Equivalent to a combination of wxCAPTION, wxCLOSE_BOX and
wxSYSTEM_MENU (the last one is not used under Unix).
@style{wxRESIZE_BORDER}
- Display a resizeable frame around the window.
+ Display a resizable frame around the window.
@style{wxSYSTEM_MENU}
Display a system menu.
@style{wxCLOSE_BOX}
@style{wxDIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP}
Under Windows, puts a query button on the 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
+ will send a @c wxEVT_HELP event if the user clicked on an application
window. Note that this is an extended style and must be set by
calling SetExtraStyle() before Create is called (two-step
construction).
virtual bool IsModal() const;
/**
- The default handler for wxEVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED.
+ The default handler for @c wxEVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED.
@param event
The colour change event.
virtual bool Show(bool show = 1);
/**
- Shows a modal dialog.
+ Shows an application-modal dialog.
Program flow does not return until the dialog has been dismissed with
EndModal().
@return The value set with SetReturnCode().
- @see EndModal(), GetReturnCode(), SetReturnCode()
+ @see ShowWindowModal(), EndModal(), GetReturnCode(), SetReturnCode()
*/
virtual int ShowModal();
+
+ /**
+ Shows a dialog modal to the parent top level window only.
+
+ Unlike ShowModal(), dialogs shown with this function only prevent the
+ user from interacting with their parent frame only but not with the
+ rest of the application. They also don't block the program execution
+ but instead return immediately, as Show(), and generate a
+ wxEVT_WINDOW_MODAL_DIALOG_CLOSED event later when the dialog is closed.
+
+ Currently this function is only fully implemented in wxOSX ports, under
+ the other platforms it behaves like ShowModal() (but also sends the
+ above mentioned event).
+
+ @since 2.9.0
+ */
+ void ShowWindowModal();
};
/**
@class wxDialogLayoutAdapter
- This abstract class is the base for classes that help wxWidgets peform
+ This abstract class is the base for classes that help wxWidgets perform
run-time layout adaptation of dialogs. Principally, this is to cater for
small displays by making part of the dialog scroll, but the application
developer may find other uses for layout adaption.