\helpref{OnGetItemText}{wxlistctrlongetitemtext} (and optionally
\helpref{OnGetItemImage}{wxlistctrlongetitemimage} and
\helpref{OnGetItemAttr}{wxlistctrlongetitemattr}) to return the information
-about the items when the control requests it.
+about the items when the control requests it. Virtual list control can be used
+as a normal one except that no operations which can take time proportional to
+the number of items in the control happen -- this is required to allow having a
+practically infinite number of items. For example, in a multiple selection
+virtual list control, the selections won't be sent when many items are selected
+at once because this could mean iterating over all the items.
Using many of wxListCtrl features is shown in the
\helpref{corresponding sample}{samplelistctrl}.
\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_LIST\_ITEM\_DESELECTED(id, func)}}{The item has been deselected.}
\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_LIST\_ITEM\_ACTIVATED(id, func)}}{The item has been activated (ENTER or double click).}
\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_LIST\_ITEM\_FOCUSED(id, func)}}{The currently focused item has changed.}
-\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_LIST\_ITEM\_RIGHT\_CLICK(id, func)}}{An item has been right-clicked.}
+\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_LIST\_ITEM\_MIDDLE\_CLICK(id, func)}}{The middle mouse button has been clicked on an item.}
+\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_LIST\_ITEM\_RIGHT\_CLICK(id, func)}}{The right mouse button has been clicked on an item.}
\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_LIST\_KEY\_DOWN(id, func)}}{A key has been pressed.}
\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_LIST\_INSERT\_ITEM(id, func)}}{An item has been inserted.}
\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_LIST\_COL\_CLICK(id, func)}}{A column ({\bf m\_col}) has been left-clicked.}
\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{wxListCtrl overview}{wxlistctrloverview}, \helpref{wxListBox}{wxlistbox}, \helpref{wxTreeCtrl}{wxtreectrl},\rtfsp
-\helpref{wxImageList}{wximagelist}, \helpref{wxListEvent}{wxlistevent}
+\helpref{wxImageList}{wximagelist}, \helpref{wxListEvent}{wxlistevent},
+\helpref{wxListItem}{wxlistitem}
\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
\membersection{wxListCtrl::FindItem}\label{wxlistctrlfinditem}
-\func{long}{FindItem}{\param{long }{start}, \param{const wxString\& }{str}, \param{const bool }{partial = FALSE}}
+\func{long}{FindItem}{\param{long }{start}, \param{const wxString\& }{str}, \param{const bool }{partial = false}}
Find an item whose label matches this string, starting from the item after {\it start} or
the beginning if {\it start} is -1.
\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
implements the following methods:\par
\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
-\twocolitem{{\bf FindItem(start, str, partial=FALSE)}}{}
+\twocolitem{{\bf FindItem(start, str, partial=false)}}{}
\twocolitem{{\bf FindItemData(start, data)}}{}
\twocolitem{{\bf FindItemAtPos(start, point, direction)}}{}
\end{twocollist}}
\perlnote{In wxPerl there are three methods instead of a single overloaded
method:\par
\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
-\twocolitem{{\bf FindItem( start, str, partial = FALSE ) }}{}
+\twocolitem{{\bf FindItem( start, str, partial = false ) }}{}
\twocolitem{{\bf FindItemData( start, data ) }}{}
\twocolitem{{\bf FindItemAtPos( start, point, direction )}}{}
\end{twocollist}
\perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes only the {\bf col} parameter and
returns a Wx::ListItem ( or undef ).}
+\membersection{wxListCtrl::GetColumnCount}\label{wxlistctrlgetcolumncount}
+
+\constfunc{int}{GetColumnCount}{\void}
+
+Returns the number of columns.
+
\membersection{wxListCtrl::GetColumnWidth}\label{wxlistctrlgetcolumnwidth}
\constfunc{int}{GetColumnWidth}{\param{int }{col}}
\membersection{wxListCtrl::GetEditControl}\label{wxlistctrlgeteditcontrol}
-\constfunc{wxTextCtrl\&}{GetEditControl}{\void}
+\constfunc{wxTextCtrl *}{GetEditControl}{\void}
-Gets the edit control for editing labels.
+Returns the edit control being currently used to edit a label. Returns {\tt NULL}
+if no label is being edited.
+
+{\bf NB:} It is currently only implemented for wxMSW.
\membersection{wxListCtrl::GetImageList}\label{wxlistctrlgetimagelist}
ID and code and returns the wxRect.}
\perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes only the {\bf item} parameter and
-retutrns a Wx::Rect ( or undef ).}
+returns a Wx::Rect ( or undef ).}
\membersection{wxListCtrl::GetItemSpacing}\label{wxlistctrlgetitemspacing}
\constfunc{int}{GetItemSpacing}{\param{bool }{isSmall}}
Retrieves the spacing between icons in pixels.
-If {\it small} is TRUE, gets the spacing for the small icon
+If {\it small} is true, gets the spacing for the small icon
view, otherwise the large icon view.
\membersection{wxListCtrl::GetItemState}\label{wxlistctrlgetitemstate}
\constfunc{long}{GetNextItem}{\param{long }{item}, \param{int }{geometry = wxLIST\_NEXT\_ALL}, \param{int }{state = wxLIST\_STATE\_DONTCARE}}
-Searches for an item with the given goemetry or state, starting from
+Searches for an item with the given geometry or state, starting from
{\it item} but excluding the {\it item} itself. If {\it item} is -1,
the first item that matches the specified flags will be returned.
flags value mentioned above.}
\perlnote{In wxPerl this method only takes the {\bf point} parameter
- and returns a 2-element list ( item, flags ).}
+ and returns a 2-element list {\tt ( item, flags )}.}
\membersection{wxListCtrl::InsertColumn}\label{wxlistctrlinsertcolumn}
\membersection{wxListCtrl::OnGetItemAttr}\label{wxlistctrlongetitemattr}
-\func{virtual wxString}{OnGetItemAttr}{\param{long }{item}}
+\func{virtual wxListItemAttr *}{OnGetItemAttr}{\param{long }{item}}
This function may be overloaded in the derived class for a control with
{\tt wxLC\_VIRTUAL} style. It should return the attribute for the
\membersection{wxListCtrl::OnGetItemImage}\label{wxlistctrlongetitemimage}
-\func{virtual wxString}{OnGetItemImage}{\param{long }{item}}
+\func{virtual int}{OnGetItemImage}{\param{long }{item}}
-This function may be overloaded in the derived class for a control with
-{\tt wxLC\_VIRTUAL} style. It should return the index of the items image in the
-controls image list or $-1$ for no image.
+This function must be overloaded in the derived class for a control with
+{\tt wxLC\_VIRTUAL} style having an \helpref{image list}{wxlistctrlsetimagelist}
+(if the control doesn't have an image list, it is not necessary to overload
+ it). It should return the index of the items image in the controls image list
+or $-1$ for no image.
The base class version always returns $-1$.
\func{bool}{ScrollList}{\param{int }{dx}, \param{int }{dy}}
-Scrolls the list control. If in icon, small icon or report view mode,
-dx specifies the number of pixels to scroll. If in list view mode, dx
-specifies the number of columns to scroll.
+Scrolls the list control. If in icon, small icon or report view mode,
+{\it dx} specifies the number of pixels to scroll. If in list view mode,
+{\it dx} specifies the number of columns to scroll. {\it dy} always specifies
+the number of pixels to scroll vertically.
-If in icon, small icon or list view mode, dy specifies the number of pixels
-to scroll. If in report view mode, dy specifies the number of lines to scroll.
+{\bf NB:} This method is currently only implemented in the Windows version.
\membersection{wxListCtrl::SetBackgroundColour}\label{wxlistctrlsetbackgroundcolour}
This method can only be used with virtual list controls. It is used to indicate
to the control the number of items it contains. After calling it, the main
program should be ready to handle calls to various item callbacks (such as
-\helpref{OnGetItemText}{wxlistctrlongetitemtext}) for all vitems in the range
+\helpref{OnGetItemText}{wxlistctrlongetitemtext}) for all items in the range
from $0$ to {\it count}.
\membersection{wxListCtrl::SetItemData}\label{wxlistctrlsetitemdata}
\membersection{wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle}\label{wxlistctrlsetsinglestyle}
-\func{void}{SetSingleStyle}{\param{long }{style}, \param{const bool }{add = TRUE}}
+\func{void}{SetSingleStyle}{\param{long }{style}, \param{const bool }{add = true}}
Adds or removes a single window style.