@section overview_windowsizing_glossary Glossary
+@li @b "Size": this is the current size of the window and it can be explicitly
+ set or fetched with the wxWindow::SetSize() or wxWindow::GetSize() methods.
+ This size value is the size that the widget is currently using on screen and is
+ the way to change the size of something that is not being managed by a sizer.
+
+@li @b "Client Size": the client size represents the widget's area inside of any
+ borders belonging to the widget and is the area that can be drawn upon in a
+ @c EVT_PAINT event. For wxFrame, the client size also excludes the frame
+ menu, tool and status bars, if any. If a window doesn't have any border
+ (and is not a wxFrame with some bars) then its client size is the same as
+ its size.
+
@li @b "Best Size": the best size of a widget depends on what kind of widget it is,
and usually also on the contents of the widget. For example a wxListBox's best
size will be calculated based on how many items it has, up to a certain limit,
normally won't be smaller than the platform default button size (unless a style
flag overrides that).
There is a special virtual method in the C++ window classes called
- wxWindow::DoGetBestSize() that a class needs to override if it wants to calculate
- its own best size based on its content.
+ wxWindow::DoGetBestSize() that a class can override if it wants to calculate
+ its own best size based on its content, however notice that usually it is
+ more convenient to override DoGetBestClientSize(), see below.
+
+@li @b "Best Client Size": this is simply the client size corresponding to the
+ best window size. When the fitting size for the given contents is computed,
+ it will usually be the client size and the size of the borders needs to be
+ added to obtain the full best size. For this reason, it's preferable to
+ override DoGetBestClientSize() and let DoGetBestSize() compute the full
+ best size.
@li @b "Minimal Size": the minimal size of a widget is a size that is normally explicitly
set by the programmer either with the wxWindow::SetMinSize() method or with the
Top-level windows such as wxFrame will not allow the user to resize the frame above
the maximum size.
-@li @b "Size": the size of a widget can be explicitly set or fetched with the
- wxWindow::SetSize() or wxWindow::GetSize() methods.
- This size value is the size that the widget is currently using on screen and is
- the way to change the size of something that is not being managed by a sizer.
-
-@li @b "Client Size": the client size represents the widget's area inside of any
- borders belonging to the widget and is the area that can be drawn upon in a
- @c EVT_PAINT event. If a widget doesn't have a border then its client size is
- the same as its size.
-
@li @b "Initial Size": the initial size of a widget is the size given to the
constructor of the widget, if any.
As mentioned above most controls will also set this size value as the control's