have to worry about deleting them manually. Please see the \helpref{window
deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview} for more information.
-Also note that in this, and many others, wxWindows classes some
+Also note that in this, and many others, wxWidgets classes some
\texttt{GetXXX()} methods may be overloaded (as, for example,
\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize} or
\helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize}). In this case, the overloads
results in a virtual function name hiding at the derived class level (in
English, this means that the derived class has to override all overloaded
variants if it overrides any of them). To allow overriding them in the derived
-class, wxWindows uses a unique protected virtual \texttt{DoGetXXX()} method
+class, wxWidgets uses a unique protected virtual \texttt{DoGetXXX()} method
and all \texttt{GetXXX()} ones are forwarded to it, so overriding the former
changes the behaviour of the latter.
\docparam{id}{Window identifier. If -1, will automatically create an identifier.}
-\docparam{pos}{Window position. wxDefaultPosition is (-1, -1) which indicates that wxWindows
+\docparam{pos}{Window position. wxDefaultPosition is (-1, -1) which indicates that wxWidgets
should generate a default position for the window. If using the wxWindow class directly, supply
an actual position.}
-\docparam{size}{Window size. wxDefaultSize is (-1, -1) which indicates that wxWindows
+\docparam{size}{Window size. wxDefaultSize is (-1, -1) which 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. }
Destructor. Deletes all subwindows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
the {\bf delete} operator explicitly, you should normally
-use \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} so that wxWindows
+use \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} so that wxWidgets
can delete a window only when it is safe to do so, in idle time.
\wxheading{See also}
Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
-Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWindows and shouldn't be
+Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
called by the user code.
\wxheading{Parameters}
Directs all mouse input to this window. Call \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse} to
release the capture.
-Note that wxWindows maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
+Note that wxWidgets maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
This function is called by \helpref{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
in order to check return values in the \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent} and
-act appropriately. For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWindows
+act appropriately. For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWidgets
implements this function as follows:
\begin{verbatim}
This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example, it
is a good idea to use it before inserting large amount of text into a
wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all platforms nor for all
-controls so it is mostly just a hint to wxWindows and not a mandatory
+controls so it is mostly just a hint to wxWidgets and not a mandatory
directive.
especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
the case for \texttt{colBg} for the controls with themed background.
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
+
\membersection{wxWindow::GetClientSize}\label{wxwindowgetclientsize}
Equivalent to calling \helpref{Show}{wxwindowshow}({\tt false}).
+\membersection{wxWindow::InheritAttributes}\label{wxwindowinheritattributes}
+
+\func{void}{InheritAttributes}{\void}
+
+This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
+window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
+the font and the foreground and background colours.
+
+By ``intelligently'' the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
+own \helpref{default}{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes} attributes. However
+if some of the parents attributes are explicitly (that is, using
+\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont} and not
+\helpref{SetDefaultFont}{wxwindowsetdefaultfont}) changed \emph{and} if the
+corresponding attribute hadn't been explicitly set for this window itself,
+then this window takes the same value as used by the parent. In addition, if
+the window overrides \helpref{ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
+to return \false, the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the
+font might.
+
+This rather complicated logic is necessary in order to accomodate the
+different usage scenarius. The most common one is when all default attributes
+are used and in this case, nothing should be inherited as in modern GUIs
+different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
+they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
+desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
+just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
+do inherit the parents attributes.
+
+
\membersection{wxWindow::InitDialog}\label{wxwindowinitdialog}
\func{void}{InitDialog}{\void}
%% The default implementation for \helpref{wxFrame::OnMenuHighlight}{wxframeonmenuhighlight} displays help
%% text in the first field of the status bar.
%%
-%% This function was known as {\bf OnMenuSelect} in earlier versions of wxWindows, but this was confusing
+%% This function was known as {\bf OnMenuSelect} in earlier versions of wxWidgets, but this was confusing
%% since a selection is normally a left-click action.
%%
%% \wxheading{See also}
\membersection{wxWindow::PopupMenu}\label{wxwindowpopupmenu}
-\func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos}}
+\func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition}}
\func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{int }{x}, \param{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 usually.
+processed as usually. If the coordinates are not specified, current mouse
+cursor position is used.
\wxheading{Parameters}
\wxheading{Remarks}
-Just before the menu is popped up, \helpref{wxMenu::UpdateUI}{wxmenuupdateui} is called
-to ensure that the menu items are in the correct state. The menu does not get deleted
-by the window.
+Just before the menu is popped up, \helpref{wxMenu::UpdateUI}{wxmenuupdateui}
+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.
\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
implements the following methods:\par
Removes a child window. This is called automatically by window deletion
functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
-Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWindows and shouldn't be
+Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
called by the user code.
\wxheading{Parameters}
Sets the background colour of the window.
+Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
+explanation of the difference between this method and
+\helpref{SetDefaultBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetdefaultbackgroundcolour}.
+
\wxheading{Parameters}
\docparam{colour}{The colour to be used as the background colour.}
sizer will have effect.
+\membersection{wxWindow::SetDefaultBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetdefaultbackgroundcolour}
+
+\func{void}{SetDefaultBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
+
+Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
+by the children of this window.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
+\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
+
+
+\membersection{wxWindow::SetDefaultFont}\label{wxwindowsetdefaultfont}
+
+\func{void}{SetDefaultBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
+
+Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
+children of this window.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont},\rtfsp
+\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
+
+
+\membersection{wxWindow::SetDefaultForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetdefaultforegroundcolour}
+
+\func{void}{SetDefaultForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
+
+Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
+by the children of this window.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
+\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
+
+
\membersection{wxWindow::SetDropTarget}\label{wxwindowsetdroptarget}
\func{void}{SetDropTarget}{\param{wxDropTarget*}{ target}}
created without a parent. It is useful for the windows which can disappear at
any moment as creating children of such windows results in fatal problems.}
\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFRAME\_EX\_CONTEXTHELP}}{Under Windows, puts a query button on the
-caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWindows will send
+caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWidgets will send
a wxEVT\_HELP event if the user clicked on an application window.
This style cannot be used together with wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX or wxMINIMIZE\_BOX, so
you should use the style of
\func{virtual void}{SetFocusFromKbd}{\void}
-This function is called by wxWindows keyboard navigation code when the user
+This function is called by wxWidgets keyboard navigation code when the user
gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using {\tt TAB} key).
By default this method simply calls \helpref{SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus} but
can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
\func{void}{SetFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}}
-Sets the font for this window.
+Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
+parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
+use \helpref{SetDefaultFont}{wxwindowsetdefaultfont} instead in this case and
+see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for more
+explanations.
\wxheading{Parameters}
\wxheading{See also}
-\helpref{wxWindow::GetFont}{wxwindowgetfont}
+\helpref{wxWindow::GetFont}{wxwindowgetfont},\\
+\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
\membersection{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour}
Sets the foreground colour of the window.
+Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
+explanation of the difference between this method and
+\helpref{SetDefaultForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetdefaultforegroundcolour}.
+
\wxheading{Parameters}
\docparam{colour}{The colour to be used as the foreground colour.}
\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
-\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour}
+\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
\membersection{wxWindow::SetHelpText}\label{wxwindowsethelptext}
\docparam{sizeFlags}{Indicates the interpretation of other parameters. It is a bit list of the following:
{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_WIDTH}: a -1 width value is taken to indicate
-a wxWindows-supplied default width.\\
+a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_HEIGHT}: a -1 height value is taken to indicate
-a wxWindows-supplied default width.\\
+a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO}: -1 size values are taken to indicate
-a wxWindows-supplied default size.\\
+a wxWidgets-supplied default size.\\
{\bf wxSIZE\_USE\_EXISTING}: existing dimensions should be used
if -1 values are supplied.\\
{\bf wxSIZE\_ALLOW\_MINUS\_ONE}: allow dimensions of -1 and less to be interpreted
The first form sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
Parameters may be -1 to indicate either that a default should be supplied
-by wxWindows, or that the current value of the dimension should be used.
+by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the dimension should be used.
\wxheading{See also}
\func{virtual void}{SetSizeHints}{\param{int}{ minW=-1}, \param{int}{ minH=-1}, \param{int}{ maxW=-1}, \param{int}{ maxH=-1},
\param{int}{ incW=-1}, \param{int}{ incH=-1}}
+\func{void}{SetSizeHints}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ minSize},
+\param{const wxSize\&}{ maxSize=wxDefaultSize}, \param{const wxSize\&}{ incSize=wxDefaultSize}}
+
+
Allows specification of minimum and maximum window sizes, and window size increments.
If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values will be used.
\docparam{incH}{Specifies the increment for sizing the height (Motif/Xt only).}
+\docparam{minSize}{Minimum size.}
+
+\docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
+
+\docparam{incSize}{Increment size (Motif/Xt only).}
+
\wxheading{Remarks}
If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the window outside the
\wxheading{Remarks}
-SetSizer now enables and disables Layout automatically, but prior to wxWindows 2.3.3
+SetSizer now enables and disables Layout automatically, but prior to wxWidgets 2.3.3
the following applied:
You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
\func{virtual void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{int}{ minW},\param{int}{ minH}, \param{int}{ maxW=-1}, \param{int}{ maxH=-1}}
+\func{void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ minSize=wxDefaultSize},
+\param{const wxSize\&}{ maxSize=wxDefaultSize}}
+
+
Allows specification of minimum and maximum virtual window sizes.
If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values
will be used.
\docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
+\docparam{minSize}{Minimum size.}
+
+\docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
+
\wxheading{Remarks}
If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the virtual area
be used to change this.
+\membersection{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}\label{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
+
+\func{virtual bool}{ShouldInheritColours}{\void}
+
+Return \true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
+\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}, returning \false
+forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
+
+The base class version returns \false, but this method is overridden in
+\helpref{wxControl}{wxcontrol} where it returns \true.
+
+
\membersection{wxWindow::Show}\label{wxwindowshow}
\func{virtual bool}{Show}{\param{bool}{ show = {\tt true}}}
are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} or
\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval}{wxupdateuieventsetupdateinterval} to
-limit the overhead that wxWindows incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
+limit the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
{\it flags} should be a bitlist of one or more of the following values.