+ Notice that the default state of newly created top level windows is hidden
+ (to allow you to create their contents without flicker) unlike for
+ all the other, not derived from wxTopLevelWindow, windows that
+ are by default created in the shown state.
+
+ @param show
+ If @true displays the window. Otherwise, hides it.
+
+ @return @true if the window has been shown or hidden or @false if nothing
+ was done because it already was in the requested state.
+
+ @see IsShown(), Hide(), wxRadioBox::Show, wxShowEvent.
+ */
+ virtual bool Show(bool show = true);
+
+ /**
+ This function shows a window, like Show(), but using a special visual
+ effect if possible.
+
+ @param effect
+ The effect to use.
+
+ @param timeout
+ The @a timeout parameter specifies the time of the animation, in
+ milliseconds. If the default value of 0 is used, the default
+ animation time for the current platform is used.
+
+ @note Currently this function is only implemented in wxMSW and wxOSX
+ (for wxTopLevelWindows only in Carbon version and for any kind of
+ windows in Cocoa) and does the same thing as Show() in the other
+ ports.
+
+ @since 2.9.0
+
+ @see HideWithEffect()
+ */
+ virtual bool ShowWithEffect(wxShowEffect effect,
+ unsigned int timeout = 0);
+
+ //@}
+
+
+ /**
+ @name Context-sensitive help functions
+ */
+ //@{
+
+ /**
+ Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
+ Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
+ implementation, and not in the window object itself.
+
+ @see SetHelpText(), GetHelpTextAtPoint(), wxHelpProvider
+ */
+ wxString GetHelpText() const;
+
+ /**
+ Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
+ Note that the text is actually stored by the current wxHelpProvider
+ implementation, and not in the window object itself.
+
+ @see GetHelpText(), wxHelpProvider::AddHelp()
+ */
+ void SetHelpText(const wxString& helpText);
+
+ /**
+ Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
+ This method should be overridden if the help message depends on the position
+ inside the window, otherwise GetHelpText() can be used.
+
+ @param point
+ Coordinates of the mouse at the moment of help event emission.
+ @param origin
+ Help event origin, see also wxHelpEvent::GetOrigin.
+ */
+ virtual wxString GetHelpTextAtPoint(const wxPoint& point,
+ wxHelpEvent::Origin origin) const;
+
+ /**
+ Get the associated tooltip or @NULL if none.
+ */
+ wxToolTip* GetToolTip() const;
+
+ /**
+ Get the text of the associated tooltip or empty string if none.
+ */
+ wxString GetToolTipText() const;
+
+ /**
+ Attach a tooltip to the window.
+
+ wxToolTip pointer can be @NULL in the overload taking the pointer,
+ meaning to unset any existing tooltips; however UnsetToolTip() provides
+ a more readable alternative to this operation.
+
+ Notice that these methods are always available, even if wxWidgets was
+ compiled with @c wxUSE_TOOLTIPS set to 0, but don't do anything in this
+ case.
+
+ @see GetToolTip(), wxToolTip
+ */
+ void SetToolTip(const wxString& tipString);
+
+ /**
+ @overload
+ */
+ void SetToolTip(wxToolTip* tip);
+
+ /**
+ Unset any existing tooltip.
+
+ @since 2.9.0
+
+ @see SetToolTip()
+ */
+ void UnsetToolTip();
+
+ //@}
+
+
+ /**
+ @name Popup/context menu functions
+ */
+ //@{
+
+ /**
+ This function shows a popup menu at the given position in this window and
+ returns the selected id.
+
+ It can be more convenient than the general purpose PopupMenu() function
+ for simple menus proposing a choice in a list of strings to the user.
+
+ Notice that to avoid unexpected conflicts between the (usually
+ consecutive range of) ids used by the menu passed to this function and
+ the existing EVT_UPDATE_UI() handlers, this function temporarily
+ disables UI updates for the window, so you need to manually disable
+ (or toggle or ...) any items which should be disabled in the menu
+ before showing it.
+
+ The parameter @a menu is the menu to show.
+ The parameter @a pos (or the parameters @a x and @a y) is the
+ position at which to show the menu in client coordinates.
+ It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when
+ calling this method in response to mouse click, because some of
+ the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do a better job of positioning
+ the menu in that case.
+
+ @return
+ The selected menu item id or @c wxID_NONE if none selected or an
+ error occurred.
+
+ @since 2.9.0
+ */
+ int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu& menu,
+ const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition);
+
+ /**
+ @overload
+ */
+ int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser(wxMenu& menu, int x, int y);
+
+ /**
+ Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
+ window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu.
+
+ If a menu item is selected, the corresponding menu event is generated and will be
+ processed as usual. If coordinates are not specified, the current mouse
+ cursor position is used.
+
+ @a menu is the menu to pop up.
+
+ The position where the menu will appear can be specified either as a
+ wxPoint @a pos or by two integers (@a x and @a y).
+
+ @remarks Just before the menu is popped up, wxMenu::UpdateUI is called to
+ ensure that the menu items are in the correct state.
+ The menu does not get deleted by the window.
+ It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when
+ calling PopupMenu in response to mouse click, because some of
+ the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do a better job of positioning
+ the menu in that case.
+
+ @see wxMenu
+ */
+ bool PopupMenu(wxMenu* menu,
+ const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition);
+
+ /**
+ @overload
+ */
+ bool PopupMenu(wxMenu* menu, int x, int y);
+
+ //@}
+
+
+ /**
+ Validator functions
+ */
+ //@{
+
+ /**
+ Returns a pointer to the current validator for the window, or @NULL if
+ there is none.
+ */
+ virtual wxValidator* GetValidator();
+
+ /**
+ Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having
+ called wxValidator::Clone to create a new validator of this type.
+ */
+ virtual void SetValidator(const wxValidator& validator);
+
+ /**
+ Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their
+ validators. Returns @false if a transfer failed.
+
+ If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
+ the method will also call TransferDataFromWindow() of all child windows.
+
+ @see TransferDataToWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
+ */
+ virtual bool TransferDataFromWindow();
+
+ /**
+ Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their
+ validators.
+
+ If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
+ the method will also call TransferDataToWindow() of all child windows.
+
+ @return Returns @false if a transfer failed.
+
+ @see TransferDataFromWindow(), wxValidator, Validate()
+ */
+ virtual bool TransferDataToWindow();
+
+ /**
+ Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
+ If the window has @c wxWS_EX_VALIDATE_RECURSIVELY extra style flag set,
+ the method will also call Validate() of all child windows.
+
+ @return Returns @false if any of the validations failed.
+
+ @see TransferDataFromWindow(), TransferDataToWindow(),
+ wxValidator
+ */
+ virtual bool Validate();
+
+ //@}
+
+
+ /**
+ @name wxWindow properties functions
+ */
+ //@{
+
+ /**
+ Returns the identifier of the window.
+
+ @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application
+ has not provided one (or the default wxID_ANY) a unique
+ identifier with a negative value will be generated.
+
+ @see SetId(), @ref overview_windowids
+ */
+ wxWindowID GetId() const;
+
+ /**
+ Generic way of getting a label from any window, for
+ identification purposes.
+
+ @remarks The interpretation of this function differs from class to class.
+ For frames and dialogs, the value returned is the
+ title. For buttons or static text controls, it is the
+ button text. This function can be useful for
+ meta-programs (such as testing tools or special-needs
+ access programs) which need to identify windows by name.
+ */
+ virtual wxString GetLabel() const;
+
+ /**
+ Returns the layout direction for this window,
+ Note that @c wxLayout_Default is returned if layout direction is not supported.
+ */
+ virtual wxLayoutDirection GetLayoutDirection() const;
+
+ /**
+ Mirror coordinates for RTL layout if this window uses it and if the
+ mirroring is not done automatically like Win32.
+ */
+ virtual wxCoord AdjustForLayoutDirection(wxCoord x,
+ wxCoord width,
+ wxCoord widthTotal) const;
+
+ /**
+ Returns the window's name.
+
+ @remarks This name is not guaranteed to be unique; it is up to the
+ programmer to supply an appropriate name in the window
+ constructor or via SetName().
+
+ @see SetName()
+ */
+ virtual wxString GetName() const;
+
+ /**
+ Returns the value previously passed to SetWindowVariant().
+ */
+ wxWindowVariant GetWindowVariant() const;
+
+ /**
+ Sets the identifier of the window.
+
+ @remarks Each window has an integer identifier. If the application has
+ not provided one, an identifier will be generated.
+ Normally, the identifier should be provided on creation
+ and should not be modified subsequently.
+
+ @see GetId(), @ref overview_windowids
+ */
+ void SetId(wxWindowID winid);
+
+ /**
+ Sets the window's label.
+
+ @param label
+ The window label.
+
+ @see GetLabel()
+ */
+ virtual void SetLabel(const wxString& label);
+
+ /**
+ Sets the layout direction for this window.
+ */
+ virtual void SetLayoutDirection(wxLayoutDirection dir);
+
+ /**
+ Sets the window's name.
+
+ @param name
+ A name to set for the window.
+
+ @see GetName()
+ */
+ virtual void SetName(const wxString& name);
+
+ /**
+ This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
+ Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
+ exist in several sizes which correspond to the elements of wxWindowVariant enum.
+
+ By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
+ be used to change this.
+ */
+ void SetWindowVariant(wxWindowVariant variant);
+
+ /**
+ Gets the accelerator table for this window. See wxAcceleratorTable.
+ */
+ wxAcceleratorTable* GetAcceleratorTable();
+
+ /**
+ Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
+ See also wxAccessible.
+ */
+ wxAccessible* GetAccessible();