const wxValidator& validator = wxDefaultValidator,
const wxString& name = wxControlNameStr);
- // simulates the event of given type (i.e. wxButton::Command() is just as
- // if the button was clicked)
- virtual void Command(wxCommandEvent &event);
-
// get the control alignment (left/right/centre, top/bottom/centre)
int GetAlignment() const { return m_windowStyle & wxALIGN_MASK; }
+
// controls by default inherit the colours of their parents, if a
// particular control class doesn't want to do it, it can override
// ShouldInheritColours() to return false
virtual bool ShouldInheritColours() const { return true; }
+
+ // WARNING: this doesn't work for all controls nor all platforms!
+ //
+ // simulates the event of given type (i.e. wxButton::Command() is just as
+ // if the button was clicked)
+ virtual void Command(wxCommandEvent &event);
+
protected:
// creates the control (calls wxWindowBase::CreateBase inside) and adds it
// to the list of parents children
const wxValidator& validator,
const wxString& name);
- // inherit colour and font settings from the parent window
- void InheritAttributes();
-
// initialize the common fields of wxCommandEvent
void InitCommandEvent(wxCommandEvent& event) const;
+ // set the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the
+ // components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is -1)
+ //
+ // normally just calls SetBestSize() but can be overridden not to do it for
+ // the controls which have to do some additional initialization (e.g. add
+ // strings to list box) before their best size can be accurately calculated
+ virtual void SetInitialBestSize(const wxSize& size)
+ {
+ SetBestSize(size);
+ }
+
DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxControlBase)
};