1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: interface of wxDialog
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // Licence: wxWindows licence
6 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
9 Modes used for wxDialog::SetLayoutAdaptationMode().
11 enum wxDialogLayoutAdaptationMode
13 wxDIALOG_ADAPTATION_MODE_DEFAULT
= 0, ///< Use global adaptation enabled status.
14 wxDIALOG_ADAPTATION_MODE_ENABLED
= 1, ///< Enable this dialog overriding global status.
15 wxDIALOG_ADAPTATION_MODE_DISABLED
= 2 ///< Disable this dialog overriding global status.
18 #define wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT 0x00000020 ///< Don't make owned by apps top window
20 #define wxDEFAULT_DIALOG_STYLE (wxCAPTION | wxSYSTEM_MENU | wxCLOSE_BOX)
23 #define wxDIALOG_ADAPTATION_NONE 0 ///< Don't do any layout adaptation
24 #define wxDIALOG_ADAPTATION_STANDARD_SIZER 1 ///< Only look for wxStdDialogButtonSizer for non-scrolling part
25 #define wxDIALOG_ADAPTATION_ANY_SIZER 2 ///< Also look for any suitable sizer for non-scrolling part
26 #define wxDIALOG_ADAPTATION_LOOSE_BUTTONS 3 ///< Also look for 'loose' standard buttons for non-scrolling part
31 A dialog box is a window with a title bar and sometimes a system menu,
32 which can be moved around the screen. It can contain controls and other
33 windows and is often used to allow the user to make some choice or to
36 Dialogs can be made scrollable, automatically, for computers with low
37 resolution screens: please see @ref overview_dialog_autoscrolling for
40 Dialogs usually contains either a single button allowing to close the
41 dialog or two buttons, one accepting the changes and the other one
42 discarding them (such button, if present, is automatically activated if the
43 user presses the "Esc" key). By default, buttons with the standard wxID_OK
44 and wxID_CANCEL identifiers behave as expected. Starting with wxWidgets 2.7
45 it is also possible to use a button with a different identifier instead,
46 see SetAffirmativeId() and SetEscapeId().
48 Also notice that the CreateButtonSizer() should be used to create the
49 buttons appropriate for the current platform and positioned correctly
50 (including their order which is platform-dependent).
52 @section dialog_modal Modal and Modeless
54 There are two kinds of dialog, modal and modeless. A modal dialog blocks
55 program flow and user input on other windows until it is dismissed, whereas
56 a modeless dialog behaves more like a frame in that program flow continues,
57 and input in other windows is still possible. To show a modal dialog you
58 should use the ShowModal() method while to show a dialog modelessly you
59 simply use Show(), just as with frames.
61 Note that the modal dialog is one of the very few examples of
62 wxWindow-derived objects which may be created on the stack and not on the
63 heap. In other words, while most windows would be created like this:
68 MyAskDialog *dlg = new MyAskDialog(...);
69 if ( dlg->ShowModal() == wxID_OK )
71 //else: dialog was cancelled or some another button pressed
77 You can achieve the same result with dialogs by using simpler code:
83 if ( dlg.ShowModal() == wxID_OK )
86 // no need to call Destroy() here
90 An application can define a wxCloseEvent handler for the dialog to respond
91 to system close events.
95 Puts a caption on the dialog box.
96 @style{wxDEFAULT_DIALOG_STYLE}
97 Equivalent to a combination of wxCAPTION, wxCLOSE_BOX and
98 wxSYSTEM_MENU (the last one is not used under Unix).
99 @style{wxRESIZE_BORDER}
100 Display a resizable frame around the window.
101 @style{wxSYSTEM_MENU}
102 Display a system menu.
104 Displays a close box on the frame.
105 @style{wxMAXIMIZE_BOX}
106 Displays a maximize box on the dialog.
107 @style{wxMINIMIZE_BOX}
108 Displays a minimize box on the dialog.
109 @style{wxTHICK_FRAME}
110 Display a thick frame around the window.
111 @style{wxSTAY_ON_TOP}
112 The dialog stays on top of all other windows.
114 This style is obsolete and doesn't do anything any more, don't use
116 @style{wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT}
117 By default, a dialog created with a @NULL parent window will be
118 given the @ref wxApp::GetTopWindow() "application's top level window"
119 as parent. Use this style to prevent this from happening and create
120 an orphan dialog. This is not recommended for modal dialogs.
121 @style{wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP}
122 Under Windows, puts a query button on the caption. When pressed,
123 Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWidgets
124 will send a @c wxEVT_HELP event if the user clicked on an application
125 window. Note that this is an extended style and must be set by
126 calling SetExtraStyle() before Create is called (two-step
128 @style{wxDIALOG_EX_METAL}
129 On Mac OS X, frames with this style will be shown with a metallic
130 look. This is an extra style.
133 Under Unix or Linux, MWM (the Motif Window Manager) or other window
134 managers recognizing the MHM hints should be running for any of these
135 styles to have an effect.
138 @beginEventEmissionTable{wxCloseEvent}
139 @event{EVT_CLOSE(func)}
140 The dialog is being closed by the user or programmatically (see wxWindow::Close).
141 The user may generate this event clicking the close button
142 (typically the 'X' on the top-right of the title bar) if it's present
143 (see the @c wxCLOSE_BOX style) or by clicking a button with the
144 @c wxID_CANCEL or @c wxID_OK ids.
145 @event{EVT_INIT_DIALOG(func)}
146 Process a @c wxEVT_INIT_DIALOG event. See wxInitDialogEvent.
152 @see @ref overview_dialog, wxFrame, @ref overview_validator
154 class wxDialog
: public wxTopLevelWindow
165 Can be @NULL, a frame or another dialog box.
167 An identifier for the dialog. A value of -1 is taken to mean a
170 The title of the dialog.
172 The dialog position. The value wxDefaultPosition indicates a
173 default position, chosen by either the windowing system or
174 wxWidgets, depending on platform.
176 The dialog size. The value wxDefaultSize indicates a default size,
177 chosen by either the windowing system or wxWidgets, depending on
182 Used to associate a name with the window, allowing the application
183 user to set Motif resource values for individual dialog boxes.
187 wxDialog(wxWindow
* parent
, wxWindowID id
, const wxString
& title
,
188 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
,
189 const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
,
190 long style
= wxDEFAULT_DIALOG_STYLE
,
191 const wxString
& name
= wxDialogNameStr
);
196 Deletes any child windows before deleting the physical window.
198 See @ref overview_windowdeletion for more info.
203 Adds an identifier to be regarded as a main button for the
204 non-scrolling area of a dialog.
206 @see @ref overview_dialog_autoscrolling (for more on layout adaptation)
208 void AddMainButtonId(wxWindowID id
);
211 Returns @true if this dialog can and should perform layout adaptation
212 using DoLayoutAdaptation(), usually if the dialog is too large to fit
215 @see @ref overview_dialog_autoscrolling (for more on layout adaptation)
217 virtual bool CanDoLayoutAdaptation();
220 Centres the dialog box on the display.
223 May be wxHORIZONTAL, wxVERTICAL or wxBOTH.
225 void Centre(int direction
= wxBOTH
);
228 Used for two-step dialog box construction.
232 bool Create(wxWindow
* parent
, wxWindowID id
, const wxString
& title
,
233 const wxPoint
& pos
= wxDefaultPosition
,
234 const wxSize
& size
= wxDefaultSize
,
235 long style
= wxDEFAULT_DIALOG_STYLE
,
236 const wxString
& name
= wxDialogNameStr
);
239 Creates a sizer with standard buttons. @a flags is a bit list of the
240 following flags: wxOK, wxCANCEL, wxYES, wxNO, wxAPPLY, wxCLOSE, wxHELP,
243 The sizer lays out the buttons in a manner appropriate to the platform.
245 This function uses CreateStdDialogButtonSizer() internally for most
246 platforms but doesn't create the sizer at all for the platforms with
247 hardware buttons (such as smartphones) for which it sets up the
248 hardware buttons appropriately and returns @NULL, so don't forget to
249 test that the return value is valid before using it.
251 wxSizer
* CreateButtonSizer(long flags
);
254 Creates a sizer with standard buttons using CreateButtonSizer()
255 separated from the rest of the dialog contents by a horizontal
258 @note Just like CreateButtonSizer(), this function may return @NULL if
259 no buttons were created.
261 This is a combination of CreateButtonSizer() and
262 CreateSeparatedSizer().
264 wxSizer
* CreateSeparatedButtonSizer(long flags
);
267 Returns the sizer containing the given one with a separating
268 wxStaticLine if necessarily.
270 This function is useful for creating the sizer containing footer-like
271 contents in dialog boxes. It will add a separating static line only if
272 it conforms to the current platform convention (currently it is not
273 added under Mac where the use of static lines for grouping is
274 discouraged and is added elsewhere).
278 @param sizer The sizer to wrap, must be non-@NULL.
279 @return The sizer wrapping the input one or possibly the input sizer
280 itself if no wrapping is necessary.
282 wxSizer
*CreateSeparatedSizer(wxSizer
*sizer
);
285 Creates a wxStdDialogButtonSizer with standard buttons. @a flags is a
286 bit list of the following flags: wxOK, wxCANCEL, wxYES, wxNO, wxAPPLY,
287 wxCLOSE, wxHELP, wxNO_DEFAULT.
289 The sizer lays out the buttons in a manner appropriate to the platform.
291 wxStdDialogButtonSizer
* CreateStdDialogButtonSizer(long flags
);
294 Splits text up at newlines and places the lines into wxStaticText
295 objects in a vertical wxBoxSizer.
297 wxSizer
*CreateTextSizer( const wxString
& message
);
300 Performs layout adaptation, usually if the dialog is too large to fit
303 @see @ref overview_dialog_autoscrolling (for more on layout adaptation)
305 virtual bool DoLayoutAdaptation();
308 This function is called when the titlebar OK button is pressed
309 (PocketPC only). A command event for the identifier returned by
310 GetAffirmativeId() is sent by default. You can override this function.
311 If the function returns @false, wxWidgets will call Close() for the
319 A static function enabling or disabling layout adaptation for all
322 @see @ref overview_dialog_autoscrolling (for more on layout adaptation)
324 static void EnableLayoutAdaptation(bool enable
);
327 Ends a modal dialog, passing a value to be returned from the
328 ShowModal() invocation.
331 The value that should be returned by ShowModal.
333 @see ShowModal(), GetReturnCode(), SetReturnCode()
335 virtual void EndModal(int retCode
);
338 Gets the identifier of the button which works like standard OK button
341 @see SetAffirmativeId()
343 int GetAffirmativeId() const;
346 Override this to return a window containing the main content of the
347 dialog. This is particularly useful when the dialog implements pages,
348 such as wxPropertySheetDialog, and allows the
349 @ref overview_dialog "layout adaptation code" to know that only the
350 pages need to be made scrollable.
352 virtual wxWindow
* GetContentWindow() const;
355 Gets the identifier of the button to map presses of @c ESC button to.
359 int GetEscapeId() const;
362 Returns @true if the dialog has been adapted, usually by making it
363 scrollable to work with a small display.
365 @see @ref overview_dialog_autoscrolling (for more on layout adaptation)
367 bool GetLayoutAdaptationDone() const;
370 Gets a value representing the aggressiveness of search for buttons and
371 sizers to be in the non-scrolling part of a layout-adapted dialog. Zero
372 switches off adaptation, and 3 allows search for standard buttons
373 anywhere in the dialog.
375 @see @ref overview_dialog_autoscrolling (for more on layout adaptation)
377 int GetLayoutAdaptationLevel() const;
380 Gets the adaptation mode, overriding the global adaptation flag.
382 @see @ref overview_dialog_autoscrolling (for more on layout adaptation)
384 wxDialogLayoutAdaptationMode
GetLayoutAdaptationMode() const;
387 A static function getting the current layout adapter object.
389 @see @ref overview_dialog_autoscrolling (for more on layout adaptation)
391 static wxDialogLayoutAdapter
* GetLayoutAdapter();
394 Returns an array of identifiers to be regarded as the main buttons for
395 the non-scrolling area of a dialog.
397 @see @ref overview_dialog_autoscrolling (for more on layout adaptation)
399 wxArrayInt
& GetMainButtonIds();
402 Gets the return code for this window.
404 @remarks A return code is normally associated with a modal dialog,
405 where ShowModal() returns a code to the application.
407 @see SetReturnCode(), ShowModal(), EndModal()
409 int GetReturnCode() const;
412 On PocketPC, a dialog is automatically provided with an empty toolbar.
413 This function allows you to access the toolbar and add tools to it.
414 Removing tools and adding arbitrary controls are not currently
417 This function is not available on any other platform.
421 wxToolBar
* GetToolBar() const;
424 Iconizes or restores the dialog. Windows only.
427 If @true, iconizes the dialog box; if @false, shows and restores it.
429 @remarks Note that in Windows, iconization has no effect since dialog
430 boxes cannot be iconized. However, applications may need to
431 explicitly restore dialog boxes under Motif which have
432 user-iconizable frames, and under Windows calling
433 Iconize(@false) will bring the window to the front, as does
436 virtual void Iconize(bool iconize
= true);
439 Returns @true if the dialog box is iconized. Windows only.
441 @remarks Always returns @false under Windows since dialogs cannot be
444 virtual bool IsIconized() const;
447 A static function returning @true if layout adaptation is enabled for
450 @see @ref overview_dialog_autoscrolling (for more on layout adaptation)
452 static bool IsLayoutAdaptationEnabled();
455 Returns @true if @a id is in the array of identifiers to be regarded as
456 the main buttons for the non-scrolling area of a dialog.
460 @see @ref overview_dialog_autoscrolling (for more on layout adaptation)
462 bool IsMainButtonId(wxWindowID id
) const;
465 Returns @true if the dialog box is modal, @false otherwise.
467 virtual bool IsModal() const;
470 Sets the identifier to be used as OK button. When the button with this
471 identifier is pressed, the dialog calls wxWindow::Validate() and
472 wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow() and, if they both return @true,
473 closes the dialog with the affirmative id return code.
475 Also, when the user presses a hardware OK button on the devices having
476 one or the special OK button in the PocketPC title bar, an event with
477 this id is generated.
479 By default, the affirmative id is wxID_OK.
481 @see GetAffirmativeId(), SetEscapeId()
483 void SetAffirmativeId(int id
);
486 Sets the identifier of the button which should work like the standard
487 "Cancel" button in this dialog. When the button with this id is
488 clicked, the dialog is closed. Also, when the user presses @c ESC key
489 in the dialog or closes the dialog using the close button in the title
490 bar, this is mapped to the click of the button with the specified id.
492 By default, the escape id is the special value wxID_ANY meaning that
493 wxID_CANCEL button is used if it's present in the dialog and otherwise
494 the button with GetAffirmativeId() is used. Another special value for
495 @a id is wxID_NONE meaning that @c ESC presses should be ignored. If
496 any other value is given, it is interpreted as the id of the button to
497 map the escape key to.
499 void SetEscapeId(int id
);
502 Sets the icon for this dialog.
505 The icon to associate with this dialog.
509 void SetIcon(const wxIcon
& icon
);
512 Sets the icons for this dialog.
515 The icons to associate with this dialog.
519 void SetIcons(const wxIconBundle
& icons
);
522 Marks the dialog as having been adapted, usually by making it
523 scrollable to work with a small display.
525 @see @ref overview_dialog_autoscrolling (for more on layout adaptation)
527 void SetLayoutAdaptationDone(bool done
);
530 Sets the aggressiveness of search for buttons and sizers to be in the
531 non-scrolling part of a layout-adapted dialog. Zero switches off
532 adaptation, and 3 allows search for standard buttons anywhere in the
535 @see @ref overview_dialog_autoscrolling (for more on layout adaptation)
537 void SetLayoutAdaptationLevel(int level
);
540 Sets the adaptation mode, overriding the global adaptation flag.
542 @see wxDialogLayoutAdaptationMode, @ref overview_dialog_autoscrolling
543 (for more on layout adaptation)
545 void SetLayoutAdaptationMode(wxDialogLayoutAdaptationMode mode
);
548 A static function for setting the current layout adapter object,
549 returning the old adapter. If you call this, you should delete the old
552 @see wxDialogLayoutAdapter, @ref overview_dialog_autoscrolling
554 static wxDialogLayoutAdapter
* SetLayoutAdapter(wxDialogLayoutAdapter
* adapter
);
557 Sets the return code for this window.
559 A return code is normally associated with a modal dialog, where
560 ShowModal() returns a code to the application. The function EndModal()
561 calls SetReturnCode().
564 The integer return code, usually a control identifier.
566 @see GetReturnCode(), ShowModal(), EndModal()
568 void SetReturnCode(int retCode
);
571 Hides or shows the dialog. The preferred way of dismissing a modal
572 dialog is to use EndModal().
575 If @true, the dialog box is shown and brought to the front,
576 otherwise the box is hidden. If @false and the dialog is modal,
577 control is returned to the calling program.
579 virtual bool Show(bool show
= 1);
582 Shows an application-modal dialog.
584 Program flow does not return until the dialog has been dismissed with
587 Notice that it is possible to call ShowModal() for a dialog which had
588 been previously shown with Show(), this allows to make an existing
589 modeless dialog modal. However ShowModal() can't be called twice
590 without intervening EndModal() calls.
592 Note that this function creates a temporary event loop which takes
593 precedence over the application's main event loop (see wxEventLoopBase)
594 and which is destroyed when the dialog is dismissed.
595 This also results in a call to wxApp::ProcessPendingEvents().
597 @return The value set with SetReturnCode().
599 @see ShowWindowModal(), ShowWindowModalThenDo(),
600 EndModal(), GetReturnCode(), SetReturnCode()
602 virtual int ShowModal();
605 Shows a dialog modal to the parent top level window only.
607 Unlike ShowModal(), dialogs shown with this function only prevent the
608 user from interacting with their parent frame only but not with the
609 rest of the application. They also don't block the program execution
610 but instead return immediately, as Show(), and generate a
611 wxEVT_WINDOW_MODAL_DIALOG_CLOSED event (wxWindowModalDialogEvent)
612 later when the dialog is closed.
614 Currently this function is only fully implemented in wxOSX ports, under
615 the other platforms it behaves like ShowModal() (but also sends the
616 above mentioned event).
618 @see wxWindowModalDialogEvent, ShowWindowModalThenDo()
622 void ShowWindowModal();
625 Shows a dialog modal to the parent top level window only and call a
626 functor after the dialog is closed.
628 Same as the other ShowWindowModal() overload, but calls the functor
629 passed as the argument upon completion, instead of generating the
630 wxEVT_WINDOW_MODAL_DIALOG_CLOSED event.
632 This form is particularly useful in combination with C++11 lambdas,
633 when it allows writing window-modal very similarly to how ShowModal()
634 is used (with the notable exception of not being able to create
635 the dialog on stack):
638 wxWindowPtr<wxDialog> dlg(new wxMessageDialog(this, "Hello!"));
640 dlg->ShowWindowModalThenDo([this,dlg](int retcode){
641 if ( retcode == wxID_OK )
643 // dlg is implicitly destroyed here, because the pointer was
644 // explicitly captured by the lambda
648 @param onEndModal Function object to call when the dialog is
649 closed. The functor is called with a single
650 integer argument, dialog's return code.
652 @note The dialog instance must not be destroyed until @a onEndModal
653 is called. The best way to ensure thay is to use wxWindowPtr
654 to hold a pointer and include it in the lambda's capture,
655 by value (not reference!), as shown in the example above.
661 template<typename Functor
>
662 void ShowWindowModalThenDo(const Functor
& onEndModal
);
668 @class wxDialogLayoutAdapter
670 This abstract class is the base for classes that help wxWidgets perform
671 run-time layout adaptation of dialogs. Principally, this is to cater for
672 small displays by making part of the dialog scroll, but the application
673 developer may find other uses for layout adaption.
675 By default, there is one instance of wxStandardDialogLayoutAdapter which
676 can perform adaptation for most custom dialogs and dialogs with book
677 controls such as wxPropertySheetDialog.
682 @see @ref overview_dialog_autoscrolling
684 class wxDialogLayoutAdapter
690 wxDialogLayoutAdapter();
693 Override this to returns @true if adaptation can and should be done.
695 virtual bool CanDoLayoutAdaptation(wxDialog
* dialog
) = 0;
698 Override this to perform layout adaptation, such as making parts of the
699 dialog scroll and resizing the dialog to fit the display. Normally this
700 function will be called just before the dialog is shown.
702 virtual bool DoLayoutAdaptation(wxDialog
* dialog
) = 0;
707 Event sent by wxDialog::ShowWindowModal() when the dialog closes.
711 class wxWindowModalDialogEvent
: public wxCommandEvent
715 wxWindowModalDialogEvent (wxEventType commandType
= wxEVT_NULL
, int id
= 0);
717 /// Return the corresponding dialog.
718 wxDialog
*GetDialog() const;
720 /// Return the dialog's return code.
721 int GetReturnCode() const;
724 virtual wxEvent
*Clone() const;