1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: interface of wxPGProperty
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
9 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
12 @class wxPropertyGridInterface
14 Most of the shared property manipulation interface shared by wxPropertyGrid,
15 wxPropertyGridPage, and wxPropertyGridManager is defined in this class.
18 - In separate wxPropertyGrid component this class was known as
19 wxPropertyContainerMethods.
21 - wxPropertyGridInterface's property operation member functions all accept
22 a special wxPGPropArg id argument, using which you can refer to properties
23 either by their pointer (for performance) or by their name (for conveniency).
28 class WXDLLIMPEXP_PROPGRID wxPropertyGridInterface
33 virtual ~wxPropertyGridInterface() { }
36 Appends property to the list. wxPropertyGrid assumes ownership of the
37 object. Becomes child of most recently added category.
40 - wxPropertyGrid takes the ownership of the property pointer.
41 - If appending a category with name identical to a category already in
42 the wxPropertyGrid, then newly created category is deleted, and most
43 recently added category (under which properties are appended) is set
44 to the one with same name. This allows easier adding of items to same
45 categories in multiple passes.
46 - Does not automatically redraw the control, so you may need to call
47 Refresh() when calling this function after control has been shown for
50 wxPGProperty
* Append( wxPGProperty
* property
);
53 Same as Append(), but appends under given parent property.
56 Name or pointer to parent property.
61 wxPGProperty
* AppendIn( wxPGPropArg id
, wxPGProperty
* newProperty
);
64 In order to add new items into a property with private children (for
65 instance, wxFlagsProperty), you need to call this method. After
66 populating has been finished, you need to call EndAddChildren().
70 void BeginAddChildren( wxPGPropArg id
);
73 Deletes all properties.
75 virtual void Clear() = 0;
78 Deselect current selection, if any.
80 @return Returns @true if success (ie. validator did not intercept).
82 bool ClearSelection();
85 Resets modified status of all properties.
87 void ClearModifiedStatus();
90 Collapses given category or property with children.
92 @return Returns @true if actually collapsed.
94 bool Collapse( wxPGPropArg id
);
97 Collapses all items that can be collapsed.
99 @return Returns @false if failed (may fail if value in active
100 editor cannot be validated).
105 Changes value of a property, as if by user. Use this instead of
106 SetPropertyValue() if you need the value to run through validation
107 process, and also send the property change event.
109 @return Returns @true if value was successfully changed.
111 bool ChangePropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, wxVariant newValue
);
116 void DeleteProperty( wxPGPropArg id
);
121 bool DisableProperty( wxPGPropArg id
);
124 Returns true if all property grid data changes have been committed. Usually
125 only returns false if value in active editor has been invalidated by a
128 bool EditorValidate();
131 Enables or disables property.
134 Name or pointer to a property.
137 If @false, property is disabled instead.
139 bool EnableProperty( wxPGPropArg id
, bool enable
= true );
142 Called after population of property with fixed children has finished.
144 @see BeginAddChildren()
146 void EndAddChildren( wxPGPropArg id
);
149 Expands given category or property with children.
151 @return Returns @true if actually expanded.
153 bool Expand( wxPGPropArg id
);
156 Expands all items that can be expanded.
158 bool ExpandAll( bool expand
= true );
161 Returns id of first child of given property.
163 @remarks Does not return private children!
165 wxPGProperty
* GetFirstChild( wxPGPropArg id
);
168 /** Returns iterator class instance.
171 See @ref propgrid_iterator_flags. Value wxPG_ITERATE_DEFAULT causes
172 iteration over everything except private child properties.
175 Property to start iteration from. If NULL, then first child of root
179 Either wxTOP or wxBOTTOM. wxTOP will indicate that iterations start
180 from the first property from the top, and wxBOTTOM means that the
181 iteration will instead begin from bottommost valid item.
183 <b>wxPython Note:</b> Instead of ++ operator, use Next() method, and
184 instead of * operator, use GetProperty() method.
186 wxPropertyGridIterator
GetIterator( int flags
= wxPG_ITERATE_DEFAULT
,
187 wxPGProperty
* firstProp
= NULL
);
188 wxPropertyGridConstIterator
GetIterator( int flags
= wxPG_ITERATE_DEFAULT
,
189 wxPGProperty
* firstProp
= NULL
) const;
190 wxPropertyGridIterator
GetIterator( int flags
, int startPos
);
191 wxPropertyGridConstIterator
GetIterator( int flags
, int startPos
) const;
195 Returns id of first item that matches given criteria.
198 See @ref propgrid_iterator_flags.
200 wxPGProperty
* GetFirst( int flags
= wxPG_ITERATE_ALL
);
203 Returns id of property with given name (case-sensitive).
205 wxPGProperty
* GetProperty( const wxString
& name
) const
207 return GetPropertyByName(name
);
211 Adds to 'targetArr' pointers to properties that have given
212 flags 'flags' set. However, if 'inverse' is set to true, then
213 only properties without given flags are stored.
216 Property flags to use.
219 Iterator flags to use. Default is everything expect private children.
220 See @ref propgrid_iterator_flags.
222 void GetPropertiesWithFlag( wxArrayPGProperty
* targetArr
,
223 wxPGProperty::FlagType flags
,
224 bool inverse
= false,
225 int iterFlags
= (wxPG_ITERATE_PROPERTIES
|wxPG_ITERATE_HIDDEN
|wxPG_ITERATE_CATEGORIES
) ) const;
228 Returns value of given attribute. If none found, returns wxNullVariant.
230 wxVariant
GetPropertyAttribute( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxString
& attrName
) const;
233 Returns pointer of property's nearest parent category. If no category
236 wxPropertyCategory
* GetPropertyCategory( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
238 /** Returns client data (void*) of a property. */
239 void* GetPropertyClientData( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
242 Returns first property which label matches given string. NULL if none
243 found. Note that this operation is very slow when compared to
246 wxPGProperty
* GetPropertyByLabel( const wxString
& label
) const;
249 Returns property with given name. NULL if none found.
251 wxPGProperty
* GetPropertyByName( const wxString
& name
) const;
254 Returns child property 'subname' of property 'name'. Same as
255 calling GetPropertyByName("name.subname"), albeit slightly faster.
257 wxPGProperty
* GetPropertyByName( const wxString
& name
,
258 const wxString
& subname
) const;
261 Returns property's editor.
263 const wxPGEditor
* GetPropertyEditor( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
266 Returns help string associated with a property.
268 wxString
GetPropertyHelpString( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
271 Returns property's custom value image (NULL of none).
273 wxBitmap
* GetPropertyImage( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
275 /** Returns label of a property. */
276 const wxString
& GetPropertyLabel( wxPGPropArg id
);
278 /** Returns property's name, by which it is globally accessible. */
279 wxString
GetPropertyName( wxPGProperty
* property
);
282 Returns validator of a property as a reference, which you
283 can pass to any number of SetPropertyValidator.
285 wxValidator
* GetPropertyValidator( wxPGPropArg id
);
288 Returns property's value as wxVariant.
290 If property value is unspecified, Null variant is returned.
292 wxVariant
GetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
);
294 /** Return's property's value as wxArrayInt. */
295 wxArrayInt
GetPropertyValueAsArrayInt( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
297 /** Returns property's value as wxArrayString. */
298 wxArrayString
GetPropertyValueAsArrayString( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
300 /** Returns property's value as bool */
301 bool GetPropertyValueAsBool( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
303 /** Return's property's value as wxDateTime. */
304 wxDateTime
GetPropertyValueAsDateTime( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
306 /** Returns property's value as double-precision floating point number. */
307 double GetPropertyValueAsDouble( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
309 /** Returns property's value as integer */
310 int GetPropertyValueAsInt( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
312 /** Returns property's value as integer */
313 long GetPropertyValueAsLong( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
315 /** Returns property's value as native signed 64-bit integer. */
316 wxLongLong_t
GetPropertyValueAsLongLong( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
319 Returns property's value as wxString. If property does not
320 use string value type, then its value is converted using
321 wxPGProperty::GetValueAsString().
323 wxString
GetPropertyValueAsString( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
325 /** Returns property's value as unsigned integer */
326 unsigned long GetPropertyValueAsULong( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
328 /** Returns property's value as native unsigned 64-bit integer. */
329 wxULongLong_t
GetPropertyValueAsULongLong( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
332 Returns a wxVariant list containing wxVariant versions of all
333 property values. Order is not guaranteed.
336 Use wxPG_KEEP_STRUCTURE to retain category structure; each sub
337 category will be its own wxVariantList of wxVariant.
339 Use wxPG_INC_ATTRIBUTES to include property attributes as well.
340 Each attribute will be stored as list variant named
341 "@@<propname>@@attr."
343 wxVariant
GetPropertyValues( const wxString
& listname
= wxEmptyString
,
344 wxPGProperty
* baseparent
= NULL
, long flags
= 0 ) const;
346 /** Returns currently selected property. */
347 wxPGProperty
* GetSelection() const;
350 Similar to GetIterator(), but instead returns wxPGVIterator instance,
351 which can be useful for forward-iterating through arbitrary property
355 See @ref propgrid_iterator_flags.
357 <b>wxPython Note:</b> Instead of ++ operator, use Next() method, and
358 instead of * operator, use GetProperty() method.
360 virtual wxPGVIterator
GetVIterator( int flags
) const;
363 Hides or reveals a property.
366 If @true, hides property, otherwise reveals it.
369 By default changes are applied recursively. Set this parameter
370 wxPG_DONT_RECURSE to prevent this.
372 bool HideProperty( wxPGPropArg id
, bool hide
= true, int flags
= wxPG_RECURSE
);
375 Initializes *all* property types. Causes references to most object
376 files in the library, so calling this may cause significant increase
377 in executable size when linking with static library.
379 static void InitAllTypeHandlers();
382 /** Inserts property to the property container.
385 New property is inserted just prior to this. Available only
386 in the first variant. There are two versions of this function
387 to allow this parameter to be either an id or name to
391 Pointer to the inserted property. wxPropertyGrid will take
392 ownership of this object.
395 New property is inserted under this category. Available only
396 in the second variant. There are two versions of this function
397 to allow this parameter to be either an id or name to
401 Index under category. Available only in the second variant.
402 If index is < 0, property is appended in category.
404 @return Returns newProperty.
408 - wxPropertyGrid takes the ownership of the property pointer.
410 - While Append may be faster way to add items, make note that when
411 both types of data storage (categoric and
412 non-categoric) are active, Insert becomes even more slow. This is
413 especially true if current mode is non-categoric.
420 wxPGProperty* my_cat_id = propertygrid->Append( new wxPropertyCategory("My Category") );
424 // insert into category - using second variant
425 wxPGProperty* my_item_id_1 = propertygrid->Insert( my_cat_id, 0, new wxStringProperty("My String 1") );
427 // insert before to first item - using first variant
428 wxPGProperty* my_item_id_2 = propertygrid->Insert( my_item_id, new wxStringProperty("My String 2") );
433 wxPGProperty
* Insert( wxPGPropArg priorThis
, wxPGProperty
* newProperty
);
434 wxPGProperty
* Insert( wxPGPropArg parent
, int index
, wxPGProperty
* newProperty
);
437 /** Returns @true if property is a category. */
438 bool IsPropertyCategory( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
440 /** Returns @true if property is enabled. */
441 bool IsPropertyEnabled( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
444 Returns true if given property is expanded. Naturally, always returns
445 @false for properties that cannot be expanded.
447 bool IsPropertyExpanded( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
450 Returns @true if property has been modified after value set or modify
451 flag clear by software.
453 bool IsPropertyModified( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
456 Returns true if property is shown (ie. HideProperty() with @true not
459 bool IsPropertyShown( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
462 Returns true if property value is set to unspecified.
464 bool IsPropertyValueUnspecified( wxPGPropArg id
) const;
467 Disables (limit = @true) or enables (limit = @false) wxTextCtrl editor
468 of a property, if it is not the sole mean to edit the value.
470 void LimitPropertyEditing( wxPGPropArg id
, bool limit
= true );
473 Initializes additional property editors (SpinCtrl etc.). Causes
474 references to most object files in the library, so calling this may
475 cause significant increase in executable size when linking with static
478 static void RegisterAdditionalEditors();
481 Replaces property with id with newly created one. For example,
482 this code replaces existing property named "Flags" with one that
483 will have different set of items:
486 pg->ReplaceProperty("Flags",
487 wxFlagsProperty("Flags", wxPG_LABEL, newItems))
492 wxPGProperty
* ReplaceProperty( wxPGPropArg id
, wxPGProperty
* property
);
495 @anchor propgridinterface_editablestate_flags
497 Flags for wxPropertyGridInterface::SaveEditableState() and
498 wxPropertyGridInterface::RestoreEditableState().
500 enum EditableStateFlags
502 /** Include selected property. */
503 SelectionState
= 0x01,
504 /** Include expanded/collapsed property information. */
505 ExpandedState
= 0x02,
506 /** Include scrolled position. */
507 ScrollPosState
= 0x04,
508 /** Include selected page information. Only applies to
509 wxPropertyGridManager. */
511 /** Include splitter position. Stored for each page. */
512 SplitterPosState
= 0x10,
513 /** Include description box size.
514 Only applies to wxPropertyGridManager. */
518 Include all supported user editable state information.
519 This is usually the default value. */
520 AllStates
= SelectionState
|
529 Restores user-editable state. See also wxPropertyGridInterface::SaveEditableState().
532 String generated by SaveEditableState.
535 Which parts to restore from source string. See @ref propgridinterface_editablestate_flags
536 "list of editable state flags".
538 @return Returns @false if there was problem reading the string.
540 @remarks If some parts of state (such as scrolled or splitter position)
541 fail to restore correctly, please make sure that you call this
542 function after wxPropertyGrid size has been set (this may
543 sometimes be tricky when sizers are used).
545 bool RestoreEditableState( const wxString
& src
,
546 int restoreStates
= AllStates
);
549 Used to acquire user-editable state (selected property, expanded
550 properties, scrolled position, splitter positions).
552 @param includedStates
553 Which parts of state to include. See @ref propgridinterface_editablestate_flags
554 "list of editable state flags".
556 wxString
SaveEditableState( int includedStates
= AllStates
) const;
559 Sets strings listed in the choice dropdown of a wxBoolProperty.
561 Defaults are "True" and "False", so changing them to, say, "Yes" and
562 "No" may be useful in some less technical applications.
564 static void SetBoolChoices( const wxString
& trueChoice
,
565 const wxString
& falseChoice
);
568 Sets or clears flag(s) of all properties in given array.
571 Property flags to set or clear.
574 Set to true if you want to clear flag instead of setting them.
576 void SetPropertiesFlag( const wxArrayPGProperty
& srcArr
, wxPGProperty::FlagType flags
,
577 bool inverse
= false );
580 Sets an attribute for this property.
583 Text identifier of attribute. See @ref propgrid_property_attributes.
589 Optional. Use wxPG_RECURSE to set the attribute to child properties
592 @remarks Setting attribute's value to Null variant will simply remove it
593 from property's set of attributes.
595 void SetPropertyAttribute( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxString
& attrName
,
596 wxVariant value
, long argFlags
= 0 );
599 Sets property attribute for all applicapple properties.
600 Be sure to use this method only after all properties have been
603 void SetPropertyAttributeAll( const wxString
& attrName
, wxVariant value
);
606 Sets text, bitmap, and colours for given column's cell.
609 - You can set label cell by using column 0.
610 - You can use wxPG_LABEL as text to use default text for column.
612 void SetPropertyCell( wxPGPropArg id
,
614 const wxString
& text
= wxEmptyString
,
615 const wxBitmap
& bitmap
= wxNullBitmap
,
616 const wxColour
& fgCol
= wxNullColour
,
617 const wxColour
& bgCol
= wxNullColour
);
620 Sets client data (void*) of a property.
623 This untyped client data has to be deleted manually.
625 void SetPropertyClientData( wxPGPropArg id
, void* clientData
);
628 Sets editor for a property.
631 For builtin editors, use wxPGEditor_X, where X is builtin editor's
632 name (TextCtrl, Choice, etc. see wxPGEditor documentation for full
635 For custom editors, use pointer you received from wxPropertyGrid::RegisterEditorClass().
637 void SetPropertyEditor( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxPGEditor
* editor
);
640 Sets editor control of a property. As editor argument, use
641 editor name string, such as "TextCtrl" or "Choice".
643 void SetPropertyEditor( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxString
& editorName
);
646 Sets label of a property.
649 - Properties under same parent may have same labels. However,
650 property names must still remain unique.
652 void SetPropertyLabel( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxString
& newproplabel
);
655 Sets name of a property.
658 Name or pointer of property which name to change.
661 New name for property.
663 void SetPropertyName( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxString
& newName
);
666 Sets property (and, recursively, its children) to have read-only value.
667 In other words, user cannot change the value in the editor, but they can
670 @remarks This is mainly for use with textctrl editor. Only some other
671 editors fully support it.
674 Property name or pointer.
677 Use @true to enable read-only, @false to disable it.
680 By default changes are applied recursively. Set this parameter
681 wxPG_DONT_RECURSE to prevent this.
683 void SetPropertyReadOnly( wxPGPropArg id
, bool set
= true,
684 int flags
= wxPG_RECURSE
);
687 Sets property's value to unspecified. If it has children (it may be
688 category), then the same thing is done to them.
690 void SetPropertyValueUnspecified( wxPGPropArg id
);
693 Sets various property values from a list of wxVariants. If property with
694 name is missing from the grid, new property is created under given
695 default category (or root if omitted).
697 void SetPropertyValues( const wxVariantList
& list
,
698 wxPGPropArg defaultCategory
= wxNullProperty
);
700 void SetPropertyValues( const wxVariant
& list
,
701 wxPGPropArg defaultCategory
= wxNullProperty
);
704 Associates the help string with property.
706 @remarks By default, text is shown either in the manager's "description"
707 text box or in the status bar. If extra window style
708 wxPG_EX_HELP_AS_TOOLTIPS is used, then the text will appear as
711 void SetPropertyHelpString( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxString
& helpString
);
714 Set wxBitmap in front of the value.
716 @remarks Bitmap will be scaled to a size returned by
717 wxPropertyGrid::GetImageSize();
719 void SetPropertyImage( wxPGPropArg id
, wxBitmap
& bmp
);
722 Sets max length of property's text.
724 bool SetPropertyMaxLength( wxPGPropArg id
, int maxLen
);
727 Sets validator of a property.
729 void SetPropertyValidator( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxValidator
& validator
);
731 /** Sets value (integer) of a property. */
732 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, long value
);
734 /** Sets value (integer) of a property. */
735 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, int value
);
737 /** Sets value (floating point) of a property. */
738 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, double value
);
740 /** Sets value (bool) of a property. */
741 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, bool value
);
743 /** Sets value (string) of a property. */
744 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxString
& value
);
746 /** Sets value (wxArrayString) of a property. */
747 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxArrayString
& value
);
749 /** Sets value (wxDateTime) of a property. */
750 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxDateTime
& value
);
752 /** Sets value (wxObject*) of a property. */
753 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, wxObject
* value
);
755 /** Sets value (wxObject&) of a property. */
756 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, wxObject
& value
);
758 /** Sets value (native 64-bit int) of a property. */
759 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, wxLongLong_t value
);
761 /** Sets value (native 64-bit unsigned int) of a property. */
762 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, wxULongLong_t value
);
764 /** Sets value (wxArrayInt&) of a property. */
765 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxArrayInt
& value
);
768 Sets value (wxString) of a property.
770 @remarks This method uses wxPGProperty::SetValueFromString(), which all
771 properties should implement. This means that there should not be
772 a type error, and instead the string is converted to property's
775 void SetPropertyValueString( wxPGPropArg id
, const wxString
& value
);
778 Sets value (wxVariant&) of a property.
780 @remarks Use wxPropertyGrid::ChangePropertyValue() instead if you need to
781 run through validation process and send property change event.
783 void SetPropertyValue( wxPGPropArg id
, wxVariant value
);
786 Adjusts how wxPropertyGrid behaves when invalid value is entered
790 See @ref propgrid_vfbflags for possible values.
792 void SetValidationFailureBehavior( int vfbFlags
);
795 Returns editor pointer of editor with given name;
797 static wxPGEditor
* GetEditorByName( const wxString
& editorName
);