flag
);
2523 Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their
2525 @false if a transfer failed.
2526 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2527 the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
2529 @see TransferDataToWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2531 virtual bool TransferDataFromWindow();
2534 Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their
2536 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2537 the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
2539 @return Returns @false if a transfer failed.
2541 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2543 virtual bool TransferDataToWindow();
2546 Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
2549 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to
2552 @return @true if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, @false if the
2555 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
2557 @see RegisterHotKey()
2559 bool UnregisterHotKey(int hotkeyId
);
2562 Unreserve an ID or range of IDs that was reserved by NewControlId().
2563 See @ref overview_windowidsoverview "Window IDs overview" for more information.
2566 The starting ID of the range of IDs to unreserve.
2568 The number of sequential IDs to unreserve.
2570 @see NewControlId(), wxIdManager, @ref overview_windowidsoverview
2571 "Window IDs overview"
2573 static void UnreserveControlId(wxWindowID id
, int count
= 1);
2576 Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window and
2577 all of its children recursively while this would usually only happen when the
2578 flow of control returns to the event loop.
2579 Notice that this function doesn't invalidate any area of the window so
2580 nothing happens if nothing has been invalidated (i.e. marked as requiring
2581 a redraw). Use Refresh() first if you want to
2582 immediately redraw the window unconditionally.
2584 virtual void Update();
2587 This function sends wxUpdateUIEvents() to
2588 the window. The particular implementation depends on the window; for
2589 example a wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
2590 and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
2591 You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
2592 UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
2593 are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
2594 wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode or
2595 wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval to
2596 limit the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle
2598 @a flags should be a bitlist of one or more of the following values.
2600 If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
2601 function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE flag, since
2602 this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
2603 to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
2604 only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
2605 The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
2608 @see wxUpdateUIEvent, DoUpdateWindowUI(), OnInternalIdle()
2610 virtual void UpdateWindowUI(long flags
= wxUPDATE_UI_NONE
);
2613 Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
2614 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2615 the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
2617 @return Returns @false if any of the validations failed.
2619 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), TransferDataToWindow(),
2622 virtual bool Validate();
2625 Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
2626 @note This function is not supported under Mac because Apple Human
2627 Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor programmatically.
2630 The new x position for the cursor.
2632 The new y position for the cursor.
2634 void WarpPointer(int x
, int y
);
2638 /// Valid values for wxWindow::ShowWithEffect() and wxWindow::HideWithEffect().
2641 /// Roll window to the left
2642 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_LEFT
,
2643 /// Roll window to the right
2644 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_RIGHT
,
2645 /// Roll window to the top
2646 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_TOP
,
2647 /// Roll window to the bottom
2648 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_BOTTOM
,
2649 /// Slide window to the left
2650 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_LEFT
,
2651 /// Slide window to the right
2652 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_RIGHT
,
2653 /// Slide window to the top
2654 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_TOP
,
2655 /// Slide window to the bottom
2656 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_BOTTOM
,
2657 /// Fade in or out effect
2658 wxSHOW_EFFECT_BLEND
,
2659 /// Expanding or collapsing effect
2660 wxSHOW_EFFECT_EXPAND
2665 // ============================================================================
2666 // Global functions/macros
2667 // ============================================================================
2669 /** @ingroup group_funcmacro_misc */
2673 Find the deepest window at the mouse pointer position, returning the window
2674 and current pointer position in screen coordinates.
2676 @header{wx/window.h}
2678 wxWindow
* wxFindWindowAtPointer(wxPoint
& pt
);
2681 Gets the currently active window (implemented for MSW and GTK only
2682 currently, always returns @NULL in the other ports).
2684 @header{wx/window.h}
2686 wxWindow
* wxGetActiveWindow();
2689 Returns the first top level parent of the given window, or in other words,
2690 the frame or dialog containing it, or @NULL.
2692 @header{wx/window.h}
2694 wxWindow
* wxGetTopLevelParent(wxWindow
* window
);