docs/latex/wx/panel.tex

   1 \section{\class{wxPanel}}\label{wxpanel}
   2
   3 A panel is a window on which controls are placed. It is usually placed within a frame.
   4 It contains minimal extra functionality over and above its parent class wxWindow; its main
   5 purpose is to be similar in appearance and functionality to a dialog, but with the flexibility of
   6 having any window as a parent.
   7
   8 {\it Note:} if not all characters are being intercepted by your OnKeyDown or OnChar handler,
   9 it may be because you are using the wxTAB\_TRAVERSAL style, which grabs some keypresses for use
  10 by child controls.
  11
  12 \wxheading{Derived from}
  13
  14 \helpref{wxWindow}{wxwindow}\\
  15 \helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\\
  16 \helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
  17
  18 \wxheading{Include files}
  19
  20 <wx/panel.h>
  21
  22 \wxheading{Window styles}
  23
  24 There are no specific styles for this window.
  25
  26 See also \helpref{window styles overview}{windowstyles}.
  27
  28 \wxheading{Remarks}
  29
  30 By default, a panel has the same colouring as a dialog.
  31
  32 \wxheading{See also}
  33
  34 \helpref{wxDialog}{wxdialog}
  35
  36 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
  37
  38 \membersection{wxPanel::wxPanel}\label{wxpanelctor}
  39
  40 \func{}{wxPanel}{\void}
  41
  42 Default constructor.
  43
  44 \func{}{wxPanel}{\param{wxWindow* }{parent}, \param{wxWindowID }{id = $-1$},\rtfsp
  45 \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition},\rtfsp
  46 \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize},\rtfsp
  47 \param{long}{ style = wxTAB\_TRAVERSAL},\rtfsp
  48 \param{const wxString\& }{name = ``panel"}}
  49
  50 Constructor.
  51
  52 \wxheading{Parameters}
  53
  54 \docparam{parent}{The parent window.}
  55
  56 \docparam{id}{An identifier for the panel. A value of -1 is taken to mean a default.}
  57
  58 \docparam{pos}{The panel position. A value of (-1, -1) indicates a default position, chosen by
  59 either the windowing system or wxWidgets, depending on platform.}
  60
  61 \docparam{size}{The panel size. A value of (-1, -1) indicates a default size, chosen by
  62 either the windowing system or wxWidgets, depending on platform.}
  63
  64 \docparam{style}{The window style. See \helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel}.}
  65
  66 \docparam{name}{Used to associate a name with the window,
  67 allowing the application user to set Motif resource values for
  68 individual dialog boxes.}
  69
  70 \wxheading{See also}
  71
  72 \helpref{wxPanel::Create}{wxpanelcreate}
  73
  74 \membersection{wxPanel::\destruct{wxPanel}}\label{wxpaneldtor}
  75
  76 \func{}{\destruct{wxPanel}}{\void}
  77
  78 Destructor. Deletes any child windows before deleting the physical window.
  79
  80 \membersection{wxPanel::Create}\label{wxpanelcreate}
  81
  82 \func{bool}{Create}{\param{wxWindow* }{parent}, \param{wxWindowID }{id},\rtfsp
  83 \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition},\rtfsp
  84 \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize},\rtfsp
  85 \param{long}{ style = wxTAB\_TRAVERSAL},\rtfsp
  86 \param{const wxString\& }{name = ``panel"}}
  87
  88 Used for two-step panel construction. See \helpref{wxPanel::wxPanel}{wxpanelctor}\rtfsp
  89 for details.
  90
  91 \membersection{wxPanel::GetDefaultItem}\label{wxpanelgetdefaultitem}
  92
  93 \constfunc{wxWindow*}{GetDefaultItem}{\void}
  94
  95 Returns a pointer to the button which is the default for this window, or NULL.
  96 The default button is the one activated by pressing the Enter key.
  97
  98 \membersection{wxPanel::InitDialog}\label{wxpanelinitdialog}
  99
 100 \func{void}{InitDialog}{\void}
 101
 102 Sends a \helpref{wxInitDialogEvent}{wxinitdialogevent}, which
 103 in turn transfers data to the dialog via validators.
 104
 105 \wxheading{See also}
 106
 107 \helpref{wxInitDialogEvent}{wxinitdialogevent}
 108
 109 \membersection{wxPanel::OnSysColourChanged}\label{wxpanelonsyscolourchanged}
 110
 111 \func{void}{OnSysColourChanged}{\param{wxSysColourChangedEvent\& }{event}}
 112
 113 The default handler for wxEVT\_SYS\_COLOUR\_CHANGED.
 114
 115 \wxheading{Parameters}
 116
 117 \docparam{event}{The colour change event.}
 118
 119 \wxheading{Remarks}
 120
 121 Changes the panel's colour to conform to the current settings (Windows only).
 122 Add an event table entry for your panel class if you wish the behaviour
 123 to be different (such as keeping a user-defined
 124 background colour). If you do override this function, call wxEvent::Skip to
 125 propagate the notification to child windows and controls.
 126
 127 \wxheading{See also}
 128
 129 \helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent}
 130
 131
 132 \membersection{wxPanel::SetDefaultItem}\label{wxpanelsetdefaultitem}
 133
 134 \func{void}{SetDefaultItem}{\param{wxButton }{*btn}}
 135
 136 Changes the default button for the panel.
 137
 138 \wxheading{See also}
 139
 140 \helpref{GetDefaultItem}{wxpanelgetdefaultitem}
 141
 142
 143 \membersection{wxPanel::SetFocus}\label{wxpanelsetfocus}
 144
 145 \func{virtual void}{SetFocus}{\void}
 146
 147 Overrides \helpref{wxWindow::SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus}. This method
 148 uses the (undocumented) mix-in class wxControlContainer which manages
 149 the focus and TAB logic for controls which usually have child controls.
 150 In practice, if you call this method and the control has at least
 151 one child window, the focus will be given to the child window.
 152
 153 \wxheading{See also}
 154
 155 \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}
 156 \helpref{wxWindow::SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus}
 157
 158
 159 \membersection{wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren}\label{wxpanelsetfocusignoringchildren}
 160
 161 \func{virtual void}{SetFocusIgnoringChildren}{\void}
 162
 163 In contrast to \helpref{wxPanel::SetFocus}{wxpanelsetfocus} (see above)
 164 this will set the focus to the panel even of there are child windows
 165 in the panel. This is only rarely needed.
 166
 167 \wxheading{See also}
 168
 169 \helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}
 170 \helpref{wxPanel::SetFocus}{wxpanelsetfocus}
 171