1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: interface of wxEvtHandler, wxEventBlocker and many
4 // wxEvent-derived classes
5 // Author: wxWidgets team
7 // Licence: wxWindows licence
8 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11 The predefined constants for the number of times we propagate event
12 upwards window child-parent chain.
14 enum wxEventPropagation
16 /// don't propagate it at all
17 wxEVENT_PROPAGATE_NONE
= 0,
19 /// propagate it until it is processed
20 wxEVENT_PROPAGATE_MAX
= INT_MAX
24 The different categories for a wxEvent; see wxEvent::GetEventCategory.
26 @note They are used as OR-combinable flags by wxEventLoopBase::YieldFor.
31 This is the category for those events which are generated to update
32 the appearance of the GUI but which (usually) do not comport data
33 processing, i.e. which do not provide input or output data
34 (e.g. size events, scroll events, etc).
35 They are events NOT directly generated by the user's input devices.
37 wxEVT_CATEGORY_UI
= 1,
40 This category groups those events which are generated directly from the
41 user through input devices like mouse and keyboard and usually result in
42 data to be processed from the application
43 (e.g. mouse clicks, key presses, etc).
45 wxEVT_CATEGORY_USER_INPUT
= 2,
47 /// This category is for wxSocketEvent
48 wxEVT_CATEGORY_SOCKET
= 4,
50 /// This category is for wxTimerEvent
51 wxEVT_CATEGORY_TIMER
= 8,
54 This category is for any event used to send notifications from the
55 secondary threads to the main one or in general for notifications among
56 different threads (which may or may not be user-generated).
57 See e.g. wxThreadEvent.
59 wxEVT_CATEGORY_THREAD
= 16,
62 This mask is used in wxEventLoopBase::YieldFor to specify that all event
63 categories should be processed.
66 wxEVT_CATEGORY_UI
|wxEVT_CATEGORY_USER_INPUT
|wxEVT_CATEGORY_SOCKET
| \
67 wxEVT_CATEGORY_TIMER
|wxEVT_CATEGORY_THREAD
73 An event is a structure holding information about an event passed to a
74 callback or member function.
76 wxEvent used to be a multipurpose event object, and is an abstract base class
77 for other event classes (see below).
79 For more information about events, see the @ref overview_events overview.
82 In wxPerl custom event classes should be derived from
83 @c Wx::PlEvent and @c Wx::PlCommandEvent.
89 @see wxCommandEvent, wxMouseEvent
91 class wxEvent
: public wxObject
97 Notice that events are usually created by wxWidgets itself and creating
98 e.g. a wxPaintEvent in your code and sending it to e.g. a wxTextCtrl
99 will not usually affect it at all as native controls have no specific
100 knowledge about wxWidgets events. However you may construct objects of
101 specific types and pass them to wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent() if you
102 want to create your own custom control and want to process its events
103 in the same manner as the standard ones.
105 Also please notice that the order of parameters in this constructor is
106 different from almost all the derived classes which specify the event
107 type as the first argument.
110 The identifier of the object (window, timer, ...) which generated
113 The unique type of event, e.g. @c wxEVT_PAINT, @c wxEVT_SIZE or
114 @c wxEVT_COMMAND_BUTTON_CLICKED.
116 wxEvent(int id
= 0, wxEventType eventType
= wxEVT_NULL
);
119 Returns a copy of the event.
121 Any event that is posted to the wxWidgets event system for later action
122 (via wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent, wxEvtHandler::QueueEvent or wxPostEvent())
123 must implement this method.
125 All wxWidgets events fully implement this method, but any derived events
126 implemented by the user should also implement this method just in case they
127 (or some event derived from them) are ever posted.
129 All wxWidgets events implement a copy constructor, so the easiest way of
130 implementing the Clone function is to implement a copy constructor for
131 a new event (call it MyEvent) and then define the Clone function like this:
134 wxEvent *Clone() const { return new MyEvent(*this); }
137 virtual wxEvent
* Clone() const = 0;
140 Returns the object (usually a window) associated with the event, if any.
142 wxObject
* GetEventObject() const;
145 Returns the identifier of the given event type, such as @c wxEVT_COMMAND_BUTTON_CLICKED.
147 wxEventType
GetEventType() const;
150 Returns a generic category for this event.
151 wxEvent implementation returns @c wxEVT_CATEGORY_UI by default.
153 This function is used to selectively process events in wxEventLoopBase::YieldFor.
155 virtual wxEventCategory
GetEventCategory() const;
158 Returns the identifier associated with this event, such as a button command id.
163 Returns @true if the event handler should be skipped, @false otherwise.
165 bool GetSkipped() const;
168 Gets the timestamp for the event. The timestamp is the time in milliseconds
169 since some fixed moment (not necessarily the standard Unix Epoch, so only
170 differences between the timestamps and not their absolute values usually make sense).
173 wxWidgets returns a non-NULL timestamp only for mouse and key events
174 (see wxMouseEvent and wxKeyEvent).
176 long GetTimestamp() const;
179 Returns @true if the event is or is derived from wxCommandEvent else it returns @false.
181 @note exists only for optimization purposes.
183 bool IsCommandEvent() const;
186 Sets the propagation level to the given value (for example returned from an
187 earlier call to wxEvent::StopPropagation).
189 void ResumePropagation(int propagationLevel
);
192 Sets the originating object.
194 void SetEventObject(wxObject
* object
);
199 void SetEventType(wxEventType type
);
202 Sets the identifier associated with this event, such as a button command id.
207 Sets the timestamp for the event.
209 void SetTimestamp(long timeStamp
= 0);
212 Test if this event should be propagated or not, i.e. if the propagation level
213 is currently greater than 0.
215 bool ShouldPropagate() const;
218 This method can be used inside an event handler to control whether further
219 event handlers bound to this event will be called after the current one returns.
221 Without Skip() (or equivalently if Skip(@false) is used), the event will not
222 be processed any more. If Skip(@true) is called, the event processing system
223 continues searching for a further handler function for this event, even though
224 it has been processed already in the current handler.
226 In general, it is recommended to skip all non-command events to allow the
227 default handling to take place. The command events are, however, normally not
228 skipped as usually a single command such as a button click or menu item
229 selection must only be processed by one handler.
231 void Skip(bool skip
= true);
234 Stop the event from propagating to its parent window.
236 Returns the old propagation level value which may be later passed to
237 ResumePropagation() to allow propagating the event again.
239 int StopPropagation();
243 Indicates how many levels the event can propagate.
245 This member is protected and should typically only be set in the constructors
246 of the derived classes. It may be temporarily changed by StopPropagation()
247 and ResumePropagation() and tested with ShouldPropagate().
249 The initial value is set to either @c wxEVENT_PROPAGATE_NONE (by default)
250 meaning that the event shouldn't be propagated at all or to
251 @c wxEVENT_PROPAGATE_MAX (for command events) meaning that it should be
252 propagated as much as necessary.
254 Any positive number means that the event should be propagated but no more than
255 the given number of times. E.g. the propagation level may be set to 1 to
256 propagate the event to its parent only, but not to its grandparent.
258 int m_propagationLevel
;
262 @class wxEventBlocker
264 This class is a special event handler which allows to discard
265 any event (or a set of event types) directed to a specific window.
270 void MyWindow::DoSomething()
273 // block all events directed to this window while
274 // we do the 1000 FunctionWhichSendsEvents() calls
275 wxEventBlocker blocker(this);
277 for ( int i = 0; i 1000; i++ )
278 FunctionWhichSendsEvents(i);
280 } // ~wxEventBlocker called, old event handler is restored
282 // the event generated by this call will be processed:
283 FunctionWhichSendsEvents(0)
290 @see @ref overview_events_processing, wxEvtHandler
292 class wxEventBlocker
: public wxEvtHandler
296 Constructs the blocker for the given window and for the given event type.
298 If @a type is @c wxEVT_ANY, then all events for that window are blocked.
299 You can call Block() after creation to add other event types to the list
302 Note that the @a win window @b must remain alive until the
303 wxEventBlocker object destruction.
305 wxEventBlocker(wxWindow
* win
, wxEventType type
= -1);
308 Destructor. The blocker will remove itself from the chain of event handlers for
309 the window provided in the constructor, thus restoring normal processing of events.
311 virtual ~wxEventBlocker();
314 Adds to the list of event types which should be blocked the given @a eventType.
316 void Block(wxEventType eventType
);
322 Helper class to temporarily change an event to not propagate.
324 class wxPropagationDisabler
327 wxPropagationDisabler(wxEvent
& event
);
328 ~wxPropagationDisabler();
333 Helper class to temporarily lower propagation level.
335 class wxPropagateOnce
338 wxPropagateOnce(wxEvent
& event
);
347 A class that can handle events from the windowing system.
348 wxWindow is (and therefore all window classes are) derived from this class.
350 When events are received, wxEvtHandler invokes the method listed in the
351 event table using itself as the object. When using multiple inheritance
352 <b>it is imperative that the wxEvtHandler(-derived) class is the first
353 class inherited</b> such that the @c this pointer for the overall object
354 will be identical to the @c this pointer of the wxEvtHandler portion.
359 @see @ref overview_events_processing, wxEventBlocker, wxEventLoopBase
361 class wxEvtHandler
: public wxObject
, public wxTrackable
372 If the handler is part of a chain, the destructor will unlink itself
375 virtual ~wxEvtHandler();
379 @name Event queuing and processing
384 Queue event for a later processing.
386 This method is similar to ProcessEvent() but while the latter is
387 synchronous, i.e. the event is processed immediately, before the
388 function returns, this one is asynchronous and returns immediately
389 while the event will be processed at some later time (usually during
390 the next event loop iteration).
392 Another important difference is that this method takes ownership of the
393 @a event parameter, i.e. it will delete it itself. This implies that
394 the event should be allocated on the heap and that the pointer can't be
395 used any more after the function returns (as it can be deleted at any
398 QueueEvent() can be used for inter-thread communication from the worker
399 threads to the main thread, it is safe in the sense that it uses
400 locking internally and avoids the problem mentioned in AddPendingEvent()
401 documentation by ensuring that the @a event object is not used by the
402 calling thread any more. Care should still be taken to avoid that some
403 fields of this object are used by it, notably any wxString members of
404 the event object must not be shallow copies of another wxString object
405 as this would result in them still using the same string buffer behind
406 the scenes. For example:
408 void FunctionInAWorkerThread(const wxString& str)
410 wxCommandEvent* evt = new wxCommandEvent;
412 // NOT evt->SetString(str) as this would be a shallow copy
413 evt->SetString(str.c_str()); // make a deep copy
415 wxTheApp->QueueEvent( evt );
419 Note that you can use wxThreadEvent instead of wxCommandEvent
420 to avoid this problem:
422 void FunctionInAWorkerThread(const wxString& str)
427 // wxThreadEvent::Clone() makes sure that the internal wxString
428 // member is not shared by other wxString instances:
429 wxTheApp->QueueEvent( evt.Clone() );
433 Finally notice that this method automatically wakes up the event loop
434 if it is currently idle by calling ::wxWakeUpIdle() so there is no need
435 to do it manually when using it.
440 A heap-allocated event to be queued, QueueEvent() takes ownership
441 of it. This parameter shouldn't be @c NULL.
443 virtual void QueueEvent(wxEvent
*event
);
446 Post an event to be processed later.
448 This function is similar to QueueEvent() but can't be used to post
449 events from worker threads for the event objects with wxString fields
450 (i.e. in practice most of them) because of an unsafe use of the same
451 wxString object which happens because the wxString field in the
452 original @a event object and its copy made internally by this function
453 share the same string buffer internally. Use QueueEvent() to avoid
456 A copy of @a event is made by the function, so the original can be deleted
457 as soon as function returns (it is common that the original is created
458 on the stack). This requires that the wxEvent::Clone() method be
459 implemented by event so that it can be duplicated and stored until it
463 Event to add to the pending events queue.
465 virtual void AddPendingEvent(const wxEvent
& event
);
468 Processes an event, searching event tables and calling zero or more suitable
469 event handler function(s).
471 Normally, your application would not call this function: it is called in the
472 wxWidgets implementation to dispatch incoming user interface events to the
473 framework (and application).
475 However, you might need to call it if implementing new functionality
476 (such as a new control) where you define new event types, as opposed to
477 allowing the user to override virtual functions.
479 Notice that you don't usually need to override ProcessEvent() to
480 customize the event handling, overriding the specially provided
481 TryBefore() and TryAfter() functions is usually enough. For example,
482 wxMDIParentFrame may override TryBefore() to ensure that the menu
483 events are processed in the active child frame before being processed
484 in the parent frame itself.
486 The normal order of event table searching is as follows:
487 -# wxApp::FilterEvent() is called. If it returns anything but @c -1
488 (default) the processing stops here.
489 -# TryBefore() is called (this is where wxValidator are taken into
490 account for wxWindow objects). If this returns @true, the function exits.
491 -# If the object is disabled (via a call to wxEvtHandler::SetEvtHandlerEnabled)
492 the function skips to step (7).
493 -# Dynamic event table of the handlers bound using Bind<>() is
494 searched. If a handler is found, it is executed and the function
495 returns @true unless the handler used wxEvent::Skip() to indicate
496 that it didn't handle the event in which case the search continues.
497 -# Static events table of the handlers bound using event table
498 macros is searched for this event handler. If this fails, the base
499 class event table is tried, and so on until no more tables
500 exist or an appropriate function was found. If a handler is found,
501 the same logic as in the previous step applies.
502 -# The search is applied down the entire chain of event handlers (usually the
503 chain has a length of one). This chain can be formed using wxEvtHandler::SetNextHandler():
504 @image html overview_events_chain.png
505 (referring to the image, if @c A->ProcessEvent is called and it doesn't handle
506 the event, @c B->ProcessEvent will be called and so on...).
507 Note that in the case of wxWindow you can build a stack of event handlers
508 (see wxWindow::PushEventHandler() for more info).
509 If any of the handlers of the chain return @true, the function exits.
510 -# TryAfter() is called: for the wxWindow object this may propagate the
511 event to the window parent (recursively). If the event is still not
512 processed, ProcessEvent() on wxTheApp object is called as the last
515 Notice that steps (2)-(6) are performed in ProcessEventLocally()
516 which is called by this function.
521 @true if a suitable event handler function was found and executed,
522 and the function did not call wxEvent::Skip.
524 @see SearchEventTable()
526 virtual bool ProcessEvent(wxEvent
& event
);
529 Try to process the event in this handler and all those chained to it.
531 As explained in ProcessEvent() documentation, the event handlers may be
532 chained in a doubly-linked list. This function tries to process the
533 event in this handler (including performing any pre-processing done in
534 TryBefore(), e.g. applying validators) and all those following it in
535 the chain until the event is processed or the chain is exhausted.
537 This function is called from ProcessEvent() and, in turn, calls
538 TryBefore() and TryAfter(). It is not virtual and so cannot be
539 overridden but can, and should, be called to forward an event to
540 another handler instead of ProcessEvent() which would result in a
541 duplicate call to TryAfter(), e.g. resulting in all unprocessed events
542 being sent to the application object multiple times.
549 @true if this handler of one of those chained to it processed the
552 bool ProcessEventLocally(wxEvent
& event
);
555 Processes an event by calling ProcessEvent() and handles any exceptions
556 that occur in the process.
557 If an exception is thrown in event handler, wxApp::OnExceptionInMainLoop is called.
562 @return @true if the event was processed, @false if no handler was found
563 or an exception was thrown.
565 @see wxWindow::HandleWindowEvent
567 bool SafelyProcessEvent(wxEvent
& event
);
570 Processes the pending events previously queued using QueueEvent() or
571 AddPendingEvent(); you must call this function only if you are sure
572 there are pending events for this handler, otherwise a @c wxCHECK
575 The real processing still happens in ProcessEvent() which is called by this
578 Note that this function needs a valid application object (see
579 wxAppConsole::GetInstance()) because wxApp holds the list of the event
580 handlers with pending events and this function manipulates that list.
582 void ProcessPendingEvents();
585 Deletes all events queued on this event handler using QueueEvent() or
588 Use with care because the events which are deleted are (obviously) not
589 processed and this may have unwanted consequences (e.g. user actions events
592 void DeletePendingEvents();
595 Searches the event table, executing an event handler function if an appropriate
599 Event table to be searched.
601 Event to be matched against an event table entry.
603 @return @true if a suitable event handler function was found and
604 executed, and the function did not call wxEvent::Skip.
606 @remarks This function looks through the object's event table and tries
607 to find an entry that will match the event.
608 An entry will match if:
609 @li The event type matches, and
610 @li the identifier or identifier range matches, or the event table
611 entry's identifier is zero.
613 If a suitable function is called but calls wxEvent::Skip, this
614 function will fail, and searching will continue.
616 @todo this function in the header is listed as an "implementation only" function;
617 are we sure we want to document it?
621 virtual bool SearchEventTable(wxEventTable
& table
,
628 @name Connecting and disconnecting
633 Connects the given function dynamically with the event handler, id and
636 Notice that Bind() provides a more flexible and safer way to do the
637 same thing as Connect(), please use it in any new code -- while
638 Connect() is not formally deprecated due to its existing widespread
639 usage, it has no advantages compared to Bind().
641 This is an alternative to the use of static event tables. It is more
642 flexible as it allows to connect events generated by some object to an
643 event handler defined in a different object of a different class (which
644 is impossible to do directly with the event tables -- the events can be
645 only handled in another object if they are propagated upwards to it).
646 Do make sure to specify the correct @a eventSink when connecting to an
647 event of a different object.
649 See @ref overview_events_bind for more detailed explanation
650 of this function and the @ref page_samples_event sample for usage
653 This specific overload allows you to connect an event handler to a @e range
655 Do not confuse @e source IDs with event @e types: source IDs identify the
656 event generator objects (typically wxMenuItem or wxWindow objects) while the
657 event @e type identify which type of events should be handled by the
658 given @e function (an event generator object may generate many different
662 The first ID of the identifier range to be associated with the event
665 The last ID of the identifier range to be associated with the event
668 The event type to be associated with this event handler.
670 The event handler function. Note that this function should
671 be explicitly converted to the correct type which can be done using a macro
672 called @c wxFooEventHandler for the handler for any @c wxFooEvent.
674 Data to be associated with the event table entry.
676 Object whose member function should be called. It must be specified
677 when connecting an event generated by one object to a member
678 function of a different object. If it is omitted, @c this is used.
681 In wxPerl this function takes 4 arguments: @a id, @a lastid,
682 @a type, @a method; if @a method is undef, the handler is
688 void Connect(int id
, int lastId
, wxEventType eventType
,
689 wxObjectEventFunction function
,
690 wxObject
* userData
= NULL
,
691 wxEvtHandler
* eventSink
= NULL
);
694 See the Connect(int, int, wxEventType, wxObjectEventFunction, wxObject*, wxEvtHandler*)
695 overload for more info.
697 This overload can be used to attach an event handler to a single source ID:
701 frame->Connect( wxID_EXIT,
702 wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED,
703 wxCommandEventHandler(MyFrame::OnQuit) );
707 Not supported by wxPerl.
710 void Connect(int id
, wxEventType eventType
,
711 wxObjectEventFunction function
,
712 wxObject
* userData
= NULL
,
713 wxEvtHandler
* eventSink
= NULL
);
716 See the Connect(int, int, wxEventType, wxObjectEventFunction, wxObject*, wxEvtHandler*)
717 overload for more info.
719 This overload will connect the given event handler so that regardless of the
720 ID of the event source, the handler will be called.
723 Not supported by wxPerl.
726 void Connect(wxEventType eventType
,
727 wxObjectEventFunction function
,
728 wxObject
* userData
= NULL
,
729 wxEvtHandler
* eventSink
= NULL
);
732 Disconnects the given function dynamically from the event handler, using the
733 specified parameters as search criteria and returning @true if a matching
734 function has been found and removed.
736 This method can only disconnect functions which have been added using the
737 Connect() method. There is no way to disconnect functions connected using
738 the (static) event tables.
741 The event type associated with this event handler.
743 The event handler function.
745 Data associated with the event table entry.
747 Object whose member function should be called.
750 Not supported by wxPerl.
753 bool Disconnect(wxEventType eventType
,
754 wxObjectEventFunction function
,
755 wxObject
* userData
= NULL
,
756 wxEvtHandler
* eventSink
= NULL
);
759 See the Disconnect(wxEventType, wxObjectEventFunction, wxObject*, wxEvtHandler*)
760 overload for more info.
762 This overload takes the additional @a id parameter.
765 Not supported by wxPerl.
768 bool Disconnect(int id
= wxID_ANY
,
769 wxEventType eventType
= wxEVT_NULL
,
770 wxObjectEventFunction function
= NULL
,
771 wxObject
* userData
= NULL
,
772 wxEvtHandler
* eventSink
= NULL
);
775 See the Disconnect(wxEventType, wxObjectEventFunction, wxObject*, wxEvtHandler*)
776 overload for more info.
778 This overload takes an additional range of source IDs.
781 In wxPerl this function takes 3 arguments: @a id,
785 bool Disconnect(int id
, int lastId
,
786 wxEventType eventType
,
787 wxObjectEventFunction function
= NULL
,
788 wxObject
* userData
= NULL
,
789 wxEvtHandler
* eventSink
= NULL
);
794 @name Binding and Unbinding
799 Binds the given function, functor or method dynamically with the event.
801 This offers basically the same functionality as Connect(), but it is
802 more flexible as it also allows you to use ordinary functions and
803 arbitrary functors as event handlers. It is also less restrictive then
804 Connect() because you can use an arbitrary method as an event handler,
805 whereas Connect() requires a wxEvtHandler derived handler.
807 See @ref overview_events_bind for more detailed explanation
808 of this function and the @ref page_samples_event sample for usage
812 The event type to be associated with this event handler.
814 The event handler functor. This can be an ordinary function but also
815 an arbitrary functor like boost::function<>.
817 The first ID of the identifier range to be associated with the event
820 The last ID of the identifier range to be associated with the event
823 Data to be associated with the event table entry.
825 @see @ref overview_cpp_rtti_disabled
829 template <typename EventTag
, typename Functor
>
830 void Bind(const EventTag
& eventType
,
833 int lastId
= wxID_ANY
,
834 wxObject
*userData
= NULL
);
837 See the Bind<>(const EventTag&, Functor, int, int, wxObject*) overload for
840 This overload will bind the given method as the event handler.
843 The event type to be associated with this event handler.
845 The event handler method. This can be an arbitrary method (doesn't need
846 to be from a wxEvtHandler derived class).
848 Object whose method should be called. It must always be specified
849 so it can be checked at compile time whether the given method is an
850 actual member of the given handler.
852 The first ID of the identifier range to be associated with the event
855 The last ID of the identifier range to be associated with the event
858 Data to be associated with the event table entry.
860 @see @ref overview_cpp_rtti_disabled
864 template <typename EventTag
, typename Class
, typename EventArg
, typename EventHandler
>
865 void Bind(const EventTag
&eventType
,
866 void (Class::*method
)(EventArg
&),
867 EventHandler
*handler
,
869 int lastId
= wxID_ANY
,
870 wxObject
*userData
= NULL
);
872 Unbinds the given function, functor or method dynamically from the
873 event handler, using the specified parameters as search criteria and
874 returning @true if a matching function has been found and removed.
876 This method can only unbind functions, functors or methods which have
877 been added using the Bind<>() method. There is no way to unbind
878 functions bound using the (static) event tables.
881 The event type associated with this event handler.
883 The event handler functor. This can be an ordinary function but also
884 an arbitrary functor like boost::function<>.
886 The first ID of the identifier range associated with the event
889 The last ID of the identifier range associated with the event
892 Data associated with the event table entry.
894 @see @ref overview_cpp_rtti_disabled
898 template <typename EventTag
, typename Functor
>
899 bool Unbind(const EventTag
& eventType
,
902 int lastId
= wxID_ANY
,
903 wxObject
*userData
= NULL
);
906 See the Unbind<>(const EventTag&, Functor, int, int, wxObject*)
907 overload for more info.
909 This overload unbinds the given method from the event..
912 The event type associated with this event handler.
914 The event handler method associated with this event.
916 Object whose method was called.
918 The first ID of the identifier range associated with the event
921 The last ID of the identifier range associated with the event
924 Data associated with the event table entry.
926 @see @ref overview_cpp_rtti_disabled
930 template <typename EventTag
, typename Class
, typename EventArg
, typename EventHandler
>
931 bool Unbind(const EventTag
&eventType
,
932 void (Class::*method
)(EventArg
&),
933 EventHandler
*handler
,
935 int lastId
= wxID_ANY
,
936 wxObject
*userData
= NULL
);
939 @name User-supplied data
944 Returns user-supplied client data.
946 @remarks Normally, any extra data the programmer wishes to associate with
947 the object should be made available by deriving a new class with
952 void* GetClientData() const;
955 Returns a pointer to the user-supplied client data object.
957 @see SetClientObject(), wxClientData
959 wxClientData
* GetClientObject() const;
962 Sets user-supplied client data.
965 Data to be associated with the event handler.
967 @remarks Normally, any extra data the programmer wishes to associate
968 with the object should be made available by deriving a new
969 class with new data members. You must not call this method
970 and SetClientObject on the same class - only one of them.
974 void SetClientData(void* data
);
977 Set the client data object. Any previous object will be deleted.
979 @see GetClientObject(), wxClientData
981 void SetClientObject(wxClientData
* data
);
987 @name Event handler chaining
989 wxEvtHandler can be arranged in a double-linked list of handlers
990 which is automatically iterated by ProcessEvent() if needed.
995 Returns @true if the event handler is enabled, @false otherwise.
997 @see SetEvtHandlerEnabled()
999 bool GetEvtHandlerEnabled() const;
1002 Returns the pointer to the next handler in the chain.
1004 @see SetNextHandler(), GetPreviousHandler(), SetPreviousHandler(),
1005 wxWindow::PushEventHandler, wxWindow::PopEventHandler
1007 wxEvtHandler
* GetNextHandler() const;
1010 Returns the pointer to the previous handler in the chain.
1012 @see SetPreviousHandler(), GetNextHandler(), SetNextHandler(),
1013 wxWindow::PushEventHandler, wxWindow::PopEventHandler
1015 wxEvtHandler
* GetPreviousHandler() const;
1018 Enables or disables the event handler.
1021 @true if the event handler is to be enabled, @false if it is to be disabled.
1023 @remarks You can use this function to avoid having to remove the event
1024 handler from the chain, for example when implementing a
1025 dialog editor and changing from edit to test mode.
1027 @see GetEvtHandlerEnabled()
1029 void SetEvtHandlerEnabled(bool enabled
);
1032 Sets the pointer to the next handler.
1035 See ProcessEvent() for more info about how the chains of event handlers
1036 are internally used.
1037 Also remember that wxEvtHandler uses double-linked lists and thus if you
1038 use this function, you should also call SetPreviousHandler() on the
1039 argument passed to this function:
1041 handlerA->SetNextHandler(handlerB);
1042 handlerB->SetPreviousHandler(handlerA);
1046 The event handler to be set as the next handler.
1049 @see @ref overview_events_processing
1051 virtual void SetNextHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
1054 Sets the pointer to the previous handler.
1055 All remarks about SetNextHandler() apply to this function as well.
1058 The event handler to be set as the previous handler.
1061 @see @ref overview_events_processing
1063 virtual void SetPreviousHandler(wxEvtHandler
* handler
);
1066 Unlinks this event handler from the chain it's part of (if any);
1067 then links the "previous" event handler to the "next" one
1068 (so that the chain won't be interrupted).
1070 E.g. if before calling Unlink() you have the following chain:
1071 @image html evthandler_unlink_before.png
1072 then after calling @c B->Unlink() you'll have:
1073 @image html evthandler_unlink_after.png
1080 Returns @true if the next and the previous handler pointers of this
1081 event handler instance are @NULL.
1085 @see SetPreviousHandler(), SetNextHandler()
1087 bool IsUnlinked() const;
1092 @name Global event filters.
1094 Methods for working with the global list of event filters.
1096 Event filters can be defined to pre-process all the events that happen
1097 in an application, see wxEventFilter documentation for more information.
1102 Add an event filter whose FilterEvent() method will be called for each
1103 and every event processed by wxWidgets.
1105 The filters are called in LIFO order and wxApp is registered as an
1106 event filter by default. The pointer must remain valid until it's
1107 removed with RemoveFilter() and is not deleted by wxEvtHandler.
1111 static void AddFilter(wxEventFilter
* filter
);
1114 Remove a filter previously installed with AddFilter().
1116 It's an error to remove a filter that hadn't been previously added or
1117 was already removed.
1121 static void RemoveFilter(wxEventFilter
* filter
);
1127 Method called by ProcessEvent() before examining this object event
1130 This method can be overridden to hook into the event processing logic
1131 as early as possible. You should usually call the base class version
1132 when overriding this method, even if wxEvtHandler itself does nothing
1133 here, some derived classes do use this method, e.g. wxWindow implements
1134 support for wxValidator in it.
1138 class MyClass : public BaseClass // inheriting from wxEvtHandler
1142 virtual bool TryBefore(wxEvent& event)
1144 if ( MyPreProcess(event) )
1147 return BaseClass::TryBefore(event);
1154 virtual bool TryBefore(wxEvent
& event
);
1157 Method called by ProcessEvent() as last resort.
1159 This method can be overridden to implement post-processing for the
1160 events which were not processed anywhere else.
1162 The base class version handles forwarding the unprocessed events to
1163 wxApp at wxEvtHandler level and propagating them upwards the window
1164 child-parent chain at wxWindow level and so should usually be called
1165 when overriding this method:
1167 class MyClass : public BaseClass // inheriting from wxEvtHandler
1171 virtual bool TryAfter(wxEvent& event)
1173 if ( BaseClass::TryAfter(event) )
1176 return MyPostProcess(event);
1183 virtual bool TryAfter(wxEvent
& event
);
1188 Flags for categories of keys.
1190 These values are used by wxKeyEvent::IsKeyInCategory(). They may be
1191 combined via the bitwise operators |, &, and ~.
1195 enum wxKeyCategoryFlags
1197 /// arrow keys, on and off numeric keypads
1200 /// page up and page down keys, on and off numeric keypads
1201 WXK_CATEGORY_PAGING
,
1203 /// home and end keys, on and off numeric keypads
1206 /// tab key, on and off numeric keypads
1209 /// backspace and delete keys, on and off numeric keypads
1212 /// union of WXK_CATEGORY_ARROW, WXK_CATEGORY_PAGING, and WXK_CATEGORY_JUMP categories
1213 WXK_CATEGORY_NAVIGATION
1220 This event class contains information about key press and release events.
1222 The main information carried by this event is the key being pressed or
1223 released. It can be accessed using either GetKeyCode() function or
1224 GetUnicodeKey(). For the printable characters, the latter should be used as
1225 it works for any keys, including non-Latin-1 characters that can be entered
1226 when using national keyboard layouts. GetKeyCode() should be used to handle
1227 special characters (such as cursor arrows keys or @c HOME or @c INS and so
1228 on) which correspond to ::wxKeyCode enum elements above the @c WXK_START
1229 constant. While GetKeyCode() also returns the character code for Latin-1
1230 keys for compatibility, it doesn't work for Unicode characters in general
1231 and will return @c WXK_NONE for any non-Latin-1 ones. For this reason, it's
1232 recommended to always use GetUnicodeKey() and only fall back to GetKeyCode()
1233 if GetUnicodeKey() returned @c WXK_NONE meaning that the event corresponds
1234 to a non-printable special keys.
1236 While both of these functions can be used with the events of @c
1237 wxEVT_KEY_DOWN, @c wxEVT_KEY_UP and @c wxEVT_CHAR types, the values
1238 returned by them are different for the first two events and the last one.
1239 For the latter, the key returned corresponds to the character that would
1240 appear in e.g. a text zone if the user pressed the key in it. As such, its
1241 value depends on the current state of the Shift key and, for the letters,
1242 on the state of Caps Lock modifier. For example, if @c A key is pressed
1243 without Shift being held down, wxKeyEvent of type @c wxEVT_CHAR generated
1244 for this key press will return (from either GetKeyCode() or GetUnicodeKey()
1245 as their meanings coincide for ASCII characters) key code of 97
1246 corresponding the ASCII value of @c a. And if the same key is pressed but
1247 with Shift being held (or Caps Lock being active), then the key could would
1248 be 65, i.e. ASCII value of capital @c A.
1250 However for the key down and up events the returned key code will instead
1251 be @c A independently of the state of the modifier keys i.e. it depends
1252 only on physical key being pressed and is not translated to its logical
1253 representation using the current keyboard state. Such untranslated key
1254 codes are defined as follows:
1255 - For the letters they correspond to the @e upper case value of the
1257 - For the other alphanumeric keys (e.g. @c 7 or @c +), the untranslated
1258 key code corresponds to the character produced by the key when it is
1259 pressed without Shift. E.g. in standard US keyboard layout the
1260 untranslated key code for the key @c =/+ in the upper right corner of
1261 the keyboard is 61 which is the ASCII value of @c =.
1262 - For the rest of the keys (i.e. special non-printable keys) it is the
1263 same as the normal key code as no translation is used anyhow.
1265 Notice that the first rule applies to all Unicode letters, not just the
1266 usual Latin-1 ones. However for non-Latin-1 letters only GetUnicodeKey()
1267 can be used to retrieve the key code as GetKeyCode() just returns @c
1268 WXK_NONE in this case.
1270 To summarize: you should handle @c wxEVT_CHAR if you need the translated
1271 key and @c wxEVT_KEY_DOWN if you only need the value of the key itself,
1272 independent of the current keyboard state.
1274 @note Not all key down events may be generated by the user. As an example,
1275 @c wxEVT_KEY_DOWN with @c = key code can be generated using the
1276 standard US keyboard layout but not using the German one because the @c
1277 = key corresponds to Shift-0 key combination in this layout and the key
1278 code for it is @c 0, not @c =. Because of this you should avoid
1279 requiring your users to type key events that might be impossible to
1280 enter on their keyboard.
1283 Another difference between key and char events is that another kind of
1284 translation is done for the latter ones when the Control key is pressed:
1285 char events for ASCII letters in this case carry codes corresponding to the
1286 ASCII value of Ctrl-Latter, i.e. 1 for Ctrl-A, 2 for Ctrl-B and so on until
1287 26 for Ctrl-Z. This is convenient for terminal-like applications and can be
1288 completely ignored by all the other ones (if you need to handle Ctrl-A it
1289 is probably a better idea to use the key event rather than the char one).
1290 Notice that currently no translation is done for the presses of @c [, @c
1291 \\, @c ], @c ^ and @c _ keys which might be mapped to ASCII values from 27
1293 Since version 2.9.2, the enum values @c WXK_CONTROL_A - @c WXK_CONTROL_Z
1294 can be used instead of the non-descriptive constant values 1-26.
1296 Finally, modifier keys only generate key events but no char events at all.
1297 The modifiers keys are @c WXK_SHIFT, @c WXK_CONTROL, @c WXK_ALT and various
1298 @c WXK_WINDOWS_XXX from ::wxKeyCode enum.
1300 Modifier keys events are special in one additional aspect: usually the
1301 keyboard state associated with a key press is well defined, e.g.
1302 wxKeyboardState::ShiftDown() returns @c true only if the Shift key was held
1303 pressed when the key that generated this event itself was pressed. There is
1304 an ambiguity for the key press events for Shift key itself however. By
1305 convention, it is considered to be already pressed when it is pressed and
1306 already released when it is released. In other words, @c wxEVT_KEY_DOWN
1307 event for the Shift key itself will have @c wxMOD_SHIFT in GetModifiers()
1308 and ShiftDown() will return true while the @c wxEVT_KEY_UP event for Shift
1309 itself will not have @c wxMOD_SHIFT in its modifiers and ShiftDown() will
1313 @b Tip: You may discover the key codes and modifiers generated by all the
1314 keys on your system interactively by running the @ref
1315 page_samples_keyboard wxWidgets sample and pressing some keys in it.
1317 @note If a key down (@c EVT_KEY_DOWN) event is caught and the event handler
1318 does not call @c event.Skip() then the corresponding char event
1319 (@c EVT_CHAR) will not happen. This is by design and enables the
1320 programs that handle both types of events to avoid processing the
1321 same key twice. As a consequence, if you do not want to suppress the
1322 @c wxEVT_CHAR events for the keys you handle, always call @c
1323 event.Skip() in your @c wxEVT_KEY_DOWN handler. Not doing may also
1324 prevent accelerators defined using this key from working.
1326 @note If a key is maintained in a pressed state, you will typically get a
1327 lot of (automatically generated) key down events but only one key up
1328 one at the end when the key is released so it is wrong to assume that
1329 there is one up event corresponding to each down one.
1331 @note For Windows programmers: The key and char events in wxWidgets are
1332 similar to but slightly different from Windows @c WM_KEYDOWN and
1333 @c WM_CHAR events. In particular, Alt-x combination will generate a
1334 char event in wxWidgets (unless it is used as an accelerator) and
1335 almost all keys, including ones without ASCII equivalents, generate
1339 @beginEventTable{wxKeyEvent}
1340 @event{EVT_KEY_DOWN(func)}
1341 Process a @c wxEVT_KEY_DOWN event (any key has been pressed). If this
1342 event is handled and not skipped, @c wxEVT_CHAR will not be generated
1343 at all for this key press (but @c wxEVT_KEY_UP will be).
1344 @event{EVT_KEY_UP(func)}
1345 Process a @c wxEVT_KEY_UP event (any key has been released).
1346 @event{EVT_CHAR(func)}
1347 Process a @c wxEVT_CHAR event.
1348 @event{EVT_CHAR_HOOK(func)}
1349 Process a @c wxEVT_CHAR_HOOK event. Unlike all the other key events,
1350 this event is propagated upwards the window hierarchy which allows
1351 intercepting it in the parent window of the focused window to which it
1352 is sent initially (if there is no focused window, this event is sent to
1353 the wxApp global object). It is also generated before any other key
1354 events and so gives the parent window an opportunity to modify the
1355 keyboard handling of its children, e.g. it is used internally by
1356 wxWidgets in some ports to intercept pressing Esc key in any child of a
1357 dialog to close the dialog itself when it's pressed. By default, if
1358 this event is handled, i.e. the handler doesn't call wxEvent::Skip(),
1359 neither @c wxEVT_KEY_DOWN nor @c wxEVT_CHAR events will be generated
1360 (although @c wxEVT_KEY_UP still will be), i.e. it replaces the normal
1361 key events. However by calling the special DoAllowNextEvent() method
1362 you can handle @c wxEVT_CHAR_HOOK and still allow normal events
1363 generation. This is something that is rarely useful but can be required
1364 if you need to prevent a parent @c wxEVT_CHAR_HOOK handler from running
1365 without suppressing the normal key events. Finally notice that this
1366 event is not generated when the mouse is captured as it is considered
1367 that the window which has the capture should receive all the keyboard
1368 events too without allowing its parent wxTopLevelWindow to interfere
1369 with their processing.
1372 @see wxKeyboardState
1377 class wxKeyEvent
: public wxEvent
,
1378 public wxKeyboardState
1383 Currently, the only valid event types are @c wxEVT_CHAR and @c wxEVT_CHAR_HOOK.
1385 wxKeyEvent(wxEventType keyEventType
= wxEVT_NULL
);
1388 Returns the key code of the key that generated this event.
1390 ASCII symbols return normal ASCII values, while events from special
1391 keys such as "left cursor arrow" (@c WXK_LEFT) return values outside of
1392 the ASCII range. See ::wxKeyCode for a full list of the virtual key
1395 Note that this method returns a meaningful value only for special
1396 non-alphanumeric keys or if the user entered a character that can be
1397 represented in current locale's default charset. Otherwise, e.g. if the
1398 user enters a Japanese character in a program not using Japanese
1399 locale, this method returns @c WXK_NONE and GetUnicodeKey() should be
1400 used to obtain the corresponding Unicode character.
1402 Using GetUnicodeKey() is in general the right thing to do if you are
1403 interested in the characters typed by the user, GetKeyCode() should be
1404 only used for special keys (for which GetUnicodeKey() returns @c
1405 WXK_NONE). To handle both kinds of keys you might write:
1407 void MyHandler::OnChar(wxKeyEvent& event)
1409 if ( event.GetUnicodeKey() != WXK_NONE )
1411 // It's a printable character
1412 wxLogMessage("You pressed '%c'", event.GetUnicodeKey());
1416 // It's a special key, deal with all the known ones:
1417 switch ( GetKeyCode() )
1432 int GetKeyCode() const;
1435 Returns true if the key is in the given key category.
1438 A bitwise combination of named ::wxKeyCategoryFlags constants.
1442 bool IsKeyInCategory(int category
) const;
1446 Obtains the position (in client coordinates) at which the key was pressed.
1448 Notice that this position is simply the current mouse pointer position
1449 and has no special relationship to the key event itself.
1451 wxPoint
GetPosition() const;
1452 void GetPosition(long* x
, long* y
) const;
1456 Returns the raw key code for this event.
1458 The flags are platform-dependent and should only be used if the
1459 functionality provided by other wxKeyEvent methods is insufficient.
1461 Under MSW, the raw key code is the value of @c wParam parameter of the
1462 corresponding message.
1464 Under GTK, the raw key code is the @c keyval field of the corresponding
1467 Under OS X, the raw key code is the @c keyCode field of the
1468 corresponding NSEvent.
1470 @note Currently the raw key codes are not supported by all ports, use
1471 @ifdef_ wxHAS_RAW_KEY_CODES to determine if this feature is available.
1473 wxUint32
GetRawKeyCode() const;
1476 Returns the low level key flags for this event.
1478 The flags are platform-dependent and should only be used if the
1479 functionality provided by other wxKeyEvent methods is insufficient.
1481 Under MSW, the raw flags are just the value of @c lParam parameter of
1482 the corresponding message.
1484 Under GTK, the raw flags contain the @c hardware_keycode field of the
1485 corresponding GDK event.
1487 Under OS X, the raw flags contain the modifiers state.
1489 @note Currently the raw key flags are not supported by all ports, use
1490 @ifdef_ wxHAS_RAW_KEY_CODES to determine if this feature is available.
1492 wxUint32
GetRawKeyFlags() const;
1495 Returns the Unicode character corresponding to this key event.
1497 If the key pressed doesn't have any character value (e.g. a cursor key)
1498 this method will return @c WXK_NONE. In this case you should use
1499 GetKeyCode() to retrieve the value of the key.
1501 This function is only available in Unicode build, i.e. when
1502 @c wxUSE_UNICODE is 1.
1504 wxChar
GetUnicodeKey() const;
1507 Returns the X position (in client coordinates) of the event.
1511 wxCoord
GetX() const;
1514 Returns the Y position (in client coordinates) of the event.
1518 wxCoord
GetY() const;
1521 Allow normal key events generation.
1523 Can be called from @c wxEVT_CHAR_HOOK handler to indicate that the
1524 generation of normal events should @em not be suppressed, as it happens
1525 by default when this event is handled.
1527 The intended use of this method is to allow some window object to
1528 prevent @c wxEVT_CHAR_HOOK handler in its parent window from running by
1529 defining its own handler for this event. Without calling this method,
1530 this would result in not generating @c wxEVT_KEY_DOWN nor @c wxEVT_CHAR
1531 events at all but by calling it you can ensure that these events would
1532 still be generated, even if @c wxEVT_CHAR_HOOK event was handled.
1536 void DoAllowNextEvent();
1539 Returns @true if DoAllowNextEvent() had been called, @false by default.
1541 This method is used by wxWidgets itself to determine whether the normal
1542 key events should be generated after @c wxEVT_CHAR_HOOK processing.
1546 bool IsNextEventAllowed() const;
1557 // Which button is down?
1560 wxJOY_BUTTON_ANY
= -1,
1569 @class wxJoystickEvent
1571 This event class contains information about joystick events, particularly
1572 events received by windows.
1574 @beginEventTable{wxJoystickEvent}
1575 @event{EVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN(func)}
1576 Process a @c wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN event.
1577 @event{EVT_JOY_BUTTON_UP(func)}
1578 Process a @c wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_UP event.
1579 @event{EVT_JOY_MOVE(func)}
1580 Process a @c wxEVT_JOY_MOVE event.
1581 @event{EVT_JOY_ZMOVE(func)}
1582 Process a @c wxEVT_JOY_ZMOVE event.
1583 @event{EVT_JOYSTICK_EVENTS(func)}
1584 Processes all joystick events.
1592 class wxJoystickEvent
: public wxEvent
1598 wxJoystickEvent(wxEventType eventType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int state
= 0,
1599 int joystick
= wxJOYSTICK1
,
1603 Returns @true if the event was a down event from the specified button
1607 Can be @c wxJOY_BUTTONn where @c n is 1, 2, 3 or 4; or @c wxJOY_BUTTON_ANY to
1608 indicate any button down event.
1610 bool ButtonDown(int button
= wxJOY_BUTTON_ANY
) const;
1613 Returns @true if the specified button (or any button) was in a down state.
1616 Can be @c wxJOY_BUTTONn where @c n is 1, 2, 3 or 4; or @c wxJOY_BUTTON_ANY to
1617 indicate any button down event.
1619 bool ButtonIsDown(int button
= wxJOY_BUTTON_ANY
) const;
1622 Returns @true if the event was an up event from the specified button
1626 Can be @c wxJOY_BUTTONn where @c n is 1, 2, 3 or 4; or @c wxJOY_BUTTON_ANY to
1627 indicate any button down event.
1629 bool ButtonUp(int button
= wxJOY_BUTTON_ANY
) const;
1632 Returns the identifier of the button changing state.
1634 This is a @c wxJOY_BUTTONn identifier, where @c n is one of 1, 2, 3, 4.
1636 int GetButtonChange() const;
1639 Returns the down state of the buttons.
1641 This is a @c wxJOY_BUTTONn identifier, where @c n is one of 1, 2, 3, 4.
1643 int GetButtonState() const;
1646 Returns the identifier of the joystick generating the event - one of
1647 wxJOYSTICK1 and wxJOYSTICK2.
1649 int GetJoystick() const;
1652 Returns the x, y position of the joystick event.
1654 These coordinates are valid for all the events except wxEVT_JOY_ZMOVE.
1656 wxPoint
GetPosition() const;
1659 Returns the z position of the joystick event.
1661 This method can only be used for wxEVT_JOY_ZMOVE events.
1663 int GetZPosition() const;
1666 Returns @true if this was a button up or down event
1667 (@e not 'is any button down?').
1669 bool IsButton() const;
1672 Returns @true if this was an x, y move event.
1674 bool IsMove() const;
1677 Returns @true if this was a z move event.
1679 bool IsZMove() const;
1685 @class wxScrollWinEvent
1687 A scroll event holds information about events sent from scrolling windows.
1689 Note that you can use the EVT_SCROLLWIN* macros for intercepting scroll window events
1690 from the receiving window.
1692 @beginEventTable{wxScrollWinEvent}
1693 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN(func)}
1694 Process all scroll events.
1695 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_TOP(func)}
1696 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_TOP scroll-to-top events.
1697 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_BOTTOM(func)}
1698 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_BOTTOM scroll-to-bottom events.
1699 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEUP(func)}
1700 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEUP line up events.
1701 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEDOWN(func)}
1702 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEDOWN line down events.
1703 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_PAGEUP(func)}
1704 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_PAGEUP page up events.
1705 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_PAGEDOWN(func)}
1706 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_PAGEDOWN page down events.
1707 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBTRACK(func)}
1708 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBTRACK thumbtrack events
1709 (frequent events sent as the user drags the thumbtrack).
1710 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE(func)}
1711 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE thumb release events.
1718 @see wxScrollEvent, @ref overview_events
1720 class wxScrollWinEvent
: public wxEvent
1726 wxScrollWinEvent(wxEventType commandType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int pos
= 0,
1727 int orientation
= 0);
1730 Returns wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL, depending on the orientation of the
1733 @todo wxHORIZONTAL and wxVERTICAL should go in their own enum
1735 int GetOrientation() const;
1738 Returns the position of the scrollbar for the thumb track and release events.
1740 Note that this field can't be used for the other events, you need to query
1741 the window itself for the current position in that case.
1743 int GetPosition() const;
1745 void SetOrientation(int orient
);
1746 void SetPosition(int pos
);
1752 @class wxSysColourChangedEvent
1754 This class is used for system colour change events, which are generated
1755 when the user changes the colour settings using the control panel.
1756 This is only appropriate under Windows.
1759 The default event handler for this event propagates the event to child windows,
1760 since Windows only sends the events to top-level windows.
1761 If intercepting this event for a top-level window, remember to call the base
1762 class handler, or to pass the event on to the window's children explicitly.
1764 @beginEventTable{wxSysColourChangedEvent}
1765 @event{EVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED(func)}
1766 Process a @c wxEVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED event.
1772 @see @ref overview_events
1774 class wxSysColourChangedEvent
: public wxEvent
1780 wxSysColourChangedEvent();
1786 @class wxWindowCreateEvent
1788 This event is sent just after the actual window associated with a wxWindow
1789 object has been created.
1791 Since it is derived from wxCommandEvent, the event propagates up
1792 the window hierarchy.
1794 @beginEventTable{wxWindowCreateEvent}
1795 @event{EVT_WINDOW_CREATE(func)}
1796 Process a @c wxEVT_CREATE event.
1802 @see @ref overview_events, wxWindowDestroyEvent
1804 class wxWindowCreateEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
1810 wxWindowCreateEvent(wxWindow
* win
= NULL
);
1812 /// Return the window being created.
1813 wxWindow
*GetWindow() const;
1821 A paint event is sent when a window's contents needs to be repainted.
1823 The handler of this event must create a wxPaintDC object and use it for
1824 painting the window contents. For example:
1826 void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent& event)
1834 Notice that you must @e not create other kinds of wxDC (e.g. wxClientDC or
1835 wxWindowDC) in EVT_PAINT handlers and also don't create wxPaintDC outside
1836 of this event handlers.
1839 You can optimize painting by retrieving the rectangles that have been damaged
1840 and only repainting these. The rectangles are in terms of the client area,
1841 and are unscrolled, so you will need to do some calculations using the current
1842 view position to obtain logical, scrolled units.
1843 Here is an example of using the wxRegionIterator class:
1845 // Called when window needs to be repainted.
1846 void MyWindow::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent& event)
1850 // Find Out where the window is scrolled to
1851 int vbX,vbY; // Top left corner of client
1852 GetViewStart(&vbX,&vbY);
1854 int vX,vY,vW,vH; // Dimensions of client area in pixels
1855 wxRegionIterator upd(GetUpdateRegion()); // get the update rect list
1864 // Alternatively we can do this:
1865 // wxRect rect(upd.GetRect());
1867 // Repaint this rectangle
1876 Please notice that in general it is impossible to change the drawing of a
1877 standard control (such as wxButton) and so you shouldn't attempt to handle
1878 paint events for them as even if it might work on some platforms, this is
1879 inherently not portable and won't work everywhere.
1882 @beginEventTable{wxPaintEvent}
1883 @event{EVT_PAINT(func)}
1884 Process a @c wxEVT_PAINT event.
1890 @see @ref overview_events
1892 class wxPaintEvent
: public wxEvent
1898 wxPaintEvent(int id
= 0);
1904 @class wxMaximizeEvent
1906 An event being sent when a top level window is maximized. Notice that it is
1907 not sent when the window is restored to its original size after it had been
1908 maximized, only a normal wxSizeEvent is generated in this case.
1910 Currently this event is only generated in wxMSW, wxGTK, wxOSX/Cocoa and wxOS2
1911 ports so portable programs should only rely on receiving @c wxEVT_SIZE and
1912 not necessarily this event when the window is maximized.
1914 @beginEventTable{wxMaximizeEvent}
1915 @event{EVT_MAXIMIZE(func)}
1916 Process a @c wxEVT_MAXIMIZE event.
1922 @see @ref overview_events, wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize,
1923 wxTopLevelWindow::IsMaximized
1925 class wxMaximizeEvent
: public wxEvent
1929 Constructor. Only used by wxWidgets internally.
1931 wxMaximizeEvent(int id
= 0);
1935 The possibles modes to pass to wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode().
1939 /** Send UI update events to all windows. */
1940 wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_ALL
,
1942 /** Send UI update events to windows that have
1943 the wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES flag specified. */
1944 wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_SPECIFIED
1949 @class wxUpdateUIEvent
1951 This class is used for pseudo-events which are called by wxWidgets
1952 to give an application the chance to update various user interface elements.
1954 Without update UI events, an application has to work hard to check/uncheck,
1955 enable/disable, show/hide, and set the text for elements such as menu items
1956 and toolbar buttons. The code for doing this has to be mixed up with the code
1957 that is invoked when an action is invoked for a menu item or button.
1959 With update UI events, you define an event handler to look at the state of the
1960 application and change UI elements accordingly. wxWidgets will call your member
1961 functions in idle time, so you don't have to worry where to call this code.
1963 In addition to being a clearer and more declarative method, it also means you don't
1964 have to worry whether you're updating a toolbar or menubar identifier. The same
1965 handler can update a menu item and toolbar button, if the identifier is the same.
1966 Instead of directly manipulating the menu or button, you call functions in the event
1967 object, such as wxUpdateUIEvent::Check. wxWidgets will determine whether such a
1968 call has been made, and which UI element to update.
1970 These events will work for popup menus as well as menubars. Just before a menu is
1971 popped up, wxMenu::UpdateUI is called to process any UI events for the window that
1974 If you find that the overhead of UI update processing is affecting your application,
1975 you can do one or both of the following:
1976 @li Call wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode with a value of wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_SPECIFIED,
1977 and set the extra style wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES for every window that should
1978 receive update events. No other windows will receive update events.
1979 @li Call wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval with a millisecond value to set the delay
1980 between updates. You may need to call wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI at critical points,
1981 for example when a dialog is about to be shown, in case the user sees a slight
1982 delay before windows are updated.
1984 Note that although events are sent in idle time, defining a wxIdleEvent handler
1985 for a window does not affect this because the events are sent from wxWindow::OnInternalIdle
1986 which is always called in idle time.
1988 wxWidgets tries to optimize update events on some platforms.
1989 On Windows and GTK+, events for menubar items are only sent when the menu is about
1990 to be shown, and not in idle time.
1993 @beginEventTable{wxUpdateUIEvent}
1994 @event{EVT_UPDATE_UI(id, func)}
1995 Process a @c wxEVT_UPDATE_UI event for the command with the given id.
1996 @event{EVT_UPDATE_UI_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}
1997 Process a @c wxEVT_UPDATE_UI event for any command with id included in the given range.
2003 @see @ref overview_events
2005 class wxUpdateUIEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
2011 wxUpdateUIEvent(wxWindowID commandId
= 0);
2014 Returns @true if it is appropriate to update (send UI update events to)
2017 This function looks at the mode used (see wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode),
2018 the wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES flag in @a window, the time update events
2019 were last sent in idle time, and the update interval, to determine whether
2020 events should be sent to this window now. By default this will always
2021 return @true because the update mode is initially wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_ALL
2022 and the interval is set to 0; so update events will be sent as often as
2023 possible. You can reduce the frequency that events are sent by changing the
2024 mode and/or setting an update interval.
2026 @see ResetUpdateTime(), SetUpdateInterval(), SetMode()
2028 static bool CanUpdate(wxWindow
* window
);
2031 Check or uncheck the UI element.
2033 void Check(bool check
);
2036 Enable or disable the UI element.
2038 void Enable(bool enable
);
2041 Returns @true if the UI element should be checked.
2043 bool GetChecked() const;
2046 Returns @true if the UI element should be enabled.
2048 bool GetEnabled() const;
2051 Static function returning a value specifying how wxWidgets will send update
2052 events: to all windows, or only to those which specify that they will process
2057 static wxUpdateUIMode
GetMode();
2060 Returns @true if the application has called Check().
2061 For wxWidgets internal use only.
2063 bool GetSetChecked() const;
2066 Returns @true if the application has called Enable().
2067 For wxWidgets internal use only.
2069 bool GetSetEnabled() const;
2072 Returns @true if the application has called Show().
2073 For wxWidgets internal use only.
2075 bool GetSetShown() const;
2078 Returns @true if the application has called SetText().
2079 For wxWidgets internal use only.
2081 bool GetSetText() const;
2084 Returns @true if the UI element should be shown.
2086 bool GetShown() const;
2089 Returns the text that should be set for the UI element.
2091 wxString
GetText() const;
2094 Returns the current interval between updates in milliseconds.
2095 The value -1 disables updates, 0 updates as frequently as possible.
2097 @see SetUpdateInterval().
2099 static long GetUpdateInterval();
2102 Used internally to reset the last-updated time to the current time.
2104 It is assumed that update events are normally sent in idle time, so this
2105 is called at the end of idle processing.
2107 @see CanUpdate(), SetUpdateInterval(), SetMode()
2109 static void ResetUpdateTime();
2112 Specify how wxWidgets will send update events: to all windows, or only to
2113 those which specify that they will process the events.
2116 this parameter may be one of the ::wxUpdateUIMode enumeration values.
2117 The default mode is wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_ALL.
2119 static void SetMode(wxUpdateUIMode mode
);
2122 Sets the text for this UI element.
2124 void SetText(const wxString
& text
);
2127 Sets the interval between updates in milliseconds.
2129 Set to -1 to disable updates, or to 0 to update as frequently as possible.
2132 Use this to reduce the overhead of UI update events if your application
2133 has a lot of windows. If you set the value to -1 or greater than 0,
2134 you may also need to call wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI at appropriate points
2135 in your application, such as when a dialog is about to be shown.
2137 static void SetUpdateInterval(long updateInterval
);
2140 Show or hide the UI element.
2142 void Show(bool show
);
2148 @class wxClipboardTextEvent
2150 This class represents the events generated by a control (typically a
2151 wxTextCtrl but other windows can generate these events as well) when its
2152 content gets copied or cut to, or pasted from the clipboard.
2154 There are three types of corresponding events @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY,
2155 @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_CUT and @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_PASTE.
2157 If any of these events is processed (without being skipped) by an event
2158 handler, the corresponding operation doesn't take place which allows to
2159 prevent the text from being copied from or pasted to a control. It is also
2160 possible to examine the clipboard contents in the PASTE event handler and
2161 transform it in some way before inserting in a control -- for example,
2162 changing its case or removing invalid characters.
2164 Finally notice that a CUT event is always preceded by the COPY event which
2165 makes it possible to only process the latter if it doesn't matter if the
2166 text was copied or cut.
2169 These events are currently only generated by wxTextCtrl in wxGTK and wxOSX
2170 but are also generated by wxComboBox without wxCB_READONLY style in wxMSW.
2172 @beginEventTable{wxClipboardTextEvent}
2173 @event{EVT_TEXT_COPY(id, func)}
2174 Some or all of the controls content was copied to the clipboard.
2175 @event{EVT_TEXT_CUT(id, func)}
2176 Some or all of the controls content was cut (i.e. copied and
2178 @event{EVT_TEXT_PASTE(id, func)}
2179 Clipboard content was pasted into the control.
2188 class wxClipboardTextEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
2194 wxClipboardTextEvent(wxEventType commandType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0);
2198 Possible axis values for mouse wheel scroll events.
2202 enum wxMouseWheelAxis
2204 wxMOUSE_WHEEL_VERTICAL
, ///< Vertical scroll event.
2205 wxMOUSE_WHEEL_HORIZONTAL
///< Horizontal scroll event.
2212 This event class contains information about the events generated by the mouse:
2213 they include mouse buttons press and release events and mouse move events.
2215 All mouse events involving the buttons use @c wxMOUSE_BTN_LEFT for the
2216 left mouse button, @c wxMOUSE_BTN_MIDDLE for the middle one and
2217 @c wxMOUSE_BTN_RIGHT for the right one. And if the system supports more
2218 buttons, the @c wxMOUSE_BTN_AUX1 and @c wxMOUSE_BTN_AUX2 events
2219 can also be generated. Note that not all mice have even a middle button so a
2220 portable application should avoid relying on the events from it (but the right
2221 button click can be emulated using the left mouse button with the control key
2222 under Mac platforms with a single button mouse).
2224 For the @c wxEVT_ENTER_WINDOW and @c wxEVT_LEAVE_WINDOW events
2225 purposes, the mouse is considered to be inside the window if it is in the
2226 window client area and not inside one of its children. In other words, the
2227 parent window receives @c wxEVT_LEAVE_WINDOW event not only when the
2228 mouse leaves the window entirely but also when it enters one of its children.
2230 The position associated with a mouse event is expressed in the window
2231 coordinates of the window which generated the event, you can use
2232 wxWindow::ClientToScreen() to convert it to screen coordinates and possibly
2233 call wxWindow::ScreenToClient() next to convert it to window coordinates of
2236 @note Note that under Windows CE mouse enter and leave events are not natively
2237 supported by the system but are generated by wxWidgets itself. This has several
2238 drawbacks: the LEAVE_WINDOW event might be received some time after the mouse
2239 left the window and the state variables for it may have changed during this time.
2241 @note Note the difference between methods like wxMouseEvent::LeftDown and
2242 the inherited wxMouseState::LeftIsDown: the former returns @true when
2243 the event corresponds to the left mouse button click while the latter
2244 returns @true if the left mouse button is currently being pressed.
2245 For example, when the user is dragging the mouse you can use
2246 wxMouseEvent::LeftIsDown to test whether the left mouse button is
2247 (still) depressed. Also, by convention, if wxMouseEvent::LeftDown
2248 returns @true, wxMouseEvent::LeftIsDown will also return @true in
2249 wxWidgets whatever the underlying GUI behaviour is (which is
2250 platform-dependent). The same applies, of course, to other mouse
2254 @beginEventTable{wxMouseEvent}
2255 @event{EVT_LEFT_DOWN(func)}
2256 Process a @c wxEVT_LEFT_DOWN event. The handler of this event should normally
2257 call event.Skip() to allow the default processing to take place as otherwise
2258 the window under mouse wouldn't get the focus.
2259 @event{EVT_LEFT_UP(func)}
2260 Process a @c wxEVT_LEFT_UP event.
2261 @event{EVT_LEFT_DCLICK(func)}
2262 Process a @c wxEVT_LEFT_DCLICK event.
2263 @event{EVT_MIDDLE_DOWN(func)}
2264 Process a @c wxEVT_MIDDLE_DOWN event.
2265 @event{EVT_MIDDLE_UP(func)}
2266 Process a @c wxEVT_MIDDLE_UP event.
2267 @event{EVT_MIDDLE_DCLICK(func)}
2268 Process a @c wxEVT_MIDDLE_DCLICK event.
2269 @event{EVT_RIGHT_DOWN(func)}
2270 Process a @c wxEVT_RIGHT_DOWN event.
2271 @event{EVT_RIGHT_UP(func)}
2272 Process a @c wxEVT_RIGHT_UP event.
2273 @event{EVT_RIGHT_DCLICK(func)}
2274 Process a @c wxEVT_RIGHT_DCLICK event.
2275 @event{EVT_MOUSE_AUX1_DOWN(func)}
2276 Process a @c wxEVT_AUX1_DOWN event.
2277 @event{EVT_MOUSE_AUX1_UP(func)}
2278 Process a @c wxEVT_AUX1_UP event.
2279 @event{EVT_MOUSE_AUX1_DCLICK(func)}
2280 Process a @c wxEVT_AUX1_DCLICK event.
2281 @event{EVT_MOUSE_AUX2_DOWN(func)}
2282 Process a @c wxEVT_AUX2_DOWN event.
2283 @event{EVT_MOUSE_AUX2_UP(func)}
2284 Process a @c wxEVT_AUX2_UP event.
2285 @event{EVT_MOUSE_AUX2_DCLICK(func)}
2286 Process a @c wxEVT_AUX2_DCLICK event.
2287 @event{EVT_MOTION(func)}
2288 Process a @c wxEVT_MOTION event.
2289 @event{EVT_ENTER_WINDOW(func)}
2290 Process a @c wxEVT_ENTER_WINDOW event.
2291 @event{EVT_LEAVE_WINDOW(func)}
2292 Process a @c wxEVT_LEAVE_WINDOW event.
2293 @event{EVT_MOUSEWHEEL(func)}
2294 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL event.
2295 @event{EVT_MOUSE_EVENTS(func)}
2296 Process all mouse events.
2304 class wxMouseEvent
: public wxEvent
,
2309 Constructor. Valid event types are:
2311 @li @c wxEVT_ENTER_WINDOW
2312 @li @c wxEVT_LEAVE_WINDOW
2313 @li @c wxEVT_LEFT_DOWN
2314 @li @c wxEVT_LEFT_UP
2315 @li @c wxEVT_LEFT_DCLICK
2316 @li @c wxEVT_MIDDLE_DOWN
2317 @li @c wxEVT_MIDDLE_UP
2318 @li @c wxEVT_MIDDLE_DCLICK
2319 @li @c wxEVT_RIGHT_DOWN
2320 @li @c wxEVT_RIGHT_UP
2321 @li @c wxEVT_RIGHT_DCLICK
2322 @li @c wxEVT_AUX1_DOWN
2323 @li @c wxEVT_AUX1_UP
2324 @li @c wxEVT_AUX1_DCLICK
2325 @li @c wxEVT_AUX2_DOWN
2326 @li @c wxEVT_AUX2_UP
2327 @li @c wxEVT_AUX2_DCLICK
2329 @li @c wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL
2331 wxMouseEvent(wxEventType mouseEventType
= wxEVT_NULL
);
2334 Returns @true if the event was a first extra button double click.
2336 bool Aux1DClick() const;
2339 Returns @true if the first extra button mouse button changed to down.
2341 bool Aux1Down() const;
2344 Returns @true if the first extra button mouse button changed to up.
2346 bool Aux1Up() const;
2349 Returns @true if the event was a second extra button double click.
2351 bool Aux2DClick() const;
2354 Returns @true if the second extra button mouse button changed to down.
2356 bool Aux2Down() const;
2359 Returns @true if the second extra button mouse button changed to up.
2361 bool Aux2Up() const;
2364 Returns @true if the event was generated by the specified button.
2366 @see wxMouseState::ButtoinIsDown()
2368 bool Button(wxMouseButton but
) const;
2371 If the argument is omitted, this returns @true if the event was a mouse
2372 double click event. Otherwise the argument specifies which double click event
2373 was generated (see Button() for the possible values).
2375 bool ButtonDClick(wxMouseButton but
= wxMOUSE_BTN_ANY
) const;
2378 If the argument is omitted, this returns @true if the event was a mouse
2379 button down event. Otherwise the argument specifies which button-down event
2380 was generated (see Button() for the possible values).
2382 bool ButtonDown(wxMouseButton but
= wxMOUSE_BTN_ANY
) const;
2385 If the argument is omitted, this returns @true if the event was a mouse
2386 button up event. Otherwise the argument specifies which button-up event
2387 was generated (see Button() for the possible values).
2389 bool ButtonUp(wxMouseButton but
= wxMOUSE_BTN_ANY
) const;
2392 Returns @true if this was a dragging event (motion while a button is depressed).
2396 bool Dragging() const;
2399 Returns @true if the mouse was entering the window.
2403 bool Entering() const;
2406 Returns the mouse button which generated this event or @c wxMOUSE_BTN_NONE
2407 if no button is involved (for mouse move, enter or leave event, for example).
2408 Otherwise @c wxMOUSE_BTN_LEFT is returned for the left button down, up and
2409 double click events, @c wxMOUSE_BTN_MIDDLE and @c wxMOUSE_BTN_RIGHT
2410 for the same events for the middle and the right buttons respectively.
2412 int GetButton() const;
2415 Returns the number of mouse clicks for this event: 1 for a simple click, 2
2416 for a double-click, 3 for a triple-click and so on.
2418 Currently this function is implemented only in wxMac and returns -1 for the
2419 other platforms (you can still distinguish simple clicks from double-clicks as
2420 they generate different kinds of events however).
2424 int GetClickCount() const;
2427 Returns the configured number of lines (or whatever) to be scrolled per
2428 wheel action. Defaults to three.
2430 int GetLinesPerAction() const;
2433 Returns the logical mouse position in pixels (i.e. translated according to the
2434 translation set for the DC, which usually indicates that the window has been
2437 wxPoint
GetLogicalPosition(const wxDC
& dc
) const;
2440 Get wheel delta, normally 120.
2442 This is the threshold for action to be taken, and one such action
2443 (for example, scrolling one increment) should occur for each delta.
2445 int GetWheelDelta() const;
2448 Get wheel rotation, positive or negative indicates direction of rotation.
2450 Current devices all send an event when rotation is at least +/-WheelDelta, but
2451 finer resolution devices can be created in the future.
2453 Because of this you shouldn't assume that one event is equal to 1 line, but you
2454 should be able to either do partial line scrolling or wait until several
2455 events accumulate before scrolling.
2457 int GetWheelRotation() const;
2460 Gets the axis the wheel operation concerns.
2462 Usually the mouse wheel is used to scroll vertically so @c
2463 wxMOUSE_WHEEL_VERTICAL is returned but some mice (and most trackpads)
2464 also allow to use the wheel to scroll horizontally in which case
2465 @c wxMOUSE_WHEEL_HORIZONTAL is returned.
2467 Notice that before wxWidgets 2.9.4 this method returned @c int.
2469 wxMouseWheelAxis
GetWheelAxis() const;
2472 Returns @true if the event was a mouse button event (not necessarily a button
2473 down event - that may be tested using ButtonDown()).
2475 bool IsButton() const;
2478 Returns @true if the system has been setup to do page scrolling with
2479 the mouse wheel instead of line scrolling.
2481 bool IsPageScroll() const;
2484 Returns @true if the mouse was leaving the window.
2488 bool Leaving() const;
2491 Returns @true if the event was a left double click.
2493 bool LeftDClick() const;
2496 Returns @true if the left mouse button changed to down.
2498 bool LeftDown() const;
2501 Returns @true if the left mouse button changed to up.
2503 bool LeftUp() const;
2506 Returns @true if the Meta key was down at the time of the event.
2508 bool MetaDown() const;
2511 Returns @true if the event was a middle double click.
2513 bool MiddleDClick() const;
2516 Returns @true if the middle mouse button changed to down.
2518 bool MiddleDown() const;
2521 Returns @true if the middle mouse button changed to up.
2523 bool MiddleUp() const;
2526 Returns @true if this was a motion event and no mouse buttons were pressed.
2527 If any mouse button is held pressed, then this method returns @false and
2528 Dragging() returns @true.
2530 bool Moving() const;
2533 Returns @true if the event was a right double click.
2535 bool RightDClick() const;
2538 Returns @true if the right mouse button changed to down.
2540 bool RightDown() const;
2543 Returns @true if the right mouse button changed to up.
2545 bool RightUp() const;
2551 @class wxDropFilesEvent
2553 This class is used for drop files events, that is, when files have been dropped
2554 onto the window. This functionality is currently only available under Windows.
2556 The window must have previously been enabled for dropping by calling
2557 wxWindow::DragAcceptFiles().
2559 Important note: this is a separate implementation to the more general drag and drop
2560 implementation documented in the @ref overview_dnd. It uses the older, Windows
2561 message-based approach of dropping files.
2563 @beginEventTable{wxDropFilesEvent}
2564 @event{EVT_DROP_FILES(func)}
2565 Process a @c wxEVT_DROP_FILES event.
2573 @see @ref overview_events
2575 class wxDropFilesEvent
: public wxEvent
2581 wxDropFilesEvent(wxEventType id
= 0, int noFiles
= 0,
2582 wxString
* files
= NULL
);
2585 Returns an array of filenames.
2587 wxString
* GetFiles() const;
2590 Returns the number of files dropped.
2592 int GetNumberOfFiles() const;
2595 Returns the position at which the files were dropped.
2596 Returns an array of filenames.
2598 wxPoint
GetPosition() const;
2604 @class wxCommandEvent
2606 This event class contains information about command events, which originate
2607 from a variety of simple controls.
2609 Note that wxCommandEvents and wxCommandEvent-derived event classes by default
2610 and unlike other wxEvent-derived classes propagate upward from the source
2611 window (the window which emits the event) up to the first parent which processes
2612 the event. Be sure to read @ref overview_events_propagation.
2614 More complex controls, such as wxTreeCtrl, have separate command event classes.
2616 @beginEventTable{wxCommandEvent}
2617 @event{EVT_COMMAND(id, event, func)}
2618 Process a command, supplying the window identifier, command event identifier,
2619 and member function.
2620 @event{EVT_COMMAND_RANGE(id1, id2, event, func)}
2621 Process a command for a range of window identifiers, supplying the minimum and
2622 maximum window identifiers, command event identifier, and member function.
2623 @event{EVT_BUTTON(id, func)}
2624 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_BUTTON_CLICKED command, which is generated by a wxButton control.
2625 @event{EVT_CHECKBOX(id, func)}
2626 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_CHECKBOX_CLICKED command, which is generated by a wxCheckBox control.
2627 @event{EVT_CHOICE(id, func)}
2628 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_CHOICE_SELECTED command, which is generated by a wxChoice control.
2629 @event{EVT_COMBOBOX(id, func)}
2630 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED command, which is generated by a wxComboBox control.
2631 @event{EVT_LISTBOX(id, func)}
2632 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_LISTBOX_SELECTED command, which is generated by a wxListBox control.
2633 @event{EVT_LISTBOX_DCLICK(id, func)}
2634 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_LISTBOX_DOUBLECLICKED command, which is generated by a wxListBox control.
2635 @event{EVT_CHECKLISTBOX(id, func)}
2636 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLED command, which is generated by a wxCheckListBox control.
2637 @event{EVT_MENU(id, func)}
2638 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED command, which is generated by a menu item.
2639 @event{EVT_MENU_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}
2640 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_RANGE command, which is generated by a range of menu items.
2641 @event{EVT_CONTEXT_MENU(func)}
2642 Process the event generated when the user has requested a popup menu to appear by
2643 pressing a special keyboard key (under Windows) or by right clicking the mouse.
2644 @event{EVT_RADIOBOX(id, func)}
2645 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_RADIOBOX_SELECTED command, which is generated by a wxRadioBox control.
2646 @event{EVT_RADIOBUTTON(id, func)}
2647 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_RADIOBUTTON_SELECTED command, which is generated by a wxRadioButton control.
2648 @event{EVT_SCROLLBAR(id, func)}
2649 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_SCROLLBAR_UPDATED command, which is generated by a wxScrollBar
2650 control. This is provided for compatibility only; more specific scrollbar event macros
2651 should be used instead (see wxScrollEvent).
2652 @event{EVT_SLIDER(id, func)}
2653 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_SLIDER_UPDATED command, which is generated by a wxSlider control.
2654 @event{EVT_TEXT(id, func)}
2655 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED command, which is generated by a wxTextCtrl control.
2656 @event{EVT_TEXT_ENTER(id, func)}
2657 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_ENTER command, which is generated by a wxTextCtrl control.
2658 Note that you must use wxTE_PROCESS_ENTER flag when creating the control if you want it
2659 to generate such events.
2660 @event{EVT_TEXT_MAXLEN(id, func)}
2661 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_MAXLEN command, which is generated by a wxTextCtrl control
2662 when the user tries to enter more characters into it than the limit previously set
2663 with SetMaxLength().
2664 @event{EVT_TOGGLEBUTTON(id, func)}
2665 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TOGGLEBUTTON_CLICKED event.
2666 @event{EVT_TOOL(id, func)}
2667 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TOOL_CLICKED event (a synonym for @c wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED).
2668 Pass the id of the tool.
2669 @event{EVT_TOOL_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}
2670 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TOOL_CLICKED event for a range of identifiers. Pass the ids of the tools.
2671 @event{EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED(id, func)}
2672 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TOOL_RCLICKED event. Pass the id of the tool. (Not available on wxOSX.)
2673 @event{EVT_TOOL_RCLICKED_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}
2674 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TOOL_RCLICKED event for a range of ids. Pass the ids of the tools. (Not available on wxOSX.)
2675 @event{EVT_TOOL_ENTER(id, func)}
2676 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_TOOL_ENTER event. Pass the id of the toolbar itself.
2677 The value of wxCommandEvent::GetSelection() is the tool id, or -1 if the mouse cursor
2678 has moved off a tool. (Not available on wxOSX.)
2679 @event{EVT_COMMAND_LEFT_CLICK(id, func)}
2680 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_LEFT_CLICK command, which is generated by a control (wxMSW only).
2681 @event{EVT_COMMAND_LEFT_DCLICK(id, func)}
2682 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_LEFT_DCLICK command, which is generated by a control (wxMSW only).
2683 @event{EVT_COMMAND_RIGHT_CLICK(id, func)}
2684 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_RIGHT_CLICK command, which is generated by a control (wxMSW only).
2685 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SET_FOCUS(id, func)}
2686 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_SET_FOCUS command, which is generated by a control (wxMSW only).
2687 @event{EVT_COMMAND_KILL_FOCUS(id, func)}
2688 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_KILL_FOCUS command, which is generated by a control (wxMSW only).
2689 @event{EVT_COMMAND_ENTER(id, func)}
2690 Process a @c wxEVT_COMMAND_ENTER command, which is generated by a control.
2696 class wxCommandEvent
: public wxEvent
2702 wxCommandEvent(wxEventType commandEventType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0);
2705 Returns client data pointer for a listbox or choice selection event
2706 (not valid for a deselection).
2708 void* GetClientData() const;
2711 Returns client object pointer for a listbox or choice selection event
2712 (not valid for a deselection).
2714 wxClientData
* GetClientObject() const;
2717 Returns extra information dependent on the event objects type.
2719 If the event comes from a listbox selection, it is a boolean
2720 determining whether the event was a selection (@true) or a
2721 deselection (@false). A listbox deselection only occurs for
2722 multiple-selection boxes, and in this case the index and string values
2723 are indeterminate and the listbox must be examined by the application.
2725 long GetExtraLong() const;
2728 Returns the integer identifier corresponding to a listbox, choice or
2729 radiobox selection (only if the event was a selection, not a deselection),
2730 or a boolean value representing the value of a checkbox.
2732 For a menu item, this method returns -1 if the item is not checkable or
2733 a boolean value (true or false) for checkable items indicating the new
2739 Returns item index for a listbox or choice selection event (not valid for
2742 int GetSelection() const;
2745 Returns item string for a listbox or choice selection event. If one
2746 or several items have been deselected, returns the index of the first
2747 deselected item. If some items have been selected and others deselected
2748 at the same time, it will return the index of the first selected item.
2750 wxString
GetString() const;
2753 This method can be used with checkbox and menu events: for the checkboxes, the
2754 method returns @true for a selection event and @false for a deselection one.
2755 For the menu events, this method indicates if the menu item just has become
2756 checked or unchecked (and thus only makes sense for checkable menu items).
2758 Notice that this method cannot be used with wxCheckListBox currently.
2760 bool IsChecked() const;
2763 For a listbox or similar event, returns @true if it is a selection, @false
2764 if it is a deselection. If some items have been selected and others deselected
2765 at the same time, it will return @true.
2767 bool IsSelection() const;
2770 Sets the client data for this event.
2772 void SetClientData(void* clientData
);
2775 Sets the client object for this event. The client object is not owned by the
2776 event object and the event object will not delete the client object in its destructor.
2778 The client object must be owned and deleted by another object (e.g. a control)
2779 that has longer life time than the event object.
2781 void SetClientObject(wxClientData
* clientObject
);
2784 Sets the @b m_extraLong member.
2786 void SetExtraLong(long extraLong
);
2789 Sets the @b m_commandInt member.
2791 void SetInt(int intCommand
);
2794 Sets the @b m_commandString member.
2796 void SetString(const wxString
& string
);
2802 @class wxActivateEvent
2804 An activate event is sent when a window or application is being activated
2807 @beginEventTable{wxActivateEvent}
2808 @event{EVT_ACTIVATE(func)}
2809 Process a @c wxEVT_ACTIVATE event.
2810 @event{EVT_ACTIVATE_APP(func)}
2811 Process a @c wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP event.
2812 This event is received by the wxApp-derived instance only.
2813 @event{EVT_HIBERNATE(func)}
2814 Process a hibernate event, supplying the member function. This event applies
2815 to wxApp only, and only on Windows SmartPhone and PocketPC.
2816 It is generated when the system is low on memory; the application should free
2817 up as much memory as possible, and restore full working state when it receives
2818 a @c wxEVT_ACTIVATE or @c wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP event.
2824 @see @ref overview_events, wxApp::IsActive
2826 class wxActivateEvent
: public wxEvent
2832 wxActivateEvent(wxEventType eventType
= wxEVT_NULL
, bool active
= true,
2836 Returns @true if the application or window is being activated, @false otherwise.
2838 bool GetActive() const;
2844 @class wxContextMenuEvent
2846 This class is used for context menu events, sent to give
2847 the application a chance to show a context (popup) menu for a wxWindow.
2849 Note that if wxContextMenuEvent::GetPosition returns wxDefaultPosition, this
2850 means that the event originated from a keyboard context button event, and you
2851 should compute a suitable position yourself, for example by calling wxGetMousePosition().
2853 When a keyboard context menu button is pressed on Windows, a right-click event
2854 with default position is sent first, and if this event is not processed, the
2855 context menu event is sent. So if you process mouse events and you find your
2856 context menu event handler is not being called, you could call wxEvent::Skip()
2857 for mouse right-down events.
2859 @beginEventTable{wxContextMenuEvent}
2860 @event{EVT_CONTEXT_MENU(func)}
2861 A right click (or other context menu command depending on platform) has been detected.
2868 @see wxCommandEvent, @ref overview_events
2870 class wxContextMenuEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
2876 wxContextMenuEvent(wxEventType type
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0,
2877 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
);
2880 Returns the position in screen coordinates at which the menu should be shown.
2881 Use wxWindow::ScreenToClient to convert to client coordinates.
2883 You can also omit a position from wxWindow::PopupMenu in order to use
2884 the current mouse pointer position.
2886 If the event originated from a keyboard event, the value returned from this
2887 function will be wxDefaultPosition.
2889 const wxPoint
& GetPosition() const;
2892 Sets the position at which the menu should be shown.
2894 void SetPosition(const wxPoint
& point
);
2902 An erase event is sent when a window's background needs to be repainted.
2904 On some platforms, such as GTK+, this event is simulated (simply generated just
2905 before the paint event) and may cause flicker. It is therefore recommended that
2906 you set the text background colour explicitly in order to prevent flicker.
2907 The default background colour under GTK+ is grey.
2909 To intercept this event, use the EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND macro in an event table
2912 You must use the device context returned by GetDC() to draw on, don't create
2913 a wxPaintDC in the event handler.
2915 @beginEventTable{wxEraseEvent}
2916 @event{EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND(func)}
2917 Process a @c wxEVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND event.
2923 @see @ref overview_events
2925 class wxEraseEvent
: public wxEvent
2931 wxEraseEvent(int id
= 0, wxDC
* dc
= NULL
);
2934 Returns the device context associated with the erase event to draw on.
2936 The returned pointer is never @NULL.
2938 wxDC
* GetDC() const;
2946 A focus event is sent when a window's focus changes. The window losing focus
2947 receives a "kill focus" event while the window gaining it gets a "set focus" one.
2949 Notice that the set focus event happens both when the user gives focus to the
2950 window (whether using the mouse or keyboard) and when it is done from the
2951 program itself using wxWindow::SetFocus.
2953 The focus event handlers should almost invariably call wxEvent::Skip() on
2954 their event argument to allow the default handling to take place. Failure
2955 to do this may result in incorrect behaviour of the native controls. Also
2956 note that wxEVT_KILL_FOCUS handler must not call wxWindow::SetFocus() as
2957 this, again, is not supported by all native controls. If you need to do
2958 this, consider using the @ref sec_delayed_action described in wxIdleEvent
2961 @beginEventTable{wxFocusEvent}
2962 @event{EVT_SET_FOCUS(func)}
2963 Process a @c wxEVT_SET_FOCUS event.
2964 @event{EVT_KILL_FOCUS(func)}
2965 Process a @c wxEVT_KILL_FOCUS event.
2971 @see @ref overview_events
2973 class wxFocusEvent
: public wxEvent
2979 wxFocusEvent(wxEventType eventType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0);
2982 Returns the window associated with this event, that is the window which had the
2983 focus before for the @c wxEVT_SET_FOCUS event and the window which is
2984 going to receive focus for the @c wxEVT_KILL_FOCUS one.
2986 Warning: the window pointer may be @NULL!
2988 wxWindow
*GetWindow() const;
2990 void SetWindow(wxWindow
*win
);
2996 @class wxChildFocusEvent
2998 A child focus event is sent to a (parent-)window when one of its child windows
2999 gains focus, so that the window could restore the focus back to its corresponding
3000 child if it loses it now and regains later.
3002 Notice that child window is the direct child of the window receiving event.
3003 Use wxWindow::FindFocus() to retrieve the window which is actually getting focus.
3005 @beginEventTable{wxChildFocusEvent}
3006 @event{EVT_CHILD_FOCUS(func)}
3007 Process a @c wxEVT_CHILD_FOCUS event.
3013 @see @ref overview_events
3015 class wxChildFocusEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
3022 The direct child which is (or which contains the window which is) receiving
3025 wxChildFocusEvent(wxWindow
* win
= NULL
);
3028 Returns the direct child which receives the focus, or a (grand-)parent of the
3029 control receiving the focus.
3031 To get the actually focused control use wxWindow::FindFocus.
3033 wxWindow
*GetWindow() const;
3039 @class wxMouseCaptureLostEvent
3041 A mouse capture lost event is sent to a window that had obtained mouse capture,
3042 which was subsequently lost due to an "external" event (for example, when a dialog
3043 box is shown or if another application captures the mouse).
3045 If this happens, this event is sent to all windows that are on the capture stack
3046 (i.e. called CaptureMouse, but didn't call ReleaseMouse yet). The event is
3047 not sent if the capture changes because of a call to CaptureMouse or
3050 This event is currently emitted under Windows only.
3052 @beginEventTable{wxMouseCaptureLostEvent}
3053 @event{EVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST(func)}
3054 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event.
3062 @see wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent, @ref overview_events,
3063 wxWindow::CaptureMouse, wxWindow::ReleaseMouse, wxWindow::GetCapture
3065 class wxMouseCaptureLostEvent
: public wxEvent
3071 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent(wxWindowID windowId
= 0);
3076 class wxDisplayChangedEvent
: public wxEvent
3079 wxDisplayChangedEvent();
3083 class wxPaletteChangedEvent
: public wxEvent
3086 wxPaletteChangedEvent(wxWindowID winid
= 0);
3088 void SetChangedWindow(wxWindow
* win
);
3089 wxWindow
* GetChangedWindow() const;
3093 class wxQueryNewPaletteEvent
: public wxEvent
3096 wxQueryNewPaletteEvent(wxWindowID winid
= 0);
3098 void SetPaletteRealized(bool realized
);
3099 bool GetPaletteRealized();
3106 @class wxNotifyEvent
3108 This class is not used by the event handlers by itself, but is a base class
3109 for other event classes (such as wxBookCtrlEvent).
3111 It (or an object of a derived class) is sent when the controls state is being
3112 changed and allows the program to wxNotifyEvent::Veto() this change if it wants
3113 to prevent it from happening.
3118 @see wxBookCtrlEvent
3120 class wxNotifyEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
3124 Constructor (used internally by wxWidgets only).
3126 wxNotifyEvent(wxEventType eventType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0);
3129 This is the opposite of Veto(): it explicitly allows the event to be processed.
3130 For most events it is not necessary to call this method as the events are allowed
3131 anyhow but some are forbidden by default (this will be mentioned in the corresponding
3137 Returns @true if the change is allowed (Veto() hasn't been called) or @false
3138 otherwise (if it was).
3140 bool IsAllowed() const;
3143 Prevents the change announced by this event from happening.
3145 It is in general a good idea to notify the user about the reasons for vetoing
3146 the change because otherwise the applications behaviour (which just refuses to
3147 do what the user wants) might be quite surprising.
3154 @class wxThreadEvent
3156 This class adds some simple functionality to wxEvent to facilitate
3157 inter-thread communication.
3159 This event is not natively emitted by any control/class: it is just
3160 a helper class for the user.
3161 Its most important feature is the GetEventCategory() implementation which
3162 allows thread events @b NOT to be processed by wxEventLoopBase::YieldFor calls
3163 (unless the @c wxEVT_CATEGORY_THREAD is specified - which is never in wx code).
3166 @category{events,threading}
3168 @see @ref overview_thread, wxEventLoopBase::YieldFor
3172 class wxThreadEvent
: public wxEvent
3178 wxThreadEvent(wxEventType eventType
= wxEVT_THREAD
, int id
= wxID_ANY
);
3181 Clones this event making sure that all internal members which use
3182 COW (only @c m_commandString for now; see @ref overview_refcount)
3183 are unshared (see wxObject::UnShare).
3185 virtual wxEvent
*Clone() const;
3188 Returns @c wxEVT_CATEGORY_THREAD.
3190 This is important to avoid unwanted processing of thread events
3191 when calling wxEventLoopBase::YieldFor().
3193 virtual wxEventCategory
GetEventCategory() const;
3196 Sets custom data payload.
3198 The @a payload argument may be of any type that wxAny can handle
3199 (i.e. pretty much anything). Note that T's copy constructor must be
3200 thread-safe, i.e. create a copy that doesn't share anything with
3201 the original (see Clone()).
3203 @note This method is not available with Visual C++ 6.
3207 @see GetPayload(), wxAny
3209 template<typename T
>
3210 void SetPayload(const T
& payload
);
3213 Get custom data payload.
3215 Correct type is checked in debug builds.
3217 @note This method is not available with Visual C++ 6.
3221 @see SetPayload(), wxAny
3223 template<typename T
>
3224 T
GetPayload() const;
3227 Returns extra information integer value.
3229 long GetExtraLong() const;
3232 Returns stored integer value.
3237 Returns stored string value.
3239 wxString
GetString() const;
3243 Sets the extra information value.
3245 void SetExtraLong(long extraLong
);
3248 Sets the integer value.
3250 void SetInt(int intCommand
);
3253 Sets the string value.
3255 void SetString(const wxString
& string
);
3262 A help event is sent when the user has requested context-sensitive help.
3263 This can either be caused by the application requesting context-sensitive help mode
3264 via wxContextHelp, or (on MS Windows) by the system generating a WM_HELP message when
3265 the user pressed F1 or clicked on the query button in a dialog caption.
3267 A help event is sent to the window that the user clicked on, and is propagated
3268 up the window hierarchy until the event is processed or there are no more event
3271 The application should call wxEvent::GetId to check the identity of the
3272 clicked-on window, and then either show some suitable help or call wxEvent::Skip()
3273 if the identifier is unrecognised.
3275 Calling Skip is important because it allows wxWidgets to generate further
3276 events for ancestors of the clicked-on window. Otherwise it would be impossible to
3277 show help for container windows, since processing would stop after the first window
3280 @beginEventTable{wxHelpEvent}
3281 @event{EVT_HELP(id, func)}
3282 Process a @c wxEVT_HELP event.
3283 @event{EVT_HELP_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}
3284 Process a @c wxEVT_HELP event for a range of ids.
3290 @see wxContextHelp, wxDialog, @ref overview_events
3292 class wxHelpEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
3296 Indicates how a wxHelpEvent was generated.
3300 Origin_Unknown
, /**< unrecognized event source. */
3301 Origin_Keyboard
, /**< event generated from F1 key press. */
3303 /** event generated by wxContextHelp or from the [?] button on
3304 the title bar (Windows). */
3311 wxHelpEvent(wxEventType type
= wxEVT_NULL
,
3312 wxWindowID winid
= 0,
3313 const wxPoint
& pt
= wxDefaultPosition
,
3314 wxHelpEvent::Origin origin
= Origin_Unknown
);
3317 Returns the origin of the help event which is one of the ::wxHelpEventOrigin
3320 The application may handle events generated using the keyboard or mouse
3321 differently, e.g. by using wxGetMousePosition() for the mouse events.
3325 wxHelpEvent::Origin
GetOrigin() const;
3328 Returns the left-click position of the mouse, in screen coordinates.
3329 This allows the application to position the help appropriately.
3331 const wxPoint
& GetPosition() const;
3334 Set the help event origin, only used internally by wxWidgets normally.
3338 void SetOrigin(wxHelpEvent::Origin origin
);
3341 Sets the left-click position of the mouse, in screen coordinates.
3343 void SetPosition(const wxPoint
& pt
);
3349 @class wxScrollEvent
3351 A scroll event holds information about events sent from stand-alone
3352 scrollbars (see wxScrollBar) and sliders (see wxSlider).
3354 Note that scrolled windows send the wxScrollWinEvent which does not derive from
3355 wxCommandEvent, but from wxEvent directly - don't confuse these two kinds of
3356 events and use the event table macros mentioned below only for the scrollbar-like
3359 @section scrollevent_diff The difference between EVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and EVT_SCROLL_CHANGED
3361 The EVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE event is only emitted when actually dragging the thumb
3362 using the mouse and releasing it (This EVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE event is also followed
3363 by an EVT_SCROLL_CHANGED event).
3365 The EVT_SCROLL_CHANGED event also occurs when using the keyboard to change the thumb
3366 position, and when clicking next to the thumb (In all these cases the EVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE
3367 event does not happen).
3369 In short, the EVT_SCROLL_CHANGED event is triggered when scrolling/ moving has finished
3370 independently of the way it had started. Please see the widgets sample ("Slider" page)
3371 to see the difference between EVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE and EVT_SCROLL_CHANGED in action.
3374 Note that unless specifying a scroll control identifier, you will need to test for scrollbar
3375 orientation with wxScrollEvent::GetOrientation, since horizontal and vertical scroll events
3376 are processed using the same event handler.
3378 @beginEventTable{wxScrollEvent}
3379 You can use EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL... macros with window IDs for when intercepting
3380 scroll events from controls, or EVT_SCROLL... macros without window IDs for
3381 intercepting scroll events from the receiving window -- except for this, the
3382 macros behave exactly the same.
3383 @event{EVT_SCROLL(func)}
3384 Process all scroll events.
3385 @event{EVT_SCROLL_TOP(func)}
3386 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLL_TOP scroll-to-top events (minimum position).
3387 @event{EVT_SCROLL_BOTTOM(func)}
3388 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLL_BOTTOM scroll-to-bottom events (maximum position).
3389 @event{EVT_SCROLL_LINEUP(func)}
3390 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLL_LINEUP line up events.
3391 @event{EVT_SCROLL_LINEDOWN(func)}
3392 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLL_LINEDOWN line down events.
3393 @event{EVT_SCROLL_PAGEUP(func)}
3394 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLL_PAGEUP page up events.
3395 @event{EVT_SCROLL_PAGEDOWN(func)}
3396 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLL_PAGEDOWN page down events.
3397 @event{EVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK(func)}
3398 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK thumbtrack events (frequent events sent as the
3399 user drags the thumbtrack).
3400 @event{EVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE(func)}
3401 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE thumb release events.
3402 @event{EVT_SCROLL_CHANGED(func)}
3403 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED end of scrolling events (MSW only).
3404 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL(id, func)}
3405 Process all scroll events.
3406 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_TOP(id, func)}
3407 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLL_TOP scroll-to-top events (minimum position).
3408 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_BOTTOM(id, func)}
3409 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLL_BOTTOM scroll-to-bottom events (maximum position).
3410 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_LINEUP(id, func)}
3411 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLL_LINEUP line up events.
3412 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_LINEDOWN(id, func)}
3413 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLL_LINEDOWN line down events.
3414 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_PAGEUP(id, func)}
3415 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLL_PAGEUP page up events.
3416 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_PAGEDOWN(id, func)}
3417 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLL_PAGEDOWN page down events.
3418 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK(id, func)}
3419 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK thumbtrack events (frequent events sent
3420 as the user drags the thumbtrack).
3421 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE(func)}
3422 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE thumb release events.
3423 @event{EVT_COMMAND_SCROLL_CHANGED(func)}
3424 Process @c wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED end of scrolling events (MSW only).
3430 @see wxScrollBar, wxSlider, wxSpinButton, wxScrollWinEvent, @ref overview_events
3432 class wxScrollEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
3438 wxScrollEvent(wxEventType commandType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0, int pos
= 0,
3439 int orientation
= 0);
3442 Returns wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL, depending on the orientation of the
3445 int GetOrientation() const;
3448 Returns the position of the scrollbar.
3450 int GetPosition() const;
3453 void SetOrientation(int orient
);
3454 void SetPosition(int pos
);
3458 See wxIdleEvent::SetMode() for more info.
3462 /** Send idle events to all windows */
3465 /** Send idle events to windows that have the wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE flag specified */
3466 wxIDLE_PROCESS_SPECIFIED
3473 This class is used for idle events, which are generated when the system becomes
3474 idle. Note that, unless you do something specifically, the idle events are not
3475 sent if the system remains idle once it has become it, e.g. only a single idle
3476 event will be generated until something else resulting in more normal events
3477 happens and only then is the next idle event sent again.
3479 If you need to ensure a continuous stream of idle events, you can either use
3480 wxIdleEvent::RequestMore method in your handler or call wxWakeUpIdle() periodically
3481 (for example from a timer event handler), but note that both of these approaches
3482 (and especially the first one) increase the system load and so should be avoided
3485 By default, idle events are sent to all windows, including even the hidden
3486 ones because they may be shown if some condition is met from their @c
3487 wxEVT_IDLE (or related @c wxEVT_UPDATE_UI) handler. The children of hidden
3488 windows do not receive idle events however as they can't change their state
3489 in any way noticeable by the user. Finally, the global wxApp object also
3490 receives these events, as usual, so it can be used for any global idle time
3493 If sending idle events to all windows is causing a significant overhead in
3494 your application, you can call wxIdleEvent::SetMode with the value
3495 wxIDLE_PROCESS_SPECIFIED, and set the wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE extra window
3496 style for every window which should receive idle events, all the other ones
3497 will not receive them in this case.
3499 @beginEventTable{wxIdleEvent}
3500 @event{EVT_IDLE(func)}
3501 Process a @c wxEVT_IDLE event.
3507 @section sec_delayed_action Delayed Action Mechanism
3509 wxIdleEvent can be used to perform some action "at slightly later time".
3510 This can be necessary in several circumstances when, for whatever reason,
3511 something can't be done in the current event handler. For example, if a
3512 mouse event handler is called with the mouse button pressed, the mouse can
3513 be currently captured and some operations with it -- notably capturing it
3514 again -- might be impossible or lead to undesirable results. If you still
3515 want to capture it, you can do it from @c wxEVT_IDLE handler when it is
3516 called the next time instead of doing it immediately.
3518 This can be achieved in two different ways: when using static event tables,
3519 you will need a flag indicating to the (always connected) idle event
3520 handler whether the desired action should be performed. The originally
3521 called handler would then set it to indicate that it should indeed be done
3522 and the idle handler itself would reset it to prevent it from doing the
3525 Using dynamically connected event handlers things are even simpler as the
3526 original event handler can simply wxEvtHandler::Connect() or
3527 wxEvtHandler::Bind() the idle event handler which would only be executed
3528 then and could wxEvtHandler::Disconnect() or wxEvtHandler::Unbind() itself.
3531 @see @ref overview_events, wxUpdateUIEvent, wxWindow::OnInternalIdle
3533 class wxIdleEvent
: public wxEvent
3542 Static function returning a value specifying how wxWidgets will send idle
3543 events: to all windows, or only to those which specify that they
3544 will process the events.
3548 static wxIdleMode
GetMode();
3551 Returns @true if the OnIdle function processing this event requested more
3556 bool MoreRequested() const;
3559 Tells wxWidgets that more processing is required.
3561 This function can be called by an OnIdle handler for a window or window event
3562 handler to indicate that wxApp::OnIdle should forward the OnIdle event once
3563 more to the application windows.
3565 If no window calls this function during OnIdle, then the application will
3566 remain in a passive event loop (not calling OnIdle) until a new event is
3567 posted to the application by the windowing system.
3569 @see MoreRequested()
3571 void RequestMore(bool needMore
= true);
3574 Static function for specifying how wxWidgets will send idle events: to
3575 all windows, or only to those which specify that they will process the events.
3578 Can be one of the ::wxIdleMode values.
3579 The default is wxIDLE_PROCESS_ALL.
3581 static void SetMode(wxIdleMode mode
);
3587 @class wxInitDialogEvent
3589 A wxInitDialogEvent is sent as a dialog or panel is being initialised.
3590 Handlers for this event can transfer data to the window.
3592 The default handler calls wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow.
3594 @beginEventTable{wxInitDialogEvent}
3595 @event{EVT_INIT_DIALOG(func)}
3596 Process a @c wxEVT_INIT_DIALOG event.
3602 @see @ref overview_events
3604 class wxInitDialogEvent
: public wxEvent
3610 wxInitDialogEvent(int id
= 0);
3616 @class wxWindowDestroyEvent
3618 This event is sent as early as possible during the window destruction
3621 For the top level windows, as early as possible means that this is done by
3622 wxFrame or wxDialog destructor, i.e. after the destructor of the derived
3623 class was executed and so any methods specific to the derived class can't
3624 be called any more from this event handler. If you need to do this, you
3625 must call wxWindow::SendDestroyEvent() from your derived class destructor.
3627 For the child windows, this event is generated just before deleting the
3628 window from wxWindow::Destroy() (which is also called when the parent
3629 window is deleted) or from the window destructor if operator @c delete was
3630 used directly (which is not recommended for this very reason).
3632 It is usually pointless to handle this event in the window itself but it ca
3633 be very useful to receive notifications about the window destruction in the
3634 parent window or in any other object interested in this window.
3639 @see @ref overview_events, wxWindowCreateEvent
3641 class wxWindowDestroyEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
3647 wxWindowDestroyEvent(wxWindow
* win
= NULL
);
3649 /// Return the window being destroyed.
3650 wxWindow
*GetWindow() const;
3655 @class wxNavigationKeyEvent
3657 This event class contains information about navigation events,
3658 generated by navigation keys such as tab and page down.
3660 This event is mainly used by wxWidgets implementations.
3661 A wxNavigationKeyEvent handler is automatically provided by wxWidgets
3662 when you enable keyboard navigation inside a window by inheriting it from
3663 wxNavigationEnabled<>.
3665 @beginEventTable{wxNavigationKeyEvent}
3666 @event{EVT_NAVIGATION_KEY(func)}
3667 Process a navigation key event.
3673 @see wxWindow::Navigate, wxWindow::NavigateIn
3675 class wxNavigationKeyEvent
: public wxEvent
3679 Flags which can be used with wxNavigationKeyEvent.
3681 enum wxNavigationKeyEventFlags
3683 IsBackward
= 0x0000,
3689 wxNavigationKeyEvent();
3690 wxNavigationKeyEvent(const wxNavigationKeyEvent
& event
);
3693 Returns the child that has the focus, or @NULL.
3695 wxWindow
* GetCurrentFocus() const;
3698 Returns @true if the navigation was in the forward direction.
3700 bool GetDirection() const;
3703 Returns @true if the navigation event was from a tab key.
3704 This is required for proper navigation over radio buttons.
3706 bool IsFromTab() const;
3709 Returns @true if the navigation event represents a window change
3710 (for example, from Ctrl-Page Down in a notebook).
3712 bool IsWindowChange() const;
3715 Sets the current focus window member.
3717 void SetCurrentFocus(wxWindow
* currentFocus
);
3720 Sets the direction to forward if @a direction is @true, or backward
3723 void SetDirection(bool direction
);
3726 Sets the flags for this event.
3727 The @a flags can be a combination of the ::wxNavigationKeyEventFlags values.
3729 void SetFlags(long flags
);
3732 Marks the navigation event as from a tab key.
3734 void SetFromTab(bool fromTab
);
3737 Marks the event as a window change event.
3739 void SetWindowChange(bool windowChange
);
3745 @class wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
3747 An mouse capture changed event is sent to a window that loses its
3748 mouse capture. This is called even if wxWindow::ReleaseMouse
3749 was called by the application code. Handling this event allows
3750 an application to cater for unexpected capture releases which
3751 might otherwise confuse mouse handling code.
3755 @beginEventTable{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}
3756 @event{EVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_CHANGED(func)}
3757 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_CHANGED event.
3763 @see wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, @ref overview_events,
3764 wxWindow::CaptureMouse, wxWindow::ReleaseMouse, wxWindow::GetCapture
3766 class wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
: public wxEvent
3772 wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent(wxWindowID windowId
= 0,
3773 wxWindow
* gainedCapture
= NULL
);
3776 Returns the window that gained the capture, or @NULL if it was a
3777 non-wxWidgets window.
3779 wxWindow
* GetCapturedWindow() const;
3787 This event class contains information about window and session close events.
3789 The handler function for EVT_CLOSE is called when the user has tried to close a
3790 a frame or dialog box using the window manager (X) or system menu (Windows).
3791 It can also be invoked by the application itself programmatically, for example by
3792 calling the wxWindow::Close function.
3794 You should check whether the application is forcing the deletion of the window
3795 using wxCloseEvent::CanVeto. If this is @false, you @e must destroy the window
3796 using wxWindow::Destroy.
3798 If the return value is @true, it is up to you whether you respond by destroying
3801 If you don't destroy the window, you should call wxCloseEvent::Veto to
3802 let the calling code know that you did not destroy the window.
3803 This allows the wxWindow::Close function to return @true or @false depending
3804 on whether the close instruction was honoured or not.
3806 Example of a wxCloseEvent handler:
3809 void MyFrame::OnClose(wxCloseEvent& event)
3811 if ( event.CanVeto() && m_bFileNotSaved )
3813 if ( wxMessageBox("The file has not been saved... continue closing?",
3815 wxICON_QUESTION | wxYES_NO) != wxYES )
3822 Destroy(); // you may also do: event.Skip();
3823 // since the default event handler does call Destroy(), too
3827 The EVT_END_SESSION event is slightly different as it is sent by the system
3828 when the user session is ending (e.g. because of log out or shutdown) and
3829 so all windows are being forcefully closed. At least under MSW, after the
3830 handler for this event is executed the program is simply killed by the
3831 system. Because of this, the default handler for this event provided by
3832 wxWidgets calls all the usual cleanup code (including wxApp::OnExit()) so
3833 that it could still be executed and exit()s the process itself, without
3834 waiting for being killed. If this behaviour is for some reason undesirable,
3835 make sure that you define a handler for this event in your wxApp-derived
3836 class and do not call @c event.Skip() in it (but be aware that the system
3837 will still kill your application).
3839 @beginEventTable{wxCloseEvent}
3840 @event{EVT_CLOSE(func)}
3841 Process a @c wxEVT_CLOSE_WINDOW command event, supplying the member function.
3842 This event applies to wxFrame and wxDialog classes.
3843 @event{EVT_QUERY_END_SESSION(func)}
3844 Process a @c wxEVT_QUERY_END_SESSION session event, supplying the member function.
3845 This event can be handled in wxApp-derived class only.
3846 @event{EVT_END_SESSION(func)}
3847 Process a @c wxEVT_END_SESSION session event, supplying the member function.
3848 This event can be handled in wxApp-derived class only.
3854 @see wxWindow::Close, @ref overview_windowdeletion
3856 class wxCloseEvent
: public wxEvent
3862 wxCloseEvent(wxEventType commandEventType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0);
3865 Returns @true if you can veto a system shutdown or a window close event.
3866 Vetoing a window close event is not possible if the calling code wishes to
3867 force the application to exit, and so this function must be called to check this.
3869 bool CanVeto() const;
3872 Returns @true if the user is just logging off or @false if the system is
3873 shutting down. This method can only be called for end session and query end
3874 session events, it doesn't make sense for close window event.
3876 bool GetLoggingOff() const;
3879 Sets the 'can veto' flag.
3881 void SetCanVeto(bool canVeto
);
3884 Sets the 'logging off' flag.
3886 void SetLoggingOff(bool loggingOff
);
3889 Call this from your event handler to veto a system shutdown or to signal
3890 to the calling application that a window close did not happen.
3892 You can only veto a shutdown if CanVeto() returns @true.
3894 void Veto(bool veto
= true);
3902 This class is used for a variety of menu-related events. Note that
3903 these do not include menu command events, which are
3904 handled using wxCommandEvent objects.
3906 The default handler for @c wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT displays help
3907 text in the first field of the status bar.
3909 @beginEventTable{wxMenuEvent}
3910 @event{EVT_MENU_OPEN(func)}
3911 A menu is about to be opened. On Windows, this is only sent once for each
3912 navigation of the menubar (up until all menus have closed).
3913 @event{EVT_MENU_CLOSE(func)}
3914 A menu has been just closed.
3915 @event{EVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT(id, func)}
3916 The menu item with the specified id has been highlighted: used to show
3917 help prompts in the status bar by wxFrame
3918 @event{EVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT_ALL(func)}
3919 A menu item has been highlighted, i.e. the currently selected menu item has changed.
3925 @see wxCommandEvent, @ref overview_events
3927 class wxMenuEvent
: public wxEvent
3933 wxMenuEvent(wxEventType type
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0, wxMenu
* menu
= NULL
);
3936 Returns the menu which is being opened or closed.
3938 This method can only be used with the @c OPEN and @c CLOSE events.
3940 The returned value is never @NULL in the ports implementing this
3941 function, which currently includes all the major ones.
3943 wxMenu
* GetMenu() const;
3946 Returns the menu identifier associated with the event.
3947 This method should be only used with the @c HIGHLIGHT events.
3949 int GetMenuId() const;
3952 Returns @true if the menu which is being opened or closed is a popup menu,
3953 @false if it is a normal one.
3955 This method should only be used with the @c OPEN and @c CLOSE events.
3957 bool IsPopup() const;
3963 An event being sent when the window is shown or hidden.
3964 The event is triggered by calls to wxWindow::Show(), and any user
3965 action showing a previously hidden window or vice versa (if allowed by
3966 the current platform and/or window manager).
3967 Notice that the event is not triggered when the application is iconized
3968 (minimized) or restored under wxMSW.
3970 @onlyfor{wxmsw,wxgtk,wxos2}
3972 @beginEventTable{wxShowEvent}
3973 @event{EVT_SHOW(func)}
3974 Process a @c wxEVT_SHOW event.
3980 @see @ref overview_events, wxWindow::Show,
3984 class wxShowEvent
: public wxEvent
3990 wxShowEvent(int winid
= 0, bool show
= false);
3993 Set whether the windows was shown or hidden.
3995 void SetShow(bool show
);
3998 Return @true if the window has been shown, @false if it has been
4001 bool IsShown() const;
4004 @deprecated This function is deprecated in favour of IsShown().
4006 bool GetShow() const;
4012 @class wxIconizeEvent
4014 An event being sent when the frame is iconized (minimized) or restored.
4016 Currently only wxMSW and wxGTK generate such events.
4018 @onlyfor{wxmsw,wxgtk}
4020 @beginEventTable{wxIconizeEvent}
4021 @event{EVT_ICONIZE(func)}
4022 Process a @c wxEVT_ICONIZE event.
4028 @see @ref overview_events, wxTopLevelWindow::Iconize,
4029 wxTopLevelWindow::IsIconized
4031 class wxIconizeEvent
: public wxEvent
4037 wxIconizeEvent(int id
= 0, bool iconized
= true);
4040 Returns @true if the frame has been iconized, @false if it has been
4043 bool IsIconized() const;
4046 @deprecated This function is deprecated in favour of IsIconized().
4048 bool Iconized() const;
4056 A move event holds information about wxTopLevelWindow move change events.
4058 These events are currently only generated by wxMSW port.
4060 @beginEventTable{wxMoveEvent}
4061 @event{EVT_MOVE(func)}
4062 Process a @c wxEVT_MOVE event, which is generated when a window is moved.
4063 @event{EVT_MOVE_START(func)}
4064 Process a @c wxEVT_MOVE_START event, which is generated when the user starts
4065 to move or size a window. wxMSW only.
4066 @event{EVT_MOVING(func)}
4067 Process a @c wxEVT_MOVING event, which is generated while the user is
4068 moving the window. wxMSW only.
4069 @event{EVT_MOVE_END(func)}
4070 Process a @c wxEVT_MOVE_END event, which is generated when the user stops
4071 moving or sizing a window. wxMSW only.
4077 @see wxPoint, @ref overview_events
4079 class wxMoveEvent
: public wxEvent
4085 wxMoveEvent(const wxPoint
& pt
, int id
= 0);
4088 Returns the position of the window generating the move change event.
4090 wxPoint
GetPosition() const;
4092 wxRect
GetRect() const;
4093 void SetRect(const wxRect
& rect
);
4094 void SetPosition(const wxPoint
& pos
);
4101 A size event holds information about size change events of wxWindow.
4103 The EVT_SIZE handler function will be called when the window has been resized.
4105 You may wish to use this for frames to resize their child windows as appropriate.
4107 Note that the size passed is of the whole window: call wxWindow::GetClientSize()
4108 for the area which may be used by the application.
4110 When a window is resized, usually only a small part of the window is damaged
4111 and you may only need to repaint that area. However, if your drawing depends on the
4112 size of the window, you may need to clear the DC explicitly and repaint the whole window.
4113 In which case, you may need to call wxWindow::Refresh to invalidate the entire window.
4115 @b Important : Sizers ( see @ref overview_sizer ) rely on size events to function
4116 correctly. Therefore, in a sizer-based layout, do not forget to call Skip on all
4117 size events you catch (and don't catch size events at all when you don't need to).
4119 @beginEventTable{wxSizeEvent}
4120 @event{EVT_SIZE(func)}
4121 Process a @c wxEVT_SIZE event.
4127 @see wxSize, @ref overview_events
4129 class wxSizeEvent
: public wxEvent
4135 wxSizeEvent(const wxSize
& sz
, int id
= 0);
4138 Returns the entire size of the window generating the size change event.
4140 This is the new total size of the window, i.e. the same size as would
4141 be returned by wxWindow::GetSize() if it were called now. Use
4142 wxWindow::GetClientSize() if you catch this event in a top level window
4143 such as wxFrame to find the size available for the window contents.
4145 wxSize
GetSize() const;
4146 void SetSize(wxSize size
);
4148 wxRect
GetRect() const;
4149 void SetRect(wxRect rect
);
4155 @class wxSetCursorEvent
4157 A wxSetCursorEvent is generated from wxWindow when the mouse cursor is about
4158 to be set as a result of mouse motion.
4160 This event gives the application the chance to perform specific mouse cursor
4161 processing based on the current position of the mouse within the window.
4162 Use wxSetCursorEvent::SetCursor to specify the cursor you want to be displayed.
4164 @beginEventTable{wxSetCursorEvent}
4165 @event{EVT_SET_CURSOR(func)}
4166 Process a @c wxEVT_SET_CURSOR event.
4172 @see ::wxSetCursor, wxWindow::wxSetCursor
4174 class wxSetCursorEvent
: public wxEvent
4178 Constructor, used by the library itself internally to initialize the event
4181 wxSetCursorEvent(wxCoord x
= 0, wxCoord y
= 0);
4184 Returns a reference to the cursor specified by this event.
4186 const wxCursor
& GetCursor() const;
4189 Returns the X coordinate of the mouse in client coordinates.
4191 wxCoord
GetX() const;
4194 Returns the Y coordinate of the mouse in client coordinates.
4196 wxCoord
GetY() const;
4199 Returns @true if the cursor specified by this event is a valid cursor.
4201 @remarks You cannot specify wxNullCursor with this event, as it is not
4202 considered a valid cursor.
4204 bool HasCursor() const;
4207 Sets the cursor associated with this event.
4209 void SetCursor(const wxCursor
& cursor
);
4214 // ============================================================================
4215 // Global functions/macros
4216 // ============================================================================
4218 /** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_events */
4222 A value uniquely identifying the type of the event.
4224 The values of this type should only be created using wxNewEventType().
4226 See the macro DEFINE_EVENT_TYPE() for more info.
4228 @see @ref overview_events_introduction
4230 typedef int wxEventType
;
4233 A special event type usually used to indicate that some wxEvent has yet
4236 wxEventType wxEVT_NULL
;
4238 wxEventType wxEVT_ANY
;
4241 Generates a new unique event type.
4243 Usually this function is only used by wxDEFINE_EVENT() and not called
4246 wxEventType
wxNewEventType();
4249 Define a new event type associated with the specified event class.
4251 This macro defines a new unique event type @a name associated with the
4256 wxDEFINE_EVENT(MY_COMMAND_EVENT, wxCommandEvent);
4258 class MyCustomEvent : public wxEvent { ... };
4259 wxDEFINE_EVENT(MY_CUSTOM_EVENT, MyCustomEvent);
4262 @see wxDECLARE_EVENT(), @ref overview_events_custom
4264 #define wxDEFINE_EVENT(name, cls) \
4265 const wxEventTypeTag< cls > name(wxNewEventType())
4268 Declares a custom event type.
4270 This macro declares a variable called @a name which must be defined
4271 elsewhere using wxDEFINE_EVENT().
4273 The class @a cls must be the wxEvent-derived class associated with the
4274 events of this type and its full declaration must be visible from the point
4275 of use of this macro.
4279 wxDECLARE_EVENT(MY_COMMAND_EVENT, wxCommandEvent);
4281 class MyCustomEvent : public wxEvent { ... };
4282 wxDECLARE_EVENT(MY_CUSTOM_EVENT, MyCustomEvent);
4285 #define wxDECLARE_EVENT(name, cls) \
4286 wxDECLARE_EXPORTED_EVENT(wxEMPTY_PARAMETER_VALUE, name, cls)
4289 Variant of wxDECLARE_EVENT() used for event types defined inside a shared
4292 This is mostly used by wxWidgets internally, e.g.
4294 wxDECLARE_EXPORTED_EVENT(WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE, wxEVT_COMMAND_BUTTON_CLICKED, wxCommandEvent)
4297 #define wxDECLARE_EXPORTED_EVENT( expdecl, name, cls ) \
4298 extern const expdecl wxEventTypeTag< cls > name;
4301 Helper macro for definition of custom event table macros.
4303 This macro must only be used if wxEVENTS_COMPATIBILITY_2_8 is 1, otherwise
4304 it is better and more clear to just use the address of the function
4305 directly as this is all this macro does in this case. However it needs to
4306 explicitly cast @a func to @a functype, which is the type of wxEvtHandler
4307 member function taking the custom event argument when
4308 wxEVENTS_COMPATIBILITY_2_8 is 0.
4310 See wx__DECLARE_EVT0 for an example of use.
4312 @see @ref overview_events_custom_ownclass
4314 #define wxEVENT_HANDLER_CAST(functype, func) (&func)
4317 This macro is used to define event table macros for handling custom
4322 class MyEvent : public wxEvent { ... };
4324 // note that this is not necessary unless using old compilers: for the
4325 // reasonably new ones just use &func instead of MyEventHandler(func)
4326 typedef void (wxEvtHandler::*MyEventFunction)(MyEvent&);
4327 #define MyEventHandler(func) wxEVENT_HANDLER_CAST(MyEventFunction, func)
4329 wxDEFINE_EVENT(MY_EVENT_TYPE, MyEvent);
4331 #define EVT_MY(id, func) \
4332 wx__DECLARE_EVT1(MY_EVENT_TYPE, id, MyEventHandler(func))
4336 wxBEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MyFrame, wxFrame)
4337 EVT_MY(wxID_ANY, MyFrame::OnMyEvent)
4342 The event type to handle.
4344 The identifier of events to handle.
4346 The event handler method.
4348 #define wx__DECLARE_EVT1(evt, id, fn) \
4349 wx__DECLARE_EVT2(evt, id, wxID_ANY, fn)
4352 Generalized version of the wx__DECLARE_EVT1() macro taking a range of
4353 IDs instead of a single one.
4354 Argument @a id1 is the first identifier of the range, @a id2 is the
4355 second identifier of the range.
4357 #define wx__DECLARE_EVT2(evt, id1, id2, fn) \
4358 DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE_ENTRY(evt, id1, id2, fn, NULL),
4361 Simplified version of the wx__DECLARE_EVT1() macro, to be used when the
4362 event type must be handled regardless of the ID associated with the
4363 specific event instances.
4365 #define wx__DECLARE_EVT0(evt, fn) \
4366 wx__DECLARE_EVT1(evt, wxID_ANY, fn)
4369 Use this macro inside a class declaration to declare a @e static event table
4372 In the implementation file you'll need to use the wxBEGIN_EVENT_TABLE()
4373 and the wxEND_EVENT_TABLE() macros, plus some additional @c EVT_xxx macro
4376 Note that this macro requires a final semicolon.
4378 @see @ref overview_events_eventtables
4380 #define wxDECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
4383 Use this macro in a source file to start listing @e static event handlers
4384 for a specific class.
4386 Use wxEND_EVENT_TABLE() to terminate the event-declaration block.
4388 @see @ref overview_events_eventtables
4390 #define wxBEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(theClass, baseClass)
4393 Use this macro in a source file to end listing @e static event handlers
4394 for a specific class.
4396 Use wxBEGIN_EVENT_TABLE() to start the event-declaration block.
4398 @see @ref overview_events_eventtables
4400 #define wxEND_EVENT_TABLE()
4403 In a GUI application, this function posts @a event to the specified @e dest
4404 object using wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent().
4406 Otherwise, it dispatches @a event immediately using
4407 wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent(). See the respective documentation for details
4408 (and caveats). Because of limitation of wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent()
4409 this function is not thread-safe for event objects having wxString fields,
4410 use wxQueueEvent() instead.
4414 void wxPostEvent(wxEvtHandler
* dest
, const wxEvent
& event
);
4417 Queue an event for processing on the given object.
4419 This is a wrapper around wxEvtHandler::QueueEvent(), see its documentation
4425 The object to queue the event on, can't be @c NULL.
4427 The heap-allocated and non-@c NULL event to queue, the function takes
4430 void wxQueueEvent(wxEvtHandler
* dest
, wxEvent
*event
);
4434 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_BUTTON_CLICKED
;
4435 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_CHECKBOX_CLICKED
;
4436 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_CHOICE_SELECTED
;
4437 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_LISTBOX_SELECTED
;
4438 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_LISTBOX_DOUBLECLICKED
;
4439 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_CHECKLISTBOX_TOGGLED
;
4440 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED
;
4441 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_SLIDER_UPDATED
;
4442 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_RADIOBOX_SELECTED
;
4443 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_RADIOBUTTON_SELECTED
;
4444 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_SCROLLBAR_UPDATED
;
4445 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_VLBOX_SELECTED
;
4446 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_SELECTED
;
4447 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_TOOL_RCLICKED
;
4448 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_TOOL_DROPDOWN_CLICKED
;
4449 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_TOOL_ENTER
;
4450 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_DROPDOWN
;
4451 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_COMBOBOX_CLOSEUP
;
4452 wxEventType wxEVT_THREAD
;
4453 wxEventType wxEVT_LEFT_DOWN
;
4454 wxEventType wxEVT_LEFT_UP
;
4455 wxEventType wxEVT_MIDDLE_DOWN
;
4456 wxEventType wxEVT_MIDDLE_UP
;
4457 wxEventType wxEVT_RIGHT_DOWN
;
4458 wxEventType wxEVT_RIGHT_UP
;
4459 wxEventType wxEVT_MOTION
;
4460 wxEventType wxEVT_ENTER_WINDOW
;
4461 wxEventType wxEVT_LEAVE_WINDOW
;
4462 wxEventType wxEVT_LEFT_DCLICK
;
4463 wxEventType wxEVT_MIDDLE_DCLICK
;
4464 wxEventType wxEVT_RIGHT_DCLICK
;
4465 wxEventType wxEVT_SET_FOCUS
;
4466 wxEventType wxEVT_KILL_FOCUS
;
4467 wxEventType wxEVT_CHILD_FOCUS
;
4468 wxEventType wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL
;
4469 wxEventType wxEVT_AUX1_DOWN
;
4470 wxEventType wxEVT_AUX1_UP
;
4471 wxEventType wxEVT_AUX1_DCLICK
;
4472 wxEventType wxEVT_AUX2_DOWN
;
4473 wxEventType wxEVT_AUX2_UP
;
4474 wxEventType wxEVT_AUX2_DCLICK
;
4475 wxEventType wxEVT_CHAR
;
4476 wxEventType wxEVT_CHAR_HOOK
;
4477 wxEventType wxEVT_NAVIGATION_KEY
;
4478 wxEventType wxEVT_KEY_DOWN
;
4479 wxEventType wxEVT_KEY_UP
;
4480 wxEventType wxEVT_HOTKEY
;
4481 wxEventType wxEVT_SET_CURSOR
;
4482 wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_TOP
;
4483 wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_BOTTOM
;
4484 wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_LINEUP
;
4485 wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_LINEDOWN
;
4486 wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_PAGEUP
;
4487 wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_PAGEDOWN
;
4488 wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK
;
4489 wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE
;
4490 wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED
;
4491 wxEventType wxEVT_SPIN_UP
;
4492 wxEventType wxEVT_SPIN_DOWN
;
4493 wxEventType wxEVT_SPIN
;
4494 wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_TOP
;
4495 wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_BOTTOM
;
4496 wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEUP
;
4497 wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEDOWN
;
4498 wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_PAGEUP
;
4499 wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_PAGEDOWN
;
4500 wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBTRACK
;
4501 wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE
;
4502 wxEventType wxEVT_SIZE
;
4503 wxEventType wxEVT_MOVE
;
4504 wxEventType wxEVT_CLOSE_WINDOW
;
4505 wxEventType wxEVT_END_SESSION
;
4506 wxEventType wxEVT_QUERY_END_SESSION
;
4507 wxEventType wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP
;
4508 wxEventType wxEVT_ACTIVATE
;
4509 wxEventType wxEVT_CREATE
;
4510 wxEventType wxEVT_DESTROY
;
4511 wxEventType wxEVT_SHOW
;
4512 wxEventType wxEVT_ICONIZE
;
4513 wxEventType wxEVT_MAXIMIZE
;
4514 wxEventType wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_CHANGED
;
4515 wxEventType wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST
;
4516 wxEventType wxEVT_PAINT
;
4517 wxEventType wxEVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND
;
4518 wxEventType wxEVT_NC_PAINT
;
4519 wxEventType wxEVT_MENU_OPEN
;
4520 wxEventType wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE
;
4521 wxEventType wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT
;
4522 wxEventType wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU
;
4523 wxEventType wxEVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED
;
4524 wxEventType wxEVT_DISPLAY_CHANGED
;
4525 wxEventType wxEVT_QUERY_NEW_PALETTE
;
4526 wxEventType wxEVT_PALETTE_CHANGED
;
4527 wxEventType wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN
;
4528 wxEventType wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_UP
;
4529 wxEventType wxEVT_JOY_MOVE
;
4530 wxEventType wxEVT_JOY_ZMOVE
;
4531 wxEventType wxEVT_DROP_FILES
;
4532 wxEventType wxEVT_INIT_DIALOG
;
4533 wxEventType wxEVT_IDLE
;
4534 wxEventType wxEVT_UPDATE_UI
;
4535 wxEventType wxEVT_SIZING
;
4536 wxEventType wxEVT_MOVING
;
4537 wxEventType wxEVT_MOVE_START
;
4538 wxEventType wxEVT_MOVE_END
;
4539 wxEventType wxEVT_HIBERNATE
;
4540 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_COPY
;
4541 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_CUT
;
4542 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_PASTE
;
4543 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_LEFT_CLICK
;
4544 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_LEFT_DCLICK
;
4545 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_RIGHT_CLICK
;
4546 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_RIGHT_DCLICK
;
4547 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_SET_FOCUS
;
4548 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_KILL_FOCUS
;
4549 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_ENTER
;
4550 wxEventType wxEVT_HELP
;
4551 wxEventType wxEVT_DETAILED_HELP
;
4552 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED
;
4553 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_ENTER
;
4554 wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_TOOL_CLICKED
;
4555 wxEventType wxEVT_WINDOW_MODAL_DIALOG_CLOSED
;