//----------------------------------------------------------------------
-enum {
- wxFRAME_EX_CONTEXTHELP,
- wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP,
-};
%constant wxEventType wxEVT_HELP;
%constant wxEventType wxEVT_DETAILED_HELP;
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
DocStr(wxHelpEvent,
-"A help event is sent when the user has requested
-context-sensitive help. This can either be caused by the
-application requesting context-sensitive help mode via
-wx.ContextHelp, or (on MS Windows) by the system generating a
-WM_HELP message when the user pressed F1 or clicked on the query
-button in a dialog caption.
-
-A help event is sent to the window that the user clicked on, and
-is propagated up the window hierarchy until the event is
-processed or there are no more event handlers. The application
-should call event.GetId to check the identity of the clicked-on
-window, and then either show some suitable help or call
-event.Skip if the identifier is unrecognised. Calling Skip is
-important because it allows wxWindows to generate further events
-for ancestors of the clicked-on window. Otherwise it would be
-impossible to show help for container windows, since processing
-would stop after the first window found.
-
- Events
+"A help event is sent when the user has requested context-sensitive
+help. This can either be caused by the application requesting
+context-sensitive help mode via wx.ContextHelp, or (on MS Windows) by
+the system generating a WM_HELP message when the user pressed F1 or
+clicked on the query button in a dialog caption.
+
+A help event is sent to the window that the user clicked on, and is
+propagated up the window hierarchy until the event is processed or
+there are no more event handlers. The application should call
+event.GetId to check the identity of the clicked-on window, and then
+either show some suitable help or call event.Skip if the identifier is
+unrecognised. Calling Skip is important because it allows wxWindows to
+generate further events for ancestors of the clicked-on
+window. Otherwise it would be impossible to show help for container
+windows, since processing would stop after the first window found.",
+"
+
+Events
+-------
+ ============== =========================================
EVT_HELP Sent when the user has requested context-
sensitive help.
EVT_HELP_RANGE Allows to catch EVT_HELP for a range of IDs
+ ============== =========================================
+
+:see: `wx.ContextHelp`, `wx.ContextHelpButton`
");
class wxHelpEvent : public wxCommandEvent
{
public:
+ // how was this help event generated?
+ enum Origin
+ {
+ Origin_Unknown, // unrecognized event source
+ Origin_Keyboard, // event generated from F1 key press
+ Origin_HelpButton // event from [?] button on the title bar (Windows)
+ };
+
DocCtorStr(
wxHelpEvent(wxEventType type = wxEVT_NULL,
wxWindowID winid = 0,
- const wxPoint& pt = wxDefaultPosition),
- "");
+ const wxPoint& pt = wxDefaultPosition,
+ Origin origin = Origin_Unknown ),
+ "", "");
DocDeclStr(
const wxPoint , GetPosition() const,
- "Returns the left-click position of the mouse, in screen\n"
- "coordinates. This allows the application to position the help\n"
- "appropriately.");
+ "Returns the left-click position of the mouse, in screen
+coordinates. This allows the application to position the help
+appropriately.", "");
DocDeclStr(
void , SetPosition(const wxPoint& pos),
- "Sets the left-click position of the mouse, in screen coordinates.");
+ "Sets the left-click position of the mouse, in screen coordinates.", "");
DocDeclStr(
const wxString& , GetLink() const,
- "Get an optional link to further help");
+ "Get an optional link to further help", "");
DocDeclStr(
void , SetLink(const wxString& link),
- "Set an optional link to further help");
+ "Set an optional link to further help", "");
DocDeclStr(
const wxString& , GetTarget() const,
- "Get an optional target to display help in. E.g. a window specification");
+ "Get an optional target to display help in. E.g. a window specification", "");
DocDeclStr(
void , SetTarget(const wxString& target),
- "Set an optional target to display help in. E.g. a window specification");
+ "Set an optional target to display help in. E.g. a window specification", "");
+
+ // optional indication of the event source
+ DocDeclStr(
+ Origin , GetOrigin() const,
+ "Optiononal indication of the source of the event.", "");
+ DocDeclStr(
+ void , SetOrigin(Origin origin),
+ "", "");
+
+ %property(Link, GetLink, SetLink, doc="See `GetLink` and `SetLink`");
+ %property(Origin, GetOrigin, SetOrigin, doc="See `GetOrigin` and `SetOrigin`");
+ %property(Position, GetPosition, SetPosition, doc="See `GetPosition` and `SetPosition`");
+ %property(Target, GetTarget, SetTarget, doc="See `GetTarget` and `SetTarget`");
};
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DocStr(wxContextHelp,
-"This class changes the cursor to a query and puts the application
-into a 'context-sensitive help mode'. When the user left-clicks
-on a window within the specified window, a EVT_HELP event is sent
-to that control, and the application may respond to it by popping
-up some help.
+"This class changes the cursor to a query and puts the application into
+a 'context-sensitive help mode'. When the user left-clicks on a window
+within the specified window, a ``EVT_HELP`` event is sent to that
+control, and the application may respond to it by popping up some
+help.
There are a couple of ways to invoke this behaviour implicitly:
- * Use the wx.DIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP extended style for a
- dialog (Windows only). This will put a question mark in the
- titlebar, and Windows will put the application into
- context-sensitive help mode automatically, with further
- programming.
+ * Use the wx.WS_EX_CONTEXTHELP extended style for a dialog or frame
+ (Windows only). This will put a question mark in the titlebar,
+ and Windows will put the application into context-sensitive help
+ mode automatically, with further programming.
- * Create a wx.ContextHelpButton, whose predefined behaviour
- is to create a context help object. Normally you will write
- your application so that this button is only added to a
- dialog for non-Windows platforms (use
- wx.DIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP on Windows).
-");
+ * Create a `wx.ContextHelpButton`, whose predefined behaviour is
+ to create a context help object. Normally you will write your
+ application so that this button is only added to a dialog for
+ non-Windows platforms (use ``wx.WS_EX_CONTEXTHELP`` on
+ Windows).
+
+:see: `wx.ContextHelpButton`
+", "");
+
+MustHaveApp(wxContextHelp);
class wxContextHelp : public wxObject {
public:
DocCtorStr(
- wxContextHelp(wxWindow* window = NULL, bool doNow = True),
- "Constructs a context help object, calling BeginContextHelp if\n"
- "doNow is true (the default).\n"
- "\n"
- "If window is None, the top window is used.");
+ wxContextHelp(wxWindow* window = NULL, bool doNow = true),
+ "Constructs a context help object, calling BeginContextHelp if doNow is
+true (the default).
+
+If window is None, the top window is used.", "");
~wxContextHelp();
DocDeclStr(
bool , BeginContextHelp(wxWindow* window = NULL),
- "Puts the application into context-sensitive help mode. window is\n"
- "the window which will be used to catch events; if NULL, the top\n"
- "window will be used.\n"
- "\n"
- "Returns true if the application was successfully put into\n"
- "context-sensitive help mode. This function only returns when the\n"
- "event loop has finished.");
+ "Puts the application into context-sensitive help mode. window is the
+window which will be used to catch events; if NULL, the top window
+will be used.
+
+Returns true if the application was successfully put into
+context-sensitive help mode. This function only returns when the event
+loop has finished.", "");
DocDeclStr(
bool , EndContextHelp(),
- "Ends context-sensitive help mode. Not normally called by the\n"
- "application.");
+ "Ends context-sensitive help mode. Not normally called by the
+application.", "");
};
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
DocStr(wxContextHelpButton,
-"Instances of this class may be used to add a question mark button
-that when pressed, puts the application into context-help
-mode. It does this by creating a wx.ContextHelp object which
-itself generates a EVT_HELP event when the user clicks on a
-window.
-
-On Windows, you may add a question-mark icon to a dialog by use
-of the wx.DIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP extra style, but on other
-platforms you will have to add a button explicitly, usually next
-to OK, Cancel or similar buttons.
-");
+"Instances of this class may be used to add a question mark button that
+when pressed, puts the application into context-help mode. It does
+this by creating a wx.ContextHelp object which itself generates a
+``EVT_HELP`` event when the user clicks on a window.
+
+On Windows, you may add a question-mark icon to a dialog by use of the
+``wx.DIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP`` extra style, but on other platforms you
+will have to add a button explicitly, usually next to OK, Cancel or
+similar buttons.
+
+:see: `wx.ContextHelp`, `wx.ContextHelpButton`
+", "");
+
+MustHaveApp(wxContextHelpButton);
class wxContextHelpButton : public wxBitmapButton {
public:
const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
long style = wxBU_AUTODRAW),
- "Constructor, creating and showing a context help button.");
+ "Constructor, creating and showing a context help button.", "");
};
given window.
The current help provider must be explicitly set by the
-application using wx.HelpProvider.Set().");
+application using wx.HelpProvider.Set().", "");
class wxHelpProvider
{
public:
+
+ ~wxHelpProvider();
+
+
+ %disownarg( wxHelpProvider *helpProvider );
+ %newobject Set;
DocDeclStr(
static wxHelpProvider *, Set(wxHelpProvider *helpProvider),
- "Sset the current, application-wide help provider. Returns the\n"
- "previous one. Unlike some other classes, the help provider is\n"
- "not created on demand. This must be explicitly done by the\n"
- "application.");
+ "Sset the current, application-wide help provider. Returns the previous
+one. Unlike some other classes, the help provider is not created on
+demand. This must be explicitly done by the application.", "");
+ %cleardisown( wxHelpProvider *helpProvider );
DocDeclStr(
static wxHelpProvider *, Get(),
- "Return the current application-wide help provider.");
+ "Return the current application-wide help provider.", "");
DocDeclStr(
wxString , GetHelp(const wxWindow *window),
- "Gets the help string for this window. Its interpretation is\n"
- "dependent on the help provider except that empty string always\n"
- "means that no help is associated with the window.");
+ "Gets the help string for this window. Its interpretation is dependent
+on the help provider except that empty string always means that no
+help is associated with the window.", "");
DocDeclStr(
bool , ShowHelp(wxWindow *window),
- "Shows help for the given window. Uses GetHelp internally if\n"
- "applicable.\n"
- "\n"
- "Returns true if it was done, or false if no help was available\n"
- "for this window.");
+ "Shows help for the given window. Uses GetHelp internally if
+applicable. Returns True if it was done, or False if no help was
+available for this window.", "");
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ virtual bool , ShowHelpAtPoint(wxWindowBase *window,
+ const wxPoint& pt,
+ wxHelpEvent::Origin origin),
+ "Show help for the given window (uses window.GetHelpAtPoint()
+internally if applicable), return true if it was done or false if no
+help available for this window.", "");
+
+
DocDeclStr(
void , AddHelp(wxWindow *window, const wxString& text),
- "Associates the text with the given window.");
+ "Associates the text with the given window.", "");
DocDeclStrName(
void , AddHelp(wxWindowID id, const wxString& text),
- "This version associates the given text with all windows with this\n"
- "id. May be used to set the same help string for all Cancel\n"
- "buttons in the application, for example.",
+ "This version associates the given text with all windows with this
+id. May be used to set the same help string for all Cancel buttons in
+the application, for example.", "",
AddHelpById);
DocDeclStr(
void , RemoveHelp(wxWindow* window),
- "Removes the association between the window pointer and the help\n"
- "text. This is called by the wx.Window destructor. Without this,\n"
- "the table of help strings will fill up and when window pointers\n"
- "are reused, the wrong help string will be found.");
+ "Removes the association between the window pointer and the help
+text. This is called by the wx.Window destructor. Without this, the
+table of help strings will fill up and when window pointers are
+reused, the wrong help string will be found.", "");
+ %pythonPrepend Destroy "args[0].this.own(False)"
%extend { void Destroy() { delete self; } }
};
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
DocStr(wxSimpleHelpProvider,
-"wx.SimpleHelpProvider is an implementation of wx.HelpProvider
-which supports only plain text help strings, and shows the string
-associated with the control (if any) in a tooltip.");
+"wx.SimpleHelpProvider is an implementation of `wx.HelpProvider` which
+supports only plain text help strings, and shows the string associated
+with the control (if any) in a tooltip.", "");
class wxSimpleHelpProvider : public wxHelpProvider
{