\section{\class{wxWindow}}\label{wxwindow}
-wxWindow is the base class for all windows and represents any visible objecto n
+wxWindow is the base class for all windows and represents any visible object on
screen. All controls, top level windows and so on are windows. Sizers and
device contexts are not, however, as they don't appear on screen themselves.
have to worry about deleting them manually. Please see the \helpref{window
deletion overview}{windowdeletionoverview} for more information.
-Also note that in this, and many others, wxWindows classes some
+Also note that in this, and many others, wxWidgets classes some
\texttt{GetXXX()} methods may be overloaded (as, for example,
\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize} or
\helpref{GetClientSize}{wxwindowgetclientsize}). In this case, the overloads
results in a virtual function name hiding at the derived class level (in
English, this means that the derived class has to override all overloaded
variants if it overrides any of them). To allow overriding them in the derived
-class, wxWindows uses a unique protected virtual \texttt{DoGetXXX()} method
+class, wxWidgets uses a unique protected virtual \texttt{DoGetXXX()} method
and all \texttt{GetXXX()} ones are forwarded to it, so overriding the former
changes the behaviour of the latter.
-
\wxheading{Derived from}
\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\\
\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTRANSPARENT\_WINDOW}}{The window is transparent, that is, it will not receive paint
events. Windows only.}
\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxTAB\_TRAVERSAL}}{Use this to enable tab traversal for non-dialog windows.}
-\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWANTS\_CHARS}}{Use this to indicate that the window
-wants to get all char events - even for keys like TAB or ENTER which are
-usually used for dialog navigation and which wouldn't be generated without
-this style}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxWANTS\_CHARS}}{Use this to indicate that
+the window wants to get all char/key events for all keys - even for
+keys like TAB or ENTER which are usually used for dialog navigation
+and which wouldn't be generated without this style. If you need to
+use this style in order to get the arrows or etc., but would still like to have
+normal keyboard navigation take place, you should create and send a
+wxNavigationKeyEvent in response to the key events for Tab and
+Shift-Tab.}
\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxNO\_FULL\_REPAINT\_ON\_RESIZE}}{Disables repainting
the window completely when its size is changed - you will have to repaint the
new window area manually if you use this style. Currently only has an effect for
\docparam{id}{Window identifier. If -1, will automatically create an identifier.}
-\docparam{pos}{Window position. wxDefaultPosition is (-1, -1) which indicates that wxWindows
+\docparam{pos}{Window position. wxDefaultPosition is (-1, -1) which indicates that wxWidgets
should generate a default position for the window. If using the wxWindow class directly, supply
an actual position.}
-\docparam{size}{Window size. wxDefaultSize is (-1, -1) which indicates that wxWindows
+\docparam{size}{Window size. wxDefaultSize is (-1, -1) which indicates that wxWidgets
should generate a default size for the window. If no suitable size can be found, the
window will be sized to 20x20 pixels so that the window is visible but obviously not
correctly sized. }
\docparam{name}{Window name.}
-\membersection{wxWindow::\destruct{wxWindow}}
+\membersection{wxWindow::\destruct{wxWindow}}\label{wxwindowdtor}
\func{}{\destruct{wxWindow}}{\void}
Destructor. Deletes all subwindows, then deletes itself. Instead of using
the {\bf delete} operator explicitly, you should normally
-use \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} so that wxWindows
+use \helpref{wxWindow::Destroy}{wxwindowdestroy} so that wxWidgets
can delete a window only when it is safe to do so, in idle time.
\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{wxCloseEvent}{wxcloseevent}
-\membersection{wxWindow::AddChild}
+\membersection{wxWindow::AddChild}\label{wxwindowaddchild}
\func{virtual void}{AddChild}{\param{wxWindow* }{child}}
Adds a child window. This is called automatically by window creation
functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
-Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWindows and shouldn't be
+Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
called by the user code.
\wxheading{Parameters}
\docparam{child}{Child window to add.}
+\membersection{wxWindow::CacheBestSize}\label{wxwindowcachebestsize}
+
+\constfunc{void}{CacheBestSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
+
+Sets the cached best size value.
+
+
\membersection{wxWindow::CaptureMouse}\label{wxwindowcapturemouse}
\func{virtual void}{CaptureMouse}{\void}
Directs all mouse input to this window. Call \helpref{wxWindow::ReleaseMouse}{wxwindowreleasemouse} to
release the capture.
-Note that wxWindows maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
+Note that wxWidgets maintains the stack of windows having captured the mouse
and when the mouse is released the capture returns to the window which had had
captured it previously and it is only really released if there were no previous
window. In particular, this means that you must release the mouse as many times
cause an erase background event to be generated.
-\membersection{wxWindow::ClientToScreen}
+\membersection{wxWindow::ClientToScreen}\label{wxwindowclienttoscreen}
\constfunc{virtual void}{ClientToScreen}{\param{int* }{x}, \param{int* }{y}}
\wxheading{Remarks}
Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
-Dialogs created using Dialog Editor optionally use dialog units.
You can also use these functions programmatically. A convenience macro is defined:
\wxheading{Remarks}
Dialog units are used for maintaining a dialog's proportions even if the font changes.
-Dialogs created using Dialog Editor optionally use dialog units.
\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{wxWindow::ConvertDialogToPixels}{wxwindowconvertdialogtopixels}
-
-\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
-implements the following methods:\par
+\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython implements the following methods:\par
\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogPointToPixels(point)}}{Accepts and returns a wxPoint}
\twocolitem{{\bf ConvertDialogSizeToPixels(size)}}{Accepts and returns a wxSize}
to the list of windows pending real deletion.
-\membersection{wxWindow::DestroyChildren}
+\membersection{wxWindow::DestroyChildren}\label{wxwindowdestroychildren}
\func{virtual void}{DestroyChildren}{\void}
already disabled before the call to this function.
+\membersection{wxWindow::DoGetBestSize}\label{wxwindowdogetbestsize}
+
+\constfunc{virtual wxSize}{DoGetBestSize}{\void}
+
+Gets the size which best suits the window: for a control, it would be
+the minimal size which doesn't truncate the control, for a panel - the
+same size as it would have after a call to \helpref{Fit()}{wxwindowfit}.
+
+
\membersection{wxWindow::DoUpdateWindowUI}\label{wxwindowdoupdatewindowui}
\func{virtual void}{DoUpdateWindowUI}{\param{wxUpdateUIEvent\&}{ event}}
Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
This function is called by \helpref{wxWindow::UpdateWindowUI}{wxwindowupdatewindowui}
in order to check return values in the \helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent}{wxupdateuievent} and
-act appropriately. For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWindows
+act appropriately. For example, to allow frame and dialog title updating, wxWidgets
implements this function as follows:
\begin{verbatim}
\end{verbatim}
+
\membersection{wxWindow::DragAcceptFiles}\label{wxwindowdragacceptfiles}
\func{virtual void}{DragAcceptFiles}{\param{bool}{ accept}}
\helpref{wxWindow::SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus}
+
\membersection{wxWindow::FindWindow}\label{wxwindowfindwindow}
\func{wxWindow*}{FindWindow}{\param{long}{ id}}
Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking place
on screen, the window is not redrawn at all. \helpref{Thaw}{wxwindowthaw} must
-be called to reenable window redrawing.
+be called to reenable window redrawing. Calls to these two functions may be
+nested.
This method is useful for visual appearance optimization (for example, it
-is a good idea to use it before inserting large amount of text into a
-wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all platforms nor for all
-controls so it is mostly just a hint to wxWindows and not a mandatory
+is a good idea to use it before doing many large text insertions in a row into
+a wxTextCtrl under wxGTK) but is not implemented on all platforms nor for all
+controls so it is mostly just a hint to wxWidgets and not a mandatory
directive.
Gets the accelerator table for this window. See \helpref{wxAcceleratorTable}{wxacceleratortable}.
+
\membersection{wxWindow::GetAccessible}\label{wxwindowgetaccessible}
-\func{wxAccessibile*}{GetAccessible}{\void}
+\func{wxAccessible*}{GetAccessible}{\void}
Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
\helpref{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour}
+\membersection{wxWindow::GetBackgroundStyle}\label{wxwindowgetbackgroundstyle}
+
+\constfunc{virtual wxBackgroundStyle}{GetBackgroundStyle}{\void}
+
+Returns the background style of the window. The background style indicates
+whether background colour should be determined by the system (wxBG\_STYLE\_SYSTEM),
+be set to a specific colour (wxBG\_STYLE\_COLOUR), or should be left to the
+application to implement (wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM).
+
+On GTK+, use of wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM allows the flicker-free drawing of a custom
+background, such as a tiled bitmap. Currently the style has no effect on other platforms.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundStyle}{wxwindowsetbackgroundstyle}
+
+\membersection{wxWindow::GetBestFittingSize}\label{wxwindowgetbestfittingsize}
+
+\constfunc{wxSize}{GetBestFittingSize}{\void}
+
+Merges the window's best size into the min size and returns the result.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxWindow::SetBestFittingSize}{wxwindowsetbestfittingsize},\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}{wxwindowsetsizehints}
+
\membersection{wxWindow::GetBestSize}\label{wxwindowgetbestsize}
\helpref{wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent}{wxmousecapturechangedevent}
-\membersection{wxWindow::GetCharHeight}
+\membersection{wxWindow::GetCharHeight}\label{wxwindowgetcharheight}
\constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharHeight}{\void}
Returns the character height for this window.
-\membersection{wxWindow::GetCharWidth}
+\membersection{wxWindow::GetCharWidth}\label{wxwindowgetcharwidth}
\constfunc{virtual int}{GetCharWidth}{\void}
Returns the average character width for this window.
-\membersection{wxWindow::GetChildren}
+\membersection{wxWindow::GetChildren}\label{wxwindowgetchildren}
\func{wxList\&}{GetChildren}{\void}
Returns a reference to the list of the window's children.
+\membersection{wxWindow::GetClassDefaultAttributes}\label{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes}
+
+\func{static wxVisualAttributes}{GetClassDefaultAttributes}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{ variant = \texttt{wxWINDOW\_VARIANT\_NORMAL}}}
+
+Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control. This is
+useful if you want to use the same font or colour in your own control as in a
+standard control -- which is a much better idea than hard coding specific
+colours or fonts which might look completely out of place on the users
+system, especially if it uses themes.
+
+The \arg{variant} parameter is only relevant under Mac currently and is
+ignore under other platforms. Under Mac, it will change the size of the
+returned font. See \helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
+for more about this.
+
+This static method is ``overridden'' in many derived classes and so calling,
+for example, \helpref{wxButton}{wxbutton}::GetClassDefaultAttributes() will typically
+return the values appropriate for a button which will be normally different
+from those returned by, say, \helpref{wxListCtrl}{wxlistctrl}::GetClassDefaultAttributes().
+
+The \texttt{wxVisualAttributes} structure has at least the fields
+\texttt{font}, \texttt{colFg} and \texttt{colBg}. All of them may be invalid
+if it was not possible to determine the default control appearance or,
+especially for the background colour, if the field doesn't make sense as is
+the case for \texttt{colBg} for the controls with themed background.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
+
+
\membersection{wxWindow::GetClientSize}\label{wxwindowgetclientsize}
\constfunc{void}{GetClientSize}{\param{int* }{width}, \param{int* }{height}}
\perlnote{In wxPerl this method takes no parameter and returns
-a 2-element list {\tt ( width, height )}.}
+a 2-element list {\tt (width, height)}.}
\constfunc{wxSize}{GetClientSize}{\void}
\wxheading{See also}
-\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize}
+\helpref{GetSize}{wxwindowgetsize},\rtfsp
\helpref{GetVirtualSize}{wxwindowgetvirtualsize}
+
\membersection{wxWindow::GetConstraints}\label{wxwindowgetconstraints}
\constfunc{wxLayoutConstraints*}{GetConstraints}{\void}
Return the sizer that this window is a member of, if any, otherwise
{\tt NULL}.
+
\membersection{wxWindow::GetCursor}\label{wxwindowgetcursor}
\constfunc{const wxCursor\&}{GetCursor}{\void}
\helpref{wxWindow::SetCursor}{wxwindowsetcursor}
+
+\membersection{wxWindow::GetDefaultAttributes}\label{wxwindowgetdefaultattributes}
+
+\constfunc{virtual wxVisualAttributes}{GetDefaultAttributes}{\void}
+
+Currently this is the same as calling
+\helpref{GetClassDefaultAttributes}{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes}(\helpref{GetWindowVariant}{wxwindowgetwindowvariant}()).
+
+One advantage of using this function compared to the static version is that
+the call is automatically dispatched to the correct class (as usual with
+virtual functions) and you don't have to specify the class name explicitly.
+
+The other one is that in the future this function could return different
+results, for example it might return a different font for an ``Ok'' button
+than for a generic button if the users GUI is configured to show such buttons
+in bold font. Of course, the down side is that it is impossible to call this
+function without actually having an object to apply it to whereas the static
+version can be used without having to create an object first.
+
+
\membersection{wxWindow::GetDropTarget}\label{wxwindowgetdroptarget}
\constfunc{wxDropTarget*}{GetDropTarget}{\void}
\membersection{wxWindow::GetFont}\label{wxwindowgetfont}
-\constfunc{wxFont\&}{GetFont}{\void}
+\constfunc{wxFont}{GetFont}{\void}
-Returns a reference to the font for this window.
+Returns the font for this window.
\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour}
-\membersection{wxWindow::GetGrandParent}
+\membersection{wxWindow::GetGrandParent}\label{wxwindowgetgrandparent}
\constfunc{wxWindow*}{GetGrandParent}{\void}
\helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
-\membersection{wxWindow::GetLabel}
+\membersection{wxWindow::GetLabel}\label{wxwindowgetlabel}
\constfunc{virtual wxString }{GetLabel}{\void}
tools or special-needs access programs) which need to identify windows
by name.
+\membersection{wxWindow::GetMaxSize}\label{wxwindowgetmaxsize}
+
+\constfunc{wxSize}{GetMaxSize}{\void}
+
+Returns the maximum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout mechanism
+that this is the maximum possible size.
+
+\membersection{wxWindow::GetMinSize}\label{wxwindowgetminsize}
+
+\constfunc{wxSize}{GetMinSize}{\void}
+
+Returns the minimum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout mechanism
+that this is the minimum required size.
\membersection{wxWindow::GetName}\label{wxwindowgetname}
\helpref{wxWindow::SetName}{wxwindowsetname}
-\membersection{wxWindow::GetParent}
+\membersection{wxWindow::GetParent}\label{wxwindowgetparent}
\constfunc{virtual wxWindow*}{GetParent}{\void}
\docparam{use16}{If {\tt true}, {\it string} contains 16-bit characters. The default is {\tt false}.}
-
\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
implements the following methods:\par
\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
method. {\bf GetWindowStyle()} is another name for the same function.
+\membersection{wxWindow::GetWindowVariant}\label{wxwindowgetwindowvariant}
+
+\constfunc{wxWindowVariant}{GetWindowVariant}{\void}
+
+Returns the value previous passed to
+\helpref{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}.
+
+
\membersection{wxWindow::HasCapture}\label{wxwindowhascapture}
\constfunc{virtual bool}{HasCapture}{\void}
Equivalent to calling \helpref{Show}{wxwindowshow}({\tt false}).
+\membersection{wxWindow::InheritAttributes}\label{wxwindowinheritattributes}
+
+\func{void}{InheritAttributes}{\void}
+
+This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during
+window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is
+the font and the foreground and background colours.
+
+By ``intelligently'' the following is meant: by default, all windows use their
+own \helpref{default}{wxwindowgetclassdefaultattributes} attributes. However
+if some of the parents attributes are explicitly (that is, using
+\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont} and not
+\helpref{SetOwnFont}{wxwindowsetownfont}) changed \emph{and} if the
+corresponding attribute hadn't been explicitly set for this window itself,
+then this window takes the same value as used by the parent. In addition, if
+the window overrides \helpref{ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
+to return \false, the colours will not be changed no matter what and only the
+font might.
+
+This rather complicated logic is necessary in order to accommodate the
+different usage scenarios. The most common one is when all default attributes
+are used and in this case, nothing should be inherited as in modern GUIs
+different controls use different fonts (and colours) than their siblings so
+they can't inherit the same value from the parent. However it was also deemed
+desirable to allow to simply change the attributes of all children at once by
+just changing the font or colour of their common parent, hence in this case we
+do inherit the parents attributes.
+
+
\membersection{wxWindow::InitDialog}\label{wxwindowinitdialog}
\func{void}{InitDialog}{\void}
to the dialog via validators.
+\membersection{wxWindow::InvalidateBestSize}\label{wxwindowinvalidatebestsize}
+
+\func{void}{InvalidateBestSize}{\void}
+
+Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it is needed.
+
+
\membersection{wxWindow::IsEnabled}\label{wxwindowisenabled}
\constfunc{virtual bool}{IsEnabled}{\void}
\end{twocollist}}
}
+
+\membersection{wxWindow::MoveAfterInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder}
+
+\func{void}{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
+
+Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified \arg{win}.
+This means that when the user presses \texttt{TAB} key on that other window,
+the focus switches to this window.
+
+Default tab order is the same as creation order, this function and
+\helpref{MoveBeforeInTabOrder()}{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder} allow to change
+it after creating all the windows.
+
+\wxheading{Parameters}
+
+\docparam{win}{A sibling of this window which should precede it in tab order,
+must not be NULL}
+
+
+\membersection{wxWindow::MoveBeforeInTabOrder}\label{wxwindowmovebeforeintaborder}
+
+\func{void}{MoveBeforeInTabOrder}{\param{wxWindow *}{win}}
+
+Same as \helpref{MoveAfterInTabOrder}{wxwindowmoveafterintaborder} except that
+it inserts this window just before \arg{win} instead of putting it right after
+it.
+
+
+\membersection{wxWindow::Navigate}\label{wxwindownavigate}
+
+\func{bool}{Navigate}{\param{int}{ flags = wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward}}
+
+Does keyboard navigation from this window to another, by sending
+a wxNavigationKeyEvent.
+
+\wxheading{Parameters}
+
+\docparam{flags}{A combination of wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward and wxNavigationKeyEvent::WinChange.}
+
+\wxheading{Remarks}
+
+You may wish to call this from a text control custom keypress handler to do the default
+navigation behaviour for the tab key, since the standard default behaviour for
+a multiline text control with the wxTE\_PROCESS\_TAB style is to insert a tab
+and not navigate to the next control.
+
%% VZ: wxWindow::OnXXX() functions should not be documented but I'm leaving
%% the old docs here in case we want to move any still needed bits to
%% the right location (i.e. probably the corresponding events docs)
%%
%% This function is only relevant to top-level windows (frames and dialogs), and under
%% Windows only. Under GTK the normal EVT\_CHAR\_ event has the functionality, i.e.
-%% you can intercepts it and if you don't call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip}
+%% you can intercept it, and if you don't call \helpref{wxEvent::Skip}{wxeventskip}
%% the window won't get the event.
%%
%% \wxheading{See also}
%% The default implementation for \helpref{wxFrame::OnMenuHighlight}{wxframeonmenuhighlight} displays help
%% text in the first field of the status bar.
%%
-%% This function was known as {\bf OnMenuSelect} in earlier versions of wxWindows, but this was confusing
+%% This function was known as {\bf OnMenuSelect} in earlier versions of wxWidgets, but this was confusing
%% since a selection is normally a left-click action.
%%
%% \wxheading{See also}
\membersection{wxWindow::PopupMenu}\label{wxwindowpopupmenu}
-\func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos}}
+\func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition}}
\func{bool}{PopupMenu}{\param{wxMenu* }{menu}, \param{int }{x}, \param{int }{y}}
Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this
window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu. If a
menu item is selected, the corresponding menu event is generated and will be
-processed as usually.
+processed as usually. If the coordinates are not specified, current mouse
+cursor position is used.
\wxheading{Parameters}
\wxheading{Remarks}
-Just before the menu is popped up, \helpref{wxMenu::UpdateUI}{wxmenuupdateui} is called
-to ensure that the menu items are in the correct state. The menu does not get deleted
-by the window.
+Just before the menu is popped up, \helpref{wxMenu::UpdateUI}{wxmenuupdateui}
+is called to ensure that the menu items are in the correct state. The menu does
+not get deleted by the window.
+
+It is recommended to not explicitly specify coordinates when calling PopupMenu
+in response to mouse click, because some of the ports (namely, wxGTK) can do
+a better job of positioning the menu in that case.
\pythonnote{In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython
implements the following methods:\par
\membersection{wxWindow::RefreshRect}\label{wxwindowrefreshrect}
-\func{void}{Refresh}{\param{const wxRect\& }{rect}}
+\func{void}{RefreshRect}{\param{const wxRect\& }{rect}}
Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: the area inside it will be
repainted.
Removes a child window. This is called automatically by window deletion
functions so should not be required by the application programmer.
-Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWindows and shouldn't be
+Notice that this function is mostly internal to wxWidgets and shouldn't be
called by the user code.
\wxheading{Parameters}
\membersection{wxWindow::SetAccessible}\label{wxwindowsetaccessible}
-\func{void}{SetAccessible}{\param{wxAccessibile*}{ accessible}}
+\func{void}{SetAccessible}{\param{wxAccessible*}{ accessible}}
Sets the accessible for this window. Any existing accessible for this window
will be deleted first, if not identical to {\it accessible}.
\membersection{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour}
-\func{virtual void}{SetBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
+\func{virtual bool}{SetBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
Sets the background colour of the window.
+Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
+explanation of the difference between this method and
+\helpref{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetownbackgroundcolour}.
+
\wxheading{Parameters}
-\docparam{colour}{The colour to be used as the background colour.}
+\docparam{colour}{The colour to be used as the background colour, pass
+ {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
\wxheading{Remarks}
may wish to call \helpref{wxWindow::ClearBackground}{wxwindowclearbackground} or \helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh} after
calling this function.
-Use this function with care under GTK+ as the new appearance of the window might
-not look equally well when used with "Themes", i.e GTK+'s ability to change its
-look as the user wishes with run-time loadable modules.
+Using this function will disable attempts to use themes for this
+window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
+themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
+applications on the system.
+
\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{wxWindow::Refresh}{wxwindowrefresh},\rtfsp
\helpref{wxEraseEvent}{wxeraseevent}
+\membersection{wxWindow::SetBackgroundStyle}\label{wxwindowsetbackgroundstyle}
+
+\func{virtual void}{SetBackgroundStyle}{\param{wxBackgroundStyle}{ style}}
+
+Sets the background style of the window. The background style indicates
+whether background colour should be determined by the system (wxBG\_STYLE\_SYSTEM),
+be set to a specific colour (wxBG\_STYLE\_COLOUR), or should be left to the
+application to implement (wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM).
+
+On GTK+, use of wxBG\_STYLE\_CUSTOM allows the flicker-free drawing of a custom
+background, such as a tiled bitmap. Currently the style has no effect on other platforms.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundStyle}{wxwindowgetbackgroundstyle}
+
+
+\membersection{wxWindow::SetBestFittingSize}\label{wxwindowsetbestfittingsize}
+
+\func{void}{SetBestFittingSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize}}
+
+A {\it smart} SetSize that will fill in default size components with the
+window's {\it best} size values. Also sets the window's minsize to
+the value passed in for use with sizers. This means that if a full or
+partial size is passed to this function then the sizers will use that
+size instead of the results of GetBestSize to determine the minimum
+needs of the window for layout.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxWindow::SetSize}{wxwindowsetsize},\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestSize}{wxwindowgetbestsize},\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxWindow::GetBestFittingSize}{wxwindowgetbestfittingsize},\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxWindow::SetSizeHints}{wxwindowsetsizehints}
+
\membersection{wxWindow::SetCaret}\label{wxwindowsetcaret}
explicitly. When setting both a wxLayoutConstraints and a \helpref{wxSizer}{wxsizer}, only the
sizer will have effect.
+\membersection{wxWindow::SetInitialBestSize}\label{wxwindowsetinitialbestsize}
+
+\func{virtual void}{SetInitialBestSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
+
+Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the
+components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord).
+
+\membersection{wxWindow::SetMaxSize}\label{wxwindowsetmaxsize}
+
+\func{void}{SetMaxSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
+
+Sets the maximum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
+that this is the maximum possible size.
+
+\membersection{wxWindow::SetMinSize}\label{wxwindowsetminsize}
+
+\func{void}{SetMinSize}{\param{const wxSize\& }{size}}
+
+Sets the minimum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism
+that this is the minimum required size. You may need to call this
+if you change the window size after construction and before adding
+to its parent sizer.
+
+\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnBackgroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetownbackgroundcolour}
+
+\func{void}{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
+
+Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
+by the children of this window.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
+\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
+
+
+\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnFont}\label{wxwindowsetownfont}
+
+\func{void}{SetOwnBackgroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
+
+Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the
+children of this window.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{SetFont}{wxwindowsetfont},\rtfsp
+\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
+
+
+\membersection{wxWindow::SetOwnForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}
+
+\func{void}{SetOwnForegroundColour}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}}
+
+Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited
+by the children of this window.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{SetForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
+\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
+
\membersection{wxWindow::SetDropTarget}\label{wxwindowsetdroptarget}
\helpref{Drag and drop overview}{wxdndoverview}
+
\membersection{wxWindow::SetEventHandler}\label{wxwindowseteventhandler}
\func{void}{SetEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler* }{handler}}
created without a parent. It is useful for the windows which can disappear at
any moment as creating children of such windows results in fatal problems.}
\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFRAME\_EX\_CONTEXTHELP}}{Under Windows, puts a query button on the
-caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWindows will send
+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 window.
This style cannot be used together with wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX or wxMINIMIZE\_BOX, so
you should use the style of
\func{virtual void}{SetFocusFromKbd}{\void}
-This function is called by wxWindows keyboard navigation code when the user
+This function is called by wxWidgets keyboard navigation code when the user
gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using {\tt TAB} key).
By default this method simply calls \helpref{SetFocus}{wxwindowsetfocus} but
can be overridden to do something in addition to this in the derived classes.
\func{void}{SetFont}{\param{const wxFont\& }{font}}
-Sets the font for this window.
+Sets the font for this window. This function should not be called for the
+parent window if you don't want its font to be inherited by its children,
+use \helpref{SetOwnFont}{wxwindowsetownfont} instead in this case and
+see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for more
+explanations.
\wxheading{Parameters}
-\docparam{font}{Font to associate with this window.}
+\docparam{font}{Font to associate with this window, pass
+{\tt wxNullFont} to reset to the default font.}
\wxheading{See also}
-\helpref{wxWindow::GetFont}{wxwindowgetfont}
+\helpref{wxWindow::GetFont}{wxwindowgetfont},\\
+\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}
\membersection{wxWindow::SetForegroundColour}\label{wxwindowsetforegroundcolour}
Sets the foreground colour of the window.
+Please see \helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes} for
+explanation of the difference between this method and
+\helpref{SetOwnForegroundColour}{wxwindowsetownforegroundcolour}.
+
\wxheading{Parameters}
-\docparam{colour}{The colour to be used as the foreground colour.}
+\docparam{colour}{The colour to be used as the foreground colour, pass
+ {\tt wxNullColour} to reset to the default colour.}
\wxheading{Remarks}
to the window class; it may be the text colour or other colour, or it may not
be used at all.
-Note that when using this functions under GTK, you will disable the so called "themes",
-i.e. the user chosen appearance of windows and controls, including the themes of
-their parent windows.
+Using this function will disable attempts to use themes for this
+window, if the system supports them. Use with care since usually the
+themes represent the appearance chosen by the user to be used for all
+applications on the system.
\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{wxWindow::GetForegroundColour}{wxwindowgetforegroundcolour},\rtfsp
\helpref{wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
-\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour}
+\helpref{wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowgetbackgroundcolour},\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
\membersection{wxWindow::SetHelpText}\label{wxwindowsethelptext}
\helpref{Window identifiers}{windowids}
+
\membersection{wxWindow::SetName}\label{wxwindowsetname}
\func{virtual void}{SetName}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
\begin{comment}
+
\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollPage}\label{wxwindowsetscrollpage}
\func{virtual void}{SetScrollPage}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{pageSize}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
\begin{comment}
+
\membersection{wxWindow::SetScrollRange}\label{wxwindowsetscrollrange}
\func{virtual void}{SetScrollRange}{\param{int }{orientation}, \param{int }{range}, \param{bool }{refresh = {\tt true}}}
\docparam{sizeFlags}{Indicates the interpretation of other parameters. It is a bit list of the following:
{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_WIDTH}: a -1 width value is taken to indicate
-a wxWindows-supplied default width.\\
+a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO\_HEIGHT}: a -1 height value is taken to indicate
-a wxWindows-supplied default width.\\
+a wxWidgets-supplied default width.\\
{\bf wxSIZE\_AUTO}: -1 size values are taken to indicate
-a wxWindows-supplied default size.\\
+a wxWidgets-supplied default size.\\
{\bf wxSIZE\_USE\_EXISTING}: existing dimensions should be used
if -1 values are supplied.\\
{\bf wxSIZE\_ALLOW\_MINUS\_ONE}: allow dimensions of -1 and less to be interpreted
The first form sets the position and optionally size, of the window.
Parameters may be -1 to indicate either that a default should be supplied
-by wxWindows, or that the current value of the dimension should be used.
+by wxWidgets, or that the current value of the dimension should be used.
\wxheading{See also}
\func{virtual void}{SetSizeHints}{\param{int}{ minW=-1}, \param{int}{ minH=-1}, \param{int}{ maxW=-1}, \param{int}{ maxH=-1},
\param{int}{ incW=-1}, \param{int}{ incH=-1}}
+\func{void}{SetSizeHints}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ minSize},
+\param{const wxSize\&}{ maxSize=wxDefaultSize}, \param{const wxSize\&}{ incSize=wxDefaultSize}}
+
+
Allows specification of minimum and maximum window sizes, and window size increments.
If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values will be used.
\docparam{incH}{Specifies the increment for sizing the height (Motif/Xt only).}
+\docparam{minSize}{Minimum size.}
+
+\docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
+
+\docparam{incSize}{Increment size (Motif/Xt only).}
+
\wxheading{Remarks}
If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the window outside the
\wxheading{Remarks}
-SetSizer now enables and disables Layout automatically, but prior to wxWindows 2.3.3
+SetSizer now enables and disables Layout automatically, but prior to wxWidgets 2.3.3
the following applied:
You must call \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout} to tell a window to use
\func{virtual void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{int}{ minW},\param{int}{ minH}, \param{int}{ maxW=-1}, \param{int}{ maxH=-1}}
+\func{void}{SetVirtualSizeHints}{\param{const wxSize\&}{ minSize=wxDefaultSize},
+\param{const wxSize\&}{ maxSize=wxDefaultSize}}
+
+
Allows specification of minimum and maximum virtual window sizes.
If a pair of values is not set (or set to -1), the default values
will be used.
\docparam{maxH}{Specifies the maximum height allowable.}
+\docparam{minSize}{Minimum size.}
+
+\docparam{maxSize}{Maximum size.}
+
\wxheading{Remarks}
If this function is called, the user will not be able to size the virtual area
\helpref{GetWindowStyleFlag}{wxwindowgetwindowstyleflag}
+\membersection{wxWindow::SetWindowVariant}\label{wxwindowsetwindowvariant}
+
+\func{void}{SetWindowVariant}{\param{wxWindowVariant}{variant}}
+
+This function can be called under all platforms but only does anything under
+Mac OS X 10.3+ currently. Under this system, each of the standard control can
+exist in several sizes which correspond to the elements of wxWindowVariant
+enum:
+\begin{verbatim}
+enum wxWindowVariant
+{
+ wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL, // Normal size
+ wxWINDOW_VARIANT_SMALL, // Smaller size (about 25 % smaller than normal )
+ wxWINDOW_VARIANT_MINI, // Mini size (about 33 % smaller than normal )
+ wxWINDOW_VARIANT_LARGE, // Large size (about 25 % larger than normal )
+};
+\end{verbatim}
+
+By default the controls use the normal size, of course, but this function can
+be used to change this.
+
+
+\membersection{wxWindow::ShouldInheritColours}\label{wxwindowshouldinheritcolours}
+
+\func{virtual bool}{ShouldInheritColours}{\void}
+
+Return \true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by
+\helpref{InheritAttributes}{wxwindowinheritattributes}, returning \false
+forbids inheriting them from the parent window.
+
+The base class version returns \false, but this method is overridden in
+\helpref{wxControl}{wxcontrol} where it returns \true.
+
+
\membersection{wxWindow::Show}\label{wxwindowshow}
\func{virtual bool}{Show}{\param{bool}{ show = {\tt true}}}
\helpref{wxWindow::IsShown}{wxwindowisshown}
+
\membersection{wxWindow::Thaw}\label{wxwindowthaw}
\func{virtual void}{Thaw}{\void}
-Reenables window updating after a previous call to
-\helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}.
+Reenables window updating after a previous call to
+\helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}. To really thaw the control, it must be called
+exactly the same number of times as \helpref{Freeze}{wxwindowfreeze}.
\membersection{wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow}\label{wxwindowtransferdatafromwindow}
are concerned). This may be necessary if you have called
\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetMode}{wxupdateuieventsetmode} or
\helpref{wxUpdateUIEvent::SetUpdateInterval}{wxupdateuieventsetupdateinterval} to
-limit the overhead that wxWindows incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
+limit the overhead that wxWidgets incurs by sending update UI events in idle time.
{\it flags} should be a bitlist of one or more of the following values.
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