// Purpose: interface of global functions
// Author: wxWidgets team
// RCS-ID: $Id$
-// Licence: wxWindows license
+// Licence: wxWindows licence
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
*/
wxBOTH = wxVERTICAL | wxHORIZONTAL,
- /// A synonim for @c wxBOTH.
+ /// A synonym for @c wxBOTH.
wxORIENTATION_MASK = wxBOTH
};
*/
enum wxAlignment
{
+ /**
+ A value different from any valid alignment value.
+
+ Note that you shouldn't use 0 for this as it's the value of (valid)
+ alignments wxALIGN_LEFT and wxALIGN_TOP.
+
+ @since 2.9.1
+ */
+ wxALIGN_INVALID = -1,
+
wxALIGN_NOT = 0x0000,
wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL = 0x0100,
wxALIGN_CENTRE_HORIZONTAL = wxALIGN_CENTER_HORIZONTAL,
/**
- Background styles. See wxWindow::SetBackgroundStyle().
+ Background styles.
+
+ @see wxWindow::SetBackgroundStyle()
*/
enum wxBackgroundStyle
{
- /// Use the default background, as determined by
- /// the system or the current theme.
+ /**
+ Default background style value indicating that the background may be
+ erased in the user-defined EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND handler.
+
+ If no such handler is defined (or if it skips the event), the effect of
+ this style is the same as wxBG_STYLE_SYSTEM. If an empty handler (@em
+ not skipping the event) is defined, the effect is the same as
+ wxBG_STYLE_PAINT, i.e. the background is not erased at all until
+ EVT_PAINT handler is executed.
+
+ This is the only background style value for which erase background
+ events are generated at all.
+ */
+ wxBG_STYLE_ERASE,
+
+ /**
+ Use the default background, as determined by the system or the current
+ theme.
+
+ If the window has been assigned a non-default background colour, it
+ will be used for erasing its background. Otherwise the default
+ background (which might be a gradient or a pattern) will be used.
+
+ EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND event will not be generated at all for windows
+ with this style.
+ */
wxBG_STYLE_SYSTEM,
- /// Use a solid colour for the background, this style is set automatically if you call
- /// SetBackgroundColour() so you only need to set it explicitly if you had
- /// changed the background style to something else before.
- wxBG_STYLE_COLOUR,
+ /**
+ Indicates that the background is only erased in the user-defined
+ EVT_PAINT handler.
- /// Don't draw the background at all, it's supposed that it is drawn by
- /// the user-defined erase background event handler.
- /// This style should be used to avoid flicker when the background is entirely
- /// custom-drawn.
- wxBG_STYLE_CUSTOM,
+ Using this style avoids flicker which would result from redrawing the
+ background twice if the EVT_PAINT handler entirely overwrites it. It
+ must not be used however if the paint handler leaves any parts of the
+ window unpainted as their contents is then undetermined. Only use it if
+ you repaint the whole window in your handler.
- /// The background is (partially) transparent,this style is automatically set if you call
- /// SetTransparent() which is used to set the transparency level.
- wxBG_STYLE_TRANSPARENT
+ EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND event will not be generated at all for windows
+ with this style.
+ */
+ wxBG_STYLE_PAINT
};
/**
- Standard menu IDs.
+ Standard IDs.
+
+ Notice that some, but @em not all, of these IDs are also stock IDs, i.e.
+ you can use them for the button or menu items without specifying the label
+ which will be provided by the underlying platform itself. See @ref "the
+ list of stock items" for the subset of standard IDs which are stock IDs as
+ well.
*/
enum wxStandardID
{
/**
Virtual keycodes used by wxKeyEvent and some other wxWidgets functions.
- Note that the range @c 33 - @c 126 is reserved for the standard ASCII
- characters and that the range @c 128 - @c 255 is reserved for the
- extended ASCII characters (which are not really standard and thus should
- be avoid in portable apps!).
+ Note that the range <code>0..255</code> corresponds to the characters of
+ the current locale, in particular the <code>32..127</code> subrange is for
+ the ASCII symbols, and all the special key values such as @c WXK_END lie
+ above this range.
*/
enum wxKeyCode
{
+ /**
+ No key.
+
+ This value is returned by wxKeyEvent::GetKeyCode() if there is no
+ non-Unicode representation for the pressed key (e.g. a Cyrillic letter
+ was entered when not using a Cyrillic locale) and by
+ wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey() if there is no Unicode representation for
+ the key (this happens for the special, non printable, keys only, e.g.
+ WXK_HOME).
+
+ @since 2.9.2 (you can simply use 0 with previous versions).
+ */
+ WXK_NONE = 0,
+
WXK_BACK = 8, //!< Backspace.
WXK_TAB = 9,
WXK_RETURN = 13,
WXK_DELETE = 127,
/**
- These are, by design, not compatible with unicode characters.
- If you want to get a unicode character from a key event, use
- wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey instead.
+ Special key values.
+
+ These are, by design, not compatible with Unicode characters.
+ If you want to get a Unicode character from a key event, use
+ wxKeyEvent::GetUnicodeKey() instead.
*/
WXK_START = 300,
WXK_LBUTTON,
wxPAPER_PENV_10_ROTATED ///< PRC Envelope #10 Rotated 458 x 324 m
};
+/**
+ Printing orientation
+*/
+
+enum wxPrintOrientation
+{
+ wxPORTRAIT,
+ wxLANDSCAPE
+};
/**
Duplex printing modes.
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