synchronize GTK2 minimum version in docs

[wxWidgets.git] / interface / wx / control.h

diff --git a/interface/wx/control.h b/interface/wx/control.h
index b7792221df222f201a477dbb572140d34b60a90f..32fd306b6e78c2f67857debd01a50ff558713a1a 100644 (file)
--- a/interface/wx/control.h
+++ b/interface/wx/control.h
@@ -86,6 +86,44 @@ enum wxEllipsizeMode
 class wxControl : public wxWindow
 {
 public:
+
+    /**
+        Constructs a control.
+
+        @param parent
+            Pointer to a parent window.
+        @param id
+            Control identifier. If wxID_ANY, will automatically create an identifier.
+        @param pos
+            Control position. wxDefaultPosition indicates that wxWidgets
+            should generate a default position for the control.
+        @param size
+            Control size. wxDefaultSize indicates that wxWidgets should generate
+            a default size for the window. If no suitable size can  be found, the
+            window will be sized to 20x20 pixels so that the window is visible but
+            obviously not correctly sized.
+        @param style
+            Control style. For generic window styles, please see wxWindow.
+        @param name
+            Control name.
+    */
+   wxControl(wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id,
+             const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
+             const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize, long style = 0,
+             const wxValidator& validator = wxDefaultValidator,
+             const wxString& name = wxControlNameStr);
+
+    /**
+       Default constructor to allow 2-phase creation.
+    */
+    wxControl();
+    
+    bool Create(wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id,
+            const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
+            const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize, long style = 0,
+            const wxValidator& validator = wxDefaultValidator,
+            const wxString& name = wxControlNameStr);
+
     /**
         Simulates the effect of the user issuing a command to the item.
 
@@ -121,7 +159,7 @@ public:
         following character is a @e mnemonic for this control and can be used to
         activate it from the keyboard (typically by using @e Alt key in
         combination with it). To insert a literal ampersand character, you need
-        to double it, i.e. use use "&&". If this behaviour is undesirable, use
+        to double it, i.e. use "&&". If this behaviour is undesirable, use
         SetLabelText() instead.
     */
     void SetLabel(const wxString& label);
@@ -146,10 +184,9 @@ public:
         Sets the controls label to a string using markup.
 
         Simple markup supported by this function can be used to apply different
-        fonts or colours to different parts of the control label when supported
-        (currently only wxStaticText under GTK+ 2). If markup is not supported
-        by the control or platform, it is simply stripped and SetLabel() is
-        used with the resulting string.
+        fonts or colours to different parts of the control label when supported.
+        If markup is not supported by the control or platform, it is simply
+        stripped and SetLabel() is used with the resulting string.
 
         For example,
         @code
@@ -284,15 +321,22 @@ public:
 
 
         @param markup
-            String containing markup for the label. It may contain newline
-            characters and the markup tags described above.
+            String containing markup for the label. It may contain markup tags
+            described above and newline characters but currently only wxGTK and
+            wxOSX support multiline labels with markup, the generic
+            implementation (also used in wxMSW) only handles single line markup
+            labels. Notice that the string must be well-formed (e.g. all tags
+            must be correctly closed) and won't be shown at all otherwise.
         @return
             @true if the new label was set (even if markup in it was ignored)
             or @false if we failed to parse the markup. In this case the label
             remains unchanged.
 
-        Note that the string must be well-formed (e.g. all tags must be correctly
-        closed) and won't be shown at all otherwise.
+
+        Currently wxButton supports markup in all major ports (wxMSW, wxGTK and
+        wxOSX/Cocoa) while wxStaticText supports it in wxGTK and wxOSX and its
+        generic version (which can be used under MSW if markup support is
+        required). Extending support to more controls is planned in the future.
 
         @since 2.9.2
     */