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1 \section{\class{wxWindow}}\label{wxwindow}
2
3 wxWindow is the base class for all windows and represents any visible objecto n
4 screen. All controls, top level windows and so on are windows. Sizers and
5 device contexts are not, however, as they don't appear on screen themselves.
6
7 Please note that all children of the window will be deleted automatically by
8 the destructor before the window itself is deleted which means that you don't
9 have to worry about deleting them manually. Please see the \helpref{window
10 deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview} for more information.
11
12 Also note that in this, and many others, wxWidgets classes some
13 \texttt{GetXXX()} methods may be overloaded (as, for example,
14 \helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize} or
15 \helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize}). In this case, the overloads
16 are non-virtual because having multiple virtual functions with the same name
17 results in a virtual function name hiding at the derived class level (in
18 English, this means that the derived class has to override all overloaded
19 variants if it overrides any of them). To allow overriding them in the derived
20 class, wxWidgets uses a unique protected virtual \texttt{DoGetXXX()} method
21 and all \texttt{GetXXX()} ones are forwarded to it, so overriding the former
22 changes the behaviour of the latter.
23
24 \wxheading{Derived from}
25
26 \helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\\
27 \helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
28
29 \wxheading{Include files}
30
31 <wx/window.h>
32
33 \wxheading{Window styles}
34
35 The following styles can apply to all windows, although they will not always make sense for a particular
36 window class or on all platforms.
37
38 \twocolwidtha{5cm}%
39 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
40 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSIMPLE\_BORDER}}{Displays a thin border around the window. wxBORDER is the old name
41 for this style. }
42 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxDOUBLE\_BORDER}}{Displays a double border. Windows and Mac only.}
43 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSUNKEN\_BORDER}}{Displays a sunken border.}
44 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxRAISED\_BORDER}}{Displays a raised border.}
45 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSTATIC\_BORDER}}{Displays a border suitable for a static control. Windows only. }
46 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxNO\_BORDER}}{Displays no border, overriding the default border style for the window.}
47 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTRANSPARENT\_WINDOW}}{The window is transparent, that is, it will not receive paint
48 events. Windows only.}
49 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTAB\_TRAVERSAL}}{Use this to enable tab traversal for non-dialog windows.}
50 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWANTS\_CHARS}}{Use this to indicate that
51 the window wants to get all char/key events for all keys - even for
52 keys like TAB or ENTER which are usually used for dialog navigation
53 and which wouldn't be generated without this style. If you need to
54 use this style in order to get the arrows or etc., but would still like to have
55 normal keyboard navigation take place, you should create and send a
56 wxNavigationKeyEvent in response to the key events for Tab and
57 Shift-Tab.}
58 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxNO\_FULL\_REPAINT\_ON\_RESIZE}}{Disables repainting
59 the window completely when its size is changed - you will have to repaint the
60 new window area manually if you use this style. Currently only has an effect for
61 Windows.}
62 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxVSCROLL}}{Use this style to enable a vertical scrollbar.}
63 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxHSCROLL}}{Use this style to enable a horizontal scrollbar.}
64 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxALWAYS\_SHOW\_SB}}{If a window has scrollbars,
65 disable them instead of hiding them when they are not needed (i.e. when the
66 size of the window is big enough to not require the scrollbars to navigate it).
67 This style is currently only implemented for wxMSW and wxUniversal and does
68 nothing on the other platforms.}
69 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxCLIP\_CHILDREN}}{Use this style to eliminate flicker caused by the background being
70 repainted, then children being painted over them. Windows only.}
71 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFULL\_REPAINT\_ON\_RESIZE}}{Use this style to force
72 a complete redraw of the window whenever it is resized instead of redrawing
73 just the part of the window affected by resizing. Note that this was the
74 behaviour by default before 2.5.1 release and that if you experience redraw
75 problems with the code which previously used to work you may want to try this.}
76 \end{twocollist}
77
78 See also \helpref{window styles overview}{windowstyles}.
79
80 \wxheading{Extra window styles}
81
82 The following are extra styles, set using \helpref{wxWindow::SetExtraStyle}{wxwindowsetextrastyle}.
83
84 \twocolwidtha{5cm}%
85 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
86 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{By default, Validate/TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
87 only work on direct children of the window (compatible behaviour). Set this flag to make them recursively
88 descend into all subwindows.}
89 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{wxCommandEvents and the objects of the derived classes are forwarded to the
90 parent window and so on recursively by default. Using this flag for the
91 given window allows to block this propagation at this window, i.e. prevent
92 the events from being propagated further upwards. Dialogs have this
93 flag on by default.}
94 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_TRANSIENT}}{Don't use this window as an implicit parent for the other windows: this must
95 be used with transient windows as otherwise there is the risk of creating a
96 dialog/frame with this window as a parent which would lead to a crash if the
97 parent is destroyed before the child.}
98 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_IDLE}}{This window should always process idle events, even
99 if the mode set by \helpref{wxIdleEvent::SetMode}{wxidleeventsetmode} is wxIDLE\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
100 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_UI\_UPDATES}}{This window should always process UI update events,
101 even if the mode set by \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} is wxUPDATE\_UI\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
102 \end{twocollist}
103
104 \wxheading{See also}
105
106 \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
107
108 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
109
110
111 \membersection{wxWindow::wxWindow}\label{wxwindowctor}
112
113 \func{}{wxWindow}{\void}
114
115 Default constructor.
116
117 \func{}{wxWindow}{\param{wxWindow*}{ parent}, \param{wxWindowID }{id},
118 \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition},
119 \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize},
120 \param{long }{style = 0},
121 \param{const wxString\& }{name = wxPanelNameStr}}
122
123 Constructs a window, which can be a child of a frame, dialog or any other non-control window.
124
125 \wxheading{Parameters}
126
127 \docparam{parent}{Pointer to a parent window.}
128
129 \docparam{id}{Window identifier. If -1, will automatically create an identifier.}
130
131 \docparam{pos}{Window position. wxDefaultPosition is (-1, -1) which indicates that wxWidgets
132 should generate a default position for the window. If using the wxWindow class directly, supply
133 an actual position.}
134
135 \docparam{size}{Window size. wxDefaultSize is (-1, -1) which indicates that wxWidgets
136 should generate a default size for the window. If no suitable size can be found, the
137 window will be sized to 20x20 pixels so that the window is visible but obviously not
138 correctly sized. }
139
140 \docparam{style}{Window style. For generic window styles, please see \helpref{wxWindow}{wxwindow}.}
141
142 \docparam{name}{Window name.}
143
144
145 \membersection{wxWindow::\destruct{wxWindow}}
146
147 \func{}{\destruct{wxWindow}}{\void}
148
149 Destructor. Deletes all subwindows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
150 the {\bf delete} operator explicitly, you should normally
151 use \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} so that wxWidgets
152 can delete a window only when it is safe to do so, in idle time.
153
154 \wxheading{See also}
155
156 \helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
157 \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy},\rtfsp
158 \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
159
160
161 \membersection{wxWindow::AddChild}
162
163 \func{virtual void}{AddChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
164
165 Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
166 functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
167
168 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
169 called by the user code.
170
171 \wxheading{Parameters}
172
173 \docparam{child}{Child window to add.}
174
175
176 \membersection{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}\label{wxwindowcapturemouse}
177
178 \func{virtual void}{CaptureMouse}{\void}
179
180 Directs all mouse input to this window. Call \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse} to
181 release the capture.
182
183 Note that wxWidgets maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
184 and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
185 captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
186 window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
187 as you capture it.
188
189 \wxheading{See also}
190
191 \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse}
192
193
194 \membersection{wxWindow::Center}\label{wxwindowcenter}
195
196 \func{void}{Center}{\param{int}{ direction}}
197
198 A synonym for \helpref{Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
199
200
201 \membersection{wxWindow::CenterOnParent}\label{wxwindowcenteronparent}
202
203 \func{void}{CenterOnParent}{\param{int}{ direction}}
204
205 A synonym for \helpref{CentreOnParent}{wxwindowcentreonparent}.
206
207
208 \membersection{wxWindow::CenterOnScreen}\label{wxwindowcenteronscreen}
209
210 \func{void}{CenterOnScreen}{\param{int}{ direction}}
211
212 A synonym for \helpref{CentreOnScreen}{wxwindowcentreonscreen}.
213
214
215 \membersection{wxWindow::Centre}\label{wxwindowcentre}
216
217 \func{void}{Centre}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
218
219 Centres the window.
220
221 \wxheading{Parameters}
222
223 \docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
224 or {\tt wxBOTH}. It may also include {\tt wxCENTRE\_ON\_SCREEN} flag
225 if you want to center the window on the entire screen and not on its
226 parent window.}
227
228 The flag {\tt wxCENTRE\_FRAME} is obsolete and should not be used any longer
229 (it has no effect).
230
231 \wxheading{Remarks}
232
233 If the window is a top level one (i.e. doesn't have a parent), it will be
234 centered relative to the screen anyhow.
235
236 \wxheading{See also}
237
238 \helpref{wxWindow::Center}{wxwindowcenter}
239
240
241 \membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnParent}\label{wxwindowcentreonparent}
242
243 \func{void}{CentreOnParent}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
244
245 Centres the window on its parent. This is a more readable synonym for
246 \helpref{Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
247
248 \wxheading{Parameters}
249
250 \docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
251 or {\tt wxBOTH}.}
252
253 \wxheading{Remarks}
254
255 This methods provides for a way to center top level windows over their
256 parents instead of the entire screen. If there is no parent or if the
257 window is not a top level window, then behaviour is the same as
258 \helpref{wxWindow::Centre}{wxwindowcentre}.
259
260 \wxheading{See also}
261
262 \helpref{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen}{wxwindowcenteronscreen}
263
264
265 \membersection{wxWindow::CentreOnScreen}\label{wxwindowcentreonscreen}
266
267 \func{void}{CentreOnScreen}{\param{int}{ direction = wxBOTH}}
268
269 Centres the window on screen. This only works for top level windows -
270 otherwise, the window will still be centered on its parent.
271
272 \wxheading{Parameters}
273
274 \docparam{direction}{Specifies the direction for the centering. May be {\tt wxHORIZONTAL}, {\tt wxVERTICAL}\rtfsp
275 or {\tt wxBOTH}.}
276
277 \wxheading{See also}
278
279 \helpref{wxWindow::CentreOnParent}{wxwindowcenteronparent}
280
281
282 \membersection{wxWindow::ClearBackground}\label{wxwindowclearbackground}
283
284 \func{void}{ClearBackground}{\void}
285
286 Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour. Does not
287 cause an erase background event to be generated.
288
289
290 \membersection{wxWindow::ClientToScreen}
291
292 \constfunc{virtual void}{ClientToScreen}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
293
294 \perlnote{In wxPerl this method returns a 2-element list instead of
295 modifying its parameters.}
296
297 \constfunc{virtual wxPoint}{ClientToScreen}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
298
299 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
300
301 \docparam{x}{A pointer to a integer value for the x coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
302 a screen coordinate will be passed out.}
303
304 \docparam{y}{A pointer to a integer value for the y coordinate. Pass the client coordinate in, and
305 a screen coordinate will be passed out.}
306
307 \docparam{pt}{The client position for the second form of the function.}
308
309 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
310 implements the following methods:\par
311 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
312 \twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreen(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
313 \twocolitem{{\bf ClientToScreenXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
314 \end{twocollist}}
315 }
316
317
318 \membersection{wxWindow::Close}\label{wxwindowclose}
319
320 \func{bool}{Close}{\param{bool}{ force = {\tt false}}}
321
322 This function simply generates a \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent} whose
323 handler usually tries to close the window. It doesn't close the window itself,
324 however.
325
326 \wxheading{Parameters}
327
328 \docparam{force}{{\tt false} if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
329 of this window, {\tt true} if it cannot.}
330
331 \wxheading{Remarks}
332
333 Close calls the \helpref{close handler}{wxcloseevent} for the window, providing
334 an opportunity for the window to choose whether to destroy the window.
335 Usually it is only used with the top level windows (wxFrame and wxDialog
336 classes) as the others are not supposed to have any special OnClose() logic.
337
338 The close handler should check whether the window is being deleted forcibly,
339 using \helpref{wxCloseEvent::GetForce}{wxcloseeventgetforce}, in which case it
340 should destroy the window using \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy}.
341
342 {\it Note} that calling Close does not guarantee that the window will be
343 destroyed; but it provides a way to simulate a manual close of a window, which
344 may or may not be implemented by destroying the window. The default
345 implementation of wxDialog::OnCloseWindow does not necessarily delete the
346 dialog, since it will simply simulate an wxID\_CANCEL event which is handled by
347 the appropriate button event handler and may do anything at all.
348
349 To guarantee that the window will be destroyed, call
350 \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} instead
351
352 \wxheading{See also}
353
354 \helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
355 \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy},\rtfsp
356 \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
357
358
359 \membersection{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}\label{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
360
361 \func{wxPoint}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
362
363 \func{wxSize}{ConvertDialogToPixels}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
364
365 Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
366
367 For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character width
368 and then divided by 4.
369
370 For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character height
371 and then divided by 8.
372
373 \wxheading{Remarks}
374
375 Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
376
377 You can also use these functions programmatically. A convenience macro is defined:
378
379 {\small
380 \begin{verbatim}
381 #define wxDLG_UNIT(parent, pt) parent->ConvertDialogToPixels(pt)
382 \end{verbatim}
383 }
384
385 \wxheading{See also}
386
387 \helpref{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
388
389 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
390 implements the following methods:\par
391 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
392 \twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
393 \twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
394 \end{twocollist}}
395
396 Additionally, the following helper functions are defined:\par
397 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
398 \twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_PNT(win, point)}}{Converts a wxPoint from dialog
399 units to pixels}
400 \twocolitem{{\bf wxDLG\_SZE(win, size)}}{Converts a wxSize from dialog
401 units to pixels}
402 \end{twocollist}}
403 }
404
405
406
407 \membersection{wxWindow::ConvertPixelsToDialog}\label{wxwindowconvertpixelstodialog}
408
409 \func{wxPoint}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
410
411 \func{wxSize}{ConvertPixelsToDialog}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ sz}}
412
413 Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
414
415 For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 4 and then divided by the average
416 character width.
417
418 For the y dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 8 and then divided by the average
419 character height.
420
421 \wxheading{Remarks}
422
423 Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
424
425 \wxheading{See also}
426
427 \helpref{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
428
429 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPythonimplements the following methods:\par
430 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
431 \twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
432 \twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
433 \end{twocollist}}
434 }
435
436
437 \membersection{wxWindow::Destroy}\label{wxwindowdestroy}
438
439 \func{virtual bool}{Destroy}{\void}
440
441 Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator, since
442 different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
443 are not destroyed immediately when this function is called -- they are added
444 to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
445 have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to non-existent
446 windows.
447
448 \wxheading{Return value}
449
450 {\tt true} if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it has been added
451 to the list of windows pending real deletion.
452
453
454 \membersection{wxWindow::DestroyChildren}
455
456 \func{virtual void}{DestroyChildren}{\void}
457
458 Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
459
460
461 \membersection{wxWindow::Disable}\label{wxwindowdisable}
462
463 \func{bool}{Disable}{\void}
464
465 Disables the window, same as \helpref{Enable({\tt false})}{wxwindowenable}.
466
467 \wxheading{Return value}
468
469 Returns {\tt true} if the window has been disabled, {\tt false} if it had been
470 already disabled before the call to this function.
471
472
473 \membersection{wxWindow::DoUpdateWindowUI}\label{wxwindowdoupdatewindowui}
474
475 \func{virtual void}{DoUpdateWindowUI}{\param{wxUpdateUIEvent\&}{ event}}
476
477 Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
478 This function is called by \helpref{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
479 in order to check return values in the \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent} and
480 act appropriately. For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWidgets
481 implements this function as follows:
482
483 \begin{verbatim}
484 // do the window-specific processing after processing the update event
485 void wxTopLevelWindowBase::DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent& event)
486 {
487 if ( event.GetSetEnabled() )
488 Enable(event.GetEnabled());
489
490 if ( event.GetSetText() )
491 {
492 if ( event.GetText() != GetTitle() )
493 SetTitle(event.GetText());
494 }
495 }
496 \end{verbatim}
497
498
499
500 \membersection{wxWindow::DragAcceptFiles}\label{wxwindowdragacceptfiles}
501
502 \func{virtual void}{DragAcceptFiles}{\param{bool}{ accept}}
503
504 Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
505
506 \wxheading{Parameters}
507
508 \docparam{accept}{If {\tt true}, the window is eligible for drop file events. If {\tt false}, the window
509 will not accept drop file events.}
510
511 \wxheading{Remarks}
512
513 Windows only.
514
515
516 \membersection{wxWindow::Enable}\label{wxwindowenable}
517
518 \func{virtual bool}{Enable}{\param{bool}{ enable = {\tt true}}}
519
520 Enable or disable the window for user input. Note that when a parent window is
521 disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
522 when the parent is.
523
524 \wxheading{Parameters}
525
526 \docparam{enable}{If {\tt true}, enables the window for input. If {\tt false}, disables the window.}
527
528 \wxheading{Return value}
529
530 Returns {\tt true} if the window has been enabled or disabled, {\tt false} if
531 nothing was done, i.e. if the window had already been in the specified state.
532
533 \wxheading{See also}
534
535 \helpref{wxWindow::IsEnabled}{wxwindowisenabled},\rtfsp
536 \helpref{wxWindow::Disable}{wxwindowdisable}
537
538
539 \membersection{wxWindow::FindFocus}\label{wxwindowfindfocus}
540
541 \func{static wxWindow*}{FindFocus}{\void}
542
543 Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
544
545 \wxheading{Remarks}
546
547 Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without needing a wxWindow pointer.
548
549 \wxheading{See also}
550
551 \helpref{wxWindow::SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus}
552
553
554
555 \membersection{wxWindow::FindWindow}\label{wxwindowfindwindow}
556
557 \func{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{long}{ id}}
558
559 Find a child of this window, by identifier.
560
561 \func{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}}
562
563 Find a child of this window, by name.
564
565 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
566 implements the following methods:\par
567 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
568 \twocolitem{{\bf FindWindowById(id)}}{Accepts an integer}
569 \twocolitem{{\bf FindWindowByName(name)}}{Accepts a string}
570 \end{twocollist}}
571 }
572
573
574 \membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowById}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbyid}
575
576 \func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowById}{\param{long}{ id}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
577
578 Find the first window with the given {\it id}.
579
580 If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
581 frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
582 The search is recursive in both cases.
583
584 \wxheading{See also}
585
586 \helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
587
588
589 \membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowByName}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbyname}
590
591 \func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowByName}{\param{const wxString\&}{ name}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
592
593 Find a window by its name (as given in a window constructor or {\bf Create} function call).
594 If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
595 frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
596 The search is recursive in both cases.
597
598 If no window with such name is found,
599 \helpref{FindWindowByLabel}{wxwindowfindwindowbylabel} is called.
600
601 \wxheading{See also}
602
603 \helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
604
605
606 \membersection{wxWindow::FindWindowByLabel}\label{wxwindowfindwindowbylabel}
607
608 \func{static wxWindow*}{FindWindowByLabel}{\param{const wxString\&}{ label}, \param{wxWindow*}{ parent = NULL}}
609
610 Find a window by its label. Depending on the type of window, the label may be a window title
611 or panel item label. If {\it parent} is NULL, the search will start from all top-level
612 frames and dialog boxes; if non-NULL, the search will be limited to the given window hierarchy.
613 The search is recursive in both cases.
614
615 \wxheading{See also}
616
617 \helpref{FindWindow}{wxwindowfindwindow}
618
619
620 \membersection{wxWindow::Fit}\label{wxwindowfit}
621
622 \func{virtual void}{Fit}{\void}
623
624 Sizes the window so that it fits around its subwindows. This function won't do
625 anything if there are no subwindows and will only really work correctly if the
626 sizers are used for the subwindows layout. Also, if the window has exactly one
627 subwindow it is better (faster and the result is more precise as Fit adds some
628 margin to account for fuzziness of its calculations) to call
629
630 \begin{verbatim}
631 window->SetClientSize(child->GetSize());
632 \end{verbatim}
633
634 instead of calling Fit.
635
636
637 \membersection{wxWindow::FitInside}\label{wxwindowfitinside}
638
639 \func{virtual void}{FitInside}{\void}
640
641 Similar to \helpref{Fit}{wxwindowfit}, but sizes the interior (virtual) size
642 of a window. Mainly useful with scrolled windows to reset scrollbars after
643 sizing changes that do not trigger a size event, and/or scrolled windows without
644 an interior sizer. This function similarly won't do anything if there are no
645 subwindows.
646
647
648 \membersection{wxWindow::Freeze}\label{wxwindowfreeze}
649
650 \func{virtual void}{Freeze}{\void}
651
652 Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking place
653 on screen, the window is not redrawn at all. \helpref{Thaw}{wxwindowthaw} must
654 be called to reenable window redrawing. Calls to these two functions may be
655 nested.
656
657 This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example, it
658 is a good idea to use it before inserting large amount of text into a
659 wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all platforms nor for all
660 controls so it is mostly just a hint to wxWidgets and not a mandatory
661 directive.
662
663
664 \membersection{wxWindow::GetAcceleratorTable}\label{wxwindowgetacceleratortable}
665
666 \constfunc{wxAcceleratorTable*}{GetAcceleratorTable}{\void}
667
668 Gets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
669
670
671 \membersection{wxWindow::GetAccessible}\label{wxwindowgetaccessible}
672
673 \func{wxAccessibile*}{GetAccessible}{\void}
674
675 Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
676
677 See also \helpref{wxAccessible}{wxaccessible}.
678
679
680 \membersection{wxWindow::GetAdjustedBestSize}\label{wxwindowgetadjustedbestsize}
681
682 \constfunc{wxSize}{GetAdjustedBestSize}{\void}
683
684 This method is similar to \helpref{GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize}, except
685 in one thing. GetBestSize should return the minimum untruncated size of the
686 window, while this method will return the largest of BestSize and any user
687 specified minimum size. ie. it is the minimum size the window should currently
688 be drawn at, not the minimal size it can possibly tolerate.
689
690
691 \membersection{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour}
692
693 \constfunc{virtual wxColour}{GetBackgroundColour}{\void}
694
695 Returns the background colour of the window.
696
697 \wxheading{See also}
698
699 \helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
700 \helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
701 \helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour}
702
703
704 \membersection{wxWindow::GetBestFittingSize}\label{wxwindowgetbestfittingsize}
705
706 \constfunc{wxSize}{GetBestFittingSize}{\void}
707
708 Merges the window's best size into the min size and returns the result.
709
710 \wxheading{See also}
711
712 \helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
713 \helpref{wxWindow::SetBestFittingSize}{wxwindowsetbestfittingsize},\rtfsp
714 \helpref{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}{wxwindowsetsizehints}
715
716
717 \membersection{wxWindow::GetBestSize}\label{wxwindowgetbestsize}
718
719 \constfunc{wxSize}{GetBestSize}{\void}
720
721 This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window. For
722 example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
723 control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
724 \helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel}), the size returned by this function will be the
725 same as the size the window would have had after calling
726 \helpref{Fit}{wxwindowfit}.
727
728
729 \membersection{wxWindow::GetCaret}\label{wxwindowgetcaret}
730
731 \constfunc{wxCaret *}{GetCaret}{\void}
732
733 Returns the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
734
735
736 \membersection{wxWindow::GetCapture}\label{wxwindowgetcapture}
737
738 \func{static wxWindow *}{GetCapture}{\void}
739
740 Returns the currently captured window.
741
742 \wxheading{See also}
743
744 \helpref{wxWindow::HasCapture}{wxwindowhascapture},
745 \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
746 \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
747 \helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
748
749
750 \membersection{wxWindow::GetCharHeight}
751
752 \constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharHeight}{\void}
753
754 Returns the character height for this window.
755
756
757 \membersection{wxWindow::GetCharWidth}
758
759 \constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharWidth}{\void}
760
761 Returns the average character width for this window.
762
763
764 \membersection{wxWindow::GetChildren}
765
766 \func{wxList\&}{GetChildren}{\void}
767
768 Returns a reference to the list of the window's children.
769
770
771 \membersection{wxControl::GetClassDefaultAttributes}\label{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes}
772
773 \func{static wxVisualAttributes}{GetClassDefaultAttributes}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{ variant = \texttt{wxWINDOW\_VARIANT\_NORMAL}}}
774
775 Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control. This is
776 useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control as in a
777 standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
778 colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
779 system, especially if it uses themes.
780
781 The \arg{variant} parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
782 ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
783 returned font. See \helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
784 for more about this.
785
786 This static method is ``overridden'' in many derived classes and so calling,
787 for example, \helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
788 return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
789 from those returned by, say, \helpref{wxListCtrl}{wxlistctrl}::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
790
791 The \texttt{wxVisualAttributes} structure has at least the fields
792 \texttt{font}, \texttt{colFg} and \texttt{colBg}. All of them may be invalid
793 if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
794 especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
795 the case for \texttt{colBg} for the controls with themed background.
796
797 \wxheading{See also}
798
799 \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
800
801
802 \membersection{wxWindow::GetClientSize}\label{wxwindowgetclientsize}
803
804 \constfunc{void}{GetClientSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
805
806 \perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes no parameter and returns
807 a 2-element list {\tt (width, height)}.}
808
809 \constfunc{wxSize}{GetClientSize}{\void}
810
811 This gets the size of the window `client area' in pixels.
812 The client area is the area which may be drawn on by the programmer,
813 excluding title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
814
815 \wxheading{Parameters}
816
817 \docparam{width}{Receives the client width in pixels.}
818
819 \docparam{height}{Receives the client height in pixels.}
820
821 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
822 implements the following methods:\par
823 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
824 \twocolitem{{\bf GetClientSizeTuple()}}{Returns a 2-tuple of (width, height)}
825 \twocolitem{{\bf GetClientSize()}}{Returns a wxSize object}
826 \end{twocollist}}
827 }
828
829 \wxheading{See also}
830
831 \helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
832 \helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
833
834
835
836 \membersection{wxWindow::GetConstraints}\label{wxwindowgetconstraints}
837
838 \constfunc{wxLayoutConstraints*}{GetConstraints}{\void}
839
840 Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or NULL if there are none.
841
842
843 \membersection{wxWindow::GetContainingSizer}\label{wxwindowgetcontainingsizer}
844
845 \constfunc{const wxSizer *}{GetContainingSizer}{\void}
846
847 Return the sizer that this window is a member of, if any, otherwise
848 {\tt NULL}.
849
850
851 \membersection{wxWindow::GetCursor}\label{wxwindowgetcursor}
852
853 \constfunc{const wxCursor\&}{GetCursor}{\void}
854
855 Return the cursor associated with this window.
856
857 \wxheading{See also}
858
859 \helpref{wxWindow::SetCursor}{wxwindowsetcursor}
860
861
862 \membersection{wxControl::GetDefaultAttributes}\label{wxwindowgetdefaultattributes}
863
864 \constfunc{virtual wxVisualAttributes}{GetDefaultAttributes}{\void}
865
866 Currently this is the same as calling
867 \helpref{GetClassDefaultAttributes}{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes}(\helpref{GetWindowVariant}{wxwindowgetwindowvariant}()).
868
869 One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
870 the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
871 virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
872
873 The other one is that in the future this function could return different
874 results, for example it might return a different font for an ``Ok'' button
875 than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
876 in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
877 function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
878 version can be used without having to create an object first.
879
880
881 \membersection{wxWindow::GetDropTarget}\label{wxwindowgetdroptarget}
882
883 \constfunc{wxDropTarget*}{GetDropTarget}{\void}
884
885 Returns the associated drop target, which may be NULL.
886
887 \wxheading{See also}
888
889 \helpref{wxWindow::SetDropTarget}{wxwindowsetdroptarget},
890 \helpref{Drag and drop overview}{wxdndoverview}
891
892
893 \membersection{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}\label{wxwindowgeteventhandler}
894
895 \constfunc{wxEvtHandler*}{GetEventHandler}{\void}
896
897 Returns the event handler for this window. By default, the window is its
898 own event handler.
899
900 \wxheading{See also}
901
902 \helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
903 \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
904 \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
905 \helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
906 \helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
907
908
909 \membersection{wxWindow::GetExtraStyle}\label{wxwindowgetextrastyle}
910
911 \constfunc{long}{GetExtraStyle}{\void}
912
913 Returns the extra style bits for the window.
914
915
916 \membersection{wxWindow::GetFont}\label{wxwindowgetfont}
917
918 \constfunc{wxFont\&}{GetFont}{\void}
919
920 Returns a reference to the font for this window.
921
922 \wxheading{See also}
923
924 \helpref{wxWindow::SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont}
925
926
927 \membersection{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour}
928
929 \func{virtual wxColour}{GetForegroundColour}{\void}
930
931 Returns the foreground colour of the window.
932
933 \wxheading{Remarks}
934
935 The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
936 to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
937 be used at all.
938
939 \wxheading{See also}
940
941 \helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
942 \helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
943 \helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour}
944
945
946 \membersection{wxWindow::GetGrandParent}
947
948 \constfunc{wxWindow*}{GetGrandParent}{\void}
949
950 Returns the grandparent of a window, or NULL if there isn't one.
951
952
953 \membersection{wxWindow::GetHandle}\label{wxwindowgethandle}
954
955 \constfunc{void*}{GetHandle}{\void}
956
957 Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window. Cast it to an appropriate
958 handle, such as {\bf HWND} for Windows, {\bf Widget} for Motif or {\bf GtkWidget} for GTK.
959
960 \pythonnote{This method will return an integer in wxPython.}
961
962 \perlnote{This method will return an integer in wxPerl.}
963
964
965 \membersection{wxWindow::GetHelpText}\label{wxwindowgethelptext}
966
967 \constfunc{virtual wxString}{GetHelpText}{\void}
968
969 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
970
971 Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
972 and not in the window object itself.
973
974 \wxheading{See also}
975
976 \helpref{SetHelpText}{wxwindowsethelptext}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
977
978
979 \membersection{wxWindow::GetId}\label{wxwindowgetid}
980
981 \constfunc{int}{GetId}{\void}
982
983 Returns the identifier of the window.
984
985 \wxheading{Remarks}
986
987 Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has not provided one
988 (or the default Id -1) an unique identifier with a negative value will be generated.
989
990 \wxheading{See also}
991
992 \helpref{wxWindow::SetId}{wxwindowsetid},\rtfsp
993 \helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
994
995
996 \membersection{wxWindow::GetLabel}
997
998 \constfunc{virtual wxString }{GetLabel}{\void}
999
1000 Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
1001 identification purposes.
1002
1003 \wxheading{Remarks}
1004
1005 The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
1006 For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the title. For buttons or static text controls, it is
1007 the button text. This function can be useful for meta-programs (such as testing
1008 tools or special-needs access programs) which need to identify windows
1009 by name.
1010
1011
1012 \membersection{wxWindow::GetName}\label{wxwindowgetname}
1013
1014 \constfunc{virtual wxString }{GetName}{\void}
1015
1016 Returns the window's name.
1017
1018 \wxheading{Remarks}
1019
1020 This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the programmer to supply an appropriate
1021 name in the window constructor or via \helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}.
1022
1023 \wxheading{See also}
1024
1025 \helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}
1026
1027
1028 \membersection{wxWindow::GetParent}
1029
1030 \constfunc{virtual wxWindow*}{GetParent}{\void}
1031
1032 Returns the parent of the window, or NULL if there is no parent.
1033
1034
1035 \membersection{wxWindow::GetPosition}\label{wxwindowgetposition}
1036
1037 \constfunc{virtual void}{GetPosition}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
1038
1039 \constfunc{wxPoint}{GetPosition}{\void}
1040
1041 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
1042 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level
1043 windows.
1044
1045 \wxheading{Parameters}
1046
1047 \docparam{x}{Receives the x position of the window.}
1048
1049 \docparam{y}{Receives the y position of the window.}
1050
1051 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1052 implements the following methods:\par
1053 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1054 \twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a wxPoint}
1055 \twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionTuple()}}{Returns a tuple (x, y)}
1056 \end{twocollist}}
1057 }
1058
1059 \perlnote{In wxPerl there are two methods instead of a single overloaded
1060 method:\par
1061 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1062 \twocolitem{{\bf GetPosition()}}{Returns a Wx::Point}
1063 \twocolitem{{\bf GetPositionXY()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1064 {\tt ( x, y )}}
1065 \end{twocollist}
1066 }}
1067
1068
1069 \membersection{wxWindow::GetRect}\label{wxwindowgetrect}
1070
1071 \constfunc{virtual wxRect}{GetRect}{\void}
1072
1073 Returns the size and position of the window as a \helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object.
1074
1075
1076 \membersection{wxWindow::GetScrollThumb}\label{wxwindowgetscrollthumb}
1077
1078 \func{virtual int}{GetScrollThumb}{\param{int }{orientation}}
1079
1080 Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
1081
1082 \wxheading{See also}
1083
1084 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1085
1086
1087 \membersection{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}\label{wxwindowgetscrollpos}
1088
1089 \func{virtual int}{GetScrollPos}{\param{int }{orientation}}
1090
1091 Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
1092
1093 \wxheading{See also}
1094
1095 See \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1096
1097
1098 \membersection{wxWindow::GetScrollRange}\label{wxwindowgetscrollrange}
1099
1100 \func{virtual int}{GetScrollRange}{\param{int }{orientation}}
1101
1102 Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
1103
1104 \wxheading{See also}
1105
1106 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
1107
1108
1109 \membersection{wxWindow::GetSize}\label{wxwindowgetsize}
1110
1111 \constfunc{void}{GetSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
1112
1113 \constfunc{wxSize}{GetSize}{\void}
1114
1115 This gets the size of the entire window in pixels,
1116 including title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
1117
1118 \wxheading{Parameters}
1119
1120 \docparam{width}{Receives the window width.}
1121
1122 \docparam{height}{Receives the window height.}
1123
1124 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1125 implements the following methods:\par
1126 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1127 \twocolitem{{\bf GetSize()}}{Returns a wxSize}
1128 \twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeTuple()}}{Returns a 2-tuple (width, height)}
1129 \end{twocollist}}
1130 }
1131
1132 \perlnote{In wxPerl there are two methods instead of a single overloaded
1133 method:\par
1134 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1135 \twocolitem{{\bf GetSize()}}{Returns a Wx::Size}
1136 \twocolitem{{\bf GetSizeWH()}}{Returns a 2-element list
1137 {\tt ( width, height )}}
1138 \end{twocollist}
1139 }}
1140
1141 \wxheading{See also}
1142
1143 \helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize},\rtfsp
1144 \helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
1145
1146
1147 \membersection{wxWindow::GetSizer}\label{wxwindowgetsizer}
1148
1149 \constfunc{wxSizer *}{GetSizer}{\void}
1150
1151 Return the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
1152 \helpref{SetSizer()}{wxwindowsetsizer} or {\tt NULL}.
1153
1154
1155 \membersection{wxWindow::GetTextExtent}\label{wxwindowgettextextent}
1156
1157 \constfunc{virtual void}{GetTextExtent}{\param{const wxString\& }{string}, \param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y},
1158 \param{int* }{descent = NULL}, \param{int* }{externalLeading = NULL},
1159 \param{const wxFont* }{font = NULL}, \param{bool}{ use16 = {\tt false}}}
1160
1161 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1162 window with the currently selected font.
1163
1164 \wxheading{Parameters}
1165
1166 \docparam{string}{String whose extent is to be measured.}
1167
1168 \docparam{x}{Return value for width.}
1169
1170 \docparam{y}{Return value for height.}
1171
1172 \docparam{descent}{Return value for descent (optional).}
1173
1174 \docparam{externalLeading}{Return value for external leading (optional).}
1175
1176 \docparam{font}{Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).}
1177
1178 \docparam{use16}{If {\tt true}, {\it string} contains 16-bit characters. The default is {\tt false}.}
1179
1180 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1181 implements the following methods:\par
1182 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1183 \twocolitem{{\bf GetTextExtent(string)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (width, height)}
1184 \twocolitem{{\bf GetFullTextExtent(string, font=NULL)}}{Returns a
1185 4-tuple, (width, height, descent, externalLeading) }
1186 \end{twocollist}}
1187 }
1188
1189 \perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes only the {\tt string} and optionally
1190 {\tt font} parameters, and returns a 4-element list
1191 {\tt ( x, y, descent, externalLeading )}.}
1192
1193
1194 \membersection{wxWindow::GetTitle}\label{wxwindowgettitle}
1195
1196 \func{virtual wxString}{GetTitle}{\void}
1197
1198 Gets the window's title. Applicable only to frames and dialogs.
1199
1200 \wxheading{See also}
1201
1202 \helpref{wxWindow::SetTitle}{wxwindowsettitle}
1203
1204
1205 \membersection{wxWindow::GetToolTip}\label{wxwindowgettooltip}
1206
1207 \constfunc{wxToolTip*}{GetToolTip}{\void}
1208
1209 Get the associated tooltip or NULL if none.
1210
1211
1212 \membersection{wxWindow::GetUpdateRegion}\label{wxwindowgetupdateregion}
1213
1214 \constfunc{virtual wxRegion}{GetUpdateRegion}{\void}
1215
1216 Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged. Should
1217 only be called within an \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent} handler.
1218
1219 \wxheading{See also}
1220
1221 \helpref{wxRegion}{wxregion},\rtfsp
1222 \helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator}
1223
1224
1225 \membersection{wxWindow::GetValidator}\label{wxwindowgetvalidator}
1226
1227 \constfunc{wxValidator*}{GetValidator}{\void}
1228
1229 Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or NULL if there is none.
1230
1231
1232 \membersection{wxWindow::GetVirtualSize}\label{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
1233
1234 \constfunc{void}{GetVirtualSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
1235
1236 \constfunc{wxSize}{GetVirtualSize}{\void}
1237
1238 This gets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
1239
1240 \wxheading{Parameters}
1241
1242 \docparam{width}{Receives the window virtual width.}
1243
1244 \docparam{height}{Receives the window virtual height.}
1245
1246 \helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
1247 \helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize}
1248
1249
1250 \membersection{wxWindow::GetWindowStyleFlag}\label{wxwindowgetwindowstyleflag}
1251
1252 \constfunc{long}{GetWindowStyleFlag}{\void}
1253
1254 Gets the window style that was passed to the constructor or {\bf Create}
1255 method. {\bf GetWindowStyle()} is another name for the same function.
1256
1257
1258 \membersection{wxWindow::GetWindowVariant}\label{wxwindowgetwindowvariant}
1259
1260 \constfunc{wxWindowVariant}{GetWindowVariant}{\void}
1261
1262 Returns the value previous passed to
1263 \helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}.
1264
1265
1266 \membersection{wxWindow::HasCapture}\label{wxwindowhascapture}
1267
1268 \constfunc{virtual bool}{HasCapture}{\void}
1269
1270 Returns true if this window has the current mouse capture.
1271
1272 \wxheading{See also}
1273
1274 \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
1275 \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
1276 \helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
1277
1278
1279 \membersection{wxWindow::Hide}\label{wxwindowhide}
1280
1281 \func{bool}{Hide}{\void}
1282
1283 Equivalent to calling \helpref{Show}{wxwindowshow}({\tt false}).
1284
1285
1286 \membersection{wxWindow::InheritAttributes}\label{wxwindowinheritattributes}
1287
1288 \func{void}{InheritAttributes}{\void}
1289
1290 This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
1291 window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
1292 the font and the foreground and background colours.
1293
1294 By ``intelligently'' the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
1295 own \helpref{default}{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes} attributes. However
1296 if some of the parents attributes are explicitly (that is, using
1297 \helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont} and not
1298 \helpref{SetOwnFont}{wxwindowsetownfont}) changed \emph{and} if the
1299 corresponding attribute hadn't been explicitly set for this window itself,
1300 then this window takes the same value as used by the parent. In addition, if
1301 the window overrides \helpref{ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
1302 to return \false, the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the
1303 font might.
1304
1305 This rather complicated logic is necessary in order to accomodate the
1306 different usage scenarius. The most common one is when all default attributes
1307 are used and in this case, nothing should be inherited as in modern GUIs
1308 different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
1309 they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
1310 desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
1311 just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
1312 do inherit the parents attributes.
1313
1314
1315 \membersection{wxWindow::InitDialog}\label{wxwindowinitdialog}
1316
1317 \func{void}{InitDialog}{\void}
1318
1319 Sends an {\tt wxEVT\_INIT\_DIALOG} event, whose handler usually transfers data
1320 to the dialog via validators.
1321
1322
1323 \membersection{wxWindow::IsEnabled}\label{wxwindowisenabled}
1324
1325 \constfunc{virtual bool}{IsEnabled}{\void}
1326
1327 Returns {\tt true} if the window is enabled for input, {\tt false} otherwise.
1328
1329 \wxheading{See also}
1330
1331 \helpref{wxWindow::Enable}{wxwindowenable}
1332
1333
1334 \membersection{wxWindow::IsExposed}\label{wxwindowisexposed}
1335
1336 \constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
1337
1338 \constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{wxPoint }{\&pt}}
1339
1340 \constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}, \param{int }{w}, \param{int }{h}}
1341
1342 \constfunc{bool}{IsExposed}{\param{wxRect }{\&rect}}
1343
1344 Returns {\tt true} if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
1345 last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
1346 only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
1347
1348 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1349 implements the following methods:\par
1350 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1351 \twocolitem{{\bf IsExposed(x,y, w=0,h=0)}}{}
1352 \twocolitem{{\bf IsExposedPoint(pt)}}{}
1353 \twocolitem{{\bf IsExposedRect(rect)}}{}
1354 \end{twocollist}}}
1355
1356
1357 \membersection{wxWindow::IsRetained}\label{wxwindowisretained}
1358
1359 \constfunc{virtual bool}{IsRetained}{\void}
1360
1361 Returns {\tt true} if the window is retained, {\tt false} otherwise.
1362
1363 \wxheading{Remarks}
1364
1365 Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
1366
1367
1368 \membersection{wxWindow::IsShown}\label{wxwindowisshown}
1369
1370 \constfunc{virtual bool}{IsShown}{\void}
1371
1372 Returns {\tt true} if the window is shown, {\tt false} if it has been hidden.
1373
1374
1375 \membersection{wxWindow::IsTopLevel}\label{wxwindowistoplevel}
1376
1377 \constfunc{bool}{IsTopLevel}{\void}
1378
1379 Returns {\tt true} if the given window is a top-level one. Currently all frames and
1380 dialogs are considered to be top-level windows (even if they have a parent
1381 window).
1382
1383
1384 \membersection{wxWindow::Layout}\label{wxwindowlayout}
1385
1386 \func{void}{Layout}{\void}
1387
1388 Invokes the constraint-based layout algorithm or the sizer-based algorithm
1389 for this window.
1390
1391 See \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout}: when auto
1392 layout is on, this function gets called automatically when the window is resized.
1393
1394
1395 \membersection{wxWindow::LineDown}\label{wxwindowlinedown}
1396
1397 This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollLines()}{wxwindowscrolllines}$(1)$.
1398
1399
1400 \membersection{wxWindow::LineUp}\label{wxwindowlineup}
1401
1402 This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollLines()}{wxwindowscrolllines}$(-1)$.
1403
1404
1405 \membersection{wxWindow::Lower}\label{wxwindowlower}
1406
1407 \func{void}{Lower}{\void}
1408
1409 Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy if it is a managed window (dialog
1410 or frame).
1411
1412
1413 \membersection{wxWindow::MakeModal}\label{wxwindowmakemodal}
1414
1415 \func{virtual void}{MakeModal}{\param{bool }{flag}}
1416
1417 Disables all other windows in the application so that
1418 the user can only interact with this window.
1419
1420 \wxheading{Parameters}
1421
1422 \docparam{flag}{If {\tt true}, this call disables all other windows in the application so that
1423 the user can only interact with this window. If {\tt false}, the effect is reversed.}
1424
1425
1426 \membersection{wxWindow::Move}\label{wxwindowmove}
1427
1428 \func{void}{Move}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
1429
1430 \func{void}{Move}{\param{const wxPoint\&}{ pt}}
1431
1432 Moves the window to the given position.
1433
1434 \wxheading{Parameters}
1435
1436 \docparam{x}{Required x position.}
1437
1438 \docparam{y}{Required y position.}
1439
1440 \docparam{pt}{\helpref{wxPoint}{wxpoint} object representing the position.}
1441
1442 \wxheading{Remarks}
1443
1444 Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1445 wxWindow::Move function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class
1446 as the call:
1447
1448 \begin{verbatim}
1449 SetSize(x, y, -1, -1, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1450 \end{verbatim}
1451
1452 \wxheading{See also}
1453
1454 \helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}
1455
1456 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
1457 implements the following methods:\par
1458 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
1459 \twocolitem{{\bf Move(point)}}{Accepts a wxPoint}
1460 \twocolitem{{\bf MoveXY(x, y)}}{Accepts a pair of integers}
1461 \end{twocollist}}
1462 }
1463
1464
1465 \membersection{wxWindow::MoveAfterInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder}
1466
1467 \func{void}{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
1468
1469 Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified \arg{win}.
1470 This means that when the user presses \texttt{TAB} key on that other window,
1471 the focus switches to this window.
1472
1473 Default tab order is the same as creation order, this function and
1474 \helpref{MoveBeforeInTabOrder()}{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder} allow to change
1475 it after creating all the windows.
1476
1477 \wxheading{Parameters}
1478
1479 \docparam{win}{A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
1480 must not be NULL}
1481
1482
1483 \membersection{wxWindow::MoveBeforeInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder}
1484
1485 \func{void}{MoveBeforeInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
1486
1487 Same as \helpref{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder} except that
1488 it inserts this window just before \arg{win} instead of putting it right after
1489 it.
1490
1491
1492 \membersection{wxWindow::Navigate}\label{wxwindownavigate}
1493
1494 \func{bool}{Navigate}{\param{int}{ flags = wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward}}
1495
1496 Does keyboard navigation from this window to another, by sending
1497 a wxNavigationKeyEvent.
1498
1499 \wxheading{Parameters}
1500
1501 \docparam{flags}{A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.}
1502
1503 \wxheading{Remarks}
1504
1505 You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress handler to do the default
1506 navigation behaviour for the tab key, since the standard default behaviour for
1507 a multiline text control with the wxTE\_PROCESS\_TAB style is to insert a tab
1508 and not navigate to the next control.
1509
1510 %% VZ: wxWindow::OnXXX() functions should not be documented but I'm leaving
1511 %% the old docs here in case we want to move any still needed bits to
1512 %% the right location (i.e. probably the corresponding events docs)
1513 %%
1514 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnActivate}\label{wxwindowonactivate}
1515 %%
1516 %% \func{void}{OnActivate}{\param{wxActivateEvent\&}{ event}}
1517 %%
1518 %% Called when a window is activated or deactivated.
1519 %%
1520 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1521 %%
1522 %% \docparam{event}{Object containing activation information.}
1523 %%
1524 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1525 %%
1526 %% If the window is being activated, \helpref{wxActivateEvent::GetActive}{wxactivateeventgetactive} returns {\tt true},
1527 %% otherwise it returns {\tt false} (it is being deactivated).
1528 %%
1529 %% \wxheading{See also}
1530 %%
1531 %% \helpref{wxActivateEvent}{wxactivateevent},\rtfsp
1532 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1533 %%
1534 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnChar}\label{wxwindowonchar}
1535 %%
1536 %% \func{void}{OnChar}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1537 %%
1538 %% Called when the user has pressed a key that is not a modifier (SHIFT, CONTROL or ALT).
1539 %%
1540 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1541 %%
1542 %% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1543 %% details about this class.}
1544 %%
1545 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1546 %%
1547 %% This member function is called in response to a keypress. To intercept this event,
1548 %% use the EVT\_CHAR macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnChar} handler may call this
1549 %% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1550 %%
1551 %% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
1552 %% values.
1553 %%
1554 %% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept modifier
1555 %% keypresses, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1556 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1557 %%
1558 %% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
1559 %%
1560 %% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
1561 %% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1562 %%
1563 %% \wxheading{See also}
1564 %%
1565 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
1566 %% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1567 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1568 %%
1569 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCharHook}\label{wxwindowoncharhook}
1570 %%
1571 %% \func{void}{OnCharHook}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1572 %%
1573 %% This member is called to allow the window to intercept keyboard events
1574 %% before they are processed by child windows.
1575 %%
1576 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1577 %%
1578 %% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1579 %% details about this class.}
1580 %%
1581 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1582 %%
1583 %% This member function is called in response to a keypress, if the window is active. To intercept this event,
1584 %% use the EVT\_CHAR\_HOOK macro in an event table definition. If you do not process a particular
1585 %% keypress, call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip} to allow default processing.
1586 %%
1587 %% An example of using this function is in the implementation of escape-character processing for wxDialog,
1588 %% where pressing ESC dismisses the dialog by {\bf OnCharHook} 'forging' a cancel button press event.
1589 %%
1590 %% Note that the ASCII values do not have explicit key codes: they are passed as ASCII
1591 %% values.
1592 %%
1593 %% This function is only relevant to top-level windows (frames and dialogs), and under
1594 %% Windows only. Under GTK the normal EVT\_CHAR\_ event has the functionality, i.e.
1595 %% you can intercepts it and if you don't call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip}
1596 %% the window won't get the event.
1597 %%
1598 %% \wxheading{See also}
1599 %%
1600 %% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent},\rtfsp
1601 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1602 %% %% GD: OnXXX functions are not documented
1603 %% %%\helpref{wxApp::OnCharHook}{wxapponcharhook},\rtfsp
1604 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1605 %%
1606 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnCommand}\label{wxwindowoncommand}
1607 %%
1608 %% \func{virtual void}{OnCommand}{\param{wxEvtHandler\& }{object}, \param{wxCommandEvent\& }{event}}
1609 %%
1610 %% This virtual member function is called if the control does not handle the command event.
1611 %%
1612 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1613 %%
1614 %% \docparam{object}{Object receiving the command event.}
1615 %%
1616 %% \docparam{event}{Command event}
1617 %%
1618 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1619 %%
1620 %% This virtual function is provided mainly for backward compatibility. You can also intercept commands
1621 %% from child controls by using an event table, with identifiers or identifier ranges to identify
1622 %% the control(s) in question.
1623 %%
1624 %% \wxheading{See also}
1625 %%
1626 %% \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
1627 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1628 %%
1629 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnClose}\label{wxwindowonclose}
1630 %%
1631 %% \func{virtual bool}{OnClose}{\void}
1632 %%
1633 %% Called when the user has tried to close a a frame
1634 %% or dialog box using the window manager (X) or system menu (Windows).
1635 %%
1636 %% {\bf Note:} This is an obsolete function.
1637 %% It is superseded by the \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow} event
1638 %% handler.
1639 %%
1640 %% \wxheading{Return value}
1641 %%
1642 %% If {\tt true} is returned by OnClose, the window will be deleted by the system, otherwise the
1643 %% attempt will be ignored. Do not delete the window from within this handler, although
1644 %% you may delete other windows.
1645 %%
1646 %% \wxheading{See also}
1647 %%
1648 %% \helpref{Window deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview},\rtfsp
1649 %% \helpref{wxWindow::Close}{wxwindowclose},\rtfsp
1650 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnCloseWindow}{wxwindowonclosewindow},\rtfsp
1651 %% \helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
1652 %%
1653 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}\label{wxwindowonkeydown}
1654 %%
1655 %% \func{void}{OnKeyDown}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1656 %%
1657 %% Called when the user has pressed a key, before it is translated into an ASCII value using other
1658 %% modifier keys that might be pressed at the same time.
1659 %%
1660 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1661 %%
1662 %% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1663 %% details about this class.}
1664 %%
1665 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1666 %%
1667 %% This member function is called in response to a key down event. To intercept this event,
1668 %% use the EVT\_KEY\_DOWN macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyDown} handler may call this
1669 %% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1670 %%
1671 %% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
1672 %% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1673 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1674 %%
1675 %% Most, but not all, windows allow keypresses to be intercepted.
1676 %%
1677 %% {\bf Tip:} be sure to call {\tt event.Skip()} for events that you don't process in this function,
1678 %% otherwise menu shortcuts may cease to work under Windows.
1679 %%
1680 %% \wxheading{See also}
1681 %%
1682 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup},\rtfsp
1683 %% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1684 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1685 %%
1686 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}\label{wxwindowonkeyup}
1687 %%
1688 %% \func{void}{OnKeyUp}{\param{wxKeyEvent\&}{ event}}
1689 %%
1690 %% Called when the user has released a key.
1691 %%
1692 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1693 %%
1694 %% \docparam{event}{Object containing keypress information. See \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent} for
1695 %% details about this class.}
1696 %%
1697 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1698 %%
1699 %% This member function is called in response to a key up event. To intercept this event,
1700 %% use the EVT\_KEY\_UP macro in an event table definition. Your {\bf OnKeyUp} handler may call this
1701 %% default function to achieve default keypress functionality.
1702 %%
1703 %% Note that not all keypresses can be intercepted this way. If you wish to intercept special
1704 %% keys, such as shift, control, and function keys, then you will need to use \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown} or
1705 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyUp}{wxwindowonkeyup}.
1706 %%
1707 %% Most, but not all, windows allow key up events to be intercepted.
1708 %%
1709 %% \wxheading{See also}
1710 %%
1711 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnChar}{wxwindowonchar}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKeyDown}{wxwindowonkeydown},\rtfsp
1712 %% \helpref{wxKeyEvent}{wxkeyevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnCharHook}{wxwindowoncharhook},\rtfsp
1713 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1714 %%
1715 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnInitDialog}\label{wxwindowoninitdialog}
1716 %%
1717 %% \func{void}{OnInitDialog}{\param{wxInitDialogEvent\&}{ event}}
1718 %%
1719 %% Default handler for the wxEVT\_INIT\_DIALOG event. Calls \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}.
1720 %%
1721 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1722 %%
1723 %% \docparam{event}{Dialog initialisation event.}
1724 %%
1725 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1726 %%
1727 %% Gives the window the default behaviour of transferring data to child controls via
1728 %% the validator that each control has.
1729 %%
1730 %% \wxheading{See also}
1731 %%
1732 %% \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
1733 %%
1734 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMenuCommand}\label{wxwindowonmenucommand}
1735 %%
1736 %% \func{void}{OnMenuCommand}{\param{wxCommandEvent\& }{event}}
1737 %%
1738 %% Called when a menu command is received from a menu bar.
1739 %%
1740 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1741 %%
1742 %% \docparam{event}{The menu command event. For more information, see \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent}.}
1743 %%
1744 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1745 %%
1746 %% A function with this name doesn't actually exist; you can choose any member function to receive
1747 %% menu command events, using the EVT\_COMMAND macro for individual commands or EVT\_COMMAND\_RANGE for
1748 %% a range of commands.
1749 %%
1750 %% \wxheading{See also}
1751 %%
1752 %% \helpref{wxCommandEvent}{wxcommandevent},\rtfsp
1753 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnMenuHighlight}{wxwindowonmenuhighlight},\rtfsp
1754 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1755 %%
1756 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMenuHighlight}\label{wxwindowonmenuhighlight}
1757 %%
1758 %% \func{void}{OnMenuHighlight}{\param{wxMenuEvent\& }{event}}
1759 %%
1760 %% Called when a menu select is received from a menu bar: that is, the
1761 %% mouse cursor is over a menu item, but the left mouse button has not been
1762 %% pressed.
1763 %%
1764 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1765 %%
1766 %% \docparam{event}{The menu highlight event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent}.}
1767 %%
1768 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1769 %%
1770 %% You can choose any member function to receive
1771 %% menu select events, using the EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT macro for individual menu items or EVT\_MENU\_HIGHLIGHT\_ALL macro
1772 %% for all menu items.
1773 %%
1774 %% The default implementation for \helpref{wxFrame::OnMenuHighlight}{wxframeonmenuhighlight} displays help
1775 %% text in the first field of the status bar.
1776 %%
1777 %% This function was known as {\bf OnMenuSelect} in earlier versions of wxWidgets, but this was confusing
1778 %% since a selection is normally a left-click action.
1779 %%
1780 %% \wxheading{See also}
1781 %%
1782 %% \helpref{wxMenuEvent}{wxmenuevent},\rtfsp
1783 %% \helpref{wxWindow::OnMenuCommand}{wxwindowonmenucommand},\rtfsp
1784 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1785 %%
1786 %%
1787 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMouseEvent}\label{wxwindowonmouseevent}
1788 %%
1789 %% \func{void}{OnMouseEvent}{\param{wxMouseEvent\&}{ event}}
1790 %%
1791 %% Called when the user has initiated an event with the
1792 %% mouse.
1793 %%
1794 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1795 %%
1796 %% \docparam{event}{The mouse event. See \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent} for
1797 %% more details.}
1798 %%
1799 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1800 %%
1801 %% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
1802 %%
1803 %% To intercept this event, use the EVT\_MOUSE\_EVENTS macro in an event table definition, or individual
1804 %% mouse event macros such as EVT\_LEFT\_DOWN.
1805 %%
1806 %% \wxheading{See also}
1807 %%
1808 %% \helpref{wxMouseEvent}{wxmouseevent},\rtfsp
1809 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1810 %%
1811 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnMove}\label{wxwindowonmove}
1812 %%
1813 %% \func{void}{OnMove}{\param{wxMoveEvent\& }{event}}
1814 %%
1815 %% Called when a window is moved.
1816 %%
1817 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1818 %%
1819 %% \docparam{event}{The move event. For more information, see \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent}.}
1820 %%
1821 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1822 %%
1823 %% Use the EVT\_MOVE macro to intercept move events.
1824 %%
1825 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1826 %%
1827 %% Not currently implemented.
1828 %%
1829 %% \wxheading{See also}
1830 %%
1831 %% \helpref{wxMoveEvent}{wxmoveevent},\rtfsp
1832 %% \helpref{wxFrame::OnSize}{wxframeonsize},\rtfsp
1833 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1834 %%
1835 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnPaint}\label{wxwindowonpaint}
1836 %%
1837 %% \func{void}{OnPaint}{\param{wxPaintEvent\& }{event}}
1838 %%
1839 %% Sent to the event handler when the window must be refreshed.
1840 %%
1841 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1842 %%
1843 %% \docparam{event}{Paint event. For more information, see \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent}.}
1844 %%
1845 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1846 %%
1847 %% Use the EVT\_PAINT macro in an event table definition to intercept paint events.
1848 %%
1849 %% Note that In a paint event handler, the application must {\it always} create a \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc} object,
1850 %% even if you do not use it. Otherwise, under MS Windows, refreshing for this and other windows will go wrong.
1851 %%
1852 %% For example:
1853 %%
1854 %% \small{%
1855 %% \begin{verbatim}
1856 %% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
1857 %% {
1858 %% wxPaintDC dc(this);
1859 %%
1860 %% DrawMyDocument(dc);
1861 %% }
1862 %% \end{verbatim}
1863 %% }%
1864 %%
1865 %% You can optimize painting by retrieving the rectangles
1866 %% that have been damaged and only repainting these. The rectangles are in
1867 %% terms of the client area, and are unscrolled, so you will need to do
1868 %% some calculations using the current view position to obtain logical,
1869 %% scrolled units.
1870 %%
1871 %% Here is an example of using the \helpref{wxRegionIterator}{wxregioniterator} class:
1872 %%
1873 %% {\small%
1874 %% \begin{verbatim}
1875 %% // Called when window needs to be repainted.
1876 %% void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent\& event)
1877 %% {
1878 %% wxPaintDC dc(this);
1879 %%
1880 %% // Find Out where the window is scrolled to
1881 %% int vbX,vbY; // Top left corner of client
1882 %% GetViewStart(&vbX,&vbY);
1883 %%
1884 %% int vX,vY,vW,vH; // Dimensions of client area in pixels
1885 %% wxRegionIterator upd(GetUpdateRegion()); // get the update rect list
1886 %%
1887 %% while (upd)
1888 %% {
1889 %% vX = upd.GetX();
1890 %% vY = upd.GetY();
1891 %% vW = upd.GetW();
1892 %% vH = upd.GetH();
1893 %%
1894 %% // Alternatively we can do this:
1895 %% // wxRect rect;
1896 %% // upd.GetRect(&rect);
1897 %%
1898 %% // Repaint this rectangle
1899 %% ...some code...
1900 %%
1901 %% upd ++ ;
1902 %% }
1903 %% }
1904 %% \end{verbatim}
1905 %% }%
1906 %%
1907 %% \wxheading{See also}
1908 %%
1909 %% \helpref{wxPaintEvent}{wxpaintevent},\rtfsp
1910 %% \helpref{wxPaintDC}{wxpaintdc},\rtfsp
1911 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1912 %%
1913 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnScroll}\label{wxwindowonscroll}
1914 %%
1915 %% \func{void}{OnScroll}{\param{wxScrollWinEvent\& }{event}}
1916 %%
1917 %% Called when a scroll window event is received from one of the window's built-in scrollbars.
1918 %%
1919 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1920 %%
1921 %% \docparam{event}{Command event. Retrieve the new scroll position by
1922 %% calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetPosition}{wxscrolleventgetposition}, and the
1923 %% scrollbar orientation by calling \helpref{wxScrollEvent::GetOrientation}{wxscrolleventgetorientation}.}
1924 %%
1925 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1926 %%
1927 %% Note that it is not possible to distinguish between horizontal and vertical scrollbars
1928 %% until the function is executing (you can't have one function for vertical, another
1929 %% for horizontal events).
1930 %%
1931 %% \wxheading{See also}
1932 %%
1933 %% \helpref{wxScrollWinEvent}{wxscrollwinevent},\rtfsp
1934 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1935 %%
1936 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSetFocus}\label{wxwindowonsetfocus}
1937 %%
1938 %% \func{void}{OnSetFocus}{\param{wxFocusEvent\& }{event}}
1939 %%
1940 %% Called when a window's focus is being set.
1941 %%
1942 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1943 %%
1944 %% \docparam{event}{The focus event. For more information, see \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}.}
1945 %%
1946 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1947 %%
1948 %% To intercept this event, use the macro EVT\_SET\_FOCUS in an event table definition.
1949 %%
1950 %% Most, but not all, windows respond to this event.
1951 %%
1952 %% \wxheading{See also}
1953 %%
1954 %% \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}, \helpref{wxWindow::OnKillFocus}{wxwindowonkillfocus},\rtfsp
1955 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1956 %%
1957 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSize}\label{wxwindowonsize}
1958 %%
1959 %% \func{void}{OnSize}{\param{wxSizeEvent\& }{event}}
1960 %%
1961 %% Called when the window has been resized. This is not a virtual function; you should
1962 %% provide your own non-virtual OnSize function and direct size events to it using EVT\_SIZE
1963 %% in an event table definition.
1964 %%
1965 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1966 %%
1967 %% \docparam{event}{Size event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent}.}
1968 %%
1969 %% \wxheading{Remarks}
1970 %%
1971 %% You may wish to use this for frames to resize their child windows as appropriate.
1972 %%
1973 %% Note that the size passed is of
1974 %% the whole window: call \helpref{wxWindow::GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize} for the area which may be
1975 %% used by the application.
1976 %%
1977 %% When a window is resized, usually only a small part of the window is damaged and you
1978 %% may only need to repaint that area. However, if your drawing depends on the size of the window,
1979 %% you may need to clear the DC explicitly and repaint the whole window. In which case, you
1980 %% may need to call \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} to invalidate the entire window.
1981 %%
1982 %% \wxheading{See also}
1983 %%
1984 %% \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent},\rtfsp
1985 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
1986 %%
1987 %% \membersection{wxWindow::OnSysColourChanged}\label{wxwindowonsyscolourchanged}
1988 %%
1989 %% \func{void}{OnSysColourChanged}{\param{wxOnSysColourChangedEvent\& }{event}}
1990 %%
1991 %% Called when the user has changed the system colours. Windows only.
1992 %%
1993 %% \wxheading{Parameters}
1994 %%
1995 %% \docparam{event}{System colour change event. For more information, see \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent}.}
1996 %%
1997 %% \wxheading{See also}
1998 %%
1999 %% \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent},\rtfsp
2000 %% \helpref{Event handling overview}{eventhandlingoverview}
2001
2002
2003 \membersection{wxWindow::OnInternalIdle}\label{wxwindowoninternalidle}
2004
2005 \func{virtual void}{OnInternalIdle}{\void}
2006
2007 This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
2008 sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
2009 that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
2010 handler in a derived class.
2011
2012 This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
2013 and most implementations call \helpref{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
2014 in order to send update events to the window in idle time.
2015
2016
2017 \membersection{wxWindow::PageDown}\label{wxwindowpagedown}
2018
2019 This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(1)$.
2020
2021
2022 \membersection{wxWindow::PageUp}\label{wxwindowpageup}
2023
2024 This is just a wrapper for \helpref{ScrollPages()}{wxwindowscrollpages}$(-1)$.
2025
2026
2027 \membersection{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}\label{wxwindowpopeventhandler}
2028
2029 \constfunc{wxEvtHandler*}{PopEventHandler}{\param{bool }{deleteHandler = {\tt false}}}
2030
2031 Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
2032
2033 \wxheading{Parameters}
2034
2035 \docparam{deleteHandler}{If this is {\tt true}, the handler will be deleted after it is removed. The
2036 default value is {\tt false}.}
2037
2038 \wxheading{See also}
2039
2040 \helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
2041 \helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2042 \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2043 \helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2044 \helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\rtfsp
2045
2046
2047 \membersection{wxWindow::PopupMenu}\label{wxwindowpopupmenu}
2048
2049 \func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition}}
2050
2051 \func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
2052
2053 Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
2054 window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu. If a
2055 menu item is selected, the corresponding menu event is generated and will be
2056 processed as usually. If the coordinates are not specified, current mouse
2057 cursor position is used.
2058
2059 \wxheading{Parameters}
2060
2061 \docparam{menu}{Menu to pop up.}
2062
2063 \docparam{pos}{The position where the menu will appear.}
2064
2065 \docparam{x}{Required x position for the menu to appear.}
2066
2067 \docparam{y}{Required y position for the menu to appear.}
2068
2069 \wxheading{See also}
2070
2071 \helpref{wxMenu}{wxmenu}
2072
2073 \wxheading{Remarks}
2074
2075 Just before the menu is popped up, \helpref{wxMenu::UpdateUI}{wxmenuupdateui}
2076 is called to ensure that the menu items are in the correct state. The menu does
2077 not get deleted by the window.
2078
2079 It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when calling PopupMenu
2080 in response to mouse click, because some of the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do
2081 a better job of positioning the menu in that case.
2082
2083 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
2084 implements the following methods:\par
2085 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
2086 \twocolitem{{\bf PopupMenu(menu, point)}}{Specifies position with a wxPoint}
2087 \twocolitem{{\bf PopupMenuXY(menu, x, y)}}{Specifies position with two integers (x, y)}
2088 \end{twocollist}}
2089 }
2090
2091
2092 \membersection{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}\label{wxwindowpusheventhandler}
2093
2094 \func{void}{PushEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
2095
2096 Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
2097
2098 \wxheading{Parameters}
2099
2100 \docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be pushed.}
2101
2102 \wxheading{Remarks}
2103
2104 An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2105 sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2106 an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2107 central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2108 window classes.
2109
2110 \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} allows
2111 an application to set up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2112 handed to the next one in the chain. Use \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler} to
2113 remove the event handler.
2114
2115 \wxheading{See also}
2116
2117 \helpref{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}{wxwindowseteventhandler},\rtfsp
2118 \helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2119 \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2120 \helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2121 \helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
2122
2123
2124 \membersection{wxWindow::Raise}\label{wxwindowraise}
2125
2126 \func{void}{Raise}{\void}
2127
2128 Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy if it is a managed window (dialog
2129 or frame).
2130
2131
2132 \membersection{wxWindow::Refresh}\label{wxwindowrefresh}
2133
2134 \func{virtual void}{Refresh}{\param{bool}{ eraseBackground = {\tt true}}, \param{const wxRect* }{rect
2135 = NULL}}
2136
2137 Causes an event to be generated to repaint the
2138 window.
2139
2140 \wxheading{Parameters}
2141
2142 \docparam{eraseBackground}{If {\tt true}, the background will be
2143 erased.}
2144
2145 \docparam{rect}{If non-NULL, only the given rectangle will
2146 be treated as damaged.}
2147
2148 \wxheading{See also}
2149
2150 \helpref{wxWindow::RefreshRect}{wxwindowrefreshrect}
2151
2152
2153 \membersection{wxWindow::RefreshRect}\label{wxwindowrefreshrect}
2154
2155 \func{void}{RefreshRect}{\param{const wxRect\& }{rect}}
2156
2157 Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: the area inside it will be
2158 repainted.
2159
2160 This is the same as \helpref{Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} but has a nicer syntax.
2161
2162
2163 \membersection{wxWindow::RegisterHotKey}\label{wxwindowregisterhotkey}
2164
2165 \func{bool}{RegisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}, \param{int}{ modifiers}, \param{int}{ virtualKeyCode}}
2166
2167 Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey registered here, this window
2168 will receive a hotkey event. It will receive the event even if the application is in the background
2169 and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some other application.
2170
2171 \wxheading{Parameters}
2172
2173 \docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0 and 0xBFFF. If
2174 this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a system wide unique identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
2175 This is a MSW specific detail.}
2176
2177 \docparam{modifiers}{A bitwise combination of {\tt wxMOD\_SHIFT}, {\tt wxMOD\_CONTROL}, {\tt wxMOD\_ALT}
2178 or {\tt wxMOD\_WIN} specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along with the key.}
2179
2180 \docparam{virtualKeyCode}{The virtual key code of the hotkey.}
2181
2182 \wxheading{Return value}
2183
2184 {\tt true} if the hotkey was registered successfully. {\tt false} if some other application already registered a
2185 hotkey with this modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
2186
2187 \wxheading{Remarks}
2188
2189 Use EVT\_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the event.
2190 This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
2191
2192 \wxheading{See also}
2193
2194 \helpref{wxWindow::UnregisterHotKey}{wxwindowunregisterhotkey}
2195
2196
2197 \membersection{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}\label{wxwindowreleasemouse}
2198
2199 \func{virtual void}{ReleaseMouse}{\void}
2200
2201 Releases mouse input captured with \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse}.
2202
2203 \wxheading{See also}
2204
2205 \helpref{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}{wxwindowcapturemouse},
2206 \helpref{wxWindow::HasCapture}{wxwindowhascapture},
2207 \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse},
2208 \helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
2209
2210
2211 \membersection{wxWindow::RemoveChild}\label{wxwindowremovechild}
2212
2213 \func{virtual void}{RemoveChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
2214
2215 Removes a child window. This is called automatically by window deletion
2216 functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
2217
2218 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
2219 called by the user code.
2220
2221 \wxheading{Parameters}
2222
2223 \docparam{child}{Child window to remove.}
2224
2225
2226 \membersection{wxWindow::RemoveEventHandler}\label{wxwindowremoveeventhandler}
2227
2228 \func{bool}{RemoveEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler *}{handler}}
2229
2230 Find the given {\it handler} in the windows event handler chain and remove (but
2231 not delete) it from it.
2232
2233 \wxheading{Parameters}
2234
2235 \docparam{handler}{The event handler to remove, must be non {\tt NULL} and
2236 must be present in this windows event handlers chain}
2237
2238 \wxheading{Return value}
2239
2240 Returns {\tt true} if it was found and {\tt false} otherwise (this also results
2241 in an assert failure so this function should only be called when the
2242 handler is supposed to be there).
2243
2244 \wxheading{See also}
2245
2246 \helpref{PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2247 \helpref{PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpopeventhandler}
2248
2249
2250 \membersection{wxWindow::Reparent}\label{wxwindowreparent}
2251
2252 \func{virtual bool}{Reparent}{\param{wxWindow* }{newParent}}
2253
2254 Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
2255 current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
2256 and then re-inserted into another. Available on Windows and GTK.
2257
2258 \wxheading{Parameters}
2259
2260 \docparam{newParent}{New parent.}
2261
2262
2263 \membersection{wxWindow::ScreenToClient}\label{wxwindowscreentoclient}
2264
2265 \constfunc{virtual void}{ScreenToClient}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
2266
2267 \constfunc{virtual wxPoint}{ScreenToClient}{\param{const wxPoint\& }{pt}}
2268
2269 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
2270
2271 \wxheading{Parameters}
2272
2273 \docparam{x}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2274
2275 \docparam{y}{Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.}
2276
2277 \docparam{pt}{The screen position for the second form of the function.}
2278
2279 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
2280 implements the following methods:\par
2281 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
2282 \twocolitem{{\bf ScreenToClient(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
2283 \twocolitem{{\bf ScreenToClientXY(x, y)}}{Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)}
2284 \end{twocollist}}
2285 }
2286
2287
2288 \membersection{wxWindow::ScrollLines}\label{wxwindowscrolllines}
2289
2290 \func{virtual bool}{ScrollLines}{\param{int }{lines}}
2291
2292 Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if {\it lines} is
2293 positive) or up.
2294
2295 \wxheading{Return value}
2296
2297 Returns {\tt true} if the window was scrolled, {\tt false} if it was already
2298 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
2299
2300 \wxheading{Remarks}
2301
2302 This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxTextCtrl under
2303 wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all
2304 platforms).
2305
2306 \wxheading{See also}
2307
2308 \helpref{ScrollPages}{wxwindowscrollpages}
2309
2310
2311 \membersection{wxWindow::ScrollPages}\label{wxwindowscrollpages}
2312
2313 \func{virtual bool}{ScrollPages}{\param{int }{pages}}
2314
2315 Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if {\it pages} is
2316 positive) or up.
2317
2318 \wxheading{Return value}
2319
2320 Returns {\tt true} if the window was scrolled, {\tt false} if it was already
2321 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
2322
2323 \wxheading{Remarks}
2324
2325 This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxTextCtrl under
2326 wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolledWindow derived classes under all
2327 platforms).
2328
2329 \wxheading{See also}
2330
2331 \helpref{ScrollLines}{wxwindowscrolllines}
2332
2333
2334 \membersection{wxWindow::ScrollWindow}\label{wxwindowscrollwindow}
2335
2336 \func{virtual void}{ScrollWindow}{\param{int }{dx}, \param{int }{dy}, \param{const wxRect*}{ rect = NULL}}
2337
2338 Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
2339
2340 \wxheading{Parameters}
2341
2342 \docparam{dx}{Amount to scroll horizontally.}
2343
2344 \docparam{dy}{Amount to scroll vertically.}
2345
2346 \docparam{rect}{Rectangle to invalidate. If this is NULL, the whole window is invalidated. If you
2347 pass a rectangle corresponding to the area of the window exposed by the scroll, your painting handler
2348 can optimize painting by checking for the invalidated region. This parameter is ignored under GTK.}
2349
2350 \wxheading{Remarks}
2351
2352 Use this function to optimise your scrolling implementations, to minimise the area that must be
2353 redrawn. Note that it is rarely required to call this function from a user program.
2354
2355
2356 \membersection{wxWindow::SetAcceleratorTable}\label{wxwindowsetacceleratortable}
2357
2358 \func{virtual void}{SetAcceleratorTable}{\param{const wxAcceleratorTable\&}{ accel}}
2359
2360 Sets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
2361
2362
2363 \membersection{wxWindow::SetAccessible}\label{wxwindowsetaccessible}
2364
2365 \func{void}{SetAccessible}{\param{wxAccessibile*}{ accessible}}
2366
2367 Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
2368 will be deleted first, if not identical to {\it accessible}.
2369
2370 See also \helpref{wxAccessible}{wxaccessible}.
2371
2372
2373 \membersection{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}\label{wxwindowsetautolayout}
2374
2375 \func{void}{SetAutoLayout}{\param{bool}{ autoLayout}}
2376
2377 Determines whether the \helpref{wxWindow::Layout}{wxwindowlayout} function will
2378 be called automatically when the window is resized. It is called implicitly by
2379 \helpref{wxWindow::SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer} but if you use
2380 \helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints}{wxwindowsetconstraints} you should call it
2381 manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly updated when its
2382 size changes.
2383
2384 \wxheading{Parameters}
2385
2386 \docparam{autoLayout}{Set this to {\tt true} if you wish the Layout function to be called
2387 from within wxWindow::OnSize functions.}
2388
2389 \wxheading{See also}
2390
2391 \helpref{wxWindow::SetConstraints}{wxwindowsetconstraints}
2392
2393
2394 \membersection{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour}
2395
2396 \func{virtual bool}{SetBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2397
2398 Sets the background colour of the window.
2399
2400 Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
2401 explanation of the difference between this method and
2402 \helpref{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetownbackgroundcolour}.
2403
2404 \wxheading{Parameters}
2405
2406 \docparam{colour}{The colour to be used as the background colour, pass
2407 {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
2408
2409 \wxheading{Remarks}
2410
2411 The background colour is usually painted by the default\rtfsp
2412 \helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent} event handler function
2413 under Windows and automatically under GTK.
2414
2415 Note that setting the background colour does not cause an immediate refresh, so you
2416 may wish to call \helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground} or \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} after
2417 calling this function.
2418
2419 Using this function will disable attempts to use themes for this
2420 window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
2421 themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
2422 applications on the system.
2423
2424
2425 \wxheading{See also}
2426
2427 \helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2428 \helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2429 \helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2430 \helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground},\rtfsp
2431 \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh},\rtfsp
2432 \helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent}
2433
2434
2435 \membersection{wxWindow::SetBestFittingSize}\label{wxwindowsetbestfittingsize}
2436
2437 \func{void}{SetBestFittingSize}{\param{const wxSize& }{size = wxDefaultSize}}
2438
2439 A {\it smart} SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
2440 window's {\it best} size values. Also sets the window's minsize to
2441 the value passed in for use with sizers. This means that if a full or
2442 partial size is passed to this function then the sizers will use that
2443 size instead of the results of GetBestSize to determine the minimum
2444 needs of the window for layout.
2445
2446 \wxheading{See also}
2447
2448 \helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize},\rtfsp
2449 \helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
2450 \helpref{wxWindow::GetBestFittingSize}{wxwindowgetbestfittingsize},\rtfsp
2451 \helpref{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}{wxwindowsetsizehints}
2452
2453
2454 \membersection{wxWindow::SetCaret}\label{wxwindowsetcaret}
2455
2456 \constfunc{void}{SetCaret}{\param{wxCaret *}{caret}}
2457
2458 Sets the \helpref{caret}{wxcaret} associated with the window.
2459
2460
2461 \membersection{wxWindow::SetClientSize}\label{wxwindowsetclientsize}
2462
2463 \func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
2464
2465 \func{virtual void}{SetClientSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
2466
2467 This sets the size of the window client area in pixels. Using this function to size a window
2468 tends to be more device-independent than \helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize}, since the application need not
2469 worry about what dimensions the border or title bar have when trying to fit the window
2470 around panel items, for example.
2471
2472 \wxheading{Parameters}
2473
2474 \docparam{width}{The required client area width.}
2475
2476 \docparam{height}{The required client area height.}
2477
2478 \docparam{size}{The required client size.}
2479
2480 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
2481 implements the following methods:\par
2482 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
2483 \twocolitem{{\bf SetClientSize(size)}}{Accepts a wxSize}
2484 \twocolitem{{\bf SetClientSizeWH(width, height)}}{}
2485 \end{twocollist}}
2486 }
2487
2488
2489 \membersection{wxWindow::SetContainingSizer}\label{wxwindowsetcontainingsizer}
2490
2491 \func{void}{SetContainingSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}}
2492
2493 This normally does not need to be called by user code. It is called
2494 when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window can
2495 remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
2496
2497
2498 \membersection{wxWindow::SetCursor}\label{wxwindowsetcursor}
2499
2500 \func{virtual void}{SetCursor}{\param{const wxCursor\&}{cursor}}
2501
2502 % VZ: the docs are correct, if the code doesn't behave like this, it must be
2503 % changed
2504 Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
2505 children of the window implicitly.
2506
2507 The {\it cursor} may be {\tt wxNullCursor} in which case the window cursor will
2508 be reset back to default.
2509
2510 \wxheading{Parameters}
2511
2512 \docparam{cursor}{Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.}
2513
2514 \wxheading{See also}
2515
2516 \helpref{::wxSetCursor}{wxsetcursor}, \helpref{wxCursor}{wxcursor}
2517
2518
2519 \membersection{wxWindow::SetConstraints}\label{wxwindowsetconstraints}
2520
2521 \func{void}{SetConstraints}{\param{wxLayoutConstraints* }{constraints}}
2522
2523 Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
2524 will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2525 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2526 window, it will be deleted.
2527
2528 \wxheading{Parameters}
2529
2530 \docparam{constraints}{The constraints to set. Pass NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
2531 constraints.}
2532
2533 \wxheading{Remarks}
2534
2535 You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
2536 the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you must override OnSize and call Layout()
2537 explicitly. When setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a \helpref{wxSizer}{wxsizer}, only the
2538 sizer will have effect.
2539
2540
2541 \membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetownbackgroundcolour}
2542
2543 \func{void}{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2544
2545 Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2546 by the children of this window.
2547
2548 \wxheading{See also}
2549
2550 \helpref{SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2551 \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2552
2553
2554 \membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnFont}\label{wxwindowsetownfont}
2555
2556 \func{void}{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2557
2558 Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
2559 children of this window.
2560
2561 \wxheading{See also}
2562
2563 \helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont},\rtfsp
2564 \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2565
2566
2567 \membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}
2568
2569 \func{void}{SetOwnForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2570
2571 Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
2572 by the children of this window.
2573
2574 \wxheading{See also}
2575
2576 \helpref{SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2577 \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2578
2579
2580 \membersection{wxWindow::SetDropTarget}\label{wxwindowsetdroptarget}
2581
2582 \func{void}{SetDropTarget}{\param{wxDropTarget*}{ target}}
2583
2584 Associates a drop target with this window.
2585
2586 If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
2587
2588 \wxheading{See also}
2589
2590 \helpref{wxWindow::GetDropTarget}{wxwindowgetdroptarget},
2591 \helpref{Drag and drop overview}{wxdndoverview}
2592
2593
2594
2595 \membersection{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}\label{wxwindowseteventhandler}
2596
2597 \func{void}{SetEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
2598
2599 Sets the event handler for this window.
2600
2601 \wxheading{Parameters}
2602
2603 \docparam{handler}{Specifies the handler to be set.}
2604
2605 \wxheading{Remarks}
2606
2607 An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events
2608 sent to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but
2609 an application may wish to substitute another, for example to allow
2610 central implementation of event-handling for a variety of different
2611 window classes.
2612
2613 It is usually better to use \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler} since
2614 this sets up a chain of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
2615 handed to the next one in the chain.
2616
2617 \wxheading{See also}
2618
2619 \helpref{wxWindow::GetEventHandler}{wxwindowgeteventhandler},\rtfsp
2620 \helpref{wxWindow::PushEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2621 \helpref{wxWindow::PopEventHandler}{wxwindowpusheventhandler},\rtfsp
2622 \helpref{wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent}{wxevthandlerprocessevent},\rtfsp
2623 \helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
2624
2625
2626 \membersection{wxWindow::SetExtraStyle}\label{wxwindowsetextrastyle}
2627
2628 \func{void}{SetExtraStyle}{\param{long }{exStyle}}
2629
2630 Sets the extra style bits for the window. The currently defined extra style
2631 bits are:
2632
2633 \twocolwidtha{5cm}%
2634 \begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
2635 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY}}{TransferDataTo/FromWindow()
2636 and Validate() methods will recursively descend into all children of the
2637 window if it has this style flag set.}
2638 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_BLOCK\_EVENTS}}{Normally, the command
2639 events are propagated upwards to the window parent recursively until a handler
2640 for them is found. Using this style allows to prevent them from being
2641 propagated beyond this window. Notice that wxDialog has this style on by
2642 default for the reasons explained in the
2643 \helpref{event processing overview}{eventprocessing}.}
2644 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_TRANSIENT}}{This can be used to prevent a
2645 window from being used as an implicit parent for the dialogs which were
2646 created without a parent. It is useful for the windows which can disappear at
2647 any moment as creating children of such windows results in fatal problems.}
2648 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFRAME\_EX\_CONTEXTHELP}}{Under Windows, puts a query button on the
2649 caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWidgets will send
2650 a wxEVT\_HELP event if the user clicked on an application window.
2651 This style cannot be used together with wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX or wxMINIMIZE\_BOX, so
2652 you should use the style of
2653 {\tt wxDEFAULT\_FRAME\_STYLE \& \textasciitilde(wxMINIMIZE\_BOX | wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX)} for the
2654 frames having this style (the dialogs don't have minimize nor maximize box by
2655 default)}
2656 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_IDLE}}{This window should always process idle events, even
2657 if the mode set by \helpref{wxIdleEvent::SetMode}{wxidleeventsetmode} is wxIDLE\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
2658 \twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWS\_EX\_PROCESS\_UI\_UPDATES}}{This window should always process UI update events,
2659 even if the mode set by \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} is wxUPDATE\_UI\_PROCESS\_SPECIFIED.}
2660 \end{twocollist}
2661
2662
2663 \membersection{wxWindow::SetFocus}\label{wxwindowsetfocus}
2664
2665 \func{virtual void}{SetFocus}{\void}
2666
2667 This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
2668
2669 \wxheading{See also}
2670
2671 \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}
2672
2673
2674 \membersection{wxWindow::SetFocusFromKbd}\label{wxwindowsetfocusfromkbd}
2675
2676 \func{virtual void}{SetFocusFromKbd}{\void}
2677
2678 This function is called by wxWidgets keyboard navigation code when the user
2679 gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using {\tt TAB} key).
2680 By default this method simply calls \helpref{SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus} but
2681 can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
2682
2683
2684 \membersection{wxWindow::SetFont}\label{wxwindowsetfont}
2685
2686 \func{void}{SetFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}}
2687
2688 Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
2689 parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
2690 use \helpref{SetOwnFont}{wxwindowsetownfont} instead in this case and
2691 see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for more
2692 explanations.
2693
2694 \wxheading{Parameters}
2695
2696 \docparam{font}{Font to associate with this window, pass
2697 {\tt wxNullFont} to reset to the default font.}
2698
2699 \wxheading{See also}
2700
2701 \helpref{wxWindow::GetFont}{wxwindowgetfont},\\
2702 \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
2703
2704
2705 \membersection{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour}
2706
2707 \func{virtual void}{SetForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
2708
2709 Sets the foreground colour of the window.
2710
2711 Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
2712 explanation of the difference between this method and
2713 \helpref{SetOwnForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}.
2714
2715 \wxheading{Parameters}
2716
2717 \docparam{colour}{The colour to be used as the foreground colour, pass
2718 {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
2719
2720 \wxheading{Remarks}
2721
2722 The interpretation of foreground colour is open to interpretation according
2723 to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
2724 be used at all.
2725
2726 Using this function will disable attempts to use themes for this
2727 window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
2728 themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
2729 applications on the system.
2730
2731 \wxheading{See also}
2732
2733 \helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
2734 \helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2735 \helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
2736 \helpref{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
2737
2738
2739 \membersection{wxWindow::SetHelpText}\label{wxwindowsethelptext}
2740
2741 \func{virtual void}{SetHelpText}{\param{const wxString\& }{helpText}}
2742
2743 Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2744
2745 Note that the text is actually stored by the current \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider} implementation,
2746 and not in the window object itself.
2747
2748 \wxheading{See also}
2749
2750 \helpref{GetHelpText}{wxwindowgethelptext}, \helpref{wxHelpProvider}{wxhelpprovider}
2751
2752
2753 \membersection{wxWindow::SetId}\label{wxwindowsetid}
2754
2755 \func{void}{SetId}{\param{int}{ id}}
2756
2757 Sets the identifier of the window.
2758
2759 \wxheading{Remarks}
2760
2761 Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has not provided one,
2762 an identifier will be generated. Normally, the identifier should be provided
2763 on creation and should not be modified subsequently.
2764
2765 \wxheading{See also}
2766
2767 \helpref{wxWindow::GetId}{wxwindowgetid},\rtfsp
2768 \helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
2769
2770
2771
2772 \membersection{wxWindow::SetName}\label{wxwindowsetname}
2773
2774 \func{virtual void}{SetName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
2775
2776 Sets the window's name.
2777
2778 \wxheading{Parameters}
2779
2780 \docparam{name}{A name to set for the window.}
2781
2782 \wxheading{See also}
2783
2784 \helpref{wxWindow::GetName}{wxwindowgetname}
2785
2786
2787 \membersection{wxWindow::SetPalette}\label{wxwindowsetpalette}
2788
2789 \func{virtual void}{SetPalette}{\param{wxPalette* }{palette}}
2790
2791 Obsolete - use \helpref{wxDC::SetPalette}{wxdcsetpalette} instead.
2792
2793
2794 \membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}\label{wxwindowsetscrollbar}
2795
2796 \func{virtual void}{SetScrollbar}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{position},\rtfsp
2797 \param{int }{thumbSize}, \param{int }{range},\rtfsp
2798 \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
2799
2800 Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
2801
2802 \wxheading{Parameters}
2803
2804 \docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2805
2806 \docparam{position}{The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.}
2807
2808 \docparam{thumbSize}{The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.}
2809
2810 \docparam{range}{The maximum position of the scrollbar.}
2811
2812 \docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
2813
2814 \wxheading{Remarks}
2815
2816 Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same font.
2817 The window is sized so that you can only see 16 lines at a time.
2818
2819 You would use:
2820
2821 {\small%
2822 \begin{verbatim}
2823 SetScrollbar(wxVERTICAL, 0, 16, 50);
2824 \end{verbatim}
2825 }
2826
2827 Note that with the window at this size, the thumb position can never go
2828 above 50 minus 16, or 34.
2829
2830 You can determine how many lines are currently visible by dividing the current view
2831 size by the character height in pixels.
2832
2833 When defining your own scrollbar behaviour, you will always need to recalculate
2834 the scrollbar settings when the window size changes. You could therefore put your
2835 scrollbar calculations and SetScrollbar
2836 call into a function named AdjustScrollbars, which can be called initially and also
2837 from your \helpref{wxSizeEvent}{wxsizeevent} handler function.
2838
2839 \wxheading{See also}
2840
2841 \helpref{Scrolling overview}{scrollingoverview},\rtfsp
2842 \helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
2843
2844 \begin{comment}
2845
2846
2847 \membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpage}
2848
2849 \func{virtual void}{SetScrollPage}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pageSize}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
2850
2851 Sets the page size of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2852
2853 \wxheading{Parameters}
2854
2855 \docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2856
2857 \docparam{pageSize}{Page size in scroll units.}
2858
2859 \docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
2860
2861 \wxheading{Remarks}
2862
2863 The page size of a scrollbar is the number of scroll units that the scroll thumb travels when you
2864 click on the area above/left of or below/right of the thumb. Normally you will want a whole visible
2865 page to be scrolled, i.e. the size of the current view (perhaps the window client size). This
2866 value has to be adjusted when the window is resized, since the page size will have changed.
2867
2868 In addition to specifying how far the scroll thumb travels when paging, in Motif and some versions of Windows
2869 the thumb changes size to reflect the page size relative to the length of the document. When the
2870 document size is only slightly bigger than the current view (window) size, almost all of the scrollbar
2871 will be taken up by the thumb. When the two values become the same, the scrollbar will (on some systems)
2872 disappear.
2873
2874 Currently, this function should be called before SetPageRange, because of a quirk in the Windows
2875 handling of pages and ranges.
2876
2877 \wxheading{See also}
2878
2879 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
2880 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
2881 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowsetscrollpage},\rtfsp
2882 \helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
2883 \end{comment}
2884
2885
2886 \membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpos}
2887
2888 \func{virtual void}{SetScrollPos}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pos}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
2889
2890 Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2891
2892 \wxheading{Parameters}
2893
2894 \docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2895
2896 \docparam{pos}{Position in scroll units.}
2897
2898 \docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
2899
2900 \wxheading{Remarks}
2901
2902 This function does not directly affect the contents of the window: it is up to the
2903 application to take note of scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
2904
2905 \wxheading{See also}
2906
2907 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollbar}{wxwindowsetscrollbar},\rtfsp
2908 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
2909 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollThumb}{wxwindowgetscrollthumb},\rtfsp
2910 \helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
2911
2912 \begin{comment}
2913
2914
2915 \membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollRange}\label{wxwindowsetscrollrange}
2916
2917 \func{virtual void}{SetScrollRange}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{range}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
2918
2919 Sets the range of one of the built-in scrollbars.
2920
2921 \wxheading{Parameters}
2922
2923 \docparam{orientation}{Determines the scrollbar whose range is to be set. May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.}
2924
2925 \docparam{range}{Scroll range.}
2926
2927 \docparam{refresh}{{\tt true} to redraw the scrollbar, {\tt false} otherwise.}
2928
2929 \wxheading{Remarks}
2930
2931 The range of a scrollbar is the number of steps that the thumb may travel, rather than the total
2932 object length of the scrollbar. If you are implementing a scrolling window, for example, you
2933 would adjust the scroll range when the window is resized, by subtracting the window view size from the
2934 total virtual window size. When the two sizes are the same (all the window is visible), the range goes to zero
2935 and usually the scrollbar will be automatically hidden.
2936
2937 \wxheading{See also}
2938
2939 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
2940 \helpref{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}{wxwindowsetscrollpage},\rtfsp
2941 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPos}{wxwindowsetscrollpos},\rtfsp
2942 \helpref{wxWindow::GetScrollPage}{wxwindowsetscrollpage},\rtfsp
2943 \helpref{wxScrollBar}{wxscrollbar}, \helpref{wxScrolledWindow}{wxscrolledwindow}
2944 \end{comment}
2945
2946
2947 \membersection{wxWindow::SetSize}\label{wxwindowsetsize}
2948
2949 \func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}, \param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height},
2950 \param{int}{ sizeFlags = wxSIZE\_AUTO}}
2951
2952 \func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxRect\&}{ rect}}
2953
2954 Sets the size and position of the window in pixels.
2955
2956 \func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
2957
2958 \func{virtual void}{SetSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
2959
2960 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
2961
2962 \wxheading{Parameters}
2963
2964 \docparam{x}{Required x position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
2965 value should be used.}
2966
2967 \docparam{y}{Required y position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
2968 value should be used.}
2969
2970 \docparam{width}{Required width in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
2971 value should be used.}
2972
2973 \docparam{height}{Required height position in pixels, or -1 to indicate that the existing
2974 value should be used.}
2975
2976 \docparam{size}{\helpref{wxSize}{wxsize} object for setting the size.}
2977
2978 \docparam{rect}{\helpref{wxRect}{wxrect} object for setting the position and size.}
2979
2980 \docparam{sizeFlags}{Indicates the interpretation of other parameters. It is a bit list of the following:
2981
2982 {\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_WIDTH}: a -1 width value is taken to indicate
2983 a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
2984 {\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_HEIGHT}: a -1 height value is taken to indicate
2985 a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
2986 {\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO}: -1 size values are taken to indicate
2987 a wxWidgets-supplied default size.\\
2988 {\bf wxSIZE\_USE\_EXISTING}: existing dimensions should be used
2989 if -1 values are supplied.\\
2990 {\bf wxSIZE\_ALLOW\_MINUS\_ONE}: allow dimensions of -1 and less to be interpreted
2991 as real dimensions, not default values.
2992 }
2993
2994 \wxheading{Remarks}
2995
2996 The second form is a convenience for calling the first form with default
2997 x and y parameters, and must be used with non-default width and height values.
2998
2999 The first form sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
3000 Parameters may be -1 to indicate either that a default should be supplied
3001 by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the dimension should be used.
3002
3003 \wxheading{See also}
3004
3005 \helpref{wxWindow::Move}{wxwindowmove}
3006
3007 \pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
3008 implements the following methods:\par
3009 \indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
3010 \twocolitem{{\bf SetDimensions(x, y, width, height, sizeFlags=wxSIZE\_AUTO)}}{}
3011 \twocolitem{{\bf SetSize(size)}}{}
3012 \twocolitem{{\bf SetPosition(point)}}{}
3013 \end{twocollist}}
3014 }
3015
3016
3017 \membersection{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}\label{wxwindowsetsizehints}
3018
3019 \func{virtual void}{SetSizeHints}{\param{int}{ minW=-1}, \param{int}{ minH=-1}, \param{int}{ maxW=-1}, \param{int}{ maxH=-1},
3020 \param{int}{ incW=-1}, \param{int}{ incH=-1}}
3021
3022 \func{void}{SetSizeHints}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ minSize},
3023 \param{const wxSize\&}{ maxSize=wxDefaultSize}, \param{const wxSize\&}{ incSize=wxDefaultSize}}
3024
3025
3026 Allows specification of minimum and maximum window sizes, and window size increments.
3027 If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values will be used.
3028
3029 \wxheading{Parameters}
3030
3031 \docparam{minW}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.}
3032
3033 \docparam{minH}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.}
3034
3035 \docparam{maxW}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.}
3036
3037 \docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
3038
3039 \docparam{incW}{Specifies the increment for sizing the width (Motif/Xt only).}
3040
3041 \docparam{incH}{Specifies the increment for sizing the height (Motif/Xt only).}
3042
3043 \docparam{minSize}{Minimum size.}
3044
3045 \docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
3046
3047 \docparam{incSize}{Increment size (Motif/Xt only).}
3048
3049 \wxheading{Remarks}
3050
3051 If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the window outside the
3052 given bounds.
3053
3054 The resizing increments are only significant under Motif or Xt.
3055
3056
3057 \membersection{wxWindow::SetSizer}\label{wxwindowsetsizer}
3058
3059 \func{void}{SetSizer}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=true}}
3060
3061 Sets the window to have the given layout sizer. The window
3062 will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
3063 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
3064 window, it will be deleted if the deleteOld parameter is true.
3065
3066 Note that this function will also call
3067 \helpref{SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} implicitly with {\tt true}
3068 parameter if the {\it sizer}\/ is non-NULL and {\tt false} otherwise.
3069
3070 \wxheading{Parameters}
3071
3072 \docparam{sizer}{The sizer to set. Pass NULL to disassociate and conditionally delete
3073 the window's sizer. See below.}
3074
3075 \docparam{deleteOld}{If true (the default), this will delete any prexisting sizer.
3076 Pass false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself.}
3077
3078 \wxheading{Remarks}
3079
3080 SetSizer now enables and disables Layout automatically, but prior to wxWidgets 2.3.3
3081 the following applied:
3082
3083 You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
3084 the sizer automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you must override OnSize and call Layout()
3085 explicitly. When setting both a wxSizer and a \helpref{wxLayoutConstraints}{wxlayoutconstraints},
3086 only the sizer will have effect.
3087
3088
3089 \membersection{wxWindow::SetSizerAndFit}\label{wxwindowsetsizerandfit}
3090
3091 \func{void}{SetSizerAndFit}{\param{wxSizer* }{sizer}, \param{bool }{deleteOld=true}}
3092
3093 The same as \helpref{SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer}, except it also sets the size hints
3094 for the window based on the sizer's minimum size.
3095
3096
3097 \membersection{wxWindow::SetTitle}\label{wxwindowsettitle}
3098
3099 \func{virtual void}{SetTitle}{\param{const wxString\& }{title}}
3100
3101 Sets the window's title. Applicable only to frames and dialogs.
3102
3103 \wxheading{Parameters}
3104
3105 \docparam{title}{The window's title.}
3106
3107 \wxheading{See also}
3108
3109 \helpref{wxWindow::GetTitle}{wxwindowgettitle}
3110
3111
3112 \membersection{wxWindow::SetThemeEnabled}\label{wxwindowsetthemeenabled}
3113
3114 \func{virtual void}{SetThemeEnabled}{\param{bool }{enable}}
3115
3116 This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
3117 to draw the windows' background instead if its own background drawing
3118 code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
3119 obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
3120 One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
3121 defined by a user's selected theme.
3122
3123 Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to true
3124 by default so that the default look and feel is simulated best.
3125
3126
3127 \membersection{wxWindow::SetToolTip}\label{wxwindowsettooltip}
3128
3129 \func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{const wxString\& }{tip}}
3130
3131 \func{void}{SetToolTip}{\param{wxToolTip* }{tip}}
3132
3133 Attach a tooltip to the window.
3134
3135 See also: \helpref{GetToolTip}{wxwindowgettooltip},
3136 \helpref{wxToolTip}{wxtooltip}
3137
3138
3139 \membersection{wxWindow::SetValidator}\label{wxwindowsetvalidator}
3140
3141 \func{virtual void}{SetValidator}{\param{const wxValidator\&}{ validator}}
3142
3143 Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having called wxValidator::Clone to
3144 create a new validator of this type.
3145
3146
3147 \membersection{wxWindow::SetVirtualSize}\label{wxwindowsetvirtualsize}
3148
3149 \func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ height}}
3150
3151 \func{void}{SetVirtualSize}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ size}}
3152
3153 Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
3154
3155
3156 \membersection{wxWindow::SetVirtualSizeHints}\label{wxwindowsetvirtualsizehints}
3157
3158 \func{virtual void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{int}{ minW},\param{int}{ minH}, \param{int}{ maxW=-1}, \param{int}{ maxH=-1}}
3159
3160 \func{void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ minSize=wxDefaultSize},
3161 \param{const wxSize\&}{ maxSize=wxDefaultSize}}
3162
3163
3164 Allows specification of minimum and maximum virtual window sizes.
3165 If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values
3166 will be used.
3167
3168 \wxheading{Parameters}
3169
3170 \docparam{minW}{Specifies the minimum width allowable.}
3171
3172 \docparam{minH}{Specifies the minimum height allowable.}
3173
3174 \docparam{maxW}{Specifies the maximum width allowable.}
3175
3176 \docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
3177
3178 \docparam{minSize}{Minimum size.}
3179
3180 \docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
3181
3182 \wxheading{Remarks}
3183
3184 If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the virtual area
3185 of the window outside the given bounds.
3186
3187
3188 \membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyle}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyle}
3189
3190 \func{void}{SetWindowStyle}{\param{long}{ style}}
3191
3192 Identical to \helpref{SetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}.
3193
3194
3195 \membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowStyleFlag}\label{wxwindowsetwindowstyleflag}
3196
3197 \func{virtual void}{SetWindowStyleFlag}{\param{long}{ style}}
3198
3199 Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
3200 after the window creation and that \helpref{Refresh()}{wxwindowrefresh} might
3201 be called after changing the others for the change to take place immediately.
3202
3203 See \helpref{Window styles}{windowstyles} for more information about flags.
3204
3205 \wxheading{See also}
3206
3207 \helpref{GetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowgetwindowstyleflag}
3208
3209
3210 \membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}\label{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
3211
3212 \func{void}{SetWindowVariant}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{variant}}
3213
3214 This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
3215 Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
3216 exist in several sizes which correpond to the elements of wxWindowVariant
3217 enum:
3218 \begin{verbatim}
3219 enum wxWindowVariant
3220 {
3221 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL, // Normal size
3222 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_SMALL, // Smaller size (about 25 % smaller than normal )
3223 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MINI, // Mini size (about 33 % smaller than normal )
3224 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_LARGE, // Large size (about 25 % larger than normal )
3225 };
3226 \end{verbatim}
3227
3228 By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
3229 be used to change this.
3230
3231
3232 \membersection{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}\label{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
3233
3234 \func{virtual bool}{ShouldInheritColours}{\void}
3235
3236 Return \true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
3237 \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}, returning \false
3238 forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
3239
3240 The base class version returns \false, but this method is overridden in
3241 \helpref{wxControl}{wxcontrol} where it returns \true.
3242
3243
3244 \membersection{wxWindow::Show}\label{wxwindowshow}
3245
3246 \func{virtual bool}{Show}{\param{bool}{ show = {\tt true}}}
3247
3248 Shows or hides the window. You may need to call \helpref{Raise}{wxwindowraise}
3249 for a top level window if you want to bring it to top, although this is not
3250 needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
3251
3252 \wxheading{Parameters}
3253
3254 \docparam{show}{If {\tt true} displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.}
3255
3256 \wxheading{Return value}
3257
3258 {\tt true} if the window has been shown or hidden or {\tt false} if nothing was
3259 done because it already was in the requested state.
3260
3261 \wxheading{See also}
3262
3263 \helpref{wxWindow::IsShown}{wxwindowisshown}
3264
3265
3266
3267 \membersection{wxWindow::Thaw}\label{wxwindowthaw}
3268
3269 \func{virtual void}{Thaw}{\void}
3270
3271 Reenables window updating after a previous call to
3272 \helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}. To really thaw the control, it must be called
3273 exactly the same number of times as \helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}.
3274
3275
3276 \membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow}
3277
3278 \func{virtual bool}{TransferDataFromWindow}{\void}
3279
3280 Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their validators. Returns
3281 {\tt false} if a transfer failed.
3282
3283 If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3284 the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
3285
3286 \wxheading{See also}
3287
3288 \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow},\rtfsp
3289 \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
3290
3291
3292 \membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatatowindow}
3293
3294 \func{virtual bool}{TransferDataToWindow}{\void}
3295
3296 Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their validators.
3297
3298 If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3299 the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
3300
3301 \wxheading{Return value}
3302
3303 Returns {\tt false} if a transfer failed.
3304
3305 \wxheading{See also}
3306
3307 \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3308 \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}, \helpref{wxWindow::Validate}{wxwindowvalidate}
3309
3310
3311 \membersection{wxWindow::UnregisterHotKey}\label{wxwindowunregisterhotkey}
3312
3313 \func{bool}{UnregisterHotKey}{\param{int}{ hotkeyId}}
3314
3315 Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
3316
3317 \wxheading{Parameters}
3318
3319 \docparam{hotkeyId}{Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to RegisterHotKey.}
3320
3321 \wxheading{Return value}
3322
3323 {\tt true} if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, {\tt false} if the id was invalid.
3324
3325 \wxheading{Remarks}
3326
3327 This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
3328
3329 \wxheading{See also}
3330
3331 \helpref{wxWindow::RegisterHotKey}{wxwindowregisterhotkey}
3332
3333
3334 \membersection{wxWindow::Update}\label{wxwindowupdate}
3335
3336 \func{virtual void}{Update}{\void}
3337
3338 Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window
3339 while this would usually only happen when the flow of control returns to the
3340 event loop. Notice that this function doesn't refresh the window and does
3341 nothing if the window hadn't been already repainted. Use
3342 \helpref{Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} first if you want to immediately redraw the
3343 window unconditionally.
3344
3345
3346 \membersection{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}\label{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
3347
3348 \func{virtual void}{UpdateWindowUI}{\param{long}{ flags = wxUPDATE\_UI\_NONE}}
3349
3350 This function sends \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvents}{wxupdateuievent} to
3351 the window. The particular implementation depends on the window; for
3352 example a wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
3353 and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
3354 You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
3355 UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
3356 are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
3357 \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} or
3358 \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval}{wxupdateuieventsetupdateinterval} to
3359 limit the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
3360
3361 {\it flags} should be a bitlist of one or more of the following values.
3362
3363 \begin{verbatim}
3364 enum wxUpdateUI
3365 {
3366 wxUPDATE_UI_NONE = 0x0000, // No particular value
3367 wxUPDATE_UI_RECURSE = 0x0001, // Call the function for descendants
3368 wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE = 0x0002 // Invoked from On(Internal)Idle
3369 };
3370 \end{verbatim}
3371
3372 If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
3373 function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE\_UI\_FROMIDLE flag, since
3374 this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
3375 to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
3376 only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
3377 The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
3378 an idle function.
3379
3380 \begin{verbatim}
3381 void MyWindow::OnInternalIdle()
3382 {
3383 if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this))
3384 UpdateWindowUI(wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE);
3385 }
3386 \end{verbatim}
3387
3388 \wxheading{See also}
3389
3390 \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent},
3391 \helpref{wxWindow::DoUpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowdoupdatewindowui},
3392 \helpref{wxWindow::OnInternalIdle}{wxwindowoninternalidle}
3393
3394
3395 \membersection{wxWindow::Validate}\label{wxwindowvalidate}
3396
3397 \func{virtual bool}{Validate}{\void}
3398
3399 Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
3400
3401 If the window has {\tt wxWS\_EX\_VALIDATE\_RECURSIVELY} extra style flag set,
3402 the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
3403
3404 \wxheading{Return value}
3405
3406 Returns {\tt false} if any of the validations failed.
3407
3408 \wxheading{See also}
3409
3410 \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3411 \helpref{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow},\rtfsp
3412 \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}
3413
3414
3415 \membersection{wxWindow::WarpPointer}\label{wxwindowwarppointer}
3416
3417 \func{void}{WarpPointer}{\param{int}{ x}, \param{int}{ y}}
3418
3419 Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
3420
3421 {\bf NB: } This function is not supported under Mac because Apple Human
3422 Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor programmatically.
3423
3424 \wxheading{Parameters}
3425
3426 \docparam{x}{The new x position for the cursor.}
3427
3428 \docparam{y}{The new y position for the cursor.}
3429