// Purpose: XRC format specification
// Author: Vaclav Slavik
// RCS-ID: $Id$
-// Licence: wxWindows license
+// Licence: wxWindows licence
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- @ref overview_xrcformat_sizers
- @ref overview_xrcformat_other_objects
- @ref overview_xrcformat_platform
+- @ref overview_xrcformat_idranges
- @ref overview_xrcformat_extending
- @ref overview_xrcformat_extending_subclass
- @ref overview_xrcformat_extending_unknown
<object_ref ref="template" name="my_dlg">
<title>My dialog</title>
<centered>1</centered>
-</object>
+</object_ref>
@endcode
is identical to:
@code
-<object_ref ref="template" name="my_dlg">
+<object class="wxDialog" name="my_dlg">
<title>My dialog</title>
<size>400,400</size>
<centered>1</centered>
@endTable
+@subsubsection xrc_wxbannerwindow wxBannerWindow
+
+@beginTable
+@hdr3col{property, type, description}
+@row3col{direction, @c wxLEFT|wxRIGHT|wxTOP|wxBOTTOM,
+ The side along which the banner will be positioned.}
+@row3col{bitmap, @ref overview_xrcformat_type_bitmap,
+ Bitmap to use as the banner background.}
+@row3col{title, @ref overview_xrcformat_type_text,
+ Banner title, should be single line.}
+@row3col{message, @ref overview_xrcformat_type_text,
+ Possibly multi-line banner message.}
+@row3col{gradient-start, @ref overview_xrcformat_type_colour,
+ Starting colour of the gradient used as banner background. Can't be used if
+ a valid bitmap is specified.}
+@row3col{gradient-end, @ref overview_xrcformat_type_colour,
+ End colour of the gradient used as banner background. Can't be used if
+ a valid bitmap is specified.}
+@endTable
+
+
@subsubsection xrc_wxbitmapbutton wxBitmapButton
@beginTable
@endcode
+@subsubsection xrc_wxbitmaptogglebutton wxBitmapToggleButton
+
+@beginTable
+@hdr3col{property, type, description}
+@row3col{bitmap, @ref overview_xrcformat_type_bitmap,
+ Label to display on the button (required).}
+@row3col{checked, @ref overview_xrcformat_type_bool,
+ Should the button be checked/pressed initially (default: 0)?}
+@endTable
+
+
@subsubsection xrc_wxbutton wxButton
@beginTable
Each @c choicebookpage has exactly one non-toplevel window as its child.
+@subsubsection xrc_wxcommandlinkbutton wxCommandLinkButton
+
+The wxCommandLinkButton contains a main title-like @c label and an optional
+@c note for longer description. The main @c label and the @c note can be
+concatenated into a single string using a new line character between them
+(notice that the @c note part can have more new lines in it).
+
+@beginTable
+@hdr3col{property, type, description}
+@row3col{label, @ref overview_xrcformat_type_text,
+ First line of text on the button, typically the label of an action that
+ will be made when the button is pressed. }
+@row3col{note, @ref overview_xrcformat_type_text,
+ Second line of text describing the action performed when the button is pressed. }
+@endTable
+
+
@subsubsection xrc_wxcollapsiblepane wxCollapsiblePane
@beginTable
@row3col{mask, @ref overview_xrcformat_type_bool,
If masks should be created for all images (default: true).}
@row3col{size, @ref overview_xrcformat_type_size,
- The size of the images in the list (default: system default icon size)).}
+ The size of the images in the list (default: the size of the first bitmap).}
@endTable
Example:
The title of the column. }
@row3col{width, integer,
The column width. }
+@row3col{image, integer,
+ The zero-based index of the image associated with the item in the 'small' image list. }
@endTable
The columns are appended to the control in order of their appearance and may be
@row3col{max, integer,
Maximum allowed value (default: 100).}
@row3col{pagesize, integer,
- Line size; number of steps the slider moves when the user moves
+ Page size; number of steps the slider moves when the user moves
pages up or down (default: unset).}
@row3col{linesize, integer,
Line size; number of steps the slider moves when the user moves it
@endTable
-@subsubsection xrc_wxtogglebuttton wxToggleButton
+@subsubsection xrc_wxtimepickerctrl wxTimePickerCtrl
+
+No additional properties.
+
+
+@subsubsection xrc_wxtogglebutton wxToggleButton
@beginTable
@hdr3col{property, type, description}
Help text shown in statusbar when the mouse is on the tool (default: none).}
@row3col{disabled, @ref overview_xrcformat_type_bool,
Is the tool initially disabled (default: 0)?}
+@row3col{checked, @ref overview_xrcformat_type_bool,
+ Is the tool initially checked (default: 0)? (only available since wxWidgets 2.9.3)}
@endTable
The presence of a @c dropdown property indicates that the tool is of type
@endcode
+@subsubsection xrc_wxtoolbook wxToolbook
+
+A toolbook can have one or more child objects of the @c toolbookpage
+pseudo-class (similarly to @ref xrc_wxnotebook "wxNotebook" and its
+@c notebookpage) and one child object of the @ref xrc_wximagelist class.
+@c toolbookpage objects have the following properties:
+
+@beginTable
+@hdr3col{property, type, description}
+@row3col{label, @ref overview_xrcformat_type_text,
+ Sheet page's title (required).}
+@row3col{bitmap, @ref overview_xrcformat_type_bitmap,
+ Bitmap shown alongside the label (default: none).}
+@row3col{image, integer,
+ The zero-based index of the image associated with the item
+ into the image list.}
+@row3col{selected, @ref overview_xrcformat_type_bool,
+ Is the page selected initially (only one page can be selected; default: 0)?}
+@endTable
+
+Each @c toolbookpage has exactly one non-toplevel window as its child.
+
+
@subsubsection xrc_wxtreectrl wxTreeCtrl
A treectrl can have one child object of the @ref xrc_wximagelist class.
into the image list.}
@row3col{selected, @ref overview_xrcformat_type_bool,
Is the page selected initially (only one page can be selected; default: 0)?}
+@row3col{expanded, @ref overview_xrcformat_type_bool,
+ If set to 1, the page is initially expanded. By default all pages are
+ initially collapsed.}
@endTable
Each @c treebookpage has exactly one non-toplevel window as its child.
@endTable
wxWizardPageSimple pages are automatically chained together; wxWizardPage pages
-transitions must be handled programatically.
+transitions must be handled programmatically.
@section overview_xrcformat_sizers Sizers
Sizers are handled slightly differently in XRC resources than they are in
wxWindow hierarchy. wxWindow's sizers hierarchy is parallel to the wxWindow
-children hieararchy: child windows are children of their parent window and
+children hierarchy: child windows are children of their parent window and
the sizer (or sizers) form separate hierarchy attached to the window with
wxWindow::SetSizer().
@subsection overview_xrcformat_wxstddialogbuttonsizer wxStdDialogButtonSizer
-Unlike other sizers, wxStdDialogButtonSizer doesn't have neither @c sizeritem
+Unlike other sizers, wxStdDialogButtonSizer has neither @c sizeritem
nor @c spacer children. Instead, it has one or more children of the
@c button pseudo-class. @c button objects have no properties and they must
always have exactly one child of the @c wxButton class or a class derived from
Possible elemental values are:
@beginDefList
@itemdef{ @c win, Windows }
-@itemdef{ @c mac, Mac OS X (or Mac Classic in wxWidgets version supporting it }
+@itemdef{ @c mac, Mac OS X (or Mac Classic in wxWidgets version supporting it) }
@itemdef{ @c unix, Any Unix platform @em except OS X }
@itemdef{ @c os2, OS/2 }
@endDefList
+@section overview_xrcformat_idranges ID Ranges
+
+Usually you won't care what value the XRCID macro returns for the ID of an
+object. Sometimes though it is convenient to have a range of IDs that are
+guaranteed to be consecutive. An example of this would be connecting a group of
+similar controls to the same event handler.
+
+The following XRC fragment 'declares' an ID range called @em foo and another
+called @em bar; each with some items.
+
+@code
+ <object class="wxButton" name="foo[start]">
+ <object class="wxButton" name="foo[end]">
+ <object class="wxButton" name="foo[2]">
+ ...
+ <object class="wxButton" name="bar[0]">
+ <object class="wxButton" name="bar[2]">
+ <object class="wxButton" name="bar[1]">
+ ...
+<ids-range name="foo" />
+<ids-range name="bar" size="30" start="10000" />
+@endcode
+
+For the range foo, no @em size or @em start parameters were given, so the size
+will be calculated from the number of range items, and IDs allocated by
+wxWindow::NewControlId (so they'll be negative). Range bar asked for a size of
+30, so this will be its minimum size: should it have more items, the range will
+automatically expand to fit them. It specified a start ID of 10000, so
+XRCID("bar[0]") will be 10000, XRCID("bar[1]") 10001 etc. Note that if you
+choose to supply a start value it must be positive, and it's your
+responsibility to avoid clashes.
+
+For every ID range, the first item can be referenced either as
+<em>rangename</em>[0] or <em>rangename</em>[start]. Similarly
+<em>rangename</em>[end] is the last item. Using [start] and [end] is more
+descriptive in e.g. a Bind() event range or a @em for loop, and they don't have
+to be altered whenever the number of items changes.
+
+Whether a range has positive or negative IDs, [start] is always a smaller
+number than [end]; so code like this works as expected:
+
+@code
+for (int n=XRCID("foo[start]"); n <= XRCID("foo[end]"); ++n)
+ ...
+@endcode
+
+ID ranges can be seen in action in the <em>objref</em> dialog section of the
+@sample{xrc}.
+
+@note
+@li All the items in an ID range must be contained in the same XRC file.
+@li You can't use an ID range in a situation where static initialisation
+occurs; in particular, they won't work as expected in an event table. This is
+because the event table's IDs are set to their integer values before the XRC
+file is loaded, and aren't subsequently altered when the XRCID value changes.
+
+@since 2.9.2
+
@section overview_xrcformat_extending Extending the XRC Format
The XRC format is designed to be extensible and allows specifying and loading
no limitations on them imposed by XRC format.
This is the only mechanism that works for toplevel objects -- custom controls
-are accessible using type-unsafe wxXmlResource::LoadObject() method.
+are accessible using the type-unsafe wxXmlResource::LoadObject() method.
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