Added wxSHOW_EFFECT_NONE.
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1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: window.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxWindow
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9
10 /**
11 Valid values for wxWindow::ShowWithEffect() and wxWindow::HideWithEffect().
12 */
13 enum wxShowEffect
14 {
15 /**
16 No effect, equivalent to normal wxWindow::Show() or Hide() call.
17
18 @since 2.9.1
19 */
20 wxSHOW_EFFECT_NONE,
21
22 /// Roll window to the left
23 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_LEFT,
24
25 /// Roll window to the right
26 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_RIGHT,
27
28 /// Roll window to the top
29 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_TOP,
30
31 /// Roll window to the bottom
32 wxSHOW_EFFECT_ROLL_TO_BOTTOM,
33
34 /// Slide window to the left
35 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_LEFT,
36
37 /// Slide window to the right
38 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_RIGHT,
39
40 /// Slide window to the top
41 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_TOP,
42
43 /// Slide window to the bottom
44 wxSHOW_EFFECT_SLIDE_TO_BOTTOM,
45
46 /// Fade in or out effect
47 wxSHOW_EFFECT_BLEND,
48
49 /// Expanding or collapsing effect
50 wxSHOW_EFFECT_EXPAND
51 };
52
53 /**
54 Different window variants, on platforms like eg mac uses different
55 rendering sizes.
56 */
57 enum wxWindowVariant
58 {
59 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL, //!< Normal size
60 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_SMALL, //!< Smaller size (about 25 % smaller than normal)
61 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MINI, //!< Mini size (about 33 % smaller than normal)
62 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_LARGE, //!< Large size (about 25 % larger than normal)
63 wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MAX
64 };
65
66
67 /**
68 @class wxWindow
69
70 wxWindow is the base class for all windows and represents any visible object
71 om screen. All controls, top level windows and so on are windows. Sizers and
72 device contexts are not, however, as they don't appear on screen themselves.
73
74 Please note that all children of the window will be deleted automatically by
75 the destructor before the window itself is deleted which means that you don't
76 have to worry about deleting them manually. Please see the @ref
77 overview_windowdeletion "window deletion overview" for more information.
78
79 Also note that in this, and many others, wxWidgets classes some
80 @c GetXXX() methods may be overloaded (as, for example,
81 wxWindow::GetSize or wxWindow::GetClientSize). In this case, the overloads
82 are non-virtual because having multiple virtual functions with the same name
83 results in a virtual function name hiding at the derived class level (in
84 English, this means that the derived class has to override all overloaded
85 variants if it overrides any of them). To allow overriding them in the derived
86 class, wxWidgets uses a unique protected virtual @c DoGetXXX() method
87 and all @c GetXXX() ones are forwarded to it, so overriding the former
88 changes the behaviour of the latter.
89
90 @beginStyleTable
91 @style{wxBORDER_DEFAULT}
92 The window class will decide the kind of border to show, if any.
93 @style{wxBORDER_SIMPLE}
94 Displays a thin border around the window. wxSIMPLE_BORDER is the
95 old name for this style.
96 @style{wxBORDER_SUNKEN}
97 Displays a sunken border. wxSUNKEN_BORDER is the old name for this
98 style.
99 @style{wxBORDER_RAISED}
100 Displays a raised border. wxRAISED_BORDER is the old name for this
101 style.
102 @style{wxBORDER_STATIC}
103 Displays a border suitable for a static control. wxSTATIC_BORDER
104 is the old name for this style. Windows only.
105 @style{wxBORDER_THEME}
106 Displays a native border suitable for a control, on the current
107 platform. On Windows XP or Vista, this will be a themed border; on
108 most other platforms a sunken border will be used. For more
109 information for themed borders on Windows, please see Themed
110 borders on Windows.
111 @style{wxBORDER_NONE}
112 Displays no border, overriding the default border style for the
113 window. wxNO_BORDER is the old name for this style.
114 @style{wxBORDER_DOUBLE}
115 This style is obsolete and should not be used.
116 @style{wxTRANSPARENT_WINDOW}
117 The window is transparent, that is, it will not receive paint
118 events. Windows only.
119 @style{wxTAB_TRAVERSAL}
120 Use this to enable tab traversal for non-dialog windows.
121 @style{wxWANTS_CHARS}
122 Use this to indicate that the window wants to get all char/key
123 events for all keys - even for keys like TAB or ENTER which are
124 usually used for dialog navigation and which wouldn't be generated
125 without this style. If you need to use this style in order to get
126 the arrows or etc., but would still like to have normal keyboard
127 navigation take place, you should call Navigate in response to the
128 key events for Tab and Shift-Tab.
129 @style{wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE}
130 On Windows, this style used to disable repainting the window
131 completely when its size is changed. Since this behaviour is now
132 the default, the style is now obsolete and no longer has an effect.
133 @style{wxVSCROLL}
134 Use this style to enable a vertical scrollbar. Notice that this
135 style cannot be used with native controls which don't support
136 scrollbars nor with top-level windows in most ports.
137 @style{wxHSCROLL}
138 Use this style to enable a horizontal scrollbar. The same
139 limitations as for wxVSCROLL apply to this style.
140 @style{wxALWAYS_SHOW_SB}
141 If a window has scrollbars, disable them instead of hiding them
142 when they are not needed (i.e. when the size of the window is big
143 enough to not require the scrollbars to navigate it). This style is
144 currently implemented for wxMSW, wxGTK and wxUniversal and does
145 nothing on the other platforms.
146 @style{wxCLIP_CHILDREN}
147 Use this style to eliminate flicker caused by the background being
148 repainted, then children being painted over them. Windows only.
149 @style{wxFULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE}
150 Use this style to force a complete redraw of the window whenever it
151 is resized instead of redrawing just the part of the window
152 affected by resizing. Note that this was the behaviour by default
153 before 2.5.1 release and that if you experience redraw problems
154 with code which previously used to work you may want to try this.
155 Currently this style applies on GTK+ 2 and Windows only, and full
156 repainting is always done on other platforms.
157 @endStyleTable
158
159 @beginExtraStyleTable
160 @style{wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY}
161 By default, wxWindow::Validate(), wxWindow::TransferDataTo() and
162 wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow() only work on
163 direct children of the window (compatible behaviour).
164 Set this flag to make them recursively descend into all subwindows.
165 @style{wxWS_EX_BLOCK_EVENTS}
166 wxCommandEvents and the objects of the derived classes are
167 forwarded to the parent window and so on recursively by default.
168 Using this flag for the given window allows to block this
169 propagation at this window, i.e. prevent the events from being
170 propagated further upwards. Dialogs have this flag on by default
171 for the reasons explained in the @ref overview_events.
172 @style{wxWS_EX_TRANSIENT}
173 Don't use this window as an implicit parent for the other windows:
174 this must be used with transient windows as otherwise there is the
175 risk of creating a dialog/frame with this window as a parent which
176 would lead to a crash if the parent is destroyed before the child.
177 @style{wxWS_EX_CONTEXTHELP}
178 Under Windows, puts a query button on the caption. When pressed,
179 Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWidgets
180 will send a @c wxEVT_HELP event if the user clicked on an application window.
181 This style cannot be used (because of the underlying native behaviour)
182 together with @c wxMAXIMIZE_BOX or @c wxMINIMIZE_BOX, so these two styles
183 are automatically turned off if this one is used.
184 @style{wxWS_EX_PROCESS_IDLE}
185 This window should always process idle events, even if the mode set
186 by wxIdleEvent::SetMode is @c wxIDLE_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
187 @style{wxWS_EX_PROCESS_UI_UPDATES}
188 This window should always process UI update events, even if the
189 mode set by wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode is @c wxUPDATE_UI_PROCESS_SPECIFIED.
190 @endExtraStyleTable
191
192 @beginEventEmissionTable
193 @event{EVT_ACTIVATE(id, func)}
194 Process a @c wxEVT_ACTIVATE event. See wxActivateEvent.
195 @event{EVT_CHILD_FOCUS(func)}
196 Process a @c wxEVT_CHILD_FOCUS event. See wxChildFocusEvent.
197 @event{EVT_CONTEXT_MENU(func)}
198 A right click (or other context menu command depending on platform) has been detected.
199 See wxContextMenuEvent.
200 @event{EVT_HELP(id, func)}
201 Process a @c wxEVT_HELP event. See wxHelpEvent.
202 @event{EVT_HELP_RANGE(id1, id2, func)}
203 Process a @c wxEVT_HELP event for a range of ids. See wxHelpEvent.
204 @event{EVT_DROP_FILES(func)}
205 Process a @c wxEVT_DROP_FILES event. See wxDropFilesEvent.
206 @event{EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND(func)}
207 Process a @c wxEVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND event. See wxEraseEvent.
208 @event{EVT_SET_FOCUS(func)}
209 Process a @c wxEVT_SET_FOCUS event. See wxFocusEvent.
210 @event{EVT_KILL_FOCUS(func)}
211 Process a @c wxEVT_KILL_FOCUS event. See wxFocusEvent.
212 @event{EVT_IDLE(func)}
213 Process a @c wxEVT_IDLE event. See wxIdleEvent.
214 @event{EVT_JOY_*(func)}
215 Processes joystick events. See wxJoystickEvent.
216 @event{EVT_KEY_DOWN(func)}
217 Process a @c wxEVT_KEY_DOWN event (any key has been pressed).
218 See wxKeyEvent.
219 @event{EVT_KEY_UP(func)}
220 Process a @c wxEVT_KEY_UP event (any key has been released).
221 @event{EVT_CHAR(func)}
222 Process a @c wxEVT_CHAR event.
223 See wxKeyEvent.
224 @event{EVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST(func)}
225 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST event. See wxMouseCaptureLostEvent.
226 @event{EVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_CHANGED(func)}
227 Process a @c wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_CHANGED event. See wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent.
228 @event{EVT_MOUSE_*(func)}
229 See wxMouseEvent.
230 @event{EVT_PAINT(func)}
231 Process a @c wxEVT_PAINT event. See wxPaintEvent.
232 @event{EVT_POWER_*(func)}
233 The system power state changed. See wxPowerEvent.
234 @event{EVT_SCROLLWIN_*(func)}
235 Process scroll events. See wxScrollWinEvent.
236 @event{EVT_SET_CURSOR(func)}
237 Process a @c wxEVT_SET_CURSOR event. See wxSetCursorEvent.
238 @event{EVT_SHOW(func)}
239 Process a @c wxEVT_SHOW event. See wxShowEvent.
240 @event{EVT_SIZE(func)}
241 Process a @c wxEVT_SIZE event. See wxSizeEvent.
242 @event{EVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED(func)}
243 Process a @c wxEVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED event. See wxSysColourChangedEvent.
244 @endEventTable
245
246 @library{wxcore}
247 @category{miscwnd}
248
249 @see @ref overview_events, @ref overview_windowsizing
250 */
251 class wxWindow : public wxEvtHandler
252 {
253 public:
254 /**
255 Default constructor
256 */
257 wxWindow();
258
259 /**
260 Constructs a window, which can be a child of a frame, dialog or any other
261 non-control window.
262
263 @param parent
264 Pointer to a parent window.
265 @param id
266 Window identifier. If wxID_ANY, will automatically create an identifier.
267 @param pos
268 Window position. wxDefaultPosition indicates that wxWidgets
269 should generate a default position for the window.
270 If using the wxWindow class directly, supply an actual position.
271 @param size
272 Window size. wxDefaultSize indicates that wxWidgets should generate
273 a default size for the window. If no suitable size can be found, the
274 window will be sized to 20x20 pixels so that the window is visible but
275 obviously not correctly sized.
276 @param style
277 Window style. For generic window styles, please see wxWindow.
278 @param name
279 Window name.
280 */
281 wxWindow(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id,
282 const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
283 const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
284 long style = 0,
285 const wxString& name = wxPanelNameStr);
286
287 /**
288 Destructor.
289
290 Deletes all sub-windows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
291 the @b delete operator explicitly, you should normally use Destroy()
292 so that wxWidgets can delete a window only when it is safe to do so, in idle time.
293
294 @see @ref overview_windowdeletion "Window Deletion Overview",
295 Destroy(), wxCloseEvent
296 */
297 virtual ~wxWindow();
298
299
300 /**
301 @name Focus functions
302
303 See also the static function FindFocus().
304 */
305 //@{
306
307 /**
308 This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return @false to
309 indicate that this control doesn't accept input at all (i.e. behaves like
310 e.g. wxStaticText) and so doesn't need focus.
311
312 @see AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard()
313 */
314 virtual bool AcceptsFocus() const;
315
316 /**
317 This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return @false to
318 indicate that while this control can, in principle, have focus if the user
319 clicks it with the mouse, it shouldn't be included in the TAB traversal chain
320 when using the keyboard.
321 */
322 virtual bool AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard() const;
323
324 /**
325 Overridden to indicate wehter this window or one of its children accepts
326 focus. Usually it's the same as AcceptsFocus() but is overridden for
327 container windows.
328 */
329 virtual bool AcceptsFocusRecursively() const;
330
331 /**
332 Returns @true if the window (or in case of composite controls, its main
333 child window) has focus.
334
335 @see FindFocus()
336 */
337 virtual bool HasFocus() const;
338
339 /**
340 This method is only implemented by ports which have support for
341 native TAB traversal (such as GTK+ 2.0).
342
343 It is called by wxWidgets' container control code to give the native
344 system a hint when doing TAB traversal. A call to this does not disable
345 or change the effect of programmatically calling SetFocus().
346
347 @see wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus, wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
348 */
349 virtual void SetCanFocus(bool canFocus);
350
351 /**
352 This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
353
354 @see HasFocus(), wxFocusEvent, wxPanel::SetFocus,
355 wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren
356 */
357 virtual void SetFocus();
358
359 /**
360 This function is called by wxWidgets keyboard navigation code when the user
361 gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using @c TAB key).
362
363 By default this method simply calls SetFocus() but
364 can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
365 */
366 virtual void SetFocusFromKbd();
367
368 //@}
369
370
371 /**
372 @name Child management functions
373 */
374 //@{
375
376 /**
377 Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
378 functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
379 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
380 called by the user code.
381
382 @param child
383 Child window to add.
384 */
385 virtual void AddChild(wxWindow* child);
386
387 /**
388 Destroys all children of a window. Called automatically by the destructor.
389 */
390 bool DestroyChildren();
391
392 /**
393 Find a child of this window, by @a id.
394 May return @a this if it matches itself.
395 */
396 wxWindow* FindWindow(long id) const;
397
398 /**
399 Find a child of this window, by name.
400 May return @a this if it matches itself.
401 */
402 wxWindow* FindWindow(const wxString& name) const;
403
404 /**
405 Returns a reference to the list of the window's children. @c wxWindowList
406 is a type-safe wxList-like class whose elements are of type @c wxWindow*.
407 */
408 wxWindowList& GetChildren();
409
410 /**
411 @overload
412 */
413 const wxWindowList& GetChildren() const;
414
415 /**
416 Removes a child window.
417
418 This is called automatically by window deletion functions so should not
419 be required by the application programmer.
420 Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
421 called by the user code.
422
423 @param child
424 Child window to remove.
425 */
426 virtual void RemoveChild(wxWindow* child);
427
428 //@}
429
430
431 /**
432 @name Sibling and parent management functions
433 */
434 //@{
435
436 /**
437 Returns the grandparent of a window, or @NULL if there isn't one.
438 */
439 wxWindow* GetGrandParent() const;
440
441 /**
442 Returns the next window after this one among the parent children or @NULL
443 if this window is the last child.
444
445 @since 2.8.8
446
447 @see GetPrevSibling()
448 */
449 wxWindow* GetNextSibling() const;
450
451 /**
452 Returns the parent of the window, or @NULL if there is no parent.
453 */
454 wxWindow* GetParent() const;
455
456 /**
457 Returns the previous window before this one among the parent children or @c
458 @NULL if this window is the first child.
459
460 @since 2.8.8
461
462 @see GetNextSibling()
463 */
464 wxWindow* GetPrevSibling() const;
465 /**
466 Reparents the window, i.e the window will be removed from its
467 current parent window (e.g. a non-standard toolbar in a wxFrame)
468 and then re-inserted into another.
469
470 @param newParent
471 New parent.
472 */
473 virtual bool Reparent(wxWindow* newParent);
474
475 //@}
476
477
478 /**
479 @name Scrolling and scrollbars functions
480
481 Note that these methods don't work with native controls which don't use
482 wxWidgets scrolling framework (i.e. don't derive from wxScrolledWindow).
483 */
484 //@{
485
486 /**
487 Call this function to force one or both scrollbars to be always shown, even if
488 the window is big enough to show its entire contents without scrolling.
489
490 @since 2.9.0
491
492 @param hflag
493 Whether the horizontal scroll bar should always be visible.
494 @param vflag
495 Whether the vertical scroll bar should always be visible.
496
497 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under Mac/Carbon.
498 */
499 virtual void AlwaysShowScrollbars(bool hflag = true, bool vflag = true);
500
501 /**
502 Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
503
504 @see SetScrollbar()
505 */
506 virtual int GetScrollPos(int orientation) const;
507
508 /**
509 Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
510
511 @see SetScrollbar()
512 */
513 virtual int GetScrollRange(int orientation) const;
514
515 /**
516 Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
517
518 @see SetScrollbar()
519 */
520 virtual int GetScrollThumb(int orientation) const;
521
522 /**
523 Returns @true if this window can have a scroll bar in this orientation.
524
525 @param orient
526 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
527
528 @since 2.9.1
529 */
530 bool CanScroll(int orient) const;
531
532 /**
533 Returns @true if this window currently has a scroll bar for this
534 orientation.
535
536 This method may return @false even when CanScroll() for the same
537 orientation returns @true, but if CanScroll() returns @false, i.e.
538 scrolling in this direction is not enabled at all, HasScrollbar()
539 always returns @false as well.
540
541 @param orient
542 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
543 */
544 bool HasScrollbar(int orient) const;
545
546 /**
547 Return whether a scrollbar is always shown.
548
549 @param orient
550 Orientation to check, either wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
551
552 @see AlwaysShowScrollbars()
553 */
554 virtual bool IsScrollbarAlwaysShown(int orient) const;
555
556 /**
557 Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if @a lines is
558 positive) or up.
559
560 @return Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
561 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
562
563 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and
564 wxTextCtrl under wxGTK (it also works for wxScrolled classes
565 under all platforms).
566
567 @see ScrollPages()
568 */
569 virtual bool ScrollLines(int lines);
570
571 /**
572 Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if @a pages is
573 positive) or up.
574
575 @return Returns @true if the window was scrolled, @false if it was already
576 on top/bottom and nothing was done.
577
578 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW and wxGTK.
579
580 @see ScrollLines()
581 */
582 virtual bool ScrollPages(int pages);
583
584 /**
585 Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
586
587 @param dx
588 Amount to scroll horizontally.
589 @param dy
590 Amount to scroll vertically.
591 @param rect
592 Rectangle to scroll, if it is @NULL, the whole window is
593 scrolled (this is always the case under wxGTK which doesn't support this
594 parameter)
595
596 @remarks Note that you can often use wxScrolled instead of using this
597 function directly.
598 */
599 virtual void ScrollWindow(int dx, int dy,
600 const wxRect* rect = NULL);
601
602 /**
603 Same as #ScrollLines (-1).
604 */
605 bool LineUp();
606
607 /**
608 Same as #ScrollLines (1).
609 */
610 bool LineDown();
611
612 /**
613 Same as #ScrollPages (-1).
614 */
615 bool PageUp();
616
617 /**
618 Same as #ScrollPages (1).
619 */
620 bool PageDown();
621
622 /**
623 Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
624
625 @param orientation
626 Determines the scrollbar whose position is to be set.
627 May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
628 @param pos
629 Position in scroll units.
630 @param refresh
631 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
632
633 @remarks This function does not directly affect the contents of the
634 window: it is up to the application to take note of
635 scrollbar attributes and redraw contents accordingly.
636
637 @see SetScrollbar(), GetScrollPos(), GetScrollThumb(), wxScrollBar,
638 wxScrolled
639 */
640 virtual void SetScrollPos(int orientation, int pos,
641 bool refresh = true);
642
643 /**
644 Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
645
646 @param orientation
647 Determines the scrollbar whose page size is to be set.
648 May be wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL.
649 @param position
650 The position of the scrollbar in scroll units.
651 @param thumbSize
652 The size of the thumb, or visible portion of the scrollbar, in scroll units.
653 @param range
654 The maximum position of the scrollbar. Value of -1 can be used to
655 ask for the scrollbar to be shown but in the disabled state: this
656 can be used to avoid removing the scrollbar even when it is not
657 needed (currently this is only implemented in wxMSW port).
658 @param refresh
659 @true to redraw the scrollbar, @false otherwise.
660
661 @remarks
662 Let's say you wish to display 50 lines of text, using the same font.
663 The window is sized so that you can only see 16 lines at a time.
664 You would use:
665 @code
666 SetScrollbar(wxVERTICAL, 0, 16, 50);
667 @endcode
668 Note that with the window at this size, the thumb position can never
669 go above 50 minus 16, or 34. You can determine how many lines are
670 currently visible by dividing the current view size by the character
671 height in pixels.
672 When defining your own scrollbar behaviour, you will always need
673 to recalculate the scrollbar settings when the window size changes.
674 You could therefore put your scrollbar calculations and SetScrollbar
675 call into a function named AdjustScrollbars, which can be called
676 initially and also from your wxSizeEvent handler function.
677
678 @see @ref overview_scrolling, wxScrollBar, wxScrolled, wxScrollWinEvent
679 */
680 virtual void SetScrollbar(int orientation, int position,
681 int thumbSize, int range,
682 bool refresh = true);
683 //@}
684
685
686 /**
687 @name Sizing functions
688
689 See also the protected functions DoGetBestSize() and SetInitialBestSize().
690 */
691 //@{
692
693 /**
694 Sets the cached best size value.
695
696 @see GetBestSize()
697 */
698 void CacheBestSize(const wxSize& size) const;
699
700 /**
701 Converts client area size @a size to corresponding window size.
702
703 In other words, the returned value is what would GetSize() return if this
704 window had client area of given size. Components with wxDefaultCoord
705 value are left unchanged. Note that the conversion is not always
706 exact, it assumes that non-client area doesn't change and so doesn't
707 take into account things like menu bar (un)wrapping or (dis)appearance
708 of the scrollbars.
709
710 @since 2.8.8
711
712 @see WindowToClientSize()
713 */
714 virtual wxSize ClientToWindowSize(const wxSize& size) const;
715
716 /**
717 Converts window size @a size to corresponding client area size
718 In other words, the returned value is what would GetClientSize() return if
719 this window had given window size. Components with wxDefaultCoord value
720 are left unchanged.
721
722 Note that the conversion is not always exact, it assumes that
723 non-client area doesn't change and so doesn't take into account things
724 like menu bar (un)wrapping or (dis)appearance of the scrollbars.
725
726 @since 2.8.8
727
728 @see ClientToWindowSize()
729 */
730 virtual wxSize WindowToClientSize(const wxSize& size) const;
731
732 /**
733 Sizes the window so that it fits around its subwindows.
734
735 This function won't do anything if there are no subwindows and will only really
736 work correctly if sizers are used for the subwindows layout.
737
738 Also, if the window has exactly one subwindow it is better (faster and the result
739 is more precise as Fit() adds some margin to account for fuzziness of its calculations)
740 to call:
741
742 @code
743 window->SetClientSize(child->GetSize());
744 @endcode
745
746 instead of calling Fit().
747
748 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
749 */
750 virtual void Fit();
751
752 /**
753 Similar to Fit(), but sizes the interior (virtual) size of a window.
754
755 Mainly useful with scrolled windows to reset scrollbars after sizing
756 changes that do not trigger a size event, and/or scrolled windows without
757 an interior sizer. This function similarly won't do anything if there are
758 no subwindows.
759 */
760 virtual void FitInside();
761
762 /**
763 This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window.
764
765 For example, for a static control, it will be the minimal size such that the
766 control label is not truncated. For windows containing subwindows (typically
767 wxPanel), the size returned by this function will be the same as the size
768 the window would have had after calling Fit().
769
770 Note that when you write your own widget you need to overload the
771 DoGetBestSize() function instead of this (non-virtual!) function.
772
773 @see CacheBestSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
774 */
775 wxSize GetBestSize() const;
776
777 /**
778 Returns the size of the window 'client area' in pixels.
779
780 The client area is the area which may be drawn on by the programmer,
781 excluding title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
782 Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
783 return size is empty (both width and height are 0).
784
785 @see GetSize(), GetVirtualSize()
786 */
787 void GetClientSize(int* width, int* height) const;
788
789 /**
790 @overload
791 */
792 wxSize GetClientSize() const;
793
794 /**
795 Merges the window's best size into the min size and returns the result.
796 This is the value used by sizers to determine the appropriate
797 ammount of space to allocate for the widget.
798
799 This is the method called by any wxSizer when they query the size
800 of a certain window or control.
801
802 @see GetBestSize(), SetInitialSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
803 */
804 virtual wxSize GetEffectiveMinSize() const;
805
806 /**
807 Returns the maximum size of window's client area.
808
809 This is an indication to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the maximum
810 possible size as well as the upper bound on window's size settable using
811 SetClientSize().
812
813 @see GetMaxSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
814 */
815 virtual wxSize GetMaxClientSize() const;
816
817 /**
818 Returns the maximum size of the window.
819
820 This is an indication to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the maximum
821 possible size as well as the upper bound on window's size settable using SetSize().
822
823 @see GetMaxClientSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
824 */
825 virtual wxSize GetMaxSize() const;
826
827 /**
828 Returns the minimum size of window's client area, an indication to the sizer
829 layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of its client area.
830
831 It normally just returns the value set by SetMinClientSize(), but it can be
832 overridden to do the calculation on demand.
833
834 @see GetMinSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
835 */
836 virtual wxSize GetMinClientSize() const;
837
838 /**
839 Returns the minimum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout
840 mechanism that this is the minimum required size.
841
842 This method normally just returns the value set by SetMinSize(), but it
843 can be overridden to do the calculation on demand.
844
845 @see GetMinClientSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
846 */
847 virtual wxSize GetMinSize() const;
848
849 /**
850 Returns the size of the entire window in pixels, including title bar, border,
851 scrollbars, etc.
852
853 Note that if this window is a top-level one and it is currently minimized, the
854 returned size is the restored window size, not the size of the window icon.
855
856 @param width
857 Receives the window width.
858 @param height
859 Receives the window height.
860
861 @see GetClientSize(), GetVirtualSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
862 */
863 void GetSize(int* width, int* height) const;
864
865 /**
866 See the GetSize(int*,int*) overload for more info.
867 */
868 wxSize GetSize() const;
869
870 /**
871 This gets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
872 By default it returns the client size of the window, but after a call to
873 SetVirtualSize() it will return the size set with that method.
874
875 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
876 */
877 wxSize GetVirtualSize() const;
878
879 /**
880 Like the other GetVirtualSize() overload but uses pointers instead.
881
882 @param width
883 Receives the window virtual width.
884 @param height
885 Receives the window virtual height.
886 */
887 void GetVirtualSize(int* width, int* height) const;
888
889 /**
890 Returns the size of the left/right and top/bottom borders of this window in x
891 and y components of the result respectively.
892 */
893 virtual wxSize GetWindowBorderSize() const;
894
895 /**
896 Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it
897 is needed.
898
899 @see CacheBestSize()
900 */
901 void InvalidateBestSize();
902
903 /**
904 Posts a size event to the window.
905
906 This is the same as SendSizeEvent() with @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST argument.
907 */
908 void PostSizeEvent();
909
910 /**
911 Posts a size event to the parent of this window.
912
913 This is the same as SendSizeEventToParent() with @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST
914 argument.
915 */
916 void PostSizeEventToParent();
917
918 /**
919 This function sends a dummy @ref wxSizeEvent "size event" to
920 the window allowing it to re-layout its children positions.
921
922 It is sometimes useful to call this function after adding or deleting a
923 children after the frame creation or if a child size changes. Note that
924 if the frame is using either sizers or constraints for the children
925 layout, it is enough to call wxWindow::Layout() directly and this
926 function should not be used in this case.
927
928 If @a flags includes @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST value, this function posts
929 the event, i.e. schedules it for later processing, instead of
930 dispatching it directly. You can also use PostSizeEvent() as a more
931 readable equivalent of calling this function with this flag.
932
933 @param flags
934 May include @c wxSEND_EVENT_POST. Default value is 0.
935 */
936 virtual void SendSizeEvent(int flags = 0);
937
938 /**
939 Safe wrapper for GetParent()->SendSizeEvent().
940
941 This function simply checks that the window has a valid parent which is
942 not in process of being deleted and calls SendSizeEvent() on it. It is
943 used internally by windows such as toolbars changes to whose state
944 should result in parent re-layout (e.g. when a toolbar is added to the
945 top of the window, all the other windows must be shifted down).
946
947 @see PostSizeEventToParent()
948
949 @param flags
950 See description of this parameter in SendSizeEvent() documentation.
951 */
952 void SendSizeEventToParent(int flags = 0);
953
954 /**
955 This sets the size of the window client area in pixels.
956
957 Using this function to size a window tends to be more device-independent
958 than SetSize(), since the application need not worry about what dimensions
959 the border or title bar have when trying to fit the window around panel
960 items, for example.
961
962 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
963 */
964 virtual void SetClientSize(int width, int height);
965
966 /**
967 @overload
968 */
969 virtual void SetClientSize(const wxSize& size);
970
971 /**
972 This normally does not need to be called by user code.
973 It is called when a window is added to a sizer, and is used so the window
974 can remove itself from the sizer when it is destroyed.
975 */
976 void SetContainingSizer(wxSizer* sizer);
977
978 /**
979 A @e smart SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
980 window's @e best size values.
981
982 Also sets the window's minsize to the value passed in for use with sizers.
983 This means that if a full or partial size is passed to this function then
984 the sizers will use that size instead of the results of GetBestSize() to
985 determine the minimum needs of the window for layout.
986
987 Most controls will use this to set their initial size, and their min
988 size to the passed in value (if any.)
989
990 @see SetSize(), GetBestSize(), GetEffectiveMinSize(),
991 @ref overview_windowsizing
992 */
993 void SetInitialSize(const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize);
994
995 /**
996 Sets the maximum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
997 layout mechanism that this is the maximum possible size of its client area.
998
999 Note that this method is just a shortcut for:
1000 @code
1001 SetMaxSize(ClientToWindowSize(size));
1002 @endcode
1003
1004 @see SetMaxSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1005 */
1006 virtual void SetMaxClientSize(const wxSize& size);
1007
1008 /**
1009 Sets the maximum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
1010 that this is the maximum possible size.
1011
1012 @see SetMaxClientSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1013 */
1014 virtual void SetMaxSize(const wxSize& size);
1015
1016 /**
1017 Sets the minimum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer
1018 layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of window's client
1019 area.
1020
1021 You may need to call this if you change the window size after
1022 construction and before adding to its parent sizer.
1023
1024 Note, that just as with SetMinSize(), calling this method doesn't
1025 prevent the program from explicitly making the window smaller than the
1026 specified size.
1027
1028 Note that this method is just a shortcut for:
1029 @code
1030 SetMinSize(ClientToWindowSize(size));
1031 @endcode
1032
1033 @see SetMinSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1034 */
1035 virtual void SetMinClientSize(const wxSize& size);
1036
1037 /**
1038 Sets the minimum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout
1039 mechanism that this is the minimum required size.
1040
1041 You may need to call this if you change the window size after
1042 construction and before adding to its parent sizer.
1043
1044 Notice that calling this method doesn't prevent the program from making
1045 the window explicitly smaller than the specified size by calling
1046 SetSize(), it just ensures that it won't become smaller than this size
1047 during the automatic layout.
1048
1049 @see SetMinClientSize(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1050 */
1051 virtual void SetMinSize(const wxSize& size);
1052
1053 /**
1054 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
1055
1056 @param x
1057 Required x position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
1058 existing value should be used.
1059 @param y
1060 Required y position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
1061 existing value should be used.
1062 @param width
1063 Required width in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the existing
1064 value should be used.
1065 @param height
1066 Required height position in pixels, or wxDefaultCoord to indicate that the
1067 existing value should be used.
1068 @param sizeFlags
1069 Indicates the interpretation of other parameters.
1070 It is a bit list of the following:
1071 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO_WIDTH: a wxDefaultCoord width value is taken to indicate
1072 a wxWidgets-supplied default width.
1073 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO_HEIGHT: a wxDefaultCoord height value is taken to indicate
1074 a wxWidgets-supplied default height.
1075 - @c wxSIZE_AUTO: wxDefaultCoord size values are taken to indicate
1076 a wxWidgets-supplied default size.
1077 - @c wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING: existing dimensions should be used
1078 if wxDefaultCoord values are supplied.
1079 - @c wxSIZE_ALLOW_MINUS_ONE: allow negative dimensions (i.e. value of
1080 wxDefaultCoord) to be interpreted as real
1081 dimensions, not default values.
1082 - @c wxSIZE_FORCE: normally, if the position and the size of the window are
1083 already the same as the parameters of this function,
1084 nothing is done. but with this flag a window resize may
1085 be forced even in this case (supported in wx 2.6.2 and
1086 later and only implemented for MSW and ignored elsewhere
1087 currently).
1088
1089 @remarks This overload sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
1090 Parameters may be wxDefaultCoord to indicate either that a default
1091 should be supplied by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the
1092 dimension should be used.
1093
1094 @see Move(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1095 */
1096 void SetSize(int x, int y, int width, int height,
1097 int sizeFlags = wxSIZE_AUTO);
1098
1099 /**
1100 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
1101 The size is specified using a wxRect, wxSize or by a couple of @c int objects.
1102
1103 @remarks This form must be used with non-default width and height values.
1104
1105 @see Move(), @ref overview_windowsizing
1106 */
1107 virtual void SetSize(const wxRect& rect);
1108
1109 /**
1110 @overload
1111 */
1112 virtual void SetSize(const wxSize& size);
1113
1114 /**
1115 @overload
1116 */
1117 virtual void SetSize(int width, int height);
1118
1119 /**
1120 Use of this function for windows which are not toplevel windows
1121 (such as wxDialog or wxFrame) is discouraged.
1122 Please use SetMinSize() and SetMaxSize() instead.
1123
1124 @see wxTopLevelWindow::SetSizeHints, @ref overview_windowsizing
1125 */
1126 void SetSizeHints( const wxSize& minSize,
1127 const wxSize& maxSize=wxDefaultSize,
1128 const wxSize& incSize=wxDefaultSize);
1129
1130 /**
1131 Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
1132
1133 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
1134 */
1135 void SetVirtualSize(int width, int height);
1136
1137 /**
1138 @overload
1139 */
1140 void SetVirtualSize(const wxSize& size);
1141
1142 //@}
1143
1144
1145 /**
1146 @name Positioning functions
1147 */
1148 //@{
1149
1150 /**
1151 A synonym for Centre().
1152 */
1153 void Center(int dir = wxBOTH);
1154
1155 /**
1156 A synonym for CentreOnParent().
1157 */
1158 void CenterOnParent(int dir = wxBOTH);
1159
1160 /**
1161 Centres the window.
1162
1163 @param direction
1164 Specifies the direction for the centering. May be wxHORIZONTAL, wxVERTICAL
1165 or wxBOTH. It may also include wxCENTRE_ON_SCREEN flag
1166 if you want to center the window on the entire screen and not on its
1167 parent window.
1168
1169 @remarks If the window is a top level one (i.e. doesn't have a parent),
1170 it will be centered relative to the screen anyhow.
1171
1172 @see Center()
1173 */
1174 void Centre(int direction = wxBOTH);
1175
1176 /**
1177 Centres the window on its parent. This is a more readable synonym for Centre().
1178
1179 @param direction
1180 Specifies the direction for the centering. May be wxHORIZONTAL, wxVERTICAL
1181 or wxBOTH.
1182
1183 @remarks This methods provides for a way to center top level windows over
1184 their parents instead of the entire screen. If there
1185 is no parent or if the window is not a top level
1186 window, then behaviour is the same as Centre().
1187
1188 @see wxTopLevelWindow::CentreOnScreen
1189 */
1190 void CentreOnParent(int direction = wxBOTH);
1191 /**
1192 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
1193 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level windows.
1194
1195 @param x
1196 Receives the x position of the window if non-@NULL.
1197 @param y
1198 Receives the y position of the window if non-@NULL.
1199
1200 @see GetScreenPosition()
1201 */
1202 void GetPosition(int* x, int* y) const;
1203
1204 /**
1205 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window
1206 for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level windows.
1207
1208 @see GetScreenPosition()
1209 */
1210 wxPoint GetPosition() const;
1211
1212 /**
1213 Returns the position and size of the window as a wxRect object.
1214
1215 @see GetScreenRect()
1216 */
1217 wxRect GetRect() const;
1218
1219 /**
1220 Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
1221 child window or a top level one.
1222
1223 @param x
1224 Receives the x position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
1225 @param y
1226 Receives the y position of the window on the screen if non-@NULL.
1227
1228 @see GetPosition()
1229 */
1230 void GetScreenPosition(int* x, int* y) const;
1231
1232 /**
1233 Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a
1234 child window or a top level one.
1235
1236 @see GetPosition()
1237 */
1238 wxPoint GetScreenPosition() const;
1239
1240 /**
1241 Returns the position and size of the window on the screen as a wxRect object.
1242
1243 @see GetRect()
1244 */
1245 wxRect GetScreenRect() const;
1246
1247 /**
1248 Moves the window to the given position.
1249
1250 @param x
1251 Required x position.
1252 @param y
1253 Required y position.
1254 @param flags
1255 See SetSize() for more info about this parameter.
1256
1257 @remarks Implementations of SetSize can also implicitly implement the
1258 Move() function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class as the call:
1259 @code
1260 SetSize(x, y, wxDefaultCoord, wxDefaultCoord, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1261 @endcode
1262
1263 @see SetSize()
1264 */
1265 void Move(int x, int y, int flags = wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1266
1267 /**
1268 Moves the window to the given position.
1269
1270 @param pt
1271 wxPoint object representing the position.
1272 @param flags
1273 See SetSize() for more info about this parameter.
1274
1275 @remarks Implementations of SetSize() can also implicitly implement the
1276 Move() function, which is defined in the base wxWindow class as the call:
1277 @code
1278 SetSize(x, y, wxDefaultCoord, wxDefaultCoord, wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1279 @endcode
1280
1281 @see SetSize()
1282 */
1283 void Move(const wxPoint& pt, int flags = wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING);
1284
1285 //@}
1286
1287
1288 /**
1289 @name Coordinate conversion functions
1290 */
1291 //@{
1292
1293 /**
1294 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
1295
1296 @param x
1297 A pointer to a integer value for the x coordinate. Pass the client
1298 coordinate in, and a screen coordinate will be passed out.
1299 @param y
1300 A pointer to a integer value for the y coordinate. Pass the client
1301 coordinate in, and a screen coordinate will be passed out.
1302
1303 @beginWxPythonOnly
1304 In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython implements the following methods:
1305 - ClientToScreen(point): Accepts and returns a wxPoint
1306 - ClientToScreenXY(x, y): Returns a 2-tuple, (x, y)
1307 @endWxPythonOnly
1308 */
1309 void ClientToScreen(int* x, int* y) const;
1310
1311 /**
1312 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
1313
1314 @param pt
1315 The client position for the second form of the function.
1316 */
1317 wxPoint ClientToScreen(const wxPoint& pt) const;
1318
1319 /**
1320 Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
1321
1322 For the x dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character
1323 width and then divided by 4.
1324 For the y dimension, the dialog units are multiplied by the average character
1325 height and then divided by 8.
1326
1327 @remarks Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions
1328 even if the font changes.
1329 You can also use these functions programmatically.
1330 A convenience macro is defined:
1331 @code
1332 #define wxDLG_UNIT(parent, pt) parent->ConvertDialogToPixels(pt)
1333 @endcode
1334
1335 @see ConvertPixelsToDialog()
1336 */
1337 wxPoint ConvertDialogToPixels(const wxPoint& pt);
1338
1339 /**
1340 @overload
1341 */
1342 wxSize ConvertDialogToPixels(const wxSize& sz);
1343
1344 /**
1345 Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
1346
1347 For the x dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 4 and then divided by the
1348 average character width.
1349 For the y dimension, the pixels are multiplied by 8 and then divided by the
1350 average character height.
1351
1352 @remarks Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions
1353 even if the font changes.
1354
1355 @see ConvertDialogToPixels()
1356 */
1357 wxPoint ConvertPixelsToDialog(const wxPoint& pt);
1358
1359 /**
1360 @overload
1361 */
1362 wxSize ConvertPixelsToDialog(const wxSize& sz);
1363
1364 /**
1365 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
1366
1367 @param x
1368 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1369 @param y
1370 Stores the screen x coordinate and receives the client x coordinate.
1371 */
1372 void ScreenToClient(int* x, int* y) const;
1373
1374 /**
1375 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
1376
1377 @param pt
1378 The screen position.
1379 */
1380 wxPoint ScreenToClient(const wxPoint& pt) const;
1381
1382 //@}
1383
1384
1385 /**
1386 @name Drawing-related functions
1387 */
1388 //@{
1389
1390 /**
1391 Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour. Does not
1392 cause an erase background event to be generated.
1393 */
1394 virtual void ClearBackground();
1395
1396 /**
1397 Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking
1398 place on screen, the window is not redrawn at all.
1399
1400 Thaw() must be called to reenable window redrawing. Calls to these two
1401 functions may be nested but to ensure that the window is properly
1402 repainted again, you must thaw it exactly as many times as you froze it.
1403
1404 If the window has any children, they are recursively frozen too.
1405
1406 This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example,
1407 it is a good idea to use it before doing many large text insertions in
1408 a row into a wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all
1409 platforms nor for all controls so it is mostly just a hint to wxWidgets
1410 and not a mandatory directive.
1411
1412 @see wxWindowUpdateLocker, Thaw(), IsFrozen()
1413 */
1414 void Freeze();
1415
1416 /**
1417 Reenables window updating after a previous call to Freeze().
1418
1419 To really thaw the control, it must be called exactly the same number
1420 of times as Freeze().
1421
1422 If the window has any children, they are recursively thawn too.
1423
1424 @see wxWindowUpdateLocker, Freeze(), IsFrozen()
1425 */
1426 void Thaw();
1427
1428 /**
1429 Returns @true if the window is currently frozen by a call to Freeze().
1430
1431 @see Freeze(), Thaw()
1432 */
1433 bool IsFrozen() const;
1434
1435 /**
1436 Returns the background colour of the window.
1437
1438 @see SetBackgroundColour(), SetForegroundColour(), GetForegroundColour()
1439 */
1440 wxColour GetBackgroundColour() const;
1441
1442 /**
1443 Returns the background style of the window.
1444
1445 @see SetBackgroundColour(), GetForegroundColour(),
1446 SetBackgroundStyle(), SetTransparent()
1447 */
1448 virtual wxBackgroundStyle GetBackgroundStyle() const;
1449
1450 /**
1451 Returns the character height for this window.
1452 */
1453 virtual int GetCharHeight() const;
1454
1455 /**
1456 Returns the average character width for this window.
1457 */
1458 virtual int GetCharWidth() const;
1459
1460 /**
1461 Currently this is the same as calling
1462 wxWindow::GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindow::GetWindowVariant()).
1463
1464 One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
1465 the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
1466 virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
1467
1468 The other one is that in the future this function could return different
1469 results, for example it might return a different font for an "Ok" button
1470 than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
1471 in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
1472 function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
1473 version can be used without having to create an object first.
1474 */
1475 virtual wxVisualAttributes GetDefaultAttributes() const;
1476
1477 /**
1478 Returns the font for this window.
1479
1480 @see SetFont()
1481 */
1482 wxFont GetFont() const;
1483
1484 /**
1485 Returns the foreground colour of the window.
1486
1487 @remarks The interpretation of foreground colour is open to
1488 interpretation according to the window class; it may be
1489 the text colour or other colour, or it may not be used at all.
1490
1491 @see SetForegroundColour(), SetBackgroundColour(),
1492 GetBackgroundColour()
1493 */
1494 wxColour GetForegroundColour() const;
1495
1496 /**
1497 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1498 window with the currently selected font.
1499
1500 The text extent is returned in @a w and @a h pointers.
1501
1502 @param string
1503 String whose extent is to be measured.
1504 @param w
1505 Return value for width.
1506 @param h
1507 Return value for height.
1508 @param descent
1509 Return value for descent (optional).
1510 @param externalLeading
1511 Return value for external leading (optional).
1512 @param font
1513 Font to use instead of the current window font (optional).
1514 */
1515 void GetTextExtent(const wxString& string,
1516 int* w, int* h,
1517 int* descent = NULL,
1518 int* externalLeading = NULL,
1519 const wxFont* font = NULL) const;
1520
1521 /**
1522 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the
1523 window with the currently selected font.
1524 */
1525 wxSize GetTextExtent(const wxString& string) const;
1526
1527 /**
1528 Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged.
1529 Should only be called within an wxPaintEvent handler.
1530
1531 @see wxRegion, wxRegionIterator
1532 */
1533 const wxRegion& GetUpdateRegion() const;
1534
1535 /**
1536 Returns @true if this window background is transparent (as, for example,
1537 for wxStaticText) and should show the parent window background.
1538
1539 This method is mostly used internally by the library itself and you normally
1540 shouldn't have to call it. You may, however, have to override it in your
1541 wxWindow-derived class to ensure that background is painted correctly.
1542 */
1543 virtual bool HasTransparentBackground();
1544
1545 /**
1546 Causes this window, and all of its children recursively (except under wxGTK1
1547 where this is not implemented), to be repainted. Note that repainting doesn't
1548 happen immediately but only during the next event loop iteration, if you need
1549 to update the window immediately you should use Update() instead.
1550
1551 @param eraseBackground
1552 If @true, the background will be erased.
1553 @param rect
1554 If non-@NULL, only the given rectangle will be treated as damaged.
1555
1556 @see RefreshRect()
1557 */
1558 virtual void Refresh(bool eraseBackground = true,
1559 const wxRect* rect = NULL);
1560
1561 /**
1562 Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: only the area inside it will be
1563 repainted.
1564
1565 This is the same as Refresh() but has a nicer syntax as it can be called
1566 with a temporary wxRect object as argument like this @c RefreshRect(wxRect(x, y, w, h)).
1567 */
1568 void RefreshRect(const wxRect& rect, bool eraseBackground = true);
1569
1570 /**
1571 Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window and
1572 all of its children recursively while this would usually only happen when the
1573 flow of control returns to the event loop.
1574
1575 Notice that this function doesn't invalidate any area of the window so
1576 nothing happens if nothing has been invalidated (i.e. marked as requiring
1577 a redraw). Use Refresh() first if you want to immediately redraw the
1578 window unconditionally.
1579 */
1580 virtual void Update();
1581
1582 /**
1583 Sets the background colour of the window.
1584 Please see InheritAttributes() for explanation of the difference between
1585 this method and SetOwnBackgroundColour().
1586
1587 @param colour
1588 The colour to be used as the background colour, pass
1589 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
1590
1591 @remarks The background colour is usually painted by the default
1592 wxEraseEvent event handler function under Windows and
1593 automatically under GTK.
1594 Note that setting the background colour does not cause an
1595 immediate refresh, so you may wish to call wxWindow::ClearBackground
1596 or wxWindow::Refresh after calling this function.
1597 Using this function will disable attempts to use themes for
1598 this window, if the system supports them. Use with care since
1599 usually the themes represent the appearance chosen by the user
1600 to be used for all applications on the system.
1601
1602 @see GetBackgroundColour(), SetForegroundColour(),
1603 GetForegroundColour(), ClearBackground(),
1604 Refresh(), wxEraseEvent
1605 */
1606 virtual bool SetBackgroundColour(const wxColour& colour);
1607
1608 /**
1609 Sets the background style of the window.
1610
1611 The default background style is wxBG_STYLE_ERASE which indicates that
1612 the window background may be erased in EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND handler.
1613 This is a safe compatibility default however you may want to change it
1614 to wxBG_STYLE_SYSTEM if you don't define any erase background event
1615 handlers at all to avoid unnecessary generation of erase background
1616 events and always let system erase the background. And you should
1617 change the background style to wxBG_STYLE_PAINT if you define an
1618 EVT_PAINT handler which completely overwrites the window background as
1619 in this case erasing it previously, either in EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND
1620 handler or in the system default handler, would result in flicker as
1621 the background pixels will be repainted twice every time the window is
1622 redrawn. Do ensure that the background is entirely erased by your
1623 EVT_PAINT handler in this case however as otherwise garbage may be left
1624 on screen.
1625
1626 Notice that in previous versions of wxWidgets a common way to work
1627 around the above mentioned flickering problem was to define an empty
1628 EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND handler. Setting background style to
1629 wxBG_STYLE_PAINT is a simpler and more efficient solution to the same
1630 problem.
1631
1632 @see SetBackgroundColour(), GetForegroundColour(),
1633 SetTransparent()
1634 */
1635 virtual bool SetBackgroundStyle(wxBackgroundStyle style);
1636
1637 /**
1638 Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
1639 parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
1640 use SetOwnFont() instead in this case and see InheritAttributes() for more
1641 explanations.
1642
1643 Please notice that the given font is not automatically used for
1644 wxPaintDC objects associated with this window, you need to
1645 call wxDC::SetFont too. However this font is used by
1646 any standard controls for drawing their text as well as by
1647 GetTextExtent().
1648
1649 @param font
1650 Font to associate with this window, pass
1651 wxNullFont to reset to the default font.
1652
1653 @return @true if the want was really changed, @false if it was already set
1654 to this font and so nothing was done.
1655
1656 @see GetFont(), InheritAttributes()
1657 */
1658 virtual bool SetFont(const wxFont& font);
1659
1660 /**
1661 Sets the foreground colour of the window.
1662 Please see InheritAttributes() for explanation of the difference between
1663 this method and SetOwnForegroundColour().
1664
1665 @param colour
1666 The colour to be used as the foreground colour, pass
1667 wxNullColour to reset to the default colour.
1668
1669 @remarks The interpretation of foreground colour is open to
1670 interpretation according to the window class; it may be
1671 the text colour or other colour, or it may not be used at all.
1672
1673 @see GetForegroundColour(), SetBackgroundColour(),
1674 GetBackgroundColour(), ShouldInheritColours()
1675 */
1676 virtual bool SetForegroundColour(const wxColour& colour);
1677
1678 /**
1679 Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
1680 by the children of this window.
1681
1682 @see SetBackgroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
1683 */
1684 void SetOwnBackgroundColour(const wxColour& colour);
1685
1686 /**
1687 Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
1688 children of this window.
1689
1690 @see SetFont(), InheritAttributes()
1691 */
1692 void SetOwnFont(const wxFont& font);
1693
1694 /**
1695 Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
1696 by the children of this window.
1697
1698 @see SetForegroundColour(), InheritAttributes()
1699 */
1700 void SetOwnForegroundColour(const wxColour& colour);
1701
1702 /**
1703 @deprecated use wxDC::SetPalette instead.
1704 */
1705 void SetPalette(const wxPalette& pal);
1706
1707 /**
1708 Return @true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
1709 InheritAttributes(), returning @false forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
1710
1711 The base class version returns @false, but this method is overridden in
1712 wxControl where it returns @true.
1713 */
1714 virtual bool ShouldInheritColours() const;
1715
1716 /**
1717 This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code
1718 to draw the windows' background instead if its own background drawing
1719 code. This does not always have any effect since the underlying platform
1720 obviously needs to support the notion of themes in user defined windows.
1721 One such platform is GTK+ where windows can have (very colourful) backgrounds
1722 defined by a user's selected theme.
1723
1724 Dialogs, notebook pages and the status bar have this flag set to @true
1725 by default so that the default look and feel is simulated best.
1726 */
1727 virtual void SetThemeEnabled(bool enable);
1728
1729 /**
1730 Returns @true if the system supports transparent windows and calling
1731 SetTransparent() may succeed. If this function returns @false, transparent
1732 windows are definitely not supported by the current system.
1733 */
1734 virtual bool CanSetTransparent();
1735
1736 /**
1737 Set the transparency of the window. If the system supports transparent windows,
1738 returns @true, otherwise returns @false and the window remains fully opaque.
1739 See also CanSetTransparent().
1740
1741 The parameter @a alpha is in the range 0..255 where 0 corresponds to a
1742 fully transparent window and 255 to the fully opaque one. The constants
1743 @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_TRANSPARENT and @c wxIMAGE_ALPHA_OPAQUE can be used.
1744 */
1745 virtual bool SetTransparent(wxByte alpha);
1746
1747 //@}
1748
1749
1750 /**
1751 @name Event-handling functions
1752
1753 wxWindow allows you to build a (sort of) stack of event handlers which
1754 can be used to override the window's own event handling.
1755 */
1756 //@{
1757
1758 /**
1759 Returns the event handler for this window.
1760 By default, the window is its own event handler.
1761
1762 @see SetEventHandler(), PushEventHandler(),
1763 PopEventHandler(), wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent, wxEvtHandler
1764 */
1765 wxEvtHandler* GetEventHandler() const;
1766
1767 /**
1768 This function will generate the appropriate call to Navigate() if the key
1769 event is one normally used for keyboard navigation and return @true in this case.
1770
1771 @return Returns @true if the key pressed was for navigation and was
1772 handled, @false otherwise.
1773
1774 @see Navigate()
1775 */
1776 bool HandleAsNavigationKey(const wxKeyEvent& event);
1777
1778 /**
1779 Shorthand for:
1780 @code
1781 GetEventHandler()->SafelyProcessEvent(event);
1782 @endcode
1783
1784 @see ProcessWindowEvent()
1785 */
1786 bool HandleWindowEvent(wxEvent& event) const;
1787
1788 /**
1789 Convenient wrapper for ProcessEvent().
1790
1791 This is the same as writing @code GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent(event);
1792 @endcode but more convenient. Notice that ProcessEvent() itself can't
1793 be called for wxWindow objects as it ignores the event handlers
1794 associated with the window, use this function instead.
1795 */
1796 bool ProcessWindowEvent(wxEvent& event);
1797
1798 /**
1799 Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
1800
1801 E.g. in the case of:
1802 @image html overview_events_winstack.png
1803 when calling @c W->PopEventHandler(), the event handler @c A will be
1804 removed and @c B will be the first handler of the stack.
1805
1806 Note that it's an error to call this function when no event handlers
1807 were pushed on this window (i.e. when the window itself is its only
1808 event handler).
1809
1810 @param deleteHandler
1811 If this is @true, the handler will be deleted after it is removed
1812 (and the returned value will be @NULL).
1813
1814 @see @ref overview_events_processing
1815 */
1816 wxEvtHandler* PopEventHandler(bool deleteHandler = false);
1817
1818 /**
1819 Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
1820
1821 An event handler is an object that is capable of processing the events sent
1822 to a window. By default, the window is its own event handler, but an application
1823 may wish to substitute another, for example to allow central implementation
1824 of event-handling for a variety of different window classes.
1825
1826 wxWindow::PushEventHandler allows an application to set up a @e stack
1827 of event handlers, where an event not handled by one event handler is
1828 handed to the next one in the chain.
1829
1830 E.g. if you have two event handlers @c A and @c B and a wxWindow instance
1831 @c W and you call:
1832 @code
1833 W->PushEventHandler(A);
1834 W->PushEventHandler(B);
1835 @endcode
1836 you will end up with the following situation:
1837 @image html overview_events_winstack.png
1838
1839 Note that you can use wxWindow::PopEventHandler to remove the event handler.
1840
1841 @param handler
1842 Specifies the handler to be pushed.
1843 It must not be part of a wxEvtHandler chain; an assert will fail
1844 if it's not unlinked (see wxEvtHandler::IsUnlinked).
1845
1846 @see @ref overview_events_processing
1847 */
1848 void PushEventHandler(wxEvtHandler* handler);
1849
1850 /**
1851 Find the given @a handler in the windows event handler stack and
1852 removes (but does not delete) it from the stack.
1853
1854 See wxEvtHandler::Unlink() for more info.
1855
1856 @param handler
1857 The event handler to remove, must be non-@NULL and
1858 must be present in this windows event handlers stack.
1859
1860 @return Returns @true if it was found and @false otherwise (this also
1861 results in an assert failure so this function should
1862 only be called when the handler is supposed to be there).
1863
1864 @see PushEventHandler(), PopEventHandler()
1865 */
1866 bool RemoveEventHandler(wxEvtHandler* handler);
1867
1868 /**
1869 Sets the event handler for this window.
1870
1871 Note that if you use this function you may want to use as the "next" handler
1872 of @a handler the window itself; in this way when @a handler doesn't process
1873 an event, the window itself will have a chance to do it.
1874
1875 @param handler
1876 Specifies the handler to be set. Cannot be @NULL.
1877
1878 @see @ref overview_events_processing
1879 */
1880 void SetEventHandler(wxEvtHandler* handler);
1881
1882 /**
1883 wxWindows cannot be used to form event handler chains; this function
1884 thus will assert when called.
1885
1886 Note that instead you can use PushEventHandler() or SetEventHandler() to
1887 implement a stack of event handlers to override wxWindow's own
1888 event handling mechanism.
1889 */
1890 virtual void SetNextHandler(wxEvtHandler* handler);
1891
1892 /**
1893 wxWindows cannot be used to form event handler chains; this function
1894 thus will assert when called.
1895
1896 Note that instead you can use PushEventHandler() or SetEventHandler() to
1897 implement a stack of event handlers to override wxWindow's own
1898 event handling mechanism.
1899 */
1900 virtual void SetPreviousHandler(wxEvtHandler* handler);
1901
1902 //@}
1903
1904
1905
1906 /**
1907 @name Window styles functions
1908 */
1909 //@{
1910
1911 /**
1912 Returns the extra style bits for the window.
1913 */
1914 long GetExtraStyle() const;
1915
1916 /**
1917 Gets the window style that was passed to the constructor or Create()
1918 method. GetWindowStyle() is another name for the same function.
1919 */
1920 virtual long GetWindowStyleFlag() const;
1921
1922 /**
1923 See GetWindowStyleFlag() for more info.
1924 */
1925 long GetWindowStyle() const;
1926
1927 /**
1928 Returns @true if the window has the given @a exFlag bit set in its
1929 extra styles.
1930
1931 @see SetExtraStyle()
1932 */
1933 bool HasExtraStyle(int exFlag) const;
1934
1935 /**
1936 Returns @true if the window has the given @a flag bit set.
1937 */
1938 bool HasFlag(int flag) const;
1939
1940 /**
1941 Sets the extra style bits for the window.
1942 The currently defined extra style bits are reported in the class
1943 description.
1944 */
1945 virtual void SetExtraStyle(long exStyle);
1946
1947 /**
1948 Sets the style of the window. Please note that some styles cannot be changed
1949 after the window creation and that Refresh() might need to be be called
1950 after changing the others for the change to take place immediately.
1951
1952 See @ref overview_windowstyles "Window styles" for more information about flags.
1953
1954 @see GetWindowStyleFlag()
1955 */
1956 virtual void SetWindowStyleFlag(long style);
1957
1958 /**
1959 See SetWindowStyleFlag() for more info.
1960 */
1961 void SetWindowStyle(long style);
1962
1963 /**
1964 Turns the given @a flag on if it's currently turned off and vice versa.
1965 This function cannot be used if the value of the flag is 0 (which is often
1966 the case for default flags).
1967
1968 Also, please notice that not all styles can be changed after the control
1969 creation.
1970
1971 @return Returns @true if the style was turned on by this function, @false
1972 if it was switched off.
1973
1974 @see SetWindowStyleFlag(), HasFlag()
1975 */
1976 bool ToggleWindowStyle(int flag);
1977
1978 //@}
1979
1980
1981 /**
1982 @name Tab order functions
1983 */
1984 //@{
1985
1986 /**
1987 Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified @e win.
1988 This means that when the user presses @c TAB key on that other window,
1989 the focus switches to this window.
1990
1991 Default tab order is the same as creation order, this function and
1992 MoveBeforeInTabOrder() allow to change
1993 it after creating all the windows.
1994
1995 @param win
1996 A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
1997 must not be @NULL
1998 */
1999 void MoveAfterInTabOrder(wxWindow* win);
2000
2001 /**
2002 Same as MoveAfterInTabOrder() except that it inserts this window just
2003 before @a win instead of putting it right after it.
2004 */
2005 void MoveBeforeInTabOrder(wxWindow* win);
2006
2007 /**
2008 Performs a keyboard navigation action starting from this window.
2009 This method is equivalent to calling NavigateIn() method on the
2010 parent window.
2011
2012 @param flags
2013 A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and
2014 wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.
2015
2016 @return Returns @true if the focus was moved to another window or @false
2017 if nothing changed.
2018
2019 @remarks You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress
2020 handler to do the default navigation behaviour for the
2021 tab key, since the standard default behaviour for a
2022 multiline text control with the wxTE_PROCESS_TAB style
2023 is to insert a tab and not navigate to the next
2024 control. See also wxNavigationKeyEvent and
2025 HandleAsNavigationKey.
2026 */
2027 bool Navigate(int flags = IsForward);
2028
2029 /**
2030 Performs a keyboard navigation action inside this window.
2031 See Navigate() for more information.
2032 */
2033 bool NavigateIn(int flags = IsForward);
2034
2035 //@}
2036
2037
2038
2039 /**
2040 @name Z order functions
2041 */
2042 //@{
2043
2044 /**
2045 Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
2046
2047 @remarks
2048 This function only works for wxTopLevelWindow-derived classes.
2049
2050 @see Raise()
2051 */
2052 virtual void Lower();
2053
2054 /**
2055 Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
2056
2057 @remarks
2058 This function only works for wxTopLevelWindow-derived classes.
2059
2060 @see Lower()
2061 */
2062 virtual void Raise();
2063
2064 //@}
2065
2066
2067 /**
2068 @name Window status functions
2069 */
2070 //@{
2071
2072
2073 /**
2074 Equivalent to calling wxWindow::Show(@false).
2075 */
2076 bool Hide();
2077
2078 /**
2079 This function hides a window, like Hide(), but using a special visual
2080 effect if possible.
2081
2082 The parameters of this function are the same as for ShowWithEffect(),
2083 please see their description there.
2084
2085 @since 2.9.0
2086 */
2087 virtual bool HideWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect,
2088 unsigned int timeout = 0);
2089 /**
2090 Returns @true if the window is enabled, i.e. if it accepts user input,
2091 @false otherwise.
2092
2093 Notice that this method can return @false even if this window itself hadn't
2094 been explicitly disabled when one of its parent windows is disabled.
2095 To get the intrinsic status of this window, use IsThisEnabled()
2096
2097 @see Enable()
2098 */
2099 bool IsEnabled() const;
2100
2101 /**
2102 Returns @true if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the
2103 last repaint. Call this in an paint event handler to optimize redrawing by
2104 only redrawing those areas, which have been exposed.
2105 */
2106 bool IsExposed(int x, int y) const;
2107
2108 /**
2109 @overload
2110 */
2111 bool IsExposed(wxPoint& pt) const;
2112
2113 /**
2114 @overload
2115 */
2116 bool IsExposed(int x, int y, int w, int h) const;
2117
2118 /**
2119 @overload
2120 */
2121 bool IsExposed(wxRect& rect) const;
2122 /**
2123 Returns @true if the window is shown, @false if it has been hidden.
2124
2125 @see IsShownOnScreen()
2126 */
2127 virtual bool IsShown() const;
2128
2129 /**
2130 Returns @true if the window is physically visible on the screen, i.e. it
2131 is shown and all its parents up to the toplevel window are shown as well.
2132
2133 @see IsShown()
2134 */
2135 virtual bool IsShownOnScreen() const;
2136
2137 /**
2138 Disables the window. Same as @ref Enable() Enable(@false).
2139
2140 @return Returns @true if the window has been disabled, @false if it had
2141 been already disabled before the call to this function.
2142 */
2143 bool Disable();
2144
2145 /**
2146 Enable or disable the window for user input. Note that when a parent window is
2147 disabled, all of its children are disabled as well and they are reenabled again
2148 when the parent is.
2149
2150 @param enable
2151 If @true, enables the window for input. If @false, disables the window.
2152
2153 @return Returns @true if the window has been enabled or disabled, @false
2154 if nothing was done, i.e. if the window had already
2155 been in the specified state.
2156
2157 @see IsEnabled(), Disable(), wxRadioBox::Enable
2158 */
2159 virtual bool Enable(bool enable = true);
2160
2161 /**
2162 Shows or hides the window. You may need to call Raise()
2163 for a top level window if you want to bring it to top, although this is not
2164 needed if Show() is called immediately after the frame creation.
2165
2166 @param show
2167 If @true displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.
2168
2169 @return @true if the window has been shown or hidden or @false if nothing
2170 was done because it already was in the requested state.
2171
2172 @see IsShown(), Hide(), wxRadioBox::Show, wxShowEvent.
2173 */
2174 virtual bool Show(bool show = true);
2175
2176 /**
2177 This function shows a window, like Show(), but using a special visual
2178 effect if possible.
2179
2180 @param effect
2181 The effect to use.
2182
2183 @param timeout
2184 The @a timeout parameter specifies the time of the animation, in
2185 milliseconds. If the default value of 0 is used, the default
2186 animation time for the current platform is used.
2187
2188 @note Currently this function is only implemented in wxMSW and does the
2189 same thing as Show() in the other ports.
2190
2191 @since 2.9.0
2192
2193 @see HideWithEffect()
2194 */
2195 virtual bool ShowWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect,
2196 unsigned int timeout = 0);
2197
2198 //@}
2199
2200
2201 /**
2202 @name Context-sensitive help functions
2203 */
2204 //@{
2205
2206 /**
2207 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2208 Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
2209 implementation, and not in the window object itself.
2210
2211 @see SetHelpText(), GetHelpTextAtPoint(), wxHelpProvider
2212 */
2213 wxString GetHelpText() const;
2214
2215 /**
2216 Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2217 Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
2218 implementation, and not in the window object itself.
2219
2220 @see GetHelpText(), wxHelpProvider::AddHelp()
2221 */
2222 void SetHelpText(const wxString& helpText);
2223
2224 /**
2225 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
2226 This method should be overridden if the help message depends on the position
2227 inside the window, otherwise GetHelpText() can be used.
2228
2229 @param point
2230 Coordinates of the mouse at the moment of help event emission.
2231 @param origin
2232 Help event origin, see also wxHelpEvent::GetOrigin.
2233 */
2234 virtual wxString GetHelpTextAtPoint(const wxPoint& point,
2235 wxHelpEvent::Origin origin) const;
2236
2237 /**
2238 Get the associated tooltip or @NULL if none.
2239 */
2240 wxToolTip* GetToolTip() const;
2241
2242 /**
2243 Get the text of the associated tooltip or empty string if none.
2244 */
2245 wxString GetToolTipText() const;
2246
2247 /**
2248 Attach a tooltip to the window.
2249
2250 wxToolTip pointer can be @NULL in the overload taking the pointer,
2251 meaning to unset any existing tooltips, however UnsetToolTip() provides
2252 a more readable alternative to this operation.
2253
2254 Notice that these methods are always available, even if wxWidgets was
2255 compiled with @c wxUSE_TOOLTIPS set to 0, but don't do anything in this
2256 case.
2257
2258 @see GetToolTip(), wxToolTip
2259 */
2260 void SetToolTip(const wxString& tip);
2261
2262 /**
2263 @overload
2264 */
2265 void SetToolTip(wxToolTip* tip);
2266
2267 /**
2268 Unset any existing tooltip.
2269
2270 @since 2.9.0
2271
2272 @see SetToolTip()
2273 */
2274 void UnsetToolTip();
2275
2276 //@}
2277
2278
2279 /**
2280 @name Popup/context menu functions
2281 */
2282 //@{
2283
2284 /**
2285 This function shows a popup menu at the given position in this window and
2286 returns the selected id.
2287
2288 It can be more convenient than the general purpose PopupMenu() function
2289 for simple menus proposing a choice in a list of strings to the user.
2290
2291 Notice that to avoid unexpected conflicts between the (usually
2292 consecutive range of) ids used by the menu passed to this function and
2293 the existing EVT_UPDATE_UI() handlers, this function temporarily
2294 disables UI updates for the window, so you need to manually disable
2295 (or toggle or ...) any items which should be disabled in the menu
2296 before showing it.
2297
2298 The parameter @a menu is the menu to show.
2299 The parameter @a pos (or the parameters @a x and @a y) is the
2300 position at which to show the menu in client coordinates.
2301
2302 @return
2303 The selected menu item id or @c wxID_NONE if none selected or an
2304 error occurred.
2305
2306 @since 2.9.0
2307 */
2308 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu& menu, const wxPoint& pos);
2309
2310 /**
2311 @overload
2312 */
2313 int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu& menu, int x, int y);
2314
2315 /**
2316 Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
2317 window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu.
2318
2319 If a menu item is selected, the corresponding menu event is generated and will be
2320 processed as usually. If the coordinates are not specified, current mouse
2321 cursor position is used.
2322
2323 @a menu is the menu to pop up.
2324
2325 The position where the menu will appear can be specified either as a
2326 wxPoint @a pos or by two integers (@a x and @a y).
2327
2328 @remarks Just before the menu is popped up, wxMenu::UpdateUI is called to
2329 ensure that the menu items are in the correct state.
2330 The menu does not get deleted by the window.
2331 It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when
2332 calling PopupMenu in response to mouse click, because some of
2333 the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do a better job of positioning
2334 the menu in that case.
2335
2336 @see wxMenu
2337 */
2338 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu* menu,
2339 const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition);
2340
2341 /**
2342 @overload
2343 */
2344 bool PopupMenu(wxMenu* menu, int x, int y);
2345
2346 //@}
2347
2348
2349 /**
2350 Validator functions
2351 */
2352 //@{
2353
2354 /**
2355 Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or @NULL if
2356 there is none.
2357 */
2358 virtual wxValidator* GetValidator();
2359
2360 /**
2361 Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having
2362 called wxValidator::Clone to create a new validator of this type.
2363 */
2364 virtual void SetValidator(const wxValidator& validator);
2365
2366 /**
2367 Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their
2368 validators. Returns @false if a transfer failed.
2369
2370 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2371 the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
2372
2373 @see TransferDataToWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2374 */
2375 virtual bool TransferDataFromWindow();
2376
2377 /**
2378 Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their
2379 validators.
2380
2381 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2382 the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
2383
2384 @return Returns @false if a transfer failed.
2385
2386 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
2387 */
2388 virtual bool TransferDataToWindow();
2389
2390 /**
2391 Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
2392 If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
2393 the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
2394
2395 @return Returns @false if any of the validations failed.
2396
2397 @see TransferDataFromWindow(), TransferDataToWindow(),
2398 wxValidator
2399 */
2400 virtual bool Validate();
2401
2402 //@}
2403
2404
2405 /**
2406 @name wxWindow properties functions
2407 */
2408 //@{
2409
2410 /**
2411 Returns the identifier of the window.
2412
2413 @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application
2414 has not provided one (or the default wxID_ANY) an unique
2415 identifier with a negative value will be generated.
2416
2417 @see SetId(), @ref overview_windowids
2418 */
2419 wxWindowID GetId() const;
2420
2421 /**
2422 Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
2423 identification purposes.
2424
2425 @remarks The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
2426 For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the
2427 title. For buttons or static text controls, it is the
2428 button text. This function can be useful for
2429 meta-programs (such as testing tools or special-needs
2430 access programs) which need to identify windows by name.
2431 */
2432 virtual wxString GetLabel() const;
2433
2434 /**
2435 Returns the layout direction for this window,
2436 Note that @c wxLayout_Default is returned if layout direction is not supported.
2437 */
2438 virtual wxLayoutDirection GetLayoutDirection() const;
2439
2440 /**
2441 Returns the window's name.
2442
2443 @remarks This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the
2444 programmer to supply an appropriate name in the window
2445 constructor or via SetName().
2446
2447 @see SetName()
2448 */
2449 virtual wxString GetName() const;
2450
2451 /**
2452 Returns the value previously passed to SetWindowVariant().
2453 */
2454 wxWindowVariant GetWindowVariant() const;
2455
2456 /**
2457 Sets the identifier of the window.
2458
2459 @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has
2460 not provided one, an identifier will be generated.
2461 Normally, the identifier should be provided on creation
2462 and should not be modified subsequently.
2463
2464 @see GetId(), @ref overview_windowids
2465 */
2466 void SetId(wxWindowID winid);
2467
2468 /**
2469 Sets the window's label.
2470
2471 @param label
2472 The window label.
2473
2474 @see GetLabel()
2475 */
2476 virtual void SetLabel(const wxString& label);
2477
2478 /**
2479 Sets the layout direction for this window.
2480 */
2481 virtual void SetLayoutDirection(wxLayoutDirection dir);
2482
2483 /**
2484 Sets the window's name.
2485
2486 @param name
2487 A name to set for the window.
2488
2489 @see GetName()
2490 */
2491 virtual void SetName(const wxString& name);
2492
2493 /**
2494 This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
2495 Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
2496 exist in several sizes which correspond to the elements of wxWindowVariant enum.
2497
2498 By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
2499 be used to change this.
2500 */
2501 void SetWindowVariant(wxWindowVariant variant);
2502
2503 /**
2504 Gets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
2505 */
2506 wxAcceleratorTable* GetAcceleratorTable();
2507
2508 /**
2509 Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
2510 See also wxAccessible.
2511 */
2512 wxAccessible* GetAccessible();
2513
2514 /**
2515 Sets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
2516 */
2517 virtual void SetAcceleratorTable(const wxAcceleratorTable& accel);
2518
2519 /**
2520 Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
2521 will be deleted first, if not identical to @e accessible.
2522 See also wxAccessible.
2523 */
2524 void SetAccessible(wxAccessible* accessible);
2525
2526 //@}
2527
2528
2529 /**
2530 @name Window deletion functions
2531 */
2532 //@{
2533
2534 /**
2535 This function simply generates a wxCloseEvent whose handler usually tries
2536 to close the window. It doesn't close the window itself, however.
2537
2538 @param force
2539 @false if the window's close handler should be able to veto the destruction
2540 of this window, @true if it cannot.
2541
2542 @remarks Close calls the close handler for the window, providing an
2543 opportunity for the window to choose whether to destroy
2544 the window. Usually it is only used with the top level
2545 windows (wxFrame and wxDialog classes) as the others
2546 are not supposed to have any special OnClose() logic.
2547 The close handler should check whether the window is being deleted
2548 forcibly, using wxCloseEvent::CanVeto, in which case it should
2549 destroy the window using wxWindow::Destroy.
2550 Note that calling Close does not guarantee that the window will
2551 be destroyed; but it provides a way to simulate a manual close
2552 of a window, which may or may not be implemented by destroying
2553 the window. The default implementation of wxDialog::OnCloseWindow
2554 does not necessarily delete the dialog, since it will simply
2555 simulate an wxID_CANCEL event which is handled by the appropriate
2556 button event handler and may do anything at all.
2557 To guarantee that the window will be destroyed, call
2558 wxWindow::Destroy instead
2559
2560 @see @ref overview_windowdeletion "Window Deletion Overview",
2561 Destroy(), wxCloseEvent
2562 */
2563 bool Close(bool force = false);
2564
2565 /**
2566 Destroys the window safely. Use this function instead of the delete operator,
2567 since different window classes can be destroyed differently. Frames and dialogs
2568 are not destroyed immediately when this function is called -- they are added
2569 to a list of windows to be deleted on idle time, when all the window's events
2570 have been processed. This prevents problems with events being sent to
2571 non-existent windows.
2572
2573 @return @true if the window has either been successfully deleted, or it
2574 has been added to the list of windows pending real deletion.
2575 */
2576 virtual bool Destroy();
2577
2578 /**
2579 Returns true if this window is in process of being destroyed.
2580
2581 The top level windows are not deleted immediately but are rather
2582 scheduled for later destruction to give them time to process any
2583 pending messages, see Destroy() description.
2584
2585 This function returns @true if this window, or one of its parent
2586 windows, is scheduled for destruction and can be useful to avoid
2587 manipulating it as it's usually useless to do something with a window
2588 which is on the point of disappearing anyhow.
2589 */
2590 bool IsBeingDeleted() const;
2591
2592 //@}
2593
2594
2595
2596 /**
2597 @name Drag and drop functions
2598 */
2599 //@{
2600
2601 /**
2602 Returns the associated drop target, which may be @NULL.
2603
2604 @see SetDropTarget(), @ref overview_dnd
2605 */
2606 virtual wxDropTarget* GetDropTarget() const;
2607
2608 /**
2609 Associates a drop target with this window.
2610 If the window already has a drop target, it is deleted.
2611
2612 @see GetDropTarget(), @ref overview_dnd
2613 */
2614 virtual void SetDropTarget(wxDropTarget* target);
2615
2616 /**
2617 Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
2618
2619 @param accept
2620 If @true, the window is eligible for drop file events.
2621 If @false, the window will not accept drop file events.
2622
2623 @remarks Windows only until version 2.8.9, available on all platforms
2624 since 2.8.10. Cannot be used together with SetDropTarget() on
2625 non-Windows platforms.
2626
2627 @see SetDropTarget()
2628 */
2629 virtual void DragAcceptFiles(bool accept);
2630
2631 //@}
2632
2633
2634 /**
2635 @name Constraints, sizers and window layouting functions
2636 */
2637 //@{
2638
2639 /**
2640 Return the sizer that this window is a member of, if any, otherwise @NULL.
2641 */
2642 wxSizer* GetContainingSizer() const;
2643
2644 /**
2645 Return the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to
2646 SetSizer() or @NULL.
2647 */
2648 wxSizer* GetSizer() const;
2649
2650 /**
2651 Sets the window to have the given layout sizer.
2652
2653 The window will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2654 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2655 window, it will be deleted if the @a deleteOld parameter is @true.
2656
2657 Note that this function will also call SetAutoLayout() implicitly with @true
2658 parameter if the @a sizer is non-@NULL and @false otherwise so that the
2659 sizer will be effectively used to layout the window children whenever
2660 it is resized.
2661
2662 @param sizer
2663 The sizer to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and conditionally delete
2664 the window's sizer. See below.
2665 @param deleteOld
2666 If @true (the default), this will delete any pre-existing sizer.
2667 Pass @false if you wish to handle deleting the old sizer yourself
2668 but remember to do it yourself in this case to avoid memory leaks.
2669
2670 @remarks SetSizer enables and disables Layout automatically.
2671 */
2672 void SetSizer(wxSizer* sizer, bool deleteOld = true);
2673
2674 /**
2675 This method calls SetSizer() and then wxSizer::SetSizeHints which sets the initial
2676 window size to the size needed to accommodate all sizer elements and sets the
2677 size hints which, if this window is a top level one, prevent the user from
2678 resizing it to be less than this minimial size.
2679 */
2680 void SetSizerAndFit(wxSizer* sizer, bool deleteOld = true);
2681
2682 /**
2683 Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or @NULL if there are none.
2684 */
2685 wxLayoutConstraints* GetConstraints() const;
2686
2687 /**
2688 Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. The window
2689 will then own the object, and will take care of its deletion.
2690 If an existing layout constraints object is already owned by the
2691 window, it will be deleted.
2692
2693 @param constraints
2694 The constraints to set. Pass @NULL to disassociate and delete the window's
2695 constraints.
2696
2697 @remarks You must call SetAutoLayout() to tell a window to use
2698 the constraints automatically in OnSize; otherwise, you
2699 must override OnSize and call Layout() explicitly. When
2700 setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a wxSizer, only
2701 the sizer will have effect.
2702 */
2703 void SetConstraints(wxLayoutConstraints* constraints);
2704
2705
2706 /**
2707 Invokes the constraint-based layout algorithm or the sizer-based algorithm
2708 for this window.
2709
2710 This function does not get called automatically when the window is resized
2711 because lots of windows deriving from wxWindow does not need this functionality.
2712 If you want to have Layout() called automatically, you should derive
2713 from wxPanel (see wxPanel::Layout).
2714
2715 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
2716 */
2717 virtual bool Layout();
2718
2719 /**
2720 Determines whether the Layout() function will be called automatically
2721 when the window is resized.
2722
2723 This method is called implicitly by SetSizer() but if you use SetConstraints()
2724 you should call it manually or otherwise the window layout won't be correctly
2725 updated when its size changes.
2726
2727 @param autoLayout
2728 Set this to @true if you wish the Layout() function to be called
2729 automatically when the window is resized.
2730
2731 @see SetSizer(), SetConstraints()
2732 */
2733 void SetAutoLayout(bool autoLayout);
2734
2735 //@}
2736
2737
2738
2739 /**
2740 @name Mouse functions
2741 */
2742 //@{
2743
2744 /**
2745 Directs all mouse input to this window.
2746 Call ReleaseMouse() to release the capture.
2747
2748 Note that wxWidgets maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
2749 and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
2750 captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
2751 window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
2752 as you capture it, unless the window receives the wxMouseCaptureLostEvent event.
2753
2754 Any application which captures the mouse in the beginning of some operation
2755 must handle wxMouseCaptureLostEvent and cancel this operation when it receives
2756 the event. The event handler must not recapture mouse.
2757
2758 @see ReleaseMouse(), wxMouseCaptureLostEvent
2759 */
2760 void CaptureMouse();
2761
2762 /**
2763 Returns the caret() associated with the window.
2764 */
2765 wxCaret* GetCaret() const;
2766
2767 /**
2768 Return the cursor associated with this window.
2769
2770 @see SetCursor()
2771 */
2772 const wxCursor& GetCursor() const;
2773
2774 /**
2775 Returns @true if this window has the current mouse capture.
2776
2777 @see CaptureMouse(), ReleaseMouse(), wxMouseCaptureLostEvent,
2778 wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
2779 */
2780 virtual bool HasCapture() const;
2781
2782 /**
2783 Releases mouse input captured with CaptureMouse().
2784
2785 @see CaptureMouse(), HasCapture(), ReleaseMouse(),
2786 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
2787 */
2788 void ReleaseMouse();
2789
2790 /**
2791 Sets the caret() associated with the window.
2792 */
2793 void SetCaret(wxCaret* caret);
2794
2795 /**
2796 Sets the window's cursor. Notice that the window cursor also sets it for the
2797 children of the window implicitly.
2798
2799 The @a cursor may be @c wxNullCursor in which case the window cursor will
2800 be reset back to default.
2801
2802 @param cursor
2803 Specifies the cursor that the window should normally display.
2804
2805 @see ::wxSetCursor, wxCursor
2806 */
2807 virtual bool SetCursor(const wxCursor& cursor);
2808
2809 /**
2810 Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
2811
2812 @note This function is not supported under Mac because Apple Human
2813 Interface Guidelines forbid moving the mouse cursor programmatically.
2814
2815 @param x
2816 The new x position for the cursor.
2817 @param y
2818 The new y position for the cursor.
2819 */
2820 virtual void WarpPointer(int x, int y);
2821
2822 //@}
2823
2824
2825
2826
2827 /**
2828 @name Miscellaneous functions
2829 */
2830 //@{
2831
2832 /**
2833 Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
2834 This function is called by UpdateWindowUI() in order to check return
2835 values in the wxUpdateUIEvent and act appropriately.
2836 For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWidgets
2837 implements this function as follows:
2838
2839 @code
2840 // do the window-specific processing after processing the update event
2841 void wxTopLevelWindowBase::DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent& event)
2842 {
2843 if ( event.GetSetEnabled() )
2844 Enable(event.GetEnabled());
2845
2846 if ( event.GetSetText() )
2847 {
2848 if ( event.GetText() != GetTitle() )
2849 SetTitle(event.GetText());
2850 }
2851 }
2852 @endcode
2853 */
2854 virtual void DoUpdateWindowUI(wxUpdateUIEvent& event);
2855
2856 /**
2857 Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window.
2858 Cast it to an appropriate handle, such as @b HWND for Windows,
2859 @b Widget for Motif, @b GtkWidget for GTK or @b WinHandle for PalmOS.
2860 */
2861 virtual WXWidget GetHandle() const;
2862
2863 /**
2864 This method should be overridden to return @true if this window has
2865 multiple pages. All standard class with multiple pages such as
2866 wxNotebook, wxListbook and wxTreebook already override it to return @true
2867 and user-defined classes with similar behaviour should do it as well to
2868 allow the library to handle such windows appropriately.
2869 */
2870 virtual bool HasMultiplePages() const;
2871
2872 /**
2873 This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
2874 window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
2875 the font and the foreground and background colours.
2876
2877 By "intelligently" the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
2878 own @ref GetClassDefaultAttributes() default attributes.
2879 However if some of the parents attributes are explicitly (that is, using
2880 SetFont() and not wxWindow::SetOwnFont) changed and if the corresponding
2881 attribute hadn't been explicitly set for this window itself, then this
2882 window takes the same value as used by the parent.
2883 In addition, if the window overrides ShouldInheritColours() to return @false,
2884 the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the font might.
2885
2886 This rather complicated logic is necessary in order to accommodate the
2887 different usage scenarios. The most common one is when all default attributes
2888 are used and in this case, nothing should be inherited as in modern GUIs
2889 different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
2890 they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
2891 desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
2892 just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
2893 do inherit the parents attributes.
2894 */
2895 virtual void InheritAttributes();
2896
2897 /**
2898 Sends an @c wxEVT_INIT_DIALOG event, whose handler usually transfers data
2899 to the dialog via validators.
2900 */
2901 virtual void InitDialog();
2902
2903 /**
2904 Returns @true if the window contents is double-buffered by the system, i.e. if
2905 any drawing done on the window is really done on a temporary backing surface
2906 and transferred to the screen all at once later.
2907
2908 @see wxBufferedDC
2909 */
2910 virtual bool IsDoubleBuffered() const;
2911
2912 /**
2913 Returns @true if the window is retained, @false otherwise.
2914
2915 @remarks Retained windows are only available on X platforms.
2916 */
2917 virtual bool IsRetained() const;
2918
2919 /**
2920 Returns @true if this window is intrinsically enabled, @false otherwise,
2921 i.e. if @ref Enable() Enable(@false) had been called. This method is
2922 mostly used for wxWidgets itself, user code should normally use
2923 IsEnabled() instead.
2924 */
2925 bool IsThisEnabled() const;
2926
2927 /**
2928 Returns @true if the given window is a top-level one. Currently all frames and
2929 dialogs are considered to be top-level windows (even if they have a parent
2930 window).
2931 */
2932 virtual bool IsTopLevel() const;
2933
2934 /**
2935 Disables all other windows in the application so that
2936 the user can only interact with this window.
2937
2938 @param modal
2939 If @true, this call disables all other windows in the application so that
2940 the user can only interact with this window. If @false, the effect is
2941 reversed.
2942 */
2943 virtual void MakeModal(bool modal = true);
2944
2945 /**
2946 This virtual function is normally only used internally, but
2947 sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality
2948 that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle
2949 handler in a derived class.
2950
2951 This function may be used to do delayed painting, for example,
2952 and most implementations call UpdateWindowUI()
2953 in order to send update events to the window in idle time.
2954 */
2955 virtual void OnInternalIdle();
2956
2957 /**
2958 Registers a system wide hotkey. Every time the user presses the hotkey
2959 registered here, this window will receive a hotkey event.
2960
2961 It will receive the event even if the application is in the background
2962 and does not have the input focus because the user is working with some
2963 other application.
2964
2965 @param hotkeyId
2966 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. For applications this must be between 0
2967 and 0xBFFF. If this function is called from a shared DLL, it must be a
2968 system wide unique identifier between 0xC000 and 0xFFFF.
2969 This is a MSW specific detail.
2970 @param modifiers
2971 A bitwise combination of wxMOD_SHIFT, wxMOD_CONTROL, wxMOD_ALT
2972 or wxMOD_WIN specifying the modifier keys that have to be pressed along
2973 with the key.
2974 @param virtualKeyCode
2975 The virtual key code of the hotkey.
2976
2977 @return @true if the hotkey was registered successfully. @false if some
2978 other application already registered a hotkey with this
2979 modifier/virtualKeyCode combination.
2980
2981 @remarks Use EVT_HOTKEY(hotkeyId, fnc) in the event table to capture the
2982 event. This function is currently only implemented
2983 under Windows. It is used in the Windows CE port for
2984 detecting hardware button presses.
2985
2986 @see UnregisterHotKey()
2987 */
2988 virtual bool RegisterHotKey(int hotkeyId, int modifiers,
2989 int virtualKeyCode);
2990
2991 /**
2992 Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
2993
2994 @param hotkeyId
2995 Numeric identifier of the hotkey. Must be the same id that was passed to
2996 RegisterHotKey().
2997
2998 @return @true if the hotkey was unregistered successfully, @false if the
2999 id was invalid.
3000
3001 @remarks This function is currently only implemented under MSW.
3002
3003 @see RegisterHotKey()
3004 */
3005 virtual bool UnregisterHotKey(int hotkeyId);
3006
3007 /**
3008 This function sends one or more wxUpdateUIEvent to the window.
3009 The particular implementation depends on the window; for example a
3010 wxToolBar will send an update UI event for each toolbar button,
3011 and a wxFrame will send an update UI event for each menubar menu item.
3012
3013 You can call this function from your application to ensure that your
3014 UI is up-to-date at this point (as far as your wxUpdateUIEvent handlers
3015 are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
3016 wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode() or wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval() to limit
3017 the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
3018 @a flags should be a bitlist of one or more of the ::wxUpdateUI enumeration.
3019
3020 If you are calling this function from an OnInternalIdle or OnIdle
3021 function, make sure you pass the wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE flag, since
3022 this tells the window to only update the UI elements that need
3023 to be updated in idle time. Some windows update their elements
3024 only when necessary, for example when a menu is about to be shown.
3025 The following is an example of how to call UpdateWindowUI from
3026 an idle function.
3027
3028 @code
3029 void MyWindow::OnInternalIdle()
3030 {
3031 if (wxUpdateUIEvent::CanUpdate(this))
3032 UpdateWindowUI(wxUPDATE_UI_FROMIDLE);
3033 }
3034 @endcode
3035
3036 @see wxUpdateUIEvent, DoUpdateWindowUI(), OnInternalIdle()
3037 */
3038 virtual void UpdateWindowUI(long flags = wxUPDATE_UI_NONE);
3039
3040 //@}
3041
3042
3043 // NOTE: static functions must have their own group or Doxygen will screw
3044 // up the ordering of the member groups
3045
3046 /**
3047 @name Miscellaneous static functions
3048 */
3049 //@{
3050
3051 /**
3052 Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control.
3053
3054 This is useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control
3055 as in a standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
3056 colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
3057 system, especially if it uses themes.
3058
3059 The @a variant parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
3060 ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
3061 returned font. See SetWindowVariant() for more about this.
3062
3063 This static method is "overridden" in many derived classes and so calling,
3064 for example, wxButton::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
3065 return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
3066 from those returned by, say, wxListCtrl::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
3067
3068 The @c wxVisualAttributes structure has at least the fields
3069 @c font, @c colFg and @c colBg. All of them may be invalid
3070 if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
3071 especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
3072 the case for @c colBg for the controls with themed background.
3073
3074 @see InheritAttributes()
3075 */
3076 static wxVisualAttributes GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindowVariant variant = wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL);
3077
3078 /**
3079 Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus.
3080
3081 @remarks Note that this is a static function, so it can be called without
3082 needing a wxWindow pointer.
3083
3084 @see SetFocus(), HasFocus()
3085 */
3086 static wxWindow* FindFocus();
3087
3088 /**
3089 Find the first window with the given @e id.
3090
3091 If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all top-level frames
3092 and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
3093 window hierarchy.
3094 The search is recursive in both cases.
3095
3096 @see FindWindow()
3097 */
3098 static wxWindow* FindWindowById(long id, const wxWindow* parent = 0);
3099
3100 /**
3101 Find a window by its label.
3102
3103 Depending on the type of window, the label may be a window title
3104 or panel item label. If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all
3105 top-level frames and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be
3106 limited to the given window hierarchy.
3107 The search is recursive in both cases.
3108
3109 @see FindWindow()
3110 */
3111 static wxWindow* FindWindowByLabel(const wxString& label,
3112 const wxWindow* parent = 0);
3113
3114 /**
3115 Find a window by its name (as given in a window constructor or Create()
3116 function call).
3117
3118 If @a parent is @NULL, the search will start from all top-level frames
3119 and dialog boxes; if non-@NULL, the search will be limited to the given
3120 window hierarchy.
3121
3122 The search is recursive in both cases. If no window with such name is found,
3123 FindWindowByLabel() is called.
3124
3125 @see FindWindow()
3126 */
3127 static wxWindow* FindWindowByName(const wxString& name,
3128 const wxWindow* parent = 0);
3129
3130 /**
3131 Returns the currently captured window.
3132
3133 @see HasCapture(), CaptureMouse(), ReleaseMouse(),
3134 wxMouseCaptureLostEvent, wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
3135 */
3136 static wxWindow* GetCapture();
3137
3138 /**
3139 Create a new ID or range of IDs that are not currently in use.
3140 The IDs will be reserved until assigned to a wxWindow ID
3141 or unreserved with UnreserveControlId().
3142
3143 See @ref overview_windowids for more information.
3144
3145 @param count
3146 The number of sequential IDs to reserve.
3147
3148 @return Returns the ID or the first ID of the range, or wxID_NONE if the
3149 specified number of identifiers couldn't be allocated.
3150
3151 @see UnreserveControlId(), wxIdManager,
3152 @ref overview_windowids
3153 */
3154 static wxWindowID NewControlId(int count = 1);
3155
3156 /**
3157 Unreserve an ID or range of IDs that was reserved by NewControlId().
3158 See @ref overview_windowids for more information.
3159
3160 @param id
3161 The starting ID of the range of IDs to unreserve.
3162 @param count
3163 The number of sequential IDs to unreserve.
3164
3165 @see NewControlId(), wxIdManager, @ref overview_windowids
3166 */
3167 static void UnreserveControlId(wxWindowID id, int count = 1);
3168
3169 //@}
3170
3171
3172
3173 protected:
3174
3175 /**
3176 Gets the size which best suits the window: for a control, it would be
3177 the minimal size which doesn't truncate the control, for a panel - the
3178 same size as it would have after a call to Fit().
3179
3180 The default implementation of this function is designed for use in container
3181 windows, such as wxPanel, and works something like this:
3182 -# If the window has a sizer then it is used to calculate the best size.
3183 -# Otherwise if the window has layout constraints then those are used to
3184 calculate the best size.
3185 -# Otherwise if the window has children then the best size is set to be large
3186 enough to show all the children.
3187 -# Otherwise if there are no children then the window's minimal size will be
3188 used as its best size.
3189 -# Otherwise if there is no minimal size set, then the current size is used
3190 for the best size.
3191
3192 @see @ref overview_windowsizing
3193 */
3194 virtual wxSize DoGetBestSize() const;
3195
3196
3197 /**
3198 Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the
3199 components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord).
3200 @deprecated @todo provide deprecation description
3201 */
3202 virtual void SetInitialBestSize(const wxSize& size);
3203
3204 /**
3205 Generate wxWindowDestroyEvent for this window.
3206
3207 This is called by the window itself when it is being destroyed and
3208 usually there is no need to call it but see wxWindowDestroyEvent for
3209 explanations of when you might want to do it.
3210 */
3211 void SendDestroyEvent();
3212
3213 /**
3214 This function is public in wxEvtHandler but protected in wxWindow
3215 because for wxWindows you should always call ProcessEvent() on the
3216 pointer returned by GetEventHandler() and not on the wxWindow object
3217 itself.
3218
3219 For convenience, a ProcessWindowEvent() method is provided as a synonym
3220 for @code GetEventHandler()->ProcessEvent() @endcode.
3221
3222 Note that it's still possible to call these functions directly on the
3223 wxWindow object (e.g. casting it to wxEvtHandler) but doing that will
3224 create subtle bugs when windows with event handlers pushed on them are
3225 involved.
3226
3227 This holds also for all other wxEvtHandler functions.
3228 */
3229 virtual bool ProcessEvent(wxEvent& event);
3230
3231 //@{
3232 /**
3233 See ProcessEvent() for more info about why you shouldn't use this function
3234 and the reason for making this function protected in wxWindow.
3235 */
3236 bool SafelyProcessEvent(wxEvent& event);
3237 virtual void QueueEvent(wxEvent *event);
3238 virtual void AddPendingEvent(const wxEvent& event);
3239 void ProcessPendingEvents();
3240 bool ProcessThreadEvent(const wxEvent& event);
3241 //@}
3242 };
3243
3244
3245
3246 // ============================================================================
3247 // Global functions/macros
3248 // ============================================================================
3249
3250 /** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_misc */
3251 //@{
3252
3253 /**
3254 Find the deepest window at the mouse pointer position, returning the window
3255 and current pointer position in screen coordinates.
3256
3257 @header{wx/window.h}
3258 */
3259 wxWindow* wxFindWindowAtPointer(wxPoint& pt);
3260
3261 /**
3262 Gets the currently active window (implemented for MSW and GTK only
3263 currently, always returns @NULL in the other ports).
3264
3265 @header{wx/window.h}
3266 */
3267 wxWindow* wxGetActiveWindow();
3268
3269 /**
3270 Returns the first top level parent of the given window, or in other words,
3271 the frame or dialog containing it, or @NULL.
3272
3273 @header{wx/window.h}
3274 */
3275 wxWindow* wxGetTopLevelParent(wxWindow* window);
3276
3277 //@}
3278