//----------------------------------------------------------------------
-// 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
+");
+
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\n"
+ "coordinates. This allows the application to position the help\n"
+ "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);
- // Optional target to display help in. E.g. a window specification
- const wxString& GetTarget() const;
- void SetTarget(const wxString& target);
-};
+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.
-//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+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).
+");
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\n"
+ "doNow is true (the default).\n"
+ "\n"
+ "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\n"
+ "the window which will be used to catch events; if NULL, the top\n"
+ "window will be used.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "Returns true if the application was successfully put into\n"
+ "context-sensitive help mode. This function only returns when the\n"
+ "event loop has finished.");
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ bool , EndContextHelp(),
+ "Ends context-sensitive help mode. Not normally called by the\n"
+ "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.
+");
+
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);
-
+ DocDeclStr(
+ static wxHelpProvider *, Set(wxHelpProvider *helpProvider),
+ "Sset the current, application-wide help provider. Returns the\n"
+ "previous one. Unlike some other classes, the help provider is\n"
+ "not created on demand. This must be explicitly done by the\n"
+ "application.");
+
+ 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\n"
+ "dependent on the help provider except that empty string always\n"
+ "means that no help is associated with the window.");
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ bool , ShowHelp(wxWindow *window),
+ "Shows help for the given window. Uses GetHelp internally if\n"
+ "applicable.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "Returns true if it was done, or false if no help was available\n"
+ "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\n"
+ "id. May be used to set the same help string for all Cancel\n"
+ "buttons in the application, for example.",
+ AddHelpById);
+
+ DocDeclStr(
+ void , RemoveHelp(wxWindow* window),
+ "Removes the association between the window pointer and the help\n"
+ "text. This is called by the wx.Window destructor. Without this,\n"
+ "the table of help strings will fill up and when window pointers\n"
+ "are reused, the wrong help string will be found.");
+
+
%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: