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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: bookctrl.h
3 // Purpose: topic overview
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9 /**
10
11 @page overview_bookctrl wxBookCtrl Overview
12
13 Classes:
14
15 @li wxChoicebook
16 @li wxListbook
17 @li wxNotebook
18 @li wxTreebook
19 @li wxToolbook
20
21 Sections:
22
23 @li @ref overview_bookctrl_intro
24 @li @ref overview_bookctrl_bestbookctrl
25
26
27 <hr>
28
29
30 @section overview_bookctrl_intro Introduction
31
32 A book control is a convenient way of displaying multiple pages of information,
33 displayed one page at a time. wxWidgets has five variants of this control:
34
35 @li wxChoicebook: controlled by a wxChoice
36 @li wxListbook: controlled by a wxListCtrl
37 @li wxNotebook: uses a row of tabs
38 @li wxTreebook: controlled by a wxTreeCtrl
39 @li wxToolbook: controlled by a wxToolBar
40
41 See the @ref page_samples_notebook for an example of wxBookCtrl usage.
42
43
44 @section overview_bookctrl_bestbookctrl Best Book
45
46 wxBookCtrl is mapped to the class best suited for a given platform. Currently
47 it provides wxChoicebook for smartphones equipped with WinCE, and wxNotebook
48 for all other platforms. The mapping consists of:
49
50 @beginTable
51 @row2col{ wxBookCtrl, wxChoicebook or wxNotebook }
52 @row2col{ wxBookCtrlEvent, wxChoicebookEvent or wxNotebookEvent }
53 @row2col{ wxEVT_COMMAND_BOOKCTRL_PAGE_CHANGED,
54 wxEVT_COMMAND_CHOICEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGED or
55 wxEVT_COMMAND_NOTEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGED }
56 @row2col{ wxEVT_COMMAND_BOOKCTRL_PAGE_CHANGING,
57 wxEVT_COMMAND_CHOICEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGING or
58 wxEVT_COMMAND_NOTEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGING }
59 @row2col{ EVT_BOOKCTRL_PAGE_CHANGED(id\, fn),
60 EVT_CHOICEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGED(id, fn) or
61 EVT_NOTEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGED(id, fn) }
62 @row2col{ EVT_BOOKCTRL_PAGE_CHANGING(id\, fn),
63 EVT_CHOICEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGING(id, fn) or
64 EVT_NOTEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGING(id, fn) }
65 @endTable
66
67 For orientation of the book controller, use following flags in style:
68
69 @li @b wxBK_TOP: controller above pages
70 @li @b wxBK_BOTTOM: controller below pages
71 @li @b wxBK_LEFT: controller on the left
72 @li @b wxBK_RIGHT: controller on the right
73 @li @b wxBK_DEFAULT: native controller placement
74
75 */
76