Add generic wxMarkupText class implementing handling of markup.
[wxWidgets.git] / include / wx / generic / private / markuptext.h
1 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: wx/generic/private/markuptext.h
3 // Purpose: Generic wxMarkupText class for managing text with markup.
4 // Author: Vadim Zeitlin
5 // Created: 2011-02-21
6 // RCS-ID: $Id: wxhead.h,v 1.12 2010-04-22 12:44:51 zeitlin Exp $
7 // Copyright: (c) 2011 Vadim Zeitlin <vadim@wxwidgets.org>
8 // Licence: wxWindows licence
9 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
10
11 #ifndef _WX_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MARKUPTEXT_H_
12 #define _WX_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MARKUPTEXT_H_
13
14 #include "wx/defs.h"
15
16 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_CORE wxDC;
17 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_CORE wxRect;
18
19 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
20 // wxMarkupText: allows to measure and draw the text containing markup.
21 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
22
23 class WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxMarkupText
24 {
25 public:
26 // Constants for Render() flags.
27 enum
28 {
29 Render_Default = 0, // Don't show mnemonics visually.
30 Render_ShowAccels = 1 // Underline mnemonics.
31 };
32
33
34 // Initialize with the given string containing markup (which is supposed to
35 // be valid, the caller must check for it before constructing this object).
36 //
37 // Notice that the usual rules for mnemonics apply to the markup text: if
38 // it contains any '&' characters they must be escaped by doubling them,
39 // otherwise they indicate that the next character is the mnemonic for this
40 // field.
41 //
42 // TODO-MULTILINE-MARKUP: Currently only single line labels are supported,
43 // search for other occurrences of this comment to find the places which
44 // need to be updated to support multiline labels with markup.
45 wxMarkupText(const wxString& markup)
46 : m_markup(markup)
47 {
48 }
49
50 // Default copy ctor, assignment operator and dtor are ok.
51
52 // Update the markup string.
53 //
54 // The same rules for mnemonics as in the ctor apply to this string.
55 void SetMarkup(const wxString& markup) { m_markup = markup; }
56
57
58 // Return the width and height required by the given string and optionally
59 // the height of the visible part above the baseline (i.e. ascent minus
60 // internal leading).
61 //
62 // The font currently selected into the DC is used for measuring (notice
63 // that it is changed by this function but normally -- i.e. if markup is
64 // valid -- restored to its original value when it returns).
65 wxSize Measure(wxDC& dc, int *visibleHeight = NULL) const;
66
67 // Render the markup string into the given DC in the specified rectangle.
68 //
69 // Notice that while the function uses the provided rectangle for alignment
70 // (it centers the text in it), no clipping is done by it so use Measure()
71 // and set the clipping region before rendering if necessary.
72 void Render(wxDC& dc, const wxRect& rect, int flags);
73
74 private:
75 wxString m_markup;
76 };
77
78 #endif // _WX_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MARKUPTEXT_H_