Provide shorter synonyms for wxEVT_XXX constants.
[wxWidgets.git] / interface / wx / srchctrl.h
1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: srchctrl.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxSearchCtrl
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows licence
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9 /**
10 @class wxSearchCtrl
11
12 A search control is a composite control with a search button, a text
13 control, and a cancel button.
14
15 @beginStyleTable
16 @style{wxTE_PROCESS_ENTER}
17 The control will generate the event @c wxEVT_TEXT_ENTER
18 (otherwise pressing Enter key is either processed internally by the
19 control or used for navigation between dialog controls).
20 @style{wxTE_PROCESS_TAB}
21 The control will receive @c wxEVT_CHAR events for TAB pressed -
22 normally, TAB is used for passing to the next control in a dialog
23 instead. For the control created with this style, you can still use
24 Ctrl-Enter to pass to the next control from the keyboard.
25 @style{wxTE_NOHIDESEL}
26 By default, the Windows text control doesn't show the selection
27 when it doesn't have focus - use this style to force it to always
28 show it. It doesn't do anything under other platforms.
29 @style{wxTE_LEFT}
30 The text in the control will be left-justified (default).
31 @style{wxTE_CENTRE}
32 The text in the control will be centered (currently wxMSW and
33 wxGTK2 only).
34 @style{wxTE_RIGHT}
35 The text in the control will be right-justified (currently wxMSW
36 and wxGTK2 only).
37 @style{wxTE_CAPITALIZE}
38 On PocketPC and Smartphone, causes the first letter to be
39 capitalized.
40 @endStyleTable
41
42 @beginEventEmissionTable{wxCommandEvent}
43 To retrieve actual search queries, use EVT_TEXT and EVT_TEXT_ENTER events,
44 just as you would with wxTextCtrl.
45 @event{EVT_SEARCHCTRL_SEARCH_BTN(id, func)}
46 Respond to a @c wxEVT_SEARCHCTRL_SEARCH_BTN event, generated when the
47 search button is clicked. Note that this does not initiate a search on
48 its own, you need to perform the appropriate action in your event
49 handler. You may use @code event.GetString() @endcode to retrieve the
50 string to search for in the event handler code.
51 @event{EVT_SEARCHCTRL_CANCEL_BTN(id, func)}
52 Respond to a @c wxEVT_SEARCHCTRL_CANCEL_BTN event, generated when the
53 cancel button is clicked.
54 @endEventTable
55
56 @library{wxcore}
57 @category{ctrl}
58 @appearance{searchctrl}
59
60 @see wxTextCtrl::Create, wxValidator
61 */
62 class wxSearchCtrl : public wxTextCtrl
63 {
64 public:
65 /**
66 Default constructor
67 */
68 wxSearchCtrl();
69
70 /**
71 Constructor, creating and showing a text control.
72
73 @param parent
74 Parent window. Should not be @NULL.
75 @param id
76 Control identifier. A value of -1 denotes a default value.
77 @param value
78 Default text value.
79 @param pos
80 Text control position.
81 @param size
82 Text control size.
83 @param style
84 Window style. See wxSearchCtrl.
85 @param validator
86 Window validator.
87 @param name
88 Window name.
89
90 @see wxTextCtrl::Create, wxValidator
91 */
92 wxSearchCtrl(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id,
93 const wxString& value = wxEmptyString,
94 const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
95 const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
96 long style = 0,
97 const wxValidator& validator = wxDefaultValidator,
98 const wxString& name = wxSearchCtrlNameStr);
99
100 /**
101 Destructor, destroying the search control.
102 */
103 virtual ~wxSearchCtrl();
104
105
106 bool Create(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id,
107 const wxString& value = wxEmptyString,
108 const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
109 const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
110 long style = 0,
111 const wxValidator& validator = wxDefaultValidator,
112 const wxString& name = wxSearchCtrlNameStr);
113
114 /**
115 Returns a pointer to the search control's menu object or @NULL if there is no
116 menu attached.
117 */
118 virtual wxMenu* GetMenu();
119
120 /**
121 Returns the search button visibility value.
122 If there is a menu attached, the search button will be visible regardless of
123 the search button visibility value.
124
125 This always returns @false in Mac OS X v10.3
126 */
127 virtual bool IsSearchButtonVisible() const;
128
129 /**
130 Returns the cancel button's visibility state.
131 */
132 virtual bool IsCancelButtonVisible() const;
133
134 /**
135 Sets the search control's menu object.
136 If there is already a menu associated with the search control it is deleted.
137
138 @param menu
139 Menu to attach to the search control.
140 */
141 virtual void SetMenu(wxMenu* menu);
142
143 /**
144 Shows or hides the cancel button.
145 */
146 virtual void ShowCancelButton(bool show);
147
148 /**
149 Sets the search button visibility value on the search control.
150 If there is a menu attached, the search button will be visible regardless of
151 the search button visibility value.
152
153 This has no effect in Mac OS X v10.3
154 */
155 virtual void ShowSearchButton(bool show);
156
157 /**
158 Set the text to be displayed in the search control when the user has
159 not yet typed anything in it.
160 */
161 void SetDescriptiveText(const wxString& text);
162
163 /**
164 Return the text displayed when there is not yet any user input.
165 */
166 wxString GetDescriptiveText() const;
167 };
168
169
170 wxEventType wxEVT_SEARCHCTRL_CANCEL_BTN;
171 wxEventType wxEVT_SEARCHCTRL_SEARCH_BTN;