added wxCANCEL_DEFAULT style to wxMessageDialog (only implemented for MSW for now...
[wxWidgets.git] / interface / wx / msgdlg.h
1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: msgdlg.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxMessageDialog
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9 /**
10 @class wxMessageDialog
11
12 This class represents a dialog that shows a single or multi-line message,
13 with a choice of OK, Yes, No and Cancel buttons.
14
15 @library{wxcore}
16 @category{cmndlg}
17
18 @see @ref overview_wxmessagedialogoverview "wxMessageDialog overview"
19 */
20 class wxMessageDialog : public wxDialog
21 {
22 public:
23 /**
24 Constructor specifying the message box properties.
25
26 Use ShowModal() to show the dialog.
27
28 @a style may be a bit list of the following identifiers:
29
30 @beginStyleTable
31 @style{wxOK}
32 Puts an Ok button in the message box. May be combined with @c
33 wxCANCEL.
34 @style{wxCANCEL}
35 Puts a Cancel button in the message box. Must be combined with
36 either @c wxOK or @c wxYES_NO.
37 @style{wxYES_NO}
38 Puts Yes and No buttons in the message box. May be combined with
39 @c wxCANCEL.
40 @style{wxNO_DEFAULT}
41 Makes the "No" button default, can only be used with @c wxYES_NO.
42 @style{wxCANCEL_DEFAULT}
43 Makes the "Cancel" button default, can only be used with @c wxCANCEL
44 @style{wxYES_DEFAULT}
45 Makes the "Yes" button default, this is the default behaviour and
46 this flag exists solely for symmetry with @c wxNO_DEFAULT.
47 @style{wxOK_DEFAULT}
48 Makes the "OK" button default, this is the default behaviour and
49 this flag exists solely for symmetry with @c wxCANCEL_DEFAULT.
50 @style{wxICON_EXCLAMATION}
51 Displays an exclamation mark symbol.
52 @style{wxICON_ERROR}
53 Displays an error symbol.
54 @style{wxICON_HAND}
55 Displays an error symbol, this is a MSW-inspired synonym for @c
56 wxICON_ERROR.
57 @style{wxICON_QUESTION}
58 Displays a question mark symbol. This icon is automatically used
59 with @c wxYES_NO so it's usually unnecessary to specify it
60 explicitly.
61 @style{wxICON_INFORMATION}
62 Displays an information symbol. This icon is used by default if @c
63 wxYES_NO is not given so it is usually unnecessary to specify it
64 explicitly.
65 @style{wxSTAY_ON_TOP}
66 Makes the message box stay on top of all other windows (currently
67 implemented only under MSW).
68 @endStyleTable
69
70 Notice that not all styles are compatible: only one of @c wxOK and @c
71 wxYES_NO may be specified (and one of them must be specified) and at
72 most one default button style can be used and it is only valid if the
73 corresponding button is shown in the message box.
74
75 @param parent
76 Parent window.
77 @param message
78 Message to show in the dialog.
79 @param caption
80 The dialog title.
81 @param style
82 Combination of style flags described above.
83 @param pos
84 Dialog position (ignored under MSW).
85 */
86 wxMessageDialog(wxWindow* parent, const wxString& message,
87 const wxString& caption = "Message box",
88 long style = wxOK | wxCENTRE,
89 const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition);
90
91 /**
92 Sets the extended message for the dialog: this message is usually an
93 extension of the short message specified in the constructor or set with
94 SetMessage().
95
96 If it is set, the main message appears highlighted -- if supported --
97 and this message appears beneath it in normal font. On the platforms
98 which don't support extended messages, it is simply appended to the
99 normal message with a new line separating them.
100 */
101 void SetExtendedMessage(const wxString extendedMessage);
102
103 /**
104 Sets the message shown by the dialog.
105 */
106 void SetMessage(const wxString msg);
107
108 /**
109 Overrides the default labels of the OK and Cancel buttons.
110
111 Please see the remarks in SetYesNoLabels() documentation.
112 */
113 bool SetOKCancelLabels(const ButtonLabel& ok, const ButtonLabel& cancel);
114
115 /**
116 Overrides the default label of the OK button.
117
118 Please see the remarks in SetYesNoLabels() documentation.
119 */
120 bool SetOKLabel(const ButtonLabel& ok);
121
122 /**
123 Overrides the default labels of the Yes, No and Cancel buttons.
124
125 Please see the remarks in SetYesNoLabels() documentation.
126 */
127 bool SetYesNoCancelLabels(const ButtonLabel& yes, const ButtonLabel& no,
128 const ButtonLabel& cancel);
129
130 /**
131 Overrides the default labels of the Yes and No buttons.
132
133 The arguments of this function can be either strings or one of the
134 standard identifiers, such as @c wxID_APPLY or @c wxID_OPEN. Notice
135 that even if the label is specified as an identifier, the return value
136 of the dialog ShowModal() method still remains one of @c wxID_OK, @c
137 wxID_CANCEL, @c wxID_YES or @c wxID_NO values, i.e. this identifier
138 changes only the label appearance but not the return code generated by
139 the button. It is possible to mix stock identifiers and string labels
140 in the same function call, for example:
141 @code
142 wxMessageDialog dlg(...);
143 dlg.SetYesNoLabels(wxID_SAVE, _("&Don't save"));
144 @endcode
145
146 Also notice that this function is not currently available on all
147 platforms (although as of wxWidgets 2.9.0 it is implemented in all
148 major ports), so it may return @false to indicate that the labels
149 couldn't be changed. If it returns @true (currently only under wxMac),
150 the labels were set successfully. Typically, if the function was used
151 successfully, the main dialog message may need to be changed, e.g.:
152 @code
153 wxMessageDialog dlg(...);
154 if ( dlg.SetYesNoLabels(_("&Quit"), _("&Don't quit")) )
155 dlg.SetMessage(_("What do you want to do?"));
156 else // buttons have standard "Yes"/"No" values, so rephrase the question
157 dlg.SetMessage(_("Do you really want to quit?"));
158 @endcode
159 */
160 bool SetYesNoLabels(const ButtonLabel& yes, const ButtonLabel& no);
161
162 /**
163 Shows the dialog, returning one of wxID_OK, wxID_CANCEL, wxID_YES,
164 wxID_NO.
165
166 Notice that this method returns the identifier of the button which was
167 clicked unlike wxMessageBox() function.
168 */
169 int ShowModal();
170 };
171
172
173
174 // ============================================================================
175 // Global functions/macros
176 // ============================================================================
177
178 /** @ingroup group_funcmacro_dialog */
179 //@{
180
181 /**
182 Show a general purpose message dialog.
183
184 This is a convenient function which is usually used instead of using
185 wxMessageDialog directly. Notice however that some of the features, such as
186 extended text and custom labels for the message box buttons, are not
187 provided by this function but only by wxMessageDialog.
188
189 The return value is one of: @c wxYES, @c wxNO, @c wxCANCEL or @c wxOK
190 (notice that this return value is @b different from the return value of
191 wxMessageDialog::ShowModal()).
192
193 For example:
194 @code
195 int answer = wxMessageBox("Quit program?", "Confirm",
196 wxYES_NO | wxCANCEL, main_frame);
197 if (answer == wxYES)
198 main_frame->Close();
199 @endcode
200
201 @a message may contain newline characters, in which case the message will
202 be split into separate lines, to cater for large messages.
203
204 @param message
205 Message to show in the dialog.
206 @param caption
207 The dialog title.
208 @param parent
209 Parent window.
210 @param style
211 Combination of style flags described in wxMessageDialog documentation.
212 @param x
213 Horizontal dialog position (ignored under MSW). Use @c wxDefaultCoord
214 for @a x and @a y to let the system position the window.
215 @param y
216 Vertical dialog position (ignored under MSW).
217 @header{wx/msgdlg.h}
218 */
219 int wxMessageBox(const wxString& message,
220 const wxString& caption = "Message",
221 int style = wxOK,
222 wxWindow* parent = NULL,
223 int x = wxDefaultCoord,
224 int y = wxDefaultCoord);
225
226 //@}
227