\section{\class{wxPanel}}\label{wxpanel}
-A panel is a window on which controls are placed. It is usually placed within a frame.
-It contains minimal extra functionality over and above its parent class wxWindow; its main
-purpose is to be similar in appearance and functionality to a dialog, but with the flexibility of
-having any window as a parent.
+A panel is a window on which controls are placed. It is usually placed within
+a frame. Its main feature over its parent class wxWindow is code for handling
+child windows and TAB traversal. Since wxWidgets 2.9, there is support both
+for TAB traversal implemented by wxWidgets itself as well as native TAB
+traversal (such as for GTK 2.0).
-{\it Note:} if not all characters are being intercepted by your OnKeyDown or OnChar handler,
-it may be because you are using the wxTAB\_TRAVERSAL style, which grabs some keypresses for use
-by child controls.
+{\it Note:} Tab traversal is implemented through an otherwise undocumented
+intermediate wxControlContainer class from which any class can derive
+in addition to the normal wxWindow base class. Please see <wx/containr.h>
+and <wx/panel.h> to find out how this is achieved.
+
+{\it Note:} if not all characters are being intercepted by your OnKeyDown or
+OnChar handler, it may be because you are using the wxTAB\_TRAVERSAL style,
+which grabs some keypresses for use by child controls.
\wxheading{Derived from}
By default, a panel has the same colouring as a dialog.
-A panel may be loaded from a wxWindows resource file (extension {\tt wxr}).
-
\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{wxDialog}{wxdialog}
\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
-\membersection{wxPanel::wxPanel}\label{wxpanelconstr}
+\membersection{wxPanel::wxPanel}\label{wxpanelctor}
\func{}{wxPanel}{\void}
Default constructor.
-\func{}{wxPanel}{\param{wxWindow* }{parent}, \param{wxWindowID }{id},\rtfsp
+\func{}{wxPanel}{\param{wxWindow* }{parent}, \param{wxWindowID }{id = \texttt{wxID\_ANY}},\rtfsp
\param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition},\rtfsp
\param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize},\rtfsp
\param{long}{ style = wxTAB\_TRAVERSAL},\rtfsp
\docparam{id}{An identifier for the panel. A value of -1 is taken to mean a default.}
\docparam{pos}{The panel position. A value of (-1, -1) indicates a default position, chosen by
-either the windowing system or wxWindows, depending on platform.}
+either the windowing system or wxWidgets, depending on platform.}
\docparam{size}{The panel size. A value of (-1, -1) indicates a default size, chosen by
-either the windowing system or wxWindows, depending on platform.}
+either the windowing system or wxWidgets, depending on platform.}
\docparam{style}{The window style. See \helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel}.}
\helpref{wxPanel::Create}{wxpanelcreate}
-\membersection{wxPanel::\destruct{wxPanel}}
+\membersection{wxPanel::\destruct{wxPanel}}\label{wxpaneldtor}
\func{}{\destruct{wxPanel}}{\void}
\membersection{wxPanel::Create}\label{wxpanelcreate}
-\func{bool}{Create}{\param{wxWindow* }{parent}, \param{wxWindowID }{id},\rtfsp
+\func{bool}{Create}{\param{wxWindow* }{parent}, \param{wxWindowID }{id = \texttt{wxID\_ANY}},\rtfsp
\param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition},\rtfsp
\param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize},\rtfsp
\param{long}{ style = wxTAB\_TRAVERSAL},\rtfsp
\param{const wxString\& }{name = ``panel"}}
-Used for two-step panel construction. See \helpref{wxPanel::wxPanel}{wxpanelconstr}\rtfsp
+Used for two-step panel construction. See \helpref{wxPanel::wxPanel}{wxpanelctor}\rtfsp
for details.
-\membersection{wxPanel::GetDefaultItem}\label{wxpanelgetdefaultitem}
-\constfunc{wxButton*}{GetDefaultItem}{\void}
+\membersection{wxPanel::AcceptsFocus}\label{wxpanelacceptsfocus}
+
+\constfunc{bool}{AcceptsFocus}{\void}
+
+This method is overridden from \helpref{wxWindow::AcceptsFocus}{wxwindowacceptsfocus}
+and returns true only if there is no child window in the panel which
+can accept the focus. This is reevaluated each time a child
+window is added or removed from the panel.
-Returns a pointer to the button which is the default for this window, or NULL.
-The default button is the one activated by pressing the Enter key.
\membersection{wxPanel::InitDialog}\label{wxpanelinitdialog}
\func{void}{InitDialog}{\void}
-Sends an \helpref{wxWindow::OnInitDialog}{wxwindowoninitdialog} event, which
+Sends a \helpref{wxInitDialogEvent}{wxinitdialogevent}, which
in turn transfers data to the dialog via validators.
\wxheading{See also}
-\helpref{wxWindow::OnInitDialog}{wxwindowoninitdialog}
+\helpref{wxInitDialogEvent}{wxinitdialogevent}
\membersection{wxPanel::OnSysColourChanged}\label{wxpanelonsyscolourchanged}
Changes the panel's colour to conform to the current settings (Windows only).
Add an event table entry for your panel class if you wish the behaviour
to be different (such as keeping a user-defined
-background colour). If you do override this function, call \helpref{wxWindow::OnSysColourChanged}{wxwindowonsyscolourchanged} to
+background colour). If you do override this function, call wxEvent::Skip to
propagate the notification to child windows and controls.
\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{wxSysColourChangedEvent}{wxsyscolourchangedevent}
-\membersection{wxPanel::SetDefaultItem}\label{wxpanelsetdefaultitem}
-\func{void}{SetDefaultItem}{\param{wxButton }{*btn}}
+\membersection{wxPanel::SetFocus}\label{wxpanelsetfocus}
-Changes the default button for the panel.
+\func{virtual void}{SetFocus}{\void}
+
+Overrides \helpref{wxWindow::SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus}. This method
+uses the (undocumented) mix-in class wxControlContainer which manages
+the focus and TAB logic for controls which usually have child controls.
+In practice, if you call this method and the control has at least
+one child window, the focus will be given to the child window.
\wxheading{See also}
-\helpref{GetDefaultItem}{wxpanelgetdefaultitem}
+\helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}
+\helpref{wxWindow::SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus}
+
+
+\membersection{wxPanel::SetFocusIgnoringChildren}\label{wxpanelsetfocusignoringchildren}
+
+\func{virtual void}{SetFocusIgnoringChildren}{\void}
+
+In contrast to \helpref{wxPanel::SetFocus}{wxpanelsetfocus} (see above)
+this will set the focus to the panel even if there are child windows
+in the panel. This is only rarely needed.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxFocusEvent}{wxfocusevent}
+\helpref{wxPanel::SetFocus}{wxpanelsetfocus}
+