\section{\class{wxButton}}\label{wxbutton}
A button is a control that contains a text string,
-and is one of the commonest elements of a GUI. It may be placed on a
+and is one of the most common elements of a GUI. It may be placed on a
\rtfsp\helpref{dialog box}{wxdialog} or \helpref{panel}{wxpanel}, or indeed
almost any other window.
\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\\
\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/button.h>
+
\wxheading{Window styles}
-There are no special styles for wxButton.
+\twocolwidtha{5cm}%
+\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxBU\_LEFT}}{Left-justifies the label. Windows and GTK+ only.}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxBU\_TOP}}{Aligns the label to the top of the button. Windows and GTK+ only.}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxBU\_RIGHT}}{Right-justifies the bitmap label. Windows and GTK+ only.}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxBU\_BOTTOM}}{Aligns the label to the bottom of the button. Windows and GTK+ only.}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxBU\_EXACTFIT}}{Creates the button as small as possible instead of making it of the standard size (which is the default behaviour ).}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxNO\_BORDER}}{Creates a flat button. Windows and GTK+ only.}
+\end{twocollist}
See also \helpref{window styles overview}{windowstyles}.
+\wxheading{Event handling}
+
+\twocolwidtha{7cm}%
+\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
+\twocolitem{{\bf EVT\_BUTTON(id, func)}}{Process a wxEVT\_COMMAND\_BUTTON\_CLICKED event,
+when the button is clicked.}
+\end{twocollist}
+
\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{wxBitmapButton}{wxbitmapbutton}
\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
-\membersection{wxButton::wxButton}\label{wxbuttonconstr}
+\membersection{wxButton::wxButton}\label{wxbuttonctor}
\func{}{wxButton}{\void}
Default constructor.
-\func{}{wxButton}{\param{wxWindow* }{parent}, \param{const wxWindowID}{ id}, \param{const wxString\& }{label},\rtfsp
-\param{const wxPoint\& }{pos}, \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize},\rtfsp
-\param{const long}{ style = 0}, \param{const wxValidator\& }{validator}, \param{const wxString\& }{name = ``button"}}
+\func{}{wxButton}{\param{wxWindow* }{parent}, \param{wxWindowID}{ id}, \param{const wxString\& }{label = wxEmptyString},\rtfsp
+\param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition}, \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize},\rtfsp
+\param{long}{ style = 0}, \param{const wxValidator\& }{validator = wxDefaultValidator}, \param{const wxString\& }{name = ``button"}}
Constructor, creating and showing a button.
+The preferred way to create standard buttons is to use default value of
+\arg{label}. If no label is supplied and \arg{id} is one of standard IDs from
+\helpref{this list}{stockitems}, standard label will be used. In addition to
+that, the button will be decorated with stock icons under GTK+ 2.
+
\wxheading{Parameters}
\docparam{parent}{Parent window. Must not be NULL.}
-\docparam{id}{Button identifier. A value of -1 indicates a default value.}
+\docparam{id}{Button identifier. A value of \texttt{wxID\_ANY} indicates a default value.}
\docparam{label}{Text to be displayed on the button.}
\docparam{pos}{Button position.}
-\docparam{size}{Button size. If the default size (-1, -1) is specified then the button is sized
+\docparam{size}{Button size. If the default size is specified then the button is sized
appropriately for the text.}
\docparam{style}{Window style. See \helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}.}
\helpref{wxButton::Create}{wxbuttoncreate}, \helpref{wxValidator}{wxvalidator}
-\membersection{wxButton::\destruct{wxButton}}
+\membersection{wxButton::\destruct{wxButton}}\label{wxbuttondtor}
\func{}{\destruct{wxButton}}{\void}
\membersection{wxButton::Create}\label{wxbuttoncreate}
-\func{bool}{Create}{\param{wxWindow* }{parent}, \param{const wxWindowID}{ id}, \param{const wxString\& }{label},\rtfsp
-\param{const wxPoint\& }{pos}, \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize},\rtfsp
-\param{const long}{ style = 0}, \param{const wxValidator\& }{validator}, \param{const wxString\& }{name = ``button"}}
+\func{bool}{Create}{\param{wxWindow* }{parent}, \param{wxWindowID}{ id}, \param{const wxString\& }{label = wxEmptyString},\rtfsp
+\param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition}, \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize},\rtfsp
+\param{long}{ style = 0}, \param{const wxValidator\& }{validator}, \param{const wxString\& }{name = ``button"}}
-Button creation function for two-step creation. For more details, see \helpref{wxButton::wxButton}{wxbuttonconstr}.
+Button creation function for two-step creation. For more details, see
+\helpref{wxButton::wxButton}{wxbuttonctor}.
\membersection{wxButton::GetLabel}\label{wxbuttongetlabel}
\helpref{wxButton::SetLabel}{wxbuttonsetlabel}
+\membersection{wxButton::GetDefaultSize}\label{wxbuttongetdefaultsize}
+
+\func{wxSize}{GetDefaultSize}{\void}
+
+Returns the default size for the buttons. It is advised to make all the dialog
+buttons of the same size and this function allows to retrieve the (platform and
+current font dependent size) which should be the best suited for this.
+
\membersection{wxButton::SetDefault}\label{wxbuttonsetdefault}
\func{void}{SetDefault}{\void}
Under Windows, only dialog box buttons respond to this function. As
normal under Windows and Motif, pressing return causes the default button to
be depressed when the return key is pressed. See also \helpref{wxWindow::SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus}\rtfsp
-which sets the keyboard focus for windows and text panel items, \helpref{wxWindow::OnDefaultAction}{wxwindowondefaultaction}\rtfsp
-and \helpref{wxWindow::GetDefaultItem}{wxwindowgetdefaultitem}.
+which sets the keyboard focus for windows and text panel items,\rtfsp
+and \helpref{wxPanel::SetDefaultItem}{wxpanelsetdefaultitem}.
Note that under Motif, calling this function immediately after
creation of a button and before the creation of other buttons
will cause misalignment of the row of buttons, since default
buttons are larger. To get around this, call {\it SetDefault}\rtfsp
-after you have created a row of buttons: wxWindows will
+after you have created a row of buttons: wxWidgets will
then set the size of all buttons currently on the panel to
the same size.