/**
@class wxStaticBox
- A static box is a rectangle drawn around other panel items to denote
+ A static box is a rectangle drawn around other windows to denote
a logical grouping of items.
- Please note that a static box should @b not be used as the parent for the
- controls it contains, instead they should be siblings of each other. Although
- using a static box as a parent might work in some versions of wxWidgets, it
- results in a crash under, for example, wxGTK.
+ Note that since wxWidgets 2.9.0 you are encouraged to build the windows which are
+ placed inside wxStaticBoxes as children of the wxStaticBox itself:
+ @code
+ ...
+ wxStaticBox *stbox = new wxStaticBox(parentWindow, wxID_ANY, "StaticBox");
- Also, please note that because of this, the order in which you create new
- controls is important. Create your wxStaticBox control @b before any
- siblings that are to appear inside the wxStaticBox in order to preserve the
- correct Z-Order of controls.
+ new wxStaticText(stbox, "This window is a child of the staticbox");
+ ...
+ @endcode
+
+ Creating the windows which are placed inside wxStaticBoxes as siblings of the
+ wxStaticBox is still allowed but it's deprecated as it gives some problems
+ (e.g. relative to tooltips) on some ports.
+
+ Also note that there is a specialized wxSizer class (wxStaticBoxSizer) which can
+ be used as an easier way to pack items into a static box.
@library{wxcore}
@category{ctrl}
- <!-- @appearance{staticbox.png} -->
+ @appearance{staticbox.png}
- @see wxStaticText
+ @see wxStaticText, wxStaticBoxSizer
*/
class wxStaticBox : public wxControl
{
Text to be displayed in the static box, the empty string for no label.
@param pos
Window position.
- If wxDefaultPosition is specified then a default position is chosen.
+ If ::wxDefaultPosition is specified then a default position is chosen.
@param size
Checkbox size.
- If wxDefaultSize is specified then a default size is chosen.
+ If ::wxDefaultSize is specified then a default size is chosen.
@param style
Window style. See wxStaticBox.
@param name
const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
long style = 0,
- const wxString& name = "staticBox");
+ const wxString& name = wxStaticBoxNameStr);
/**
Destructor, destroying the group box.
Creates the static box for two-step construction.
See wxStaticBox() for further details.
*/
- bool Create(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id,
- const wxString& label,
+ bool Create(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id, const wxString& label,
const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
- const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
- long style = 0,
- const wxString& name = "staticBox");
+ const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize, long style = 0,
+ const wxString& name = wxStaticBoxNameStr);
};