//----------------------------------------------------------------------
-// A help event is sent when the user clicks on a window in context-help mode.
+DocStr(wxHelpEvent,
+"A help event is sent when the user has requested context-sensitive
+help. This can either be caused by the application requesting
+context-sensitive help mode via wx.ContextHelp, or (on MS Windows) by
+the system generating a WM_HELP message when the user pressed F1 or
+clicked on the query button in a dialog caption.
+
+A help event is sent to the window that the user clicked on, and is
+propagated up the window hierarchy until the event is processed or
+there are no more event handlers. The application should call
+event.GetId to check the identity of the clicked-on window, and then
+either show some suitable help or call event.Skip if the identifier is
+unrecognised. Calling Skip is important because it allows wxWindows to
+generate further events for ancestors of the clicked-on
+window. Otherwise it would be impossible to show help for container
+windows, since processing would stop after the first window found.",
+"
+
+Events
+-------
+ ============== =========================================
+ EVT_HELP Sent when the user has requested context-
+ sensitive help.
+ EVT_HELP_RANGE Allows to catch EVT_HELP for a range of IDs
+ ============== =========================================
+
+:see: `wx.ContextHelp`, `wx.ContextHelpButton`
+");
+
class wxHelpEvent : public wxCommandEvent
{
public:
- wxHelpEvent(wxEventType type = wxEVT_NULL,
- wxWindowID winid = 0,
- const wxPoint& pt = wxDefaultPosition);
+ DocCtorStr(
+ wxHelpEvent(wxEventType type = wxEVT_NULL,
+ wxWindowID winid = 0,
+ const wxPoint& pt = wxDefaultPosition),
+ "", "");
+
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ const wxPoint , GetPosition() const,
+ "Returns the left-click position of the mouse, in screen
+coordinates. This allows the application to position the help
+appropriately.", "");
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ void , SetPosition(const wxPoint& pos),
+ "Sets the left-click position of the mouse, in screen coordinates.", "");
+
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ const wxString& , GetLink() const,
+ "Get an optional link to further help", "");
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ void , SetLink(const wxString& link),
+ "Set an optional link to further help", "");
+
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ const wxString& , GetTarget() const,
+ "Get an optional target to display help in. E.g. a window specification", "");
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ void , SetTarget(const wxString& target),
+ "Set an optional target to display help in. E.g. a window specification", "");
+
+};
+
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- // Position of event (in screen coordinates)
- const wxPoint& GetPosition() const;
- void SetPosition(const wxPoint& pos);
- // Optional link to further help
- const wxString& GetLink() const;
- void SetLink(const wxString& link);
+DocStr(wxContextHelp,
+"This class changes the cursor to a query and puts the application into
+a 'context-sensitive help mode'. When the user left-clicks on a window
+within the specified window, a ``EVT_HELP`` event is sent to that
+control, and the application may respond to it by popping up some
+help.
- // Optional target to display help in. E.g. a window specification
- const wxString& GetTarget() const;
- void SetTarget(const wxString& target);
-};
+There are a couple of ways to invoke this behaviour implicitly:
-//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Use the wx.DIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP extended style for a dialog
+ (Windows only). This will put a question mark in the titlebar,
+ and Windows will put the application into context-sensitive help
+ mode automatically, with further programming.
+
+ * Create a `wx.ContextHelpButton`, whose predefined behaviour is
+ to create a context help object. Normally you will write your
+ application so that this button is only added to a dialog for
+ non-Windows platforms (use ``wx.DIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP`` on
+ Windows).
+
+:see: `wx.ContextHelpButton`
+", "");
+
+MustHaveApp(wxContextHelp);
class wxContextHelp : public wxObject {
public:
- wxContextHelp(wxWindow* window = NULL, bool doNow = TRUE);
+ DocCtorStr(
+ wxContextHelp(wxWindow* window = NULL, bool doNow = true),
+ "Constructs a context help object, calling BeginContextHelp if doNow is
+true (the default).
+
+If window is None, the top window is used.", "");
+
~wxContextHelp();
- bool BeginContextHelp(wxWindow* window = NULL);
- bool EndContextHelp();
+ DocDeclStr(
+ bool , BeginContextHelp(wxWindow* window = NULL),
+ "Puts the application into context-sensitive help mode. window is the
+window which will be used to catch events; if NULL, the top window
+will be used.
+
+Returns true if the application was successfully put into
+context-sensitive help mode. This function only returns when the event
+loop has finished.", "");
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ bool , EndContextHelp(),
+ "Ends context-sensitive help mode. Not normally called by the
+application.", "");
+
};
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+DocStr(wxContextHelpButton,
+"Instances of this class may be used to add a question mark button that
+when pressed, puts the application into context-help mode. It does
+this by creating a wx.ContextHelp object which itself generates a
+``EVT_HELP`` event when the user clicks on a window.
+
+On Windows, you may add a question-mark icon to a dialog by use of the
+``wx.DIALOG_EX_CONTEXTHELP`` extra style, but on other platforms you
+will have to add a button explicitly, usually next to OK, Cancel or
+similar buttons.
+
+:see: `wx.ContextHelp`, `wx.ContextHelpButton`
+", "");
+
+MustHaveApp(wxContextHelpButton);
+
class wxContextHelpButton : public wxBitmapButton {
public:
- %addtofunc wxContextHelpButton "self._setOORInfo(self)"
-
- wxContextHelpButton(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id = wxID_CONTEXT_HELP,
- const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
- const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
- long style = wxBU_AUTODRAW);
+ %pythonAppend wxContextHelpButton "self._setOORInfo(self)"
+
+ DocCtorStr(
+ wxContextHelpButton(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id = wxID_CONTEXT_HELP,
+ const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
+ const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
+ long style = wxBU_AUTODRAW),
+ "Constructor, creating and showing a context help button.", "");
};
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+DocStr(wxHelpProvider,
+"wx.HelpProvider is an abstract class used by a program
+implementing context-sensitive help to show the help text for the
+given window.
+
+The current help provider must be explicitly set by the
+application using wx.HelpProvider.Set().", "");
+
class wxHelpProvider
{
public:
- static wxHelpProvider *Set(wxHelpProvider *helpProvider);
- static wxHelpProvider *Get();
-
- // Virtuals...
- wxString GetHelp(const wxWindow *window);
- bool ShowHelp(wxWindow *window);
- void AddHelp(wxWindow *window, const wxString& text);
- %name(AddHelpById)void AddHelp(wxWindowID id, const wxString& text);
-
+ %disownarg( wxHelpProvider *helpProvider );
+ %newobject Set;
+ DocDeclStr(
+ static wxHelpProvider *, Set(wxHelpProvider *helpProvider),
+ "Sset the current, application-wide help provider. Returns the previous
+one. Unlike some other classes, the help provider is not created on
+demand. This must be explicitly done by the application.", "");
+ %cleardisown( wxHelpProvider *helpProvider );
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ static wxHelpProvider *, Get(),
+ "Return the current application-wide help provider.", "");
+
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ wxString , GetHelp(const wxWindow *window),
+ "Gets the help string for this window. Its interpretation is dependent
+on the help provider except that empty string always means that no
+help is associated with the window.", "");
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ bool , ShowHelp(wxWindow *window),
+ "Shows help for the given window. Uses GetHelp internally if
+applicable. Returns True if it was done, or False if no help was
+available for this window.", "");
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ void , AddHelp(wxWindow *window, const wxString& text),
+ "Associates the text with the given window.", "");
+
+ DocDeclStrName(
+ void , AddHelp(wxWindowID id, const wxString& text),
+ "This version associates the given text with all windows with this
+id. May be used to set the same help string for all Cancel buttons in
+the application, for example.", "",
+ AddHelpById);
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ void , RemoveHelp(wxWindow* window),
+ "Removes the association between the window pointer and the help
+text. This is called by the wx.Window destructor. Without this, the
+table of help strings will fill up and when window pointers are
+reused, the wrong help string will be found.", "");
+
+
+ %pythonAppend Destroy "args[0].thisown = 0"
%extend { void Destroy() { delete self; } }
-
};
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+DocStr(wxSimpleHelpProvider,
+"wx.SimpleHelpProvider is an implementation of `wx.HelpProvider` which
+supports only plain text help strings, and shows the string associated
+with the control (if any) in a tooltip.", "");
+
class wxSimpleHelpProvider : public wxHelpProvider
{
public: