1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: interface of wxWindow
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
6 // Licence: wxWindows licence
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11 Valid values for wxWindow::ShowWithEffect() and wxWindow::HideWithEffect().
16 No effect, equivalent to normal wxWindow::Show() or Hide() call.
22 /// Roll window to the left
23 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_LEFT
,
25 /// Roll window to the right
26 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_RIGHT
,
28 /// Roll window to the top
29 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_TOP
,
31 /// Roll window to the bottom
32 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_BOTTOM
,
34 /// Slide window to the left
35 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_LEFT
,
37 /// Slide window to the right
38 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_RIGHT
,
40 /// Slide window to the top
41 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_TOP
,
43 /// Slide window to the bottom
44 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_BOTTOM
,
46 /// Fade in or out effect
49 /// Expanding or collapsing effect
56 struct containing all the visual attributes of a control
58 struct wxVisualAttributes
60 // the font used for control label/text inside it
63 // the foreground colour
66 // the background colour, may be wxNullColour if the controls background
67 // colour is not solid
73 Different window variants, on platforms like eg mac uses different
78 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL
, //!< Normal size
79 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_SMALL
, //!< Smaller size (about 25 % smaller than normal)
80 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MINI
, //!< Mini size (about 33 % smaller than normal)
81 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_LARGE
, //!< Large size (about 25 % larger than normal)
89 wxWindow is the base class for all windows and represents any visible object
90 on screen. All controls, top level windows and so on are windows. Sizers and
91 device contexts are not, however, as they don't appear on screen themselves.
93 Please note that all children of the window will be deleted automatically by
94 the destructor before the window itself is deleted which means that you don't
95 have to worry about deleting them manually. Please see the @ref
96 overview_windowdeletion "window deletion overview" for more information.
98 Also note that in this, and many others, wxWidgets classes some
99 @c GetXXX() methods may be overloaded (as, for example,
100 wxWindow::GetSize or wxWindow::GetClientSize). In this case, the overloads
101 are non-virtual because having multiple virtual functions with the same name
102 results in a virtual function name hiding at the derived class level (in
103 English, this means that the derived class has to override all overloaded
104 variants if it overrides any of them). To allow overriding them in the derived
105 class, wxWidgets uses a unique protected virtual @c DoGetXXX() method
106 and all @c GetXXX() ones are forwarded to it, so overriding the former
107 changes the behaviour of the latter.
110 @style{wxBORDER_DEFAULT}
111 The window class will decide the kind of border to show, if any.
112 @style{wxBORDER_SIMPLE}
113 Displays a thin border around the window. wxSIMPLE_BORDER is the
114 old name for this style.
115 @style{wxBORDER_SUNKEN}
116 Displays a sunken border. wxSUNKEN_BORDER is the old name for this
118 @style{wxBORDER_RAISED}
119 Displays a raised border. wxRAISED_BORDER is the old name for this
121 @style{wxBORDER_STATIC}
122 Displays a border suitable for a static control. wxSTATIC_BORDER
123 is the old name for this style. Windows only.
124 @style{wxBORDER_THEME}
125 Displays a native border suitable for a control, on the current
126 platform. On Windows XP or Vista, this will be a themed border; on
127 most other platforms a sunken border will be used. For more
128 information for themed borders on Windows, please see Themed
130 @style{wxBORDER_NONE}
131 Displays no border, overriding the default border style for the
132 window. wxNO_BORDER is the old name for this style.
133 @style{wxBORDER_DOUBLE}
134 This style is obsolete and should not be used.
135 @style{wxTRANSPARENT_WINDOW}
136 The window is transparent, that is, it will not receive paint
137 events. Windows only.
138 @style{wxTAB_TRAVERSAL}
139 Use this to enable tab traversal for non-dialog windows.
140 @style{wxWANTS_CHARS}
141 Use this to indicate that the window wants to get all char/key
142 events for all keys - even for keys like TAB or ENTER which are
143 usually used for dialog navigation and which wouldn't be generated
144 without this style. If you need to use this style in order to get
145 the arrows or etc., but would still like to have normal keyboard
146 navigation take place, you should call Navigate in response to the
147 key events for Tab and Shift-Tab.
148 @style{wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE}
149 On Windows, this style used to disable repainting the window
150 completely when its size is changed. Since this behaviour is now
151 the default, the style is now obsolete and no longer has an effect.
153 Use this style to enable a vertical scrollbar. Notice that this
154 style cannot be used with native controls which don't support
155 scrollbars nor with top-level windows in most ports.
157 Use this style to enable a horizontal scrollbar. The same
158 limitations as for wxVSCROLL apply to this style.
159 @style{wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB}
160 If a window has scrollbars, disable them instead of hiding them
161 when they are not needed (i.e. when the size of the window is big
162 enough to not require the scrollbars to navigate it). This style is
163 currently implemented for wxMSW, wxGTK and wxUniversal and does
164 nothing on the other platforms.
165 @style{wxCLIP_CHILDREN}
166 Use this style to eliminate flicker caused by the background being
167 repainted, then children being painted over them. Windows only.
168 @style{wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE}
169 Use this style to force a complete redraw of the window whenever it
170 is resized instead of redrawing just the part of the window
171 affected by resizing. Note that this was the behaviour by default
172 before 2.5.1 release and that if you experience redraw problems
173 with code which previously used to work you may want to try this.
174 Currently this style applies on GTK+ 2 and Windows only, and full
175 repainting is always done on other platforms.
178 @beginExtraStyleTable
179 @style{wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY}
180 By default, wxWindow::Validate(), wxWindow::TransferDataTo() and
181 wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow() only work on
182 direct children of the window (compatible behaviour).
183 Set this flag to make them recursively descend into all subwindows.
184 @style{wxWS_EX_BLOCK_EVENTS}
185 wxCommandEvents and the objects of the derived classes are
186 forwarded to the parent window and so on recursively by default.
187 Using this flag for the given window allows to block this
188 propagation at this window, i.e. prevent the events from being
189 propagated further upwards. Dialogs have this flag on by default
190 for the reasons explained in the @ref overview_events.
191 @style{wxWS_EX_TRANSIENT}
192 Don't use this window as an implicit parent for the other windows:
193 this must be used with transient windows as otherwise there is the
194 risk of creating a dialog/frame with this window as a parent, which
195 would lead to a crash if the parent were destroyed before the child.
196 @style{wxWS_EX_CONTEXTHELP}
197 Under Windows, puts a query button on the caption. When pressed,
198 Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWidgets
199 will send a @c wxEVT_HELP event if the user clicked on an application window.
200 This style cannot be used (because of the underlying native behaviour)
201 together with @c wxMAXIMIZE_BOX or @c wxMINIMIZE_BOX, so these two styles
202 are automatically turned off if this one is used.
203 @style{wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE}
204 This window should always process idle events, even if the mode set
205 by wxIdleEvent::SetMode is @c wxIDLE_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
206 @style{wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES}
207 This window should always process UI update events, even if the
208 mode set by wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode is @c wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
211 @beginEventEmissionTable
212 @event{EVT_ACTIVATE(id, func)}
213 Process a @c wxEVT_ACTIVATE event. See wxActivateEvent.
214 @event{EVT_CHILD_FOCUS(func)}
215 Process a @c wxEVT_CHILD_FOCUS event. See wxChildFocusEvent.
216 @event{EVT_CONTEXT_MENU(func)}
217 A right click (or other context menu command depending on platform) has been detected.
218 See wxContextMenuEvent.
219 @event{EVT_HELP(id, func)}
220 Process a @c wxEVT_HELP event. See wxHelpEvent.
221 @event{EVT_HELP_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}
222 Process a @c wxEVT_HELP event for a range of ids. See wxHelpEvent.
223 @event{EVT_DROP_FILES(func)}
224 Process a @c wxEVT_DROP_FILES event. See wxDropFilesEvent.
225 @event{EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND(func)}
226 Process a @c wxEVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND event. See wxEraseEvent.
227 @event{EVT_SET_FOCUS(func)}
228 Process a @c wxEVT_SET_FOCUS event. See wxFocusEvent.
229 @event{EVT_KILL_FOCUS(func)}
230 Process a @c wxEVT_KILL_FOCUS event. See wxFocusEvent.
231 @event{EVT_IDLE(func)}
232 Process a @c wxEVT_IDLE event. See wxIdleEvent.
233 @event{EVT_JOY_*(func)}
234 Processes joystick events. See wxJoystickEvent.
235 @event{EVT_KEY_DOWN(func)}
236 Process a @c wxEVT_KEY_DOWN event (any key has been pressed).
238 @event{EVT_KEY_UP(func)}
239 Process a @c wxEVT_KEY_UP event (any key has been released).
241 @event{EVT_CHAR(func)}
242 Process a @c wxEVT_CHAR event.
244 @event{EVT_CHAR_HOOK(func)}
245 Process a @c wxEVT_CHAR_HOOK event.
247 @event{EVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST(func)}
248 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event. See wxMouseCaptureLostEvent.
249 @event{EVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_CHANGED(func)}
250 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_CHANGED event. See wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent.
251 @event{EVT_MOUSE_*(func)}
253 @event{EVT_PAINT(func)}
254 Process a @c wxEVT_PAINT event. See wxPaintEvent.
255 @event{EVT_POWER_*(func)}
256 The system power state changed. See wxPowerEvent.
257 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_*(func)}
258 Process scroll events. See wxScrollWinEvent.
259 @event{EVT_SET_CURSOR(func)}
260 Process a @c wxEVT_SET_CURSOR event. See wxSetCursorEvent.
261 @event{EVT_SIZE(func)}
262 Process a @c wxEVT_SIZE event. See wxSizeEvent.
263 @event{EVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED(func)}
264 Process a @c wxEVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED event. See wxSysColourChangedEvent.
270 @see @ref overview_events, @ref overview_windowsizing
272 class wxWindow
: public wxEvtHandler
281 Constructs a window, which can be a child of a frame, dialog or any other
285 Pointer to a parent window.
287 Window identifier. If wxID_ANY, will automatically create an identifier.
289 Window position. wxDefaultPosition indicates that wxWidgets
290 should generate a default position for the window.
291 If using the wxWindow class directly, supply an actual position.
293 Window size. wxDefaultSize indicates that wxWidgets should generate
294 a default size for the window. If no suitable size can be found, the
295 window will be sized to 20x20 pixels so that the window is visible but
296 obviously not correctly sized.
298 Window style. For generic window styles, please see wxWindow.
302 wxWindow(wxWindow
* parent
, wxWindowID id
,
303 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
,
304 const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
,
306 const wxString
& name
= wxPanelNameStr
);
311 Deletes all sub-windows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
312 the @b delete operator explicitly, you should normally use Destroy()
313 so that wxWidgets can delete a window only when it is safe to do so, in idle time.
315 @see @ref overview_windowdeletion "Window Deletion Overview",
316 Destroy(), wxCloseEvent
321 bool Create(wxWindow
*parent
,
323 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
,
324 const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
,
326 const wxString
& name
= wxPanelNameStr
);
329 @name Focus functions
331 See also the static function FindFocus().
336 This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return @false to
337 indicate that this control doesn't accept input at all (i.e. behaves like
338 e.g. wxStaticText) and so doesn't need focus.
340 @see AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard()
342 virtual bool AcceptsFocus() const;
345 This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return @false to
346 indicate that while this control can, in principle, have focus if the user
347 clicks it with the mouse, it shouldn't be included in the TAB traversal chain
348 when using the keyboard.
350 virtual bool AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard() const;
353 Overridden to indicate whether this window or one of its children accepts
354 focus. Usually it's the same as AcceptsFocus() but is overridden for
357 virtual bool AcceptsFocusRecursively() const;
360 Returns @true if the window (or in case of composite controls, its main
361 child window) has focus.
365 virtual bool HasFocus() const;
368 This method is only implemented by ports which have support for
369 native TAB traversal (such as GTK+ 2.0).
371 It is called by wxWidgets' container control code to give the native
372 system a hint when doing TAB traversal. A call to this does not disable
373 or change the effect of programmatically calling SetFocus().
375 @see wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus, wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
377 virtual void SetCanFocus(bool canFocus
);
380 This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
382 @see HasFocus(), wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus,
383 wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
385 virtual void SetFocus();
388 This function is called by wxWidgets keyboard navigation code when the user
389 gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using @c TAB key).
391 By default this method simply calls SetFocus() but
392 can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
394 virtual void SetFocusFromKbd();
400 @name Child management functions
405 Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
406 functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
407 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
408 called by the user code.
413 virtual void AddChild(wxWindow
* child
);
416 Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
418 bool DestroyChildren();
421 Find a child of this window, by @a id.
422 May return @a this if it matches itself.
424 wxWindow
* FindWindow(long id
) const;
427 Find a child of this window, by name.
428 May return @a this if it matches itself.
430 wxWindow
* FindWindow(const wxString
& name
) const;
433 Returns a reference to the list of the window's children. @c wxWindowList
434 is a type-safe wxList-like class whose elements are of type @c wxWindow*.
436 wxWindowList
& GetChildren();
441 const wxWindowList
& GetChildren() const;
444 Removes a child window.
446 This is called automatically by window deletion functions so should not
447 be required by the application programmer.
448 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
449 called by the user code.
452 Child window to remove.
454 virtual void RemoveChild(wxWindow
* child
);
460 @name Sibling and parent management functions
465 Returns the grandparent of a window, or @NULL if there isn't one.
467 wxWindow
* GetGrandParent() const;
470 Returns the next window after this one among the parent's children or @NULL
471 if this window is the last child.
475 @see GetPrevSibling()
477 wxWindow
* GetNextSibling() const;
480 Returns the parent of the window, or @NULL if there is no parent.
482 wxWindow
* GetParent() const;
485 Returns the previous window before this one among the parent's children or @c
486 @NULL if this window is the first child.
490 @see GetNextSibling()
492 wxWindow
* GetPrevSibling() const;
494 Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
495 current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
496 and then re-inserted into another.
501 virtual bool Reparent(wxWindow
* newParent
);
507 @name Scrolling and scrollbars functions
509 Note that these methods don't work with native controls which don't use
510 wxWidgets scrolling framework (i.e. don't derive from wxScrolledWindow).
515 Call this function to force one or both scrollbars to be always shown, even if
516 the window is big enough to show its entire contents without scrolling.
521 Whether the horizontal scroll bar should always be visible.
523 Whether the vertical scroll bar should always be visible.
525 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under Mac/Carbon.
527 virtual void AlwaysShowScrollbars(bool hflag
= true, bool vflag
= true);
530 Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
534 virtual int GetScrollPos(int orientation
) const;
537 Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
541 virtual int GetScrollRange(int orientation
) const;
544 Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
548 virtual int GetScrollThumb(int orientation
) const;
551 Returns @true if this window can have a scroll bar in this orientation.
554 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
558 bool CanScroll(int orient
) const;
561 Returns @true if this window currently has a scroll bar for this
564 This method may return @false even when CanScroll() for the same
565 orientation returns @true, but if CanScroll() returns @false, i.e.
566 scrolling in this direction is not enabled at all, HasScrollbar()
567 always returns @false as well.
570 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
572 bool HasScrollbar(int orient
) const;
575 Return whether a scrollbar is always shown.
578 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
580 @see AlwaysShowScrollbars()
582 virtual bool IsScrollbarAlwaysShown(int orient
) const;
585 Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if @a lines is
588 @return Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
589 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
591 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and
592 wxTextCtrl under wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolled classes
593 under all platforms).
597 virtual bool ScrollLines(int lines
);
600 Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if @a pages is
603 @return Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
604 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
606 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxGTK.
610 virtual bool ScrollPages(int pages
);
613 Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
616 Amount to scroll horizontally.
618 Amount to scroll vertically.
620 Rectangle to scroll, if it is @NULL, the whole window is
621 scrolled (this is always the case under wxGTK which doesn't support this
624 @remarks Note that you can often use wxScrolled instead of using this
627 virtual void ScrollWindow(int dx
, int dy
,
628 const wxRect
* rect
= NULL
);
631 Same as #ScrollLines (-1).
636 Same as #ScrollLines (1).
641 Same as #ScrollPages (-1).
646 Same as #ScrollPages (1).
651 Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
654 Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set.
655 May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
657 Position in scroll units.
659 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
661 @remarks This function does not directly affect the contents of the
662 window: it is up to the application to take note of
663 scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
665 @see SetScrollbar(), GetScrollPos(), GetScrollThumb(), wxScrollBar,
668 virtual void SetScrollPos(int orientation
, int pos
,
669 bool refresh
= true);
672 Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
675 Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set.
676 May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
678 The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.
680 The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.
682 The maximum position of the scrollbar. Value of -1 can be used to
683 ask for the scrollbar to be shown but in the disabled state: this
684 can be used to avoid removing the scrollbar even when it is not
685 needed (currently this is only implemented in wxMSW port).
687 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
690 Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same font.
691 The window is sized so that you can only see 16 lines at a time.
694 SetScrollbar(wxVERTICAL, 0, 16, 50);
696 Note that with the window at this size, the thumb position can never
697 go above 50 minus 16, or 34. You can determine how many lines are
698 currently visible by dividing the current view size by the character
700 When defining your own scrollbar behaviour, you will always need
701 to recalculate the scrollbar settings when the window size changes.
702 You could therefore put your scrollbar calculations and SetScrollbar
703 call into a function named AdjustScrollbars, which can be called
704 initially and also from your wxSizeEvent handler function.
706 @see @ref overview_scrolling, wxScrollBar, wxScrolled, wxScrollWinEvent
708 virtual void SetScrollbar(int orientation
, int position
,
709 int thumbSize
, int range
,
710 bool refresh
= true);
715 @name Sizing functions
717 See also the protected functions DoGetBestSize() and SetInitialBestSize().
722 Sets the cached best size value.
726 void CacheBestSize(const wxSize
& size
) const;
729 Converts client area size @a size to corresponding window size.
731 In other words, the returned value is what would GetSize() return if this
732 window had client area of given size. Components with wxDefaultCoord
733 value are left unchanged. Note that the conversion is not always
734 exact, it assumes that non-client area doesn't change and so doesn't
735 take into account things like menu bar (un)wrapping or (dis)appearance
740 @see WindowToClientSize()
742 virtual wxSize
ClientToWindowSize(const wxSize
& size
) const;
745 Converts window size @a size to corresponding client area size
746 In other words, the returned value is what would GetClientSize() return if
747 this window had given window size. Components with wxDefaultCoord value
750 Note that the conversion is not always exact, it assumes that
751 non-client area doesn't change and so doesn't take into account things
752 like menu bar (un)wrapping or (dis)appearance of the scrollbars.
756 @see ClientToWindowSize()
758 virtual wxSize
WindowToClientSize(const wxSize
& size
) const;
761 Sizes the window so that it fits around its subwindows.
763 This function won't do anything if there are no subwindows and will only really
764 work correctly if sizers are used for the subwindows layout.
766 Also, if the window has exactly one subwindow it is better (faster and the result
767 is more precise as Fit() adds some margin to account for fuzziness of its calculations)
771 window->SetClientSize(child->GetSize());
774 instead of calling Fit().
776 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
781 Similar to Fit(), but sizes the interior (virtual) size of a window.
783 Mainly useful with scrolled windows to reset scrollbars after sizing
784 changes that do not trigger a size event, and/or scrolled windows without
785 an interior sizer. This function similarly won't do anything if there are
788 virtual void FitInside();
791 This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window.
793 For example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
794 control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
795 wxPanel), the size returned by this function will be the same as the size
796 the window would have had after calling Fit().
798 Note that when you write your own widget you need to override the
799 DoGetBestSize() function instead of this (non-virtual!) function.
801 @see CacheBestSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
803 wxSize
GetBestSize() const;
806 Returns the size of the window 'client area' in pixels.
808 The client area is the area which may be drawn on by the programmer,
809 excluding title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
810 Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
811 return size is empty (both width and height are 0).
814 In wxPerl this method takes no parameters and returns
815 a 2-element list (width, height).
818 @see GetSize(), GetVirtualSize()
820 void GetClientSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
825 wxSize
GetClientSize() const;
828 Merges the window's best size into the min size and returns the result.
829 This is the value used by sizers to determine the appropriate
830 amount of space to allocate for the widget.
832 This is the method called by a wxSizer when it queries the size
833 of a window or control.
835 @see GetBestSize(), SetInitialSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
837 virtual wxSize
GetEffectiveMinSize() const;
840 Returns the maximum size of window's client area.
842 This is an indication to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the maximum
843 possible size as well as the upper bound on window's size settable using
846 @see GetMaxSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
848 virtual wxSize
GetMaxClientSize() const;
851 Returns the maximum size of the window.
853 This is an indication to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the maximum
854 possible size as well as the upper bound on window's size settable using SetSize().
856 @see GetMaxClientSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
858 virtual wxSize
GetMaxSize() const;
861 Returns the minimum size of window's client area, an indication to the sizer
862 layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of its client area.
864 It normally just returns the value set by SetMinClientSize(), but it can be
865 overridden to do the calculation on demand.
867 @see GetMinSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
869 virtual wxSize
GetMinClientSize() const;
872 Returns the minimum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout
873 mechanism that this is the minimum required size.
875 This method normally just returns the value set by SetMinSize(), but it
876 can be overridden to do the calculation on demand.
878 @see GetMinClientSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
880 virtual wxSize
GetMinSize() const;
882 int GetMinWidth() const;
883 int GetMinHeight() const;
884 int GetMaxWidth() const;
885 int GetMaxHeight() const;
888 Returns the size of the entire window in pixels, including title bar, border,
891 Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
892 returned size is the restored window size, not the size of the window icon.
895 Receives the window width.
897 Receives the window height.
900 In wxPerl this method is implemented as GetSizeWH() returning
901 a 2-element list (width, height).
904 @see GetClientSize(), GetVirtualSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
906 void GetSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
909 See the GetSize(int*,int*) overload for more info.
911 wxSize
GetSize() const;
914 This gets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
915 By default it returns the client size of the window, but after a call to
916 SetVirtualSize() it will return the size set with that method.
918 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
920 wxSize
GetVirtualSize() const;
923 Like the other GetVirtualSize() overload but uses pointers instead.
926 Receives the window virtual width.
928 Receives the window virtual height.
930 void GetVirtualSize(int* width
, int* height
) const;
933 Return the largest of ClientSize and BestSize (as determined
934 by a sizer, interior children, or other means)
936 virtual wxSize
GetBestVirtualSize() const;
939 Returns the size of the left/right and top/bottom borders of this window in x
940 and y components of the result respectively.
942 virtual wxSize
GetWindowBorderSize() const;
945 wxSizer and friends use this to give a chance to a component to recalc
946 its min size once one of the final size components is known. Override
947 this function when that is useful (such as for wxStaticText which can
948 stretch over several lines). Parameter availableOtherDir
949 tells the item how much more space there is available in the opposite
950 direction (-1 if unknown).
953 InformFirstDirection(int direction
,
955 int availableOtherDir
);
958 Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it
963 void InvalidateBestSize();
966 Posts a size event to the window.
968 This is the same as SendSizeEvent() with @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST argument.
970 void PostSizeEvent();
973 Posts a size event to the parent of this window.
975 This is the same as SendSizeEventToParent() with @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST
978 void PostSizeEventToParent();
981 This function sends a dummy @ref wxSizeEvent "size event" to
982 the window allowing it to re-layout its children positions.
984 It is sometimes useful to call this function after adding or deleting a
985 children after the frame creation or if a child size changes. Note that
986 if the frame is using either sizers or constraints for the children
987 layout, it is enough to call wxWindow::Layout() directly and this
988 function should not be used in this case.
990 If @a flags includes @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST value, this function posts
991 the event, i.e. schedules it for later processing, instead of
992 dispatching it directly. You can also use PostSizeEvent() as a more
993 readable equivalent of calling this function with this flag.
996 May include @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST. Default value is 0.
998 virtual void SendSizeEvent(int flags
= 0);
1001 Safe wrapper for GetParent()->SendSizeEvent().
1003 This function simply checks that the window has a valid parent which is
1004 not in process of being deleted and calls SendSizeEvent() on it. It is
1005 used internally by windows such as toolbars changes to whose state
1006 should result in parent re-layout (e.g. when a toolbar is added to the
1007 top of the window, all the other windows must be shifted down).
1009 @see PostSizeEventToParent()
1012 See description of this parameter in SendSizeEvent() documentation.
1014 void SendSizeEventToParent(int flags
= 0);
1017 This sets the size of the window client area in pixels.
1019 Using this function to size a window tends to be more device-independent
1020 than SetSize(), since the application need not worry about what dimensions
1021 the border or title bar have when trying to fit the window around panel
1024 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
1026 void SetClientSize(int width
, int height
);
1031 void SetClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
1036 void SetClientSize(const wxRect
& rect
);
1039 This normally does not need to be called by user code.
1040 It is called when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window
1041 can remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
1043 void SetContainingSizer(wxSizer
* sizer
);
1046 A @e smart SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
1047 window's @e best size values.
1049 Also sets the window's minsize to the value passed in for use with sizers.
1050 This means that if a full or partial size is passed to this function then
1051 the sizers will use that size instead of the results of GetBestSize() to
1052 determine the minimum needs of the window for layout.
1054 Most controls will use this to set their initial size, and their min
1055 size to the passed in value (if any.)
1057 @see SetSize(), GetBestSize(), GetEffectiveMinSize(),
1058 @ref overview_windowsizing
1060 void SetInitialSize(const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
);
1063 Sets the maximum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
1064 layout mechanism that this is the maximum possible size of its client area.
1066 Note that this method is just a shortcut for:
1068 SetMaxSize(ClientToWindowSize(size));
1071 @see SetMaxSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1073 virtual void SetMaxClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
1076 Sets the maximum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
1077 that this is the maximum possible size.
1079 @see SetMaxClientSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1081 virtual void SetMaxSize(const wxSize
& size
);
1084 Sets the minimum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
1085 layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of window's client
1088 You may need to call this if you change the window size after
1089 construction and before adding to its parent sizer.
1091 Note, that just as with SetMinSize(), calling this method doesn't
1092 prevent the program from explicitly making the window smaller than the
1095 Note that this method is just a shortcut for:
1097 SetMinSize(ClientToWindowSize(size));
1100 @see SetMinSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1102 virtual void SetMinClientSize(const wxSize
& size
);
1105 Sets the minimum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout
1106 mechanism that this is the minimum required size.
1108 You may need to call this if you change the window size after
1109 construction and before adding to its parent sizer.
1111 Notice that calling this method doesn't prevent the program from making
1112 the window explicitly smaller than the specified size by calling
1113 SetSize(), it just ensures that it won't become smaller than this size
1114 during the automatic layout.
1116 @see SetMinClientSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1118 virtual void SetMinSize(const wxSize
& size
);
1121 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
1124 Required x position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
1125 existing value should be used.
1127 Required y position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
1128 existing value should be used.
1130 Required width in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
1131 value should be used.
1133 Required height position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
1134 existing value should be used.
1136 Indicates the interpretation of other parameters.
1137 It is a bit list of the following:
1138 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO_WIDTH: a wxDefaultCoord width value is taken to indicate
1139 a wxWidgets-supplied default width.
1140 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO_HEIGHT: a wxDefaultCoord height value is taken to indicate
1141 a wxWidgets-supplied default height.
1142 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO: wxDefaultCoord size values are taken to indicate
1143 a wxWidgets-supplied default size.
1144 - @c wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING: existing dimensions should be used
1145 if wxDefaultCoord values are supplied.
1146 - @c wxSIZE_ALLOW_MINUS_ONE: allow negative dimensions (i.e. value of
1147 wxDefaultCoord) to be interpreted as real
1148 dimensions, not default values.
1149 - @c wxSIZE_FORCE: normally, if the position and the size of the window are
1150 already the same as the parameters of this function,
1151 nothing is done. but with this flag a window resize may
1152 be forced even in this case (supported in wx 2.6.2 and
1153 later and only implemented for MSW and ignored elsewhere
1156 @remarks This overload sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
1157 Parameters may be wxDefaultCoord to indicate either that a default
1158 should be supplied by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the
1159 dimension should be used.
1161 @see Move(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1163 void SetSize(int x
, int y
, int width
, int height
,
1164 int sizeFlags
= wxSIZE_AUTO
);
1167 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
1168 The size is specified using a wxRect, wxSize or by a couple of @c int objects.
1170 @remarks This form must be used with non-default width and height values.
1172 @see Move(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1174 void SetSize(const wxRect
& rect
);
1179 void SetSize(const wxSize
& size
);
1184 void SetSize(int width
, int height
);
1187 Use of this function for windows which are not toplevel windows
1188 (such as wxDialog or wxFrame) is discouraged.
1189 Please use SetMinSize() and SetMaxSize() instead.
1191 @see wxTopLevelWindow::SetSizeHints, @ref overview_windowsizing
1193 virtual void SetSizeHints( const wxSize
& minSize
,
1194 const wxSize
& maxSize
=wxDefaultSize
,
1195 const wxSize
& incSize
=wxDefaultSize
);
1196 virtual void SetSizeHints( int minW
, int minH
,
1197 int maxW
= -1, int maxH
= -1,
1198 int incW
= -1, int incH
= -1 );
1201 Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
1203 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
1205 void SetVirtualSize(int width
, int height
);
1210 void SetVirtualSize(const wxSize
& size
);
1216 @name Positioning functions
1221 A synonym for Centre().
1223 void Center(int dir
= wxBOTH
);
1226 A synonym for CentreOnParent().
1228 void CenterOnParent(int dir
= wxBOTH
);
1234 Specifies the direction for the centring. May be wxHORIZONTAL, wxVERTICAL
1235 or wxBOTH. It may also include the wxCENTRE_ON_SCREEN flag
1236 if you want to centre the window on the entire screen and not on its
1239 @remarks If the window is a top level one (i.e. doesn't have a parent),
1240 it will be centred relative to the screen anyhow.
1244 void Centre(int direction
= wxBOTH
);
1247 Centres the window on its parent. This is a more readable synonym for Centre().
1250 Specifies the direction for the centring. May be wxHORIZONTAL, wxVERTICAL
1253 @remarks This methods provides for a way to centre top level windows over
1254 their parents instead of the entire screen. If there
1255 is no parent or if the window is not a top level
1256 window, then behaviour is the same as Centre().
1258 @see wxTopLevelWindow::CentreOnScreen
1260 void CentreOnParent(int direction
= wxBOTH
);
1263 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
1264 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level windows.
1267 Receives the x position of the window if non-@NULL.
1269 Receives the y position of the window if non-@NULL.
1272 In wxPerl this method is implemented as GetPositionXY() returning
1273 a 2-element list (x, y).
1276 @see GetScreenPosition()
1278 void GetPosition(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1281 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
1282 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level windows.
1284 @see GetScreenPosition()
1286 wxPoint
GetPosition() const;
1289 Returns the position and size of the window as a wxRect object.
1291 @see GetScreenRect()
1293 wxRect
GetRect() const;
1296 Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
1297 child window or a top level one.
1300 Receives the x position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
1302 Receives the y position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
1306 void GetScreenPosition(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1309 Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
1310 child window or a top level one.
1314 wxPoint
GetScreenPosition() const;
1317 Returns the position and size of the window on the screen as a wxRect object.
1321 wxRect
GetScreenRect() const;
1324 Get the origin of the client area of the window relative to the
1325 window top left corner (the client area may be shifted because of
1326 the borders, scrollbars, other decorations...)
1328 virtual wxPoint
GetClientAreaOrigin() const;
1331 Get the client rectangle in window (i.e. client) coordinates
1333 wxRect
GetClientRect() const;
1338 Moves the window to the given position.
1341 Required x position.
1343 Required y position.
1345 See SetSize() for more info about this parameter.
1347 @remarks Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1348 Move() function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class as the call:
1350 SetSize(x, y, wxDefaultCoord, wxDefaultCoord, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1355 void Move(int x
, int y
, int flags
= wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING
);
1358 Moves the window to the given position.
1361 wxPoint object representing the position.
1363 See SetSize() for more info about this parameter.
1365 @remarks Implementations of SetSize() can also implicitly implement the
1366 Move() function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class as the call:
1368 SetSize(x, y, wxDefaultCoord, wxDefaultCoord, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1373 void Move(const wxPoint
& pt
, int flags
= wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING
);
1375 void SetPosition(const wxPoint
& pt
);
1381 @name Coordinate conversion functions
1386 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
1389 A pointer to a integer value for the x coordinate. Pass the client
1390 coordinate in, and a screen coordinate will be passed out.
1392 A pointer to a integer value for the y coordinate. Pass the client
1393 coordinate in, and a screen coordinate will be passed out.
1396 In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython implements the following methods:
1397 - ClientToScreen(point): Accepts and returns a wxPoint
1398 - ClientToScreenXY(x, y): Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)
1402 In wxPerl this method returns a 2-element list instead of
1403 modifying its parameters.
1406 void ClientToScreen(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1409 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
1412 The client position for the second form of the function.
1414 wxPoint
ClientToScreen(const wxPoint
& pt
) const;
1417 Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
1419 For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character
1420 width and then divided by 4.
1421 For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character
1422 height and then divided by 8.
1424 @remarks Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions
1425 even if the font changes.
1426 You can also use these functions programmatically.
1427 A convenience macro is defined:
1429 #define wxDLG_UNIT(parent, pt) parent->ConvertDialogToPixels(pt)
1432 @see ConvertPixelsToDialog()
1434 wxPoint
ConvertDialogToPixels(const wxPoint
& pt
) const;
1439 wxSize
ConvertDialogToPixels(const wxSize
& sz
) const;
1442 Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
1444 For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 4 and then divided by the
1445 average character width.
1446 For the y dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 8 and then divided by the
1447 average character height.
1449 @remarks Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions
1450 even if the font changes.
1452 @see ConvertDialogToPixels()
1454 wxPoint
ConvertPixelsToDialog(const wxPoint
& pt
) const;
1459 wxSize
ConvertPixelsToDialog(const wxSize
& sz
) const;
1462 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
1465 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1467 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1469 void ScreenToClient(int* x
, int* y
) const;
1472 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
1475 The screen position.
1477 wxPoint
ScreenToClient(const wxPoint
& pt
) const;
1483 @name Drawing-related functions
1488 Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour.
1490 Does not cause an erase background event to be generated.
1492 Notice that this uses wxClientDC to draw on the window and the results
1493 of doing it while also drawing on wxPaintDC for this window are
1494 undefined. Hence this method shouldn't be used from EVT_PAINT handlers,
1495 just use wxDC::Clear() on the wxPaintDC you already use there instead.
1497 virtual void ClearBackground();
1500 Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking
1501 place on screen, the window is not redrawn at all.
1503 Thaw() must be called to reenable window redrawing. Calls to these two
1504 functions may be nested but to ensure that the window is properly
1505 repainted again, you must thaw it exactly as many times as you froze it.
1507 If the window has any children, they are recursively frozen too.
1509 This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example,
1510 it is a good idea to use it before doing many large text insertions in
1511 a row into a wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all
1512 platforms nor for all controls so it is mostly just a hint to wxWidgets
1513 and not a mandatory directive.
1515 @see wxWindowUpdateLocker, Thaw(), IsFrozen()
1520 Re-enables window updating after a previous call to Freeze().
1522 To really thaw the control, it must be called exactly the same number
1523 of times as Freeze().
1525 If the window has any children, they are recursively thawed too.
1527 @see wxWindowUpdateLocker, Freeze(), IsFrozen()
1532 Returns @true if the window is currently frozen by a call to Freeze().
1534 @see Freeze(), Thaw()
1536 bool IsFrozen() const;
1539 Returns the background colour of the window.
1541 @see SetBackgroundColour(), SetForegroundColour(), GetForegroundColour()
1543 wxColour
GetBackgroundColour() const;
1546 Returns the background style of the window.
1548 @see SetBackgroundColour(), GetForegroundColour(),
1549 SetBackgroundStyle(), SetTransparent()
1551 virtual wxBackgroundStyle
GetBackgroundStyle() const;
1554 Returns the character height for this window.
1556 virtual int GetCharHeight() const;
1559 Returns the average character width for this window.
1561 virtual int GetCharWidth() const;
1564 Currently this is the same as calling
1565 wxWindow::GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindow::GetWindowVariant()).
1567 One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
1568 the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
1569 virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
1571 The other one is that in the future this function could return different
1572 results, for example it might return a different font for an "Ok" button
1573 than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
1574 in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
1575 function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
1576 version can be used without having to create an object first.
1578 virtual wxVisualAttributes
GetDefaultAttributes() const;
1581 Returns the font for this window.
1585 wxFont
GetFont() const;
1588 Returns the foreground colour of the window.
1590 @remarks The meaning of foreground colour varies according to the window class;
1591 it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not be used at all.
1593 @see SetForegroundColour(), SetBackgroundColour(),
1594 GetBackgroundColour()
1596 wxColour
GetForegroundColour() const;
1599 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1600 window with the currently selected font.
1602 The text extent is returned in the @a w and @a h pointers.
1605 String whose extent is to be measured.
1607 Return value for width.
1609 Return value for height.
1611 Return value for descent (optional).
1612 @param externalLeading
1613 Return value for external leading (optional).
1615 Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).
1618 In wxPerl this method takes only the @a string and optionally
1619 @a font parameters, and returns a 4-element list
1620 (x, y, descent, externalLeading).
1623 void GetTextExtent(const wxString
& string
,
1625 int* descent
= NULL
,
1626 int* externalLeading
= NULL
,
1627 const wxFont
* font
= NULL
) const;
1630 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1631 window with the currently selected font.
1633 wxSize
GetTextExtent(const wxString
& string
) const;
1636 Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged.
1637 Should only be called within an wxPaintEvent handler.
1639 @see wxRegion, wxRegionIterator
1641 const wxRegion
& GetUpdateRegion() const;
1644 Get the update rectangle bounding box in client coords
1646 wxRect
GetUpdateClientRect() const;
1649 Returns @true if this window background is transparent (as, for example,
1650 for wxStaticText) and should show the parent window background.
1652 This method is mostly used internally by the library itself and you normally
1653 shouldn't have to call it. You may, however, have to override it in your
1654 wxWindow-derived class to ensure that background is painted correctly.
1656 virtual bool HasTransparentBackground();
1659 Causes this window, and all of its children recursively (except under wxGTK1
1660 where this is not implemented), to be repainted. Note that repainting doesn't
1661 happen immediately but only during the next event loop iteration, if you need
1662 to update the window immediately you should use Update() instead.
1664 @param eraseBackground
1665 If @true, the background will be erased.
1667 If non-@NULL, only the given rectangle will be treated as damaged.
1671 virtual void Refresh(bool eraseBackground
= true,
1672 const wxRect
* rect
= NULL
);
1675 Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: only the area inside it will be
1678 This is the same as Refresh() but has a nicer syntax as it can be called
1679 with a temporary wxRect object as argument like this @c RefreshRect(wxRect(x, y, w, h)).
1681 void RefreshRect(const wxRect
& rect
, bool eraseBackground
= true);
1684 Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window and
1685 all of its children recursively (this normally only happens when the
1686 flow of control returns to the event loop).
1688 Notice that this function doesn't invalidate any area of the window so
1689 nothing happens if nothing has been invalidated (i.e. marked as requiring
1690 a redraw). Use Refresh() first if you want to immediately redraw the
1691 window unconditionally.
1693 virtual void Update();
1696 Sets the background colour of the window.
1697 Please see InheritAttributes() for explanation of the difference between
1698 this method and SetOwnBackgroundColour().
1701 The colour to be used as the background colour; pass
1702 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
1703 Note that you may want to use wxSystemSettings::GetColour() to retrieve
1704 a suitable colour to use rather than setting an hard-coded one.
1706 @remarks The background colour is usually painted by the default
1707 wxEraseEvent event handler function under Windows and
1708 automatically under GTK.
1709 Note that setting the background colour does not cause an
1710 immediate refresh, so you may wish to call wxWindow::ClearBackground
1711 or wxWindow::Refresh after calling this function.
1712 Using this function will disable attempts to use themes for
1713 this window, if the system supports them. Use with care since
1714 usually the themes represent the appearance chosen by the user
1715 to be used for all applications on the system.
1717 @return @true if the colour was really changed, @false if it was already set
1718 to this colour and nothing was done.
1720 @see GetBackgroundColour(), SetForegroundColour(),
1721 GetForegroundColour(), ClearBackground(),
1722 Refresh(), wxEraseEvent, wxSystemSettings
1724 virtual bool SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
1727 Sets the background style of the window.
1729 The default background style is @c wxBG_STYLE_ERASE which indicates that
1730 the window background may be erased in @c EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND handler.
1731 This is a safe, compatibility default; however you may want to change it
1732 to @c wxBG_STYLE_SYSTEM if you don't define any erase background event
1733 handlers at all, to avoid unnecessary generation of erase background
1734 events and always let system erase the background. And you should
1735 change the background style to @c wxBG_STYLE_PAINT if you define an
1736 @c EVT_PAINT handler which completely overwrites the window background as
1737 in this case erasing it previously, either in @c EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND
1738 handler or in the system default handler, would result in flicker as
1739 the background pixels will be repainted twice every time the window is
1740 redrawn. Do ensure that the background is entirely erased by your
1741 @c EVT_PAINT handler in this case however as otherwise garbage may be left
1744 Notice that in previous versions of wxWidgets a common way to work
1745 around the above mentioned flickering problem was to define an empty
1746 @c EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND handler. Setting background style to
1747 @c wxBG_STYLE_PAINT is a simpler and more efficient solution to the same
1750 @see SetBackgroundColour(), GetForegroundColour(),
1753 virtual bool SetBackgroundStyle(wxBackgroundStyle style
);
1756 Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
1757 parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
1758 use SetOwnFont() instead in this case and see InheritAttributes() for more
1761 Please notice that the given font is not automatically used for
1762 wxPaintDC objects associated with this window, you need to
1763 call wxDC::SetFont too. However this font is used by
1764 any standard controls for drawing their text as well as by
1768 Font to associate with this window, pass
1769 wxNullFont to reset to the default font.
1771 @return @true if the font was really changed, @false if it was already set
1772 to this font and nothing was done.
1774 @see GetFont(), InheritAttributes()
1776 virtual bool SetFont(const wxFont
& font
);
1779 Sets the foreground colour of the window.
1780 Please see InheritAttributes() for explanation of the difference between
1781 this method and SetOwnForegroundColour().
1784 The colour to be used as the foreground colour; pass
1785 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
1787 @remarks The meaning of foreground colour varies according to the window class;
1788 it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not be used at all.
1790 @return @true if the colour was really changed, @false if it was already set
1791 to this colour and nothing was done.
1793 @see GetForegroundColour(), SetBackgroundColour(),
1794 GetBackgroundColour(), ShouldInheritColours()
1796 virtual bool SetForegroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
1799 Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
1800 by the children of this window.
1802 @see SetBackgroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
1804 void SetOwnBackgroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
1807 Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
1808 children of this window.
1810 @see SetFont(), InheritAttributes()
1812 void SetOwnFont(const wxFont
& font
);
1815 Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
1816 by the children of this window.
1818 @see SetForegroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
1820 void SetOwnForegroundColour(const wxColour
& colour
);
1823 @deprecated use wxDC::SetPalette instead.
1825 void SetPalette(const wxPalette
& pal
);
1828 Return @true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
1829 InheritAttributes(). Returning @false forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
1831 The base class version returns @false, but this method is overridden in
1832 wxControl where it returns @true.
1834 virtual bool ShouldInheritColours() const;
1837 This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
1838 to draw the windows' background instead of its own background drawing
1839 code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
1840 obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
1841 One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
1842 defined by a user's selected theme.
1844 Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to @true
1845 by default so that the default look and feel is simulated best.
1847 virtual void SetThemeEnabled(bool enable
);
1851 virtual bool GetThemeEnabled() const;
1854 Returns @true if the system supports transparent windows and calling
1855 SetTransparent() may succeed. If this function returns @false, transparent
1856 windows are definitely not supported by the current system.
1858 virtual bool CanSetTransparent();
1861 Set the transparency of the window. If the system supports transparent windows,
1862 returns @true, otherwise returns @false and the window remains fully opaque.
1863 See also CanSetTransparent().
1865 The parameter @a alpha is in the range 0..255 where 0 corresponds to a
1866 fully transparent window and 255 to the fully opaque one. The constants
1867 @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_TRANSPARENT and @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_OPAQUE can be used.
1869 virtual bool SetTransparent(wxByte alpha
);
1875 @name Event-handling functions
1877 wxWindow allows you to build a (sort of) stack of event handlers which
1878 can be used to override the window's own event handling.
1883 Returns the event handler for this window.
1884 By default, the window is its own event handler.
1886 @see SetEventHandler(), PushEventHandler(),
1887 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
1889 wxEvtHandler
* GetEventHandler() const;
1892 This function will generate the appropriate call to Navigate() if the key
1893 event is one normally used for keyboard navigation and return @true in this case.
1895 @return Returns @true if the key pressed was for navigation and was
1896 handled, @false otherwise.
1900 bool HandleAsNavigationKey(const wxKeyEvent
& event
);
1905 GetEventHandler()->SafelyProcessEvent(event);
1908 @see ProcessWindowEvent()
1910 bool HandleWindowEvent(wxEvent
& event
) const;
1913 Convenient wrapper for ProcessEvent().
1915 This is the same as writing @code GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
1916 @endcode but more convenient. Notice that ProcessEvent() itself can't
1917 be called for wxWindow objects as it ignores the event handlers
1918 associated with the window; use this function instead.
1920 bool ProcessWindowEvent(wxEvent
& event
);
1923 Wrapper for wxEvtHandler::ProcessEventLocally().
1925 This method is similar to ProcessWindowEvent() but can be used to
1926 search for the event handler only in this window and any event handlers
1927 pushed on top of it. Unlike ProcessWindowEvent() it won't propagate the
1928 event upwards. But it will use the validator and event handlers
1929 associated with this window, if any.
1933 bool ProcessWindowEventLocally(wxEvent
& event
);
1936 Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
1938 E.g. in the case of:
1939 @image html overview_events_winstack.png
1940 when calling @c W->PopEventHandler(), the event handler @c A will be
1941 removed and @c B will be the first handler of the stack.
1943 Note that it's an error to call this function when no event handlers
1944 were pushed on this window (i.e. when the window itself is its only
1947 @param deleteHandler
1948 If this is @true, the handler will be deleted after it is removed
1949 (and the returned value will be @NULL).
1951 @see @ref overview_events_processing
1953 wxEvtHandler
* PopEventHandler(bool deleteHandler
= false);
1956 Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
1958 An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events sent
1959 to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but an application
1960 may wish to substitute another, for example to allow central implementation
1961 of event-handling for a variety of different window classes.
1963 wxWindow::PushEventHandler allows an application to set up a @e stack
1964 of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
1965 handed to the next one in the chain.
1967 E.g. if you have two event handlers @c A and @c B and a wxWindow instance
1970 W->PushEventHandler(A);
1971 W->PushEventHandler(B);
1973 you will end up with the following situation:
1974 @image html overview_events_winstack.png
1976 Note that you can use wxWindow::PopEventHandler to remove the event handler.
1979 Specifies the handler to be pushed.
1980 It must not be part of a wxEvtHandler chain; an assert will fail
1981 if it's not unlinked (see wxEvtHandler::IsUnlinked).
1983 @see @ref overview_events_processing
1985 void PushEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
1988 Find the given @a handler in the windows event handler stack and
1989 removes (but does not delete) it from the stack.
1991 See wxEvtHandler::Unlink() for more info.
1994 The event handler to remove, must be non-@NULL and
1995 must be present in this windows event handlers stack.
1997 @return Returns @true if it was found and @false otherwise (this also
1998 results in an assert failure so this function should
1999 only be called when the handler is supposed to be there).
2001 @see PushEventHandler(), PopEventHandler()
2003 bool RemoveEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
2006 Sets the event handler for this window.
2008 Note that if you use this function you may want to use as the "next" handler
2009 of @a handler the window itself; in this way when @a handler doesn't process
2010 an event, the window itself will have a chance to do it.
2013 Specifies the handler to be set. Cannot be @NULL.
2015 @see @ref overview_events_processing
2017 void SetEventHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
2020 wxWindows cannot be used to form event handler chains; this function
2021 thus will assert when called.
2023 Note that instead you can use PushEventHandler() or SetEventHandler() to
2024 implement a stack of event handlers to override wxWindow's own
2025 event handling mechanism.
2027 virtual void SetNextHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
2030 wxWindows cannot be used to form event handler chains; this function
2031 thus will assert when called.
2033 Note that instead you can use PushEventHandler() or SetEventHandler() to
2034 implement a stack of event handlers to override wxWindow's own
2035 event handling mechanism.
2037 virtual void SetPreviousHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
2044 @name Window styles functions
2049 Returns the extra style bits for the window.
2051 long GetExtraStyle() const;
2054 Gets the window style that was passed to the constructor or Create()
2055 method. GetWindowStyle() is another name for the same function.
2057 virtual long GetWindowStyleFlag() const;
2060 See GetWindowStyleFlag() for more info.
2062 long GetWindowStyle() const;
2065 Returns @true if the window has the given @a exFlag bit set in its
2068 @see SetExtraStyle()
2070 bool HasExtraStyle(int exFlag
) const;
2073 Returns @true if the window has the given @a flag bit set.
2075 bool HasFlag(int flag
) const;
2078 Sets the extra style bits for the window.
2079 The currently defined extra style bits are reported in the class
2082 virtual void SetExtraStyle(long exStyle
);
2085 Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
2086 after the window creation and that Refresh() might need to be be called
2087 after changing the others for the change to take place immediately.
2089 See @ref overview_windowstyles "Window styles" for more information about flags.
2091 @see GetWindowStyleFlag()
2093 virtual void SetWindowStyleFlag(long style
);
2096 See SetWindowStyleFlag() for more info.
2098 void SetWindowStyle(long style
);
2101 Turns the given @a flag on if it's currently turned off and vice versa.
2102 This function cannot be used if the value of the flag is 0 (which is often
2103 the case for default flags).
2105 Also, please notice that not all styles can be changed after the control
2108 @return Returns @true if the style was turned on by this function, @false
2109 if it was switched off.
2111 @see SetWindowStyleFlag(), HasFlag()
2113 bool ToggleWindowStyle(int flag
);
2119 @name Tab order functions
2124 Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified @e win.
2125 This means that when the user presses @c TAB key on that other window,
2126 the focus switches to this window.
2128 Default tab order is the same as creation order, this function and
2129 MoveBeforeInTabOrder() allow to change
2130 it after creating all the windows.
2133 A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
2136 void MoveAfterInTabOrder(wxWindow
* win
);
2139 Same as MoveAfterInTabOrder() except that it inserts this window just
2140 before @a win instead of putting it right after it.
2142 void MoveBeforeInTabOrder(wxWindow
* win
);
2145 Performs a keyboard navigation action starting from this window.
2146 This method is equivalent to calling NavigateIn() method on the
2150 A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and
2151 wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.
2153 @return Returns @true if the focus was moved to another window or @false
2156 @remarks You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress
2157 handler to do the default navigation behaviour for the
2158 tab key, since the standard default behaviour for a
2159 multiline text control with the wxTE_PROCESS_TAB style
2160 is to insert a tab and not navigate to the next
2161 control. See also wxNavigationKeyEvent and
2162 HandleAsNavigationKey.
2164 bool Navigate(int flags
= wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward
);
2167 Performs a keyboard navigation action inside this window.
2168 See Navigate() for more information.
2170 bool NavigateIn(int flags
= wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward
);
2177 @name Z order functions
2182 Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
2185 This function only works for wxTopLevelWindow-derived classes.
2189 virtual void Lower();
2192 Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
2194 Notice that this function only requests the window manager to raise
2195 this window to the top of Z-order. Depending on its configuration, the
2196 window manager may raise the window, not do it at all or indicate that
2197 a window requested to be raised in some other way, e.g. by flashing its
2198 icon if it is minimized.
2201 This function only works for wxTopLevelWindow-derived classes.
2205 virtual void Raise();
2211 @name Window status functions
2217 Equivalent to calling wxWindow::Show(@false).
2222 This function hides a window, like Hide(), but using a special visual
2225 The parameters of this function are the same as for ShowWithEffect(),
2226 please see their description there.
2230 virtual bool HideWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect
,
2231 unsigned int timeout
= 0);
2233 Returns @true if the window is enabled, i.e. if it accepts user input,
2236 Notice that this method can return @false even if this window itself hadn't
2237 been explicitly disabled when one of its parent windows is disabled.
2238 To get the intrinsic status of this window, use IsThisEnabled()
2242 bool IsEnabled() const;
2245 Returns @true if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
2246 last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
2247 only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
2249 bool IsExposed(int x
, int y
) const;
2254 bool IsExposed(wxPoint
& pt
) const;
2259 bool IsExposed(int x
, int y
, int w
, int h
) const;
2264 bool IsExposed(wxRect
& rect
) const;
2266 Returns @true if the window is shown, @false if it has been hidden.
2268 @see IsShownOnScreen()
2270 virtual bool IsShown() const;
2273 Returns @true if the window is physically visible on the screen, i.e. it
2274 is shown and all its parents up to the toplevel window are shown as well.
2278 virtual bool IsShownOnScreen() const;
2281 Disables the window. Same as @ref Enable() Enable(@false).
2283 @return Returns @true if the window has been disabled, @false if it had
2284 been already disabled before the call to this function.
2289 Enable or disable the window for user input. Note that when a parent window is
2290 disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
2294 If @true, enables the window for input. If @false, disables the window.
2296 @return Returns @true if the window has been enabled or disabled, @false
2297 if nothing was done, i.e. if the window had already
2298 been in the specified state.
2300 @see IsEnabled(), Disable(), wxRadioBox::Enable
2302 virtual bool Enable(bool enable
= true);
2305 Shows or hides the window. You may need to call Raise()
2306 for a top level window if you want to bring it to top, although this is not
2307 needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
2309 Notice that the default state of newly created top level windows is hidden
2310 (to allow you to create their contents without flicker) unlike for
2311 all the other, not derived from wxTopLevelWindow, windows that
2312 are by default created in the shown state.
2315 If @true displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.
2317 @return @true if the window has been shown or hidden or @false if nothing
2318 was done because it already was in the requested state.
2320 @see IsShown(), Hide(), wxRadioBox::Show, wxShowEvent.
2322 virtual bool Show(bool show
= true);
2325 This function shows a window, like Show(), but using a special visual
2332 The @a timeout parameter specifies the time of the animation, in
2333 milliseconds. If the default value of 0 is used, the default
2334 animation time for the current platform is used.
2336 @note Currently this function is only implemented in wxMSW and wxOSX
2337 (for wxTopLevelWindows only in Carbon version and for any kind of
2338 windows in Cocoa) and does the same thing as Show() in the other
2343 @see HideWithEffect()
2345 virtual bool ShowWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect
,
2346 unsigned int timeout
= 0);
2352 @name Context-sensitive help functions
2357 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2358 Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
2359 implementation, and not in the window object itself.
2361 @see SetHelpText(), GetHelpTextAtPoint(), wxHelpProvider
2363 wxString
GetHelpText() const;
2366 Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2367 Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
2368 implementation, and not in the window object itself.
2370 @see GetHelpText(), wxHelpProvider::AddHelp()
2372 void SetHelpText(const wxString
& helpText
);
2375 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2376 This method should be overridden if the help message depends on the position
2377 inside the window, otherwise GetHelpText() can be used.
2380 Coordinates of the mouse at the moment of help event emission.
2382 Help event origin, see also wxHelpEvent::GetOrigin.
2384 virtual wxString
GetHelpTextAtPoint(const wxPoint
& point
,
2385 wxHelpEvent::Origin origin
) const;
2388 Get the associated tooltip or @NULL if none.
2390 wxToolTip
* GetToolTip() const;
2393 Get the text of the associated tooltip or empty string if none.
2395 wxString
GetToolTipText() const;
2398 Attach a tooltip to the window.
2400 wxToolTip pointer can be @NULL in the overload taking the pointer,
2401 meaning to unset any existing tooltips; however UnsetToolTip() provides
2402 a more readable alternative to this operation.
2404 Notice that these methods are always available, even if wxWidgets was
2405 compiled with @c wxUSE_TOOLTIPS set to 0, but don't do anything in this
2408 @see GetToolTip(), wxToolTip
2410 void SetToolTip(const wxString
& tip
);
2415 void SetToolTip(wxToolTip
* tip
);
2418 Unset any existing tooltip.
2424 void UnsetToolTip();
2430 @name Popup/context menu functions
2435 This function shows a popup menu at the given position in this window and
2436 returns the selected id.
2438 It can be more convenient than the general purpose PopupMenu() function
2439 for simple menus proposing a choice in a list of strings to the user.
2441 Notice that to avoid unexpected conflicts between the (usually
2442 consecutive range of) ids used by the menu passed to this function and
2443 the existing EVT_UPDATE_UI() handlers, this function temporarily
2444 disables UI updates for the window, so you need to manually disable
2445 (or toggle or ...) any items which should be disabled in the menu
2448 The parameter @a menu is the menu to show.
2449 The parameter @a pos (or the parameters @a x and @a y) is the
2450 position at which to show the menu in client coordinates.
2451 It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when
2452 calling this method in response to mouse click, because some of
2453 the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do a better job of positioning
2454 the menu in that case.
2457 The selected menu item id or @c wxID_NONE if none selected or an
2462 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu
& menu
,
2463 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
);
2468 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu
& menu
, int x
, int y
);
2471 Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
2472 window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu.
2474 If a menu item is selected, the corresponding menu event is generated and will be
2475 processed as usual. If coordinates are not specified, the current mouse
2476 cursor position is used.
2478 @a menu is the menu to pop up.
2480 The position where the menu will appear can be specified either as a
2481 wxPoint @a pos or by two integers (@a x and @a y).
2483 @remarks Just before the menu is popped up, wxMenu::UpdateUI is called to
2484 ensure that the menu items are in the correct state.
2485 The menu does not get deleted by the window.
2486 It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when
2487 calling PopupMenu in response to mouse click, because some of
2488 the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do a better job of positioning
2489 the menu in that case.
2493 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu
* menu
,
2494 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
);
2499 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu
* menu
, int x
, int y
);
2510 Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or @NULL if
2513 virtual wxValidator
* GetValidator();
2516 Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having
2517 called wxValidator::Clone to create a new validator of this type.
2519 virtual void SetValidator(const wxValidator
& validator
);
2522 Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their
2523 validators. Returns @false if a transfer failed.
2525 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2526 the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
2528 @see TransferDataToWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2530 virtual bool TransferDataFromWindow();
2533 Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their
2536 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2537 the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
2539 @return Returns @false if a transfer failed.
2541 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2543 virtual bool TransferDataToWindow();
2546 Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
2547 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2548 the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
2550 @return Returns @false if any of the validations failed.
2552 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), TransferDataToWindow(),
2555 virtual bool Validate();
2561 @name wxWindow properties functions
2566 Returns the identifier of the window.
2568 @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application
2569 has not provided one (or the default wxID_ANY) a unique
2570 identifier with a negative value will be generated.
2572 @see SetId(), @ref overview_windowids
2574 wxWindowID
GetId() const;
2577 Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
2578 identification purposes.
2580 @remarks The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
2581 For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the
2582 title. For buttons or static text controls, it is the
2583 button text. This function can be useful for
2584 meta-programs (such as testing tools or special-needs
2585 access programs) which need to identify windows by name.
2587 virtual wxString
GetLabel() const;
2590 Returns the layout direction for this window,
2591 Note that @c wxLayout_Default is returned if layout direction is not supported.
2593 virtual wxLayoutDirection
GetLayoutDirection() const;
2596 Returns the window's name.
2598 @remarks This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the
2599 programmer to supply an appropriate name in the window
2600 constructor or via SetName().
2604 virtual wxString
GetName() const;
2607 Returns the value previously passed to SetWindowVariant().
2609 wxWindowVariant
GetWindowVariant() const;
2612 Sets the identifier of the window.
2614 @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has
2615 not provided one, an identifier will be generated.
2616 Normally, the identifier should be provided on creation
2617 and should not be modified subsequently.
2619 @see GetId(), @ref overview_windowids
2621 void SetId(wxWindowID winid
);
2624 Sets the window's label.
2631 virtual void SetLabel(const wxString
& label
);
2634 Sets the layout direction for this window.
2636 virtual void SetLayoutDirection(wxLayoutDirection dir
);
2639 Sets the window's name.
2642 A name to set for the window.
2646 virtual void SetName(const wxString
& name
);
2649 This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
2650 Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
2651 exist in several sizes which correspond to the elements of wxWindowVariant enum.
2653 By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
2654 be used to change this.
2656 void SetWindowVariant(wxWindowVariant variant
);
2659 Gets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
2661 wxAcceleratorTable
* GetAcceleratorTable();
2664 Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
2665 See also wxAccessible.
2667 wxAccessible
* GetAccessible();
2670 Sets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
2672 virtual void SetAcceleratorTable(const wxAcceleratorTable
& accel
);
2675 Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
2676 will be deleted first, if not identical to @e accessible.
2677 See also wxAccessible.
2679 void SetAccessible(wxAccessible
* accessible
);
2685 @name Window deletion functions
2690 This function simply generates a wxCloseEvent whose handler usually tries
2691 to close the window. It doesn't close the window itself, however.
2694 @false if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
2695 of this window, @true if it cannot.
2697 @remarks Close calls the close handler for the window, providing an
2698 opportunity for the window to choose whether to destroy
2699 the window. Usually it is only used with the top level
2700 windows (wxFrame and wxDialog classes) as the others
2701 are not supposed to have any special OnClose() logic.
2702 The close handler should check whether the window is being deleted
2703 forcibly, using wxCloseEvent::CanVeto, in which case it should
2704 destroy the window using wxWindow::Destroy.
2705 Note that calling Close does not guarantee that the window will
2706 be destroyed; but it provides a way to simulate a manual close
2707 of a window, which may or may not be implemented by destroying
2708 the window. The default implementation of wxDialog::OnCloseWindow
2709 does not necessarily delete the dialog, since it will simply
2710 simulate an wxID_CANCEL event which is handled by the appropriate
2711 button event handler and may do anything at all.
2712 To guarantee that the window will be destroyed, call
2713 wxWindow::Destroy instead
2715 @see @ref overview_windowdeletion "Window Deletion Overview",
2716 Destroy(), wxCloseEvent
2718 bool Close(bool force
= false);
2721 Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator,
2722 since different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
2723 are not destroyed immediately when this function is called -- they are added
2724 to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
2725 have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to
2726 non-existent windows.
2728 @return @true if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it
2729 has been added to the list of windows pending real deletion.
2731 virtual bool Destroy();
2734 Returns true if this window is in process of being destroyed.
2736 Top level windows are not deleted immediately but are rather
2737 scheduled for later destruction to give them time to process any
2738 pending messages; see Destroy() description.
2740 This function returns @true if this window, or one of its parent
2741 windows, is scheduled for destruction and can be useful to avoid
2742 manipulating it as it's usually useless to do something with a window
2743 which is on the point of disappearing anyhow.
2745 bool IsBeingDeleted() const;
2752 @name Drag and drop functions
2757 Returns the associated drop target, which may be @NULL.
2759 @see SetDropTarget(), @ref overview_dnd
2761 virtual wxDropTarget
* GetDropTarget() const;
2764 Associates a drop target with this window.
2765 If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
2767 @see GetDropTarget(), @ref overview_dnd
2769 virtual void SetDropTarget(wxDropTarget
* target
);
2772 Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
2775 If @true, the window is eligible for drop file events.
2776 If @false, the window will not accept drop file events.
2778 @remarks Windows only until version 2.8.9, available on all platforms
2779 since 2.8.10. Cannot be used together with SetDropTarget() on
2780 non-Windows platforms.
2782 @see SetDropTarget()
2784 virtual void DragAcceptFiles(bool accept
);
2790 @name Constraints, sizers and window layouting functions
2795 Returns the sizer of which this window is a member, if any, otherwise @NULL.
2797 wxSizer
* GetContainingSizer() const;
2800 Returns the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
2801 SetSizer(), or @NULL.
2803 wxSizer
* GetSizer() const;
2806 Sets the window to have the given layout sizer.
2808 The window will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2809 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2810 window, it will be deleted if the @a deleteOld parameter is @true.
2812 Note that this function will also call SetAutoLayout() implicitly with @true
2813 parameter if the @a sizer is non-@NULL and @false otherwise so that the
2814 sizer will be effectively used to layout the window children whenever
2818 The sizer to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and conditionally delete
2819 the window's sizer. See below.
2821 If @true (the default), this will delete any pre-existing sizer.
2822 Pass @false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself
2823 but remember to do it yourself in this case to avoid memory leaks.
2825 @remarks SetSizer enables and disables Layout automatically.
2827 void SetSizer(wxSizer
* sizer
, bool deleteOld
= true);
2830 This method calls SetSizer() and then wxSizer::SetSizeHints which sets the initial
2831 window size to the size needed to accommodate all sizer elements and sets the
2832 size hints which, if this window is a top level one, prevent the user from
2833 resizing it to be less than this minimial size.
2835 void SetSizerAndFit(wxSizer
* sizer
, bool deleteOld
= true);
2838 Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or @NULL if there are none.
2840 wxLayoutConstraints
* GetConstraints() const;
2843 Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
2844 will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2845 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2846 window, it will be deleted.
2849 The constraints to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
2852 @remarks You must call SetAutoLayout() to tell a window to use
2853 the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you
2854 must override OnSize and call Layout() explicitly. When
2855 setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a wxSizer, only
2856 the sizer will have effect.
2858 void SetConstraints(wxLayoutConstraints
* constraints
);
2861 Invokes the constraint-based layout algorithm or the sizer-based algorithm
2864 This function does not get called automatically when the window is resized
2865 because lots of windows deriving from wxWindow does not need this functionality.
2866 If you want to have Layout() called automatically, you should derive
2867 from wxPanel (see wxPanel::Layout).
2869 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
2871 virtual bool Layout();
2874 Determines whether the Layout() function will be called automatically
2875 when the window is resized.
2877 This method is called implicitly by SetSizer() but if you use SetConstraints()
2878 you should call it manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly
2879 updated when its size changes.
2882 Set this to @true if you wish the Layout() function to be called
2883 automatically when the window is resized.
2885 @see SetSizer(), SetConstraints()
2887 void SetAutoLayout(bool autoLayout
);
2889 bool GetAutoLayout() const;
2896 @name Mouse functions
2901 Directs all mouse input to this window.
2902 Call ReleaseMouse() to release the capture.
2904 Note that wxWidgets maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
2905 and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
2906 captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
2907 window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
2908 as you capture it, unless the window receives the wxMouseCaptureLostEvent event.
2910 Any application which captures the mouse in the beginning of some operation
2911 must handle wxMouseCaptureLostEvent and cancel this operation when it receives
2912 the event. The event handler must not recapture mouse.
2914 @see ReleaseMouse(), wxMouseCaptureLostEvent
2916 void CaptureMouse();
2919 Returns the caret() associated with the window.
2921 wxCaret
* GetCaret() const;
2924 Return the cursor associated with this window.
2928 const wxCursor
& GetCursor() const;
2931 Returns @true if this window has the current mouse capture.
2933 @see CaptureMouse(), ReleaseMouse(), wxMouseCaptureLostEvent,
2934 wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
2936 virtual bool HasCapture() const;
2939 Releases mouse input captured with CaptureMouse().
2941 @see CaptureMouse(), HasCapture(), ReleaseMouse(),
2942 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
2944 void ReleaseMouse();
2947 Sets the caret() associated with the window.
2949 void SetCaret(wxCaret
* caret
);
2952 Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
2953 children of the window implicitly.
2955 The @a cursor may be @c wxNullCursor in which case the window cursor will
2956 be reset back to default.
2959 Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.
2961 @see ::wxSetCursor, wxCursor
2963 virtual bool SetCursor(const wxCursor
& cursor
);
2966 Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
2968 @note Apple Human Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor
2969 programmatically so you should avoid using this function in Mac
2970 applications (and probably avoid using it under the other
2971 platforms without good reason as well).
2974 The new x position for the cursor.
2976 The new y position for the cursor.
2978 virtual void WarpPointer(int x
, int y
);
2986 @name Miscellaneous functions
2990 wxHitTest
HitTest(wxCoord x
, wxCoord y
) const;
2991 wxHitTest
HitTest(const wxPoint
& pt
) const;
2994 Get the window border style from the given flags: this is different from
2995 simply doing flags & wxBORDER_MASK because it uses GetDefaultBorder() to
2996 translate wxBORDER_DEFAULT to something reasonable
2998 wxBorder
GetBorder(long flags
) const;
3001 Get border for the flags of this window
3003 wxBorder
GetBorder() const;
3007 Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
3008 This function is called by UpdateWindowUI() in order to check return
3009 values in the wxUpdateUIEvent and act appropriately.
3010 For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWidgets
3011 implements this function as follows:
3014 // do the window-specific processing after processing the update event
3015 void wxTopLevelWindowBase::DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent& event)
3017 if ( event.GetSetEnabled() )
3018 Enable(event.GetEnabled());
3020 if ( event.GetSetText() )
3022 if ( event.GetText() != GetTitle() )
3023 SetTitle(event.GetText());
3028 virtual void DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent
& event
);
3031 Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window.
3032 Cast it to an appropriate handle, such as @b HWND for Windows,
3033 @b Widget for Motif, @b GtkWidget for GTK or @b WinHandle for PalmOS.
3036 This method will return an integer in wxPerl.
3039 virtual WXWidget
GetHandle() const;
3042 This method should be overridden to return @true if this window has
3043 multiple pages. All standard class with multiple pages such as
3044 wxNotebook, wxListbook and wxTreebook already override it to return @true
3045 and user-defined classes with similar behaviour should also do so, to
3046 allow the library to handle such windows appropriately.
3048 virtual bool HasMultiplePages() const;
3051 This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
3052 window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
3053 the font and the foreground and background colours.
3055 By "intelligently" the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
3056 own @ref GetClassDefaultAttributes() default attributes.
3057 However if some of the parents attributes are explicitly (that is, using
3058 SetFont() and not wxWindow::SetOwnFont) changed and if the corresponding
3059 attribute hadn't been explicitly set for this window itself, then this
3060 window takes the same value as used by the parent.
3061 In addition, if the window overrides ShouldInheritColours() to return @false,
3062 the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the font might.
3064 This rather complicated logic is necessary in order to accommodate the
3065 different usage scenarios. The most common one is when all default attributes
3066 are used and in this case, nothing should be inherited as in modern GUIs
3067 different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
3068 they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
3069 desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
3070 just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
3071 do inherit the parents attributes.
3073 virtual void InheritAttributes();
3076 Sends an @c wxEVT_INIT_DIALOG event, whose handler usually transfers data
3077 to the dialog via validators.
3079 virtual void InitDialog();
3082 Returns @true if the window contents is double-buffered by the system, i.e. if
3083 any drawing done on the window is really done on a temporary backing surface
3084 and transferred to the screen all at once later.
3088 virtual bool IsDoubleBuffered() const;
3090 void SetDoubleBuffered(bool on
);
3093 Returns @true if the window is retained, @false otherwise.
3095 @remarks Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
3097 virtual bool IsRetained() const;
3100 Returns @true if this window is intrinsically enabled, @false otherwise,
3101 i.e. if @ref Enable() Enable(@false) had been called. This method is
3102 mostly used for wxWidgets itself, user code should normally use
3103 IsEnabled() instead.
3105 bool IsThisEnabled() const;
3108 Returns @true if the given window is a top-level one. Currently all frames and
3109 dialogs are considered to be top-level windows (even if they have a parent
3112 virtual bool IsTopLevel() const;
3115 Disables all other windows in the application so that
3116 the user can only interact with this window.
3119 If @true, this call disables all other windows in the application so that
3120 the user can only interact with this window. If @false, the effect is
3123 virtual void MakeModal(bool modal
= true);
3127 This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
3128 sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
3129 that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
3130 handler in a derived class.
3132 This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
3133 and most implementations call UpdateWindowUI()
3134 in order to send update events to the window in idle time.
3136 virtual void OnInternalIdle();
3139 Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey
3140 registered here, this window will receive a hotkey event.
3142 It will receive the event even if the application is in the background
3143 and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some
3147 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0
3148 and 0xBFFF. If this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a
3149 system wide unique identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
3150 This is a MSW specific detail.
3152 A bitwise combination of wxMOD_SHIFT, wxMOD_CONTROL, wxMOD_ALT
3153 or wxMOD_WIN specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along
3155 @param virtualKeyCode
3156 The virtual key code of the hotkey.
3158 @return @true if the hotkey was registered successfully. @false if some
3159 other application already registered a hotkey with this
3160 modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
3162 @remarks Use EVT_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the
3163 event. This function is currently only implemented
3164 under Windows. It is used in the Windows CE port for
3165 detecting hardware button presses.
3167 @see UnregisterHotKey()
3169 virtual bool RegisterHotKey(int hotkeyId
, int modifiers
,
3170 int virtualKeyCode
);
3173 Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
3176 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to
3179 @return @true if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, @false if the
3182 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
3184 @see RegisterHotKey()
3186 virtual bool UnregisterHotKey(int hotkeyId
);
3189 This function sends one or more wxUpdateUIEvent to the window.
3190 The particular implementation depends on the window; for example a
3191 wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
3192 and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
3194 You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
3195 UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
3196 are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
3197 wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode() or wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval() to limit
3198 the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
3199 @a flags should be a bitlist of one or more of the ::wxUpdateUI enumeration.
3201 If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
3202 function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE flag, since
3203 this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
3204 to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
3205 only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
3206 The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
3210 void MyWindow::OnInternalIdle()
3212 if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this))
3213 UpdateWindowUI(wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE);
3217 @see wxUpdateUIEvent, DoUpdateWindowUI(), OnInternalIdle()
3219 virtual void UpdateWindowUI(long flags
= wxUPDATE_UI_NONE
);
3224 // NOTE: static functions must have their own group or Doxygen will screw
3225 // up the ordering of the member groups
3228 @name Miscellaneous static functions
3233 Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control.
3235 This is useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control
3236 as in a standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
3237 colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
3238 system, especially if it uses themes.
3240 The @a variant parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
3241 ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
3242 returned font. See SetWindowVariant() for more about this.
3244 This static method is "overridden" in many derived classes and so calling,
3245 for example, wxButton::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
3246 return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
3247 from those returned by, say, wxListCtrl::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
3249 The @c wxVisualAttributes structure has at least the fields
3250 @c font, @c colFg and @c colBg. All of them may be invalid
3251 if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
3252 especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
3253 the case for @c colBg for the controls with themed background.
3255 @see InheritAttributes()
3257 static wxVisualAttributes
GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindowVariant variant
= wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL
);
3260 Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
3262 @remarks Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without
3263 needing a wxWindow pointer.
3265 @see SetFocus(), HasFocus()
3267 static wxWindow
* FindFocus();
3270 Find the first window with the given @e id.
3272 If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all top-level frames
3273 and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
3275 The search is recursive in both cases.
3279 @return Window with the given @a id or @NULL if not found.
3281 static wxWindow
* FindWindowById(long id
, const wxWindow
* parent
= 0);
3284 Find a window by its label.
3286 Depending on the type of window, the label may be a window title
3287 or panel item label. If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all
3288 top-level frames and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be
3289 limited to the given window hierarchy.
3290 The search is recursive in both cases.
3294 @return Window with the given @a label or @NULL if not found.
3296 static wxWindow
* FindWindowByLabel(const wxString
& label
,
3297 const wxWindow
* parent
= 0);
3300 Find a window by its name (as given in a window constructor or Create()
3303 If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all top-level frames
3304 and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
3307 The search is recursive in both cases. If no window with such name is found,
3308 FindWindowByLabel() is called.
3312 @return Window with the given @a name or @NULL if not found.
3314 static wxWindow
* FindWindowByName(const wxString
& name
,
3315 const wxWindow
* parent
= 0);
3318 Returns the currently captured window.
3320 @see HasCapture(), CaptureMouse(), ReleaseMouse(),
3321 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
3323 static wxWindow
* GetCapture();
3326 Create a new ID or range of IDs that are not currently in use.
3327 The IDs will be reserved until assigned to a wxWindow ID
3328 or unreserved with UnreserveControlId().
3330 See @ref overview_windowids for more information.
3333 The number of sequential IDs to reserve.
3335 @return Returns the ID or the first ID of the range (i.e. the most negative),
3336 or wxID_NONE if the specified number of identifiers couldn't be allocated.
3338 @see UnreserveControlId(), wxIdManager,
3339 @ref overview_windowids
3341 static wxWindowID
NewControlId(int count
= 1);
3344 Unreserve an ID or range of IDs that was reserved by NewControlId().
3345 See @ref overview_windowids for more information.
3348 The starting ID of the range of IDs to unreserve.
3350 The number of sequential IDs to unreserve.
3352 @see NewControlId(), wxIdManager, @ref overview_windowids
3354 static void UnreserveControlId(wxWindowID id
, int count
= 1);
3366 Specifies the direction for the centring. May be wxHORIZONTAL,
3367 wxVERTICAL or wxBOTH. It may also include the wxCENTRE_ON_SCREEN
3370 @remarks This function is not meant to be called directly by user code,
3371 but via Centre, Center, CentreOnParent, or CenterOnParent.
3372 This function can be overridden to fine-tune centring behaviour.
3374 virtual void DoCentre(int direction
);
3377 Gets the size which best suits the window: for a control, it would be
3378 the minimal size which doesn't truncate the control, for a panel - the
3379 same size as it would have after a call to Fit().
3381 The default implementation of this function is designed for use in container
3382 windows, such as wxPanel, and works something like this:
3383 -# If the window has a sizer then it is used to calculate the best size.
3384 -# Otherwise if the window has layout constraints then those are used to
3385 calculate the best size.
3386 -# Otherwise if the window has children then the best size is set to be large
3387 enough to show all the children.
3388 -# Otherwise if there are no children then the window's minimal size will be
3389 used as its best size.
3390 -# Otherwise if there is no minimal size set, then the current size is used
3393 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
3395 virtual wxSize
DoGetBestSize() const;
3399 Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the
3400 components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord).
3401 @deprecated @todo provide deprecation description
3403 virtual void SetInitialBestSize(const wxSize
& size
);
3406 Generate wxWindowDestroyEvent for this window.
3408 This is called by the window itself when it is being destroyed and
3409 usually there is no need to call it but see wxWindowDestroyEvent for
3410 explanations of when you might want to do it.
3412 void SendDestroyEvent();
3415 This function is public in wxEvtHandler but protected in wxWindow
3416 because for wxWindows you should always call ProcessEvent() on the
3417 pointer returned by GetEventHandler() and not on the wxWindow object
3420 For convenience, a ProcessWindowEvent() method is provided as a synonym
3421 for @code GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent() @endcode
3423 Note that it's still possible to call these functions directly on the
3424 wxWindow object (e.g. casting it to wxEvtHandler) but doing that will
3425 create subtle bugs when windows with event handlers pushed on them are
3428 This holds also for all other wxEvtHandler functions.
3430 virtual bool ProcessEvent(wxEvent
& event
);
3434 See ProcessEvent() for more info about why you shouldn't use this function
3435 and the reason for making this function protected in wxWindow.
3437 bool SafelyProcessEvent(wxEvent
& event
);
3438 virtual void QueueEvent(wxEvent
*event
);
3439 virtual void AddPendingEvent(const wxEvent
& event
);
3440 void ProcessPendingEvents();
3441 bool ProcessThreadEvent(const wxEvent
& event
);
3447 // ============================================================================
3448 // Global functions/macros
3449 // ============================================================================
3451 /** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_misc */
3455 Find the deepest window at the mouse pointer position, returning the window
3456 and current pointer position in screen coordinates.
3458 @header{wx/window.h}
3460 wxWindow
* wxFindWindowAtPointer(wxPoint
& pt
);
3463 Gets the currently active window (implemented for MSW and GTK only
3464 currently, always returns @NULL in the other ports).
3466 @header{wx/window.h}
3468 wxWindow
* wxGetActiveWindow();
3471 Returns the first top level parent of the given window, or in other words,
3472 the frame or dialog containing it, or @NULL.
3474 @header{wx/window.h}
3476 wxWindow
* wxGetTopLevelParent(wxWindow
* window
);